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-I alSalemiteisGoingtoPM Section Four Neva ot Salem; Newt ot the , '.' World. M Page" This Edition WEATHER Fair and warm today; Low humidity; Max. tern peratare Wednesday 92; Mia. 4;- Rirer -8,1; Wind north; Clear; No rata. FOUNDED 1631 SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 115 Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, August 8, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS Lou GAPTU PLANES ARRIVE PREPARED FOR BIG I CIRCUS Dedication of Municipal Field ; -Will be- Outstanding Event Today Three Pursuit Machines are First to Reach Salem Wednesday Circling the city and swooping low orer the business district, the three pursuit planes which will .perform ' the aerial acrobatic stunts at the airport dedication program this afternoon were the first visiting planes to greet Sa lem from the air Wednesday after noon. These -three Boeing P 12 ' biplanes from the San Diego army airplane base, were piloted by Captain H. M. Elmendorf, Lieut K. J, Gregg and Lieut R. V. Will lans. Accompanying them from Crls-1 sey field, San Francisco, came three bombing planes, of the Doug las 02 H type, each carrying two persons. In the party were Col. Dinga. commander of the Coast Artillery aerial defense in the San Francisco area; Lieutenants Cooper, Hansen. Petty and Brown and Corporal Etheredge. Jaunt Made In 4 Hours lO Minutes The six planes came from Cris sey field In four hours and ten minutes. Another arrival vrr.3 t'ua I.cea i ing navy amphibian plane from San Diego, piicteii by Eusign E. J. j ful in hiding himself Jn some dim Greer, who was cecorayuuled by a j recess in the great bag. mechanic and a radio man. This I Seven of the passengers had plane is unusual in that its pro-1 taken passage for the entire trip, peller has tliree Alades instead of j which includes stops at Frledrlchs two. -- " Lafen, Tokyo, and Los Atgelei be5 Constituting the vaaguard of , iore returning to lakehurst in the 40 or mcrfc privately owaed ' about a month, aad the rest were planes coming here for the dedlca-! going only for the r.rst leg of the tion and American Legion conven. j journey aeross the Atlantic, tion. was the eix pasener Stin-i Excitement prevailed in the son Detroiter. piloted fcy Bob Mar- ! pre-take Of! arrange meats, tin. which brought the Tillamook j As the eng:ne3 were warmed delegation. This ship, a mono- '. up, sailcr3 vrith f Uli:'ghts fv:: plane, is tlic one which Martin ed in the hangar rafters like spl- (Turn to. Page 2, Colun-.n 4.) ELIZABETH 11 IK EDUCATORS Elizabeth C. Murray, superin tendent of Columbia county schools, was elected president of the state County Superintendents association at the final session of the threeday meeting ended here Wednesday, and Roy Cannon, Multuomah, was chosen secretary. Fred Peterson of Klamath Falls is retiring president. Thirty-two of the 36 superintendents In the state were in attendance the fast two days. Transportation, with especial reference to the last legislative, en actments on that subject, was dis cussed Wednesday by Josiah Wills of Polk county and Edna Geer, Linn county superintendent. Reports on Institutes and stan dards for rural schools were giv en. Resolutions were adopted ex pressing sorrow at the death of Alvin E.:Gronewald, Wasco coun ty Bchool superintendent. Mem bers of the committee oh resolu tions were: J. Alton Thompson, Deschutes superintendent: Josiah Wills, Polk county; . and Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson, Marlon county. v Two of Passengers Must , Sleep on Roof, Says Hugo ' Eckener, Captain of Graf NAVAL AIR STATION. Lake hurst. N. J., Aug. 7 AP) His long, humorous face alight with eagerness ' for the adventure of following far horizons, Dr. Hugo Eckener, turned his eyes east- . ward today along the air trail that loops around the world. In lata afternoon, before the passengers had arrived, the eom- . mander of the dirigible Graf Zep pelin received reporters In the navy flight office. Questions were hurled at him from 50 mouths at ' once and be had a joking answer for almost everyone. "How many passengers are -you going to have as far as Friderich aharen!" he was asked. A "Twenty-two." 1 Bot the Graf only baa beds for : t. : Whtn will the --oiaeev two" sleep!" Dr. Eckener shrugged, grinned. and pointed upward. -: "On the roof, he said. - ' '"Suppose,", one reported said, ti; - 'that there is some mishap while ;vi; -you are flying between Germany Graf Zeppelin On Epochal Journey To Circle World Giant Dirigible Leaves Lakehurst Hangar at 1 1 :40 Last Night With 22 Passengers Aboard; Stowaway is Caught NEW YORK, Aug;. 8. (Thursday) ( AP) The Graf Zeppelin, enroute from Lakehurst, N. J., on an eastward trip around the world, passed over New York at 12:40 a, m., (est.) today. LAKEHURST, N. J., Aug. 8. (Thursday) ( AP) Two messages from the Graf Zeppelin, sent one hour after its de parture for Europe, were received by the naval radio station here early today. One of the me. :ages, ad- dressed to Charles W. Adams, secretary of the navy at Washington was intercepted, and the other was to Com mander Maurice R. Pierce, captain of the Lakehurst na val air station. NAVAL AIR STATION, Lake hurst, N. J., Aug. 7. (AP) Like a new constellation in an other wise starless sky, the giant, Ger man dirigible, Graf Zeppelin took to the skies at 11:40 o'clock east ern standard time, tonight for a flight around the world. One of Twenty-Two Passengers Is Woman There were 22 passengers, xme a woman, aboard 'the Zeppenn, and there was a possibility that a stowaway had again been success- ! ders in a monster we& in searen or ' aspiring stowaways who might at- tempt to follow the example of a Trenton, N. J., youth who was i caught earlier in the evening ar.d I cast into the navy brig. I Four Hundred Sailors j Walk Airship Out I At 10:35 the bell in the hangar J rang summoning the ground crew iTurn to Vage 2, C lumn 1.) JO ALLOW TIE OFF Stores In Salem have been asked to close at 2 o'clock Friday so that employes may attend the American Legion Junior baseball game, and also to close during the time of the conrention parade Saturday afternoon beginning at 2:30 o'clock. This request was made by the Business Men's league and the chamber of commerce in order to assist the American Legion con vention committee In its efforts to make the convention a com plete success. Although no request has come from any source, a number of the stores wUl close prior to 4 o'clock this afternoon in order that em ployes may attend the airport ded ication and the barbecue. and Tokyo, have any provisions been made for emergency re pairs?" "Provisions," Dr. Eckener re peated. "What provisions could be made? That is wild country. It is not like New York." "What would happen," William von Melster, American representa tive of the Zeppelin works, in terrupted, "Is that the ship would have to be brought down to earth and aid would be sought from whatever inhabitants the country might hare, Russians, Mongols, savages. . "But yon do not. have to feel anxious for na about those gar ages " Dr. Eckener cut ia with a sly raisins of his eyebrows. . "We have great big guns on this ship and !f those savages try any thing with us, oh, bo. ho." For a moment the reporters thought they had stumbled on story, bat then they remembered that the Graf Zeppelin was a com merclal ship which eould not by (Turn to Facw S, Cohima X.) STORES S D CBE6A1H DEACONS MISTAKEN Action Taken Favoring De posed Pastor of Bap tist Church PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 7. CAP) By an almost unanimous vote, the congregation of Hinson Memorial Baptist church tonight declared "unconscitutional" the action of the board of deacons in closing forever the pulpit of the church to Dr. John Marvin Dean, pastor for the past two years. The deacons adopted a resolu tion July 29 barring Dr. Dean from the pulpit after they had convicted him of charges of con duct unbecoming a minister. At the same time the board accepted Dr. Dean's resignation as presi dent of the Western Theological seminary which many young wom en attend. Members of the church attend ed the meeting tonight In such numbers that extra chairs were brought, but even after J. Earl Jones, president of the pruden tial board, presented a recom mendation defying the deacons' action, no discussion of accusation whs held. The prudential board, a repre sentative body of the church, met last Monday night and discussed the charges with members of the I board of deacons. Jones said the prudential board had decided that the deacons overstepped their au thority in closing the pulpit to Dr. Dean. Dr. Dean was not present, hav ing left for the east where he was called by the serious illness of a relative. The regular Wednesday night prayer meeting followed the busi ness session. E TRY NEW FEATURE KANSAS CITY. Aug. 7. (AP) Establishment of the "Saunders- Fly-It-Yourself company" to oper ate an initial purchase of 100 rental airplanes, was announced today by officials of the "Saun-ders-Drive-It-Yourself compny." Headquarters of the new organ isation will be in Kansas City where the antomobile rental com pany now directs operation of branches in 65 cities. "We believe there is a great de mand for aircraft from persons who cannot afford to purchase and maintain them,' Joe Saunders, manager ot the concern explained. Only persons possessing at least limited commercial pilots licenses Issued by the aeronautics branch of the department of commerce will be allowed to fly the planes. Enrollment at Oregon Nearly Double Record EUGENE, Ore.. Aug. 7. -(AP) Enrollment nearly double that of any former post session at the University of Oregon has been reached, with still a number of students who will register before the week Is over. Dr. Dan E. Clark, post session director said today. The large increase Is attributed to the "floating university- trip on the steamship Queen which leaves Seattle tomorrow morning with 111 students on a two weeks' cruise of Alaska. ; SPOKANE, AutV 7. (AP) Pilot N. B. Mamer today fixed Thursday. August 15 at t p. as th tentative time tor hla take off . on an attempted Bon-stop, ance flight PLAN COMPANY TO SNOOK COOL DN E RL Details of Love Affair Are Related by Defendant . - At Murder Trial Name of Second Lover is In , jected Into Records Of State Court COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 7 (AP) Dr. James H. Snook, 'fol lowed his wife and his aged moth er to the witness stand today in his trial for first degree murder and related before the jury and a curious crowd of spectators an un ruffled story of his illicit love affair with Miss Theora Hlx, Ohio State-university co-ed, whom he killed last June. The former Ohio State veterin ary professor occupied the stand most of the day under the curious gaze of some 300 persons who had battled their way into the court room. At adjournment time the de fendant's account of his relation ship with Miss Hix and the quar rel that ended In her death had not reached the point of an ex planation of what occurred at the rifle range but he had laid the foundation for his plea of self de fense. Narcotics Enter Into Testimony He testified that the young co ed to whom he referred very formally as "Mis Hix" had in duced him to take excitant nar cotics with her and a few months before her death had become quarrelsome and disagreeable. On several occasions she threat ened 1 steoot.. him, be testified. At other times she angered him by mingling In his personal and busi ness affairs and making threats against hi3 wife and baby when he reprimanded her. Twice during the lat few months of their three year affair Dr. Snook said he had observed his young paramour carrying in her purse the .41 calibre Dfrrinser (Torn to Pago 2; Column 5.) B ANNOUNCES PLANS Eleven Separate, Phases of Problem Outlined by Commission WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. (AP) The national law enforcement commission, as a result of its pre liminary, story of crime condi tions in the United States during the past fonr months, today de cided to pursue its investigation into eleven different phases of the problem. Of the subjects to be surveyed, which range from the causes and cost of crime to tne work or poitce and the, courts, prohibition will be the only law to be specifically studied. In investigating the va rious phases of lawlessness and law enforcement the commission has been divided into eleven com mittees. The subjects to be surveyed were announced by the commis sion as follows: i The causes of crime; statistics of. crime and criminal justice; po lice; prosecutions;: courts; penal Institutions, probation and parole; prohibition; juvenile delinquency; criminal justice and the foreign born; lawlessness by government law enforcing officers, and the cost of crime. Mystery Drum Corps on Hand From' California For the first time in the history of American Legion drum corps contests in Oregon; a corps from outside the state will participate here Friday night. This, la the combined Hollywood-Sacramento corps and its performance is guar anteed to bring fortn wua cneer ins from (he bleachers. However, this corps will net compete for the Clifford W. Brown trophy. Its members reeling tnax it would Jiot be right to take .the eup oat ot the state. ' ' RIVKB CLKA9TCP SOUGHT j. JENNINGS .LODGE, Ore, Aui. 7. (AP) Plana for the elimin ation of dead eels, -oil and1 silt In the .Willamette river will be dis cussed here Friday night at 1 mass meeting of Che community elusw J i STAND T 1 BOUT HIK E REMIT BODY "Among Those Present Will Be.." ll:7 7o t'r ' 1 &4 1 1 n &Vf w v.-i-. ,,'.-...:-. i ' i W if Introducing two of the crack the Coos Bay drum corpa from Oregon. E OF HUE SESSIONS Great Britain's Attack Puts Delegates Into Two Main Camps THE HAGUE, Aug. 7. (AP) With the nations at The Hague conference for putting into effect the Young plan thrown into two camps by Great Britain's attack on certain features of the repara tions settlement, the work of the conference was today divided into two sections in the interests of prudent diplomacy. Germany took : a third position a little apart from the argumentative allies. Separate commissions were named to deal with the political and financial sides of the discus sions, a division which it was not necessary to make at the n on-political Paris conference which formulated the Young plan. Philip Snowden, British chan cellor of the exchequer, whose ex. pression of his government's posi tion to the reparation of the Young plan annuities among the allies was the outstanding event of the first business session of the conference, emphasised the firm ness of the British attitude in an Interview with the press today. His interview, which also brought out opposition to the pres ent conception of the bank for international settlements evolved by the' experts In Paris, signific antly followed speeches approving the Young plan by the French, Belgian and Italian delegates. GETS F THE HAGUE, Aug. 7. (AP) The official American observer at the reparations conference, Edwin C. Wilson, first" secretary of the embassy in Paris, with whom everybody sympathised because arriving late he could not get hotel accommodations is now the object of envy of his colleagues. Crowded out of the hotels he has found better quarters than any hostelry affords in the aristo cratic part of The Hague and says ha would not-exchange his board ing house for any quarters In the city. Mr. Wilson follows the repara tions conference with the modest attitude of a mere observer, buf is treated with great consideration by the official delegates from the countries directly Interested ia the proceedings.. : : v ; MARRIAGE FORCED ABERDEEN, Wash.. Aug. 7. (AP) Threatened with death if she fare an alarm, Mrs. Kindness Garrett was forced to remarry her divorced husband at Montesa no Vonday. according to . sworn statement she made in the pres ence of prosecutor and chief of police here today. ARGUMENT n WEE OBSERVER ROOMS w. .v:-.i 4. " - m. - it- T.-'-s m g.i ii ii organizations which will mak Marsh field and below the corps from Chief Joseph corps, Enterprise, The Statesman Bids Legionnaires Hearty Welcome to the City TNTO this issue of The Statesman has gone the story of the American Legion as it concerns the 11th annual convention in Oregon. The work, of tbe local post in planning the convention, the special features of the program prepared for tbe next three days and a brief account of the attractions afforded by Salem as a busi ness and residential city are described in this issue. To the message of wel come expressed by the busi ness men of Salem and the greetings of other civic lead, era, The Statesman adds its wishes for a most enjoyable convention. Extra copies of this Le gion Edition are on sale at local newsstands and at The Statesman office. Bond Denied Art Glover Who Is Declared Leader of Fatal Plot KANSAS CFTY, Aug. 7. (AP) -Art Glover, named by police as the leader of the alleged arson plot which resulted in the death of three firemen and injury to 11 other persons here last Monday was arraigned today on a charge of first degree murder. Justice of the Peace Ray G. Cowan denied bond In the case and Glover was returned to jail. Three other men, charged with firt degree murder in connec tion with the fire and explosion which destroyed a drug store, al legedly owned by Glover, also are in jail following their arrange ment. They are Durwood M. Dail ey, manager of the store, John L. "Pat" Crowe and p. L. Piggott, a druggist. The preliminary hearings of all four men have been set for Aug ust 17. Dalley told police Glover finan ced the store for him and Instruct ed him to take out $7,(00 insur ance on the stock and fixtures. Glover's alibi that he was In Sa llna, Kansas when the drug store waa blasted Monday morning was disproved this afternoon when po lice established that he had hot arrived in Sallna until Tuesday af ternoon. . . Glover, who admits being an al cohol racketeer, was arrested ear ly this morning at his home by po- lieemea who had maintained an all nlgfct vigor : - J TASKS WH AT SHOW DUBLIN, Irish Free State, Aug. 7 (AP) The 17. JL today won the chief event of the great an nual Dublin horse show. ARSON SUSPECT IS TO BEPROSECUTED if hi.U REPRESENTATIVE IS S Supreme Court Justice Will Deal in I'm Alone Con troversy, Word WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. fAP) Justice Willis Van Devanter of the United States supreme court has been designated by Secretary Stimson as the American member of the commission which 1U ar bitrate the case of the sinking of the Canadian rum-runner I'm Alone by the coast guard vessel Dexter last March in the Gulf of Mexico. The state department also an nounced tonight the appointment of George Wharton Pepper, for mer United States senator from Pennsylvania as the agent to rep resent the United States before the commission. The Canadian government has designated as its member of the commission Eugene Lafleur, K. C, of Montreal, and John E. Read, legal adviser of the Canadian de partment of external affairs as agent. W; N. Tilley, K. C, of To ronto, and Airae Geoffrion of Mon treal, will serve with Mr. Read as Canadian counsels. The commissioners will deter mine the time and place of tbe hearings on the case. The case was the subject of ex tensive diplomatic correspondence between the United States and Canada and arose out of the sink ing of the schooner by the coabt guard cutter several hundred miles off the Louisiana coast. TWINS TO MEET AGAIN ALBANY, Ore.. Aug. 7 (AP) Albany's twin roundup, an event which has become outstanding In the history of the town, will be staged again this Labor day, ac cording to the Twin Roundup as sociation which met today and perfected plans. NAMED BY SUM Virginia Bourbon Machine Gets Ready for Big Drive To put Smith Wets Over RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 7 (AP) State democratic leaders were launching plans today for their offensive against the antl- Smlth-Republlcan coalition in the general election In November, while John Garland Pollard, their overwhelmingly acclaimed guber natorial standard-bearer, entered upon' a week's vacation. Unofficial retnras early tonight from 1,471 of. the state's l.81 precincts care the administration candidate-' and Smith democrat 7. 3 29 more votes than the total polled by his two rivals, G. Walter Mapp and Rosewell Pace. In the democratic primary f yesterday. The result stood: P a OF GONVENTU S UTEOT D D fl Y Veterans From, AH Sections Of State Gather Here For Big Time Everything in Readiness as Zero Hour Approaches At State Meet Ta-ra-ra-rat-tat-boom ! Martial strains from the bugles and assorted drums of Salem's na tionally known American Legfew musicians, gave notice at dusk Wednesday that the eleventh an nual legion convention was uadef way, semi-officlally at least, an the first of numerous im prompt parades which Salem is destined to witness in the next three days wended its way through crowded streets. Much earler In the day, legWsfe naires in the vari-colored legten chapeaux which betrayed the fact that they came from wdiely sew arated sections. of the state, began to swarm the streets and congre gate around the registration heed quarters in the Klett building. 100 Official Delegates Already on Hand By H o'clock Wednesday night, approximately a hundred AmerW can Leon delegates, 40 alter nates and 450 visitors had regis tered, together with a proportion ate number of Legion Auxiliary convention folk. Uniforms of the Bend, Portland and MarshfieM drum corps were in evidence. The only official features of the convention Wednesday night were the three dances, at th'e-armovy. Crystal Garden aaa Dream li all of which drew fail fairly large na- tronage. Numerous Impromptu Caucuses are Held Meanwhile, the delegates who were on hand participated in num erous caucuses, with legion pell tics the uppermost topic ot Inter est. As to the results of taese, little information filtered out, other than well founded reports from the Prineville delegation that Don Graham of that post, prominently mentioned as a can didate for commander, is distinct ly opposed to accepting the honor this year. Although the airport dedication was still 20 hours distant, large crowds were present at the airport (Turn to Page 2. 'Column '.) SUlflLL Arthur Pryor's American Le gion march will be one of the numbers on the program of the special band concert In Willsen Park at 1:30 this afternoon. Spe cial action of the city council Wednesday authorized the extra program. The complete program as an nounced by Oscar A. Steelhamsner, director of the municipal band fel lows: Chicago Tribune March Chambers Selections Woodland Lauders American Patrol March Mea "-.am Popular Numbers Semlramlde, Overture Rossini Humoresque The Magpie and the Parrot Beadix La Torpille Air de Ballet Losey Overture Jolly Robbers Suppe Arthur Pryor's American Legion March Pryor Star Spangled Banner. Pollard 100,687; Mapp, 28,773; r Page, 4,585. The sire of the rote was expect- " ed in some quarters to reach mere than 1 45,1)00, a more than average tally for a summer primary. J. Murray Hooker, ehainnast el the state democratic central cant mittee rrived In Richmond today from his home at Stuart and ten f erred with leaden of the Pol lard and Mapp camps. He took ac tive charge of the preliminary er rauixation work for the Kovemher campaign. " - - -v - Both Mapp and Page, In offer ing their services to "stump" that state in behalf of the William and Mary professor, predicted vlctery in the general election. Hi OPEN I PRESENT PHlf,