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. 'ill'" . ... - ; f ttt ivn.iiiT. : : MOW- UH tM nier la here, everyone fg-J -. .V- V. . I :.fIl. School pemlmK and fair v time ; Both', come - September .423 here. - ! SEVEIIXNINTH .YEAR, NQ. 137 galea, Oregon, Tuesday Morning; Septenber 3, 1929 PRICE FIVE ' -ir.,; , vtr5 ratal WIdorthwert... .. r i '. ... HondayfThrong of 100;000 Persons Sees Last? of Historic Events" . Dr. Hugo Eckener is Honored ' Guest at Spectacular h Aviation Meet f CLEVELAND, Sept t. (AP) ATlatlon closed tU freatest spec tacle today with iU newest hero. Dr. Hnro Eckener. on "hand to re- celre the acclaim "of a holiday crowd fo 100,000 who gathered for the final program of the na tional air races and earonautical XDOftitlOB. : i Dr. Eckener arriyed.here I thla mornlnr to he the gwt Of two cities th celebration of the hUtory- makin flight of the Gral Zeppeua round the world.tHe wWTaet here hy dty officials, was the - guest of honor at. a ngon Isncheon, and In the afternoon watched the areata at the airport. The crowd roared its greeting aa.he arrived accompanied by -Goyernor Myera Y. Cooper. Latter, ,1tn toarded blimp for Akron, where :io will spend a ; week studying construc tion methods at-the Goodyear. Zeppelin corporation hetora aall- lng for Europe. EffJdeacy Race and -NoB-Stov Fllrfita Made Two more derbies got aader way. One was an efficiency- race from Clereland to Buffalo and back.-which drew 27 entrants, and the other was a non-stop dash to - Pittsburgh; and back for women nllots: In addition craek squadrons of army and nary planes gave daring exhibitions' .of battle maneurers while ciriiians took part in speed dashes. ... Lieutenant James. Dooltttle of thermy, who was forced to take his parachute when the wings of his plane collapsed whiia i.ooe feet in the air yesterday. ' came back with another exhibition of thrills In the air. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Lieutenant Al- ford Williams of the nary also re peated their stunts of the preytous Georjctaaf Speeds Over v 00 MUes Per Hoar . j - Douglas Darls. of Atlanta, Ga.. Turn to Fage a. Column. I.) fisira ' . - -:- .." ' ' FLWS SAFETY Majorjohn T-Wood Lost on Non-Stop Journey to; v Cleveland Derby CLEVELAND, Sept. 2 ( AP) Malor John T. "Wood, of Wau San. Wis., who started from Los Angeles early today on a non-stop flight to Clereland, was lost to night, somewhere along his course, and gray fears were felt here for his safety. The flier was the last of four entrants in the Los Angeles , to Clereland erent of the National air races, which was won hy Hen rr 3. Brown, a reteran Cleyeiana New Tork air mail pilot, who made the trip In 13 hours and IS ' minutes. : - Air race officials here said that Major Wood.: falling to arrlTe here before' dark, certainly would hare communicated with them f he had been nbla to do o. They feared, therefore, that he had mej with tome accident which would not be disco rered until tomorrow where his Hlght ended. Brown's fast4Un for the race won his a;S5000.first prixe : His margin orer ; Lee Shoenhair, -.of Loa Angeles, waa only SS mln? ' ijter fich.oehlialr finished the ' fllrht' ft week ago. - He -won the tKOA iMmtd tirixa. The fourth entrant. Lieutenant r.niAnMl Turner, finished the race. but was disqualified because, he arrired here after 6 p.m. ;Why: do . ' we do it? jtfOAT do we .want, jYY. thrills T Why do we fide roller coasters? Why do we read stories which 'scare us? -'-"v- ' ; Or why is it that we -sever I fise the guest towels ourselves? Or an wm thin ; imrjle . crues- Hon:-why do people uni-H versaDy luce to see zoucs take a .tumble on a ba nana peel? . - Dr. Thomson, writes as an authority, the answers to these and other f interesting ipies tions. - The second of a aeries ofWhy vdo we do it? appears on the worn nV,page : of .today's; Statesman.'- . - . x:' , Mm). al Agreement British PrimerMinistcr terview kt Openirlg of Tenth Annual Leagueof Nations Meeting " GENEVA, Sept. 2. (AP) KM tenth annual assembly of day, Premier Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain' discussed in a cress conference with optimism and appreciation Ameri can participation in the world The head of the British labor government announced his expectation that favorable. progress of AngloAmericaneon- versauorfs of naval disarmament would be such as to over come all difficulties and reach-p an agreement. f He said : that the .great American - republic was a friend f all good causes -whether connected wttk the league or not and, told Journalist , representing mere than a score of countries that th United SUtei would ner er do anything to interfere with the purposes of the league.- Ia hjs .current canters tlons vith American Ambassador Dawes In London, regarding sea power. Premier MacDonald said that he had In view a much more comprcr hensiro purpose than settlement naral strength . as . between Great BrlUla and the United Statns, . -.'i-: - Both . President fioorer ;a4 himself anticipated that their die- cussiona wouia do preliminary o a- conference lor a zar reacmng disarmament . agreement among th great powers, settling the pMblem of armed forces on land aa well as at sea. Premier MacDonald, punctuat ing his crisp Scottish accents with ruffs nt a rather plutocratic look ing cigar, spoke of his hopes of Yisiting Ajnerlca "soma time this autnninjk but admitted circum stance might not permit it. . -fl cannot say at present wheth er it will be possible for me to go. My friends In parliament har not gos;a majority in tne bouse; oj commons. ' Therefore,- there la a great burden on a gOTernment like ouraelres lacing difficult -na tlonal problems.' W - New Kind Of 'Letter A. novel letter in the form of S phonograph record was receive 1 recently by Mrs. Iva B. MHchell of 57 s Center street.'from her son Burrell M. MltcheU who is work ing for the General Electric com pany at i Scotia, New Tork. - The letter was recorded ion a glazed cardboard record slightly smaller in diameter than an or dinary phonograph record. The voice was as distinct an any repro duction from the regular records. Mitchell made the record in a few spare momenta from his work in the sound v reproduction labora tories. '- ' a:" -V I' When he first went to General Electric in" Jnne, . MltcheU was testing radios before release to re tailers. Recently he has been in found reproduction ; laboratories and television work. Ho expects to specialize in -transmission of light waver with sound waves through the medium of , .' radio waves. ' ! George Rigby on Way East After Summer in City George W. Rigby, who has been spending the past month in Salem visiting Wa parents, left Monday for w. Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he is attending the 21am- chusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Rigby expects to complete his work tor the doctor's degree thla yar. He Is holder of the DuPont honorary fellowship for S75cV On his way east Rigby will at tend the meeting of the American Chemical society, which la holding its mnnuar convention at Minnea polis. C - - - " i -rr : H"r Rum Possession Charged Against WThree by Police . ' -J ' ' mmm .. 4?-' . t . Charges of possesaiom of Intoxi cating liquors were placed against three men by local poiiee Sunday. Ball of Ed Chamberlln4 was set at. $S0 which he la said to have failed to raise. - " . - Beer of too high a potency was listed as th cause of the troubles of 8. Ganadara and B. Magdanno who were picked up by the south prowler; Neither ot " fho latter two - were reported to have been lnbiblng too freely .but Chamber- lln received the additional nota- tloa.; . y- ; . ACCIDENT IS FATAL , BEND, "Tjre! Sept, 1 (AP) Eddie Grmdle, IS, died here last night aa the result et a' wound re ceived when a aftetgun he waa re moving from o automobile was aeeldentaUz d&arged, - .Qv Optimistic In Attending the opening of the the league of nations here to movement for peace. BY WIAJJY FLIGHTS Aviation Takes Prominent , Part in Holiday's Activities . By The Associated Preas Aviation was predominant fac tor In Labor day hews. ", . Dispatches from a doses points brought details of triumph and tragedy In the field of the newest sport -and, science. Briefly sum marised the day's development In cluded: .Graf Zeppelin : sped homeward, after dodging adyerso weather area. At closing day of great Cleve land air meet, Douglas Davis, of Atlanta, defeated service planes in speed race with average , of 194.S miles an hour. Major J. T. Wood missing in Los Angeles-Cleveland nan-stop race. - . Two women' "burned to death and pilot severely injured In West erly, R, I., crash. Leslie (Daredevil) MacKay. kill ed in tail from plane at Buffalo. N. Y.; his parachute failing to operate. ' - Endurance plane "Shuttle" con tinues eriss-cross country flight. Lisbon reported. recovery of a body lupjtoaed to be that of one of -theJ3wlsa transAUaatk fliers lost in August. . J. E. Lytall. of Montreal, en UGQR DAY MARKED ..hrou'te to Toronto races, died of ln- mries receivea in a crasn at usn awa. Onto. " ' v .luicusniT Fin work soirn Fall work at the T. M. C A. wlU get under way this week with meetings of boards controlling the various divisions and clubs. Fri day "night programs will bo ar ranged nad will be started for the season soon. Organization of the. men living In the residence halls will be pro moted Mo effect better acquain tance among the men, to further recreation for those working at odd hours and to work out a reg ular meeting scchedulo for the group. r The innlor board of directors and the emblem club' will meet this week to start the program for the boys division. Business men are getting back into the play- and the young men .will re sume work. Pathetic Stories Related ! i Z '!. Harpy to be aaocj those umrjanm waa mtae water sjnaoar : - On of the most patherie stories cf I-oW'fT'a heroism aM cjnkk trenanpa be related 1mw aassavvai ensssw ava 9Mub.m - ; . J - Question of Grocery Store Near State Hospital To Come Up Planning Commission Fails ; To ! Bring In Special Ordinance The request f or a change of ioae permitting T. W. Campbell to; open a grocery store In a dwelling on North 34th street op posite the .state hospital grounds. ia scheduled to eomo up for a pos sible final decision at tonight meeting of the city council. This was made a special order of busi ness for tonight, in action taken at lasT'week's adjourned meeting. Mr. Campbell has had for some time a petition with almost 100 per cent approval of the property owners in that vicinity asking for the change. Zoning Commission Opposes Change The planning and sonlng com mission recommended against, the change, because it applied nly to one lot instead of at .least half a. block, which is the usual mini-' mum Area, The recommendation was alao made on the ground that while, a grocery, in a." dwelling would not ,be objectionable, - it would make it possible for some later tenant or owner to build a garage or almost any business structure there. The council then asked the commission to bring in an ordin ance amending the sonlng law so that limited use could be authoriz ed, but the commission, which has not been able to get a Quorum for about tlx 'weeks,, had done nothing about it at latest reports. Widening: of Front Street ,v May be Discussed Another' matter .-which may come .before .ih council tonight is the proposed widening of Front street In the blocks which are on 'this year's paving program. The enrb had already been. laid at, a (Turn to Fag S, Column 7,) Act Cause Of Death MARSHFJELD. Ore.. Sept. Z. (AP) Therole' of good Samari tan cost the life early today of Pearl Riehards, It, when her au tomobile plunged from the port deck hero after ahe had trans ported an officer of the British cruiser Colombo from a down town cafe to his ship. Pearl's sister Irene, 11, was said to have leaped ciear wnen tne macmne leic ue dock and sho was not Injured. Irene told authorities aha was rescued from the bay by the of ficer, whose name was not learn ed. She1 said the officer also dived Into the water several times in an unsuccessful effort to extricate her sister's body from the submerged automobile before help arrived. Irene said that she and her .sis ter, employes of the restaurant. Offered to take the officer to his ship because buses were not run- nine at that early hour. He ac eepted, aha hold authorities, and Pearl was turning the car around on the dock after bidding the of ficer good night when the wheels slithered off the edge. UBUH,J!l.J.li. 1 ? J rparcd fct the 8. S. Zvkx trajedy, liar - r - hif.asoCier, feallsLa " ia te m . .. . . Samaritan Y&tthfd Eugene r 1 tracer btCotdtd AU&kST, Ore, STrt ' (AP) Floyd and . Lloyd . Holland of Eafnw woa flret' prize fat the second annual, twin rowjsd-ap here t today. The pair was Judged .' the Babe similar at of . 20S pair entered la fle coateaC f Floyd, and XJoyd are IS mon&s ol(L TJy jrcre the only ones, who acejacd Wttex eited OTer4th ctorT-i , Am Meaof be-aimilarity of ,the twins : appearance "may be gapped from the fol IoiHbr; itttenKt of ope et be spectator t' v - i ."l ean t tell - which fi BE SMALLf-REPORT South, pecfi to Produce Larger .: yarvestSTnan -Total Ust Year " " WASHINGTON. Sept, 3. (AP) The department of agriculture announced today that the indicat ed yield of principal crops of. the north isamaUer compared with last year while the major crops of the- south probablr will produce larger harvest than In 192 s. The Indicated composite yield of S4 principal crops, the department sald.lll Be about S per cent be low 192. and slightly below the ten year average, . ' The leading crops of the north. corn, wheat, oats, potatoes and fruits were said to show Indica tions of smaller harvests than last year. Southern staple crops com, tobacco and sweet potatoes are expected -to register yields greater than a year ago. , j. Favorable weather plus the ''hastening Influence of tho ,"com-a Mn. li mm kM .VI . ..a t. A m. M . I keti In, heavy volume, the. depart ment reported. Several of the staple fruit and vegetable crops promise" reduced supplies and are accordingly sell ing at higher prices, the depart ment said, 'with potatoes Included In the later category. ' The report said generally high er prices for fruits obtain, partic ularly "apples, which are Selling about twice as high as last teason. Beef cattle prospects wC.ro held to be favorable to producers, the expectation being ; that eatUe movement to market will be about the same as last year. No marked change in the gen eral dairy situation was observed. SKELETDH WILL BE IE EUGENE, Ore., Sept, 2. (AP) A party of men under direction of w. w. Branstetter. coroner, was to leave McKenzie bridge to morrow to bring to Eugene the skeleton ot a man believed to be that of Henry Cramer, Universi ty of Oregon student who, with Gus Ferry, another student, be came lost in the wilds ot Three Sisters, three year ago. The skeleton was found by a packing party last week. Henry Cramer, Sr., The Dalles, father of the young man, was said here te have -tentatively identi fled the skeleton as that ot his ton from descriptions of teeth and a belt buckle. Ferry has not been found. by Suiyivors of BROUGHT TO EUGEI jorle Daasbj of Los Angeles eobbc4 Oyer te fate of her tA friend. $' v. wov snvtnf his life, was told by loan a aiakiAav Varied blsa safely Into a lifeboat. A few aeeoavds IBS Salem Womaii Victim of Hit and ' Run Driver Upon West Side Highway .... ; V - , - V . ..- : . - . . m- . . anmaamemwa - Local Party Forced Across ? Ditch Into . Pole .Near McMinnville i '. - Mrs. Henry Hartman, mother ot Otto; Aand Ray W. Hartman, local Jewelers, suffered a fracture toheic left; leg between.. the knee and ankle and minor bruises about 3 o'clock Monday afternoon as thel result of a "hit and run", automo- hbile accident which occurred on the west, side Pacific . highway lust uus aiae oi ; tne long onage leading Into Lafayette, northeast or MeMtasviUe 1 - Mrs; Hartman .was ridlnr with her jon-fn-law and daughter, Mr. and.'Mrs."v Fred Brock, and her sonOtto. The party was on the way to Portland and was ap proaching - the fruit stand .. at the end ot the -bridge when a car swunr onto. the road from the fruit stand dlfectly In the path ot the local people's car. The. driver puUed across 7 the road to avoid hitting the Other machine. In the swerve the car in which Mrs. Hartman was riding jumped into a pitch, then bounced against, a telephone pole to break it square ly off Mrs. Hartman was the on ly injured member of the party, although aU were ahaken up a bit. - - The machine which caused the trouble sped away without stop ping to investigate. Two other machines were involved in the ac cident but none ot the occupants was hurt nor were the cars dam aged. The local folk were pick ed up: by members of the Mc Minnville fire department and aid given. Mrs. Hartman was brought to the Salem General hospital about 7:30 o'clock last night. Her feon<ion Is not serious, though attendants said laid night ahe was In quite a bit of pain. - She Is an elderly woman. PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 2. (AP) Paul Smith, the hiking miner from Gates, won the annual Salem to Portland Labor day race sponsored by a newspaper here. Smith hiked the 51 miles In nine hours IS minutes, and' It sec-H onds, 4 and one-half minutes bet ter -than was ever officially made before. Percy Stone of Forest Grove was second; Paul Callieotte, third and Harry Floeter, fourth. One hundred and seventeen en tries lined the . statehouse steps here at 8 o'clock Monday morning tor a group picture just before the ani'.ual Oregon Journal Salem to Portland walking rate got under way. With Sergeant J. L. Cutler t the Salem police handling the starter's-pistol, the hikers got un der way at 1:07 a. m. Frank Fess- ler of Mt. Angel took the lead and held It during the 12 miles to Ger- rals. The hikers spent Sunday night at the Marlon hotel and were up early for their start at dawn. Shipwreck 7 .v.w.- -X'' . TJoCla Lee Pifer, ,C -Virom his Badly HI : j :: r - - THOMAS A. EDISON Famous Inventor Unable to Resume Work for Two ' Or Three Weeks CLEMONT. Llwelyn. Park, West Orange, N. J., Sept. 2 (AP) Thomas A. Edison Is con valescing from an aftaek of pneumonia, and not from just a slight'cold, as was previously an nounced, the aged Inventor's phy sician. Dr. Hubert S. Howe, dis closed today. Mr. Edison contracted the Infec tion on August 14, Dr. Howe an nounced in a bulletin, and for 10 days his condition was serious. He now is out of danger and rap- Idly gaining strength, according to the announcement. Mr. Edison recently passed his 82nd birthday. Allowed to sit up for a few hours today, Mr. Edison was in the best ot spirits. He will not be allowed to resume work in his la boratories for two or three weeks, however. Dr. Howe's bulletin follows: "Mr. Edison contracted a cold on Aug. 11, In spite ot it he con tinued work In his laboratories for two days, on the third day pneumonia developed and during the following 10 days his condi tion was serious but due . to his natural vigor and unusull powers of resistence, he was able to over come the infection and is now out of danger and in the convales cent stage. "He Is gaining strength rapidly but should not resume work for two or three weeks. Charles Edison visited his fath er today and expressed great joy over the improvement In his con dition. SALT LAKE CITx Sept. I (AP) The Boeing endurance plane Shuttle was still sailing above Elko, Nov., at 11 p.m., (M. S. T.) according to word received here tonight. Adverse weather conditions prompted Captain Eak er to remain above Elko most of the night unless the weather cleared.- . . OAKLAND. Cat, Sept. 2 (AP) The first leg of their third attempt to establish a new non stop refueling record completed, Captain Ira C. Eaker and Lieuten ant -Bernard Thompson poked the nose of the Boeing mall plane Shuttle eastward at 1:25 o'cloek this Afternoon, (P.S.T.), from the Oakland airport. After encountered winds and rain on their route here from New Tork, th e pilots successfully drove their ship through tremendous odds to make their first trans continental flight on the third at tempt to set a new . record. -' Their. "stay here was short, five minutes, Boeing officials at the airport said. They were to make another refuel at Reno tonight, no contact with another ship was made here but the pilots dropped a package of newspapers -from' New Tork. Neither did they drop notes to Inform officials here how th etrip was progressing. -. The Shuttle left New Tork at f:S5 a.m., (E. 8. T.), yesterday. refuellngs 'were made at Cleve land. Omaha. Cheyenne, -J Wyo... and Carlln, Ner., on the westward trip." The pilots planned refuel lngs at ' the same points on the eastward flight with : the excep toln of the first which win be at Reno; to avoid high winds la east ern Nevada. . : f -. .:; - Burglar Makes 0 HisWay Through Oifice Window ' PORTLAND, Ore Sept. I. (APl-rSanlrmlng through a 14- lneh opening above the ticket of fice, a burglar early today entered a down town theatre here, pried ores , a 'safe " and escaped with about $400, police announced. The cracksman left a hammer and "jimmy" behind him' but of ficers said ; they . were unable to obtain fingerprints from the tools. SHUTTLE WAITING IT ELKO, in S1I Huge Air Liner Rapidly Ap proaching Gibraltar ".. Late Last Night Rousing Welcome Prepared At Home Port for Pas- , ' sengers and Crew namiuiutn, Beoi. 2. IAFJ The Graf Zeppelin gave the . navy department its 11 (E.S.T.) position tenlrht aa ac.is north latitude and 21.15 mmt longitude, placing it approximate- w w utiles wesi oi LilSOOn. PHILADELPHIA. SenL 2. . ' (AP) A message from the fint- : ZeppeUn Intercepted at :05 P. T - CE.S.T.) by the radio Operator f . the Reading railway " gave the- r ship's position as 21.10 west leac Itude and 3S.S0 north latitude This was estimated as abent KM mllee west of Grlbraltar WASHINGTON. Sept. J. API The navy department announced tonight that a message Intercept ed from the Graf Zeppelin gave the shin's position at 7 n. nt (E.S.T.) as 35.22 north latitude and SC.40 west longitude. - The position indicates that the dirigible was about 120 miles dae west of Gibraltar. ; .... , It was the first position resort picked up by the navy since 11 . m., last night, and shows that the ' Zeppelin Is taking a course coaftt erably south ot that followed mm the first leg of Its around-tbe world flight. HORTA, Azores. Sept. 2. MAP) Up to 11:30 p. m.'(8:30 p. aa. E.S.T.) the Graf Zeppelin waa net reported sighted from any point in this island group.. The weather was overcast with a drizzle otrsdav The radio signals of the dirig ible were heard from 1:80 p. so. (12:30 P. M. E.S.T.) on and their strength Indicated that the ship was not tar away. FRKIDRICHSHAFEN, Ger many, Sept. 2. (AP) The -el-, ready considerable crowds await ing the arrival of the. Graf Zep pelin at Its home port was disap pointed today when the radio-station failed to establish contact with that of the airship. All preparations to welcome the dirigible after Its successful werld flight were expedited to the ut most with gangs working all night and day. A triumphal arch with the word "welcome" and adorned with blue and white flags, the colon of tie Zeppelin family, was erected at the entrance to the : Zeppelin works. (Turn to Page S. Column S.) FOBBWlE SPOKANE, Sept. S.(AP) Forest 'officials today : character ized the fire situation in the north west as the worst, -since 1910, when every national forest held one or more serous conflagrations and many thousands of acres of private timberland were ' devast ated. : A gerieral storm which hurtled over the entire area last weekend ?' started new biases with lightning flashes and scattered eld biases.- Into new sectors, bringing the sit uation In Montana, central Idaho and eastern - Washington te : the - most critical point this season. Major biases were sweeping through mercantable timber in . Selway, Pend d'OreiHe, Nex-Perce Clearwater and Kooskl In Idaho, the Black feet, Mjssoula and Butte : forests In Montana; and the Col- vllle region and Kanlskv forest ot wasnington. uinciai esumates on the amount of timber destroyed were lacking today, but reports ' from scores .of . ' fronts ' Indicated that several ' hundred thousand acres, valued at millions - of -dol- " lars, had been burned. - In the central- Idaho- region. where the Bald Mountain and Old Man creek Ores have swept er; ty 10,000 acres, fighters tose a (Turn to Page S. Cohmm .) Believe It ot Not --About Sale No dtf In the t United States trie size of Salem has such a large member ship as Capital Post No. 9 of Salem.'; r In fact; no city in the country: with, a pep ulation even of ,75,QpO has such a large enrollment and such an active membership as the Salem post Before the bio; annual convention the total enrollment " was 1200. - - - - , . , Tke StatBa wiTI trlVvtioR trim its naan ef th er Mw'fraable ietm eWat SaUM. MS T SINCE SIB i -" 4 re-.- v . i ... .