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! 1 . ... - ,, -. I I ; ' W ' ' ' v5 itlfiy SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR , SALEM, OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS I SLAYING BAUia SEARCH FOR AVIATORS IS CONTINUED; HOPE WANES FORTY -EIGHT J HOURS HAVE ELAPSED WITHOrT WORD 3 Ex-Convict Confesses; Rob ? bery Is Declared Motive ! of Brutal Crime Plane May Hare Drifted Far, Nary Heads Declare; Ocean Is Combed KILLER ALONE, HE SAYS ! SAN i FRANCISCO, Sept. 3. (By,, Associated Press.) All or the guard ships which had re mained at their stations in expec tation of the P-l to make a non stop Hawaiian flight were ordered late today to: : proceed to the j;eimrts inac iwo companions i searching area and Join in the Were With Dim in Death (hunt of the missing seaplane and rvr t rtoniofi tv rvin. ' 1 1ts crew m mar a ,nwjijjL.u, oepi. j. my As sociated Press)! Hope diminished THE DALLES. Or.. Sept. 3. tonight that Commander John "A full otwI oinorl Mnfoeti'nn KOagers and the other four avi it j r, t I ators of the missing nary seaplane of the, murder of C. F. Baun,jPN-9 No. i would be rescued, as Independence garage .man, th recorded the 48th hour when the latter attempted to Tlrmr 'n fUerB, "J V , tne third night of silence closed resist oeing new up, was made in ( here today by W. R. Lloyd, Rescue activity continued un TOrfrir lAJtnrnPV HallnwAV dnished, however, a bright j ' I SUnShinv Hawaiian Haw matin announced. Lloyd Was Cap- possible more effective work by tu red last night in the local tne searchers than had been done railroad vard after a flitrht Tuesday aernoon and all day railroad yaras aiier a Illgm Wednesday. The PN-9 No. 1 was here in the automobile of the last heard from about 1:45 p. m. rnurdered garage man. I (Island time) 'Tuesday afternoon i "Wo WOM r-;A ii'-5 seaplane was on a non-stop ...... S" "' night from San Francisco the car abOUt 10 miles SOUthl Pearl Harbor i but ins coir OF I TIMES Shenandoah Disaster May Bring; Halt of Future Dir- igible 'Activities AIR REVERSES FREQUENT Disappearance of Trans-Pacific Plane Dampens Hopes of Aircraft Department ; '. ' Price Dear was to forced of i Independence Tuesday down into a stormy, rain pelted "I. 1 ncu.wic mawnuc W- . lndicaton of the pos8ibIe Veloped ignition trouble," the! plight of the five men aboard the district attorney quoted Lloyd PN9 No- 1 waj! given in a record as confessing. "JJaun got out to fix it. I got out at the same time. I drew a, gun and told Baun to 'stick 'em up. He made a move towards me and I fired, 1 5 don't know 'how many times." - of; the experiences " of the patrol plane 14-P-3 which was forced to alight on the; ocean yesterday while assisting in the search for the Rodgers seaplane. The PN-9 No. 1, of course was larger, heav ier and much more stable than the patrol plane. The 14-P-3 ank to the water at 1 noon due to engine trouble, and was not picked up until the WASHINGTON. Sept. 3. (By Associated Press.) Confronted with ap overshadowing tragedy in the collapse of; the Shenandoah and a disaster to the attempted non-stop Light to Hawaii, navy officials today, sadly received re ports of the wreck of the dirigible and hopod vainly for final word from the PN-9 No. 1-plane, miss ing In mid-Pacific. Cut of the harrowing disaster cam- some crystalization of offic ial opinion on naval aviation policy with indications that an announce tnent might be made before long respecting Ihe department's future course toward dirigibles, and that this might be a decision to close the Lakehurst, N. J., air station. Insofar as the contemplated sec ond attempt to make a non-stop was concerned Secretary Wilbur ordered the plane PB-1J which was planning to hop off from San Francisco for Hawaii tomorrow to abandon the effort. Notwithstanding that the navy (Continued on page, 4) MOTHER OF DEAD PILOT BEARS SORROW BRAVELY NOTE . FROM AIR IS VAINLY AWAITED BY MOTHER NINE NATIONS HAVE ACCEDED TO PACT PROVISION'S Commander of Wrecked Zrp In tended to Drop Message: f Greeting . Orientals Mast Give Examples of Ability to Protect Foreign Residents glad- GREENVILLE, Ohio. Sept.'3. (By Associated Press.) Green ville went to rest tonight in i sor row. , The city, anticipating a some welcome to one or its noted sons thU morning, was saddened by the hand of death which struck down Zachary Lansdowne as he flew westward in the Shenandoah to greet hie mother who -Uvea here. There was no welcome ; for Elizabeth Knox Lansdowne; in stead a message of death. j i Friends have sought to comfort her, but sympathy helps but lit tle. j But perhaps no sadder than she are her mends, neighbors ana town folk who have watched with her as her. boy rose to heights of fame and glory. It was to be a gala dayj for Greenville, j nip re elaborate (Per haps thaa the first time, a year ago, when Commander, Lansdowne sailed over Greenville and wfcved his greetings to his grayhaired mother-and to all who knew him not as Commander Zachary, Iians downe, USN", but by the name he gamed iu bis boyhood days on East Third street "Zach.' t Bejore those, save the earliest risers, were up this morning came the message of the fatal wreck. The -next message said' TTen men have been killed." A few minutes later came the (Continued n part 2) r )HINESE GOVERNMENT ASKED TO HEED TREATY mm herb E IS now UNDER WHY Three Machines Are Operat ing at Miles Linen Millj Others Added boon OFFICIAL REPORT MADE OF DIRIGIBLE DISASTER BREAKING VP OP WHP IS DE SCRIBED BY OFFICER HUGE 0 R19 BLE Value of Salvageable Material Is Negligible, Communication Declares ? WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.By Associated Press). The nine gov ernments signatory to the Chinese treaty negotiated by the Wash ington conference of 1(22 notified the Peking government today in identic notes that they stood ready to appoint commissioners at an early date to consider what steps, if any, may be takea with view to relinquishment of the extra territorial privileges which their nationals In China now en joy. ! The decision of the powers, In volving readiness to make the in vestigation of China's Judicial system, to appoint delegates to the special conference on Chinese tariff matters, and to consider any reasonable proposal' that may be made by the Chinese authori ties for a revision of the treaties on the.Bubject of tariff was an nounced in an answer to the Chinese note of June 24. At the same time, each of the powers said it desired "to " Im press upon the Chinese govern ment the necessity of giving con crete evidence of its ability and willingness to enforce respect for the safety of foreign lives and property and to suppress disorders and anti-foreign agitation which embitter feeling and tend to cre ate conditions unfavorable for the carrying on of negotiations in re gard to the desire which the Chinese government has presented WASHINGTON. Associated Press) Sept S. (By Telegraphic BREAKS; 14 DIE Shenandoah, Storm Victim, Falls in Four Pieces in -Terrible Disaster " TRAINING IS SLOW WORK report on the Shenandoah disaster was received by tne navy aepan- Oporators Are Given Full InMrnc- Uou; Thirty Persona Will be Employed In the i Near Fntare ment tonight from Lieutenant COMMANDER IS KILLED Commander C. E. Rosendabl. as I the senior surviving officer. The message said: 'Mild storm suddenly followed by violent line squall subjected hip to enormous uncontrollable angle strains and rapid vertical ascent resulting In ship's struc ture breaking In two at about 7000 feet at vicinity ot frames 130 and 90. Control ear very quickly wrenched free in air, un doubtedly precipitating occupants. Forward ' wing cars wrenched Three Broken Bcctloas Rcnaia la Air After Fore Part Crashes to Earth, Killing Navigators (Continued on page 2) Operations have proceeded far enough at the Miles linen mill to determine the value of tbe Oregon- grown flax that Is being used and the local product is of entirely satisfactory quality, according to Bertram Thompson, superinten dent of the plant, who came here I from ship's structure In air. from Ireland to take charge of I rn,.H rtlon hln free bal- tne work. Thompson Has iex-iooned approximately one Hour yitru u.mM .a t'"6 wv"lwlth seven occupants. Mnannyi - , pleased with the Oregon flax. Mnr vnocked out ot ship by tree navy cracked dunnff a RCVere Three machines are already in op- iandln. Midship section Utorm on its "western cruise crashed with three occupants. only Gunner Cole being Injured In landing. Injuries not serious. After section crashed but landed 22 occupants safely. Co,...-. mHt, r ah In land. of the others will be going full ed at Sharon about ten miles east! Captain of the ship. The spread board and five drawing from rad,0 and controi car. prob- several hOUTS the hUffe air frames are now ready for work b, tnree ca8Uaitief from keel craft stlddenly shot Upward to cord of the product will be ready for shipment by the end of .the month. Work at the start Is pro ceeding' at a slow rate because of eration and others will be In motion as fa?t as workers for tbem can be trained, it was said. j The three machines hare aoi been in operation for nearly a week and it is expected that most .CALDWELL, Ohio, Sept. 3. (By The Associated Press.) Fourteen of the crew of the Shenandoah, jjiant dirigible, are dead and two others were seriously injured today when the pride of the United States i from its Lakehurst, N. J. air port. Among the dead is Lieuten ant Commander Lansdowne, (Continued on pt 7) ! ! When Baun fell Lloyd removed I navy seagoing tug Sunnadin man- a small sum in change from the man's pockets,- climbed into the car and drove off, Lloyd said. He did not more the body, he added. ; The only motive "tor the crime !was robbery, the prisoner -declared. He had planned to hold up Baun, steal the car and drive . It to Eugene and there abandon it and; go to work in the hop yards. V ,When first arrested, Lloyd de nied any connection with Baun's death."- 4 j- , ' . Officers seized a suitcase check ed by Lloyd from Mosier, 16 miles west of here, to The Dalles. In the suitcase officers found a .38 caliber revolver with all the shells discharged, 123 rounds of ammu nition, a blue serge suit, and a pair' of shoes similar to those aged to get alongside at 4 : 4 0 p. m. In thatj time the patrol plane had drifted ten miles from its original position and was drift ing eight wiHpb ftj brmr when picked up Just la half mile from the perpendicular cliffs of Ka- hoolawe, where) the ocean meets the land without a beach between. It was declared! that less than an-j other hour of drifting would havel taken the patrol plane against the cliffs. ILL FATED SHENANDOAH AS IT APPEARED IN ACTION WOMAN'S SKULL FOUND . i , . j SEARCH FOH BODY OP NURSE ! CENTERS IX NEW AREA OAKLAND, Cal.. Sept.3. (By! Associated Press.) Officials In vestigating the mystery surround ing the death of Bessie Ferguson Loren, Oakland! nurse, said today Lloyd was said to have worn be- J that they were .satisfied that the fore he left Indeoendence Tues-1 woman had been killed by a blow day night. on: the head from some blunt in- Bloodstalns were found on the trument, probably while she was riKht knee of tha trousers taken riding in an automobile and that from the suitcase, and detectives th bodjr then been dismem-J ' lev r . a j said stains were found In a cor- btvq. aaa aspoea oi over a wme responding position on the under wear now worn by Lloyd. Blood stains were also found on the au tomobile belonging to Baun which was found abandoned near Mosier. Thel windshield ot the car has a Continue4 on pi;t 2) area. - '. , This theory was induced by the finding early today in the surf along the shores of the city of Alameda of the missing portion of the woman's skull and what ap-! peared to be a section of human thigh bone. Examination of the sknll disclosed !a six-Inch frac-1 TONGS AGAIN WARRING ture. The upper and lower Jaws found more than a- week ago In the! El Cerrito swamp in Contra Costa pounty fitted In to the skull section found today, it was stated by Dr. E. O. Helnrich, Berkeley criminologist. A woman's dark- LiVrNI)HYIAN IS DEAD: TWO SONS HURT IN NEW FEUD NEW YORK, Sept. 3. (By As sociated Press.) Tong warfare broke out again tonight in China-hlue, fur-trimmed coat, found near town with the killing of a Chin ese laundryman and the wounding of his two sons. The dead man was said to be a member ot the On Leong tong and his assailants, the police . believe, were gunmen of the rival Hip Sing tong. Cong Mar Queng, 50, was shot to death while working in his laundry. His two sons, Youe, 19, and ; Goue, 17. were seriously wounded by their two assailants. The shootings, police believe, were acts of vengeance taken to the Hip where the skull" section was re covered, was said by members of thel Ferguson family not to have belonged to Bessie Ferguson. This announcement started officials off on an -investigation of the possi bility that the woman might have acted as an accessory in the mur der; and subsequent disposition ot the body; I . , Today's find-turned the search for the missing torso definitely to the waters ot the bay in the vicin ity of he Bay Farm Island bridge on the theory that the body was cast into the water from an auto- 1 Ji... J lll l - . i and three from forward ars- an altitude of approximately -Sections of ship were deflated I rnn by hand completely and anchored v itet itviu a w-iuui as well as possible. Deputy sher-l level where the dirijrible iff, and American Legion guard- buckled amidships. The pres- lng property until arrival of r r troops from Columbus. Accurate sure and twisting was BO great identification of dead compietea. that it DroKe me snip in tnree "Lieutenant Hendley, with sur- sect;on . vlvors. left this afternoon and should arrive Lakehurst Friday The control Cabin, SWQnff morning, i Bauch Meyer, two chief beneath the fore section of the man M MrHAf sin. m petiy Oiucer- .au -1;,, ttt lVa t, tng here ! as long as necessary, i '--j . . Lieutenant wiiey armea misicrasnea to ine jrroana "Wmie afternoon from Detroit and will t An it uia 0f aevernl triotia. 1 remain. while jieeded - j-r-ri. Tri" ' Personal effects all hands salv- . aced from snip, no umiui crew who were siucu. it after disaster. In my opinion value of salvageable material Is almost negligible. "Lieutenant Commander Rosen dabl. . "Senior surviving officer. Released from the control cabin the fore section measuring about 1 50 v feet and bearing seven i'u re vivors, free ballooned for mora than an hour and finally was land ed near Sharon. 12 mllea. from WIDOW RESENTS ORDER where the control cabin crashed. near Ava. Tbe raaln section, car rying 25 survivors, landed with a crash which sent several ot the LAKEHURST. N. J.. Sept. 3. I crew diving through Ue outer (By Associated press.) Mr, i covering to the ground. A middle Zachary Lansdowne. widow of the Becllon of t0me 15 or 20 f6ct tied down In pieces over the MRS. LANSDOWNE SAYS COM MODORK NOT IN ACCORD ot the commanding officer ot the wreck- mA chonanrinah. tontsht declared: I will never be able to get over '"'- the fact that the department or Those aboard the nose section dered the flight to be made at this had a wild and thrilling ride and season of the year. It Is almost landed 12 miles from the place Sing tong for the killing of one of Iti members by an On Leong tong- mobUe pa88lng over tne brl,ge man jasi mgai, aenpue mo vuu ise made to District Attorney Ban ton that the tong ould not re new hostilities. WORD REFUSES POSITION RIGIBLE IS LOOTED KOUVEMR SEEKERS ATTEMPT TO TAKE PARTS AWAY GOVERNOR WITHHOLDS COM MENT UPON CONDITIONS Beyond admitting that he had received a refusal of the warden ship of the state prison from Tom Word, former Multnomah - county Eheriff, Governor. Pierce Thursday refused to make further comment CALDWELL". Ohio, Sept. . 3. (6v Associated Press.)-Looting ot narts of the main section fit thel and .'said that lie; was not. yet ready Shenandoah, near Ava. early thislto make public; the report of his evenlhg became so (high handed j special committee which investi- that I Jerome Williamson., icom-l gated the penitentiary. mander of the American Legion 1 TJovernor Pierce also refused to post" at Caldwell guard, fired two! discuss reported arrangements shots! at a man seeking to escape I whereby Dillar A. Elkins. state ln- wlth a 40-foot: strip of the cell dustrial accident commissioner. Is silk.- ' ,r . (supposed to take over a tempor- : The looter wa ' released after I ary auperlntendency of the prison be hid returned the silk. to put it on a sounder basU. Impossible to cross the Ohio val ley without encountering severe torms. and Commander Lans downe felt that the bureau's or- Hr tn make the flight was a lit tle bit severe at this time." where the cabin compartment crashed. Several ot the officers had Just left the control cabin and were climbing up the ladder Into the cat-walk of tbe ship proper when f 4- v is H ffcr 4 aw Ji 1..t ti -'.,- 4 v p She accepted the shock stoically I tbe cabin broke loose. however, with the comment thatj Suspended In midair, and hang' "when a girl marries an aviator I Ing to a girder, they crawled or she Is making a gamble. I ve I were pulled to places of compare gambled and I've lost." I live safety. I One. sol so ronunate. r. J. we Cartby chief rigger, wa. .wrpt from his perilous perch la the LL MOVES SAID ANTICIPATED I front of the nose to the ground BY RESORT OWNERS wnen the motorlesa craft struck a SEATTLE, Sept. 3. (By Asso ciated Press.) Charges that rambling places were being tipped off In advance of raids by the prosecuting attorneys' office were made here today by Deputy rros ecutlnar Attorney Robert S. Mac- Farlane before the young men's business club. "Either the gambling plaei-e employ -a spotter who watches our moements or else someone in tne sheriff's office, the police depart ment or the prosecutor's office Is guilty," MacFarlane declared. DAWES REGRETS DISASTER BUTTE. Moot., Sept. 3. (By Associated Press.) Vice Presi dent Charles C. Dawes expressed tree. H Is in a Marietta botslUl la a serious condition. With three men forward an three aft In the nose of the craft it was maneuvered to a safe alti- (Cale4 par 1) TIMBERMAN IS INJURED FALLING TREE HITS WORKER; TWO HURT RY CARS LA GRANDE. Ore.. SepL 3 Fred Slzo. 2$, was daagerou!y In jured, near here this morning when he was struck by a falling tree while working In tbe vh'3i.. Four ribs wera broken besides other Internal Injuries. Physi cians say his condition li grave. . A Mr. Young, of Los Anreles, fa 1 an f f Mr1 w Ihap 4ti In Hue k. . k. i.. t iir. i i . ' I ue' " -8' J. v.. here late yesterday when hH car me fiDeuiuuuaa uiwi train, which is taking him to the Pacific northwest tor a speaking tour stopped here tonight for ten minutes. He asked for the latest press reports on the disaster. collided with one drives by an un known man. Fred L. llartman of PortUad, was hit by a car driven by George Lyman of La Grand-. Court, it iorl.aaj lelcjtam. Ks. 1 ShenandoaTU formcrlr ZK-1. mord to mart at Saa Xie mn kor trip Pacific CoaM. ' Ko. t Handrwd f mm fme4 Bnta oat tsA aX (last rissei, clTlnj llsa ol tu; Hit. ho. i X aa loaod titt la s Tei CfU4 V WMiiiuion, D. C. K. 4 atiaoc f jrtat (a aa. BERKELEY IS CHOSEN ASTORIA. Oro.. Sept. 1. The 1326 national convention of the Finnish apostolic Luthern church. will be held at Berkeley, CaL. ac cording to a decision reached at a session of the 1923 convention here today. The gathering will ronctude its business with threo ca iocs to morrow. Over 2,000 delegates have been In attendance duriag the local meeting. EUGENE BANKER IS DEAD O. B. KESSEY DIES FROM AT TACK OF APPENDICITIS EUGENE, Or Spt. 3. o. B. Kcssey. prcsIJtnt of th Conjnrr clal State bis' of Fprlnzfield. d!c1 la Fortland InJay at tbe are of &2 years. Appendicitis was th cause of death, according to phy sicians. He was operated urea at a hospital there. A widow r:: one son, Dw!2-t, gurflve.