The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, August 29, 1920, Section One, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OR EG ONI AN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 29, 1920 VIEWS OF AIRPLANE WHICH DIVED INTO THE WILLAMETTE KIVER WITH THREE PASSENGERS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. WHEN PLANE FALLS Dr. J. A. Pettit, Joseph Ehr man and Pilot Shaken Up. LAUNCH RACES TO RESCUE Airship Plunges Into River When Hit by Troublesome Air Cur rent's 150 Keet Above. 12 3 NARROWLY ESCAPE - r . ' I -to Seaplane No. 9 of. the Oregon-Washington and Idaho Airplane company was wrecked and the pilot and two passenecrs narrowly escaped death yesterday afternoon when the plane became unmanageable as the result of conflicting air currents and fell into the Willamette river opposite the American Can company from a hclghth of 150 feet. Ir. Joseph A. Pettit, who was one of the passengers, received bruises on the face and nose as the result of striking his face on the side of the car when the machine struck the water. Joseph Ehrman of Mason Khrman & Co., the other passenger, and Fred K. Dupuy. the pilot, were badly shaken up by their experiences. All three in the machine were drenched. Fishing Boat Rescues Men "When the machine struck the water the pilot and his two passengers climbed upon the superstructure which was still out of water and shortly afterward they were taken aboard a small fishing boat, which happened to be in the vicinity. They were later taken ashore in the harbor patrol launch. The airplane had just left the land ing of the company at Guild lake and the pilot had steered up the river into the wind. When the machine was about 150 feet high Dupuy said he attempted to turn. It was at this time that some bad air currents struck the machine, causing the pilot to lose control of it. Dupuy went into a tail spin in the effort to re frain control of the machine, but the plane stuck its nose into the water iefore he could right it. "If I had had 50 feet more I could have righted the machine, and the accident would have been avoided," lie said, following the rescue. .The nose of the machine was shat tered by the force of the blow, and the 60-foot wings" were broken. The engine, however, was apparently un damaged. Police Launch Races to Rescue. Captain Speier of the harbor patrol took personal charge of saving those In the machine, and salvaging the airplane. Assisted by Captain Mitchell's tugboat, Henrietta No. 2, the harbor patrol launch towed the Airplane, which was still floating, to the slip of Municipal dock No. 1. There one of the big derricks on the dock lifted the plane, with its 600 pound engine, up on the dock. The run made by the harbor patrol launch to the scene of the wreck was one of the speediest in the history of the department. Within ten minutes from the time the news of the. wreck was received at the patrol station. the harbor patrol launch was on tne ecene. The accident was the first of any serious nature the Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho Airplane company has experienced in all the months, its pilots have been carrying passengers over the Pacific northwest. Its record of carrying thousands of passengers without anyone being in jured has been cited as showing the comparative safety of air transpor tation, when directed by skilled pilots, and confined to flying without frills. The company has a standing rule against "circus stunts" by any of Its pilots. . -u t& m m " - - - DOWNTOWN HOLDUP MfiDE j :. j - - . ; PARK AST) O VK STREETS SCE L 1,! ' jCA OF DARING ROBBERY, i '- , " . fi ' I &&&& : y . - iv Several Burglaries Complained of II ' ' , 'T f, to Police Woman Loses ' S. g ' jf V St0f $20 on fetrccts. ' H ' tZr J ' L. t y J.HJ' n fi n LAND ALL CLASSIFIED HOMESTEAD AND FORESTRY DIVISION'S ARE MADE. Report Shows 115,521 Acres Jlave Been Found Chiefly Valuable . for Agriculture. An unmasked highwayman, invad ing the downtown district early yes terday morning held up and robbed (reorge Jali of Vancouver, -WajBh., at Park and Oak streets and made his escape with $38 of Jail's money. Jali was on the way to catch a car at the time of the robbery. The robber sprang from a doorway of the Pacific States Telephone & Tele graph company's building and point ing a small revolver, commanded Jail to throw up his hands. After going through the man's pockets the robber walked away. Jail ran all the way to the police station following the hold up, and gave the alarm and a dozen police men hurried to the vicinity. The robber, however, had disappeared. Charles Tyler, employed by the Crown Paper company, reported to the police that he was robbed of $100 while sleeping in the Monte Carlo hotel. Burglars entered hUs room by he use of a pass key. - The theft of a purse containing $150 Was reported to the police by Mrs. A. W. Montgomery, 167 Eleventh street. The thieves entered her room while she was absent and made their escape-with the purse and also valu able papers. Dr. F. S. Skiff. 330 Fourteenth street, reported that his basement had been broken into and two eets of as- sayers' balancing scales, valued at $300. stolen. He said he suspected a junk man. H. P. Stewart, 15 North Fifth street. reported that bis room had been entered and a coat, vest and watch taken. W. G. Rust. 544 East Thirty-seventh street, reported that his wife lost a $20 bill somewhere between Second and Alder streets and the Hibernla bank. NEW DIRECTOR IS NAMED POWERS ELECTED TO TXl- VERSITTrT EXTENSION WORK. Above Airplane an It wan being lifted out of, the river by one of the der ricks of municipal dock lio. 1. Belovr Plu'ne Just after being toned to , municipal dock. . Xorthwest Office With Red Cross Resigned to Direct Programme of Educational Slides. Alfred Powers, assistant manager of the northtwestern division- of the American Red Cross with headquar ters at Seattle, has resigned to di rect the enlarged programme of edu cational slides and moving picture films In the extension division of the University of Oregon and will take up his new duties at Eugene, Septem ber 1. While with the Red Cross he has had charge of publicity and has di- The classifying into homestead and forestry classes of all national forest lands in Oregon harf been completed. accoraing to j. j. .Buck, assistant dis trict forester, of Portland, who has had general charge of this work in tne state. aaamon to tne 1,500,000 acres which have been eliminated from-the forests on recommendation of the for est service as not being suitable for timber production or watershed pro tection, the report shows that 115,521 acres have upon classification been Xound to be valuable chiefly for agri culture and opened to homestead en try in 113 separate homstead units. Today only 42.7 per cent of these Homesteads are occupied. The indication, as shown by actual use, is mat the forest service, influ enced by the great pressure for free homestead lands from many sources, has been too liberal to the possible homesteader, overstepping the bounds of economic agricultural requirements and classifying as homestead lands lands which economically under ex istmg conditions are really more valuable for forest production." The final classification data cover ing nearly 13.000,000 acres of national loreBt lands in the mountain ranges o wrtsu snows mat tnese areas are considered by the public of little value for agriculture. There are over 2,500.- 00 acres of land inside the forest boundaries in private ownership, be ing originally acquired under the homestead and timber and stone laws, and of this over 1,600.000 acres are used by the owners only for grazing or forestry purposes. Of the total cul tivated land itself, over 80 per cent la producing no crop except hay. PORTLAND J30Y INVENTOR Butcher's Saw Eliminates Work Be ing Done by'lfand. A new portable butcher's saw which eliminates all hand work has been patented by a Portland boy. Word from Washington yesterday Informed James D. Bobbroff, 6725 Eighty-sixth street Southeast, the inventor, that a patent would be granted him. The saw utilizes a knife blade while cutting through meat, automatically turns into a saw when reaching the bone and reverses Itself into a knife when through the bone. Steaks of any gauged weight may be cut ac curately. The inventor claims he started work on the saw while in the trenches ma a soldier. Arrangements to manufacture the law In Portland are being completed. sf v V Alfred Powers, who will return . to extension division, Unlvcr Ity of Oregon. Through traffic between Portland and Oregon City should be over the east si$e highway. To -go between Port land and Oswego it is necessary to detour over the Taylor Ferry road, and it Is necessary to travel seven miles in order to cover the distance of three miles on the road that is closed. The Taylor Ferry road is In fair condition. Detour signs have been placed to guide the stranger. The road will be closed for about ten days or two weeks. nell, for the past month. In the meanwhile he has been undergoing treatment for a nervous disorder. No foul play is, feared by his rela ives or friends. He left home wit! ess than $75 in his possession, and no preparations had been made foi travel. .He is described as a smooth- shaven man of 39, sandy complexion. wearing a blue serge suit and a brown hat. , RINGLER IS EXONERATED Bluebird Proprietor ?fot Guilty of Wilfully Selling Intoxicant. Complete exoneration of wilfully selling intoxicating liquor on board the Bluebird, floating dance, hall, was the result of the trial of Montrose Ringler, proprietor, before a jury in the court of District Judge Bell. Af ter being out only 15 minutes, a ver dict of not guilty was returned.'. Air. Ringlef was accused of selling a graps juice drink which had fer mented, and contained over 12 per cent alcohol, August 16, to patrons of the dance, resulting in several cases of intoxication. He admitted that the beverage had fermented, but attrib uted it to the Warm weather and ice shortage, which had prevented proper care for several days, saying, how ever, that he had no knowledge of the fermentation, or the liquor would not have been sold. At first Mr. Ringler offered.to plead guilty to the charge, but when the warrant was read in court and he noted that he was pleading guilty to the "wilful sale of intoxicating liq uor, he balked and pleaded not guilty, demanding a jury trial. Deputy District Attorney Maguire prosecuted the case and the defense was handled by Clarence H. Gilbert Switchman Falls From Top of Car Edgar Perrin, 320 Hassalo street, a switchman for the Northern Pacific railroad, fell from the top of a" mov ing box car at tne terminal yesterday morning and received a fracture of the arm and possible internal injuries. He was taken to Good Samaritan hos pital for treatment. rected Red Cross military relief for Camp Lewis, Puget sound navy-yard. Fort George Wright and other mili tary posts and camps of the north west. He has also supervised the work of the Junior Red Cross, with a present membership of 200,000 school children in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Wash ington. At the University of Oregon he will direct the visual instruction pro gramme with service to the whole state. The university will offer this fall 400 different films and slide sets, to which additions will be made. He was formerly connected with the extension division of the unlver sty, leaving i years ago to enter the army, with which he served eight months in France. He is succeeded as director of pub licity by Dr. Dan E. Clark, who was formerly associate editor of the Iowa Historical society, and professor of history in the University ot Iowa. STORK VISITS BACHELOR T a co ma Man Returns to Find Home Inhabited by Baby Boy. , , TACOMA, 'Wash.. Aug. 25. (Spe cial.) -"'Please .keep him. Name's Don. Born May' 25. "UNKNOWN FRIEND." That was the note pinned to the neat little jacket of the babv bor that E. A. Newton, a bachelor, found In his room last night. Tne child was lying on the bed near an open window and had been placed there In the early evening while Mr. Newton was away. Mr. Newton intends to keep the oy if the court will grant adoption pa pers to him. His housekeeper Is car ing for the little fellow. This is the fourth baby abandoned In Tacoma recently. . . West Side Highway Closed. The west side highway between Portland and Oswego is closed while i grading is in progress on - the road. J. W. 0'D'ONNELL MISSING Wyoming Man, In Portland, Xot Seen Sincey Friday Morning. .Police yesterday instituted searcr for J W. O'Donnell, business man of kock springs, wyo., who hae beei missing from 631 Siskiyou street Portland, since Friday morning. Mr O'Donnell has been visiting at the home of L.. Enderud, with Mrs. O'Don DANCE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AT COLUMBIA BEACH . Single Taxers to Meet. The Oregon Single Tax league will celebrate the 81st anniversary of the birth of Henry George Tuesday at S P. M., .room H, third floor of the public library. J. R. Hermann, manager of the single tax campaign, 111 deliver the address. :A Big Chance for Success VACATIONS, are over. You are thinking about autumn and winter. What sort of position do you want? What can you do to "make good" in life? It is now a recognized fact that large department stores offer innumerable opportuni ties to ambitious, loyal, industrious men and women. ; Meier & Frank Company .has on its payroll about 2200 people. Each member of that bis? family has a chance to work in any department he or she wishes and will be transferred froni section to section as he or she desires or wherever opportunities are largest. Preparing for Fall Business MEIER & FRANK'S Wishes the Services of Many Additional People If you are just out of school and wish a position at which you can make good and where the opportunities are many we shall be glad to hear' from you. Requirements are honesty, fidelity, ability to write intelligibly, the virtue of "staying on the job" and a common school education. Experienced Salespeople will find important inducements in the selling; sections. Apprentices for Selling Positions will be engaged and educated in the employes' school which is maintained by the Educational Director. Girls Between 16 and 18 can obtain employment in the inspectors' division, marking room, dairy room, soda fountain and offices. Experienced Elevator Operators will be furnished with uniforms free. Educational Moving-Picture Films are now a part of the store's school work; illustrating- how the work can be done easily and satisfactorily. . Personal Interviews Without Waiting can be had at 8 A. M. at Meier & Frank's, First Floor, Sixth and Alder-street entrance, to morrow (Monday). Personal Interviews All Day Long In the Superintendent's Office, 9:15 to 5:45, Sixth Floor. Other Personal Appointments can be made by telephoning East 1059. WASHINGTON PUNS READY SENATOR HIRAM JOHXSOX TO MAKE TWO SPEECHES. Former Democratic VoteVs Flock- ins to Republican Standard, Says Elmer Dover. SEATTLE. Wash., Auk. 28. (Spe cial.) Elmer Dover, republican cam paign manager for . the states or Washington, Oregon, Idaho, . Nevada. California . and Arizona, conferred with Guy E Kelly, national com mitteeman and Sam A. Walker, Btate chairman, last night and together they outlined a tentative programme for the opening of the campaign in Washington. - Senator Hiram W. Johnson of Cali fornia will make at least two speeches in this stata and Herbert Hoover and former United States Senator Bev erldge of Indiana will also be Invited to speak here. Mr. Hoover is now touring the Pacific northwest by automobile and is expected In Seattle soon. Although all the states in which Mr. Dover has Jurisdiction went demo cratic four years ago, as to the na tional ticket, he is confident they will march under the republican ban ner this year. "I have Just returned from Oregon and California and the most gratify ing thing, to my mind, is the total elimination of factionalism in the republican party in both states In relation to the presidential ticket. "I am making a tour of observation and expect to visit every state to which I have been detailed by the national committee. The campaign in this region Is under the direction of Raymond Benjamin of San Francisco, myself, Ralph Williams of Oregon. John T. Hart of Idaho and Mrs. Kath erine Phillips Edson of California. 1 Mr Dover met former Mayor Harry White, H. Perry Miles and Charles Forbes of Spokane immediately upon his arrival In Seattle. Mr. Forbes will leave Seattle for Spokane tomorrow and later will go to Montana on a special miselon for the national committee. 0UIJA WARNS FRUIT MAN Board Declares Grower Made Mis take in Holding Back Crop. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 28 (Spe cial.) If a precedent set by Edward Hermann, orchadist of Husum, Wash., is followed, fruit growers may create a shortage in the supply of ouija boards In the next few weeks. Three weeks ago, when a spurt of buying enthusiasm was on in this section Mr. Hermann declined an offer of $2.000 for his crop, estimated at 10,000 boxes. The first of the week he consulted his ouija board. "You made a mistake," was the message the board spelled for the fruit grower.' "You will sell in No vember for $1.97 per box." OFFICERS KILLED1 IN RAID Posse Leaves Oklahoma City for Scene of Shooting. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. Aug. 28. Home Adrean, deputy sheriff: Stan ley F. Weiss, federal prohibition agent, and Charlie Chandler, negro, an alleged moonshiner, were killed, and Claude Tyler, another deputy sheriff, was seriously wounOed two miles north of Arcadia, 0 miles northeast of here, early today when the officers attempted to raid a still, acccrding to a telephone message. A posse left' for the scene. It was stated in the message that Chandler had other negroes armed with rifles guarding all approaches to the still. him birthday greetings. Among the telegrams of - congratulation he re ceived wa the following from the Portland Press club, of which Mr Holman Is an honored life member. "Why should anyone who has dis covered the secret of perpetual youth have birthdays? We congratulate you heartily and hope you will have many more of them. Mr. Holman Goes to Ilwaco. Frederick V. Holman left Fridaj for Ilwaco, Wash., to pass his birth day with relatives. Many friends sent w i :.. , "vir I LiSSSllilSli " 1 W3 Name i . ran III QpLaYtSSnl! IHUSIC 1 27zc w ii ev ts. Alien ca GO'OD' MUSIC. AND -ECONOMY ARE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL IKUMSWICI-SUS In this Style Seven Brunswack is musical value to the highest de- , gree. . It has all of the Brunswick features, plays the records of all makers and all artists, and plays them with fullest perfection off tone and color. ' Its cabinet, too, is beautiful In oak' or Adam brown mahogany. 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Bl j M0LINE TRACTOR J For Sale at a Bargain a I have a Moline Universal Tractor in first class condition that ' . can be used for plowing1, harrowing', planting, etc, and has a 'motor that will develop 10 to 12 H. P. on the belt for stationary work. Plows 10 to 12 acres per day, and eats only when it works. J ' Turns in a 16-fU circle and backs as easily as it goes forward. S ' I want to sell or trade this tractor at once, and if 6omeone will let me have a little money on it I will include a sulky carrying; J a two Bottom Gang 14-inch plow. Make me an offer. Might 5 trade for auto. j C. C. HURLEY H ' 1069 East 14th St. North. Portland, Oregon B Phone Woodlawn 3895 Knights of Columbus EVENING SCHOOL This school will open September 7 at 290 Grand Avenue North, corner Clackamas. Registration may be made now at the school or at the K. C. Employment Bureau, 205 Artisans Building. COURSES ARE FREE TO EX-SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN Classes will include bookkeeping, accountancy, typewriting, shorthand, penmanship, English, French, Spanish, salesmanship, mechanical drawing, commercial art,' radio telegraphy, auto mechanics, oxy-acetylene welding. Instruction will be offered in any study for which there is the requisite demand. Civilians will be admitted at moderate fees in all classes where there is room' ifter taking care of ex-service men's needs. .