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JVENTY-SIXTH YEAR
SDH FIGHT
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Wet Sacks Halt Flames as
30 Acres'of Wheat, and
Oats Are Consumed
FIGHTING CONVICT GONE
Lights of Burning Fires dearly
Seen Throughout Night,, Are
Posted to Keep Flames
FVom Spreading
Thirty acres of wheat and oats
were burned In a field fire about
three miles southeast of Salem on
the old Turner road, yesterday
afternoon, when flames threat
ened to spread Into adjoining
grain fields, dry as tinder from
the long drought, despite the wet
sacks and equipment of approxi
mately 80 farmers and members
of the city fire force, who worked
for nearly two hours to subdue it.
The grain destroyed was the
property of the Oregon .state peni
tentiary, though adjoined by priv
ately owned f ierds. Trusties from
the prison were sent to fight the
fire, Warden Lillie reporting that
on the prisoners' return,; James
Shield, convict, sent up from Lane
county October 30, 1925, on a
non-support charge with one year
sentence, was found missing.
Despite the smoke filled haze
which has been gathering about
the city during the dry spell, and
ljTCounts of many small, brush
1 ires in the hills, this is the first
Instance .of property loss from
summer blazes.
Many fires were reported with
in the Immediate vicinity of Salem
last night, their light being plain
ly visible from the suburbs.
Small groups fought late Into the
night, or watched carefully that
the flames did no damage.
The alarm was turned Into the
lire station at 2:20 o'clock in the
afternoon and by the time the fire
equipment reached the scene the
flames had a good start. A large
crowd of neighbors had arrived to
watch thefire, anxious to prevent
its spreading, and these were en
listed by the fire chief Into ah
effective force
The number of men engaged in
fighting the blaze was estimated
at from 76 to 85. After nearly
two hours work with wet sacks
they succeeded In putting out the
fire completely. The fire was
limited to an area of about 30
acres in extent, although the
burned patch was in the center of
other grain . fields. A rising wind
would have swept the flames out
of control, it was stated.
The cause Is ; undetermined
though a live match or cigarette,
carelessly dropped. Is believed to
have started it. Fire officials Is
sued a warning urging Increased
precaution during the present dry
spell.
t PORTLAND, July 12. (By As
sociated Press). Nearly 100 fires
in and near national forests of
Oregon and Washington were re
ported to forest service headquar
ters here today. Some had been
extinguished, others were under
control and a few Were requiring
the most strenuous efforts of
large crews of fire fighters to
check.
The aggregate area In flames is
about 3,000 acres."
In addition three fires in priv
ate timber holdings were giving
(Qon tinned am aff S.)
.Monday
In Washington
Id ward P. Warner tool office
M assistant secretary of the navy
1 charge of aviation. ,
Ifc . AP
Arrangements were made to
bury former Secretary Weeks in
Arlington national cemetery.
AP
Secretary Mellon declared any
change in the Trench ' debt settle
meat is up to congress. ',
TOLEDO CASE OPENS
PORTLAND. July 12. .(AP)
Trial began in federal court ("here
today otflve damage suits brought
by five Japanese ' against nine
"white residents 'of Toledo, Ore.
The suits are the- outgrowth of the
alleged ejection: of : the". Japanese
to Toledo R July, JW,
FIRE 2
HOUR
GRASSW AT THE
Grass" is a big1 picture. It is said to be the biggest
ever made. There are no actors or actresses in the cast.
Only three Americans appear in it. But
There are 50,000 natives and 500,000 cattle and
camels.
It is the story of la whole people on the march. It is
the "Covered Wagon" of Persia. It is the epic story of
the Orient. 1
.It is a great play, founded on a great book; with
living actors who are not actors at all, but a strange
people, seeking grass for their herds, braving rivers,
climbing mountainsa trek that is historic; as true as
truth.
"Grass" will be at the Oregon theatre tomorrow and
Thursday. Every one must see it. It cannot be describ
ed. It must be seen.
"The Gold Rush," Charlie Chaplain's latest and
greatest play, will be at the Oregon for a week, begin
ning Saturday, July 25.
BIKES OBOW WINGS
PARIS. For years there have
bppft attempt to evolve a successful
flying bicycle. Half a dozen years ago
huge prises were offered those who
could hop a bike a foot cff the' earth.
An agrobat won the major prise. But
now comes a successful bicycle-avionette
by means of which one may safely
reach a night of 150 feet oft the earth
and fty a Ion? as legs and wind held
out. The new winged bike is to be put
on the market shortly.
uo-GETTEK
NEW YORK. Robert E. CondVm has
been elected na
tional president of
the United States
Janior Chamber -Commerce,
which
. makes htm. auto
m a t ic a 1 1 y. the
peerless leader of
t whole: nation
full of alert, ac
tive, enterprising
a a d successful
young business
men. There were
four other candi
dates in the field
but, in the final
election. Condon
was chosen unani
mously. He is a
Texan by birth, a
New Yorker by
adopticn, a voyag
-ROBERT COHPOV1
er to far land
and a veteran of the World War.
.
THE CAT CAME BACK
PITTSBURG. Eight months ago
while Wit. R. , Snoop, former Olym
pic marathon runner, was ini Florida,
"Mummie." his favorite Maltese eat
strayed away and was- lost. The other
day "Mummie" walked up to the
Shoop home in Pittsburg and begged to
be taken in. She was. - Her 'coma
bark" of 1.200 miles is considered a
likely record. Anyway, the Marathon
tendencies of her master seem to have
been acquired by his eat.
RULES
LONDON.
BRITTAXKIA"
The king's own yacht
fleet is in direct
cemmand of Rear
Admiral Sir H. T.
Buller, who is at
present busily
preparing for the
Cowes regatta" in
August, in which
the king's own
particular joy, the
cotter "Brittan
nis," is to race
againsSir Thom
as L i p to i ' l
"Shamrock" and
Lord iWaring'a
"White i Heather
II." The king is
himself n .accomplished sailor and
takes great pleaaure in sailing with
.admirai liuiler. d r
PREVENT DISEASE, AIM
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PREVENTION IS SAID CHIEF
CONCERN OF OFFICIALS
SEATTLE, July 12. (By Asso
ciated Press1) Miss EInora Thom
sen, director of public! health
nursing at, the University of Oregon-in
a lecture at the graduate
burses institute which opened at
the University of Washington
here today declared that! the pre
vention of disease is the chief in
terest of public health officials.
"They were originally interest
ed solely, ia the curing of diseas
es," she said. "Now they are in
terested in the prevention of dis
eases and in the development of a
high degree? of J health. 1
1 More 'thaii j.0 0 .'. Pacific North
west nurses and health educators
registered at 'the opening session.
It was predicted that the enroll
ment wouldexceed. ISO; i -
, . ThY ??n?? esa rti&tjj
OREGON THEATRE
SALE OF OREGON GRAVEL
COMPANY NOW RUMORED
ROSS ISLAND OWNERS BE
LIEVED TO BE BUYERS
Transfer Is Outright, or Stock
Traded for Interest in .
Others
Sale of the Oregon Gravel com
pany's property, with offices at
1405 North Front street, has
taken place it is understood,
though no official announcement
has been made by R. C. Miles.
Portland money is understood to
be financing the chance, dealers
expressing the belief that the same
group of men who recently pur
chased the Ross Island Sand &
Gravel company's interest, and in
terested in the Beaver Portland
Cement company, are the ones
who have taken the local com
pany. Hammond, of Hansen & Ham
mond, contractors who are put
ting up the First National Bank
building here, is a. director of the
Ross Island Sand & Gravel com
pany. Whether the Oregon Gravel
.company has sold out, or traded
Its stock in the triple organization
Bias not been stated.
BANDIT ESCAPES GUARD
PORTLAND HIGHWAYMAN
GETS AWAY FROM HOSPITAL
PORTLAND. July 12. (By As
sociated Press) Gordon Phillips,
23, who was shot and wounded in
an attempted drugstore holdup
here Friday night, today escaped
from St. Vincent's hospital where
he had been held under guard. Pa
trolman John H. Drinnon, assign
ed to guard the injured man was
discharged by Chief ot Police
Jenkins who charged the officer
with "gross neglect of duty."
-Investigating - officers said
Philips appropriated clothes from
his roommates while Drinnon was
out of the room for a short time,
and made his way down a fire escape.
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY
KILLER CAUGHT
HTO CRASH
Two Narcotic Addicts Shoot
Three Persons to Death
in Chicago Robbery
ONE GUNMAN CAPTURED
Pair,, Attempting to Escape in
Taxicab, Wreck Car; Driver
Is Held, Other Makes
His Get-away
CHICAGO, July 12, (By Asso
ciated Press). ;Twb hoodlums,
believed to be narcotic addicts,
shot and killed Ludwig Rose, a
cab driver, early today in Cicero,
turbulent suburb; took "his cab
and a few minutes later shot and
killed Fred Hein, a Sunday school
superintendent, and : his fiance,
Miss Marie Blang, after an appar
ent effort to rob them. The lat
ter two were en route home from
church when they were killed.
Police tonight had part of the
story of the tragic escapade from
Thomas McWaine, 24, and they
sought Joseph Granito as his com
panion. McWaine was arrested,
but his companion, known only to
him as "Eddie," escaped.
At the police station. McWaine
declared, officers said, that his
companion had suggested that
they "make some easy money."
They employed the taxicab with a
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81
FLAX MONEY IS NEEDED
EMERGENCY BOARD SUMMON
ED TO CONSIDER APPEAL
Members of the state emergency
board have been summoned - tV
meet in Salem Wednesday to con
sider authorizing i an emergency
appropriation of between $50,000
and $75,000 for the conduct of the
state flax industry operated in
c6nnection with the Oregon peni
tentiary. The call was issued by the sec
retary of state at the request of
Governor Pierce.
The governor's letter indicated
that the appropriation was re
quired to pay for; flax now arriv
ing at the prison plant pending
sale of the finished product. It
was said that as soon as the fin
ished product is sold the money
would be repaid.
Reports at the; prison recently
from the east were to the effect
that the market for flax has
slumped. This fact was said to be
responsible for the shortage of
funds available for the purchase
of flax straw from the growers.
"YOIFRE A BETTER MAN THAN I AM, GORDON GIN!"
V. 45f Q&y
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MORNING, JULY 13, 1926 !
ITER, AUTOS
TAKE 8 LIS
Five Drowned, Three Killed
In Automobile Accidents
in Northwest
TWO OTHERS NEAR DEATH
Unusually Heavy Toll Claimed for
Day; Hot Weather Is Respon
sible for Swimming Cas
ualties .
PORTLAND, July 12. (By As
sociated . Press.) Five persons
were drowned and three were kill
ed in automobile accidents in the
northwest yesterday and today. No
hope is held for the recovery of
two other accident victims.
An unidentified Portland youth
was drowned while swimming in
the Columbia river riear The Dal
les this afternoon. The body had
not been recovered late tonight.
Victor Murata, aged one year,
lost his life in an irrigation ditch
in the Yakima district this morn
ing. Frank Kozlovski, 33, drown
ed in the Willapa river yesterday
while swimming near Menio,
Wash.
An unidentified negro about 24
years old, was drowned near the
mouth of the Umatilla river yes
terday. Gus Jones, 44, fire warden, was
instantly killed when the gas
speeder on which he was riding
near Olympia, Wash., today,
crashed head on into a freight
train. Roy A. Angel, 24, was
drowned at the Radium Springs
swimming resort near Haines,
(Continued on pui 8.)
BAND CONCERT TONIGHT
CHERRIA NTS POPULARITY IN
CREASES WITH SERIES
The program for tonight's Cher
rian band concert, as announced
by Oscar Steelhammer, director,
is as follows:
March, "The Elks" Seitz
Selection, "The Maid and the
Mummy" Bowers
"Maryland" Fuhrer
Popular numbers "I Am Sitting
on Top of the World"; "The
Prisoner's Song"; "Roses"....
Overture, "Barber of Seville"
Risslnl
Vocal solo, "Dance of the Hours"
Ponchlelli
Overture, "Princess of India"
King
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart,"
and "Hi, Ho, the Merrio,"..
Claude Stevenson
March, "Circusdom" Jewell
"Star Spangled Banner."
Farm Yields Shaw Increase
General Increase Is Noted in Agricultural Production for
Oregon; 1926 Review Made by Department
of Agriculture !
PORTLAND, July 12. (By Associated Press.) Oregon's
total agricultural production for 1926 has an approximate
I value of $182,632,742, according to a review of the crop con
ditions of the state just issued by the united btates depart
ment of agriculture.
The estimated production of various commodities in the
tate follow:
Commodity
Winter wheat, acres
Winter wheat, bushels :
Spring wheat, acres
Spring wheat, bushels
Oats, acres
Oats, bushels .':
Barley, acres
Barley, bushels
Rye (for griari), acres
Rye (for grain) , bushels
Potatoes, acres
Potatoes, bushels
All tame hay. acres
All tame hay, tons : -
Apples, bushels
Pears, bushels
Peaches, bushels
Hops, acres -
Hops, pounds
The five year average produc-
Hon nl all wheat for the Pacific
northwest (Oregon, Washington
and Idaho) is 8 8,578,000 bushels,
the report said 1926 production is
estimated at about 81,000,000 bu
shels. Last year's production for
the three states was estimated at
about 82,000,000 bushels.
Of" other Droducts the review
said:
Corn: The 1926 Oregon corn
acreage is estimated at 75,000
acres, the greater part of which,
as usual will be used for silage
and green feed
Prunes: A month ago we esti
mated the Pacific northwest dried
(Continued-on pag 8)
200,000 ELKS MEET FOR
CONVENTION IN CHICAGO
WARM TRIBTJTJS -IS PAID TO
DODGMEN Blr SPEAKERS
Acting Mayor Extends Hospitality
of City; Huge Parade Is
Scheduled
CHICAGO, July 12. (By As
sociated Press) Given the glad
hand by a city decked with the
purple and white banners of their
order, members of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks were
formally welcomed tonight at a
public session which opened the
fraternity's 62nd annual grand
lodge reunion.
As many of the 200.0Q0 visitors
as could crowd into the auditor
ium heard themselves acclaimed
again by Martin J. O'Brien, acting
mayor as . "the best people on
earth," and listened to hearty ac
ceptance of Chicago's hospitality
from their spokesman. Judge Wil
liam Hawley Atwell of Dallas to
day, grand exalted ruler.
"The? three compelling loves of
a man's life," said Judge Atwell,
"are religious fervor, love of coun
tiy and regard for one's neighbor.
This trinity is the basic rock of
Likdom. ,
"It is not a political order. It
is not a religio'us order. Jt is not
a selfish order.- It is interested
in benelovence. It knows the lux
ury of doing good. It is the so
ciety of the sincere, the society of
servce in the largest sense and
writes above its temples 'right
eousness exalteth a nation'. '
Tomorrow, the grand lodge,
made up of some 2,200 past grand
rulers of subordinate lodges con
venes for the first of three busi
ness sessions.
Charles Grakelow, director of
public welfare for the city of Phil
adelphia is unopposed for election
as the new grand exalted ruler. He
will bo chosen by the grand lodge
tomorrow after the annual reports
of efflcers have been heard. -
Miami, Florida, and Cincinnati
are the outstanding candidates for
the 1927 meeting. '
TO DECIDE, SCHOOL PLAN
ARCHITECT FOR NEW TUXEDO
BUULDIKG TO BE NAMED
The architect whose plans for
the new school building to be
erected on the recently purchased
Tuxedo Park tract will be selected
at a meeting of the school board
tonight, following a recent series
of secret conferences with archi
tects during which plans have
been thrashed oat in detail. ,
Unusual interest is manifest in
the meeting, with directors some
what d ivided Jp judgment con
cerning the most practicat of the
designs offered,. , Plans mont far
ored provide for extentioas at t
future date, and' are marked , by
sfcace economy, furnishing aniple
seating capacity;
1
Estimate
1926
880,000
17,247,000
5 Year
Average
841,000
15,913,000
250,000
5,020,000
276,000
8,862,000
82,000
2,416,000
12)00
144,000
45,00
4,513,000
976,000
2,001,000
6,573,000
1,308,000
239,000
12,000
11,316,000
146,000
2,300,000
304,000
9,425,000
-82,000
2,378,000
io,uuu
117,500
45,000
4,770,000
892,000
1,695,000
,tzu,uuu
2,163,000
408,000
1?'225
12,870,000
ASK WILLIAMS TO TELL
WHY PROSECUTION LAGS
RECORDS SHOW NO TRIAL; OF
MAX ACCUSED FEB. 2
10 Weeks Pass Without Action, in
Court; Explanation Is
Demanded
Fred A. Williams, when he took
his oath as city attorney, pledged
to uphold the laws of the city of
Salem, and to prosecute violators
of the law.
A special police report, made
out at the request of Mayor John
B. Giesy, shows that Alfred Tal
lon was arrested on February 27,
charged with driving while drunk.
That arrest was made 19 weeks
ago.' - - - - h
According to Mayor Giesy,! ct
lng upon information furnished
him by police officials, there is no
record showing what aciton, if
any, was taken against' Alfred
Tallon, or showing what chance
he was given to clear himself, as
suming the charge brought
against him was false.
"Nineteen weeks have passed,
according to the records Alfred
Tallon has not been given a
chance to clear himself, and has
not been tried for the charge on
which he was arrested," 1 the
mayor declared. !
The city council, believing; the
drunken driver is a criminal to be
punished severely, has set the
minimum sentence for this of
fence at $100 fine and 60 days in
Jail.
"Why has no additional record
been made in this case," Mayor
Giesy inquires.
WEEKS PASSES IN DEATH
FORMER WAR SECRETARY
SAID VICTIMTOF OVERWORK
LANCASTER, N. H., July 12.
(By Associated Press) John! W.
Weeks lay tonight for the last
time on his beloved White Moun
tain top overlooking the place! - ot
his birth with a lifetime of ser
vice to his city, state and country
behind him. It was this unre
mitting .service which underlay the
physical causes of his death early
tr day. j
Worn out by the duties as sec
retary of war which he had given
himself so wholeheartedly, j Mr.
Weeks had sought health and rosl
ii South America and California
before he turned once ; more to his
native New Hampshire. Here on
Mount Prospect, Lis own posses
sion with his wife and son and
daughter to companion him, be
f'mght his last battle with illness;
If was a losing battle.- The for
mer senator and war . secretary
sank into a coma on Sunday morn-
irg from which he merer roassd
though his family waited patiently
and hopefully at his bedside for a
final word. i
HEART ATTACK
S FATAL
OTTO KADERABKK, 63, DIES
WHILE TAKING WALK -
' ;, ; -! ,vj "-I -
A heart attack that seised him
as he was taking his evening walk
on Sonth High y street at 1:3 0
o'clock Monday . night, m proved
fatal to Otto Kaderabek. ,. a
tailor employed i by the D. H.
Mosher company; here. - He- died
while being taken to a hospitals i
Kaderabek is believed to have
had ; no relatives in - Salem. ' -tile
has; been employed by the Moaner
firm for seven years. ' He h.d suf
fered two previous' heart strokes;
It is said. . ; 1-
The body Is in care: ot the Rig-
tf9if Sn mortuary, i . , i
PRICE FIVE JENTS
RECOVER DEAD
FROM ABSEIL
19 . Mangled ' Bodies Taken
From Ruins After Dlsas
trous Bombardment
MAGAZINES YET SMOKING
Danger , Still t Seen as Smoldering;
Flames Spring Up Anew; -'Patrol
Lines Thjrown'
About 'Zone 1 ' '
DOVER, N. J.. July IS. (By
Associated -press.) New Jersey's
shell racked area, trembled be
fore the threat of another disas
trous bombardment tonight.
Flames, smoldering for three days
flared anew with a shifting wind
and fired one of the dozen re
maining magazines in Lake Den
mark's burning arsenal.
The other magazines were- en
dangered by the explosion and the
task of reclaiming the dead of
Saturday's disaster was aban
doned temporarily. ; , . ' 1 : "
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur,
who was on the scene, ordered the
searching parties from the devas
tated area when the veering wind .
turned the flames toward the
magazines as yet unexploded and
threatened blasts as riolent as
those of Saturday.
He also directed patrol lines
be tightened around the ten mile
zone evacuated yesterday when
army, navy and marine picket
lines were established. ' This
brought new despair and bewild
erment to hundreds of - refugees
who because of the quiet day had
hopes of returning to their tbat-
tereiT homes.
Parts of 17 bodies were found
In today's first exploration of the .
shell " torn naval reservation ,
bringing the total number of
known dead to 19.' The bodies .
and remains brought 'out today '
were sent to the naval hospital in
Brooklyn, where an effort will be
made to identify them tomorrow.
Naval officers said that' the -bodies
were so badly mutilated
that - identification ' would be im
possible -until duplicate' records
containing fingerprints' and dental
charts arrived -at the hospital from
Washington.; - The charts are ex
pected to reach Brooklyn early 'to
morrow. " " ' !
Identification .of. one body as
that of Private Morris Hardaker .
of the ' marines and- another as
that of Harry Christian Brown, .
pharmacist's mate, of Pough
keepsfe, N. Y., brought the num
ber, ot identified dead to foar. .
Mrs. Frances Feeney of Brooklyn,
visitor," at the naval depot, and
Lieutenant George W. Botts. Jr.,
ot Richmond, Va.; were the others. '.
, Mrs. Feehey'a body was' claimed
by relatives today. ' ,
k. Funeral services, the first tor
a, victim ot the district, were held
here for Lieutenant Botts" this aft
ernoon. A simple military cere-'
mony with the flat' draped ' oyer ,
(OeatinaI on pr S.) ,
Today's ! 1 '
Reasons . '
For '
Driving
Carefully
"' The front ! and . rear fenders
were torn off a car driven br M.
II. Herbaugh,' route J, Salem,
Sunday when It was struck by a
stage 'driven by Ev H." Willis n
the Menera bridge. ? i ,
-" Charles Onishl of Independence
reported to the local police Hhaf
a ear tried t to ' pass 'his car' two
miles north of Oregon City Ban
dar, striking 'his 'car and causing
slight, damage.'. . : ' 1
i A boy on a bicycle ran into a
car' parked lis' front -of the Parrish
junior high! schoor Sundayj-vthe
boy suffering a eat neck, accord
ing to a report tamed in to police,
headquarters by E. T, Arneson of
McMlnnvflle, the - owner- of the
car. Mr. ! Arneson did not learn
the boy's name. -r i
.; ; II. E. Had well, arrested on a
charge of speeding, deposited bail
of 1 2 5 in the : Justice court Mon
day to guarantee ; his appearance
later, - Carl, Allen, arrested with
Hadwell., placed bail of 125 fol
lowing v the placing: ot . charge ,
against him of -breaking glass on
the highway. ; ,
t ' A. N."- Schoeph" deposited t2&
ball in the Justice court following
hU arrest for Speeding. . Ray ,W. .
Kiipp, arrested on the ' same
charge, has , not Vet appeared la'
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