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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1927 3 , if. T 1 r bHudsoh-Essex Dealers 1 Coming From Distance udson-Essex dealers from all parts of Oregon, 58 of them in all, are expected in Salem at various times this week, to assist in demonstrating the Hudson-Essex cars which are the display of the Newton Motor Car company, located on the west side of the automobile building at the fairgrounds. This display includes eleven models. The Essex exhibits are aCch, coupes in cloth and leather finish respectively, a speedatSftit and a sedan. Ilie Hudsons include a coach and sedan in the 118 inch wheel base and a coach, standard sedan, brougham and seven passenger sedan in the 127 inch wheel base. The dealers coming here to assist with the demonstration include Howard M. Covey of the Covey Motor company, Port land, which has recently taken over this line. Mr. Covey is of the oldest dealers in Oregon, and the Hudson-Essex people are well pleased to secure him as their representative tiortland. Others assisting in the display will be L. D. Lambeth and J. D. Altman, both territory Hudson-Essex representatives of the Portland Motor Car company, state distributors of the line. : ' G. L. Newton, head of the local company, and his salesmen, Prank Mogan, E. B. Rapp and L. L. Thornton, will be in gen eral charge. j sedan is shown. In the "Commander" division the sedan, regal sedan, Victoria, regal four-passenger coupe and four passenger roadster are displayed. In the "Dictator" models the four door plush sedan is on display. The only Erskine six on display is a straight seat sedan. One Studebaker panel delivery car is also displayed. Members of the Marion Auto company staff on duty to tell the public about these cars are Ralph Thompson, Claude Mor ris, A. C. Smith, Roy Gibbons and Bruce Fox. June Pitman, of the J. K. Leander company, Portland distributors, is also assisting. Seventh Round Almost "Missed By Camera Man Trumm Motor Car Co. Has Paiges On View The Trumm Motor Car company, local agency for the Paige line of cars, has its display on the west side of the auto show building, close to the north entrance. Models on view include the 85 stdan, 8G-75 sedan, 6-65 sejan and 6-45 sedan. Greeting the visitors are W. H. Trumm, L. S. Geer. Homer White, and Norman Whiting, the latter representing Cook K ItVOTlS. Pnrtlnnrl rlistr ihntnra epresentative Models of Studebaker On View The Marion Auto company, which has the Salem district agency for Studebaker and Erskine cars, has nine separate models on display. This is not a complete line of these cars, but those chosen for'exhibition are representative of the var ious lines manufactured l)y these companies. The display is on the east side of the building, near the north end. In the "President" Studebaker line the seven passenger CHICAGO, Sept. 27. (AP The controversial seventh round Of the Tunney-Dempsey fight, which found Gene down and the title al most in Jack's hands, nearly passed without being officially re corded by the all-seeing slow mo tion picture. On a shaky platform, high above the heads of the crowd and some fifty feet away from the ring, La roy Phelps had his difficulties filming the fight for Tex Rickard. One of his slow motion cameras went out of commission because of the cramped position in which he was forced to erect it. With the sixth round well under way,, he glanced at the other machine and saw a lense missing. It had dropped out. Hardly any two lenses of motion picture cameras are alike but he frantically seized the correspond ing piece in the disabled camera, hammered it in with his fist "and prayed it would focus." It did, not perfectly, but suffi ciently to catch the blow ;hat floored the champion and almost cost him his crown. RESTRICT PRESCRIPTIONS Regulations For Alcohol Sales Made More Stringent WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. (AP) Further restrictions on prescriptions of liquor for medi cinal purposes are contained In revised regulations governing the the permits to manufacture and sell intoxicants for non-beverage purposes are announced by the treasury. The regulations which are effective October, provide for annual renewal of permits, affecting thousands which here tofore have been classed as con tinuing in force until surrendered or revoked. Prescriptions for medicinal pur poses must be filled within three days, the new regulations provide, instead of within 30 days as here tofore, unless the prescribing phy sician authorizes an extension of not to exceed three days. A lim it of six fluid ounces is set for compounded prescriptions in which potable distilled spirits are used. RIDDLE'S FUNERAL HELD Persons Prom All Parts of State Attend Burial Rites ROSEBURG, Ore., Sept. 26. CAP) The funeral of G. W. Rid dle, commandant of the Oregon State Soldiers' home, who died suddenly Thursday of heart dise ase, was held Saturday at tended by prominent people from all parts of the state, in addition to a great throng from the various communities of Douglas county. Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state, officially represented the board of control under which Mr. Riddle served. The body was taken to the Riddle cemetery, where it was interred with the Masonic ritual. PAYS WAGER AT CHURCH Det With Minister Makes Regular Attendant at Service NEW BRITAIN. CONN., Sept. 27. (AP) At least one regular church attendant has been made as a result of Gene Tunney's vic tory over Jack Dempsey. Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe, pastor of St. Mark's Episcopal church here, expected the marine to win. Har ry Blews, proprietor of a refresh ment parlor, expected Dempsey to win. So an agreement was reach ed. If Dempsey won, the minister was to spend at least five cents each day for 365 days in the re freshment parlor, while if Tun ney won, Blews was to attend Mr. Sutcliffe's church each Sunday for 52 weeks. Blews started paying his bet Sunday. NAS LEADS THE WORLD IN MOTOR CAR VALUE MOD New Lower Prices F. W. Pettyjohn Go. Exhibiting at OREGON STAT FAIR t FRANKLIN Air Cooled Motor Cars Beautiful Design-Exquisite Appointments F. W. PETTYJOHN GO 365 North Cbrnmcrcial Street, Telephone 1260 "AFTER WE SELL WE SERVE" , EXPLAIN AIR CRUSH DAMAGE fo PROPEMXm BLADE RESULTS FATALLY SCHLEIZ. THURIN'GIA. Sept. 27. (AP) Damage to the pro peller blade received in taking off tu considered a likely explana tion of the cause of the crash of the Lufthansa plane near here Friday in which Baron Ago Ton Maltzan, German ambassador to the United States and five others were killed, by a group of tech nical experts who examined the wreckage here today. It has been tablished defin itely that, engine trouble was not the cause of the disaster, the ex perts reported. In advancing the theory that the propeller had been damaged when, the plane left the ground at Leipzig, they said the damage might have extended to the body of the machine which would have explained the break ing of the wing afterward. One stay of the right wing became de tached and pierced the wing, ad mitting air thus causing another stay to snap. At all events both stays hung down when the crash occurred atter the machine had turned over twice. This is regarded as only a pre liminary conclusion, however, rendering an exhaustive inspec tion of the remnants of the mach ine at the Aldershot testsing sta tion near Berlin to which they were taken. That the occupants of the plane realized "something was amiss be fore the crash occurred, was seen in the position of the body of Ru dolph Roell, German railway clerk, which Indicated he appar ently Intended to jump from the machine at the last moment. Mcy wins Hon W. H. Dancy, commercial repre sentative of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. with headquart ers at Salem, was presented with a service emblem bearing five stars in token of the completion of 35 years of service at a luncheon of the Oregon Chapter No.. 21 of the Telephone Pioneers of Ameri ca in the Oregon building Wednes day. The presentation was made by H. M. Durston, division com mercial superintendent of the tel ephone company. Entering the employ of the Ore gon Telephone and Telegraph Co. as a lineman in the fall of 18S2, Mr. Dancy first worked on tele phone lines at Portland and Salem under the sfipervfsion of J. H. Thatcfcer. In 1897 he was ap pointed manager at Salem for the Pacific States Telephone and Tele graph Co., this company having taken over the Oregon Telephone and Telegraph Company. In 1903 he was appointed coun ty manager for the came company for Polk and Marion counties and In. 1909 his district was enlarged to include Linn, Benton and Lin col counties. Mr. Dancy was man ager, at Salem until May 1, 1927, at which date he was appointed commercial representative. He is a charter member of Oregon Chap ter No. 31 of the Telephone Pioneers of America having trans ferred from the general organiza tion. There are but two men in ac tive service with the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph Co. in Ore gon whose service records are longer than that of Mr. Dancy; one is Patrick Bacon, Portland manager who recently received a 40-year service emblem, and the other is W. D. Moore, division su perintendent of plant who has served 39 years. diers had been killed or wounded in factional fighting which, occur red fn the,, vicinity of the, city on Sept. 20 and 21 when the nation alist authorities disarmed the 31st army as untrustworthy. "TMs organization (the, 31st army) has transferred its alleg iance on various occasions and General Ho Ying-Chlng recently discovered that it "nad well de fined plans to join , General Sun Chuan-Fang in his advance upon Shanghai," the message said. Wanted. An Airport . ' WJLMINGTONr Del. Somtf communities "achieve airports and some have airports almost thrust upon them. When the Delaware Aeronautic association' was , as sured that Wilmington was to ba on the new Atlantic-New Yorlt alrmafl route, this city was taken more or less unawares. Officials began scurrying around in search, of a suitable aviation field to bd ready for the Inauguration of sei vice this fall. .. . . . SUSPECTED CRAFT TAKEN War on Rum Runners Grows Hotter Along Pacific Coast SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27. (AP) The coast guards war on small boats suspected of carrying gasoline and "provisions to off shore rum ships resulted Saturday in the third seizure within a week. A small motor boat heavily laden with gasoline was taken at a wharf here that day. The .gas yacht El Toro was taken off shore and a launch seized at a- wharf earlier in the week. 1200 CASUALTIES, CHINA Largo Number Killed and Wound ed, Report Reaches U. S. WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. (AP) The state department has been informed today by the consulate at Shanghai , that 1200 Chinese sol- Ifs Mere NOV See This Newett Harley-I)ayI(!Gdii Package Tr u ck Made to cut your hauling rosts. Saves you $7.00 Cut of every $10i)0 you spend. ' SEE OUR EXHIBIT in the Auto Building at the Fair. r; s !::. j t i HARRY W. S(MT 'The Cycle Man" 147 So. Court SU Salem 321 W. 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