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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
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
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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
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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
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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.
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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.'
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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
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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
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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
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DISPUTES BIBLE, SHOT
Quarrel Over Script ures Results in
. . ; ; v? Shotgun Volley ; . V :i
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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
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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
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REPORT SEEING
AIRPLANE FALL
DISTRESSED SHIP BELIEVED
'' AGROUND AT WESTPORT
Searching Party to lie OrgahUcd
T. If .Any Plane Reported
; '; , Missing . . . . 5
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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