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i ADVERTISING Advertisement In the New Statesman get results because this pap hw the confidence and attention of the pnblic. weather' Put cloudy today, with normal tern per atnre: Mod temperature Wednesday 00; Mia. 42; River 'No Favor Saayt Vtj BofwShiM itee" Prm fa Rrtt SUU- marc c. isax SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR Salem. Oregon, Thursday iMorntng, September's t 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS r i6PIJESB01 UNITED SITES j tTex Rankin of Portland Hac Hres Seventh In Tran continental Race 7 ; Class B Machines May -Not " Be Allowed To Start Due To Weather ' ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y.. gept. 5. (AP) Weather reports from points along the course of the transcontinental air derby to night Indicated unfavorable fly ing conditions along the route mapped out for entries in the class IB race, scheduled to start tomor ! row. ' TwitT-one aviators, scheduled to start at 7 a. m.. tomorrow were ready to go. but Lieut. H. B. Clark manager of Roosevelt Field, said that -if more favorable reports were not received the class Brace will not get under way on scneu- Hied time. i- "We're running a race to Los i Angeles not a suicide sweep- ?! stakes," he said. "These boys I won't leave from this field unless and until they can expect the kind of weather I'd want if I were mak- j "ing the flight myself." " Earl Rowland First COLUMBUS, O.. Sept. 5. ,AP) Led by Earl Rowland In fits uessna a iuuuuiiwuc - George W. Brill in his Travelair bringing up the rear, 31 of the group of 37 class A airplanes which left New York this morn ing in a transcontinental ar der- by had chacked into tneir nigm control point. Norton field, . here tonight. ? The six others were down be tween the starting point and Mc iKeesport, Pa.,- the last control point in that state. The- planes began arriving here at 11:10 o'clock this morning when Rowland's plane came in, and they continued to drop down onto the field at Intervals through the afternoon, that of Brill, Mon (Turn to page 2, please) cub themes SEE MORE TROUBLE CHICAGO, Sept. 5. (AP) .Threats of a general strike which iJmight darken every motion pic L tare theatre In the city were made Vtonight by heads of the stage i - hands' and motion picture oper- ators' unions. Their threatened action came as a sympathy move ment with the, walkout two days ago of musicians in 300 outlying ' movie houses. Until now, none of the loop the atres has been affected by the or chestra strike as these houses have their musicians under contract. A federal Injunction, prohibiting - a strike, restrained them from walk ing out in sympathy with those whose contracts expired as they were demanding wage increases. Youth of Today Held Incapable ' Of Leading Men After spending 25 years devis ing ways to teach young men how to lead, modern education is faced i by the fact that the men under its i influence are the type who cannot become leaders, no matter What ' they learn in school. , Such was. the statement made by Dr. John Canse, president of iWKlmball school of theology, in a f speech before the Salem Rotary yelub, Wednesday noon. The pres- ent younger generation largely is Incompetent to lead, he declared, because for the most part it has not learned to follow. One of the Ideals in education should, nevertheless, be to encour age ' independence of thought, he said. Chamber to Hold Weekly Sessions Weekly luncheons of the Sa lem chamber' of commerce, sus pended for two months this sum will be resumed next Monday and officers of the chamber! are busy lining up speakers for the autumn months.. The address next Monday will be delivered by R. S. Hamilton of Bend, who has been conceded the speakership of the . Oregon house of representatives next winter ami who is also presl . dent of the Ogon chamber of commerce. He has not yet an nounced his subject, but It will probably be along the line of the state chamber's work. Ainiee's Lawsuit ) Settled In Peace y i 4 . LOS ANGELES, Sept 5. (AP) M? Suits against Aimee Semple Me 'Pherson, Angelus temple evange- list, and three co-defendants. Charging fraud in nromotion of a Lake Tahoe sub-division were set - tied out of court at a conference f opposing counsel tonight. - What They ThinkOf Petting Parties and The Practice of Petting Generally IT was with fear and trem bling that the Xew Oregon Statesman undertook to ob tain cross section of Salem's ideas regarding that present day institution commonly referred to as "petting." The word It self is new. Most persons who have attained mature years are not exactly certain just what "petting is. A vast majority are fairly confident that, it is something dreadful, a nefarious practice to which the so-called "younger generation" is addict ed. Wherefore reporters bf the New Statesman set put with no little trepidation to ask Salem residents what they thought of petting pud petters. Singularly enough, they found a unanimity of reticence that was remark able. Those who were willing to express themselves did so, for the most part, in a guarded manner. Here is the result: CARL' D. GABRIELSON. manager of the state's automo bile division, said: "I do not , speak from personal knowledge, but so far as I can see, petting parties are all right, only they ought to hold them at a dog show." FRANK K. LOVELL, former tax assessor for Oregon, said: , "I don't know anything about it. "Petting" is Just a word to me. The young people today seem to be fine, bright, lovable and clean. Surely they do not (Turn to page 2, please) TO STAY MUTER TORONTO, Sept. 5. (AP). The frigid waters of Lake Ontario swept clean a field of 199 distance swimming stars here tonight when Georges Michel of France, sole survivor in the 15-mile marathon for prizes aggregating $35,000, was hauled from the course by bis handlers after having covered twelve and one-quarter miles in 11 hours and 12 minutes. This action rendered Michel Ineligible to receive the $25i,000ffirst prise, which would have been bis had he merely completed the course. Michel's end came only a little distance beyond the point where Ernest Vierkoetter, German con queror f the English channel and winner of the Toronto swim last year, had been taken from the water semi-conscious. The . Ger man was ahead of Michel by al most two miles at the time, but the Parisian automatically became the leader and a few moments -later was the sole remaining com petitor. Vierkoetter's end came sudden ly and when be was looked upon as an almost certain winner. A few minutes earlier Roland H. Tegtmeir of Seattle, Wash., more than a lap behind the German, had been forced from the water; aqd Louis I. Math las of Long Is land, N. Y., gave up shortly after Vierkoetter resigned. This left Michel alone to battle the cold wa ters as evening settled. Despite the presence of only one athlete in the water, some 150,000 persons crowded through the gates of the Canadian exposition to watch one man under flood lights in his unequal battle against the cold lake. The end came at 10:12 o'clock to the tune of a deafening cheer from on lookers who appreciated the game battle of the second men in last year's 20-one mile test. Cure and Causes . Of Rabies Topic Of New Circular The Oregon state board ; of health has issued a statement con cerning the cause and cure of ra bies or hydrophobia, mis disease primarily is caused by the saliva from a rabid dog and in countries where the disease fn the dog Is not controlled other animals are often Infected. Occasionally man is infected by these animals. . For the prevention of the dis ease in the Individual who has been bitten by an Infected animal, cauterization the wounds produc ed by the animal should at once be cauterized with "fuming" m atrnnr nitrie acid. The acid Is best annlied with a glass rod very thoroughly to all parts of the wounds, cars being taken that the pockets or recesses do not escape. Punctured wounds should be laid open to allow proper cauteriza tion. It Is important to cauterize ths edcea of the wounds. Thou nersons wlfosa wounds are nromntlv and thoroughly cau terised with fuming acid seldom develop rabies. Dr. Franklin Has Wonderful Trip , Dr. T. O. Franklin, librarian of Willamette university returned to Balem after spending the summer traveling in China and Japan. Fog over the ocean off the Waah inrton coast and In Puget Bound delayed the landing In Seattle unnl hoars f Alter lanamg -at SWIMMERS UNABLE is o'clock, ittwas 1:30 o'clock InlM. Rogers, city the morning before Dr. Franklin r Johnson, member of the city coun got through the customs lnspec- fell, and Batty Cooper, sanitary tion.. ... linspector. - SHEUP IDF SEWER IW WASHINGTON ABfl ASM STUFF BEFORE Total Of 55 Attendants and Nurses Resign Or Are Discharged Eighteen Names Lopped Off List Yesterday, After Scandal Bared - TACOMA, Sept. 5. (AP) A total of 18 more names were lop ped from the list of those em ployed at the Western State hos pital for the insane at Fort Steil- acoom. near here today, bringing the total of those who have . re signed from the institution since last Friday to 41 and those who have been discharged to 14, a to tal of 55 attendants and nurses. according to authoritative calcula tions. As a result the present staff of attendants is now esti mated at between 75 and 100, in place of the customary ISO work ers of this character. Of the 18 missing from the hospital today, 17 quit. - Attendants Hnrl Charges Lives and the well being of the 1600, patients in the Institution are now endangered because of the reduction in staff, attendants whd have resigned declare, and al so charge that present conditions result directly from mismanage ment and Inefficiency on the part tt Dr. Charles E. Taylor, super intendent. They also assert that Dr. Taylor has tolerated and con. doned practices which threw the lives of both patients and employ- as into unnecessary jeopardy. The hospital head has issued a blanket denial to most of the charges and asserts that "condi tions in the hospital are now the best that they have been since I was appointed. It is a good thing tar the hospital that we got rid if those people." The doctor also ontends that close to 40 new employes have already been en gaged to take the place of those discharged or who resigned, and that the staff is ample to care for the needs of the patients. Controversy Continues 'Reports from workers who have left the institution directly contradict this contention. These Tharge thatWetfnesday night the wards were insufficiently staffed md with workers who were inex perienced. Nine wards with more chan 500 patients are repotted to lave been in charge of one man aid to be only .18 years old, who -ad never done hospital duty be fore. Prior to the uprising at the hospital he was employed as a ruck driver at the institution but vas rushed Into emergency duty. Other" workers, who have cus tomarily had nothing to do with -he handling of patients are said to have been put on duty as at- (Turn to page 2, please) E IS SAFE. SHE REPORTS SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5. (AP) Mrs. Mela C. Brown, lo cated here in the Christian Cru ade Bible school, at the request -l her sons in Eugene, Ore., said today she had no idea her family would be worried about her, She said she had been so busy he last two weeks she forgot to write.: "I suppose I should have wnt- .en the boys;" Mrs. Brown aam li ed, "but I thought they were ow nouerb.to take care of themselves. Charley Is tho youngest and he is ) 1 ' A search was instituted for Mrs. Brown when " relatives in Eugene telegraphed to San Francisco as jerting that Mrs. Brown hid left Eugene to come here and naani been heard from ! since. EUGENE, Ore.,. Sept. 5. (AP) Mrs. Mela C. Brown, who deed ed' over two lots and a house to the Christian Crusade Steward ship association" was not the on ly person in Eugene to. take such action. Others were: H. A. Thoreson, three lots and house; Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Hallock and four child ren, and Mrs. Mary A. Haley and daughter, tracts on the outskirts of the city. All have gone to the ban Fran cisco cult headquarters. Stream Polluted By Sewage Leak Inanirv into the condition of Salem's sewer system, started more than a week ago by the New Oregon Statesman, bore farther fruit Wednesday when a party of city officials discovered the cause of pollution of. South Mill creek. Seware has been flowing into the creek through a pipe that was intended to take care of overflow from the stream. The drain, sit uated east of Winter' on Trade street, lust south of the Willam ette university campus, has been serving as an outlet rather than an intake. - The party making yesterday's investigation consisted of Hugh engineer, Paul lies wow STENCH TEWIENT IS State Officials Are Ready To Help Do Away With Jtaisance " Inspection Planned Today to Decide On Best Way To Stop Smell State officials will do every thing possible to eliminate tne stench arising at the mouth.of the state sewer at the foot of center street, according to an agreement reached at a conference of repre sentatives of the city council and the state board of control Wed nesday. Gene Grabenhorst, spokesman for the council's committee, said a number of persons living near the spot where the sewer empties into the river had complained that the stench was almost unbearable. They had urged the city officials to take some action. Mr. Graben horst said it was the general opin ion of the complainants that the odor was caused by gasses orig inating in the flax plant at the state penitentiary. Slight Be Garbage Henry Myers, superintendent of the penitentiary, said he had con ducted an investigation of the complaint, and was of the opinion that the stench might have been caused by garbage deposited near the mouth of the sewer and not from the. sewer, itself. He said, however, that further investiga- ion should be conducted in an effort to eliminate the nuisance. Hugh Rogers, city engineer, ex plained that the stench probably could be eliminated by extending the sewer far enough into the river so that it would be covered with water. He said the cost of his improvement would be' nom nal. Members of the board of control said they desired to cooperate with the city officials, but thought thorough investigation should be made before any money was expended by the state. It was he opinion of Governor Patterson that it might be necessary, to use chemicals in the sewer before the jtench could-be abated. Dr, RvE. Lee Steiner, superintendent of the state hospital, said such a plan would prove costly to the state. Vents Suggested Mr. Rogers suggested that rents be installed along the line f the sewer, but this brought a protest from certain members of the board of control and state in stitution superintendents. Such i move, they said, would result in x hundred complaints as against one received at the present time. Governor Patterson said it oiight be well to delay any im provement until the water covers the mouth of the sewer. He said :t would then be able to deter mine whether the improvement uggested by Mr. Rogers was fea sible. In order to avoid delays, it was Agreed that Dr. Steiner, Mr. Rog ers, Mr. Grabenhorst, Mr. Myers ind T. B. Kay, j state treasurer, ould visit the scene of the trou ble today and, if possible, ascer ain what steps should be taken o eliminate tl? stench. This was said to be satisfactory to city of ficials. City Stores Open Saturday Nisht So that they may accommodate those who can not shop during the regular open , hours, leading stores of the city will keep open until 8:30 p. m. Saturday night for the next three Saturdays. There are many who cannot do their shopping during the earlier hours of the day and In order to meet this condition the merchants have cooperated and will keep open later. Millers, Shipleys, Worths, Kaf ourys. . . Montgomery Ward's and a number of others have signified their intention to do this. Salem Stores 0p en Their Dress -up Salem's first annual "Men's Dress-up Week" begins September 10, and all the - Salem clothiers and haberdashers are preparing gala windows and displays to catch the eye and to give to the Salem men and boys the very latest and newest in fall and win ter clothes and accessories. Posters and special advertising features are planned to call I the attention of the men to this week which has been set aside for the men to "'doll up" too. Following closely, after the fashions of! the fairer sex. the ensemble has taken first place in the wardrobe of the smartly dressed man and shirts, form an ensemble with the suit. ties, handkerchiefs -and socks all Correct Dress Cbart For the-new fall styles tor the men a correct dress chart j has been made and also color sugges tions for the various complexions. . For the red-haired man all 1 A J. r -X A new Polish trans-Atlantic flight attempt will be made by Count Stephen Zahorsky (right) and Capt. Yladimar Kliscx (left), who plan to fly from Warsaw, Poland, to Chicago in their plane Polonla. HOOVER SATISFIED WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. (AP) Herbert Hoover shifted his gaze today from the important eastern sector to survey the political horizon in central, western and southern border states. In a series of conferences with republicans from Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and the farming states west of the Mississippi, the presi dential nominee received reports on that section. He heard ac counts of changes in the political situation that have occurred since he Journeyed to Washington from the Pacific coast more than a week ago. At the same time he received a report from J. R. Nutt of Cleve land, treasurer of the republican national committee, revealing that that organization had collected a total of $560,039 during the month of August and had expend ed 3263,899. This brought the total expenditures'of the commit, tee on August 31 to 3312,216 and collections to $658,418. TWO MAKE ESCAPE -FROM STATE FARM Two kleptomaniacs,' believed to be harmless except for their thieving propensities, escaped from Cottage Farm, branch of the state hospital, Wednesday night. They are, John MCMullin, 30, and Fred Paquet. 28. McMillin is five feet seven inches tall, with blue eyes and brown hair. Paquet is six feet.four inches tall, with brown eyes and black hair. Both wore overalls and jumpers when they escaped. Salem 'police were notified to be on the lookout for them. The police were also watching for trace of a Chevrolet coupe with license number 217-542, stol en from A. B. Evans, 1945 South High street. William Jarvis, 545 Center street, was cited to appear in municipal court on charges of hav ing no driver's license, and no tail-light burning on his car. Hiking Club to Be Formed Here Ten persons turned out last night to give a start to the move ment for an outing club in Salem to rival the hiking clubs of sev eral - northern Oregon towns. Plans for the group will be drawn up by a committee to be presented at the reunion dinner Friday night. Those at the meeting in the "T" auditorium were Dr. Davis B. Hill. Stanley Vail. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Hoffnell. Russell Robblns, O. M. Sake, Miss Nina B. Adams, Mrs. John Ebinder. Mrs, Mark McCallister and Ben Rickll. - for Men to First A nnual Week Monday shades of blue and gray with a touch of blue, black, light and dark gray are suggested for suits and overcoats. For the biacz haired man. black, dark and light gray, navy, the darker shades or brown and those with a touch of purple, black and white mixtures and blue-gray mixtures are sug- sested. The fair-haired man snouia wear blues; silver blues, powder blues, all shades of brown, black, navy, grays that have a touch 01 color In them and plain gray suits. The brown haired man will wear suits of brown, oatmeal, straw, sand, cinnamon, silver blue, navy, light and dark gray, black and in fact almost all of the colors. Hats are to harmonize. .Business Suits For town or business wear the suit will be single or double breasted. -: The well dressed man will wear a waistcoat to match- -f : (Tum to page 2, please) WITH EAST SECTION Plan Poland to Chicago Flight Attempt kM ArM Tr: III -;. r ...... . V - i,iw bm ..;' . City's Stores Planning for Fall Opening Salem merchants "will observe the third annual fall opening with window displays In the windows of practically all the stores in the city on the night of Wednesday, September 12. As an active step towards more fully acquainting 'Salem and residents of the trading area in Marion and Polk coun ties with the commercial pos sibilities here, the Ad club is sponsoring the event. Response from business men indicates that the opening will be bigger and better than ever before. Several industrial firms located here have announced that they will actively support the event. Windows of. all stores having displays will be veiled all day Wednesday for the preparation of the special displays. At 7:30 o'clock that evening they will be unveiled to the public. "Exhibit depicting products manufactured in Salem plants will be placed in downtown windows by seven or eight bf the leading firms. These dis plays will open in the evening also. Amusements for the evening as planned, are to be a treasure hunt, music by the Cbemawa Indian school band and a dance at the armory with the best music available. The hunt will be conducted as before with cards bearing numbers appearing in mer chants' windows. Each num ber will call for a prize to be given to the person having a card numbered to correspond. IF DIPLOMATS MEET GENEVA. Sept.- 5. (AR) Foreign Minister Aristide Briand of France and Chancellor Her man Mueller of Germany tonight held an informal conversation which promoted understanding of their relations while leaving touched the question of evacua-1 tion of the Rbineland h&OLOHIA- GEM BENCH Ms caiier thzrfuregon's Sheep Briand informed France could not embark on a dis cussion of this question without the presence of her allies, Great Britain and Belgium. Later he told the press that the conversa tion at no time took the charac ter of a negotiotlon. He said that the Chancellor gave the impres sion of wWhing to draw closer re lations between the two countries. Corvallis Youth Killed By Shot Fired by Brother CORVALLIS, T3re., Set 5. AP). Lester Thayer, 12, was instantly killed today by a glanc ing bullet from the rifle bf his brother, Verlin. 15. The dead boy and his twin, Chester, were canoe ing on the Willamette river, while Verlin stood on the bank testing a rifle; He shot into the water and the bullet ricocheted, strlkipg Lester in the head. When the boy dropped dead in the canoe, the craft capsized and the twins were thrown into the river. Lester sank out of sight and members of the Corvallis fire department recovered the body an hour later. Lightning Fatal To Seventy Sheep KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. Sept. 5. (AP). Seventy sheep were killed here today when a bolt of lightning struck a grove of trees under which J. Smith, a sheep-herder-had driven his band for protection from: a storm. The lightning struck in the center or tttm Hon1 Smith was knocked to the ground and the herd Umped - ed. ' ' . SbbI T '' ' .; J .y..':.'-"" "Y'l . .1 U T mSSVVjl. i- v w x j-iL-v.iw 7a - X ILLICIT GUN DEALER TAKEN IN CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA, .Sept. 5. - (AP) Charged with perjury be fore the grand Jury investigating bootleggers and racketeers, Ed ward S. Goldberg, proprietor of the Military Sales company, was arrested tonight and locked up for a hearing tomorrow. District At torney John Monaghan announced that he would ask that bail be fixed at not less than 3100,000. Goldberg, who was questioned by the grand Jury today, was de clared by Mr. Monaghan to have been the source from which gun men had obtained machine guns, bullet-proof -vests, silencers, shot guns and other weapons used in gang murders. The prosecutor announced that he had found a direct link be tween Goldberg, whom he char acterized as the "ordinance chief of the underworld." and "Boo Hoo" Hoff, named by the district attorney as the "king of Phila. delphia bootleggers." Mr. Mona ghan would not reveal how Gold berg was alleged to have perjured himself before the grand jurors, 'EOGENIC CHILD IS DDI TO ACTRESS CHICAGO. Sept. 6. (AP). Miss Katie Pullman, vaudeville actress and mother of a son by a rormer marriage, today announced the birth of another son. a "eu genic" baby. The boy wae born August 28 in German Evangelical Deaconess hospital. Miss Pullman says the father is a Cincinnati business man. She said the father has not been told of the boy's birth. There is no reason to tell him," she declared. "It was agreed that the child is to be mine to support and to train as I see fit. I have one son by marriage to Edward Smith of Chicago. We were divorced seven years ago. I was so unhappy in that marriage that I didn't wish to marry again, but I wanted another child. This boy is to be a real ath lete. I have planned a course of un-Ttraining for him Win High Honor At Sacramento SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 5. -(AP) Oregon and Utah sheen raisers vied with California sheep men for high honors in the judg ing or entries at the state fair here today. Following is the list of champions: Cotswols-rams, 3 years or over- Cruickshank, Alex Cruickshank, MeMinnville, Ore., champion. Ewes, one year and under two years, Cruickshank 405, cham pion. , Corriedales: rams, two years or over C and S., Phillips and Wis- carner. MeMinnville, Ore., cham pion. Dorset horns: rams two years or over, first F. T. Fox. Sllverton, Ore., senior champion. Rams, one year and under two. P$Z?J&ox, junior champion. Ewes, one year and under two, first F. T. Fox, senior champion. Ewes, under one year, first, W. P. Hubbard, junior champion. John Coolidge Is Still Out oi Job He Tells World NORTHAMPTON, Mass.. Sept. 5. (AP)- John Coolidge. son of the president, tonight put an end to speculation regarding his voca tional Intentions by emphatically denying that he bad accepted a position. ' V ' i He also denied with equal em phasis, rumors that he was be trothed to Florence Trumbull, ;oanier.jf i me governor at lueciicuv. T IN CITY REAL FIREJEiCE Law Disregarded In Various Sections Of Salem r By Property Owrfers Unsightly, Tangled Jungles Permitted- To Detract From Town's Beauty Weeds in rank, tangled jungles, dry as tinder, on vacant lois, in alleys and along parking strips in many parts of Salem, not only are an eyesore and a graphic ad vertisement of the apparent lack of public conscience on the sub ject, but also constitute a serious fire menace. City officials whose doty it is to enforce the ordinance requir ing property owners and teffants to remove the weeds, assert that the ordinance "has no teeth" to make its provisions mandatory. The ordinance in question, num bered 1254, was passed in 1913 when a situation similar to that which now prevails caused the council to take immediate action under suspension of the rules, an emergency being declared because it was deemed that the weeds on vacant lots constituted a serious fire menace a conclusion just as irue today as it was then. What the Law Says With respect to weeds on prp erty owned or supervised by rest-' dents of Salem, the or;inance dM provide adequately for the abate ment of the nuisance, as. follows: "Section 1: It is hereby declar ed to be the duty of every prop erty owner or person having tee care of same in the city of Salem, Oregon, to cut close to the ground and remove or destroy all weeds, thistles, grass, or other rank veg etable growth growing upon the property owned by such persons, occupied or in care of such per son, or growing upon the sidewalk space between the property line and the curb line, from time to time whenever the said property or said sidewalk space may be come overgrown with any of said vegetable growth above enumer ated to a height of 12 inches or more: . "Section. 2: It 4 hereby declar ed to be a misdemeanor lor any property owner, occupant or per son having the care of any prop erty in the city of Salem, Oregon, to fall, neglect or refuse for the period of five days to comply with ihe duty and obligation imposed upon all such p'ersons by section 1 of this ordinance after written notice to do so has been served by the street commissioner or any duly authorized person, in his be nalf. Punishment Provided "Section 3: Any person who shall violate the provisions of this ordinance shall be deedMd guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con viction thereof in the recorder's court shall be punished by a fine of not less than. 5 nor more than 25, or by imprisonment in the city jail not to exceed ten days." In spite of the apparent thor-"" oughness of these regulations, the city officials have not been able to obtain compliance in many cases even when the property owners lived in Salem.. Failing to get action through notices, the street department has on a number of occasions taken the alternative of having the weeds removed by its own em- ployes, and at times the work has been done by firemen. Even after this was done, the property owners in more than eae instance, have refused to. pay the cost of removing the weeds, de claring that they had not ordered the work done and were not re sponsible tor the expense. Ill Fated Plane Said In Trouble Before Accident I WEEDS POCATELLO, Idaho, Sept. S. I (AP) The possibility developed today that the National Parks sir- 1 ways mall plane that crashed ost the airfield here yesterday and killed seven persons;, was partial ly disabled before it reached the Pocatello alrpert. A report wae received from Robert . Hoglaad. rancher living "near Springfield, IS miles north of here, that the ptswe " was seen flying low over a field ' near his ranch at 11:30 a. m.. with the pilot evidently looking for a place to land. After circling the field six tmes, the plane bead ed toward Pocatello. flying wry low. Salem Residents Injured IJi Crash " : : v r J Mr. and Mrs. Alvln Ej Stewart, Mrs. . Hettle Kriekenbaum. aad daughter Martha had sufficiently reen-vmrmA from wonnds received in an automobile accident sear ptls Saturday, to return to Satesa , Wednesday. The Stewarts, with Mrs. Kreikenbaum's -uncle, Gerald ter, were on their way to catier City to spend their vacation wtth um vriknhtsm'i uncle. Gerald Volk. when their csr was tsraed nd wrecked when it hit a large wagon wheel in the road..