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ft , . SERVICE! ... r v .- .. . ' . U yo failt receive jrour Statesman promptly , teje- ' phone 1 800. Another copy will be tat ion promptly. THE WEATHER Saturday 'a maximum 78; mimlmam 42; rirer 1.0; , mo rala; atiook for clear wr. ther; north winds. i- 7 FOUNDED 1831 :... .. .... 1 .? f i i r SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. iiiouis 1 U: S, AHBHNEY Mrs: Willebrandt on Leaving 'Qfficc' Hints She May Tell Much More humors Prevail That Pro gram Lined Up Was Unsatisfactory WASHINGTON, June 29. (AP) Mrs. Mabel Walker Wille brandt. assistant attorney general, rho baa been much in the public eye for two years because of her aggressive prosecution of prohibi tion' law Ylolators and her-militant political activities in the last pres idental campaign, went quietly out of office today to engage in prl Tate law practice. Before leaving Mrs. Willebrandt made known her intention to issue a statement "to all the newspapers within a short time" and revived gossip as to the cause of her sud den withdrawal from the depart ment of Justice at a time when she was expected to assume the direc tion of prohibition enforcement as well as prohibition prosecution. Offer to Private Practice HeM Attractive Mrs. Willebrandt has never said anything of the cause of her res ignation other than that she had received an attractive offer to re sume private practice which she felt she could not refuse. It was denied at the time both at the White House and at the depart ment that any other factor enter ed into her departure. Rumors preaviled. however, that Mr?. Willebrandt waa not satis fied with the program for her ac tivities after the proposed transfer of the prohibition bureau to the justice department from the treasury. The former woman assistant at torney general did not look kind ly upon having added responsibil ities without having complete free dom of action and there were var ious reports that this bad been denied ber. . During the tight years that Mrs. Willebrandt has been head of the division of the justice department In charge or prohibition enforce ment and supervision vof -?tne fed eral penitentiaries; vne of . the chief aims 'of her work has been directed toward improving the prisons and providing better care , for the Inmates. Clashes Stiff With Warden at Atlanta It was her insistence upon the carrying out of her prison reform Ideas that caused her clashes with John Snook, warden of the Atlan ta federal penitentiary which re ceived much publicity ar d resulted "In removal of the warden. The prison system, she insisted, should be operated scientifically and in an effort to carry out the idea she secured the services of Sanford Bates, prominent penologist as superintendent of federal prisons. T The county court will widen and straighten the eight-mile stretch of road from Gates to Niagara as soon as right of way can be set led. It announced late last week. This piece of road will be a por tion of the highway across the mountains through Hogg pass to Central Oregon. The court now feels that the best grade to follow would be that of the railroad. The matter of route cannot be determined im mediately, but it is expected that Jt can be settled in time to start work on he road next summer. Of the developed roads in Its vicin ity, this eight mile stretch Is con sidered the poorest. Its faults in clude excessive narrowness, steep ness and sharp turns. DR. EDWARD, 82, DIES SPOKANE, June 29, (AP) Dr. Jonathan Edward. 82, author and cletrgyman, died here today. Doctor Edwards, who identified himself with Northwestern Con gregational church in 1886, had established congregations in Ida ho. Oregon and Washington. COURT ROAD TO NBA Crop Conditions Are Very Satisfactory, Survey Made ' ' In Salem District Shows . Crop conditions throughout the Willamette valley are very satis factory " according to a survey made during the week by many of the five score of correspondents which represent The Statesman In t're various communities -4f the . jtfrtr'ict. While enerries are very light. y? tie price will be strong and other fruit crops win compensate m part for the low yield In the cher ry productions. Prunes while spot ted in production seem of a fine duality and tn many districts the yield . is. heavy. The price Is the pest in yeajs. -''. The strawberry season, virtual- 82 MINNEAPOLIS FLIERS ARE DOWN IN ENDURANCE TkST; CLEVELAND PLANE IN AIR Five Passengers Killed In Wreck of Large German Ship I Engine Fails '.wmm LINDAU, Germany, June t9. (AP) Five passengers were killed and two seriously injured today when a new airplane, the D-1W0 of the Bodensee Aero Lloyds line exploded and fell into Lake . Constance. The wreckd machine sank almost instantly. - The catastrophe happened just as the machine was about to alight on the lake. It was only a few feet above the surface when a sharp explosion took place. The plane turned over and sank.. There were seven persons aboard the machine, five passe n gers, a pilot and a. navigation of ficer. Funeral Services For Hon ored Resident, to be Held Monday Funeral services for Mrs. Ma thilda J. Cross, who died Satur day morning after but a few mo ments illness, will be held at the Clough-Huston chapel Monday af ternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Rev. George Swift of St Paul's Episco pal church officiating. Burial will be made in the City View cem etery, besides the grave of her husband, W. H. Cross who died several years ago. Mrs. Cross, who died at the age of 94 years, was a Marion county pioneer, coming to Salem in 1864, with her first husband, D. C. Wat son, and their two oldest children. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Florence Thomp son, 2266 North 5th street, where she bad made her home the past several years. Mrs. Cross had been in excellent health up until her death despite her advanced age and despite the fact that she bad (Turn to Page 12, Column !.) E MEDFORD, Ore., June 29. (AP) Sales of orchard land in the Rogue river valley, for the first six months of this year, will approximate $679,500, the Mail Tribune will say tomorrow, with prospects that the sales for the en tire year will total more than one million dollars. Two large deals are now pending, it is said. The sales range from $112,200 paid 10 days by W. B. Biddle and J. E. Edmlston for the three Oaks orchard property, to $15,500 paid for the Dr. Hickman tract near Central Point early in the year. The chief sale of last week was the purchase of the Gold Crest or chard by E. W. J. Hearty of New York City, president of the E. W. J. Harty Co., precoollng plant op erators and fruit distributors, for $75,000. The 17 orchards involved in the sales are all highly developed and in bearing and in most of the deals the purchaser also requested this season's crop. The deals comprise 1175 acres of bearing orchards. Couples Dash to Obtain Permits A final dash to be included in the list of June weddings occurred Saturday when nine couples ap plied for licenses. Marriage licenses were granted to: Charles Grabeel of Aurora and Bernadine McGoorty of Portland; Harold Wells and Pauline Powell, both of Valsetz; David Henry Schackman of Salem and Ora E. DeCrevel of Sellwood; Sidney Barker and lone Vanderhoof of Salem; Cecil Du Rette of Salem and Nellie Marthaler of Gervnis; Emery Wood of Salem and Alice Mae Taylor of Dayton; Joseph L. Hampton and Mary Barker of Jeff erson; J. Jayes and Lena Derrick of Salem and to Paul Neiswander and Eulalla Lindsay, both of Sa lem. ly at a close this week as far as large production is concerned, has been a splendid one with the can neries taking part of the output. The market price has been very satisfactory to most growers. Grain crops in this district, the corespondents report, are excep tionally good. In the hill district near Silverton frost in winter In jured some, grain but aside from this one 'region, the grain, yield ap pears to he tne best in years. The late spring has kept the crop back but with the coming of the warm days., the crops are making MATHILDA J. CFI03S. PIONEER. IS TAKEN MEDFORD ORCHARDS BRING SUMS amazing progress. m (Tarn to Page S.) 149 Hours Flown-To-. Ward Mark of 1 72 ; MINNEAPOLIS. June, 29 (AP) A spatteriftg motor which gradually lost its power brought a dramatic end today to the gallant attempt of Thorwald Johnson and Owen Hatighland to set a new mark for an endurance airplane flight, after nearly 150 hours of continuous flying. Three struts, holding what is known as the "exact valve mo tion" were sheared off in some un explained manner mechanics ex plained, after they had inspected the ship. This, they said, allowed compression to accumulate in the cylinders, forcing gasoline back into the carburetor and .gradually "smothering" the motor. Land in Pasture South Of St. Paul A farmer's pasture, at Langdon, Minn.. 15 miles south of St, Paul, was the landing field of the tiny Cessna monoplane which for six days and nights bad battled to stay aloft more than 112 hours, the record for endurance flying. During their flight the aviators had successfully maneuvered through wind, hall and rain storms. They had fought and con quered a leaky oil line 'and saw victory almost within their grasp when the sturdy little motor fal tered. Undismayed, Men Will St aft e a Comeback Undismayed by their ill fortune, Haughland who operated an air port at Buffalo, Minn., and John son, a St. Paul aviator, said they would try again. They set their ship down gently in the pasture and it was undamaged. As soon as they have rested and inspected fhe plane, they said, there will be another assault on the record. From the time the fliers took off from the Wold-Chamberlain field here at 5:02 a. m., Sunday until they landed at 10:35 a. m., today they had been in the air 149 hours and 33 minutes. They had 23 hours and 33 minutes to go to sur pass the record of 172 hours 32 minutes. CLEVELAND, O., Juire 29. (AP) Having taken on fuel four times, the monoplane "City of Cleveland." bearing Pilots Roy L. Mitchell and Bryon K. Newcomb in their attempt to break the re fueling endurance record, passed the 28 hour mark at .10: 40 o'clock tonight. They had been in the air since 1:38:51 yesterday evening. At 6:30 p. m., they dropped a message asking for gasoline and stating that everything was going all right. Gasoline was delivered an hour afterward, and prepara tions were made to send up sand- wicnes ana coffee. END'S BODY - FOUND IN RIVER PORTLAND, Ore.. June 29. (AP) The body of Kenneth Hon eyman, 39, a civil engineer, who lived at Palatine Hill, was found in the Willamette river south of the Sellwood bridge todav hv workers on a dredge. The body was weighted with bricks tied in ine trousers. Honeyman had been shot through the head, the bullet en tering above the left temple and coming out over the right eye Deputy Coroner Crabtree was of the opinion Honeyman had taken his own life. His coat and vest were found by police detectives near an old pumping plant on the west side of the river. In the pock ets they found the driver's license which led to identification. Hoover Rides in Car; Roads Too Bad for Junket WASHINGTON. June 29. President Hoover substituted a short automobile ride today In the nearby country, for his customary weekend trip to one of his fishing preserves". The president had planned to visit the fishing ground in the Blue Ridge mountains near Madi son, Va., but upon being informed that heavy rains during the week had left the woods in a thorough ly drenched condition and had badly harmed the condition of the ssldom used road leaking Into th preserve, he called the trip off. Speed of Tanks 1 Jumped Greatly WASHINGTON, June 29 (AP) Three man armored com bat tank hurtled at the rate of 42. 55 miles an hour over rough plow ed fields and sand dunes at Fort George E. Mead today in a demon station test that military experts said placed It 25 years ahead of anything the United States army has at present. The tank was Invented by J. Walter Christie, an automotive en gineer, and can be converted from a caterpillar machine In 14 min- ntes for nse on highways. In its road test. It made a speed of 12. 23 miles an hour. Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, June 30, 1929 BUILDING GOES SALEM IN JUNE Permits of $$168,672 Are Issued m Month and Story Not All Told Improvements Being Made at State Hospital, Pen, ' ' Fairgrounds Building permits to the amount of $168,672 were, issued by the city during the month of June, according to figures given by the city engineer's office Saturday. This total, substantial as it is. only tells part of the story. Buildings constructed by the state within the bounds of the city re quire no permits from the city; consequently the several projects now under way under the super vision of the state are not listed under the above total. At the state penitentiary, two buildings, with a total cost of ap proximately $53,000 are now be ing erected. One of these .is a new garage and storehouse, costing about $18,000. The- other build ing, a three story structure, will house penitentiary offices on the first floor, and will provide quar. ters for women prisoners on the upper two floors. This building ill cost $35,000. $6,5,000 Industrial Plant At State Hospital At the state hospital building projects totalling $100,00 are un der way. One building, costing $65,000 will be an industrial plant. The balance of the work Is taken up with repairs and other improvements. Out at the state fairgrounds is the biggest of all state projects, namely the grandstand, which will cost $125,000. It was report ed Saturday that the work on the grandstand was. at the half way point. The state office building and the new home of the Pacific Tel ephone and Telegraph company are either major projects which are other major projects which information is as ret available on their cost. writes in BOISE, Idaho, June 29. (AP) While Col. Charles A. Lind bergh as yet has not answered the invitation sent him to attend the Western States Aeronautics con ference in Boise next week, the management of the conference is hopeful that he intends Co be present. They point out that the col onel's itinerary is bringing him gradually westward and north ward on his honeymoon air tour, and they are confident he will reach Boise in time for some of the sessions at least, in view of his interest in the purpose of the gathering. LAST TIME TODAY Following the outstanding suc cess of the public showing of his Ben Lomond park home last week, Delmar Bond is opening the house again this afternoon at 1 o'clock for persons who have not yet seen the house and for others who have asked to have "just one more chance" to go through it. Mr. Bond is extending an invitation to everyone to "come again." Although most comment was made on the features of the kit chen, all parts of the honse came in for praise, many persons visited thee house several times during the week. Woman Fatally Injured as Car Goes Off Road LONGVIEW. Wash., June 29. (AP) Mrs. C. A. Kelly, 30, of Skamokawa, was killed and her husband is in the Longriew hos pital with possible Internal injur ies, as the result of an automobile accident on the temporary ocean beach highway, eight miles west of Longvlew this evening. Few de tails were available but it was in dicated that their car was travel inw toward Longvlew when it was crowded off the highway and roll ed down a steep embankment. The little Kelly boy escaped In Jury." WANTS WOMEN TO HELP -CHICAGO. June 2f. (AP) The Rev. C. Ftckenscher of Sac ramento. Calif., speaking today at the two day exposition which which closes the 34th triennial convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Missoury Synod, urged that . "Christian .women " devote more time to service in the church." , ' . 010 CONVENT! MODEL HOME OPEN Sp a in Overjoyed By Me ws That Her Four Flyers Live; Airplane Seven Days A f loat Their Rescue A Miracle kY-- rip -::--' 'M fcw t r 7 j a I . : 54?y :J 1 ' 1 s. ' V. J MS -vS: I i f, r -' J Major Franco, left; Major A Ida, right and Senor Madariago, left, were three principal members of the party picked up at sen Saturday morning after hope of their rescue had been virtaally abandoned. MAJOR RELATES STORY Airplane Fliers' Rescue Is Almost Miracle WINDS BUFFET AIRSHIP LONDON, June 29. (AP) -The dramatic story of the harrow ing adventures of the missing Spanish airmen and their rescue at dawn this morning by the Brit ish aircraft carrier Eagle, told in simple and tense language of Ma jor Ramon Franco aboard the res cue, ship today. Revealed that the fliers had flown beyond the Atores and were attempting to beat their way back when they ran out of gasoline. Late this afternoon the British WASHINGTON, June 29. (AP) The Bethlehem Shipbuild ing corporation of New York and the Puget Sound navy yard are to build the first two ships of the 15 light cruisers and one aircraft car rier naval construction program. The navy department announced today the award of these contracts and made it known that the other three cruisers on which bids were opened June 15 will be awarded within a few days. The Bethlehem bid provided for one cruiser to be built at ita Quin cy, Mass., yard within 36 months at a cost of 110,753,000. The Puget Sound yard estimated it could build a cruiser for $8,838, 000 within 40 months. Echo Man up For High Office in Education Field ATLANTA, Ga., June 29. (AP) F. C. Fitrpatrick, superin tendent of schools at Echo, Ore., was nominated by the Oregon State delegation today to be a member of the board ol director of the National Educational asso ciation. The election of the directors, one from each state, will be held Wednesday. PEAR PRICE UP MEDFORD, Ore., June 29. (AP) Fruitmen estimate that 12,000 tons of the Rogae River pear crop of this season has been sold to northwest and California scanners, at prices going to 182.50. - DENVER SWELTERS DENVER, dlo., June 21 (AP) -For the second consecutive day Denver experienced a temper ature of 94 degrees, the highest of the: summer. Many residents tonight were seeking reilet,in the mountains for the week-end. - PU6ET SOUND 10 TO BUILD GRUISEH admirality received the following statement of what happened in Major Franco's own words from the Eagle, now speeding to Gib raltar with the four rescued air men. The message read: "Following is a statement . by Major Franco: "We left Los Alcazares at 5 p. m., on June 21, passing Cap-? St, Vincent at 9 p. m. "From Gibraltar we were for ced to gain height owing to the excesssive air disturbances. Clouds and Wind Combine to be Barrier "From Cape St. Vincent to the Azores was an uninterrupted layer of clouds, above which we had to fly, and later another cloud layer formed above us. The intended time of arrival at the Azores was $ a. m., Greenwich meridian time (5 a. m., eastern standard time) on the 22nd, but a strong wind which we were unable to forsee or check in flight caused us to pass over the Azores during the dark (Turn to Pago 12, Column 1.) SUBSTWIFTS While several substantial dona tions for the permanent camp of the Boy Scouts of the Cascade area came into The Statesman of fice Saturday, the mark of $300 set by the scout officials as the amount of money needed to pro vide materials for the permanent summer of the scouts in the Me hama district was still unattained andt he drive for money will con tinue into this week. Tuesday The Statesman will publish a list of all donors to date and the total amount of money subscribed. It urges citi zens of Salem who believe in the development of their greatest as set, the boys of the community. to give generously to this needed improvement, one which will be permanent and of wide service to the scout movement. McNarys are Due Here on Tuesday Senator and Mrs. C. L. McNary will arrive home Tuesday from Washington, according to a tele gram received in Salem Saturday, They will be met in Portland by relatives. Senator and Mrs. Mc Nary will spend more than month at their country home lo cated a few miles north of Salem. Daring his stay in Ore gun Sen ator McNary will Inspect a num ber of harbor and river projects. He will return to Washington in August. consnn Azores Passed iri Dark ness; Attempt, to Return Fails as GaS Runs Out MADRID, June 29. (AP) All Spain poured into the streets of cities and villages today in one vast, roaring demonstration of na tional joy for the discovery this morning of the four Span ish aviators who had been lost and despaired of since they failed. to arrive in the Azores Islands last Saturday. Afloat at sea through storms, hunger and fatigue in their Dornier Wal seaplane, Major Ramon Franco and his three comrades on a round trip flight from Spain to New York, were picked up by two British airplanes from the air craft Carrier Eagle about 100 miles southeast of Santa Ma ria Island, the Azores. Five nations sent in vain ships and airplanes to search for them through a week of anxious watch ing, which turned slowly to de spair, before the Eagle discovered the aviators close to the very spot where the Spanish government thought they had landed last Sat urday. Mysterious Message Tells of Landing A mysterious apd untraced mes sage, purporting to be from Major Franco, then said the fliers were landing on San Miguel Island, nearest of the Azores group to Santa ... Maria where they were found by British airplanes scout ing without hope but on a chance of finding them. On board the Eagle for Gibral tar tonight, Major Franco himself explained the mystery of their dis appearance in the first direct ac count given of the flight. He said they passed over the Azores in the dark, and the clouds Friday sight and when they turned back their gasoline supply gave out. They made for Fayal, Major Franco explained, "but owing to a strong headwind we ran out'of gasoline about 40 miles from that point." "A strong northeasterly wind drifted us to the south and on the following day, the 23rd. we were about 100 miles from Fayal," he related. Shifting of Wind Threatened Men at Sea "The wind shifted to the south west and drifted us toward the island of Santa Maria. From the 24th to the 27th winds of varying force and .direction drifted us about. On the morning of the 27th the situation was extremely dangerous." At dawn today the aviators were located by the Eagle's planes. Major Franco praised his own airplane, saying, "the behavior of the airplane and engine was mag nificent." With him were Major Eduardo Gonealex Gallarza, pilot, Captain juiio kuix de Alda, navigator, and Sergeant Pedro Madariaga, me chanic. Ford Memorial Annual Picnic Set for Fourth The Sunday school coner;ea- tlon of the Ford Memorial church in West Salem will hold its an nual picnic Thursday. July 4. at the Fred deYies grove at Pra- tum. Members and friends will meet at the church at 9:30 o'clock that morning. Besides a potluck dinner at noon, games and races will be held in the af ternoon. A baseball game between the Ford Memorial Sunday school team and the Pratum Methodist boys will be a particularly excit ing feature, the program commit tee promises. Rev Meredith Groves is pastor of the church. 25 Cities Represented at Meeting Held in Eugene on Friday; Fred Williams Goes Twenty-five cities, covering an area extending from Baker, on the east to Coos Bay and Tillamook on the west and from Astoria to Medford, were represented at the meeting of the League of Oregon Cities in Eugene Friday, reports Fred A, Williams, Salem city attor ney, who presided at the , after noon session. Financial , problems of cities were the central topic of discus sion, which resulted in proposals to change to budget law and regu lations as to the manner of mak ing assesmesnts. , " It was brought out that many cities were required by their char ters' or ordinances to keep dupli PRICE FIVE CETJTS ."ft.,- BRIDGE TOt' Courrcil Monday Night te be Queried on Reason noil Action is Taken V Aldermen Want to Know Al so Why Liberty Street Route Stays Shut Just why action promised two months ago has not been forth coming on the part .of the - city bridge department in fhe matte of the North Commercial street bridge over North Jtfill creek, will . be queried by council member at Monday night's meeting. It was stated, the last time this matter was broached by Alderman Hal Patton, that difficulties in connection with the necessary sight of way Lad been responsible for the delay, but the promise was made that plans would be started immediately. Later it developed that the land desired for right of way was prin cipally In the swale bordering on. the mill stream, had but little value and the 'owners were under stood to be willing to turn It over to the city for little or nothing. Onr Small Triangle Xeels to lie Condemned One small triangle on the east side of the street, north of the creek, would have to be eon- -demned, it was predicted; bur so far no legal steps toward this end have been announced. Mo?t of the land needed for widening the street on that side already is own ed by the city. , The motion passed by the coun cil about two months agv instruct ed the bridge engineers to prepare immediately, plans for a bridge the full width of the street south of the creek. The present bridge Is barely wide enough to penult the passage of two vehicles. ' .. Another matter on which the "how come" query will be forth coming, is the opening of ttte South Liberty street bridge. Thif span, the most costly In the en tire program, has been ready far use for a number of weeks, the ens- vert and fill have been completed so far as the city's portion is con cerned, i All that remains to be done is the raising of the Southern Pa cific spur track along the sesth side of Trade street to grade; the company has' been notified that this was to be done and has made promises bt hasVaken wo action. Espee Franchise Problem la up for Decision Other important Issues before the council Include the disposi tion of the ordinance recently passed granting to the Southern Pacific Motor Transport company the franchise which it had asked. After the referendum had been invoked in a campaign led - by North Salem residents, the com pany rejected the terms of the franchise, and a movement to re peal it was started. The repeal er dinance failed to come to a vote when Alderman David O'Hara voted "no" on suspension of the rules. t fi It has been claimed that the franchlnse ordinance is void even without the repeal, following tra rejection by the company. It was (Turn to Page 12. Column J.) IS E PRATUM, June 2S. General merchandise to the value of 150 was taken from the store of the Pratum Mercantile company early Saturday morning by thieves who gained entrance by removing' a glass from the front doqr. V.'J. Krehbiel Is owner of the store. . Articles stolen included shoes, gloves, pocket knives, flashlights end batteries and cigarettes. No damage was done to the store oth er than the removal of the glass. No trace of the thieves has been found that will indicate their iden tity or number. It is believed "by Mr. Krehbiel that boys entered the store as all articles taken were ones that would appeal to young sters more than to a thief. cating sets of books In the record er's and treasurer's office. City Debt Growl . v In Many Towns Oregon's 'municipal indebted ness is now considerably greater than the municipal debt of all cit ies in the United States in 1810, one speaker declared. The muni cipal debt for the entire natien was $51,000,000 at that time; now the cities of Oregon owe $74,-000,t00.-rr:': - , That, however, is not an Indica tion that the cities are : on - un sound financial footing, for a large share of the debt is repre sented by municipally owned pub lie utilities, it -was explained. PRATUM STORE D SATURDAY ir .- ti ?.' -. 1 V. Vvf-VJ.