Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1928)
1 . ! - - - -i - ;; GROWING : . The . "Sew" Statesman la gaining new field . with ev. ery - Isswe. - - Literally . core ; ,of subscribers rally to the -ew newspaper every day. 1 1 . wart Max. tcniperatve Moanlay 19; Mla&5a;Rlrera.4.nea. day part dndjr; ao chaaay lm. temperacare: ieitl Is . WIMI. ; 1t 1 r.-J CJ.--- Ff- - r CL.n -ITieavfto Tir.t SUIm- XI O rCVGT OiiajS V, IW I CIif ilMUl AlifC , an, March S 141 SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR i The Neiir Oregon Statesman, Salens Oregon, Tuesday Morning, August 7, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS WrV - - ;f WEATHER j a v c im i ..... -. . vnni. - .... t . --fc-I Sl.il f if i -i V 1 FIX GROWERS REQUEST STATE Contract With t Vancouver, WaMin;TsTh Capital Lacking : Farmers From Worth End of County Will Interview. -, v -Board of Control ? .-v. There . la a . "pretty pKkle' of tlnh" in the north end of Marion , county, and in seTemWother sec tions of this district, with respect to the flax'acreace that was eon tracted to the Vancourer, Wash., linen mills. , A, deleratlon of rrowers from the Aurora district, where aboat acres were planted,-were in saiem yesterday, seeklnc to ap- to the state board, hoplnc to are their aereace taken over by , the state flax plant, . ;v iCoU W. B, Bertram eaid late . - yesterday afternoon that .lie has been sending flax polling ma. chines down that way, with a ; Tisw . to helping out the growers j."'.who contracted -with ye Vancou- Ter concern. ? - Want State to- Bay ' i But the growers under contract - to the VancouTer mill want more than this. They say they cannot afford to hara their flax pulled going to considerable expense, and then, not be able to sell Jt, Some of them say that if thear eannot get the state flax plant to tAe It, they will mow it and threshout the seed and sell it, and thto.w away the straw. - -a '. : i ' Superintendent Henry Mey ers of the penitentiary and " Col. W. B. Bertram, manager of the Industries there, announced early that they would not recommend the purchase of any flax not grown under state flax Industry con tracts and conditions wishing to aroid the handling of poor qual ity or weedy flax, f ' Will Come Today Farmer -and their representa tlres from the north end are ex. pec ted to be on hand today, to In terview the members of-the state board. Governor . Patterson; 'State (Turn to page , leact ) TACOMA. Aug. (AP) A : terrific explosion on board a shii in the narrows. Just west of Ta . coma. . rocked the city at 7:15 -v o'clock. The boat was first be lieved to be the Margaret Dollar but later turned out to be the La , Blanca. . ' " . Spectators on shore reported they saw sailors on board the ship fighting flames when 'the explo ; sion occurred. . S-, K-'js Windows in many parts of thr :. cltr were shattered. 'Xi Several small boats hate put off to the aid of the stricken vessel, f Debris from -the craft; -war : thrown on the Day Island shore. jnore than a half mile J from the scene of the blast, and a tire war started In the woods On the oppo : site shore of the narrows. - ' A , dense cloud of black smoke obscured the scene and it is not yet known whether the ill - fated - craft la entirely blown to bits or i whether It Is - merely- badly " : wreked.-" --f ! ',' , i'i-K.-. v- -'The number of dead cannot be determined until the name of the - craft and Its crew Is determined. -Windows were shattered in all parts of Tacoma. Telephone serv ice was disrupted. There, have been no reports of casualties in the city. : The boat ' which exploded was later Identified as the La Blanea. It was carrying 12 tons of powder loaded, at Du Pont, and destined for Kenneydale, near Seattle. ' All members of ; the crew es . caped. When fire broke oat on the craft they, fought it nnsuecess - fully, for eight minute' and then. . since the craft was near the west shore of the narrows, they leaped Into the water and swam, to shore. . The cabin of the exploding Craft . was blown 5 feet lnt the air and landed on. the bluff above them. Hyphenated Party Officially Starts Career in Oregon The Socialist-Labor party was launched officially In Oregon Mon dv through the fflag oV petitions with the secretary of sUte. The petitions contained 10,705 names of voters, which iemore than the required fire , perfifeenf of Totes- cast for representative in congress, at the last general election. The state central committee of the new party Includes Upton A. Upton, Estacada; C. V. Soderback, O. Stronquist and Alfred Hoglund, all of Portland. The name of Frant T. Johns of Portland originally ap peared as a member of the sUte central committee, but he was drowned recently ' near- Bend. - ; s. The state central committee will nominate candidates to be voted on at the general election next Nor ; ember. ; ' ..: -a. : " The Oregon ? Socialist-Labor party will endorse Verne L. Rey nolds, of Michigan," for- president, ' and Jeramiah qrowley . of New York for Tice-president. - - - simiflfJlills POWDER BLOWS IIP Drum Corps to Go . To Texas Despite - Loss at Medf orid - Not daanted by their defeat at Medf ord, the dram and bogle corpe of Capital Poet Xo. B, Americaa Leirkm,' three times Oregon champion, j win make the trip to Baa Antonio to com pete la the - nathmal contest, officers of, the corps said on their return to Salem..' ;It was a good thing for. as to .losei, said Carl D.1 Gabrieleoa, ehatrnian of the post's dram corpe eommltte. -It will make mm work all the harder for the San Antonio contest. - The corps won the cup for maale, bat lost on Its score for drilling, though only by a frac tion of a point, to the Portland corps.' '-; .j -v. Liquor Episode Gets Arbnclds . In Court Again ,.'.'..,... : 1 LOS ANGELES, Aag. . (AP) A story of another "wild party' in which Roscoe - -Patty- Ar buekle figured has called the once famous, film funster into court this time as a- result 'of -divorce suit filed here today! by his wife, Doris Dean, screen actress. ......... (V . 'j .-: .. - Arbuckle's appearance 'on the screen closed after he was ae- msed of being responsible for the leath of Virginia Rappe, a dm Actress, at an alleged hotel party 'n San Francisco more than seven rears ago. He was acquitted af ter two trials, the jury disagree; :ng tne xirst time. ; f : : The divorce suit today declar ed the "wild party" which sent the Arbnekle marital bark on the rocks occurred nt the home of a "prominent resident", of Holly wood and that the comedian be came "terribly intoxicated." He ittenxnted. according; to hiaae- (Turn to page 2, please) T0- O SEATTLE ffll SEATTLE. Aag. 6 Charged with obtaining approxi- natel$l.fle from keTeral.han-l dred email Investors by the sale ot 'randalent mining , stock, Peter ftorbo and Charles 8. Cresser of the Mount Rainier Mining com- jany of Enumclaw were brought today before United States Com nlssioner A. C. Bowman ih a pre liminary hearing. Accusations of islng the mails to defraud were nade by J. S. Sweneon, post office nsnector. as the result of com plaints eaid to have been filed at lis office -during the i past lew nonths. . . . . ' '-' About fSOO.OOO worth ot stock, testimony Indicated, had been la med by the company since, its or iimixation in 1905. Charges were Htsed on : promotion ' schemes aunched a year fago in which UOM40 was raised. " . Most of the investors are small farmers. "- World Vd Tour Boys v Send Greetings Here; Visit In Svntzerlend , "World Y'd Boys" (World Wide Boys) Is the wording of the letter "iead of the.world .Y tour of boys rom IS states traveling In differ ent countries. There, are 11 of the boys, and thefa- Jeader . Is J. C. Clark, formerly of Polk - county, polk Oregon, who ha become one of the big men In Y-work; The Salem Y. M. C. A. ha received a cable cram from the boys on this tour, reading:. . f 1 : "ArriTed Melrtngen! (Swltxer- tand) July St. All well and going ffrong. Austrian 4 Tyrol - beauti ful. Venice by night a dream. Mi lan cathedral magnificent.- Will be in Swiss Alps' wheal yon get his." ,-, v .P. V 20 n CIIGED Men Entra. JFloori of Adriatic When Italian Submarine Sinlcs r 1 - ROME. Aug. f. (AP) -The crew of . the iulian F-Xt tonight lay In their crippled craft 131 feet below the surface of the Adriatic to which they ' were . plunged by collision with the! destroyer Giu seppe Missoii early this morning. At least twenty men were neiievea trapped is the submarine Although the - submarine sank immediately after the crash, mem- pets of It crew earned on com- fleet above which Indicated that at least some of them were alive and that the bulkheads still kept back the waters.- t . ; "L" Rescue apparatus was at . hand and it "was hoped: hal fresh air might be Dumped. Into the submer sible should raising it be delayed. The weather was none 1 too favor able for salvage on!ght. ; : The subamlne was struck by the prow of the destroyer when It sud denly emerged on tbe surface dur ing an 'attack maneuvef with the fleet. Airplanes located it and ob ervere ln one. through the ad vantage of altitude In peering Into the ocean - depins,? neueveu LAW PROPOSE HT CONFEREE Clare A. Lee; Asks System Similar to Licensing of Realty Dealers Insured Entitled to Protec tion,; State Official Tells 200 .Visitors 11 a A stand In favor ot new oual- llcatlon law for all kinds of in surance agents, - "something v ln the nature- of the present . real estate dealer's requirement for li cense. Inclusive of the bond, was taken yesterday: by Clare A. Lee, Oregon state insurance commis sioner, speaking before nearly SO insurance' men gathered from all parts of the state to effect an er ganlxatlon. Mr. Lee gave the chief address of thv gathering. System Sneceae ' ' "The sueeess of the real estate dealers within our state, the or der with which their business Is conducted." the absence of mis understanding and the presence of co-operation among themselves, is proof of the efficiency of their system," Lee nsserted. r -; , Lee scored the "enrbstener, who baa failed at ether vocations or is too Indolent to apply himself to the vocation for which he la na turally fitted." who takes up the insurance business "using It mere ly as a step-gap with which to for tify himself until he is so situated that he cares to return to his real vocation." - - ; Protection Needed. : -Tb principle that the Insurance agent should seek to protect both the company and "the Insured In dividual was defended by Mr. Lee. who took occasion te disagree with "a certain commissioner. - , ' "If It be true." he said, "that this -system Is ' economically un bound, and that commissions now paid are too high; that the 'agent is not properly representative either of. the company or of the assured, then it la obvious .that the agents as a whole should unite tltemMlvM - fnr enrraetfra monk- Let me stte-hare and now that I o. not hlA. wlth.tenet of the. commissioner Just men Uoned. ; . - - Meet m November The next meeting of the group will be held In Portland some time in , November, it was . anouneed late yesterday by Homer; Smith of this city, president of the organi sation, following the 'dose of the 8alem session. . ' . ' Other speakers Included Gus J. Roth. C, Jv Reynolds, L. M. Brain erd, A. Comrie and E. C. Mears, all of Portland. Mears spoke as a. representative of the Portland exchange. ,, " MUler9s Purchase j : Leading Department Concern in Olymvia The Miller Mercantile company which owns a number of stores in the northwest, has purcuased the Harris Drygoods company, the largest department store In Olgm pla, Wn., it was announced here yesterday. r-; .:- y. .- : . . The Harris -.Drygoods company was founded -In 1 8 land. has played : an important role in the history ' and development- of- the south Puget Sound country. Under the Miller's banner, the position 'of leadlnc denartment stores wUl be retained. Miller's have already outlined a 'program of extensive remodeling - to keep the establish ment abreast the growth of the city. -The new store will be a local ized unit, the same as all Miller stores. The fact that Harris' carry mostly nationally advertised lines makes the new unit especially val uable to the new owners, the local storemen report. ; had sighted tbe P-14 near where the warship Brlndlsl was at anch or.' ' -..:.' Admiral FoschinL who was on board .of the Brlndisl. took charge of the rescue work. Other vessels of the fleet provided four net of diving apparatus as well as means to raise the craft when l weather permits.. . . ; . -; -;-;- -. The sinking of the F-14 was the first serious disaster to any ot the Italian undersea craft since August, 1125, when the submarine Sebastlanq Yeniero, disappeared during naval maneuvers off Sicily and was never found. Fifty men were believed - to have lost i their Uvea, la her.v f"v4.v.'f! 4v'-;-- Available ' naval record give Italy forty-five submarines in Mr- rice at the end ot 1127. Following the naval policy of many years the majority ot these were - designed for coastal work in conjunction with destroyer flotillas. More re cently, however several seagoing submarines have been xommision ed, the Balilla, last May attained a depth of 228 feet, watch Italian naval officers claim as - a new world' record. - - , wed Upon Job B; Ilolman 'r Salem Pirineef n John' . B. Holman. St, .weU known in thi city lnce h mved here from Canada at the ago of 27, named away at about . 7 o'clock last night, following a gradual (lif eline In health that had contlnutd for about a year.-..-'- ' I During the later years of bis life Holman was known particularly is a member of the Salem Elks club, being ML familiar figure - at the lodge rooms up until the time he became 11L He "was also a member of the Odd Fellows. Had he lived unUl September 2r of this year he would have been SO years t age. .He was born. in England near Exeter, a small suburb of London, In 1SS8. : He' first became" known la Salem as manager-of the 'old Salem iron foundry shortly after 1S70. The building which he oper ated la still standing at Front am SUte .streets. . S 'In 1SSS Holman went to Alban as manaaar and part owner of aa iron .foundry there. . He .managed this plant until It IS, when ha soli est. and retired from active bnat nesa. He made a trip to San Fran cisco and from there went to Eng land, where He visited Ms sngusn relatives for the first time in '47 years, having left aa a very young an. He later returned to the United States and to Salem. l-'A Mr. Holman Is survived . by three children, Walter J. Holman and Mrs. Matthew - MeCurrie f Atherton, 'California, . and Mrs George Meyer of San Francisco., J'"' - r cqiesto nun i AT MOT SOOII The ' largest canning operation going forward in Salem Is that of the . Oregon Packin company la its 13 th street plant, where about SS0 people are being employed. ; Large shipments of pears are coming to this concern, for can ning in its 12 th street plant. They are ot course Bartletts, and there will be a delay in starting,: wait ing for them to open: but the 12th street plant will be in fun .swing In, about 10 days, on peart, with aom-erefrjeeniaaAkhenl .The Panlus cannery la running on evergreen blackberries, and re ceiving, shipments of ; pears .from southern Oregon and ; eastern Washington;, Robert Panlus says the canned goods -: market is quiet now; though there Is something" doing all the time, in the way of orders and shipments from this district, embracing the Whole list, and the indication are for a brisk market a little later. All the Prunes They Can The Hunt cannery is receiving large shipments of pears from north and south. That plant Is running every other day on ever green blackberries, and It is ex-1 pec ted that pear canning will open up next Monday. There are indications that prune canning her- may begin by the 2Sth. Aa one of the Salem cannery- men put it. they will "can all they can." That is, they will can their full capacity as long as prune sea son lasts; as most readers know. prune canning season is not very long. Nearly all the Salem can ners will ship in some prunes; but there will be something of a ton nage - herd 4t Italian prunes or Oregon prunes, and a full crop of French or petite prunes. In fact. ome of the. petite tree in this sec tion are loaded to the limit. The; Producers Cooperative cannery1 on North: Commercial street is running on evergreen blackberries. Will be golag on pears when they are ready, which will not be for some time, because the operations will : probably be confined to the crops of the grow er members of the concern a lo cal supply. Local pears . will be canning in about It days. ; The Starr cannery is busy on evergreen blackberries. . bo is the Northwest cannery. with large shipment of pears com ing in from the outside, to be can ned when ripe. Fine Past cf Lea Up In Question cf U. S. Extradition in France PARIS. A v g. - f.(Ap) Whether the "perjury? charged against Henry M. Blackmer, miss ing Teapot Dome witness Is of the French or American ntand. promi ses to be the determining question in settling tbe request of the Unit ed States for his extradition. Mr. " Blackmer was indicted in the federal district of Colorado on charges of making false - Income tax returns. Untrue income dec larations are punishable by heavy fine in France but perjury, as such, has been generally inter preted here to apply only to bear ing false witness in court, and un der oath: , . r- . French legal circles are not cer tain that the listing of perjury as sn; extraditable L offense . in the Franco-American treaty r means that American ..interpretation ot the word is to be the determining factor- in deciding whether per sons accused of perjury are to be delivered to authorities of the United - States. Local legal ' ex perts think there is a decided doubt - as to whether a false " In come tax return Is an extraditable. matter under this treaty. Hoses tarecr COOLIDCESIS HOOVER SURE TO REELECTED Hard Work Necessary, But Little Doubt Seen as to' Vote Result Usually Reticent U. S. Presi ;: dent Shows Interest in 1928 Campaign a " .,,4" . ' : SUPERIOR, Wis., Aug. t. . ( AP) Senator Dale - of, Vermont today said that President Coo lid ge had expressed his certainty that Herbert Hoover would be the next president of the United States. The. senator, before leaving Su perior, said I that the chief execu tire had given expression to that view during a conversation yester day -when the Vermont leader called at the - summer White - Senator . Dale who spent several hours yesterday at I the summer White - House,-said the chief ex eeutlve, usually reserved in - hla judgments and cautious as to pre dictions had made it ' plain that he considered Mr. Hoovers popu larity .-with ; the electorate more than sufficient to elect. V .. Cal Very Inquisitive The Vermont senator admitted that in the course of his visit to Cedar Island lodge. Mr. Coolidge asked more : questions than he gave replies but added that in ad dition to a specific admission aa to his feelings regarding the Hoo ver candidacy, the' trend of the chief executive's queries bore am pie testimony as to his' beliefs. President Coolidge, 8enator Dale also said. Is interested in Mr. Hoover's success at the polls for more than mere party reasons. The. chief, executive, the Vermont er added, showed himself yester day a great admirer of his cabi net officer and eager, because of personal sympathy and friendship that Mr. Hoover be elected. Hard Work Needed " While expressing confidence in Secretary Hoover's success in No vember, Senator - Dale eaid he thought hard work on the part of republican : organizations would still be necessary before absolute rutance were shown as to 4re- "Senator -Dale . recalled that - in the 1924 campaign, when he was chairman of the foreign languages bureau for the - republican party, Mr. ' Coolidge " himself "prevented him from Issuing a statement ex pressing great confidence in the (Turn to page 2, please) William Sheridan, whose broth er James was killed In an auto mobile accident here only a little over a week aro. was in the city Jail charged with being a "hit and run'! driver last night following a smashun between a light road ster Sheridan was driving and a newxarjowned by Otto J. Wilson, local garage proprietor. - The accident occurred at the in tersection of , 12th and -. SUte streets. Both cars were badly damaged but nobody was hurt, ac cording to the police report. - All four of the young men oc- ennvinr the roadster climbed out of the, wreckage and ran. It was declared, several yontns wno wit nessed the accident started after one of the fugitives and caught him on 12th street. Tney were holding him down when the police arrived. This prisoner turned out to be Wayne Atchison, who was known ' to the police because of previous, escapades. T Sheridan was caugnt ny otner officers, but the other two men who had been in the car escaped. The nollee said they smelled li quor on the breath or tne two wno were captured. . Drcvxzng Reported Ueskojstn cxi lien Stsims to Safety The story of the "drowning of an unknown man" at Neskowin, which was - being circulated in some section of Salem yesterday. baa turned out to be' greatly ex aggerated inasmuch 'as the man himself to whom the story refers swam ashore a short time after the spectators left to spread their report. The Incident took place Sunday afternoon. : ; So far as could bo learned yes terday an attempt was made to rescue a bather who swam out a considerable distance. The at tempt, however, was unsuecesful. although ' some swimmers with a life line " got within five feet of him. At this point they were sud denly washed back by a baw wave and were unable to get nearer . to him.' . , ' - : Brigadier General CkerlesPortet Dies ST. - LOUIS. ; Aug. ; . ( AP) Brigadier-General Charles Lt Por ter, 44, a veteran In the fight for control of Mississippi river floods and president of the Mississippi river commission untQ his retire ment from the army two months ago, died . today after an opera tion. ' 01 I Obregon Death - -- ' " " sl ' ' r" " m - - I It i , - ?v i Here are the first pictures of the lnatloa of President-elect Obregon of Mexico to reach the United States, Mexican, authorities having at last permitted them to be pho tographed fat JaiL. 1. &aces)ckm A coved, a nan, who la alleged to have had knowledge of the intentions of Jose do Leon ToraL Obre- goa's slayer; 2. Maria do Altfanlra; 8. Josefina Acevedo, the nun's sister; 4. Ignacio Trejo; S. Joaeflina Morales Trejo; 0, Jorge Oe- lardo Pavon. The nnn, Maria ' - Torai, have been Indicted. Mexican Church Makes Denial of Connection With Obregon 's Death MEXICO CITY, Aug. I. (AP) i Statement declaring that the Mexican clergy ' Is completely In hocent of -the crime of the" assassi nation of President-Elect Obregon was issued in Mexico City today in behalf of the Episcopal sub-committee. The statement was sent to the newspapers In the name of the Archbishop Miguel De La Mora of San Luis Potosl. Hope that the laws "limiting religious liberty" will be changed in Mexico also was expressed In tbe statement. No information was given out regarding the whereabouts of Archbishop De La Mora. Mo t of the Bishops and Archbishops sup posedly are exiled outside of Mex ico, but It is assumed that Arch bishop De La Mora may be living privately In Mexico City. 99 Per Cent Catholics The statement says that 95 per cent of all Mexicans are Catholics. Therefore any person committing any crime In Mexico is probably a Catholic But this does not meanl that the Catholic clergy episco pate and the great body of peoples who are Catholics are Implicated in the crime. Discussing police investigations Into the assassination of General Obregon by Jose De Leon Torsi, the statement says that the result demonstrates clearly that the Catholic clergy had no responsi bility for the- crime. An Interview with President Calles with a correspondent-was- then mentioned, the statement saying that remarks were attributed to President Cal les modifying his previous declar ation that the Catholic clergy were responsible. - "Assuming that Toral or others of hla associates carried their re ligious ' fervor to fanatical ex tremes, is that rare in the history of, the world? History , unfortun ately testifies that at all times and in all countries have appear ed fanatics, persons suffering Flyers Who Failed Ocean Trip Arrive in America To : Tell of Experiences NEW YORK, Aug. MAP).- Captain Frank T. Courtney and the three companions who cneated death after thelr-: seaplane "Whale" had crashed aflame in mid-ocean reached New York to- day on the liner which picked them- off - the floating wreck of their aircraft. It was a nonchalant crew which stepped off the city tug M acorn at the battery, shook - hands with Mayor. Walker at city ; hall I and drove np Broadway through hur rying crowds to 'the -hotel where they will stay;whlle;here. a - Captain Courtney did the talk ing for his companions -while the Maeom : steamed from quarantine to the Battery and it was a gra nnie story he 'told of the forced landing, the hours of drifting;, the fire in the engine room or tne plane and the final rescue by the liner Minnewaska. t-r''.-f'r. "We. were up : 1800 feet when the fir broke out,, he laid, "and it took us only 20 seconds to drop to the water while' Fred Pierce (the mechanic) stopped the gao-j line feed cocks. We veered over Conspirators? alleged conspirators In the assas- Altamtra and Pavosu a coaaln of from illusions, maniacs wh have believed them salves' seat by God to suppress those ' they think are their enemies. 'uv- "In defense of other Mexican women who have suffered and who are so far from this kind of activity, we must say that it is common knowledge that Mother Conception " has not a normal brain and that unfortunately her family has -had cases of mental disorder, but what responsibility does this fix upon the body of Mexican clergy? "We reassert ou complete In nocence of this reproachable crime." (Mother Conception was named by Toral as having indirectly ln- (Turn to page 2, please) ATLANTIC CITY. N. Aug. 6 -(AP) The executive council of the American Federation of La bor failed today after an after noon of discussion of the political situation, to reach a decision on endorsement of Herbert. Hoover or Alfred E. Smith for the presi dency. The council adjourned to meet again - tomorrow when the political discussion will be re sumed. - .. -;. The nonpartisan 'political com mittee headed by President Wll- i . . . - m . 4 uua wreea, inuminea in niwn this afternoon and the discussion wmicu tuwa . wh i nuer But- 1. 1 1 1 . . . mated. - Smith boosters, among whom are Daniel Tobin, and Jacob Fisher, fought tooth and nail to put their, candidate across, but without success. There was much sentiment In favor of a policy of strict neutrality. . 20 degrees and came down smack on. the Incline of an ocean swell with tbe aid of the flare made by our own flaming ship." .' The crew thought there was slim chance for any of them, he said, but they carried on : even though Courtney had to stand np in his seat as the 'ship landed to protect his glasses, without which he Is virtually blind. ; "The flight itself was s - fail ure," heaidV:-rbutr the results were not. It was necessary to fail to demonstrate that i. plane like ours -forced down in mid ocean can be saved with the aid of a -food 'radio." ."Vji-'S r'r: j When the engine room broke into flames, he said, he- was talk ing to Pierce through a speaking tube from the pilot's seat. - "Suddenly Pierce, whose head I could see, disappeared." he said. "Then there - was n - red: flush on the windshield and I knew what had happened. .There was only one thing to do-get down as fast as possible, and we did. - E. B. Hosmer. millionaire Mon-; (Turn to page S, please) LABOR UNDECIDED ON CAMPAIGN ISSUE LET BRIDGE TO LOCAL EIRiJ C O. EngstromJ One of Suc cessful Bidders, Resigns From City Council Successor's Selection Defer red; Call Bids on South Liberty Project ; Erixon A Engstrom. local con-. tractlng firm, was the low bidder, on the North High street bridge construction Job. with ' a bieVof $27,076, and accordingly was awarded the contract at last night's city council meeting. ' Anticipating success In securing this contract, C. O. Engstrom, a member ot the firm and also a city councilman, resigned prior to the awarding of the contract. " ' His place was not filled, the va cancy being left ; open until , the next council meeting. He ha resented the first ward, but scheduled to retire from the ell next January In favor of Carl T. Pope or H. H. Vaadevort. who were nominated In the May esse tion. It Is anticipated that one of these men will be selected fro -Till out the remainder of Mr. Strom's term. ! Plans Approved Other bids were: Gilpin traction company, $30,tS; Lmd strom A Fiegensen,! $2i.2Se: FUg don Brothers. $32,000; H. E. Do- r ering, $21,22$; Barham Broth ers, $28,92$; A: L. Lamb. $34,- i5. - -:r . Progress toward! getting -werk started on another bridge project, the largest ot them all, was snade when the plana for the South Lib erty street span were . approved and a call for bids Authorized, tne bids to be opened September 4. Estimated cost of this brtdce is $82,000. I . The ordinance authorising Is suance ot the second $10t,4 worth of bridge bonds was p ed. - . ; M, ' . The matter of an Infestation of tent caterpillars on trees' In the' (Turn to page 2, please). MEXICO EXPRESSES ITS TUB MS. f ' ... ., I-'. . . .. -.-v " WASHINGTON, Aug. AP) Mexico's gratitude ' for the Am erican sympathy and courtesies fa connection with the death in the United States of her air ace. Cap tain Emilio Carrsnza, was ei press ed by foreign minister Estrada la a formal note to American Am bassador Morrow which was mads public today by the; state depart ment. . ! Although I have Instructed Ambassador Telles to convey to the government, of the United States," wrote the foreign min ster, "the cordial thanks of the- . government of Mexico for the In- ; numerable attentions, , homages and various manifestations of ' which the body of tbe Mexican aviator. Captain Emilio Carramta, was the object. t . . - "I consider my duty and ser talnlr a welcome one also to ad- ' dress your excellency; In order to say how sincerely moved the presi dent of - the republic , and his gov ernment have been upon learning of, those acts which clearly reveal the friendly sentiment of the pee- pie and government of the Untted States towsrd my country, in Tsen orlng him who did so generously 4tfer to that great nation bhi , ku . mIum ot friendship L ,-1 wni . Senator-Elect Vare , . Rallies Again; Air of Optindsm'UcZsd ATLANTIC CITY. N. J As. 4 (AP). An air of optimism as day displaced the tension which has hung over the household f Senator-Elect William 8. Vare a he was reported to; be rsnylag from his second serious relapse m two days'. ' ' "A bulletin Issued by Dr. John J. Shaw, resident physician, seat- -ed: ; 'v: ,;,.!y -v'-v "Senator Tare', continue te make progress. ' His tem perarare, pulse and respiration remain rood. 7 In our opinion he la ing slow but progressive lm ment. Senator Vare; continues te take ' nourishment and is thor oughly consciou." I A It's Like the Happiness Of (he Glorious Sunshine r Just as tbe sunshine dispell the gloom so the New Sutes maa wonderful travel accldostt Insurance- gives".. yon-" the seev entment that comes with know ing your. loved ones are ro cected. Get that satisfaction to lay by buying one f our , : $iolooo.oo , rravel Accident Insurance Policies Costing But SI a Year; This ever need lusursno ts the best value on the msrket. Sign no now. The coupon will be found on page 2. T T -1 X