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NO. 141
, 14 K1LLE1
(DIRIGIBLE
CRASHES
m
STililfl
I . SHENANDOAH
FEET IN AIR
Giant Airship Falls in Three
Pieces Oyer Ohio Village
Commander Landsdowne
and Score of Crew Killed
and Injured Gallant Hero
ism Fails Prevent Disaster.
CALDWELL, Ohio, Sept. 3. (A. P.)
The giant dirigible Shenandoah la
no more. It went down in three
pieces hero early today and killed Its
commander, Lieutenant Commander
Zachary lansdowne, and at least 12
of the officers and men making up
her crew.
The airship struck a line squall a
variety of storm most feared by air
men shortly after 5 o'clock near this
noble country village, while traveling
at an altitude of 31)00 reet en routo
from Lakehurst, N. J , to the went.
Most of the dead were found In the
tangled wreckage of the control cahin,
where a full crew was on duty attempt
' ing to ride out the buffeting winds
which resulted in tho complete de
struction of the giant of the air.
. Ambulances and other conveyances
which carried physiclanB and others
to the scene Immediately following tho
accident, were transporting the dead
and injured to nearby; towns. Those
who met death in the unsuccessful
fight against the elements were taken
to Bellevallcy, wlillo the Injured were
scattered In -the varlouBho8pltal''of
the community. . ' - -", ,j
Telia 8tory of Heroism. ' i
The story of the disaster is one of
herolHm of the crew, pioneers In the
interest of the development of llghter-than-atr
transportation. It is best told
by Colonel C. 0. Hall. United States
army observer aboard the ill-fated
ship.
"We were traveling west at an alti
tude of about 4000 feet when we en
countered a storm," Colonel Hall said
in describing the accident. "By
changing our course a dozen or more
times we dodged It, only to encounter
a line squall which sent us to an alti
tude of 6500 reet beforo we realized
what had happened.
"We opened the valves to let out
gas and lowered the ship and wero
drawing away from tho storm at a
uO-mlle per hour rate when the stonn
enveloped us and broke tho Bhip into
three pieces I exclaimed to Com
mander Lansdowne: 'Everyone beat
it.' When the crash came 1 was on
the ladder leading from the control
cabin to the rear portion of the ship.
"As I started to fall I clutched a
girder from which I hung suspended,
finally swinging my body over It and
crawling 40 or CO feet back Into the
ship." . .
When he reached the ship proper,
Colonel Hall said that he found other
incmbera of the crow preparing to
open the valves in order to bring
about a descent. -Here he found Lieu
tenant Koland G. Mayor, leading offi
cer, and Lieutenant J. B. Anderson,
aerologlst. The latter, Colonel Hall
said, had made Ills way to the rear
on the cat walk. All three descended
safely.
No Defect In Ship.
Colonel Hall Bald that the catas
trophe was In no way attributable to
any dofect In the ship. Meteorologi
cal advices warning the navigators of
the storm would have saved the ship,
he said. Since there wero no meteor
ological stations In the vicinity, how
ever, the advlceB were not available.
' At the time of the crash, Hall said,
four of the six onglnes which pro
polled the air monster wero going full
speed. The . craft simply mot air cur
rents which she could not survive
Colonel Hall voiced high praise for
the navy crew of the dirigible. Even
immediately aftor the crash, he said,
the crew's behavior was remarkable.
Kach man took the situation quietly,
deporting himself as If he wore on a
free balloon and attempting to bring
(Continued on pago six.)
HYDRO ELECTRIC BILL
CONFERENCE IN
SALEM. Ore., Sept. 3. A proposed
Initiative measure for a constitutional
amendment authorising hydro elec
tric power development In Oregon was
read at an Informal conference held
yesterday In the office of Governor
Pierce and attended by representa
tives of the Houvlvos Council of
Portland, the State Grange, the L'ma-
. tills Itaplds association and other or-
f ganicatlons.
It Is hoped that money for the di
Cavemen Abandon
Trip to S. Francisco;
Wives Won't Let 'Em
4
SAN KRANOIHCO. Sept. 3. 4
f (A. P.) Tho expected visit dur-
ing tho California Diamond Jubl-
lco celebration of a unique band 4
4 of OrcKonlans, tho Cavemen, an 4
organization of businessmen of 4
Grants Vhhh, has been cancelled, 4
it wbh announced yesterday. 4
Ttie primitive order was eoiug 4
to bring their bear ale in a and sot 4
up shop here during the celebra
tion which opens next Saturday.
Now It is whispered that these
original cavemen of Oregon can't
come to help celebrate, becauao
4 their wives won't let them.
i:
EX-CONVICT IS
CAUGHT AT HE
DALLES OREGON
W. R. Lloyd, Suspected of
Taxi Driver- Murder, Ar
rested in Railroad Yards
Bloodstains and Revolver
Found Boy Companion Is
Also Held.
TIIU DALLES, Ore.. cSpt. 3: W.
II. Lloyd, former; convict: In the Ore
gun penitentiary, netng. ncia- new), in
connection with the murder Tues
day night n O. I, Baun, Indepen
dence garage man, admitted ' today,
officers i say, that . he had taken
money from Baun and stolen his car,
Lloyd denied any connection with
Buun's denth and said that he must
huvo been out of his head at tho
timo of tho robbery, questioning of-flcei-H
declared.
Lloyd's purported confession was
made at tho Jail to traffic offlcors,
Duns Blaser and Bud Crofton, Dep
uty Sheriff George Shearer, City
Commissioner Kelly and Sidney Jen
kins, a newspaper reporter.
THE DALLES, Ore., Sept. 3. W. II.
Lloyd, Oregon state penitentiary ex
convict, who is wanted by Polk county
officers in connection with the murder
Tuesday night of Clinton I. Baun,
Independence garage man. Is being
held here following his arrost last
night in the railroad yards here by
James McClaskey and W. H. Kelly,
railroad detectives.
J. H. Hlte, who claims that he and
a boy about 30 were picked tin by
Lloyd in an automobile near Trout
dale, is also being held.
Both men deny any connection with
Haun's death. Officers seized a-suitcase
checked by Lloyd from Moslor,
1C miles west of here, to The Dalles.
In the suitcase officers found a .38
callber revolver with all the shells
discharged, 135 rounds of ammunition,
a blue serge suit and a pair of shoes
similar to thoso Lloyd was Bald to
have worn before ho left Independence
Tuesday night.
Blood stains were found on the right
knee of the trousers taken from the
suitcase, and detectives said stains
wero found in a corresponding posi
tion on the underwear now worn by
Lloyd. Blood stains were also found
on the automobile belonging to Baun,
which was found abandoned near
Mosler. The windshield of the car
has a hole about four Inches long-,
apparently caused, officers declared,
by a mushroom bullet,
Lloyd was discovered hiding, under
a pile of poles in tho railroad yards
and when first questioned denied that
his name was Lloyd. He contended
he was W. B. Smith, but under a grill
ing by detoctlves broke down and ad
mitted that his name was Lloyd.
He claimed the blue serge suit found
In his suitcase belonged to Hlte anil
that Hlte put the gun Into tho suit
case when they wero at Hood Wver.
Hlte denied thet the suit or gun are
hlB. A fingerprint expert has been
asked to come here and examino the
revolver, which has boon touched.
LAUNCHED AT
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
velopment would be raised through an
Issue of bonds. The governor or tho
legislature would appoint a commit
tee of five members to havo chargo
of the development.'
I Heforo any definite action Is taken
toward Initiating a bill tho measure
must have the approval of the state
Grange and It Is probahle that the
measure will be , submitted to a
Grange committee some time during
the fall.
The Greatest
I tet.i jfjn " " ' . I
The two machines of the air figuring tialay In the greatest air tragedy In tho history of HU
country, arc shown above. At to,, s the Slieiiiniiloali In its hangar token before a night several mouths
ago. Below I the PN- Xo. 1 wli't-h at Inst reports wus lost at sea when about 100 miles from lis
goul on a iiou-stop flight from Sun Francisco to Hawaii. . -
Wire Report on
the Pear Market
NEW YORK. Sept. 3. (U. S. Bu
reau of Markets) Pears yesterday
firm; arrived: - 88 California; 7 Ore
gon; 10 Washington; 7 Now York.
21 New York by bout.
California Bartletts. 31 cars. Best
13.63 to (4-05; ordinary, $3 to (3.30;
ripe, (2.40 tu J2.95; average 3.2G.
Washington bartletts. one car.
Fancy,. $2.00 to (3.15. Average' (2.00.
Oregon . hartlotlH. six cars. - 'Extras
(2.05 to (3.40; fair, (2.70 tu (3;
average (3.01.i ,.
CHICAGO; ... Sept. 3.) (U. 8. Bu
reau of Markets) Yesterday's pears
arrived: 13 California, 2 Colorado;
1 Michigan; 6 New York; 2 Michigan
by boat; 34 -on track. -
California bartletts, 5800 boxes.
(1.00 to (3. $0; mostly (2.70 and
(2.80. -..'".-
Oregon bartletts, 600 boxes, (2.75
to (3-25; mostly (2.00.
LOCAL PEARS SENT
TO DAWES DINNER
ThrotJRh ooiirtey of K. M.
Wf.'inlmuriJ, tminKr , of the trail o
and cotnineri'O dopurtment of th
Portland Chamber of Commerce,
choice Rogue Itlver VHlley peara will
be a part of th menu nt the ban
quet Monday hlffht tendered to Vice
President Charlrn O. Dawea by that
organization, with 400 gucHta in at
tendance. :'.''' .
A telephone mefmage wan received
this morning from Mr. Wclnbaum by
Secretary, f Cohort Jtoyl of tho local
chamber of commerce to aend He ve
ra I boxen of tho fruit tonight, and
effort a are now being made to do bo.
It la tho plan In nerve the pcura In
flaladn, with ono penr ollotlcifc to
each guoid.
It4'Mirt Klnff llorbt VuXmmil.
IIOMK, Bept. (A P. Tho
GInrnale d'Ualla today publfithett re
port that King Boris nf Bulgaria la
gravely III from tho effeeta of poison
and that apeclallitt have been rushed
to Varna to attend him. The source,
of the report li not stated.
Air Tragedy in Country's History
L
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OA K.MONT. Pa.. SepU 3. (A.
P.)
-Bohhy Jones, the champion,
Lcurgc vunn.ni. u. .u.....-up .
again tomorrow in the national amu
teur golf chumplonahtp through vlc
torlca today. TIiIh timu their mutch
will be a senil-flnal.
In the other mutch of tho aemt-
finals, little Watts tiunn of Atlanta,
will tnct- Ulck Jones of White
Plains, N. Y.
. Bohby Jones had littlo difficulty
in eliminating his opponent of the
day. clarence Wolff of Knpplngtnn,
Mo., by six and five, wlille Von Kim,
after helng one down nt the last
turn saw'HIg Jesse tlullford wander
in the traps. VonElm won by two
and one. ,
POKTLA.Vp. Ore.. Resolutions In
support of Bert K. Ilaney, member of
the United Slates shipping board, who
has been renuested by President Cool-
idge to resign, were adopted by the
Portland ehamber of commerce.
VON
ELM
MEET JONES
THE SEMI-FINA
EAGLE POINT IS
WATER EXTENSION
SALEM, Ore., Kept. 3. A new pol
icy, which Ih expected to force re-or-
' ganizatlon of many caatern Oregon ir-
HKiiMHi ttinii ikui iv tin unuiicu mv
atlUo BCCUrltCH conmiiiwloii yeaterduy
when It disallowed three out of four
applications from irrigation ' districts
for extensions of the period of slate
guarantoo of Interest. An-exception
was made of the Tunmlo district of
Deschutes county because of morul
obligation on tho part of tho state ex.
tending back .to the onrly history of
the project In tho Oswald. West ad
ministration. Tho districts turned down wore tho'
Silver Lake district oT Lake county,
the Kagle Point district of Jackson
county and tho Lono J'lno of Crook
county. - '., - ','
. Under tho law the Ktate guarantoo
of interest may he. allowed for flvo
years. Tho Tumalo district was al
lowed an extension of ono and one
half years on. its entire Itoud.lHsuo of
(r0,000 ; which will; when added -to
previous gii'm-antccs, make the guar
antee period fivo years.. This Is con
tingent on an extension nf 'time from
tho statn to make rcpnlrs to the de
fective Tumnlo dam anil an Increased
assessment on lands having partial
water riKhts.
' : - . '
Death Toll of
: the Automobile
'PORTLAND. ' Ore., 'Sept.- 3. Mrs.
Anna. Kretschmer, S3, - was killed
Inst night nt llryunt Station, and
her daiighlnr. Mrs, Aona Lehmun,
61, received hip Injuries and three
boy .'passengers wero Injured when
Mm hmnn's uulomohilo was struck
by a Kmithrn Partric electric train.
ALHANV. Ore.. Sept.. I. Oral
tlrenneman. 18. son of the Itev. Muse
Mrenneman. local Mentiunlto mlulstor,
wns Instantly killed at a Southern
Pacific crossing at Tanpent last night
when a light touring car ho was drlv-
! Ing struck a northbound freight train
) switching cars onto the siding.
Roseburg Mayor On
Return From Local
Meet, Hits 3 Deer
ItOSUBUml, Ore., Kept. 3.
A car driven by Mayor (ieorgo
llouck who was returning late
last night from tho Southern
Oregon Medical association
I mooting at Mcdford wus dam- !
used when It struck a deer In
the canyon south of Canyon-
vlllo. Mayor llouck was travel-
ing nt a fulrly rapid rato of 4
speed when tliroo does leaped
from a bank directly in front
of his car.
I. WORD REFUSES
TO-- ACCEPT 1;
D. A. ELKINS MAY
Ex-Sheriff of Multnomah Co.
Turnc nnwn Pnitinn A'
I UrilS UOWn rOSlllOn Hb
Warden State Penitentiary
ElkinS tO Take Dal-
pumnlo'e Dlion Tomnnparilu
i juipn- o i iovc, &mr"" J
POHTLANn, Ore.,
Sept. 3. Tom
Word, f o r. in e r
Multnomah county
sheriff today tlecllnod to nc et the
office of warden In tho Oregon poul-1
tentlary.
Word notified ' (.io'vei nor Pierce of
hW deetmoir ItidSyraiin a'r'tlic""saino
tlmo announced his Intontlon of ro-
Burning his duties as siioclul agent
for tho federal department of Jus-
tico from which liu resigned sovoral
Wocks ago '
.1.1.. ,...'. I .1. .',..'..
state his reason for declining tho inessagoa of the oontlnulng search.
wardenshlp. "The reason 1 hS r. ',," .
turnod down this position docs not
I!"0""! S,."!':' my ta'"."
ny anu inyscu, no torn nowspapor-
mon' " happened after the piano was forced
Jdown by lack of fuel.'
SALLM. Oro., Sept. 3. That Dll- Tne most fttVorttbie theory advann
lurd A. Llklns, Industrial accident etl wa8 that (he pttn0 na moao
commissioner and former sheriff of BVI(.c)!K1,fu landing In the ocean' lean
Lano county, will bo dolcgutod tho thHn 300 mle, o(f tnB Hawaiian coast
task of bringing order put of chaos at 1:4B p. ,, Tuesday, drifted out of
at thb stuto penltcntlury and direct- lho soarch area and was beached on
Ing that institution until such timo , H)anil point. ' '
us Oovornof Piorco can securo a Tho navy wlthdrow from further
capablo appointee to succeed War- nttoinptH to mako n non-stop flight to
den A. M. Dalrymple, tho Capital Honolulu from San Francisco when .
Journal says It Is rcliubly in formed announcement was made hero yostor
toduy. idi.y abandoning the projected take-
Tho refusal of Toin Word to ac- off of the hugn PB-I which tvas scbed
cept tho wardenshlp, and tho I in- uled to start for Honolulu today,
peratlve need for a chango In tho ad-1 Ono hundred and fifty drums of
ministration of tho prison as pointed gasollno were landed at' Labaina, ' tho
out In tho roport of tho commlttoo Island baao from which the air forces .
named by tho governor to Invcstigulo under orders to conduct the sesrch of
the Murrny-Kolly-Wlllos escape, to- tho area In which the big seapiano
other with tho chief executive's disappeared, Is operating.- .
Inability to find a suitable man to' It was estimated by the plane bulld
take chargo of tho prison immo- or that buoyancy of tho empty gaso
dlatoly are given as tho reasons for "no tanks would he sufficient to final
tho report that Hlklns Is to tuko 10-,ir,Ii Pounds on the water, tho
temporary chargo. .weight of tho plane without fuel,
Klklns. It Is said, will retain hh.1 The missing PN-0 No. 1 In thn ,
place on the accident commission J" "bout 23 hoursJwhen It dropped
and will act chiefly In a supervisory , f'n' "'f" ' . rnmmRBfl.r jolln ,
capacliy at tlio prison.
f The capital Journal I. Informed ;: hope"..
"'"r'"! l l" rell Si "hayt the missing commander and
of Uahymplo will ho accompanied 8im ttllv0.
by a puflto announcement of ihi..crow w
text of tho report of tho governor's
investigating commlttoo.
Tho temporary appointment of
Mlkins Is suld to havo boon occa
sioned by tho governor's desiro to
have plenty of timo to cast about
for a wardon capablo of maintaining!
discipline among tho convicts, and
at tho
Banio time possessing tho
ability to
successfully nannun tlio
niludii In . i.i , T " ,
L -ia.iv " , . ?" .h,ttV0 ,oen
administration: " "
A precedent for this arrangement
Is soon In the action of tlovornor Ol-
oott sovoral yours ago In placing Dr.
It. K. L. Sloiner, superintendent of
the state hospital, In chargo of tho
prison fur sovoral months for the
exprnsscd purposo of placing It on
OREGON FARMERS ARE PROSPEROUS.
STATE LOANS
HALEM, Ore Sept. 3. Out of a
total of I36,43l loaned by tho state
bo"rI of r"",r"1 lo n""'rn Oregon
. farmers to roseed land frozen out last
I wlntor, noarly half, or $193,452 has
been paid, back, according to figures
on the board's record. It la consld-
ared significant of an Improved farm
11 condition In the state that every
loaa paid back has been paid In full
FEAR NAVY
PLANE 1051
IN PACIFIC
No Trace of Missing P.N-9 No.
1 Found By Searching Fleet
Skies Clear, But Moon
light Proves Handicap at
Night Reports' of Flares
Seen Prove False. '.'
MONOLUL. Sept. 3. (A P.) For
tho second time since naval Hurfaco
and aircraft took up their unreloting
vigil in search of the mtuaing PN-9
No. 1 and Ita crew, dawn broke over
the now peacefully calm waters of tho ,
tropical mld-Paclfic sea which still
kept secret the destiny of the seapiano
and ita crow.
c,ear Bk,0H aided ,he a,p and watep
craft in thelP 8earch today, but tho
hampered by the moonlight reflecting
on the waters, which limited vlsabillty
KO to Prevent sight of any possible
I flare which might be sent up by tho
missing seapiano. Just before-mid-
I night the destroyer Aroostook re-
ported:
"Think I soe a flare ahead."
. Tho Aroostook steamed at
' l" m u
rtui.a Kit ni I I Jiiaa nnihinif t ' ,' ,
."" v" " . " '-. , , ,-.
' SAN PrtANCISCO, Sopt. 3.-(A, P.)
I Search 'for the iniaslng naval sea-
I'laiio l'N- Nol and crow which i
"ai"sapl)eaTed"ln ntltf-PaclHCvTuesimy?.ft
afternoon aftor riding along on tho
high hopo of reaching Houoluluon- it"
rocord making flight, continued to-.
day after over night reports to nuval
headquarters from searching surface
and aircraft brought . only routlno
fear that the missing plane and Its
crow might not bo found, naval of-
fleers today had explored the field of
,.- . M;rmlui what hud
Rodgors in charge of tho craft, caus-
Casualties of the
x Air Service '
,.., A.-l.w.irvln.
' .'..'.. .. u....
. . . .. . .
monil u. abboo, u passonger,, wui.i
kl"d during the noon hour today
cra""fd l"V0 foct tu W." fle'"'
' ' " " " '
mIhsIiuj Mall Piano rount ZiV
. ciIICAtiq. Sept. 8.-(A. , . JM-t-i
pOHmi nnd air malt employees here
,ad the oastbound air mall, 'which
h.n i,nn ri,neieii inat. had reached
Its eastern terminus un hour and. five
'minutes iihend of timo today.
BEING PAID IN FULL
with the exception of two loans In
Morrow county that have been par
tially paid. A survey In the several
eountlos Indicates that the stale will
bo repaid ovory dollar. All payments
are due by January 1 next, and no
further hftna aro authorised,
Aa fast aa tho money Is repaid to
tho state It Is turned back to the
World War Veterans state aid fund
and reinvested, :
I