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Newspaper Page Text(Toin54ch1l (m CIRCULATION . Dally average distribution for the month ending July II, 193 10,189 Average dally net paid 9313 Mem dm Audit Bureau of ClreuiaUon UNSET1I.ED tonight and Thursday, probably rain. Moderate westerly winds. Local: max., M, min. 43; rain river -2.4 feet; partly cloudy; east wind. II 4 .-4 42nd YEAR, No. 199 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1929 stands nvi ima 1 Mo) I I S 11 1! BBSS. S I B B i a wqri o jo a i PEP. IF Em GRAF'S PACIRC FLIGHT HALTED BY ACCIDBiT Gondola ; Strikes Earth Breaking Strut While Leaving Hangar Uncertain When Start Will Be Made, Weath er Most Favorable Kasumigaura, Japan (&) A mln ftr accident Thursday delayed the departure of the Graf zeppelln for Los Angeles, which was planned for 4 a. m. Thursday (2 p. m. Wednes day, E. a T.). While the dirigible was being drawn from the hangar, a gondola containing the rearmost motor truck the earth sharply, breaking a strut The airship was returned to the hangar. It was uncertain whether it would be possible to start across the Pacific Thursday. Tokyo (fP) A windless and almost cloudless Oriental sunset Wednes day pledged the assistance of the elements for the start of the Graf Zeppelin's flight across the great est of oceans from Tokyo to Los Angeles. Just before nightfall engineers completed the refueling of the air ship. Stores, lubricants and food stuffs were stowed away for the longest overseas flight yet attempt ed by any craft. The distance ac ross the Pacific Is estimated at (Concluded on page 0. column C) GRAF LOADS UP WITH LIQUOR FOR PACIFIC FLIGHT Tokyo, UP) Before starting her Pacific flight the Graf Zeppelin's stores were enlarged In Japan by M quarts of champagne and a like quantity of wines, besides a plenti ful supply of whiskey and liquers. No beer was stocked here, the Oraf preferring to carry her own brew around the world. The point lias been discussed here whether the Zeppelin's "cel lar'' will be emptied before the coastline of the United States Is reached. If not. the problem may arise of how high In the air pro hibition extends, together with other questions of enforcement on International air liners. Although It Is hoped to complete the trans-Pacific flight In three or four days tht Oraf Zeppelin was loaded today with food enough for six days for twenty passengers and crew of 41. The airship's menu Is like that of a first class hotel, including everything from caviar to macca roons and the Japanese delicacy suklyyakl The food was packed In special metal containers stored in "dry Ice." The dinner menu for Thurs day will Include pate de fole-gras, sardines, consumme, chicken saute, asparagus, vegetables, salad, Ice cream and fruit. PARASITE CAUSES ELK LAKE CLOSURE Bend, Ore. (IP) Elk lake, well known recreation center on the Century drive southwest of Bend, has Been closed to angling for an Indefinite period, It was announced here Wednesday -by M. A. Lynch, member of the state game commis sion. A trout parasite which has killed thousands of fish In the lake la the cause of the closing order. Lynch said. Danger of spreading the parasite to the Deschutes river which flows near the lake, was one of the chief reasons for closing the lake at the present time. The exact nature of the parasite Is still undetermined, Lynch said. PAJAMAS BANNED AT ARKANSAS DANCE Little Rock, Ark. VP) The realm of the pajama la the bed room and not the ball room according to an official pronouncement of the coun ty prsecutor, A local casino advertised a "pa Jama dance" for Wednesday night Women's clubs protested and Tues day Assistant Prosecuting Attorney B. O. ehoffner, Issued a manifesto to Sheriff R. A. Cook, notifying the officer he would be within his rights in preventing the event. Good Evening! DON UPJOHN OFFEB8 Sips for Supper - HELPING HEAVEN " Lester Davis sends us a copy of a resolution passed by a mutual In surance company with condolences' for the death of several of Its mem bers, the resolution closing as fol lows: "RESOLVED, That we bow In humble submission to the will of Him Who doeth all things well; and while we keenly feel our loss and miss them from our association, yet we recognise that our loss has been their gain." What's the idea about worry ing as to what the seven won ders of Salem. They are the seven little Sips, of course. Printers In the back room arc Jubilant over the news that the senate has reduced the tariff on papers and books figuring that will keep the costs down on cigarette papers. "The drum major received a pri vate burst of applause when he," says an item In the Statesman. So he did, did he? According to the same Item the Capital Post drum corps gave a special exhibition drill In Willson park and "more than 100 persons witnessed the demonstration." We hope the crowd didn't make the boys nervous. Verne Mclntyre was telling us today that Theda Bara Is coming back to the screen and is now In the throes of making a talkie. That will be great news to the older boys. She was on the screen so long ago they never even had a chance to see what her legs looked like. In her new picture no doubt tins. Important omission will be taken care of. If she is still to came In a vamp role no doubt her leading victim will be Methusaleh. A woman came into a local hop office today and said she wanted an apartment with an electric stove In it while she was at the hopyard. This Is something the hop grow ers haven't thought of yet. We expect soon to have grand opera and tne talkies installed In the hop yards as forms of entertainment. We plan soon to Invent a letter slot for sedan cars to save the overtime parking cops the trouble of opening doors to drop overtime parking slips Into the cars. AMELIA LEADS LADY BIRDS TO EL PASO, TEXAS B Paso, Texas (LP) All of the women fliers on the on-to-Cleveland derby who left Douglas, Aril, Wed nesday morning checked In to the El Paso control point. They will re main over night on account of bad weather. Amelia Earhart of New York. leading the fliers, covered the 21 miles to El Paso In one hour and 48 minutes. Thea Rasche, German avlatrix, who was held at Phoenix, Aria, by machine trouble, arrived here at 12:39. Bad luck which has dogged the fliers since their start at Santa Monica continued when Gladys O -Donnell, Long Beach, Calif., con testant, received a telegram here telling of the death of a close friend. Mrs. ODonnell who Is In second place In elapsed time, broke Into tears and locking herself In the airport office, refused to give the name of the friend. "This race means nothing to me compared to the person who has passed away," she cried. Mrs. Keith Miller of New RocheUe. who was temporarily forced out of the race near Douglas, Tuesday, was back in the contest Wednesday. Mechanics labored all night to get her plane In shape for the take-off. Stroke Proves Fatal To Culver, For Years County Roadmaster Following? a brief illness Culver, one of Marion county's best known citizens and for many year county roadmaster, died at 11:50 o'clock Tues day night. Mr. Culver wag stricken with paralysis last Fri day morning as he sat at his desk in the court house, being wkqd M wuiaraeue sanatorium and while conscious at times, was unable to speak since the attack struck him down. This was the second stroke of this nature he had suffered, undergoing a slight one while on a trip to California last year. SWISS FLIERS LOIIG OVERDUE FROWOPE No Word From Aviators Who Left Lisbon for New York Monday Fuel Supply Exhausted and Heavy Fog Banks Shroud Ocean New York, CP) The same silence which has shrouded outcomes of most other westward trans-Atlantic flight ventures Wednesday cloaked the end of the attempt of two Swiss boy aviators, Oscar Kaesar and Kurt Luescher, to reach New York from Lisbon. Nothing has been heard or seen of the two airmen and their snow white plane the Jungschweltzerland or "Young Switzerland", since it circled a village on Terceira Is land, Azores, at 1 p. m.. E. S. T., Monday and continued north and west toward New Foundland, Nova Scotia and New York. There was scant hope that either the plane or Its crew of two had survived the great adventure. Leaving Juncal, a village hear Lisbon. Portugal, at 7:30 a. m. (Concluded on page 8, column 3 BI-PARTISAN TARIFF BOARD TO BE RETAINED Washington (LP) A modification of the Reed domestic valuation plan of fixing tariff rates was adopted as part of t:-.e new tariff blU Wed nesday by republican members of tne senate finance committee, Under the compromise the tariff commission will be Instructed to investigate what tariff rates should be applied on the basis of the value of Imported products In the chief domestic markets, Instead of fix ing rates on the basis of foreign cost ox production. When the tariff commission as certains these new sets of rates they would be submitted to congress for final action. 1 The (committee also decided ' to wipe out the house provision es tablishing the tariff commission as a partisan agency composed of sev en members. It agreed to retain the existing law, continuing the tariff commission a bi-partisan body, composed of three republicans and three democrats, appointed by the president. Originally the plan of Senator David a Reed, republican. Pennsyl vania, would nave permitted the president arbitrarily to declare the proposed new valuation schedules without consulting congress. The compromise will permit congress to reject any or tne rates It chooses. BROADCAST TALKIE FILMS THROUGH AIR London W A demonstration of the "teletalkle," or broadcast sound film, was given Wednesday In the studios of John L. Blard, Inventor of the televisor, the television ap paratus i or instantaneous trans mission of scenes by wire or wire less, and of the nocotovlsor. The "tele-talkie" method per mits broadcasting an ordinary talk ing nun similarly to television and receiving it on an ordinary televi sor. Tne image on the film Is transmitted on one wave length and tne sound on another. due to a naralvtie stroke. W J. He was born In Marlon county In 1M7 and with the exception of two years spent In Alaska had re- sided In this county all bis life. Be was born on the old donation land claim of hh f-.inloirrnts In the "(Concluded on S, column sT FRENCH FLIER TO ATTEMPT TOLD FLIGHT Coste Starts Thursday To Overtake and Pass Graf Zeppelin Plans to Make Non-Stop . Flight to Tokyo, Then To New York Le Bourget, France VP) Dleudon. ne Coste, French ai' ace, announced Wednesday afternoon he would take off at five am. Thursday on a flight around the world in pursuit of the German dirigible Oral Zep pelin which he hoped to overtake and pass before she could reach Lakehurst and New York. The French aviator, who has al- ready made a flight around the world since he crossed the south At lantic ocean In 1927, told an lntl- mate friend that he would attempt to break the world s non-stop dis tance record for airplanes on the first stage of his flight. Coste, flying In the machine with which he recently attempted to cross the Atlantic from east to west, will attempt to make the distance from Le Bourget to Vladivostok, Siberia, In a single flight Thursday. He says ne Intends to refuel at Vladivostok and then fly to Tokyo, which he expects to reach by nine p m. Saturday. The plkt added that arrangements had been mads at Kasumigaura flying field, from which the Oraf Zeppelin was to start, to adopt pontoons for his sir- plane for the flight across the Pa cific to the American coast. He intended to leave Japan by five a.m. Sunday.' stooolna onlv eight hours for sleep, supplies and installation of tne pontoons. Unless he meets with some acci- dent Coste expects to stop at the (Concluded on page P. column 7) MINOR BATTLES IN PROGRESS ON MANCHO FRONT Shanghai UP) A message from Harbin said that martial law had been declared throughout the Chin ese Eastern railway tone as a con sequence of Increasing gravity of the situation in Manchuria and recur rence of sabotage and train wreck ing. Mukden, Manchuria UP) Chinese military dispatches from Harbin Wednesday stated a Russian gun boat on the Sungarl river near Fuchlnghseln fired upon a Chinese postal barge and captured five pos tal employes and the boat's mail. Minor engagements were report ed Wednesday from Mullnsien and Hslngkai in the neighborhood of Lake Hanka, while It was said severe fighting took place near Chalanoroon, August It and Aug ust 19. Railway traffic at the eastern end of the Chinese Eastern railway has been crippled by attempts to blow up trains. Tokyo P Manchull correspond ents of Nlchl Nlchl and Asahl Shim bun, Wednesday reported a heavy battle Tuesday Just east of Man chull between Soviet Invaders and Chinese troops. The two newspapers said Soviet armored trains appeared within 600 yards of the Manchurlan frontier town. Four hundred infantrymen Jumped from the train and de ployed, opening fire on the Chin ese under cover of their own artil lery. The Chinese troops replied with howitzers and the Russians eventu ally retired after two hours' fighting In which the Chinese suffered thirty casualties. Several Russian guns and some ammunition was captured. STRESSMAN WARNS CREDITOR POWERS The Hague UP) Dr. Gustav Stres emann. German foreign minister, Wednesday made an eleventh hour effort to save the reparation con ference by warning the creditor powers that Germany could not pay the cost of their failure to agree on the Young plan. France, Italy, Belgium and Japan made Great Britain a new offer Wednesday in the hops of saving the conference from complete Breakdown. KIWANIANS 15 l$v:tt ill W n k 1 Journal Staff Photo Seven of the nine new lieutenant governors and the new district governor of the Pacific Northwest left to right: Harold Dlggan, Victoria, division one; Emmett Hitchnor, Sandpoint, Ida, division five; Frank Mansfield, Everett, Wash., division two; District Governor Charles F. 8awU Bend. Wash, division three; W. J. Costello, Cle Elum, Wash, di vision fouri Earl Nott, MeMinnvllle, division eight; J. A. Buchanan, As toria, division seven. The two new the picture are Dr. George E. Houck Sleep, Ontario, division six. KIWANIANS END TO - BUI 881 09 Northwestern District 8TB 819 BBQ RL9 CONVENTION HERE The golf tournament at morning and early afternoon ory Tuesday evening were Salem's final entertaiment of the 12th annual convention of the Kiwania international. Practically all of the- convention i TIMBER FIRE NEAR SILVERTON CHECKED Silver ton Although the fire which started near the Thomas sawmill, six miles east of here, was still burning Wednesday morning, not much damage had been done as the blaze had not reached green timber, those fighting the fire re ported. Several score men nave been stationed about the mill and are watching carefully for any sparks which might set the tinder -dry buildings. Fire fighters are patrolling the district mounted and have been successful in checking Incipient blazes. The fire spread within 300 yards of the Beugle farm buildings Tuesday night and for a time It was feared the place was doomed but constant efforts on the part of fire men succeeded in checking the flames. Another fire was started by falling sparks in the Parrish pasture but this too, was put under control by back fire. PLAN TRIBUTE TO MARVEL CROSSON Cleveland, O. W National trib ute will be paid to the memory of Miss Marvel Crosson, avlatrix who lost her life- in the women's air derby being flown in connection with the Cleveland air races which open hero Saturday. The National Exchange clubs, numbering about too, and a M sec ond period of silence will follow the opening ceremonies at the Cleveland airport. A vacant seat will be marked for her at the banquet at which the women will be honored at the close of the race. MACDONALD COMING Washington (IP) Premier Mac- donold of Oreat Britain has ad vanced the date of his Intended departure for the United States and now plans to sail within alx weeks, the United Press wss reliably In formed Wednesday, ELECT NORTHWEST OFFICERS T District of Kiwanls. Reading from Walker of Portland, Ore.; Fred Bond, lieutenant governors not included In of Roseburg, division nine, and D. T. 008 1708 m 8R 0 W. SB SB the Salem golf club Wednesday and the big banquet in the arm raciiic northwest district of guests, Including old and new dis trict officers started tor their homes before Wednesday afternoon. Salem is a wonderful convention city and the Kiwanls convention here was one of the best. If not the best, they have ever attended, said Governor Harry Oowman of Beat tie, and Secretary-Treasurer Harold C. Jones, of Portland, before leav ing for their homes Wednesday noon. The state house was the best setting the Kiwanlans have ever found for their convention sessions said Mr, Jones, and the entertainment which the Salem crowd provided could not be im proved on. He stated that particu larly were the women guests en thusiastic over the affairs given for them. Without a doubt, said Mr. Jones, the dance as Schlndler's "(Concluded oh page 8, column 4) NEW SOVIET PLANE TO ATTEMPT FLIGHT Moscow (IP) A new Moscow to New York flight via Siberia and Alaska to Seattle and across the United States will begin Friday morning with an airplane similar to the one wnicn recently was smashed In Siberia while en route to America. The same crew will man the new plane, which also will be called Land of the Soviets. A thick fog near Chita, It was ex plained here, was responsible for the abrupt end of the first attempted flight to tne united States. The aviators lost their direction and when they tried to land, they crash ed Into a tree, wrecking the ma chine. HAUSER ESTATE VALUED AT $2,672,284 Portland, Ore. P An estate ap praised at I2,T2J4M was left by E'rlc V. Hauser, prominent Port land hotel man and contractor, an inventory filed in probate court Wednesday Indicated. The estate consisted of real property valued at 17.010 and personal property valued at 2oJ74.sa. DISTRICT GOVERNOR WALKER STEAMER AFIRE AND DESERTED New York (P) The Radio Marine corporation Wednesday received a wireless message from the freigh ter Yalza, stating she had seen the steamer Qulmiston on fire and de serted about 1100 miles east of Norfolk, Va. - The Qulmiston was well down m the water, the message said, and was a menace to navigation. The ship was formerly a Honduran ves sel but recently was sold to Ger man Interests to be scrapped. It was bound for Genoa, Italy, from JNOnOJK. The Yalza Is an American freigh ter from Baltimore. REPARATIONS IN DEADLOCK AGAIN The Hague (IP) Final efforts of France, Belgium snd Japan to get Italy to slice her reparations with Oreat Britain and thus save the reparations conference here, failed Wednesday. Italy Informed Oreat Britain that no Italian reparations concessions were possible. I Airplane Picked Up And Launched From Dirigible In Flight Lakehurst. N. J. (AP) The United States nv diriiri- ble Los Anfreles returned to iu ana a nan nour munt over in flight the dirigible practiced aeroplane. The plane, piloted of the navy was caught by a wire hung from the stern of the Los Angelea, which connected with a hook on top of the plane. Flying at the same speed as that of the Los Angeles the pilot brought his plane Into position under the stern of th great airship and PEP COM BACKS pov.m appucatio:i Northwest Power Con cern Revealed As Sub sidiary of Utility Firm Hearing on Marion Lake Water Permit Goes Over to September 23 It became known Wednesday that the Northwest Power company, which Is seeking water rights on Marlon lake and the North Santiam river, is a subsidiary of the Port land Electric Power company. This revelation was made Just after State Engineer Luper had continued to September 21 a hear ing on the Northwest Power com pany's application to the state rec lamation, commission and the fed- , eral power commission, when Casslus R. Peck, attorney for the applicant, -stated that O. B. ColdweU, an of ficial of the Portland Electric Pow er company, was president of the Northwest Power company. Mr. Coldwell, who was present, said, In reply to a question by Luper, that there was no reason why It should not be known that the applicant (Concluded on page S, eoluma 6) EXPECT RUSSIA TO START DRIVE AGAINST CHINA Shanghai UP) The nationalist govrnment semi-official Tachung news agency Wednesday Issued a dispatch under a Harbin date line saying: 'Although no major developments have taken place on the Manchur lan frontier during the oast two days, both China and Russia are quietly preparing for war. The Chinese authorities declared martial law throughout the entire length of the Chinese Eastern rail way as a result of "the increasing gravity of the situation as well as because of a number of Incidents along the railway such aa the de railing of trains and the recurrence of sabotage by both Russians and the Chinese communists.' The dispatch added that the Kl- rln provincial government had or dered two artillery brigades to pro ceed to the eastern border of Kirtn province to oppose alleged raids by Russian troops. Telephone commun ications from Harbin to the east have been interrupted and commun ist agitators are believed guilty. Tne official nationalist news ag ency Kuomln says Wednesday: "Foreign observers returning from Manchull stated that Soviet troops along the frontier were adopting a provocative attitude, apparently seeking to test public opinion re garding Russian military action. In the event of th eabsence of a bos tile public opinion, Soviet Russia la expected soon to launch a formal offensive against China.' PORTLAND INVITES ZEPPELIN TO STOP Portland UP) Raymond B. Wilcox. president or the Portland chamber of commerce, Wednesday cabled Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the round the world Graf Zeppelin, In viting him to pay an aerial visit to this city and Oregon. Previous news dispatches indicat ed the seppelln would reach America either In Alaska or Seattle and sail down the coast to Los Angeles. its hangar Wednesday after central New Jersey. While nickinir ud and releasing an by Lieutenant A. W. Gordon swung the hook on his wing Into the U shaped wire attachment. The propeller of the plan was con tinued In motion to prevent in tall from dropping. Thai difficulty will be surmounted by attaching (ConciudadTon pace . column "