(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.
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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
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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
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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
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District of Kiwanls. Reading from
Walker of Portland, Ore.; Fred Bond,
lieutenant governors not included In
of Roseburg, division nine, and D. T.
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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 "