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"8 riv UllillliUlUblVtb E39B TO QUERY , V , 1 . ' ' "'.-,!': First Attempt at Radio Inter .View lis Completed by ' " Associated Press FIVE QUESTIONS SENT MatMUlan party Replies to All Interrogations; Distance By Way , or Air, Is Orcr 3700 Miles a Lr :- ; ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, III., Auk. 6.(By Associated Press.) The first j Arctic radio interview ever attempted was successfully .completed at. l a. m., 'eastern standard time) today by The As sociated Press when Lieut. Com mander E. F. McDonald, Jr., with the MaeMillan Arctie expedition answered five questions. j The first questoin was sent and answered within eight min utes. This accounted for a rate of 18 words perminute. Internation al code, orrer the3700 miles dis tance north from Chicago to Etah, Greenland, where the expedition la anchored. The questions were sent direct b The Associated Press from sta tion 9XN pf the Zenith Radio cor poration here to station WAP aboard the steamship Peary at Ltah. A wave of 40 meters 1,000 watts was used on both the trans mission and reception. Lieuten ant Commander McDonald is pres ident of the Zenith Radio corpor ation. j ; ' , The first question asked was: "What point and greatest dis tance have you heard or trans mitted human voice by radio would bejof interest to The Associated-press newspapers?" "I have heard code from New Zealand," ! McDonald replied. "Have worked code England, France, Holland, Sweden and Catalina Island. Heard voice Chicago and Schenectady In day light. ..Transmitted voice and have been reported heard in Seattle New England and London." " "Have missionaries begun using radio receivers and what do they say about, It?? was the second question. . . I - i'We only found one missionary using radio. Rev. Perritt, Hope- dale. Labrador, who has been to uis home in London only three times in 32 years, gets mail jsel- dom and says radio is a great boon. I presented missionaries with sets when they; most needed them. They could not buy radio as they have insufficient Tuna's to buy other necessaries desired." McDonald answered the ques tion: '-j , ' V Vis the Eskimo guide Itookashu with you '(Itookashu was a guide with Peary and MacMillan on a previous expedition.) j "Itookashu now with us," was the ..reply.1 "Will It be possible to reach your planes by radio?" the next question referred to the three planes carried by the expedition in its attempt to reach the north pole. ; ; ; . . . "Have difficulty In maintaining two-way j communication with planes, but expect . to eradicate this,' the answer came. v "Do Eskimos fully appreciate radio concerts?" the last question, brought the reply: t j , "He Just accepts It as another great work of the white' man and to him it is not more wonderful than the: phonograph." : j The questioning from start to xmisn consumed an nour and a half, beginning at midnight, east cm standard time. , Prlot to the transmission of the . questions, the human voice I was heard at station 9XN. from WAP, raying ' WAP -Etah . Shortly thereafter a concert of phono graph music radiocast from the Arctic, was distinguished. Those at JjXN. familiar with theperson nel pf the expedition did not recog nize the voice, which was a deep bass. ' . , j , ;, - - ii i: ::. I ... " SEATTLE, Ag. 5. (By Asso ciated Press.) P- K. Leberman and ,W. J. Calsmalia of the Radio Bales corporation here reported to day that they have been ; in daily touch with the MacMillan Arctic expedition, which is exploring be- 4 v&Ui kj: -TkE- rnnTin ninin nnr i Cell ETtrywaera THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM; OREGON tweea upper ? Greenland and ; Leberman said that nlghtly pro grams were being broadcast by the expedition. "T 'get them every night from about 6:45 until near ly daybreak. But the ordinary re ceiving set would not- be able to get them as the MacMillan set is on a new wave length ; of onry 40 meters, while the average sta tion receives on from two hundred to six hundred. - POLAR PLANES TAKE OFF RADIO TESTS MADE, MESSAGE FROM ARCTIC STATES WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (By Associated Press.) -a message re porting that the "work Is pro gressing welt," was received from the MacMillan Arctic expedition late today by National Geographic society. 0 i The report, picked up by the navy's experimental radio station here, NK.F, said: ! "All planes in the air for radio tests. ; Sky heavily overcast with rain at intervals. The thermom eter at 41 J degrees Fahrenheit. Signs of clearing. Kane basin, north of Littleton Island, unbrok en field of ice. Good north wind wii clear this out in a few days. Work progressing well. All well and , happy and anxious" to get away for first base in Axel Helberg." j RAY ABLE CONVICTED BY POLICE COURT JURY (Continued from page 1) admitted that when he was taken to the station he had offered to give Night : Sergeant George Ed wards all of the money he had if the sergeant would leave Traffic Officer Edwards in the cell with him for five minutes in order that he could give the traffic officer who had made the arrest the beat ing which j he thought Edwards deserved. In relating the story from the witness stand Able ad mitted a statement that he would "repeat the tof fer when ' he was sober." . This was held un to the Jury ae a positive admission of his intoxication at the time. Able was arrested bv Traffic Officer Edwards early Sunday morning when his -attention was attracted to the machine by the reckless manner in which it was being driven. The defendant was nrst arrested for, reckless driving. On the way to the police station Able attempted to escape, and shortly after his failure to do this a liquor bottle waa thrown from his car and: smashed on the pave ment. One of his two companions has since been , convicted . on ; a charge of breaking the bottle. Able , was taken to police head quarters where it was found that be was drunk and where' he was booked for reckless driving, pos session of liquor, and operating a car while intoxicated. The first two charges were held in obey ance until a verdict could be se cured on the more serious charee of operating a car while under the influence of liquor. Able plead not guilty and demanded a jury trial. ! - Under city law It is mandatory for Judge Paulsen tomorrow to Impose a sentence of not less than 6 days in Jail, a fine of S50 and to suspend his drivers' license for 90 days. The maximum tinder the law is six months In jail, $500 fine and euspension of his license for any period set by the court. ENTIRE TOWN DELUGED SWELLED CREEK SWEEPS VIL LAGE; DAMAGE IS LARGE : KIOWA, j Colo.. Aug. 5. (By Associated Press). . Practically the entire town of Kiowa ' was inundated tonight when the waters of Kiowa' creek, swelled by a cloudburst of unusual proportions, rose to the highest " level In the jiistory of the village and swept through It. Sixty otthe seventy buildings in the town were dam aged, most of them standing in fourfeet of , water. j The water rose to its high level in the space of 10 minutes. Eivinr the populace of 250, persons but little time to heed warnings. First reports were that there had been to loss of life but that the initial damage probably would amount to $10,000. Many small structures were washed into the streets and several , bridges taken out by the water. .! i " ; . f ; 'A TODAY FRIDAY llllll MILTON SILLS and DORIS KENYON OREGON II I HOUGHTON IS DECLARED SECURITY PACT AUTHOR TREATH FIRST SCGGESTKD BY AMERICAX AMBASSADOR, Pact Between England, Prance and " Germany Inaugurated by C. 8. Ivcgate ; " WILLIAMSTOWN.Mass., Aug. 5. (By Associated Press). The members o,f the Institute of Poll tics today heard a i declaration from one of Its lecturers, ; that Alanson Houghton, recently Amer ican ambassador at Berlin; and now ambassador at London,' was the "spiritual author of the se curity pact now pending between Great Britain, France and Ger many. : Professor Bernaxotte E. Schraitt of the University of Chicago made this statement at a conference on the recent foreign policy of the United States in the course of a discussion after an 1 address by Professor Edwin F. Gay of Harvard.!.-'" 4 "If, one asks in well-intotmed circles," the professor said, "one is told that the present ambassa dor of the United States In Lon don, v.-ho was until recently our ambassador in Berlin, is spiritual author of the negotiations 1 now proceeding between Great Britain, France and Germany in a pact of security," : j Professor Schmltt supplemented his remarks after, the conference with the statement that "certain persons in Europe informed him that Ambassador Houghton ; sug gested to Herr Stresemann, ! Ger man foreign minister, the idea of the security pact." Institute mem bers recalled that only last week William RCastel, jchief of the western division of the state de partment, gave his pronouncement on this country's foreign policy and included mention of the Euro- Eean pact. He said that while the tailed States could not become a party to the pact, President Cool idge had expressed his hope for Its success. - i NEW PROFESSORS NAMED THREE ARE ADDED TO FACUL TY BY" WILLAMETTE Prof. R. D. Burroughs. MA. haa been elected assistant professor in oioiogy at Willamette university. He is a graduate of NebranVa w. leyan university, where he served as an undergraduate laboratory assistant. He has the mt'a degree from Princetbn university wuere ne nas neen an assistant In oioiogy. Dr. Conklin, the great American biologist, commends his scholarship, character ami tonrh. Ing ability.. - , I j. , . : Miss Pauline Gabriel, n. fie., la to be in charee of nhvsfoai cation for ijomen. She went from yvara-ueimont college, Nashville, Tenn.,:; to Battle Creek college, uaiue creek, Mich.; where she graduated. She has served as in structor in various denartment has a knowledge of nursing and wm De associated with the uni versity physician In caring for the health of the women students. Dr. C.-A. Downs has been dart ed as university physician. He is a graduate of the University of Oregon, 1910, and of Johns Hop kins medical school, 1914. For two years he served as interne at Hartford, Conn., and then went with Yale university to Chang-sha, China, for one year. I During the war he spent two years in the army at camps in America and overseas. - Dr. Downs, In cooper ation with the professors of physi cal education for men and women, will examine all matriculating students and chart their health conditions at stated periods. His office will be in the Masonic build ing, where he will have daily of fice hours for students. All stud ents are to consult him without charge for examination or office consultation. The university In establishing a health service de- Last Tithes Today With Alire Jorre Sea Hamilton Camcdy News Twnonim . GRAND partment expects to. render In valuable aid to students in pro moting and casserring- .their health and .Instructing, them how to maintain physical efficiency. t dRAriT DIMMICK CITED OREGON CITY; MAN ORDERED TO APPEAR HERE Grant B. . Dimick, alleged Ore gon City absconder, is ordered to appear In the Marion county court on August 7 at 10 o'clock to show cause why he should not be dis charged as administrator of the estate of his brother, Ralph C. Dimick., who died October 22, 1911, I a citation of the probate court yesterday. t . ' The citation was issued upon the petition of another brother, Harold E.. who desires to be named administrator so j that the estate may be closed. Ralph C. Dimick left an estate valued at $4100 In real' property and $642 in personal property in Marion county, Grant Dimick, it Is charged, ab sconded from Oregon City in May, 1924. after a long period of specu lations with money received at his bank on mortgages and after be ing engaged in a number of dubi ous transactions. It is claimed that at the time he carried away with him a sum estimated by vari ous people at between $50,000 and $200,000. No word has been received from him since ,his disappearance, and relatives believe that he is dead. AIR MAIL PILOT FALLS FLYER NEAR DEATH AS RE SULT OF CRASH OF PLANE BLOOMEBURG; Penn.. Aug. 5. (By Associated Press.) A west bound mall plane piloted by Harry A. Chandler of New Brunswick, N. J., crashed here at 11:13 to night. Chandler is in the Blooms burg hospital with a ffectured skull. ; His condition is serious. The cargo of. mail fell Into the Susquehanna i river. The plane was demolished. Fourteen bags of mall were found in the waters of the river. The number carried by the mach ine is not known. Chandler was jen route from New York to the Bellefonte. Penn. field. He had lost his bearings In the dense fog and had landed in a field of oats. . Learning his posi tion from campers, he attempted to rise again, but struck a tree on the river bank and 'was cata pulted into the stream. He was pinned beneath the plane In four feet of water, with only his head .above the surface. Campers extracted him, cutting aay parts of the plane. Persons you do not like are bet ter than you think. C5 T s k t . -. -vi b b i - r m k Suffered 18 yczTS-Cered in 2 Montlis 1 kaat snflared for IS years r!tk PILES. My sVoctofs said a sorzical operation was sssatsty oacossary. Yt aftar a fw Iml Beats by Dr. Dean 1 wm weU. aUioins weight sad strength; free from ail nervosa troubles.' ' WHAT this woman writes is typical of banartds 01 extreme cases of FILES which my celebrated noorsurgical meth od has permanently CURED.. Isn't tt worth a few treatments by. a recognized Specialist, who will GUARANTEE to CURE yon or return your FEE. rather than Sutter ionaer? Raad myFREbookon Piles and other KtCTALand COLONdUorJirs. tt win cause yea to act promptly. k DEAN. M D lrr n nrnrrc' namr nrnrtc OU5t 9rjt IW 6TH ANu HNC DnUG.GT.OJffl MILK OF MAGNESIA When children lose their pep due to indigestion, sour stom ach and similar troubles, buy Rexall Milk of Magnesia. It will bring back the smiles and gaiety. It is harmless and therefore recommended for children. Full Pint 50c Perry Drug Store 119 South Commercial - Salem, Oregoa ' vv Dr OW 3 in vwi cui ftCVTI -with SAFETY FORTY-FIVE LEAGUES REPRESENTED AT MEET VISITORS , TO INSTITUTE CON TINUE TO ARRIVE More Thjia 350 Persons Are Regis , terrd on Wednesday; Others Are Expected FALLS CITY, Ore., Aug. 5. (Special). There are now 415 people on the grounds, with 200 more expected tor xue week-end. One hundred'and thirty-eight tents in the tent city." more than ever before. The total adult registra tion Js about 328, with a registra tion of 44 Juniors. Forty-five leagues are present in the follow ing groups: j Albany, Amity, Ap pleton.'Wash.; Astoria, Brush Col lege, near Salem; Centenery Wil bur, Portland: Corvallis. Central. Portland; Clinton Kelly, Cornel ius, Dundee, Dayton. Dallas, For est Grove, Falls City, Fremont, Portland; Garibaldi, Gresham, Hillsboro, Hood River, Jason Lee, Leslie, Salem: Kaiser, McMInn ville. Molalla, Mt. Tabor, Port land; Newberg, Odell, Oak Grove, Pleasant Home, Patton. Portland ; Pratum. Rose City, Portland; Sher wood, St. Johns, Portland; First Church, Salem; Tigard, Turner, Willamlna, Warrenton, Wood Btock, Portland. i . Last evening Dr. I. M. Hargett, of Kansas City, Mo., kept a large crowd laughing for . almost an hour as he spoke of his trip through Europe. All who attend will hare the pleasure of hearing him each evening this week, and twice on Sunday. : Community sOng service I bcrtns each evening between 7:13 and 7:30, followed by . the sermon. Thursday night will . bo slnnt night, Saturday night the special song service. ' On Friday afternoon the mem bers of the institute will take their annual hike, enjoying a barbecue supper. The place for holding the barbecue has not yet been an nounced. The athletic activities are being much enjoyed this year, the new courts for tennis and volley ball attracting considerable attention. LEG SORES ABE CURABLE. If you offr from Ic 8ors or Vriroe l'lcer, I will tend yon AbsolaUly rBEE a ropy of my famous book that tell tiow to b rid of theae troubles for all time by uinf my remark able patulous treatmeat. It ia different from anything' you ever heard of. and the remit of over S5 years specialising. Sim !y end your une and address to Dr. H. J. W II ITT IKK, Suit 1176. 421 East ltth Street. Kansas City. Mo. Adr. Burnett Brothers, Jewelers, Owning and Oper V Salem and Portland in Oregon. Keattle, Tacoma, Everett and , mociuon ami noiij wooa in In Washington tlie Burnett - lree C TP HIS morning 'the Burnett Jewelry! Store at 457 State Street begins what promises A to be the most original and enjoyable business festival ever staged in this city. The Bakerite Bakery has prepared a thousand birthday cakes which are to be given away to all who call. It is not necessary to buy anything in order to receive a cake. Each day the Bakerite Bakery will deliver approximately three hundred cakes to the Burnett Jewelry Store, every cake as fresh as the morning and this distribution will last till Sat urday. What is of greater import- And no money Uold all they can afford and pay as they are paid. For this is the "secret" of Burnett Bros, success every Burnett Store takes the position that everybody is enti tled to credit unless they themselves have already shown that they are NOT! Therefore, the readers of this paper can select gifts that endure and endear and' pay for them as may be convenient. The Birthday Party opens at $ o'clock this morn ing ana an are welcome. (cbarg3tioj THURSDAY MORNING, All who have visited the park in former years are pleased with the improvements that are made from year to year, and comment espe cially on the changes since a; year ago. ' ' , DOLLAR NOW STANDARD FINLAND. AND RUSSL MONEY ORDER RULING IS MADE ! j WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-f-(By Associated press.) The ujnlted States dollar has been adopted as a standard of value between two foreign nations for the iirst time, as far as is known here, In a postal money order convention recently concluded between Finland! and soviet Russia. - . i . j j ; The convention, postal officials announced today, provides that money orders between the two countries shall be expressed In United States dollars and settle ments be' made by means of bills pf exchange drawn in dollars on New York. JAPAN HONORS LEGATE - ' 1 M IMPERIAL FAMILY PRESENT AT BANCROFT FUNERAL j TOKYO. Aug. 6. (By Assoiij ated Press.) The funeral of the late Edgar A. Bancroft. Americari ambassador to Japan, who died at Karuizawa on July'28. took place! this morning amid a great display of uniforms of Japanese and for-j frign officials. All the foreign! embassies and legations were rep- resented with the exception of that r-f the soviet. A large number of Japanese officials, IncTuufng' pre mier Kato.and representatives pf the .imperial family, were also present. j f Dr. Kleland B. MacAfee of the McCormick theological seminary. Chicago, preached the sermon and Kev. John McKlm. bishop of To- Kyo. read the service. POUCE INCREASE FLOORED SEATTLE, Aug. 5. The Seattle city council today increased reduc- F. N. WOODRY AUCTIONEER I and Furniture Dealer j f Buys Used Furniture Residence and Store 16 lO X. Summer St. Phone 511 Established Since 10 IS J Ualliornla. Store has been established for twenty-eight years. i . - The Burnett Jewelry Store Celebrates With Real Cakes arid Astonishing Values ' i ! -!' ' i . . ' ' 'ft .. will be neededvisitor1 ' .1 ' : ' i ; ' i t - .. : : ! i ' . : i ! . no rN SBsaw I J I I I 457 STATE Salem, AUGUST C. 1D23 tlons In the proposed budget by $1,300,000 by denying an advance in the personnel of the police de partment and the privilege of free rides on the street cars for police men. Chief 'of Police Severyns had asked for an increase of 149 men.' - t YOUTHS BELIEVED DEAD RIGBY. Idaho, Aug. 5 (By As sociated Press.) The Snake river here is being searched for the bodies of Edwin Maguire and Jas. Heath. Ririe, Idaho, youths, miss ing since Sunday morning when they went fishing. They are be lieved to have drowned as part of their -fishing outfit has been found In the stream. , SUICIDE'S POLICY PAID ! SPOKANE, Aug. 5. A check for $75,000, covering an Insurance policy of Geoffry A. Lauxier, who committed - suicide at Butte last June, was mailed by an insurance company agent here today to the receivers of the Lauxier-Wolcott company at Butte. : "2 i , Better Dentistry for Less Money DENTISTRY is like many other things it can be done better, and for less money on a large scale than. on a small scale. You get the advantage of full- equipments of X-Ray machines and new appliances that Science has produced.1 You also get the benefit of the specialist plan, which means that your work will be done by skilled dentists who are trained in doing the kind of work your teeth need. Registered Dentists using the E. R, dk. painless pajlus 1 Parker System operate thirty-one offices and have the larcest dental nraelirp ?n fr. wm-M ' Their big organization has viciut,iiiuu nas dentistry, but in lower prices, supplier in large quanuues, i : i . o -a ating Jewelry Stores in the Chehalis in Washington. San tice according to a system. JYhat they save is shared with their patients. j - Call and have your teeth examined free, and learn how littlQ fhe price jvill bg to have them looked after, VSYSTEJJ ance than the cakes, however (for cakes are soon eaten and alas soon forgotten) is the fact that a host of remarkable values have been assembled. . The purpose of the "party" is not to make money but to make friends. The cakes and ,the special values many of which are t6 be sold for far less than half price are intended to show the Store's apprecia tion for the many; blessings and the many friends it has won in the City of Salem. ' " i s mav f.prf n;mnnrit ! 18' PnSf lH. R TIIF f. WVMUU. IV I I is PUICIIEST WAY 'TO EID EGZEL1A . Poslam iM so CONCENTRATED that it stops itching instant ry. It often heala eruptions completely before other skin remedies nave even begun to give relief. If you want skin health get - Poslam TO DAY at your druggist's 50c .To Retain. Your Youthful Beauty '. Wo recommend the daily use of w-a v vYhich contains 7Yo of Poslam I Ointment ", resulted not only in better rcaunea not oniy in uetter for they save money buying if ana m conaucung their nrac- i , . vu uiui IJiavi" 1 Painless Parker Dentist Using thtf K. IL Parker System State and Liberty Streets Salnn following cities: IVanciscu, San Jose, Vallcjo, vV,foT,. Qnv 'ay asyouoiti paid 1 I 9 V I I .