WEATHER
' Normal temperature. Te
day; Continued low husakli
ty. Max. temperature Mon
day 85; Mia. 43; RiTer 2.3.
RAPID GROWTH
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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
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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.
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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
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Pistols Drawn
Edwards Makes
Bad Man Behave
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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."
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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
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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.