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Today fair and warmer;
Continued low humidity.
Max. temperature yestreday
7; Mia. 53; Rlrer -2.5. .
rots the BadMH Activity of
the coanmrntty. Tte New
Statesman dally is growing
"as is Salem.
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ftSufiiecls of Future Sneeches
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I emauveiy Annouiiuuu
,. by Candidate
Dates, Fixed for Three of
Four Addresses to be
Made in Campaign
WASHINGTON, Sept. (AP)
With his plans for the cam
paign now shaping into a definite
program. Herbert Hoover ioaay
centered his attention upon the
subject matter of the speecnes ne
has set for himself.
f for three of the four addressee
' the republican presidential can
i didate plans to make. Including
v.two of the three offensive points
on his drive to carry the east and
the one move he contemplate
making toward ' corraling the
southern votes. .
While the dates for. the
speeches at Newark, N. J.r New
York . City and EHzahethtOn.
Tcnn., already have been fixed
the candidate has laid the frame
work of only one of these three
aaresses. He expects iu ejy"u
upon me views ne iuuj us
pressed upon labor and nas gone
far In working out me general
outline of the speech.
May Discuss Power
Although the subject for his
New York address yet is to be
chosen, he has tentatively decided
to talk on water power and indus
trial development at Ellxabethton
which is the center of a rapidly
developing industrial district. He
will go on October 6 to Ellxabeth
ton, In the Tennessee mountains
near the Noqth Carpjina line and
will speak iC""lge tabernacle
on the gronndfT.where will be held
the annual industrial celebration
'of that section, The nominee will
Invade the home city of his demo
cratic opponent for the presidency
on October 17. . -
There still remains to be set a
date for the trip he contemplate?
making into New England. Al
though plans , have been laid . for
his. Journey "Vack to the - Pacific
coast UteOntoWr-wra two ao
'dresses in that month already are
on his program, he has been urged
to visit the northeastern territory
around the first of October lor a
speech probably at Boston.
I Visitors Few
There were few visitors at the
headquarters of the nominee to
day and he spent most of the long
rainy day in deliberating over
the next phases of his drive for
the presidency.
Louis V. Aronson .a Newark.
K. J., business man, brought him
a report that sentiment might be
found in the republican column in
November.
"Many people who have been
shouting for the democratic
nominee are leaving him," Aron
son said after his visit, "and will
support Hoover because continu
ance of republican protective tar
prosperity and welfare of the
worker and the heme."
During the day a report also
came from Andrew Irshay, a
Trenton, N. J., publisher, that 14
Hungarian language newspapers
in that state were supporting
Hoover's campaign because of his
humanitarian work during the
-war and "because of his sympa
thetic understanding of the immi
gration question."
Tennessee Town Elated
ELIZABETHTON. Tenn., Sept.
6 (AP) The little city of
Ellxabethton with a 12.000 popu
lation, surprised and elated at the
announcement that Herbert Hoo
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Secret Session
CHICAGO, Sept. . (AP)
Officials of the Brotherhood of
Railroad trainmen and the Order
of Railway conductors refused to
announce the results of today's
conference relative to a peace
plan for the settlement of their
wage increase dispute with 55
western railroads. The confer
ence will be resumed tomorrow
morning.
"Flying Dill Pickle"
Makes Good in Tests
At Los Angeles Field
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 6. (AP)
"Tne Jnying Dill Pickle " as its
Inventor and aviatovs dubbed It,
wnicn w a uny piane constructed
on' a new vertical control princi
ple, made successful test flights at
an airport here today, demonstrat
"ftC observers said, that an air
;4tJft can make an automatic
; landing.
i v K A. Merrill, the inventor, who
was assisted by Dr. Clark Milla
kan. son of Dr. R. A. MIUikan, Dr.
Harry Bateman, physicist - and
ttnatnematiclan. and Dr. A L.
Klein, all of California Institute
or Technology, constructed the
plane on what he terms the "tilt
ing wing" principle. The innova
tion is said to do away -with the
necessity of an elevator, and the
chance of an involuntary tall spin
a stall, which are the results oi
State Passes
To City j After Inspection
But Sewer Still Smells
Board of Control Inclined to
fgnore Odor and Let
Matter Rest
Perhaps some of the other sev
ers of Salem are nearly as ob
noxious as the state sewer, and
even if they're not it may not be
practicable to fix the state sewer,
and even if it were It would very
likely cause some expense.
Such was the essence of a state
ment issued by state officials yes
terday following a trip to the
Willamette river for the purpose
of Inspecting the state sewer. The
statement indicated indirectly
that it would please; the state
board of control to have families
living on Water street cease voic
ing protects about the nauseating
odor that has afflicted the whole
section for more than a month.
City Stands Pat
Meanwhile city officials stood
by the findings made at an inves
tigation last. week. At this time
every sewer in the city was in
spected as closely as possible, and
the state line examined at a point
Just west of the state institutions
which it drains. Gene Graben
horst. chairman of the sewer com
mittee of the city council, then
went out to the flax, retting plant
and examined the refuse from
there. He asserted positively
that the odor all along the line is
identical.'
The upshot of the wMfie mat
ter is that, although nobody de
nies the existence of a foul odor
along the r7er front near the
KELLEY'S DEFENSE
LOS ANGELES, Sept. .-
(AP) A court ruling against the
admission of evidence of several
defense witnesses in the murder
trial of Leo P. Kelley late today
upset the defense strategy to the
3xtent that it requested an early
adjournment of the trial session
to re-organize its plans. Defense
Attorney S. S. Hahn, three-quarters
of an hoar before the usual
adjournment Asked and was
granted a - recess until Friday
morning. Kelley J on trial for
the murder of Mrs. Myrtle Melius,
his society woman sweetheart.
Ruling After Row
The ruHng came after the day's
third legal wrangle, held in the
absence of the jury of six men
and six women. The court refused
to permit the defense to call sev
eral witnesses, whom Hahn plan
ned to have testify concerning al
leged habitual fainting spells suf
fered by Mrs. Melius in the last
several years. The court sustained
the state's objection to entry of
any such evidence prior to Sep
tember 1927, on the grounds it
"was too remote." The defense had
indicated its plan to attempt to
prove that a fall, during a faint
ing Bpell. had caused the wom
an's death, instead of the blows
and bruises the state contends
the 29-year-old illicit lover of the
woman inflicted.
"Scandal" Ruled Out
Other legal wrangling in the
court chambers consumed most of
the morning session also. It fol
lowed the attempt of Hahn to
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Lindy Declared
Tireless Worker
By His Employer.
NEW YORK. Sept. 6. (AP)-
Lindbergh's boss finds his famous
subordinate a tireless and emi
nently satisfactory worker.
C. M. Keys, president of Trans
continental air Transport, Inc., ex
plained today that nobody has
seen much of the flying colonel
this summer because he has been
making most of his job as chair"
man of the company's technical
committee.
Colonel Lindbergh has been
ceaselessly examining planes and
fields, plotting air routes and
J making meteorological surveys.
Asked if Col. Lindbergh might
Identify himself with other new
flying projects now planned. Mr.
I Keys replied. "I guess he has his
hands full for the time being.
improper manipulation of that
Mature of the common airpiane.
The Indignity of the name."iy
ng Dill Pickle" was prompted by
he appearance of thei craft, which
ha a short fuselage, ana very
little tall and because the first
model was green., -
Merle F. Keuy, wno puoiea me
jlane on its demonstration flight,
is said to have Uken the craft
from the ground In 3 seconds,
wared sharply upwara, cruisea ai
loa miiea an hour, aad later land.
id with both hands held aloft. The
lane has a landing speed of 35
nfleA an hour. - I -
The new principle! Is described
is tilting the wings, which are a
itnele unit, by means of a wheel
ind screw device front the cockpit
n relation to the speed sjf the
jraft.
Buck Back I
Marion-Polk county bridge, there
is little immediate prospect of
having it eliminated.
Stench Still Reeks
The skillful-tactics of adept of
ficialdom have managed to do
everything but abate the stench.
Along with other reasons for
i non-activity the board of control
jtrsieruay cuea me ract that the
city is contemplating construction
of a new sewer system some time
in the future. It was intimated
that the state intends to do noth
ing about abating the stench
caused by its sewer, hoping that
within a few years the city will
be able to perform that task.
Included in the investigating,
party were T. B. Kay, state trea
surer; Henry-Meyers, superintend
ent of the penitentiary; Dr. R. E
Lee Stefner. fill T)Pr in t Anrf v
state hospital, and Hugh Roberts
Fall Opening
To Be Marked
By New Ideas
Window displays, will be the
feature of the third annual fall
opening to be staged Wednesday
uigm Dy tne merchants of Salem.
The fall fashions in ready made
clothes, tailored outfits and dress
goods will be specially shown in
store windows for the sartorial.
ly minded. Attractive displays of
everything from light French pas
tries to heavy duty tractors will
be exhibited for Salem's buying
public.
Realizing the need for improv
ed window displays, the Salem Ad
club has adopted the policy of
sponsoring a spring and fall op
ening each season.
Ad Club Assists
The merchants are given a
booklet by the club on how and
why to decorate the windows with
the idea of making the show win
dows of Salem more attractive to
the outside buyer.
With a change of climatic sea
sons at hand and the end of the
vacation season past, the Ad club
members felt that It was an op
portune time to call the attention
of the Willamette vallex;ioSalem
stores. Special attention will be
given to the demonstration of
hospitality, good will and good
:ello wshlp.
Residents of the rural district
around Salem will be given spe
cial attention during the campaign
for better understanding between
local merchants and rural pur
chasers. Industrial displays will give the
out-of-town visitor an idea of the
lines of endeavor in which he
may engage himself in Salem.
FIREWEEPSffilER
DENVER. Sept. 6. (AP) Ev
ery available piece of fire fighting
equipment in the city was called
out tonight to fight a fire that
threatened to destroy the entire
'oop market block in downtown
Denver.
The entire $100,000 stock of
the market was destroyed in the
blaxe which originated in a base
ment warehouse of the market.
The building itself has a value
of approximately $250,000, and
fire fighters were unable to pre
dict how much of it would be de
jtroyed. One fireman was overcome by
moke. and several more were cut
by flying glass. Fire Chief Healy,
having received reports that sp
iral employes of the company
were in the basement when the
blaxe . started' ordered rescue
crews Into the heart of the blaze,
but members of the crews were
unable to penetrate the flames.
Ambulances were standing by to
rush any possible victims to hos
pitals, but it was believed that any
lone in the building must certain
ly have been killed.
Traffic was tied up for blocks
around as scores of fire trucks
blockaded streets.
Portland Lad Is
Held, California
RED BLUFF, CaL, Sept (8.
(AP) A 10-year old boy giving
the name of Richard Levitt and
who says he believes his parents
live In Portland, Ore., Is being held
here for identification. He said
that he was thrown into a box car
by a strange man Tuesday in San
Francisco. He managed to get the
car door open and climb out at
Gerber. He had all of his poefcets
filled with peaches when the po
lice picked him up in the Gerber
railroad yards. ,
Russian Airplane
Lost. In Arctic
MOSCOW. Kept. .-(AP).
There has been no news of the
Russian plane "Soviet of the
North." which left Vladivostock
recently, intending a flight across
the edge of the Arctic circle to
Leningrad. Nothing " has been
heard since the plane's start and
It: Is feared that It Is lost In , the
uninhabited wastes of northern
Siberia.'
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, September 7. 1928
AGES CONTINUE: i 1, jiq MENACE
I RAGE OVER SSrSlS SURROUNDED BY
UNITED STATES w " ' ' - -X TECHNICALITIES
Tex Rankin, Portland. Again
in Seventh Place on
Second Lap
Earl Rowland of Wichita,
Kansas, Leads Com
petitors Into K C. -
KANSAS CITY. Sent. 8 t AP)
-Flying under ideal weather
mwfitiniui Karl Rnvliiul f Wlof
ita. Neb., piloting a Cessna mono
plane, led the pack into Kansas
Cltv toAa-w In tht rlnoti a. trans
continental air race, holding the
teaa mat ne took at the outset or
tne race yesterday.
The first fonr Dlanea to check
in for the night arrived In the
same order as at Columbus yes
terday with Rowland, followed at
in interval of 25 minutes by Rob
ert Dake. of Pittsburgh. In an
American Moth.
Time Under 13 Hours
Rowland's official arrival time
was '12:41:25. W.?N. Emery Jr.r,
rf Bradford. Pa., held to third
olace bv nilotinr his Travelalr in
to Richards airport at 1:22 p. m.
Rowland's unofficial elapsed
time from Roosevelt field, New
York, to Richards field here was
g hours and 7 minutes, Dake's
wju s hours and 35 minutes and
Emery's was 9 hours and 1 min
ute.
UYinrth into the overnleht con
trol was Theodore W. Kenyon,
Boston, flying a Challenger, who
arrived at 1:31:27 o'clock.
Virginia Drops Back
James Charles of Richmond,
Va., who was fifth into Columbus
vesterday, dropped Into sixm
Dlace when Eugene J. Detmer,
Tarrytown, N. Y. crossed the fin
ish line at 1:39:03 in his Travel
er. Charles reached St. Louis in
Earleroek ahead of
Detmer but dropped behind in the
race across Missouri.
Favorable weather continuing,
the planes will hop off at on?
nt..t. intarvila startlnr at five
ujiuuv . - - " .
n tnmnrrnv for Fort WOTto,
the third night control, with fus
ing stops at Wichita,
Oklahoma Cityv' . "
Three Plane Down
Of the 31 planes which left Col.
imbus this morning, :three had
nmA to crief and apparently
were out of the race, two were
making slow time because of mo
or trmihle and one was over due
between St. Louis and Kansas
City. Twenty five of the piane
checked in at Kansas City be
tween 12:41 and 3:36.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept. 6.
(AP) James Jordan of the
Rankin Flying service received a
telegram from Tex Rankin saying
he Portland flyer was nosed out
of fourth place by the breaking of
a gas line, water nne ana ru-iei
9rm Tho nlint aid he landed at
Kansas City in seventh place and
hoped to get Daca: to iouru pi
Frldayjor saturaay.
ROOSEVELT FIELD. N. Y.,
Sept. . (AP) A day of bad
flying weather over the first part
if the course prevented the start
3f the Class B race oi me iru-
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RUTH ELDER NMD
ti it rtr k c 7, . SeDt. 6 (AP)
t i u'ninuk today filed suit
tn the courts here for divorce
from his wife, Ruth Elder, who
once almost crossed the Atlantic
in an airplane.
to tha ehnrre In tne
petition, which says Womack s
weight has been reduced, ef f ici
ency for work lessened and health
and reason enaangerea.
T. at1ftlnn th ftVifttrll' hUS-
haii that his wife caused
him many sleepless nights by her
trans-aUantic flight attempt auu
much embarrassment in New
York when she failed to kiss him
upon her return.
nr wnrd.i at the time, said in
an undertone, he charged, were
"don't be a fool." .
Tn a statement after the petition
w.a riiA1 h M "Rnth chose a
career rather than he a housewife
and I have no other course."
MI would be delighted if she
would return to me but I begged
her innumerable times and she
always refused. Nothing would
have delighted me more than to
lova her dearlv.hut now I see
there is nothing else to be done
than which I am doing." ne saia.
Womiek said he understood, the
suit will not- be contested. Al
though an Interlocutory uecress
mar ha obtained In December, un
der the laws here a full divorce
may not be granted before June
of next year. '
Southern Vessel
Wins Race Event
KiimrPOTtT HARBOR. Calif..
Sept. . (AP). The Sparkler
II. skinnered by Prentice E. Ed
rington of the soumern xacm
elnb. New Orleans, today won the
International star boat champion
ship with a total of 8 points tor
the fiveuay series ox races.
IN DIVORCE ACT!
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-James Joseph Tunney, the retired heavyweight boxing champion, has a genial chat during his
visit to Dublin with some Irish notables. Left to right are shown John McCortnack, the tenor; Col.
James Fitzmaurice, the trans-Atlantic flyer; Mrs. McCormack and Tunney.
ESS
IIS
n
JO REHIRED MEN
Plans are going ahead for
"Mens Dress-Up Week" which will
open here September 10. Califor
nia clothiers have made this an
annual event for several seasons
and it has proved as helpful to
the consumer as to the retailers.
Salem stores already are showing
special fall style features and are
advertising Dress-Up Week with
attractive posters of various de
signs. Suggestions for the man who
is choosing his fall wardrobe are
made and emphasis is placed on
the harmony of color in all ac
cessories to complete the en
semble idea.
The correct choice of becoming
shades and colors gives a pleas
ing result.
The red-haired man. if becom
ingly dressed; for business will
choose an . shades of - blue and
sX jylthvueli ft Mv. black,
UghX 4nV4laTs era; I Hats' are to
harmonize.
For sports wear homespuns in
oatmeal, silver and fancy indis
tinct mixtures will be the correct
thing. Red-haired men should
avoid anything carrying red
browns or anything with a red or
purple tone. In flannels, blues,
grays, and whites are correct.
For furnishings there Is not
much latitude as the red-haired
man should wear very quiet
clothes and furnishings. Anything
with navy blue, gray and dark
sreen is generally successful, but
browns and red colorings should
be avoided.
The same colors apply to hos-
'ery, golf socks, and sweaters.
DEATH ANNOUNCED
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 6. (AP)
Three bullets fired at close
range Into the head and body of
Barbara Mauger, 19-year-old-Phil-
adelphia waitress, were the di
rect cause of her death, an assistant-county
autopsy surgeon testi
fied late today at the opening of
the trial of Russell St. Clair Belt-
zel for her murder. The official.
Frank R. Webb, was the first wit
ness called by the state after a
jury of seven men and five wom
en, and two men alternates, had
been established in the jury box.
Beitzel, who brought the girl
from the eastern city last year, to
a Hollywood apartment, wnere
neighbors told the police, he lived
with her as his wife. Is accused of
killing the girl in a Hollywood
Hills canyon after refusing her re
quest to marry her. On a second
count he is charged with the mur
der of the girl's unborn child
Beitzel entered pleas of not guil
ty, and not guilty by reason . or
insanity, to the charges. The girl's
nude and decomposed body was
found in Stone canyon several
weeks ago.
One bullet entered the girl's
right temple. Webb testified, an
other her lower Jaw and the tnira
was fired into her chest.
Attempt Will Be
Made to Break
Endurance Mark
LONG BEACH. Calif.. Sept. S 1
fAP). An attempt tor break the
world's airplane endurance record
will be suited from the municipal
airport here Saturday morning by
Captain Roscoe Turner. He an-
nounced today that his Timm Bl
nlane. constructed in Los Angeles,
was given a test flight today and
that It will be christened and load
ed tomorrow preparatory to a hop
off at dawn Saturday.
Turner's plane has a gasoline
capacity of 720 gallons, which at
the cruising speed of 70 mues an
hour and consumption of ten gal
lons an hour is hoped to keep the
biplane In the air 72 hours. The
n resent endurance record. . -
hours and 2S minutes is neid oy
the German aviators. Zimmerman
and Bistlca. u - - :
WAITRESS
What They
ThinkOf
Today's Styles in
Dress and How Far
TheyWiUGo
A, jfOT?tAB'j topic of con-
.t'HtMl-'WtstllH hi fem;
xUaeiappcj ci'i '"c!.it ne rrs --deTJ
spMcfjejfromf-Iirv : revealed Z
thaC effort, of , tj Id : " mots"1
and oosjB?o'slent:.- tn
Skirt have jBwi?with trc; jdiB
approw" frih 'hpw f u-rA't-er
an,',VVkt-;' " 'tf?00
wear; thv do&f -j . Jf jpeti'
erally . kjiawi -i t i iwaat.
Just to i see ' v h.t nwts of
this cltyftlOiBkiiboiit it and
with no intention to suggest or
even dictate any course In the
matter the .New .Statesman
asked a number of persons here
what their ideas were, upo this
much discussed subject. Here
is the result:
J. H. JEFFORDS, hop pick
er, of Petaluma, Cal., said:
"Women today seem to me to
be less self-conscious and able
to wear the clothes that are best
for whatever they happen to be
doing. If they want to wear
sailor suits while sailing, riding
pants when riding, hiking
clothes when hiking, and all
that sort of thing well, it's
Jake with me. My wife raises
chickens but she don't dress
like one. That's Jake by me,
too. Me, I've found that the
less I got to say about what the
women wear the better time I
have and the more chance to
enjoy life."
V. H. RICHARDSON, desk
clerk at the county sheriff's of
fice, said: "The question of
women's styles is something en
tirely beyond my line. I can't
see, though, that the type of
woman we get here is any more
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Baseball Teams
Of Boys to Play
In National Meet
CHICAGO, Sept. 6. (AP)
A world's series for boys will op
en tomorrow with teams from the
opposite sides of the nation
Oakland, Calif., and Worcester,
Mass.. meeting in the first game
of a series that will have a major
league setting.
The two team, survivors of a
nation wide tournament sponsor
ed by the American Legion, will
play in Comlskey park with um
pires from the Major Leagues
handling the plays. Kennesaw
Mountain Landis, Commissioner
of baseball: E. S. Barnard of the
American League; John A. Heyd
ler, president of the national
league and other dignitaries will
be in attendance to see the fu
ture Babe Ruths in action.
Mexican Gold Is
Secreted In Auto
Crossing Border
LAREDO, Tex., Sept. . (AP)
Approximately $40,400 In Mex
ican gold hidden in the gasoline
tank of an automobile was seised
Mexican officers here tonight as
the driver sought to enter the
United States. The seizure was
the second in two days, $13,000
having been taken from another
pereon yesterday.
Two Additional
Nations Sign Up
Peace- Treaties
WASHINGTON. Sept t.
(AP) Greece and Bulgaria were
added to the list of nations today.
which have their intention to ad
here : to the Kellogg anti-war
treatri while China and i Albania
t were reported to have unofficial:
ly signified a similar intention.
PORTLAND GOLFERS
NEW YORK, Sept. 6. (AP)
With Robert T. Jones, Jr., ama-i
teur champion, in No. 1 position
for the third straight year, and
George Von Elm, former cham
pion, ranked No. 2, the first ten
amateur golfers In the United
States were made public today
the United dStates Golf associa
tion. " II. H. Ramsey, chairman of
the championship committee, an.
nounced the annual ranking list
for use in seeding the draw for
the amateur championship to be
played next week over the Brae
burn course, West Newton, Mass.
In addition to the ."first ten," a
supplementary list of. ten was pre
pared and announced-in alphabet
ical order, from this list addition
al names will be drawn if re
quired for seeding purposes. -
The leading amateurs in order
of merit as Judged by-the Vi 8 G
A. are: -v
1 Robert T. Joiiw,Jr. r
2 George Von Elm.
3 Francis Ouimet.
4 Jess Sweetser.
5 Frank Dolp.
6 Charles Evans, Jr.
7 Harrison R. Johnson.
8 Watts Gunn.
9 Dr. O. F. Willing.
10 Roland MacKenzie.
The second ten, not grouped,
however, with regard to ability,
but according to the alphabet In
cludes: George Dawson, Jesse
Guilford, Eddie Held, Eugene Ho
mans. Max R. Marston, Maurice
McCarthy, Jr., Don Moe, Bon
Stein, George Voigt, Fred J.
Wright.
Dolp and Willing are both Port
land men.
Amelia- Alights
On Texas Field
EL PASO, Tex., Sept 6. (AP)
A dispatch from Pecos, Texas,
to the El Paso Times says Amelia
Earhart, trans-Atlantic flier, was
forced down by an overheated mo
tor at Toyah, Tex., 20 miles from
Pecos, early tonight She motored
to Pecos where she will spend the
night. Tomorrow morning she ex
pects to continue her flight to the
west coast
McBride Asserts
Rumor Is False
WASHINGTON. Sept. .
(AP). The charge tht the Anti
Saloon league is opposing Gov
ernor Smith, the democratic presi
dential nominee, "on account of
his religion" was declared to be
"absolutely false" in a statement
issued tonight by F. Scott Mc
Bride, superintendent of the
league.
GET
RIB
Prince of Wales Starts
For Africa Accompanied
By His Younger Brother
LONDON, Sept. . (AP)
The Prince of Wales and his
younger brother, the Duke of
Gloucester, started their 2,300
mile trip to Africa today, in so
casual a manner that Londoners
were startled. Tonight they were
speeding across France en route to
Marseilles where they will take
ship for Egypt
It probably was the most la-
formal royal departure that mod.
ent England has ever known. The
two sons of King George, without
any flagwaving or official leave-
taking, boarded the regular boat
train for Dover. They walked
through the Victoria station a few
minutes before train time as cas
ually as an ordinary Englishman
enroute for a day at Brighton
Beach. - . - v.
There was the usual big crowd
In the station to wave goodbye to
them, a majority being women or
girls. The royal travelers occupied
a reserved drawing room oji the
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Street Commissioner Offers
Alibi for. Allowing
Fire Hazard
Existence of Rank Jungles
In Salem Laid To
Absent Owners
Hundreds of notices, more than
v 1 1 w J v m v wa
Salem, have been Issued to prop
erty owners here this summer or
dering them to cut the weeds on
their-unsightly city lots.
Little trouble Is experienced in
getting Salem residents to cut the
weeds around their own home.
reports Walter Low. street 'com
missioner; the big weed patches
that are observable in all corner
of the city belong in practically
every case to non-resident, he
claims.
The first part of the ordinal-
passed in 1913 to effect elimina
tion of weeds ; Is. effective; l-ul
the sections covering the property
of non-residents have proved en
tirely unworkable. Mr. Low de
clares. What the Law Says:
This part of the ordinance
reads as follows:
"Section 4: Whenever any
property in the city of Salem.
Ore., may be unoccupied and the
owner or person having the care
of the same cannot conveniently
be found by the street commis
sioner and the common coamil
shall deem it expedient and nec
essary the common council may,
by resolution, declare any weens,
thistles, grass or other, rank veg
etable growth growing upon the
property or upon the sidewalk
space between the property line
and the curb line abutting upon
any such private property, to te
a public nuisance and a menac-Jo
the health and safety, of the public
and order the same cut and re
moved or destroyed within the
period of five days. by the owner,
occupant or person having the
care thereof, that the same shall
be cut and removed or destroyed -by
the street eontmlsstoiw voMbe
city of Salem, Ore., at the expense
of the said private property of
the property abutting upon any
such sidewalk space.
Owner to Be Notified
"Section 5: If any wends,
thistles, -grass or other rank veg
etable growth is to be removed
at the expense of any private
property or abutting property k
copy of the resolution passed by
the common council describing
said property and containing the
name of the reputed owner shall
be posted upon the property
sought to be charged with the ex
pense of removing such vegetabte
growth by the street commission
er, and If the address of said
property owner Is known or can
with reasonable diligence be as
certained, a copy of said resolu
tion shall be mailed, postage re
pair, to mm.
"Section 6: At any time after
the period of five days and within
60 days after the posting of said
notice if the same has not been
complied with, the street commis
sioner Is hereby authorized to ent
and remove or destroy any and
all weedds; thistles, grass or other '
rank vegetable growth declared
by such resolution to be a nui
sance, and to report the expense
of cutting the same immediately
to the common council.
Expense Asseeeedd
(Turn to page 2, please)
Stribbling Wins,
Knockout Route
NEW YORK, Sept. 6. ( AP).
W. L. "Young" Stribblisg.
making his New York debut as a
heavyweight scored a technical
knockout over Johnny Squires of
South Africa, In the second round
of the ten-round feature that
opened Madison Square Garden to
night for the fall season. Strife
ling weighed 184 H poinds.
Squires 184.
train.
Their mission, on their five
months trip. Is to spread Irood
will for the empire in African
dominions. On previous occasion?
when the Prince has started of
similar trips, there s have been
royal salutes, guards of honor,
gay uniforms and other trappings
It was by his express wish that
all fuss was omitted, today. .
A few suitcases and a bigbas
of golf clubs were the only ar
ticles in their compartment Tne
rest of their equipment, includ
ing many modern rifles for big
game shooting, had been sent
ahead.
As ths whistle blew, Wale
stood on the step of the car with
his hand at salute and a happy
smile on his face.
The princes plan to haye Christ
mas dinner with their uncle and
aunt, the Earl and Countess " W
Athinna at Cane Town, South .
Africa. They plan to return homfc
late in January,