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T ,f The New OREGON Statesman, .Salem,. Oregon, 'Wednesday Morning, August 8, 1928 KIMS I m 5 Close Contest Cause . Large Attendance at Polls De f; . " spite Weather ' , , TOPEKA, Kaa., Auk.' 7. (AP) jj Heated contests tor party nom--. nations offices brought out . a . bear? rote in the Kansas primar ies. '. .. Reports early tonight from all " sections ef the state- indicated to. , ters flocked to the polls in tin pre. eedented numbers in both city and farming precincts, particularly on vthe republican side where Ttrtu ally all places on thethallot were contested. ,srJ:. ? i Rains early in the day" were not sufficient to prevent the farmers getting to the polls, except in few sections where rivers are flooded. - , : .' '. : 'J Chief Interest centered ' in the gubernatorial race In which six republicans and three democrat! contested tor . the nomination There was no senatorial election. The republican candidates were Lieutenant r Governor D. A. N. Chase; John Hamilton, speaker .f the state house of representa tlrea; i Blyde M. Reed. Parsons, publisher; Charles F. Scott. Iola publisher; Frank J. Ryan, secre. tary of state, and Fred Volland, Topeka merchant. ; Ed T. Hackney of Wellington; Jaspei T. Klncaid and Chauncey ' B. Little . former- congressman both of Olathe. made a race foi the democratic nomination. Four republican congressmen DI HEHUT - ;, were nominated without opposi- .T tlon. These were: is Second district U. S. Ouyer, f : republican, and Lee R. Hettlck, . -democrat. - Fourth district Homer Hoch, -ris.repu'bllcan. ; and Alva Sweewy, r;; democrat. , . !"" Fifth district James O. Strong, 'republican, and John F. Corder, democrat. r Seventh district Clifford R- ifHope, , republican and W. C Dickey,: democrat. 'M'l Democrat nominated without onoosltlon were: first district. Maurice P. OTCeefe. ;jv Third district J. E. GaiUkilL ;!?'. Eighth district W. A. Ayres i "incumbent. - . . - "i'.i, -l.i " ". . , .. ... ' ' , ..' .' . ... i . .." . . . IDS eons iPPOiiEins win our n - ' J. !! OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.. Aug. 7 1. fAP Three of the recog ntsed four legislative leaders who Attempted to call a special session jvOf the state, legislature last win der to Impeach Governor Henry 8 -''Johnson, apparently had been as- : fured of renomlnation for senate ; membership on tne oasis- ok mia 4 night returns In today's state prl- 1 Tom Johnson. Bob Graham and I! (Tom Kight held commanding I. leads. while, the fourth, E. P. ; ;Hill, was far behind and had con .-Heeded his defeat. 1 , - , ' :l..i Other outspoken foes of Got ;i.-ernor Johnson, a storm center in Oklahoma politics for m year fared ? equally, well at the : polls today. Judging from early returns. ; Mae Q. WiUlamson, president pro tem of the state senate, who 'opposed the governor last winter and w. u. inier. actiTe zor a 7te house' InTestlgation, held 'j; comfortable margins In their con ; ;lests for renomlnation. . . ..',( Many counties apparently had -'tiot considered seriously the John j. ,.;son dispute, howerer, nominating pro-Johnson and anti-Johnson ;,jnen, where two members were fallowed. V- Fred P. Branson, chief Justice ;fof the state supreme court.' whose . bench conduct has stirred up J much dissension, met stiff com, petition from a field of four other candidates. Returns from S 8 pre 'cincts out of SOS In his ndminat v ing district gare him 1941 Totes, ! and jW. M. Brown, his nearest op- rponent, 1 fr Z votes Wife Charges Baseball k PlayeY WttfcHabitual ieyanckl Cruelty i LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7. (AP) 'rf-AIbert O. "Kitty' Brasher, for. ; tner Pacifie Coast League base- ball player, was charged with ha- bitual intemperance and cruelty - In a complaint for divorce field In superior court here today by Violet Brashear. r- . . - y ii i" Mrs. Brashear ; charging H her A husband with " squandering his J money on other women; asked ter :pm res trapping order to prevent him 'jfrom dissipating community prop j erty said : to be worth 1100,000. ii She declared Brashear 'a Income ;at the present time was $1,000 a ,fmonth:;'--;-;:.;'..f v' ";".. s' -.?.,:." :i t '' Since his retirement from active i baseball. Brashear has become in Hterested In a chain of restaurants. w a a iv , vv nen you see . an. average- teugia movie, you see over a mue or motion picture film, which OFFMfPIS . i is iiasnea on the screen at the usuai rate or so feet minute. Most pictures approximate six wousand feet of film, which is wound on six reels. More pre--1 tenttous productions are usually longer,. Colleen Moore's newest . picture, isppiness Ahead," now i. at- tne Eisinore theater, being an ;- eigat-reei :r feature, ; , comprising -ij.siignuy more man a mile and a half of eellulold. v . fs If yon are good at figures, you can- determine how; many , times the equator could be corered with r;'fllm if the total footage of all the pictures, you hare seen were used. French lieutencrd To Fly To United Stales In Short Time, Ycrd WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (AP) Definite announcement of a pro posed transatlantic flight to .the United States by Lieut. Dieudonne Costes was made today by Major G. Thenault. acting military at tache of the French embassy. His statement said: -i t "Costes will undertake , the crossing of the Atlantic as a pri vate enterprise, going orer the following itinerary: Cape Fin la te rre Spain), the Azores, Halifax, New York. He will sart as soon as weather permite and will tlx i a Breguet U. with a: six hundred horsepower Hlspano motor. The plane la pais ted red.; It ts equipped with wireless apparatus (ware length 40 metres, call letters MCI.) Message will be seat from the Diane ererr hosr. "As soon as the plane takes off. a message will be broadcast by French station." UGffC SE - .:- I PORTLAND, Ore.. An. 7 (AP) Three farmers from the Newberg district rot the Willam ette Talley caused considerable annoyance to the public - service commission, of Oregon at today f hearing oft grain! rates before In terstate ; commerce eommissioB repsesentatlves here. ' The public service commission i has waged a long campaign to obUin milling In transit privileges at Portland. S. J. Smith, George Hiller. and J. C Murphy, the three , farmers. were supported by W. M. Thurston Newburg miller, jin their r opposi tion to transit -privileges. . The gist of their : testimony was that transit privileges tor Port lanL mlUs wxmld militate egainst country mills with which the far mers said they preferred to do business. Mr. Thurston, asked whr he thought Portland mills should not be granted transit privileges frankly admitted, Tm too self ish O. P. Kellogg, assistant general ... . 1 met freight agent tor the Milwaukee road, gave brief testimony, touch ing upon the proposed establten ment of through rates to Portland from points on Us line west of Marengo. He said If such rates were established,! the -Milwaukee desired the privilege of routing the traffic through Cheh oge' .he' benefits of the long haul. . J. E. Davis, assistant genera' freight agent for the Oregon Washington railroad and naviga tion company, said" that If ..the commission should remove the Co lumbia Basin differential his rail road would seek to raise Its rates from south of the Snake river to the level v that existed before the differential was estobllsbed. He stated his road would not take the initiative In reducing rates to Se attle, but probably would follow It the Northern pacific mads the initial .. move. ; , yf,ty. w Religious Issue Looms In British Elections Say Close Observers LONDON,- Aug. I 7. (AP) Reports that CapUIn William Joynson-Hlcks. home secretary, vho championed the cause of the Svangelicals when' the prayer book controversy was. up In the house of -commons, win ds op posed In the general elections by n ' Angio-catnoue inaepenaeni conservative, , " hays ! aroused 'In tense Interest . in poiiucai quar ters. The secretary seeks re-election for the Twickenham eonsti- ueney. The labor party already has a nominee in that field. Nomination ot. an Anglo-Catho- lic against Sir WUUam would, it is believed, by competent observ srs. Introduce the factional church question into the Campaign. It was predicted that 1 the Evangel- cals would institute retaliations by making nominations of . their own In other constituencies. DOMUD FLAX (Continued from page 1) -doing the - work j of , 80 men. Other machines will; be sent there as fast as they are released from the neighborhoods: where they are working. ' ' ' "i '- There are 25 or ! 2i machines available, or will be within a tear davs. So the work will go for ward fast. CoL Bartram is to get into the Aurora district today, and speed up the work, r Perhaps some of the farmers with small tracts will pull by hand. - They will - be allowed to do so. "-A- f '4 vr'--.''vvv": 600 Acres Involved The acreage involved In the failure of the Vancouver concern to fulfHl its contracts is about COO acres. In Oregon! mostly .In the Aurora and Aumsville districts In Marion county and the Macksburg district' - In Clackamas county. There are 100 acres Involved In Washington, but the state ot Ore ron has not obligated itself to take - care of thlsj ' ::i-'y,fiis This act of coming to the relief of the distressed Oregon farmers will save them a considerable sum ot money. The value of their flax may run. to 330,000 to $50,000. It they had to mow their flax and try to save the seed, they would not salvage more; than $6000 to SIQ00 in value, and! their expens es might run nearly as high as they will in getting the flax under the state sheds: or tarpaulin cov ering.. -':it.i:4 .-:rv- The state board, does not leave the payment to the legislature. It takes over the payment from the revolving fund, . which It has a right under the law to do.r In conclusion, the farmers furnishing this flax to the state must not think they will Immediately get their money. ' Bat. they will per haps not have to wait very long. The date, however, must remain Indefinite. - , . j mm BOARD ABREES TAKE Butcher Boy Gharged :fhMier'oiWbiiimi LOS ANGELES. Aug. 6 (AP) The story of a "good time batcher boy' whose search : for amusement carried him into the exclusive Wiltshire residential dis trict of Los Angeles and friend ship of Mrs. Myrtle L. Melius was told to the authorities Monday by Leo P. Kelly, accused of the mur der of the wealthy woman. . . Kelly, 2 9-year-old meat cutter, who was captured In a closet of the Melius horns ahortly after the dlscovsry of Mrs. Melius' suds and mutilated s body, was formally charged with, the murder tedar In a complaint filed by the district attorneys ofzice. ,-. WhRei Kelly, In his rambling and sometimes Incoherent story of f the tragic Sunday he spent In the uellns iunne, said his mind was s blank as to what happened be tween 10 o'clock' Inr the; morning and 3:30 in -the afternoon, he re lated la his narrative the fears of a -man who expects the I husband of. his sweetheart to return at any time, j-3 :;; r- r. ; -' t It was the husband of Mrs. Mel ius, Frank Melius, prominent busi ness man, and sportsman who found her body when he returned frem a all day fishing trip. "Yes, I heard him ring the front door bell and then go to the back door.": Kelly told the police in his statement. - Then he : told how he -danced from one part of the house to another attempting to find a way to escape. la despera tion, he said, he dashed into the closet of the maid's room where he was found more than an hour r . Kelly, said hs first met Mrs. Melius tire years ago when ha was employed by a market I company IiMM (Elf ' ; (Continued from pags 1) intendent of schools, who has free reln'to carry out those policies. I 2- f ' lvntil1 AwsliV ViWiaeViM Would Avoid Politic Wlrti concluded i that the manager plan would be more ec onomical than a commission form, andthat it. would best serve to di vorce city government from 'pea and that it would best serve to di of the plan Itself but because, with the council divested ot the present necessity for deciding a multitude of trivial matters. It would be pos sible to get real business men elec ted to Its membership. Mr Hicks seconded the opin ions of the other members of the committee, but added that he wanted : to hear from the other side ef the question and according ly, the next meeting was designa ted as a time for Inviting oppon ents of the manager plan In to talk and ' answer questions. Mr. Hicks wss - particularly doubtful about 1 desirability of combining legislative, administrative and Ju dicial control under one head. Outline History Mr, Townsend In outlining the history of the manager plan char ter proposal, stated that It was started by Mayor Ltvesley short ly . after he took office, through the appointment of a special com m it tee to study the modern mun icipal government question Mem bers of this committee were Dr. H H. Olinger, chairman; Louis Lach- mnnd. Miss Cornelia Marvin. U. S. Page, C EAlbin. Harrr Hawkins. J. M. Devers. Harry N. Crain, the mayor aimself and Mr. Townsend After an Impartial - study the committee fixed on the council manager plan as best suited to Sa- lems needs, and then a sub-corn mittee was appointed to draft the charter. This group Included Mr. Alblu, Mr. Page and Mr. Town- send, o v-.y t :-' . New la Committee. c .', The charter was prepared, adop ted by the main committee, and then went to the city council and was referred to the ordinance committee. In whose hands it still rests. " '.' '.. . Mr. Townsend particularly de fended the principle of electlhg Council members at large, declar ing that the ward representation plan Is archaic.s members so elec ted being inclined to get "every thing they canf for their : own wards rather than to consider the welfare of the city as a whole. Realistic Portrayal j ; ;: of Fire Fighting Is': . Praised by Firemen! Fire. department heads are un animous - in asserting - F. B. O.'s production: "Hook . and ' -Ladder No. t to be the most F realistic and actual portrayal of the life of the fire-fighters which has ever been filmed. , : 1 I Highest praise has been given lor ue manner m wnicn a. num ber of thrilling fire scenes have been filmed. as .well as for the accurate presentation of the every day life and spirit ef the depart- ment. "Hook and Ladder No. 8" is being shown at the Oregon theater for the last times today. Tunncy-Heeney Fight Films, Oregon Today Motion pictures ot Gene Tun ney s , recent victory over Tom Heeney for the world heavyweight championship, will arrive In Salem today and will be shown here for the first time this afternoon at the Oregon theatre beginning at 2 o'clock. -They will be here for aJoMv4ayirtno.: tiezai Flying Boat ScidM v : Biig in AUJ7orld TRAVEMUENDE, ,. LUEBECK, Germany, Aug; f 7 (AP) What is believed to be the largest flying boat In the world, a 15 ton Rohr-bach-Romar, passed its trial tests successfully In the bay here today. The plane has three motors of 730 horsepower each.5 These permit an action radius ot 2500 miles. , and had been a. more or leas con- slant visitor at her horns, since that time. A negro maid who served Mrs. Melius and - Kelly a breakfast of coffee and liquor before the serv ant left to enjoy the. day- off granted her by her mistress, said the butcher boy had been a caller t least ones a week at the house "Jle called often la the meat wagon. she said. -- - Kelly said his .memory failed him after.ho and Mrs. Melius had emptied one- bottle of liquor and had ; started k n another. Bis memory flashed on again, he said. wnea ne awoae ana saw it was 3:30 In the afternoon. "I told Myrtle I would have to go, he said. , "She accompanied me as far as the - landrnx at the head of .the stairs and I kissed her good bye. I dont remember anything after wards." It was two hours later that Melius said he returned home from his fishing trip. . Kelly denied any knowledge of a blood stained towel found la the house and was unable to account for the discovery In the house of bis underclothing. He said he re membered blood being on his shirt and Mrs. Melius offering to wash it ror him but he said ho refuted Police today Questioned a eonnl whom they said had been on par ties with Mrs. Melius and, her avowed "butcher boy" lover. The Officers said they were looking ror otner persons prominent in Los Angeles society who might nove Knowledge of the case.' Kelly today reiterated: "I might nave allied Myrtle, but If I did I didn't know anything about It." His attorney said he would plead noi guilty to the slaying. : Melius, who resterilav ed tKelly and declared he "never saw him before," today told the police had seen Kellv "occasional ly." having been in the habit of taking hie "ducks" to the butcher snop to DO cleaned. ?4 (Continued from jnara 1 she was "believed canable of with! standing the pressure. In the fa? vor of the salvagers was the fact that the fleet on the spot carried virtually every device necessary ior ua lasx. ' Work Pushed Raoldlv Within an hour after the - crash divers had gone down and within a reasonably short time the exact locatoln of the submarine was 'de- vroiuiea oy ooservers in ees- manes circling- over the scene. The divers continued at their . task, mads mors precarious by the turl bulence of the waters, until they aa passea steei cables under the shattered hulL The ends of these were attached to pontoons and the F-14 was slowly raised from the bottom. Until the last moment the salvagers believed that they might win out over the gases wnica rorm in a submarine when the sea water reaches the batteries.--- V - The sinking of ths F-14 with its crew is ths greatest disaster suffered by the Italian submarine forces since August 1025 when tne Sebastiano Yenlero disappear ed with Its crew of 60 men during naval maneuvers oft Sicily and ever was found ST. ;1 ,. f ; The salvage fleet dlsnersed sad. ly from the anchorage to which they had clung. Beside the nower- ful crane mounted on floating pon toons which had actually, raised the F-14, five torpedo boats, two scout cruisers and a number of tugs from which the divers' had descended, made up the group which had worked unceasingly. Admiral FoschlnL who had per sonally, directed the attempt at rescuecontinued In charge of the salvager work. Katherine Jones Ashs Court to Give Estate Of Mrs. Drake to Her Alleging that she was .adooted by Lavlna Drake as her daughter within, the' spirit, although - not within ths letter of the law and that Mrs. Drake promised her she should become heir to the Drake estate, Katherine F. Jones yester day filed suit In circuit court ask that she be made legal heir to all the property left by Mra - Drake when she died. She met Lavtna Drake in 1902 at the age of 40 years, she alleres. and lived with her as her daughter ana cared ror her up until the time time of her death.. (I i last Times Today , DANGER! THRILLS! LAUGHS! . COURAGEOUS SACRIFICE! THURSDAY-FRIDAY Girls, Giggle and Gags t . Love, Larks and Langhs! ins S FHTT ni rmi'm nnn in l ii r u rn n.Y u i I uuiiu UU1U IIUT : ITWWEil -V. f tr snr nn n k I PL (i r m in r. i Sf.ll IMS P. OKI CiLMSE , . (Continued from page 1 ) trath as you may be able to ad vanee. I further ask that you per- mil me to make full reply. In or- da . that von may not bo smbsr- rassed T will Derm it you. If you choose, to conduct the meeting by question and answer. I : wui os ready to answer any question you msy put to me. which. In your oelntoa wilTln any degree ' tend to Justify your remarks. , . - xperleacs Recalled - , "For sight years,-1 have been the rovernor of the state of which yon are a resident, and I am firm ly convinced tnat- you owe ii io me to. give me ah opportunity .to be heard before your own congre gation on the statement that you made about my political career. "Vtery truly yours. Signed - - "Alfred 1L Smith." . n.rnrA Mtnies of the letter . to Dr Straton were distributed Got. Smith read the text to newspaper men. On the floor and a table near by J were copies of -the Hew York legislative Assembly covering the years hs was In the , assembly. From each protruded paper slips .rvinr thm carta which dealt with Jiis own rotes on social leg islation, under attack rrom Wil liam Allen White, i Kansas ed itor. .-.-I Studies Planned Smith disclosed yesterday that he Intended to study them in rela tion to White's charges that he was friendly to the liquor Inter ests but threw no further ngnt to- . a ii day on tne uncertainty wbu hewlll make a direct reply to his assailant. The Governor produced copies ot Identical letters he had sent to the commissioner ot public safety, district attorney and sheriff at Saratoga Springs, where a racing meet Is on, that If there were grounds tor-reports that gambling and" vice flourished there, and they did not Institute a clean-up he!: would take steps looking to .heir removal from office. Crisis in Jugoslavia 'booms, King Alexander Hushing to Belgrade , VIENNA. Aug. 7 (AP) King Alexander, of Jugoslavia has hur ried: back to Belgrade' from his summer residence, say newspaper dispatches from that city. Advises to Neue Ftel presse state that the King's return -was hastened be cause "however the Illness of Ste fan Radltch may end, Jugoslavia Is facing great and earnest dec!- alons.M:-- " -"; ;;; - " The newspaper "Obsor" of Zag reb reports that two suspicious characters who, it is believed, in tended to assassinate the wounded leader of the Croatian peasant party, were surprised by detec tives In the garden of Radltch ' residence last night. The men es caped In the darkness. Head of Housewives Council KiUed When Automobile Hits Her IVV PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 7. (AP) Mrs. Christina H. Mock. 53, died today at St. Vincent's hospital without regaining con sciousness following a traffic ac cident. Mrs. Mock was vice pres ident of the so-called "Housewives Council. Inc., which carried on s campaign two years ago for public ownership ot hydro-electric power and was said to be the originator of the Oregon old age pension plan. Assistant District Attorney Hoesly Issued an Involuntary man slaughter complaint against Frank Brelln of Tigard, Oregon, operator ot the automobile that struck Mrs. Mock, at Fourth and Main streets. Ball was placed at 22500. Brelln. a laborer employed by a Portland contracting firm, said he was watching traffic and did not see the victim of the accident. HAPPINESS NOW BORN OF LAUGHS, ROMANCE - - AND TVitruEdmond " Manhattan Players IN ' ; "THE FRAME UP Z7 rrsiJFEi ITS REAL Eir iTsmaiX Lowe :' I Colleeifs Here f 7 -V i VV 'M'.V In "Happiness Ahead," now. play ing, at the Elsinore theatre. STORM HITS COAST (Continued from page 1) had Increased to hurricane force and' was practically stationary. The vessel reported the wind vel ocity at upwards of 75 miles an hour and ths barometer reading at 28.70. The message from Lem pira said that lifeboats had been washed from the ship. WEST PALM BEACH. Fla., Aug. 7. (AP) Lashed 4y a tro pical storm which seemingly was. increasing In Intensity, this city and Palm Beach were in darkoe tonight as the Inhabitants wait for the full force ot the blow. pected before dawn. - The center of the disturbance which swept up last night from the West Indiea apparently was stationary about 60 miles oftihore upwards of 75 miles an hournrhlle the Telocity here was estimsted at 00 miles when night fell. .' Extensive damage reported here and In Palm Beach was confined chiefly to trees, shrubbery, small buildings, signs and awnlngsi Only one person was known to have been Injured. T. P. Dulbreta, an employe ot the Florida Lfcht Power company, was tadly shocked when his automoUle ran Into a broken line While few persons ventured across the bridge over Laki Worth that separates this city from Palm Beach, reports were that .Ocean Boulevard which skirts the sea p- HOLLYWOOD NOW PLAYING A' RIOT OF' FUN " FAMILY1 NICSHT The Whole Family - AdmlUed for i. MIC I -f First FtiH : tOth is To) jsv rvr '.M vr'v.v.;a TERRIFIC WICJL I " h fW STARTS TOBA Y ) ? l f " " " sssseueew " '''nesss' ' " I.. i - ' r ) .-x f . . . Ml Admi ACCEPT If HI t rin tinued from psge 2 ) h.ra heard ' tha substance of it mixmn bv the newspapers. I am greatly Interested In his message I shall certainly give him the sa tisfaction he seeka If that It Is only a matter of fair piay to re peat to hie. face and in his pres ence and at tne ume ne suggest ed my sermon of Sunaay. ' "I am willing to meet. mm m New York and repeat the charges However.: I hellers that the dis cussion should be held in Madison Square Garden, or some other large auditorium. Calvary. Bap tist church can accommodate one Of the largest, audiences of any church In the city but It would not be large" enough for the crowd of people who would want to hear such a debate, I oeueve it wouia be far preferable, to noid it in niDft l&rn Bin.' urn moss ar rangements.' ean be easily made. 'Inasmuch as my message was a note of warnuriro me aoumern democracr. which I love so well. because J at one time lived In the south. I believe? it would be ap propriate for Governor Smith to winr around the circle with me, and' debate the issues raised by my sermon In the south." , - '. "X feel eo deeply the tremend ous ' danger.' in which the south ern democracy has been placed.' he added. "the soutjijias", been put in a faj3 corner by tne. astute po litical maneuvering of governor Smith, DrJStraton explained that the south' was in an embarrassing po sitlof because of the "twist away front the prohibition plank of the platform by Governor Smith.", to be doomed.' The high- wir was wasnea out aurmg tne rricane of September 192C, and night heavy seas with a swollen de again menaced It. f - The first . blow came here this morning and for; a few minutes the wind reached a velocity of 00 miles an hour. A lull , followed the blast and this afternoon the storm set In again. This was similar to the experience yesterday at Nas sau, capital of the Bahamas. where the storm was felt twice during the day. Barometer readings here to night were at about 29.62 within a few points of the reading regis tered during the 1926 storm. ' " Rubberized shower curtains will last much longer If care Is taken to spread them out across the rod Immediately after using, each ume.. . Frank D. Blight tn LJ Zffr7 ro$- mttrtctum tfff'jrit city . THE FIRST H see W Aesr a fAr ctor tSSCi sKfiCSr V sg,W meting their Umtt (sSJS' nil uia i sii l$Q ni Lini:HLJDLonsLgGnELD Show at 2 Eleven Rbimds! in Slow - ssion 50 cent Cattle Exhibit Space Ordered Constructed At State Fair groundi : Construction of a new cattu barn, 100 by 30 feet In dimen sions, was authorized by the state fair board at a meeting held here Tuesday. The cost of the struc ture was estimated at 21000. For the first time In the history of the Oregon state fair there will be a complete exhibit of air. planes snd airplane accessories st this year's event. It was said that a large number ot manufacturers would hare airplanes on the grounds for exhibit, purposes. It. la likely that one day of this year's fair will be designated as Airplane Day." . Included among the planes that will be exhibited will ; be several from Seattle and other prominent air ports on the Pacifie coast. The board reduced the kinder garten playground appropriation from f 160. to . 100. The dance hall conceaslen wsa discussed but no definite actios was taken by the hoard. Mexican Bandits Rob Automobile Tourists ' And Wreck Railroad CUERNAVACA, Mexico. Aug. 7 (AP). Federal troops tonight were beating through the moun tains In the vicinity of the town of Puente de Ixtla in, pursuit of bandits who on Sunday robbed 80 automobile t ourlsts. looted the town and robbed and wrecked a railroad train. Dwlghit W. Morrow. American ambassador to Mexico, had spent the day here hut fortunately he had not . ventured to visit the caves and he knew nothing of the depredation until Informed of it today In MexiccrCity. Both federal forces and mem bers of the bandit gang suffered casualtlee In the pitched battle la which the latter were driven from the town. The raiders stole sev eral thousand dollars from the railroad express office beside the valuables and money they took from passengers in the automo biles and the train. They sent the locomotive running wild down the track until It was overturned and ditched. Jelly Salad A delicious and eool-look!n salad Is made by combining cu cumbers snd pineapple In a clear Jelly salad. Slice the cucumbers as thin as possible and grate the pineapple.. Serve chilled on let. tuce, with mayonnaise at the side. Garnish with pimento. n L,,. t. m m mow tUrtlmw tk O 01 ALL-TALKINO PICTURE p. mi Motion e :