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j - ; i mm X A t SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS f-l ZD r. v ... ...... : " I : Twelve Pages Today ; Read the Ads Too , : - - 1 nil fiTlW V. V v i V mam HITS IIEMy QCOIPJ GALE Progress Is Made Very Slow- ly By Great Airship aS III the Nippon Tusen Kabushlkl Kal FHS Alonfl thP Paeificl,b Seattle firemen brought the rkI " fVUUil I EXPECTED AT FRISCO . AT 5 AUK TODAY 4, SaJcmites Will Be Kept Post ed When fit :Passes Through Oregon C Ample warning wtn be given Balesn pepple to see the army dirlhle . Shenandoah should It Jtair It present route' alone the coast and proceed northward farther fail and. Mayor Job B. Giesy said last arts . Mayor Ciesy yesterday com pleted arrangements with May or Parks of Eugene to notify Obd JUxal -police . depaataaent -sh Id the "Mbnp" be aightod. la. Lvat he aircraft passes dose to Salem, , through the eo- operatloa of the fire .depart, aaeat, tbe fire siren at SpauldV ' tag's win annoance It proach. ; : " ;f ban , J- itAuiauu, wx. l The Shenandoah will arrive in I Kin rrucliM At S a- tomor. I :. row morning according 4a- mes- tags1 receired from tae airship Ute 'tonight at the Mare Island JUVr TardV -She did not glre :her position fa this message but said that she was morlng tery slowly .in a.aweplaa- sale over the sea. The monster ship, according to Llncf Passing Near Shenan- oojan course Runs Into '75-Mile Storm SAN FRANCISCO. Oct, 4 S. With away fleer gers. part of her bridge , swept and carrying an injured . ot and 200 exhausted passen the liner H. F. Alexander arrived here this afternoon eight houra .behind schedule after go ing through one of the worst storms encountered on the Pa cific coast in years. The vessel rfq Into a gale which hlew 76 miles an hour, shortly after she left Seattle Tuesday .Bight. The storm reached Its highest point at 11:10 a. m. Wednesday, when two giant waves I struck the ship, one after the oth- e, carrying away part of her bridge and . superstructure and breaking much glass. F. jo. Keys, fourth officer of the slip was hurled to the deck and swept along by the waves. - 1 1 -n--.a j (OaattBsaa a safe t) GALE RAGES 10 PACIFIC state jrooms of. the paasenxersl aMalle4 the program of Secretary caused Captain E. Bartlett to or-tlw-.v i.t. aaa vt. aer au passengers on smk. jaucb .a st.t . a . I 4 e PMMer. engage ana me cargo os ut snip was ruinea oyi & h mm a m a a a .a a. . 7 . .i OI 1 na niDB lonnMnenu inctucung ue raaio compass ; and the gyrocompass. I were (damaged. . The vessel has 1 cancelled her trip to Los Angeles and will not sail for Seattle on Saturday as scheduled, officials ot the Pacific Steamship company an nauneed today. ; THE WEATHER OREGON: Fair; moderate temperature; moderate south- wtsterly winds. LOCAL WEATHER (Thursday) Maximum temperature, 67. Minimum temperature, 46. River, 1.8, aUtlQnary. Rainfall, 'none. Atmosphere, part cloudy. Wind, south. ; I JAP STEAMER V HAS A FIRE IN ITS HOLD I Toyooka Maru la Rescued! From Conflagration By Firemen at Seattle SEATTLE. Oct. 16. Fighting tor more tha.n an hour stubborn blaze in the hold of the Japanese ateamer Toyooka Mara, owned by flames under control at the Great Northern railroad docks tonizht. The damage was believed, to be light. No cause for the fire was known.' ..!.-: ... " ,, The Toyooka Maru Is a ' vessel of 4388 , net tons. She arrived In Seattle from Kobe Japan, Oct 1. Mnr.hinp nf llnitarl RtntAS PLTO CRUSH J 300 FT. 10 1 "":r . - JL '."V. . . ""lont the in Navy in Fatal . Accident -Two Killed SAN DIEGO Cal., Oct. 16. Two men were killed instantly and a third had a miraculous escape from death at 2 o'clock this after noon In a midair collision 1300 feet above Coronado of two naval Vought airplanes. The dead are Enslm Merrltt J, Flanders. 2 4. attached to the transport .Vega; Robert H. Kerr, arlation chief ' machinist mate. naval air station. Tr.TJt 7; B..ri-; with his life -when he walked. out on the wing of is Vought and plunged headfirst to the ground. had fallen 600 feet. He la Bnt - fering from short and excitement but Is otherwise uninjured, ac cording to naval physicians. The mid-air collision occurred when Kerr dived with bis Vought plane out of a cloud hole. Cole, traveling faster than 115 miles an hour directly down, did not see .Kerr's plane until the crash. ,i,,nM f ftAfnr Cole's plane . and the : two ships came together with such a . ter rific Impact that the crushing air planes could be heard for t more than a mile. .- i ? Bli POLICIES y- .... Oldfiel dand .Work Have Tilt on Question ot reclama tion Service i WASHINGTON, Oct. administration's reclamation pcll- eies, involving fecent changes in personnel and the long fought Colorado river developments, pro posals tonight were made the sub ject of statements from democrat ic and republican headquarters. Representative Oldfleld ot Arkan sas, acting chairman of the demo I ' - l.miI1it,-tio. w vi a uv aes va waaa wa aaass : ehMg. -was made by Mr. oldfleld that President Coolidse and Secretary Hoover had approv- i a un." .h. t,a .tiaH was the policy of Secretary Work to "wreck the reclamation service and Prevent goyernment dereloiH awaa wa UI WWMIV aW W Ui tV the benefit of the private electric power interests." r: WorkR"e ; Mr. Work replied that more had been dope in the past year to per- petuate reclamation than in . any five-year period in the depart- ments history. CriUcIzing the administration SCORED for "dismissng" A. P. Davs, chief nea ot tne German Eeppelin com of the reclamation service, a year pany, and several executive offlc- agO, Mr. Oldfleld asserted 'that Ara f th air ornliwr dnrtnar thlr boththepresdientandMr. HooverUi.it today to Wasnlnrton. The had recently delivered speeches on electric power development "which could not . have been more clearly In line with the policy of the priv - ate power interests had those In - tere8ts themselves Penned the lords." r v in. y. state DEMOCRATS Bourbons Attempt to Stage Comeback at Vital Phase of National Presidential Election AL SMITH TRIES TO i DELIVER HIS VOTES Personal Popularity of Pres ent Governor Found to I Be Insufficient i Bjr ROBERT C. NOTSON. j PW YORK, pet. ll.-r(Spe- claj to The ; Statesman.) Forty- fire electoral votes of New York and the restoration of the waning of John W. Davis through tloh are the stakes for which the democratic nominee has been playing in an unheralded campaign of this crucial state. Mr. DaTia has completed his trip hut little eacoarased for his efforts. To offset the strong array of aces Fhicn fresuient cooiiage is ac knowledged to hold, . the former Wall Street lawyer can offer but pne i- remaining , trump a - cood oner Gorei-nor Al Smith. The reason - for the . extraordin ary ; efforts of the democrats in this state after it had virtually been conceded to Coolidge Is no longer a secret, A general lack lot coflfldf nee ti th AWUtyf of Mr. , ."T kS2?ffiS.2 T- t .r L 7. Z ? 7umuvw"l- 7"" " fT ira me.ning uiuuc . uau uu vs uuub tu save the democratic campaign from complete collapse. Two factors made the state of. New York a favorable ' field in which to attempt a last stand. In the1 first place New York controls 45 1 votes In the electoral college. Only one president has been elect- ou iu ni3 Mae. uau wuiurjr wiiuuui. the aid of that block of votes, Any real hope of carrying New York, therefore, would serve, to pat hew vigor into the Davis cam palgn in all the doubtful . sections. A second factor -which favored he democratic cause was- the pos sibility that Governor Alfred E. Smith could be persuaded to run for re-election. When It becam definitely, known that the gqver- nor had ) consented to make the rn(t , InT Tin1, fclffh In th A rlamn. cratlfj 'camp; 'for It was confident ly tqfllhatfhapoinlar ap- yi oi awui wouia (carry . xavia to victory. The past ten days has witnessed a profound modification Of these hopes. Mr. Davis, hastening to take ad TRY RALLY it. ThelThtage of the pew opportunity to bolster up bis cause, has failed (Ooatlaad a pags 4) Los Angeles" to be Name of New United States Zeppelin ZR-3 Secretary of Navy Wilbur Declares ; Giant Airshiil Is U Symbol of Friendship Among Nations WASHINGTON. Oct. 16. The ZR-3 was declared today by Sec retary Wilbur, speaking in behalf "7 .CT; peace and friendship between her r M - mnA thr IZZul. wk a.7Z ro?e. he said, the ship would be ? rt.mA t- inip." who. the government formally Ukes rtMMtn- . Mr Wilbur's announcement wae tn.d In th eonraa nf a sneech at , innrhnn t;nr. Hm &kanr. I party was received - by President I Coolidge. who reiterated the con- I gratulations he had telegraphed oa the arrival of the ZR-3 at Lake- j hurst, and after a conference with I the national advisorv council for I aeronautics, returned to - Lake- ARBUCKLE IS BARRED; MAY GO TO COURT Manager Who BUled Fat Comedian for $how Insists it Will Start TACOMAi Wash., Oct. 16. Court action appeared likely today as the result of the order of the Tacoma board; of censors In bar ring Rosooe i "Fatty" Arbuckle from appearing at a local vaude ville theater next week. The man ager declared today that Arbuckls will appear as : announced whether the decree of the board of censors la 1 I . 1 T-V T ' safety. The city ordinance prof prof Jaf s of vides for as possible fine and sentence In cases where orders the censors are disobeyed. fWRS. Kfr.'G RECITES - REMARKABLE FACTS 1 ': ;;' County. Nurse i Reports Chil dren With Poor Teeth and Other Defects At the meeting of the Marlon County Community Federation held at Stayton last evening. Mrs. Myra King, county health nurse. gave some startling figures about her work among, school children since last Marieh. ! 'Of the 11640 school children that I have examined In Marion county, 351 had defects of vision,". Mrs. King said. "There were 113 with defective, teeth and 379 with diseased tonsils." : In addition.! 191 were examined who were found to be underweight and quite a number with IncJnJeMi goitre.," :l ' V. .. v-! Mrs. King also said that very few chUdren in the county whom she had , examined had been vac cinated for small pox. . She also called attention to the fact that never, la all the counties in which she had worked, ;had she seen so much care given to-fine stock and so little Attention given to the heaUh of school children. In her work about the county. as school nurse i Mrs. King had toqnd more than 300 - cases of tuberculosis In the homes in rural districts besides i many children with tuberculosis Referring to the sale of tuber culosls seats next month, the pro ceeds ot which ate to be used to fight tuberculosis, Mrs. King called attention to the fact that the sale of ;j tuberculosis seals had nothing to do with Red Cross work. The tuberculosis seals sold each fall by women is for the pur pose of seeuringj money to fight tuberculosis only.; she said. ,A. N. Fulkerson, president : of the Marion Coin'ty Community Federation, said that the federa tion was in favor! of the measure on the ballot I to be voted on.No vember 4 hereby the county will appropriate 32400 annually for county health .work., That sthe amount was "small, flgurfng 'out only 5 H cents each year to every $1,000 assessment. He said the amount was . k small that every man and woman interested in the health of School; children would support the measure. hurst, N. J., tonight to resume su perrUiop of activities at tb field Announcing his selection of "Los Angeles" as the future name Ot the Shehahdoah's consort. Sec retary Wilbur expressed the hope that it "may not only be a con stant reminder ot the Angel's song but also that on each Christmas eye from. her place in the heavens, the song may again be broadcast to the world: 'Peace to men of good will " : Later, addressing the advisory council, Dr. Eckeuer predicted the development of trans-oceanic trans-oceanic ; transportation along the lines pioneered by the ZRr3. In answer to questions he said the type of ship was the logical car rier tor the new: trade because ot the measure of jcomfort afforded Its safety in all . weather, and .the ease of Improvements along neces sary lines. r . ? OF. SB G. 0. P. Organization Hid Spent $1,714,317 By Oct. 10 Progressives' Less Than $200,000 - 16,902 PERSONS GIVE TO THE REPUBLICANS 000 Contribute to Third ; Party Fjnances CHICAGO. Oct.. 16. (By The Associated Press.) The repubii can national campaign organisa tion had collected and expended 11,714,317 up to October 10, and the La Follette independent or ganizatlon had collected $190.- 635 and disbursed $155,062, ac cording to testimony given today at the opening sessions of the spe cial campaign fund investigating committee of the United States senate. ; K -': & Complete figures as to oper ations of the ' democratic national organisation were - not obtained but Lincoln Gideon, manager of the western headquarters, testified that his, organization, has spent $32,500 'up to October 10 of which sum all except $5,000 had been furnished by the national committee. The other ! $5.0 00 was personal present from George O. Breenan national ! committee from Illinois, he said.! Chairman Borah, republican of Idaho, staled that, he would call finance officers of the democratic ' national com m it tee later.: ' ' ! 16,902 Give to! GOP W;. V. Hodges, treasurer of the republican national committee told the senate investigators that the gross total contributed to the re publican campaign had come from 16,902 ? individuals and organlta tions with 12 contributions rang ing from $10,000 to a maximum of $25,000. ' ' - John M. Nelson, national direct or of the La Follette campaign testified that the total of $190, 535 received by the organization had come from approximately 72000 contributors in sums rang ing from $1 upward with one con tribution of $23,000; j another of $5000 and three of $1000 each. Manufacturers and investment and other; bankers were the prin cipal contributors in 'large sums (Contlanad aa pag T) Is Willing to Help Establish Mill if Flax Supply Can Be Assured B. C. Miles, who recently re turned from a three months' vis it in Ireland, Belgium and Eng land investigating flax and flax machinery, last evening told of things he bad heard ana seen while away, speaking at the Stay ton meeting of the Marlon county community federation; ' " "I had letters from ! Herbert Hoover and Charles E.! Hughes, secretary of state and through these Jetters I had the privilege of interviewing the most promin ent growers and spinners in ire land and Belgium," Mr. - Miles aajd. ' I "I took samples of our flax and had- them tested in Leeds, Eng land, and Belfast, Ireland. If al so went to Dundee, Scotland, to one of the largest spinning plants and had the Oregon fiber tested Ouality la Lauded . "All recognized that the Oregon flax was equal to the Belgium or Irish flax if i retted properly, and that Oregon flax was equal to any flax in the world. "In Belfast they said we could not manufacture linens as weather (Oaattasaa aa M ) ip m h THE PLEDGE OF At the noon meeting yesterday, 155 of the very busiest men in Salem, most of them men with the heavy burdens of business, who have; been giving days and nights of their time to the drive tor a new Y. M.-C.iA, building, as one man to see the job finished . f And they did it with a will ; as one voice I r For they have been spurred on with the pleadings1 of the young men and women and adequate facilities for carrying utton of this kind Spurred on. too, by the pleadings of the! mothers of these young people who want a plaoe leei at home ; in their element. The drive has $59,000 yet to go , , ' It ' is; $59,000 short of the ,goal. The ability to pledge and pay this sum, extended out as the payments may be, is here - ! And the thing' to do is to many of ihem as possible by: noon today ; to report then, and to go out and finish, the job by noon tomorrow. r And these 155 men ought to have 1000 voluntary helpers. This is a crisis , in Salem; . ; ! Our civic pride is at stake. J; Our reputation . as . a modern, up to date city is in the balance. ' : Our hands are. at the plow, back. .' Do the job. Do it now. Get conditional upon the completing sum of $200,000. Some of them going forward at once T And it cannot be put off And i it is now or never: possible of being attempted with Salem .must not fail in this. former pledges ; more " giving fices, j i . -i " The result is worth the effort. .' s r I ; i J Failure would be in the nature of a blot on the fair name of Salem, and this is. unthinkable. Will Stop at Portland and Eugene on Way From Seattle to San Diego 1 SEATTLE. Oct.' 16. Six United States army lieutenants who par ticipated in( the first' complete air voyage around the world are ; to leave here ; tomorrow in their three Douglas cruisers for San Diego where they will turn them over to i the United States air service. The flyers are to stop at Port land and Eugene, Ore., and Sacra mento,, .San Francisco and Los Angeles, Cal.. on their way south. At Portland they are to be the guests ot the chamber of com merce, at a reception and dinner tomorrow night. i S MOTHER-IW- Martin L. Warrenj Ex-Farmer, Uses Two Revolvers to Cut Expenses BUFFALO. N. Y.. Oct. 16. Obsessed ' with the idea that his estate was being dissipated by4 court costs,1 Martin L. Warren, a retired farmer, today opened fire with two revolvers at a referee's hearing killing Mrs. Anna Pilski, his mother-in-law, and her daugh ter, Sophie, and wounding Irving Templeton, a lawyer. ' Warren made no attempt to escape sur rendering without a struggle when two pollcement rushed iti with drawn revolvers. Fred Collins Is Named Kalama Special Agent Fred Collins, assistant special agent for the Standard Oil com pany here for 'the last year and a half, yesterday received notice of his promotion' as special agent at Kalama'. .Wash. Coincident with the promotion is the fact that Thursday -was his birthday. Mr. and rs. Collins came to Salem ; from Grants Pass where he was engaged in the automobile business with his father and later employed by the Standard Oil com pany in a service station. They will leave for Kalama Saturday. Mr. Collins taking over his new duties Monday. No word has Jbeen ; receive .by A. R. Rankin, as to who will be appointed to succeed Mr. Collins. TBIELSOUTH LAW rJ COUHTHQOM 155 BUSY MEN stood up and pledged themselves boys and girls of this city for on the work of a modern msti- In which they may meet and ' get them; to get the'pledges: as ' : i and we cannot, must not turn it over. All of the pledges are of the pledges for the entire are conditional upon the work I 1 ! .. j ' at. least it is now or not a train hope of success for a long time. There must be doubling up of till it hurts : ? more real sacri . j IF! HIS PLfii Machine of Lt Commander Grattan Dtchman Crashes i at Glendale ' - - GLENDALE. CaL. Oct. 16. Lieutenant Commander Grattan C Dichman of the aircraft sqadron. battle fleet, stationed at the. San Diego naval air base, .was burned to death here late today when flames destroyed his plane after it had etruck a small building. The assistant pilot. Chief Ma chinists Mate Frosio, escaped with slight injuries,, and was ; removed to a hospital here. The; accident occurred as the plane, with two other naval planes was taking off for San Diego on the return from Commander TifchWai, not more than 26 feet from the ground struck a small oil pumphouee on the edge' of: the' flying field and his machine crashed to the ground . Both ' the , plane and puriphouse burst Into flames and the avia tor caught beneath the wreckage, was Durnea to aeain. FLIER KILLED Bearcat Bedlam Beckons Blithe Boisterous Boys; Bully Blowout Brealdn . , The stadium at the Fairgrounds has been secured for the "Bearcat Bedlam" ot the Willamette Home coming, to take place on the night of October 25, This was the re port of the carnival committee of the. homecoming, at student body meeting yesterday morning. . The "Bearcat Bedlam" is to be just what the name implies, with booths named "Mars." "Futurist," "The Stone-Age," and others as fantastic to be sponsored by the various classes and literary socie ties. The University band is to help out with the music and the noise, hot dogs and confetti will fly, and every effort will be made to aupply the evening with a real carnival spirit. Special street cars will carry the students and alumni to the fairgrounds, where the fun starts at 7:30. f Another homecoming commit tee to report to the student ' body was the publicity: committee which has sent articles concerning Home coming to 250 newspapers in the states' of Washington and Oregon, as well as individual invitations to as many of the ' alumni as could be reached. Stickers ror envelopes COilTlUTi: OF S1Q0 UJiLL BE SECTS Former Salem Llan, flcv Secretary of Ccmm.:rcof Announces - Gift Thrcucli Telegram Last Night LIVESLEY DO'JATEG Goal Is Not Reached Cut Ef forts Will Be Ccr," ! By Committ::: An unexpected .:'cQtriv!;a to the XMCA bulldins c. ii was announced in .a tc!' " i last, night from Herbert ll4Tcrt secretary of commerce, asd former Salera ma a. The tela gram was as follows: ; "Washington, P. a, ' Oct. ie, ici. Robert J. Hendricks,. Yor z Men's Christ! an aasociati . i, Salem. ' ' .J"u i Glad to send; yo my rhc c!c for one hnndred dollars as c- -tribution toward pew iTICA building In Salem. I wisli you every .success in your cam- (Sfd.) HERBHUT UOOVZr.J With a total of $140,745 U pledges, the YMCA building cam paign awaits the coming of tt? good angel who. can- give ...encv z toput lt within striklsz diat ? of the J20O.000 .goaL It had been hoped that the zz palgn would be ended by.TL-rs day noon. It. isn't; there is ap parently a fog and a muddy read ahead, and nqbody has been over the trail5 to know If the bridges are safe. If a big-hearted, kind souled, fat-pursed friend wea ever needed, it is now; he could show them the way. But they're keep ing at it, hoping for the big man or the multitude of smaller oncj who will put it over. 'Livealey Contributes More Chairman Thomas Livesley elec trified the Thursday dinner crowd of workers by adding another $2500 to his already princely gift. Paul Wallace put on. another $1000; Mrs. Fanny Bishop cave them a brave talk that , ought to hearten them up, and. then put a $1000, pledge into the.i jromtaca purse for good measure. Lf Methodist church ' gave. $ 1 . j ; Troop, 2, Boy Scouts, plef I $50; a group -of nine Ili-Y Lji added $115; Lucile . 'ponovsn, speaking for the girls of the Jun ior' Citizenship 'class "of," Pe'nrish Junior high 'school, pledged f 60.T3. One" Salem 1 "Y: graduate; ' out of town, sent in $25; two little boys robbed their savings bank of its last nlckle, and gave in their dol lar with the courage ot the martyr CoBtiand oa pfci' 4) rr are being sold to the students at 1 cent each to further advertise the event. Tb9 welcome committee, - com posed principally of "Cubs," a dis tinctive Willamette organization, is to meet every train Friday and Saturday, with cars provided for the women to meet their alumni friends. Friday morning will be an alumni chapel, reported the "pep" committee, with a big rally Friday night in charge of tha freshmen. Homecoming Manager Chaplii reported that he was experiencing difficulty in only one respect, and that was in keeping n advance of the committee chairmen. The Willamette-College of Puget Soun 1 football game on Satrdey after noon is to be the big event of tl; homecoming program and Chap la is anxious that the students a.l "buck up" the players between now and the game and make then feel. that the university is behind them. The new 3,000 capacity bleach ers are to be ready by then, and & record-breaking - crowd is be' : : prepared for. " t nn '