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Weather forecast: ' Unsettled, ! probably: local
rains in northwest portion;, moderate tem
perature; moderate - southwest and ..west
winds. Maximum temperature yesterday 73,
minimum 43, river 1.5, rainfall none, atmos
phere clear, wind southwest.
" An economist mates the plaintive inulry
"What Will follow all. this wave ot buyin;
automobiles on Installments'?" What wil
follow, probably, is installment ot airplanes
Detroit Free Press. !! 1 I
SALEM, OREGON, THtfRSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1927
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Poultry
Orga
sit
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5. P.TR
CURVE; WRECK
TIES UP LIKES
Road Will Not Be Able to
Operate Until Friday,
Indication
ENGINEER BADLY HURT
Bert Swallla of Portland Sustains
Burns from Steam ami Oil as
Well a Shock and Frac
tured Hip
Oil BOON-CITY, Ore.. Oct. 13.
(AP) A Southern Pacific dead
head passenger train bound for
Eugene, was wrecked two miles
north of here at 11:55 last night. J
Bert Swallia. Portland, the -engi- ;
neer, was .mjurea in me eras".
He was taken to the Oregon City
hospitat suffering from a fractur
ed hip. chock, bruises and burns
from both oil and stam. Four
other members of the crew escap
ed injury.
The wreck occurred on a sharp
. curve a short distance from, the
Clackamas river bridge. The en
gine was reduced to absolute
wreckage, those who .viewed it
this morning declared. The crash
was heard in Oregon City, two
miles distant. The 82nd street
highway was blocked by the
wreck, the express car emashing
across the road.
The engine, number 3070, the
tender, an express car and five
passenger roaches, all empty, were
thrown in the ditch.
Traffic over the Southern Pa
cific will be held up until Friday,
it was believed. Highway traffic
Is also held up.
. The cause of the wreck had not
f.been definitely determined this
morning-, -a-fewbonrs-after-the
crash... Belief was expressed, how
ever, that the crew . had applied
the brakes on the sharp curve and
this. In some unexplained way,
caused the derailment of the en
gine. Other members of the crew
were: Luke Evans, fireman;
Charles Young, conductor; C. R.
Smith and Frank C. Keenan,
brakemen. All live in Portland.
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REED SUPPORTED
FOR PRESIDENCY
RALLY DEMONSTRATES LEAD
ERSHIP OVER BOURBONS
15,000 MisMOurlans Back Favorite
Son as Candidate For White
House
SEDALIA, Mo., Oct. 12.
(AP) The cpmeback of Senator
James A. Reed from repudiation
by his party in Missouri seven
years ago to leadership of the par
ty was strikingly demonstrated
here late today at a, statewide
democratic rally.
The meeting attended by about
15,000 persons from all sections
of the state, came to a close after
keynote speeches by Senator Reed
and Senator-elect Millard E. Tid
ings ot Maryland with the adop
tion of a resolution unqualifiedly
endorsing the senior Missouri
senator for the democratic nomin
ation for president" pert year and
tremendous ovation for him.
It was the third strong endorse
ment given Senator Reed since
late yesterday, the democratic
state committee having unanim
ously dopted a similar resolution
last night and the democratic ed
itorial association of Missouri
having passed one yesterday after-
Boon. ,
The resolution did not suggest,
as did the resolution last night by
the state committee, that the senator-
again file as a candidate for
the democratic nomination for
.United States senator, "so that In
'any contingency he will continue
to represent this state and the cen
tral west in defense of Its best In
terests and traditions."
The big rally was a Reed and
harmony meeting throughout. All
the pld differences that existed at
v the time wf the Joplin convention
I in iszo wnen senator xwtju w
r refsaed the privilege of repre
I.A siting Missouri as a delegate
the national convention, and
when he was denounced all over
the state, were, abandoned. - ;
The big crowd In the coliseum
' cheered time and time again as
Senator Reed delivered his aa
rfess. In which he sat ont the
things for. which - he stood" and
which, should he receive the dem
ocratic nomination for. the pres
idency next year, . may ;i be v the
main planks of J the democratic
national plajttorm .t in 1928. He
said: ..- i. v ; r-i - v .
. : "Let us demand the honest ad
ministration of government, the
wlft and sure punishment of all
k ; JCosthwd oa pf
CHANGES SOUGHT
BY POULTRYMEN
PEAR THAT ASSOCIATION MAY
BE SPLIT EXPECTED
Meeting Here Will Consider Re
ducing Requirements for
Membership
Whether certain regulations in
the by laws, objectionable to a
large number of Oregon poultry
breeders, will be done away with,
so that harmony between two dif
ferent groups -can be brought
about, is an important matter to
be considered today at a meeting
of the Oregon Accredited Hatch
ery and Breeders association in
the chamber of commerce rooms.
None but members of the associa
tion will be admitted.
A large number of Salem breed
ers are not members of the asso
ciation because of the 220 egg
dam requirements for breeding
cockerells, and the presence of
three O. -A. C. professors on the
committee to try members of the
association suspected of question
able advertising. The breeders
want to be tried only by fellow
association members.
At a meeting during the state
fair, a small group of association
members voted to recommend
changing the rules so as to bring
the outside breeders in and re
store harmony. The action was
taken when word was received of
the completion of plans for a rival
organization, which will tend to
split the breeders into two fac
tions when it comes to marketing.
. The meeting today is to con
sider the recommendation and
take whatever action is found de
sirable. . Outside breeders have
scored one victory already in se
curing the resignation of Profes
sor Lunn, of O. A. C, as secretary-treasurer
of the organization.
It is possible that the embargo
question will find its way into
the deliberations today, also.
Washington first inaugurated the
embargo as a marketing measure
against California breeders, who
were under-selling those in the
northern state. Oregon felt the
sting of the embargo and adopted
a retaliatory one. Now Idaho is
considering such a measure, and
a vicious system of discrimination
has heen "fostered.
The embargo requires the an
nual Inspection of breeding hens
for diarrhoea at a cost of seven
cents per hen, payable to the state
college veterinarian, and many
breeders are objecting to what
they term the unwarranted ex
pen se. t'
Fred H. Cockrell, of Milwaukie,
la president of the association,
and will preside at the meeting
today. .
SPANIARDS PLAN REVOLT
Conspiracy . Against GovernnKnt
Charge; 500 Arrested
HENDAYE, Franco - Spanish
Frontier, Oct. 12 (AP) Five
hundred persons are under arrest
in Spain in connection with the
recent discovery of a revolutionary
conspiracy against the Primo de
Rivera government. The arrests
centered in Madrid, Barcelona and
Bilbao. Several officers are num
bered among the alleged conspi
rators. Preparations to call a general
strike were halted by the police.
The strike was alleged to have
been hatched at Bilbao by follow
ers'of IndalecLo Prieto, extreme
socialist leader.
PRIEST HAS EXPLOSIVE
German Perfects Powder Safer
Than Dynamite but Better
NEW YORK, Oct. 12. (AP)
An explosive deadlier than dyna
mite but safer to handle because
it loses its power afty 30 min
utes, was described today by Its
inventor, the . Rev. Johann J.
Braun, a Catholic parish priest of
Mrbach, Germany.
Father: Braun. who said he al
ready had taken ont 20 patents
on his explosive In Germany, Is in
this country for a brief period ap
plying for : a patent in Washing
ton. The money he receives from
his patents, he said, is devoted to
Catholic charities in his native
land.
MOTHER NEAR COLLAPSE
Fear for Ruth Elder .Assigned as
Cause of Condition
ANNISTON, Ala., Oct. 12.
(AP. Ruth Elder's .mother was
practically on the verge of collapse
at her home here tonight, mem
ber of the family said. . Worry
land nervousness caused by the
long delay "before her daughter
hopped off for Paris in the plane,
"American; Girl," Tuesday, con
pled wiih anxiety for Ruth's safe-
tra assigned as the cause.
HE PREFERS I'EM DARK
Pears
Black.
Black Ink
Over
Wife's Blond Locks, He Admits
; ,lNBWiY0IWCi:OcLtil.'i-fAp)
Lonis ' Blankenship emphatically
Isn't one . of those who prefers
'em. He Is tinder arrest .charged
with having, poured a bottle ot Ink
over the fair locks of his wife,
when, he avers, ha found she had
been using peroxide,
HO EMERIES
STILL OPERATE
WITH BIO GREW
Activity Will Continue for
Month Yet; Others
Closed for Season
PRUNE DRYING FINISHED
Hunt Plant Full Handed With Ap
ple Pack, Oregon Packing Co.
Xow Operating Two Shifts
On Pumpkins
There ig much activity in two
Salem canneries yet, and will be
for a month or more.
The Hunt cannery is full hand
ed with the apple pack The ap
ples are coming from both south
ern Oregon and local orchards.
Win last about a month. Began
Monday.
The Oregon Packing company.
in its big 13th street plant, is
running two shifts of about 50
people each on pumpkins, taking
about two cars a day; 75 tons a
day. Will last about a nnonth.
The Northwest cannery finish
ed on pears yesterday. Now down
for the season.
The -West Salem cannery is
down; is shipping its pack.
The Producers Cooperative is
all through canning for the year.
Starr cannery ditto.
The Paulus cannery finished on
prunes last Saturday. Will be on
vegetables carrots, parsnips.
beets and onions, in about two
weeks. Is packing and shipping
dried prunes now. The drying
season for prunes Is all over, in
every section. Prune market quiet.
Canning market Ifcm.
HEAT WAVE HITS FRISCO
Mercury Climbs to Point 85.6
Above Zero at Bay City
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12
(AP) San Franciscans shed their
vests, mooned their brows and
called on the weather man today
for information on the high tem
perature. The weather bureau reported
that the mercury hit 85.6 at 2
p. m. today, the highest October
temperature since 1917 when the
96 degree mark was recorded. The
nearest to this was in October
1925 when the temperature was
up to 8 5 degrees.
PITTSBURGH TO SEE CAL
President and Wife Leave Wash
ington to Deliver Speech
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (AP)
President and Mrs. Coolidge left
Washington late tonight fo
Pittsburgh where tomorrow the
president will deliver an address
at Founders' Day exercises at Car
negie Institute.
"WEAKER SEX"
1; Above, the plane "American
"The pawn, Misa, Frances ,W.-
fnr tho lalrcnff nn an ltinntrd
shown in (he Inset,
RAINIER TO HAVE
ANOTHER RECALL
SITUATION GROWS MORE
MUDDLED AS FIGHT RAGES
Acting Mayor and One Member of
City Council Under Fire
from Opposition,
LONG VIEW, Wash., Oct. 12.
MAP). A1 movement for a second
recall election at Rainier.Ofegon,
within two months, was underway
tjhere today with the circulation
of petitions proposing recall of
Mrs. Florence Bowen, president of
the city council, "and mayor pro
tern, and M. W. Brown, council
man. A. E Veatch, editor of j, the
lltainier Keview, was recalled ae
mayor, and Edward .Haugeberg as
councilman at a spirited election
August 15. .'
Since that time no council meet
ing has been held, due to inability
to muster a quorum. C. C. Clark
and Mrs. A. M. Lee have not at
tended a meeting since the reqall
election. They are anti-Veatfh,
while Mrs. Bowen, Brown, and; S.
M. Rice, who 'was appointed f to
fill the vacancy of Councilman
Val Knauf. are Veatch sympathiz
ers. The Veatch element has con
trol 'of the council. f
The second recall comes on the
heels of a mandamus action filed
by Editor Veatch to compel the
council members to hold a meet
ing next Monday night to pass On
the legality of his recall, which
he is contesting. The real issue,
according to Veatch, which caused
him to bring the action, was to
set the wheels of" the city govern
ment in motion.
0. A. C. PROFESSOR DEAD
Heary Clay Brandon passes iAway !
at Age of 51 Years
CORVALLIS, Oct. 12. (P)
Henry Clay Brandon, 51, head of
the department of industrial arts
at Oregon Agricultural t college
since 1914, died here to'day fol
lowing a lingering illness. He 'is
survived by his widow, formerly
Vera Haskell of Forest Grove, and
by three daughters. Professor
Brandon was at one time princi
pal of the Benson Polytechnic
school in Portland.
CANADIANS TO BAR JAPS
Conservative Party Endorses Reso
lution at Winnipeg
WINNIP EG. Man.. Oct. 12
(AP) An immigration resolution
endorsing "Oriental exclusion"
was adopted today by the conser
vative party convention after the
committee had submitted it a sec
ond time. An effort to change the
phraseology to eliminate the word
"Oriental" prevented action on the
resolution yesterday.
IRISH AWAIT GIRL FLYER
Vigil Begins at Midnight in Keen
Anticipation to Sec Ruth
DUBLIN, Irism Free State, Oct.
12 (AP) At midnight the au
thorities in west and southweut
Ireland were keenly alert and
watching for the trans-Atlantic
plane "The American Girl'
At that time no ac'gn of the plane
had been seen. The weather was
excellent.
BRAVES STORMS
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GM? In whh Miss itoth Elder of Inland, FlaJ, , was yesterday
with hone still strong that she -would. reach Paris la safety. Below;
Grayaon'a giant Sikaiky amphibian
trana-AtlanltC IllgOt, at ttOOBeveil
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BOREALIS PLAYS
TRICKS ON WIRE
COMMUNICATION j CRIPPLED
FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES
Northern Lights Work Jlischlef
From Coast to Coast and South
To Carolina
NEW YORK, Oct. 12.
Aurora Borealisf after
(AP)
a spree
which tied up thousands of miles
of telegraph wires in the United
States and Canada for two hours
this morning, played a return en
gagement this afternoon and crip
pled wire service as far west as
the Pacific ooast and south to
North Carolina.
The leased wire network of the
Associated Press was seriously
affected ; and reports from ,the
Western Union and Postal Tele
graph companies indicated that
their service was more or less
demoralized.
Conditions improved after 2
o'clock this morning when the
sun began to shine but when
clouds banked the sky aurora
came back- stronger! than ever and
conditions were expected to be
worse tonight. j
Aurora Borealis, sometimes
called Aurora Polafis or Northern
Lights, is a, natural phenomenon
which has puzzled scientists for
years and has been the bane of
telegraph operators since the in
vention; ot telegraphy. Many
account! for its action but the
theories have been advanced to
account for Its actipn but the
simplest explanation as It effects
telegraphy is that with the coming
of the lights the wires are charg
ed with a heavier current than it
used to operate the system and
the wires are rehdered useless for
the transmission! of messages.
The electricity in the air when
Aurora i Borealis is present, tele
graphers say, combats the elec
tricity on the circuit, introducing
a foreign current which neutraliz
es the current operating the tele
graph system. -'Although the con
dition cannot, properly be called
static, that 4s. what it amounts to.
PORTLAND, Oct. 12. (AP)
Infrequent in its visitations to Ihe
northern reaches of Oregon skies,
the Aurora Borealis scarlet
lights giving way to waving white
streamers intermingled with yel-
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RIOT HELD IN F00CH0W
Students and Soldiers Stage Street
Rattle; Many Hurt
FOOCHOW, China, Oct. 12
a r sw-v w r r- orAA In hi ro1 in A.
street battle today between pa-1
rading students ana soiaiers t oi
Tank Hsuching,' the provincial
military chieftain.! Tne stuaenis
demanded the immediate expul
sion of the Tang Hsuching follow
ing upon the latter's demand for
a million Mexican dollars for leav
ing. He is accused of wholesale
graft.
The populace paid a half mil
lion and refused! to pays more
Tang Hsuching has fled and
threatens further reprisals.
The inhabitant are alarmed
and fear more serious clashes.
Nationalist troops from Nan
king are enroute ;here seeking to
oust Tang Hsuching.
OF ATLANTIC
'AS X t
plane, awaiting favorable weather
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TURNS OVER 4.
TIES IN RAGE
Driver Harry Hartz Expected
To Survive Spectacular
Wreck of Car
FIRE STARTS ON TRACK
200 Mile Event Interrupted As
Flames and Chemicals Give
' Off Smoke at Rockingham
Speedway, N. H.
ROCKINGHAM SPEEDWAY,
Salem, N. H., Oct. 12 (AP) A
spectacular crash that set fire to
the speedway and sent Harry
Hartz, one of America's leading
automobile race drivers to a hos
pital seriously injured today
forced a halt in the 200 mile Co
lumbus Day sweepstakes here. A
75-mile dash then was held to de
termine prize winners and cham
pionship point scorers in the in
completed big race.
The accident occurred on the
52nd lap of the scheduled 200
mile grind when Hartz, attempt
ing to snatch the lead from youth
ful Frank Lockhart by a terrific
dash directly in fnont of the
grandstand, lost contqol of his ear
while traveling at aerate of 126
miles an hour. Tie machine
skidded crazily down the boards
to the dirt, overturning once and
hurling Hartz 35 fe$t.
Rebounds to fTrack
Bursting, into fla aies the car
bounded back onto tfce track and
rolled over four more'times, start
ing four .fires along) the infield
rail. While the ambulance crew,
pit mechanics and the track fire
apparatus started for the injured
man and the. X2re,, chemicals n
the flames "threw dense clouds of
black smoke across fhe track,
blinding the rest of ) the flying
field. Race officials hastily flag
ged tne anvers orr the, boards to
prevent another crash.
Hartz was conscious, when he
reached the field hospital and
later was removed to the Law
rence general hospital, where it
was said he had suffetred a deep
gash in his head and a broken
(Continued on page'2.)
DEBATE INTEREST KEEN
Class at Salem High Hat 20 En-
. rolled; Only One Veteran
With 20 students enrolled in the
debating class for a tjioro train
ing in speech technique and argu
mentative methods. Debate Coach
Ralph Bailey expects to lurnmt a
district championship winning de
bate team at Salem hi;h school
this year. Only one vat era n de
bater, Dtabel Chllds, is In school,
so an almost entirely new group
will have to be developed.
Try outs for the team will .be
held in . a few weeks. Debastes
have been scheduled against
Woodburn, Albany, Sllverton, and
Scotts Mills.
The district question this year
Is "Resolved: that Oregon should
adopt the cabinet system of gov
ernment." "
BRIDGE HEARING TODAY
Secretray of War Davis Unable to
Attend Conference
PORTLAND, Oct. ,12. CAP)--
Arguraents for and against the
proposed Longview," Washi-Raln-
ier. Ore., 1 privately-owned toll
. J J l , , i i a . ' .
onuRe win u neara tomorxow in
Washington. D. C. It was Indi
cated from Washington today that
Secretary of War Davis would be
unable to attend. Mr. Davis was
to , have been chairman : of the
committee of the three.' govern-,
ment officials who are to hear the
case, Herbert Hoover, secretary
of commerce, and Secretary of
Agriculture Jardine will be on the
board conducting the hearing.
Jardine will -act as chairman in;
the absence of Secretary Davis.' ;
STORM STRIKES LISBON
Lower Part of City Flooded By
Worst Deluge in Years v
LISBON, PORTUGAL. Oct. 12.
-(AP)--0ne or the heaviest
rainstorms in many years flooded
the lower parts of Lisbon this af
ternoon. The lightning interrupt
ed trolley, service- for a'ebort
time, . '.Firemen were overwhelm
ed .with telephone, calls for assist
ance during the storm which last
ed, three hours. t. i v.
The meteroVigical station 'an
nounced last, night that a thun
derstorm was expected over the
Atlantic near Lisbon, preventing
wireless communication with the
ALL PARIS WAITS
FOR FLYIfJG GIRL
1 --r 4 ,
CROWDS GATHER EARLY TO
View Plane's Arrival
Picnics Held on Le Bourget Field;
Call Ruth Elder Another
Joan of Arc i
LE BOURGET FIELD, France.
Oct. 12. (AP) Picnic parties
with sandwiches and bottles of
beer and wine descended on this
historic flying field tonight j and
prepared to await the arrival of
- . . , rtt-t"
tne plane ine American vm
exDected tomorrow ; morning, j
Although Ruth Elder is ficnea-
uled to reach here; in broad day
light, the searchlights which guid
ed Lindbergh and tailed to snow
Commander Byrd a way througn
the fog, were lit , this evening.
Commandant Renvoise, in charge
of tbe preparations, issued an or
der to have the field ready for a
landing at 9 a. m. tomorrow.
Spectators already were lined
up against' the barbed wire bar
rier desirous of being on hand for
the landing.
Many wireless message
reached Le Bourget describing tbe
reported progress of the plane.
The crowd was not interested In
the origin of them and cheered
when told "they are a thousand
miles eff the United States." I
Commandant Renvoise ; said
"Our only official information is
that the plane was seen 540 miles
due east of New York. That is
all we know." i I
(The steamer American Bank
er reported sighting the plant at
10:45 last night about 425 miles
east of New York,) j
"She'll make It," veterans of
the air field said. "She has a
beautiful night for it." They said
that the wind-was in her favor.
Miss Elder already Is installed
in the hearts of the French aviat
ors as a Joan of Arc. Pilots, me
chanics, and various functionaries
about the field iall whispered
"Hope she makes It." Captain
George Haldeman, Miss Elder's
companion, is Viewed "by the
French as merely ' her servant.
MAYOR OR i NO MAYOR?
John I. Duval of Indianapolis
sentenced to 30 Days
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 12.
(AP) Whether Indianapolis
legally has a mayor was the ques
tion uppermost in the minds of
city and county; officials tonight
after Mayor John L. Duvall had
been formally sentenced tot thirty
days imprisonment, fined $1,000
and disbarred from public office
for four years for violating the
corrupt practices act during the
1925 campaign.
Duvall contended he was still
majpr and insisted he would
continue in office pending! action
by the Indiana supreme court On
his appeal from the conviction in
the Marion county criminal court.
Prosecutor William H.LRemy
and his special assistants were
equally certain ; the disbarment
part of the conviction automatical
ly made Duvall ineligible to con
tinue In office npjon the formal
passage of sentence. The jury
which found Duvall guilty of
making a deal with a local poli
tician, ruled that the defendant
should be disbarred from public
office for four years from Novem
ber 2, 125, the date of commis
sion of the-alleged act. . ,
FILM FOLK
SEPARATED
Ed wi n Cm rewe a nd Wife 1 Find
Temperament Ineompatible,
HOLLYWQOD, Cal., Oct. 12.
(AP) Edwih i Carewei ; noted
film director, and pnoducer, tonlte
definitely confirmed reports that
he and his wife, the former; Mary
Akin, had separated.- i. i .- j
I "It is a case of incompatibility"
he said. "The situation has been
growing steadily worse for sever
al months and we decided two
days ago to eeparater We : still
have a high regard for each oth
er." j. , ii i ' :.
BEND BARBERS WALKOUT
Violation of pnlon Agreement
; s Charged by Journeymen
" BEND. Oct. 12. (AP) A fu
ture of whiskers and long hair
faces this city as the result of a
general walkout today of I jour
neymen barbers, - ''v-- -f
The walkout Iwas caused by
master barbers reducIng, prices; of
haircuts for women and children
from 75 cents to 6.0 eents. ' I .
i Journeymen- charged , violation
of the union kreement, by the
Diantcr barber's. -.. t !-
WINS 12TH CHESS
GAME
Russian Challenger Again Victor
" 1- ioua Overf Champion j--
HKV-v: ' -".. - i .v'.4 r
BUENOS AIRES Oct. 1 2-f ( AP
Alreander Alekhine, Russian h al
ien ger, .torURht won the twelfth
game in -his mtf h for the world's
chess championship with JoselR.
Capablanca, the tltPehmlder. ; )He
has won three frames and i . Capa
blanca two, tho others 1 being
EXPECT TD SEE
AMERICAN GlR!
Ruth
Elder Believed Far
Way in Daring Flight
Across Atlantic
WEATHER
FAVORS 1 TR
Only Slight Misgivings Felt as 1
ports Fail to Show Avlairlj
I Within Sight of Big
Ocean Liners !
(By the Associated Press)
. Thie next few hours should t
whether Ruth, Elder, comely Fl
ida aviatrix, bias achieved fame
the first of her sex to complet
trans-oceanic flighty
wnue some misgiving v
caused by. the failure of any el
in the path plotted by Miss Eld
and George Haldeman, her .
pilot;, to catch a glimpse of th
plane. "The American Girl," t
lack was offset substantially
reports of exceptionally favora1
weatjher in midocean and alo
the eastern shore of . the Atlani!
It all goes well, they should ;
rive I at Le Bourget field, nt
x-anp. arouna v a. m. tEastf
Standard Time) but the directi
of prevailing winds at any po
along the course might delay
advance, the speed so as to ma
an appreciable difference. I
"Wfith the exception of one br
despatch, from the Ameri
Banker early yesterday, no rep
has come from the American C
since she : soared' away fr
Roosevelt field. N Y.. at 5:04
m. Tuesday I afternoon. !
Backers Conf ident
' WIIEEUNG. W. Ya.. Oct. 12
(AP) Maintaining "explicit cJ
fldence" in1 the Ahiiitr nf. t
pilots or the "American; Girl"
meet any reasonable emergen
Wheeling . business men i who
naniced the fliitht of Ruth Rt.!
and) Georgep Haldeman to Pal
wero not alarmed tonight over t
aDsence of word from the pla
which hopped off' from llooser
field yesterday. -
JJoceph D. Jiolloway, spokesm
for the baekers, said liardem;
Miss Elder's co-pilot, rank
among the leading aerial navig
ors in America, and mav ha
,1
changed the course of the flig1
to conformi with conditions .
countered, j i
"We can see no i cause f
alarm," said Mr. Holloway. TS
plane is not due at Paris until (
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SOUVAIN CASE
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WILL BE SIFTEI
HTJXTIXG j COMPANIONS
LOST VOTTTIT 'Olircmnviml
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Kiunors Emanating iom jit. A
gel to be Thoroughly IVobcd,
Indicated " - ;
jAn immediate and thorough i
vestigation r is tn hn
toij the mysterious disappearanj
of (Jordan Souvaln of MU Angi
who disappeared while ion. a. huE
ing trip near the headwaters i
the Mollala river. Announcemer
to; this effect was . made-by joJ
H. Carson, district attorney la
night, following an all day sessi(
with Harry Wavra, 19. year o ,
companion who accompanied So
vain on his trip. ! - ' j
Wavra, a resident of Mt. Ang
himself, was questioned thjoroug
ly by Carson .but did not wav
from-his Original version of tl
disappearance, the district atto
ny Indicated. Carson : declinf
to advance any personal opinit
of this own, merely stating . tli
the situation will be Investigate
more thoroughly than before, ri
that , Wavra is to be queirtioiK
again. ;. j . -. j . - i-
J! Reports: from - the Mt. Ant;
district that the tacts as found 1
searching parties did not bafmo
ize with the story told by W'avr
led to yesterday's quiz, Chm
declaring that he wanted 1 t !
youth to have every' opportum
to tell his .version of the ltt.
tion; and that any rumors of! fo
play wiould he rnn to the gilou
and- either disproved or briu:
to light. . : , .
j The story told by Wavra
the effect; that on MoDday mor
Ing, October 10, Sulllran lr
camp to go six miles farthdr
the south fork at Coffeq rr i
Wavra never saw him asain.
claims,- but waited, :thr?re :hr
days- for him to I -eonie I
before making m trip io t
Scotts Mills' to ripart the Hti,
tlon. r : - -:-
wavra s incory, to vti.
clings peBisieniiy, ig uat nio cu :u
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