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Let Your Want Be Known Telephone S3 or 583 The Classi fied columns of the I Statesman have thousands of readers looking for Just what you have, to offer. Let your wants be know through these columns. The Automobile section of the Oregon Statesman Is the most complete section carried by any paper In Oregon outside of Port land. See this section Sunday; t I drVENTY-FOVRTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1924 PRICE FIVE CEIJT3 fee GEU.11 IS ELECTED BY L AH G E iiRG American Legion Selects Veteran of Spanish-American War and World War as National Leader SPECIAL COMMISSION : ) WAS HELD IN A. E. Ff Services Were of Great Val ye Despite Severe Physi- . I cal Handicap I ST. PAUL, Sept. Associated Press ).- 19. (By the -Prominent In the world of the American legion siricgv its Inclplency, James A. Drain, of Washington, D. C, was chosen national commander of that; organization, at the conclud- M a ... 1 . 1 lug session ox ' iut bux.ii nuuunt convention here today. Besides electing overwhelming ly the new commander, the con rentlon chose five national vice commanders unanimously and named Father! Joseph Lonergan of Durand, III., a Catholic priest, national chaplain. ' Omaha previously had been se lected for the ; 1925 convention. "One of the most successful con ventions we have held," one of the legion officials said, terming it l "appropriate after a year ot great work under National Com mander John R. Qainn," who sur rendered his post to the new com mander just before sine die ad journment. l,;.;;. - ; Served In A. E. F. ' - ;. ; A man whose close study and practice of military problems brought; him,: through special commission, a place In the Ameri can expeditionary force despite a physical handicap, will lead the legion ior. me next year. ., Loss of his i right : hand in a hunting accident when he was 30 years -old has made "Jim" Drain at g 4 unusually interested in the legion's work to aid disabled sol diers, his. friends, said explaining that he had devoted more than halt his time the past three years to this work, i And in a statement to news-; papermen tonight, the new com? tnander emphasized that it is the rehabilitation work that will ret celve much of his attention, ant the child welfare program of tn.4 legion. ; His interest in children is natural, he. said, for he has sixt j To Live at Indianapolis ; ; i For the greater , part T of the first six months., of his adminis tration, the new commander will give close attention to the work of the organization headquarters at Indianapolis, -where he will es tablish ; his residence within i JO days. ; ! - i "Jim" Drain, who was "born; n Warren county, Illinois, in 1S2CU was 16. years old and living on a farm near Lincoln, Neb., when ; he decided a college education was not worth while, despite his .fa ther's insistence. ; A few years later, when he was employed as private secretary; to a railroad president in the state of Washington, he studied and read law 20 hours a week for two years, . until ; he was able to pass the bar examination. From Seat tle he moved, to New York la 1906 and! two years later moved I to Washington, D. C. But during hia residence in the state Of Washing ton he advanced from a private it the Btate national guard to a bri gadier general. : ! f : !'.-a; t Was ia Volunteer During the Spanish-American war; General Drain volunteered for active service and , was con missioned a captain ot infantry, but' did not get to the front. It was: bis long military experience that enabled him to "set Into the big fight" despite the handicap cf having only. one hand.. lie was ordnance officer of ; tin first division! and later held a 1 - (Continued on paga T) K THE WEATHER OREGON: Partly cloudy with moderate temperatures Satur day; moderate west to north west winds. ... i : j ' LOCAL WEATHER H I - ,' (Friday) .. . Maximum temperature, 67. t ' Minimum ' temperature, 41. 1 River, 2.6; stationary. Rainfall,. none.. Wind, southwest. CAMERAS SHOOT AT PRINCE IN GREAT STYLE Large Crowd of Photograph ers Take Pictures to Their HeartsV Content SYOSSET. N.- Y.. Sept. 19. The Prince of Wales today;, on his own private lawn, ; cut off from the public j road ? by several .hundred yards of dense woods, with only members of his staff : and half a dozen picture : and J ', newspaper photographers present, did a pre arranged act for the movies in a manner, that . indicated that he thought it rather good fun. Men: who fpr nearly three weeks bad waited by the roadside, sprint ed after him in public places and climbed upon ' fences ! and - build ings to get a chance shot at Ed ward with heir cameras, today had him at their beck and call. They told him what to do and he did it, taking their orders with a smile. i He felt constrained to ob serve, "Oh, this Is horrible." when the movies buzzed in his face. In the closeup. but he Baid It with a smile, j Trip From Muskogee, Okla., Is Made in. Less Than Four Hours DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 19. -(By the Associated Press). - Dallas paused today j to welcome and greet the six j intrepid army air men who now are on the last few stages: i of the history making round; the world flight. ; More than 7500 Dallas residents were at Love fielduix miles from the city, the official landing place of the fliers. ! . -H ' As Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith. the flight commander, approached the ground, a hush went over the crowd, but . when the plane had successfully; alighted, a .mighty cheer ! went up, ? to i be renewed when i Lieutenant Leigh Wade brought the Boston II to the field, and when Erik .xelson, the last it the three, landed. 1 The flight I from Muskogee to Dallas was ; made in three hours and 54 minutes, a hop of 225 miles. This was considerably les3 than the average speed maintained in other Jump3 of the flight, the lengthened time being" caused by a strong head wind which, the fliers were forced to battle almost constantly H from Muskogee to Dallas. ..-.,!,!:..,. 1, . The fliers were piloted to Love field by a squadron of 12 or more planes, which met the fliers atter they had passed by Sherman, 60 miles north of Dallas. The fliers were first greeted i.y a large number of former bud dies and then by the. official , wel coming committee headed by the mayor of Dallas, 1 A banquet at which the cha -t-ber of commerce was host and a theater party" were: Included cr the evening's gaieties arranged especially for the fliers. . r Lieutenant , Smith said tonight that the fliers would follow jthe right of way of the Texas and Paeifift railwav from '": Dalian tn-' V.i Paso, the next overnight stop, to morrow. They intend to sleap until 8 a. m, land go to. Love field at 9 a. m.. Central standard tim'. Heavy Storm Does Much Damaa at Annapolis, Mo.r Wires Down ST. LOUI3, Mo., Sept. 19.- Several persons were reported to have been killed and a number In jured at Annapolis, Mo., during a tornado which swept over south east Missouri this evening, causing a heavy property damage. Accord ing to the meager telephone re ports here j the storm centered around Annapolis and Ellington A. relief train was reported to have left Poplar Bluff this even ing. No information could be as certained as to the probable cas ualties and "property damage in the. rural sections around the storm stricken towns. Owing to the damage done to the telephone and telegraph systems, no direct communication was held with towns in the stornj area. FUERS LID AT DALLAS R llFfllD Mrs. C. R. Hunn, of Pasa dena, Discovered With Head Crashed-in and Bul let Lodged in Heart SUSPICION POINTS TO ! MAN DINING WITH HER Harry Conners Is Sought By Police in Connection , With Murder PASADENA, Cal., Sept. 19.- Mrs. C. R, Hunn, 60, was found slain on the? threshold of her. home here tonight, her skull smashed by hammer blows l and bullet wound in her heart. Police at once began a - Bearcty for a young man whose name they withheld who dined with Mrs. Hunn and her. eight rear old adopted daughter a tew: hours be fore the body was found- Neighbors told investigating of ficers that they had heard the sounds of a quarrel shortly aftsr the dinner hour. Later police announced the man they sought was Harry Conners. 45. an ex-convict befriended b? Mrs. Hunn while she lived in Illi nois. She secured his release from prison in that state, they saidi after he had served part of a term for robbery, -and . supplied him with clothes and money for a new start in life. According to F. W. La than, landlord of the bungalow court in which the slaying occurred, a man ran: from the rear door of, Mr. Hunn's apartment a moment aftr the sound of a revolver, shot start' ed other occupants of the court'. The 8-year old girl, Virginia Hunn, told police the man . who killed her foster mother called a the apartment early . tonight and was invited to remain for dinner. After the meal, she said, the guet quarreled with Mrs. Hunn in the kitchen, .-cn struck' her severe I times with a hammer and. shut her. ' . j : . , , .Several dianond rings were1 on the dead woman's fingers when she was found, ' and a hurried search "jot the apartment by police revealed no objects of value uUts ing, r ' - , . . . ' ; . , ; Mrs. Hunn came to southern California from Chicago about a year ago. neighbors said. Her fa ther is still a resident of that city. Conners is believed to have fled to Los Angeles after the slaying. A taxi driver told " detectives he drove a man of Conners' descrip tion from the vicinity of the Hunn apartment to the downtown dis trict of Los Angeles, where bis passenger . disappeared without paying his fare.." ' . - ' . ' Thirty-Seven I Villages bn Banks of River Arras, Have Been Destroyed ; CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 10. (By The Associated Press. ) Of 49 villages on the banks, of the river Arras, in Armenia, j 37 have been j destroyed by the recent earthquake. Details of the casualties and of the material damage doner by the shocks still ' are; lacking ' here. Shocks continued , in the Erzerum region,' -.In numerous places Urge fissures in the' ground have de veloped. ; : !-- .. I . : Shocks, also are being felt tn the neighborhood of Kars. : z BO-YEA OLD 1 DEADlriDl BlWIA SILVERTON'S COMMUNITY FAIR The American legion is sponsoring a community fair at Silverton. Yesterday was: the first day and it was a great success. Today will be the exeat day for the fair. Interest ing features will occupy every momentjand the fair will be well 'worth going miles to see. , , : ,Silverton is a great community. It raises everything that' anybody else in Oregon can raise and it has them all on exhibition. It has a number of contests between exhibitors to add to the interest. The Silverton community fair under the auspices of the American legion today and tonight ought to and doubtless will appeal to many people, '. It will be a good place to go. , COLONEL COOLIDGE, FATHER OF THE PRESIDENT, - l' PHOTOGRAPHED ON ONE OF HIS SON'S BAND WAGONS 9? J?,xttryiuzT--- i hhsismspwi' ' ' tt- it i -f hi n- -- " ' r " it If tv- -- - - c x ' fV- - ?r l : , ; :... . - iSr- Jr- f l i i . i . i i -. 5 Here is the President's father seated on an oxen cart at "Coolidge Home Town Caravan" started recently or its 5,0D) caravan will pass through 1 states. S STILL ! IS CONFIDENT Declares intention to Carry Fight to Every Part of United States GARY, Ind., Sept. 19. A dec laration of intent: to do battle "in every state In the union," a re newed assault on "privilege in government" and a vigorous ap peal for devotion to those "funda mental principles ot human equality, personal: liberty and popular sovereignty," were spre domlnant in the opening address here tonight by John W. Davis, in his campaign in Indiana. ' Amid cheers from an audience I of several thousands, gatheredla this industrial center of northern Indiana, Mr. Davis declared that he did not concede victory in" any state to the adversaries of the democratic : party, "I want jthe word to' go out," he said, "that there are no: lost democratic battalions cut off from headquarters. It a not in mortals to command success, but in 48 states of the American union we propose to jdo better we propose to deserve It." Appeals For Loyalty Appealing for -devotion to the principles of equality, . liberty and sovereignty, Mr. Dais said he had come to his audience tonight as a democrat because he believed that the democratic parljr has foU lowed with more ' devotion' and consistencyj, than any other organ-? ization. These j great - doctrines that are soj essential and so fund amental, iff this country Is to en dure." j ;As its leader tonight," he ad ded, "I pledge ,ft in state and nation to (the pursuit of the rect doctrines of human equality, personal liberty and popular sov ereignty s6 long as it shall en dure." ,j . - . i Attacks PrivHeKO .. Declaring that' the doctrine of privilege from -government was "a dangerous thing," Mr. Davis said therj had s been introduced into public service through this doctrine a "virus of corruption that constituted a menace to govf ernment." j ; As illustratiorrs of the effect of thd theory! in actual practice, Mr. Davis referred -again to the oil and veterans- bureau scandals. He said Albert D. Fall did not think It was wrong to "take Do heny's money," because he had been "broiight up in that school." The same was true, he added, of Charles It. Forbes. In reiterating; his definition of true Americans as those who be lieve in the doctrines of equal rights, personal liberty and popu lar government, Mr. Davis made another thrust at the LaFollette doctrine of a veto over the su preme court of the United States by congress and legislatures in legislative j acts. rirriinr r ir r M - - WORLD SERIES MAY HAVE TO BE POSTPONED Extreme Closeness of Major League Races May Cause Delay pf Few, Days CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept. 19. The closeness of the major league races 'may necessitate a delay in the arrangements for the opening game ot the world series, Judge Land is, commissioner of baseball said here today. ' : "Because of the tightness of the league pennant races it may be necessary to Tyalt until the very last day of the season before the world's championship series are known," the commissioner said. "It is planned to start the series on October 2 or 3 but if we must wait until the last day of the sea son, there" is 1 a question whether alt plans for the world 'a series can be jnade in one. day. .Wednesday. so that the series can start Thurs- day, October 2." PIPER HASTENS TO SICK SISTER Oregonan Editor, Led By Of ficer, Breaks Record to Albany All previous speed records be tween Salem 1 and Albany were broken. Friday when the Interven ing distance of 28 miles was cov: ered by two motor vehicles In 'an even 26 minutes. - 1 Edgar B. Piper, editor of the Oregbnian, qf Portland, was rush ing to Albany to the .bedside of his sister, Mrs. E"d Cuscik, who was reported to be dying. When near Cahby about noon the Pack ard in w'hlch he was riding blew out a tire ;R. N. MacDonald, ot the. MacDonald 'Auto company, of Salem, was going south on ' the Pacific highway with a new Pack ard to be displayed during' the state fair, lie stopped and ' took on the passengers in' his car. : - Owing ,to. the Packard not 'hav ing been,' driven before, the speed at which it , was driven was, too great and by the time Salem was reached the motor was overheated. A stop was made at the local agency - long enough to change cars, - a demonstrator being used to continue the journey. with siren wide- open. State Traffic Officer Reinhart led the big automobile down Ferry; the Packard being turned on Com mercial on two wheels. From Cottage and Ferry to Albany, a distance of 2& miles, . Mr. Piper was rushed in 'just 26 minutes. . Reports from Albany last night stated that Mrs. Cugick was seri ously ill. I tier son, ' George Cus- ick, is with. the state banking de partment. i Historic 0AC Structure Is Burned to the Ground CORVALLIS. Or.. Sept. 19. The old horse barn, one of the most historic structures on the Oregon Agricultural college cam pus. was destroyed by ; fire caused by lightning this afternoon. : .Loss to the building was . esti mated at $5000., while the contents including a Jwluter'a supply of1 hay, grain and other provisions, were valued at $2500, 1wr ...y MwwiwiMi-wwi '"" 1 Til J5WWW!WWVW,1W.V"W''''''"' r- " Plymouth, Vt. from which the - mile journey to the coast. The T AT Spectators are Deluged Contest Participants Wallow in Mud PENDLETON, Or., Sept. 19 A crowd of 25,000, braving a downpour of rain saw; thrills ga lore today in . the annual Pendle ton roundup -when horses threw their riders and cowboys were wallowed in the mud by steers in the bulldogging contests One horse with a blindfold on, broke away, smashed through a wire fence and landed, in the bleach ers. No one was seriously hurt. Masters of the cowboy, sport met masters of- theputlaw.. horse. herd, and today the men had the odds, fewer of them being spilled than in Thursday's contests. Ya kima Canutt, last year's cham pion and one of the best .hands around the lot, drew No Name, king of the outlaws. Canutt won the contest and stayed ' with the horse. Paddy Ryan,' winner at .the Cheyenne show, and a strong con tender for the Roosevelt trophy awarded to the cowboy winning most points in the Pendleton and Cheyenne shows,' gave a beautiful exhibition on Pretty Dick. Ryan's chances at the trophy slipped some today when he failed to qualify in either the steer roping or the bulldogging. Eight - - government airplanes, under command of Lieut. Oakley G. Kelly, flew in from Portland They went over in formation the first time and later returned sev eral times, descending with each circle. ' ' E Laymen Ask for More Voice in Proceedings at btate Conference MEDFORD, Or., Sept. 19. -Eugene was chosen today by the state conference of the Methodist Epls copal church, now in session here, aa the place for the 1925 confer ence. ".- ' J'" r';:!:; ...-'; At a meeting today of Methodist laymen a request was made that laymen be given more voice in the undertakings of the conference. Request followed presentation to the laymen by the clergy of a pro gram for raising an endowment fund to pay aged ministers, and of a plan to obtain more money for benevolences. Laymen ex pressed the belief that without fore-knowledge, It was unfair to expect them to give proper con sideration to questions of vital import to the affairs of the church. ' MEDFORD. Or., Sept. 19. The fine weather which greeted the annual Oregon conference of the Methodist 'Episcopal church in session here this week, was absent today as several hard i showers made things disagreeable; Tonight world service night, was observed by the conference with Rev. D. E. Hickman of Port land presiding. "J ' ; The striking feature of this af ternoon's session, was the address ROUNDUP METHODISTS PICK HE WILBUR WILL . SAY NOTHING TO ANYBODY Public Still in Doubt as to Real Reason for Return to? Washington WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. Sec retary Wilbur upon arriving here today, refused to comment on any of the events that led to the ter mination of his western Inspection trip upon request from the White House. When he left his train he said he intended to get in touch with the White House as soon as he had gone to his residence and washed up. To all questions he simply shook his head. Goon after his arrival the sec retary talked with C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to the president, and arranged to confer with the president tomorrow morning. The return ot Mr. Wilbur ends, at least a week ahead of schedule, a tour of naval stations on the west coast which already had oc cupied more than a month. Uni versal importance was attached to the termination of the trip when Mr. Wilbur announced that he had been requested by President Cpol idge to return for important con ferences and jumped by airplane to a Junction point where he could overtake a trans-continental train. In a white ftouse statement it was declared the budget as it affected the navy was the subject upon which Mr. Wilbur's views were sought, but subsequently this "was elaborated by a statement from a spokesman 'for the preslent, who said other matters of importance concerning the navy would be tak en Up. :'-- ' "r-.-j" fly - Denver and Rio Grande Line to Be Sold at Public Auction, Is Order DENVER, Colo., Sept 19.- The Denver and Rio Grande western railroad will be sold at public, auction within seventy days under 'a decree of foreclos ure signed today by Judge J. Fos ter Symes of the United States district court. The upset price was fixecPvjU $17,935,300. Under a reorganization plan' recently ap proved by the interstate com merce commission it is expected the road will become the joint property of the Missouri Pacific and the Western Pacific railroads OCTOBER Q T0 16 Association Workers Prepare list ot rrospecis Tor Building Fund Listing of prospective subscrib ers to the YMCA building fund was begun 1 by nearly a dozen volunteer 1; workers who met at the YMCA last night following a noonday meeting . at which time October. 8 to 16 was decided up on , as the dates of the campaign for $200.p00. This amount, ac cording toAlbert O- Booth, inter national secretary of the finance bureau Who will conduct the drive, includes the building and maintenance for two years. "It will be all or none." Mr, Booth said yesterday. By this he meant that pledges made by sub scribers will not be binding un less the entire quota is subscrib ed. - The time intervening until the opening of the campaign wil be devoted to the necessary pre liminary work. ' Division leaders and the cam paign executive committee will meet next Monday noon to decide upon teapi captains and to do velop further plans for the cam paign. It; is expected that an or ganization of nearly SOS Will be brought into action. An opening dinner the night of October; 8 wilt officially launch the campaign. All workers will be present at this time. Mr. Booth yesterday received' a communication from Aberdeen, Wash which Is f seeking assist ance for a . proposed - campaign to erect a $250,000 YMCA building in that city. . ' RENO,; Ner., 6ept 19 Snow fell in the Sierra Nevada moun tains nortlj, oj Itua? today. ISFOHECLOSED f MCA Cfn G dish IT COEffEHEHGEIS United States 'and Other Countries Will Be Invited to Send Official Delegates TO BE HELD IN JUKE, 1925, AT GENEVA Present Optimistic Out! of League's Business Justifies Licet GENEVA, Sept. 19.-(By the AP.) After three weeks of tense labor, .success looms hopefully over Geneva-tonight as crowning the efforts of the representatives of the SO nations who are striving to put an end to all war through arbitration, security and reduc tion In armaments. A protocol on arbitration and security has virtually been agreed upon, and so confident .do, the leading statesmen feel it will be ratified that the so-called "tig twelve" pf the present assembly ot the league of nations decided to day to recommend the convocation of a great international confer ence on reduction of armaments In Geneva on June 15, 1925. - The United States and all other countries not now members ot the league of nations will be in vited to participate in the confer ence. As soon aa" the league's as sembly ratifies the protocol the league experts will Ruckle down to the, work of preparing the pro gram for the conference, -which most be forwarded to all govern ments at least two months before the time set for the opening ses sions, f'.r"'' : The, text of the protocol will te whipped into shape and prctatly be presented to the assembly next Wednesday, allowing, for two days discussion before the full disarm ament commission, -The present plans are that 15 - states must ratify the protocol before the arms conference can actually be pre sented. Several of these states, probably three or four, of - them, must have representatives on the council of the league of nations, but the question regarding the number necessary for ratification has not yet .been definitely de termined upon. The "big twelve,'! the name given to the group of leaders now handling the disarmament discus sion, are proceeding on the theory that the necessary ratification will be obtained. Hence their determ ination to strike put boldly and fix a definite date for an arms conference, which, of course, will be postponed if the number ot ratifications is insufficient. Holy Name Delegates '' ; " . Meet at VVashinatcn WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. Holy Name society delegates a'nd visit ors, here for their annual conven tion, took part in imposing cele brations today, expressing the spiritual and patriotic objects of the confraternity. The reading of ' the pope's let ter to the convention and an ad dress by Cardinal Q'Conne.H,' ex traordinary papal delegate, in the morning, were followed in the af ternoon by a pilgrimage to Arling ton, where a ceremony took place at the tomb ot the unknown sol dier. w w sssr m sasisi mm m EUGENE SEE 8X' Depth of More Than Ona Inch Is Reported By Driv ers On Way to Bend EUGENE. Ore., Sept. 19. Snow to the depth of two inches fell in the Cascade mountains east of Eugene Thursday nisht. according to . word received here today at the office of the Cascade national toro8t.' Stages from Bend, drove through an inch or more on the highway at the summit this forenoon but the eunshino melted most of it. The snow and heavy rain have entirely t v!h gulshed forest fires, it was stat ed, and all lookouts have tc; iaen off (he hleh pc'", 00