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.V . 4r. - 24 PAGES TODAY laming tbe only Sunday - piper' U Satan, the Onto Statesman ' afford - advertis- Vw snperideimediannV fort ' their meesage. That's why the' SUtesman Sunday lssup ': is TWfl:;t:;J ; No-Erid But None 'MonlWoMyr-l-The'.Cmiwi- Of Tlie Boy Scoute SEVENTY-NINTH: YEAR, NO. 142 ' ' '7'Vv . k-.. . . FOUNOEP 1091 WEATHER. Fair today ' and Monday; Moderately high tempera tures. Max. temperature Sat wrday 81; Mia. 48; River 2.4; Wind north; No rain. Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, September 8, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTO PUItlE FOlD: 1 Lead Drive llfflLUHE OSES I Fastest I PftRTY OH WAY , I flit PLAY TO fm iKin sSiicfsit ' st paiii nnan m : , m Eight Occupants Believed to. Have ,Ben Burned to Death in Crash7 it Huge Air Uner Hits Side of :; Mountain in Ycstern y ! New Mexico tit GRANT. N. M.. Sept. 7-i(AP) With more than 100 member fa oien searchiny; partlea ' ; camped on and near Mount Taylor, hope of reaching the wrecked air liner VClty ol San Franclsco'l late tonight was deferred until , day "Two groups were report to ue -within a mile and a haltijt the rreckae, but there waa no chance of presslnc farther. In the 'f-s? -. - f -r-; "vr;i' s fiL ? ; ' GRANT, N. M..iSepti ,7.(AP) nt-itg winea stripped from the In- . aelace and Its eight occupants probably-"burned to death, the , "City of San Francisco" Transcon tinental Air Transport air liner. tejight was the object of a ground search of-' several groups of men. " traversing the wild, forbidden "ter- riDarT of .western New Mexico. 'Hundreds of Searchers . - ' Made Way Toward Wreck V Barely a few minutes had pass ad alter the T. A. T. teletype had flashed ."the word from Pilot George Rice that he had found the remnants of the once proud trans port of. the south slope of Mount Taylor before hundreds oi searcn- en started corerging on tnls rug ted. '11.000 foot peak. " v-ii -" i . .Due to the rough terrain, It was considered ' probable that hours would elapse before land parties, proceeding slowly by truck, horse hack and afoot, would be able to reach the "wreckage of the huge In an effort to retrieve the bodies of its eight victims. . That the three membera of thd T. A. T. personnel andahelrTtlt passengers had perished t in yie flames enveloping tfiealf 'Uner1 teemed certain. Wings Reported BnriKd ' Completely Away - - Bill Cutter. T. A. T. pilot, re ported that the wing had burned I way, apparently following -an ex plosion. He was finable to see tbe feodies, but expressed the belief that the eight occupants ot the machine had been carried to their - (Turn te Page 15. Column i.. kX3penins to M Mark F all Activities Plans for the annual fall open ng for Salem merchants set lor Thursday. September 19. .were 'progressing nicely Saturday ac cording to Gardner Knapp, chair man of the Ad club committee, in charge of the annual event. The regular fall window opening, as (well as dance for the public to be gield in a downtown hall, will be two if the special features be ing arranged for the events , . Announcement of standing com. tn'lttees for the Ad club were made this week by . the president of the rlub. ; ; : Tbe committee on programs and Ad club education will be Gardner Knapp, Dean Frank Ertckson, Dr. Henry Morris and E. A. Brown. The club bulletin committee will be Chet Tyndall, Vern Suko jand Edwin Thomas. 1 The committee on club finance trill be Edwin Thomas, Law and jc. V. Panros. ' - , - The committee on membership will he Oscar D. Olson,' F. E. JsTeer, Stanley Keith and John ftchei. - - -v ' - 1 The committee on club advertis ing will he C.-A. spragne, wuuam paulus, Uoyd Riches and R. Mc- i ' " f ' x. .. , yJv. ; I Jimmy Johnston Wins Title As Amateur Champion Of America J Portland Dentist Drops His Match 4 and 3 After Early Lead By ALLAN GOULD (Associated Press Sports Editor) PEBBLE BEACH, Calif., Sept. 7.-(AP) The amateur golfing capital of the United States shift ed today from Atlanta to St. Paul when Harrison R. (Jimmy) John ston, fighting son of the great great mid-west beat the battling dentist' ot the Pacific .northwest. Dt Oscar F. Willing 4 up and S to play. In .the final match ot the first tournament ,' ever , held this side of the Rockies. 14 tv i i Johnston, competag in the -title fiKsS twA A. 44-.- i- ... I aioicricy, snows - - 1 V ' '..s.'A'.v:-::. V round tor the first time In his career, succeeded to the cham pionship relinquished by Bobby Jones when the favorite golfing ton of Dixie ewas unceremonious ly eliminated in the first round by: Johnny Goodman of Omaha. Rally Staged After Bad Start in Morning The S3 year old St. Paal Invest ment broker, whose boyish man ner seemed to catch the fancy of the crowd, rallied after a bad start to overhaul and beat tho vet eran Dr. Willing In a match that was marked by erratic play and by an attitude of distinct hos tility toward the loser on the part of the gallery. Except for the gallant fighting spirit manifested by both contest ants right up to the finishing stroke on the 33rd green; where Johnston got the half that clinch ed! the issue, the brand of golf was not up to championship stand ard, as it has come to be exem plified by ex-emperor Jones, but the attitude of the gallery toward ths Jrebust Oregonlan iras as re markable as anything ever wit nessed:' In SO years of competition for the amateur crown. In spite of the fact that Dr. Willing carried the banner ot the (Turn to Page II, Column L) leer B. tu B. ye, was dis qualified at the Schneider Cup races yesterday, be set a. ne world speed record for 832.49 miles per hour. He was disquali fied when he cut s few yards In front of one of the turning points or tne course. BRID GflQOM E WINS PLHCES OPEN SHOP IS BY DEWED OWNERS HERE Fight Between Dealers and Electricians Started In Earnest Meeting Between Merchants and Strikers Fails to Bring Peace Officer H. R. D. Waghorn is First in Schneider Cup Events Notice that en Monday morning each ot Salem's five electrical storeswould be conducted on the open shop plan was served . late Saturday night when a conference between owners of the firms and a member of Salem electrical un ion No. 280 came to no avail. The shop owners, fire in num ber, were called Into conference by the executire committee of the union Saturday night but owners of the shops found the anion had no new offer make.' V. ' - The workers went out on strike Friday night, August 23, when owners refused to pay a new scale of 4 S tor a 40-hour week. The existing scale has been 944 for 44 hours. Recently membera of the nnlon have offered to go back to work at 141.75 for 44 hours but this proffer was rejected by the owners. "By open shop we mean that we will employ men on merit without reference to their union or non union connections," said ene of the electrical dealers after the conference Saturday. "I presume the scale will remain at $44 for 44 hours for competent men al though this has not been discussed by the dealers." Seventeen electrical workers are out on strike and all of these will be affected by the new deci sion ot the owners. Pigs? Cows? We Have 'Em! X w 1 ky.V fib, V.'J -fc. . . mm h A AX fi h5 70-Year-0ld Woman Watch es Timber Rre Consume Marquam Home :-y-:-3SK'7.J ;::ri:::w:x:::;::: .v 7.-.'.:..-A-.:. 1? ) . Above A. N. Doerfler, Sllverton, Is shown fattening his thorongh bred Dnroc Jersey hogs to enter competition at the Oregon state fair. Below, W. O. Morrow, Independence, with, his Jersey cow that was named champion of au cows at the fair. Mr. Morrow will nave num ber of fine cows at the fair again this year. FLIES CAUSE TO IS. Fill LMBEiy MEN FORM an RYDE, Isle of Wight, Sept. 7. (AP) A flying bridegroom on silver comet of seaplane hurtled to victory for Great Britain in the race for the Schneider trophy to day, establishing a new average speed for the 218 mile course of 28.63 miles an hour, which is i"8,1 .i! J?."-?. " Frank Hrubetz Named Pres- em-aau uuv usua mure e uimut. a. uio is an Improvement of 49 miles an hour over the speed record by which Britain won the last Schnei der trophy race at the Lido, Ven- ident of Growers' Organization Preparations For '29 Fair Rushed Entries in Various Exhibits and Events Are Pouring in From All Parts of Northwest Indicating Great Interest This Year WITH but a bare two weeks left before the opening of the Oregon State Fair, September 23 to 28, work in all de- MS e bi is STILL H6 lira ice, two years ago. Loganberry growers of the Sa- The victorious British pilot was lem district, a score in number. Flying Officer h. R. d. Waghorn. completed organisation of the 6a- reports Mrs. Ella S. Wilson, secretary of the fair board. partments is being, speeded up, entries are pouring in from all over the northwest, buildings are being cleaned and aired, and last minute construction is being pushed to the utmost, Detectives Turn Northward In Attempt to Find Al- v- leged Swindler Prominent figures in the present Boy Scout financial campaign. reading from the top: ,Jouglas McKay, general chairman; O. I . West, scout executive for tue Marion-Polk county area, and W. Ij. Hayward, regional executive who is here from Spokane to as sist with the drive. DIE KICK-OFF 10 Everything is in readiness for the big klckff breakfast at the Spa Moflday mornin gto mark the beginning ot the financial cam paign for Cascade Area council. Boy Scouts of America, which will continue four days, under direc tion of Douglas McKay, general !NEW YORK. Sept. 7. (AP) Private detectives hired by the American Bankers' association turned towards Canada today in their search for Charles Delos Waggoner, missing president ot the bank of Telluride, Colo., who obtained 1500,000 to his bank's credit from six large New York financial Institutions through fraudulent ' telegraphic transfer orders, drawn on as many Denver banks. Following a tip that Waggoner would be at the home of a brother-in-law, T. E. Todd, in Olathe. Kansas, the bankers' detectives waited for him there yesterday but he failed to appear. Their search has been centered In western .Kansas and Nebraska but late clews picked up they say. Indicate that Waggoner has gone to Canada. While the search was still going on for him in the west. United States attorney here. Charles H. Tattle announced that the federal grand Jury would on Monday In- Royal Air force pilot and a bride groom of two months. He Is the only married man among the six daring British and Italian high speed. pilots who today risked their necks for -the sake of science and speed supremacy in tbe seven circuits ot the course marked out over the Solent, between England and the Isle of Wight Another British aviator. Flying Officer, R. L. R. Atcherley, on a machine Identical to Waghorn's, captured anfother world's speed record for Great Britain during the race, when he surpassed the fastest time ever flown by any man anywhere, shooting through (Turn to Pag IB, Column I.) Stamps of . Trade Will Be Fought lem Berry Growers' association at meeting held Saturday after noon in the chamber of commerce while W. H. .Walker is the secre- taryrtreasurer. The board of di rectors elected Saturday consists of C. A. Poole, John Fabry. Hol land, Jory, Frank Hrubetx and W. H. Walker. The organization held its in itial meeting at the Liberty school- house August 28 and adjourned to the meeting Saturday. Fifty grow ers of loganberries have already signed as members ot the associa tion ana hair again that many have been listed as good prospects tor membership in the near future. Under the marketing agree ments made between the associa tion and each grower, the sale of all products throughout the or ganisation is covenanted with not 111 11 Tl IS LISTED AT 164 The new $150,000 grand stand and exhibits building now stands complete except for the electric fixtures which will be installed next week. With the scaffolding down, the attractive ness ot its beautiful tan brocade stucco, and tbe placques repre senting horses heads and Jockey's caps, boots and saddles, is fullyJ evident. An Impressive program of dedication for the new building 1000 Acres Burned Over; 75 Men Called Out. to. Aid - Fighting Blaze Tragedy stalked in the wake of a 1000-acre timber fire near Mar quam Saturday afternoon as Mrs. August Frank. .70-year old Ger man woman, was fatally burned when her home was destroyed by flames at 2 o'clock. She was alive at midnight Saturday but was not expected to lite throughout today. Outside her house which caught fire suddenly,- Mrs. Frank had ap parently reached safety when she retraced her steps and entered . the burning structure to save pa- : pers which she Considered Tain- able. Her clothes caught fire and before Sherman - Miller, a neigh bor, could rescue her. she wa horribly burned. The aged woman, speaking in coherent German, was taken to the nearby house of Oscar Nor. berg. When the roof of this dwelling ignited, its occupants rushed outside to stop the blaze. Woman Makes Way Toward Own Home Mrs. Frank, although fatally in jured, arose from the bed where she had been placed, made her way outside the Norberg house and down the road to the site of her own dwelling. She wat brought back to the Norberg dwelling, dazed by the shock and her grief. , Meanwhile 75 men from the neighboring country as well as the fire departments of Mt. Angel and Silverton had been called to the scene. They were unable to saxe the house or barn of the Frank home or those on the Fred Hel- mig farm nearby, the property be ing entirely destroyed. The. fire in the slashings was temporarily under control Satur day night but fire-fighters were fearful that a northwest wind, if It should arise this, morning. would again put the fire out of control. Scotts Mills is directly-in line of the -flames if they were fanned by a wind from the north west. Some valuable second- growth timber has already been destroyed and more is in tbe path of the flames. The fire began last Tuesday but was checked and farmers were of the opinion until Saturday that there was no dagner. Mrs. Frank. Is said to have feared the fire and to have told her neighbors est MANILA, Sept. 7. (AP) The number of known deaths in the typhoon which swept southern Lu- vIn- ni.nn xrnnrf.T to 1C4 today as additional reports told of the havoc wrought in a half dozen provinces. The town ot Infanta, on the western coast of Tayabas Prov ince, reported SO persons dead. Three army airplanes, carrying rel cross workes, flew to Infanta, which Is almost due west of Ma opening day, and win be an nounced in the near future. Marion County Will Arrange for Own Booth Marion county, along with 14 others of the state, has definite ly signified intention to have agri cultural booths at the fair, com prising what wiU probably be the largest agricultural outlay the to exceed one per cent of the gross nila and reported that conditions Btate falr ha8 ever MeBf according sale price tor the berries being re tained by the board of directors for expenses. The association agrees not to can or process any (Turn to Pace 15, Column' .) 1 Turn to Pas It, Cohuna X.) Pilot Who sing Air toer Tells About His Experiences Upon Search By LIEUT. GEORGE K. RICH , Western Air Express Pilot , ; ALBUQUERQUE. Sept. f (By the Associated-. .Press) . We had figured that the T. A. T. pilot was north ot his course; on account of a atom which we had teen oyer In the petrified ; forest en Tuesday when we ' flew the . route from Albuquerque . to Los Usgeles., - t " '. When we left Los Angeles this nornlng we went to the petrified . m . VtV fa a Rati t SO mtla -youth and east or uoiorooaY ru "and we then Hg-iarred through the mountains keeping a constant lookout for the lost plane., We circled the southern side ot Mount Taylor and ; at about 1000 feet ; above the ground we' saw scattered bits ot duraUunv these bits of durallum extended - about one eighth of m mile. ; Then we saw the left wing of the plane where It had been cut off by striking a tree. The wing was turned upside down and we could read the numbers tt 4f. The balance of the. plane we saw about 100 yards beyond this point. The plane had caught fire. . ;rj From our altitude we could tee the initials T. A. T. but most of the rest ot the cabin waa In ashes. We eould also see part of the ele vators. On last Tuesday when We flew over this territory the storm Wis SWt " - m mm a a. .a xue ooara 01 uireciors 01 tne J r T M . , Salem Business Men's league 03i 6122 A U TOlStS wnicn includes a majority of the leading business firms In Salem. aeciared war Saturaday on the use of trading stamps by local busi ness firms and urged all members of the league to resist efforts of trading ' stamp salesmen.1 to in troduce the stamps locally. We believe , the ' giving of Pay Total Sum of $20 in Fines Three Salem drivers were fined Saturday by Police Judge Mark Poulsen for speeding, paying $20 were aepioraoie mere. to bu1t Taylor. Macleav. sunerln Only eight houses were left tendent of the division. Other a a . . .nl . standing in tne town, s&ia me rea counties already signed up are cross report, and the populace ex- Douglas. Washington, Linrt, Polk, perienced an acute food shortage. I Yamhill, Lane, Tillamook, Jose- A navy relief ship will be sent I phlne. Coos, Malheur, Columbia, down the coast tomorrow carrying Clackamas.- Jackson and Wasco. physicians, nurses and supplies other counties are expected to en- for the stricken areas. - ter befote'the closing date. The water shortage, causeai The booths will include every when the typhoon broxe a mg kind of .roduce crown in the main leading from Montalban to tate. such as sU sorts of rrain. Manila, continued today, an emer- Tegetables, and fruit. Of especial gency flume xor novancnes aim. 1 i-terest will be the flax, which has 12 miles north ot the city, having failed to bring relief. I.!. 5KS tsat if? i-nsive and detri. Jg XfiSSi Labist Section which Waggoner obtained the 1500,000 credit. SThe probe will be made on the assumption that the postal law were violated, Mr. Tattle said, fol lowing a conference with T. M. Reeves, chief tanking examines for the district- Authorities disclosed that al- mental policy and one that should not be entered Into by any of our members." declared a letter cir culated ,by the board of directors to all business men in the league. u yon are - informed that any i member. of the Salem Business Men's league has taken on four, paid $10 for speeding, hav ing no brakes and no operator's license. He waa arrested Friday. C. F. Edwards, route three, was doing IS mUes an hour on 8outh Commercial street, and paid If for his haste. Dr. D. B. Hill. 211. Feels Its First Frost oi Season been attracting so much attention in the Oregon booth at the Cali fornia state fair at Sacramento during the past week. There will also be a large display ot the many sorts of nuts, of which the Willamette valley boasts. One ot the most attractive fea- (Tura to Page It. Column S.) (Turn to Page It, Column 4.) Funds for Trip Still XToo Small The time has come, the "On to Louisville committee' says to speak of sickles, dimes and dol lars, with which to swell $3,309 to $5,000, and send Salem's drum corps on to Louisville, Kentuckey, -where they will compete for the national trophy . to be presented to the crack drum corps ef the United States, picked in competi tion at the National American Le gion convention In Louisville. One thousand, seven hundred dollars is the amount that has to be forthcoming before the trip can be made and the boys have to be in the east by September 30 it they are to make the north, south and east know who- and what Sa lem is. . It everybody does' his share the committee win not have long te work next week to produce that $5000 necessary to give Salens the biggest piece ot advertising that it perhaps will ever get on one single Investment. Let's go Monday and let the committee re port the total amount raised Mon day night! ; First frosts of the fall were re- ir.hnrrb street was atoened bv the I M-tt - fmm tlV Ttblah Katnr. t- Atna tamit kImu all cvia I north prowler Friday night and I day morning. Vegetable plants though he actually did not obtain I effica for Terineatlon the letter I Saturday paid $S. ;- - were blackened by the cold but any money In the transactions. It I eontinaad -r " " ! ' ' 1 were not killed. This la the ear- will take mueh litigation, prob ably stretching over two . year period, to get the tangle straight ened out. day. She asks $100 as alimony, al leging that. Skeels is making SU7.II a month and la fully aAMiataifV 4V a w Pile . mt9m JA . a- " a nvt- - ' wuu a? Wtf t S.W Mf-mf - aas .aw laying over Mount Taylor and Waa ntJ .opport of the defendant and blowing from the southwest nd their Invalid child. - blowing fast. ' ' . ' .wk'Mr. and Mrs. Skeels have been We encountered the atormn j-irri s0 years according to the - CTum to Pace 15, ColuamXJ . 1 complaint, r . ;' - -1 ' ; '!-- - . . -: Members of the organisation of business : men Saturday recalled that for a score ot years the league has fought,' successfully, ' the In troduction of trading stamps Into Salem. : Fifteen years ago one business man is said to nave made con tract to use tne stamps, a called seaaion af the lean rstd.nd V ITathfti I when the Viewpoint ot aU the at MM Mas I - V. V-- iness man, he agreed not to use the atampt. : -' - During the vast week in Salem at least two firms have announced that they would use the stamps. Merchants opposed to ' the more they' considered Woman Charges HerHusbandis 'l Declaring that her husband, O. W. Skeels. waa unfaithful and had been cohabiting with another woman, Ida Luman his wife, GeofgU "Skeels filed rait for di vorce in circuit court here Satur-4 declared , that stamps too heavy a drain on their 1 selling margin without sufficient return being made to the custom er. . - - COLD WAVE ON ' CHEYENNE, Wyo, Sept T (AP) Winter .continued its - sa lsa alt upon Wyoming today. Believe It or Not - -"- About Salem ri-Jem, Oregon is the gtrawberry center of the United states.-No; city in the country can conrpare with Salem in the total pack of canned strawberries or the total tonnage 'of straw berries put tip in cold paelc 1 No f strawberry i in tne worldf coirrpares w.tKrtlie- Etterburg in iUcarminjr; properties.1 This is the ber-. ry that is canned so extens ively in Salem, . Ts StstAsntaa wQl wclesste tribatiess from Its nsdsrt ef eta .. er MaaikSBls fasts abeas Bslsi. . llest that frosts have been report ed for several years. The Tegetables caught by the frost were cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet corn and peppers. Plants were affected In spots only, mo fields being totally damaged. Department of Justice to ;ate Charges as Investia Toldby Willi am WASHINGTON, Sept .7 (AP) Thoresgh Inquiry Into any acti vities of American shipbuilding corporations against internation al naval disarmament agreements waa assured as the department of Justice got to work on orders from President Hoover and the senate aval committee was e&lied for a meeting. Tuesday -to consider a separate investigation.- - - tnillam B. Sbeareri, aaral - vi.. b..i -.- e.n-.. I wrt wuo navs iuea laree American rnVt n,;T. ba. t fei .Upbuilding corporaUon. tor more . . - ' . : 1 tk.. iton nrum , .1,1.1. v- i ,MU4aa ...in.. mm - 1 . . . . , . , . . . - U ft. rAi.tiAi. fTAA whioh th nn mm ior services in ineir I V : U4aia W mm w mmm n aawvav BurrisPays$5 n Fine for Parking 'Tor parking violations commit ted since be lost an lnJuneUon sult, brought to restrain the Sa lem police from taking possession of his automobile tor orerume suit grew.'. LEAGUE HAS AWIOYEItSAItT GENEVA. Bept T, (AP) I The league of nations celebrated I I its lOUt birthday this afternoon.. behalf In connection with the un successful Genera naval confer ence In 1927, is the Immediate ob ject of the department of Justice and senate moves. :. Senator Borah of Idaho, chair man of th eforeign relations com- mlttee, who called upon the sen ate to Inquire into Shearer's activi ties earlier In the week, today sue- - gested to Chairman Hale of the senate v naval . committee thst Shearer and the directors of threw corporations which, he has sued bo called before the committee. Hale asked Borah to appear before the ' committee at Its meeting Tuesday Lwjxen a course of procedure will be decided upon. t- -v- - - -1- . Meanwhile there Is considerable -speculation as to what can be don about, the matter If 1 Ehearer'a court. charges are upheld, '. . There lsjiome doubt . whether Shearer violates any law if ho did represent the shipbuilding com. paniea at a naval . disarmament (Turn to Page IS, Column .). - j s, t