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Reinhart, Mendell Down Aker Completing Epic Of-Air
MORE Till 10 TWO Planes Race BUHSIMMS IB l " Fortune in Opium Confiscated I nnrMTrij jn
DAYS SPENT IN Across Atlantic) iHUBlS SSSfc ,:, , . OPEN MEETING
; SKY BY FLYERS From Paris Field mjMti J "i AM " HTKS
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Fluttering of Tail f Group is
Reason for Finish of
Record Flight
Time Spent Aloft Amounts
to 246 hours, 43 Min
utes,! 32 Seconds
'EffttlTY, Calif., July 12.
Ten days and a quarter
a new! epic of -In air was
written here! today ;,irhea the
Trhcls of a stocnd-hand Buhl
a'rplanc powered by a second
hand fright whirlwind motor,
ton-hod pround. Loren V,'. Men
d H.i of Los Alleles, 4nd Roland
P. rete-' Tttinhart, of Salem,
Ore, came to earth at 2:13:02 p.
ii'.. in a perfect landing. They
established k record ot 24G hours
4:! minutes j a :.d 32 second-!, ex-cf-eding
the previous record by
72 hours, it 'aiiia'tes and 33 sec
onds. I J
The erHtllhis dfnel luJv.ecn !
mai 'atirt machine in hi s m n p-n if- L
leant endurance test f the skies
ended in a draw as such, for both
man and ebgine were ready to
carry on. It was thei fabrication
of the second hand ship which
gave way. The flight was brought
to an end when the tail group
stcited fluttering tirid made
-impossible to carry on the 38th
refueling. , I I
Engine's Pei fornwnce
L-wlfd By Mvvitlell
We have to give the, engine cre
dit for everything," was the fir?t
comment of Chief Pilot Mendell
as he clambered from the shipt
"Never before has an airplani
engine done anything like this."
The old' Anjfelena, iseeond-han
ship, had traveled some 17,001
miles before the flight, and the
Wright whirlwind engine had a
similar record, some 450 hours in
the atr before it was reserviced
for this flight. In fact, it was
Just an undertaking of veterans,
for the two fliers were veterans
trained to discipline i and endure
ance under trying conditions ip
World 'war field and sea servicer
and the refueling ship was a re
tired night mail flieT which had
gone 250,000 miles. j
. Previous Record .
I Put In Shade
The previous record for endur
ance flight with refueling was
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BE TRIED AT MILL
Test installation of a cinder" ex
terminator at the Oregon Pulp
and Paper company's plant has
proven a success, except that the
heat necessary to burn the' cinders
is so great that is is destroying
the exterminator, it was reported
by F: L. Leadbetter, official ot
the company who, was in Satera
Friday. It will benecessary to
find a more fire resistant materi
al. Mr. Leadbetter emphasized that
the company is planning to do
everything possible I to eliminate
the cinders. So far, the exter.
minator has been 1 installed for
experimental purposes, under on
ly one of the three smokestacks,
and its success is evidenced by a
rnmnarlRon be twee ft the smoke is
suing from Jhat stack and that
which eome m"1" f"e oluer mo
(APT
aloft
CUED DEVICE TO
Frank Miller of Albany
Appointed by Patterson
To Public Service Group
FYank Miller of Albany Friday
was appointed i by) Governor Pat
terson a member af the state pub
lic service commission to succeed
L. E. Bean, chairman, who died
tV "denly at bis home here Hst
Saturday. ;j J
Announcement of the appoint
ment was made following a con
ference attended! by- Govemot
Patterson, Mr. Miller and other
memkers lot the public service
commission. Mr. Miller assumed
his new duties immediately follow
ing the conference. ! i
. Mr. Miller was elected ss secre-i
tary of the old state railroad com-!
mission In the year 189$. He
served In that capacity until lilO,'
when he was appointed a membef
of the commission to succeed Os-
v.E?d Wet, "ho Tesigned to bo-
Polish and French Aviators Winging West in
Effort to Reach New York; Coste Tells
Authorities He's Tokyo Bound
LE BOUEGET, July 13. (AP) (Saturday) The first
great race by air across the North Atlantic was under
way early today with two Polish j aviators and two French
fliers competing for first "honors.
Ludwik Idzikowski and Casimir Kubala, Polish fiiers,
took off at "4:47 a. m., (10:47 p. im., E. S. T. Friday) in a
small Amiot sequiplane in an attempt to reach New York
Dieudonne Coste, with his mechanic, Jacques Bellonte,
took off 45 .minutes later at
5:32 a. m., (11:32 p. m., E. S.
T. Friday) still mysterious
about his destination, which
liad been . announced as. Tokyo,
but which everyone accepted as
being New York.
The Poles made a beautiful
stact, lilting their plane in 1,000
s"1 ".sisiir.sriHuiie 0ven PrePared for Bis
Ing
Coste's machine,
which was
(Question
christened the
Mark), took almost half as much
longer and rose more slowly when
it was off the ground. It was
much heavier than the Pole's!
plane apd had iade only tOf feet
altitude at a point where the
Poles had climbed to 150 feet.
I'ostes Announce
Wrong Destination
The Frenchman was mysterious
to the last about his destination
but there was no one at Le Boug
get who aia not take it for grant-
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Unio,n Pacific Train Crashes
zdver William Madsen
( Near Troutdale
iWilliam Stadsen. age 28, of Sil-yeEtB-was
killed by east bound
Union Pfteific train No. 12 on
Thursday. The accident occurred
near Troutdale.
The engineer nd fireman on
the train saw the young man on
the track ahead and slowed down,
He stepped from the track but
just before the train reached him
he stepped back on the track. ,
A physician, who was passenger
on the train, gave first aid but
Mr. Madsen died before the train
leached Hood iRiver. The physi
cian reported that Mr. Madsen
showed no evidence of being in
toxicated and no cause for his
action can be determined.
The body was unidentified and
k:pt at Hood RiTer.
Chief of Police Henry Storll of
Silverton saw a notice in a Port
land paper that the accident had
occurred and that the only means
of identification on the body was
a membership eard in the Txyal
Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen
in the Silverton district.
Through the work tf Chief
Storii the body was identified and
returned to Portland.
Funeral services will be held
on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the Silverton undertaking
.parlors.
Mr. Madsen is survived by his
father R. E. Madsen of Silverton
and seven brothers and four sis
ters. Mrs. Elm- Thompsen of
Silverton Is a sister.
come governor. Mr. Miller con
tinued to serve- as a member of
the commission until 1918.
During bis service as ipubllc
service commissioner Mr. Miller
assisted in compiling the original
valuations of the Portland Electric
Power company fn 1918, and was
active In other important .utility
matters. Daring the . past few
years Mr. Mfiler has served as a
member of the board of regents
of state normal schools, andhas
held other positions of public
trust. The board of normal
school regents was abolished at
ther1929 legislative sessiom.
At an executive session of the
public service commissioners held
this afternoon, Mr. Miner was
elected chairman ot the commis
sion.
sura mi is
KILLED Oil RAW
FATIGUE DETAILS'
BUSY BEflE FRIDAY
Handout by American
Legion Vets
Reminiscent ril ''fatigue duty"
wliich they performed eleven
years ago, was the task which
fell to the lot of two: dbzen or
more World wir veterans who
put the "finishing touches" Fri
day night on the huge oven which
will barbecue raefit for the big
"handout" at the "airport follow
ing the dedication exercises Aug
ust 8 in connection with the Am
erican Legion convention.
Be it understood that while the
doughboys in 1$18 pretended to
shy at fatigue duty, secretly they
found it In most cases a welcome
relief from purely military activi
ties. Correspondingly, the "shov
el brigade" which functioned at
the airport Friday night seemed
to get "a big boot" out of the
task. j
While there were' some idle
shovels to testify that the "de
tail" wasn't quite complete, the
Important point is that the job
was accomplished, allaying the
fears expressed at Tuesday night's
meeting of "Capital Post No. 9,
American Legion, that members
would be "backward about com
ing fwward" to help the conven
tion plans along
The task of the moment was to
cover- with two .and one-half feet
of earth, the oyeiJ .whieto. had
been erected. In this overfflhre
iff Sf Bingham! of 'Grant county
will keep a fire; burning for five
days before the; enormous supply
of hind quarters of beef is put
on the coals to be barbecued.
Corresponding quantities of
bread,' condiments and coffee have
been ordered, and the free barbe
cue is expected 'to be one of the
outstanding evert- of the estate
convention. ?
HOiLiisysTEm
CREDITED TD W
Developments ', more startling
than their achievement In break
ing the world's record for endur
ance flying, may be expected when
"Pete" Reinhart, Salem boy, and
L. W. Mendell finally come down
to earth, it was hinted here yes
terday. Hints have reached Salem that
the secret of the marvelous stam
ina of the engine which keeps the
Angeleno aloft, will prove to be a
new type of lubrication arrange
ment, worked out by Reinhart and
Mendell shortly! before starting
this, history making flight.
It is known that Reinhart, In
the five years' study that he made
of aviation and ; airplane mechan
ism before he took up actual fly
ing, made a specialty of lubrica
tion problems, and it is reported
that he was working on improve
ments along this line while em
ployed recently at an airplane re
pair shop at Dallas, Texas, where
he became associated with Men
dell. !
Hoover's Son to
Visit His Parents
STANFORD XJNIVERSITY, Cal.
July 12 (AP) Allan Hoover,
youngest son of the president,
was enroute td Washington, D.
C, today to Join his parents. He
will spend most! of the simmer at
the White House-, after which he
plans to enter Harvard for post
graduate work, i
Forces Advance to Frontier
of Eastern Siberia as
War Threatens
Mediation Being Considered
to Effect Peaceable End
of Railway Row
MOSCOW. July 12. (AP)
The Tass Agency, publishing lta
first report of seizure by Chinese
officials of the Russian owned
Chinese eastern railway, said to
night that Manchurian troops, in
cluding well armed Russian white
guards, had advanced to -'the very
frontier" of eastern Siberia and
Manchuria.'
The Tass agency did not com
ment of its Harbin reports nor
did it hint at the Russian reac
tion to seizure of the railroad.
Its report said in part:
"Simultaneously with aews of
seizure of the management of the
Chinese eastern railway came the
report of concentration along So
viet frontiers- of Manchurian
troops fully armed, and on a war
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LEADBETTER LAUDS
Paper; Mill Operator Avers
Light and Water Both
Too High for City
Municipal ownership both of
the water and light systems of
Salem would result In marked in
dustrial advantage for the city
and should be seriously consider?
ed by the community, in the opin
ion of F. W. Leadbetter, promin
ent paper mill operators and
president of the Oregon Pulp &
Paper Co., here.
Mr. Leadbetter was a business
visitor in Salem, and while here
took occasion to make extensive
contrast of the rates paid for
electrical powder here pd in a
municipality like Taconfa, Wash.,
which in his opinion is destined
to be the greatest industrial cen
ter of the northwest due to its
low power rates.
Mr. Leadbetter said operations
of the Salem plant were not al
together satisfactory due to a
combination of circumstances. The
paper market has been low, he.
said, and in addition local con
ditions make the plant operation
costs out of line with plants of
the paper company in other cities.
Not only are powet an water
costs higher here but taxes are ex
cessive, in Mr. Leadbetter's opin
ion. He also finds that freight
rates to an inland point add a
cost to paper manufacture here
although this disadvantage has
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SE
Excavation ' work began Friday
on the new 814,000 schoolhouse
building being erected in the
South Salem district, according to
F. M. Erlckson, president of the
board of directors. Considerable
public interest was aroused over
the building when an injunction
was filed just before the awarding
of the contract for the building.
The injunction was withdrawn as
soon as tie annual board election
was neld.
The new building will have four
schoolrooms besides the offices
which are provided for the teach
ers. C. W. Jensen drew the plans
and Barham Bros, have the con
tract for the erection of the struc
ture. It is to be completed by Sep
tember 21.
Your Buying
Guide
Make the classified col
umns of The Statesman
your ready reference for
meeting your needs.
Sharp economies come
from taking advantage of the
want ads which dally list
bargain offerings.
Get the 'habit study the
classified columns.
ICIPAL POWtH
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Despite possible international complications, federal authorities at San PraJicLsco are pressing
opium smuggling charges against Mrs. Ying Kao, wife of the former Chinese vice-consul at the bj
city. A federal operative, dressed In plain clothes, is shown above, the photograph having been taken
shortly after the woman's baggage was broken into and a large quantity of the drug discovered
PROSECUTION BEGUN
III S1CUCASE
Trio Arrested and Charged
With Violating Jones
Miller Statute
SAN FRANCISCO. July 12.
(AP) Charged with violation of
the Jones-Miller act, Ying Kao.
former vice-consul here, his wife
Susie Kao, and Suen Foon, chan
cellor to the c6nsulate, were ar
rested here today In connection
with an opium smuggling plot in
volving a fortune in narcotics. -
When customs -officials placed
the three Chinese under arrest,
they announced more arrests
would probably follow wit'iin a
short time.
The three were arrested afttr
advices were received at the
United States attorney's office
here from Washing .jn, instructing
procedure as facts warrant. Th
arrests, it was said, -had been de
layed because of poss ble interna
tional complications. The opium
was selie'd by customs officials
here Monday, and was said to be
valued at $600,000 wholesale.
With her husband, Mrs. Kao
was arraigned before the United
States commissioner. They were
released" on $10,000 bond each
pending a hearing next Wednes
day before the commissioner. Im
mediately after the arraignment,
the United States attorney's of
fice said a special session of the
grand jury had been called for
; (Turn to Page 2, Column J.)
Swift Makes
Swift Catch
Clerk Finds
Here's a new one to County
Clerk Boyer. Early Friday morn
ing he issued a fishing license to
Herbert B. Swift, 22. Mr. Swift
took his departure.
Smiling, he was back Friday
afternoon with a request that he
be iasued a marriage license. He
received It, and happy, took his
departure.
"It was all legal, too." says Mr.
Boyeri "Fishing isn't permitted
after sundown, and Swift was
back in plenty of time to report
his catch. . . -
The young woman Swift is to
wed is Miss Margaret S. Grovef
86 4 Mia street.
Fine Assortment
Of Animals Will
Be Utilized Here
Eighteen dozen grasshop
pers and equal numbers -of
rogs, crawfish, and assort
ed other fish, have been or
dered as items of material
for the science department
at the Salem high school.
These inserts and water
denizens will not be alive, It
is explained, since vivisec
tion is not indulged in by
the biology students at the
high school. They will be
kept in preservatives.
SflLEM AIRPORT
Field Rapidly Becoming Best
.in State; Dedication
Scheduled Soon
Broad graded runways extend
ing almost as far as the eye can
follow them, over a terrain al
most as level as a billiard table,
constitute all that Is visible of Sa
lem's municipal airport at present,
with the dedication exercises less
than a month away.
In the Intervening period, the
roughly graded runways willf be
rmoothed and oiled, and when the
field is dedicated August 8 by
Capital Post No. 9, American Le-
(Turn to Pare 2, Column 7.)
iraCIBLES LEVY
1 IT TO BE TESTED
PORTLAND, Ore.. July 12.
(AP) There will be no legal
test of the Intangibles tax law
passed Jy the last session of the
legislature, as plans "for a suit
have been dropped by L. B. Smith
of the greater Oregon association.
Until a few days ago there was a
belief that the law as enacted, was
not what the legislature intended
in regard to exemptions. The orig
inal bill granted 8200 exemption,
and this was amended to 8500.
The record of the bill, according
to a statement Issued tonight by
the tax commission, sow shows
that the exemption Is 8200, and
will be so recognized by the com
mission. In view of the record, Mr.
Smith has abandoned plans , for
asking the courts to determine
what the exemption was.
WORK PROGRESSING
APARTMENT 1
FOUND MURDERED
Theodore Hamel's Family In
sists He Died Victim
'; of Own Hand
CHICAGO, July 1 2. ( AP)-
Theodore Hamel. apartment build
ing owner tonight was found dead
in the furnace of the building. He
was partly burned and bound with
wires.
The body. had been thrust head
first into the furnace. Because of
this and the fact the furnace door R
was shut when , the body ,w-as-found,
police declared the man
had been slain. . . J-
Hamel's family, howevpr, heM
to atsuicide theory, saying the
man had been worried becaufee of
financial matters.
Hamel had been missing since
14- a. m.. today. His wife tontfcfct
asked police to conduct a search
for her husband.
Police were holding two persons
for questioning, Miss Carmen Ha-'
mel, niece of the dead man who
found the body, and J. A. Craig,
who accompanied her.
The right leg of the dead man
bad been wrapped In a number of
strips of burlap and an electric
light cord was bound about his
waist and tied in a be w knot, po
lice said.
Big Convention of Valley '
Correspondent is Slated
To Begin at 9:30 O'clock
The annual convention of the
Oregon Statesman Valley Corres
pondents will begin at :30 this
morning, in the Chamber of Com
merce rooms.
There are 53 correspondents in
the group, representing more than
75 communities in the Salem dis
trict. Mrs Madalene L. Calltn. val
ley news director of "The 'States
man, is In charge of the group
and reports that most of the cor
respondents will attend the con-,
vention. .
The program will open with a
get-acquainted period at 9: SO. The
complete program will be;
9:45 "Why We Are Here," Shel
don F. Sackett
10:00 Writing the News for All
Subscrlbers-T Prof. M a y n a r 1
Brown, Oregon .State College.
10:25 Valley. News Director
What It Means, Mrs. Madalene
L. Callin.'
Registration to be Made in
"St Joseph's Auditorium
Upon Arrival
30,000 Expected at Pontifi
cal Mass at State Fair
i Grounds Sunday
The main body of doleeatea
for the 73 national convention
of the Catholic Central TVrein of
America and the 13 annual ron
rention of the National Catholic
Women's Union will arrive in Sa
lem this morning.
Because the delegate will be
arriving in sections Sal.ni will
not be able to give hem tlie form
al welcome that was first plan
ned. Delegates will be -taken di
rectly; to the convention head
quarters of St. Joseph's auditori
um, where they will be greeted
and registered.
Frank; SaafcM In
Charge of .rrwnnoiiu-iits
Frank Saalfeld of Salem is gen
eral chairman 6f all convention
arrangements" atd he, with Rev.
Frank- Leipzig of Eugene, a mem
ber of the cgnvention committee
went to Portland yesterday iftetr
noon to greet delegates at the
Union, station.
Reciause this Is the first time
that a convention has been held iu
the west it Is probable that the
-number of delegates will not be
so large as usual but the exact
number In attendance will not be
known until registration! is com
plied today.
All National Officers .J
Will lie On Hais-;'
According te sWTW&s ! received
by Mr. Saalfeld,. and the conven
tion secretary, John Meyer, all ot
j the national officers of the Cen
tral society will be in Salem for
the convention. These inclnde
Mr. Eibner, the national presi
dent; Henry B. DSelman of San
.Antonio, Tex., first vice presi.
Tdent;. Rev. Blase Scheffer. second
vice president; William A. Boer
ger, St. Cloud. Minn., fourth vice
president;. Mrs. Sophia Wavering
of J Quincy ,J11., also national pre
sldent of Catholic Women's uu
idn: Jgeneral; secretary, Frank (J.
Dockendorff, LaCross, . Wii.;
treasurer, George Korte, St. Lou
is, Mo.; marshal. Michael Weis
kopf.S St. Paul, Minn. Trustees
are John J. Jantr, Detroit.- and
John;L Sebald, Baltimore,
j Local officers of the convention..
(Turn to Pago S.i Column 5.)
CflTHDLlG GROUPS
NEED AUTOMOBILES
Automobiles to take the Catho
lic convention delegates from St.
Joseph's hall to the fairgrounds
at 10 o'clock Sunday morning,
are needed according toocal per
sona 'assisting in providing for
thei entertainment ot the visitors.
Arrangements have already been
made for bringing them back to
the City after the services there,
so that the cars will; be needed
only jfor a short time.
Persons who are able to assist
in this way1 ars asked to park
their! cars on the south side of.
Cheirieketa opposite St. Joseph's'
hall. where double parking will
be permitted on this occasion.
They will load directly In front
of the hall.
10:50 Recess for photograph f
staff members.
Ul:8 The Correspondent, a Vital
part of the Statesman C,
Spragrue.
11:3ft The Personal Item, how to
gefit and how to write tt
Prof. C J. Mcintosh. O. S. C '
11:55 Adjournment for luncheon -
12:15 Luncheon at the Marhm
Hotel, Mrs. CalUn presiding.
Remarks, B. E. Sisson, Pres. Sa- -lera
Chamber of Commerce:
Hon. Hal- Hobs, Secretary of
State; "The Statesman: Past
and Future. R. J. Heodries. .
for 44 years publisher of the -paper.
: 1 '
1:30 The Problem. Hour
Discussion, .led by Mrs. Callin
and Ralph j- Curtis. j
2:15 fTour of the Statesman plaat,
correspondents in two groups
led " by Mr. Sprague and Mro
Sackett. " '-. . . -r-r-,
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