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J I 'If D WOU lOV tHAT SALEM WAS FROM THE FiRST AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE WORLD'S LOGANBERRY CENTER? -1 ,4 ! I ' ' -(.."- ; SALEMj OREGON THJJRfeDAlf MOllNlNG, OCTOBER 1. 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS . IL!PEOFIIF DEBT NEGOTIATIONS ARE THWARTED BY DEADLOCK SECOi BAND0N BEACHMEN ARE.' LARGE STADIUM PACKED PASSENGER TRAIN HELD k . UP. BY MASKED BANDIT 25 PASSENGERS ARE ROBBED BY LOXK HIGHWAYMAN FI JTTElffi Vn It f nn n h m i A - COMING WITH FLOAT FOR NIGHT HORSE SHOW L! 1, -.RESIDENT coolidge is to BOOSTER CLUB IS SEEKING AX - ENTHUSIASTIC .AIDIEXCE I DECIDE XEX COURSE FIRST PKIZK HKHK .. CiRKKTS FISE KXHIBFTIOX T m mm MS BERMAN PILOT SAYS Dm NOT HEEDED IS 111! EDM1W PLACED JT toal Office Have IV 1 lornoirAJ i rT I .1 J; Any 6f the Men Ali j - h GOVERNMENT OPTIMISTli ... . . . . ij Headquarter Sthl Clings to Uxi . Hope That at Least Some of li 1 - ilea in Submarine May ; - 'Be Living ' ,11 XBWPOKT. n. I., Oct. 1. (By Ansociated Press.) The" lighters Monarch acid Century left here' at 1:5a a. m.tfor th- acen f yhhol sinking of tke submarine S-SlThe'l : sea was calm, the wind southwest -' rertains at the, French em and light, Yad there was abrighXl An American commissioners moon. - - i S. S. 4 SUBMARINE - BASE, New JLondoa. Conn.. Sent. Sft I By Associated Press.) Pleasure I nd appro ral greeted --. the an-1 nouncementifrom Washington day that Secretary Wilbur of the 1 navy aeparimenL had . ordered res-1 eue workers t to carry on . their ef I f Jorta to Cni livinr men in the I .AVrecked sabnjarine S-51. I y Despite at Report from Rear " , inlral W. Hi Christv . eomtnandi.r I nf th cJ it I all hope forftbelives of any of I - tthe '33 men who went down five I " " TUlllttll I t f Qy Had been abandoned, of- Altera nre nave sieaarastiy clung l io the Chance that some of the men nugni pe aiive. . They still I hope that thjs stern of the S-51 f can be brougjit to the surface, a note cut Jn hr hull and live men be found. !h the engine room where they might have cut themselves off from the i Inrush pf, water by slamming rahnft watertight door. Rescue operations were suspend ed today because of rough weath. er. Two wrecking lighters started from Newport R. early today, but had to?tuirn:back; No word had been received here from Ad mlral Christy, klnce the '.Washing ion announcement and It was not known what, the next step woald De- Even , while jit' seemed --possible, that attempts at rescue would "be stopped and the routine work of salvaging numerous offers ef help! v i continued, io. cAmrom-tbe-6tifti x aide "to Capt. :E. J. . King, com-' mandant of ; the . submarine base. ' One was from IE. K.- Hidenbrand pt Marblehead J Mass.," who until Mast Jane was a member of the ftsabled submarine's' ere w. , Served two ! and half years ea o-si wua present crew. , ms V rm W A . telegram eatd.,; "and sure I 'can reach inner part, of ship. Request your permission to save ship- mates. ,-!. - Other former navy men. have offered their aid.: Captain King said; but it was felt that all was 1beJng;done that, was possible, and j he could only thank them Lieutenant Commander . H. K. 1'Ianagan, executive officer, was tS si ted today by-relatives of both i en whose ' bodies', were ; found ! ; sterday. 1 Frederick Teschema- er. father: "of. William Charles (Contiavd' a ptj 2) . i JRKEY IS iVtlUDUUIdliiui :.SON FOR CAliL OF TROOPS IS NOT KNOWN CON3TANTINOPLE, Sept. '30.1 (Rtr Associated .Press.) Four classes of recruits; ranging from lis ages of 22 to 2 5 years, have r r ficera ; or me um. ana ; Bevuuu f serves ' are -to undergo meaicai - Aas wu rhe reason f6r the mobilization rfol ihe Turkish recruits' Is prob '.lematlcal. So far as is' known, ( . . - - '-3 1I i.. Turkev- Is at peac wun mi u" adjacent neighbors. !The country's ouUtanding dispute at the present time Is with Great Britain oyer . f t, ItnaAtvAlamla ' tftlM":?r :,v,nr7 i ureas ; territory should-be iiven M the VinrAam of 1 fa Si- luracy p- ,.io this and? the question re- .i wait submitted to1 ; The tt,.,,. enuri for "adjudication Foar that the : tense situation might result in a clash of :arms betweea Turkey and Great BrUa n frequently has been voiced , both inn and Geneva, and espe ,iaii since the. council -of the nc iri.vr.":r;W w a nr iiiuuo va r " .:wint nnlvedlthe circumstances or tne neauns 1 1 uniita to The Hague court k -Bunscn ceiM' ' hereby delaying a Ut V5l .up SAFETY PROGRA5I OPENED ,4t T.i WALLA. Washv Sept. "ha wana s today deciaca rto r state puhllc service com- n renuire the uregon- ,n nailroad. & Naviga- ny to maintain flagmen suitable sgnalling de !3p;i over, the com , tvra streets which V" . . w Compromise WASHINGTON. Sept. 30 (By plated. Press.) President ge taunt decide the fata of 1.3 2 .ench debt negotiations. French hare offered what cc-sider to be their final pro-i-ithe American commls rs.'aable to ' agree among .s,) will lay the "problem 1 I If t . president tomorrow. Sile. - Finance Minister k:. t. j witn the air or. a man " I finished an arduous task, : : t tarl calmly awaiting a decis- T.Ah,haa been promised him t 11 b clock tomorrow. Tonttht r . lw ."vnoni ne.nas been, enaaced n rae momentous battle, of fig- lures.' France's offer calls for a Payment of 40 million dollars an- "u" 'or fire; -eaTS, 60 million annually during the next; seven to-lyears and an annual payment'Ot 1 00 million in the succeeding 5 0 years. this wouia aggregate a total payment of 620, 000,000 in Pfineipal fand interest on the re corded debt of , $4,210,000,000." Ad-JCl"CQ'atIons show, therefore, that the interest . rate; although not snecifIealJvmniniiAl : ntiTwheVo" would average about 2 per cent over the life of the proposed agree- r '- -r- w ) menu , i 'i ne oner, described as the be lthe French delegation felt their government could support,' , was forked opt in a conference of sub I committees of the two eommts-1 sions. X : ', - : - The " French eave It almost I unanimous soPDort. members of I the . American - sub-committee j agreed.. only to report it-back," to J their commission,-which, in turn, I was compelled to take it to the president; , BOARD, CHANGES SLOW 'innunim mepm OrSTIXQ OP PALMER Z -WASHINGTON. Septr0.-(By Uf -th shipping board termin- cfeur :;J?Z2iL aXi'r T fWMS tie region of the Aleutian Islands, ed Press.) Anothet se Ant nlhft fleflt rrvrnnraMnn swonirftl1v wfta tGultA ed. as deferred for an indefinite period with; the White House an- fiouncemen.t, today that President! Coolidge had appointed H. G. Dal-I ton of .Cleveland to . study the en-1 ur swppms row ana report jus !w.wm tuna in i"PV"B board circles to have put an en-J tirely new aspect on a situation which had, brought to the break ing point relations - between, the board and Mr. Palmer and a letter to Mr. Coolidge upon majority vpte o( the board that the board intended to reshape, the otncIalMl,!1: personnel and policies of the fleet corporation. The prediction was made freely tonight that no move .now would j be made by, the board! toward ac-J cepting Mr. Palmer's resignation. at least immediately, and that the report to be made to Mr. Coolidge unto congress has had opportunity this winter to express its will on I shipping legislation generally. I Mr. Dalton is a member of the firm of Pickands, Mather fc com- Dany 0p Cleveland, which Is en- I oimh in htnnintr: on the areat I lakes and in iron ore and coal 1 operations. . During the war he was a memoer oi - toe iron ana steel committee of the war Indus-1 i tri$ boards DEATH FOLLOWS BEATING IXJl RE1 3IAN. ; TIED A I GAGXiEO, REFUSED TO TALK ABERDEEN. Wash:. Sept. 30.- J. E. Cloutier, for the past three months a carpenter at the Gray s Harbor Commercial company. Cos. mopolls. pfeviously a resident ' . . - a anUllt of Seattle, died in a local hospital this af ternoon as a result of hav ing been" beaten," tied hand and foot, gagged and left near the up-i ner wvnooche - bridge. . on- the county road,; oetween Aberdeen and Montesano - last Sunday. Since being found Sunday after noon by Mr and Mrs. M. E- Bed dall of Elma,- Cloutier had stead- fastlv refused to tefl anything of i which caused ' his death. He liad even refused td give hisname, un til shortly before his death, but was positively identified today by officials of the Cosmopolis mill as having been in their employ until September 5, when he quit his po sition. :--:'-l:'r: -V " ' SAN JOSE SELECTED SEATTLE, Sept: 30. San Jose, Cal. was chosen for the next con- rentton by the Pacific coast asso-1 elation - of building superintend ents concluding a convention here Colonel Mitchell ' Declares Department Guilty of . 'Amateur Bungling' INCOMPETENCY CHARGED Allegations Fly Thick, and Fast as Mitchell Concludes Testimony At Air Invcfetigation - WASHINGTON. Sept. 30 (By The Associated Press); Condens ing all of his previous; charges in to one.; verbal bombshell, Colonel Villiam Mitchell concluded hU testimony before the president's air board toy by charging the navy tvltli "amateur bungling" of its last three, major aeronautical proecta, ". V V t In rapi'l snccession , the former assistant army air-chief told the board that Incompetency-and mis management by the uay sent the dirilie Shenandoah to its doom on "a propaganda' mission," . to tiie midwest.; that tropical type planes were ' given navy : flyers with the MacMillan Arctic expedi tiou and that, the Hawaiian flight was attempted With a gaa supply known' to be inadequate. - His appearance preceded several other witnesses, who ' added, vivid chapters ta the. running story of the activities pi American air fore es. Lieutenant " Colonel John , A. Paeeelow . commandant of the armr balloon school at Scott Field. Illinois, testified that a lo- car thunderstorm . and not a line squall brought dieaster to the Shenandoah. s .Jlajoc Clarke Brant, air officer attached to the general board ad- Imitted under questioning that the gcrerai' board was preparing an answer . to . Colonel Mitchell's E teotlon" to aircratt probleM ne aiso saia me vaiue ui air craft In the,Hawaiian5maBeuvers hi bef Lnimlzel? by which .route Colonel Mitchell " (Continued oa page 2) , pi CfiJlpllfPY flPPFRFD 'b ' UrttttU f OxHER.' OF 23 CHILDREN IS FREED OF, LIQUOR CHARGE SEATTLE. Sent. 30. After a jury na convicted her of a liquor cliafge ind she had been scntencect to 90 days in the county jail and fined 500, ; a case against Mrs. Julia Mareir; mother of 23 chil dren, was dismissed by Superior iUtJ ill I a iu aivit vv tu' ws selling liquor, to': two youths. yjys i v i v out ThiE?e t j a yx&s Hospitality Day Friday Promises To Be Hnge Kront; Cher- rians Are Active s The Banrton Beachmen from Bandon-by-the-Sea will be on hand for Hospitality, day at the state fair Friday, and are planning to enter a-snappy float with the ob ject in view , of taking hack to Bandon the first prize for, stunts presented by. the various booster clubs that will be here; for the event. On the Bandon float, which will take part in the parade ro pe staged m iront oi me grana stahd Friday afternoon, a ! queen and four maids of honor will ride in state. The five girls have been declared the , most beautiful f in Bandon, and Salemites will be given the opportunity to . see for themselves just what effort the salt air has in the pulchritudinous molding of maidens. As Bandon is noted for its fine bathing, the twentjy who will be here for Beachmen Hosnitality day's parade bfe thing suits. will pel garbed in The gjlrls, however, will not follow .the style set by their sisters from th gclden state, but' will be dressed in! courtly attire. . .:'";- I .. j . Rooms close to the f air j grounds have been secured tyy the Beach men so that theywjill not be in- conveniencea oy appearing in their bathing suits. j .'. The Berrlans of pewberg, the Umpquah Indians of Roseburg, end the Pirates of Coos Bay have also' signified their I intention of being present for Hjospitality day and wili try for the iprizes otfered for the best booster Iclub Btunts. At a recent meeting of the Cher- rians it was unanimously: voted thaf all Cherrians be on hand at the atate fair in full uniform for Hospitality day. If any member should fail to make ' his appear ance, he will be assessed a fine of AZ. TOKYO IS FL00DSWEPT THOUSANDS. OF jHOSIES DK- MOUSBED IN RAIN TORRENT. By Associat- severe rain storm . swept'" Japan last i evenlpg, flooding many thousands ofliomes In Tokyo and otheij ;&ti$f. ;.f S'eve ral were killed" and .injured by larfdslides. Water entered the Imperial ho tel, Tokyo, shutting; off all! lights and water supply temporarily. 1 " ;' Following the hot summer months heavy rainstorms are an nual events . in Storms cause - a Uapan. These considerable amount of damage i n the low lying districts, such as -Honjo j and j ad jacent-Crowded ''sections of Tokyo which are situated along the Sum mida river anLare! Intersected "By a series of canals. GETTING THE WANDERLlisT AGAIN Draft Team Competition Won By McCroskey ; the McCleMre Stables Win i : By AUDRED BUNCH The S. R. O. siitn went out at a quarter to e.ght last night at the) eecona norse snow oi.tne season when the stadium was banked completely with spectators n marked contrast "to the opening tight. ' The horses were in splen did trim; and the audience en thusiastic to the echo. ; The .evening's performance was opened with 'the six-in-hand draft team competition, McCroskey re peating his success of ! Tuesday land Damascus . Milk company again took second, and Smith's uauy nuuiiier iniru. iae- t)urge fctock farm of Albany, a new entry ferthe evening, took fourth placed - ,taies- tnree-gaitea - s a a a i e horses, in faultless trim were fea- turea in tne second event, -with ajthe American dirigible r, -"i"" -l Mr; Stanley C. E. Smith riding hlnJUVbI!!WT tbere1blame squarely on the shoulders nbbwhile the third place went 0, Comfinder Zacnary wjnmmTjnmn.m -w rnTf'Ll xr- i w" mdnd, owned; by Miss E,.D. Mc- Elhtnny. Miss McCleaye's. mount demonstrated a great springiness of gait that was the delight of the audience and made the .audience choice at once apparent T . J I vuo u JU"" rendered a most unpopular deci Eion which the derisive cries of ." ri,e,e!T drored out when the ringmaster made a futile effort to proclaim 'it. Ac cording to the decision - of the judges, Tony, ; owned by F. B. Soutttwick of Rickreall demon strated the best qualifications for a cdf horse, exhibited under stock saddle with, rider in full equip- menU Blue Ranger, owned by W.I L. Eaton of Seattle, and entered! (Continoed on pace S) LITTLE . GIRL MS VICTIM pnfTT.VTVr sen" Ho -iB$ Assocfeted fresslNormah SuUH van, , 7, .daughter of MrandlMrs! J. B. Sullivan, was killed today On the Denter aveiue approach to the Vancouver brfdge when , she ran from behind a street car and was struck by an automobile driven by Paul - Eurnet.t, -longshoreman of Vanconver, Wash, - Burnett was arrested and held under -15.000 ball on a charge of manslaughter after police had tested the brakes on his machine and reported them practically useless. " - Catherine CnVistolas, 7, suffered severe body bruises when she was run over by an automobile driven by Otto .Schreiber, 18. - ' t; Cause of Wreck of Shenan doah rs Laid to Failure " to Take Warning CRASH SAID AVOIDABLE Captain Anton Ilclnen, Former dernian Zeppelin Pilot, Is Heard at Investiga tion of Crash LAKEHURST, N. J. Sept. 30 (By Associated Press). -An khatthe primary cause of the wrecking, of the airship was a failure the officers in charge danger signals that were shrieking out loud", was express- tft X- ,1 7Zl 7, YX J J. TToinAn fnrmoi- r.m.i. 7nn.in Heinenj former German Zeppelin pilot wko Instructed the crew of Asserting that the disaster was Mrtnl1h tl Mmrt loQ ,K downe, who went down to death lth ship. Asked on what ernr,nAi ho M .fvla tha ..o said: j . j "in my opinion the shin. ran de- liberately into the centej tt'thetective as he fled into the dark- storm for at least half ahihourlness. The detective returned the after nr tlmolo hftdWhaoij i T ""- shriekiiig out loud. With the ship having ; sufficient power for steer "SeTYZX w prove tills from, the evidence pre-l seated to this, court." 'Are? you prepared to say that had ' y4u been in charge of the Shenandoah you could have es caped fthe stormr asked Rear Aamirai jones, president or ine lUUl,' 1 ' "I am proud to say that I be- lieve 1 could ' have," replied Cap-j tain Hfeinen. ; I tJndlr further Questioning Cao- tsin explained it was his I the first danger jifcl theqryi that Trereeviaent " at tne umei Lieutenant Commander C. E. Rob- pndahii Roninr nrririns- nffiwrl 1 end'njigattoa .officer :ot thSheh-triTei P"t"5 i carv belorts ennditinnit narf' b'cnmo l such, tfiat it was decided to call Clothier Irislr repuhllcan'; sympt Commlnder Lansdowne. Xc that thizers. chief ly women, circled time Be said, the ship was drift- about General Mulcahy, indicating ing tothe right, a danger signal that sthouJd : have been heeded mmediately A -If i may-be permitted to refer -i a much Ihe same experience when tne oEnanaoan oroae away irom the mooring mast here last Janu ary." 1 ; ': ; ' - " -, ;- Canialn Heinen was on the wit ness stand tor. three hours and his. examination had not ' been ' con eluded When court was adjourned until ptomorrow. Hie ; criticisms regarding structural .changes , in tne Msenanaoan nad. aroused sur- veyorsi and officers at the air sta- tioii hre and there was an atmos- phere 1 or some tenseness even when he was first called to face (Continoed on.pc 2) BOYS HURT. IN BLAST GAS I TANK EXPLORIOX OC -5 : CUBS WHEN MATCH IS Lit IJ: YAKIMA; Sept.; 30. TWo boys are inf the hospital here today se- rionslv Unlnred as the result ot a gas tajnk explosion which occurred lastnfght near Buena when Henry TinhHiInU H-htPrt matrh in. spectjhfs job of soldering on the ; tank. I Both ends of the tank were blown into bits. George McCart- juglaf rein and big arteries and i Cha8.l"McCartjney, J2. is suffering from a, jcut knee cap and torn ten dons the right leg.. Dubuque I was .astride the tank and escaped with w slightly cut band. - The McCartney family icaroe: to. the I ' KYakin) , valley recently . .from Piumtopr, Idaho, to work during the harvest season. S IDENTIFIED ClTnIEB:IN RANK CERTAIN FANNING LS ROBBER l . i ... . t j SEATTLE. Sept,' 30. (By As - isociatHl Prefts l.Wames Fanning, alias P'illiara Callanr one of three men. who were'capturedlyesterday after ;(-he robbery 5 of the Queen i city Dank pere-or ss;490, was identified, as one of the; bandits' I todays y Dr,' I. J. Wahlstrom, an eyewftness to the 'holdup. Wahlstrom was unable to Iden- tify -T- 1L Johnson" ai one! of the robbers. ' i' ' i Wahistrom was' otj of the cm tomer$ in the bank Xvho.wcxe heldi fat bay while the robbery was lnl progress. Negro Porter at Point of Revol. ver. Forced to Collect Valuables OMAHA. Neb., Sept. 30.- (By Associated Press, )--A lone mask ed bandit held up and fobbed' 25 day coach passengers on the Mis souri Pacific train No. ,107 as it was entering the railroad yards here early tonight and escaped with approximately 1 0 6. " ' The man, ". who is believed to have boarded' the train at a station near the city, exchanged, several shots with a railroad detective who spied him just as the bandit was descending from the train.. ; The man encountered a negro porter in the' yestibule" of the coach and at the point of a gun t0Tl the forced him into the coach where passengers were commanded 1" rZS"l . iia lue?r . .luttuus up wane me. porter was or dered to search them. - , "Don't get their tickets or jew elry, just get their money," the man told the porter. After the passengers had been relieved of their money, the man pulled the bell cord and alighted from the train. It was here that he encountered the detective who waa a n who commanded him to halC The man answered by firing at the de fire, hilt it . f hoKen thgf lit. . uu, shots went wild. IRISH LEGATE ATTACKED anti-free Estate party AIMS BLOW AT MUIXJAHY ' PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30.- (By Associated Press.) Irish re-J publican v sympathizers today at- tempted to attack General Richard Mulcahy, former minister of de- fense of .the.Irlsh-Free State, as he stepped fromrlndepe'ndence hall wItn a party, of 378 delegates to the inter-parliamentary union of whlcJUi n oia tuo. seuerai trvm blows aimed at him. - From the time the delegates ar . Broad street station: as the Country hom OfMot'rls ineir nosunty., a vigilant police escort, however, kept the crowd at a distance, until the delegates had T hall by Mayor Kendrick and had ;their Je8?5cts t0 ;the libeTtZ belL As the delegates came out into Independence- square. - the anti free state sympathizers, momen tarily broke' through the cordon of police and rpshed toward the generat i'Two men in the crowd; witnessee said, aimed blows at him? but they were warded off by other delegates until the police rescued the genSFal. At Broad street station ; five persons were arrested while 13 were taken Into custody at Independence square, . , .... , , . " OUTSIDE AID IS DENIED I RECAPTURED BANDIT SAYS NO DEPUTIES IMPLICATED SEATTLE;" SepL z 30. (By As sociated Press), After an all-day grilling by officers. T. H. Johnson, who escaped with five others from the King county jail September IS and was recaptured yesterday with two ether neff after the robbery of the Queen City bank of $6.48 here, declared tonight that no in side help was given the jail breakers. No deputy sheriffs were impli- cated in. the jail break." Johnson John.on WL, Johnson was being. held. In the county jail on charges of partici pation in a $42,000 bank robbery at Nanalmo B. C December Ui, 192 4. Authorities said Johnson would be turned over to Canadian authorities when a warrant for his extradition Is received here, '-v1 The dummy guns used by t.ne Six prisoners who escaped were made by Johnson himself out of I WOO(1 W?8. scraps ' of tobacco tins, spoon nanaies, iouniain pen I caDS n4 . tooth tubes, Johnson ld the police tonight. Chewing gum held the parts together. I Sheriff Matt Starwitch refused to believe the Jail break weapons were not genuine. ."He's a Bar," StarwJch contended. "I know how they got Into jail. I'm working on that now: ROADHOUSE ROBBED SEATTLE. Sept 30 Ti-rrorlz- ing a dozen patroha of Sta'e'e road hoine, north, of FoaUle; bn the Everett highway, wo bandits to night obtained $500 is xash and some jewelry They-escaped In a lting automobile. . Paid Admissions Come With in 500 of High Record ' : Established Jn -1920 FINE WEATHER ATTRACTS V, 3Iost Basinees - Honsea. Close t Noon;: Today- Isj PortlaaidL, ' . .;'. EDts' and GAR ; Day; Big -Crowd Is Anticipated " Paid attendance at V the- :sta t fair Salem ; and ? Governor day came '.within 509 of . equalling' the-. high record established Wednss-, day of fair week1 1920 when 13V 000 people paid admission to the -grounds, It ! was announced' last v. night ey J. C- McCJintock, cashier Attendance Wednesday is estlmat- -ed at 26,000 people,; as passes, ex hibitors, employes, concession men and others are not included in the. report from the otflee of the cash- . ler. , . Sunny skies greeted the visitors yesterday though the wet grounds caused many who otherwise would have attended from ' coming out. Had Tuesday been a nice day, it is generally conceded; that the at tendance yesterday would have es- - tablished a new high record.; ' The grand ' stand was .fined to capacity for the horse races and some excellent time was made by ' the entries in the various events; - The feature of the day was the Governor Pierce Derby for a purse . of $1000. The winning - jockey was decorated with a huge floral wreath by Miss Eva iSande, of Sa lem, sister of Earl Sande, world's . premier E jockey. ' The huge silver loving cup, was presented hy Gov- -1 ernor Pierce, i . ' , The business district was prac-. ; tically deserted during the after noon : as a majority of" the stores, closed at noon.. State and county business was at a standstill whil state employes took la the fair. .-sThe -midway waaj 'jammed trot. ' early in; the 'morning until late at night while concessions did an ex- , cellent business. Visitors in the various' departments were able to make -their way about -with great difficulty owing to the press of humanity;. t; 4 ':r!;y.c 7 '; - Jhdrtly before -'o'clock .no mbre Mckela were sold at the stad ium tand the building; was. packed to capacity, lor - the hight ; horse show. The stadium Beats ozoo persons and every ;ayaila'ble seat- Ing, place was taken Hundreds, disappointed, were turned away, unable to get inside the. building. Today promises ,; to be ; antoher big day. at . the fair. -The day, is designated as Portlandlkil and , G.A.R.; day. :,?The annual banquet of the Oregon Purebred Livestock association will i6 .held. on. the grounds while ' ahother of the night herse shows will be Sta ged The complete program . tot , to-. day Is as follows : 'i U C -r Portland, G.A.R; and Elkr ay 1 9 A. Judging:; continued In r ' livestock department. 9:30 A.- M. Arrivit of Portland special. .' . - ' ..' 10 Ki M. Music on grounds hy . Kiltie band of Tacoma. - 10 A. M. Hood River county can- ning demonstratioa Inf Edu ' - catlonal building. ;H - . t 10:30 A- ML Concert In 'Educa-' - tional - buUding by Stats Training school band. . r TOLL BRIDGE- IS WANTED; COLUMBIA RIYER PROJECT IS PLACED BEFORE, BOARD ; PORTLAND, dr.. Sept. 30. While the highway commission. Is, wrestling with the application for a toll road down the Wilson river in Tillamook county, ft faces an othetJ tolK; proposition -a - , toll bridge across the. Columbia river. The Long Bell Lumber company. wants to bridge the Coltytfbia, riv er between Rahiler. Oraul Lon?- ?vlew, WashA with a stj-unure to cost $3,000,0.00.:. Represcatutivet of the lumber company at tortay s meeting of the highway con tuis sion said the span wou 11 Le 135 feet above- mean, low-water -and. -have a cantelever draw.- The highway commission refer red the subject to the hrtdgo de partment.. FREIGHTER IN DISTRESS - SAN FRANCISCO.: fiept. 30 By The Associated Fres) Tbs Federal TelegTaph company si ! i today that It had. received a raj message stating that' the Ucltf I States ehipptng f board ':. freighter West Calera was ia distress about 400 miles east of IIllo; 'Haw: :' island', alter paesiss tr : - . hurricane, - TLe n;f.;r3 l detail?. ' ' A t--!t noways.'
