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.'-Veatlier forecast: Generally fair; not
much change Jn temperature; moderate west
and northwest winds on the coast. Maximum
temperature" yesterday 74. minimum 52, river
minixsltf t rainfall none, atmosphere cloudy,'
"wind southwest.
A boy in New York was Injured by the ex
ploding of a whiskey still in an apartment
house. These moonshiners are getting more
careless every day. -
SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1927
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7:5 TH SESSION
Real Work of Conference
Opens at 10 a. m.
f , Today
SEVEN SEEK ADMISSION
Hon. Willis C. Hawh-y ami Clar
ence True Wilson Principal
Speakers Today; Reception
Honors Bishop x
Conference Frogi-am Today
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8:3T0a. m. Sacrament Lord's
Supper.
10:00 a. m. Conference or
ganization. 11:00 a. m.-1 Conference busi
ness session
1:30 p. m. Conference busi
ness session.
2:30 p. m. Conference com
mittee reports.
4:00 p. m. Conference Inspir
ational Service. Address by
Kev. Ralph S. Cushman, L.
i D., Rochester N. Y.
6:00 p. m. Garrett Bible In
stitute Banquet at Y. M. C.
A.
7:30 p. m. Address by Hon.
Willis C. Hawley, member of
congress, and Dr. Clarence
True Wilson, chairman,
board of temperance.
Salem yesterday became the
headquarters of Oregon Metho
dism when about 200 ministers
ythered forjthe opening sessions
;the annua) conference.
V- "A reception for Bishop and Mrs.
William O. Shepard last night
ended the day's activities which
included conference examinations,
a. meeting of the stewards, and
an executive session of Bishop
Shepard and his four Oregon su
perintendents. In the receiving line at the re
ception were Governor I. L. Pat
terson, Bishop Shepard, Superin
tendent D, H. Leach, and other
church dignitaries.
Governor Patterson extended
greetings of the, state in a few
brief remarks, and Dr. B. L.
Sleeves welcomed tne ministers to
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CONGRESS NOT
TO MEET EARLY
PROPOSALS FOK EXTRA SES
SION SIDE-TRACKED
foolhlg Reaches Decision After
Talking With Leaders of
Two Houses
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.
(APi Proposals for a special
session of congress have been
side-tracked by President Cool
idge. He also has been advised by re
publican leaders here that there
is no occasion for a special ses
sion of the senate alone, and it
was indicated today at the White
House that no call for one would
be issued.
In reaching a definite decision
against calling congress into ses
sion before the regular convening
date in December, Mr. Coolidge
has been guided by the advice of
Senator Curtis, and Representa
tive Tihson, republican leaders of
the senate and house, who have
told him there would be sufficient
time in the regular session con
vening in December to enact
-pending business.
So far as the Mississippi river
flood situation is concerned the
president understands arrange
ments have been made to care
for the relief work until January
1. He has been informed by en
gineers who are drafting a finrwi
ontrol program that they will be
ame to report before November
! or later.
rywirile some senators had sue-
1 iriolnil .. 1... . .
-1 R"-u" Dirauai session of the
senate to thrash out the contests
oyer the seats of Senator-elect
Smith of Illinois and Vare of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Coolidge has
been advised that the senate will
have time to take these cases up
and perhaps dispose of them be
fdre the Christmas holidays. Sen
ate leaders do not expect to get
to work on legislation pending ac
tion by the house on the tax re
duction and appropriation bills in
the early part of December.
LOCAL STUDENTS
HEADW. U. FROSH
RAYMOND MILLER CHOSEN'
TEM10AR IKKSIIEXT
Frances l)e Harpport , Vice Presi
dent, Rosalind Van Winkle
Secretary
Three Salem high school grad
uates were accorded the honor of
election to offices in the 19 31
Willamette university freshman
class, at a special meeting yes
terday afternoon.
Raymond Miller, a 1926 gradu
ate, was chosen temporary chair
man. He will hold office two
weeks until an election to choose
a permanent semester president
will be held. Miller has been
working during the past year at
the George E. Allen hardware
store. He was prominent in ath
letics and forensics at the local
high school.
Francis De Harpport, a tennis
and basketball man at Salem high,
was named vice-president. He will
hold office for the entire semes
ter. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. DeHarpport, of 605
South 19 Street.
The freshmen chose Rosalind
Van Winkle, daughter of the at
torney general of Oregon, and
dean emeritus of the Willamette
law school, as secretary.
A South Dakota boy, Chester
Ring of Huron, was named treas
urer. The class meeting followed com
pletion of registration of 185
freshmen at the university. Frank
VanDyke, of the sophomore class,
talked to the new man, and a
spirit pf cooperation between the
two classes in the pull for a bet
ter Willamette was cemented.
Registration for upper class
men will be held today and in
struction will start Thursday mor
ning. An enrollment of abost 525
students is expected.
Pledging of new men to the var
ious fraternities began yesterday
afternoon, and most of the quo
tas will be filled today. Rooms in
Lausanne hall have been assigned
to girls w'ho will not live at Sor
orities. All freshmen girls must
live at the dormitory exepet with
special permission from the dean
S. P. BUSES BEGIN RUNS
Coach Service Started on Willam
ette Valley Routes
Southern Pacific buses went in
to action yesterday all along the
Willamette valley. Announce
ment that the railway company in
tended to enter the bus line busi
ness was made some time ago.
Buses have been put on in all cases
where the railroad has competi
tion from the auto carriers and
from the appearance of the fleet of
fine looking coaches that made
their appearance yesterday, the
war is on to the teeth.
The main run will be between
Portland and Ashland. This line
parallels the S. P. railroad all the
way. The run of next importance
is that from Portland to Corval
lis, via McMinnville. This is a
very heavily traveled route. The
company also started service be
tween Portland and Oswego. This
will compete with the Oregon City
bus line.
1100 REGISTER AT S.H.S.
Students Come in Slowly; 200
More Expected to Enter
Approximately 1100 students
had registered at Salem high
school when the offices closed
Tuesday afternoon. This total is
still short about 100 of last year's
enrollment. About 200 more are
expected tosign up before the end
of the week. ,
Enrollment this year has been
markedly slow, only 874 signing
up Monday, the first day, as
against 899 the first day last year.
The fact that summer work began
late, and many of the students
are still on jobs, is Warned for the
slow enrollment.
. Instruction will begin this
morning. Sometime during the
day a student body meeting will
he hPld for the purpose or nomi
nating representatives on the stu
dent council.
PLANES MEET TROUBLE
Washington and North Dakota Pi
lots Forced to Earth
ST. PAUL, Sept. 20. (AP)
Darkness forced down two class. B
planes in the New York-Spokane
derby near St. Paul. They were
piloted by M. H. McMechan of
Yakima, Wash., and Verne I. Rob
erts. Fargo, N. D.. who came to
the St. Paul airport by an tomo-
GERMAN PLA
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WINES TOWflRO
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3 Fliers Hope to Reach This
Country By Going East
Over Orient
0TT0 KOENNECKE LEADS
Famous Aviator in Charge of Ma
chine Intends to Make America
by Way of Pacific; Balked
By Atlantic
COLOGNE, GERMANY, Sept.
20.- (AP) "The ever readyto
start" Captain Otto Koennecke as
newspapers have been labelling
him, took off in earnest this af
ternoon for America by way of
the Orient.
He hopped off at 2:22 p. m. in
his biplane, the Germania, with
two companions, after being balk
ed for more than five weeks in his
long prepared for flight across the
Atlantic by unfavorable weather.
He now proposes to cheat this by
attempting to reach the goal from
the other direction.
LONDON, Sept. 20. (AP) An
Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Budapest reports that Cap
tain Otto. Koennecke and his plane
Germaina passed over Budapest
at 8:40 this evening, flying in an
easterly direction.
(Budapest is approximately 600
miles from Cologne, the starting
place of the Germania on its
flight to the United States by way
of the Orient.)
DANCER PUT ON CARPET
Aecu.ser of Wallace Beery Called
Before district Attorney
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20.
(AP). Juanita Montanya, 19-year-old
dancer, who last week
filed a $1,000,000 suit against
Wallace Beery, screen actor, al
leging he attacked her, answered
a summons to the district attor
ney's office today, but refused to
answer questions on the ground
that it might incriminate her.
She was ordered to appear fol
lowing Beery's denial of the
charges that he was the father of
her unborn child. After a short
conference with Harold L. Davis,
chief deputy district attorney, the
girl was turned over to the proba
tion office when it was learned
that she still was wanted on a pre
vious charge of petty larceny and
peeking through windows of mo
tion picture people in Hollywood.
UNITED
ATES
STATESMAN PREPARED TO GIVE
COMPLETE SERVICE ON FIGHT
Despite the voluminous publicity that the event has received,
;he sport loving public can scarcely realize that the date for the
biggest ring battle of the decade Is less than two days away.
Tomorrow evening at 6:45 or 7 o'clock Pacific time (9:45 or
10 p. m. Chicago daylight time). Gene Tunaey, heavyweight cham
pion of the world, and Jack Dempsey, former champion, will meet
in the ring at Soldiers' Field in the windy city to settle 'the fistic
supremacy of the world.
Through its Associated Press leased wire, The Oregon States
man will receive full blow-by-blow reports of the battle, which will
be megaphoned "o the crowd by Stanley Lainson, Salem's most pop
ular announcer.
Fans will recall vividly that at the time of the recent Demp-sey-Shafkey
fight. The Statesman, through the use of a radio set,
was able to inform the crowd in front of the office of Dempsey
victpry several minutes ahead of any other local news agency.,
Thursday evening the radio set will be on duty, and the men and
women who want to know the result as soon as the victory is de
cided, may count on The Statesman to give it to them.
Immediately after the fight is over. The Statesman's sport ex
tra, carrying a full detailed story of the fight, descriptions of the
crowd and sidelights on the epochal event, written by Associated
Press correspondent, will be. on the streets.
WINDOW DISPLAY
OPENING FRIDAY
THorSANPS OF VISITORS TO
COME HERE FOR EVENT
Nearly All Local Merchants Co
ojK'rating in Annual Fall
Opening
Twenty-five to thirty thousand
people are expected to congregate
in Salem Friday evening for the
annual fall window display. In
vitations have been sent out to
all districts within a radius of 30
miles.
Practically all Salem merchants
will cooperate in the display.
Clothing dealers will show the
latest fall fashions.
The unveiling of displays which
lias been set for 7:30 p. m., will
be followed by a big free dance
at Crystal Gardens, and a concert
by Oscar Steelhammer's Cherrian
band.
Prizes totalling 5500 or more
will be given away on lucky num
bers to be found in the different
windows.
DEMAND SOVIET RECALL
French Government Insists Chris
tian Rakowsky Return
PARIS, Sept. 20. (AP) Le
Matin announces that the French
government has officially inform
ed the Russian Soviet government
that the recall of Christian Rak
owsky as Soviet ambassador to
France is an indispensable condi
tion to any negotiations between
the two countries for a non-aggression
pact.
Other conditions laid down by
the French government, the paper
states are cessation of interference
in French internal affairs by So
viet agents or the Third Interna
tionale, and early, conclusion of
negotiations for settlement of the
question of the old Russian debts.
MY BUDDY!
MORROW MADE
NEW DIPLOMAT
PRESIDENT DRAFTS OLD
CLASSMATE INTO SERVICE
Member of New York Banking
Firm Will be IT. S. Ambas-
sador to Mexico
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.
(AP) Apparently determined to
leave no .stone unturned toward
settlement of the Mexican problem
before his term expires. President
Coolidge disclosed today that he
had drafted Dwight W. "Morrow,
his friend and college classmate,
and a partner in the New York
banking firm of J. P. Morgan and
company for duty as ambassador
to Mexico.
The appointment was approved
today by the Mexican government
and was announced Immediately
at the White House.
Mr. Morrow will sever his con
nections with the Morgan com
pany at once. The president ex
pects him to take up his duties in
Mexico City under recess appoint
'tuent without delay, although the
exact date of his departure has not
been fixed. He succeeds James R.
Sheffield, resigned.
That Morrow's selection would
meet opposition because of his con
nection with the Morgan company
which has been closely identified
with dealings between American
bankers and Mexico on loan prob
lems, was recognized at the state
department even before the presi
dent's decision became known.
Chairman Borah of the foreign
relations committee which will
pass on Mr. Morrow's nomination,
said in a formal statement that
Mr. Morrow undoubtedly would
carry out the policy of the Ameri
can government toward Mexico
and his opposition or support, of
his nomination would turn entire
ly on what he regarded as that
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ES
BATTLEFIELDS
American Soldiers Depart on
Lonti Pilgrimages to ,
Historic Graves
GAY CELEBRATION LULLS
Contest Staged in Which Band
From Sioux City, Iowa Wins
. Championship For Sixth Sue-
cessive Time
PARIS. Sept. 20. (AP)
Leaving the shouting; and tumult
of their convention behind, thou
sands of American Legionnaires
today reverently set out for the
real pilgrimage of their visit to
France. Tttey left fox the battle
fields of Rbeims, Lilte and Ver
dun to visit the graves ot their
comrades in arms who Jell in the
great upheaval.
At the Palais du Trocfadero they
bad heard General Pershing and
Marshal Foch vaunt their heroic
war deeds, and later they solemn
ly placed a wreath at the tomb of
Lafayette. Later they were the
guests of President Doumergue
and still Jater enjoyed Marshal
Foch's hospitality at a garden
party. All these events paved the
way for the real purpose; of their
visit to France.
Graves Viewed!
They were here to look upon
the little wooden crosses, stand
ing row on row, in the former war
torn area where their .brothers
fought and fell. After all the
preliminaries this heartfelt pur
ose was accomplished for some
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FIELD GETS NEW NAME
Flying Space Designated Fort of
Portland - Airport
PORTLAND, Sept. 20. (AP)
Portland's flying field was to
day officially designated the port
of Portland airport. The field, for
merly known as the Swan, island
airport, was developed by the
port of Portland commission in
connection with the west channel
project. The change In name will
become effective immediately.
In support of the new title for
the field, port commissioners
agreed that it not alone fixes the
location at Portland but brings
out the fac; that it is a port facil
ity, available for sea as well as
land planes and designates own
ership by the port of Portland
commission. ,
LARMER BUILDING BEGUN
Four Story Concrete 4 Storage
? Structure to- Cost 940,000 ; :
iThe second largest building per
mit of the month was taken oat
yesterday by D. A. Larmer, who
has already commenced construc
tion on a four-story concrete stor
age building to.be located at 897
North Liberty street, at a cost of
about $40,000. s
.The new building will have
Oregon Electric trackage and will
be used for automobile and hop
storage in addition to all kinds of
dry storage, such as furniture and
general household goods. The
building is 142x140 in size and
will be completed in three months.
D." C. Bushnell is the contractor on
the job.
LONG VIEW MAN KILLED
Brakeman In Employ of Lumber
Company Falls Under Train 7
iLONG VIEW, Wash.. Sept. 20.
(AP) John Reiuch, 46, brake
man of the Winlock and Toledo
Lumber company's logging road,
was killed, when he fell under the
wheels of a train .he was working
op in the Winlock yards today. His
body' was mangled- as he '"was
dragged 25 feet. .. "
SHOOTS COUNTY JUDGE
Wound Thought - Fatal Inflicted
During Court Session
I OWENSBORO, Ky. Sept. 20.
(AP) Judge J. Patton,- 62,
county judge of Ohio county, was
perhaps fatally wounded when
shot by James Johnson,' 4 5, daring
a session of the Ohio connty fiscal
court in the court house at Hart
ford thU affernogji.
LEMUR
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VISIT FOR
DERBY PASSES
SALEM TODAY
12 AIRPLANES TO RACE ON
WAY OVER CITY
Calculations Place Time During
Late Forenoon and Early
Afternoon
Twelve airplanes, winging their
way at top speed along the air
lane from San Francisco to Port
land and on to Spokane, are
scheduled , to pass over Salem
around noon today. That num
ber of machines have been enter
ed in the San Francisco-Spokane
derby, seven of them being Class
B and the remaining five Class A.
Although it : was Impossible to
determine the exact time when tbe
planes would begin flying through
this section of the Willamette
valley, it was estimated yester
day that Salemites who expected
to see the leaders in the race
should begin watching the skies
shortly before 11 a. m. Prepara
tions have been made In Portland
to begin taking care of the planes
from 11 o'clock on. The mach
ines will be allowed five minutes
each at the Portland air field for
refueling. ' ,
The probability has been point
ed out, however, that some of the
planes may not be visible from
Salem, since they will make no
special effort to pass over this
city, but will follow whatever
routes may seem best to the Indi
vidual pilots.
The Class B machines will leave
San Francisco at one minute Inter
vals beginning at 5 a. m. today,
and the Class A planes at one min
ute intervals starting an hour
later.
DESPERADOES ARRESTED
One Bandit Killed by Officers in
Gun Play During Fight
TCSCUMBIA. ALA.. Sent. 20.
(AP) One man was killeuvJ
one was injured and two men are
in the county jail as a result, of
what officers say was an attempt
to rob the Tennesse Valley bank
at Cherokee, Ala., today.
The dead man is Clyde Trlpett,
30, a farmer from Barton, Ala.,
one of the alleged bandits; -the in
jured, Chief of Police A. E. Hes
ter, while the two men in Jail are
A. L. Frank, 28, of Montreal, Can
ada, and E. R. Smitfi, 22, of Hem
Phis. kLOSS DECLARED SEVERE
Twenty to Hundred Per Cent of
Prune Crop, Ruined by Ra.in
VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 20.
(AP) Prune growers of Clark
county face a loss of from 20 to
100 per cent of the total crop, it
has been estimated here, as, a re
sult of rain damage to green fruit.
W- H. Wood, manager of the
Washington Growers' Packing cor
poration said that while the loss in
weight in some orchards will not
exceed 50 1 per cent, the loss in
value will'; be much greater be
cause of the light weight of the
dried prunes.
CLASS B FLYER MISSED
Gerald Smith Fails to Reach Des
tination at Fargo,
D.
ST. PAUL, MINN., Sept. 21.
(AP) Gerald Smith, piloting one
of the class B planes in the New
York to Spokane air derb r, who
left St. Paul at 4:13 o'clo k yes
terday afternoon, had not r cached
Fargo, N. D., his destlnatioi i early
this morning.
. Airport officials also exi ressed
concern over the failure ol A. M.
Banks of Philadelphia, ifcother
flier, to reach here f rom "Ciilcago,
where he took pff at 11:2T a. m.
yesieraay.
RUNS AMUCK AT MOVIES
Louis Lord Wounds Three In
Show House, Assumed
Insane
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.
(AP) Suddenly going beserk in
a movie theater here tonight, a
man giving the name of Louii
Lord shot and wounded three men
In the theater. Lord was captur
ed by police after a cljase through
the streets. The authorities as
sumed tha he was Insane. ' 1 . :
REPUBLICAN LEADS VOTE
Early Returns GIt Tfarry 5 lackey
,; Lead of Three to Two
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 20.
(AP) Returns from 100 scat
tered divisions out of 1 5 1 7 In the
city gave Harry A. Maekey, regu
lar candidate for, the republican
mayoralty nomination 15.604 and
J. Hampton Moore, " independent.'
10,507,'
W1ILLER LEADS -j
BY GO SECONDS
AT WIGHT STDP
Des Moines and Detroit
Flyers Go Nip and Tuck
Across Continent
MONTANA CITY REACHED
K. K. Ballough heads Class A Ma
- chines in First Lap to St. Paul,
Where All TS'ight Stopover '
Scheduled 4 j
Air Derby Summarized
Class B, Cross Continent
Miller leads Meyers by one
minute into Glendive, Mont.,
after Meyers came from behind
to beat Miller into Fargo, N.
D. All night stop at Glendive.
Class A. Cross-Continent
Ballough arrives St. Paul at
2:14 p. m., followed 17 min
utes later by Holman, with oth
ers trailing behind. All night
stop at St. Paul.
Non-stop, Cross-Continent
begins this morning. All cross
continent races from Roosevelt
Field, N. Y., to Spokane, Wash.
Class B, Coast Leave San
Francisco . beginning at 5
o'clock this morning.
, . Class A, Coast Leave San
Francisco beginning at six
o'clock this morning. All coast
planes -head north to Portland
and then east to Spokane.
CHICAGO, Sept. 20.(AP)
Scattered throughout ' the north
west between Chicago and Glen
dive,' Mont., entries in 'the two
trans-continental air derbies from
New York to Spokane tonight
were resting for the final laps be
fore them tomorrow. .1
The finish of the second day's
dash in the class B derby founrf
Leslie Miller of Des Moines, an!
C. W. Myers of Detroit at Glen- '
dive, Montana, maintaining theit
thrilling fight for first place witl
Miller still in the lead.
The class A entries, with St.
Paul as their first day's goal,
were led by E. E. Ballough of Chi
cago, and his 69-year-old veteran
air passenger. Colonel Charles V.
Dickinson, who made the long
hop from New York in nine hours
and nine minutes; 19 minutes
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NON-STOP DERBY
TO START TODAY
IXTEUXATIOYAL F KATUljE
ADDS ' INTEREST TO
Royal Windsor of Canada "a
Detroiter of United States
Compete
id
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N.
Sept. 20. (API An IntornjaHn
1
al plane race between Canada ai
the United States, starting fro
here tomorrow and ending at Sr
kane, Wash., on Thursday, w
anticipated here today, as the c
max of the national air derby I
us neia as a feature of the i
meet at Spokane. j
At least two planes, Duke Sch'
ler'g Koyal Windsor, from Wit
sor, Ont., and Eddie Stinsons I
troiter, were assured of start!
in the race, which Is to be a nJ
stop one for a first prize of $1
000 and a second prize of $5,0
There Iwa8 possibility late f
day. moreover, that two mf
competitors would fly in the crl
country grind, bringing the tc
up to four racers. Officials hi
were advised by telegram that
lot Jack Hand, flying the mo'
Plane Miss Southern Califor
from San Diego, would an
here late today in preparat
for the start of tbe non-stop fir
taraosrowEd ward-,MuigAii L
tor expert for the Wright Aero
nautical company, also received a
telegram stating that Glenn J.
Romkey, of Lomax, III., would
compete. Romkey was reported
to have left Lomax. for Roosevelt
field this afternoon.
Tomorrow's race "promises to
be .unique because Stinson, ia
striving to beat Schiller will be
competing against a plane design
ed and built by ' himself. The
Royal Windsor, was. designed by
Stinson especially for a High t bv
Schiller and Phil Wood from
Windsor, Canada, to Windsor.
England. Tlie , proposed Wind-
(C?ntinfd on rap Z,