. f v ?. . I f ; i jV" .' A V: V Weather frfoecast: Fair; local frosts .in xfiissnlinl Rftvs he is koine to hare an army east portion; gentle variable winds.,. Maxi mtim temperature yesterday 69, minimum 4l, river minus .2, rain .01, atmosphere part cloudy, wind southwest. 5 nnn nnn othr Roman emnerors have dreamed thus, only to; find that when the t gray jot Dig enougn n uetiueu io ieu ua own boss. Cleveland t'lam ueaier. SALEM,' OREGONy TjEIURSpAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 192T ) p)j jf 'Iftjf PRICE ; FIVE CENTS 7i Lit! ii DELIGHTS QHEGOH MM glafcsmart bhty ; Out-bf-Toton Newspaper Granted : f tojervjew at Portland ; OCEAN FLYER HAS FACTS AtUtitfc Flight Hcro.N.i Weary; ! Says Swan Island Airport too . Narrow; CMtichw Opposl sitkm to Hops' f", By Victor D, Catluota: 'PORTLAND, Oregon Sept. 14. -a (Special) Unaffected,: ttnspoll edrl with a slightly. . embarrassed manner which was charming; Col onel Cnarlei 'Al' tihdbergh", idol of AWfica; received newspapermen In Ms suite at the Iktultonpmah ho le! this afttrnoon, following an appearance it the stadium. 't i A' large' group ktt vrtiten sought admittance but onlr'representativ ea of the four Portland newspa pers, and The Oregon Statesman weregranted the, privilege. Mayor Bakery Introduced the journalists to Che" noted airman. 1 NO Sign' of Fatigue fiblonei Lindbergh, wore a mod eflwo btitton aaclc uuit of blue with fatht alr!i'eemarned sanding, hot signified that all oth ers shonld bo seated. "Was he tired?" came the first question. . : VNot at all, t am enjoying the tour, very mucn." "The faca.bf Colonel Lindbergh WiHot break into a smile during parade - and a notion had 46tten about that he must be " worn" out from hbi etreiruous pro gram vf the past few months. Smile Not Always Easy -At .close , view,, however, he seemed to be the acme of health. No lines sof fatigue were evident, and, -as he talked -to the inter viewers, he smiled broadly sever al times: "People expect too much of meJL' he said, intimating that it was not always easy to smile, es pecially after he had gone through iirO other cities practically the same process as be went through , trtday In Portland. . j "Lindy'f made it plain right at the start that he would answer no personal questions. To a query as to his weight, he replied "that's .Immaterial." and ' suggested that Ihforinatfon he jmlght give should Cte, along, aviation lines. I The sobriquets "Flyjng Foot," " (Continued oa r( . -t t . ISADORA DUNCAN KILLED lU AiftO A)IKRICAX IANCt:U TAKES FA TAL CAH RIOE AT, NICE FsprctiiMxl Prciuonltion of DooTtt to i ; Correspondent ott vious Day , I NICK. France, Sept. 14. (AP) Isadora Duncan, the ' American dancer, was killed In an automo bile accident at' 9:40 o'clock to night. She was trying oat a new ad touiobile on the Promenade dea Anglais, when a trust of wind blew tfipsg scarf which she was wear ing around her neck over the side of the car. It became entangled in one of the wheels and dragged th dancer out of the machine into thtj roadway; "Her neck was broken. J. 'The dancer's body was remored to(St. Roch hospital. ' At the time of the accident Miss Duncan was awompanied by k newspaper wo man, 'Mary Deato Parks,, who came to' see her with reference' to the publication of heroijmolrK In a conversation with sL corres . . m . til H fcJ 'I ponaeni oi tne Associaiea l'retw rfsterday, Misa Duncan said: "For the' "first time I am writiug for money; now I am frightened that some quick accident might' hap l pen." , . . t ' This premonition of her doom - was only too true. "A" French ccaurfeur wasr teaching her to drive the new" car, whfch was speeding along, when oire end of her flowing scarf was Whipped by the wind out of the side of th . car and caught In tfiS front wheel. The scarf tightened about her neck and in an Instant she was dragged out." - ' ; The body was removed from the St. Roch hospital to her studio to- PEOPLE PrtOftE HEARING GIVEN SUPPORT AKSISTAXC'E OFFERED BY PtiiUC SER1CE GROUP Special Commission Will Have Access to all Records of Past Probes The public service commission of Oregon will cooperate In every way possible with the so-called legislative commission created at the last session of the legislature to investigate the telephone .situ ation in this state. This information was contained in a letter prepared here Wednes- day byljff, Cor,;,pember of the" pabli? servlcei pOmissiori, 'for tne ! conslaeration or,, Aiired; t. Clark, Portland, attorney, who is chairman' of the comnugsion which isV to conduct the probe. Mr, Clark previously had wsitten to the public service commission re garding certain records having to do with the proposed investiga? tion. Mr. Corey's letter to the inves tigating commission showed that in the year 1323 th rate of return on" the properties J of, the .Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company In Oregon was 5.S5 per cent. This IncreasetUn the year 1924 to 7.65 but dropped to 6.91 4n the year 1925. .The rate of return for the year 1926 was 669 per cent. Mr. Clark was ayised that the complete field inventories' made by the Pacific Telephone & Tele graph company as of December 31, 1914, are. in the files of - the may, be obtained by, the investi gating committee at any time they are required. It was suggested by Mr. Corev that because of the voluminous records that will be required to conduct the probe, representatives Jn? u ; ihtestlgatlng committee come to Salem apd assist In se curing any informations or dafa they may be desired. .If this does not meet the an- proval of the Investigating comi mitteo" the records will be sent to the Portland dffice of the public service commission, where fhv (Cos tinned on pairs 2.) Mellon favors hughes Secretary of Treasury Leans To ward Former Associate WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (AP Breaking a studied silence on the presidential political situation. Secretary Mellon let it be known today that be ia not supporting any particular candidate at this time, although personally be now favors Charles E. Hughes, his former cabinet associate, for the republican nomination. On behalf of the treasury sec retary, who wields a powerful in fluence in the republican organiza tion in Pennsylvania, it was stated that .while he now; leans toward Mr. Hughes it does not follow that he would support the former sec retary jpf state shofela the latter declare himself a candidate. HONEY IN HOUSE WALLS Farni , Ilenmence Near Eocene Yiells Lurgn Quantity, Report . EUGENE, Sept. 14. (AP) Hundreds of pounds of honey was taken from between the walla of the Carrol Miller farm residence, six miles north of Coburg this week, according to word received here today. Bees had been work ing there for. a number of years, according to the owners of the house. It was decided 'to', remove them and in order.tq do so it was necessary to remove "the , plaster on the wall from celling to floor, Almost the entire epace between the walls was filled with, honey comb.; One section oi the comb ake'n i&fttjwas more, thanifo'ur fchd a half feet long, KIDDIES' WORD DECIDES CaMcgrMtii (o Rrlilt-fj From till J' rcfi Nm Woria Might nil- i JrO,KY'6r Sopt. "ilJri-fAP' A Cabfe2:rain from iboschleer child ren in Detroit bcfftng their daddy Edward F, Schlee lo think of them before he attempletf "to v0y In. the monoplane" Iride of ! Detroit from Japan to the Midway islands was largely the emme of. th eanrella ion of the trans-Pacific leg of the American ' rbnnd-the-world flight, announced here today. Realization that an attempt to fly over the 2.48 rt miles' of -water between Kaaumiganra aviation field near Tokyo and the Midway groupe of i Islands. would bo "plain suicided was " accentuated by scores of rabled 'mesnaees from relative, friend and associates of the fliers, Schleo and Walter S STARli V OF VEGETABLES I PLANT HERE Paulus Cannery to Handle Carrots, Parsnips, Beets arid Onions Now 15,000 CASES PLANNED Larger Pack to Be Made Next Year With More Varieties; All Busy Now on Prunes Quality Excellent For the first time, the canning of vegetables on a considerable scale is to be taken up by a Salem cannery. The Paulus cannery Is to put up carrots, parsnips, beets and onions. The pack of these vegetables this year is likely to run to about IS.OOO cases. All the Salem canneries are .now or will today be working on prunes ? with the exception of the 12th street cannery of the Oregon Pack ing company,, which1 will not can prunes at the Salem plant this year; putting up its requirements of this fruit at one of its other canning plants. Pears are still coming strong. Blackberries are coming, still, an5 will persist .At some of the canneries, for two weeks or more. , . .. , At tne Canneries. The Hunt cannery ia running full time on pears, prunes and blackberries. Prunes in good quantity and quality. The Oregon Packing company is on blackberries at the 12th street plant, and on beans at the 13th street plant. Will be on beans till f mat . - ft" tX " . i The Northwest cannery la 'oK blackberries, pears and. prunes; full force. The starr cannery is on prunes and blackberries. Fall up. The Producers Cooperative la (Continnea on Pg 6.) J. L. HAND CHIEF JUSTICE Succeeds Mr. Burnett; McBride Other Ranking Jurist John L.. Rand has succeeded the late Oeorge H. Burnett, as chief Justice of tht state supreme court, according to announcement made by the clerk of the court Wednes day. Justice Rand has been a mem ber of the court for several years. Under the rules of the court the office of chief justice will now aP ternate between Justice Rand and Justice Thomas A. McBride.' ! BYE, BABY i jifj) hJJ ' aW,.r A! ST- - CCrTP; :wV 'l j$&7v w: s-k. ... COW PERMITTED ON CITY STREETS BUT NO OTHER ANIMALS AND NO COWBELLS, IN 1872 Reason Probably That Nearly Ev erybody. Owned Cows; Pound Kate Low By Victor O. Carlson Just why milk cows were priv ileged to roam Salem streets, in the year 1872. while other quad rupeds were perforce penned up, is not indicated in old records for that year. Probably, it was because nearly every one owned a cow, and de-J pended upon it as a part of thej food supply. The bovlnes graze&j contentedly on the trass alone the No bells, however, were permlti ted. The tinkling of the clapper; in the metallic vessel about a cow's neck was most annoying to resi- uenis, especially in iae aarij uiui u in'g& and late evenings. They sought relief from the city fathers who enacted an ordinance prohib iting the noise makers. J .When horses, mules, or sheep were found running at large, they were taken up by the marshal and kept at "an expense not to exceed fl per week, until the owner was found. In the event no one put in a claim, they were sold and the proceeds deposited in the city treasury. What a more, the marshal re ceived $2 "for every animal he placed in the city corral, except sheep. He received only 60 cents each for them. PROlNEfJT-B00ZE RlNGj Self Confessed Moonshiner Brings' High Names Into Court TACOMA, Sept. 14. (AP) Testimony of ;Me!vin Steele, ran-f cher of, Riffe, Wash.and! self- admitted moonshiner of the Big Bottom country in times , past, iijr the. trial of th Lewis .county booze I conspiracy case in , fejecgni iuaay araggea in xne names oi Gus L. Thacker. prominent Che balis attorney and H. H. Attrldge former justice of thl( peace of. Lewis county, as tVo of Jhe men ho were actively linked p with the operation of a whiskey "ring In the county during 95s and. 1926. Thacker Jtof coibsjiincrw de fending the men on trial. OLD GLORY; BROUGHT1 IN Steamer Kyle Starts, For St. Johns. After Seeking Flyers tST, JOHNS, N. 5 T.f Sept. 14 (APJ Bearing the, wreckage of the . trans-Ajtlantlc monoplane Old Glory . which she picked up In the north Atlantic last Monday, the government coastal steamer Kyle was expected to start. for. this port tonight after a. futile, two day search for theMiU-ratea plane's 'missing crew. BUNTING, DADDY!S,tONE, TYPHOON SWEPT COAST ISOLAtEt) COMMUNICATION C V T rt". OFF WITH WESTERN MEXICO Few Messages Filter la Indicating Much Damage in That Section (By Associated PreK) Thousands of miles of the Mexi can west coast remained virtually isolated tonight, while fragmen tary details of the great hurricane of last week added to the picture of destruction of life, limb and property on land and sea. The borders Uown of Nogales, Arizona, remained almost the only channel through which In formation concerning lost steam ships, homeless thousands, super stitious horrors and the extent of damage in nine west, coast states of Mexico trickled to the outside world. . While added details reached the Nogales Herald of severe damage at three great seaports'- Salina Cruz, Manzanillo and Guaymas -a steamship radioed , from. , the storm sohe-that members of her crew had been injured. " , " : The tanker Utacarbon, her sup erstructure damaged ' amidships, lifeboats stove in and part of her cargo lost overboard, wirelessed before her antenna came down in an 80 mile gale that Chief Officer A. More land and others of the crew had ' been ' injured and were taken to Manzanillo for treat ment. The steamships Navajoa and Jalisco of the National Navigation line, as well as a fleet of fishing boats are missing from their home port' of Mazatlan, Sinaloa. . A large number of vessels, said at San Pedro to be. the biggest parade from the Canal Zone to the port on record, were in the danger zone but little anxiety was felt for their safety. Marine exchan? re ports had the majority of them due to arrive, from one to three days late. - While all reports agree that thef ewtTrnt Information .was available on. which even estimates might be based. The storm which strnck (Cnn tinned o paf 8.) DRY FORCES ARREST 93 Fines Imposed Total $750O, Days In Jail 1140 Operatives of the" state prohibi tion department participated in 9J arrests fpr violation of the liquar laws during the month of August, according to a report filed in the executive department by; ' George Alexander, state prohibition com mistoner. Fines Imposed aggregated 7. 500, with jail sentences of 1140 days. The officers destroyed 5391 gallons of mash and 1400 gallons of liquor, seized eight stills and confiscated one automobile. A - HUNTING 'iLtita: ": I - 4 J i X f K - ACIEIC FLIGHT Around World Flyers Def initely Decide Not to Continue on Trip FRIENDS ALL OPPOSED Globe Tour Pronounced One of Most Successful Airplane Ex cursions Ever Executed; Start August 27 TOKYO, Sept. 15 Thursday) fH The projected flight of tne American monoplane friae or Detroit across the Pacific on Its globe circling tour was' called off here today by its co-pilots, Edward P. Schlee and Walter S. Brock. The decision to call off the flight followed a lengthy confer ence with aviation experts here and others interested in the -tut- dertakirig. The many cablegrams from America ,urging the fliers to stop at Tokyo also carried weight. Brock and Schlee finally concluded the attempt to negotiate the' Pa cifict would be suicide. They will take an early boat for the United States and have their monoplane shipped home. The course of the Pride? of De troit from Harbor Grace to Kas- migaura, near here, follows: August 27-28 Harbor Grace, N. P., to Croydon, England. 2,359 miles. j 4 . v August 29 Croydon tojMunich. Germany, 600 miles. : August 30 -Munich to Bel grade, Jugo Slavla. 500 miles. AHatSlrrPolsradeicwCont stantthopldrOHTnrre. Sept. 1 -Delayed . by Turkish authorities. . : ; ; Sept. 2 Constantinople to Bag dad, Irak, 1,075 miles. Sept. 3 Bagdad to Bunder Ab bas, Persia, 885 miles. Sept. 4 Bunder Abbas to Kara chi, Jndia, 710 miles. - Sept. 5 Karachi to Allahabad India, 925 miles. Sept. 6 Allahabad to Calcutta India, 485 miles. Sept. 7 Calcutta to Rangoon Bhrma, 665 miles. Sept. 8-9- Rangoon to Hong Kong, via Hanoi, 1600 miles. -Sept.. 10 Hong Kong to Shang hal, 780 miles. Sept. 11 Shanghai to Omura Japan, 600 miles. Sept, 12-13 Detained at Omura by bad weather. Sept. 14 Omura to Kasamigu ara. near Tokyo, 600 miles. The fliers had 9 hi days in (Continn4 on pig - dttfOMINATIONS UNITED Halem to Ilave ' Counsel of Re ligious Education A local council of religious edu cation was; formed at the Y. M C.'A. last Toe8day night by 40 persons interested In that work Such an organization already ex lsted for Marlon county and in many other counties and cities of the state. ; , After an address by James H Price, general secretary, of the state organization. H. E. Barrett was . elected temporary chairman and Ronald Glover, secretary , of the new organization. Another meeting will be held next Tuesday evening for. the pur pose of effecting- permanent or ganization. Each! church, the .Y M. C. A. and Y. : W. C. A., should have three representatives on thef neVconocIU '. - - ' OBEGOri GETS fiEV.PROF Dr. Nelson L. Bottsing Added to Educational Department EUGENE, Sept.- 14 (AP) is Dr. Nelson L. Bossing,' formerly i head' of-' the educational depart I ment of Simpson college, -Iowa I has JoIned.tbe faculty of the Uht versity of Oregon and will conduct several - extension classes ' this year It -was 'announced today by Alfred L. Powers, dean.. Dr. Bos Bing; who Is a nationally recog nized ahthority in the field of edu eatton; received hi3 bachelor of arts degree from Kansas Wesleyan university, hi3 master of arts de- , gree from Nort h western. j univer fiity. and his degree of. doctor -o i philosophy from the University Of GREAT CROWDS HAIL LINDBERGH Kv riimb pleads ift more INTEREST IN FLYING ; Thousands Cheer Yankee Aviator As He Lands At. Swan Isl- ' and Field . PORTLAND, Sept. 14. (AP) Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, America's hero of the air. came to Oreeron todav and received with- grace and simplicity the plaudits and admiration of many thous ands of his devotees. Speaking be fore, an assembly of more than 30,000 men, women and children in the huge Multnomah stadium, Lindbergh modestly declaimed the honors that were his and pleaded for an increased Interest in avia tion on the part of the nation's people. This interest, he said. should be manifest in well-kept airports, substantially equipped and adequately manned." , 'Arriving In hte silver-sided Spir it of St. Louis. Colonel Lindbergh circled the cttjr of Portland, dip ped in graceful salute over the hospital housing the veterans of ine worm, war, DanKea ni piane in" magnificent' curves while the sun gleamed on its silver sides, and then with the directness of an arrow, sped northward to Swan Island field where he ' landed at 1:59 p. m. Thousands hailed the crusader of the ah- as he swept to a grace fol cautions landing on the green turf of Swan island. On the field itself, 1500 persons cheered With pride as the plane dipped and set tled to earth beside them. On the high bluffs overlooking the field on t fie east; for 'more .than a mile. oxner tnousanas cneered with a mighty volume that only distance and the roar of his motor kept (Continued on px 8.) BURN $AY- CAUSE. DEATH Vera ' MerWin, , Neai Death at ,t " . .Local Hospital Death is expected any minute to relieve ' the suffering, of Vena Merwih, aged' 9, who was terribly scalded1- early yesterday; miorning in ' jber ipaf ents shack near the Hd'rst Brothers hon yard, camn'l when she attempted to cook come pancakes for her brother. . , The little girl's dress caught fite and when water was hastily thrown on her to extinguish the blaze, the scalding resulted. She was taken to a local hospitaL This was the third hop yard tragedy in two days. Last Tues day, Estella Fuller, a little Indian girl from Siletx living with her mother at the Wigrich hop yard In Polk county, pulled a tub of hot water from the stove onto herself during her mother's ab sence. She died two hours after being rushed to a local hospital. Evrest Torson was killed, -near Eola Tuesday. WANT PAYNE; AS PASTOR Selection tJred VuUl Baptist Pulpit Pilled Permanently - A petition requesting the board of deacons through their special committee,' composed of E: A; Mil ler, o. P. Cos ho w, and D. R. Peter Bon, to secure the services -of Rev. Robert L, Payne as pastor of the local First Baptist church s pend ing another selection was being circulated yesterday. , The petition represented three or four hundred members. . :-. - , Mr. Payne and fatritly have Just recently come to the West,, locat ing in Salem by choice. He comes direct from Warrensbarg Mis souri,' where he served, as pastor for four years.' Priortb that' time he was pastor, of the Victory Me morial phuTchif LoqisYille, Ken tucky.,, '- " . YANK MONEY GOES FAST Nhmmtous SOS Calls Sent - Home . i For Funds; Prices Uigh 1 PARIS, Sept. 14-.(AP) With the many SOS calls"' being sent home by visiting members of the American Legion during the past forty eight hours, tor financial assistance, the two special cable offices established in the legion headquarters at Cours de La,' Re iner on the banks of the Seine are proving a real necessity. Many of the legionnaires have found Paris prices higher than those in their home towns and have discovered that the snm thought necessary for two weeks' in France vanished In' less-than a week. 'One visitor who had a thousand dollars with him less than- a week ago found it quickly melted away in seeing sights in Paris. He is returning ,lome Saturday unable 9IK Jt-M m "House of a Half Million Bargains" Burns to Ground in Early Morning. ; DAMAGE 540,000, UTTLE INSURED Firemen by Desperate Ef forts Save Nearby Houses Spread sudden Proprietor iri Pctt!ar.J; Vast Crowd Turns cut to AS'it . riess; Loud " Explosions Heard as Flames Leap High t H. Steinbock's, Capital Bargain House, "the house of half a mil lion? bargains," at the northeast , corner of Center and Trade streets long pointed out; as one of Sal em's worst fire traps, burned to the ground early this" morning ia the biggest and hottest fire that Salem has experienced An at least two iyears. The fire broke out about mid night, at the. rear of the group of buildings! The cause m-as not learned and firemen would hazard no guesses as to haw it started. Ixss Over $46,000 The loss was $40,000. exclus ive of "the .value of the baildlnir-', . which; were the properCr.-vii Ja V Elliott and' Carl Gabriel bri. li was reported that the i s " wf very Inadequately' insured. Mr, Stein bock was in Portland hi I night. .... P. F. KilHan, of the Salem Mbr tnary, across the street from tbt destroyed building, was one ot the first to see the blaze. ' 4 . Spreads Rapidly ' Crackling timbers awakcneil him, he .declared, and looking ouC the window, he saw flames creep- ing" up at the rear of the bargains house. He rushed to & telephonai to call the fire department. Upon? returning to the window, hei found that the flames had made! rapid headway and were breaking out everywhere on the roof. ( Alderman W. IU Dancy, chaiw" man of the fire and water commit tee, arrived on the scene a shorj i 1 "1 (Coatiana on jg 8.) COURT DEFINES CHILD'S RIGHTS OFFSPRING ENTITLED TO IN HERITANCE, RULING Daughter Born of Couple Not Mar ij. rled Awarded Fnll Share .'- of Estate , An Illigltimate. child of parents Who lived together as husband and wife long enough to prdve them selves the actual parents of the offspring , and who conducted themselves as such is entitled to its fall inheritance;1 from the par ents estate despite the fact there has been no benefit of clergy, the Oregon, state supreme court ruled In a decision handed down yester-, day. Mercedes - - Wadsworth, ' thg daughter of John R. Barigham ana Emily E. Liddy, who although nrt married lived together for raoro than a year, is entitled to Inherit from the estate left by Mr. Darl ham at the time of his death, the Court declared. . The opinion wa3 written by Jus tice McBride In a suit brought by Mrs. Wadsworth to set aside tha provisions of a certain will mada by Mrv.Rrigham a short time bo fore his death. Ir. Brigbam mada no mention of Mrs. Wadsworth in the will and bequeathed hl3 prop erty to AJetta Brigham and otLcr relatives. , At the time of the trial Jadr' Tazwell called an advisory jur and submitted to them the following- questions: Is the plaintiff the daughter v.. John R. Brigham, and did he an the motker-live; together in t! state or Oregon aa-h'jsl.itid , . wife for a period of one yt.-hi ? . "Were. the parents of i"ljf i li i t'.ff ever formally i:irri' I : mm f ,C(njUatt4 pt 1.) Brockv tg gtajr for tbg cosveritjs ' y?