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mm NEAR NG Thrilling Accounts of Brave Rescue Resound to Credit olSeamen By W.. WM. CHAPLIX Associated Pres Sta'f Wrier XEW YORK. Jan. 28 (AP The, rescued crew 01 the Italian steamer Florida, tonirht were still en the sea that almost de. Toured them, but wireless dis patches to the Associated Press from the captains of the Florida and the rescue ship America had preceded them ashore to tell of the maritime etie enacted on the stormy stage of the ocean's fury The two dispatches fitted to. gether like chapters of the same book, a book to hold the amazing Interest of landsmen. The dispatch from Captain George Fried of the United States Liner America told of his recep tion of the Florida's S. O. S.. and his race Into the leaning fury of the storm that had broken the lit tle freighter like a child's toy wa gon thrown Into busy traffic. It told of the rescue of the 32 aboard the Florida by nine men from the America In a lifeboat that must have seemed no more secure than a blrchbark canoe in those tre mendous wares. Harrowing Account Told And Captain Gulseppe Faroloro of the Florida told of the ion days before the rescue, the storm that beat his little tramp Into a he I pi era derelict to which he and his crew hnng with a desperate "hone against all reason. The story of the wreck and the rescue as revealed by the two cap tains begin on January 10 when the Florida left Pensacola, Fla. for Naples with a tramp's regular load of general cargo and an ex tra . load of lumber piled on il? deck. The next day a man was 'lost overboard while securing this lum ber. Storms Continue From the 12th of January the bad weather continued and the Florida pushed her blunt nose 'hrough mounting wares until the 20th when the first crisis was en countered. Jut before midnight 'he rudder chain broke and then be nan the struggle for life that did not end until late rescue three days later. All night the Florida was steered by liand. Temporary repairs were mode the next day but they failed te hold and al! that day the steam er wallowed in Increasing storm with wares breaking orer her. On January 22 Captain Faroloro rea zed that nothing he could do would sare him and he ordered hi? wireless man to send out an S O S. Ship Turns To Rescue As soon as It was sent out. Captain Faroloro said, the Amer ican steamer Dannedlake. which wis about 50 miles away, respond ed and said she would tome to herasslstance. As It happened the Dannedlake broke her own rudde enr scarcely an hour after the Florida's. 8 O S she asked for aid barselt. saying she was sinking Apparently the Florida did not get tkU message. .'But the America. 350 mile? way, had got both distress call? and was ploughing har way to the rescue. The Dannedlake rigged up a Jury rudder before the America arrived and started limping off for Bermuda. She reported today he would probably reach there tomorrow. Ia the meantime, between the FlrVa's two SOS calls, the wave had washed away the bridge, chart house with all navl gttlon books, a lifeboat and part of" the deck load, and had smashed In (he bunker hatch. The ship roll ed,over to Its starboard gunwales and water poured through the broken hatch. 1JIE0 IT PROBE OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.. Jan. 25. (A P) Oklahoma's best known Confidential secretary; who has caused many a capltol visitor to cool his heels outside the gov ernor's office, today was assigned a waiting role by the legislatire committee inquiring into Intimate details of the administrative fam ily of Henry S. Johnston, sus pended governor. Mrs. O. O. Hammonds, the secretary,-appeared today before the house investigating committee, a? she had been directed, but was in formed that other witnesses were ahead and was told to return to morrow. ?he committee had spent much time striving to fathom toe, suc cess of Reed Scott, Mrs. Ham - mend's brother. In selling road machinery to the state highway department and the activities of her uncle, James "W. Armstrong as an attorney for a bonding com pany which underwrote successful bidders on highway contracts. FURTHER SCANDAL Octogenarian ?. Banquet ? HELLO DAD If you were born In 1849 or earlier and - now. live in Salem, Oregon you should call up Patton'a " , Book Store, give your name, age, residence and place 1 S)t birth. You will then get & tree ticket to the Octo genarian Banquet and also freg admittance to the Bligh Capital Theatre to see and v - ' A rare treat is in store for you. The Banquet will be held at the Elk's Temple on February 15 at the noon hour. The pictures at two o'clock p. m. , : V Get your tickets today 'or tomorrow that we may know how many to prepare for. -r It is the desire that all live In Salem accept and attend this banquet. Transportation will be furnished, on request. lass A n Tim By ROE FULKERSON READ THIS FIRST: Hettj Brow, feeling that the ha r developed tk mental ni under derelopeJ her phra4eal rhara, decide to take up daneinf at a summer eamp. Juit before the leaves for tamp Harry Ford take her for a ride. He had kitted her pre rio'jtly, bat never at he kitted her food riK;'ivt fhii nt"". "j"1"" '' ara il th- kitt wa rWpTiment or an intuit. (NOW GO OX WITH THE STORY) THE dancing school at Selik off's summer camp was to open on Monday morning. True to his promise Harry Ford came in his rattling, sign-bedecked little car to take Betty to the school on Sunday afternoon. She felt embarrassed before he came, remembering the twt kis fes be had given her the last night she had been out with hlmr hut she was first surprised, then piqued, that he made no reference to the occurrence. Perhaps the kisses had meant little to him, although they meant much to her. She determined to take her cue from htm. They chatted of Immaterial things all the twenty-five miles to the school. As he drove through the gate he put his hand on the but ton of the raucous-voiced horn of the little car and kept it. there Mil they pulled up in front of the main building. Girls rushed out pel! mell like bees out of a disturbed hive, hesi tating when tftey realized that the car brought a newcomer tc "lie school, instead of a pupil whe iad been with them In the winter. Selikoff followed them In p more dignified way and greeted Betty with her charming smile. "Welcome, Betty"! Is Disturb ing Element here a friand of yours?" She indicated Harry at ?he spoke. "Well. I like that! Here I ring you a future Pavlowa and he very best girl I ha-ve at the no men t and you call me Disturb :;g Element!" "You and Trouble foot It hand a hand, young man. The less 1 ee of you the better I shall lore ou!" Her smile robbed the peech of any unklndness. Shf urned to Betty. "Last summer hat boy wanted to be the pet in tie of our bathing pool. He "an run around more without get n anywhere, talk more without saying anything, waste more time vithout doing anything, than any reature I have ever seen." "Ah. at last I have found i voman who1 appreciates my true worth!" exclaimed Harry. "It I ;ust had a rtag and a preacher I would marry you this minute." "That .has happened to me sev sral times already," laughed Sell 'toff. "Get the baggage off that !ot on my landscape and take it iway from here." "I am thinking of staying foi linner." "Better think again. Second thoughts are always beat. I don't vant the' girls prejudiced against uy new pupil." "Ladies, meeting me is a pleas ure not denied but deferred. Bet y. Selikoff is a good woman, an' -ood women are always dlsagree ible. Farewell ror the nonce vhatever that is." He backed his car out of tb ?ate and disappeared. Betty saw he had made a good Impression 'or the group of girls watched ilm out of sight with every face smiling. Selikoff had called Betty by er first name when she arrived, ind now Introduced her to the -ther girls, using their first amea only. "We are all one family down here. Betty. We have no form- illty of dress or deportment. There is a certain routine of work is to be done, and we all do It with a will. But it is all in formal and friendly. Including the callings down I give the girls. But you will find out all about that on Monday. "Lucy, show Betty around, and tell her where to take her things." A plump little blonde girl licked up Betty's bag against her protest and took her into the sec ond largest building, the dormi tory where the girls slept. On one side of the room was a row of comfortable-looking single beds of white enamel. Opposite aach was a dresser with mirror and chair. Lucy "helped Betty put away her clothes, pushing the suit case under her bed. Then she showed her the shower baths half a dozen of which were at the end of the room, and suggested they go around the buildings and grounds. The main building had one large room with a hardwood floor and a big fireplace at one end. Around It were mirrors, chairs and divans, while the rugs and decorations were of such va riety as to show they had been gathered from many corners of the globe. . Betty learned that Selikoff had traveled extensively In her pro fessional capacity. Her artistic touch extended to the landscape gardening and decorations of the hear the talking pictures. men 80 years" or older wha The THE STORYOF A GIRL WHO MADE MEN LIKE. HER C 1929 by Central Press AagodatSofr," Tsc' various buildings. Her mother, was a fine white-haired Irish wo man irho mothered all the girls. Mrs. Casey was as proud of her name as was Selikoff of hers. Near the main building was a large, open-air dining tent with a kitchen attached ' which was not opea. From this kitchen ran a covered walk to the studio, so meals could be served there in in clement weather. There were twenty-five or more acres In the camp, through which ran a tinkling brook which fed the swimming pool. The grounds were surrounded by a thatched fence of split poles woven with wire, which served to keep the curious from the dancing and swimming girls. The swimming pool was con crete at one end only. There were the diving boards and the steps where the swimmers emerg ed from the water, but the other three sides of the pool were bordered with trees and shrubs, giving ft a natural beauty sur passing any formal pool. Betty had learned swimming in high school, and was delighted at the prospect. "We almost live is bathing suits," explained Lucy. "I hope you have several of them, for we both dance and swim in them." "I have." aaid Betty. "Lois told me what to get." "Oh, you are a friend of Lois!" exclaimed Lucy. "Are you go ing to dance professionally, or are you just taking . it up for fun?" "I want to improve my figure and my grace!" laughed Betty. "Gosh, you are lucky!" replied Lucy. "I have to dance in a chorus all winter to get money enough to come here in the sum mer In the hope that some day I can do solo work. I am poo as a church mouse and have to' fight fat every minute. I wish I were thin as you." Betty was thrilled to know Lucy was one of the chorus girls he had beard so milch about. She had Imagined them covered with diamonds and bathing only in champagne, but this pretty girl wssj very different from her men tal picture of chorus girls in general. Many old and new pupils ar rived, and when they sat down at dinner that night Betty count ed twenty-six girls, her associ ates for the next three months. She smiled as Bhe remembered her mother's dread of her asso ciating with these girls. Some were dancing teachers, others were social workers in charge of playgrounds, and about half of them were girls on the stage Or in night club choruses. Betty could see no difference In manner or conversation between these girls and any other chatter ing group of glTls anywhere. Mrs. Casey sat at one end of the table and Selikoff at the other. Betty heard Mrs. Casey call to one girl. "Myrtle. If you must rest your 3 1 bows on something. I will find roa an arm chair!" The girl took her elbows off the fible. but did not seem to resent the criticism. Eleven o'clock was bed time on Saturday and Sunday nights, and ten o'clock on the other nights. Betty's bed was next to that of Lois, who came In after dinner. Betty was gladof this, as It made her feel less lost In this -rowd of girls. Long after the lights were out Betty lay sleepless, but finally went to sleep, to be aroused by a bell and Lois shaking her -.boulder. "Hurry up. sleepy head! We have exactly five minutes to dress and get to the bar!" Lois tossed aside her pajamas, and grabbed the scanty black bath in ir suit that was almost a uniform at he school. At home Betty always lar a comfortable fifteen minutes In bed after waking, bo all this sud den energy in the dormitory was bewildering: And o was the ab solute Indifference with which the girls dashed around tn var ious degrees of nudity. They were as unconscious of their bodies as Betty was conscious of them, so she felt she must have Now Playing Shows at 2:00, 4:10, 0:00 9.-0O !e!ic$r star (m mm T.a-tS - 19 umiMixK m W It ICW 1 3A The xnuaac coie by HtUU Klf&K.'MfrfcXD with 100O VOICES Singing the love theme "MARIE" by IRVING BERLIN , . KABYL NORMAN ' If - lr New Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oregon, Sunday Morning, January 27, 1929 BUI PURCHASES HIT OF ARMS Anxiety Aroused Among Di plomatic Circles as War , Again Threatens WASHINGTON. Jan. 26 (AP) Large purchases of arms re ported being made in Europe by Bolivia aroused the anxiety here today of the state department and of Latin American diplomats who feared that the differences be tween Bolivia and Paraguay over their recent frontier clashes might flare up again. Word from the Chilean govern ment that it had prohibited about a month ago tfee passage through its territory of arms aaid to have been en route to Bolivia and the recent Argentine action in seizing similar shipments destined for the La Paz government bad hereto fore served to reassure the state department that a situation threat ening the tranquility of South America was not likely to be cre ated again? . The v reports which reached Washington were to the effect that an order amounting to sev eral million dollars had been placed by the Bolivian government with a large British munitions firm and that thl3 order has been sublet In part to the continental subsidiaries of the British con cern. The first shipments were reported already en route to Bo livia. No arms have been shipped to Bolivia from the United States, it was said at the state department. Although the Washington admin istration deplored any traffic in arms such as has been reported, it was said that American arms manufacturers could only be re strained from supplying weapons, under a presidential proclamation ordering an embaro on materials of war. SUICIDE MESSAGE LEFT PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 26. (AP) A suicide note, hastily scribbled on the back of a calen dar leaf explained the death hero Friday of Mrs. Frank E. Portello and her 16 months old son. found in a gas filled kltcben by the fa ther on his return . from work. "The devil has a hold of me," the note stated. Ill health was advanced by the coroner for the tragedy. When Portello left his home this morning, Mrs. Portello called from the door: "Don't forget to bring the groceries." Portello, a packing plant em ploye, found tjje baby dead In its crib and the mother, still clad in her nightgown, stretched across the bed. Ship Lines File Protest Against Proposed Trade SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 25. (A P) Fifty-two sheamshlp lines en tering the port .of San Francisco today addreeed a petition to Gov ernor C. C. Young asking his. aid In preventing the proposed trans fer of waterfront control from the state to the city of San Francisco. The petition cited that the ex tensive waterfront pier and re. frlgerator terminal construction program on which the state has embarked must not be Interrupted by a change of control. Among the signers was Captain Robert Dol lar, president of the Dollar Steam shin company, dean of Pacific coast shipping men. the wrong slant. "Hey. you. that wasn't a 'Per haps' bell. That was a 'No Fool In' bell." somebody yelled at her. Half a dozen girls pulled the cov ers off, yanked her out of her pajamas and Into a bathing suit, tied her halrup with a ribbon and ran out of the dormitory and up the dewy grass on the hillside. ' (TO BE CONTINUED) Starts Today Feature at 2:40 . 4:50 7:0O - 9: IB ih - SOUKI.-! picture: LYDELL A HIGGINS g? jm ltd Straight Tips From Salem . Popular Star. Featured Corrine Griffith, noted star, ing today on the Elsinore theatre Awakening Opens Showing Today at Capital Theatre Finally starred in her own right In "The Awakening." which comes to BligNTs Capital theatre today.' Vilma Banky, known far and'wide in moviedom as the "Hungarian Rhapsody," can now turn back and look with some pride over the steps she has climbed to the top of the screen ladder in the last three years. Hers has been no mushroom burst of splendor, fading as sud denly as it appeared. Thanka to her own good sense and the tac tical ability of Samuel Goldwyn, who first brought her to the Unit ed States, she can congratulate herself on possessing a firm and sound hold on the movie public. In "The Awakening." Miss Banky's role presents here in a new mood, fitting enough for her final elevation to the height of a picture career. In previous pic tures she has been nearly always a young woman of beauty and B ALWAYS SALEM'S FINEST ENTERTAINMENT LAWRENCE STOCK COMPANY in A 2-ACT FARCE COMEDY A on The- I sm EH DOROTHY SEBASTIAN JOHN HARRON in "THEIR S- COMEDY NEWS n EH HDEffl ELSINORE-SATwfeFEBUARY 2 c edition ou bal d:-3 quatre arts (4 Arts Ball EdiKon) FIRST TIME HERE BIG .PRICES .. V who b featured tn "Outcast, open- r screen. charm enough -but lacking an op portunity to display the dynamic part of her nature. Marie Ducrot, the heroine of "The Awakening," however, is a iittle Alsatian peas ant girl capable of defying whole regiments of cavalry and manag ing a farm, a household, and a grandfather without, faking ime off .from her day dreads. ' t Woman, Husband Attacked in Home SPOKANE. Wash.. Jan. 25. (AP) The body of a woman was found near the bed In her "home and her husband was found in bed and unconscious in another room when police called to investigate why the man had not reported for work tonight. The woman was Mrs. Johanna Winkleman, wife of Herman G. Winkleman, a janitor: Cause of the tragedy was not known by police. Asker Is there any field for new poets. Teller Yes; potter's field. The Pathfinder. LJU f W llf 'M IV f I 1 l A iff I i U I nUl THE LOVQ BOAT - er.nDRRAT10:i -TROC OPlnVB avIWB Df BIRLa ? TO PJ Show Shops SHI'S SPiGEft REVEL HERE S 4vsa aroi i-onnolaseurt are .t.iMina. ,,n their smoked glasses i- -nutation of the advent-! the new "Gay Paree" to Elsinore theatre, Saturday, February 2., r.aat th nlous be mistaken in entering the playhouse under the assumption that the performance is of a chautauquan nature n Shuberts identify the 1928 version of the show a3 being "L'Edition du Bal des Quatre Arts," (Four Art Ball Edition), that annual revel that causes some to raise hands in horror. In the coming exhibition the Gallic flavor is apparent With the exception of the all new rural characterizations , of "Chic" Sale and the brash jovialities of Stan ley Rogers, one might well believe oneself In an orchestra seat at the Foliea Bergere or Moulin Rouge, It is reported. "Gay Paree" has always been associated with excellently bal-aL-.fei casts and a performance ex celling In speed. In both of these tne current revue Is said to live up to the reputation of Its pre decessors. In addition to sale ana Rogers the roster includes: Frank Gaby. La Pulchra, the loveliest being In the world. Sylvia Froos, Franklyn Batie. Kelo Brothers, Margie Evans, Margherita Mar ino, Virginia Murray, Lillian Herbert, Oliter Reese,. Geschrey & Hully, Charlotte Terry, John McDowell and Charles Mac. An extra feature is promised in the famous troupe of girls. Corinne Griffith Star in Elsinore Feature Picture Perhaps never has CorJnne Grif fith appeared to greater advantage than In the role of Miriam, a girl 01 with a heart of gold and a soul ELSINORE TODAY is OUTCAST TALK! and more TALK I Everyone will be TALKING about beautiful Corinne . . . Her most colorful . . . emotion al role . . . This silent version of the great stage play differs from anything you've seen . . . LOOK! the cast . . .Mrs. Adolph Menjou-Loulse Fanzenda-Sam Hardy-Huntly Gordon-Lee Mo ran, others. Lateet News Events Comedy A Study In color "When Skim Are Blue" Mac Donald At the Organ Fanchon A Marco (Wednesday) With Sally O'Neill la person QRACEL.ET BANGAVY ini V LILLIAN above her sordid eurround'nt who not only rises to great height loves In "Outcast" which is her latest starring vehicle. This is t.. screen attraction at the EUin.Vrn today. The stellar role made famous on the stage by Elsie Ferguso-- orer a aecaae ago, calls for real character delineation and gh-os Miss . Griffith an opnortunhv tremendous emotional depths rim. trastrd with lighter moiiPi which bring Into play h- kw.,,' comedy sense. Edmund Lowe who lg onn , r the star gives a very flnisK-.i p... formance. Others Who appear support of Miss Griffith ar Kv - ryn Carver (Mrs. Adolph Men jo- i Huntley Gordon, Sam Harly. !.,. ise Fazenda, James Ford. In addition to the regular r . ture presentation a corned v an i latest news events, with Ma.ii.. aid at the organ, make up a balanced program. Bilgewater I hear you enc.u. age your son to send his poetry to ' the magazines. Do you wru.: him to get the conceit knmn -l out of him. The Pathfinder. HOLLYWOOD TODAY - MONDAY Colleen Moore In 66IJq . 25c Corinne Griffih ind EDMUND LOWE in 99 PRICKS - Mat. 25c Eve.. 50c 24 I tt--! r aa0!l5ME It A X K OA li Y i STANLEY ROGERS 5TlTOTRCX5rKLYN BATIE KBCH01FJR0UPE GESCHREY HULUY El 1 MARGHERITA MDRANU HBRBEH). n 'BW , 2 a lit l 1 a v.