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I - .' ..ft...... - -' X '-Probable Death of Lost Avia .! tors Recalls Memories of d Others Not Located "WASinNQTO Feb.16. The vprobable .death; of the lost aria tors. Col. F. C. Marshall and Ueu tenant C. I; Weber, who diaapr . peared ' on - December while on - a ross-country flight from San 'Dtwgtr to Tuscon. Ariz., recalls similar plights that hare befallen other army and navy fliers and te searches that were made for ;m,:V',i;;;;.;:j,, 1' X l 1 While, army ctfficials have long ivenup hope . that the fliers Would be found alive, the belief 1 still' faintly adhered , to that their bodies .and ; the . ; wreck of their plane may.be eventually re covered. 5 However, declare army officers who have flown over that wild part . of the country, the chances are , slim. Either of the 'two regions in which the officers may have bees f orbed to land is - desert , waste. t tf bat, ectont the east of Tuscbni where a plane . believed to have been theirs was last seen, is extremely rocky and aountainois. . - Searchers. . conld iQok for months without cWliig .upon the ravine in which the wreckage could" He hidden for a long time, they say. The sands of the desert to the west and fouth of the city are so fine that - a slight breeze would be; sufficient "to cover the wreckage under a dune In a short time. . Rescue Hope Abandoned . The hope that the officers could - have been rescued by Indians has a?so been abandoned because, the xegion Is sparsely inhabited and any Indians Who might have lo cated them would certainly have made their presence, known long since. V For many days a fleet of planes scoured the region "flying as low and as far as was compati ble with safety, but no trace of the lost officers was discovered. The report that their charred bodies were seen lying in a gorge near the Papago Indian reserva tion, near the border line, was found Ineorrect' by troops of cav alry that aided la the search. ' ";The single hop now- held by the officers' comrades is that tome, day ; they may find "the re mains to afford them proper bur- 1 iaL ?v'-fit-t:;;W;sfyi '"'The loss of the two officers and the long' search for them re called -to navy aviators the loss in March, 1921, of five 'men from the Pensacola, air station who set out in -a training flight' in a free bal'oon, ! Quartermaster G. K. , Wilkinson , was pilot and, had with him four enlisted flying; students. While there was no' storm in the vicinity at the time, and weather conditions f , were I comparatively good, neither the balloon nor its" passengers were ever seen; again. It was firs feared they had been blown out to sea and a squadron of seaplanes and several dirigibles aided by a fleet of vessels scoured the nearby waters tor miles with out discovering 'a trace. ' . Voicee Heard Then trappers in the -everglades , reported1-hearing voices -In . the swamps at night andi the "Jreareh iffg airships made flights: tor days ever them but if thaixextQaheld the secret of the tragedy: it ?re fased to, 4eliverf it -despite a. set?. ond report of voices heard there. For weeks the search was con tinued, but "no trace t ever was found; Jlonths "afterward, , what was believed, to be the remains of a wicker, balloon .basket was . righted far at . sea, ; and it was finally, believed that the fate jot the fliers had been met there. Investigat6rs are even yet tjry fng to clear the Identity of fhe man whose bones were found in the. everglades recently, with evl , dances . indicating he i may have : bee an 'army flier No clue has been found, however, and army records ' show no ' filer . lost there ' who' wa not rnmvrcu1 . - Experience Thrilling Raymond White, who as a stu dent r flier,- spent almost a week of perils and, starvation In the eversladesr-will , never forget his "adventure."; Flying V from Carl ; stromfield, Florida, on ; a test . flight. . he" landed at .Okeechobee, but on the "return was forced down by exhaustion of his gascr , Une and. crashed into the almost impenetrable cypress swamps. Seeing no possible landing place, , be aimed, for a tree, and tumbled to the ground practically unhurt'. t But that "was only the start of his . experience.' i' Mosquitoes were I so 'j- thick and voracious hev bad to cover face and arms with grease from his Bhip; ho had no matches J to build , a signal fire, and was . forced to take to trees at night - tp sroid animals be heard prowl ,lng aboBt., lie finally, made his way, subsisting on : herbs and grasshoppers, to a Seminole In dian camp and was rent by them to a 'distant farm house where, after a weekjhfs 'comrades found him in an exceedingly weakened condition. . - Capt. c. W. Dannmaa and tt. E.; J. Verhuyden were two other fliers whe lost their lives in a free balloon. They started In, the national balloon race from St. Louis in M919. and were never heard from until their bodies were washed up by the waters of Lake Huron- J While many other fliers, of both the army; and navy, have been "lost' in : various sections. of the country for two or three day stretches, all were found, and aviators declare the number of men, actually lost iis very small eompared with; the. increasing amount of f lying; Records of the army air Bervice show more such accidents' than do those of the navy, bat this; .-it is pointed out, is the result of the fact that' army fliers have to cover Incredibly bad flying country,, mountains and desert, while navy flying, for the most part, is confined to the coasts where succor generally is near. Most of the army's losses of, that sort have occurred in the desert sections of 'the southwest, where the officers are employed In the border patrol. The most tragic of these occur rences in army : record ; was tho loss of Lieutenants F. B. Water house and C. H. Connolly, who lost their way in a rainstorm while on patrol and were forced to land . far south in . southern California on J the shores of the gulf. For 19 days they were with out food and constantly growing weaker, then, when finally aided by two Mexican fishermen, 1 they were taken almost within sight of food and friends ' and , brutally murdered and robbed. At one time, one of the fleet of rescue planes came as close as 60 miles to .where the plane had landed. - 1 Desert Kill Others ' t . On another 1 occasion. Lieuten ants Davis and Peterson were lost fn the desert along the Rio Grande and although they declared they 1 had not been in Mexico territory, they were captured by Mexican bandits almost in sight of aid. and held for ransom for some days. They were forced' to undergo many privations and were about to be killed when the ransom was paid. ;: ; ;- r. ::. - Lieutenant Alexander Pearson, who achieved fame In trans-continental flights and racing records, was forced down in Mexican ter ritory, and while he was making his way back to civilization on foot, the : fleet of searchers ha 1 finally given him up as lost.) He found a dilapidated' raft on the river, however, .. and 4 drifted his way . home. The J remarkable inci dent in connection with his flight was that four months later, his plane was found . in the ravine where it had fallen, a' new engine was installed there, and the plane successfully flown back. v - ; One of , the. incidences of the successful trans-Atlantic flight of the three navy seaplane, the fa mous N. C. 1, 3 and 4, was the loss for several days of the N, C. jS. flown by Lieutenant Command- er John (Towers. - The N. C. 1 waa "also forced down in the lo and Tale, that caused the near disaster tor Towers, bu the crew: was res ped by a passing vessel just be fore the plane, sank. Towers and! his" crew worked, for 53 hours to keep the plane above water, while the sea. was being scoured by res cue ships. Drifting . an dtaxing over the surface, the crew was finally able to make the Abores, ajid how they accomplished, this feat in the teeth of a raging gale is one of the epics of naval avia tions ':Xr-'r i . ' V- The - disappearance : of a navy balloon from iRpckaway Station, Long Island, with a crew of three officers. Lieutenants Hlnton, Kioor and Farrell, who ,f finally landed In a blizzard 'far north in Canada, near Hudson Bay, - in the winter ; of - two years' agc was among the most spectacular ad ventures that have, ever , befallen American aviators in peace time. After. starting: from Roeksway for a short flight. . they .disappeared and no effort could locate-them through a search of weeks. They had . little provision for; a long flight and their lives were given up. Then came : word , that they had landed, in a dense forest, had wandered four ( days and, finally arrived at a distant trading post, far from railroads and even the telegraph' They were returned to civilization by dog sledge, but their adventure was almost their last. . for. the exposure to the in tense cold, lack of food and heavy now had Almost exhausted them when rescue came. Just as they were sinking, from weakness. Bear's Second Sacker Fractures Right ; Leg BERKELEY, Cal.. Feb. ll. -A severe blow was dealt to the Uni versity, of California 1923 base ball hopes when CharlieErb, vet eran varsity second baseman, sus tained a fracture of the right leg while sliding for home plate, this afternoon In a practice game be tween' the university's first and second team. Erb's home! Is in Los 'Angeles. ' jlle was captain' of last year's football team. ' ' Another slap at prohibition. Au tomobiles have crossed the Saha ra desert in record-breaking time, putting the camel? out ' of : busi ness. The camel travels on water. Exchange. ; . . . . ; . : . ' i SQUIRE EDGEGATE A Little Wi.t PWMRZ VZH,I NO4 you l nxivnyi Afjr 1 , r-rt WT A f kt 4 . J? vitHREC7H III MR xyoS o i ( ftccoRO OF OH y - L t0-7Hl3l3 )f t -ertNK of tub I v A ( 'Plzrsco -no meet I . V the wedlocks i dlstio I MR xyoA i y otuy An y1 -y McClelland Team Beats Waters in Point Race The McClelland team beat the Waters aggregation in the season al race for points in the business men's league at the TMCA. ! The contest closed this week, with a close score of 53 to 50 points. At tendance, and the winning of games of biff ball and volley, ball. The teams started with equal membership, and one point was given to the team that had the Urget number present for each class day; five points went to the winners of each contest, p i Salem will be represented in the state junior TMCA basketball tournament in Portland. March 30 and 31. Three classifications of boys will be made; from 12 to 14 years, from 14 to 1 6, and from 16 to 18. Saimn will send repre sautatives to all these classes, ac cording to the rrc?ent plars. All the larger Y -t the state will tal e part. It Is etptcted. j , On Monda? evming, thi D.iv Juniors and tl- N?ght Junioa are to pay for ho c-:ty boys' ''.t-piens-hip. i Una 4eams have;ntn grfngwell, ani a hot gam?.l ex pected. . ' ' ; jess Willard Takes on I ,. Little Theatrical Tour NEW YORK, Feb. 16. Jess Willard, " former world's heavy weight champion, today affixed his signature to a theatrical con tract and will leave tomorrow for a 20-day tour through the mid dle west. ViUard. who has been signed to meet Floyd Johnson, Iowa heavyweight, at the Yankee stadium on May 12, will open his training camp when he completes his engagement. . ; r HUNT WINS f ! EUGENE. Or.. Feb. 16.- Chas. Dawson, Eugene, and Jack Grif fin, Portland, fought a 10-round draw here tonight. Carl Miller, Eugene, and Collie Stoops, Port land, battled six rounds to a draw in the semi-windup. , Bfll Hunt, Salem; won by a knockout in the third round over Ed Lafayette of Albany. . . LEGION TEAM LOSES t SILVERTON, Or., Feb. 16. Special to The Statesman.) In a hair-raising game tonight the Sil verton American legion ' basket- ban team lost to the lolalla legion team at Molalla, by a score of 22 to 21. The acora see-sawed along all through the game, giv ing a succession of thrills- from the first tip-off until the last whistle, r - . : i' Stop, Look and Listen PEDAYQEY' 1-1920 Ford, New Battery, 19 23 License, Shock Ab sorbers . .. . . . . . $250.00 1-1920 Special Six Stude baker . . . . . . . . $750.00 . . - r ' ' 4 - ': . Do Hot Miss These - 1-1 ' They Are Bargains i Every day i& bargain day at ; The Marion Auto Co. T See Ackerman Marion Automobile Company Phone 362 JMHUHMIIIHIHIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIimillMi; - t i ' ' m - r a lsl. nr r. i life i Silverton Wins From Monmouth Aggregation SILVERTON, Ore., Feb. lC (Special to The Statesman).- In a fast, even game here tonight, the Silverton high school won from the Monmouth . high school basketball team, 28 to 22. The game was hard fought, and was anybody's win until the last whistle blew. As a preliminary, the Silverton high school girls met a team of Silverton : town girls in a closely matched contest. The high school team won, by a score of 14 to 11. BAILIN EVADES QU EST! ON ERS (Continued from page 1) not worked for Ford, and also that the subject was not covered in the subpoena under which he appeared to give a deposition for use by Frank P. Walsh, in the de fense of 22 alleged communists at St. Joseph, Mich., February 22. Refosea to Answer He also refused to answer when Mr. Smith asked if it was not a fact that after going to work for C. C. Daniels, New York detective and brother of Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy, to 'collect Jewish material, he had sold v duplicate reports to Norman Hapgood, who used them as the basis for articles on "Jew Mania" published In Will iam Randolph Hearst's '.''Interna tional Magazine." - The effort of the .state , to. ,eon heet Balanow in the Ford .ant Jewish'propaganda was the sensay tion of the day. During Mr. Smith's examination the hearing room was in a continual uproar with BaTanow excitedly demand ing the right to Insert a long statement in the record and fin ally appealing -to Mr. Walsh' to hod the assistant attorney gen eral In "contempt" for , pressing his questions about the reports against the Jews. Failing- In that, the witness an nounced that he ' would stand mute and answer no more ques tions but soon broke his resolu tion to interject more heated re fusals. - :j j1'! 4 "Were you ever in the employ of C. C. Diniels?" Mr. Smith asked. . J, "I refuse to answer," Balanow retorted. ; , y - Feelings Ruffled , j Well, give a reason.''. "Because I don't want to that's plain enough. Isn't it?" "Is it because you are ashamed of it?" - f , , Open All The Time MjsunderstanJing Between I Will you say that you didn't furnish the Dearborn Independent matter attacking the Jews in Am erica?" , Balanow objected the Ford mattter was not Included in his subpeona and attempted to read his document into the record. Failing in i that he asked Mr. Walsh to ten Mr. Smith he was In contempt. - Regular Values Some were $25 Most were Some were I THESE SUITS and Overcoats (a few top coats and fabric raincoats included) re one-of-a-kind models and various odd garments remaining from our recent Annual Sale.: All placed on sale at $15.50 to assure certain disposal. ; The suits are of all wool fabric, nicely tailored in conservative and young men's mod- els. Opportunity! for the man, young man or student-desiring a work or general wear suit ' ' '.- , ,- ; . r- PRACTICALLY ALL SIZES in the lot from 33 to 48 in the suits, but not every size in au taoncs ana models. OVERCOAT SIZES 33, 35, 36, 4Q, 42 and Gome Early If You CanRemember See Windows Today, Sfore hi t '--;;. r'-i::.r. ff''h- -. ;;, -..-.4- "- "" . -i' the Calendar, the Squire Both Mr. Walsh and Dan Uter itt, Balanow's personal attorney, attempted to sooth his ruffled feelings' without success and Mr. Walsh washed his hands of the matter and said that as tar aa he was concerned Balanow cou7 an- . swer any questions Mr. smitn asked. ' , ' Confession Asked s I The first 7 Jewish name on the alleged report which Mr. Smith Men ! A - Sale ' Exteaorclmary. One Day Only SATURDAY Offers Men's and Young Men's 76-Exactly 88 Garments-12 i Ibt Veight: Your Choice in This Final Disposal Sale $30 $35 Only -at and the Wcdlockustomers! . BY LOUIS RICIIa: "held was that of Charles Reich, a New York lawyer and Mr. Smith asked the witness if in February 1921 be had not made a confes sion in the office of Benjamin P. Dewitt, his New York lawyer and in the presence of Mr. Reich that he had: been employed by detec tive agencies as an agent provoca teur to ; 'spy on the communists, Socialists. IWWt and other radical organizations. .' . "Not In the presence of Mr. ii m ti m - 46. .50 $15 open Saturday until 9 p. m. Also Sale of Underwear at 55c, 1 ' 75c and $2.95 AT B5c GARMENT - Regularly priced at $1.00. Good heavyweight fleece lined drawers and shirts. Small sices only. - . - - . ; , ''- -AT 75c GARMENT Regularly priced at $1.0. Wool mived, gray shirts: and drawers, slightly fleeced. A fine garment,' for spring wear. All 1 sizes in both. ; , . - J. AT .92.05 SUIT Regularly priced at $4.50. "Hatch" one-button. 75 wool Union Suits: sizes 34, 36, 38, 44, 48 and 48 only. ONE LOT of cotton, wool and wool mixed Union Suits; broken sizes and lines. About half price at $1.00 to $2.50 suit. , .Reich," Belanow replied. "Then who was. present?" I refuse to answer." t. 'Do you know what connection there Is between the Communist party and the Workers party?" Mr. Smith asked. Apparently misunderstanding the Question, Balanow retorted: . "I believe there is a department of justice agent spying on the Communists who has a daughter spying on the workers' party." lie -U :' ' '.' ::: at : Saturday - i . . . .