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i THE WEATHER
Fair today aad Friday,
omewbat cooler; Max."
.Temp. Wednesday 84, Mia.
B2," riTer -2.3 feet, clear,
wind southwest.
ElUin Y-r IKST YE All
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Mornlnsr, July 3ff," 1931
No. 107
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HIGHWAY BOARD
MEETING TODAY
HOLDSPROISE
Major Improvement- Issues
Coming up, Including
Road to Portland. :
Backers of two; Routes to
Be on Hand; Other
Matters Pending;-;;
Eleren communities repretent
lns th principal cities up 'and
down the 'Willamette valley be
tween Portland Salem will be
well represented this mornlnr at
th. state highway- commission
meeting when a four-lane high
way between the metropolis and
the capital will be asked.
Headed .by Henry R. Craw
ford; president of the Salem
chamber of commerce, and J. M.
Chambers, chairman of the high
way committee, the group will
make a strong plea for an emer
gency winter program on the
road. Crawford will make the
principal talk and representatives
from other communities will aug
ment his statements.. '
Today's meeting of the highway
commission will be one of the
most Important held in Oregon in
recent years, according to C. K.
Spauldlng, Salem member of the
commission. Two definite pro-,
posals for Improved highway fa
cilities between Salem and Port
land will be presented to the
commission.
The first of these proposals,
which was dlscuseed at a confer
ence here Monday night, contem
plates the widening of the Pacif
ic highway between Salem and
Oregon City, where It would con
nect with the super road now un
der construction from the latter
city-to Portland. It was recom
mended that the " Salem-Oregon
City be a four lane artery.
Champoeir Route
To Be Presented ,
The other plan calls for the
construction of a new highway
from Salem to Portland, by way
of Champoeg park. ' .Two groups
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FOR COAST OUTLET
PORTLAND, Ore., July 29.
(AP) H. B. Van Durer.-chairman
of the state highway com
mission, said today a new route
by way of Forest Grove, Buxton,
Elsie and Hamlet was being con
sidered, "along with others" as a
possible answer to the demand
for a short-cut highway to the
sea.
Van Duier had no comment to
make on the matter except to say
that the possibilities of the route
were "Interesting."
"This route is entitled to , a
thorough Investigation before the
com'missidn takes any definite ac
tion in the matter." he said. "It
appears that . we may have this
data in hand within a month or
so. We then can place Ita advan
tages along side those of the oth
er routes." ' -
The proposed route would fol
low the present highways from
Portland to Forest Grove, thence
north to Banks and Buxton where
the new construction would start.
From there the road would pass
north of Timber to Elsie and
Hamlet At Hamlet It would di
vide, the north route following
the existing route to Hamlet
Junction near Necanicum and the
south branch following the north
fork of the Nehalem river to the
' coast highway bridge. At these
two points the road would con
nect with the Oregon coast high
way.1 logon
OREGON LAW CITED
PORTLAND. Ore., July 29
(AP) D. De Jonge, president of
the United Veterans Employment
league, announced tonight man
damus i proceedings against the
Multnomah county and the tate
of Oregon will be started Imme
diately to compel employment of
ex-service men on an publie
works In preference to other men.
De Jonge said the Oregon law
provides that ex-service men shall
be given preference for employ
ment pn public works : in the
state. .
FROM BEND SOUTH
BEND, Ore., July 29 (AP)
' Officials of the Hauser Construc
tion' company, Portland, an
nounced today work on the Great
Northern's road from Bend to a
point 14 miles south ot here, will
begin at once.
; The contractors have been as
sembling machinery and equip
ment, hero for several weeks in
preparation for the million dol
lar jyoject.
Approximately 400 men, all
local, will be employed, officials
aald. .No road -camps will be
maintained because the construc
tion will ' follow closely The
palles-Callf ornia highway . and
NEW ROUTE TAtKED
Gotham Enrag
Shooting
Hunt on for Slayer
v " . " t . - '.',
'Go to tjie Umit Bring in the Killer" Says
t Police Commissioner; Task Difficult, ;
As Fear Silences Sicilians !
NEW YORK, July 29 (AP) An outraged metropolis,
more or less hardened to casual underworld executions,
took the warpath tonight to bring to justice gangsters who
killed one little boy and wounded four others at play, in a
sweltering upper East Side street. ' i
For 24 hours after a green sedan swept through East
Change Place
For Road Meet
' Announcement waa made
last night that the meeting .
of the state highway com
mission wfll be held to
day in the house chamber
instead of the a&semhly room
on - the firth floor of the
state office building. Salem
people who desire to attend
should be present at the
opening of . the session at
10:SO. ;
F
STILL DANGEROUS
Lightning Storms may add
To Peril; Lookouts
Blinded by Smoke
' SPOKANE, Jnly 29 (AP)
The ' red foreat fire line crept
slowly upward today In the Pa
cific northwest danger thermom
eter, and rangers feared light
ning storms would start scores of
new. blazes. In the bone dry tim
ber land.
The Deer ' creek conflagration
in the Pend O'Reille and Koote
nai forests, fought by 1500 smoke
chasers, widened Its 5-mile per
imeter . slightly, and four miles
below It, on Kingsley creek. 200
men: were stationed to fight a
new fire of undetermined size. -
Smoke blinded " the lookouts
and airplane' observers, ;". the
"eyes" of the - forestry oervice,
and while hundreds of fires burn
ed In the inland empire unre
ported, none was beltajed serious
except these two.
- Two Montana tires, at Sand
Creek and the Lolo forest, busied
200 men. jla Idaho 200 more
eharged into a COO acre fire 20
miles east tftBonners Ferry.
In Washington 50 men fought
a fire near : Springdale, where a
shroud of smoke hampered their
action. About 150 foresters went
into action against a brush fire
near Okanogan, and at Locrosse
250 acres of standing, grain and
150 acres of threshed and sacked
grain were incinerated. Near Ry
derwood, 75 men remained today
to, watch a slashing fire on prop
erty of the Long-Bell lumber
sales corporation.
Great Northern
Lets
To
Contracts
Drill Wells
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July
29 (AP)-j-Six well drilling con
tracts have (been let by the Great
Northern railroad to Vochatzer
JJrothers, Klamath Falls drillers.
me wens are to supply waier ior
trains and! -will be located at
Merll. Malin. Adams Point. Deh
llnger's ranch and stronghold.
Work on! four of the wells has
been started. No estimate Df the
cost of the wells will be available
until they have been completed.
ITBT
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Asks Jobs for Veterans . .
Railroad TorV to Start
Irrigation is Resumed
Siskiyou Blaze Spreads
the men can drive to and from
work. 4 1
The new; road probably will be
completed by .December 1, offi
cials of the Hauser company said.
WATER TURNED OS
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July
29 (AP) Water was turned
back Into the Langell valley Irri
gation district today after being
shut off since Saturday because
of delinquencies in payments.
Approximately It per cent of
the amount dae In payments have
been turned over to the govern
ment. The law ' provides that
water In proportion to payments
made may be delivered. B. E.
Ha'yden. superintendent of the
Klamath project, said the water
was shut off when this amount
had been delivered.
LINES THREATEXED
GRANTS PASS. Ore.. July. 29
(AP) A strong north wind to
night threatened to drive a 1200
acre Siskiyou National forest
fire -50 miles sonth of here be
yond established fire lines. -
The fire started late Tuesday
and more' than 10Q men were
sent to fight It. The blaze Is the
largest in ; the "Siskiyou National
forest so far this season. ..... .
edat
of ChUd;
107th street at sunset yesterday.
spraying death over the young
sters or that Sicilian neighbor
hood, the police had worked on
these orders: t ,
"Go to the limit bring In the
killer."
The police commissioner took
charge of the manhunt as soon as
news of the shooting was com
municated to him at his home last
night. He assembled the largest
force of picked men sent to f'get"
a murder since Francis Crowley,
diminutive two-gun, man. was
bombed out of a west . side fur
nished room after he had killed
a patrolman a few months ago.
Half a hundred patrolmen, their
uniforms changed to plain clothes,
weYe sent Into the neighborhood
to try to break a silence that had
spread over the Sicilian commun
ity. Each of the officers spoke Ital
ian. His special Job was to listen
to pick up any scrap of conver
sation among the frightened popu
lation which might furnish a lead
for other detectives to follow.
The 24 hours bad yielded no
word from the hundreds who,
driven away from their shabby
and stifling homes, had lazed in
the street when the gunmen rolled
through on their death errand.
The street was lined with Its
residents, Mulrooney said, ' when
the gangsters opened fire, dozens
leaned from the windows, yet
none would admit seeing or rec
ognizing the car's occupants.
NEW TORK, July 30 (AP)-
A relentless manhunt through the
recesses of New York's half-world
led tonight to the apprehension of
one suspect, but police ran Into
a detailed alibi when they sought
to name Harry Bruno as the own
er ot an automobile from whieh
gangsters sprayed, death into the
ranks et playing children.
Quietly and quickly. Bruno was
taken to a precinct station. a few
blocks from where five children
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STATE POLICEMEN
ALL GATHER HERE
All members of the operating
personnel ot the new state police
department, which becomes ef
fective next Saturday, gathered
In Salem Wednesday for primary
instructions. These; Include both
the new employes and operatives
previously employed in the state
prohibition department, motor
vehicle division, and the law en
forcement branch ot the state fire
marshal.
Law enforcement officers em
ployed by the state game and fish
commissions will operate inde
pendently of the state police de
partment until later in the. year.
The courses in primary in
struction are under the direction
of Harry M. Niles, who has been
loaned to the state for a period of
three months by the Portland po
lice department. Nfles has been
commissioned as deputy superin
tendent of state police under
Charles Pray, who is head of the
department. ' .'.;
There will be a total of 95 men
employed In the state police de
partment, exclusive of the cleri
cal help. This personnel will be
increased as the occasion de
mands, Mr. Pray announced .
Headquarters of the depart
ment will be maintained on the
second floor of the state agricul
tural building. ,
Cloudburst is
Aftermath of
Sizzling Heat
POCATELLO. Idaho. July 29.
(AP) A heavy general rain and
a cloudburst In the east section
of the city brought relier-from the
heavy heat wave late today. The
cloudburst damaged streets, gar
dens and some homes.
The thermometer registered 2
when the storm began and when
it was over the mercury had fall
en 28 degrees to 4. The rain
brought relief also to farmers in
the southeastern part of the state.
Dairymen Asked C 1
To Meet Friday
An Important meeting of " all
dairymen in the Salem milk shed
has been called for, Friday night
at 8:30- o'clock in the Salem
chamber of commerce rooms, offi
cials of the Dairy Cooperative as
sociation have announced. " ; -
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TONGUE RELEASED
' ROQERSVILLE. Ala., July 29.
(AP) W. C. Page. 40, spoke
todsy for the first time in ; six
years on recovering consciousness
after being struck yesterday by
lightning. , , 4
lAlElDSID
PRICES ROCKET
Ten Cent Advance Results
From Grasshopper and
Heat, Drought Harm
Wheat Futures Gain Only a
Fraction in Same Time;
Flurry is at Close
CHICAGO. July 29 (AP)
Cora withered on the stalk today
while feverish traders, wilting
themselves, bid up its value 10
cents a bushel.
Plagues of persistent heat.
drought and grasshoppers com
bined their assault on the ripen
ing crop. Only Immediate rainfall
could save the fields from total
loss In many regions, and predict
ed showers failed to materialize.
To these calamity reports today
was added the month end rush to
fulfill contracts in corn-for July
delivery, and the market discov
ered Itself e.OOO.OOO bushels short
and offerings scarce.
The squeezing process began an
hour before the close on the Chi
cago board of trade. In that hour
corn futures for the month shot
up as high as 68 cents in spec
tacular spurts, and at the close
was down only a fraction from
the highest. There remain only
two more trading days In which to
liquidate July contracts.
The close today was 1 to 9
cents above yesterday, with the
big advance In the current month,
which finished at 67 to C 8 cents
a busheL. This was far below the
price current a year ago. when
July corn sold around 86 cents.
July wheat futures, gaining
only a fraction today, closed at
11 to 5-8, it cents a bushel
cheaper than corn.
LLOYD GEORGE IS
REPORTED BETTER
LONDON. July 29 (AP) Da-
rid Lloyd jCeorge, Great Britain's
war-time prime minister, was re
ported today to be holding his
own, aiipr an operation iwr w
ney ailment, although the out
come was not considered at all
certain because of the age of the
veteran statesman.
An official statement issued at
8 p.m. said:
VSo far Mr. Lloyd George's con
dition continues satisfactory."
. The operation was an emergen
cy one. The former premier was
attended by the king's physician.
Lord Dawson ot Penn, and others
ot the .most famous surgeons of
England. They pronounced the
operation successful.
Just before taking the annaes
thetic Lloyd George dictated a
note to Jhe liberal, summer school
which opens at Combrldge on
Thursday, saying he regretted be
was unable to attend and had ar
ranged for his" daughter, Megan
Lloyd George, to take his place.
King ueorge, uueen xary, me
Prince of Wales and other mem
bers of the royal family sent mes
sages of sympathy today to the
former premier.
Bar Association
Votes Opposition
To State Police
ABERDEEN. Wash., July 29
(AP) The state bar association.
which opened the 43rd annual
convention here today, turned
down by a substantial majority a
committee report recommending
the creation of a system of state
police.
Numerous delegates took the
floor in a long and heated debate.
The proposal, submitted by the
state police and crime report
group, called for the creation of
a constabulary to enforce all fel
ony laws, with the exception of
prohibition andother sumptary
statutes.
Among arguments against the
plan was one by Attorney Frank
L. Morgan, of Hoqulam, who de
clared that state police usually
become militiamen for labor dis
putes. 1 . ; .
Secretary Hyde
Visits Portland
PORTLAND, Ore.. July 29.
(AP). Arthur M. Hyde, secretary
ot agriculture.- arrived here to
night with a party ot friends. The
secretary is on his vacation.'
, The secretary plans to visit his
brother. Ira B. Hyde. St. Helens.
Ore.. .. newspaper publisher, and
start back i toward Washington
within a Jew day.
WORKBR BADLY BURNED :
KLAMATH FALLS," Ore., July
29 (AP) Jack West, jac,k han
dle operator at the Great North
ern construction camp near here,
suffered severe burns on his, legs
last night when a Care torch was
kicked over on him. He ' was
brought to a local hospital. Phy
sicians said, he probably would
recover.
Slain in Wilds
Of Apache Land
Henrietta Schmerler (above), 22-year-old
Colombia university
research student, was fomnd
beaten to death in the wilds of
. Arizona, where she had - been
bring among Indiana while
spending what had been intend
ed to be a year of studying the
life and customs of the primi
tive Apache tribe. .
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Relief not Predicted; More
Grasshopper Damage
Also Reported
(By The Associated Press)
Heat reigned again Wednesday
over the west, central and east
ern states and In its train were
death, suffering, and destruction
from pests and fire. ,
The blazing skies promised no
immediate respite 1 in most areas.
although some sections t h e
northern plains, the extreme Mis
souri valley, the northern por
tion of the upper Great Lakes re
gion and California felt cooling
winds and rains.
. Eighty deaths .were attributed
to the burning temperatures dur
ing the week, mast of them In
California's Imperial valley where
me mercury soared to 120 'de
grees, before dropping Wednes
day; seventeen were in the Salt
river valley in Arizona and two
more In Iowa.
Grasshopper hordes still
swarmed in the Dakotas. Nebras
ka and Iowa, and farmers bat
tling the seource in northern
Minnesota met still another foe
In the Invasion of army worms
near Fosston and Hibbing. The
grasshopper plague also broke
out in- Muskegon county, Michi
gan, where the state department
ot conservation has undertaken a
campaign of extermination.
Exposure Upon
Mountain Trail
Six Days Fatal
ROSEBURG, Ore., July 29
(AP) Miss Christina Stockle,
58, died at a hospital here today
after having lain alone and unaid
ed on a mountain trail near Mel
rose for six days, suffering from
a paralytic stroke. She is be
lieved to have been unconscious
most of the time.' .
The woman lived alone on a
hill ranch. She went to a neigh
bor's home last Wednesday to ob
tain groceries and on her way
home collapsed on an unfrequent
ed trail. Mrs. C M. Reckley. a
neighbor, became alarmed yester
day when she had not seen Miss
Stockle for several days, . and
went to visit her. She found the
woman unconscious, on the trail.
She was rushed to a hospital here
where she died today without re
gaining consciousness.
Metolius Blaze
Under Control;
Large Area Hit
' BEND. Ore.. July 29 (AP)
After blackening 6000 -acres Of
timber' the Metolius river forest
fire was reported under control on
the Jefferson county side tonight
but on the Warm Springs Indian
reservation embers were being
carried far into a tangled mass of
trees bowled over by high winds
last April.
One hundred fifty additional
men were sent to the fire lines
from Bend this afternoon.
A thunderstorm was moving
over the Deschutes basin from the
south tonight. The Metolius river
is a tributary of the Deschutes.
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Fire Scare Not
The Real Thing
Another penitentiary fire scare
fizzled out last" night, when tne
blaze which led a number of Sa
lem folk to Inquire at The Stat ear
man office by telephone proved
to be no more nor less than a
bonfire of loganberry vines start
ed by children east of the dty be
tween Garden Road and Center
street extension. -
They were roasting weiners.
HEAT US AGAIN
OVER BROAD R
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SOLDIER HOME
RACE OPEN TO
ENTIRE REGION
Eugene and Roseburg Most
Noisy but not Sure of
Choice, Says Hines
Board Might' Even go Be
yond Designated Area to
Find Right Spot ; .
BOrSE. Idaho. July 29. (AP)
Frank T. Hines, director of the
United States veterans bureau,
passed" through Boise today, en
route to Portland to begin a sur
vey of possible sites for the new
$2,000,000 soldiers home. He said
the . survey "will cover every
square mile in the prescribed area,
if that is necessary."
General Hines outlined the
scope of i the survey in a brief in
terview while his train stopped in
Boise. Accompanying him on the
survey, is Read Admiral R. E.
Riggs, surgeon general ot the
navy. -
"We plan to examine every
place in the area for the possible
site," he declared, "and we may
go outside the area."
The district prescribed by the
federal board of hospitalisation
Included the territory between
Portland and the south border of
Oregon, and west of the Cascade
mountains.
General Hines said the board
had prescribed this area ' as the
best place, geographically, for the
new home to be. but said It did
not prevent the home being locat
ed outside the area, provided suit
able facilities were not found in
the prescribed area.
Might Go Outside
Area Designated
He implied there was little like
lihood the home would be located
outside the area, however, point
ing out that two requests, includ
ing one 'from Walla. Walla.
Wash., had been rejected by the
board because of being outside.
When it waa suggested Rose
burg and Eugene had been men
tioned frequently in newspaper
articles as possible sites, he said
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STATE LOSES CASE
THE DALLES. Ore.. July 29
(AP) Circuit Judge Wilson to
day handed down a decision favor
able to the defendants in the
equity case wherein the state land
board sought to dispossess W. T.
Downes and his wife of shorelands
on the Columbia river at Celilo
Falls. An accompanying law
case was disposed of here sever
al weeks ago when a , circuit
court Jury found for the defen
dants. '
The suit Involved shorelands
where the Downes operated com
mercial salmon fisheries. The
case had its Inception in 1929
when Downes employes repelled
sportsmen who wanted to fish for
$teelheads. Fights ensued and
criminal assault cases against the
Downes and their employee were
heard in court here.
Testimony at the recent ' Jury
trial brought out that in. 1905
when the state procured the right
of way for Celilo canal it admitted
that ownership of the river front
property reposed with the Downes.
No Trace Found
Of Convict Who
Escaped Prison
Officers this morning had not
found anytrace of the where
abouts of C. R- Woods, 27. who
Tuesday escaped from the state
penitentiary, while working in a
cabbage patch outside ot the in
stitution walls.
Woods was serving a two years
term for larceny in Lane county.
He previously served terms In Mc
Neil's Island and in the state re
formatory in Missouri. "
H SHORE
Good' Will Party Views
Sal em Industry Plants
A Portland "good will" party of
37 members of the trade and
iW deoartment of the1 Portland
chamber of commerce came to Sa
lem in a caravan yesterday to in
spect the leading Industrial plants
nt tf ranitAl citv. Arriving here
at 11 o'clock," they visited the
Miles Linen company ana me sa
lem Linen mill establishments.
a i s a the visitors were
guesta of Reld, Murdoch Co.,
Ray A. Tocum, manager, ana xvuw
ert B. Shinn, buyer, for luncheon
on the lawn at the rear of the
.....n tiniMtnr: The cannery.
the Western Paper Converting
company and Oregon Pulp A Pa
per company plant were inspect
ed following the luncheon.
The Salem host and guide, for
the party, was W. M. Hamilton,
chairman of the Industrial com
mMe r the Salem chamber of
commerce. He was accompanied
by David W.- Eyre, u. . uisnop,
T. A. WindLshar, Paul Wallace,
Jack Brady and C x. wuson,
PIGilME
LANDS IN WALES;
MED BY FOG
Cross Atlantic Ocean but
East From Newfoundland; Catch Sight of Ireland tut
Try to Keep on, Then Turn About and Drop Into Field
Of Surprised Farmers Near Cardigan K
No. Word up to Early This Morning of Boardman-Polando
Plane; Round World Pair hop on to Croyden Today;
Had Plenty of Fuel and Could Have Continued Except
For Inability to Buck Continuous fog
CROYDEN, England, July 30 (Thursday) ( AP) Hugh
Herndon, Jr., and Clyde Pangborn, who completed their
crossing of the Atlantic yesterday, arrived here from Moyle
gTOve,. Wales, at 8:15 a. m. today (2:15 a. m., Eastern
Standard Time.) . "
They had taken off from Moylegrove, at 6:15 a.
(12:15 a. m., Eastern Standard Time).
i CARDIGAN, Wales, July 29 (AP) Prevented by vfog
from making Moscow the first stop of their projected round-the-world
flight, Hugh Herndon, Jr., and Clyde Pangborn,
American aviators, brought their plane safely down at 7
o'clock tonight on a sloping farm field at Moylegrove, five
miles from here, after a successful Transatlantic crossing
from New York. ,. -
GRAF ZEPPELIN i
WATMDAD
Report Silences Fears due
To Lack of Radio Word;
j Trip is Shortened
BERLIN. July 29 (AP) The
giant dirigible Graf Zeppelin was
reported tonight to be on its way
back from the arctic to Leningrad,
from where it started for the far
north four days ago, and due to
arrive there early tomorrow.
The Graf was reported at 9:30
tonight (3:30 p.m. E-S.T.) over
Lake Onega, southwest of Arch
angelo. .
It was believed here tonight
that the reason. for shortening: the
arctic trip, which was originally
intended to carry the big dirigible
nearly to the north pole, was the
preeent of heavy fogs over the
arctic regions which made flying
over the icy Nordenskiold sea a
very risky proceeding.
- The news was happily received
here, dispelling fears which had
prevailed that all might not be
wen with the airship. Its radio
had been silent for 40 hours.
The silence was being attribut
ed I tonight to the fact that the
ship had entered the arclc "sone
of silence" and that this was re
sponsible for interference with
wireless transmission.-
Elliott Coming
Today tQ Talk
Water Situation
" President Elliott of the Oregoh-
Washln gton - Water Service com
pany will arrive, in Salem early
today to confer with local offi
cials ot the company and dty of
ficials over the situation with re
spect to the proposed sale of the
water system to the dty, Jt was
learned last night by T. J. De-
laney, vice-president.
Just what Mr. Elliott has -in
mind is not known, but important
developments are. likely in view
of the recent" opinion of the su
preme court holding the clty s
bond election to . purchase the
plant, held last year, void.
manager ot the chamber of com
merce.1 Governor Meier was un
able ' to attend,, as had teen
planned.
Members of the Portland "good
wfll group were: -
Q. F. BealL Beall Pipe & Tank
corporation; A. Boscovlch, J. W.
Brewer, Wakefield -Fries A Co.,
Inc.; Giles B. Buck,. the J. K. GUI
company: L. E. Cable, Bank of
California; R. A. Camp, Marshall
Wells company; George A. Dun
ham, Irwln-Hodson company; P.
Feldman, ' Mt. . Hood Soap com
pany; Henry J. Frank. Blumauer
Frank Drag company; J. S. P.
Copland; Oregon. Mfrs. associa
tion; H- W. Fries. Wakefield Fries
A Co Tne. Sol Harris. M. Seller
company; Don -Henderson, Service
Bronze ft -mass woras: aiaunce
B. 1 Hodge, Sawyer Studios, Inc;
Dan' Hoaan. Albers Bros.: B. F.
Irvine. Oregon Journal; C. J.
Johnson. P. B.Yeyes, Goodyear
Rubber company; George utwr
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Fail to see it After Heading
m.
O The crossing was made diffi
cult by persistent fog all the way
and the fog forced the aviators
down when they had a supply of
fuel, sufficient for eight hours
more of flying. !
Meanwhile no word was heard
from the American Transatlantic
plane, piloted by Russell Board
man and John Rolando, which
took off from New Torjt at al
most the same time as that of
Herndon and Pangborn. .
It was assumed they met the
same foggy conditions which pre
vented Herndon and Pangborn
from getting a glimpse of the
ocean between Newfoundland and
Ireland, but there was nothing in
the way of reports, either in Eng
land or in Europe, to indicate
what fortune might have befallen
them.
Sight Coast of '
Ireland First
jHerndon and Pangborn said
they sighted the coast of Ireland
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EIRE ESCAPES ARE
ORDERED INSTALLED
- " !'
After' complaint by E. C. Bush
nell, city building inspector, : that
the Royal Court apartments were
improperly equipped for fire pro
tection, met with continued post
ponement of remedy, Adam En
gel, the proprietor, was ordered
this week by A..H. Averlll. state
fire marshal, to make the needed
safety alterations and additions
before August C. under penalty of
his license being disallowed.
The fire marshal orders instal
lation of four-inch standpipe fire
hydrants at both fire escapes,
with hose connections . at each
story, . removal of obstructing
doors on fire escapes, and addi
tion ot adequate exit lights and
anti-panic door latches. "
Early in the year wider regula
tions passed-by ) the city council,
the building Inspector was order
ed to survey all apartment houses
to ascertain if they were properly
equipped for fire protection. The
license of the Royal Court was
withheld pending remedy of safe
ty defects, but the proprietor fail
ed to comply. -
As a result, Bushnell, and Jim
Gleason, of tlje state fire marsh
al's office this week had hallway
doors removed which, when open
ed, obstructed the fire escape pas
sageways from upper stories.
Similar orders for the Cheme
keta apartments, 310 Water
street, were given but no arrest
could be made because G. O. Or
ergard, owner, recently disap
peared from the city and has not
been located:
Mukden Forces
Ar$ Routed as
Rebels Advance
TIENTSIN. China. July 29 .
fAPl After a number of severe
reverses at the hands cf the rebel
General Shih Yu San, the .Muk
den forces were routed today be
fore the "dty of Paotingfu, which
fell Into the enemy's hands.
The advance guard of General
ChfTi Vn-San hnlf tireviOTislv can-
tured 8000 . prisoners, four air
planes, some wireless apparatus
and other munitions. '
At the same time a large bo3y
of rebel forces attired in plain
clothes attacked Tsangchow
wr th Mukdenitea were com-
nletelv aumrised and fled in the
direction of Tientsin.