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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1929)
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1929 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON PAGE SEVEN RIVER THAMES WREAKS HAVOC IN WIDE AREA London (IP London prepared for the onslaught ot the tloodd river Thames Saturday wnue me en tire countryside of England count ed its damage In thousands of homes wrecked and crops destroyed by floods from a week ot rains and gales. Although there still were Isolated reports of ship disasters the weath er In the channel and along the western coast appeared to nave Im nroved. Barriers were strengthened along a distance ot 20 miles where the Thames passed from Hommersmlth through the heart of London. Work crews were ordered to work night and day to prepare for the high tide expected to continue for four days beginning Monday morning. A new concrete barrier was be ing constructed a quarter of a mile along the Shelsea embankment where only an iron railing separates the road from the river. Other sections were being bolstered with cand bags. The entire area was con stantlv under patrol ot guards. Flooding of London depends large ly upon the -spring tides from the North sea which at present are full. No immediate rains were forecast and authorities were hopeful that the floods had reached their peak The Thames Friday flowed through Teddington at a rate of 10.700 million gallons per day com- nared to the rate ot. 10 billion gal Ions per day registered during the disastrous floods of January, ivn. Floods were subsiding In west county leaving a trail ot havoc. Property damage was estimated at 1.500.000 pounds sterling- (ji.500.oooi Thousands of homes were destroyed. Unemployment was intensified by the damaging of many industrial plants by the floods which It was believed could not open for several weeks. The steamship Aba arrived In Queenstown In tow after a six day battle to reach shore. During the entire time the steamer was within 150 miles of its gaol but rendered rudderless by the gale, was unable to manipulate its engines. SLAYER HELD BY OFFICERS Muncle, Ind. Jf A quartet of Muncie officers is driving through Kentucky and Ohio with James Wood, confessed slayer of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Heath, whose skuu crushed bodies were found in their farm home near here Thursday morning. The crime was committed some time Tuesday night. Wood, about 3 years old, was captured late Friday night at his home near Albany. Ky. He recently had been employed at the Heath dairy farm. The fact that the Dernetrator of the double mur der was able to quiet a vicious police dog which guarded the place, seem ed to point directly to Wood. In ad ditlon Wood had been seen in the vicinity of the Heath home on the nlcht of the crime. The Indiana officers, with their prisoner expected to reach Middle town, Ohio, Saturday morning where wood said tnev would find an auto mobile he recently stole from the Heath farm. CHRISTMAS BUYING EQUAL TO LAST YEAR Washington lPy Reports rectlved by President Hoover from the de partment of commerce and other agencie were said at the White House to indicate that Christmas buying Is fully as good this year as It was in 1928. The reports were said to show that In some sections the volume or Duy lng was much better than last year. The comparison for various sections of the country Is uneven, it was said with some localities showing up Dei ter than others. President Hoover considers these reports as a fair index of the general situation in the United States. Santa And Jack Frost Neighbors And Chums 17 v V. L Yiti- .:rri 1 I i't-r' ll'"'"' W'J S. n t t i. . ,''1 ii-, - t l V J5 Ti r " W- v't - ? , ,. . , M " ... MURDER CASE STILL SHORT OF SOLUTION One ot the frisky little friends that Santa Clans has la the far north euatry of Santalaa is Jack Front, with whom he posed tor this picture for Captain Kteinsehmldt, chief ot the Capital Journal's expedition. SANTA ENTERTAINS JOURNAL PARTY (Continued from page 1) Artist won't get a chance to paint his name on your faces." "Oh. it's Jack Frost, we ex claimed. It was bright and early when Santa shouted "Get into your sleighs and bring the motion pic ture camera along. He laughed and played with the gnomes, slapped the reindeer on their flanks and made everybody happy. You'll admire tills great Artist, Jack Frost," Santa told Mrs. K. "He is the greatest sculptor ana painter In the world. Have you ever seen a snownaKe tnrougn a micru- scope. or wnen you went to scnooi caught it on your slate? It is a wonderful lormation oi uny ice crystals in Intricate designs of the finest lacework. You have seen his pictures on your window pane oh cola morning ana muvuer una said, "Look, Jack Frost nas Deen here." But there are wondcrlul sights in store for you if he invites you Into his crystal palace. Jack has decorated my castle witn spires and cupoms. but as we have to work with metal and wood and have to have fires and heat he could not do anything inside for me. You should see the Interior of his crystal palace. Words cannot describe it. I have often passed by Niagara Falls at Christmas, just after Jack had touched the cataract with his magic wand ahd have seen hundreds of people gaze in aston ishment and admire it, but wait until you see his own palace." Thn onnmes hitched up the rein- Hr and the nartv climbed Into sMchs. Soon we were speeding across the glistening ice and snow toward the edge ot tne roiar oca. We saw great glaciers puea n m. mountains and these huge icepeaks were brilliant in the moonlight. 'Jack Frost nas seen us iij and Is coming to meet us ooma shouted. Santa pointed to a high Jagged (rphenr on which we could see ri,im The figure came running at great speed ana as ii, iuav"t it semeea 10 oe a uvy wu old. His face was young ana rosy ra his eyes were dark and shining with mischief and glee. Jack Frost, for it was Jack, was dressed in a white fur parka, the Eskimos call It an Ar-te-ga and covers the body wthout being open In the front. On th3 head of his parka wiggled two cr of the Artie Hare, and his feet attracted attention. The shoes look ed like the stufled heads of the Artie hare with eyes and long wag gling ears. The soles were of fee. The artie Hare is the fastest an imal In the North, hence Jack wore its symbols. ... "Meet Jack Frost" Santa intro duced us. Jack bowed politely and -hnolt hand-; but we nulrklr drew our hands away for Jack's fingers were colder than ice. Santa was wiser; he kept his gloves on. "I might nave missed you" Jack said, "For I am Just about to start on my winter tour of beautifying the world with my ice pictures. I have some beautiful new ice de signs this year." Mck seemed to be utterly carefree and sublimely happy. "That's right, Jack," said Santa, "Let's have an old-fashioned white Christmas this year." I am sure the boys and girls in Salem will enjoy the sleighs and skates I am going to bring them. Jack seemed to have the secret of perpetual youth for although he has been working at his trade for centuries he is still a boy, and even though he has been pinching noses and ears and nipping fingers and toes for hundreds of years, he still wears his mischevlous boyish smile. Mrs. K. took quite a fancy to him and her heart warmed up to the cold boy. I had set up my movie camera when we saw Jack and while we were talking I cranked the camera to record our meeting. Jack invited us to his Ice palace and we started off. but because of the Artie Hare shoes he wears, he is such a swift traveler, he could not go slow enough to keep up with his guests, so he picked up the movie camera and tnppea wmcn slowed him down. Jack's palace is surely a wonder ful place. It looked like a gigantic cave In a mountain of ice. crystal clear and shimmering like diamonds and decorations as delicate as the finest lacework. We passed through gardens of ice floweps in the mot beautiful iorms and varieties, simi lar to the ones you see on window panes. Wonderfully caned icicles hung down like vines. The shining columns that supported the roof were ornamented with lovely and Intricate patterns of ivy and vines. It was of almost impossible and unbelievable beauty and everything shone and sparkled with great rad iance. Jack was delighted with our ex rlamatlona of delight as we beheld his marvelous art. and then left us for a moment. When he return mi he carried his magic wand. "Before you go Jack, show these neoDle how vou perform your won derful work" suggested Santa. "The CsDtain, no doubt, would like to take a motion mciure ot it.. I ouickly set up my camera and then secured a marvelous picture. You have often seen on a cold mor ninar a vanor or fog rise from i river, and the nearby trees and bushes covered with a hoary frost frnm t.hlc vanOT. Well. Jack stepped to a crevice In AMERICAN GREEKS GIVE TO MONUMENT Athena (If) Stones on which are carved the names of various Greek cities have been received for the foundation of the "Heroes' Monu ment." which will be erected in Athens as part ot the .celebration of the centennial of Greek Inde pendence next spring. American Greeks are contribut ing to a fund to build an historical and ethnological museum on land given by the Greek government. All sections ot Greece are planning contributions to the observance. The city of Hermopolls on the island of Syra, which was founded by refugees Irom Chios after the massacre of 1822, is building -library and a museum, while the Is land of Mykonos will erect a bust of Its local heroine, Manto Mavro- genous, the Greek Joan of Arc. Corfu will have an Industrial, ethnological, historical and artistic exhibition which will become a per- manent museum In the old Palace of Saints Michael and George. The practical province of the river Hebros, the modern Maritza, will found an anti-tuberculosis sta tion as its contribution. Rockford, 111. IU New clues dis placed old ones In the Cordelia Qummersheimer murder mystery Saturday but its solution still await ed some master stroke ot detective genius. A woman, who promised "import ant Information concerning the guilty man" in return for keeping her identity secret, communicated with authorities from Madison,- wis. they announced. Fear for her life had kept the-unnamed woman silent thus far. investigators said. Rockford officials interviewed her and revealed that an arrest was ex pected soon. Miss Gummersneimer, pretty 3D year old language teacner in tne Rockford high school was clubbed to death In her apartment here last Sunday. A length of gas pipe be side the bed on which her body was found indicated how the murder had been committed, and an open window indicated how the slayer en tered. But countless suspects, many ot them men admirers, have all proved alibis. Another possibility holding the attention of the police was that a maniac, hatless and costless, who attacked a young farm hand with club, might have beaten Miss Oummershelmer to death. George Meredith, the farm hand, appeared at police headquarters, blood running from a gash In his forehead. He told how his assailant, a light haired, powerfully built young fellow with a wild look in his eyes" bad leaped onto the run ning board ot his truck and struck him. A $500 reward for Information leading to the capture of the mur derer was posted Friday by Mayor J. H. Hallstrom and Chief of Police A. E. Balgren. The names of Professor Hugo Broeker, professor ot German at Rice Institute, Houston, Texas, and R. B. Howe, Chicago business man, were eliminated in the investigation when It was learned they were only casual acquaintances of Miss Gum mersneimer. Letters from them were found in her apartment ot a difficult role. Putting spirit and feeling into the character. MUs Pollard and tne inimitable Fetctut, dark laughmaker of the screen, furnish the comedy. Miss Dunn portrays the role oi the other woman," Gloria, who lead the hooter a merry chase. away from his wife, then drops him hen luck turns. The cast is food and the story Is appealing. a vapor from the water underneath. Jack waved his wand and in the intense cold the Darticles of mois ture were built up Into flowers and ferns a foot high. In a twinkling of bed of roses, chrysanthemums, lilies, dahlias and carnations of the most beautiful nattems and Interwoven with ferns and lacework, rose before our eyes and the lens of the camera. I was delighted with tne marvel ous pictures I was taking to show folks at come, wnen jacx, seizea with a sudden Impulse cried, "Whizz, I am off. goodbye." Before we had time to say Jack Kanmt ne was gone and for a tew minutes we could see his figure waring his wand, speeding swiftly and grace fullv over the ice. "Jack is a mischevlous boy" said Santa. "Boys as a rule need watch ing, but nobody can watch over that boy." Yes, you are tight Santa," re plied Mrs. K. ruefully, "he is mis chevlous and I did not watch him. Even while we were standing here he nipped my fingers and nose." As If it were In answer to her words we heard a silvery mocking laugh floating over the Ice from the Ice frnm which arow such the distant figure. NEW FACES AND OLD APPEAR IN TALKIE Both new and old faces are seen in "Big Time," the Fox Movietone all talking comedy drama ot back stage and behind movie sets, which is the current attraction at uiign Capitol theater ending Saturday, Lee Tracy, Mae Clarke and Jose phine Dunn, who enact the leading roles, make their first screen ap pearance in this picture. They are supported by others whose names and faces are more familiar, Includ ing Daphne Pollard and Stephln Fetchlt. Tracy, who was the stage star of "Broadway" for nearly three sea sons and who played the lead In "The Front Page" and made more stage history, portrays the role of a "small time" and conceited hoofer, while Miss Clarke appears as his wife. They both repeat their stage successes in the picture. Tracy gives a most satisfactory Interpretation KNEES BANNED BY CLUBWOMEN New York (LP) After a busy sum mer on the hem-line front, women of America have moved into the winter campaign on the trouble some matter of skirts. The long and short ot It seems to be a de termination to throw off the yoke of foreign dictatorship In styles. Some BOO women clamored for chances to express opinions pro and con at the debate sponsored by the New York state federation ot Wom en's clubs. The results were a bit difficult to analyze, for the engage ment was brisk and without a de cisive result. While a great many women object to being "meal tickets to the foreign style-monger" the new long skirts have found favor with more than a few. IC appeared Friday that the real skirt have been put definitely out of consideration. Knees must longer be seen except In' bathing suits. Also skirts draistmg on the ground can not be tolerated. BANKER FEARS DEATH, TELLS OF SHORTAGE Wichita Kas. (IP When Ernest Sunqutst was on his "death bed" last April and had been told by his physician that his chances of re covering were feeble, he decided to die with a clear conscience. Now he faces a long penitentiary term. Sunqutst called T. C. 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