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42nd YEAR, No. 190
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10,1929
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Huge Zeppelin Arrives at
Home Port in 55 Hours
From New York
Speed Average of .75
Miles Per Hour Main
tained for Trip
Frledrichshafen The trans
Atlantic airliner Graf Zeppelin, Bi
ter a record breaking crossing of
the Atlantic on the first leg of her
round-the-world flight from Lake
hurst, N. J., landed at Priedrichs
hafen at 1:03 pjn. (7:03 a-m. E. S.
T.) Saturday. .
The huge ship made the crossing
In Just 55 hours and 24 minutes,
having picked up speed as she ap
proached the coast of Europe.
The zeppelin touched the earth
at exactly three minutes after one
o'clock and with the help of the
landing crew was turned around
with her nose pointing north.
The ship's motors were kept run
ning slowly to help turn her. The
motors were stopped two minutes
later and the landing crew began
the task of pulling the Graf Into
the hangar field beyond the Zep
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LAW VIOLATORS
PLAN TO TEST
DRY STATUTE
Bend, Ore. &) Attorneys for pen
sons convicted under Oregon's new
prohibition law making possession
of liquor a misdemeanor were pre-
Daring for new trials following the
decision of Circuit Judge Duffy who
held that the law passed by the
1929 state legislature was unconstl'
tutional.
Judge T. K. J. Duffy declared that
It waa apparent the legislature,
through an error, had legislated the
penalty out of prohibition. No max
imum penalty for first offenders Is
fixed under the law as amended at
the 1929 session, he said.
Attorneys declared the legislature
Intended to make the section read
"No more than $500 fine," but the
wrong word was passed up by all
committees and went through both
the houses of the legislature. The
amended law reads that the penalty
for first conviction must be a fine
of not less than $500 or Imprison.
ment In the county Jail for not
more than six months or both.
The Judge's decision followed a
plea from Mrs. Rose Tribou of Red'
monds, Ore., convicted under the
law, who sought a writ of habeas
corpus. She pleaded guilty to a chance
of possessing liquor and the Judge
granieo ine writ, but at the same
time ruled that the old Oregon pro
hibition law which the new statute
ought to amend was still in effect.
Two men and one other woman
are serving sentences passed
their conviction under the law.
The amendment was designed by
the legislature to strengthen the
pronioition laws of the state, a!
though under the amendment pos
session was still classed as a mis
demeanor. The old statute provided
a fine of "not more than $500 for
first conviction, and a Jail sentence
or -not more than six months."
The amendment provided a fine
of -not less than $500 for first con.
vlctlon," and failed to set a maxi
mum penalty.
Judge Duffy's ruling was made
on the grounds that the amendment
is too indefinite, and that both tech.
Dically and practically It would tol
erate any fine the Imagination can
conceive.
JEWELS VALUED AT
$150,000 STOLEN
Beverly, Mass. Jewels valued
ai $150,000 were stolen early Satur
day from the summer home of Sid
ney Hutchinson of Philadelphia.
roe loot included a $100,000 dla
mond necklace, the property of
Mrs. Hutchinson.
The reflection from a flashllrht
awakened Mrs. Hutchinson, but be
fore she could summon assistance
the burglar or burglars escaped
Bp vend bedrooms had been San
lacked.
Good Evening!
DON UPJOHN
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Sips for .Supper
Strange whatU happen- to a :feU
low. ..
For Instance, some time during
the night last night we woke up
and would have sworn we could
hear some drums beating somewhere
around town and some trumpets
blowing and somebody yelling. Must
have been something we ate.
The folks around here who have
been fearful the legion boys might
tear down a building or two In their
exuberance neednt worry. The wor
ry lies In fearing there's a building
or two around here that they should
tear down but wont.
Sure, anS where else should a hula
hula dancer come from If It wasn't
Bend?
We dropped In on Bud Stutesman
today when he was cutting up hop
samples, a job he has done off and
on for a good many years. "After
awhile," said Bud, "you can kind of
concentrate down on this smell of
hops in a hop room so as to get
some good effect out of It. Some
of these hops got what I call a 2 per
cent smell, some of them will run
along as high as 4 per cent, and
once in awhile we get a batch of olds
a bird can get a good old 6 per cent
whiff out of. If he does his breath
ing exercises strong enough with
those old 6 per cents he can have a
right pert good time cutting up hop
samples before the day Is over."
Bud's a temperance crank and
confines his whiffing mostly to a
round 4 per cent, but it shows what
a man of Initiative and genius can
do when hard put to it.
We are glad to know that the po
lice blotter shows that everybody In
Salem was sober last night, to say
nothing of this morning.
It's sure nice to see a great crowd
of people maintain themselves or
derly like and not let their enthus
iasm run wild.
The last fhino- w'A man tn ha
would be a bass drum In an Amer
ican Legion drum corps.
CONVENTION TO
BREAK NEARLY
EVEN IS BELIEF
The finance committee of Capital
post, which Is In charge of the fi
nancial end of the state conven
tion of the American Legion, be
lieves there Is a chance for the big
event to break even. There Is the
possibility of a small deficit. The
outcome will not be known until
returns come in from the Legion
dances Saturday night, and Just to
bolster matters up financially the
committee would like to see a big
attendance at the dances.
A very thorough report will be
made by the committee, nrenared
by a public accountant within the
membership of Capital post.
it is now estimated that the ex
penses of the convention will total
$10,500. The psld .gate for the drum
corps contest Friday night ran about
suoo. The baseball game Friday
netted about WOO. The sale of pro
grams has brought In around $1100.
Concessions paid a flat $$60 and
tne dances so far have returned
$1100, breaking about even. -
The convention was underwritten
by legion members and Salem bust'
ness men In the amount of $31,279.
Bullet Ends Chase
Thru Streets; Auto
Thief Lands In Jail
A swift race over South
day morning, during which two cars attained a speed of 70
miles an hour, ended when Officer Burgess of the Salem po
lice force, placed a well directed bullet in the rear tire of a
machine that had been stolen
county deputy sheriff, at Albany i
half hour earlier. C. Allen, who
says h halls from South Dakota,
driver of the car, was placed under
arrest.
The episode had all the essentials
of a four reel movie thriller.
At 1:35 Saturday morntnf the
local police were notified of the
theft of the McClain car. Harry
Levy, who trad been assisting In
taking care of various mattera dur
ing the night, happ?ned to be at
MRS. CHANEY
AUXILIARY
PRBIDQIT
Sheridan Woman Wins
. Vice-Presidency With
No Opposition V
Principal Offices All Fill
: ed Without Sign o f
Contest.
Mrs. Newton Chaney of Medford
was unanimously elected state pres
ident of the American Legion aux
iliary when annual elections were
held during the closing session of
the 1929 convention here Saturday
morning. Mrs. Chaney was vice
president of the department of
Oregon during the past year.
Mrs. Otto W. Helder, of Sheridan,
was placed in the vice-presidency
without contest. For the past year
she served as district committee
woman for district one.
For the sixth successive term Mrs.
Mabel Mclnturff of Marshfield was
elected secretary-treasurer of the
state organization. When elections
were held Saturday morning Mrs.
Veronla Nelson of Newberg nomi
nated Mrs. Mclnturff for the sixth
time.
The fourth non-contested office
to be filled was that of historian
with Mrs. Allen Cleveland of Salem
elected to serve for a second term.
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GUNMEN HOLD UP
CHICAGO TRAIN
AND KILL GUARD
Chicago P Three gunmen took
possession of an Illinois Central
electric suburban train Friday
night, shot and killed a guard,
stole $4,000 from a railroad collect
or, and escaped in an automobile
afer forcing the motorman to stop
at a seldom used station.
The bandit-slayer was partially
identified as "Wee Willie" Doody.
desperado already sought for sev
eral other murders and numerous
robberies.
The slain guard was Delbert
Sudds. The collector was Jerry
Carey.
As the train passed 33rd street,
the robber partially Identified as
Doody tied a handkerchief over
the lower part of his face, drew a
pistol and stepped across the aisle.
His companion drew two guns and
faced the passengers before they
realized a robbery was in progress.
Sudds tried to draw bis pistol,
but was shot before he could re
move the gun from its holster.
Passengers and the train crew
were taken to the bureau of identi
fication to look over pictures of
known criminals.' After hearing
, the description of the man who kil
led Sudds, Chief of Detectives John
Egan said they tallied closely with
those of Doody.
"Wee Willie" Doody, also known
as "baby face,' because of the in
nocence of his expression and the
clearness of his complexion, has
been sought since the shooting last
spring of E. L. Jackson, postal in
spector. Jackson recovered. Dur
ing the search for Doody, Chief of
Police Charles Levy of Berwyn, 111.,
a suburb was slain by a gunman
partially identified as "Wee Willie."
Commercial street early Satur
from W. H. McClain, Linn
the police station at the time of
the call. He offered his car to the
officer and the pair went out
South Commercial to wait for the
thief. Shortly before 4 o'clock, the
machine came In sight. Driving
alongside Levy and Burgess ordered
the driver and a companion to
stop. Instead of doing so they
sped on down the street with the
pursuers ionowmg closjiy. stepping
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PARADE ENDS
LEGION MEET
Thousands Jam Curbs
Along Line of March
To See Spectacle
Probably the largest crowd of Am
erican Legion convention week lined
the streets Saturday to view the
grand parade, one of the spectacu
lar attractions of the convention.
The parking restrictions arranged
by the Legion committees and en
forced by the Salem police proved
to be much to the advantage of the
spectators and eliminated many of
tne usual discomforts of street pa
rades. The line of en arch started almost
on time, which had been set for
2:30 o'clock. The place of forma
tion was in the neighborhood of
State street to Commercial, north
on Commercial to Chemeketa, east
on unemeketa to Liberty, south on
Liberty to Court, and east on Court
to the place of disbandment
The reviewing stand war located
on the south side of the courthouse
yard, facing State street, and in the
stand were leading state officials,
city officials and military officers
of the regular army and the nationa
guard. The most Interesting junc
ture of the event was when the
marchers passed the reviewing stand
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SLIDING SCALE
SUGAR TARIFF
PLANDROPPED
Washington, MV-Definite aban
donment of the slldtnj scale sugar
tariff plan as a substitute for the
flat Increased duty proposed In the
house tariff bill, was announced by
cnairman smoot of the senate fin
ance committee.
The Utah senator said he had de
cided to ditch the flexible rate
plan after sounding out the senti
ment of his republican committee
colleagues.
This sentiment, Smoot said, was
that Inasmuch as representatives
of the sugar Interests were unani
mous In opposing his scale plan.
It would be Inadvisable to go ahead
wun it.
The sugar schedule, he added,
nrobablv would be taken un for
action by the comntlttee majority
Tuesday. Re would not Indicate
however, whether the flat rate to
be voted Into the nil would be
lower than the 3.40 cents a pound
on Cuban raw sugai now In the
measure as against 1.76 cents rate
under present law.
SENATOR JONES
SERIOUSLY ILL
Washington UPi Senator Jones.
of Washington, who has been 111
for some Urn In a hospital here,
showed Improvement Saturday af
ter a somewhat restless night.
Physicians said his progress to
ward recovery had been slow for
the past two weeks and that there
had been alight relapses, but his
condition was not alarming.
The Senator's son and daughter
are on their way to Washington but
It was said at Mr. one's office that
they planned a visit with him and
had not been called because of any
change In their father's condition.
The senator was operaftd upon
some weeks ago for an abdominal
trouble.
DRUM CORPS
BYPJMO
Medford Scores Highest
In Drill and HMJIitary
Maneuvers, v .
Night Program on Rood
Lighted Field Attracts
Thousands.
Portland took the highest hon
ors for the second successive year,
Medford won the cup for highest
score In drill and Infantry maneu
vers by the narrow margin of one
point, Portland won the music tro
phy, :-and Charles Whittemore,
heading the Corvallis corps, re
ceived drum major awards, when
the drum corps contest, an annual
feature of American Legion con
ventions, was staged at Olinger
field Friday evening before a crowd
of 10,000 people.
Under a flood of lights that com
pletely Illuminated the big drill
field, and with the advantages of
perfect summer night, drum
corps from ten Oregon cities In
competition presented the most
colorful entertainment ever offered
locally. Trim precision, snap and
vigor, color and dash, were shown
by every corps and the Judglngs
were difficult to make and close in
the count. Before six o'clock the
crowds began to fill the grandstand
and bleachers. The Albany JUetrion
band furnished the entertainment
until aftei eight o'clock when the
competition started.
The Salem drum corps, gave an
exhibition drill while the Judging
were adding scores. Incidental en
tertainment was also given during
the evening by the LaOrande Le-
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NEW DISTRICT
FOR PORTLAND
MEETS DEFEAT
Creation of an eighth district In
the state department of the Amer
ican Legion to comprise Multnomah
county, lost on the floor of the
eleventh annual convention Satur
day morning. ,
Constitutional amendment ap
proved were the election of delegates
to the national convention by roll
call of posts In congregational dis
tricts and changing the title of dis
trict committeeman to district com
manders. Adverse reports were turned in
in connection with tne prohibition
of any person holding a public office
oy election or appointment from be
ing a member of the legislative com
mittee and giving a vote to state
officers, district committeemen and
national committeeman making
mem delegates at large. Both ad
verse reports were adopted.
The necessary two-thirds majority
was not obtained In the proposal
to take a vote away from past com
manders except the last stato com
mander, the result standing 109
no and 40 yea. Creation of a $1200
revolving fund for use of the state
hospitalization committee In emer
gencies was left up to the new state
executive committee.
FOREST FIRE
: BURNS HOMES
Hlllsboro, Ore. W) A combined
prairie and forest fire, which al
ready baa destroyed 14 acres of
shocked grain, a vacant house and
oarn in eastern Washington coun
ty, Saturday waa sweeping Into a
3.000 acre area of logged off land
toward the homes of numerous set
tlers. The fire of undetermined origin
broke out late Frldav after federal
forest officials thought tlw forest
fire situation tn Oregon waa under
control. Fifty men, who had been
fighting a large blaze in Klamath
county, southern Oregon, were
ordered to Washington county.
Several home, between Shady
Brook and Mason Hill are said to be
in the path of the flames. One
tongue of the fire crept Into green
timber 16 miles east of here and
Imperiled the home of Otto Soi-
jerger.
The area Is owned by the Brlv
company and la an area of 3.000
acres. It Is said that nothing his
been burned lor three years and
1 ho entire region Is Under-like.
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P.'.NTAGES HELD
FOR ASSAULT ON
DANCER'S STORY
Los Angeles W Alexander Pan-
tages, multimillionaire, theater
magnate. Saturday was charged
with two offenses against a It year
old dancer, Eunice Pringie, In a
complaint Issued by District At
torney Buron Pitts.
The two counts accused Pantages
of a statutory offense and an at
tack on a young girl by force and
violence.
The girl claimed Pantages at
tacked her in his offices late Friday
after she had gone there seaklng to
regain her place on his theater cir
cuit. The complaint was Issued alter
District Attorney FitU had confer
red with the girl and Pantages and
Dr. Hanna Bcatty of the Juvenile
bureau.
Dr. Beatty reported to Fitts inai
an examination of the girl substan
tiated her accusations.
Pantages was taken to municipal
court shortly after the complaint
was made -out and arraigned, ne
was ordered to return on August 14
for preliminary hearing and was
released on $35,000 bond.
BROADCASTING
CHAINS MERGED
Rnn PranclscclP Merger of the
Cotumhla broadca'tlng company
and me Don te t.iain 01 rauiu
station:, to become effective Janu
ary 1, 1930, was announced here
Saturday by officials of both com
panies.
The merger will create one 01 we
largest broadcasting chains In the
world. It was asserted.
81x Pacific coast stations will
form the western unit of the new
svstem. combining with half a hun
dred stations In the mtddlewct and
east, according to President Wil
liam 8. Parley of Columbia and
Don Lee. owner of Station KFRC
here and station KHJ in Los An
geles. The new combine will be known
as the Don Lee chain and Colum
bia Broadcasting system.
Western stations to be linked In
the new system are KFRO at Ban
Francisco, KHJ at Los Angrier
KMJ at Fresno, KOIN at Portland,
KVI at Seattle, and KEPY at Spo-
THREE FLIERS
ARE MISSING
Le Bourget France ) Mystery
surrounding the disappearance of
three young Swiss aviators who left
here Thursday deepened Saturday.
Air officials admitted a distinct
possibility of disaster.
The aviators said at their depar
ture Thursday they were going to
Lisbon to Initiate a trans-Atlantic
flight toward New York. Nothing
has been heard from them since.
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rirht: Mrs.
Otto W. Helder, of Sheridan, new
vice-prestdest of the American Le
gion anxillary In Oregon; Mrs.
Newton Chaney, Medford, newly
elected president Mrs. Mabel Me-
iniurfr, Manhrkld, reelected see-
reUry-treasuTCT. Left center, DonJ
AlcLeod, Hood Klver, new vice-
commander of tb Legion; light
center. Will Masters of Portland,
defeated by Ben 8. Fisher for na
tional committeeman ; below, Carl
Mower, past adjutant and probable
choice of new executive committee
to succeed himself.
SALEM SIZZLES
UNDER HOT SUN
The weather man set out to
break the season's heat record Sat
urday and was doing fine at the
noon hour when the official gov
ernment reading taken from the
weather bureau at the municipal
airport stood at 95 degrees.
Thereafter It became cooler, and
at 1:15 o'clock the mercury had
dropped to 93 degrees, with pros
pects of tUU lower temperatures as
evening approached.
While Saturday's high was by no
means the high for the year, It
was only 1 degree under the record
of 96 degrees established late In
the month of July. The maximum
temperature for the previous 34
hours up to noon Saturday was
92 degrees.
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Legion Trophies For
Post Activities For
Past Year Announced
Trophy awards were announced at the cloAing aeasion
of the state convention of the
with Lane county taking the safety contest trophy with a
percentage of ,0087. The William B. Follett trophy, for the
post best exemplifying the American Legion program waa
awarded Wlthycombe post No. 11,
Corvallis, scoring 688 out of a pos
sible 700. The Ben S, Fisher tro-1
phy, to the post doing the most all
around community service work
was also awarded to Corvallis.
Roy C. Young, of Umpqua Post
No. 16, Roseburg, was given the L.
8. trophy, with his record of 331
members. Honorable mention went
to Charles A. Warnock, Eugene
Post No. 3 with 18 members and
Oraham Olaa, Jr., Portland Post
No. 1. with 133 member.
GABRIELSOn
FOItGES QUIT
DUXSVOTE
Douglas McKay . Moves ,
Election of Eugene
Man be Unanimous
Ben Fisher Choice of De
legates for National
Committeeman
Sidney 8. George, of Eugene, was
the unanimous choice of the elev
enth annual convention of the Am
erican Legion for state commander.
the name of Carl D. Oabrielson, of .
Salem, being withdrawn by Douglas
McKay, commander of Capital Post
No. 9, when roll call showed Oabriel
son losing in the contest. Oabriel
son was placed in nomination by
Harold Warner, of Pendleton and .
George by P. E. Rowland, of Cor
vallis. Ben S. Fisher, of Marshfield,
retiring state commander, defeated
Will H. Masters, of Portland, for
national committeeman, Masters
withdrawing In favor of his oppo- .
nent before roll call was completed.
Other officers elected were Don
McLeod of Hood River, vice-
commander; T. Stoughton, of
Portland, reelected finance ofiicer;
Rev. Charles A. Tatora, of Qresh
am, chaplain. The office of state
adjutant, held by Carl Moser, of
Portland, will be filled by the new
executive committee. Moser is
slated for the place again. Rev.
Tutors was officiating at a military
funeral and was unable to attend
the closing session of the conven
tion.
District commanders, unanimous
ly elected by their respective dis
tricts, were J. C. (Jude) Moreland.
Estacada, first district; Ira White,
Tillamook, second district; P. W.
Siegler, Corvallis. third district;
Gladwyn Smith, Grants Pass,
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MAN WHO BROKE
JAIL HEREIN
1925JGAUGHT
The city of Salem Is $100 richer
Saturday as the result of having
two officers on the police force who
have a good memory when It comes
to faces,
Ray Miller, arrested about four
years ago on a liquor violation
charge was sentenced to pay a fine.
Not having the money he was forc
ed to serve It out In Jail On Armis
tice night Miller and a jail com
panion managed to saw the bars
from a window and escaped.
Nothing was heard of either until
Friday night. While walking
through the downtown district,
Friday evening, Chief Mlnto and
Sergeant Thompson recognised
Miller in a crowd. He waa placed
under arrest and again taken to
the city police station.
This time he had the money. Tie
paid his $100 and departed saying,
"now I can live In Salem again,'
EUGENE MAN HURT
Eugene, tP) John Oatea, 65, Eu
gene, was Injured seriously here Fri
day night when an automobile in
which he was riding was struck by
a Southern Pacific freight train. The
automobile stalled on the trancks.
American Lejrion Saturday
The Sam Jackson memorial trophy
was awarded Hood River Post No.
33 on the Mt. Hood climb, the most
outstanding accomplishment of a
community nature by any post In
the department this year. The K. B.
Stewart trophy was awarded Louis
Larsen Post. No. 68, at Wauna, the
contest ending March 31. No award
was made on the lituahstle contest
due to the fact that no pott entered
a team " no post tem reported
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