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G apitsdJeJoMraal il. tnnflrtr ----- CIRCULATION Dally iimn distribution for the month ending tptmbr tl, 1911 FAIR Tonight and Saturday; no chant In temperature; wwt and oortb wert wind. Fair orer week aaaV 10,590 Local: Max., It; Mln.. M; rata, .01; river, -I J leet; cloudy; north east wind. Average daily Bet paid 10,126 Member Audit Bumti of circulation 43rd YEAR, No. 235 $X?nJgg& - SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1931 n v JE THREE CENTS ZSSS&VPJSX? . M SMI wraii TORE Ml -1 MFII FLOCK TO COURTHOUSE SEEKING JOBS Announcement of Fund For Relief Work Cause Of Mobilization Here Applicants Informed Re gistration Will Not Be gin Immediately With announcement of the state highway commission that definite decision had been reached to al locate $2,600,000 of highway funds to emergency relief work, men began in flock to the courthouse here Fri day morning for registration for emergency Jobs. But their trip was futile and It will probably be a con siderable length of time before reg istration starts for the coming win ter at the courthouse here. While the highway commission has decided In a general way on a program which Includes 1,250 ,000 to be taken from the fund provided for secondary highways In which the counties are. directly Interested, the county court here Is yet at sea as to when and where work will begin. Under the new secondary market road law which replaces the old market road law It will be necessary for the minds of the county court and the highway commission to "(Concluded on pugc 11, column ) CRASH IN BAY PROVES TRAGIC 8an Francisco tPI A cross-country alrfllght from March field, Rlv. erslde, to the Canadian border and return had ended In death Friday for two youthful army filers, who crashed In San Francisco bay short ly after taking off from Crlssy field. The men were Lieutenants rod- ert W. Coons, Aberdeen, Wash., and William H. Elblns, Tacoma, Wash They were attached to the Army Air corps reserve and had left the southern air field several days ago making the trio north uneventfully. They were returning at the time of the crash. The plane had Just left Crlssey field In what appeared a perfect takeoff. Mechanics suddenly noticed the engine had stopped as the ship was a few hundred yards offshore. It plunged Into the bay and sank Immediately. Coast guard boats were sent from the Crlssey field station, and located the wreckage within a short time. Members of the crew dove for the bodies, only to find them belted in the seats. Tackle was hooked onto the shattered plane, and when It was Drought to the surface, the fliers were found penned In the cockpit. Both had been killed In the fall. Both men were under 33 years of age and comparative recruits. TO START PACIFIC FLIGHT DURING DAY Sablshlro Beach, Japan (IB Wea ther permitting. Clyde E. Pangbom and Hugh Hendron Jr., will take off at 5 a m. (13 noon P.S.T.) on an at tempted non-stoD flight to the unit ed States, they said Friday night before retiring. The two Americans have been here several days awaiting favorable weather reports over the great circle route which they plan to follow. Their big monoplane has been fuel ed and otherwise prepared for the daring flight. Lindbergh Airplane Capsizes And Hurls Occupants Into River Hankow Thrown into the turbid flood waters of the Yanptse river when their plane capsized here Friday, Colonel and Mm. Charles A. Lindbergh escaped a fate that had overtaken scores of thousands of Chinese in recent weeks. The plane, bearing the Lindberehs and Dr. P. Z. King, Chinese relief work er, upset when one wing struck the water as the colonel was turning It about preparatory to taking off from the river on ft flood survey flight. Tossed Into the swift stream while wearing their cumbersome flying togs the flying couple were rescued along with the doctor by ft Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN I M aa M bird like OaaJhl ean raise nch a crowd attired aa he hi what couldn't Abac If she'd follow suit? "What does a defensive line dot" Is a query asked on a sporting page printed up street. If It's Willam ette against State college we'd say It crumbles up. And now a new magazine makes its bow In the state same being ex clusively devoted to the gentle art of horseshoe pitching. It's time something was done with all the old horseshoes. Down In a tribe In the South Sea Islands Its a custom that the wire Is not allowed to speak until the husband has spoken first. And even under that custom the woman gets In the last word. With Hallowe'en only SO days away Its a boot time for Rolla Southwlck to run up and look at his state house Job and see If the nails are holding all right. IT HAPPENS TO EVERYBODY This morning on the crowded walks We wandered near and far; For our very life we couldn't think Just where we a parked our car. All we hone Is that this p. n the hog callers don't scare the wild cows and raise havoc. With pickpockets said to be ac tive around the fair we're going to fool 'em. The next time we go out we're going to drop an Ice cream sandwich In every pocket. Walter Pierce, ex-governor, was a state fair visitor today. But we haven't seen anything out there yet to cry about. Unless, possibly, It's the fact that Senator Bennett of Multnomah was out there too. From all reports Hoover seems to be undecided as yet what to do about beer. It Is our recollection that the best thing to do about It was to blow the foam off and then drink It, MAYBE ANSWERING THE CALLS Hogg Brothers of Oregon City have opened a new store In Salem. John Stone has won one of the awards In the 4-H chicken exhibit at the fair. Plymouth Rocks, may be. Well, girls, before going out to the horse show tonight don't for get to rouge up your toenails and keep stylish. FIRST DEGREE CHARGE FILED Portland, Ore.. UP) A boy of 19 and his 35-year-old companion Friday were formally chargeC with murder In the first degree. Raymond Harvey, the elder of the two, and Ernest Newell, late Thurs day told detectives of the slaying of Walter Leonhardt, 41, special deputy sheriff, who stopped the two when he saw them driving a stolen automobile. Harvey admitted firing the shot that broke Leonhard'ts neck, but he declared the shooting was acciden tal. He carried a heavy automatic pistol, he said, and when Leon hardt stopped him, he threw the weapon In the grass, thinking Leon hardt was an officer. After talking to htm, Harvey's confession said, he "began to think that maybe Leonhardt wasn't an officer," so he reached In the grass for the pistol. The confession, as taken by court reporters, quoted Harvey as having said as he stood over the dying man "I hope you have lots of life insurance!" lifeboat crew from the British air craft carrier Hermes. The plane had Just been lowered from the flying deck of the Hermes, where the Lindberghs naa Deen keeDlnr it during his sotourn here. With the flying couple and the phy sician in the cockpits, they were about to leave for the Tungtlng lake region. 75 miles southwest oi nere. As the colonel turned the craft iConcludcd on pft 11, column" 5) THOMAS LIPTO; TEA MERCHANT DIES 111 LOMI Famous Yachtsman Who Spent Fortune To Win America's Cup Passes Began Life in Poverty And Amassed Riches in Developing Tea Trade London, (U Sir Thomas Upton 81, the famovs sportsman, died Friday, at 1:16 p. m. alter an Ill ness of ten days from a severe chill contracted while driving his auto mobile. The gravity of his Illness was announced only Thursday. With four -doctors In attendance, some hope was held out earlier Friday for his recovery and reassur ing news was issued from tne nea- slde. Internationally famous yachts man and tea merchant, Sir Thom as Johnstone Upton spent more than 20 years of his life and nearly $10,000,000 of his vast fortune nursing a hobby to win back for England the America's cup a sil ver yachting trophy actually worth a hundred guineas. Sir Thomas Lpiton made five at tempts to assuage this blow, which had carried gloom to the heart of every British yachting enthusiast from Queen's palace to peasant's cottage, but try aa he might, spend as he would, the battered old mug never budged from its pedestal in the New York Yacht club. Several notable attempts to re capture the cup have been made before Llpton took up the quest in 1899, but ail of wem were lau- ures. Just a year before the 20 tn century rolled around, Sir Thomas appeared off Sandy Hook with his yacht Shamrock I, first of the five famous Shamrock sisters that al ways proved a mite too slow for the American built defenders. The Shamrock I was beaten by the Columbia In 1899. the Sham- tConduded on pane 11, column 1) TRIO CONFESS SAFE CRACKING Information reaching Superin tendent Pray of the state police and Chief Minto of the Salem po lice Friday afternoon stated that four Instead of "three men were under arrest for the series of burg laries recently committed in Salem and Polk county. A teletype mes sage said they had made a com plete confession. How extensive the confession was the message did not state, but the faet that they are being taken to Dallas Instead of being brought to Salem is believed to Indicate that they have confess ed to several burglaries in that county. Three men who have confessed to the burglarizing of the dairy and cracking the safe at Curly s dairy. 645 Hood street, on the night of September 28, and who are suspect ed of having robbed other places In Salem and Polk county recently, were arrested In Portland early Fri day by Officer Orey Coffey of the Salem police and Lieutenant Mc Claln of the state police. The three burglars are being taken to Dallas where they will be quizzed Concluded on page 9, column 8) ATTEMPT MADE TO MURDER PASHA Istanbul, Turkey. HP) A purpoted attempt to assassinate General Is met Pasha, premier and president of the council, as he was leaving for Greece was disclosed by police files Friday. One of two men who had come from Greece by steamer was ar rested on suspicion when the ves sel docked Thursday and was sub jected to questioning. The other locked himself in a washroom and committed suicide. The prisoner, who gave his name as Agopl, said that he and 1.1s companion had been commissioned bv what he termed the Armenian society Tashnak'' to slay the pre mier on oreek sou. mey leareo Greek police would be too alert, however, he said, and came to Is tanbul to carry out their designs. Police said the sulcde, Verant by name, was a notorious criminal whom the 'Tashnak'' society had dispatched to Rum la a year ago to assassinate L. M. Karakhan. de puty commissar for foreign affairs His mission was said to have failed Cartoonist Murray Wade Catches oyoi i .tiogi. I oohb A.P.FLSMIN& AARoN 77ANK ' ) "'COM!C.. CONDON MANAGER OF- THE I V. tHAlKMAH OF the HOSf? V? Jpj? PA.rX. HORSE vfKg gl WAX WHO 'JUDOEO THE "SPECIAL" EVENTS OP FIRST COUZINS GRILLS WAGE CUTTERS (Copyright, mi. br United Preu) Birmingham, Mich. IP) A group of bankers In the United States wields almost the same dictatorial authority as Stalin of Russia, work ers are free in theory only and the law of the Jungle rules out laborers. Senator James Couzens, of Michi gan, asserted Friday in a bristling denunciation of wage reductions. The gray-haired millionaire, who has given millions to charity, and who severed all connections with industry when elected a senator, charged New York bankers with responsibility for wage and salary reductions. "One banker, who sits at the head of the executive committee of one of our great Industries, has issued an order for wage cuts which will affect one million people," the sen ator said. "These people are at the absolute mercy of this one banker, whose mandate also Is affecting the economic security of other indus tries. We have not reached the same position Russia has, but we have in this country several men with almost the same dictatorial power as Stalin of Russia." Whether other companies will fol low the lead of the several big cor- poratlons in cutting wages, senator Couzens was not prepared to say. He expressed the belief many small er concerns already have reduced wages without attracting publicity, Not the fact that these business leaders have picked out the start of cold weather to issue their wage cutting orders," he said. "It would appear they awaited the psychology (Concluded on page 10, column 4) HYPNOTISM USED AS AN ANAESTHETIC New York iJP) The Brooklyn Eagle Friday reported a bloodless and painless dental operation with hyp notism replacing anaesthetic. The paper said the experiment was witnessed by Its own science ed I tor and a number of scientific men in the office of Dr. A. J. Bruchlach er, Brooklyn dentist. Walter L. Orton, mechanical en gineer and vice president of the Brooklyn Psychic Research society, kept a woman whose name was giv en only as ' Miss M. v. unaer hyp notic Influence for fifteen minutes, the paper said, while Dr. Bruch lacher extracted a tooth, made an Incision in a gum and cut away growth of bone. Rescue Awaits for Sea To Become Calm Seattle (IP) The coast guard cut ter Chelan was standing off Cape 8aricheff lighthouse. In Bering Sea, Friday waiting for seas to moder ate before attempting to rescue four men who were aboard the mo torship Gladiator, when It went ashore during a heavy storm, ac cording to radio dispatches to the cos st guard cutter here. The O lad la tor's crew was report ed In no danger, and the disabled ship was so close to a llghthouw station that three of the men had gone ashore while the other was believed to have stayed aboard. The Chelan was unable to send a landing party ashore to pick up I the men, due to heavy seas. 410LMAM WIWMFP kjcjk ItiONU PRIZ.E PLACE Fair Breaking And Fine Keep Crowds Coming The 70th Oregon state fair which is fast Dassintr into history, offered one of its most varied programs Friday though cloudy skies and threats of rain had an effect upon morning attendance and office reports that the nine day ex position this year will be a financial success, several features having been arranged for Saturday and Sunday, including the return of the rodeo which proved popular the first three days oi the fair. With the close of the fair in sight many of the livestock exhibitors are getting everything in readiness to leave for the Utah state fair at Salt Lake which opens Sunday. "The attendance, while not as large as we had hoped for with the addition of two days to the fair, is well ahead of last year and there appears no question that we will better than break even," said Max Gehlhar, slat director of agricul ture and general manager of the (Concluded on page n. "column ) FLOOD TERROR IS MORE ACUTE Shanghai, (P) A new China flood disaster, following closely other catastrophes that have taken toll of tens of thousands of lives wthln the last two months, was re vealed to the National flood relief commission here Friday In a tele graph from B. L. Pond, resident engineer of the Chinese Interna tional Famine Relief commission at Yunnanful, Yunnan province. Pond declared 35.000 persons per ished and 5,000 square miles of territory were Inundated as the result of continual rains In the Yentsing district of northern Yun nan province. "Tnree hundred thousand peo ple are affected." he telegraphed. "Crops are entirely destroyed. The rain Is continuing in some dis tricts." This Is on top of a three year famine from which It was pre viously estimated Yunnan province would require twenty years to re cover. Flood waters still cover vast areas of the fertile Yangtse valley in central China, particularly in the region of Hankow. Northern Kiangsu province also lies buried beneath a sea of yellow water from the Grand canal. It was estimated floods have claimed 350,000 lives In the Hankow area alone. Workers Well Paid Under State's Fund Injured workmen coming under the state industrial accident Insur ance fund received 12.54 per cent more In compensation for time km than doctors received for treatment of Injuries. Since 1927. the medical aid cost per accident has Increased from $19.15 to 12358 figures released Fri day by Chas. T. Early, head of the commission, showed. During the four year period doc tors were paid $3,103.75231 and workmen for time loss $3&4,9lbM. Horse Show Celebrities In Action Even Programs MOTT RETAINS BANK CONTROL Portland, Ore., tJP) The federal court Friday sustained the motion of James W. Mott, state corpora tion commissioner, to dismiss bank ruptcy proceedings In the case of the Guardian Building and Loan, Dime and Dollar Building and Loan, and Western Savings and Loan associations. The effect of the opinion Is to leave the affairs of the association in the hands of the state corpora tion commissioner who is liquidat ing them. After the commissioner took charge of the assets of the companies the officers sought to throw matters Into the bankruptcy court. In a memorandum opinion Judge McNary held the stockholders who petitioned In bankruptcy are not creditors, not having exercised their option to become so, and that the companies are not insolvent within the meaning of the bank ruptcy act WOMEN OF SPAIN WIN YOTING RIGHT Madrid ifP) Spain's women con gratulated themselves Friday oi the enactment of a constitutional measure which will give them an equal voice with men In the gov ernment. The national assembly has writ ten into the constitution a pro vision which entitles all women of 23 years and above to vote, affect ing about 5,000,000 persons. The measure was approved by a ballot of 160 to 121 after stern opposition. A woman deputy led the debate In favor of suffrage and another headed the dissent. Senorita Clara Campoamar, an attorney demand ed that the vote be conferred on women at once. Senorita Victoria Kent, director of prisons, contend ed they should not enjoy the bal lot until they learned more of the science of government. Other proponent1!, voicing the ideas of the provisional govern ment. insisted that women rhould be rewarded for their work in establishing the republic. Their adversaries replied that women .might lean toward the Catholic church and champion the restora tion of the monarchy. lit YEAR OLD VET Il8 Utka. N. Y. (A William (Unrle Billy) Smith, of Camden, reputedly 113 year old Civil war veteran, died Friday. WHITE HOUSE STUDIES CRISIS Washington m President Hoov er Is intensively studying means fo putting the economic structure of the nation on a firmer foundation. A variety of proposals are under discussion. Whether any of them will reach the stage of actual fruition in the near future remains speculative. The suggestions reach into diverse ramifications of the business and economic system of the United States, and touch also upon the world depression. It was said at the White House Friday that not one new plan had oeen produced aa a panacea for the Ills of industry. The present ef fort is a continuation of the studies the president has been making with a view to easing the situation wher ever possible. At home, the president's efforts relate to such subjects as the re lief of agriculture, the establish ment of a better permanent fabric of employment, and maintenance of the standard of living. in tne foreign field, Mr. Hoover is preparing to speak on international trade next week at a meeting of Pan American commercial repre sentatives here. He Is gathering material also for his forthcoming conversations with Premier Laval of France. FARMER-LABOR PARTY IS PLANNED Portland Ft Oregon will have a new political group If plans of H H. Stallard of Portland bear fruit Stallard has filed a declaration of Intention with Hal E. Hoss. secretary oi siate, ror tne farmer-labor party, The program Includes: "Recognition of Soviet Russia. "Tax the over-rich by use of In come and inheritance taxes to pro vide for adequate unemployment in surance and old age pensions. "Socialization of all baisic indus tries Including the money system with an eye to social needs rather than profits. Stallard said petitions will be out soon to legalize the party so a full ticket may be placed before the vot ers in 1932. Grange Still Insists On Special Session of Legislature This Fall By HARRY N. CRAIN Undaunted by the recent announcement of Governor Meier that he will not call the iPKialature into pperial wiwion to deal with the problem of unemployment relief and Icprifl- latlon on behalf of depression rid- den farmers the Oregon atate grange stands fast In its declara tion for such a special session and continues to advocate enactment of a luxury tax to raise $1,000,000 a year and amendment of the exist ing rural credits act to make It more flexible. While It took no of tidal action and made no formal announcement the executive committee of the ATHLETICS NOT ABLE TO SCORE III FAST GM Pitchers Battle Witli Score of 2 toO Won by Hallahan Bases Filled in Ninth but Mackmen Fail to Cross Plate Sportsman's Park, St Louis (IP) The St. Louis Cardinals evened the count in the 1931 world series by shutting out the Athletics 3 to 0 here Friday. The truly brilliant pitching of Wild Bill Hallahan and a stirring freak ninth inning were the out standing features. The Cardinals, looking like sura winners with a 3 to 0 lead, saw the. bases filled in the ninth, but Halla han was equal to the occasion and got rid of Max Bishop on a pop foul to Bottomley. Official attendance was 35,947. The third man to get on base In the ninth was Jim Moore, pinch hit ter. Actually ne struck out but Catcher Wilson of the Cards drop ped the ball after the third strike. This entitled Moore to run to first and he did. Then came Bishop, lead-off man for the A's, to th plate. He hoisted a high foul near the boxes back of first base and Sunny Jim Bottomley, goat ol the last world series, raced into a knot of spectators, caught the foul and the Cards had a shut-out victory. The Cards got off to a one run lead In the second Inning. Pepper Martin scored the run by daring base running. He stretched what should have been a single Into a double. He stole third, hitting the dirt as he reached the base. Wil son, next up, fllei to center and (Concluded on pngc 10, column BUTLER PLANS DICTATORSHIP Philadelphia (LP) A noun of mul- timilltonalree, seeking a form of ben- eficient dictatorship, are ready to give up half their fortunes to fur ther the plan, according to Major S medley D. Butler, U. 8. M. C. re tired. Fourteen of the men who had dis cussed the plan are worth more than 16,000.000.000, he said. A threat of revolution hangs over the country if something Is not done to cure present conditions, he said. The wealthy men propose a pro gram of schools, road building, pro motion of inventions and Infant In- dustrcis under an "extra gov ernmental agency headed by a man without capitalistic or partisan ties," he said. The virtual dictatorship would be legalized by congress. "My idea la to put Idle money to work," Butler said. DEMOCRAT WINS SEAT IN CONGRESS Chicago, iff) Unofficial figures on the recount of the Eighth Illi nois congressional district Friday Indicated the victory of Stanley Kunz, democrat, over Peter C. Oranata, republican, who was ori ginally declared the winner. The change would shift the Illi nois delegation in the house of rep resentatives to 14 democrats and 13 rr publicans. grange meeting at the state fair grounds Fr I (lav morning reaffirm ed this declaration of principles. The committee listened at some length to Senator J. K. Bennett while he explained and sought en dorsement for his scheme of a 150. 000.000 issue of state bonds or cur rency and adjourned without tak ing any action on the proposal, (Concluded on piffe 10. cduma It
