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"---COMPtETB-"'' T; Swv editorials, featnren, atfrertlseinents yon will Had 'the whole Held -well covered to this rapidly craw . fmg newspaper. WEATHER i - Fair Today; Moderate ' tare Thursday 90; 311a. 49; temperature. Max. tempera No rala; River -1.8; Light north winds; Skies clear. ! . "7o Fevor Sway Us; No Fear Shell Awe?, IsgfiZ 1 SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR Salem, Oregon Friday Morning, October 19, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENT& TflTfll OREGON 'THE FOX' WILL ' Mbvie.Star Admits Romance What..'. They think of- Persons Who .Write Private Letters on ' : TheTypewriter. ., REG 3t Slfot 1 BRITISH FLiER BELIEVED LOST Expert. i ; : rr 1 PAY FOR CRIME UPON GALLOWS MOW 427,446 Republican Gain is Set at 51,538 Over Total Re corded in 1926 Democratic Vote 19,391 More Than Two Years Ago, Says Hoss Total registration In Oregon for the general election November In 427.446 compared to 3 6 9,23 C in 192 8. it was announced Thurs day by Hal Hoss, secretary of tate. after the compilation of re turns from every county. The republican registration for this year's election is 299.302, as against -247,974 two years ago. The rain in republican registra tions is 51,328. The democratic registration for this year is 114.- 199, as compared witn 4,vs two Tears ago. The democratic gain In reKistratlons for this year when compared with the registra tion two years ago, Is 19.391. Other registrations included in this year's total are: progressives 141, prohibition 1070, socialists 166C and miscellaneous 10,795. Many Fall to Oast Ballots The compilation prepared by 'the secretary of state shows that while there were 359,236 regis trations nrfor tn the aenerai elec tion held November 2. 1926. the actual ballots cast numbered 233,- 8 4. These figures indicated that of the total voters registered in Oregon prior lo the general elec tion two years ago more than 120,000 failed to go to the polls. Mr. Hoss made it plain that the registrations In most of the coun- . ties were compiled and furnished by the county clerks. In the other counties it was necessary . for, the secretary of state to base the registration on the weekly lists received from the county clerks as revised by the post master of the various cities and towns as required by the postal laws. Multnomah Leads In Registration Multnomah, witn a total regis tration of 148,331, leads all coun ties in the state. Of the total registered voters In Multnomah oan ty 107,219 are republicans while 37,870 are democrats. The total registration - in Multnomah county prior to the general elec tion two years ago was 123,80.6, of which 76,767 s votes actually were cast. Marion county (s second with 27,233 registrations. These in clude 20,202 republicans and 2i9 aemocrats. uurry, witn a total registration of 647, has the smallest number of qualified vot ers of any county in Oregon. Of the total registration In Curry county '444 are republicans while 165 are democrats. The following summary shows the registration by counties: County Baker 9,018 Benton 7,781 Clackamas ............ 25,822 (Turn to Page 2, Please.) Hoover Popular With Students; Ballot Reveals A strong Hoover sentiment was shown in the straw vote taken at Willamette university Thursday. This vote was sponsored by the New Oregon; Statesman and Dr. Carl G. Doney, president of the university. Of the total of ' 375 votes cast, 3iL were for Hoover and 66 for Smith. Seventy of the Hoover votes were from students normally re- pu oilcan iii lenumem anu ui aero to vote; 19? were of republican sentiment but under the voting age. Eleven Hoover votes were cast by students normally of dem ocratic favor and able to vote, and 31 of democratic favor but under voting age. Of the 66 'Smith votes only 14 were east by students . of legal age; nine of, these rotes were from students ordlnarllly repub lican. The Smith vote was prac tically - equally divided among students normally republican or normally democratic ; . Commission Hears Many Reasons for Freight Cut PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct. 18. (AP) With only a shifting of locale today from Washington ap ple districts i to those , of Oregon, Clyde B. Altchison, Interstate commerce commissioner, contin ued to hear today of depreciated land ' values, .hurdensome mort gages. Inability to finance, and disappearing1 profits. The Port land bearing was granted on the jjlea of fruit growers that freight rates on their prod acta be lower ed. . .'i. - . - Testimony of the day pertained chiefly to the;. Hood ., River y and Medford fruit 'districts, with some reference tt Milton-Freewater and Umpqua valley sections. The com missioner frequently took a hand In the questioning of witnesses to brine oat a proper picture of con ditions . touched, upon by witness ; f m' s ? a ' ' t ', 'if MTt', fi Its-V- -""'-rv''" f I"-" - t 1 11" 1 E2U Miss Dorothy Williams In a new pose. .Miss Williams la the. domes tic economist who trill , hare charge of the Statesman's great cooking school, starting next Monday. Many details of the plans for this important event are pre sented for the Information of housewives In the Friday House hold Green section of this paper today. Entire South End of 9Uh Building to House Ml-J itary Offices Headquarters of the Oregon Na tional ruard will be moved from the Masonic building to the New Lligh building before Novemoer 1, it was announced Thursday from the office of Brigadier Gen eral George A. White, command ing the Oregon National guard. The entire south end of the Bligh building is now being re modeled to meet the needs of the Guard headquarters and person nel. This includes 14 rooms, pro viding -one large general office, two private offices and special rooms for supplies and war rec ords. Offices wjiich have been lo cated in this space have moved to other rooiiis in the Bligh building. The National guard has occu pied the fifth floor of the. Masonic building -for tha past four years, orevlous-to which it" was ' in'. the Untted States NaUoniVbanl' ..4 The Msaonic; lodge. -will tasCTihe floor for Its "own - purposes; -It is understood. This, floor, used for office spaces ' the last ten years, originally was the ballroom of 'the lodge and also was provided with ample kitchen room and, accom modations, 'if' 2 Youths Hurt As Motorcycle And Car Collide DALLAS, Oct. IS. (AP) Henry and James Hartson, . The Dalles youths, were In a. hospital here tonight suffering from ser. ions injuries received with their motorcycle' when It collided with an automobile. Both boys brothers suffered ? skull frac tures, and -one a broken leg; and the other a dislocated hip. Herman Gassner, -driver of the automobile, said the'steering gear of the car buckled as he met the motorcycle, causing r him to lose control of the machine. . 1 Leonard Carpenter, president of the Southern Oregon Sales corp oration, and a fruit grower, esti mated in his testimony today that 100,000 apple trees had been pull ed from the ground by Rogue Riv er valley growers within.; recent years because the growers could not reslite a profit' through the producing of fruit. A decrease In pear, acreage was also testified to by ' Carpenter. witnesses who told of depreci ated orchard values and a harden of mortgages In - the Hood - River valley Included: E. O. Blancher. president of the First National bank; . Glenn - Marsh, president Hood River Apple Growers asso ciation: R. E. . Scott,, real , estate deader and president of tha cham ber of commerce, and L H. Ceder- wall, representative of th Ameri GUHIL OCCUPY NEW HEADQUARTERS Borah Cites Bourbon's Vot ing Record in United States Senate Democratic Nominee De clared Inconsistent in Present Campaign CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Oct. 18. (AP) Senator William E Borah, of Idaho tonight accepted the gage of political battle, thrown down by Senator Joe T. Robinson, the democratic vice-presidential candidate. Taking up the challenge of the democratic nominee, made in a campaign speech at Boise, Idaho, to compare their respective rec ords in the senate with their po sitions in the present campaign, Senator Borah in a speech pref pared for delivery at the Chatta nooga Memorial auditorium charged Senator Robinson with having taken opposite positions in his congressional career on water power, prohibition and the tariff to the stands of bis party's stand ard bearer. Governor Smith. Complete Inconsistency Cited. By Idaho Man "One thing is absolutely cer tain," Senator Borah declared, that he (Robinson) has either completely, reversed himself upon every Important question In this campaign or that he is in open opposition to things he is really talking' The Idaho senator said that the democratic vice-presidential nom inee had "voted for the defeat of the Walsh power trust investiga tion, resolution" in the last con gress, while ne K tforan ) was paired In favor of It. Governor Smith in his Denver and Nashville speeches denounced the "power trust," he added, and had advo cated public ownership of electric al power. "Governor Smith is for the re peal of the 18th amendment," Sen ator Borah said, "and for public ownership of the liquor traffic of , the manufacture and sale of liquor Jy the states. I ask Senator Robinson - to tell the country whether he is in favor of the re peal of the 18th amendment and the. public manufacture, sale and transportation of . Intoxicating liq uor by. the states. . - "1 ask -him to tell the country. If he 4s elected vice-president, will he use the influence of his posi tion and fiis influence as a leader in his party to assist Governor Smith in bringing about the re peal of the 18th amendment and his plan of public ownership; or will he oppose it." Plans ' for the observance in Salem - of "National Education Week," November 5 to 11. were. discussed at a meeting In the Gray Belle restaurant at noon Thurs day, called by O. D. Adams, chair. rman of the Americanization com mittee of Capital Post No. 9. American 'Legion. The luncheon was .attended by approximately a score' of persons, including repre sentatives of Salem's service clubs' newspapers, educational bodies and women's organisations. .-Those representing - organizations.- were: . Douglas McKay, American Legion; Business and Professional Women's club, Miss June Philpott; Chamber of Com merce, C. E. Wilson; City Schools, R W. Tavener; Klwanis club, J. N. Chambers; Lions club. Frank E. Near; County .Health Demon. stratlon. Dr. Vernon A. Douglas; Parent-Teacher association, Earl Kennell; Rotary club, George Hug; Salem Teachers' association, Miss - Amy Martin; Salem Worn, an's club, Mrs. W. E. Odman: State Superintendent of Public In struction's office, Miss Wlnnlfred Graham; Willamette university. "Spec" Keene; T. m: C. A Dr. H. E. Morris; Salem Ad. club. Dr. H. E. Morris. - . - After Mr. Adams had exnlaina the purpose of the' gathering he cauea on several of those present ior suggestions, it generally was agreed that the program followed lasx year by the schools of Salam hould be followed and, that ef- ion snoum be made to stimulate public Interest in the matter. It also was decided to aak'th f?100" organizations represented to ami in rurtnerinff-th of the undertaking. Omar Bewleys - Condition Same Chances for .. recovery of - Omar Bewley, -who suffered internal in juries in an automobile crash at the corner of North' Winter and Market streets Wednesday after noon, were not yet known defin itely Thursday night! : X-ray pic ture had , been taken, hut .not yet developed. Mr. Bewleya condi tion had changed little in the last 24 hours. The others Injured In the accident. Mrs. Bewley, Mrs. K. I. Slvear and Miss Cora Srvear, UN WEEK PUNS DISCUSSED were recovering satisfactorily. AS .the typewriter comes more and. more Into gen eral nse there appears a . ten dency to employ it for personal, private correspondence. It is not many years since the writ, lag of a private letter upon a typewriter would have been a serious breach of etiquette. To day many persons of undoubted refinement actually do write their letters on a machine. Their argument Is .- that it saves time and Insures ease in reading what they have writ ten. With the idea of finding out what Salem thinks of this the New Oregon Statesman ask ed numerous persons here Thursday to express their opin ions thereon. Here is the result: WILLIAM LAMPHERE, ma chinery salesman, said: "I hope the time will come when all correspondence, private and business, will be typed. Perhaps I ought to be ashamed to con fess it, but there often are por tions of the letters I receive from the lady whom I am to marry which I never read be cause I have not the time to try to decipher her hieroglyphics. The head of my company re cently, penned some special in structions on the-bottom of a typed Tetter and it was more than a week before I, was able to dope out what he meant. Penmanship apparently is a lost art. Let's have typed letters, by all means." OPAL ELLIS, waitress at the 'Black Cat, said; "Anyone, who writes Tersonal leters on the typewriter is lazy, I would say. Evidently he or she is not greatly Interested In the person to whom the letter goes. The recipient should get a personal feeling from a friend's letter, and it seems to me that does not come with the typewritten sheet. .Besides, it looks as though the writer had not time to give the person to whom he is writing." MISS ALICE LANE, senior at Willamette - university, said: "It Is not considered good form to write personal letters on the typewriter, and this is a point of etiquette which I think should should be observed. Of course, if one's longhand Is to tally Uleglgible, that mighjt con stitute an exception." ... . IcACTLE HUNTER, steno-. grapher at Valley Motor com pany, said: "Writing to your girl on a typewriter may be all right but I do not. think it is very good form. . She should be worth faking the trouble to write carefully In longhand." MARION a BAJBCOCK, col lege graduate living in Boston, wrote to a member of the staff recently: "I wIH pardon you for using the typewriter this time. It is not nearly as per sonal and look's too cold and characterless. However, I could read everything you wrote." 1 M. CLIFFORD MOYNTHAN, local attorney, said: "The first settlers landed in New England in 1820. In 1640 the first type writer was invented. Since then the typewriter has been an in sitpation used coptinually f or business purposes. The good old method of writing with pen and ink for personal corres pondence has been in vogue all these. year, typewriters or no typewriters. No, 1 wouldn't bet any money .on the correctness of that date I told you." MRS. jWINIFRED PETTY JOHN, local realtor, said f' You may say what you please about the propriety of it, tot the busy woman a typewriter saves a lot of time and a lot of brain fatigue when It comes to read- Turn to Page 27 Please.) N. T. SPKttDS HALF BILLION NEW YORK, Oct 18. AP)- pe largest jctty in the United, ff-VfL " in Ia?M budget in) SS. ? 'I "I504 ont f0I 1929 The board of estimate today ap- X638.9Z8.C77.14. an increase of f.Jf-!l:0Q0 T6r ' -Mn tea, J vi - Loycd Democrats Bent on Purging Their Party of Al PORTLAND, 0s Oct. , 18. (AP) A Hoover -1 Curtis democratic cinb has been" organised throughout the state with " Frank B, Tichenor, a third generation follower of Jefferson, and Jackson, as ' state chairman. Offices) ha ve beets -opened ' here and already, it Is said, .morn than two thousand ; members of the democra- -- -tie party have signed np v and are at work In behalf of Hoover. : .t : "Our aim la to hare ten thousand . Oregon ' demo. crate signed wp to vote for - ? HbOTefVTJcheoor said -- today. ' "W :dld r not leave the democratic party ,v i we have - not left, tmt .Alfred E. Smith tn - bin speech of acceptance . di- , vyorced himself from .the party X: that nominated -Wn."-,- S Hickman to be Executed This Morning for Murder of Marion Parker Last Minute-Efforts to fore stall Hanging Fail; Hope Abandoned SAN QT7ENTIN, Cal.. Oct 18 f AP) William Edward Hickman. doomed to die on the gallows of San Quentin prison for killing Marian Parker of Los Angeles; was in the "death cage" tonight awaiting the summons of guards tomorrow morning who will escort him to the scaffold. In his mind were reflections of the crowded events of the past two days the failure of his at torneys to secure a delay of the execution from the governor and from the prison warden, the last visit of his father to his cell and the anticipated visit of his mother which failed to materialize, the final talks with newspapermen, two hours last night tn the little garden adjoining, condemned row where he saw the sky for the last time, and then, the farewells of his cellmates as he climbed the steps to the death cell. Attorneys Abandon Last Ray of Hope The one flicker of hope held by his attorneys-was lost today when Warden James B. Holohan told them that he "could not agree with the arguments" that Hick man was insane. The few hours of life remaining to the youth were being spent in writing letters and listening to the phonograph which two "fetlow prisoners in condemned row re turned to him at his request. Tomorrow morning Hickman will be allowed, following the usu al custom, to order as elaborate a breakfast as he wishes As the execution hour approaches, he will be allowed the last rites of the Catholic religion which he has embraced during his imprison ment . A few minutes before 10 o'clock guards will come to the death cell and strap": bis arms to his sides, then lead- blm -to the execution chamber.. With the guards aiding hlsju .he .will climb the 13 steps that tfes.to-ibe-caf fold. Standing on the trap, his tegs will be strap ped, his head hidden tn the black death cap, and 'three men will draw knives -across three strings one of which will loose the trap and send Hickman to the death ordered by the state. - After the body is cut from the rope, it will be taken to- San Fran cisco, reports say. to be examined by physicians. Following the ex amination, it will be returned to San Rafael, near here, and buried in the Catholic cemetery. PENDLETON, Ore., Oct, 18 (AP) William Edward Hickman 'is sorry" he pretended Insanity in the Pendleton jail. He- thinks Tom.Gurdane and Buck Lieuallen, his captors, "are very rood peace officers." These expressions are contained in a letter to the two men, penned by Hickman Sunday inhISan Quentin cell. Gurdane and Lieuallen captured "the fox" as he fled northward after kid naping and murdering Marian Parker. The letter was received here to day. It said: "Dear Mr, Gurdane and Buck: "I am most sorry to have pre tended insanity In your JalL That was a great a sin as killing the little child, for which I am most heartily sorry. I certainly have nothing against- the people of Pendleton. You two meiraae very good peace officers I believe. May God biesg yon and M the People of Pendleton." "I now belley- In Jesn. ChrUt m- m work of SaUn and the only way to ston them is to practice Christian faith and char ity' among men." - "I admit that all men have a good right to be' very Indignant toward me. I am glad that I can love .everybody and confess Jesus Christ to all men before I go to sleep. "All glory and, honor be to our father In heaven. In his name pray for us here at San Quentin. ? "Sincerely, , "WILLIAM EDWARD HICKMAN. "No. 48,041. "P. S. Please, forgive me for acting so' contemptible in Pendle- ton and not pleading gnllty In U A." Man Living Here Sought In Tacoma ,. Arrested on a warrant forward ed from Tacoma, a man srolnx here hy .the name Roblnham was ar rested late Thursday, by local dep uty sheriffs. . He' was . being held la the county jail Thursday night pending advices from Tacoma, lie ports indicated that he was want ed there on charges Involving ob taining . money throgh - various fraudulent transactions. Y EDWARD UN SEIS NOTE "i i i s. ..."W v -v . tr.r.w t , w. m J V ' 1 ' Sae Carol, "Wampas Baby," film star of 1028, 'admits she found; romance in Venice, Cal., this summer when she made a pic tureromance In the person of Nick Stuart, also of the movies. However, the pair mast wait to be bridegroom obtains his freedom in E M1UES ACTIVE Y. M. C. A. Workers Intent on Reaching Goal Set by i This Saturday Campaign workers in the Y. M. C. A. fall enrollment added 52 j ior me i ire i iiirets uajs ui ui drive, according to reports at the luncheon Thursday. Dean Roy Hewitt: of Willamette university. told of the change for .the better brought about by the influence of the Yj M. C. A. in a young man with whom he is acquainted per sonally. B. Wright turned In the lar geit number of new memberships with seven. E. P. Wood leads to tal memberships obtained with 17 for the three days, while the team lead by C. A. Page is high with 36. E. M. Littwiller turned in six new memberships to take the second individual score. Contlnuatfon of memberships that have or . will run out this month! ; have kept pace with the new subscriptions. Approximately 159 separate the campaigners from their quota of 300 for which they are striving by Saturday nqon. l Luncheon was served by Mrs. Ben Rlckli. Mrs. Leon Gleason. Mrs. R,Lee Wood, Mrs. D. H. Craven. Mrs. Frank Brown and Mrs.""Win Wolfe. GUPIY OF THEFT SAN DIEGO. Calif., Oct, 18. (AP)- Henry Schumann Heink, son of Mme Ernestine Schumann Heink, noted contralto, was de clared guilty of grand theft by a jury this afternoon. He was ac cused; of having taken securities deposited with his stcok and bond firm and using them as security for a personal loan. Date for sen tence (was set for next Monday, ball jot 810.000 under which Schumann Heink had been at liberty was Increased to 815,000. Notice of application for new trial was given by the broker's at torneys. - Schumann Heink was the only witness in his own behalf when his case came to trial In superior court 'yesterday, and his testimony lasted only about an hour. Argu ments in the case concluded at about; noon tdoay. The case was tried before Judge Ames. The prosecution presented five witnesses and a number of rec ords ef the brokerage house which the defendant headed. Grand jury Indictments which led te the conviction of Schuman Heink contained a . number of counts of alleged irregularities In conduct of his brokerage firm. He was tried on all counts several months ago. and the court instruc ted the jury to return a verdict of acquittal on all but - the one count on which he' was tried to day. On that count the first trial jury has been unable to agree. Smith's Address To Be Broadcast KBW TORK. Oetl 18. AP) National ; Broadcasting company today :" , announced t the .: list of radio stations that will broadcast the speech of Governor Alfred K. Smith la Qnlcago from .. I to 1 P p.; mL .eastern time. ' tomorrow night. . The list includes KGW in MEIf Sllillll Oregnn. , " -. married nntil the prospective t the divorce court. 1IL FALSE CHARGE Partisan Newspaper Photo graphs Used to Misrepre sent Situation LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18 (AP) Photographs purporting to ehow Los Angeles school teachers in structing their pupils in the sing- 1 . IT . I ( .. ins oi nuuTr ,uiiwgu uua were obtained by fraud and mis representation and did not Teflect school conditions, a report sub mitted .to the board of education today by Susan B. Dorsey, super intendent of schools, declared. The photographs were the ba sis of charges made before the board of education by a group of county democratic leaders that teachers in the schools were dis tributing political propaganda favorable to Herbert Hoover, re publican presidential candidate, among their pupils. Mrs. Dorsey said that in her ex perience in educational work she never had encountered a " "more cruel imposition upon a teacher." Members of the board of educa tion said they believed none of the democratic leaders was responsi ble for the alleged fraud. "I desire to report," said Mrs. Dorsey's report, "that two men. representing themselves as pho tographers from one of the daily newspapers of the city, in spite of the refusal of the superintendent's office to grant permission for them to -take pictures of one of the elementary schools, obtained entrance to two of the class rooms by misrepresentation and during the noon hour, using a Hoover song which they themselves had tajcen to the school, posed a num ber of children with their teach ers. The children under the su pervision of their teachers were lunching in their claee room be cause It was a riany day. They were posed in Such a fashion as to make it appear that the occasion was a regular lesson and that the song, was one being actually taught to the children as a part of their school work." Joseph Schenck Supports Hoover NEW YORK. Oct. IS. (API- Joseph M. Schenck, motion pic ture producer, in a statementUs sued through the Hoover-Curtis campaign committee today an. nounced his lntention-rto support the republican candidate. MADE BY BOURBONS Curtis Leads'. Old Time t lorcti Parade in Street By P. M. STEPHENSON Associated Press Staff Writer CAMDEN, N. J., Oct. 18. (AP) -An old time torchlight parade blazed a path to the republican mass meeting In this industrial center tonight presided brer by Senator Charles Curtis, the repub lican vice-presidential nominee. '. Party leaders organized a long automobile procession ' and . It (M under way behind the-flarei of red torchllghtsNftarly In the evening inJ the march on 'the convention hall where the Senator made his first address in tia estate.. - ) Coming ltd Camden late In the afternoon, ; Senators Cunt in dulged In a parade of ' hie own, heading amotor procession " of state and city leaders about Cam den, ColiingswoodV Haddon town OWOCEANTRIP i Little Hope Held That H. C MacDonaldis Still Alive in Tiny Plane I Possibility of Landing op Re mote Island Considered by Friends LONDON1. Oct. IS f AP) Flares burned tonight at Croydon airdome with the slim hope; the Lieutenant-Commander H. C.j Mac Donald, who started at noon yes terday on a trans-Atlantic . fltpbt venture from Harbor Grace. J. might in some fashion have 'es caped the mysterious fate of other such flyers and complete fhe tTTn-., The vchance8 were small how ever that the flara would needed. At 9 1 35 p. rh. eastern standard 'time) there 'bad been no word here of the yewn aviator since his nigh ting by "tb Dutch steamship Hardenberg. 700 miles east and north of Harbor Grace, shortly after midnight last night. At this hour MacDonaM was almost 29 hours out of' Har bor Grace: ft should have taken him not more than 20 honr te reach Ireland had his flight -be4i successful or about 24 boars to reach Croydon. Officials Hold Bat Pain test Ray of Hope Croydon officials tonietrT, though they had not lost 'hope, were decidedly pessimistic Us to the aviator's fate. Among two possibilities mentioned is one that he may have, been blown fair -out of his course and forced to alight on some remote Island the wrt coast of Scotland. There I Is . chance too that In a posnlbfe aliehting at sea he may; hav picked a spot near a nassfngj boat not equipped with wireless.; Pew. however, believed that Ws ! fuel supply could not have become exhausted, although some thought that he had sufficient gasoline to last until four o'clock Friday morning Ml p. m. eastern statWI- . ard time Thursday night). ; Lone Radio Message Carries TJttle Cheer The silence in which the auda cious attempt of MacDonaM In a little Moth plane with a 'jwlng spread of only 28 feet has "bee shrouded since his departure ban ' been broken only by a message which has brought more of thrill than of hope. The Dutch steamship Harden berg, bound for Antwerp!, and about 700 miles east of St. Johns, reported to the Associated jpresu sighting an airplane which passed its position half an hour j after midnight London time, or 7iS0 p. : m., eastern standard time last night. - ! The MacDonald plane had! hop ped off from Harbor Grace at 11:51 yesterday morning and the plane reported by the Hardenberg undoubtedly was the lone British flier. The message records Its progress for nearly eight hours, but leaves a vast abyss of apace and time which imagination and speculation are left to explain hopefully as they may. Miners Agree On New Wage Scaie Alter Argument . j TERttE HAUTE, Ind., Oct 11. (AP) Indiana miners and operators tonight signed a, new wage scale agreement to supplant the old Jacksonville scale, j The action closed a five, weeks' session of the scale committees of tre two organizations. - j The new contract provides for $6.10 per day for day wage 'men, and 9 1 cents a ton for men a tonnage basis, the same scale an addpted several weeks ago in Il linois, j According to the. edict of . tfce International Policy committee tt the United Mine workers, wnicH voted abandonment of the Jack sonville scale last July, the wew agreement must be ratified -kfj convention or referendum vote the members of district No. ll the miners union before it will be effective. ship and other , suburban petnts. Philadelphia and New Jersey officials met. the rice-presidential nominee as he left his private ear late today in Philadelphia. Jnaynr Harry A. Mackey headed the pni adelphia group. Hurrying tbrsng Philadelnhia on his war to Caw den, the senator was given a rows. tog reception by crowds at inm Broad street station and along route to Camden. ': - ; At this dty another welcoming crowd was on hand and many rth ara lined the route on his leasj drive about the suburbs. ' j David Baird, Jr.,' was host to the senator tonight it dinner at hla realdence her. A . olaStom had been built in front of sbe Ratrd home and from this the ator later reviewed part oj tae long automobue parade. es. can Fruit Growers, Inc.