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PAGE FIFTEEN ADVENTURES OF Playplaces of Great Pacific Northwest are Available to Pleasure-Seeking Salem Motorists Goodyear Dirigible in Flight r flliam J. LaVarre Exper iences Astounding Exploits Set i5-s.- A51"! -wge :. The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, August 25, 1929 COLUMBIA. S. C (AP) In Fi-;miary -8, 1 & 2 2 , a writer In the U --ton Transcript had thU to say: ' ' -The man who first succeed in t .-Ming the truth about William J. I.i'.'arrc is-foredoomed to be, call & a liar.'"' The writer was referring to the ei;loits of a youth whose diamond 1' ::;tins expeditions in the hazird-c- Mazaruni river section of Brit ish Guiana had attracted wiie at-t.-.nion. Today. LaVarre find's his adven ts and his thrills in co-owner-f,; ,p of a string cf newspapers In b-'.ith Carolina and Georgia. At 18, he l ad penetrated the l.jzardQUs Mazaruni, and three years later he h?.d headed another e!.fditlcn into the same territory pn l returned to thl3 country with Dt carats of diamonds, one of t :-:n the 30-carat Kuriipung. said t be the larpc-t stone ever dis c - ered in ti e western hemis phere. :iany of a chapter has been p. Med to tl. Etory of LaVarre fc 'r. that tiri.r. Tho latf-K concerns his suit for :..".'., qoo Ef-aii-.-t the Interna t; :ial I'apr c'mrany and the In t . ;iaiional r.-.r-er and Power com p ,;.y. It comes as a sequel to the P '.chase cf four newspapers, and ci a federal trade commission in v igation Into . ownership of i.f -.v..-papers bv rower concerns. LaVarre. who is now 31 j'ears f.hl. In association with Harold l '. earlv this v :ar purchased the A:'.2iista, Ga., Chronicle, the Co- 1 ..ubia Record, tho Spactanburg, S C, Journal, and the Spar'an l.' .ri! Herald. The International concern furnished money, the to- in loans amounting to near.y $ nil. 000. The federal trade commission l a ring followed and LaVarre was c tiled before the commission to t 'U about the deal. Ia his $2,500,000 suit, he c: arges that the paper and pow er companies violated "their agree ment to lend him thflt" $2.500. Odd a a minimum. He also charges t:at the companies tried to sup p.vss publication in his paper of fi'1 commission investigation. LaVarre is a native of Virginia. In 1917, he had a chance to ac company an tsplorer Info - the I-i izaruni -rerion. A book telling t; his trip was published in 191S There intervened several year3 in v:ich he was at Harvard and then in 1921 he wes again in British f !ana. Two prospectors found tt-e 20-earat More that broueht f iine to LaVarre, on the Kurup-r-ne creek, a tributary of the Jla- rjnini, and LaVarre purchased it I j' S3. 500. Press dispatches from New Y rk told cf the return of the y;ng adventurer on the liner V'-'-strls, with his hoard of precious p-'ms. In his expeditions, several I t number, he is said to have col lected more then 1,000 geological and other specimens for the Amer ican Museum of Natural History b-;J the Smithsonian institution. LONG Hlli FLIGHT SCHEDULED SAN FRANCISCO, Aug I . (AP) Start of the trans-conti-!! atal refueling' flight projected !y the Boeing companies in con Junction with the army was set today for 1C a. m.4 Tuesday. The flif-'bt plane, ""The Shuttle" which will be used will arrive at t'-e Oakland airport from Seattle & 3 o'clock tc morrow afternoon piloted by Lieut. Bernard S. Thompson, who will be co-pilot of Captain Ira? Eaker in the at tempt to cross the continent four tunes and then flyover Cleveland tjr an indefinite period. mm Speaking about tbings to drink, thereV xiotbing like the pure mountain water from the Mokelumne Hirer. And water ia not the only attraction along thu famed stream, according to these fair Dnrant Six Sixty-Six tonriata. Located in the Sierra f oothiHs near I u 3 T) 'mm, Playplaces of Oregon, J i i IISL' Washington and Near-by Canada I I rtl Hl' -J A. Vancouver. HurUoa Uk uul CvibaUl Vukt I Stir 22 iVt jS- P B' V,incou,rw wltk Stratbcoa Prk C, o I I rf2SSlJ- . .St Bninghim. Viu Baker Recreation Area and Saa U 1 Vml W -' W" Tja f Juaa Uandi D, Hood CanaU E, Lake CheUm and I I T fi vrV nm"t' MoootaJa PMet F, Ut. Rainier Hauooal Parkj iR, rj y, 8outI,era WuKincton aad Northera Ocrgoa I j VT V ,f ' rWSf ' R' - fieacbett H. Portland and Central Oregon Beaclie ' I ) jlT J KUmJkO tXcAU'i-liA fL- " K0"" pul J. Crater Lake and Klamath U ' J Crnautjv tmjTS' V iHJUT Falli K, Redwood Hlchwar and Oregon Cave; L, I jl . J Uk i BhCmM j Old Oresoa Trall M. EaMern Washington, R j 1 1 rt'lem aBO un Inland Lake. Back Tracking Auto Trail By DAVID J. WILKIE Associated Press Correspondent - DETROIT (AP) An unnam ed engineer helped Paris solve a problem of rapid transit to and from its suburbs early in 1897 with the building of a "motor train," or "trackless railroad," as dispatches of the day described it. It was a two-car train, the front car being propelled by steam and resembling much the appearance of the present day bus. "Being Independent of rails, It is not subject to a general break down," one news writer declared. That the train aroused no littla curiosity is evidenced in news dis patches of the time telling of its operation. "It is very curious to see the motor train conducting it self like a thing of life; It might be called the 'intelligent train,' after the example of the submar ine boat, he intelligent whale, one reporter wrote. s "Instead of clanging a fearful gong and ordering all traffic out of the way, as the cable car, the motor car moves around the ob- struetion." The "trackless train" operated BEST IN THE WEST -O ' - '- . I mil "'fW' tSv V "".""'"" - -V."" jT Vh5 between the bridges of Neuilly and Colombes. A unique and interesting contri bution to the early days of the au tomotive Industry was the inven tion of a "road wagon motor" bj Albert II. Kennedy of Rockport, Ind., in 1896. Described a3 a "motor to pro pel road vehicles," it was said to be "unlike the ordinary motor" because it could be "attached to any 6tyle vehicle, thus avoiding the necessity of constructing a carriage especially for use as a motor vehicle." The motor consisted of a one cylinder engine placed on carrying wheels and s o arranged that it could be attached to any part of the body of the carriage, "al though preferably to the rear ax le." The "cylinder and engine," as one writer described the device, were carried on a single axle. The scheme of transmission seemingly did not envision the days of torque tubes, universal joints and differentials. "Thd pis ton reds which work through the 99 '. "TH . S. v 1 j. San Andreas, California, is one of the largest dams in the world and one of the oldest mining towns in tho Vest. A visit to this regkra is well worth your time if yon are contexnplatirig a tour to the San Francisco Bay region, cylinder in much the same man ner as a eteam engine, carry the force of the engine .to a bend in the axle and so put yie whole af fair la motion," said the prospectus. In operation, application of the motor gave the appearance of an extra set of two wheels attached to the rear of the rehicle. "It one objects to themotor trailing be hind the rear axle It can be at tached to the body of the carriage and run between the ordinary wheels or it can be attached to the front axle and so run corn carriage," the prospectus added, pletely beneath the body of the Claims totaling $1315.70 hare been paid to Statesman readers by the North American Accident Insurance Co., in the past year. These claims were paid on the $1.00 policy Issued to Statesman subscribers. IN II! for ypu SUNDAY DRIVE We Suggest A Trip to Taylor's Gpovg of EUxhoira TUs It a dandy short Sunday trip. Leave Salem and go to Turner 10.5 miles from Salem, then on S3 miles through AumsviDe to Sublimity Turn here and go to Stayton and on to Mehama 11.8 miles. At Mehama turn to left and go over the hill following the "Littla North Fork" to Taylor's grove. Those who wish will find It a pleasant drive on up to Elkhorn 18 miles from Mehama. BEFORE YOU GO PUT ON A SET OF NEW GEARED TO THE ROAD Your trip will not be marred by tire trouble if you have Miller's on your car. FREE ROAD SERVICE ANYWHERE IN SALEM PHONE 313 Miller Tire Service Co. "RUSS" SMITH 197 So. Commercial Street PHONE 811 RARE RAPHAEL IS PUT ON EXI T 1 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Kept from the public eye on the Island of Rugen for nearly a cen. tury, an early Raphael oil paint ing, the Madonna dl Gaeta, Is be ing privately exhibited here by the German consul, Werner Otto von Hentig. It will remain In San Fran cisco until removed to a Iatin European palace, the location of which he declines to reveal. Count von Uglich and Lottum purchased the rare canvas about 1330 while Prussian ambassador I to the Two Sicilies. Its value ' today has been estimated at from $250,000 to $750,000 . VOLL-Xtm ABOUT TO L A,D cn .Pacific ocr.vvf Hold National Exposition Of Aircraft Industries Big Program Planned for Convention in Cleve land on Ai lr CLEVELAND (3 p e c i ali More than a thousand engineers and executives of the aeronautic industry attending the National Air Races and Aircraft Exposi tion in Cleveland the latter part of this month will meet at the Ho tel Staler, August 26. 27 and 2S, to discuss engineering problems of the industry. These meetings of the society of automotive engineers and the Aer onautical chamber of commerce of America will bring together the leading engineering authorities on propellers, aircraft engines and aerodynamics, who will present results of research and data on design In their respective fields. Senor Juan de Ia Cierva, the' inventor of the Autogyro, the first machine to successfully approach vertiscal flight, will be the princi pal sptaker at a dinner at the Ho tel Cleveland, Tuesday evening, August 27. An address by the Hon. David S. Ingalls. assistant secre tary of the navy for aeronautics, the presentation of the Manly Memorial medal, and speeches by Edward P. Warner, editor of av iation, William B. Stout, presi dent of the Stout Air service, and Russell L. Putnam, will also have m place on the program. The Manly Memorial medal, presented annually by the society of Automotive Engineers to the author of the best paper relating to theory or practice in the design or construction of, or research on. aeronautic powerplanta or parts and accessories, will be presented by Charles L. Lawrence, president of the Wright Aeronautical cor poration, as chairman of the board of award. Beryllium, a new alloy lighter than aluminum and stronger than steel, will be discussed In its ap plication to the aeronautic indus try on the morning of Wednesday, August 2S, at a session devoted to the various light metals used in aircraft construction. Motion pic tures of the Alclad metal airship recently completed in Detroit will also be shown at this session. Standardization, which last year saved the automobile Indus try and the purchasers of motor vehicles $840,000,000 Is rapidly A Real Special Price Genuine Seiberling built Arrowhead Tires and Tubes. Not cheap merchandise but a mighty good tire at a real bargain Price. Double Guarantee and every Seiberling built Arrowhead Tire is warranted by Day & NUes, Inc., to give satisfactory serv ice and by The Seib Rubber Co. against defects for the entire life of the tire. Seiberling Built Arrowheads 30 x 3H Clincher 4.40 x 29 Balloon 80 x 4.50 Balloon ....... 29 x 4.75 Balloon Corner aad H1B BC DAT engineering - being accomplished by the aero nautic industry. This Important phase of production and service will he taken up Monday morning, August 'SC. Airplane landing light requirments and research tests now being conducted will oc cupy a part of this same morning. A complete set of the landing-light equipment now being installed on six test planes throughout the country for the purpose of re search will be exhibited. A new type of propeller which increases the speed and maximum efficiency of airplanes ha3 been engaging the Interest of engineers throughout the country. The prob lems involved in the application of these propellers in which the pitch of the blades can be varied will be revealed at the Monday af ternoon session. Theodore P. Wright, chief engineer of the air plane division of the Curtis3 Aer oplane & Motor Co.. and Frank W. Caldwell, consulting engineer of the Standard Steel Propeller cor poration, will present data for disucssion on controllable-pitch and variable-pitch propellers. The substitution of other cool ing liquide for water In aircraft engines, which permit higher-temperature operation and increased efficiency, will be the main topic of the evening meeting on Monday August 26. This subject is to be discussed by G. W. Frank, asso ciate mechanical engineer of the Powerplant branch of the army air corps, and J. H. Geisse, vice president of engineering, of the Comet Engine corporation. Tuesday morning, August 27. will be devoted to the design of wings and aircraft structures. The partially constructed lar gest airship dock In the world, the partially constructed navy dirig ibles, and some demonstration flights of non-rigid airships will be 6een at theGoodyear plant at Akron, Ohio, by the engineers on Tuesday afternoon. The recent flight of the Graf Zeppelin has brought to the front the impor tance of lighter-than-alr craft, and the work of the Goodyear-Zeppe-lln corporation surpasses In size anything ever attempted In this type of construction. on DLPffiXF QUARANTEED FOR LIFE $4.85 5.85 6.45 7.80 SO x 5.00 Balloon 80 x 5.25 Balloon 81 x 5.25 Balloon . and NiGHT SERVICE f" i mill ii j jnJC" ' 4 'VOLUHTEBK ArpROACHPiC PACtFlQ OCEAX FROM OV'R. tiCT AL SALMS QX7TRr CLVt I RIVER FOREST, 111 (AP) In a fresco she never saw. Sister Mary Aquinas has identified flg ures that have challenged the cur iosity of scholars six centuries. After two years effort, Sister Mary, who is head of the English department at Rosary college here, declared the figures in the old fresco on the wall of. a Span ish chapel at Florenre are the artist's conception of important fourteenth century characters. Vhe fresco was painted by An crea dl Bonaiuto in 1365 on the east wall of the Spanish chapel of the church of Santa Maria No vella. It is "The Church Mili tant and Triumphant." While working on her doctor's the:-is at the University of Chi cago. Sister Mary found the-key -to the unknown fresco figures. An English knight of the garter w3s identified as Sir Edward la Despenser. a knight of King Ed ward III of Great Britain. Through him the nun fixed the time, the return of Pope. Urban V to Rome from Avignon. Two crusaders, Peter of Cyprus and Amadeus VI, count of Savoy, and Piero degll Albirzi. a pominent Florentine, also were recognized. Sister Mary also advanced In formation toward the identifica tion of six other figures, Petrarch, the poet; Boccaccio, the story teller; Cardinal Giles Arbonoz; Fra Jacobi Passavantl, vicar gen eral of Florence and the crusad ing knight of Rhodes, Frere Ray mond de Berenger. Some of the nnn's work was based on descriptions of pictures no longer existing. S PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. II -(AP) Mrs. Ida Laitinen of Hock inson. Wash., filed suit in federal district court here today against Matt Korpela, said to be engaged in the fishing Industry at Astoria, to recover $52,000 damages for the death of her son, Arthur Kun gaa, also known as Charles Lund, 19, who was drowned at - the mouth of the Columbia river Aug ust 22, 1927. 8.50 2 1 ft Q C lUaOD 10.60 ALSO A VERY FAVORABLE PRICE ON GASOLINE AND ETHYL GAS II IF ES OLD MiSTEAi ART WORK DAMAGES ASKED Qi WOMAN Phose ! 471 :