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Wm WEATHER FORECAST Unsettled with occasional rains: cloudy; moderate south and southwest winds. Yesterday's maximum. 63; minimum, 50; river, -1.2; rain, .09; . atmos phere, cloudy; wind, south. The . thing: that really hurts the modern girl's pride is to -tell her that she is no more wicked than her grandmother was. Florence (Ala.) Herald. . SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 926 PRICE FIVE CENTS tt j INED HOIS LEFT BY GALE Fifty Thousand Need Shel ter as Storm Blows Out in Mississippi PENSACOLA IS STRICKEN Additional $2,000,000 Damage Is Checked Up Against Hurri cane, Local Relief Is Speeded Up (By Associated Press) Leaving a long trail of destruc tion and hundreds of dead, in jured and homeless, the tropical hurricane which came out of the Bahamas Friday to rage across southern Florida and along the eastern gulf coast finally has blown itself out in southern Mississippi. With direct communication re stored to the last of the isolated cities Pensacola It appears that there was no loss of life along the gulf, although the wind at times reached a velocity of 120 miles an hour, comparable to that which leveled towns on the southeast ern Florida coast leaving at least 400 dead, 150 or more missing, 5000 injured, and 50,000 home less. - Property damage in Pensacola was estimated at $2,000,000, but at Mobile the loss was less than half that amount. Smaller towns in Alabama and Mississippi suf fered some, loss and crops in the southern sections of these states were badly damaged. A report sent from the naval station at Pensacola to the navy department at Washington told of severe damage to the naval air station at the Florida port. There was no loss of life at the station. The message added that the water and power systems supply ing the naval air station were suspended and possibly could not be put into operation for two veeks. Besides this message, another came out of Pensacola over a sin gle wire of the American Tele phone Telegraph., company i which was operated for a short time. The wind raged for 15 hours, from 3 a. m. Monday, at- (Contlnued on page 5.) V0I6HT LEARS LESSON OLD SCHOOL FRIENDS" GET COMPANION DRUNK Adolph Voight met some old school friends from the east Sat urday night and went with them to celebrate. He woke up in the city jail the next morning and yesterday was fined $50 by Muni cipal Judge Mark Poulsen on a charge of possessing intoxicating liqi'or. According to Judge Poulsen, the two friends took Voight out and made him drunk, stuffed a bottle containing liquor in his pocket, and turned him out into the street where the police would be sure to get him. Then they went to Voight's house and started to take his car out of the garage, with the mani fest intention of leaving in it for parts unknown. However, a wo man who conducts a rooming house near by saw them doing it, suspected something was wrong, and made them stop. Now Voight is shy $50, but he has learned not to trust old school friends very far when he next encounters them. HANEY TALKS AT ASTORIA CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR SPEAKS AT FAIR OPENING ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 21. (AP) IWt E. Haney, democratic candi date for senator, addressed a large gathoring at the Clatsop county fair opening here tonight. -Mr. Hany attacked what he termed tli "regular republicanism" ot the Oregon congressional delega tion, stating that the powers ex istent in Vongress paid ,no heed to thpir requests for federal aid for Oregon because they knew that, no matter how little atten tion was paid to their efforts they would still "stay with the party." ilamy also attacked President Cooliuge's attitude toward govern mental commissions and boards, declaring that he sought to exer cise control over them that was ftTiot fontemplated when the board were created by congress. EASTERN KILLER GUILTY .liHXSON IS CONVICTED FOR MURDER IN MINNESOTA MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 21. (AP) Tom Johnson, self-accused murdered, was found guilty here tonight. The jury was out nearly throe hours. Johnson was charg ed with slaying Leonard Erdall, young attorney, and former foot ball player at the University of Minnesota, who was killed during a holdup last December. Johnson -surrendered in Seattle and was later brought here tor trial. Window Displays to Open Tonight, Merchants Ready Elaborate Entertainment Planned as Fpll Style Festival Nears, Thousands of Visitors Expected in Salem Tonight The 10,000 tickets to be given out tonight, some of which will entitle holders to claim prizes tagged with similarly numbered tickets in store windows here, will be distributed at 7 o'clock, it was announced yesterday afternoon. The prize tickets to be given the merchants will be distributed shortly before 7 o'clock. Besides the two orchestras to furnish music for the dance on Court street between High and Commercial, a Panatrope furnished by Stiff sfurniture store and a radio 1 " " furnished by Halik & Eoff will be r lorida r una ivlounts SALEM RED CROS CHAP TER STRIVES FOR GOAL A total of $817.25 towards a goal of $1000 was raised by the local Red Cross chapter yesterday to be used for the sufferers in the storm stricken districts of Florida. Workers will keep up the drive until this noon, when the chapter ex pects to have the whole sum of $,1000 ready to send on its way before the close of banking hours. The workers were unable to cover the whole city yesterday although several teams were out. Considerable difficulty has been found in obtaining enough workers, although sev eral additional ones have been obtained for this morning's drive. C. E. Albin is president of the local chapter, but is out of the city now. In his absence E. T. Barnes, vice president, T. M. Hicks secretary, and Mrs. John J. Rottle. treasurer, are In charge of the drive. ANTI-STREAM POLLUTION LEAGUE PLANS PROGRAM PLANTS WILL RE ASKED TO MAKE WASTE DISPOSAL Campaign Would Educate People to Needs of Proper Sew age Legislation PORTLAND, Sept. 21. CAP). A four months campaign to educate legislators and a much longer campaign to educate the people of the state to the neces sity of installing sewage and waste products disposal plants were planned today by the execu tive committee of the Oregon Anti-Stream Pollution league. Ralph Schneeloch was appoint ed chairman of a committee em powered to employ a director who will travel over the state pushing the campaign. Other members of the committee will be named probably tomorrow. Another com mittee to formulate a legislative program to be submitted to the league at its next meeting will be appointed. What he called a "sane" pro gram was proposed by O. Laur gaard, engineer for the city of Portland. He proposed that a two-year period be designated within which every city in the state shall decide on a means for the disposal of sewage in a man ner approved by the state board of health; and that a subsequent 10-year period be designated within which the disposal plants shall be constructed. Simitar legislation requiring industrial plants to find ways of disposing of injurious waste products now dumped in streams was proposed (Oon tinned on pt 7.) CAR HITS SALEM WOMAN UNKNOWN PEDESTRAIN STEPS IN FRONT OF MACHINE Robert Ashby of 219 South 19th street reported at local po lice headquarters yesterday that his car had knocked down a wom an at 13th and State streets, but that he was unable to obtain the woman's name. He said the wom an stepped out suddenly from a car parked beside the curb, direct ly into the path of his machine, and that she apparently was not looking where she was going. She was not seriously injured, accord ing to the report. RUTH HITS 44TH HOMER BLOW MADE OFF WHITE SOX RECRUIT FROM TEXAS CHICAGO. Sept. 21. (AP) Babe Ruth of the New York Yank ees crashed out his 44th home run of the season in the ninth inning today, scoring Meusel. Lester Cox, of Palestine, Texas, rookie, was pitching for the White Sox. Tony Lazzeri followed Ruth a moment later by driving the ball into the left field bleachers for his 18th circuit drive of the season. ANOTHER STORM FEARED KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept. 21. (AP) Fears are entertained here that another hurricane has hit the Bahamas. The local gov ernment and 'business firms have been unable to get In touch with Nassau A ' special steamer: will be seat to ascertain tne situation. .!''!.'; .,, h I placed at different points in the downtown district to disseminate music for fall display guests. A band has also been obtained by the Ad club committee in charge and will be used to add to the harmony. Visitors from all nearby sec tions of the Willamette valley have already begun to arrive in Salem for the event and many more are expected before tonight. The opportunities to win prizes of merchandise, added to the attrac tion of the many displays, is ex pected to draw thousands. A partial list of gifts to be furn ished by various local stores has been compiled. It is as follows. Kafonry Bros., box Humming Bird hose. Portland Music House, ukelele. Miller's, trunk and Indian blanket. Shipley's, combination teddy and gown to match. Man's Shop, belt set. Central Pharmacy, DeVilbis perfume atomizer. Cosmopolitan stores, rayon chemise. J. C. Penney Co., slicker um brella. Stiff Furniture Co., smoking stand. Worth's Department store, one ladies" swr-ater. C. C.'Moon Giftry. vase. Bishop's, imported wool scarf. Pomeroy & Keene, giftry gilt. Giese-Powors, davenport, lamp, fernery and chair. Scotch Woolen Mills Store, Red Grange sweater. STUDENT CARS OPPOSED "CONTRIBUTE ttf DELINQUEN CY," OAC CONTENDS Letters have been received re cently by Sam A. Koker, secretary of state and member of the board of regents of Oregon's various edu cational institutions, urging that the officials of OAC discourage students from taking (heir auto mobiles to the educational center during the school period. Action to this end was taken recently by authorities of the Uni versity of Oregon. The .secretary of state said he probably would refer the letters to the board of regents of OAC at their nex: meeting. Officials of the university alleg ed in letters written to parents of the students that the automobile detracted from study, and in soms cases had conributed to delinquency. N I HI II II Ml P.l II II I j II .1 LET ST1PIELD SLOGAN APPEAR Supreme Court Grants Right to Print "Freedom From Dictatorship" BALLOT FIGHT IS END "Political Principle Expressed in Wording." Court Holds, in Granting Mandamus Petition The state supreme court yes terday granted the petition of Robert N. Stanfield, independent candidate for United States sena tor at the November election, who in mandamus proceedings filed re cently against the secretary of state sought to have either of the slogans, "Freedom from Dictator ship" or "No Dictatorship," print ed after his name on the official ballot. The opinion was written by Chief Justice McBride. "It is conceded, for the purpose of this case," read the opinion, "that the plaintiff is not the nom inee of any existing political party and that he has been nominated by a regularly constituted assem bly of voters, and is, therefore, an independent candidate within the meaning of the law. "The plaintiff contended that under sub-division three of sec tion 3923, Oregon laws, he is en titled to have the political prin ciple which he represents, express ed in the ballot is not more than three words, and that "Freedom from Dictatorship, Independent." expresses a political principle. "It would seem that the words, "Freedom from Dictatorship" ex presses a political principle quite as definitely as the words, "Re publican, Democrat or Socialist." and unless there is some inhibi tion in the statute, the plaintiff is entitled to have them go upon the ballot, the idea of the fram ers of the statute being to inform the voters in a general way upon what particular political principle the candidate claims their suf frage. It may oe a little hazy and ambiguous, but perhaps not much more than many political plat- (Continued on page 4) Hopes Tunney Wins PINCHOT REFUSES TO IX TERFERE IN' RATTLE HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 21 (AP) Governor Pinchot wiil not interfere with the Demp-sey-Tunney fight. Instead, he will attend it himself and he hopes Gene Tunney will win. He so informed the Rev. Charles Scanlon of Pittsburgh, general director of the depart ment of moral welfare of the Presb terian board of Christ ian education, tonight, in a let ter refusing a request that he stop the match. HUCKLEB ERRY FINN FEDERAL JUDGE DIES SUDDENLY Charles E. Wolverton Drops Dead From Apoplexy at Age of 75 Years FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE Was Well Known in Salem; He Received Doctor's Degree at Willamette in 1808, Prac ticed Here ASTORIA, Sept. 21. (AP). Federal Judge Charles E. Wolver ton, of Portland, dropped dead in the lobby of the Gearhart hotel at Gearhart, Ore., today. He was spending two weeks at Gearhart endeavoring to recover from a slight illness. This evening, after spending the afternoon on the golf course and in seeming good health, the judge seated himself in a chair in the hotel lobby to read the eve ning paper. Apparently the stroke came unexpectedly for he was dead when discovered by friends who had first thought he had fainted. The judge was 75 years of age. Death was caused by apoplexy. PORTLAND. Sept. 21. (AP) Federal Judge Charles E. Wolv erton, one of Oregon's most prom inent citizens and jurists, who died tonight at Gearhart, was born in Des Moines, Iowa, May 1851. He celebrated his 3 2nd year as a state and federal jurist in Oregon on July 2 o this year. Judge Wolverton's hatchelor of law degree was taken in Kentucky inn 1879 and he received his de gree of doctor of laws at Willam ette university in Salem in 1S98. and for a number of years prac ticed law at Albany. In 1894 he was elected to the supreme court of the state, which office he held until 1905. During the period he was on the supreme bench, he served as chief justice from 1898 (Continued on page 4) EAGLE RESUMES KILLING RIRD FLIES RACK TO STAY TON FROM PORTLAND Poultry and young live stock around Stayton are again suffer ing from the ravages of the big golden eagle turned loose by the uregon Humane society near Portland recently, and the state game commission has given its permission to kill the bird. The eagle was caught in a trap set by Henry Siegmund recently, following many depredations com mitted against lambs and ducks, and displayed in a cage near Hub bard. The Humane society pro tested and obtained an order for the bird's release. Instead of taking it to Harney county to turn loose, the society released it just east of Portland, from where it soon made its way back to the Stayton hunting grounds. Mt. Angel Residents Join To Save Church Property Statesman Reporter, Eye Witness of Disaster, Describes Scenes as Flames Cut Building After Building in Early Morn By Parker Branin Reactions of persons connected with the Mt. Angel college community varied greatly when they were awakened by shout of "fire" and heard the ominous crackle of the flames during the early morning hours of Tuesday. All were able to dress and flee from the building although many left their personal effects behind in their efforts to combat the spreading flames and to save the valuable church works of art in the chapel. D. P. Nolanhead of the chemistry department, and grad uate of Notre Dame, was recently married, and he and his wife had just returned from a trip to Portland where fur nishings for their home had been .- purchased. As the furnishings had not arrived they were sleep ing in the guest room of the main college building. "My first thought was of the chemicals in my department and the fear of an explosion should they become ignited." said Nolan. "I was able to reach the labora tory in time to carry out a few of the chemicals before ordered from the building by firemen. "Luckily the supply of chemi cals for the year had not arrived and we had only a small stock on hand." His wife volunteered the in formation that his Notre Dame athletic blanket had also gone up tn smoke. Father Maurus, associate editor of St. Joseph's Blatt,"a weekly pa per published in the Mt. Angel printing plant, which is the larg est private printing plant west of Chicago, said that he was awak ened by the shouts and of people running down the corridor's but thought nothing of it. He said that when he became fully awake the fire had gained considerable headway. "I can remember when this building was completed," he said gazing at the doomed structure, "We moved in on Christmas night in 1904. The building was origi naly started in 1888 and all the stone was hand hewn. This is the second fire we have had, the other occurring in 1892 when we were located, at the bottom of the bill. "We are certainly very grateful for the aid t.he people of the sur rounding country have given us to night, especially the fireman; they are doing a noble work. We have quite a community here and there are about 80 people connected with the college proper." One small boy who had come all the way from Idaho to enter the (Continued on page 3) CONVICTS HURT IN CRASH TWO, OX WAY TO PRISON, IN JURED AS CAR TIPS Stanley Brookhart and Vernon Haworth, on their way from Doug las county to begin serving a year's sentence for sheep stealing, suffered serious injuries when the car which was bringing them here skidded off the highway and over turned In a ditch five miles north of Albany, yesterday afternoon. An ambulance from Albany was called and brought them to Salem. J. G. Hodges, deputy sheriff, who was driving the car, escaped with a few bruises, and his young son was also bruised considerably. Brookhart was most seriously injured, receiving a broken collar bone. and severe bruises and lacer ations of the face. Haworth also received a broken collarbone and had bruises about the body. The two convicts were treated at the prison hospital. Both' men were residents of Drain, in Douglas county. SIX LOWEST SCHOOL AGE COUNTY SCHOOLS BARRED TO EXTREMELY YOUNG No children under 6 years of age will be, permitted in any sec ond or third class schools of the county, it was announced yester day by Mrs. Mary Fulkerson, county school superintendent. A rule exists "banning such children and it will be strictly followed, she says. Children who will become six years old before February 1 will be permitted to enter, however. she says. INDIAN FIGHT REPORTED ONE HUNDRED KILLED, MANY HURT CHECK SHOWS . Nogales, Ariz., Sept. 21. (AP) A dispatch to the Herald today from Guyamas, Soriora, Mexico, said that 75 soldiers and 28 YaquI Indians had been killed In a battle-' four -kilometres north of Tithaya station. The message said a large number of each party had been wounded. HEAVY SNOW FALL SEEN DROP . IN TEMPERATURE RE PORTED FROM MONTANA GREAT FALLS, Mont., Sept. 21. (AP) -A heavy snow fell here during the night. Clearing skies today, were accompanied by & sharp drop in temperature. Snow flurries also have been reported today from Havre and other northern Montana points.' TWO DIE IN FURNACE AS PLANE GAS BURNS COMMANDER AND NAVIGATOR LEAP TO SAFETY OX FIELD Giant Biplane Trips in Hop-off i Proposed America to France Flight WESTBURY. N. Y., Sept. 21. (AP). Disaster struck down the giant Sikorsky biplane S-35 with in two minutes after its attempted hop-off today for a non-stop flight from New York to Paris. A mass of twisted wreckage and the charred bodies of Charles W. Clavier, radio operator, and Jacob Islamoff. mechanic, tonight were the tragic aftermath of what was to have ben one of he most daring ventures ever attempted in the history of aviation. Captain Rene Fonck, command er for the flight, and Lieutenant Lawrence William Curtain, U. S. N., navigator, saved their lives by scrambling from the plane an in stant before it burst into flames. The flight, which it had been hoped would take Captain Fonck and his intrepid companions on a 3600-mile trip .across the Atlantic, ended in tragedy when the mon ster airplane, carrying a record weight of 28,000 pounds, was un able to lift itself Xrom the ground and crashed over' an embankment on Roosevelt field. There was an instant flare of flames and black clouds of smoke billowed to the sky. Trapped in side the cabin of the plane, Clav ier and Islamoff perished almost instantly. A crowd of more than 1000 that had cheered the flyers two minutes before, stood helplessly by, atf:esruck, unable even to at tempt a rescue of the two trapped men, while the 23,000 gallons of gasoline in the plane burned with the intensity of an jnferno. Eighteen months of work spent in building an expected super plane for strength and endurance in long distance flying had gone up in smoke within 15 minutes after the craft had roarer down the field. More than $100,000 had been spent In building the craft, and America and France were to have shared in the laur els, had its flight been successful. GAINES' APPEAL ASKED "PUBLIC TRIAL" CRITICIZED IN 1 AFFIDAVITS SEATTLE, Sept. 21. (AP) Nineteen affidavits that Wallace Cloyes Gaines, convicted August 19 of murdering his daughter Syl viav 22, did not receive a public trial, were filed in superior court here today in support of'a motion for a new trial. Signers of the affidavits includ ed lawyers, newspapermen and Al fred J. Schweppe, dean of the Uni versity of Washington law school. They attested that the trial was open only to lawyers and news papermen and that to obtain ad mission they were compelled to identify themselves. Hearing on the motion is Friday and If it is denied the death penalty fixed by the jury is to be ordered by Judge Robert M. Jones, and the date of execution set. NORTHERN LIGHTS SHINE WIRE SERVICE HALTED BY ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE WINNIPEG, Sept. 21. (AP) Telegraphic communication front eastern Canada to Calgary was in terrupted , today by heavy electri cal charges from brilliant north ern lights, the aurora borealls. and harvesting was at a stand still in Alberta following another snowstorm. Wire chiefs in local telegraph offices disconnected circuits to prevent burning of instruments. When electrical charges Jumped Into circuits, transmission was completely severed for intervals AVIATRIX'S BODY FOUND REMAINS OF MRS. EARLlGTtAY FOUXD AT HUG IOLT . ASTORIA. Or.r SfipL 21. (AP The body of Mrs. Ear Gray, who lost her life 'near Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach recently, when an airplane she was piloting crash ed into the surf, wad found this afternoon near Hug Point, a short distance below Cannon Beach. The remains are being held here pend ing word from Mr. Gray, who is now In Seattle. NEW BUG TO RISE, SAYS PARISH PRIESTi Ruined Mt. Angel College to Be Rebuilt After Disaster Yesterday STUDENTS TO BE SENT TO COLUMBIA AT ONCE Loss Estimate Mounts as Toll Is Counted FIRE FIGHTERS PRAISED New Structures to Be Erect ed on Side Hill, Not on For mer Location, Is Verdict of Authorities jkAji MQUNT ANGEL, Sept. 21. t special, j tonttrrucuon of a temporary building will strt Immediately to house the articles that were saved from tliis morning's early blaxe," Father Dominic, priest of Mt. Angel parrish, said late today following a meeting of the Mt. Angel col lege board. "The students will be sent V to Columbia university and -St. Marks college and a few will return to their, homes. It in a physical Impossibility for us to take rare of any of . them now as far as the col lege is concerned. "It is our hope, that new build ings will be far enough along by Christmas for us to take care of those in the seminary preparing for the priesthood, but we will not. attempt to take care of the regu lar students until next' fall whei we hope to have a complete new unit of college buildings. Outside . of a few lay professors the col lege organization will remain in tact. "The new buildings will be situated on the slope of the hill and will not be in the same loca tion as those consumed this morn ing. Had adequate water pres sure been available I believe the main building could have been saved. We are certainly grateful for the prompt response of the fire companies in Silverton and Woodburn and for the unit w&lch arrived from Salem with a pump er that made it possible to save the post office and the printing plant." Estimates of the loss of the fire which started at about 12:45 from (Continued an par 8) DALLAS TO HAVE FAIR POLK COUNTY EXHIBITS WILD START THURSDAY The three-day session of the Polk county fair will begin Thurs day at Dallas for the .fourteenth annual time. No admission will be charged except for concessions and amusements. Community ex hibits and boys and girls' dab work will be featured. ' - The Dallas band will give a free concert each evening, with soloists on each program, .The fair board is financing the con certs. The Browning amusement1 company will have charge of the concessions. : .-. . Much Interest Is being displayed by the various communities In Polk county, so an excellent group of exhibits is expected. The prune and hops harvest will be done, so the farmers will be free to devote their attention tothia fair. . Dallas business men are expect ed to close their stores one after noon while the fair is In progress. Returns Salem fans will be given the usual reliable States man fight service Thursday night when Jack Dempsey and Gene I Tunney . meet In' Philadelphia for the world's heavyweight title. . The - Associated Presa will have a wire directs to the ringside and blow- ' by-blow details of the big r bout Will be flashed across -the continent just a mo- ' meut after they happen.- Preliminary" " bulletins start about ' 5 o'clock. Salem time, while the main event Is, scheduled for 5:45 o'clock Get the first results by 'Statesman megaphone service". . f