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Newspaper Page TextCIRCIJIATION Dally Average net paid circulation for month ending August II, 1128 i UNSETTLED with Drobnbly; showers, Fresh southerly winds. 8161 ' Local: Max.. 64: mln.. 50: river. 1.2; rain. .16: atmos..- cloudy; wind, southeast. Average dally circulation 1543 ilamfaer Audit Hurwn or Circulation FOKTY-EIGHTH YEAR, No. 225 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY,. SEPTEMBER 21, 1926 ntiTpri rpnnpn 'TMTHJUN TH4wa and nbws f rn IV uuu uvu i3 .11. - innwr 21 Lniuy Llzicz. PENSACOLA . AND MOBILE DKOLATED Heavy Property Damage Results from Hurricane Cities Still Cut Off Known Death Toll 375 in Florida East Coast with Damage at $50,000,000 New Orleans, La., Sent. 21. (ff) -At 10 o'clock today the tropical storm was central a short distance west of Mobile and was swerving westward toward New Orleans, an advisory hurricane warning Issued by the weather bureau here said. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 21. yp Word communicated hero through employes oC the Louisville an : Nashville railroad today said there had been heavy property damage at Pensacola, with probable loss of life. This was the first word received from this city since communication was cut off there yesterday morn ing. - The Jj. & N. roundhouse and freight depot were demolished, they said, and the docks were In ruins. These reports, meagre and In complete, said the property dam age could not be estimated. The railroad was torn up by a washout between Bay Minette and Floma- ton. The railroad men were not cer tain as to loss of Ufa but they re ported "terrible conditions." (By the Associated Press) With the known death toll In tho hurricane that swept over tho low er Florida east coast standing at 375 today and with the injured still estimated ot 4000 or more and prop erty damage at $50,000,000, Inter est centered in what was happen ing to Pensacola, on the west coast. Mobile, 50 miles farther west and In relief measures to bring the stricken territory back to normal. The known death toll, computed by the Associated Press from all sources last night at 369, was swell ed today by a dispatch from Se brlng telling of word brought there by Tampa Boy Scouts of the death of six persons at Rockport. That the "back country" in the ever glades will yield a still larger toll of dead seemed certain today when the pilot of a Florida airways plane, which flew to Miami with relief supplies, returned to Tampa and told a story of settlements along the streams with the ever glades being levelled. Storm Goes Inlnnd Mobile and Pensncola were cut off from the outside world yester day when the hurricane, after wan dering about over Florida for two days, hit both places with a veloc ity of 100 miles an hour.- Last re ports were that It had gone Inland over southern Alabama and Miss issippi with waning force. What may have happened In Pensacola early today still was un known, no inkling of the damage that may have been done and as to whether or not there may have been loss of life sltll was known. Mobile escaped with comparative ly small damage, according to a dispatch which was carried to Clt rondelle, Alabama, on a train' by an employe of The Register, and there transmitted to Birmingham over a railroad wire. Preparations for the storm prevented much dam age in Mobile, tho dispatch said. The last wire, an Associated Press circuit, went out at noon yester day. Newspapermen last night were endeavoring to reach Pensacola but up to midnight had got little beyond Montgomery, Ala. Relief Trains Sent Shortly after midnight this morning, however, a staff man of The Associated Press got out of Montgomery on - a special train. carrying the private car of one of the general officers of the Louis ville and Nashville railroad. Trains from sections of Florida untouched by the storm, were pro ceeding as rapidly as possible to the scene carrying physicians. nurses, medicine and other needed supplies. The airplane from Tarn pa that flew across the everglades took $50,000 In gold to a Miami bank. The death list In Miami and Hoi lywood, the hardest hit with the possible exception of Moorehaven today stood at more than 300 with the probability that It would grow. Moorehaven's list still was uncer tain, estimates running as high as 200, with 56 known to have perish ed. Outlying suburbs of Miami ac counted for 46 dead. GOOD EVENING WORDS AND MUSIC By Stoddard King ... GOOD RIDDANCE. They tell mo stores still sell the aeroy nut, - . . , I So there must bo ' I Somewhere In this round world or is ll flat? Some ono who loves Us beauty fancy that! It is, to me, . - - A deep, dark mystery. . . The derby fell before the motor car, For iwoplo found They could not go by auto very rar - Without discovering - that - some slight jar Had left them crowned With headgear fur from ' sound. Yet n few bowlers lingered! being saved To mute Iho tone Of lust rii mcnts unbridled and dc- 1)171 Vf(1. Tn spots where tho licentious jazz - uand raved They dulled the moan Of the rude slide trombone. For this hat's fate I can not shed a tear. It's doom was just. It had no virtues, lent no "atmos phere," It rested heavily upon tho ear Yet, If I must, I will say "dust to dust." Some American tourists, return ing from France, say they were insulted by the nroud Gauls of Par is and all way stations. Others say they never heard a harsh word. We hold with the first group. Prob ably the others were insulted with out knowing It. You have to know quite a lot of French before you are quite certain whether a native is begging your pardon or calling you a species of a camel, than which there is, In French, no more deadly insult. SIPS FOIt SUPPER"' You may talk about your first love, Mid tho blossoms and the flow ers; You may talk about the courting, in tho honeyed moonlit hours: You may talk obout tho maiden, With the lovelight in her eye. But for us we'll take tho sweetness In a huckleberry pie. O boy! We'd rather smpnr n nint of crnnrl old huckleberry nlo fillinir around our recent Ive llos. than to smother them with a era 11 on of cosmetics anv daw When nature made the huckleberrv. she must have start ed on a loner vacation rlcrht after. occuu3Q sue cihi somo ion. We like the irood old annle. The melon and tho. (ihorrv? But when it comes to lovm'. wen tatto tho huckleberry. Walt Thorn tiHon nnvn w or all wronc when wo remarked that PinnK lillch should turn hi rrv inr room in his new theatre over to tne urcconian to wnc ua apnn. torial campaign. He savs the room was built oxnresHlv for Walt Pierce. If .Walt Pierce ever iret.fi to crvine tn there Frank had bet ter nut m a drain nine or wait Pierce will flood the nlnrn with brine.. These Walts sure stick to gether. We rather exnect Walt Pierce will cut the telephone rates In two the same as he cut the taxes in two.. Funnv how he hernn to think about telenhonn rates about two hours and a half before election. A. E. Clnrk. the man Walt nick ed out to cut tho telephone rates for him. is the same man who was shot in the brief case on the state house lawn 10 or 15 vears aco, on one windv. stormv niche. We read In a woman's macrazlne the other dav that bustles were comme hnck. Trvlne to conceal be like hiding a letter behind be like hiding a Jeter behind noRtacre rtamn. . Offer Paved Road from Woodburn to Newberg As Part of State System Decision was reached yesterday at a conference at Newberg be tween members of the Marion and Yamhill county courts to offer the Wood burn -Newberg paved cutoff. as a free gift to the state highway commission as a part of the state highway system. The offer arose from the neces sity of some action on the part of the two county courts In repairing the bridge across the Willamette st Newberg, which la a link In the Woodburn-Ncwberg rood. The bridge needs new decking, new stringers, and a general repair. While It Is evident with the pre senting of the road to the state that the counties will be shifting the burden of this expense, from their own shoulders to that of the highway commission, they believe they are Justified In this move, and that also the commission should be glad to accept the highway as It stands. A few years ago a bill went through the legislature which had for Its purpose the creation of a FONCK'S PLANE SMASHED III GETTING OFF Two Lose Life When Trans-Atlantic Flier Crashes in Flames Rene Fonck, French Ace, Leaps to Safety but Op erators Caught in Cabin Westuury, N. Y., Sept. 21 ) Two men lost their lives this morn ing when the trans-Atlantic air plane of Captain Rene Fonck crash ed in flames in an attempt to take off on a 3000 mile non-stop flight to Paris. They were Charles Clavier, French radio operator, and Jacobs Islamoff, Russian mechanic. They were trupped In the closed cabin of the huge three motored biplane. Captain Fonck, the French ace, in command of the flight and Lieu tenant Lawrenco W. Curtln, U. S. N., American alternate pilot, leap ed to safety before the plane burst Into flames. Igor Sikorsky, Russian designer and builder of the plane, could not be located Immediately after the tragedy. Ho was reported to have begged in tears last night that the flight be postponed because of a cross wind that endangered the take off, . An attempt was made to take off last Thursday but had to be post poned because of a gasoline leak age discovered at the last minute. Afterward Parisian friends of Cap tain Fonck urged him to make the flight for the honor of France, even at the risk of death. The crash was caused by the buckling of a wheel on ah extra landing gear that was to have been dropped into the ocean as soon as the plane got under way. "I knew the wheel had crashed said Fonck, "but could neither stop nor rise. Wheel Collapses Lieutenant Curtln said "The plane was driven full pow er, accelerated slowly, reaching a ground speed of 65 miles. Three quarters of the length of the run way It seemed that the outbo'ard auxiliary wheel collapsed carrying away tho left lower rudder. DETROIT G. 0. P. STAGES A RIOT Detroit, Mich., Sept. 21. 0p The Wayne county (Detroit) re publican convention to name dele gates to' next week's state conven tion, broke Into a riot shortly after opening today. There were fist fights, yelling by delegates who milled about over the convention floor, and an inef fectual attempt by a police riot squad to carry the riot leaders from the hall. The hubbub ended only after police reserves had been called and one faction had left the place, or ganized a rump convention and named its delegates. state highway out of the Wood burn-Newberg cutoff. This bill would have become a law but for the governor's veto, and the proj ect would have been put on the highway map for construction hy the highway commission, the same as the Salem-Dallas highway was constructed by the commission as a connecting link between the east and west side Pacific highways. The Marlon county court then went ahead nd did the principal part of the highway constductlon, and after taking the job of con struction off the com miss ton's hands believes that the commis sion should now except It as a part of tho state system and take caro of It In the future. It Is also pointed out 'that the Newberg bridge and one other fur. thcr up the river, are the only two bridges along the Willamette out side of Portland not now owned by the slate, Roadmasler Culver aluo attended tho meeting at Newberg from here. FLAMES LAY WASTE TO ogdoo Above The gutted gymnasium m flames as seen building surmounting. College STATES KEARNS STOLE $500,000 AND IS EX-CON Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 21 fF Jack Dempsey in 'an affidavit, presented in chancery court todoy answering Jack Reams' suit forc ing him into receivership, charged Kearns with stealing J500.OQ0. . Dempsey gae this as his rea son for discharging Kearns. The case was continued for two weeks. ' , Dempsey also charged that Kearns was at ono time imprlsined on a serious charge. Dempsey In his affidavit said he learned of Kearns' dishonesty and prison record about August 1325. That part of the affidavit referring to Dempsey's reasons for breaking with Kearns read In part: lVt or about that time I discov ered that Mr. Kearns had been op proprlatlng to himself certain mon ies which did not belong to him but which belonged to me which aggregated over the period lnvolv ed In exocss of $500,000. "It was on account of this fact and also because of the fact that on or about that time I discovered that Kearns was an ex-convict hav ing been in prison in the peniten tiary in the state of Washington for a considerable period of time." Dempsey in his affidavit said that the knowledge of Kearns' rec ord so repelled him that he dis charged him as an employe. The affidavit continues: "I further told him I would not make known the -reasons for his discharge but In view of the fact that In public print and in the affi davit which he has submitted to this court, he stated that the rea for our breach was that against his wishes I contracted marriage with one Estello Taylor and that my aforesaid wife became embittered against him because of his opposition to the marriage and so- worked upon my feelings, that I refused to any longer recognize Mr. Kearns as my manager or abide by the terms of the contract.' Vice Chancellor Robert A. inger soil In announcing the continuance for two weeks Bald that both Demp sey and his business manager Gene Normtle both must appear In court personaly and submit to exnmlna lion. I ...I, """ 'vbra. si ' r:;:3 p a c 0 o o 0 0 o walls of the main building as from the court m front of the mam building during the fire. Right: a view of the main Hill as it appeared before the fire. Photos by F. H. Shackelford of Silverton. - Fall Window Events Expected To Attract Huge Crowd Crowds of a size rarely seen In Salem are anticipated and being prepared for by those in char go of Salem's first annual Fall Window Display week, which opens with a street celebration and dance here Wednesday night. With Court street brilliantly lighted all tho way from Commer cial to High street, and a full or chestra furnishing music in each of the two blocks set off on that street for the purpose, the public dance is, In itself expected to draw thousands of people. The window displays themselves, however, as the title of the event HOOVER FOR RASIN PROJECT ON COLUMBIA Washington, Sept. 21 (JF) Western business conditions aro; very" good In general, in tho opinion of Secretary Hoover, Jur back from the Pacific coast. "Particularly ls the population of Pacific coast and Rocky Moun tain' states in a cheerful and op timistic mood," the secretary said. "Westerners are usually optim istic but they are more so at pres ent than ordinarily and the general public psychology out there has the impression that the United States Is a good place to live." Mr. Hoover declared the Colum bia basin irrigation project which contemplates the bringing to pro duction of 2,000,000 acres In east ern Washington should be carefully considered by the government In a natural program of utilizing water resources. He devoted a week or ten days to an examination of the possibilities of bringing about the development, "This will be tho largest Irriga tion scheme ever undertaken," Mr. Hoover said. "It will take ten years to bring It to completion and will greatly add to tho productivity of the territory. MOUNT ANGEL -9 o they appeared at daylight this Display suggests, will be the main feature of the affair. All evening the crowds, armed with tickets bearing numbers many of which will en title the bearers to valuable prizes shown In tho windows, will file past stores In every part of the city looking at the things shown there. They will seo tho latest fall styles in clothing, the most up to the minute vogues In furniture, the most complete wardrobe equip ment, and a well nigh endless ar ray of other things of interest to any human being. Visitors from every part of thte (Conllnucil on l'a Kleven) FIRST RELIEF TRAINS REACH STRICKEN CITIES Miami, Fla., Sept. 21. (IP)- Wlille first relief contingents were arriving here today, rescue work ers continued their efforts at lden tlflcatlon and burial of the dead relief of the Injured and the great task of supplying food, clothing and shelter to the thousands made homeless by the hurrlcano which Saturday lashed the coastal area from West Palm Reach to Miami Tho known death toll early today stood at 375. This steadily Increas ed as additional bodies, cast up by the waters of Biscay ne bay and found In tho tangled wreckage of torn buildings were brought to temporary morgues and rescue workers believe the death list will reach more than 700. The list of known Injured was placed at 1532, while It Ib entimat ed that a complete check will re veal the Injured list to be more than 4000. Varying reports frsfn the entire storm area place the damage nt between 150,000,000 ana $100,000,- 000. Scarcely a city or town In the storm area esraped the death toll left In the wake of the hurricane. COLLEGE CD (Do ii morning. Below left, the HALF OF SUM FOR RELIEF IN FLORIDA GIVEN Moro than half the $1,000 asked of Salemitcs by tho National Red Cross had been raised by noon to day, It was Indicated by an an nouncement made at . the local chamber of commerce rooms, head quarters for the local campaign. The campaign was being staged in response to a request arriving hero late yesterday for funds to be distributed by tho American Red Cross in devastated sections Of Florida. Several additional learns were to be added to the workvia' forces to raise money this afternoon. Stanfield Given i mm "Freedom from Dictatorship" As Slogan Upon Ballot Appoarnnc of the name of Rob ert N. Stanfield on the ballot in November will furnish a precedent in that It will be the first time that a slogan has appeared after a can didate's name on a general election ballot. The supreme court, today overruled A demurrer of tho de fendant and Issued a peremptory writ of mandamus in the case of Stanfield against Secretary of State Kozer, requiring the secretary of state to place after Stanfleld's name on the ballot the words Freedom from Dictatorship In dependent." Chief Justico McBrldc wrote the opinion. Secretary Kozer so construed the law that ho refused to place any thing after Stanfleld's name except the word "Independent." Stanfleld's right -to use the name "Independ ent" was not questioned. "Tho plaintiff contends," says the opinion, "that under subdivision 8 of section 392S, Oregon Laws, he is entitled to have 'tho political principle which he represents ex pressed (on the bnlHU In not more than three words,' And ft) at Free dom from dictatorship Independ ent' expresses a 'political principle.' It would seem that the words COLLEGE AND MOIIASTARY AREINRUiilS Rare Books and Manu scripts Dating Back to 15th Century Lost Lack of Water and Stiff. Wind Render Efforts to Check Flames Futile Mt. Angel, Sept. 21. Flames, be. lieved to have started from a short circuit m a truck In the garage early this morning visited the sec ond devastating conflagration in Us history upon Mount Angel col lege and the Benedictine monas tery, inflicting a loss estimated at $1,000,000 in buildings, equipment, raro manuscripts and other valu ables housed in the museum and libraries. No accurate figures as to the amount of Insurance carried was available today but K is negligible compare to the loss, it was an nounced by Father Dominic, priest of the Mt. Angel parrlsh, follow ing a conference with Abbott Ber nard Murphy, O. S. B., head of the Institution; Father Maurus, prior of the monastery; and Rev. Alcluhv rector of the college. Building Iioss $400,000 The loss on the buildings. they estimated at $400,0t)0, and the re mainder on equipment, articles In the museum and manuscripts and books In .the .libraries dating back to the fifteenth century. Discovered Bhortiy niter laiSw o'clock as it ate-its way through the , roof of the garage building, tho fire, fanned by a stiff south west wind, spread rapidly to the big frame gymnasium, the nun's house, the chapel, and then to the main building through the semi nary wing, reducing each In suc cession to ashes and heaps of twisted debris, except for the bare stone walls of the" main building which today tower over the still smouldering ruins. Ln k of water and the slippery condition of the highways which (Continued on Page Eleven) ARCHBISHOP IN MT. ANGEL ON VISIT Portland, Sept. 21 iJP) Arch bishop Edward D. Howard left for the scene of the fire immediately upon receipt of the first news from Mt. Angel. Plans for the Immedi ate relief of the famous old school will be discussed with Father Mor ris, the archbishop stated before his doparture. He expressed the belief that ways and means wouhl be found for rebuilding. 4000 HOMELESS , ON BAHAMA ISLES Jrand Turk, Turk's Island, Ba hama, Sept. 21. () Four thou sand persons are homeless and great property damage has been caused on Turk's and Calos islands, as a result of the recent hurricane whtch swept from the West Indies) across the state of Florida. Right To 'Freedom from dictatorship ex press a political principle quite as definitely as the words 'republican, democrat' or 'socialist,' and unless there Is some Inhibition In the sta tute the plaintiff is entitled to tare them -go upon the ballot, the Idea of the framers of the statute being to Inform the voters in a general way upon what particular political principle the candidate claims their suffrage. It may be a little haxy and ambiguous, but perhaps not much more than many political platforms or statements of political principles." The opinion Interprets the law to mean simply that "no hidepend on'. candidate can have himself designated as an 'Independent re publican or independent democrat, or the like. But we find nothing prohibiting his use of these word by which o Inform the voter of hi political status. The uvords 'Free doin from dictatorship, Independ en: succinctly Inform the publia that the candidate Is opposed to dictatorship and he should have those three words placed on the ballot." Justice Burnett dissented.