The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, September 17, 1927, Page 1, Image 1

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    Bell) the D. A. R. in the Observance of Constitution -Dai at the Rail of the House in the Caoitol This Evsui:
tne irrigation' noom
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Weather forecast ; , Locally unsettled ; inod- 1
rate temperature; moderate north to ; west 4
- If all the advice being handed auto driv
was enacted into law the volume .would b
big one but a little good horse sense on i
part of. the drivers would cover the ent
field and leave -nothing to be said.- Cn.
fordaville Journal. .... , ,
j winas on UDe COStii, .jiwimnra .wmperiiurei
(yesterday . 80, minimum 44. river minus ",.6,
rainfall nin BtmiMnhsm rlftftr. wfnd ROrth.
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SALEM, OREdON SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 1J; 1927
PRICE FIVE CENT
&ncourage
J76 Freshmen Report For
Qualifying Exam; .Will
Reach Nearly 200
NEW PROFESSORS HERE
Dean Hewitt of Uw School Hans
Eventually to Build up Great
er Institution; Library to
Be First Step
Willamette university registra
tion officials, professors,; and stu
dent assistants were , busily en
gaged yesterday in caring for 176
freshmen, the largest .numher ever
to assemble on the first day for
ithe English qualifying examlna
.'tions. ' ; ,
, . With about "1 6 or 29 more first
.year students expected to enroll
, ; before Freshmen week closes, the
new class this year will be great
er than any In history, with the
.exception of the abnormally large
.class of 1924-25 which came be
Ifore the enrollment was limited
to 500. ,,v.:.i ,
. Some; Jfot , Returning
For financial reasons,, a num
ber of the old students will not
be back this fall, according to re-
ports received, but the large fresh
man class will maintain the, en
rollment at near the 500 figure.
"The English qualifying examin
ation, a faUure in , which .will
make.it necessary, for, the student
. in take certain English courses
without credit, was the only item
1 on the program in the afternoon..
Yesterday morning, Fresiaenr
Doney delivered an address to the
new students. In which he explain
ed the Ideals of the university,
and outlined Its unique history.
and1 customs, . ... ;,,.
V' 1 ? JConf erences Today-V7 .
'Jspecial conferences and get
acqurted roeetinrtwill bejiel4
todav.with" Bean Ericksoh, Dr
F. O. Franklin, and .Harold Eakin.
president, of the alumni assoda
iion,. addreaslng the. students.
All ,-tlie new -faculty "members
Alexande)' .Vaiakas, head of mod
ern langaages; Cecil Monk, biol
ogyOjJJtrttctorJ.iloy Hewitt, Dean
(jjfthi .Law .school; ; Olive Dahl,
tJean- of Women, and Charles C.
,HawortlW SpaJtfshi tostructojr
were on the campus yesterday, ac
quainting themselves with their
duties for the coming yeaf. .
Dean Hewitt, new head of the
law school, will simply "take an
. (CaDtiaDad on par 5.X
REALTY DEALERS
PROVE BIG HELP
OXE HERE TJKTUL 1870, DE
- . VELOPfEXT JSLOW.
Attractions of Sliddle Valley Rec-
pgnlwd in i Eartr Ln1 ,
. Publicity
. ByVJctor;:D Carlsony u
Real estate dealers were un
known in Marlon county until the
year. 1870.
The buyer was - left to grope
his way, as It were, in darkness,
to find the seller, and as the sell
er had few opportunites to make
comparisons -with any degree of
accuracy the: prices f of ,f arming
lands, were In. af markedly unset
tled state. ' ; ?j -
-Many persons with a surplus of
liijds would gladly .nave .sold a
portion, but were too ignorant of
the correct value to v fix a .fair
price, as compared with the lands
in other portions of the state, and
often 'in their own county. a
; With the coming of men In the
early 70's who made the purchase
and sale of lands a specialty, pri
ces were equalised and regulated,
and reliable information regard
ing thecounty was sent every
where.,, , '-
: .There,' were four principal
"prairies" in the large .Marion
county area in those days How:
II Salem, French, and the San
tam Enticed , by the reports
sent out by the realtors, an ener
getic and thrifty class of eastern
men came to this section. Viewing
the - hill lands interspersed ' with
timber, " nrairies. and : runWfnar
; brooks, and . torseeing the . reven
ue to be derived from-their 'recla
mation for wheat growing, heavy
Investments, were made. ; -'
Forty-jiales.ofreal estate were
5 reported by one firm of land ag
ents during the season of 4.874. an
extensive correspondence was. car
ried on by this firm with people
east of the Rocky Mountains.
Twenty dollars per acre for
wheat: land Averaging forty, for-ty-five,
jand -often as high as fif
ty buahelg, to the acre, was con-
, sldered a . handsome price. Prof-
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DAMAGES ASKED
f OF BUS OWNER
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4HfiQO K)tT3HT JBY PERSONS
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R. S."Poier Mlege Eye Put Out,
: BkUll rracture and
"''' Concussion
Damages totalling 448.00. al
leged to have resulted from an au
tomobile collision on the . Pacific
highway north of Salem on Sep
tember 11 of this year, is demand
ed from the American Car and
Foundry 'Motors company in legal
action' instituted in 'circuit 'court
here yesterday -afternoon. Four
separate complaints, each by a
member pf the party riding In the
car into which, the company's bus
is alleged to have crashed on that
date, were filed with the county
clerk, r
' The company an eastern cor
poration, is alleged to have been
owner of the bus, which was being
driven1 north toward Portland at
the time the accident occurred.
From other sources it has been
learned that the American Par and
Foundry Motors company is a firm
that manufactures stages, selling
them to firms that engage in the
business of operating them. C. R.
Hosier is named as co-defendant.
The largest single sum of mon
ey is demanded in behalf of R. S.
Foster, who alleges in his com
plaint that his right eye was com
pletely put out at the time of the
accident, his chin and lips severely
cut, his skull fractured and other
injuries sustained, including con
cussion of the brain and lacera
tions about the knees. He de
mands 825,000 general, and $500
special damages.
The accident is alleged to have
taken place on the Pacific High
way a mile south of the point
where the road branches off lead
ing toward Gervais. The bus, go
ing north, was not under control
of its driver, was going too fast,
was On the wrong side of the "road
and was being incorrectly oper
ated in other respects, according to
the allegations recited in the com
plaints. , A.v; H. King, owner and driver
of the smaller machine into which
the bus is claimed to have crashed,
demands 82000 as the damages
done to his car, rn addition to 8500
special and ,810.000 general dam
ages. '...Helen B. King demands
85000 general and 8250 special
damagfesao
the same sums as Miss King. All
recite that they were in the King
auto at the time the accident ..oc-
curTed,.and allege various injuries
sustained by reason of the eras n.
OFFICIALS AT ROUNDUP
State Board of Control Goes
- ; ' Pendleton on Business
to
Members of the state board of
control, at the conclusion of a
meeting held at The Dalles yester
day, left for Pendleton where they
will pass part of today inspecting
the Eastern Oregon state, hos
pital. This afternoon the offi
cials will be. guests of the Round
up association.
The meeting at The Dalles was
held for the purpose of discuss
ing the construction of the pro
posed new state tuberculosis hos
pital. Members of the board of
control are Governor Patterson,
Secretary of State Kozer and State
Treasurer Kay.
A number of other state offi
cials are in attendance at the
roundup. '
GENE HAS EYE DOCTOR
Specialist Called In to Treat
Champion as Fight XearW
LAKE VILLA, 111., Sept. 16
(AP) An eye specialist was
ealled from Chicago tonight to
start . treatment of Gene Tunney's
right eye. which looked Inflamed
and troublesome after his work
out ended today. It was oyer. this
eye that Chuck Wiggins -opened
the cut last week, and -today
Jackie Williams poked his thumb
into the optic. ,::., ...
:Tunney wore a havy protective
covering oyer the, old cut while
he boxed today, and ; it appeared
to cause him no trouble, but his
trainers thought it best to take
extra precautions to have the eye
treated by ft specialist . -to , make
sure that It: would not bother him
next Thursday night,, when be
meets Jack ;Dempsey. '
SEARCH PARTY RETURNS
Expedition ? Sent Back to Three
Sisters Region Today , -
, -PORTLAND, Sept, 16 (AP)
Search will be resumed In the
Three Sisters country tomorrow
for Guv Ferry and Henry Cramer
of The Dalles, who are believed to
have lost their lives while trying
to 'climb one of. the peaks Labor
day. 'rriK-
It was eald .here today that E.
A. Britton, Roseburg scoutmaster,
planned to leave tonight for - the
Sisters country, and to find there
twenty volunteers from Bend, The
Dalles. Portland and other cities.
Air of the party, which, planned to
continue the search over the week
end, participated in .the searches
which ; were, discontinued. Tuesday
because at itorjnj, V v-
ROM U. S. OPEN
IS MEETING
Second American Expedi
tionary Forces Take
French City
GEN. PERSHING ARRIVES
Carnival Spirit Reigns as Whole
Country Looks Forward to
Big Holiday Celebration
Next Monday
PARIS. . Sept. 16. (AP)
General Pershing and his dough
boys are back in France again.
Tonight the air of Paris was fill
ed with lilting war-time tunes.
"Madeleln," and "Over There"
and thoughts of French people
turned back to remembrances, of
those days of 1917 when Europe
made the acquaintance of the
Yank in uniform.
This time Yank 30.000 of
him they say is in "cits" and
there isn't a -man in all Europe to
prevent him as he, goe.s about the
job of seeing France as a civilian.
-, i French Catch ' Spirit
All Paris has caught the carni
val spirit that this second A. E.
F. has i brought . and ; , ' the " whole
country looks forward .to .taking
a holiday Monday .when . American
Leglonn aires. . parade . through the
capital before opening their con
vention on; soil they helped save
ten short years ago. .
General Pershing .and 1600 of
the men he commanded in the
war, arrived this morning at
Cherbourg aboard the Leviathan,
greatest: of wartime ; transports.
Other thousands landed at French
ports during the night and today
on other , ships, and still more
thousands of their buddies had
reached Paris before them.
. r ; ;V: Lights Brilliant
Those that had known Paris" in
&3t iHme-iWhen.it. swasgay .JhuU
not brig lit, tame back to Una more
lights than they had any idea the
city could produce. Not . only were
the street lights. burning brightly
tonight but thousands 'Of t others
(Continued on pac 6.)
Four accidents fatal
Weekly Report Made By Indus
trial Accident Commission
There were four fatalities due
to industrial accidents in Oregon
during the week ending- Septem
ber 15, according to a report pre
pared, here yesterday by the state
industrial accident commission.
The victims were Perry W. Wil
bur. Braymill, machinist; Peter
Ould, Newport, plumber; C. H.
Cummings, Portland, wind fall
bueker, and W. H. Poole, construc
tion superintendent,
."here were a total of 863 acci
dents reported to the commission
during the week. 5
CHIEF JUSTICE CELEBRATES SEVETIETH BIRTHDAT
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bee, Canada, .marks a decidedly unique occasion, -for he , is the only
man to accede to the supreme court
of. his country These photos show
outgoing president, Theodore Roosevelt, withrthe president-elect William Howard .Taft, 'shortly prior to
the inaugural ceremonies. Top,-middle, as a Tale student; center, his latest porraj Jower middle as
chief Justice; tl&t; Taft, tojot XOv . . - '
BURNETT ESTATE
VALUED 45,000
WILL ADMITTED TO PROBATE;
WIDOW RECEIVES HAtF
Thoughtf nines of Friends
Evi-
deneed in Chief Justice's
Last Will
The estate of the late Chief Jus
tice George. H- Burnett, who died
nere on September 10, is valued at
$4 5,000, according to papers filed
with the Marion county clefk yes
terday arternoon, when the will
was admitted to probate. ; Judge
Burnett's widow, Frances Lorena
Burnett, is le,ft one half of what
ever sum is realized from the es
tate, the remaining half being di
vided among numerous other-relatives.
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George G. Brown, secretary of
the state land board, is named as
executor, and Milton L. Meyers,
Lot L. Pearce and Charles, S, Wel
ler are named appraisers.
The will directs that the body be
cremated and the ashes cast Into
the Willamette river.
Among the personal effects of
the deceased the following legacies
are listed in the will:
To J. H. Nelson of McMinnville,
nephew, the - watch and .chain
which Burnett wore up until the'
time of his death.
To Charles F. Snelling of Lake
view, nephew, another watch and
chain.
To Clair B. .Baker of Salem,
grand nephew, a third watch and
chain. ' ,
To Ira G. Nelson of Portland,
nephew, a chest of toots.- mechan
ic's chest, and other articles.
To Fred Nelson, nephew, five
razors and accompanying slaving
equipment.
To Harry H. Belt, nephew by
marriage, all his law books and
cases. i
To Louise H, Bickford, niece of
his former wife, several articles
of family furniture and the sum
of $1000 in cash.
To Annie B. High of Salem,
niece, an old wooden clock "owned
by my mother." .
To Hal Henderson, grand neph
ew, a double tooth Elk charm.
To George Glanville Brown of
Salem, friend, all his Masonic ef
fects, including .his past grand
master's apron.
WOMAN FAILS CHANNEL
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Miss 'Millie Hudson Turns' Back
After 13 Hours in Water
BOULOGNE, France, Sept. 7
(Saturday) (AP) Miss Millie
Hudson, young English swimmer,
who started on a channel attempt
from Cape Gris Nez at 11:06
o'clock yesterday morning, aban
doned her swim after being in
the water about 13 hours. :
. Miss Hudson was forced to quit
shortly .after midnight when a
strong current carried her off her
course.
C0SGRAVE LEADS VOTE
Heads Poll in Cork City General
Election By Safe Margin ..-i
DUBLIN, Sept. 16 (AP)
President Cosgrave headed the
poll In Cork City in yesterday's
preliminary elections " receiving
17,385 votes against the 11,608 of
Former Lord Mayor French who
stood second. . :
of the. United States, as its chief
Taft In characteristic poses. Left,
WHAT SMITH HAS
WHAT BOY', GIRL?
MOTHER . GIVEN DAUGHTER
WAS TOLD. SHE HAD SOX
Doubt As to lineage 'Result of
Clerical Conrusion; Goes
to Court ,
! CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 16
(AP) While, a heart broken mo
ther lay in a hospital here tonight
praying for the return 6f her
"son" as she nursed a baby girl.
Judge carl V. Weigandt, looked
forward to a conference1 Monday
with masters of the medical pro
fession who might aid him in solv
ing a tangle that would test the
wisdom of a Solomon.
Last Saturday' the tangle was
brought to the bar of Justice in
Judge Weigandt's common pleas
court. when Sam Smith, father of
the chifd instituted habeas cor
pus proceedings demanding .that
Fairview Park hospital officials
be forced to return his child
"George Smith."
Mrs. Smith n'ursef, a baby girl
tonight which hospital officials
claim is the tjhild born to her Au
gust 22. They also claim that the
tangle resulted from a "clerical
error," made at the hospital. But
the doubt of a mother is not dis
pelled by their explanation and
the child's father vowed today
that he "would spend every penny
1 have to straighten out this
tangle." ' - (
Meanwhile, the possibility that
the grand jury may be called upon
to probe the case, was seen today
when County Proeutor Stanton
assured Charles F. McConell. at
torney for Mrs. Smith, thaf "the
grand jury will make an exhaus
tive probe without- delay if there
is the least bit of evidence of per
jury or hint of criminality in the
case."
"At least two witnesses have
not only failed to tell the truth
but have plainly showed that
many details of the case are being
covered up.' McConnell said.
Dr. John G. Spenzer, Dr. W. B.
Glendenning and half a. dozen
other leading blood specialists
here, together with fingerprint ex
hope to devolve a means of solv
ing the tangle at Monday's meet
ing from the world's mass of sci
entific knowledge,
v The light of science :was l the
chief hope of , Judge Weigandt.
Experts. here have said that blood
tests;finger prints and facial char
acteristics can all be used to aid
in the solution and Judge Wei
gandt remained firm that no stone
should remain .unturned in the
attempt to id Is pel a mother's doubt
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(Continues on pair 6.
NASH ISSUES WARNING
Business Houses Shonld Ask For
Requisition, Announcement
Salem merchants are warned y
Ed Nash, president of the Salem
high student body, not to .sell
anything on credit for the stu
dent body to any one without a
proper requisition.
Numerous difficulties arose last
year, it is said, over purchases
which were not authorized, and
this year careful account Is -o be
made of all expenditures.
Reports from all student off!
cers handling funds will be re
quired by the student body trea
i surer, at regular intervals. . :
living ex-president and.4
Justice, after, servinr DriMmt
a rare photograph, showing th
LARGETnX GUT
SOU POSSIBLE
i v-
Substantial .Decrease in
'Levies Held Feasible
Despite Expenses
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BIG SURPLUS LAST YEAR
SAO.OOO.OOO i Extra Placed In
Treasury; Cut Amounting to
Half That Sum Betlered
Likely In 1928
WASHINGTON. Sept. 16, (AP)
President Coolidge, after going
over .the tentative government
hmtirpt with Director Lord, has
reached the conclusion tnat in
creased appropriations planned for
the war and navy departments
next year, ought not to jeopardize
a substantial tax reduction.
His view was disclosed today, at
th white House where It was
mm slnn that he : had decided
there was no necessity for- a spec
ial PSflinn of coneress solely on
account of the Mississippi flood
problem.
RonM -Funds AvaiiaDie
Secretary - Hoover . nad advised
the president that relief work can
be taken care of until January
t- with funds, now on . nana . ana
Secretary Davis of the war depart
ment told him today that the nnai
report of the board of army en
gineers and the Mississippi river
commission on flood control not
be completed until November x&,
nr December 1. S s
For thl . reason, the president
feels that congress would be able
to make no, headway toward en-
Kmtnt nf flood leetslation De-
fore December, although he ex
pects congressional committees to
(Continned on pge 5.)
HONOR C0RVALLIS MAN
William M. Ball Made President
V of .Pliotographers Group' ,
LOS - ANGELES, Sept. 16
(AP) William M. Ball of Cor-
vallis. Ore., was elected president
of the" Pacific International Pho-
AifliiflM aoBApiat! tn , s.r. tnfl
election which marked the , clos
ine business session of the or
ganization's convention here to
day. .Other officers elected were; S
Walters of Seattle, first vice pres
ident; J. H. Mott of Los Angeles,
second vice president; Mable
Spencer of Alameda, Cal., third
vice president; Ida M, Reed , of
San Francisco, secretary; .and
Chet Coffee of Portland, treas
urer. , " J .
Honors in the photographic
beauty contest went to three girls
from the. Los Angeles district.;;
MUST ADMIT CHILDREN
Reason Must - Be Used In Fixing
School Age, Opinion Says
A school district board cannot
legally- enforce a regulation - re
fusing to admit' to : the public
schools at the September term
children who will not have reached
the age of sir years by November
15. but requires them to wait for
admission until -'the opening, of
school the succeeding year, accord-,
ing to an opinion prepared by the
attorney , general here Friday. ,i ,
The attorney general held jthat
school boards must use reason In"
fixing 'the school age, but he did
motitempt to say what this age,
should be. Tbe opinion.' waa re
quested , by.C. A. Howard star.
superintendent of schools, v'-"
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W0ULP-PB0PUT(TAi
ToenaU, Washlnston alarf says
PORTLAND, Sept. lV-lAP)
A battle to be .conducted .4with
"tooth and toenail" wlU be-, waged
?v I r?J nt on8rPeaa tO' the end
that; the automaton c.i...w v-
dropped, it WMrd'Tclared today by
F:.I!Wni-ct Washington,
D- C. National American Automo-
nila RSOf latlnn m n , t A
m .... r ,u cu u
SWssto delegates to the third
annual conference of affiliated au
tomobile clubs of the west.
t Ther Is no reason why'motor
wta should be made ; to pay the
war tax, with the war nine or ten
years past." Smith declared. .
FLYERS SAIL FOR HOME
Brock and Arhtoe Leave Japan en
; steamer Kor America 1
TOKYO. Sept. 17 API f s.ti
urday) William 8. Bxock nnt
Edward F.'Schlee. who flew from1
Harbor Graee. Newfonnrtind
Tokyp In i,he monoplane "pride of
M.eirotr," sailed for home thU a,
ternoon; pn thm L pnm-
AIR HERO FLEES
FROM AMATEUR
CHARLES LINDBERGH'S STAY
ABOVE SALEM SHORT
WeM Fear Crash When Attempt
AIade to Secure Newspaper
i' ' Picture
Colonel Charles Ai, Lindbergh
paid "his respects to Salem yester
day morning, and paid them hur
riedly. : ;
Apparently fearful of a crash
with another plane which, was ov
er the city maneuvering for a pic
ture, the "Lone Pilot, veered of f
sharply- after .dropping bts mes
sage at .High, and Court.
The Colonel had come straight
down High street. Intending to
circle the city. v Seeing the ama
teur photographer chasing him in
the other, plane, he changed his
course, crossed the river, circled
for a time over West Salem and
then headed straight down the Sa
lem-Dallas highway, frying at an
altitude of about -300 feet.
...When a blast from the tire de
partment siren at 7:50 a. m
signalled the approach of the At
lantic conqueror, thousands of
citizens rushed . out of doors to
catch, a glimpse of "The Spirit'
important partner, of "We". &
company. . .Disappointment was
manifest every where at the 'brief
period he , was over the city.
The pilot . plane, bearing Man
ager .Keyhoe, a representative of
the .Department of Commerce,
passed to the east of Salem about
10 minutes ahead ,. of Colonel
Lindbergh. A number of people
mistook his plane for that of
"The Spirit." .
Colonel .Lindbergh ,was flying
low and seemed .to know where
the City Hall was for the message
fell near it. Frank Watt, a work
er on the Van Patten building on
Court street, caught' the scroll
and turned it over to Officer Lou
ie Olson, who In turn carried it to
Mayor Llvesley.
The message read as follows:
Aboard "Spirit of St. .Louis."
To the City of Salem: Greetings:
Because of the limited time and
the extensive Itenerary of the
tour of the; United States now in
progress to encourage popular In
terest In earonautlcs, It is Impos
sible, for the "Spirit of St. Louis"
to land In your city.
This message from the air. how
ever, lssent "you to express Sin
cere appreciation of your interest
in the tour and in the promotion
and expansion of 'commercial aer
onautics in the .United States.
We eel that we will be amply
repaid for all our efforts if each
and every citizen in the . , United
States ' cherishes an Interest In
flying and gfres his earnest sup
port to the air , mail service and
the establishment of airports and
( Continue a pg 6.)
OSWEGO MAN SUICIDES
Mao From California Leaves Note
i f Showing Despondency ';
PORTLAND. Sept. 16 f API-
Leaving a note reading: "Years
of worry have finally got the best
of me; it Is this or. an asylum be
fore long.' Rudolph Tietgens. of
Burl Jngame. cal.. pressed the trig
ger of a rifle early todav an A
ended, his .life near the Oswego
country club near here....OffJci8
said the case was one of itiiclde
TIetgen's bodv v. fo,. v "r..
hi expensive. antoinAoIle, In his
ounp. alx. dollars and
!51K?8''wf re believed to have
caused hjs act.. ,. s
; A POStscrlnf ii?J Z:,liJ '
aM . ' i uitu( note
sai(J ;,., ."MvJ last ihnnirht. o -r
X fatnily bnto t MniA . .v.i.
them. : kept ;alve 1 would boi
come as additional burden.-
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JOHNSTOWiQUltsE
Buines Interest and AdvancInK
i i - ' Air Hlv. " 1 iw i ' !-.'-
NWt)RK. Sept. 16-f AP)-
tJJ"" M. Johnston., known . to
the.aousands of the tennis world
"LUUe BIir.toniht announced
that he is through With Davis cup
.competition. Increased' demands
by his brokerage interests in Cali
fornia, together, with the severe
physical .strain attendant on the
International matches were given
by .Johnston as , reasons for bis
rithdrawa.1. :
Johnston's "announcement waa
made at .a , dinner s given to
the America Davis cup team by
the victorious 4 Frenc players
Aboard, the . steamer France.
FIRST S. P. BUSES ARRIVE
Gray Coaches ."With Blue Trim,
mlngs to be Used tm Valley 1
Foreruniiers of a fleet of buses
which will be operated throughout
Oregon by . the. Southern Pad f ic
company. 14 new coaches, painted
gray with. blue. trimmings, arrived
In Salem yesterday. They are of
the latest design and have numer
ous features patented by the rail
road-company. ; " v; ;
' General Manager Wilson has an
nounced that 10 mora of the buses
are on the. way here, and that
there will he a total of ,45 operat
ed In Oregon when service starts
next Tuesday. - . " . :";
IRISH IPLfi
llllOi TO
MR Mil
Monoplane Princess Xe
Forced to Return Afte
,.-v ;.; Leaving Dublin
STIFF HEAD WINDS r;
40 3Ille Gale Blows In Face
: Captain Robert IT. Blaclntos
And Commandant James J
Fitzmaurlce
DUBLIN, JIllSH FREE STA'
Sept. 16. (AP) The monopl
"Princess Xenia" which 1
Baldonnel air field this afterm
on a non stop flight to New Y
was forced to land on the Be
Strand, near Bally Bunnion, co
ty .Kerr,4at 6 o'clock tonight. I
'Neither Captain Robert 1L M;
Intosh , nor - his companion; Cc
mandant James C. Fitzmauri
was, injured. . ; I
: : . ; ; : Gale 3Iet;- ' """"j
Faced with head winds . swe
Ing at 40 miles an hour. Capt;
Macintosh and Commandant Fi
maurice, when already over t
Atlantic on their projected nc
stop flight, found it impossible
continue. They made a sr
landing six miles south of Bol;
bunnion.
The airmen who honnert -t
from Baldonnel air field. Dubl
at 1:36 p. m. braving the traj
era, in an attempt to be the Hi
to make. the westward passage I
air, ; were : uninjured and went
local hotel.
, ICO Miles rroni Start
Ballybunnlon Is about I
miles southwest of Dublin. It
south of the Shannon river on t
Kerry coast and Is a favorite sp
side reorst- It has a snlend
beach, high lliffs. with caves ar
natural. rock arches or remarkaL f
formation. It has . a permane
populatiou of only several-hun
red. . 1
The landing of the aviators -
the little seaside, resort four xLt
a half hours atfer they had ho;
ped off with high hopes and ch
ery farewells meant i failure ti
another. . east-west trans-Atlant i
flight, but- it was failure witho.
loss of life. , fc
The reluctuant decision of tr
airmen to turn back to land' ax
safety - came after, they had e;
countered over the sea advert
winds and a blinding fog whic '
obstructed their course, and mac
impossible their plan to span tb
ocean to New York bv .war
Newfoundland in about ,26 aoui
(Continned on pig 4., ' j
MYSTERY SHIH -i
SENDS.OUT SO;
roENTrnr of vkssel in di:
TRESS REMAINS SECRET
Location 07O Miles Out From Sea
tie; First : Thought of
,;. . ' JapXlne-';
tsn a 1 i Lit, eepi;. 16. (Al j
An . unexplained SOS from a
only partly.' Identified vessel I
mid-Pacific continued a mystery r
mo ,w luaiguu . &noni7 aner .
o'clock this, morning, the distre
signal was .plainly heard by fou
land stations and one ship at se;:
Although all communication o:
the' north Pacific was suspend
in hope of "obtaining further won
of the stricken vessel, nothing ha
since been heard..
The Identity of the vessel v
announced by the harbor radi
here. as the Yoshida Maru numbe
1 of the Yamashlta line. None o
the. -other stations, however, re
ceved the name of the ship.
Positions of the , vessel was g5v
en as 141.42 west lon?itnrf m 1 ,
970 miles west of Seattle on th
San Francisco-Far East great cir
cle. --.- .
Efforts lo identify the s.!.
were further complicated when th
Virtually Impassible thatth vps
In distress was the Yoshida JIar
number 1. , Recent reports ro
cetved at the local agency of t:
Yamashita line have placed the r
sltion of the Yoshida 3Tarn as c f
the Japanese coast, hundred? c
miles from the .reported. pos;?.fo:
of the stricken craft.
,The distress signals were p! "
up simultaneously by tho ha:!
radio, two naval radio static: i
Alaska, a Canadian station at "
tevan, B. C, and the Etear
Talyo Maru of the Nippon Yr
Kalsha line, plying, between
Francisco and the Orient.
trans-Pacific lmr Tr "
Pierce was reported near e
posed position cf tho t :.: !,: :;!
vesseL No report hnd he -n
celved from t. -rt-e t :i!v
nisht. -