HAPPY!
WEATHER
Generally fair today ud
probably tomorrow; Slightly
cooler. Max. teuiperatnrr
Monday 83; Mia. 4; River
-2-3; Clear.
Tlsltlss Kiwanians are
having good time la flslews.
one reason Is because the
city is happy to have tfceae
foUrae 1U guest.
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RECORD FLIGHT
Starting Point at Spokane
Will be Reached Some
Time Today
Mamer and Walker Fly Over
South Dakota With
out Mishap
ABERDEEN. S. D.. Aug. 19
(AP) The endurance plane Spo
kane Sun God. piloted by Nick
Mamer and Art Walker, reached
here at 6:25 o'clock tonight and
after circling over the city sev
eral times, flew westward accom
panied by the refueling ship.
After taking on 75 additional
gallons of gasoline in two con
tacts over Aberdeen, the nlane
headed for Miles City, Mont., and4
win probably circle over the air
port there through the night, ac
cording to a note Mamer dropped
to his refueling pilot, Vernon
Bookwalter.
Preparations had been made 1
here to allow tha refueling plane j
,to take on gasoline, but the refu
eling plane's tanks were emptied
Into Maqfterjs plane before landing
here, arrl the Sun God started
west.
ST. PAUL,. Aug. 19 (AP)
Taking on 250 gallons of gasoline
the endurance plarfe Spokane Snn
God tonight was headed Jrestward
toward Its starUng6lf,expecteii
to he reached tomoffnMsv
The plane arrived hexeat 1:25
p. m., from Cleveland-and the
pilots, Nick Mfcnier and Art Walk
er, soared over the city until, just
before three p.m., leaving then
for Missoula, Mont., the next re
fueling pfltnt.
OH and Provision
Also Taken Aboard
In addition to the gasoline, ten
gallons of oil and two chicken
dinners were taken aboard.
After the first refueling con
tact, Mamer dropped a note say
ing: "Thank everybody In St. Panl
for us. Will not have time to
write enough notes. After this
contact you land and take all the
gas yon can and follow me toward
rdeen. We have enough oil.
get weather reports.
A alight delay was occasioned
when the refueling plane, 'Apple
Blossom" broke its brake cable in
landing after the first contact.
In another note, addressed to T.
(Turn to Page 10. Column 3.)
Ranch Employe
Drops Dead as
His Heart Fails
John Balmer, who has been em
ployed for several years at the
Tbomason ranch two and a halt
miles southeast of Turner, drop
ped dead suddenly about 7:15 J
o'clock Monday morning as he :
was started about his morning
chores. Death was due to heart
disease. County Coroner Lloyd
Rlgdon was summoned to . take
the body In charge. Balmer was
About (8 years old and a native of
Kansas. He la survived by one
daughter, Benetha, who lives at
Turner. Remains are at the Rig
don mortuary here.
Graf Zeppelin Is Safe In
Hangar Near Tokyo After
Epoch Making Air Journey
TOKYO, Aug. 19. (AP) The
great Graf Zeppelin having sailed
,880 miles across Europe and
Asia from Fried rich sh a fen to Jap
anese eapltol city in 160 hours,
landed at C:27 p. m. today, 4:27
a. m. est and tonight, after her
historic flight, was safe In the
hangar at Kasumigura airport.
While ancient Yeddo and the
world acclaimed Commander Ha
go Eckener as the hero of the air.
the Graf was groomed tor her leap
across the Pacific to Los Angeles.
Commander Eckener plans to stay
only three days lnkToklr- before
heading Tor California and on to
Lakehurst.
Never before have men flown
from Europe to far Asia In such a
maimer as did the Zeppelin. The
flight surpassed all expectations
of speed and communications.
Even In the loneliest spot in the
world. North Siberia, the Zeppelin
maintained wireless communica
tion either with European or Jap
anese stations. The 20 passengers
who ate breakfast In Germany
Salem Armory Packed By
Kiwanians At Governor's
Banquet; Dance Follows
Busy Day Will Bring
Annual Meet to
Close
Speaking Contest to
Be Among Unique
Events
A five-minute speech contest In
which eight divisions of the north
west district of Kiwanis will parti
cipate, the annual business session
to be climaxed by the election of
officers and the district banquet
and stunt. night will bring to a
close tonight the 12th annual con
vention for the northwest with a
men's and women's golf tourney
Wednesday morning as finishing
touches to the meeting In Salem.
1 The speaking contest which
comes at 10:10 o'clock this morn
ing at the state capitol. Is an in
novation sponsored by Governor T.
Harry Gowman. Each divlgfon has
previously held an elimination con
test and one of the eight "men
vieing in the morning will be
named for the trophy awarded by
the president.
In the competition will be Nel
son J. Craigne, Everett; Warren
Butler, Tacoma; George E. Can
field, Cle Elum; Matt Thernes,
Spokane; Dr. Wilford H. Belknap,
Portland; Prank B. Bennett. Til
lamook; Charles Edwards," Rose
burg. . r
Klat Completed
For Main Offices
The slate is. already quite well
made for the principal district of
ficers including the nine lieuten
ant governors. Divisional meetings
held Monday afternoon lined up
the candidates for the different
sections with the result that to
day's elections are expected to be
more or less of a formality.
Charles Walker, of Portland, ap
pears to be unopposed for the of
fice of district governor.
A feature of this afternoon's
-program toward which delegates
are looking will be a trip through
the state penitentiary flax plant.
This will start at 3:10 o'clock. At
5:30 o'clock the Salem American
Legion drum corps will drill in
the downtown district.
Eight of the clubs tonight are
appearing at the district banquet.
Under the direction of Cy Pruner
of Portland the Ontario, Portland,
Rose burg, Oregon City, Aberdeen,
South Bend, Spokane and Victoria
clubs will each give a number.
FIERCE BATTLE IS
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MUKDEN, Manchuria. Aug. 19.
(AP) Chinese sources today
fold of a fierce struggle for pos
session of the village of Tungnlng
sien, near the southeast border. In
which the settlement changed
hands several times but was final
ly retained by the Chinese.
Russian cavalry from Nlkolsk,
about 50 miles north of Vladivos
tok, was said to have dashed
across the border.
Thursday had dinner lb Toyko
Monday evening.
The flight was an epic of air his
tory but the end of the voyage
was surprisingly matter of fact
Almost without concern and with
bo excitement the passengers de
scended an Improvised gangplank
just after 7 o'clock tonight. There
was the customary flurry over
customs, baggage and hotel reser
vations with passengers arriving
by train or steamboat.
All of the 20 pkhsengers Includ
ing one woman. Lady Drummond
Hay, were well and In good spirits
when they boarded a train for To
kyo 40 miles from Kasumigaura.
With them went the mail, which
had. been transported faster over
this great distance than any other
letters la history.
The coolness of the passengers,
the efficiency of the Zeppelin's
crew and the historic manner in
which S00 Japanese bluejackets
walked the big ship into ber han
gar could not rob the navigation
(Turn to Page 10, Column X.)
REPORTED
N CHINA
Visiting Women
Are Entertained
In Gardens Here
Five gardens were opened
to the visiting Kiwanis wo
men Monday afternoon, the
gardens of T. A. Lives ley,
Curtis Cross and George
Putnam, all on Falnnount
bill, and those of Homer
Smith and William McGfl
christ, Jr., on Summer
street, and the garden of U.
G. Shipley on East Washing,
ton street.
Special music was pre
sented in the various gar
dens and wives of promin
ent Salem Kiwanis members
acted as hostesses to receive
the guests and direct them
about the gardens. It is es
timated that not less than
500 persons went through
these five gardens during
the course of the afternoon.
RED 1
Insane War Veteran Murders
Woman on Street in
Sari Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 19.
(AP) Miss Egie Ashmun. 32,
executive secretary of the San
Francisco chapter. Red Cross, was
stabbed to death on a busy street
here late today, the victim of a
man police say is Insane. Her slay
er,. David W. Llcaraga. 34, a
World war veteran mental case,
was In the city Jail charged with
murder.
Miss Ashmun was accosted by
the man as she left her offices
near the civic center this after
noon, eye witnesses told the po
lice. The man demanded to know
when he would receive his com
pensation. "In dye course of time," she
was said to have told him.
Unmindful of the hurrying
throngs of persons leaving their
offices Llcaraga drew a long knife
and leaped at Miss Ashmun. His
first blow severed her jugular vein
and she fell to the sidewalk.
A dozen eye witnesses to the at
tack selie'd the man as he attempt
ed to flee and held him until po
lice placed him under arrest.
Although an ambulance was
hastily summoned. Miss Ashmund
died while en route to an emer
gency hospital.
Paul Palskl, another disabled
veteran, told police he heard the
conversation between Llcaraga
and Miss Ashmun.
William H. Avery, volunteer ex
ecutive secretary of the Red Cross,
told officials his office had had
much trouble with the man, who
received 1100 a month war com
pensation through a guardian who
lives In Texas. The money, he
said, was sent to the local Red
Cross office for Llcarraga, and
was given him every month.
"He had an ugly disposition,
and always made trouble when he
came to the office," Avery de
clared. IS BEING FORMED
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany
Aug. 19. (AP) The present
world flight of the Graf Zeppelin,
it was learned tonight, from reli
able sources, was a technical de
monstration to prove the practi
cability of regular international
dirigible service in which Ameri
can capitalists, the Zeppelin works
and the Hamburg-American steam
ship line would cooperate.
It was learned that Dr. Eckener,
in previous discussions in Ameri
ca, had proposed for the creation
of this service by a German-American
company. The Zeppelin works
wondl contribute their technical
equipment and an experience un
surpassed hi length elsewhere In
the world, the Hamburg-American
line its present world organisation,
and the American group the finan
cial backing. It was hinted that a
number of .American .transporta
tion companies were Included In
the group which had been inter
ested In the project
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900 Visitors and La
dies Present at
Dinner
Official Registration
Exceeds 900 Mark
Monday -
Nine hundred Kiwanians and
ladles packed the Salem armory
Monday night for the governor's
banquet and the majority proceed
ed later in the evening to Schind
ler's hall for the annual govern
or's ball which came as the climax
to the second day's events in the
12th annual northwest district
convention of Kiwanis Interna
tional. From the early breakfasts at 7
o'clock under the closing notes of
the orchestra at midnight Mon
day, the second day proved to be
one filled with business and en
tertainment and marked the most
widely attended convention in
northwest Kiwanis history.
Official registration for the
convention exceeded 900 with six
clubs In the Willamette valley re
porting to Scott Page, chairman of
the convention committee that
their organizations had registered
to the last man.
Past District
Governor Presides
The armory banquet Monday
night marked the high point in
the days events. With Kenneth
Ferguson of Victoria, a past dis
trict governor presiding, the men
and women of Kiwanis were kept
entertained by a musical program
followed by the address of the eve
ning. "Do the United States and
Canada Need Kiwanis?" delivered
by O. Sam Cummings, Immediate
past International president here
from Dallas, Texas, as the hon
ored guest for the conclave.
"Kiwanis can be of use to the
United States and Canada," as.
serted Mr. Cummings, "first be
cause it creates friendships mak
ing us all see life through the
eyes of the other fellow. Moreov
er, Kiwanis raises the standards
of business and professional con.
duct, and thus we improve the
structure of business."
The former international gov
ernor traced the rapid develop
ment of Kiwanis and said that it
justified its purpose in the service
it had endered.
Mr. Cummings complimented
the northwest district on its hos
pitality and congratulated the sec
tion on its governor whom he
characterised as a valuable addi
tion to the International board of
trustees.
Turn to Page 2. Column 4.)
Holdings of Four S Lumber
Again Threatened by
Forest Fire
A timber fire which broke out
recently in the holdings of the
Four S. Lumber company, seven
miles east of Sublimity, late yes
terday spread on to the property
of the Silverton Lumber company.
More than 200 men were fighting
the fire.
Officials of the state forestry
department said that seven men
and a railroad speeder were pen
ned In by the fire last night, but
were released early today. Reports
Indicated that he fire was con
fined to a slashing, and that the
financial loss was nominal.
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 19.
Aided by lightning and wind, the
fire menace of the Pacific north
west spread into eastern Oregon
today and seriously threatened the
Umatilla and Malheur forests.
Twelve fires, eleven of them said
to hare been started by lightning
were reported to Major John D.
Guthrie of the district forest of
fice here.
The most serious blase, Major
Guthrie said, was reported near
Dayrille In the Malheur reserve.
About COS acres of timber were
said to have burned. Sixty fighters
were sent to combat the blase.
Two serious fires were said by
Major Guthrie to be burning In
the Umatilla ftrest Fifty miles
were razed near Dayton while
about SO acres were swept . by
flames near Heppner. Nine other
small fires in the Umatilla reserve
were reported under control.
BLAZE IN TIMBER
SWISS FLYERS
WELL ON If
OCEAN
Two Daring Aviators Esti
mated to Have Passed
Third of Trip
Oscar Kaesar and Kurt Lue
schner May Head for
Nova Scotia
(By The Associated Press)
Two young Swiss aviators, with
nearly a third of their perilous
Journey behind them, last night
(Monday) had left the last outpost
of Europe behind them and point
ed their white monoplane for the
shores of America.
Taking off from Juncal, near
Lisbon, at 1:30 a. m.. E.S.T., they
passed over Praria Victoria, on the
east coast of the island of Tercelra.
the Azores, about 11 H hours lat
er. The number of their plane
"CH245" was read by the vill
agers "before It swung away to
the northwestward.
These first 900 miles had been
flown at an average speed of Just
under 80 miles an hour. This was
far below the 105 miles an hour
of which the plane was capable,
but weather reports Indicated the
fliers had contended with oppos
ing winds. They had said on start
ing they would return if the gas
oline consumpttion proved high,
but those who saw them pass Ter
celra saw no indication that the
flight was to be abandoned.
Over 2,000 Miles
Of Trip Remain
There were left about 3,200
miles between them and their goal
at New York. If they laid their
course for New Foundland they
would sight their first land In the
New World after covering little
more than half that distance. Os
car Kaesar and Kurt Lueschner,
the fliers, had expected they
might have to refuel at Halifax.
N. S., but if this was not neces
sary, they hoped to reach New
York by 6:00 p. m. E. S. T., to
day (Tuesday).
A non-stop flight across the
North Atlantic from Europe to the
westrne continent has been sucess
fully made only once before, and
then by the flying team of Huene
feld, Koehl and Fitzmaurice, who
were forced down to their goal
on ronely Greendley Island.
stsou win
Some Dealers Cut Price to
18 Cents is Latest
Development
A spasmodic warf ax which has
been waged among retail gasoline
dealers flamed up again Monday
with the announcement by several
local firms that gasoline could be
purchased for 18 cents a gallon,
which is five cents below the going
price of 23 cents.
Dealers who made the an
nouncement said Monday night
that they were acting independ
ently and were not to be joined,
to their knowledge, by other sta
tions. No dealer was willing to
make the statement that a gen
eral gasoline war was imminent
but several dealers intimated that
they were cutting prices to show
other dealers that they were as
able to meet competition and
price-cutting as anyone in the
field.
For several months a wide-margin
existing for retail dealers has
led to some rebating on the part
of the independents. This bas pro
voked desultory skirmishes and
temporary low prices but there has
been no general reduction locally
of gasoline prices.
Wisconsin Man
Given 2 Years
Harry E. Raymond of Wiscon
sin, rarested last Wednesday
morning charged with burglary In
Kane's cigar and pool room, was
Monday sentenced by the circuit
court to not to exceed two years
in the state penitentiary, without
limitation of time, Kane had
served time in two penitentiaries.
He was committed to the prison
Monday afternoon.
RAIDS REPORTED
LONDON, Aug. 18. (AP) Re
ports of border raids tn Manchuria
came tonight from both Russian
and Chinese sources. -. t.
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SALEM
Aviatrices Seek Air Title
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In the first feminine air race in the country, Mrs. Claire Mae
Fahy, upper left; Rnth Elder, upper right; Gladys OUonnell, lower
left, and Amelia Earheart, lower right, si well-known names to air
minded people will fly in the national women's derby from Santa Mon
ica to Cleveland.
San Marino Girl
Leads Air Derby
Florence Barnes Ahead in Own Class; Phebe
Omlie of Memphis, Tennessee Also Has
Beat Record in Elapsed Time
PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 19. (AP) Florence Barnes of
San Marino, Calif., and Phebe Omlie of Memphis, Tenn.,
led the two classes of fliers in the Santa Monica-Cleveland
women's air derby at the end of the second lap here today,
which saw the field of 20 cut by four.
Three planes were down from motor trouble or wrecked
o
landing gears and a fourth
the ship of Marvel Crosson of
San Diego, was missing. She
was reported to have made a
forced landing in the mountains
near Wellton, Arii., and searching
parties were dispatched.
Mrs. Barnes, in the heavy craft
division, had an unofficial elapsed
time from Santa Monica, Calif.,
of 3 hours, 13 minutes, 9 seconds.
Miss Omlie, flying a light plane,
chalked up.
CALEXICO, CaL, Aug. 19.
(AP) Claire Fahy, Los Angeles
woman entrant in the Santa Monica-Cleveland,
air derby, forced
down here today, announced to
night that she had found evidence
that her plane had been tampered
with. She said she bad with
drawn from the race.
SAN BERNARDINO. Cal., Ang.
1SU (AP) May Haizlip, Kansas
City entrant in the Santa Monica
to Cleveland women's air derbv.
took off for Yuma. Ariz., at p.
m., after arriving here from Clo
ver field at 6:34:30. Her firing
time from Santa Monica was 34
minutes, 30 seconds.
Fire Does Much
Damage to Hay
Baler, Tractor
CENTRAL HOWELL, Ang. 19
(Special) A new hay baler
was completely destroyed and a
John Deere tractor badlv dinaMd
by. flames at the Ray Ramsden
i arm near ner eat about three
o'clock this afternoon. Twelve
tons of baled hay were destroyed
by the fire, total damage being
estimated at between $2000 and
$3000. The blaze is believed to
have started in the hay, being
caused by a spark from the trac
tor. The baler was the property
of Ed Kuenxi.
The Silverton fire department
was summoned, but was unable to
reach the scene of the fire until
the property had become envelop
ed in flames.
At Convention
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Miss Haizlip, whose take-off
from Santa Monica with the main
flight of the contestants was pre
vented by failure of her plane to
arrive On time, is endeavoring,
with the written consent of all
other women in the race, to catch
up with the derbyists at Phoenix,
Ariz.
She planned to spend tonight in
Yuma, and to take off at dawn for
Phoenix, where the main body of
the derbyists is spending tonight.
Miss Haizlip hoped to arrive in
Phoenix In time tomorrow to take
her place on the line with the
others for the third day of the
flight from Phoenix to Tucson,
Ariz.
Anderson Gets Contract
To Construct Hangar At
Salem Municipal Airport
A. J. Anderson with a bid re
duced through certain changes In
the specifications to $10,660, was
awarded the contract for con
struction of the hangar at the mu
nicipal airport, Monday night by
the city council. It was reported
by members of the airport com
mittee that the bid of A. A. Sie
wert with similar deductions, was
about $95 higher.
The deductions were brought
about by eliminating the concrete
floor and warming up apron, and
by purchasing a less costly door.
It was explained by L. L. Jensen,
architect who designed the han
gar, that It will be 80 by 100
feet, of truss construction so that
there will be no. pillars Inside the
hangar proper; and that the door
will be SO feet wide and 20 feet
high.
In response to suggestions by
Alderman Johnson, member of
the airport committee, .that the
specifications might be further
modified, Mr. Jensen said It would
not be possible without falling be
low the department of commerce
SECRET MEET
HELD er CUT
1 LH
Unusual Executive Session
Precedes Decision to
Convene in Week
Mayor Livesley Attempts to
Have Engineer Hired
After Discharge
Walls in the city hall evr
partitions are three feet tbs.s,
some of thm thicker, so wfcsi
happened when Mayor Live-"y
and 13 counciliuen crowded ifes
selves Into the city engineer' f
fice and parleyed there for"
25 minutes Mon iay nicht, arcf4
be reported.
All that is known Is'tbat afiff
this protracted executive sesn,
the representatives of the people
marched back to the council !.
ber, where the other city -off Wr,
reporters anl a crowded gcitery
were awaUlng them. They
not all in one ?roup but in twr
the niayor and five aldermen, tfcen
eight more aldermen. And Tery
face appeared decidedly mor r.,d
dy than nature made it, art! vry
jaw was s-t !.i firm line.
Subject Avoided
On Council Floor
Not a word was said rr.
floor of the council that eouhl
construed as relating to this
ret session, until the very nsd.
Then came a motion by Alderman
Dancy, that when the council ad
journed, it should adjourn to
next Monday night. August 2f.. tt
8 o'clock. The motion carried.
But while th mayor and lir
men conferral secretly ht-hvi-4
closed doors. It was whisper in
the council chamber that the sub
ject of their discourse was th re
cent action terminating the srv
Ices of R. A. Furrow as bridae
engineer A;igut 31. Mayor L.in
ley, according to these ruir?.
was making a strong appeal ap
peal being a mild word for fete
presentation of the case that tlm
action be reconsidered and tfct
Mr. Furrow be retained until tire
first of the year at least.
Quick Action
Found Needed
The fact that the adjour-d
meeting was called, bears out tl.lt
theory, for a meeting next ttuc
day night would be about the gk1
way to reconsider the decision
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s
Governor Patterson Is heaniiy
in favor of the proposal of Presi
dent Hoover, that the western
states take over from the f eiH-rtl
government the remaining unap
propriated public lands.
It was said that the propexl
would be submitted to the western
governors at their conference at
Salt Lake City August 28 and 27.
Governor Patterson pointed it
that the state of Oregon receatly
completed a successful fight fvr
the return of a large area f
swamp lands In Klamath county.
requirements for a class A air.
port. The lean-to which win
house the machine shop, offices
and rest rooms Is the only feature
which eould be left out, and
these are required.
- Acceptance oi Mr. Anderson's
bid was recommended by the air.
port committee in a meeting pri
or to the council meeting, at
which it was als odecided to term
inate for the present all work e
the leveling of the field.
One task, however, was handed
the committee by council actios;
that of restoring thVwatercourse
which ran through land near the
airport owned by Dave W. Pngb.
A special committee consisting ef
Aldermen O'Hara and Slmeral.
found that Mr. Pugh was entitled
to the stream, and recommended
that the drain be rebuilt so that
the water would be diverted to taw
Pugh property. In constructing
the airport drainage system it bad .
been turned aside onto property
occupied by the city incinerator.
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