: All advertising and . news ar ticles for the' Sunday Automobile section should bo in by Thursday evening. ,AU other Sunday ads ought to be in Friday evening. - j TODAY j V ; . TWELVE PAGES GEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS WHEELER WILL MAGELLANS OF THE AIR ABOUT TO ALIGHT j AT WASHINGTON PRESIDENT COOLIDGE SIGHTS WORLD FLYERS TAKE TRIP TO PACIFIC COAST ttf a irviji?irv riklviTO a Tentative Plans ; are Mapped Out for Candidate to Speak ; . in Northwest FIGHTIH5 l BATTLE OfJ i: i n i '-a -a FLIERSARRIVE ISIS Hostilities Break With New . Force j West and South j. west 1 of Shanghai as ! Weather Clears NUMBER OF CASUALTIES INCREASES CONSTANTLY Both Sides in Conflict Add Machine Guns to Equip f ment, Is Report . , SHANGHAI, Sept. 16. (By As sociated Press.) The Kiangsu army today opened a renewed and determined offensive near Liuho on the Yangtze river west bf 'this city ; in an effort . to reach the Wbosung forts, according to a re port lssved f by - the Lung-Hab headquarters of the' Chekiang army. . ' SHANGHAI. Sept. 15. (By As sociated Press.) The armies of Chekiang and Kiangsu, ! battling west and southwest of this city, which held their fire daring a few days of rain, were fighting with renewed intensity today. As a re sult the streams of wounded re turning from the front increased, Reports as to. the rfesult do not agree but the best Information was that there was little change in the situation. . : t Shanghai was calmer although the naval 'forces landed to protect foreigners and their Interests have not relaxed their vigilance J ; . One reason for the lessening of anxiety was a report i that 'the Kiangsu leader had abandoned their attempt to reach the" city through Uaho.and Woosung, the outer port : of Shanghai and had sent reinforcements to? Hwanatn on the Shanghai-Nanking railway where the f fighting has been the hardest.! Both sides are usinr ma chine guns, which accounts for the increased casualties'. ' ' ' There also has been ; heavy lighting i south of the railway where the Chekiang headquarters claims that advances ! were made despite the fact that its men were caught by machine guns when at tempting a flank movement which carried to Anting, one of their ob jectives. ;, i's News from the north la likewise variable but It- seems1 assured that Wo Pei-Fn Is moving northward to meet a threatened invasion of his province of Chihli by Chang Tso-Lin, the Manchurian leader. The latter is reported to have blown up the Pekinjr-Mukden rail way in his own territory to pre vent the .Chihli army from using It, an Indication that he expects to meet the enemy; somewhere along the Lwaa river towards Jebol, northeast of Peking. Wu Js mov ing his army over.; the Peking Wukdea railway through Tientsin r to Shanhaikwan on the Chihli Manchurian border, t A Sun Yat-Sen, the president of the. south China republic who has taken sides with Chang against the central government, continues to move troops, to Shuchow in northern Kwantung and talks of a march to Peking! However, his position in Canton is reported not ! too secure and he is forced to i keep one eye on his enemies there ; while trying to assist his- northern . ally. . Secretary of Navy Is t ) Called to VVashington , WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 Sec retary Wilbur has been requested to return to Washington as soon as possible it was Indicated today at the White House to confer with the president on department mat ters, particularly in regard to the budget allowance for the navy. It was 'declared however, there was no special significance in the call for the secretary. . . THE WEATHER . OREGON: Partly cloudy Tuesday: no: change in tem perature; gentle variable winds. j LOCAL WEATHER , ; ! Monday Maximum temperature,' 79 -Minimum temperature. 49 ;RIver, -2.5, stationary : . i Rainfall, none -Atmosphere clear tWind, north. 'A i ' A 4 V r . ' A u pi -.!,.. iJmr-T . , ..mi. I....... . r ft.Mialf": M-m-il X ' . ,V' -- -iA i .;, . r- ' ' V AV " " W -, :; - "11 j v fASA - r it hi The president, members of hlstne cabinet and other government of-ing ficiais welcomed the round the other photo Shows Mr. Coolidge world flyers when they arrived atpolnting upwards as he first saw the national capital. One of the the aerial circumnavigators lof the above photographs was taken a3 globe. With the president are Sec- GAS EXPLODES Flaming Oil Covers Large Area of Water and Is Blown Out to Sea MONTEREY, Cal., Sept. 15 At 4 : 10 o'clock this afternoon a huge subterranean gasoline , tank in the I heart of the area burned over in yesterday's fire north of here, ; exploded, its blazing con tents spreading over , Monterey bay and again threatening the town of Monterey. Thef flan g. gasoliqeufiread rapidlrj over a circle a half mile wire on the surface of the waters, burned , up several fishittg boats in its path as the tide bore it sea ward. jAcrowd of fisherman man ned the remaining boats and man aged to navigate them to safety.; The sea of flame approached close to Monterey and It was fear ed for) a time that the town was doomed as a brisk offshore wind was blowing. I Hundreds lined the shore, awed at the terrifying sight. - 5 The, tide bore the flaming sheet Of gasoline ' seaward, however, and ajhalf an hour after it had first begun to move, it was burn ing itself out a half mile from shore, j ' The tank, ripped open by the force of the explosion continued to burn, but the field was clean swept jof other Inflammable prop erty j by" yesterday's fire and no spread; of1 the flames was ex pected. Funeral Service for Late Su preme Court i Member . Held Yesterday Final tribute and honor to the late Justice John McCourt was paid fat the First Presbyterian church Monday morning by hish state Officials and members of the Oregon and the Multnomah Coun ty Ba. associations. Justice Mc Court passed away . Friday morn ing, after an illness of about two weeks. Dr E. H. Pence, pastor of the Westminister Presbyterian .churci., in the Irvington district, Portland, officiated at the funeral," assisted by Rv. Ward Willis Long, pastor Of the First Presbyterian church here, Dr. , Pence stood beside the dark , gray casket and not in the pulpit. Both Justice and Mrs. Me Court were members of his church. Chjef Justice ' Thomas A. Mc Bride, of the Oregon supreme courts spoke briefly; dwelling Up on the relationship of ; the deceas ed with his fellows and of his work) and association with other members of the supreme court. Among the prominent men at tending the funeral service were Govej-nor Pierce and members! of the State board of control, the circuit judges of Portland,' repre denting the Multnomah Countr Bar association, chiefly lawyers from- Marion " and Polk counties! Judge Lawrence T. Harris," former member of the supreme court, but TRIBUTES PAID JUDGE M'CHT ' ii J - (CoaUsaeA sa pf t 2) : mm'wnmi L .hi nun ia -mi mm-nmmr&-' tne aviators were maneuver- to land at Boiling ;,FIeId." The MORSE SIGNAL! RESTORES MAN AFTER 6 DAYS Call on Telegraph Instrument Brings Superintendent to Consciousness VANCOUVER. B. C, Sept. 15. The ticking ot his private morse code call at an instrument by his bedside last night restored to con Biousness J. T. Phelan. superin tendent of the Dominion Telegraph company here, after he had been in a comatose condition for nearly a week. Superintendent Phelan was ill for weeks following the death of his wife and had been unconscious for six days, attending physicians dif closed today. On the sugges tion of a physician, an instrument was installed by Phelan's bedside and PN" his private calif ticked off. Mr. Phelan smiled and open ed his eyes when the ticker an nounced "Every - day in every way." Then the ticker suggested that Phelan drink a little milk. Phelan reached out his hand for the glass and took the first nour ishment in six days. He was re ported convalescent today MUCH BUSINESS Variety of Subjects fTaken Up Improvement of More Streets Asked Dogs, patent medicine wenders, fillings stations,' sling shots and taxi fees kept the city council busy last night. ; -The annual raise of license fees to protect local taxi drivers dur ing state fair week was rushed through a third reading,! the -fee to be J 100. while there; will be no sale of patent medicines, ac companied by street shows and entertainment unless a licence of $15 a day, $50 a week or $150 a month is paid. ' v Bean shooters, : sling shots, improperly exposed friction match es or other combustible materials, false ' fire alarms, discharge . of guns or explosive compounls, in cluding fireworks, or starting of bonfires, grass or brush! fire in side the city limits are;' covered in a sweeping ordinance . which passed the second reading, tfpon conviction a fine of $100 or ?0 days in jail, or both," may be im posed. An ordinance - regulating filling stations, which ; may -be erected upon favorable recommen dation, of the city council, also passed the first reading! k r ' R. Jj O'Leary's canine property. located at 1990 South High, came in for a full share of the discus sions of the evening, when the committee en health and police reported that it bad intestigated and found that the dogs were a. nuisance, as far as all ' but one of the residents in the vicinity were concerned. The report stated that there were only four dogs at present, but that there had been as' many as : 10 or 15 and that the' place was used as a breeding kennel. ' Ry Smith, city attorney was, instructed ' to find if any action could the taken by the city. It was pointed out that there was nothing In the way if the residents saw fit to bring civil action against. O'Leary. ' ' Protesting against what they claimed. to be unfair costs of pav- 'Coatuia4 oa psgs 7) retary of j War Weeks. C. Bascom siemp, the president's secretary. aod barly dfeCernable (behin4 j : . ' - M' . secretary ot istate Hughes.- S j ! ; : CONVENTION 4 s Annual Meet of American Le gion , Ends Day at St. Paul, Minn. f " : ' f ST. PAUL. Minn., Sept. 15.- With military precision, the an nual convention of the American legion got under way here todayl perfected organization, listened to several j prominent speakers and launched into the real business of the five ; day gathering. . Addresses of welcome on behalf Of' the 'city and state, , greotbrgrf from the GAR and United Confed erate Veterans, a message, from President- Coolidge and a grip ping, solemn tribute to the late Woodrow "WjUsonNwere Included in the activities "of the opening ses sion. I . Within rthe realm of convention business fell the address of na tional Commander John R. Quinn who pointed out achievements of the leglou during the past year; reports! of several committees and an address. by general Frank T, (lines, director of the veterans bu reau, who told the veterans the bureau! had 'been cleaned up. One tableau on the speaker's platform brought ringing cheers from the legionnaires, j That was when Commander Quinn clasped his arms 'about General W. B. Haldeman Of Louisville, comman der in) chief of the confederate veterans and Judge Eli Torrence, Minneapolis representing the GAR Committee sessions occupied this afternoon and evening and wtih additional legionnaires arriv ing tonighti. preparations are go ing forward for a full representa tion in; the parade tomorrow after noon. I The' band competition also will be staged at that time. CIHLKA?r WIXS ilY KNOCKOUT; MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 15. - Quintin Romero-Rojas, the Chile an heavyweight, knocked out Far mer Lodge' of Minneapolis, in the sixth round of a cheduled 8-round bout here' tonight. KlIpKXPLAIX WIXS WATERBURY, Conn., Sept. 15 Kid! Kaplan of Meriden won the decision from Lew Paluso of Salt Lakel City, here tonight; in 12 rounds of fast fighting. ; - i - . i : i :, FRANK CHANCE DIES 1 LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15. ! Frank; Chinee, manager of the Chicago White Sox died here to night ;after a long illness. tkis on THROUGH FLAMES Fifty Men Ride Through Mile of FQresrNre at Highest, i . Speed SEQUJM. Wash.. Sept. 15. Fifty men caught in a fierce forest fire between two logging camps of the Snow creek logging company 20 miles from here, reached safety late today by driving a locomotive full speed through one mile . or raging-flames. - The men arrived in an exhausted condition. OR I World Aviators Given Rous. ;lng Welcome as They En ter .City for! Which One Plane Is Named WILLjUEMAIN UNTILA EIGHT O'CLOCK TODAY 440 Mile Tritf to Omaha, v Nebraska, Will Be Begun ;" This Morning ; CHICAGO, Sept. 15. (By the Associated Press.) First of j the cities to greet her namesake plane was ; Chicago, which today took lieutenant Lowell H. Smith and his world encircling fliers to her bosom, stood with bared head while the planes figuratively un raveled more - of the. red, : white and ' blue thread they have spun around the globe.' gave them great ovations as humble homage and tonight tendered them food j and drink at a. public banquet. ; i; From " the moment Lieutenant Smith and his f lagplane Chicago completed the hop from Dayton to Manywood air field at 12: 55 daylight saving time, be I with his companion pilots. Lieutenant Erik Nelson in the. New Orlean ! and Lieutenant . Leigh Wade in' the Boston II, received all that the city could give them.- j Tomorrow at 8 a. mu. Central time, they are scheduled to be on their way again to Omaha, an air distance of 440 miles. ; ; Thousands swarmed to the mail field, 32 miles -west ot Chicago for a View of the world girdlers. Thei. sight; of them far over , Chi-. cngD nrongut a spontaneous de monstration. Every , kind; of noise, contrivance from lusty! lungs to the jazziest of bands let go. v All -along the Lake Michigan shore In Grant Park and Chicago's business district over which the three planes first circled, the out burst was as demonstrative, 4 The flight of 294 miles i was without accident. "We have been treated royally wherever w stop ped on our trip, but I . want you all to know that nowhere, Tokio, Paris,.'. London, Boston, have we been greeted as we have been in Chicago.' I am proud to I have flown fa ship named after your city." These were almost . the first words SPoken by Lieutenant Smith when he and his companions re ceived newspapermen. ; r Their planes stood up under the grind from Dayton so well that only minor adjustments -were ne cessary. Shortly before five o'clock in their "going out." uniforms. the airmen were taken for a sight seeing trip of Chicago and to place a wreath t on Washington monu ment near the Art institute : on Michigan boulevard, and for din ner at frashlonable hotel. Mi Will Opens Auspiciously, With 84 Students. Reg- istenng Monday Eighty-four students', practical ly all of them new in Salem, com pleted the business routine 1 of registration for the 1924-25 term of Willamette university Monday. Registration will continue the greater portion; of the . week, with the first class work to begin Thursday morning. It is estimated that there are nearly 300 students back in town at present, with others coming on almost every train. Nearly all of the older students registered j be fore leaving ! the campus last spring. Ail of the late arrivals are not expected before some time next week: )" .. .;5-fr. Out for Football J With registration, " Coach Guy L. Rathbun issued first call i for football and : approximately j 35 aspirants turned out. . Suits were issued and the men given a light course in calisthenics. As soon as stiffened oints and muscles are loosened, practice will begin . in earnest am the I Bearcats face their first game September 27, with (be University of Oregon, eleven. The (Ooattaaea on pap 0 ; CHICAGO, SeptJ 15. Plans for extending the western speaking tour of Senator .Wheeler. ' were mapped out In tentative form to day at La Follette headquarters. The Independent vice presidential candidate is scheduled to arrive In Chicago Saturday ; morning. He will speak at Carmen's hall Sat urday evening according to pres ent plans of David K, Niles, chair man, or the Ja t oilette speakers- bureau here. ' . An intensive cam paign tour throughout the west and northwest is being . mapped for the following three weeks. While definite dates have not yet been agreed li upon and prob ably wifi not be until Sen. Wheeler is. consulted after his arrival, his tentative planstontemplate a swing northward into Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Washington, thence south of the next tier of states for the return trip eastward through Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. ! Proposed New Building Em phasized at Annual Setting-up Program Salem is to have a new YMCA home, according to the faith ex pressed Sunday, afternoon at the annual "Setting-up" conference at the Wallace farm. The Wallace farm has enter tained the annual outdoors pro gram of the "Y,' leaders, for several years past, and the historic gather! that - is-to nvaxk tba great campaign for 1924, was at tended by about 100 earnest work ers for the civic good. It was held in the beautiful grove down near the river, that has- been for mally dedicated for T use by Paul B. Wallace the owner. Members Entertained Carle Abrams was acting chair man, in the' absence of President W. I. Staley, called out of town by the illness of his mother. ..Joe Nee. the star of the Willamette Glee club, in his inimitable Scotch songs, led the group singing, and the old grove never, heard finer harmonies. In the evening, after the camp fire was lighted, James Smart gave several of his own famous Scotch ballads, and led In a number of group songs. Mrs C. A. Kells added several Irish ballads to the program, t The sup per, fried 'chicken, salads, pies, cakes, coffee,' sandwiches and practically every kind of plain and fancy food that is worth noticing, was served at 6 o'clock, in time for those who wished to do so return to town for evening church services. . j - i Harry Stone, tor 29 years wth the Portland Y, and an outstand ing figure in Y work in the United States, was present and gave a fine address on the history of the Salem Y. He was here and help ed to organize- the board to buy the present building 27 years ago. He has attended practically every annual meeting. He spoke feel ingly of the notable secretaries ho have' served here in past years. not omitting C. A. Kells. present director, and Bob Boardman physical instructor. He spoke especially of what make a great YMCA--tbe intimate personal 'in terest 01 wonn-wnue men. jne association of Chicago. Boston Portland, have had those great characters. He attributed the suc cess of the Salem association to the same fact, where the best men have been glad to serve. 1 Mr. ( Stone said that a Salem without a high school would be on a par with a Salem without an adequate Y. He predicted that the needed facilities, would S be provided for as the community was Bhown how badly they were needed. j YMCA Called Asset , Thomas Kay presented The Y as an Asset to Salem." in a for cible j pointed way. Her jshwed how In his own boyhood here was no provision made for the boys who wanted or could be encourag ed to go straight; that the pool halls and the saloons were i at most, the only places that wanted boys -Now, the Y is open to give a home where they can be steered happily along a helpful road, land brought un to manhood with clean ir-inds and strong bodies, boys who fulfill the Ideals lot their parents and of the state that must hare good citizens or die. DAY IS GH : TDSALEWiY Jt WMj iiij Rushlight, Hastrof & Ventilating and Heating, and Fleencr Elec tric Company Awarded Wiring Tclr-1 Cost Kept Well Within Original Ectim- fVnfrnf'-fni f t'rnsfnirf lem lode No. 336, B..P. OJ Elks: were awarded at a rneetinj of the building committee at the Marion hotel last night. went to the firm of Parker & ders at ?104.466.' The contract .i...v: . JJ Hastror & Lord, whose total $23,293; The Salem If irm bf the bid being S5765. j I A r I f The total amount of all these bids is $133,524. To this? are to be added various! otfcrttems such as architects' fc: excavation, construction of elevator and other features, wm:.i: will amount to several thousand dollars, but still keep t . .r total cost of the building,; including improvement of pre: - ises, well within thre original cost . 'I-- I ' - if ' The architects of the building are Cuyler Van Patten c . Salem and Knighton & Howell of the building committee who awarded the contracts . : nicrht are Charles R. Archerd, chairman, W. D. Evans, E. .'. Hazzard, T. B. Kay,s Frank T. Wrightman, Homer Smith, Z:. H. H. dinger and Dr. C. B. O'Neill, the latter exalted ruler c r the lodge. .;!! . - .y .Ay: Kav. Wriirhtman and , Evans were amxinted a comr:'l- tee to goto Portland next Thursday and select the brick tl t is to be used in the building, j J; h V . The contract awarded last the, building within 150 days means that the Elks should March 1 next. KILMER; heio mm Budget for New Year Is Con sidered - By Methodist i 1 Congregation L Approximately 175 members ot the First Methodist church attend ed the annual meeting of the con gregation at supper in the church basement last night. ! Consider ation was given the budget for the new ciurch year, which begins October I,, and activities of the last year were outlined. ; j. During j the last; year 156 new members jwere received into tho church while 667 were received in the last four years. The Sun day school had an average attend ance of 474, with a total ' enroll ment, in all departments, of 1175. This number includes 270 on the cradle roll. . jf'Jlf j- An opportunity! was given mem bers to subscribe for the budget and to contribute for the inew church annex now ; under con struction. It was announced that if there is an increase in the num ber of voiunteerr laborers, ( the building will be! ready for Occu pancy next Sunday, ': ,: j An interesting program had; been arranged, including a dialogue ex planation of stewardship between C. J. Lisle and iJ. ,U Brady; the Willamette university quartette; solos by Mmiss Iouise Flndley and the Misses Fay and Mary Spauld ing. Miss Mary Findley, director ot religious education, gav a re port. Col. Carle Abrams present ed! the main business of the eve ning, outlining the work of the church from its beginning until the present, with a cpmplex organ ization. Emphasis was placed up on the important part played .by the early pioneers here. ' Following the close of the meet ing, the finance committee and the trustees met to discuss an Import ant question, the nature of which was not made public. It wag an nounced that a meeting of the en tire board would be held tonight to: act upon the! matter. ! Fire Is Checked r , At! Klamath Falls . KLAMATH FALLS, Or.' Sept. 15 The torset fire: which broke out Friday near the California line and spread over a wide area in the Jenny Creek section was checked by a large force of. men sent from the California Oregon Power company plant at Copco. A light fall of rain aided the fire fighters In putting the blaze un der 98ir2lt A , J - ffiS TEE35 if Lord Get Plumbing, inn nf t.he -new . t.P.mnle of T Banfield. of. Portland, low U for heating vcr.tilatir.-? tr.'I Tl1-A f PnsVli-l - bid for the three items r, ; 1 Fleener Electric company estimate of 175,000 for tc: I j ". M I :f'""!' of Portland. The mem' night calls for completion c: from date of the contract, x. A f.i occupy the new building t;ut I 1 Udl TO ' 4 mmt wm. , " ILL L.L Immigration and Passer." ; r i Men of Hill Lines Pay a i Visit to Salem ; i Nineteen of the immigration e: I passenger agents of the Hill llr - s Tislted Salem yesterday aftenic ; . arriving at 3 6 by auto from Ccr vallis, and departing at 5:20 If Oregon Electric railroad for rcrt- . a m . - - . 1 . o M Spokane, and then on their honia ward ways? j II. W Byerly. general Imniisra tion agent bf the Northern Pec:' 3 with headquarters in St. Paul. Minn., and M. E. Harlan, spec; tl passenger representative, were lit charge of the party. ; "All indications point toward kn increased thovement to the Ti cific northwest," said Mr. Byerly In an Interview yesterday. VT. time seems most opportune fcr a trip of this kind, which is de: - ed primarily to increase; the, til ing eiiiciency 01 ine men on ween will rest' a large share of .the wc rk of securing much-needed new set tlers for the Oregon country." - During the-fall and winter the passenger men will devote inura of their.time to immigration wcrli, said Mr, ByerlyT i - "It is our object to familiarira ourselves; With the country a!--3 the Northern i Pacific and to t& la the opportunity of becoming per sonally: a.cguainted with the lor'il bodies i interested in immigrat; x and development, including ' con mercial organizations and real es tate men. We feel that this per sonal acquaintance with our coun try and its people will be of great help in soliciting immigration, &sd will result in an augmented as & much j more efficient immifcrati:a force." ! J A:t -i . ,); .A:: Sunday anight the party went t Eugene! on ;the Oregon Electric line, where they were met fcy (ia Eugene Chamber of; Commerce. Yesterday they visited the city of Eugene!, touting the University cf Oregon grounds, and took eirrt side trips out of the city to tt ;a idea of the great resources of tt Willamette . valley. The r:;:?. then! motored over the n'ewly r ened West Side highway to Cor . il lis. where It had luncheon at Dra gon ;AgrlcnItural college,! foil: ei by Inspection of the building3 t.: resources for training in mo J: ra farm j methods. The jCorva'.IIs Chamber of Commerce t' :n brought the party hy autoni Is through- the "Willamette j Talle " to Salem, arriving at 3:30. as I above. f . ; .. j C lE. T7i!3on, secretary c . i. . no m