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SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
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HAIL HEARING WILL
LIQUOR OWNER PICKED
UP AT FAIR BY POLICE
BEOPIEOMOH
MAX GIVING NAME OP S. K.
WATSON IS HELD HERE
Interstate Commerce! Com
mission to Decide Rights
in Southern Oregon
Police Led fo Believe Suspect Is
Father of Alleged Bank
Bobber
KLAMATH BASIN STAKE
Southern Pacific ami Northern
- lines Competing for Right
to Open New Territory j
In South
DIVERS ARE FORCED TO
SUSPEND RESCUE WORK
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 3. (Ry
Associated Press.1 Before Chaa.
Mahaffie, director of the finance
oureau of the interstate commerce
commission, hearings will open
; here Monday to determine .the re-
respective rights of railroads com
peting for the right to develop
trade territory in the Klamath
basin of southern Oregon.
Representatives of the Southern
' Pacific company and allied branch-
A man giving :his name as? S. K.
Watson caused considerable trou
ble at the fair grounds. Saturday
morning before he was vanquish
ed by. Officers J. L. Corded and
V. B. Jones, 'representing the
Burns detective agency. He was
charged with the possession and
transportation of liquor, and was
turned over to the county court
Four bottles labeled "Canadian
Whiskey, eight years in wood"'
were found in his possession, and
in. his auto 13 more pints were
found bearing the same label. Of
ficers believe that he is respon
sible for most of the liquor traffic
at the state fair.
He denied being a bootlegger.
although the completed diagram
of a 50 gallon still is said to have
been found in his possession. He
was also found to possess a bill
for $33.50 for labels printed by a
Portland printer and a statement
FIGHT FOB LIFE
Motion to Postpone Convict
Murder' Trial Is Over
Ruled by Judge Kelly
PANEL ONE-THIRD GONE
Ten Wonif t'laim Exemption; No
Standing Room Only Sign
to Be Hung, Declares
Sheriff Bower
es were here tonight, together
"With officials and representatives I for 33 sacks of suar
of the Hill and northern lines pre
paratory to presenting their views
as to their; respective rights to
enter the Klamath territory. The
hearing, it was . forecast, would
continue for several weeks, as the
Southern Pacific company and the
Hill lines have announced their
Evidence was found on him that
police allege indicate that he Is
the father of Roes C. Watson, who
was implicated in the $42,000 Na-
maimo bank robbery staged on De
cember 12. 1924.
Several clippings were found on
Watson, and one of these was the
' Intention- of calling on scores of account of the trial of Ross Wat
witnesses m support oi tneir con- :jon before the British Assizes
lenuons. ; I Another clipping contained . the
Interioc Oregon, formerly a no-1 names of Harry Sowash and Owen
man's land so iar as railroads R. Baker, one of whom is under
were concerned. Is to be occupied. I sentence of death for the murder
Each of the two- rail systems want I connected with the bank robbery
rights established by the inter- Police are placing significance on
state commerce commission, the a notebook with the name of John
Southern Pacific asking' exclusive yv. Graham of Victoria, B. C, box
occupancy for development and! 423, on it. Under the nam are
.the northern roads seek, entry on the words, "First man in ban
common" grounds, promising to 1 Day robbery
bring their traffic with tnem rata
er than rob the Southern Pacific
of its potential tonnage.
' Applications to be considered
"by Mr. Mahaf fie include that of
the Oregon Trunk, feeder of the
northern lines, to build south
from Bend to Klamath Falls, right
of the Southern Pacific to acquire
control of the Oregon, California
& Eastern and the Nevada-California-Oregon,
to connect the two
and lay a new route eastward, and
to extend the Oregon, California
& Eastern northward , from
Sprague river and on to Lake-
view. '
There are conflicting interests
at a I dozen points. The Southern
Pacific has said it would not con
tinu0 its development plans if the
northern lines came south.
Three rail presidents will be
here tomorrow Ralph Budd,
president of the Great Northern
railway, St. Paul; William Sproule,
president of the Southern, Pacific
company. San Francisco, and Rob
ert E. Strahorn, president of the
Oregon, California & Eastern,
Klartfth Falls. All will be promi
nent figures at the hearing and
will be leading witnesses. Anoth
er rail president, W. F. Turner,
head of the Spokane, Portland &
f i Seattle,. and of the Oregon Trunk,
would figure in the case but for
hie enforced absence from the city
because of the illness of Mrs.
Turner. ,
President Sproule of the South
ern Pacific will arrive from the
south this morning. Rail heads
already here did not care to dis
cuss their cases in advance of sub
mission to the commission. Presi
dent Budd. general for the north
ern forces, would not argue his
case prematurely.
The Southern Pacific will have
as ita active alley Robert E. Stra
horn, president and builder of the
Oregon, California, , Eastern,
hnnn Hon is now sought tO.be
." financed by the Southern Pacific.
;The northern, lines will receive
' aid from the Oregon public service
commission, which-has expressed
the opinion that a new Southern
Pacific, line south and east is not
so much to Oregon's advantage as
a route south from Bend, and an
.other east 'and. west line crossing
the state. j
It was thought that the man
might have conections in Port
land as an electric light bill was
found in his j possession hearing
the name of Dorothy Watson, of
868 East 18th street north. Port
land.
His finger prints were taken,
and the attempt waa made to iden
tijfy Jhem. He appeared well
groomed and says he owns a large
farm near McMinnville. He also
claims to be married, and to have
two daughters, one aged 13, and
the other, 20. He declared he
was at the fair only for the pur
pose of seeing a friend from Mad
ras. He also paid that he is a
personal friend of Governor Pierce
and intimated that his captons
would be dealt with severely if he
were subjected to arrest.
Tom Murray, inmate of the pen
itentiary charged with murder in
the first degree for the death of
John Sweeney, guard killed the
evening of the August 12 break
at the prison, will go on trial for
his life Monday. Judge Percy R.
Kelly having1 overruled a motion
Saturday for postponement until
the December term of court filed
by Will R. King, attorney for the
defense. Date of the trials of
Ellsworth Kelley and James WI1-
los have not been set.
All technicalities were swept
aside by Judge Kelly after At
torney King j had argued the bet
ter part of three hours. In ren
dering his decision. Judge Kelly
said he was satisfied that the de
fense counsel had not exercised
the requisite amount of diligence
and that he had had 30 days from
the time of the arraignment in
which to act or prepare the neces
sary motions. Witnesses have
been subpoenaed and, considering
all facts, it is too late to delay
the scheduled trial.
Of the panel of 32 veniremen
11 have filed claims to exemptions
of whom 10 are women. The one
man claiming exemption is ill at
his home. Seven women remain
on the panel. Hanging will be
asked by John H. Carson, district
attorney, upon behalf of the state
There will be no over-crowded
court room-at the Murray trial,
for as soon as all available seats
are filled, the doors will be barred
to spectators, Sheriff O. D. Bower
announced Saturday. Confusion
during the preliminary hearings,
when standing room was not avail
able due to the throng, interfered
with the questioning of witnesses
and regular court procedure and
will not marke the murder trials.
Young boys and girls made up
the major portion of the previous
crowds
WEATHER CONDITION'S jMAKK
WORK ON SEA UNSAFE
MUCH BRILLIANT COMPETI
TION WITNESSED AT MEET
Only Five Bodies of Submarine
Crew Now Taken From,
Ocean! Tomb
U. S. SUBMARINE BASE, New
London, Conn.
jOct. 3. (By As-
went down with
Admiral H. II.
Juniers Are Featured in Closing
Night of Annual Sporting
' Event
sociated Press. ) -4 After a week ot
rescue work over the sunken sub
marine S-51, th
which was the
bodies of five of the 33 men who
U - M
e net result oi
recovery of the
their ship. Rear
Christy returned
to the base hert tonight.
A choppy sea, and a wind that
threatened to reach gale propor
tions forced the (suspension of div
ing operations it noon and Ad
miral" Christy ordered the entire
rescue flotilla io port, some ot
the vessels going to Newport and
others coming iji here.
Only one body: was recovered
today, that of Paul Berk of
bnoemaKersvuie, . renn., an en
gineman. Divers were burning
off the torpedo room hatch when
officers in charge decided that
conditions made it unsafe tv con
tinue. The divers expressed their
willingness to make further un
dersea trips notwithstanding the
seas, but officers" decided against
it.
Tomorrow the officers and men
at the base, numbering more than
1,000, will do honor to their de
parted comrades.: A memorial
ervice will be held at the base.
Diving for the bodies in the
S-ol will be resumed; Sunday
morning, weather permitting, it
was announced! tonight.
MEIER FORUM SPEAKER
PORTLAND BUSINESS .SUN TO
GIVE FIRST ADDRESS
NIGH-T HORSE SHOW IS
CLOSED SUCCESSFULLY
Hi
IIS
TO BE UNDEFENDED
Zone "Would Be Totally Indefen
sible in Event of Air Attack,
Report to Committee
Declares
Naval Expert Declares Rein
forcements at Canal Are
Sorely Needed
By Audred Bunch
The Portland Damascus Milk
company draft teams won the KUINT SAID VULNERABLE
?J00 prize upon the conclusion or
lively three-night driving com
petition last night in the sawduct
ring. The winning animals were
covered with a glittering harness
valued at $4800.
A somewhat smaller crowd than
usual followed a successful horse
show season to an applauded close.
The ring was disagreeably dusty,
but, though not out of bounds at
all, the enthusiasm of the audience
remained unstifled.
In the novice saddler class, six
animals were ridden into the ring.
Two McDougall horses won the
first and second places, and two
from the McCleave string, Johnny
Dundee, drawing the blue; Johnny
Dundee, the red; Lady Mary, third
and Aviator, gourth.
In contrast to the second event
of the evening, which was open
onlv to horses which heretofore
had won no prize, the third event
provided competition only between
those animals which had already! King today called to the latter's
won blue and red ribbons as hunt- attention the fact that naval war I
college findings show that in a
war on the Pacific, a fleat can he
maintained only at Panama, and
that from 600 to 700 ships are
required to eupply the fleet from
ithe Atlantic owing to lack of naval
bases on the Pacific.
Continuing, the Shearer report
said:
"Geographically the Panama
canal lies open to attack from the
air from four points, namely, for
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3.- (By
Associated Prew. ) Senator Wil
liam H. King of the senate, naval
committee, in a conference here
today with W. B. Shearer, experi
mental expert for the navy during
the world war, who has been com
piling an exhaustive report at the
senator's request on naval condi
tions on the Pacific, wa6 told by
Shearer that the totally inade-
cmate defenses of the Panama can
al constitute, a vital point in the
present airpjane controversy at
Washington.
Shearer's report to Senator
STATEMENT OF GERMAN
PILOT IS SAID UNTRUE
85.
HIS
TWO SURVIVORS OF DITtlGIBLE
CRASH DENY CHARGES
III
pnni
Criticism Against Lansdowne
Declared Altogether
Unwarranted
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LAKEHURST, N. J., Oct. 3.
(By Associated Press)- Disputing
the theory of Capt, Anton Helnen,
veteran airship pilot, that the
primary cause of the Shenandoah
disaster was a failure of Com
mander Zachary Lansdowne and
other officers to heed obvious dan
ger signals, two survivors testified
today before the naval court of in4
quiry here that no immediate dan
ger signals were manifest until
just before the huge craft broke
in mid-air. These survivors were
Col. C. G. Hall, army service ob
server on board
Past Week Surpasses Ban
ner Period of 1 923 by Mar-.
sin of 3500 Visitors
CROWDS ARE ORDERLY
Arrests Are Few and no Accident
Occur; Motor Style Show Sat
urday Afternoon Create
Interest
the
the
With a margin of 3500,
weeks attendance record at
64th annual Oregon state fair sur
and Lieut. Jos, passed the high record set in 1923,
B. Anderson, the ship's aerologist. a total of 85,000 people paying ad-
Anderson said that Heinen's whole mission to the grounds before the
theory was based upon inadequate I final check on attendance was com
ers and jumpers. In this illus
trious gathering of equine were
included: Daisy Deane, owned by
Mrs. Stanley C E. Smith; Jim
Noble, a Stanley C. E. Smith en
try; and two prize winners from
the McCleave string. Aristocrat
and Vitality. Daisy Deane was de
clared the champion hunter of this
season's horse show, white the re
serve championship was held by
Aristocrat.
and, erroneous information, while
Colonel Hail said emphatically
that he had been in command of
the Shenandoah he would have
taken no course of action different
from that which Commander
Lansdowne followed. !
Captain Heinen's decision that
the drift of the ship to the right
constituted a danger signal that
should have been heeded immedi
ately, was contested by both wit
nesses. Anderson said the drift
was natural considering that the
vessel was flying westward in a
southwesterly wind, while Colonel
Hall, said at no time did he notice
a drift that was
pleted last night by J. E. McClin-
tock, cashier. The attendance for
fair week in 1923 was 81,700. .
Saturday, usually a poor day, saw
12,300 people paying to enter the
grounds. Fair officials are very
enthusiastic over the record made
this year as Tuesday, usually one
of the big fair days, witnessed a
rainfall of more than three-fourth
of an inch. . r
Crowds at th fair this year
have jeen orderly and only one
important arrest was made. Patrol
men on duty, both special, city and
Portland officers, have been occu-
different frompied in answering questions and
what he would have expected un
der the prevailing conditions.
Both Hall and Anderson assert
ed there was nothing to indicate
that the Shenandoah was being
drawn into the vortex of a storm.
directing visitors and traffic. The
usual number ot lost youngsters
wae reported but all were restored
to their parents within a short
time. No accidents marred tb4
week and only one man, Jockey
i
AIR MAIL PILOT LOST
ELEVEN PLANES ENLISTED IN
SEARCH FOR AVIATOR
Julius A. Meier, part owner of
one of the largest department
stores on the Pacific coast, and a
Portland business man, j is sched
ulel to address the Salm Cham
ber of Commerce at Ithe first
luncheon of the season londay.
Mr. Meier was one of the first
men in Portland to buy stock in
the new Oregon Linen Jlills to he
located in Salem, and sq. great has
his interest been in the organi
zation that he has been named
on the board of directors of the
new mills. j
According to the Bulletin, Mr.
Meier i3 an authority oh linen and
flax, and he will address the
chamber on the (subject "The Lin
en Market on the Pacific Coast."
T. M- Hicks, president of the
chamber, will preside atj the lunch
eon. I
even up to the time of the first Rettig, was injured in a tumble
rtsR ana the armv observer told I from ms norse. tie roae me wit
In the class of heavy 'harness Nsn territory both norUi ai aouth tue tnat it was not nntn id Mowing day and later captured th-
horses, Macgregor Peer, Marie
Seaton, Harmony Mathis, and Mo
lina, competed, with Harmony
winning the championship, and
Marie Seaton the reserve cbam
nionshiD. Berkeley Beauty also
competed in this even.
The championship and the re
serve championship in the three-
gaited saddle horse class fell to
the McCleave winner, Aristocrat,
with Armament. Mrs. Smith's
horse, taking the reserve.
Dorothy McBride, Miss
Flora Jane McBride and Mrs
of it, and air carriers on the At
lantic and Pacific sides.
"The only possible defense is
an equal or superior air force. A
proper submarine defense of the
Canal would protect it only from
bombardment by capital ships and
possible air attacks based on hos
tile airplane carriers, leaving still
as a tremendous menace an air at
tack started from foreign terri
tory north and south of that wat
i rway.
or 15 minutes before the ship
broke were there any signs that
she was being drawn into danger-
Lieutenant Anderson was ex
amined at great length as to con
ditions from 3:20 a. m.. the time
he got to the control car, until
the' emash-UD occurred. He ex
pressed the-opinion that the as
cending current which took the
Governor's Derby. - -:, ....
Last night the carnival spirit
prevaled with fun and merriment
along the midway. The final danc! .
of the week found a large crowi
on hand until midnight, when the
64 th fair passed into history. Some
of the exhibitors were busy pack
ing up displays and making ready
to leave the grounds early in the
trolled rises was a purely local
one. caused by the meeting of np-
"The objective of the enemy per layers of cold jir from the
would not be to capture the Pan
ama canal, but to destroy it and
Stanley Wirschul competed for the thus break the supply lines from!
ladies' cup in the seventn event, the Atlantic to our fleet on the
horsemanship alone being consid- Pacific.
"The report of Admiral R. E.
Coontz, on the last Panama fleet
maneuvers shows that the canal
can be captured. The only recom
ered. Mrs. Stanley Wirschul prov
ed herself the best equestrienne,
(Continued on Tag 3)
Shenandoah up on two uncon-fevenJng Tne grounds will -be
open today but will present an en
tirely different appearance than '
they did yesterday.
Saturday was Shriners' day but
the red fez was conspicuous by Its.
absence. Children under 12 years.
accompanied by their parents.
were admitted free ol charge. A
parade of the prize-winning lire-
stock waa a feature of the morn
ing period while at the conclusion
of the racing program at Lone Oak
north and a lower layer of warm
air from the south.
Anderson and Hall said there
was no bumpiness in the air such
as would indicate the immediate
proximity ' of thunder squall
Anderson said at no time did he
observe any immediate danger be-
WHAT PRICE QLORY?
FALL FATAL TO WOMAN
SKULL FRACTURE j RESULTS
FROM FAJJL FROM PORCH
SPOKANE. Oct. 3.-r(By Asso-
riated Press.)--Snffering a frac
ture ot '.her eknll by a 20-foot fall
from a toorch here today. Miss Gns-
ta'Gttden, B5 diedwlthin an hour
and a f ev daya before she waa to
-for . Norway. ! Miss , Ouden
had been planning the visit' to
relatiTes to Norway lor years.
BELLEFONTE. Pa.. Oct. 3
(By Associated Press.) More
than 1,000 persons and 11 air
planes joined in a vain search to
day for Charles H. Ames, missing
mail plane pilot.
The flyer, bound from New
York to Chicago, failed to land at
the aviation-field just east of this
city Thursday night. No com
munication has been had Jfrom
him. ! I
The flyer was last heard from
at Hartleton, about 20 miles east
of Bellefonte, his passage was re
ported by the watchman at the
emergency field there to the
Bellefonte field at 11:35 p. m.
When Ames left the east the
weather was good, but it was
"closing in1 in the words of the
pilots, as he approached Belle
fonte. It was thought likely that
as the weather grew hazy Ames
flew higher and missed the Belle
fonte field. , This theory, coupled
with "a report that a plane was
heard late Thursday night near
Clarion. Pa., 50 to 60 miles west
of Bellefonte, on the regular
course to Cleveland, caused the
air mail service to send two planes
from Cleveland to that vicinity today.
Tomorrow the 11 planes will
be Joined by five more fTom the
air mail service, Pennsylvania
State .college,. near there, has ofr
fered 1,000 students to assist in
the search, and the offer has'been
accepted.' A delegation of stud
ents from the Bellefonte academy
was among the searchers
. EARTH SHOCK FELT :
, SANTA BARBARA, Oct. 3.-
(By Associated .Preas.) A slight
earthquake waa felt here at 4; 60
p. m, ,N,o. damage was done and
little attention was paid r toy -'the
tremor,
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ARICAN AVIATOR
ml m 1 U bW-
fore the ascending current was
menoauon so tar nas been to in-irmcnea, anu mai uen f!rt T,r,nl motor itvla
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snow waB staged unuer iub oirw
tion of Miss Alice Hankinson, of
Spokane. Local and Portland
driven v hy
crease the gun caliber there from before he advised a course
south it was because of his fear
of a then remote danger.
CANTON' ONCE MORE CENTER
OF THREATENING STRIFE
14 to 16 inches. This is no de
fense against an air attack.
if government backing to a
great commercial aviation program
to be used in a war emergency is
accepted as compromise in the
present airplane controversy, the
Panama canal etill would be left
defenseless against aerial attack
"Consequently, the crux of the CANTON, Oct. 2. (By Assoc!-
question centers about three points I ated Press.) Canton again is ap-
namely: parently to be the center of civil
First, if our first line of defense. I war. Reoorts have reached the
the navy, is to fight at all,' the I city that a force numbering 30,-
Panama canal must be kept open, j 000. adherents of General Cheng
"Second, the keystone, of the j Chlung-Ming, the old enemy of the
canal's defense must be the air. I provincial government of South
"Third, the canal as it stands I China, is on its way here to en-
todav. is one of the most vulner- I deavor to - wrest the city from
dealers entered cars.
CHINESE AGAIN WARRING Pretty Salem yoonf 4wom
able points, if not the most Vul
nerable in our national armour."
LOST BROTHER IS FOUND
PORTLAND MAN LEANS KIN
KILLED DURING WAR
set. , ".
The F. W. Pettyjohn Company.
Salem dealers for the Cadillac.
Rickenbacker .and Oldemoblle au
tomobiles, -carried off high hon
ors. The company enierea four
cars and were awarded the grand
prize and three first places. :
Other cars winning ribbons
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were: 1 "
First places In classes entered
Chevrolet roadster ; , Cleveland
touring; Willye-Knight touring;-
Buick touring; Franklin roadster;
Auburn brougham; Buick sedan;
1 and Marmon Brougham. .
Second places Star roadster;
Moon roadster; Gardner-roadster:
Locomobile touring; Overland De
lux sedan; Flint Brougham. Stud
ebaker coach and Paige sedan.
Third places Moon touring, Ati-
COMM1TTEE WOULD SET FER-D urn roadster; Willys-Knight road-
I General Chung Kai-Shih, who re
cently took possession with the
assistance of the Whampao
dets.
ca-
NEW CALENDAR SOUGHT
David Janzen of Portland, and
formerly of Hutchinson, Kansas,
discovered last week that his
MANENT DATE FOR EASTER
VANCOUVER. B. C, Oct. 3:
(By Associated Press.)- me
brother, John Janzen, had been! league of Nations committee on
killed in the late world war. His I calendar reform has fixed the date
hrnfher thre vnnr,r of Easter permanently on tne sec-
ster; Diana roadster; Star coupe;
Oakland sedan; Jewett sedan, and
Diana sedan.
NORMAL SCHOOL GAINS
than he, and had left home about
twenty years ago. From that
time on. David Janzen did not
hear from him.
Friday he was gazing at the
ond Sunday in April to be put into I REGISTRATION FOR YEAR HAS
effect beginning witn i2s, aiosfci PASSED fWX MARK
B. Cotsworh of Vancouver, airect-
m nr t ha int prnaimnai r lien i
Calendar league announced here uiun . mit. :wu.iai,.
tndav Cntsworth said that the I aionmoutn. oc:. 3. i special to
statue erected by the War Moth-1 change has been approved by all I The Statesman.? The registra-
ers in memory of those killed .in the great Christian cnurcn autnor- tion figures for the Oregon.n?r:3ai
the war who went.trom this conn- itles. school at Monmouth for tha 'fall
ty.l He happened to see the name The committee is also consider- term cf this -; school year :bavf
of I John Janzen along with .the Ing making the last day, -of each passed 900 : stcdents. . This ; b.v
names of the others of this county year an international "year day" far the largest cr.mbor enrolled
that were killed. Inquiring at the and dividing the. 52 weeks into 13 at the normal for a tens of : the
office of Adjutant General Georce months. A - new month called regular school yev and exceeds
A. Whie, David found that the "sol" is proposed to be made from the registration of the same Mmo
John killed In the war was his the last two weeks of June and last year .;h? 140 student. ,The
brother. 'John, whose address was the tirst.two.weck.3 of July. , Ixch average , enrollment for the -last
38 hurch street of this city, was month would consist of four com- schooj year was 750 student per
killed iif action' June 25, 1918. ; jplete weeks. J
term.