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SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
Salens Oregon, Saturday Morning, October 131 928
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
ECCCC II
Another CloM Witb a Silver Lining
LUdLU
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think bf-
Todajr's Game and ,
What the Probable
Score will be.
a mh. m . : i r- m -ar j x. - . r v - i vr v i mm w -
ELKS. I
tell
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DEAS
AFTER DECADE
"vr
Legion Drum Corps Mem
bers to be Honor Guests
at Reception and Dance
Plans for Hilarious Night
A Tuesday Take jShape
w
With Rapidity
- if - plaaa foT tlla-hllarloiu welcome
'trf Saleja'Jiajerlcan Legian dram
Ic6rp.w"ie4 -.It :tretiirn. from-the.
aational contention U San An-
5 '".tonladen'.wlth honors nextTues-
rTOOTMV ' ear Jnsttranee man and . Wll
darat fraa.D.im.. rapidly.-topic . i-i,
fD6ugias McKay." commander of
Salem . Dost: ablr assisted, abetted
; indi- easoraged byv : numerous
phWIApJrttedteitiiens. r.j ..
?f -In addltipn. to" the gigantic par
' adeXfrOm -the Southern "Pacific
' 'station' tor the "af mory there have
v -heen air ranged a public reception.
. -dinner and dance in honor of the
'organisation which has brought
ueh faTorabie publicity to Ore
gon's capital through winning sec
ond place In the), national compeu
Uon at the convention. ; "
: 'Elks to Assist j' .
la Warm Welcome
'' Announcement was made Fri
day at'a luncheon at which plans
1nr h ' hnmmenminr were dis-
ril! cussed that the Salem Elks bad
h Toted unanimously to open tneir
handsome clubhouse for the pub
lic reception to the drum corps
and also for the dance which is to I
be tendered the men of whom
-Salem feels so Justly proud. Frank
Durbln Jr., exalted ruler, said
further that the Elks were going
to - the expense of decorating the
temple, providing two orchestras
and of doing anything - else pos
sible to show their appreciation
of what the Legion's organization
has done. One of the orchestras
will play at the - reception -on the
main floor and the other for tnei
. 'dance in the ballroom upstairs.'!
The dinner, it was announced
by Commander UcKay is neces
aarlly to be limited to - Legioa-
natres and members of the auxfl-
iary on account of lack of accom
modations and Is to be.giTen.atl
the Marlon - hotel. OoTernor Pat
terson and Mayor .Lirecley will. be
-guests of honor, The hour set is
m ociocit.t . -; ; rr.
Special Committee
WU1 Meet Tram
A special committee of Salem
. Legionnaires will meet the return
ing drum corps at Eugene and
everything will be In readiness for
the uninterrupted carrying out of
the, .program' here, regardless o
ine .weainer. . uemDers or tms
committee are: Douglas . McKay,
post .commander; II. O. (Fod)
Maison, past post commander; R.
H. Bassett. post adjutant; Carl D.
Gabrielson, past post commander;
Braizer C. Small, Karl Hinges,
former drum major of the corps;
Newell . Williams, Paul F Borris.
Frank .Durbln. Jr., and P. D.
Qulsenberry. King Bing of the
Cherrlaos. v'
Service Clubs Will
Unite In Oreetiag' '
As previously announced in this
paper, the Chamber of Commerce,
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WOMAN RESCUES 51
nnw n-n-nTTn trr a I
( API An unidentified worn-
rescue of more than 50 automo
bile tourists who were marooned
on the Lincoln highway between
Baxter station and Bitter creek in
last night's terrific blizzard.
jr-r in woman wuri acuu
The woman tourist succeeded
in getting tnrougn me arming
snow and appeared at the Park
Miotel here and begged aid in sav
ing 25 automobiles sUUed along
the road
More inn a score vi 1
volunteers fought their way
through the blinding snowstorm
with ' trucks to the scene of the
trouble.
One by one the stranded cars
were pulled out and started to-
ward Rock Springs. The volun-
teers who assisted In the rescue
aid that but for the woman tour-
1st, whose name was not learneu
trissMmighrhav?apJrlshed in
the intense coia.
Search Launched
For Missing Ship
JIITO
PARTES
Oi Wealthy MtStf&ttt.Z
SAN DIEGO,' Oct.! 12. C AJP ) I
Gloria Dalton. which left Ense-
nada October 1 for trip to Ce-
dres Island; wasbegun todayvby waa mac, zp ?.""' J-f'
' Mexican fishery officials, at the It Is ome of the nmhuita M
, -reonest of W Angeles 'business ' vh V.UB.L ? Jf
associates, of Victor K Dalton. in regard to Vil
automobile man nd owner of the tlons. especlallr wit b wjrnc
- C.rht ' v to parking. - They occupy space st
i; fi T the curbs in front of or near their
- t0&S v hto W Pl3 ot business, shifting their
. . imall child and a crew. The Chicles to dodge parklpt Ugs, and
t OJOtla. Dalton la a 115 footwo keeping prospective eustpm
ttrfasted: schooner with auxiliary r AftAM i, n the
.Diesel pwer. : When be lefe n.
aenada i.Dalton sent word that If
iV-r aothiBf : was heard frem him, by
ucioocr p 10 pegin -sv searcn, jmoi would once realise this-1 believe
word of the yacht has been re-J conditions would be rastly -Im-elved
ainca that. time , ' . proved." v
FOOTBALL occupies the at
tention of all Salem today,
'with Willamette and the Unlrer
slty of Oregon battling for grid
iron honors here. Nearly erery.
one has some idea of the rela
tlre strength of the two teams
and the probable outcome' of to-
. day's game. As an interesting.
. experiment the New Oregon
Statesman' asked a number of
residents, of ' Salem Friday . to
forecast the - winner and ; the
probable- score. -This is .the re.
.UK;, V;-VavV. ' ,
' 'M EiRILti D. OHLINO.'1 lo.
ing ' seen last Saturday's Ore
gon-Stanford game at Eugene,
I am cOntinced that despite Its
defeat, Oregon has one Of the
strongest teams in the , north
west. Oregon's line play was
nothing short of marvelous. It's,
hard ' to tell about - this game'
with Willamette; with the of
fense that Coach Keene has
developed, the . Bearcats : may
score -if they get a couple - of
breaks."
WILLIAM L. "PHILLIPS, of
ficial of the Valley Motor com
pany, and ... ardent football fan,
said: . "This game tomorrow, is
going to be a real football
game and worth the price of
admission to anyone who likes
-football. -I saw. the Willamette
team in action at McMlnnville
last week, and can say that
Spec Keene has produced the
best team Willamette has put
forth in a long time, no mat
ter how the game with Oregon
turns out."
CARL D. GABRIELSON
said: "I think the score will be
ab'out 12 to 0 In favor of Ore
gon. I'm not going to make it
any bigger than that until the
game Is over, for I remember
one year .when Willamette beat
Oregon," and another year when
they tied the Eugene Jeam."
KERN AN MARKUSON, O. A.
C. graduate, said; "I think the
score tomorrow will be 7 to 0 ...
seven touchdowns. Say! It you
put that In the paper, P if skin
' you alive," - - , -
GEORGE W HUO, superin
tendent of the Salem schools,
said: "Willamette may be strong
enough to hold Willamette to
a low score. The Oregon team
Is stronger than it was last
year. Oregon has a strong line
and the backfbsld, individually,
(Turn to Page 5, Please.)
flELIGIOUS Willi
STILL mi
PEKING, China, Oct. 12.-
(AP) Word of bloody religious
fends, droueht and famine, .- all
taking a toll of hundreds of thou
sands of lives, continued to come
from Kansu province. The re-
norts have reached the Kansu
Provincial Guild, Chinese govern
ment officials and Mohammedan
clea here. '
The latest advices Indicate that
the unrest among Moslems. - in
cited by a desire for self-govern
ment, continues. Spasmodic uprls
fnra take Dlace despite the pres
ence- of numerous nationalist
trnons who find ithat they no
ji.KonAAa I t Ana
ROUner UUCU uisim uuvco
W than outbreaks occur in oth-
Tn addition in a. desire for In
'dependence, the unrest among the
Moslems has been stirred-up by
clamor for nermlssion to preserve
old customs. Chinese authoritlesj
mitemntine to restore tnexr im
oalred authority, have interfered
wlth these customs by introducing
- wh th-a- r.to
revolutionary reforms.
Reports received at the Kansu
-t-t. that 200.000 .lives
were lost in a wholesale massacre.
, . . v
Whether this refers to a recent
development or covers uprising
which began last April. Is not
Aiaar fin lid beadouarters. how-
eTeTi contain several members
WBO' 8tiu clearly remember :? the
Mohammedan rebellion In 1875 In
wnicn tens of thousands of
Chinese lost their lives
SaCJ72 AffiTCiantS
Standing In Own
Light One Says
William Gahlsdort, well known
f ..J? 5AeI!!f Pkm
j ..1
pnbllcto 4oublepark or hunt up
seme other store. If the Salem
Btoe keepers and -' merchanU
Bourbon Nominee Unable. to
Understand Wording of
Recent Speech-. .
English Sentences Tod Com-
plicated for Smith to
Understand wen - -
NASHVILLE, Tenn.rsOct. .12 ;
lAr i mwgittg.
ah. Senator Curtis wJth eradlnff a,
clear cufdaflnition ottheJmport -
ant lasses. of the campaign, Qvr-i
ernor Smith tonight Reviewed. hl
stand on the questions of farm re-
uer, water power, unmigrauon ana
nrohibiUon and appealed to his re
publican opponent to talk In plain -
er terms if the American people
ton November 6 are to make their
decision "with the full knowledge.
of aUthe facts." -
- In an address prepared for de -
liverv In the ' Rvman audltoriuoi
here, the democratic preaidentlU
nominee said he had read Mr. Heo -
ver's Tennessee speech and had
failed to find any mention of Mus -
ele Shoals. He said this was a
timely campaign topic in Tennes -
see since tnis state woum o
"greatly - benefitted by public op
eration and control" of that pro
ject. . , . -
Statements Said
"Vague, Ambiguous"
The republican candidate, the
governor said, had found his refer -
ence to Muscle Shoals "so vague
and ambiguous." that he subse -
quently felt -obliged to issue two 1
statements regarding it. He then!
round his position -more invoiveo
" o-"" a
Mr. Hoover, he continued, hadladous bx police Sunday nleht.
comentea nimseix witn xne 101 -
iowiaT general ODSrrauon:
"There are local InsUnces where
the government must enter the
business field as a by-product of
some great major purpose such as
Improvement In navigation, flood
control, scientific research or na -
tlonal defense.
I do not know what he may
mean -by by-product' unless it is
me generiuon ox nyuru-eiecincai
energy."
Snttth .Wanto to , ,
Know What Doctrine .
Heiemaz 10 anotner pan tut me
Hoover speech declaring .that vlo-lThe parente and sister of Lleuten
laUons of public interest y lndl- ant Harry Devlin of th 7Kh nt
viauais or corporations "snouid
not Induce us to abandon progres-taction at Dickbusch, Belgium In
slve principles and sub.titute Inl9l, today expressed . doubt that
tneir piace aeaaiy ana aesirucuvc
doctrines," the governor said he
would like to know, what his op-
ponent meant by "deadly and de-l
sirucuve aocmnes.
ioes ne reier to government l
ownership and control of water
power sites?" he asked. "If so, I
wny not Say U. Wnat IS tO be galn-l
c 07 uuiiuS 11. m luiguate mat
tne man on tne street is unable
to understand? If so, why not let
Mr. Hoover come right out and
. , .
corporations for private develop
ment and for private profit, the
great waterpower resources that
belong to the people T "
Own Promises Are
Painted In Rosy Here
"That would define the issue,
Governor Smith declared, and th
he contrasted, the republican ad
ministration stand on Muscle
Shoals with his own promise to
complete Its "development under
government ownership and con
trol, which would reclaim to the
government spme fair revenue
from the enormous expenditure al
ready made for Its Improvement."
sunn-.
BY PORTLATJD 6 1 R t
BERKELEY, Calif, Oct. 12
(AP). Miss Kay Bald, 28. form-
rl of Portland ' attempted aui-
dde by shooting herself in the ah-
domen tn the hills near here to
day, and wa In a critical condi
tion in a hospital here tonight. .
The girl, who first told police
she had been struck by a stray
shot, admitted under questioning
that she had shot herself In a fit
of despondency over unemploy
ment. She said she had been
planning suicide for two days. ' "
Dr. H. M. Evans, professor of
anatomy at University of Calif or-
nla, found the girl on Grizzly
Peak boulevard, and took her to
tne ueraeiey general hospital.
Her first story waa, that she was
sunning herself on the hill with
her hand over her eyes, when she
was struck by the- bullet.
Discovery-of a note Miss Bald
had left at the home of a friend
here, . Marguerite Ciprlclo, caused
police to v doubt her story. The
note follows; "Came - for , peace
and ; quiet. May I park my be
longings for an hour T ?K, P. 8.
ic you near . or a poay peing
found In the hills, it ! nW '
The police fearing the girl had
been shot during a Quarrel, were
working.on the case, when the
note was discovered.'
They hurried to - the hospital
with the noter and questioned the
girl further Then -she admitted
that she had. shot herself, saying
she had been employed only half
time for more than a month,"
She formerly was advertising
manager for ' a ' department store
in San Francisco, ..- v
Blow Upon Head -Restores
Minb of Lieutenant Lost
. on Battlefield ;
Canadian Veteran Discovers,
Identity: Relatives Cast v
; Doubt on Tale - ;
irt a- iiid ir rears aao
A was reported slain on a
1 - .r,, v-M.fui man belleted
to be HaTT Devlin;-IS;year .014
Canadian wax T.reteriin, vltteralli
"came to life" here todayi apparl
! a Ticum of amnesia.
- 1 crinUA h machine snn bul
1 let wniCh . he said , he sulf erd
wnlla .-rrinr wtth the "British
I raTmi firing Vorcs.x tfie man who'
I riim .to be ib.son of S. L. Dev
ilun of Toronto; One, regained tfiej
j scattered threads of "his memory
I after belnr attacked and struck
Ion the head by robbers last Sun
lday.
officials Believe ,
MaB'g story Straight
I police were inclined to believe
1 his story. In a telephone con
venation this afternoon with Dev
lin's boyhood companion, "Billy
Wallace, now a newspaper man
In Toronto, the veteran recounted
experiences of his youth. He also
spoke with the senior Devlin
whom h6 believes to be his father.
1 After these conversations the man
I said he was thoroughly convinced
lof his Identity.
The victim In the case said the
first inkling he has had of his
itrue- identity since 1916 came
iuwi us wu Dtcaea on uncoil.
1 Robbers had beaten -him badiv
1 ana robbed him after offerinc
him an automobile ride from
Denver to Colorado SDrlnra. - Ha
remembered nothing after he had
gone Into a resort with the men
at Colorado Serines.
j On Monday his memory seemed
to be restored to him. heboid the
I police, and he asked. tht hu
father in Toronto be communist.
lea Wltn.
I Relative Indicate
fBXJatake Iav u Ma.1 "
1 TORONTO. Oct. 12.f AP
uilon, C. E. F.. mlssine aft-r an
tne man found injured along the
roadside at Pueblo, Colo., is their
son and brother -
Descriptions wired from Pueblo
it0 Toronto nA that tha mmnH
man was "short, face covered with
moles, one prominent on the
chin." Members of the family
Bld the mlMlnr nlHer.nwniiTier
maQ was six feet tall and in 1916
waa wlthout any facial blemishes.
Lieutenant Devlin, as bombing
officer, and Lieutenant -Francis
ndWM.ru. amu u A. a v - -
cutting; their way. through German
wire entanglements before Dicae
huRch when a flare revealed the
nffirerti and their narty. The
Germans swept the field with ma
chine gun and artillery fire and
both officers were wounded.
Two. Officers
Caught By Fire
All but Devlin and Howard.
who were leading, the party,
zained cover: Several futile at
tempts were made to rescue the
officers and the next day, under
cover of a barrage, five volunteers
crept across the shell torn ground
to the point where the wounded
officers last were seen. All they
found were a service revolver and
steel helmet.
Members of the party believed
the officers had been. taken pri
soner by the Germans. This the
ory was confirmed in part several
years later when Lieutenant
Howard's father received word
hir son had died of wounds in a
German prison camp and that the
body had been buried at Tomines,
Belgium. Nothing ever was
heard from Devlin,
American Prohi
Plan Is Better
Than Canadian
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 12. (AP)
H. Phillips, a Canadian del-
legate to the North. American
Christian conference, told the as.
sembly tonight that "America's
prohibition plan Is far better than
Canada's method.
I have been trying. he said.
"to discover Va drunken man on
your streets. I want : to report
such a case when I return If pos
sible. In fifteen - minutes, in
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, I saw
one man Incapable of handling
himself, and another nearly so."
Hope Still Held .
To Free Hickman
KANSAS CITY, Oet, 12 (AP)
-Jerome Walsh, attorney for Ed
ward Hickman, under death sen.
tence for - the murder fn Los An
geles of Marian Parker said , to
night he would leave here.tomor
row night to . request, Governor
Young of California to appoint a
commission to examine the sanity
of the condemned youth. The ex.
ecutiotf Is set for, October 19
SUB SB
Br GREEK VESSEL
Strained Relations Between
Two .Conntries Nw Ap-
x-ossiDie -
PARIS. Oct. 12. (AP) The
submarine Ondine, ' which was to
have been the newest unit of the
strongest arm of the French navy,
is' at the bottom of the ocean and
all her crew of three officers and
40 men are dead.
The ministry of marine learn
ed tonight that the tragedy oc
curred about midnight October
third when the submarine was
rammed off Oporto by the Greek
cargo carrier Aikaterini M. Goul
andrla. The advices came in brief
dispatches from the French con
sul at Rotterdam.
The ministry was totally at a
loss to explain why the captain of
the Greek steamer waited until
today to reoort the accident. They
were dumfounded too by the fact
that he abandoned a- search for
survivore or wreckage within two
htfurs after his steamer hit the
Ondine.
Captain Admits
Night Was Clear
Bv the cantaln's own admis
sion, the night .was clear and the
sea was fairly calm.
The ministry was prepared to
hear bad news respecting the On
dine because she was three days
overdue at her destination which
was Bizerta, the seaport of Tunis
on the north coast of Africa. She
was heading there on na trial trip
which started at Cherbourg on
October 1. . ..
Official communiques of tne
past three days had expressed op
timism because of the Known & un
ity of the Ondine'J commander. It
wa naanmed however ' that a
breakdown In machinery had de
layed the boat and also prevented
her from communicating with
.shore stations.
Nine Days mna
Too LoB&Time -
The naval officials were not at
all nrenared to learn that nine
days had elapsed before .report
was made of the fate of the ves
seL They were astounded at; the
condnet of the Greek captain-In
this respect and they, freely criti-
dzed him for abandoning searcn
for the 43 . hapress members of
the crew after what -was consider
ed only a cursory effort, to find
tnem. . . . . -
This, together with the euose-
onent silence of the Greek com
mander, appeared so extraordin
ary to ministry officials that none
tonlcht would venture an opin
ion on the accident, other than to
express astonishment, They were
willing for further Information,
having asked' especially that a
fun statement be obtained from
the Greek captain.
Al Gracio Given
t . ..
Nod Over Fraser
SPOKANE. ' Oct.- 12. (AP)
Al Gracio, . welterweight, won a
decision : over Don Fraser in , the
tlx rounds main, event -of -a boxing
card here tonight. Both men are
local fighters and have been .rivals
for several years, n: The, decision
was greeted with : mixture "ol
cheers "and booes, many in the
crowd believing: that ' Fraser had
the edge with superior boxing
ability, while others agreed that
Gracto's aggressiveness and power
earned him the decision. : r
BEIJCI
Woman Turns .
I Tables Upon
Bill Collector
SEATTLE, Oct. 12.
(AP) A debtor became
her creditor's creditor
here today when the sup-
- erior court turned the
tables around because a
collection agency was so
anxious to get its money
'that It became "nasty."
L. M. Koningsberg, do
ing business as the Wes-
- tern Adjustment agency,
a fewmonths ago pur
chased a 1 58 grocery bill
owed by Mrs. W." W.
Rock. He - proceeded to
collect it by a whirlwind
garnishment program,
bringing Mrs. Rock, her
husband and the latter'B
employer into court five
times in one month de
spite protests of the
Rocks that they were pay
ing as fast as they could.
The court held . that
Koningsberg was abusing
the garnish power and
awarded the woman $300
damages which her at.
torney Is now trying to
collect from the collector.
KILLS FI1II18
PENDLETON, Ore., 12. (AP)
J. A. Carroll, a transient farm
hand, was killed Jast unfght when
Floyd King, a prominent Umplne
rancner - nrea a snot during a
struggle with the man and after
Carroll had attempted to force
King to give him some - money.
The shooting'was not reported to
the sheriff's office until today.
The district attorney's office said
no - charges would be placed
against King.
Carroll is said to have become
Intoxicated yesterday - at Walla
Walla, he hired a taxicab and
went tO the King ranch. There
he demanded money. King offered
a small sum, which Carroll re
jected, and demanded twenty dol
lars. King fled to his house, pick,
ed up a shotgun and ordered Car
roll'to leave. - . -,The'-man
rushed to ward. King
and grappled with him: The muz
zle of the shotgun was in. Carroll's
abdomen as he wrestled for poss
ession of the weapon: During the
struggle the gun discharged and
Carroll fell, mortally wounded.. .
King and his wife rushed Car
roll to a hospital a( College Place,
Wash., but the man died on the
operating table. t. ' J"
Hickman's Body i
not to tie uiven
To Science Study
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12.
(AP) The family of William Ed.
ward 'Hickman,- according to his
attorney. Is determined-that the
body of the youth not be given ov.
er to medical study after the
death penalty for the murder., of
little Marlon Parker Is paid.' ..
Richard CantillonL one of Hick.
man's attorneys, made ..this an.-l
nouncement today In disclosing
that-requests for -the brain and
ther . parts f o the , body of : the
youth had been made by scientists
and medical Institutions. All such
requests, he said, had been re-
RANCHER
TS
FIERCE FIRE RACES
BBS
Blaze Finally; Put Uner 'Con
trol After Struggle by
Whole Crrwv '
SEATTLE. Oct 12. (AP). A
message from the captain of the
steamship Trojan Star received
here at 10 o'clock tonight said:
"Had serious fire. Now extln
gulshed. Stopped with Makikl
standing by. One dead, several
injured. Forty miles off Cape
Mendocino."
PORTLAND, Ore.; Oct. 12.-
The British steamer Trojan Star,
bound from San Pedro to British
Columbia, was on fire tonight 40
miles north and 47 miles west of
Cape Mendocino.
The Trojan Star reported her
plight in an S O S flashed at 6:45
m. .and intercepted by the mer
chants exchange radio station
here.
Many Ships Hear
Calls of Distress
At least three other, vessels
heard the Trojan Star's distress
call and were speeding to ber as
sistance.
One of these ships 'was '. the
tank steamer Mojave, also 40
miles north of Mendocino.-Another
was the tank steamer Kekokee.
75 miles north of Mendocino, and
the third was the Matson Line
steamer Makikl, 30 miles notth of
the cape.
The Mackay Radio and Tele
graph company station here, also
intercepted the distress call. The
Trojan Sar, Mackay said, report
ed her fuel oil was on fire and
that the crew was taking to the
boats. .
Steamer Rashes :
To Help Fight Fire
Mackay radio said the steamer
Makikl, 30 miles north of the
Trojan Star, was apparently the
nearest of the three . ships, and
that the Makikl was proceeding
at - full speed . to the aid of the
flaming American-Mall liner..
On her present voyage the Tro-
an Star left Shields.- England.
September 8, and called - it San
Pedro October S. leaving the next
day for British - Columbia ports.
She Is a refrigerated steamer of
5,566 net tons. t
The ship messaged that all
boat were. lowered overside but
that the crew still was fightinc
the flames although ready at any
minute to leave the ship.
Superstition Is
Real Factpr In-
Sailing Business
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12-fAP)
Business Is business but super
stltltlon Is also superstltltlon. And
where seafaring men are concern
ed business must sometimes wait
until the omens are propitious. :
The Shipping Board' today fin
ally completed arrangements for
the signing of the contract for the
sale - of the American - Palmetto
Line to the JSouth Atlantic Steam
ship Line of Savannah, Ga. : The
owners of the purchasing company
decided that Friday - was not ,a
good day to conclude the transac
tion. Then one of them looked at
the. "calendar and saw " that : tor
morrow. was Oct IS. v
The contract will be signed
Monday if the signs are right.
Course Takes Giant Airship
Far South of Azores
Islands, Word
Messages Indicate Dirigible
May Arrive at Bermuda
; Sunday Noon
By the Associated Preta, -';,:.--
The Dirigible ' CTraf Zeppelin-, fc
making the first commercial tan-
Atlantic.' air crossing, lasrnlgbt -.
Was, pushing toward her -goal a
Lakehurst, N. J.; on an' apparently k
steady course which had carric - .'-
her far past the Azores. ,-;
For the first 30 hours of her
flight from Friedrlchshafen, Dr.
Hugo Eckener, commander of the
world's largest airship, bad turned
its nose . south to avoid storm
areas. This deviation xrom tae
expected course had added boo-
dreds of miles to the air distance -
to his goal. '-.
From the Azores came a report
that the dirigible .was already 27
miles west by south of Horta at 2
m., eastern1 -standard time.
Earlier it had been thought that
she might be sighted there in the
late afternoon but the -great ship
after leaving Madeira had appar
ently taken a straight course for
Bermuda.
Will Reach Bermuda
At Midday Sunday
The Radio Marine corporation
in New York reported intercep
tion of an unsigned message which
said "heading straight for Ber- .
muda. It weather continues good
we expect to arrive Sunday noon."
If the report from the Azores
was correct it may mean that Dr.
Eckener expects to berth his air
ship in the hangar awaiting ber
at Lakehurst, by noon on Sunday.
The Azores are 2056 miles frew
Bermuda and the latter is Ml
miles from New York. If "tbe
dirigible maintaines an averare
speed of 60 miles an hour it might
be expected at the Bermudas bv
p. m. eastern standard time today
(Saturday). And at Lakehurst
about 14 hours later. f
Air Currents Add A
The uncertainties of air speed
aro multiplied In the case of dir
igibles, however. Daring part of
her early flight the Graf Zeppelia ,
had made only 50 miles an hour
and the unsigned message inter
cepted by the Radio Marine cor- ,
poration said that her speed was f
then 85 miles an hour. An even
greater variation is possible, de
pending upon the strength and di
rection of winds encountered. j
During the hours when tha
Zeppelin was carefully picking its
way to avoid the storm areas
southwestern EuroDe and lt ad
jacent seas, it had been frequent
ly signtea and reported both by
land stations and h-r timhin.
These reports became more scat
tering with the fall of nih na
with her continued progress over
the open sea.
The dirigible had. however. --.
parently reached a point froas
which she could CommnnlMt.
radio with either the ini4 ,
LStates or Europe, at least Tnter-
uuienuy. .
Civilian Planes
Are Ordered Off
Zeppelin's Field
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1 it
Assistant Secretary' Warner of
me navy, ror aeronautics, an
nounced today that no civilian
airplanes would be permitted to
land or take off frcm the naval
air station at Lakehurst. N. J.,
when the German dlrlribl. tt
Graf Zeppelin was preparing to
land or while making heir land
ing. He said that should any civil
ian plane land that it would not
be permitted to take off until th
airship was in her hangar.
it was not the Intention Secre
tary. Warner said, for the navy tc
extend an Ivitation to the pub
lic to visit the dirigible in the"
hangar-but that as many person'
as possible would be accommodat
ed. He said that due to the fact
the airship Is filled with Inflam
mable hydrogen every effort . to
prevent any - mishap . would be
made. He said the "safety of the
ship." was the first -thing to be
considered.'
Youth Devoured
By Fierce Shark
: MARSHFIELD; Ore., Oct. 12
(AP) Lost overboard at sea an
devoured. It Is believed, 1 by a
school of sharks, was the fate of.
Earl Fosberg; 2 1, of San Fran
cisco who today slipped and fell
while cleaning a .life boat on the
Coast .and Geodetic Survey boat
PioHeer. The tragedy ' occurred
on Heceta Banks, oft the Oregon
C0ast.:i'-7'S"rw : ' r, "; .
v The ship was taking soundings
at the time of the accident and -was
proceeding , slowly; " When
young Fosberg tell into the sea a
boat was sent immediately to bto
aid but could not reach him. A
great number of sharks, schooling .
In the waters there, were seen te
slash the sea Into foam where the
body went down, ..
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