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1 ? I I i 3 m i F7 w VACATION TIME Have The Statesman fol low while on your vacation. Mailed to any address 25 cents for two weeks. 7nst telephone 0101. ' EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR ?! iTRIlFFIC FORCE III . 1 6 ' - - ISTRUCTEDTO Only Legislature has Power To Suspend, Says Hbss; : Payments Fall off Meier can do as ' ' After August-1 he Likes When Police Taken Over Instructions for state traffic of ficers to enforce the automobile license 'law requiring new plates on ears after July 1 were issued yesterday by Hal E. Hoss. secre tary of state : Following issuance of the statement. Hoss said traffic officers would enforce the law de spite ."Interference, of Goyernor Julius U Meier." w . The goTernor announced Tues day that, he would issue executive pardon to anyone arrested during July on a charge of failure to display new license plates. The governor's - announcement resulted In the falling oft of li cense issuance, by the secretary of state's office more than 75 per cent Wednesday, Hoss stated. Both Portland and Salem counter stations were virtually Idle as .'compared with previous days and Ith previous years. Tuesday z&uo- licenses were Issued over the counter at Salem, Wednesday only S00 were Issued. The average for the first three days .of the new lfcense year should hare been about 2000. , Hoss Declares Choice Not Ills . Governor Meier had -previously requested Hoss to order a respite in the enforcement of the new li cense law because of the depres sion, thus enabling drivers to have -another month In which to raise the necessary fee. This Hoss re fused to do, stating he had no choice in the enforcement of law. Stopping the license -plates now will but postpone the expense for the people and will cause a tre mendous lot of extra costs and confusion," Hoss replied. TJp to Wednesday about 140. 000 plates had been Issued, which Is about naif of , the, automobile population. Th mall receipts on Wednesday had not fallen off, but the secretary expects this falling off to be noted tomorrow. It may also be necessary to close the east side counter station In Portland If little business is done, Hoss said. "Enforcement of the motor ve hicle laws as far as any office is concerned will be carried on this ; year exactly the same a in the vast, notwithstanding the lnter- ' ferenee of Governor Meier In ray : departmental operations. On Aug' vst 1 he takes over my traffic de partment and whether he enforces ",any laws at all or not will be strictly up to him, but so long as I am charged with this responsi bility I Intend to live up to it," 1 Hoss declared in his statement Wednesday. k Legislature Only May 8nspend Law "The eonstttutlon of Oregon says. The operation of the laws shall never be suspended except by the authority of the legislature.' 4: The license laws, we will all ad mit, work a certin hardship upon all of us. but so long as we have a law which says it Is illegal to operate a car with void plates af ter June 30 I feel that the rem edial agency Is the legislature and not the governor nor the secretary of state. - I " "With reference to the hardr hips of certain laws the supreme court says. In volume 79, Oregon Reports, . it Is a very drastic measure, and In this instance It 'my have operated harshly on de- - serving men, but we cannot disre gard the plain words of the law. The only relief from It must be found In a change of the legisla tive enactment by that depart ment of the government'. . MOTORISTS ARRESTED OREGON CITY, July 1. (AP) Twenty-five motorists were ar rested near here" today by state traffic officers and charged with operating automobiles with Im proper license plates. The motorists will be taken be fore Justice of the Peace Tatro tomorrow. Judge Tatro said he ' would proceed as usual with such ' eases but would consider the faet v the old license plates had beei , obsolete only one day. The usual . fine in Judge Tatro's court ftr violations of this nature, it was said, is $25 but It was belfeved the fines for those arrested ioday - would be only f 5. DELAY AT LAKEYTKW KLAMATH FALLS, Jifly 1. (AP) The departure of SO planes of the northwest air tour from Lakevlew was delayed from 11 a. m. until i p. m. today, and they arrived at Klamath Falls shortly before 2 p. m. All business houses and offices In this city were closed. A demon stration and three-hour acrobatic program started at 4 p. m. The ships will spend the night Jiere and leave Thursday morning jtor Roseburg. -I i I f- - s - r " -kf v w r r Ty aaaa"k ... . aa i h -., . . - " ' :' . POUNDED 1851 . ' ' ' - - : ' ' . ' " Manii to Get Plan Fails, Warned Memorandum to French Government Given by Ambassador Edge Firm on - Most of Original Hoover Proposals WASHINGTON, July 1 (A?) America threw into its diplomatic deadlock with France tonight a warning; that the failure of President Hoover's debt postponement plan would result in a moratorium declaration by Germany. : " It was contained in a memorandum communicated on instructions of the state department to the French govern Knew Their Son Would Make it , :V ' : ., 1 . 3Ir. and Mrs. Wiley Post, Sr., . who have watched the progress of their B4 around the world In fall com'idenee that be would complete the trip safely. Officers Named To Direct New Merged Church . SEATTLE. Julv 1 (API The merger of the Congregation al and Christian churches of the United States and Canada was completed at their Joint conven tion here Unlay with the election of execntlre officers. Dr. Charles Emerson Burton, New York, was elected - general secretary. Dr. Frederick Pagely, New York; associate secretary; Dr. Warren H. Dennlsoa, Dayton, O., asistant secretary," and Wil liam T Boclt, I New York tress urer. Four Convention Groups Meet in Salem in July Salem will be host to four state conventions during July, all of which 'will' meet. in the chamber of commerce. On July 11 the state association of letter carriers will meet for a one day session. ' On July fi the Isaak Walton league of Oregon and the Oregon State Game Pro tectee j association will -meet and on July 24 the Oregon Title as sociation wll hold a one day ses sion. - I j 4 t .-. ' 1 . ' " '" ' v " : . - i Now for Some Pardons! Air Tour is at Klamath f. Elks jwill Elect Today Fowler Case Near Close :. DEFENSE CLOSED. BAKER,' July l.-(AP) De fense testimony In the retrial jpf Mrs. EmmaFowler, former La Grande city Ueasurer accused of misappropriating .appxroximately $108,000 afelty funds, was com- pletedjlrtn court adjourned here State's attorneys indicated their rebuttal would take about an hour Thursday morning and prosecu tion and defense arguments to the jury were expected to last not more than tlx hours. The ease may reach the Jury late Thursday, attorneys said. ; LAKE VIEW CHAMPIONS ASHLAND, July 1. (AP) Oregon Elks, In annual convention here, heard reports of officers of the state association and consid ered several resolutions relating to lodge. procedure today. Election of officers, reports of the resolution committee and se lection! of the 1932 convention city will feature the final buslnesauses slon tomorrow. f . The- Lakevlew lodge team last night won the annual ritualistic contest. t' .t . -.Si,'-. Declare ment by Ambassador Edge : In Paris. It was friendly In charac ter, but firm ' In the assertion that French counter-proposals are not in keeping with the spirit of the president s plan. The communication showed an adamant stand by the ' United States against two .French de mands, a conciliatory attitude to ward a third and a reluctance to deal directly with a fourth point because the United States Is not directly Interested. r A French proposal that credits established from Germany's con tinned payment of unconditional annuities be available to German lndust les and not to the German government, was termed Incom patible with the Hoover plan. : similar oojeciion was oriered to a French counter-proposal that $5, 000,000, of these funds be avail able as credits to Czechoslovakia, xugosiavia, and Rumania. -The memorandum was concilia tory on the point of whether these credits should be refunded by Germany over a period of 25 years as urged oy America or five years as proposed by France. TJL SITE TO Holman Also to Recommend Discontinuation of In stitution Farm ; The state board of control will be asked not -only, to change the site of the new hospital buildfng at the tubercular hospital In Sa lem, but will be requested to dis continue the farm at the tuber cular Institution after this year, Rufus C. Holman, state treasurer, said Wednesday. Holman de clared he was opposed to the pro posed hospital site, and would ask consideration at the next board meeting of a better loca tion. As a result of the attitude of Holman, and the statement made by Governor Meier that the bids ror the general construction of the building , were too high. awarding of contracts may be de layed zor some time. Nine bids were received on the building, the low figure submitted by the Anderson Construction company of Portland for $6 5, 311. The governor stated that re vised estimates may be requested on the general contract. Salem Firm Low On Heating Figure Low bid for the heating con tract was given bv J. A. Bernard I & Son of Salem at 15309 and the low bid for electric wiring was entered by Jaggar Sroufe com pany of Portland for $4445. Holman visited the tuberculos is hospital and stated the pro posed site was not the kind for such a building, as it failed to get enough sunshine. The two mat ters will be taken , up at the next ooara of control session, which is expected to be held next Monday. Governor Julius L. Meier left Sa lem for. Portland yesterday after noon and announced he would not De mck here until Monday. i Speakeasies of ; Reno Shut Tight Following Raids RENO, Nev.. ! July 1 (AP) Barred doors to Reno speakeasies were guarded closely today fol lowing raids late last night In which prohibition agents, striking simultaneously along an extended front, invaded 19 night clubs and bootleg establishments and made 27 arrests. Several of the places raided were doing "business as usual' again today, but only old custom ers were successful In gaining ad mittance. Larceny Charge j Given to Jury SEATTLE. July 1. (A) The grand larceny ease against Adolph Linden, former president of the Pud get Sound Savings Loan association here, went to a superior court Jury of five women and seven men at 8:20 p. m. to day. Linden Is accdsed specifically- of embesallng $277,000 of as sociation funds. CONGRESSWOMAN DIES MUSKOGEE, Okla., July 1 (AP) Miss Alice Robertson, Oklahoma's beloved former eon greeswoman, died at a hospital here today of cancer of the Jaw. She was 77 years old. H0SP1 BE en WORD Salem, Oregron, Thursday, BREEZES BRING HEAT RELIEF IN East Still Swelters With Growing List of Dead From Prostration Storms Accompany Wind in Some Areas; Rain in Northern Portion (By the Associated Press) : Scattered storms, rains and cool ing breeses In parts of the middle west states' and the northwest broke up a two weeks seige of enervating heat Wednesday, but east of the Mississippi river the nation still sweltered. Showers and storms cooled western Nebraska, parts of the Dakotas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Minne sota and visconsIn. Kansas, blis tered by two weeks of 100-degtee heat, obtained at last temporary relief In--light showers and a northwest wind, whll? western Missouri felt cooling breezes. , Temperatures la Midwest Dropping; Temperatures In Iowa and Min nesota dropped rapidly as thun der storms, some accompanied by high winds and hall, burst over those states. Iowa reported drops of 12 to 20 degrees. St. PAnl. which had 100-degree weather Tuesday, reported 78 Wednesday night after the rain. Meteorologists - predicted the cooling breezes would continue to move eastward, bringing relief to some states east of the Mississippi by Thursday night or Friday. More deaths from the heat were piled on the middle west's ap palling total. Eighteen persons died in the St. Louis area Wednesday, 18 more In Chicago, where a sizzling 100 was reached. Ohio had ten dead and several hundred em ployes of the Ford plant in Detroit were treated for prostration. In the Twin cities area, a six day death total reached 124. FIVE MEN KlLLE0 IIIMIE'S CRASH HAMILTON, Ont., July 1. (AP) While thousands, attend ing an air pageant looked on. five men plunged to their deaths to day in a monoplane which got out of control when the pilot swerved upward to avoid hitting the car-; nival throng. - i Among the killed was Harold Ralne of Toronto, general super-j lntendent of the Canadian Press and one of the dominion's most ldely known Journalist-execu tives. The others were Captain Rob ert Sterling of Montreal, pilot; J. H. Maher, Jr., owner of the plane; Charles L. Daly, Jr.. Tor onto parachute Jumper, and Al fred Rogers of Hamilton. Aviation Chief Badly Hurt at Posfs Landing MINEOLA, N. Y., July 1 r (AP) Edward Connexion, vice- president and" general manager of Air Service, Inc., was admitted to Nassau county hospital - and placed on the serious list tonight with Injuries sustained at . the near riotous reception- to Wiley Post and Harold Gatty at Roose velt field. "Connerton was at the field where his company has Its offi ces, with his wife, and was seen In an altercation with police. When admitted to the hospital he was suffering-severe lacera tions of the scalp and possible fracture of the skulL A policeman was stationed at the door of his Vom. - j Guardsmen Plan Non-Stop Flight Across Pacific SEATTLE, July 1. (AP) The United States army and navy have thrilled" the world with great flying achievements and now the national guard, unofficially, plans one of the most spectacular of all a non-stop, mld-alr refueling flight from Seattle to Tokyo. i - Reg Jm Robblns, a colonel, and H. S. Jones, a private. In the Tex as national guard. In a neat little white monoplane glided down through a warm sun here today to announce they expect to start on the air voyage never before accomplished . early on. Friday morning. .j Rolph Will No t j Give Clemency SACRAMENTO. July 1 (AP) GbveYnor Rolph refused today to commute the death sentence Imposed upon Charles Simpson. San Francisco v "torch murderer" sentenced to hand at San Qu en tin July 10 for slavlnr Mrs. Al- bina Yoorhles, aged shopkeeper. MIDWEST AREilS Morninsr, July 2 1931 Posit QLintd Globe IL2 FLIERS WEAHY BUT HAPPY AT .SETTING IRK "What day is This" one of First "Questions; Most Of Flying "Blind" Bering hop Toughest They . m i s . a a-t Agree; i-uxure nans Not-yet Certain . ; By FRANK H. GEftVASI NEW YORK, July 1 (AP) A pair of very tired, wan and mo tor-deaf aviators. Harold uatty and Wiley Post faced a battery of newspapermen and photogra phers at the RItz-Carlton hotel to night with boyish shyness. "What dav Is this?" asked Post. Informed It was Wednesday, he turned to Gatty and exclaimed: "Say Buddy, we made It didn't we?" Gattr merely smiled, and thumped Post on his broad back. A crowd of more than 500 per sons waited for hours at the ho tel entrance to greet the fliers. and broke Into cheers when Gatty and Post, In their shirt sleeves. were helped out of a limousine. Another Crush of Crowd at Hotel Police sruards were helpless to stem the rush of the crowd as it surged forward to touch or shake hands with the blrdmen. Gatty and Post acknowledged the cheers with waves of their hands ana handshakes wherever possible. Mrs. Post became separated from the fliers In the crush and It was some minutes before she could be located. ''"Without hesitation, Gatty-and Post said "Coming home was the best part of the whole trip. Report Much of Flying; Was Blind Gatty said he felt no discom fort throughout the trip, except for an occasional stiffening of the musojes. - He had a great desire to "stretch the leggs" almost con tinuously over the last 500. miles. "How much blind flying did you have to do?" Post was asked. "Practically all the. way," he replied. "It was particularly bad on the stretch to Nome, through thick fog and over mountains." Thst distance wa the "tougn- est" In every way, Gatty added. , "We had a sudden nnexpiain- able rush of oil to the motor which had us worried for. awhile he said. "The spark pln be came partially fouled, but we fix ed that at Nome. Plana For Future Not Considered - "I haven't looked at my log book yet, but I know we averaged 150 or better, probably near 1C0. Our beet speed was over the At lantic. We must hare been close to 170 miles an hour or more." Both men said they had no nlans for the future and did not know either when they would fly araln soon or whether they would accept movie or vaudeville offers. "I look lust like a movie sniea. don't IT" said Post, laughing. He was grimy and his hair was tousl ed. Oil streaks showed about his eyes. Scarlet Fever Serum Sent to Indian Village ANCHORAGE. Alaska, July 1. (AP) Scarlet fever serum brought to Alaska by the Admiral Watson, whose voyage was speed ed up to reach here a day ahead of schedule, was rushed here' by special motor car from Seward early today. The Indian bureau made ar rangements for It to be flown, to Kanakanak, stricken Indian vil lage on the shores of Bristol bay. and It will probably reach there by Sunday. Pilot " Barry Blunt volunteered to make the flight. Hoover to Greet Post and Gatty WASHINGTON. July 1 (AP) The globe-girdling fliers, Har old Gatty and Wiley Post, have been Invited to luncheon at tne White House on Monday. In addition. President and Mrs. Hoover have asked a number of other distinguished aviators to attend In honor of the two globe circlers. KUERTEN TO DIE " COLOGNE, Germany, July.l (AP) Peter- Kuerten, Duessel- dorf mass-murderer, will be guil lotined here tomorrow morning. Kuerten was sentenced to death nine times Is April. Hero of Globe-Girdling Flight, Sponsor aud Above, Wiley Pose who piloted an Or:,,--. , ' - - ' . - e' . -: v .v.;.. - .-.::-:::::...-:-. -C V - J i s - v:- 7 t;. '. - if M-s vv. - r ' v ' I whssssSssssasjaMgaMMSssSsss fafa. , than alio days; left, Winnie Mae Hall whose name the plane bore and right, F. C. Hall, her father, owner of the plane and backer of tne flight. i M MOTHER DELIGHTED HT POST'S SUCCESS Wires she Didn't Worry at Ail; Knew he Could Make Globe hop MAYSVILLE. Okla.. July 1 (AP) Informed her son. Wiley Post, ,had completed his round-the-world flight, Mrs. W. F. Post, his mother said: "I am Just de lighted to know my boy Is safe back home, and has realized ' his dreams, I'm crazy about him. : Arthur Post, a brother of Wi ley, said, "That's fine. Beats barnstorming. The proud mother sent the fol lowing telegram to Wiley when she heard of his arrival: "I am thrilled to know yon finished what yon set out to do. Didn't worry much tor I felt sure or your success. Knew you could do it it anyone could. We are all proud of you. Love." I Debris Blaze is 1 . Cause of Alarm A pile of blazing ties and other debris on ' the Southern Pacific right of way near Lausanne hall caused the fire department a "run, at 10:45 o'clock last night. As the fire was close to the mill race and surrounding grass green and damp. It did give threat of spreading to buildings south of the tracks. OIL TANKERS BLAZE . i PORT. ARTHUR, Tex., July 1 (AP) Damage estimated at SO 0,00 a was caused late today by an oil fire which swept two tankers and an- oil barge here, damaged wharves, and probably fatally burned D. S. Achee, a dock worker. - : Careers of Globe Flight Champions are Colorful NEW YORK, July 1 (AP) Wiley Post and Harold Gatty. like most pioneers, are young. Post Is 11 and Gatty Is 18. - There Is another similarity be tween - them ; In that they both came to flying from other spheres of activity. Post was .a farm .boy who dreamed, as he trudged behind his team. ' Strangely enough It was an ac cident that gave him the ehance he longed for. He was working in the oil fields and an indus trial accident destroyed the sight of one eye. With the compensa tion . money he bought his first plane. It was an old crate that had long since seen Its best days, and the best hadn't been very good. But the barnstormer who sold Jt threw la some Instruction. Post Real "Winnie Mae' airplane around the world In less 'S IDEA IS CAUSE OF FLIGHT' a c. Conceived by Mrs. F. Hall i But she Didn't Live i To see Fulfilled NEW YORK. July 1. (AP) ! Completion of the Post-Gatty flight around the world marked the fulfillment of a woman's dream, but the woman herself did not live to see the realization of her plan. The world flight was first sug gested by . Mrs. F. C Hall of Chlckasha, Gkla., for whose hus band, an oil operator. Post work ed. Mrs. Hall died last fall and Hall, remembering her wish, de cided to sponsor the flight as a sort of memorial to his wife. r PITTSBURGH. July 1 (API- Informed that her husband had reached New York, the end of his glove-circling flight with Wiley Post. Mrs. Huold Gatty tonight said: "Tell everybody I'm very happy. Mrs. Gatty. who arrived here tonight by plane- from the west, had hoped to be present when her husband landed at Roosevelt field. New York, but her' plans were defeated. ' Continuation of her flight to New York was Interrupted by bad flying weather over the mountains of central Pennsylvania and Mrs.' Gatty was forced to take a train from here. She will arrive in New York tomorrow morning. j I ' KELTY NEW EDITOR v PORTLAND, Ore., July 1. (AP) Paul R. Kelty, executive news editor of the Morning Ore- gonlan, will become editor of the paper August 1, O. L. Price, gen eral manager, announced today. R. i G. Calvert will continue as managing editor. flew, an hour and 4 minutes with this man and then took the ship up: himself. That was In 1924, and he has been flying ever since. Gatty, a Tasmanlan. began his professional life en the seas but his eyes, 'too, wandered always aloft, ; Trained In the Royal Aus tralian naval college. Gatty gain ed wide experience in navigation afloat before finally turning his talents to aviation. . Last summer, he started out with Harold Bromley on a 'pro-. Jected non-stop flight from Japan to the United States. They had been In. the- air 25 hours and were at sea when4- a. broken .ex haust ring flooded the cabin with carbon monoxide gas. Gatty, however, directed Bromley hack to Japan, where the plucky little navigator was confined to bed for two months with gas poison ing. ' WOMAN V THE WEATHER .- Pair today and .Friday, rising temperature, lower humidity; Max. Temp. Wed nesday Ot Min. 47, Htt -1 ' foot, southwest wind. No. 83 GREETS HERflEI Exact Time is Eight Days, 15 Hours, 51 Minutes; Land at New York Force of 150 Police Unabla To Quell Celebrators; Fists Unlimbered By W. W. CHAPLIN ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. July 1. (AP) Cutting round-the-world record from Y.. -the El- most 22 days to little more than,' a week,. Wiley Post and Harold Gatty landed at dusk en this field which they left at dawn less than nine days ago on an earth-girdling race against time. The welcome accorded them was so boisterous that the fliers fled the field, but only after rieaj rlotous scenes In which police struggled to preserve order and fists were swung in angry alterna tions which threatened to develop Into a serious disturbance. It was dusk before Post and Gatty arrived and the west was painted in rich pinks as the big white plane shot with the speed of a. giant arrow out of the sun set. At 7:44 p. m"., E. S. T.. the filers were first sighted and three minutes and a half later, after thrice circling the field with their wing lights glowing against the purple eastern sky, they set the plane lightly down half a miie from the administration building. Time Eight Days, -15 Hours, 51 Minutes . Elapsed time of the 16,000-mie flight around the world, a flight which famous aviators tonight called the greatest achievement in the history of aviation, was Just eight days, 15 hours and 51 min utes. The previous world-girdling record, established by the German dirigible- Graf Zeppelin two years ago, was almost 22 days. Post and Gatty, although they took almost nine days to get around the world, spent only four days, 10 hours and eight minutes of this time in the air. -. Up to the time the fliers ar rived the crowd had seemed small compared to the great aggregation which rushed four years ago to cheer Lindbergh and Chamberlim and Byrd on every possible occa sion. But. besides the approxi mately 2000 who stood In appar ent docility within police lines by the administration: building ' hun dreds of others were scattered among the hangars and along all sides of the field. . Police Powerless As Crowd Rushes When the round - the - world ' plane Winnie Mae touched the turf the crowd broke Into motion. yelling and whooping, and it was then realized that there were many more than - had been estimated. There were 150 police on duty but they were nowerless before the combined strength and deter ruination of the several thousand enthusiastic witnesses of the com pletion of aviation's latest achieve ment. - As Post and Gatty climbed front their plane the mob surged for ward and despite all efforts of pe nce with night sucks In thJr hands, plunged out onto the field. For a moment the ; fliers found seclusion in an automobile but they were soon hauled out and carried shoulder high to the a-' ministration building. . - -. . . Wrong Murray Released From Seattle's Jail aaSHaaaBaaaaaanaaaBa. SEATTLE, July 1. (AP) The wrong Mr. Murray was re leased from the city Jail today. When turnkeys went te a cell to bring Frank Murray, 59, to police court - to face a charge of petty larceny, he was missing.' He had walked out a free man a short time earlier. Through a booking office mls take, he was liberated In the stead of Stephan Murray. 32.- Both bad been arrested for different of fenses yesterday and Stephen was later ordered released. ' Home Products Show Still oh Salem citizens who have not yet seen the display of Salem made products now being shown at the new Farmers market cm North Liberty street are urged to do so today -eriFriday since the exhibit will be closed after July J.' The show has been arranged by the Women's Greater Oregon association of Salem. A group of merchandise prizes will be award ed Friday at 4 p. m. Sixty local producers and manufacturers have displays at the show. 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