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ir Part One Eight Pages 18 Pages Today ; it t CEVENTY-FOtRTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1924 SECOND SECTION SIX PAGES LJ iifo) rx q (J '))! 0 n. rVi J i j A ' ' " V J J 1 V V: REGARD IDE fiTTHEFl r Attendance Yesterday Great : er Thai On Final Day Of Any; Previous Year On ; Records " GROUNDS OPEN FOR i - PATRONS T$DAY Petition Rquests That Com- ; petition In County Dis V ; plays :Cease ; Breaking all previous attend ance records for -Saturday, tie 63rd Oregon state fair officially ' passed 'Into history last: night though the fairgrounds will, be kept 'open today, and a small ad mission will be charged. Had the entire week been free from rain. It would have been a banner year , for the fair, according to ,A. C Marsters, president of the . fair board, who was highly , satisfied .'. last night with the tutn of affairs after favorable weather had ar rived.. As it stands now, with today's receipts to be added, the - fair receipts arewithln 4000 of 'those of last year. ; Fisorn Are, Official, " I Before the last ticket taker made his report last night a total v -of 12.S 4 9 "persons -had paid -ad-" mission t the grounds Saturday, against 9380 tot 'the last day in 1823; according to the report of J. E. McCUntock, cashier. Grand stand receipts were for 2670 paid admissions in comparison with 1830 for -1923 while the attend ance at the., night horse show Was double that of the closing pro gram, a year, ago, 1710 paying last night against 838 last year. ; Demolition of the booths was : general last night and was begun 'about 9 o'clock, when prize fruit was offered for sale. A majority of the. small booths were denuded an hour later and by midnight only a shell of the exhibit remain ed." - The cut flowers- were the first to disappar an within a. com parative few minutes after the worwas given, all bad been taken by visitors. While some of the displays will - remain today any one "expecting to see the exposi tion as ? it appeared during the week will be disappointed. Con cessioners In general said last night ; that they Would not keep their stands open today while the 'carnival pulled out early this morning. Some of the livestock was 'entrained 'in order to appear (at the Puyallup, Wash., fair which 'opens' Monday. " ; Protest la Filed When M. L. Opdrcke, of Grants ' Pass, In charge of . the Josephine county display brought h'is collec ; tionr of- 50 varieties of grapes to the $tate fair and ignored all oth er products of the' county, haying ,- i reached' the decision that .It was best to put the foremost prodnct , o the front and give it proper 4 emphasis, ' he ; sarted 1 something. Others in charge of county booths learning of the strong advertising qualities of the display and dls atlsfied over the present system : of awards on points, filed a pro test; with the fair board "and re . ' quest that competition be abolish ed. ,.No action was taken ' by th ' officials, but Mrs. Ella SchulU Wilson, secretary, said last night ' it would be taken up at an early . meeting of the fair board. Exhibition of their products by : the counties on a non-compeltive V".. basis jwould promote ? more har- THE WEATHER OREGON: Fair and modera tely warm Sunday; gentle to moderate east to north winds. LOCAL, WEATHER (Saturday) Maximum temperature, 80 Minimum temperature, 43 River, -,6 . rising . .Rainfall, none Atmosphere, clear ' Wind, north. PASS HERE ABOUI 10:501.1.: As far as can be estimated, the round-the-world aviators of the United "States artpy will pass' over Salem about 10 :50 o'clock this forenoon. Senator McNary had a telephone con versation last night with Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, cpm mander of the airplane squadron, and was informed that the planes will leave Eugent at 10 o'clock. Forty or 50 minutes will be required to reach, Salem. i v The planes will, not land here, but Lieutenant Smith said they would fly slow over the city and as low as is safe. Gen eral Patrick, commander, of the United States air . service, authorized the fliers to land in Salem, but did not order them to. Lieutenant Smith explained that he responsiblity for the flight is upon him, and that because of the number, of planes in the squadron he does not consider it safe to attempt a landing here. The landing field at the state fair grounds, he said, is.too small for safety, " considering the number of planes. In addition to the planes that circles the earth there are a number of airships frpmi Vancouver that joined the fliers at Eugene. , ' : - SEATTLE, Sept. 27. Seattle's WDLAnD EUGEWE Hop From San Francisco Is Completed Forty Minutes ' 1. Ahead Of Time - ;;- ; - - . - 1 EUGENE, Or., Sept. 27. Lieu tenants Lowell Smith; ' Erik Nelson and Leigh Wade, around the world filers on the last leg of: their famous flight,' alighted at the Eugene municipal, aviation field at 2; 20 o'clock this after noon, 4 Q minutes ahead of sched uled time.' While a crowd of per haps 7,000 people had gathered at the f ield at the time of their arrival, ' several thousand arrived tod ; lata to greet the, fliers, but bad the satisfaction of viewing the giant j Douglas planes as they stood at 1 the edge X of the field. The three planes were first sight ed as they appeared over the top of the ' low mountains south of the city at 2": 1 0 o'clock. They flew in perfect V formation which was not j broken until they had circled about the city and de scended tq within 300 feet of the aviation field. It was then that Lieutenant Smith drew ahead of the others and made an easy land ing. f-M Shout Goes TJp . ; As his plane taxied to its park? ing place a great shout of greet ing -went up. Lieutenant Smith has hundreds' of friends in . Eu gene', file had been in charge of the forest fire patrol service here for several summers and had been here oh j numerous .visits. When the roar of the engine of his plane ceased a number of. Smith's per sonal friends greeted him with "HelIo,; Lowell; glad to .see jyou back.": ?You are looking fine," and similar expressions of friend ship, " I A " 1 Lieutenants Nelson and Wade were' given almost as great , an oration when they landed. ' I I ' Pierce Speaka On a' platform . built for thai purpose i 1 Governor Walter M. Pierce; greeted the six fliers in behal f of; the state of .Oregon. . "Oregon extends its most hearty greetings in recognition of your accomplishments; which; we be lieved a short time ago to be Im possible,'' ; said the governor. 'Proud we are that it Is Ameri cans who have made the first flight around the world."' : A number of escort planes that accompanied the world fliers out of San : Francisco were delayed on account of "accidents, some of them stopping in 'northern California and some atv Medford. Seven army plane (arrived here from Van couver, Wash., a ' few minutes af ter the ' arrival of , the around the world planes and will act as escor for them , on their flight to Se attle tomorrow morning. It is expected that the - Seattle ' flight will be started about 10 o'clock. The weather conditions here to-? day were perfect. : ERS TO - TODAY reception for the around the world fliers when they arrive tomorrow and officially end the ' flight will continue over two days. On ar rival tomorrow at the Sand Point aviation field, they will be greeted officially and then they will be escorted to Volunteer park in the center of the city where the civic reception will be held. The fliers on Monday are to be guests at a luncheon and it is planned to have them unveil a shaft commemorat ing the beginning and ending of the famous flight at the aviation field. ; Major General Charles ,G. Mor ton wUl represent President Cooi idge and Secretary of War Weeks at the receptions and Rear Ad miral "J.; AJr Hoogeverff wUl 5 be present tor the navy department. The fliers 'are due to ena their record making air voyage between 12 and 1 o'clock tomor row. After landing at the avia tion field and receiving the wel come, the reception committee has planned they are to be placed aboard a yacht and brqught to the Madison Park where a parade through the city to Volunteer park will begin. 1 Arriving at the park, the city's welcome will be given and r the gifts that have . been : raised bv public subscription will be pres ented. Later the aviators will be' taken to a' hotel which will be their home while they are in Seat tle. Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, commander of the flight, notified the local committee he would leave Eugene. Or., at 10 o'clock tomorrow and that he and his companions plan to cut material ly the usual three hours that has been taken for flights between that city and Seattle. The aviation field is reached from Seattle y automobile . and boats and it has been estimated that in addition to the 200 mem bers of the welcoming party there will be 40.000 spectators', f Can ada Is sending Major Duncan Bell-Irving, of the Air Force' clunl Vancouver, and Flight Comman der G. Sanford of the Royal Can adian air force station, Vancouver and also the Canadian destroyer Patrician to welcome the filers. Elaborate arrangements have been made to patrol the landing field and the roads leading to it (Continued oa p&f S) ; ; IS H. E. Tosh of 0AC Suffers Broken Bones When His Horse Falls H. E. Tosh, an Oregon Agricul ture college student, received broken arm - and a broken collar bone when the horse he was rid" lng in a steeplechase event at Lone Oak track yesterday fell on the last hurdle. The accident hap pened directly In front of the granstand. The horse somer saulted, and his rear hoors struca the rider with great force as he lay on the ground. IJe was un conscious when picked ,ud. Tbe steeplechase was put' 00 as , an exhibition event by the military .department pt pAO . . 111 AT RACETRACK HONDURAN WAR CONTINUES TO GO MERRILY ON 1 : 1 Government Forces Made At tempts to Stae Comeback . I .. Against Rebels SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Salvador. Sept. 27. Honduran government forces have surround ed Comayagua. with a view to overcoming the troops of the rebel leader Ferrera who captured the town last Monday, according to government advjees from Teguci galpa. Rebel reports say that when General Ferrera-entered Comaya gua hp put to rout 2,800 govern ment troops and captured three cannon, six machine guns, five hundred rifles and much ammuni tion. The rebels claim that they have occupied Lapaz and Santa Barabara and routed the. govern ment forces commanded by Gen erai mas seiaya Siguatepeque. ' - and Perez at F. E. Studnick Places Ahead of Famous Hugh Stick land of Fort Worth SPOKANE. Sept. 27. Paddy Ryan, Miles City, Mont., cowboy, was given first place in the buck ing horse riding at the Alias stampede after the final exhibi tion, today. The award was made on a point system, based on threa days' riding. F. E. Studnick of Stayton, Ore.,- was second, and Hugh Stlckland, Fort - Worth, Texas, third.; ; Jack Klrscher, Rlngllng. Mont., placed first in the bulldoggin:. with Lloyd Saunders, Pawhuska, Ok)a., second, and Mike Hastings, Hopston, Texap, third. Mabel Strickland, well known rodeo con testant, who was Injured tn an event yesterday, appeared in the arena today but did not partici pate in the events. '' Woman Confesses To Hav ing Murdered Her Hus band To Wed Another MARION, 111., Sept. 27. Con fession that she had poisoned her former husband, - Joseph L. Har rington, 34, ip a plot with Robett Tate, whom she married last Tuesday, twehty days after Har rington's deah, was made today by Mrs. Ruby Herrington Tate, 30. in the Williamson county jail here. . Poison placed in a cup of peas of Herrington's lunch box taken to the coal mfne at Johnston City, where both men worked, Mrs. Tate said, was the cause of his illness and a teaspoon and a halt of poison' placed Tn a glass of but termilk was the final cause of death. Mrs. Tate asserted Tate put the poison in the peas and she ad ministered the final dose. ; Tate, who was a fprmer boarder at the Herripgton home, late; to day continued his denials of a poison conspiracy. The couple were arrestee. r at We?t Frankpdrt, sbP.FUy. after last midnight. Sheriff George Galligan ordered the arrest of Harry Everly ;and John Downey, brothers in law of Tate', on suspicion of having knowledge, of the case. WISCONSIXj IS WINNER MADISON, Wis, Sept. 27 Wisconsin defeated North Dakota on a muddy -field here today, 25 to" 0. A steady rain ten daring most of the game. North Dakota was unahle to gain through the WIscousiu-Tfoe and .was seriously hampered in an aerial attack by the wet grounds. IhdIsphe DAVIS IS OUT OF FIGHT III ... STATES EAST Expressions Of Electorate Indicate That Contest Has Narrowed 4 To La Fojlette And Coolidge COMMENT MADE ON ADDRESSS IN GARDEN RarJicals Cheer "Liitle Bob," But Conservatives Want s No Change By ROBERT C. NOTSON NEW TORK, Sept. 21. (Spe cial to The Statesman.) The en trance of Robert M. La Follette as a political factor and the exit of John W. Davis from the eastern political arena was heralded by the huge third party, rally in Mad ison Square Garden on Thursday, Sept, 18. l The 'meeting, which was the occasion for a vociferous attack . by the Wisconsin senator on the present administration, the judiciary and both the older pol itical parties, served to bring to light certain facts which mater ially assist an observer in siiing up the presidential campaign pos sibilities in ths secton. :; Conclusions Drawn i . Definite conclusions at this early stage of ; the campaign - are, of course, hazardous.' ' However, . a careful study of the situation leads to three general conclusions; 1. That La Follette is an ex tremely popular candidate among dissatisfied heterogeneous groups. 2. That the heterogeneous groups demonstrate a singular un anomity of purpose in attempting the overthrow of the present-order and quite as singular a diver sification q interests in regard to any constructive plans for accom plishing tat change. - " Z. That the campaign fn this section, at least, has narrowed down to two candidates -Calvin Coolidge and Robert M. La Fol lette. - - -, V i ; ;v" ' Gathering Vnprecedelritcd 'j The enthusiasm' with which the candidacy, of Senator La Follette has been received here is Indicat ed by the large rowd which pack ed the historic Madison' Square (Ooatlnnd oa page 4) GREAT RECORD Seven Blue Ribbons And Two Championships Taken By Grelle Entry Winning his seventh blue rib bon, and topping the award with two championships was the record of the sensational thoroughbred, Shikara, owned by Mrs. C. Edward Grelle, inline four-day night horse show at I the state fair, closing last night. ..." . ' ' Blarney, a McCleave jumper, claimed the. awar4" for the free for-all hjghr jump, - the evening's final event. The final raising of the bars was to five feet and nine inches, a? progressive" 15-lnch in crease. V The enthusiasm of the audi ence! was unequaledpthrough the finishing show of the six-in-hand heavy draft' driving competition: The decision of the judge in favor of Robert C, McCrosfcey's Clydes dales was unanimously applauded. White was , their able teamster. A. C. Ruiby, driving' his own hand some,; Percherons, rated second; D, F. Burge of Albany,: second, and C. W. Bowers third. Al Peterson- was the Bruge driver; Bowers handled his own team. In the champion roadster, en tries, ' In! light harness, with Shi kara winning the champipn3hip; Lady Gay, the property of Leroy' R. Fields, was acclaimed ' reserve (Oonthiasd om psgs 7) SLIP OF PAPER PROVES CAUSE ' OF DOWNFALL Va&rue Clew Leads Police to Eventual Capture of Al U legeoTirpaits j CHICAGO, Sept. 2. -Five men have been- arrested j in Selby, S. p., in connection with the rob bery of the First National bank of Lockport, 111., where" $18,176 was taken August 14 and, a robbery of the Greenaway State bank of Dickey, N. D., private detectives announced today. Carl Welsh is en route here under guard from Selby. ' . ' .The only clew after the Lock- port robbery when , the bandits, said v to have numbered . seven made the : bank employees "get down and crawl" while the tellers' cages were looted, was a slip of paper hearing the name of Mrs. Carl Welsh, Rock Island, 111., which was found in the alley be hind 'the bank, according toragents of the Burns international detec tive agency. ' The name put the detectives on the trail of Welsh whose wife was followed to Frankfort, S. D., and then to Selby. There she met her husband, who was with "William Frost, James Ryan, alias St. Louis Billy, William Burg and Ben Ma kowicz, who were arrested.- ' - Strong .Willamcttev Line Overcomes Maddock's lldre ExpeTiericed Men A scoreless game here between Willamette ' university jand Uni versity ; of Oregon was the result yesterday of green ' playing on both 'sides, coupled with a strong Willamette line which enabled them to overcome the handicap of Maddock's heavier : and more ex perienced squad. Maddock's meu did nothing worthy of mention with the exception pf some strong Une plunging that' opened up the way for several center pushes, and the excellent punting of Adolph. The Bearcats' made many fumbles, but were on the offensive mos of the game. A phenomenal 60- yard run- by Carter for Willam OREEBfJ TIE ette in the third quarter would have resulted in a touchdown had the Bearcats not been penalized for holding. The Bearcats lost another splendid chance to score in the beginning of , the second when a pass from ; Isham to Fas nacht brought the ball to the Ore gon two-yard line, i But line bucks failed here and a fumble and an intercepted pass gave Oregon the ball. i i A crowd of between 900 and 1,000 saw the game, some 150 of whom were Oregon rooters. Coach Schlssler brought his Aggies up to see the game and they appeared to take in every point. The boys' training school band played be tween halves and before the game. A little excitement was created before the game by the right-end section of bleachers breaking down with about .100 men on it. Again in JJie second quarter an other sectron broke down,, but no injuries resulted. Among the Bearcats there was not a man who did not play bet ter than might be expected in a first game. Walt, Carter and Post among the new men proved them selves, while of the veterans Ish am and Fasnachtj featured, whlis the entire Una proved the bulwark of the game. Two blocked passes by Carter did not feaze him. for he simply made end runs for gains of eight and five yards. These were so" well done! as to appear as fake plays. j Follows the game by quarters and plays:; 7 j First Quarter Willamette by Wait kicked off to back of goal line. Oregon then punted to 30-yard line. Returned by Post three yards. Line buck and punt failed to gain. End run by Wait for 12 yards. Two In tercepted passes by Wait, and punt to Oregon's 15-yard line. Oregon puateti to 40-yard line. Line buck for ' 5 yards. Ball carried back for four yards, then punt to Wlj lamettte's 30-yard line. Return- Catlana a pags ) ii CI4M GROW. GEORGE ROMEBS ACCIDENT IEIr Airship Piloted by Dick Rushlight Goe3 Wron and Side-swipes to Earth 200 Feet Wom an's Condition Said to be Critical and Ban!: er's Leg Is Badly Fractured i Miss Clara Crowe of Portland is in a critical condition and George F. Rodgers, president of the First National bank i3 suffering from a compound fracture of his right leg as a re sult of an airplane crash about 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Dick Rushlight, pilot of the plane, escaped serious injury and received badly cut lips and the Jossjof several teeth. Both Miss Crowe and Mr- Rodgers were rushed to the Salem hospi tal. Miss Crowe received a broken jaw, severe lacerations snd is suffering severely from shock. " The two injured persons were passengers in a commercial airplane owned by Wi A: Elsworth, 17, of Portland, and pilot ed by Rushlight. The aviator had some trouble in taking off from the field-near the fairgrounds due to engine trouble. He was unable to make, his elevationt.and was flying;about 200 feet from the ground when the plane fell. According5 to Rush light there was trouble with the air rod connection and ths engine froze. He attempted to swing the plane for an cj :n place a short distance west of where he fell but the rnachir.3 sideswiped and plunged to the ground. I". ? The accident occured in the W. W. Ernmons berry field, just west of the Upjohn Gladioli farm and in the intersection between Highland avenue and the main Portland road. Uz l the field been cleared it is probable that the passengers and the machine would have escaped without inuch injury, but as it was, the aircraft -wag ripped by the contact with tha short posts holding up 'the berry wires;" The plane was demolished.--''-.--- ;j :'. - ' ; During the excitement a dozen telephone calls were ir : for as many physicians. Miss Crowe was rushed to. ths h: pitat in a private automobile while Mr. Rodgers was giv first aid until the ambulance arrived.: J . Investigation Begun By Fed eral Trade Commission Of United States WASH1KGTOX. Sept. 27. The federal ' trade commission today began an investigation info pro fits and margins of terminal grain middlemen. - The Investigation was began at request of the Illinois agricultural association and will yaver the lat four crotf years. Efeeclal atten tion will be given fo the wheat crops. - .VI ' The Inquiry will be started 1m mediately at Chicago and- will be carried on later in other grain centers, the commission said. The basis of the request, it was explained, was the desire of tue farmers of the country ! to have the most recent information re garding the margins and profits-oi middlemen in terminal markets. especially In view of the move ment for farmers' cooperative or gapizatlons in this business. Mrs. Charles Spitzbari ; Passes Away Suddenly Mrs. Ida A. Spitzbart) wife of Charles Spitzbart, died ; suddenly at her home on the Dallas road last night at the age of 57 years. Mrs. Spitzbart had not I been 111, and her death Is believed to have been caused by paralysis, which attacked her when - she lay down to rest. Besides her widower, Mrs. Spitzbart 'is ' survived by one son, Leo O. Spitzbart, and two daugh ters. Miss Esther Spitzbart of Sa lem and Mrs. William L'. Teutsch of Corvallis; also by two ' sisters, Mrs. N. Reisner and Mrs. E. Burk- hardt of Hawkeye, la. The body is at the Webb funeral parlors. and funeral announcements will be made later. IOWA HT ATE W1N AMES, Iowa, Sept. 27 lowa State ' college today opened its football season with a, 23 to. 13 victory ' over Nebraska Wesleyan. The game was a.see-sa.w affair. playe on a soggy field. E Ml n Members of Famous AEF, Unjt From Far West f.!c;l In Los Angeles LOS AXGELES, Sept. 27. With hundreds of world war veterans-present from six western states, the ninety first divisivia, AEF, opened its fifth annual re union here today, The day was given over to re gistration, renewing old acquaint ances' and sight seeing, while to night nearly every available dic ing room and hotel tar the" city was the scene of gatherings of tL i various companies and units. Tomorrow, the last day of tho celebration, the business session will be held and will be followe l by a barbecue. ! J ''''". nrnn HOLD COrJFERELGE . ' ' - ' r . . : . . ; Democrats Meeting In Chi cago Insist 'They Are , ; Feeling Confident 1 ' ' 4. CHICAGO. Sept. 27. 1n th Associated Press). A concert' 1 drive during October by the demo cratic, national ; candidates ar t other party dignitaries, includir;: William G. McAdoo and IVllibm J. Bryan, was discussed inform al ly during an all day conferee o here today between Cover: r Charles Bryan of Nebraska, d .. . cratic vice presidential nomi: - and western party managers. ' u was very evident,' Governor Bryan said followlnir the 1- -- meeting, "that the conferees w .- in accord. as to the manner i i which the campaign was tel . - conducted and the part each w: taking tq bring about elect lo'u ,; the democratic national ticket." - Early In the day the vice i : r- dentlal nominee said that the t t look for victory was "'very . , couraeinic." ! ' " : nniinnnFi I ri duundt