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ELBERTihr ninu ' will I I DIES; ffliETS . u . 4J it' 4 Seriousness of Illness Not '.! Known So Death Comes , As Complete Surprise . HEADED STEEL INDUSTRY Stork - slunip , slightly but leader f soon advances above opening t price; little Information given out CHICAGO." Aug. 15. ( AP) The great mills" of the- United States street corporation will halt operations during the : burial of Elbert II; Grir.l the Chicago law yer who conceived the great cor poration and succeeded in estab lishing it with himself-at its head for about a quarter of a cen tury. -E. F. Buftfngton. president of the major subsidiaries of the par ent 'corporation, said all employes of the far-flung mills would cease work for two hours Thursday. The funeral 'services will be- held at 10:30 a. m. on that day at Wheat on, 111., a few miles west of Chicago. - New York, Aug. 16. (AP) Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United States steel corporation and as such the virtual bead ol the American steel' industry and a ifgure of the greatest importance In the American economic world died in bis Fifth avenue .home at 3:40 o'clock this morning. He was. approaching hla eighty-first birthday.' w He hd been in ill health for IX,' weeks, but' the seriousness of his condition had reached the pub lic's'-ears only In vague rumors and 'so his deatb caught the conn try, by surprise. ; Market Holds Firm tbe stock marxet, of which Untied States Steel is one of the . most, influential leaders and has been .for many years, reacted to the' news only slightly. The announcement of his death was not made public until a few minutes before 11 o'clock. ; The market had opened with Stvel at 131H; Somehow the wot4 had circulated through the street that Mr. Gary ka4 died dur ing the nightr' There was no con firmation. The - price ' of steel edged downward '1' points. Then this brief announcement was made by the steel corporation: "Klbert H. Gary, died at 3:40 a'jn. JTront chronic niypcarditis." .' tCrroBie -myocarditis Jg an in l tarnation of the muscular part or the wall or the heart). 1 Abwent fJist Meetinsr The market slumped briefly but eteeC long a leader on the board. oon rose 'slightly above its open ing price. the last quarterly meeting of tbA 'steel corpoiation directorate. July 25. Mr. Gray was absent. It was announced-then1 that he nad suffered a slight attack of"ner yous' indigestion."' ' rA the Gray home today little It formation was gleaned by re , porters. A reporter f&r the Asho claVe'd Press was told by servants tKef' that they had been in structed not t6 say anything but that "If happened" about four o'clock " Then at length the brier announcement or death was made by P. A: Site? Mrr Gray's secretary. -Mrs. Gary, dressed In a white linen suit, her face shadowed by a large black "bat; left the house before noon with " several other persons. They returned an hour later and soon afterward a neauti tul bunch of lavender and white orchids, with -a trailing spray of amllax; was placed on the front door. ' iOver the door, worked m the Iron grillwork," is a' figure of a peacock. An "old caretaker, who .had been at the bouse many years. I v. - & buook uis neaa as ne regarded it. '. One of the workmen who put it up..' ne recalled, "said It would mean death to the masters of the house, and tirstt Mr. Willard died here two days after armistice .day and now Mr. dary dies two weeks aftef coming to the house.' The only other announcement front the Gary home daring the : day , was "that concerning funeral plans. Mr. Gary's- body will be taken to ? Chicago on Wednesday and on Thursday will He In the Gary memorial church at Wheat on, in., where - Mr; Gary spent - many years before coming to New York. BONDS VALIDITYiSTlLL QUESTIONED BY COUNCIL yXi CoiaiBned iffon ; Pg if-Jr wiSfi to compete ; hot . hating 5 had tlhie to' ? do so. it was stafedi A motIon war put ihrouglifaf ter eonsidef able dlsussf on" which 'will t ar9 the 'effect' of tehatlTely em ployinfPercy tJnpper. Ttobert J. Sljnp36o knd It.' R Co op eras ea- REH STEADY . : . ..: ,.:- . , - i t: V. . . & ...I r". ,..- VBWABOMBEXPLOSro Sir It - Ti.'--: rr' SSLjI- fit I II jff '' 'tPi Top, clearing away bomb wreckage from the tracks of the rookie street station, New York. Below, street cene, a few blocks away at ork, following a similar bombing of the Interborough Rapid Transit gineers to plan and supervise the construction of Salem's new sewer and drainage system. A contract was authorized drawn up, subject to the approval of the council and also depending on the validity of the new bonds. The contract will be presented and definitely acted upon at the council's next meeting. Recommendation Made A report was given by C. B. McCullough, member of the spec ial committee which 'has in hand the matter of the city's new bridge program; The committee recommended, he stated, that ei ther the state "highway commis sion be authorized to go ahead and draw up plans for the South Commercial street bridge or some other engineering concern be se cured for that purpose as soon as possible. The committee further recom mended that be authorized to go ahead and negotiate for the ( employment of an engineer on aj monthly basis to prepare plans fori 2 the 10 smaller bridges which are a part of the new bridge program. The latter part of the recom mendation was carried ont by the council. According to the motion as passed the engineer .who--will be employed to take in hand the pro gram of the smaller bridges will be paid a montnly salary 'not to exceed $300. There will also be additional cost for stenographic and other assistance. The coun cils decided to delay authorizing the state highway commission to go ahead with the South Com mercial street bridge plans uutil it was known definitely whether the bonds are legal. Delays have been so numerous since the bridge program was vot ed in June that it is now "ques tionable whether the South Com mercial street bridge can be begun at all before next spring," accord ing to McCullough. "If high water does , not come until late this fall we may still be able to get the foundations in." he said. "If it is early there will be no use at tempting to do anything this fall, and there will be no object In try ing to expedite matters." The entire bridge program In volves an expenditure of $350,000, but Ihe validity of the vote au thorizing the bonds has been questioned due to the way some of the returns were sent in. Councilman- rrvine,-. Patton and Dahey all Indicated their willingness at last night's meeting to go ahead as rapidly as possible but expressed - fear that the city might "get into a jack pot as we dfd when we authorized a survey cf he .city. water plant." At that timie an injunction was obtained, whicbA prevented payment of, the engineers who" were engaged to make the survey. ty- -I : .' ' I, N 0 N'STOPRACE ACROSS i CONTINENT-IS PLANNED t-uojQijnuedstrom fagf l.jl imi vermeaiea ioa scene at ues ' v-, ).;'. . ' , sau, which less than 24 hours Te- facjured. ' every- calibre of motor ' tonetructed -can. now. compete In" thevraces. which, will end, here. I 'This is the rfirst ? transconti nental nqn-stop" ?al race ever fcel4." Major Pancb8r declared. ) f '$ir-t r ' V' , I f t Rtum from Beach I SILVE RTON ORIS., AUG. 15 SpeclEiJ)WMffrj. ;,A. Campbell, refu rnetl rSat a rd ay c veni n g f r om a Week apeatat Cam on Beach, be long Seaside. - " i : t to Hon sen SPECIAL FEATURES MSTED FOR TONIGHTS COXCERT Scotch not the kind you drink but the kind you listen to- will ' t a matn nn f ...... . V. . . i . i ca i ii tuaiuie Ul Lilt? Dana concert scheduled to be given at Willson Park tonight. Two spec ial, numbers have been arranged, "Songs of Scotland," and King's "Royal Scotch Highland March." , Miss Eva Roberts, a local sing er who gained considerable 'popu larity with her presentations last summer and who has been missed at. the concerts this year, will sing two popular numbers, "I'm .Look ing Oyer a Four Leaf Clover," and "Just the Same." The complete program will include the' follow ing: "Constitution March" Hanninger 2. Selection "The Dollar Prin cess" Fall 3 (a) "Nola" . Arndt (b) "The Butterfly" ..Bendix 4. Popular Numbers (a) "Proud"' (n) "Dawn of Tomorrow" (c) "Lindbergh" (The Eagle of the IT. S. A.) 5. Grand Selection "Songs of Scotland Lampe fi. Vocal Solo Eva Roberts (a) "I'm Looking Over a FourLeaf Clover" (b) JSstthe Same" 7. liUermekW "The Cricket's Da nee'" Ring-Hager Selection , ?The Tenderfoot" ......,,..? Heartz 9. "Royal Scotch Highlands March" King 10 Star Spangled Banner. STORM BEATEN FLYERS RETURN STILL HOPEFUL (Continued from page 1.) shattered the endurance flight record, arrived at Dessau from Bremen where they had been forced to land late last night after a losing fight of nearly five hours with North Sea storms and fogs. The Bremen landed at. Dessau at 4:20 o'clock this afternoon, the descent being made successfully and without damage to the plane despite her heavy load of gaso line, and the plane was returned to the Junkers airdrome intact. Damaged In Descent Her sister plane, the Europa. which was forced T to .land at Bremen, however, was not so for tunate in. her descent last night. The undercarriage and propeller were damaged when the tail of the machine went Into a ditch. The" Europe today .was being dismantled at the Bremen air drome, experts expressing -V the opinion it would ' take, several weeks before she could be put ino condition. ; It was a strange mingling of satisfaction and disappointment fore - had been animated . bv the flutte'r 'of thousand f bandkr. chlefs as spectators . .waved .fare well to the aspirants for tran-At-lantie flight honors. 4 J : s "It was a stormy, fog-ridden night.' Koehl told a correspondent for the Associated Press. "The winds justabout toyed with us, lifting our plane, then pushing it down until, at times we? barely skirted be tree tops. Twlec the Bremen got-out of control, al- - Manhattan Transit subway, 28th 28thstreet and Fourth avenue. New station there. though the motor functioned per- tectly. Because of the divergence 1. 1 our rouie ana me iact that our oattie with the winds forced us to! use up our fuel at an excessive M . " I -v " iu iciurn aneri having negotiated the west coast of Ireland. We headed south hv wuiueasimy, saining London, crossing the channel from Dover 10 caiais and then proceeded by way or Antwerp and Wezel to Dessau. Koehl said he and his compan- ion, Loose, avoided bi: cities on tleir rpnirn fUchf n nnl f nhif.ii I . armnn f' t: ; " ... .... . . " . . vwi.i jf'cic latiL J I news concernine the Bremen's whereabouts from the time she was sighted over Ireland this morning. Even Professor Junk ers did not suspect their, return and was speechless with astonish ment when told that the Bremen had just rolled in "softly" on the landing field and-. was Intact. - He warmly embraced both airmen and congratulated them on their prd- dent handling of their plane and their determination not to risk continuing in the faee of untoward meterological conditions in the north Atlantic. i-juraru ana Kisticz, who ar rived at the Dessau airdrome from Bremen at almost the same hour , lmuruco, JUucu ju, ixu all round melancholy laugh pro- voked by the. odd reunion. All ..jur i" u"-u nuuicuiaieijf to swap experiences of Sunday night, meanwhile giving exprea- nion to grim determination, to con quer the Atlantic by air route. It- was almost six o'clock to night, or more than an hour after the return of the Bremen,, that Jierlin learned of the Bremen's return to Dessau unscathed, as the afternoon newspapers had her fly ing westward beyond Ireland. Plans for starting another trans ocean flight will be discussed to morrow between officials of the Junkers works, the North German Lloyd and the Dormstadter Na tional bank. The four pilots will be present at this meeting. All four' of them tonight expressed eagerness to resume their attempt at the earliest opportunity, barring impossible weather conditions. Rev. 8chocIer Preaches RILVERTON, ORE., AUG. 15. (Special) Rev. W. Schoeler of Independence spoke from the Trinity pulpit Sunday morning. Mr Schoeler! who is in charge of the Lutheran student' service work in Oregon, is also an author. VUdt Coast Place SILVERTON; ORE.. AUG. 15. (Special) Mr. and -Mrs. L. H. Meyer. Miss Althea Meyer, and her' house guest, Mrs. Andrew Boyeson. spent the-weelr-nd at the Coast Woods, Pacific City, and Kfeftkowln were ome of the places visitAd. :'v --T,-vi iOthera ipending the . weekUni at Coast cities were Mr. and Mrs. ' jonn mo. Mr. and Mrs- Martin Hattebere and Ludwig Moe . ' " llarreat-Wlivc'ig '?:'-ST.- PAUL. - Minn. , u. hands who used -to ride the rods across the country have taken I hint from college students. A great ! many or tnem come to work in"' collegiate t fllTyera,: j according " to iw r Minnesota farm- bureau.' A half dozen -pool funds, bnv k! tered wreck, ride to - the1 bt 4,k andMeatethe flitter - where it. "topped.'. . , r , ' I i immn liin ninrn I KM.' I tU f LUIl LHlt ULULUU yiH Terv LivesLost In Past Two ; Years as Dry Forces ! Battld Moonshiners Rxclnsfre Central Press Dispatch to The Statesman CLARKSDALE. MISS.. AUG 15. War has been raging in .ormera Aiississippi. bloody re lentless war. The bad old days of the feud era have; returned with added ferocity. In two years. 10 lives have paid sacrifice to the new warfare, a score of persons have been seriously' wounded, many wives widowed and at least S0 children made fatherless., The battle, which goes forward with out, ceasing. Is -between distillers of moonshine whiskey and armed agents of the government charged with exterminating the liquor business by. authority of the pro hibition laws. Generalissimo of the dry forces is E.- S. Chapman. -chief prohibi tion enforcement' officer of the district, who has sworn to exter minate the moonshine business from the hills. , Against his army of dry agents the bootleg frater nitv has definitely organized it self, armed its henchmen, and declared war in uneaulTofoftl terms. At First, They Laughed. Chapman's arrival, and bis dec laration that he was going to dry up the. hill district, using Clarks- dale as his base of operations was greeted by the moonshiners with lauehter. The new dry chief famous as a man of action, soon esiaDiisnen the sincereity of hl threat against; the illegal whiskey makers. W'ithin a few vxv h had unearthed and smashed a do- u iuis. -men Jt was that the bootleggers organized on their own account. -The next time Chapman's forc es made a raid, they were amhhsh- etf: Agents Jake Green. Lawrence IJUnnam. Joseph Owens and Dan! I " -eveiana were slain by the ionsniners. The attackers es- CaPed wary, leaerai agents took no chances on their next sortie, will Phiilins hi mf I , r 9 - v uwa UiUU L in the hills, seized a eun. He I never tired it. A government bul- let laid him low and the 'shiners knew the law wa nnt tn httio I iifh.i R,tiA. Since then pitched battles and SK'rmisnes have been, frequent v i I Irnni tar ft 1 a wm a. Four white men and t wo. negroes aave bee ted among.th8 dead in cne ranks of the lawless ele ment. The wounded . moonshin ers, some of whom were dragged away by comrades were many. federal agents have been more fortunate, although their minor casualties have been frequent. ine bloodshed has not been in l ain and North Mississippi, once a thorn in the side of the federal I ortice m the south, is gradually I drying up. Nearly 300 stills, 500.- I 000 gallons of. mash and 500.000 I gallons of whiskey have been de- I stroyed. In addition, the raiders I nave captured 40 fa3t automobiles used by the hillmen And men who once scoffed or openly 'cut' me' now are bringing in suggestions for our camnaiicn nays iMTecior Chapman "North Mississippi wants to be dry now and we're going to see that it is or wnui mere Isn't another prohibl tlnn work left," the dynamic drV chief asserted. PLANES SET FOR HOP , FROM OAKLAND AIRPORT (Continued from page 1) Miss Mildred; D6ran, who will ride as a passenger on the trip. 6 Charles V. Parkhurfct T.om--. JH., pilot and Ralph Lowes, Jr., ua"ur. uying an air king bi plane, the smaJvest entry Iu the race. 7: Martin Jensen, Honolulu av- jaior, nymg a monoplane navi gated by Paul Schluter. a master inai iner. SArthur C. Goebel, Hollywood Purity5 acid perfect fla iroring rnake.. oar. Ice -Cream delicibur-and tasty. 1 We have' all as sorted flavor in r bulk aud a large" variety 'of kinds in bricka. ; . - 9... er ' v DRUG STORE - , ' -ORIGINAL YELLOW ' -''::"FRONT ' t lssr; coni st; j - ; The TenaUr store-' 'ivt Ml -I 'li1 I f "nil ii ml V-v 1 it- . TUESDAY MORNING. stunt filer: naotfnr the mono- 'm. Davis of -San Diego, as the navigator. - - .. --Caitaln .wmiam p; Erwin of 4 Dallaa. Texas, piloting , the "Dallas Spirit," a. monoplane withrAlTtn vSichwaldt, Alameda, navigator'. Ttiere waa no certafnty this aF ternooft that, every flier entered in- "the approved list .of starterj would- ' actttalTy1 attrapt- to get away; There ' was an air "of tense-nt-Fs and uncertainty throughout the field today over last minute motor trouble and repairs need-id in some pi -ec. The Dole 3nrt Ing commit'.ev. the court of last ,tort in the race, wiirtssu? cei ''icates to approved starter at 10 a. m. ton rvw. . - The pilo. themselves we'e In a highly n-vrvcus state. A miss ing compass magnet- from one of the extra kits in the "Miss Doran" sent a rumor about vandalism the full length of the field. Two pi lots Issued statements saying they: would guard their planes with shotguns through the night to prevent tampering. J. A. Ped lar, pilot of the "Miss Doran" re gretted that the ; small loss re sported from his plane had caused such a situation, po.inting out that the loss was a small one. He be lieved mechanics had left the magnet oh the ground and cov ered-It. , with dust while they were working. Professional air men from all sections of the United States as sembled on the field today and announce-l they vould be here at noon tomorrow to witness the starter's flag send the planes on their way. To' Molify Rulinjr According to th official rules of the 'Starting committee, not moreV.than: two minutes may elapse tfetween the first and sue- oeedlntf ' planes In . the take-off but it i exnected thla rule will be modified to meet the actual con ditions obtaining when the race is started tomorrow. The pilots themselves believe that at least ten minutes will be required for each starter. A rib bon of dust six feet high and a mile longr willcloud the air after each starter goes. Until this cloud clears the next starter will not move. Each plane will carry a ton' of gasoline and should any pilot fail to take off without the pro per skill, his plane will return to the ground with a crash, and rerhaps an explosion. No plane in the race has made public tests or a take-off with the full load of gasoline, and few have ested Ihe liftine caDacUv of their raa- I chines in private performances. The rush attendant upon qual ification an certification, has eimitted no d.'isf rehearsals. At P st time tomorrow noon the many starter will try their ac tual load performance for the first time. Eleventh hour workouts today 1 were not at all up to par. Less I than twenty-four hours before the race, the monoplane -"Oklahoma was y -pping around ll.e airways above :he field, emitting sounds like a hunch of f ire ;rackers in Irregu.ar . explosion. Th? engine lacked smooth performanci owing to last minute plans to change t,he gasoline air feed lines. Tampa Judge fined a man fn- drivlngra car while umei- the in fluence f.i "something or other." Florida Times-Union. "Repair Slop-; I- Open JUL '.' I i "i - .; - : .. 1 - - ' AUTO cor AUGUST. 16, . 1027. CARNIVAL GETS. PERMIT Proceeds 'Will Partly go to Assoc fated ChMritte' Permission feranothe carnival Lo-come to Salem, proceeds to be divided with the Associated Char ities', of this' city, was granted by the,' Salem "city . council at . , Its meeting last "night,, the council taking action to permit the carni val tb operate without: paying the customary fees to the city.- The Astxriated Charities- will receive 10 per cent of; the gross receipts tak en"" in.. It was explained by. Harry Levy,-who appeared before the council in behalf, of the Charities. The affair will be staged oil the school grounds east of Parrlsh junior high" school, permission having" been previously granted by the Salem school board. Ticket takers will be -furnished by .the local organization to help check up on the actual amount taken in. The exact date of. the carnival was not anounced by Levy at last night's meeting. ASTORIA UA3 HOTTEST ASTORIA.. AUG. 15.(AP) . Today was iAstoria's hottest day of the year, j with the thermometer climbing to S3 degrees this after noon. Sunday the temperature had reached 81 degrees. The highest temperature so far In 1927, before Sunday, had been 77 degrees. 4 N v ; Invite Us to Your Next Blowout Smiling KELLY SERVICE When Smith & HIGH AND COURT STREETS : 15 ! i i , J Our Repair Shop Is open Tor business' and we i are giving demonstrations on new Mar mcp and CHandler cars. Also we have a few good used cars which ' were not damaged by our recent fire. ' I ' 680 Ferry; In to Gaia tfpl I reduced fare rood ,flnspdr' all-coach train. SV&: TgMd4' bnJay. Ride in roomy, all. - steel coach; Room to relax ,...'aadrC-Fre obtervstion . wange and open platform. Low-cost tncua in diner and lunch cai. i Train leave11 :43 A. M. i v arriving San Fran dscb 1W0 a. m. Over acenic Cascade Line in. daylight. Similar service returning from San Francisco every Monday, Wednesday and . Saturday. , fO rotmdtripCoadi far good for 15 days re turning on anv train carrying ' oacnea. City Ticket Office 184 No. Liberty Telephone 80 Read the Want Ads EYES EXAMINED GLASSES FITTED Ten Years Practice in Salem Phone 625 Dr. L. R. Burdette Optometrist 401 First National Bank Baildlag you buy a Kelly Tire, you not oniy buy a product that is manufactured for the purpose of giving; you more mileage at less cost, but you. also- buy- "dealer service." That means that we, as distributors, stand ready to serve you on a moment's notice. Watkins PHONE 44 ' t' .-.f.jii. st t