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Southern Wisconsin Only Section Approaching This Valley; See News Item
WEATHER FORECAST: Rain; moder
ate temperature; south to west gales oh
the coast! Maximum temperature yester
day 1; minimum. 40: river. 2.7: atmbs-
Moscow now charge that the- United States
States with , making war on. China We knew
it was only a question or time unm yneie
s.m wnnM b ' blamed for - everything that
phere,' cloudy; wind, south.
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SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1927
PRICE FiVB CENTS
Gamp
Realtors
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S21 2.572.0B3
debt of state,
and divisions
Staterrlent Shows Bonded
Indebtedness of State
$202,398,359.51
$271 DEBT PER CAPITA
Viider Heading "Sinking Fund
and Contra As-sets" Found'
187,0 10.50 Vcter-
aus' State Aid
Thcipk;r capita indebtedness of
each resident of the state of Ore
gon is approximately $271. .That
established according to
a report issued by the state treas
ury department yesterday, which
showed that the t
warrant indebtedi
total bonded and
Iness of the state
and the civil subdivisions reached
?212.57?.063.99.
The state obligations were of
April l. 1927, while the obliga
tions of the civil subdivisions were
computed as of October 1, 1926.
Of the total indebtedness set out
in the report, $202,398,359.51
represent bonds, issued by the state
and its political subdivisions. The
remaining 110,173.704.48 includes
all warrants outstanding. The
sinking funds and contra assets
aggregate 939,586,011.01, leaving
the net debt at $172,986,052.98.
Bonded Debt 64,913,610
The statement showed that the
total bonded indebtedness of the
state is $64,913,610. This In
cludes state highway bonds in the
amount of $35,366,750; veterans
state aid bends of $27,000,000;
district interest bonds in the ag
gregate of $2,096,860, and farm
credit bonds of . $450,000. The
state has no outstanding war
rants. Under the head "sinking fund
and contra assets" there was cred-
j'jd against the veteran state aid
nds $25,187,046.50, and $3o
.14.199.51 against the state high
way bonds. The district interest
bonds and farm credit bonds are
fully covered by sinking fiund and
assets.- The .net bonded indebted
ness of th estate was fixed at $33,
865.503.99. Sub-Division Debt High
The bonded indebtedness of the
counties and other political sub
divisions on Oct. 1, 1926, was
5137,484,749. 51, while the vr
rants outstanding aggregated $10.
173.704.48. The total debt of the
counties and other subdivisions
of the state was computed at $147-
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NANKING AFFAIR
PROBE PROPOSED
ltgkxe cheS', is reply,
TO FIX RESI-OXSIBILITY
.Nationalist Withdrawing From
Cities on Taiigtse, Says
Admiral Williams !
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HANKOW. April 14'. (AP.)
KiiKne Chen, replying tonight to
I he recent five-power note demand
ing reparations and apologies for
the Nanking incident, proposed
formation of an international com
mission to investigate the affair.
Chen's reply to the American
and British notes declared those
nations "bombarded defenseless
Nanking.'
T the French and British he as
serted they nad "bombarded de
fenseless Shameen" (foreign set
tlement at Canton). Otherwise the
n-ply was identical in all respects
to the powers involved.
The Cantonese foreign minister
Mrtss that such incidentswbuld
f-riir as long as unequal treaties
exist, and proposed a commission
to revise them. He would not ad
"t that nationalist (Cantonese)
Hoops were responsible for tho
Nanking incident , . 4vl
WASHINGTON, April 14. Na
'i.inalist forces are withdrawing
from Nanking d-"Chlnkiang and
northern troops have re-occupied
the north bank of the Yangtss
from Tangcnow;to a point oppo
site Wuhu. Admiral Williams,
commander in chief of the Ameri
can naval forces in the Orient, re
Ported tonight to tha navy depart
ment, t
He said that 70 radical labor
"citaiors were killed and more
,hii 300 wou!ed In street fight-
lille With r-jnltnou ttwnna Ika
fcA'bapei district of Shanghai yes-
may.
"A mob of about 1,000 adher
ents or the general labor union
"'ncked a sniill military post, de
''rtttding return of arms recently
' ; k .n from them," ' the message
aid. ; . . .
"The military opened fire with
machine guns and the mob dis
persed and started sniping., but
ne snipers wero hunted down by
the military and quiet was re
stored. The general strike con
ttu" but u on,'r P'" success-
FLOODS' MENACE
BANKS OF RIVER
HIGHEST " .MARK IX RECENT
YEARS RECORbED
Condition Serious From Cairo
South; Number of Breaks '
Reported
MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 14.
(AP) From Cairo to the sea,
the most menacing flood in recent
years was sweeping down the
Mississippi river and its tribu
taries tonight urged on by con
tinuous rainfalls throughout the
basin.
High stages in the lower Ohio
valley from Evansville, Ind., to
Cairo. Ills., upward movement In
the Mississippi from Cairo to St.
Louis, increased volume of water
from smaller streams above
Cairo and the unloading of heavy
surplus of the Arkansas and
White rivers from Helena and
Vicksburg. forbode a stage which
may reach or surpass the records
in 1922 and 1923.
Government levees along the
Father of Waters continued to
hold tonight but engineers kept
vigilant watch. The guardians
reported the great dykes in fine
condition but they placed men
and machines at strategic points
to reinforce any weakness which
might develop under the Immeas
urable weight of waters.
Reports of three breaches in
the defenses at as many points in
the greater valley were received
here today.
The levee of the Arkansas river
at Haroldton, in Crawford coun
ty, Arkansas, cracked early today
and 400 yards of the earthen wall
were swept aside as the floods
rushed over thousands of acres of
bottom land.
Fifty feet of the "north St
Francis levee fell away near Tulot
on the St. Francis river. The
waters spread over the already
inundated sunken lands of 25,000
acres and bore down upon the
town of Truman, which but re
cently saw recession of a similar
overflow..
Tasting victory after two weeks
vain beating at the levee, the
Mississippi at Columbus, Ky
overwhelmed the private dyke
there and swept into that low ly
ing . fishing village through a
breach made by workers to ease
the force of the water.""
Major D, H. Connolly, chief en
gineer, ordered the placing of a
quarter boat opposite : Hickman,
Ky.. with workmen and 50,000
sacks as a precautionary measure.
Between 500 and 1.000 persons
have been forced to. flee from their
homes in Fort Smith and Van
Buren, Ark., because of the Ark
ansas river flood in northwest
Arkansas, the Fort Smith weather
bureau reported today. Fort
Smith's water supply was men
aced when the river threatened. to
invade the power plant there.
MODIFIED DECREE ASKED
Southern Pacific Iand Grant Case
Up Again in Portland
PORTLAND, April 14. (AP.)
George Neuner, United States
district attorney, today petitioned
the federal court for a modifica
tion of the decree of the late
Judge Wolverton against the
Southern Pacific company in the
Oregon-California land grant suit,
which returned title to the land
to the government.
- By he decree the railroad was
entitled to credit for the amounts
of the two suits, totalling $163.
140 35 These suits were thoso
of Andrew B. Hammond and Chas.
J. Winton against the Southern
Pacific, and the Booth-Kelly Lum
ber company against the railroad.
The Southern Pacific company
now contends that it is also en
titled to credit for interest and
costs, amounting to between $25,
000 and $40,000.
PRESIDENCY DISCUSSED
j
Candidate Opposed to Agricul
ture's Interest Hopclesrt
CHICAGO, April 14. (Al)
Senator Charles L. McNarfc- of
Oregon today declared that aj can
didate who is hostile to agricul
ture has no chance to be elected
president In 1928. jj
The Oregon senator, co-aathor
of the McNary-Haugen bill which
was passed by the 69th congress
but vetoed by the president, visit
ed . the offices of the American
Farm Bureau federation and de
clared he was touring the agri
cultural districts in an effort to
work out a new masure acceptable
to all factions.
"Primarily," he said. "I am
working for a just measure of re
lief for the farmer."
He declared he would return to
Chicago in July to confer with na
tional farm leaders on proposed
legislation to be introduced at the
next congress.
SIXTEEN HURT IN CRASH
Passenger Train Hits - Washout,
Fonr Cars Tnrft Orei- ;
NATCHITOCHES. La.. AprU-lt.
(AP) -Sixteen persons were In
jred,.slx of them seriously when
Texas and Pacific train No. 20.
southbound passenger, ran Into a
washout four miles north of here
tonight. - -
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SURVIVORS SM
Excitement Following Tor
nado's Coming Ends,
1 Leaving Only Sorrow
LOSS MILLION AND HALF
Gratitude for Assistance and 1 'ro
il lis of Further Aid, Ex
pressed by Mayor of
Stricken Town
ROCK SPRINGS, Texas, April
14. (AP. ) Virtually all of its
dead buried without benefit of
clergy in graves dynamited out of
solid rock by United States sol
diers, its injured either in hos
pitals in San Antonio or in tem
porary quarters here, and the
curious who crowded through the
morgues and about the ruins de
parted, what is left of the citizen
ry turned today to the task of re
building Rock Springs, torn from
its mountain seat by a tornado
Tuesday night.
The number of dead here is 47,
with eight known to be dead in
San Antonio and other cities mak
ing a total of 55.
vWith the excitement over, the
keenest sorrow merged into the
rruel necessities of the present
town to show a brave countenance
through its mask of death.
Gratitude Expressed
Standing amid the ruins of his
grocery and feed store, Mayor
J. N. Lockley asked the Associated
Press to convey the thanks of the
citizens to the whole outside world
for their offers of help and their
promises of aid.
"No one will know who has not
seen jt how complete has been our
(Continued on pags 2.)
TWO SLAIN IN CAPITOL
Lobbyist at Sacramento Kills
Legislature Journal Clerk
SATRA MRMTH Pol a n is
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(AP) A murder and suicide j
shocked the state legislature late i
today when Marybelle Wallace,
journal, clerk of the senate, from
Hollywood, was shot and killed
by Harry Hill, Los Angeles
lobbyist. The shooting occurred
on the fourth floor of the state
capitol.
After shooting the woman, Hill
turned the pistol on himself and
committed suicide. The woman
was unconscious as doctors from
the assembly rushed to the upper
corridor of the capitol.
The shooting was the outcome
of personal relations between the
two, attaches having reported that
he made threats some time ago
to shoot the Hollywood weman.
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WALLUSKI WlSP
CAMPS LOCATED
OFFICERS SEEKIXG EXPLANA
TION OF STRANGE RECLUSE
Disappears For Months, Then
Comes Rack To Raid Farm
ers Hen Coops
ASTORIA, April 14. (AP)
"Bush whacking" expiditions into
the heavily timbered Walluski dis
trict, three or four miles south
east of Astoria by Sheriff Harley
J. Slusher and deputies have re
sulted in the discovery of six
crudely-constructed camps, ap
parently lairs of the mysterious
"Walluski wisp," an emaciated,
slinking recluse, who has appeared
in that district at intervals in the
last few years.
The "wisp," a crouching figure,
gaunt, lean, unshaven, and clad in
overalls and an old army over
coat, has haunted the wild, canyon
filled district for four years, but
so great is his skill in woodcraft
that Intervals of six or eight,,
months have passed in which he
has remained hidden, only to ap
pear again in raids upon hen
coops, gardens, and fruit farms
of the district.
Two years ago two residents of
the district told officers that they
had caught the "wisp" near the
Olney road, south of here, and
that he had refused to talk, al
though making no effort to es
cape. One of the men went to Sum
mon officers, but the "wisp" took
advantage of his absence to dart
into the brush and disappear whilft
his captor was not looking.
Among theories advanced as to,
the man's Identity, officers say
that they think the most likely
one is that he is a victim of shell
shock in the war. They point- to
the fact that he always wears a
tattered army coat as evidence
supporting this contention.
TEMPLAR MEETING ENDS
Two Salem Men Elected Officers
of Grand Commandery
BEND, Ore., April 14. (AP)
The grand commandery. Knights
Templar of Oregon, closed its 41st
annual conclave here today, bring
ing to a close Bend's week of
Masonic conventions. Andrew P.
Davis of Marshfleld was elected
grand commander of the Knights
Templar.
Other officers were: Deputy
grand commander. Fred A. In
man, Portland: grand generalissi
mo, George W. Dunn, Ashland:
grapd captain-general, Wilson E.
Brock. Pendleton: grand senior
warden. Norman L. Grout, Port
land; grand junior warden, Ed
win L. Weider, Salem; grand
treasurer, John B. Cleland, Port
land; grand recorder. D. Regus
Chaney, Portland: grand prelate.
John K. Kollock. Portland; grand
standard bearer. Herbert L. Toney
McMinnville; grand sword bear
er. Lloyd L. Scott, Portland;
grand warden, J. C. Rhodes.
Bend: grand captain of the guard,
Carl W. Evertson, Marshfleld; inspector-general,
Milton L. Meyers,
Salem; reviewer, George T. Coch
ran, La Grande.;
EXPERIENCE MAY BE THE BEST TEACHER
COUNTY JUDGES
TO FIGHT STATE
THREATENED SUIT MAY BE
TAKEN TO HIGHER COURT
Attorneys Carson and Cordon to
Defend Action of Various
Count lea
Six county judges met in Salem
yesterday and decided to fight
any legal attempt on the part of
state officials to obtain a share in
the Oregon and California land
grant refund for the state itself.
These judges represent the asso
ciation of 11 counties, which are
affected by the tax refund act. Vic
tor Moses, county judge of Ben
ton county, presided at the meet
ing. It was indicated at the session
of the executive committee yester
day that if necessary the threaten
ed suit would be carried to the
United States supreme court.
Following a discussion of the
proposed litigation it was decided
by tho county judges to employ
John Carson, district attorney of
Marion county, to assist in the de
fense. He will.be associated with
Guy Cordon, district attorney of
I.Douglas county and counsel for
the Oregon and California Land
Grant assoc iation. District Attor
ney Cordon was a member of the
committee that was sent to Wash
ington to lobby for the passage of
the land grant tax refund'faw and
attended virtually all of the hear
ings held an the bill at the nation
al capitol.
It was. explained by District
Attorney Cordon at today's meet
ing that none of the facts in
volved in the threatened suit were
at issue in the they .were admitted
by both the state and the defense.
He said the outcome of the action
would hinge on the court's con
struction of the Jaw under which
the tax refund was granted.
he expense of conducting the
defense will fee borne by the 18
counties affected by the tax re
fund act despite that the action to
he brought by the state will be
filed against Marion county. It
was explained that such an ar
rangement was fair in that the re-
(Continned on pt(t 5.)
FAVOR CITY OWNERSHIP
North Salem Club Among First
to Start Active Drive
Business men of North Salem,
' organized in a club known as the
Salem Men's club, have started
(a move to aid the boom for mu-
nicipal ownership of the water
I works.
I Committees have been appoint-
ed to confer with the special city
council committee now working
on the matter, and If favorable
action is taken petitions will, be
circulated by the club in the north
part of the city for placing the
question before the voters in
June.
Members of the club are prac
tically solid in their support of
municipal ownership and were the
first to take an active step in this
latest campaign.. John Williamson
and George Wenderoth, present
and past presidents, are in charge
of the ;drive.
VETERAN MINER
LEADS TRAPPED
TO SAFETY
Recalls Old Communicating
Shaft, Finds It and Res
cues Nineteen
FLOOD CAUSES DANGER
Cameron Brings Men Out While
Crews Work Frantically to
Sink New Shaft; Serious
Disaster Averted
HUNRYKTTA, Okla.. April 14.
(AP) After being trapped for
eight hours by flood waters 96 feet
below ground, nineteen men were
led to safety late today by John
Cameron, a veteran miner.
While two holes were being dug
into the ground to reach the men,
Cameron, vaguely recalled there
was a connection between the
abandoned shaft of the Duncan
McKay mfite and the Old Wise
mine in which the men were im
prisoned. The old shaft was a
mile away but Cameron went
down into the dark passageways
and wandered around with a
flashlight to guide him. Hearing
the voices of the 19 men, he
called to them to stand by. Final
ly he made his way to them.
Finds Way In Dark
With the habits of a veteran
miner he had no trouble in retrac
ing his steps through the aban
doned corridors, rescuing the men
and averting what threatened to
be another mine disaster for Okla
homa. There was general rejoicing
about the mine when .Cameron
appeared with the miners. ,
Sink Rescue Shafts
Already frantic efforts had
been started to reach the men,
who had made known through a
two-inch cable hole that they were
still alive.
Two holes were being sunk, one
shaft in which men were working
in 15 minute shifts to rush along
the work, the other a 20-inch drill
hole.
The nineteen men were work
ing this morning in the Old Wise
mine near here when Coal creek,
swollen out of its banks by recent
rains, poured into the shaft of an
old abandoned mine nearby. The
water quickly found its way
through the subterranean cham
bers, which honeycomb this dis
trict, and into the mine where the
men were working .
SIXTEEN DEAD IN QUAKE
Total of Injuries Expected to
Reach 100; Homes Collapse
MENDOZA, Argentine, April 14.
(AP) At least 16 persons were
killed and, more than 50 injured
in an earth tremor which shook
this city at 2:30 o'clock this mor
ning and lasted 20 seconds.
Reports trickling in. from the
interior of the province of Men
indicated that the toll of
death and injured was likely
reach 100.
San NIcoIos church, wbich was
prepared for holy Thursday ser
vices, was wrecked and only the
early hour of tho quake prevented
what might have become a great
disaster since the church would
have been thronged to the door
later in the day.
Jn one section of the city alone
14 houses collapsed.
The populace still was panic
stricken tonight, most of tho peo
ple refusing to return to their
homes in fear of a recurrence of
the shock.
KIWANIANS VISIT DALLAS
Dr. Stnrbuck To Head New Club;
35 Charter. Members
A number of Salem Kiwanians
went to Dallas last night to help
organize a Kiwanis club in that
city. Those- who went were Dr.
Henry Morris, Karl Becke, J. M.
Doughton. C. E. Albin, o. P. Mc
Cullought N. D. Elliott, F. A. Erlx
pn. Hal Ware, and Hal D. Patton,
The new Dallas club has 35
members. Dr. Asa B. Starbuek
was elected president.
A naraber of Kiwanians from
Other towns were also there.
Eight came from McMinnville. six
from Albany, seven from Corvallis,
and one from Oregon City.
CHIEF ENGINEER, NAMED
Colonel Bart rum to Remain la
Charge .off Prison lad us trie
Claudo P., Ellison", for many
years a resident of Fans City, has
been employed ; as chief engineer
at the Oregon state penitentiary to
succeed t John rQu inland. , Mr.
Quinland had been connected with
the prison for iereral years.
Colonel TV. R; Bartrnm will re
main In charge off the prison In
dustrie?. , : . v - '
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MONEY BAGS AND
CHECKS LOCATED
HOOKER BELIEVES ROBBERS
WELL ON WAY TO SOUTH
Cliecks and Money Orders ds
carded Also; Along Road;
Haste Indicated
DALLAS, Aprii 14. (Special.)
That the robbers, who last Sun
day night bound and blindfolded
F. H. Rohkar, watchman In the
Olds-Wortman and King " depart
ment store, and made away .with
nearly $20,000, were well on their
way to California was the opinion
expressed last night by Sheriff
Tom B. Hooker, of Polk county,
after surveying the seene near
Suver where money sacks and pay
envelopes were found a few feet
off the West Side Pacific highway
by A. R. Guissie, a woodcutter.
Carelessness in depositing the
incriminating evidence indicates
great haste, the Sheriff believes,
and the fact that the articles were
found near the inter-state highway
suggests that the robbers merely
stopped the car a few moments to
cache the unwanted loot and then
proceeded on their way south.
Sheriffs, and police chiefs on the
road south have been sent es
pecial instructions to be on the
alert for the criminals.
The pouches and envelopes
found contained a large number
of checks and money orders total
ing several thousand dollars
which were made out to the Port
land store. The papers were
crammed tightly into the, sacks
indicating that the loot was hast
ily sorted on the way from Port
land, the robbers taking what they
desired and forcing the rest into
the bags.
No effort was made, apparent
ly, to take the checks for fear of
easy detection if passing any of
them was attempted.
PORTLAND, April 14. (AP)
No clue other than that the
robbers had gone south, was ob
tained today by investigators of
the robbery of the Olds, Wortman
and King store here Sunday night.
The discovery of empty money
bags and a sheaf of checks near
Monmouth today led detectives to
believe the bandits had driven
south immediately after the rob
bery and that they had parked on
the highway south of Monmouth
to count over and divide their
loot in the hills nearby.
More than 19,000 was ob
tained by the robbers when they
blasted the vaults of the store.
ACCUSED BREAKS DOWN
Mrs. McGee Weeps While Testi
mony on Poison Continued
HILLS BORO, Or., April 14.
(AP.) While the prosecution led
Dr. R. T. Boals through a maze
of technical questions relating to
medicine, physiology and biology
and pertaining to a great . extent
to various types of convulsions.
Mrs. Eva N. McGee, charged with
the murder of her husband, Dr.
W. G. McGee, sat quietly beside
her attorneys and . made no at
tempt to control the tears coursing
down her cheeks.
Mrs. McGee is being, tried the
second time for the alleged crime.
The jury disagreed at tho first
trial. The state contends Dr. Mc
Gee died as the result of poison
introduced in his food as he was
convalescing from injuries received
in an automobile wreck.
The state's star witness. Dr.
Heals, physician to Dri McGee in4
his fatal illness, today continued
his testimony concerning the re
action of the human system to the
poison the state says killed. Dr.
McGee.
CHAPLIN MUST ANSWER
Comedian Will Lose by Default
Unless Pleading in Soon
LOS ANGELES. Cal., April 14.
(AP) Superior Judge Hahn
reported today that Charlie Chap
lin must answer the divorce com
plaint of his wife, , Lita , Grey
Chaplin, by next Monday or lose
it by default. The divorce con
troversy Involves custody of their
two children and settlement of
community property estimated at
910,000,000.
Judge Habn's ruling was em
bodied in, his denial of a motion
by attorney for Chaplin. The mo
tion sought to squash the sum
mons ' made by publication of
notice, the time limit of which ar
rives next Monday.
MOROCCO DEATHS MANY
Storm , in j Mediterranean Most
Violent in Decade, Reported
i .
.PARIS, April 14. (AP)
Death and destruction have been
spread along the Moroccan coast
by a great storm, described as the
most violent .In more than a de
cade. The storm has swept over
Morocco and on Into,. 8paln.
i Madrid - dispatches . say that
twenty sailors have been definitely
reported lost off the coast of Mor
occo. Scores more mar have per
ished la the destruction of houses
by winds; of hurricane force, or
rave gon down with the hundreds
of small fishing vessels which are
missing.
BOYS TO SING
AT OLD GLORY
TATIDi!
Governor Patterson to
Dedicatory Address
Armory Tonight
Give
at
CAMP, SECURES COLORS
Local Camp Never Had Banner ;
Ambition To Bo Realized; :
Splendid Entertainment
Planned By Vet
Doctor FDlev's "boys, the Kalcm
Boys Chorus, are all set fir Urn
best showing of their lives at
the Old Glory Night program at
the Armory tonight. Theyjve al
ways sung like larks; this year
they are super-larks, and one of
the most noteworthy musical or
ganizations of the state. One of
the oldest, too, in point of con
tinuous organization. They ought
to be good and they axe. Tonight
they are singing for the flag, and
if they don't do it beautifully
there's nothing In signs. They ap
pear in three special numbers,
opening and closing the program
for the evening. 1
Patterson To Speak
Governor Patterson is to deliver
the address for the dedication of
the new Spanish-American j camp
colors. Ho has seen Oregon under
the territorial flag as well as un
der the present Old Gloryi Ho
almost saw the state under the
Union Jack with Governor ' Mc
Loughlin as unofficial ruler over a
million square miles of territory.
He knows flags by heart; and he
is primed for a worthy presenta
tion. -.';.", l
The stunts promise to be real
hits. They range all the way from
five-year-olds, to whole extrava
ganzas. "Five or six numbers are
already entered, with more in
prospect, Prizes are -offered for
the best, with consolation prize
because there can only be ona
first. .. , ' . , l , .
Camp "Neods Colors ' '
The program is staged for the
purpose of paying for and, dedi
cating Hal Hibbard Camp colors. '
Hal Hibbard was a Salem boy, who
gave his life in the Spanish-AmerU
can war. The camp has never
been in politics or much Jn the
public eye; it has given , all 1U
money to aid worthy comrades bo
fore the day of adequate pensions,
and has never owned a -set of
colors. There is a national law
against maintaining a . tattered
flag that doesn't look the part of
(CoatIan4 en pe 8.)'
WORLD'S RECORD
FOR FLYING SET,
ACOSTA AND CHAJIRERLAIN
KEEP GOING 51 HOURS ,
1 . : I
Stop Only When Gasoline Tank, I
Which Held 365' Gallons, '
la Dry j J
NEW YORK, April 14. (AP)
Two American aviators who
wTTuld not 'fglve up the stick' un
til it was dead and the gm tank
dry, today Tode down every world '
record for continuous flying when
they passed, as part way miln
posts, first the thirty six hour
American record, then tho forty
five hour French duration record,
and finally, their own scheduled
fifty hour stunt in the air.
The record'breaklng fliers wero
civilian aviators Bert Acosta, who
abandoned automobile racing for
even more daring feats, and
Clarence Duncan Chamberlain.
They used a light, trim, silver and
lemon colored monoplane, built by
Giuseppe M. Bellanca. .
The record, spun out perilously
as the gas ran lower and lower in
the tank half a mile above Roose
velt field, brings back to America
the 'duration" title, at 51 hours,
11 minutes and 20 second.
The fliers, pursuing la the last
hours a shortening course back
and forth above the turf mat of
Roosevelt and1 Mitchell I fields,
coasting down the wlndVaf ter two
or three breathlessly watched
banks and dips, at 12:42 this "af
ternoon; and taxied smoothly
along i, the same crowd-bordered
runway from which they took off
Tuesday morning. - j
PRESEN
Breakfasts of soup, water, cof- f
fee and chocolate bars, and lunch
es and dinners of the same limited j
diet came and went with no relief
for . the. fliers In any external
thing, back and forth for twelve.
twenty four, forty eight hours they I
coursed, over the rolling familiar-
Ry of Long Island, with no new f
strange objective of landscape to
look forward. ' -
Acosta and'-jhamberlain were
trying to "ride out'. time, not di3
tanee, and to .keep going as long .
as there, was a drop of gasoline
left of the 385 gallons in the feel
tanks. ; They achieved their scLr I
ule, and In addition ran up ml: -age,
as they Idled seemingly lazily
over the fields, equal to a trip to
FLis od4 roughly, 'thc3
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