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. A REAL RECORD Vr v The complete success of :, Oregon's state fair, which , end today, shows what eaa ' be done wbra the weather maa and the fair board work together. WEATHER Fair today and Sunday; Not maeh change In temper atnre. Max. tern per ata re Saturday 75; Mln. S3; RIv er -2.3; Clear; Wind north. FOUMDEP 1651 SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 160 Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning September 29, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS i i I I I l I I It'll III! wvww SOOTHEASTTIP Tropical Hurricane Roars on Out Into Gulf of Mex ico Last Night Coral Keys Swept by Center Of Terrific Gale With Great Damage By The Associated Press Leaving enormous but unestl mated destruction In Its path, the tropical hurricane which lashed the Bahamas and the southern tip ot Florida apparently roared out Into the Gulf of Mexico last night. Delayed messages from Nassau, picturesque capital of the British Bahamas, said many persons were dead there. It was impossible to estimate the destruction nor had the dead been counted. The storm there lasted for more than two dayi and was the severest ever known. , . The Florida mainland ' escaped the major blow but the extreme southeastern, coast was wracked yesterday by gale winds as the storm center passed westward over the Coral Keys to the north of Key West. Considerable property damage was caused in Miami and environs by winds which were suf ficiently strong to blow water from Blscayne Bay oyer Blscayne boulevard. The city's water front thoroughfare. Several persons were Injured on the causeways, but none seriously. Little Mews of Storms Damage Reaches Coast How the Keys, which apparent ly were In the center of the storm, fared, was not known. Some are Inhabited and hold small settle ments. Likewise, there was no word from Homestead and other towns on the mainland below Mi ami and It was feared they had experienced a severe gale. Adding to the peculiarities of this most unusual storm meteor ologists have observed were torn &adic whirls which appeared at Fort Lauderdale and Stuart, north of Miami. Several persons were Injured and about 2 buildings wrecked or damaged by a sudden twister, that blew Into Fort Lau derdale from the ocean late yes terday. Two small twisters at Stu art Inflicted minor damage. " Key West, south of the storm center's path, was buffeted by galea which reached 60 and 70 miles an hour. Waters flooded many of the island city's streets and minor damage was inflicted In property and trees. Several boats were believed to have been Sunk In the harbor. Nothing yet was known of the fate of the Isle or June and the Bahamian, two freighters with 20 men, unreported since they enter ed Bahaman waters shortly before the storm. Numerous small crafts were thrown on the shores. EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 28. '(AP) Enrollment at the Univer sity of Oregon of more than 3000 before registration for this term closes Is expected, based on the number of students taking out registration material to date. At noon today 2S60 had taken out material and at least 100 more are already here but are employed in assisting with registration while none of the graduate students rho have another week to com plete enrollment had as yet check ed in. Of the total registered to date, 1155 are new students while 1, 705 are returning. An unusually large proportion of new students are advanced students transfer ring from other institutions. CARS COLLIDE A taxi and milk truck are re ported to have collided at Sum mer and Fairgrounds road Satur day night with the result that a wheel was broken from the truck. Jie one was injured. IN Enthusiastic Crowd Sees Fine Animals Perform at Last Night of Hprse Show The last night horse show of the Oregon state fair was as gen roasly and enthusiastically at tended Saturday night as any dur ing the week and the performance of both horses and riders was of the same high calibre as has marked each of the five programs which have presented Such splen did variety and such magnificent horse entries. ' : California continned to take the - Hon s snare oi tne price money Ssfnrdav nirht. with most of it going to the Carnation Farm sta bles. -- Oregon placed well In the gas ton broad Jump put on for the first time satnraay night. Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Held placed with Aviator Killed In Flaming Airplane As Stunts Tried Ship Goes Into Tailspin and Falls 800 Feet to Crash on Field; Blaze Burns Body to Crisp Before Being Put Out CORVALLIS, Ore., Sept. 28. (AP) Trapped In his flaming; monoplane after it had crashed on Corvaflis airport, Omar Drury, 24, of Seattle, was burned beyond recognition late today. Field attendants declared the pilot probably was instantly killed when the ship struck after falling1 800 feet in a tailspin. Flames defied the efforts of field attendants to rescue the pilot's body after the crash. More than 15 minutes E HI ITSWE FI More Than 1000 Children of Marion County Pass in Review Saturday More than 1000 Marlon county school children who were last spring awarded heralds of health buttons for excellent health hab its, passed In review before the governor, state and county school superintendents and members, of the child health demonstration staff Saturday morning at the fairgrounds. This was the first honor roll parade ever staged at the fair grounds and .marked the realiza tion of a long held desire of Coun ty Superintendent Mary L. Ful kerson to see the fair crowds re joice just as much in an "exhibit" of bright healthy children as in a show of purebred stock. More than half the school child ren of the county who earned hon or roll standing were In line for the parade. A feature of the af fair was presentation of large felt pennants with honor roll Insignia to the four schools In the county outstanding In health achieve ments: McKlnley of Salem. Mill City, Victor Point and Gates. A large number of Salem school children were also in line. Dr. Es tella Ford Warner, director of Ke Marlon county child health dem onstration, made the presentation. "Although new this year, the parade at the fairgrounds was In every way a success, nearly twice as many children participating as I had expected," County Superin tendent Fulkerson said Saturday afternoon, adding that whether or not it will be repeated next year as a feature of children's day at the fair will depend entirely upon reaction this year. Failure of Heart Kills Taxi Driver Heart failure caused the death of Walter S. Heln at his room at the Miller apartments shortly aft er noon Saturday, an autopsy per formed last night showed. Heln, who was 37 years old, had been employed by the Terminal Taxi company for about two years. A cat with which Hein had been playing four hours before his death, died within a few minutes of the time he put it down. The death of the cat was held to be merely coincidental by Coroner Lloyd Rlgdon as nothing found in the autopsy would indicate that death was caused by a disease the cat might have contracted. Hein was heard to gasp as he returned to his rtfom from the bathroom by Mrs. George, pro prietress of the house in which Hein lived. He was found in con vulsions by Mrs. George and Mrs. Opal Sellmer, who entered his room to give possible aid. Hein lapsed into unconsciousness before the doctor which had been called arrived. Treatments failed to re vive Hein and he died 20 minutes after losing consciousness. Funeral arrangements were awaiting word from relatives in Tacoma who have been notified. a second and fourth in this which was one of the gamest events of the week's program. The other event which held es pecial appeal for the audience was the six-in-hand driving event which was given placing for the $1000 stake put up by the Unit ed States National bank of Port land. Six six-horse teams In snappy performance inside the not too large horse show ring makes for Quick action or an accident and the crowd was not slow to appreciate this snd the abUity which the drivers showed In pre venting the later. The horse show will close with a matinee tflls afternoon. Most ot (Turn to Page 11, Column 1.) later a squad from the fire department succeeded in ex- tinguishing the blaze and ex tricated Drury's remains from the skeleton of his plane. Witnesses said Drury had been stunting over the airport while demonstrating the plane to a lo cal flying 6chool operator, a prospective buyer. They said he started a demonstration taUspin but was unable to bring the plane out before it crashed. Elbert Parmenter, to whom the plane was being demonstrated, declared Drury had apparently misjudged his altitude when be went Into the spin. Another 50 feet, Par menter said, and the pilot prob ably could have righted the ship. Drury was believed to be sur vived by a wife and four-months-old child in Seattle. He had been at the local airport several days with his plane. M-SMITH VOTE IS AGAIN VIEWED Democratic Party Still Be ing Hocked by Intern al Fighting By JAMES L. WEST Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (AP) Echoes of the Hoover Smith presidential contest will re verberate through portions of the south in the forthcoming senatori al contests, which are expected to furnish evidence on whether the 1928 revolt within the democra tic ranks in that section was mere temporary. Two of the senators who were foremost in the opposition to the election of the democratic presi dential candidate, Alfred E. Smith Heflin. of Alabama and Sim mons, of North Carolina are up for reelected next year and Heflin already has opposition In the pri mary campaign, with John Bank head offering for his place. Thus far no opponent to Sena tor Simmons has entered the field, some of his friends are con fident that the leaders of the democratic organization will not make any concerted move to Op pose his denomination. They are seeking to weld the party together for the contest with the republi cans who are expected to place a senatorial candidate on the tick et. PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 28. (AP) More education and great er youth will be demanded here after by the Oregon conference of the young men who are candidates for ministry In the Methodist Episcopal church. The age at which a man will be admitted by the conference on trial to begin his studies for the ministry was reduced from 40 to 30-years to day by a vote of the conference in session here. It was specified that the young man who Is to be received on trial must have a high school educa tion or its equivalent and before he Is received Into full member ship In the conference he must be a college graduate. It was pro vided, however, that the age lim it and scholastic requirements might be waived by a three-fourth vote of the conference. Astoria was selected as the meeting place of the next Oregon conference. Speaker to Talk On Dairying in Willamette Area "Dairy Development of the Wil lamette Valley" will be the topie discussed by W. O. Ide, manager of the Oregon state chamber of commerce, in the address at the Salem chamber of Commerce luncheon Monday noon. Mr. Ide has been closely in touch with this Industry as weU as others which present opportunities for interesting prospective settlers in coming to Oregon. A number ot prominent dairy men have been Invited to attend the luncheon. WISER AND YOUNGER PASTORS (HE ASKED ADMIRAL WILL MAKE REPLY IN SHEARER CASE J. M. Reeves to Appear Be fore Senate Investigat ing Committee Hearing is Requested After Charges Advanced by Opponents By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON. Sept. 28. (AP) Reply will be made on Monday by Rear Admiral J. M. Reeves to the statement before the senate naval investigating committee that as one of the American experts at the unsuc cessful Geneva naval limitations conference of 1927, he "frequent ly expressed the hope it would not succeed." Admiral Reeves called Chair man Shortrldge of the committee today by telephone to request the hearing. Drew Pearson, a news paper man, who reported the Gen eva conference, told the commit tee during its Investigation of the activities of William B. Shearer on behalf of shipbuilders at that conference, that he saw Reeves frequently in the company of Shearer In the Swiss city and heard him (Reeves) express the hope ot a failure of that parley. Shearer to Take Witness Stand Next After hearing the naval officer Monday, the committee will turn st last to Shearer to hear his ac count ot what he did at the con ference called by President Cool ldge in a futile attempt to limit the cruiser construction of Ameri ca, Great Britain and Japan. Shearer has sued the ship builders for 8250,000, above his 825,000 salary for services he alleges he rendered at the Geneva meeting. In its first week of investiga tion, the committee was told by the ship builders that they secret ly sent Shearer to Geneva for the sole purpose of "observing and reporting." They agreed that they did not even read his reports. Pearson then told the commit tee that Shearer at Geneva attend- (Turn to Page 11, Column I.) Suspects in Confidence Game Taken Four men said by police to be bunco artists who have evaded of ficers at all fairs in the northwest and many in the middle west this season, were arrested by' Asa Fisher, local detective sergeant, and Chief Tyler's state fair police Saturday afternoon. The men had been operating at the state fair with a number of confidence games, police reported. Letters and show passes indi cated that the men had been run ning concessions at the Spokane and Puayllup fairs recently be sides a long string reaching back into the middlewesL They had planned to make their next stand at Blackfoot, Idaho, a letter found in their hotel rooms indicated. Names under which the men were booked at the police station were John Williams of Paso Rob les, Cal.; Jim Burk. of South Brewer, Maine; J. R. Stockford, San Francisco; and Fred Duey, of Montana. Several other names have been traced to the group since their activities began in Sa lem Monday. Several reports of thefts from parked automobiles at the fair grounds have been made to local police and persistent reports of pttcketpicking have been turned in, although no definite clues as to the thieves have been found by either the Portland or special fair police operating on the grounds. LONDON, Sept. 28 (AP) Prime Minister MacDonald, in a message to the national executive of the labor party prior to his de parture to the United States, re ferred to the forthcoming dis armament conference at Washing ton and said that any agreement achieved could only be prelimin ary to a larger agreement which nfust be reached in conference with the other naval powers. "We are not trying to present any other nation or nations with a fait accompli which they mnst take or leave," said Mr. MacDon ald's message, which will be read at the opening of the annual labor conference next Monday. SUSPECT ARRESTED . H. W. Blair of Grand Ronde, was being held in the city Jail Saturday night on an open charge. A leather coat reported stolen from truck at 2759 Brooks ave nue was later found in his pos session, police stated. Blair will be charged either with larceny or with possession of stolen goods. HI FURTHER Iff OT I they indicated. Soviet Plane Reaches Alaskan Coast mm- llpf fA 0 iy-ff .'w-E yWiiiu -in The Land of the Soviets" piloted by SheeUkov and Bolton with Sterltgor as navigator and Fufaj ev mm mechanic has reached Seward, Alaska enroute to the United States. This is the third attempt of the Bnsslans to reach the United States, the last two Ten tores having ended in disaster to the planes ami slight injuries to the occupants. Oregon Reserve Officers Gather Here For Confab HIES OMI III AEITO CRASH HEBE Two Persons Hurt When Car Strikes Tree at Cot tage and Marion Minor injuries were suffered by Mrs. P. I. Shields and Kenneth Rlckman when the car in which they were riding with two other persons collided head on with a walnut tree near the corner of Marion and Cottage streets Sat urday night. The other occupants were not Injured. Rlckman lost a piece of scalp the size of a half dollar and Mrs. Shields received minor cats and suffered from shock. They were taken to the Salem hospital by passing motorists. Mrs. Shields ran to Church street in a hysteri cal condition before she was stopped and helped into a car, witnesses reported. The driver, with with the fourth, person left the scene immediately after the accident, failed to see the parking in the middle of Mar lon street until he had to swerve his car so abruptly that It hit the tree about 15 feet from the cor ner. The right front corner and windshield of the sedan was smashed In by the collision. A broken half-pint bottle was found In the rear compartment of the machine police reported. The car was registered under the name of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Rlckman, route nine. J. W. Baxter Has Biggest Sunflower J. W. Baxter of Salem enjoys the unique honor of displaying the largest sunflower shown at the state fair. Other local win ners in the agriculture and horti culture department include Frank and Raymond Diem, with a dis play of quinces; and Frank Miller with an exhibit of grapes. Other awards in this depart ment are: Celery, P. W. Meeks, Milwau kee; western Oregon potatoes. Than Brown, Tankton; Burbank potatoes, western Oregon, Rowell brothers, Hillsboro; eastern po tatoes, J. F. Eritage, Falls City. Largest squash, Jack Reddy, Albany; sweet corn, Clarice E. Nelson, Warren. Sweepstakes Wheat, G. A. Pluth and son, Sherwood; oats, R. M. Scott, Tigard ; barley, Hu ron Clough, Canyonville; rye, P. O. Powell, Dallas. Pears, Newbry and son. Ash land; peaches, Hal Moore, Jackson county; grapes, W. H. Meyers, The Dalles; nuts, H. Mosler, Dayton; walnuts, Ferd Groner, Sherwood; filberts, J. J. Doerfler, Silverton. .Ham and bacon, E. A. Kruse, Roseburg. Salem Chamber Assists Exhibits The Salem chamber of com merce is cooperating with B. G. Harlan, assistant manager of the Oregon state chamber ot com merce, in collecting agricultural exhibits from Marlon and nearby counties, to be sent to the state chamber's exhibit at Los Angeles and to the Great Northern exhibit at St. Paul, Minn. Mr. Harlan was in Salam Saturday. Accomplishments of Corps Cited By Chie Staff in Address at Annual Banquet in Salem Elks Lodge Last Night rpHE year just ended has been a banner year in accomplish- X ment for the army reserve officers corps in Oregon, it ! was stated by Col. W. Wallace McCammon, chief of staff of the 96th division, in an address at the annual banquet of the Oregon Reserve Officers association which closed the con vention here Saturday night, o o Sessions were held in the Elks temple. . The association's leaders who have held office for the past year will continue their duties for an other six months, it was voted at the convention here, the associa tion year being changed so that it will close in March. The con ventions hereafter will be held in that month. Officers elected for the year beginning March, 1930, were as follows: Capt. Joe Denn, Roseburg, pres ident; Capt. John Flynn, St. Hel ens, first vice president; Major William F. Daugherty, Portland, second vice president; Lt. Col. Major Arthur Salinger, Eugene, third vice president; Lt. Col. Dan J. Coman, Portland, treasurer. The state councllmen newly elect ed are Lt. E. W. McMindez, As toria; Col. William Aird, Port land; Capt. A. L. Friedenthal, Portland. Col. Carle Abrams of Salem is a holdover member of the council. The secretaryship, now held by Major John Guthrie of Portland, Is an appointive of fice. Lt. Col. Kenneth Hauser of Portland, who has been president of the association for the past year and will continue for six months more, presided at the business meeting Saturday and was also toastmaster at the ban quet that night. Appreciation of the work the reserve officers are doing, in pre paring themselves to serve the na tion in case of another war, was expressed by Congressman W. C. Hawley, the principal speaker at the banquet. "I wish that I could say tor sure that the last great war had been fought, but I don't believe it," the congressman said, adding that he had voted for one war and hoped he would not find It neces sary to vote for another. He praised especially the spirit of the reserve officers as shown in the fact that they serve with out pay and without the know- (Turn to Page 11, Column S.) FREAK CYCLONE IS FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 28. (AP) One woman, a Mrs. Dominette, was known to have been seriously Injured and several others were reported to have suffered minor hurts late to day as a cyclone cut a freakish path across two down town busi ness blocks and damaged nearly a score of structures. Gusts of wind which ' accom panied the cyclone were said at the United States coast guard base to have swept In from the ocean at the rate ot 85 miles an hour. The storm was ot brief duration, however, and the wind had great ly moderated an hour later. Unroofing ot the Broward ho tel, a four-story structure and damage to three other business buildings and more than a dosen combination residential and mer cantile .dwellings constituted the toll . of the' cyclone. ' The Bryan building, at first reported to have been wrecked, was later said to hate escaped any damage. CAUSE OF HIS P0ST0FF1CE MENTO USE DEW QUnS The outgoing mall department. city distributors and city and rur al carriers of the local postoffice were being moved from their sum mer's confinement in the base ment Saturday afternoon aud by Monday morning the entire work ing department will again be on the same level. All departments are now housed in one big, airy room, thanks to a 60 by 60 addi tion, construction of which has just been completed. Three skylights near the Junc ture of the old and new structures affords a well lighted working room, something which the em ployes did not enjoy before. Hand ling of mail pouches will be facil itated also, as three sets of doors lead onto the mailing platform in stead of two as in the old struc ture. A roof extends well over the wagons, also an improvement over the old arrangements. A new hard wood floors was ialso laid In the working room ofhe old building and a mezzanine floor was con structed in a corner of the money order department for storage of surplus envelopes. Woman's Scream Frightens Bandit When a man thrust out a pistol in front of 'Mrs. W. Shafer at the Maple confectionery Saturday night she screamed, reports at the police station tell. Without wait ing to get any money, the fellow ran from the store and disappear ed before anyone could take chase. The man entered the store and walked to the counter as though to order. When Mrs. Shafer ap proached him, be pulled the gun and told her to "Hold 'em up." No description was given by Mrs. Shafer. George Guthrie Agrees to Lease Elsinore Theatre To Fox West Coast Chain The lease to be effective Octo ber 1, of the Elsinore Theatre of Salem to the Fox West Coast The atres, Inc., awaits only the formal signatures of the officials of the company In Los Angeles. The ne gotiations which have bee impend ing for a period of severalAreeks, were concluded Saturday between George Guthrie, the owners ot the theatre and Colonel David E. Dow, representative of the Fox theatre. Interests. The terms, the details of which were not disclos ed, hare the approval ot the exe cutives of the West Coast thea tres, so that the deal may be re garded as virtually a "ceftainty. Mr. Guthrie who has been operat ing his theatre, will retire from the management and from active connection with the Elsinore. He Fair Opei For Final Day Today Most Musical Season in His tory of Institution to Be Completed Musical Entertainment Will Be Presented In After noon for Visitors When the gates swing shut to night, the Oregon State Fair vlir have concluded the most success ful season of its career, for excell ing financially and in quality any of those in past years. Already ex tensive plans for next year are be ing formulated by members of the fair board, in order that future fairs will continue to grow along with the state they represent. The fairgrounds will be opea all day today to visitors, due to the demand from people who will have no other opportunity to e lt. Musical entertainment will be a feature of the afternoon, and the exhibits will still be up. and many of the concessions still S operation. Thousands of Sc hool Children on Hand Several thousand school child ren invaded the grounds yester day to celebrate Children'a Day. and to witness the Marlon county heralds of health parade, the par ade of prize winning livestock, and the awarding of the special -H awards. After the impressive entrance In front of the grandstand of thj Heralds of Health over strong, winning schools were awarded pennants by Dr. Est ell Ford Warner, head of the Marios county child health demonstra tion. Awards went to McKlaley school of Salem, for schools im the first class, to Mill City, for schools of the second class, and to Gates and Victor Point, a tie, for schools in the third claae. The awarding of Governor Pat terson's special awards follewfd Immediately after the style show ot 4-H sewing club girls. Multnomah County Girl Wins Cabinet Helen Clark, Multnomah county. J received the Martha Washington her exceptionally good work itt sewing. Viola Hansen, Sherman county, won the pressure cooker, for getting the best dollar dinner during the week. To win thla Miss Hansen had to prepare a dinner for four costing but one dollar. Governor Patterson's special livestock awards went to Bobby Huron, Union county, for sheep; who received a purebred Hamp shire ewe; and to Gilbert Ridder, Clackamas, who received a pure bred Duroc Jefsey gilt. Playing its last engagement In front of an unusually full Satur day grandstand, the afternoon -n- (Turn to Tage 11, Column 4.) CARACAO, Venezuela. Sept. 29. (AP) Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, and his companions on the Caribbean air mall survey flight left Maracay at 9 a. m.. aft er receiving warm greetings from. General Juan Vicente Gomez, for many years president and now minister of war. During their visit here they were guests at luncheon of the American legation,- rlsited the birthplace and tomb of Simon Bolivar, the South American lib erator, and were received in pri vate audience by President Peret. A reception and ball was give in their honor last night. Today they were to make water landings at Puerto Cabello, Cura cao, and Maracaibo. They were to spend tonight at Baranqnilla and proceed to Panama tomorrow morning. l it wine ms wit' on mi stated Saturday that his plans for the future had nt been formu lated. Mr. Guthrie holds a lease oa the Grand Theatre but this was not taken over by the Fox Wet Coast Interests. The Grand is at present occupied by the Calvary Baptist church but their sub-lease has expired. Col. Dow, Who hss been here for a month conducting negotiations for the Elsinore, stopping at the Senator hotel, stated that unless there is some hitch in the deal he will take over the Elslnora Tuesday, October 1. At that time he will announce the policy of the new owners. He stated that no change in personnel or operating was contemplated at present. Col- (Turn t6 Page 11, Column S.)