The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, July 29, 1927, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text- r Mew.;xU.i'c';oQuXb.9jt:,;Rackra"'ahd Growers 'Get" MarlcetlngPlan toSfalUIizo.andBaVethet :: Ppurie Indiiotn; Men Are .lnNSalerri from Switzerland Investiaatina Goat Brcadina with the Idea' of Ennaalnq In Inductr; .It." WEATHER FORECAST: Generally fair; high temperature.: Maximum temperature We are .expectlng 1 some ... enthusiastic statesman to introduce a bill, into the next 'congress to make it unlawful for the Mis sissippi to overflow its banks.' ' : '. yesterday, 91; minimum, 53; river, minus. 1 4; atmosphere, clear? wind, iorthwestr: H J, EVENTy-SEyENTH. YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1927 i - .: PRICE FIVE CENTS - - i c - .1 if nil i ri3 " . it . 0FPBU1EPH URGED BY KIPP Lethargy of -i Growers and Business Men Flayed by Market Manager . peOPLE OWN 1 NDUSTRY , i J AST" Mass 'Meetings Should lie Called to Consider Situation; Drop of Cent Means S60O.0OO . - Loss, Declared Portland, July 28. ap It. 'II. Kipp.' manager of the mar keting department of the Port land chamber of commerce, ex presses surprise, at "the lethargy . of prune . growers, and. business men in which the success of busi ness is greatly dependent upon the ; amount of money received for the prone crop," in a letter he is send ing to growers and commercial men in variotis parts of. western Pregon. f Belongs to People We may be wrong," Mr. Kipp .Bays, "but it is our feeling that this prune industry; belongs to me peopio as a wnoie; ursi to me more than 4,000 producers and their families; second to the men and their families with whom the prijne grower and his family do business, and .third to all of the people of the states of Oregon and Washington who are interested in the success of each agricultural commodity. ' '"The controlling factot in this, as In other commodities, . is prop er marketing, and it is quite evi dent from the recent activities that the industry is really in the control of eight men or less. United Action Needed We believe there are some of n who sincerely want to see ething done to stabilize the ice of Oregon prunes, but we elleve little can be .done from the standpoint ot the packers unless-they act unitedly, 1 "There are," Mr. Kipp con tinues. "quite a number of pack ers who realize that the present situation Is, unsatisfactory, and in recent .meetings, with the prune packers , they ,have,;.j each pointed out that few sales are being made as a result of a shaded price. But 9. at no time have these men said: 'This '.method ot marketing must be stopped; we must get together In some way better to stabilize the price of dried prunes " Excerpts from Mr. Klpp's letter follows "Wn do not feet that Oregon and Washington should Immedi ately cry "overproduction when ever we produce 50,660,000 pounds.of prunes when California does not mention overproduction at lcas,t until they have passed 300.000.000." "No one has shown that the consumers'- prefer six " thnes as many of the California sweet prune as they do of the Italian tart prune." .' "It docs seem to us that the business ' clement :'and; the grow ers themselves in- snch big pro ..... ... . :w, ' 1 GAINES INSISTS NOT MURDERER DECISION" OF SUPREME COURT SURPRISES SEATTLEITE I'll Never Let Thcin Hang Me Like a Dog, Dec-lares v f Convicted Man 1 SEATTLE, July 28. AP). Protesting! his Innocence and d daring that "I'll never let then . haing :.me t like a ; dog Wallac Cloyes Gaines, in his cell in,"mur derer's . row" in the King county jail here today greeted the deci sion of, the state supreme court that he must hang for the murder of his .daughter Sylvia.. t , ( Gaines accepted the . decision with the stoical calm that has '- marked, his attitude . since tiis daughter's body was found a year . ago last month. . . -.-.. . . , "What m ust be, r must be. 1 Buess!" Gaines said. "But I'll nev er lft theni hang me like a dog. IT! r,T-0 on fighting for -I am in- nor ' -ft I'm innocent Understand I'm innocent, I tell you' y?vhy should I;be unneryed by i.. tlJR news?" the condemned ,mio asked.- "I ll admit It was a sur prisotr f - expected something much, different, but after all con i science -does make rowarda of ns "all and my conscience Is absolute- V -ay ' clear.' ' I haven't abandoned f nnnpsnnvpror .run nrrnrnwM n s . a m . m a . m necessary, will, appeal to the gov ernor, ;:.Even if he should refuse me , my life even then, I will not Bob. Death or the Idea of death does not worry me. " I "It at this, moment I were ! rcuiitv man. -however, I know : would be quaking in the fear of jrpat might cocjeV CHERRY PICKING RECORD CLAIMED 8ALKM MAN HARVESTS 1280 pounds of Lamberts Makes f 10.2O in Single Day of 12 Hours; California's Mark Passed Cherry pickers who claim to be fast workers will have to work fast to surpass the new record set Tuesday , by Bert Smith, Salem picker working in the O. E. Brooks orchard In the Liberty district. During the day Smith picked 32 boxes of Lamberts, with a total weight of 1280 pounds. His pay at one and a half cents a pound amounted to $19.20, for the one day's work. This- record pick was made, in almost exactly twelve hours, Smith starting at 5 a.jm. and quitting at 12 p. m., with an hour off for meals. Those in charge of the or chard where this record was made say that the cherries, were picked in unusually good shape, despite the speed used. Smith has been picking fruit for a number of years, following the crops on the coast each year. The previous record set In the Willamette valley was by Steve Foeht, , California picker, who picked . 2.3 boxes of Royal Annes weighing 1203 pounds, making 118 in the one day. This record was made about two weeks ago. Smith demonstrated his ability to maintain a steady pace in pick ing by. getting 1000 pounds of cherries the day previous to his record, and 1040 pounds on the day following. 1 REPAIR COUNTY BRIDGES Xew Construction Also Included in Immediate Plans In line with the county road program, which includes main tenance of bridges, repair and construction of structures in var ious sections of the county is go ing rapidly ahead. New material in the form of a carload of piling has arrived for a new bridge on the road between Central . Howell and Silverton over Pudding river. This bridge will be 1T0 feet long on a foundation structure of piling ranging in length from 35 to 50 feet. A new bridge is being con structed by county forces on the Champoeg - Donald road, at Swann's mill, reconstruction being so directed as not to interfere with traffic at any time. Contractors on the Newberg bridge have increased working time to twelye hours daily to in sure completion by September 1. There had been some fear that the bridge wonld not be completed in time to -accommodate transporta tion of wheat to a mill in the vi cinity. ' ' COUNTY STARTS OILING Improvement Started ' on Si-otts Milte-Crookcd Finger Road Oiling operations are under way in the much needed Improvement of a mile of road extending from Scotts Mills to the Crooked Finger district. County Commissioner James E. Smith, and Deputy Road- master Frank Johnson reported on their return to Salem last night from inspection of the work. As fast as the fresh oil is laid it is being covered with fine screenings,, making a roadway be lieved to be better than the best black-top paving as long as it is kept in repair. Large quantities of -agricultral produce come from the Crooked Finger district each year, accord ing to Johnson, who declares the best potatoes in Marion county are raised there. The district is also noted for its prune and walnut orchards. NEW RAILROAD RUMORED Great Northern May Build From ' Albany to MintO Pass frnmnrs that an iraDortant an nouncement of imDendine railroad construction in , the; Willamette vallev is forthcominsr soon, were current here Thursday when it was reported unofficially that tha Great Northern is planning early construction from flJb&nT east ward ud the Sant lam, valley, tap ping a rich timbered area in tu vicinity of Minto oass. These renorta stated that the railroad has already completed its surveys and that it has purchased right of way for mos of the dis tance. . GOAT PROSPECT: STUDIED Visitors Here From- Switzerland - May . Deckle Upon Location The. country .around $alem is. being studied in regard to its pos sibilitles for the raising of goats with the arrival yesterday of ;W. Strault and W. Sulrer. of Winter thier, .Switzerland, who are' goat fanciers and are interested , In the develdpment of the goat industry, ':. They will spend .their time for a few days visiting the goat farms already established, 1 studying prospects for further development, CiraURCHES DEATHPEWALTY Plea of Clemency for Wiilos and Kelley to Be Brought r Up Sunday CAMPAIGN FURTHERED Pastors Promise to Bring Matter Up When Asked; tovernor Continues to Receive Letters, of Protest Barnes Wiilos and Ellsworth Kel ley from the , gallows which s face them on August 1. unless Gov ernor Patterson commutes - their Sentence to life imprisonment be fore that time, is being made in Salem, those opposed to the hang ing declared yesterday. Pastors of several of the larger churches of Salem have promised to bring the matter before their congregations Sunday morning, and will call, for an expression of Opinion in the matter from their parishoners. Other pastors said last night that they had not yet been approached on the matter, but that they would undoubtedly mention the matter to their con gregations, should they be asked to do so. Not All Agreed A few expressed themselves as willing to let the law take its course in the matter, saying that while they had hot yet been ap proached in the matter, they did not feel that it would be necessary or wise to call for a Vote among the church-goers-. Letters have been ' received daily by Governor Patterson, ask ing for the sentence commutation. The two men took part in the prison break of August 12, 1925, during which two prison ""guards were killed, and while it has not been, proved that they fired, the death shots, their sentence is based upon their complicity in the break, all of the members being : 1 (Continued on Tge 8. 1 MINIMUM WAGE INVALID Violators Cannot, Be Convicted, Says Labor Commissioner Oregon's minimum wage law is not enforcable-and employers -"who are not complying' with its provi sions cannot be successfully prose cuted, according to statements by, C. A. Gram, state labor commiSi $ioner. , ? , , . Mr. Gram said he based hla opinion on recent rulings of tha United States supreme court hold ing invalid similar laws enacted in two other states and In the District of Columbia. l'ltat; (I AM THE STATE V ' X ' J : r. V & A J $ "'ll '' GROUSE SLAYER PAYS $50 FINE KILLING BIRD OUT OF SEASON HEAVILY PENALIZED Youth who Dynamited Fish In Gravel Pit Also Draws Fine In Court Charged with having killed a hen grouse out of season, Lynn Goyne. logger at Mill City, plead ed guilty yesterday before Justice Brazier Small and paid a fine of $50 and costs. Goyne was arrested Wednesday by P. A. Stillmacher, Linn county game warden, who brought him in to Salem because the offense was committed in Marion county. The grouse killed was mother of a brood of small chicks. Still macher said. Another and more serious vio lation of the game laws was aired in justice - court yesterday, when Robert McCracken, 16 year old Salem youth, appeared on a charge of dynamiting fish An the old gravel. pit north of Salem which was stocked several years ago by the Salem 'Rod and Gun club. McCracken had been arrested bj C' H. Evans, deputy game war den. 'after he had fired a half a stick of dynamite In the little lake, with no apparent damage to the fish. The youth was fined $25 and costs by the cour.t, the minimum fine possible in such a case, be cause of his youth, and because his - financial assistance is needed by his family. He promised to find steady work to keep him. out Of mischief in the future. AIMEE IAY ABDICATE Evangelist Announces Intention to Resign Pastorate LOS ANELES, July 29. (AP) The Times says Airaea Semple McPherson will abdicate her throne at Angelus Temple. The evangelist announced last night that she would submit her resignation to the church com mittee now engaged In reorganis ing the business affairs ot th temple, to become effective as- soon as Mrs. Mcpherson's posi tion &s pastor can be filled and the present squabble between tha pastor and her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, can be ironed out. JAIL BREAK FRUSTRATED Albany Prisoners Wrench Bar and Dig Bricks from Wall ALBANY. Ore., July 2S. (AP A delivery of prisoners from the county Jail here was averted to day when Sheriff Richard found a small hole in the wall of the Jail directly. underneath n window. In vestigatfon revealed that the prisoners had wrenched a bar from the window and had dug through the bricks underneath. Sixteen i rioners were in Jail at the time, a number of them facing prison terms. They are now confined, in "cm feet-.-pending repairs to the wall FATHER AND SON WEEK IN ROUMANIAn (K BELIEVE 100,000 DEAD IN QUAKE GREAT CATASTROPHE OCCURS IN CHINA LAST MAY . ' Reports of Disaster Delayed Ac count Destruction, of Communication LONDON. Julr 28. f API What is considered as without doubt one of the world's greatest catastrophes, occurred May 23 last In the remote province of Kansu, China, when towns and cities were levelled by a great earthquake, with the casualties placed as blah as 100,000. The Westminister Gazette's Shanghai correspondent sends the firpt detailed news of the earth quake which came in the form of a letter from Monsignor Budden brock, vicar apostoline of the Steyl mission at Lanchow, Kansu. No report of the -catastrophe pre viously had reached, Shanghai ow ing to tne total destruction of telegraphic and postal services. Monsignor Buddenbrock des cribes how the cities of Sisiang, Liangchow and Kulang were wiped out in the twinkling of as eye. At Liangchow alone, he eays, at least 10,000 were killed. The city Tumentse was , completely wrecked and buried beneath a moving mountain. . Missionaries estimates place the casualties as high i as 100,000 and the suffering of the survivors is declared to have been indes cribable. Monsignor Buddenbrock tells a stirring story of how the quake at Sisiang occurred during the cele bration of mass. Immediately after the consecration terrible sub terranean rumblings were heard. Dozens of worshippers,' including the mother superior, were buried when the church suddenly col lapsed. Priests worked frantical ly to rescue the living and ad minister the sacrament to the dying. In the town arose one long wail of fright 'and grief as the magni tude of the disaster was realized. Not one building was left intact and there was not one house which did not contain dead and dying. In places, the earth opened, emit-, ting bluish 'black. Water ; SUSPECT "HIT AND RUN" Injured Boy Picked Up on Highway-South of -City Indications of another "hit and ma" episode on the highway near Salem, were seen Thursday after noon when Conrad Seiwert, 13, was picked up on the road soth of Salem in a semi-conscious con dition, apparently, after being struck by an automobile or truck while riding homeward on his bi cycle. He lives on route 5. Young Seiwert, suffering from severe bruises but apparently no serious injuries, was discovered byi-empleye at the state feeble minded institution and brought to the Deaconess hospital. He was unable to tell what had caused the injuries.' SO'S YOUK 1 OLD MAW f I to o 4 . I MIS WOULD RETAIN TIHEH ALONG HIGHWAY Cayuse "Head Man" Ap pears Before Commission to' Plea for Rights . WOULD KEEP SCENERY Highway Officials Wish to Pre serve Natural Snrroandlngfs Along Highway Which Indians Now Destroy. Portland July 28. (ap). Wearing two shirts, smoking a ci garette, his white locks in two braids in front of his ears, his feet encased' In moecasins, and a Masonic ring on his little finger, Captain Sumpkin, 89 years old, head man of the Cayuse Indians, held a pow-wow .with the state highway commission here today. Tourists Ignore Trail r "Tourists think they are riding on the Old Oregon Trail but they're not. They step on the gas and rush along, not looking for the sections of dirt roads at the side which was the Oregon Trail, spoke the sage of the Umatilla re servation through Leo Sampson, interpreter. And Captain Sumpkin should know for he was born in lS'GS, several years before the covered wagons, ox-drawn, rumbled and creaked and boiled up clouds of dust through the, Blue mountains. "' Would Keep Scenery The, highway commission wants to preserve the natural surround ings of the highway. A number of Indians own the land along the roadside and they are cutting the timber and selling it in Pendleton for $15 a cord. The commission through as ar bitration committee submitted tig ures to the Zndl&nSiraggesting that $8 an acre, with $1 a thousand for poor timber and $3 a thousand for good timber ought to be satis factory. The Indians refused these terms, nor would they consider leasing the land to the commission nor exchanging ' it for a similar body of land along the northeast boundary of the reservation. "I come with an' open heart,1 the venerable wise-man of the tribe aaid. VI come as a friend not as an enemy. Thealndians do not want to lose their land- The Old Oregon Trail leads up the Cayuse and then down the river. Travelers do not know this when they step on 'er." . Negotiations were still pending when the Indian, . accompanied by others of his tribe, left the coun cil - . Before each commissioner today was laid a financial statement, Umieiv the last item was a line drawn in red ink. Summarized it e bowed that the estimated excess of obligations over estimt'.td in come for 1927 'is $13.298. The estimated lucome showed state funds at $9,222,307; county cooperation ,$555,000; federal aid $1,212,272; miscellaneous, $75, 000 a total of $11,080,180. The obligations include.. Inter- (Continued en paff 8.) PROTEST , WATER RATES Hearing to Be 1 Held I at Medf ord : Today; Allege Discrimination . -v -. -':-. v ' x v i Complaint of land owners under the canal of the - Public Water company in Jackson county with relation to an increase of mainte nance charges from $2.50 to $6.50 an acre, will be "heard at a hearing to be conducted at Medford today by members of the public service commission. The complaint 'was signed by more than 200 water users. ; - . .....-.: . f The - land . owners charged -that L the Increase in the maintenance charge is discriminatory in that some of the' water users will pay as low (at::$1.2&-an,acre for the service while others will be re quired to pay $6.50 an acre. The previous rate of $2.00 an acre was said to be satisfactory to the land owners. -i:-',;,.-;; The new, tariff became opera tive June 14.' r V- s ;t.-?:. ".;;vkv; 's. EXTRADITION '. REQUESTED I. - A. : JJeiringer V Charged With Check Operations in Astoria , ,, ' I. A. Berringer who was alleged to ' have passed worthless checks In - Astoria) aggregating veeveral thousand dollars, has been, arrest ed .hi' Nevada and Wilt be returned td .Oregon? for ;triaV Papers ask Ig g ri for Berriagera, extradition were' issued bjr Governor Patter son -Thursday. - One check forged by derringer." was;, said to have been in the amount of $3000. li ' I Berringer arranged 1 a' . number of 'musical -concerts during his residence ; In - 'Astoria, -, and was popular there. Officers said that TEMPORARY PACT MAY BE OFFERED REPORT SAYS BRITISH TO SUGGEST COMPROMISE ! Phrase Used by Sir Austen in Commons Speech Used as Basis for Rumor V GENEVA, July 28 (AP) An unconfirmed report was circulated late tonight that the British, in a renewed effort to save the three power naval reduction conference, would- propose the negotiation of a temporary arrangement concern- AOSTZH. CHAMfiFRLAIfi lng cruisers, which could operate only until 1931. It is in 1931 that the second Washington con ference will be held to determine whether ' developments of science render modificaton of 1 the Wash ington treaty on1 capital ships de sirable. This report was based on a. phrase in the speech in the house of commons at London Thursday of Sir Austen Chamberlain, the foreign secretary, in which he emphasized' there should be no difficulty in reaching an agree ment, provisional in nature, con cerning immediate future cruiser construction.: It spread because of as alleged utterance of a Brit ish representative that the British delegation. still bad a card up its sleeve. FfeANCE RETURNS POUCH First Mail Sack to Crow Atlantic Sent Back By Ver Snr Mer WASHINGTON, v July 28. (AP) The first air mail pouch to cross the Atlantic by airplane was returned today, by W.- Irving Glover, second assistant postmas ter general, 5 by the postmaster at Ver Sur Mer, France, where Com mander Richard . E. JByrd and his companions landed their plane America.' ,t .will be placed in the National Museum here. ' The pouch carried abroad 293 letters, weighing four pounds and 13 ounces.. In - returning it the postmaster . at Ver Sur Mer sent "sincere; greetings and" felicita tions on the oefcasion of the in auguration of the first air mail despatch .received directly , in France coming from the United States." : ' ; : STATE OFFfCIALS LEAVE -- - - - ' ' -v.- "i - Governor and Others ' to Attend Crnrapacker Funeral Today . .: Governor Patterson,- Secretary of State Kozer, state Treasurer Kay and a, number of other state officials will attend the funeral services for:' the late Maurice E Crumpacker to be held in Portland today. Mr. Crumpacker,, who was representative, in congress from the third congressional district. committed .suicide in San Fran cisco last Sunday. , . , Kelso ' Sheriff v sued Damages of 82O0O Sought by Maa Alleging False Arrest KELSO, July 28. (AP) Fred T. Hall, of .Kelso filed suit in su perior court today seeking $2,000 damages against Sheriff C. B. Dill and Deputy James Fraser, alleging that on May 29 he was seized and held ; in : Jail six - hours - without cause. Hall was arrested on a warrant from a previous adminis tration, charging' liquor law.Tiola- tion. . -.: z . ; ? j - - - . i - -- --- , DISPUTES BIBLE, SHOT Quarrel Over Script ures Results in . . ; ; v? Shotgun Volley ; . V :i v " - ' i- ------:- POPLAR BLUFF, Mo July 8 (AP) Enmity growing out of a quarrel three years .ago over a bib lical -verse was ' climaxed today when 'Win, Skelly, ' 70. shot and probably fatally wounded Ed, Mor- ris, CO. Skelly. Hred a, shotgun volley in Slorris face. .. HARTLEY; NAMES REGENT Centralia 5Ian -- Appointed .lem ::iJherioi University' Board LYMPIA. Washl Joly 28 (AP)-Governor Roland IL Hart ley announced today that he had appointed Joseph. Edward . Lease of Centralia as aymember of the board ot -.regents.' of theUnlversity of Washington. Lease succeeds Mrs. Ruth Karr McKee of ".Lohg view, rcsisned." Ills term ".will ' - : - ::-.: ; ' 4 . x " N 'V r : 26 LB S E Lll'E-c IE PLEASURE BOAT CAPSIZES Women, tots " Swept Into Water When Vessel Sinks in Lake Michigan MANY BELIEVED MISSING Captain and Crew of Fated. Boat Arrested; Many Daring Rescues ; Made by Spectators; Young Girl Heroine ! ' ' CHICAGO. July 28. (AP) Upward of two score persons, most ly women and little tots out for a. boat ride to escape the city's swel tering heat which ranged up to 95 degrees, were drowned or missing- late today when the "Favorite," a small excursion boat, capsized in Lake -! Michigan about a mile off shore; during a squall. Terrified by the storm which came up in 15 minutes and passed in a few sec onds,! the 5 or 70 passengers rushed to one side of the boat and as it listed, stampeded to the other, X- In - an instant they wera plunged into the water with rough breakers tossing them helplessly about, f ; i Turns Half Over - . The noistf of a negro band blar-. ing away at "I'm looking over a four leaf clover": was transformed into the choking cries of persons clutching at any floating object 3 the boat turned half -over and set tled until Its upper deck remained partly out of the water. - Eatly tonignt2 x bodies had been recovered and at that hour Charles Kennedy, deputy coroner, bald he believed there were almost that' many more in the vessel it self, j He based his statement part ly on an investigation made Jby Eugene F. McDonald. Jr., presi dent of the Zenith-Radio company who Went down in a diving suit to explore the vessel. - McDonald said he believed that more than a score of bodies were still In it. Captain, Crew Arrested The "Favorite," a two deck gas bllne t boat 64 feet long with a capacity of 158, left the Lincoli Park ; pier early in the afternoon for a cruise to the municipal pier, three miles distant. The boat was about a mile from the pier and half a mile off ' shore when the squall ame up. - - Captain Arthur Olsen. who was arrested with members of his crew, said the passengers caused, the boat to capsize when they became terror stricken at the storm. Little tots who had never, been in the water fought for ther lives along side their mothers and a few men, as the waves, rising with - each gust of wind, swept over the list ing boat's decks and then partly submerged her. - - ' 1 One small life boat was cut loose jsud three small boys made shore! in it. Other children and women, clung to life preservers or (Continued a par 4), . REPORT SEEING AIRPLANE FALL DISTRESSED SHIP BELIEVED '' AGROUND AT WESTPORT Searching Party to lie OrgahUcd T. If .Any Plane Reported ; '; , Missing . . . . 5 : '('' j . - . ' . - i - I . .-" : .' .- ' ASTORIA. July 28. -(AP)-Whether an airplane fell Tuesday night Into the wilderness south west of Westport Is the question that is. agitating ,the Inhabitants of that sawmill i town 25 miles east of this city. At least four men are prepared to swear that ' they saw an air-, platte flying low along the rim of the hills south of the town shortly before 6 o'clock Tuesday n??ht. i-The plane was missing fire and . thick crouds of black smoke came from, the engine. It was flying west.! apparently In the dlrectiuu of Seaside. V Suddenly,. when above a canyon about two and a half miles south west of the town, the plane dived and disappeared behind the hills, going: straight down. Tho land where it is believed to have fallen Is more than a mile from any honse and is practically lmpaaa ablol' - v-: -- ; t-.Art Bowman, automobile me-' chaalc: at the Westport - Lnmbpr company,' ; says' he Ms certain the plane was In trouble, as he saw it dive. . He ran -to call-a com panion, but when he returned the plane had disappeared behind tb? hills and all he could see was a trail of black smoke leading down, i-William Eyman, chif engirper for the Westport Lumber cota pany, alo a the rlane divo. : - Mr. Lyt-an says he Tias com municated with various air fields to try; to determine if a plana ii missing, but has beenunsnccris ful. In case any iufornstlnn i found. a fearchtaf? tarty will lj