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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER ' Normal temperature. Te day; Continued low husakli ty. Max. temperature Mon day 85; Mia. 43; RiTer 2.3. RAPID GROWTH i Leading the news field b4 backed by business ef ficiency, the New Statesman v J rapidly passing all compe tition. "Ho Favor Sways Us; Uo Fear Shcdl Awe" " BinT m' 1L1 tfi .1 SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR Salem. Oregon. Tuesday Horning. August 21, 1928 SOSISSMS t -RECEIVED FRDIUI MISSING PLANE Al Defends Self Against Part of Charges Levelled By William Allen White SC1IE WNS I 3Sert Hassel! and Parker Cra- Airier' Broadcast Signals Of Distress Position As Opponent Of Im morality Is Fixed and Secure, He Says Position Indicated As 75 Miles Off Cape Chidley, Radio Man Says STAMFORD.-Conn., Aug. 20. (AP) F, L. Hall, amateur radio operator, said today he had re ceived six repeated SOS calls last night which he believed were sent by Bert Hassell and Parker Cra mer, lost aviators on a flight to Stockholm, Sweden. The letter "R" followed the dis tress signal, and according to a By PAUL F. HAUPERT Associated Press Staff Writer ALBANY. N. Y., Aug. 20 (P) Training his guns on Wil liam Allen White and other critics of his public career. Governor Smith declared tonight in the course of a detailed and lengthy review of his stand on social-legislation as a member of the New ork assembly that, his record "as an opponent of immorality is fixed and secure." The democratic presidential nominee's statement, made public after several weeks had been spent in its preparation was aimed par ticularly at the Kansas editor, who recently charged that the. gover nor, as a legislator, favored the 1 saloon and organized vice. It also prearranged code, this indicated the plane was ,75 miles off Capaj assailed the republican national Chidley. Hall said a message was hcommittee for "openly associating Bent after the call but owing to in terference he could not discern the words. J; i; Search Began NEW YORK, Aug. 20 The coast guard cutter Marion, on duty on Davis strait, acting un der orders from Washington, will begin a search for the missing plane Greater Rock ford to the eastward of Cape Chidley tomor row. Commander Edward H. Smith radioed to the Associated Press tonight. itself with this personal attack.' and was intended to Include in Its scope among others Dr. John Roach Straton, the New York Bap tist minister, who has been out- ( A P 1 i POcu 111 MUim vm ' " Hope Held Slight NAIN, Labrador, Bowdoin Har bor, Aug. 20. (By radio to the Associated Press) If the mono plane Greater Rockford bearirfi; pilot Bert Hassell and radio oper ator Parker Cramer is down in open water, there is no possibility of them getting ashore. Command er Donald B. MacMillan said here tnnlfhf Weather conditions here have' nomination, studied doiens of old nor. Charge Held Unfair As for Mr. White, the nominee said that hte editor's statements about him and his legislative rec ord were "slanderous and that the attack on him was "unfair, unmanly and un-American." "I have the statisfactlon. bow- ever, or Knowing, uuTemwi Smith said, "that it is not con curred in by the people of my own state who bave year after year TnrpMd confidence in me. Not withstanding that a large part of this matter herein referred to was laid before them in the past by agents of my political enemies." In formulating his reply to White, the governor, who on Wed nesday evening formally win ac cent the democratic presidential as purely; pollticaL- and -when the campaign begins I do not propose to nave the issues or mat cam paign befogged by; controversy over irrerelant . tnings. euch as the discussion of my votes &s a legislator -some twenty or more years ago." - Declaring that "publicity and by many letters in my possession, the late Rev. Canon John P. Peters., when chairman of 'the committee of fourteen, the lead ing anti-vice society of New York, repeatedly thanked me for my. oc- operation with that organization," the governor went on: Suggestions "Tile" "No one in all hte 29 years of my public life has ever dared to make the vile suggestions vhich emanated from Mr.. .White, with the approval of Henry J. Allen, publicity director of the republi can national committee. What a cowardly course the republican national committe pursued. It is sued a slanderous statement through its official publicity bu reau, then after is general ptfbli calon in the press, attempted to evade responsibility-by the child ish claim tbat. it had been given by accident. That te -not fair Plar-" COUNCIL PLACE AS DARK HORSE mW . ' Six Ballots Necessary; To Choose Successor, To C. 0. Engstrom Thompson Springs Surprise By Resigning Post As Alderman Hoovers Say Goodbye to Homq Folks Edward Schunke. , a "dark horse." last night was elected to fill the vacancy on the Salem city council created by the recent resignation of CarrO. Engstrom of the First ward. Six ballots were required before the councilmen finally determined upon the new member. Schunke wasn't even nominat sd, but he polled one vote on the first ballot. Carl T. Pope, nomi nated by Alderman Hal Patton, got seven. JuBt one less than a and Pbil Eiker. nom been beautiful for the past few weeks with light south winds and but little sea. The weather is no. so good today and a change is probably forthcoming with indi cated winds from the east which will be unfavorable for the plane, if it Is a seantane. "If a land plane" Commander Donald Mac Millan in ch.nye of the Rawson field museur" 'xnedition here" and arctic explor'- believes, "it is all! over." - . . . I (The Gre: - Rockford carried a land gear and was not equipped with pontoonr. although the plane carried rubber life boats.") Fishermen Leaving T'T "lt tney are down ln tne lein ; ity of Cape Chidley we may not bear from them for several weeks" lselRlative journals and records, and to refresh his memory examin ed in detail scores of proposals listed by the Kansan- Glad of Chance to Reply "I am glad to have this matter out of the whispering stage and put in the open; once and for all I shall meet it now. I regard it t ' ill Rnvernnr i majority. An Liu a juuuwvu. " . . Smith referred to White's cable- inated by Alderman L. J. snmerai, received four votes. Count Varies The count varied on each ballot, Schunke getting another vote on the third, five on the fifth and a bare majority on the eighth. Barely had the council filled this vacancy when another bobbed up. ? Just as the council was about arfinnrn neorre W. Thompson. alderman from the fifth ward who has been re-elected for a four year term, orallv presented his re1e nation. which came as a complete surprise. His place will probably be filled at the next meeting. Mr. Thompson is resigning for the present term only he explained. Disagreement with other members of the present council and par ticularly with the policies of the bridge committee, were ascribed as his reason for resigning. Bridge Bonds Sold Burr. Conrad ft Broom. Port- . . lid financial firm, was the sue- When George Edwaras, baiem - . bjdder on the 1100,000 of gram from Europe last week de nying that he had "retracted" those charges against the nominee dealing with gambling and prosti tution and which, the governor added, was given to the newspa pers as an "official release" from the republican national, commit tee. Methods Attacked "Lacking the courage tc stand hv its comnlicitv in the attack," he added, "the republican director (Turn to page 2, please i 0 Pistols Drawn Edwards Makes Bad Man Behave i? I! iSeries OF SALEM K Plants Here Expect To Keepj Full Forces Active. AH Through October " UAnM- RnkHM. mmUmHi mhiIim and Mrs. Hoover, the latter carrying a huge ..i vl M Antn t tw nUifami Af tlieir train to bid farewell to their - . . r j. ' i w A. M mmato to West Branch. Iowa. At incwis anu aeigauvrs, upvn ccvTmsg mw asw - n ' . - West Branch, where Roover was bora, aaoCher has; e hovae-comiag welcome awaits mem. PLAN TO CONSTRUCT T RIM M TOM MIX ARRESTED IFTEB FISTIC ICT LOS (AP).- ANOELES. Aug. 20. -Two warrants for the ar ommander MacMillan said." as rMt nf Tom Mix. screen cowboy the fishermen are now leaving 1 star, were issued at the city prose- I! their schooners. Some of the bays are deep and efforts to walk to tafety would be almost impossible for one not knowing sites of the Eskimo encampments." Nain. Labrador, is about 325 miles south 'on Cape Chidley where operator Cramer is report ed to have been when he sent the signal "R" at 3 o'clock central time Sunday morning. The signal "R" designated the plane was "75 ini&s off Cape Chidley," according to a pre-arranged schedule. Bowdoin harbor, where Com mander MacMillan and the expe dition are located, is about 2- miles north of Nain. or within easy radio distance of where the Greater Rockford dispatched its final signal. Lookont Maintained "We are keeping a sharp look out for any signals which mav come Commander MacMillan said. "Ice conditions on and near Labrador this year have been most v.nusual. We have not seen a pack of ice since June 15. Old fisher n:en have never seen anything like vthat. "Scarcity of any ice for footiue lends a hazard which the flyers r- ieht otherwise, use in makinz their way to land." (Turn to page 2. please) cutor's offiee late today following complaints sworn to by Miss Mta- gie Miller, wife of Will Morrissey, stage and cabaret comedian. Miss Miller, her left eye cover ed with a bandage, appeared alone at the prosecutor's oiiice. Her husband, she said, was "flat on his back from the booting Mix gave him." and suffering from a slight concussion of the brain as a result. Miss Miller reiterated previous charges that Mix made an unpro voked attack upon her husband at a house warming, party given by tt friend at Plava Del Rey. The specific charge In the complaints wee battery. Mies Miller admitted Morrissey had handed Mix sotie "left-handed compliments" before the fists began flying. Mix. In statements Issued to day, denied that he had started the battle. He said he had struck Morrissey only In self defense. vesterdav looked into the muszle of an automatic pistol and.-defying the threat mai n carried, drew bis own revolver. b frustrated th escape of man whom local authorities believe may be connected with any of a number of recent robberies In var ious parts of this state. The Incident occurred on the west steps of the county court house at about 5 p. m. C. R. Burke )n was belnr taken from justice court to the sheriff's office for confinement in the "county jaw. jerked away from Edwards after he had ascenaec nan a ookh steps. Despite the fact that he was handcuffed, he produced a pistol from somewhere and levelled it at the officer. "I'll kill you for that!" cried Edwards, pulling his gun: "I quit! Don't shoot! whimpered Burke and lowered his pistol. A moment later the prisoner bridge bonds offered forsale. Its bid vas a premium of "$2.51 on each $1000 worth. Request that the city in some manner "wain iwuru - Salem labor will be empioyea ud bridge contract Jobs was made by the building trades council through S. P. Davidson, who de clared that only about 12 local men had been given work on the South Commercial street bridge, and that number for only a few days. Ho minted out- that a local bid der was only a few dollars higher than the successful bidder from nt of town. Other cities, Port land for example, give preference to local contracting firms, and Salem should do likewise in order to keep public money at home, Mr nvM art n said. Mayor Livesley answered with (In statement that the city has in all of these contracts specified that docile enough, was in the sheriff f Jiooal help be employed so office being "frisked" for tne nrsi time. "Don't go Into mat oac; pocket," he said. Immediately h,a (Turn to page 2, please) Park Will be Set Out on Site Where Lindy Began Trip . a MV A possible. Davidson repnea wnn (Turn to page t. pitsc OTf SMTlKS ? !T0 BE ST PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 20 (AP) The special committee ap pointed by Secretary of Agricul ture Jardine to study the proposal for a Mt. Hood tramway met In Portland today in the offices of Julius L. Meier, who took his place as chairman. The committee met to formulate a report after a three days' tonr to consider the benefits the public might derive from tne project. In surveying the Tegion to be affected by the proposed 1800, 000 development, the committee) inspected the lost Lake country. Cloud Cap, the trail from Cloud Cap to Eden park, and then jour neyed around the loop to Govern ment camp, Olallie lake and Olal lie Butte. . Committee members on the tour were: Julius L. Meier, chairman; John B. Yeon. substituting for G. A. Rebentlsch; R. L. Glisan; F. A. Elliott, state Forester; George w. Peavey, dean of the School of For estry at -the Oregon Agricultural college- R.. JS,. Richards, president of the" Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union of America, The Dalles; R. E. Scott, president of the Hood River Chamber of Commerce; Prof. E. T. Hodge, substitute for Dr. E. L. Packard. University of Oregon; and C. M. Granger, district Forester. I DALUPQiftlS GET INTO T HELENA. Mont., Aug. 20. (AP). Keith Pollock, 18. and Philin Statx. 20. both of Dallas, rr nd renresenting themselves as students at tne university Oregon, were sentenced here to day to one to three years in the state penitentiary for grand lar ceny. The boys were accused oi stealing an automobile. ROUBLE RMGHD WATERSURRENDERS SALEM BOY'S BODY Y. I Proposals to straighten out the V kinks- in a number of Salem's v I .... crooked streets soon win ne pre sented to the city council by the streets department, it was learned By BASIL O. WYRICK . Associated Press Golf Writer. BOBO'LINK CLUB, CHICAGO, Auk. 20. (AP). A stalwart , ivouth of 18 years from the Paci- The body of Ward South worth,! c coast today showed leading who August 14 left notes indicat-isolfers from homeland and for- lne that he Intended to take his sn snores now o r. v ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Aug. 20 (AP) The plot ground at the eastern end of mi. nd hi, wife were ar- Kooseveu neia o.er . .. i .v. In I sti... .1.- k T Inilhnrrh flW when resiea luuay miiuwiug uan.vu.nco - " , - i- nn Proas on drunk charges. ! he took off on his flight to Paris Monday. One of theseis on Cross Miss Miller later appeared Inwtu conTted Into a park, to street near 12th "here a new be known as Lindbergh Commem-jonage is o. I i i. nMt nr to have the ntl Park. ufc.wv... A syndicate headed by Jonn u. Rockeeller. Jr., and including District Attorney riviu wards of Kaussau county, and Paul J. Lannin, owner of the field. has been formed to promote me project. Three acres already have ben nurchased for the park and seven more may be added. It si proposed, to erect monu ments to commeiuor :grounds road, where a teleph bergh's nildAh8e!eJ!Pole which cannot be removed YoohooIKids Circus Tickets on Tap Today Hey, yoa Kids! Come on down to the New Oregon Statesman's offices. This is the day you get your tickets to the Sells Floto circus which hows here tomorrow. The New Oregon Statesman's circulation manager has got the tickets and he is ready, waiting and eager to hand theai over. If you haven't got that new subscriber jet, today is a good tune to land him. The big offer holds good un til 10 o'clock tomorrow morn ing. If you bring in a coupon, properly filled out, for a paid up subscription to The New Oregon Statesman for three mouths or more, with the cah, by not later than lO o'clock Wednesday morning, that ticket 1 jours. The coupon today is printed on page 7. Turn to It, clip it out and rustle up that new subscriber. The Sells Floto circus is big ger and better than ever. Ele phants and lions and tigers and monkeys and everything. Up to last night there, were 125 boys and girl of Salem who had turned in their new subscribers snd - totay they caa get their tickets. These tickets are good for everything at the "circus, includ ing the thrilling sideshows and the concert after the main per formance. Here's your chance. Kids! Any lime today or np to 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Get busy! IK CITIZENS WELCOME WES Pumpkin Packing Will Begin Here Immediately After Pears Are Canned By VT. B. RAGSDALE AcuwI.imI Pnw staff Writer HOOVER TRAIN. EN ROUTE j West Branch. Iowa. Aug. V. (AP) Heartened 'by the friendly enthusiasm shown by the citixens of the home stats of his running mate, Herbert Hoover tonight sped toward West Branch. lowa.'where he will tarry for a day with the people among whom he was born. Kansas turned out en masse to cheer the republican presidential candidate as his train passed through their states. Crowds swarmed about the railroad sta tions at Dodge City, Hutchinson. St. John, Newton, Emporia, Tope ka. Lawrence, Kan... and Kansas City, Mo., to greet him, with lusty) cheers and scramble for a band clasp during the brief stops. At Topeka, the home of Sena tor Charles Curtis, his partner on the ticket, the crowd swelled into such proportions that It taxed the oanaoitv nf t Vl a nsj ill-th Vidn- ItafUatJ v. fv wi- - - - - r ity of the station.: Hoover spoke jciusiveiy briefly at an stops, generally avoiding ail reference "lo politico and confining his remarks to trib utes to the enterprise of Kansans and to expressions of appreciation for their friendly greetings. At one point, however, he expressed hope that Kansas In the next election would send a solidly republican representation to congress. Th? state now has one democratic rep resentative. As the candidate turned, toward Iowa, be .carried with him assur ances from republican leaders that Kansas in the coming election would roll up one of the large3t republican majorities that strong hold of repulicanism has recorded in years. One cannery company in Salenr- now is employing more than 1000 workers In !its operations. Thir is the Oregon Packing com pan jr, which had S91 employes on ity- payrolls last Thursday and now! beyond the thousand mark In its plants, on Tweirtn and Tnirteentir streets. The Twelfth street plant is running to the limit of its ca pacity on pears, mostly, with some Evergreen blackberries. The Thirteenth street plant is running, on beans, putting in 20 hours t day; the space between be In used In cleaning up. These large forces probably will be. kept going till the latter part of, October though the supply oV beans Is believed sure to sbne off towards the latter part of tbv season. It is expected that tbevw will be some beans coming to bto canned up to the last of Octobm when the pumpkin canning w)l ! begin. Big Pumpkin Crop There will be a big pack of pumpkins; the largest ever part -uphere. This is the favoslt source of supply for high class rww materials for the now famous DH Monte canned pumpkins, and be also is the plant that is sucrefl In the difficult art of getting a pack that will stand up in face of the most exacting demand Of t consumers the world over. There were "on the floor" terday for this concern about 60' tons of pears, with 15 cc tk be spotted and unloaded 20.000 pounds to the car. At Orher Canneries . The Hunt cannery had yester day about 800 employes working on pears, with some evergrevo blackberries. The Northwest cannery bad about 500 workers, on pears DON MOE, FORTH GOLFER WELL AHEAD own life, has been found. Funeral services are to be held in Eugene. Word to this effect reached here yesterday in a letter from Mrs. Agne3 Southworth, his mother, to Mrs. O. B. Neptune of Salem. The announcement sets at rest doubts as to the actual court" Southworth took after he wrote three notes at Green Bay. Wisconsin, and drop ped out of sight. Many Salem people who had known the youth ' for many years expressed the opin ion that he might have perpe trated a hoax and not carried out: tils announced Intention of killing himself. ' . ' 1 -" .The first details of Sonthworth's action were learned by B' mother through reading the coP7ofthe v Statesman" vhich, contained the ac count.. She 'mmedlately wired lo h-r brother at Chicago and a sia- h ter at Ashtabula. Ohio, both of T whom immediately took steps to trv tn find the bodv. It was louna several days ago in the waters of GreenBay. - , The suicide was the eon of Dr C. W. Southworth of Salem, who a. touch 7200 vard golf course. .Tall of stature and short of name. Don Moe, of Portland. Ore., won the honors today in the first onalifvinr round of the western amateur golf championship by troklnr the difficult Bobolink links in 3J-3 . wniie me best of the members of the Britten Walker cun team could do was a 78 by Dr. William Tweddel. 1927 champion of his kingdom, wim a second best invader's score of 74 by T. P.: Perkins, present . title holder, who played with Moe. -.. joo siraigincucu iu'd - -ready to build the bridge. One of the most dangerous and troublesome Jobs hna been that on South High street at Mission. Plans to cut off the corners there are about completed. The city council Is considering some method of getting rid of the bad corner at Highland and Fairr telephone ex- Clarence D. cnamDeriam iu Europe in the same year. Cattle Feud Fatal To Claim Worker Law Takes Slayer W1CAVERVILLEL Cal.. Aug. 20. (AP) A cattle foed ended when A. A. Cooper." an old miner who held what he thought was a EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 20 (AP) Records of Registrar Earl M. Pallett of the University of Ore gon indicate that neier Keith Pollock nor Philip Statz, Dallas youths sentenced today at Helena, Mont., for grand larceny, is or has been a student at the University of Oregon. RAoorts from Helena statea tnai the youths represented themselves as students at the university here. Registrar Pallett could find no record of anyone of either sur name ever having attended the university, he said. IPOHLtE POT 10 ffffiSOIt FATALT STORM 0TW0 MEN 1 OWN STRUCK Ti BY GALE; 4 KILLED: SERVICE cept at great expense prevents widening the right hand turn; out an adequate olution has not oeen reached. Seattle Arson Ring Is Broken Up When 3 Arrests Are Made SEATTLE: Aug.' JO.-r-(AP) i Three men were arrested today in i iov nrinrs district, was snot ana up ui or Prominent Cubath Is Operated Upon itoCHESTER: Minn..rAg.-20. Lt API . Dr; Emanuel Bello. president of the tntoan senate, was operated on here this morn ing for the removal of an infected gall bladder and appendik. Dr. Charles H., Mayo performed the operation. Senora Bello, who ie here with her husband, said Dr. Bello -was resting comfortably killed yesterday by John Dinkle. a rancher, and an avowed enemy of the mlnen Dinkle surrendered to the sheriff here today. '. '-The; two men met on a lonely trail. Dinkle told a coroners Jury nd Conner started to attack him. ninkle then drew a pistol and fir ed.. Tfce coroner's jury returned a Trdict that: Cooper, nao met ms death fro ma gunshot wound In-j those held were said to have con fessed. Four biases which bore ev idence of the work of firebugs were being investigated. - I Yioranni ; Gagliardi. 5 . auas John Gaglardo, owner ei me burned house was the first man arrested. He told police he was prevailed upon by-PasQuale Capu cia 49. to take out J1500 lnsur- ance on fits nouse iurnisnmgs m fficted by Dinkle, AuthoriUes are order that he might -burn them f-ki. but no charge has and collect. The nouse was fired K,-,Ti.rf .ralnst him.' ' Sin his absence, he said. The fatal feud had Its inception when Cooper objected to Dinkle's cattle grazing on bis ouarts claim. Tony C'ampano. 35, a wounded war veteran, was the. third man beld ' - . I 1 CHEYENNE. Wyo., Aug. 20. (AP Twelve-passenger air planes, offering the air traveler all the luxuries of land travel. In cluding cabinboy service ana a small dining, hall, are to be placed in service bv the Boeing Air Transport company, an unofficial statement issued at the trans-continental airmail field here today said. Complete separation of the mall and passenger . business on the Boeing line is forecast by officials at the field in the rf act that the company is soon to ;place in oper ation 15 planes carrying 1.800 pounds of mall," to" the exclusion of passengers. The passenger ships, it was said, will be oi tne company's own design. Conservatives In Canadian Officer , VANCOUVER. B. C.; Ang.- 20. (APl.--The liberal administra tion of J.' D. MacDean. premier of British Columbia who was de feated In tho recent general elec tion, was succeeded today by con servative government headed by Dr. S. F. Tolmie. He was aworn In : this - afternoon v and said be would announce bis cabinet t anorx ' - ST. PAUL. Minn.. Aug. 20. (AP) At least two persons are known to havesVeen killed and a score or more injured in a torna do which swept across Freeborn and Mower counties in southern Minnesota today. v.arlv reports told of one death and a dosen or more injuries and much property damage at Austin. An unidentified man was killed there. Another death was near Glen ville. Minn., advices from Albert Lea were to the effect that many farm homes had been destroyed south of that place. The tornado struck a path ranging from two blocks to two and a half miles in width through the southern section of the county aH ihrnurh a northeasterly direc tion in Mower county, taking its toll in Austin. Grenville and other communities. Disrupted telephone ' and tele graph service made it difficult to get a thorough check on the stricken districts, the only ccm munication coming through Al bert Lea which was not hit by the storm. Mrs. Chris O. Hagen. a farmer's wife living near Glenville was car ried for about a half mile from her farm home and dropped in a .in,rt.'hT tha storm. She was dead when rescuers found her. Greek Liberals In Victorious Drive ATHENS. Greece, Aug. 10. r a PWThe Liberal party headed by Premier Eleutherois Venlxelos won 228 seats in tne cnamocr u deputies in yesterday's parliman- etary election, according to com plete unofficial returns iougm. The Royalists secured 15 seats; h Panealos arty, grouped with the Royalists, l; the Progressives 3 and the Independents s. ine tnt of the Royalist debacle la shown by tbs fact that they lost The Paulus cannery la on pear and evergreen blackberries, and is promised some prunes on Satur day, and by that time the worWoa forces will run to about 300. The Producers cooperative can nery is working on evetgreen blackberries, and making a small start on local pears of the producer-stockholders. When in full swing, their force will bw about 300. The Starr cannery ls running on evergreen blackber ries, with perhaps 100 people on the average. SOOO Total Employed This all means about U000 can nery workers in Salem now; aboot as high a mark as was reached in the busiest time of the early ber ry canning season, including cher ries. There is a wonderful sight to bo witnessed In the larger canneries here, with so many busy mostly women, on the pears and beans' i d berries. niirlnr nrnne. canning, which; will. begin by the end of this week the forces in the Salem canneriew will likely run beyond 3000. Some of the new petite prunes, like the Coates variety, are beins canned In an experimental way by. . a couple of the Salem plants. GUARD RIFLE TERM PEOSOIHL CHOSE! The rifle team to represent th Oreeon National Guard in the Nav Reports said that hadly a build- jtionai Rifle matches at Camp Per ry, Ohio, has been seiectea aw will leave for Ohio, Wednesday. of this week. The team, accoramn to orders Issued Monday by Brig adier General George A. White commanding the guard, will bw captained by Lleutenant-Coln-l Fred M. West and coached by Cap tain Langdon 11. Spooner, bom . Portland. Captain John R. Whit of Grants Pass, will be range of-; fleer. "The shooting members of I team are: First-Lieutenant Ada!- phus A. Schwartx. master ser geants Dice W. Griffith. Jacob JW. si. Cecil R. Neal. Theodore., Mi Marks. Erwin W.. Ashbar. Roy R. Fulton, William M. Asiibar. Watr ter H. Rucker, Edward J. Hnrdt and first sergeants John D. Rowl and Larry C. Gentner. All of tn shooting n; embers, are from Per: land excent Gentner. who is frons- Grants Pass. The team goea at DUBUQUE, la., Aug. 20. (AP). The TelegrapB Herald's correspondent at Austin, Minn., reported tonight that four per sons were killed and damage es timated at more than 1500,000 caused by a tornado which struck th, rontor nf th town late todav. A man was reported killed when the power house was de molished, another man met death in an apartment building, and two children were listed among the victims. , The storm, coming from the northwest, was reported to have parsed into northeast Iowa ing was left standing Many business places, includ ing the Grand Central hotel, were unroofed as were numerous resi dences. The path of the storm is esti mated to bave been ; about two blocks aide and about 20 blocks long. Vessel Makes Port After Hitting Gale PANAMA. Aug. 20. (AP). The Mystic steamship line steam er W. S. McKenney, badly batter ed by a storm off Cape San Lncas, Lower California, August 8 while enroute from Seattle, has arrived here. Fourteen members of her crew were lost daring the storm. the survivors said. The men were washed overboard by a huge ht-l. Ik, tat-lr whilai the crew was buy rearTanginglovcrpmeat sltfr. tr assva nrbUb hn Haen h if . UOta ,US B V W WW mm " ed from its place. Help Requested In Search For Plane WASHINGTON. , Aug. 20. (AP). The United ; States bas asked tbe aid of Canada. Den mark and Newfoundland In an ef fort to locate the plane, the Great er Rockford. last reported off tbe coast of Labrador, a August 19 and hit d ret ted the coast guaaa cutter to look for , the, plane and Its passcngera. .Bert Hassell , and Parker Cramer. LOnWIIISOVEII SMITH OF. BC NEWYO RK. Ang. 2 0 -(AP ) Back in the form that made m terrof .among the light-hawvy-weights a few months ago, tf Lomskl . of Aberdeen, Waah.. knocked out Georgia Smith e Newark. N. J- t" Ihe foertk of a 10-round match it w Park tonight. died several- years aga.