Journal
CIRCIH-ATION
DftUr - distribution for th
tuontb end Ins June 10. 1830
10,663
Average daily net paid 10,216
Member AudlC Bureau ol ClrcuUlloD
FAIR
tonight and Tuesday. No chance tn
temperature. Moderate north and
northwest winds.
LocalMax. 85; Mtn. 49; rain ;
river -2.3 feet; clear; north wind.
42nd YEAR, No. 172
EnUred as second clan
SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 21, 19f "a
e.ivK'.z o i n
matter at Balem, Oregon
8TANU8 riVa CENTS
. ;
KAY EXPECTS
EAST OREGON
TO BACK HIM
Committeemen Deny
Pledge Binds Them to
Unit Rule in Voting
Service Men Make Bid
For Recognition Thru
Resolution
Br IIABRY N. CHAIN
Back from Eastern Oregon where
he conferred with 11 members of
.v.- Hn.kllHK -tat antral rnm-
mlttee, played golf and otherwise
dissipated tne inspjrea rtpui i ui
he Is an Invalid or is inclined in
that direction. State Treasurer Tom
Kay says that alter interviewing
tlie committeemen he is willing to
wager that they will not vote as
a unit In balloting for a guber
natorial nominee when the state
committee meets to pick a succes
sor to the late George Joseph in
Portland next Friday.
Kay is more optimistic than ever
over his chances to be the repub
lican nominee after talking with
the committeemen from east of
the Cascades.
"I expect to see a scattered vote
Trom the Eastern Oregon members
on the early ballots,- Kr.y said.
"But after some have cast their
ballots for certain eastern Oregon
lans as a matter ot local loyalty
I feel sure they will center on me."
Seven ' of the U committeemen
with whom Kay conferred on his
trip were among those who at
tended the meeting held at Pen
Hcoriciuded"onlaite 9. column 6
$1,623,753 AS
BONUS SALARY
FOR STEEL HEAD
VAnnoctnn ohin. uft Eugene G
Grace received a bonus of Jl ,623,753
i- 101. rirlfTit nf Bethlehem
steel corporation, be testified Mon
day in tne suit 10 cujuui f " -
Youngsiown &neet aua iw. w-
nanv to Bethlehem.
The bonus was in addition to the
stipulated 1..000 annual salary to
which he tesuiiea last wee-.
Revelation of Grace's compensa
tion for last year iooweu -
tVivoa-riav 1.0.1 battle.
H"rt J o
In the argument preceding
Grace's testimony on his bonus P.
H. Wood of defense counsel argued
the total bonus payments and per
centages in Bethlehem should
serve whatever purpose the plaln-
4irr hod "nrltHrMit. Irtle mirlositv and
parading ot figures." Wood argued
furtner tnat to give out uic -imuwi.
of individual bonuses would break
down the morale of the Bethlehem
corporation.
T nth- n nf rn.v.litni1 chief of
the Eaton attorneys, charged in his
reply Grace imancea a hu
$800,000 to Pickand, Mather and
company, ore firm, to buy Youngs
town company stock prior to the
merger ratification.
"Grace's bonus would be Increased
by the acquiring of Youngstown
Sheet and Tube," he said. "Youngs
town stockholders are entitled to
all the facts, conditions and details
In regard to this."
5 DIEINWRf CK
OF CIRCUS TRAIN
Moncton, N. B. OP) A broken
rail was believed to have caused
the deaths of five persons and in
juries to 18 others when nine flat
cars of the Al O. Barnes circus train
were derailed near her Sunday.
Pour of the dead were circus
workers and the other a hobo who
was throught to have "hoo-ed" a
Tide from Newcastle to Charlotte
town, Prince Edward Island, where
the show was scheduled to appear
Monday night.
Although the 29-car train was
travelling SO miles an hour and
carried more than 700 persons, none
of the performers was injured.
The dead: Albert Johnson, Los
Angeles, prop man; Franr Finne
gan. Los Angeles, prop n An; t.
McFarland, believed of Toronto,
waiter; James A. Stephenson,
Prederlcson. N. B., and one uni
dentified man.
16 FOREST FIRES
Seattle LP Sixteen new forest
fires were reported to C. S. Cowan
of the Washln-rton forest fire asso
ciation over the week-end. but
prompt action br field crews had
succeeded In whipping them all
under control Monday.
Good Evening!
Sips for Supper
By DON UPJOHN
John Bayne, both Scotchman and
elder In the church, shocked us the
other day when he gave a dime
to a couple ot pickaninnies on
State street to watch them give a
tap dance. That shows there are
times when most Any man finds
himself overcome by irresistible Im
pulses. Out at the newspaper folks pic
nic yesterday Bill Conner of the
poultry Journal Just couldn t leave
his business at home and spent most
of the afternoon examining the
anatomies of 15 fried chickens.
We discovered by watching Bill
how a poultry expert who has been
experung for years goes at it to
examine the qualifications of a hen.
He picks up a. piece of the chicken.
generally one completely covered
with white meat, holds an end
firmly in each hand and tears away
all the meat with his teeth, thus
being able to make a thorough first
hand study of the underlying bones
and he can tell then Just exactly
what kind of a hen It Is.
Conner also showed us an
other slick trick. After com
pleting his physical examina
tions of the chickens be was a
little hungry and be demon
strated three uses of a water
melon, the same being to furn
ish food and drink and to wash
bis face all at the same time.
He demonstrated that the In
terior of a 15 pound watermelon
will completely wash away the stains
of an afternoon clinic examining
the bones of 15 fried chickens i. e
one pound of watermelon washing
away the effects of one fried chick
en.
If a man only keeps his eyes
open he can pick up information
even while enjoying himself at
newspaper picnic.
But the real recompense after
spending a day at a picnic in the
country where they have well water
that only comes up 200 or 300 leet
out of the ground is to come home
at last in the evening and get a
real swig of good old city water.
Gosh, that is when we begin to
appreciate our river, right in mid
July. After a swig or two under
those circumstances last night we
didn't give a darn it we never
drank water again.
What the heck I Here's a bill on
file to prohibit the smoking of cig
arettes. And now the state fire
chiefs are fostering another one to
compel auto owners to have re
ceptacles in their ears in which to
drop cigarette stubs instead of al
lowing them to be thrown from
windows.
We presume if the anti-cigarette
law passes people can still use the
receptacles for dropping their gum
wads In.
GIRL KILLED
IN COLLISION
Portland, Ore. WH Evelyn Tay
lor, 11, was killed, and five others
were injured Sunday when an auto
mobile driven by Elmer S. Bell, 40,
contractor, collided with a car oper
ated by H. J. Taylor of Forest
Grove, father of the dead girl. Bell
told police he was hurrying to a
hospital where his wife was expect
ing a child. He received serious
cuts and bruises.
Taylor, his wife, Robert Taylor, 8,
and June Taylor, 8, all were in
jured and taken to a hospital. At
tendants said Taylor received seri
ous back injuries.
$60,000 Slush Fund
Alleged to Defeat
Norris in Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb. (UP) Testimony that there is a $60,000
slush fund to defeat Senator George W. Norris was present
ed Monday by W". Clark Grubbs of Lincoln, before Senator
Oera d P. Nye. when an investiga-
tion was resumed into the motives
that prompted Oeorge W. Norris, a
grocer of Broken Bow to file as a
republican senatorial candidate.
Grubbs testified that Roll a Van
Kirk of Lincoln, state representa
tive, had told him State Senator
Clark Jeary, Lincoln, was to handle
the fund in the interest of defeat
ing Senator Norris In his campaign
for re-election. Senator Jeary is
not a candidate for re-election as
state senator, and Van Kirk Is
seeking Jeary's office.
Jrary, called to the stand In the
hearing, testified he had no in
formation about money beig spent
in the present campaign. He ad
HEAT RECORDS
FOR 25 YEARS
CRASHJN EAST
150 Deaths Result As
Entire Land Sizzles
And Swelters
Heat and Drought Dam
age Corn States-Temperatures
Over 100
Chicago (Pi The nation's weath
er remained Monday a burning is
sue.
Excepting only the ocean-favored
New England and Pacific coast
states, every section of tne country
had 100-degree temperatures facing
it again, following a sun-seared
Sabbath. Each section, too, counted
the cost in lives lost, crops destroyed
and in the millions discomforted.
A survey of the 48 states amount
ed, in essence, to the simple gram
matical job of comparing an adjec
tivehot, hotter, hottest. iwiumDus,
Ohio, with an official 11- degrees,
rated the superlative. Virginia, Ma
ryland, and West Virginia saw red
in their thermometers at 106 or bet
ter. Official readings of 100 degrees
or higher were taken in the states
of Ohio, Michigan, Maryland, West
Virginia, Kansas, Wisconsin, Indi
ana, Illinois, Iowa, Neoras-a, Mis
souri, Arizona, California and In the
(Concluded on page 0, .column 7)
FIEND SLAYS
WHOLE FAMILY
AT GENEVA, ILL.
Geneva. 111. UP) The Charles A.
Anderson family man, wife and
18-year-old son were hacked to
death with an ax In their farm
home early Monday.
An attempt to erase the crime
by setting fire to tne nouse iauea.
The body of Charles Anderson,
55 years old, was found across his
bed, the deep gasnes 01 uie
blade upon his head and body.
In another room lay the son,
Willis, who had been cut and beat
en with the weapon but who was
still alive. He died without regain
inor consciousness.
The body of Mrs. Anderson, 48
years old, was found on the living
room floor. Beside her lay the
blood covered hand ax. Her wrists
and throat had been cut, appar
ently by the blade of the same
weapon that had dispatched her
husband and son.
Her brother, Charles Larsen, 40
years old, was smashing in a win
dow, attempting to enter the burn
ing building, when neighbors, at
tracted by the sight of names,
reached the farm yard. With
neighbors, he forced an entrance
and the bodies were discovered.
BROMLEY LANDS
AFTER JEST FLIGHT
Tacoma, Wash. (LP) Harold
Bromley landed his Em sco mono
plane, In which he plant a Tacoma
to Tokyo flight, here at 9:27 a m. af
ter a surprise non-stop test hop to
Portland and return.
The flyer brought his plane to a
perfect landing.
ded, however, he saw nothing il
legal in spending money which was
properly raised In the interest of
having Senator Norris retired irom
his present -.t in the United States
senate.
Noris, the grocer, experienced a
short-lived campaign as the oppon
ent of Senator Oeorge W. Norris
in the republican primary of Neb
raska August 12. Threatened con
fusion of voters because of the
identical names was prevented
when the Nebraska supreme court
removed the grocer from the bal
lot. He had sent in bis filing pa
pers after the legal date had ex
pired.
So Hot Popcorn
Popped on Stalk
Georgia Garden
UP) The heat
wave In tne toaui Has
broaght, among ether things,
a story ml poo com popping
the stalk In a tardea bak
ed by the son's torrid rays.
Mr Claude Phillip., a
resident of Quitman, . GaH
said she went to Inspect her
garden daring the heat ol
the day and found the corn
popped and ready for eating.
In a parched shuck.
RIOTER DIES
BY GUNFIRE IN
CAIRO MELEE
Cairo, Egypt P One rioter was
killed, 87 injured, 27 seriously, by
gunfire and missiles during severe
rioting which climaxed the political
situation here Monday.
There was much damage to prop
erty while troops, civil police and
excited students by thousands strug
gled for the upper hand along prin
cipal streets of Cairo. In one thor
oughfare hardly a window remained
unbroken in tne snowers of stones
and other objects hurled by the
rioters. IJ
The troops were obliged to use
their rifles freely. So severe was
the encounter that after the po
lice had obtained the upper hand
emergency relief squads lined some
of the streets treating the injured.
More than a score were taken to
hospitals. Losses on the side of
the police and troops were not
made known.
The rioting crowds, furious when
news spread the followers of former
Premier Nahas Pasha naa caned
off their proposed "outlaw" parlia
ment session, ripped up lamp posts,
barricade! a street with every ob
struction they could lay hands on
and set fire to an escaping gas
cloumn which, however, the police
extinguished.
Twelve rioters fell In the second
volley from the troops. The first
round had been fired into the air.
This had no effect. The leaders
quickly shifted their campaign and
as a result succeeded in calming
the throngs.
TWO ARE KILLED
IN BALLOT RIOT
El Paso, Tex. (P) Political strife
which caused the deaths of two men
and brought severe injuries to more
than a score of others, subsided in
Juarez, Chihuahua Monday.
The disturbance resulted from a
special state election for governor
and members of the legislature.
Victory, according to official re
turns from the Juarea district, ap
parently rested with the national
revolutionary party. Andres Ortiz,
running for governor, was reported
to have a majority of 5,602 to 295
over Manuel M. Prieto, representing
the "socialist league of resistance."
Every voting place In the Juarez
district was taken over by repre
sentatives of the national revolu
tionary party when the polls were
opened at 8 a. m Sunday. The
opposition vigorously opposed this
in "Cassillo" number I and hand
to hand fighting developed.
MYSTERY BABE
WITH MOTHER
Portland UP) Portland's mystery
baby has gone home with her moth
er, and Judge Clarence n. uuoerc
of the court of domestic relations
has signed the final chapter of one
of Portland's most famous cases.
Known as a court ward as Jane
Doe Tramer, or Oeorglanna Jane
Schaefer, but to her mother a
Judith Elizabeth, the child was re
leased Saturday from a nursery
here by court order. Geraldlne
Watson was Judged the true mother
after a long trial. Miss Watson
and the baby left by train for her
tome in Los Angeles.
OREGON ELECTRIC
FILES SILETZ BRIEF
Portland (IP) A dispatch Monday
to the Oregon Journal from itfi
Washington, D. C. correspondent,
said that the Oregon Electric com
pany has filed Its answer to the v
terstate commerce commission
questionnaire concerning applies'
lions to acquire the Valley and St
lets railway and build a connection
with It from CorvaUls. across the
Willamette river trom Independ
ence. No new financing is required, the
purpose being to treat the consoli
dated line as a branch of the north,
ern lines between Portland and Eugene.
COURT GRANTS
ie HEARING
FOR BlLLlliGS
California lustices Unan
imously Agree Jo Re
open Application
vidence of MacDonald
Regarding his Perjury
To Be Submitted
San Francisco (IP) The Califor
nia supreme court voted unani
mously Monday to grant Warren
K. Billinjs, convicted of complicity
in the 1916 preparedness day bomb
ing, a new hearing on his applica
tion for a pardon.
The announcement was made in
brief written statement which
Chief Justice William H. Waste
prepared.
It said that a petition submitted
last week by attorneys for Billings
which asked for a new hearing at
which John MacDonald, repudia
tion witness would appear, would
be considered and accepted as an
application for reconsideration of
Billings' pardon application.
TO PROSECUTE
MOTORISTS FOR
WRECKING TRAIN
Elizabeth. N. J. (IB Formal char
ge; of manslaughter were expected
to be lodged Monday against three
motorists whose car, stalled Satur
day on the tracks, caused the wreck
of a Pennsylvania passenger train
Saturday night, killing one person
and injuring 56.
The death of John Craig 01
Brooklyn, who had received a frac
tured skull in the -wreck, brought
the arrest of the three men, Ar
thur Allcroft. 33, an Elizabeth
building contractor; his brother,
James, 41, a member of the faculty
of Ohio Northern university, at
Ada, O., and William McNalr, 34,
of Elizabeth.
Twenty persons remained In Eli
zabeth General hospital Monday
and thirty in St. Elizabeth hospital.
None was expected to die.
Detectives who investigated the
accident, said Arthur Allcroft was
driver of the car. He stated, the
detectives said, that he made a
wrong turn off De Hart place onto
the tracks of the Pennsylvania
railroad, and that the car stalled.
They Jumped out of the car.
MACDONALD TO
SEE GOVERNOR
San Francisco IIP) Arrangements
were made Monday for John Mac
Donald. prosecution witness in the
San Francisco preparedness day
bombing case, to tell Governor C.
C. Young Tuesday he testified lais
lv in 1018.
MacDonald's testimony helped
send Thomas J. Mooney and War
ren K. Billings to prison lor me
for the bombing. The two nave
contended they were Innocent and
MacDonald returned here Sunday
from Baltimore to aid in obtaining
their freedom by "telling the truth"
and "righting a wrong I did years
ago."
Charles Ruzlcka ana Hilary uans,
Baltimore attorneys, representing
MacDonald. said they arranged for
MacDonald to meet Governor Young
but were uncertain whether it would
be a preliminary session to discuss
Billings' request lor a renearing 01
his pardon application. Two weeks
ago the court denied Billings a par
don, stressing the Importance of
MacDonald s testimony in nis con
viction. Since state history offers
no precedent for the court to fol
low Monday's meeting will decide
the procedure to be followed.
JOINT RAILROAD
SERVICE APPROVED
Washington OP The Interstate
commerce commission Monaay au
thorized the Northern Pacific, Oreat
Northern and Oregon-Washington
Railroad and Navigation companies
to continue to furnish Joint passen
ger train ' service between Seattle,
Tacoma, nd Portland. Earnings de
rived from Joint operation of the
road would be divided between the
three companies.
I ,
Caravan Rides In
Sheridan's Steps
On Coast Junket
Over the route through which Lieutenant Phil Sheridan,
later general, and his cavalrymen plodded and slashed a
tedious way some 80 years ago
the Grand Ronde reservation
the remnants of the warring bands
of Indians who stUl harassed the
white settlers in spasmodic raldc
some 5000 people Saturday rolled in
luxurous ease in fewer minutes than
Sheridan spent hours in making the
journey.
Sheridan and his troopers fought
and stumbled their way over the old
Salmon river traU; Saturday's cara
van 6ped over the smoothed surface,
easy grades and wide tangents of
the new Salmon river nignway at
35 miles an hour or faster.
Concluding a two-hour program
at New Grand Ronde, participated
(Concluded on page 4. column 6)
ST. LOUIS PAIR
AGAIN SEEKING
FLIGHT RECORD
St. Louis. (IP) Dale Jackson and
Forest O'Brlne, former holders of
the refueling endurance record took
off from Lambert St. Louis field in
a Curtlss-Robln monoplane at 7:11
a.m. Monday hopeful of staying the
air 30 days (720 hours) thus decisive
ly beating the Hunter brothers' mark
of 553 hours made in Chicago re
cently. The plane the two went aioit in,
"The Oreater St. Louis" similar to
the "St. Louis Robin," In which they
spent 420 consecutive hours in the
air Just a year ago, and was pre
sented to them as a reward for that
feat.
Such comforts as two air mat
tresses, an air cushion for the pilot,
and a small radio were in the plane.
The cabin is larger than that of the
"St. Louis Robin" and "will give us
more leg and elbow rooni," Jackson
said.
The monoplane Is powered by a
six cylinder Challenge motor and
has dual carburetors and oil lines.
The filers expected to fly at a
cruising speed of around 65 miles
an hour. The refueling plane Is a
ship of the same type, and P. V.
Chaffee and William Brewster com
prise its crew.
BID FOR GLORY
OFFERED SALEM
Fame and fortune are in the
grasp of Salem if the city, through
the chamber of commerce, any one
or combination of service clubs, or
public-minded citizen who wants to
sit down and write out a check for
(10,000.
In a telegram to the chamber
of commerce Loren Mendell and
R. B. (Pete) Relnhart, the latter
a former Salem boy, announce
their desire to re-capture the world's
sustained flight record by re-fueling
In air and break the record
now held by the Hunter brothers
of Chicago. The flight can start
as soon as the financial details are
arranged.
"We can buy new I17.0OO plane
for 83500 and a motor that can
set ud 740 hours." the telegram
states, "Wonderful opportunity for
Salem. Equipment in city s name.
Lots of money can be made. Have
radio broadcast and well-'tnown
movie star to go along."
MACK HILLIS OFF
BEAVER PAYROLL
Portland" UPh-Once more the offi
cial axe toas fallen on the tanned
neck of Mack Hlllis. second oase
m.n for the Portland Beavers. Thos.
J. Turner, president, announced
Monday Mills has been Indefinitely
susDended without salary for violat
ing club rules when the team was
playing in Los Angeles last week.
Less than two months ago he was
fined $100 for breaking training.
Hlllis started the game Saturday
but after dropping a pop fly was
benched and failed to appear In the
llnuep of Sunday's doubleheader,
PLANE ( HASH FATAL
Amarlllo, Tex. (IP) Too sharp a
bank at a low altitude was blamed
for a taxi airplane crash at Adrian,
40 miles west of here which claimed
the lives of a pilot and his 15 year
old girl paesenger late Sunday. Clar
ence Thuett of Ega, and Marrietta
Hall of Adrian, were killed Instantly.
to round up and corral upon
, 1
VIOLENT DEATHS
TOTAL FOURTEEN
OVER WEEKEND
San Francisco 0P Sunday stood
on the records Monday marred by
14 violent deaths in four Pacific
coast states, including three drown
ings, an accidental shooting, and
nine deaths in automobile accidents.
William Walsh, student aviator
and member of a wealthy Cincin
nati, Ohio, family, was said by au
thorities to have died of natural
causes. His body, badly bruised by
repeated falls In his hotel room in
San Francisco, was found by a maid.
Hunting rats for sport led to the
accidental shooting of Arthur J.
Kennan, Jr., 21, by a friend In San
Francisco.
William Brown, 16, at Los An
geles; George Huber, 22, at Hayden
lake, Idaho; and Charles Flournoy,
7, at Likely. Modoc county, were
drowned.
Automobile crashes caused the
deaths of Clark Davis, 17, and Ben
Hurst, 18, at Chewtlah, Wash.; Mrs.
Pendleton, 65, Santa Barbara; Mrs.
8ue Palmer, 25, Boise, Idaho; Mrs.
Claude Sabourin, 37, at Redding;
Evelyn Taylor 11, Portland, Ore.;
Evelyn Nelson, 15, San Francisco;
and Paul Hewitt. Sacramento. Jack
Scott, 63, was killed by a hit-run
driver at Sacramento.
STATE OFFICES
CLOSED BY HEAT
AT WASHINGTON
Washington VP) The capital
Monday began another lap of its
endurance contest with the heat,
the thermometer registering 01 at
9 o'clock Monday morning.
That was six degrees warmer than
9 o'clock Sunday when the mercury
soared to a record high of 105.8.
The forecast for the District ol
Columbia predicted "continued warm
weather" Monday night, some re
lief was promised Tuesday.
So intense was the heat Mon
day Secretary Stlmson ordered the
state department closed Monaay
afternoon to give everyone who
could be spared a temporary vaca
tion.
The mercury had climbed to lw
by noon.
As the neat continued to increase,
the treasury department dismissed
all of Its employes who could be
spared and other departments con
templated following suit.
Thousands sought relief from the
heat Sunday night by sleeping in
parks.
LIONS DKVOI'R NATIVES
Nairobi. British East Africa, P)
The lions which frequently menace
parts of Uganda have been unusu
ally bold lately devouring 20 natives
in the Ankole and Masaka districts
in the last three weeks. The govern
ment has sent hunters after the
fierce beasts.
School Board to
Let Gill Out As
Physical Director
v
S1..m school board members will meet Tuesday nighl
to select a successor for Eugene L. (Luke) Gill, head of the
boys' physical education department at Salem high achool
lor the past year ana
member
of the high school faculty for the
past three years. Delaying their
decision on Oill by means of the
"table" method ever since May u.
It Is understood from authoritative
sources that the board positively
will not go over the heads of Su
perintendent Hug and! Principal
Fred Wolf who refused t.i recom
mend Gill for the position this
coming year.
Chairman H. H. dinger has sided
with the two school officials on
the question of GUI's rtention and
has consistently refused to favor
him for re-election, althounh per
sonally a friend of Gill's, when the
school heads would not recommend
RESERVATIONS
REJECTED BY
ACCLAMATION
Naval Treaty Ratified1
After Quick Disposal
Of Proposed Changes
Norris Reservation Ex
cluding Secret Under
standings Passes
Washington (IP) The senate ad
journed sine die at 5 pm. Monday
shortly after ratification of the Lon
don naval treaty.
Washington iP) The senate
Monday ratified the London naval
treaty by a vote of 58 to 9.
An overA-neiming majority was
recorded for the treaty limiting all
cat? pones of ships In the American,
British and Japanese navies.
The vote came suddenly after
more than a dozen reservations of
fered by the opponents bad been
thrown out by heavy majorities.
One reservation was accepted, K
was offered by Senator Norris. re
publican. Nebraska, and stipulated
"i Concludr d on page 7. column 8)
FLIER TO CARRY
BID TO OREGON
TO EASTERNERS
Portland (IP) A Breeze mono
plane will hop off from Swan Is
land airport here late Tuesday on
a one-stop flight to Roosevelt field.
New York, under auspices of On-To-Oregon,
Inc.
Major O. H. Eckerson, pilot, had
planned to start Monday night but
delays in installing gasoline tanks
and a new Townsend ring to de
crease head resistance caused the
postponement.
The plane will fly over the Old
Oregon Trail on the centennial of
the pioneer journey westward. It
will make a stop at Minneapolis
for re-fueling. After extending,
good will greetings to Mayor Walk
er. Eckerson will continue to Wash
ington, D. C, where he will meet
President Hoover. Later he will go
to Albany, N. Y.. to extend greetings
to Governor Roosevelt on behalf
of On-To-Oregon, Inc.
4 LARGEST AIR
LINES MERGED
New York (LP) Two separate
mergers which, when completed,
will Join the four largest American
air lines under two heads are near
ing completion, the New York
World said Monday.
The first merger will be that of
Transcontinental Atr Transport
and Western Air Express, Inc.,
which have operated planes over
parallel routes from Kansas City
to the Pacific coast for over a year.
The World said the agreement I
waiting only for plans for minor
details of operation.
The second merger, which hae
no relation to the first, will be that
of Pan American Airways, Ine, and
the New York, Rio and Buenoa
Aires line, according to the World,
the physical director. The two di
rectors who have been known to
favor Oill are said to have with
drawn their support after Investi
gation of his record here and a
Oregon Agricultural college, where
Oill Is now in summer schooL
The regretable factor tn the af
fair is the failure of the school
board to act promptly and giro
Gill a chance to secure work else
whee. He has not the necessary
educational qualillcatlons to bo
given a like position In other
schools. While other teachers were
acted on promptly according to
Hug's recommendations, GUI's po
"(Concluded on PS a, column il