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i 1 ' ; vr a' ';ri v. ; .. i Ten Pages Today ' ;:: , f ." . . ;, ; 5- , '.- . ... ... - : " . .'4 f ' - .' - i ! ..." ; fi-. - 1 - Read the Ads Too i . T- '.. " " v . - i . - . - - - - . -. ?i SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR ! SALEM, OREGbN, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS "J ' 1 1 n piiriwinnnii inr i in i iiinin uiiLiviiiyuuiiii BN0RTHT0DAY . Reports Indicating Good Weather are Factor in In fluencing Officials Who Make Decision i-..,,- J"" -'" r '. EXPERT STATES THAT! VALUE IS ESTABLISHED Jyvo Giant Dirigibles Have f Proved Their Worth to 1 i United States y SAN DIEGO, Cal., 15. Fa vorable weather reports from 1 the Pacific northwest tonight J determined navy officials ' to I ' atari the Shenandoah on Its , '. . flight to Camp Lewis, Wash., ' tomorrow inriiing probably , ; at 7 :SO- o'clock., 'Y;- c- t. The Shenandoah will get away at this time-sharp if early morn ing clQada-do not adversely affect the warming up. of her .gas bag and; the, expanding of her lifting capacity.- ";-f-; ." V.j 1 V The decision to sail - tomorrow was reached by Rear Admiral W. A. MotSfitt, chief oj the naval bur eau of aeronautics, and lieutenant V Commander Zachary Lansdowne, In charge of the Shenandoah, who both said telegraphic reports and the weather -ehart agreed that the r storm, that has delayed the dirig--v Ihle's departure since last Satur day had moved eastward from , this coast. ' - " " f I ;A squadron of 15 airplanes from Rockwell field will accom pany the Shenandoah as far as - Los Angeles. I' CORONADO BEACH, Cal., Oct. ao. itjy tne AP.) The navy dirigible Shenandoah, here en iroate to Camp Lewis, Wash., has proved the value of rigid dirigibles for commercial purposes by her achievements on the difficult cross country mountain flight to the Pa cific, according 'to: a statement Issued tonight by Rear Admiral i W. A. Moffett, chieJLof the navy bureau of aeronautics. The Shenandoah is swinging at her North Island mooring mast near here awaiting favorable ! weather reports from tha north west which. It is hoped,' will send ber on ter way to Camp Lewis at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. Admiral Moffett said: "The successful voyage of the ZR-3 across the Atlantic ocean and of the Shenandoah across the Am erican continent should arouse the public and commercial world to the practicability of rigid airships for transporting mail, high class freight and passengers across land or water. . ' :"4We Americans can be proud that the United States today, with two rigid dirigibles one on the Atlantic and . one on the pacific coast leads the world in this navigation of the air. We are In a position to maintain this lead If the opportunity is granted. The Shenandoah is entirely of American construction which is a reat start.' f Tb route as tentatively map ped Is to circle the fleet off San ' Pedro,' fly over Los Angeles and ' Pasadena, continue up the coast f over Santa Barbara, and reach San Francisco before sunset. The I remainder or the course probably would be laid up the coast until opposite Portland where the ship hopes to turn inland. -p Present plans are for a swing over Seattle on the; return trip, as it is expected, on account of her late arrival at ; Camp Lewis, that the Shenandoah will go straight ' to her mooring mast at the Camp. Sensational Flier Killed While Attempting Stunt LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15. Dick Kerwood, a stunt aviator, was killed today in the mountains near Newhall. northwest of here, when he fell about 500 feet from a lad der dangling from an alrnlane He was not missed bv the cilot until the plane was ready to fly before the camera. THE WEATHER OREGON: Probably rain and cooler; fresh southerly gales along the coast. . LOCAL WEATHER ... (Wednesday) Maximum temperature, 65. Minimum temperature, 52. . River, -1.S; stationary. Rainfall, .08. Atmosphere, partially cloudy. Wind, south. SHOTGUMS ACeiDENTLY ELDERLY i. .. . ... - S. Taylor Jones, Insurance Agent, Engaged in Cleaning "Unloaded" Firearm at Home oh High Street Wednesday - Afternoon; Was ! Prominent Mason iU f 1 ; I n While ensraeed in cleaning Wednesday afternoon, S. Taylor Jones, 51 years old, was shot and fatally injured when the firearm was accidently dis charged. The full force ofjthe shot struck Mr. Jones in the abdomen. The accident occurred at his home on High street. Mr. Jones had said nothing about going hunting, but it is presumed this was the case and he was preparing to do so later in the week. It was said at his home that the shotgun was believed to be unloaded. ," ' Mr. Jones was district manager of the National Life In surance company and located in Salem about 'four months ago. Prior to coming here he lived at Independence for a number of years. He belonged to all orders of the Masonic lodge, including the Shrine. i ' ' , Besides! his wife he is survived by a son, Russell Linn Jones, student at Willamette university. The funeral ar rangements have not yet been completed. nimnn UIIIIIIPL'IJ .rwoisiFE Death of Idaho Man Is Laid to Mark and Mary Col lins, of California SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 15. Mark Collins of Chico, Cal., and Mary Collins, his wife, are each charged with murder In the first degree in complaints filed late today by the county ! attorney of Salt Lake county. They are ac cused of slaying C. S. McQuown of Buhl, Idaho, who was killed on Saturday by a bandit. ; WILL GO GOP President Coolidge Receives Optimistic Reports About Campaign WASHINGTON. Oct. 15. Pres ident Coolidge gave some atten tion today to the political : situ ation in Iowai receiving a report on conditions j there from Luther Brewer, independent candidate for the senate who withdrew and urg ed support of the democratic op ponent of Senator Brookhart, re publican nominee. Mr. Brewer predicted Iowa would give a sub stantial majority for Coolidge and Dawes in November.! i 1 Senator Smoot, j republican, Utah, was a guest of the presi dent at dinner tonight. It was presumed that Mr. Smoot, who is chairman of the senate finance committee and one" of the framers of the present tariff law, discuss ed the report of the tariff com mission, proposing a cut in the su gar duty, j . This question was discussed to day by Mr. Coolidge with chair man Marvin of the ' commission, who reported that' additional data requested by the president on the sugar beet industry in this coun try would not be available for 10 or 12 days. I Republicans Dominate In County Registration Out of a total of 23.795 voters in Marion county, 17,655 are reg istered as republicans, according to statistics given out yesterday by U. Q. Boyer, county clerk. That an unusual interest is being taken In the election this year Is indi cated by the fact that there la an increaseof 1612 over the number of registered jvoters at this time last year, an' increase which is quite unprecedented. ; 1 The itimized registration is as follows:. . ' ' j ; ; , ; Rrpabliosn , .10,11 - 7,539 17.S55 UMKKMUe 2,901 8,088 4,980 mgrtnire ... , S3 Independent . ; 352 13 46 224 158 42 51 S76 252 163 Prohibition 94 121 63 Konalmt 31 iacellaneous 114 Totol 13,680 10,115 23,793 BURTEI) IX EFFIGY BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 15. The body of Senator Oscar (VV. Underwood Of Alabama was bur led in effigy at a Ku Klux Klan CMIIDntDTfl 1UIIUL.II IU PREDICT 101 ceremony to&Igtt, CHARGE KILLS MAN HERE , r-n ;-:.. i : ! - i --,v i s ? a shotgun about 3 o'clock 5 FI United States President Gives Address at Francis; Asbury Ceremonies WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 In the presence of President Coolidge and leaders of the Methodist Epis copal church of this country and Canada,, the, equestrian statue of Francis Asbury, pioneer Metho dist bishop in America, was un veiled here today.- J President Coolidge, in an ad dress,' reviewed the missionary work of the bishop in this country in its early days and declared it was largely a result of the preach ings of Asbury, his associates and other religious organizations "that our church has developed so much freedom and contributed so much to civilization." Declaring religion to be the foundation of government in this country, the president pleaded pleaded that it be relied on rather than law tfor social reforms. The exercises, presided over by Bishop John W. Hamilton and Bishop William F. McDowell, end ed a two day program In com memoration of the "circuit rider" bishop who came to this country In 1771, and. traveling by horse back some 6,000 miles a year, preached during his life about 16,500 sermons. S j OPEN FIRE I " hT' ' - " English Political Campaign Starts in Full. Blast ! Baldwin Speaks LONDON, Oct. 15. (By Asso ciated Press.) Former Premier Baldwin opened his campaign for parliament today by addressing a large meeting in Queens Hall, dur ing which he ridiculed what he characterized as the labor govern ment's universal panacea of na tional ownership and national con trol to set things aright. Mr, 'Baldwin described the labor ministers as "cheap jacks' of poli tics, always full of enthusiasm, but never doing anything." He pic tured Premier MacDonald as being overborne and helpless in the hands of the extreme socialist wing of his party and predicted that j the labor administration never would accomplish anything until it "killed thia old man of the sea." ; ?' : ' ' " Mr. Baldwin's speech constitut ed the" general theme of the con servative and liberal speakers in the campaign while on the other handt, the speeches of the labor ites mostly dwelt upon what they call "the unholy pact" between the liberals and the conservatives to keep labor out of power. 1 ' Minister of Health Wheatley who is regarded as one of the ris ing men In the labor administra tion,; commenting on the situation today, said he regarded former Premier Lloyd George's declara tion of war on labor as public an nonncement that labor could not CODLIDGE ASSISTS TTEUIEW IT be bought, i REFRIGERATOR CAR IS PRISON FOR VISITOR Union Oil Men Release Kansas City Man After? 48 Hours of Confinement Employees of the Union Oil company probably saved the life of Claude Knabe. 19, of Kansas City, Mo., when they: released hini from the ice box of an empty rf f rigerator car ip which he had been imprisoned ! for more than 4 8 hours. The resoiiers heard his feeble cries foj- help Ifrom the car. Suffering with f poison from two large boils oh. his w-rist and hav ing gone without food - for two days, the youth presented a pit- able appearance f upon being re-J leased. Had he,: gone two mo'i days without medical attention It is probable that: he would , have died, the physician who attended him said. ; 1 j j : Knabe said her had entered the car at Portland, intending to beat his way home by the southern route. The lid Ion 1 the ice box slammed shut, making him .4 prisoner. Thdt car was sidetracked near the fairgrounds two days ago but it was'not until yesterday that he was able to 'attract attention.-- -: ' ! ! Boys of Silvertori Start Pioneer Club The Pioneer club organized last night at Woodburn adopted for itself the official name "The Hus kies." Nineteen ; boys are-charter members of the club, which will meet every Thursday night. Ed Huston, former student of Willam ette university, is the leader. The membership consists of El mer Klamp. chief ranger; Frank Butterfield, deputy ranger; Win ton Hunt, secretary;! Russell Stan ard, treasurer; Harry Sims, foot ball captain ; Warner Guiss, Bob Graves, Samuel Long, Irvine Cbris- tenson, Carl Steelhammer, Neal Butterfield. Harold Pendleton, Ar thur Brachmann, Matthew Moch, el, Earl Strang, Winton Hunt, Claud Galer, Rex Garrison, Ed Mc Clure and Elvin Royal. v Fifth Annual Convention Is to Be Held fat First Methodist Church Plans for the rirth annual con vention or the Marion County YMCA to be held at the First. Methodist church j Friday night have been completed by Edwin Socolofsky, secretary. The program includes all phases of the work of ' the -organization, such as county pioneer clubs, Hi Y clubs, songs. j; reports and ad dresses. ' G. F.: Johnson will be the principal speaker, with John L. Brady presiding ks toastmaster for the banquet; to be served at 6:30 o'clock. Those wishing to attend the meeting are disked to make reser vations by telephoning 225 some time today. ; . . : f The program follows: 6:30 Social hour. 7:00 Banquet, served by the ladies of First Methodist church, John L. Brady toastmaster. Invocation Rev. B. E. Kirk patrick. j " Songs, ' led by boys "Chest nut Tree," "Mrsj Shady." "I Don't Wanta Get Well." Down by the River Side," "Brighten the Cor ner. ..; j Cpunty pioneer clubs Lincoln Pioneers, Silverton.i Kenneth Wil liams; Chemawa Pioneers, Che mawa, Buck! Smith; Lewis & Clarke, Brooks; Buffalo Bill, Jef ferson, Wesley pa vis; Woodburn Pioneers, Elmer Klamp. Junior Rotary quartet. Chemawa YMCA Frank John son. ; ' ' If I - Willamette; deputation team Mervin Stolzheise. The "Y" in other lands Nori Yamashita. . - Reaching the Boy Rev. S. W. Hall. ; . I. Scotch songs--Joe Nee. Hi-Y clubs Stayton. Elmer Boyer; Sllverton, Charles Hartley; Woodburn, Elmer Grim. "How the Hi-Y j Helped Me," Darrell Riechel. j Trask River camp r- Marion Green, SilvertonJ Gkil Wenderoth, West Woodburn. , Solo Mrs. . Edwin Socolofsky. -Address G. F. Johnson. Reports The treasury. 3&nl B. Wallace; the committee on nom inations. Dr. F. E. Brown. Comparative standings W. W. Dillon. f j Benediction. j I TAYLOR ELECTED CHICAGO, Oct. 15. C. A. Tay lor of Spencer,; Ind., was elected president of the national associa tion of agriculture; NEW UNITED STATES AIRSHIP! WHICH HAS ( JUST FINISHED RECORD DISTANCE FLIGHT 13 4 v -T " , ZR-3 RECORD Over , Five Thousand Miles Traversed ; in One Long Continuous! Flight f LAKE HURST, N. J.. Oct.: 15. (By the Associated Press), f The ZR-3 slumbered tonight, safely cradled' in the Lakehurst airdrome after & memorable flgiht across an ocean. - ( ': '.Her.' German crew slumbered also and her four American pas sengers. The dirigible which had set a new record for sustained flight, appeared none1 the wors6 for the effort. She swayed croon ingly to and fro to the tune of soft creaking tackle.) Her lumi nous sides shimmered under the beams of a, moon that penetrated her glass domed hangar. f But the humans whom she had carried so far sheltered t beneath her protecting bulki-they were red-eyed and weary.! They had traveled 5,066 miles under hazard ous circumstances and they had done it in ia single continuous flight of 81 hours and 17 minutes. Record Is Official j This was the official record as 'computed by Dr. Hugo Eckener; commander of the dirigible and president o the Zeppelin i Inter ests, and by1 Commander J. H. Klein, Jr., of Lakehurst field, who made the trans-oceanic flight. The ship's log recorded that she left Frledrichshaf en, : Germany, at 6:35 a. m., on Sunday, October 12, the' time being one hour east of Greenwich. She touched earth here 'at 9:52 a. m., eastern stand ard time today. Dr. j Eckener was authority for the statement that the mileage was 5.0C6. Thus' the average 'speed of the ZR-3 for the whole distance' was approximately - C2.35 miles j per hour. The approximate average of the British H-34 during her westward flight of 3,200 miles across the Atlantic in loS hours, made in 191 9 was 29.63 wiles per hour. ' ' ' i V - , Murh Fuel Rtnians As a further indication of .the strides lighter-than-air aeronautics have taken during' those five years, the. fuel tanks or the ZR-i were, one quarter full when she berthed. They held- 7 1A tons, enough, according to Lieutenant Commander S. M. Krauss, to have carried her 1800 knots farther, or o goodly part of the distance to the Pacific coast. ' When the R-34 reached her destination at Minef ola, Long Island, from East For tune, Scotland, her fuel tanks held barely a half hour's supply. For her to have proceeded far ther would have be'rn to court disaster. Each of the 32 passengers oh the ZR-3 had his story to tell when he disembarked .within the Lakehurst hangar today. But the most complete of them all was tno story told by the diary log of Cap tain George W. Steele, prospective commander of the dirigible. Tells of Crowds He related how, on October A, the date set for the flight, such crowds surged at the gates of the Friedrichshafen airdrome that he was lost in the crush; how the big bag failed to rise because of at mospheric conditions; how the take-ofl was postponed for two days. s i : - ..; "The 12th of October came in on a foggyday," Captain Steele's record continued. "When the hangar I doors were opened there was a blue fog ; outside. But things were better. The ship had been carefully trimmed and the, temperature was better; that is, colder. At 6:25 the ground crew started to take the ship out and at 6:35 the engines were started and we were off. . There was a great cheer from the crowd; the band played the national air and there was much ' tluttifflng of handkerchiefs Several thousand people were on the field but their view of the ship was brief. She j ,y. -, T if hi . L j 1 REMARKABLE (Continntd sa pags ) fr Tiie ZR-a MODERN HUCK FINN IS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY Marion County Officers Nab . Montana Youth Who Is Seeing the World Huckleberry Finn, with all his adventurous -.; wanderings, had nothing oiijRufus Partelow who, according to reports, "borrowed" hiii '.father's car at his home in Montana and, in company with his half brother, started out to see the world. Unfortunately, though. the tour was , interrupted some where in the 'Vicinity of Hubbard, in the North end of Marion county, Oregon. The youthful adventurer was taken Into custody by county authorities and will be returned to Montana; it is said, i Senator Borah, Chairman, Calls Meeting to Investi- fr gate Finances CHICAGO, Oct. 15. (By the AP.) a broad inquiry into, con tributions and expenditures in the national presidential ; campaign will be put under way here to morrow by a special committee of the United 'States senate of which Senator William E, Borah, repub lican of Idaho, is chairman. I'jWhile the committeewas called tq; meet at this time because of the charge ! of Senator Robert M. La Follette, the independent pres idential candidate, that the repub licans are Rising a huge "slush fund" for use In doubtful states, Senator Borah said after a con ference with his Colleagues that the inquiry would be ' directed first at ascertaining the actual re ceipts and' expenditures by the three major national political or ganizations! republican, demo cratic and independent. jj"Representativi's! from each of these organizations . have been asked," hej said, "to -submit de tailed' statements on campaign fin ances up to this time. H These will be studied carefully by ; the.com njittee before any ; effort ; will be made to determine the1; full scope of the investigation and whether it is to be pursued sit places other than Chicago." j ? t . jphairmari Borah said that Frank P, Walsh of Kansas City, who has been selected by Senator La Fol lette to present his charges to the committee.) would be called on as soon as thie preliminary phase of the investigation has ; been con cluded. S CONSPIRATORS Attempt to Wreck Santa Fe Passenger Train Broken I Up By Officers ? PRESCOTTrAiiz., (Oct. 15. Charged with conspiring to wreck a northbound Santa Fe passenger train, five men weire arrested to-; day about 40 miles south of here after an all; night pursuit by an oificer who trailed the men over desert country and! captured them sjnglehanded. Tonight the quin tet are prisoners in the Yavapai county Jail. - The' men told authorities they Were hungry and Wanted to wreck the train to secure funds and food. The trainj whichi the men, who are Mexicans, are charged with attempting to wreck a few, weeks ago Is the regular night passen ger train between Phoenix and Prescott, i . ij- ' - : f - ?g X - j A il LAFOLLETTE HITS BOARD Federal Reserve Body Ac- cused of Cooperatng . With Wall Street DES MOINES,! Iowa, Oct. 15. Charging that the federal reserve board has worked "hand in glove with Wall" . street to" exploit the farmer and producer," Senator Robert M. La Follette in a speech here tonight, pledged himself Jf elected to make hanking credit "the servant of the people rather than its master." ! The independent presidential candidate said he would bring this about providing for the organiza- tion of the "genuine cooperative banks and by taking steps to eith er have the federal reserve bank ing system ."perform the functions it was promised : to perform when enacted or have it wiped from the statute books." In addition said the Wisconsin Senator, legislation. is needed to control interest rates, to prevent usury and to Insure the use of the people's own credit by the people on reasonable terms. ; "Even more. Important," con tinued Mr. La Follette, "the cred it resources of the nation must be used for productive purposes rath er than for exploitation. They must be dedicated to the merchant and to the manufacturer rather than to the wheat pits and; the stock exchange. ' . " j "The credit resources of Ameri ca should also be used for the de velopment of the United States rather than for j the exploitation of foreign countries. .Within recent- years eight billion dollars have been loaned outside this country. Much of it has been loaned for militaristic purposes; much of it for the exploitation of weak and defenseless, countries. It is an elementary fact that needs no proof that the same credit 'can not be used at' home and abroad at the same time. j ". "American credit, American money' should not be exported for foreign investment, until every need of the farmer, of the busi ness man and of the manufacturer has been met. , "So long as there is a shortage (Continued oa pas ) EDITORIAL DAYS OF CRISIS IN SALEM Today and tomorrow are days of crisis in Salem ; days upon which'- it must be decided whether the 'effort for a new home for the Y. "M- C. A. shall succeed -or -fail - .1 " For the best -organized drive eveiv mustered in jSalem has worked up to the morning of the day set for the close of the cam- nalsrn. and-it is now about $70,000 short of the full $200,000, which must Ie readied to make For money to provide the expenses of the institution this The pledges in the class normal, as such campaigns have undertaking r But the pledges from $1000 are far short of the' So what is ''heeded is a thorough canvass today, and, if neces sary, tomorrow:; for it is likely that an extra day will be required for the finish, if the forces can be held together for the) extra day. There are said to be 1000 or more pledges that ought to be in that are not yet in; about as many more as have so far been. secured. I ! - - A few more large pledges; challenging pledges; 1000 small pledges, jind i scattering- of, the same kind tha 4have been secured, mostly of $50 to ,$500, with perhaps a number of in creases; some giving till jit hurts,' will finish the great task. It is more than worth while. It would give Salem a terrible black eye if thik effort should fail. It would give the city a jolt that would be an injury to her prestige. It must not be! - j The complete- amount must be pledged, and by tomorrow night. . : "-! : ;-'..' i Such a success. would be stimulating. It would r put Salem on the map' with first class cities. It would enable every one of our people to take renewed courage; -to have a new birth of pride in their splendid city, I , This is a task worthy of the fuH time work, day and night, of every. single man and woman in and around Salem So let today and tomorrow.be set apart for a glorious finish, and let the glad news of victory be flashed over the wires tomor row night. .-'; .. . . .,...-, STUDENTS! BY DOiTIOtlS T01CAFU Willamette Fraternities and High School Boys Con tribute Hundreds of Dol lars for Building PLEDGES ON WEDNESDAY MAKE TOTAL OF $127,204 Efforts Will Be Re-Doubled as $73,000 Remains to Be Raised Wednesday's report on the YMCA building campaign brought out pledges of $11,183 from the canvassing teams, with! no report from the executive Icommittee, that it is hoped still has some-; thing up Its sleeves besides el bows. The grand total to date is S127.204, leaving only $72,79 i f yet to raise to make the pledges valid. It is to be understood (hat all the subscriptions are made on the. pledge of $200,000, otherwise they are entirely optional with tha givers. As the sum of $200,000 Is felt to be the irreducible minimum for even present building service, the committee has made j the whola series conditional on raising that much. Though . no plana; have been made for the exact building, or for the builder, it is known de finitely 'what Salem needs, and from known building costs it is known that less than $200,003 will start with a crippled service even now, even without any city growth or service to the boys and, men yet unserved. So whoever fdil3 to give "adequately," and so lets the campaign fail. is respons ible for the whole loss. Cheering Words Heard : Some cheering , announcement i were made "Wednesday; In the sub scriptions of the Willamette uni versity - fraternities and in tk Salem high school student bodv Five of the fraternities are mad! up of young men who are work Ing and worrying their own waj through school, on the narrowed margin' between eating 'and go in,? hungry, their gifts represent tfci linest spirit of sacrifice. , Harold Cary presented th pledge from the Kappa Gamma Rho fraternity; the Alpha Pel Del tas were represented by Clair j Geddes; R. W. Anderson spoke for the Epsilon Delta Mu brother hood; Dwight Findley pledged tha Sigma Taus, and the PhI Kappa Pi story was told by their money alone . that brought a rousing cheer. ' . , t - ' Students Donate Subscriptions of 7250.50- were made by a group of j 28 High-Y boys, the first of this week, and announced today. There were a number of other high school stud ents who wanted to have a part in the- big new, enterprise, and ' (Continued oa pa 9i tne pieuges an uiimmg new building and pay t le running $1000 are year and next year. above $10 and below gone m other cities in such an $5 to $10 and those running above normal- I ' Si