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Today
By Arthur Brisbane
San Francisco Bay
Oakland Airport,
Big Steel Is Here
John D. Saves Trees
(Cutyi'ii:lit by Kin; l-Yiituiua
Syndicate, Inc.)
OAKLAND, Oil.. An..'. 7.
ll.i-n- two lii i-ilics sil mill Innk
I ill citi'll nllicl- ut-russ (In- liny.
i! Onkbin! mid Sun Fniiii-isiii.
.Hid ni-oiiml 1 1n- liiiy the . 1 1 1 i
rilics, lSi-i'Ui'lr.v, Ahuiirihi. Sun
, I, en mil'", I laywarci, etc. I'niti'il.
iis sumi' tiny they will lie, their
ii 1 1 11 1 i til would he 1 .."illll.tll ill.
J iioi-inir politieiil divisions. iliis
is the hiirest pity on the IV
eil'ie Ciiiist. jOs Angeles will
not olijeet to thill, I'm- l.os An
eeles expeets to pass 1 ,."1(11 1,1 II II I
soon.
( liililiiinl, where this is wril
len. is 11 frrciit iiiilnsl ritil, mil
i roml ami aviatinn city. Airships
stiift from hero anil tro every
where. Hast to the land of hiu'
money, north and south to the
lands of promise, and west over
the Pacific. I'lcnty of flying
renin here.
( ;i Mil in 1, one of the first 1 i
cities to rcali.e the iioportaiiee
of fly ins.', has one of the lies!
airports in America and Ihc
only hnlel devilled to aviators
exclusively. It is owned liy I In
city. I'eoplc nut here feel Ilia! I hey
call do si 'liic thiii'.'s 'for them
selves and do not always need a
nrporaliiin to do it. and take
1 Ik- profit, if any.
l-'lyintr, which is here and
over the world to slay, will
linild the west coast as 1 1 1 1 i 1 i r
else could. Men that have a
iiillii'ii, of their own, or under
llieir control, arc loo hnsy In
-i-e this coast, slowly liy rail.
I'liey caiinol apprci'iale It with
mil sceinir it.. Soon they will
ve it from the air.
Kvcry place in the west has
si'iin-thiii"; that no one else has
Sliatrit county, state of Wash
ington, fur instance, jjrmvs s;i
per cent of all the cahhnu'c seed
:-'rown in North and Soiilh
America. ' n would never
have guessed llial.
4
' Another seel inn irrows hay.
so lhicl Ihnt after yon have nil
and piled it in heaps, there is
no i'imiiii to drive the wa-jon
onto the hay field. I o iml
laiieh. The coininaniler of llo
I'niteil States battle fleet, now
anchored in I'liu'et Sound. irniir
antees that stalemenl.
Oakland is proiid of li'-in.
(Com inui'it on I-'our.
Second Scctinll)
i cli.iiue four mm I
heart halm than
b, dnjr up later to he nnat j1!-
Iplt
It . iM'tllT I
l my mmih
n nio r iIiom tlim Ihc lltMi-eelt
t ' nn' thcr whisker are gin'
' he mistaken fer oiin o' the
Huisr sh-Imm-ii they hring buck
from TllM-t hii riml theni-M'lve
-infrl nn' inpMHt up In n tni-
(Copyriyht John K Diilc I'u )
NEAR PANIC
ON STREET!!
ALARMING!
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Stock Prices Collapse When
Discount Rate Is Raised
Millions of Shares Are
Thrown On Market
Some Stocks Drop $35
In As Many Minutes
Recovery Slight.
M:w V(H:K. Auk. vV) The
tmt sueephli; learliu l in iho Ilis
I"iy ..f th .New Vurk block ex
ehaiie, which wiped uiit more than
;i hi I lion dollars in ij noted Viiltieh
in I ' mimnes of trading, took
phice inday as a result of I lie pau
I' ky liijuidaiion of stocks inspired
hy lie unexpected in crease from
to () pel- cent in the New York
Federal Reserve rediscount rate,
the i;ist official hlow ai securities
speculation. Prices of ucores cf
active stocks broke t to $33 a.
share on openinu transactions of
'.ihpm t j:,. shares, hut a hrisk
rally ensued he fore the end of the
first half hour.
Similar reees.-ions in prices took
pl.tce uii Hie Xew York Curb ex
change and in the stock markets
of Huston. I'll ila del phia, t;hicaf:o
and other h-adtm: financial centers.
Taken Ity Surprise.
Wad slre.-t was taken complete
ly hy surprise hy t lie rise in rate,
as ihe retention of the a'- per cent
discount rate hy the Hank of Kiik
land yesterday was accepted as as
surance that no change would b!
made In the Xew York rale on the
theory that Federal Uesetve of
ficials would not want to emhar
rass Mritish hankei-s in their ef
forts if conserve the d wind Hub
Kntrtish t;old KtiiJpIy.
After a collapse of prices, losses
running from 5- to ?ii."0 a share,
fii a delude of selling prom pled
liy tlie Increase from T u ti per etfiit
in the Xew Federal Reserve hank
rediscount . rate, strong yupport
came Into the market for a lime
during the forenoon, a ml many
important issues rallied from $-t to
l" from their lowest levels of the
morning.
I!y noon, however, -the maru'.'t
hegan to waver, and price move
nient.s became highly irregular. I.
S, Steel, which had dropped about
S") at the oem"ng, and began to
regain l's loss, turned decisively
downward in the early afternoon,
increasing its loss to more than
St!,."iO. American Can sold off f'
and West tni: house Manufacturing
At the close of the market,
with transactions totalling ovfr
r. noii.atia, the Hears were in com
plete command.
AM h-adin brokerage Ionises fn
striieied their employes to report
tor work an hour or more earlier
iloin UMinl this nooning, will) lh
i.'solt that the streets of ihe fl
niiucial dish b t wre crowded with
hurrying workers as early as 8
o'clock. Downtown l lephouc ex
changes were swamped with calls
if customers placing orders and
of brokers calling for instructions
and demanding marum on ueak-cio-d
sieculative accounts.
.ii gn at was tlie rus.i to sell thai
m;iny sp"ciaiists Wi fe ci.m)dled to
refuse to accept "stop loss" or
ders, pa it ic ii la liy in odd lots. In
thf case of the highly speciihitive
ssin-s. o p e n i ii n orders wer-"biinelo-d"
and cx-i",it"d in on.
block, several of tin -so running
from ."i.'ohi to LTlIooi -bar'-s.
Final n,notai ions in sonic of llii
mole a live stocks were:
r. s. steel, off 7-: Ccn-
eral .Motors,. '. off -7,; Anar'Ut
ila. 1 off I 1 1 : ''onsfdida'ed
(ins, --U. off T: !t-neral Klcc
trie. "'it!. df H': liadio. itff
J i , . Ainericaii Can. Km1, olf it7i:
Packard. UV4. off Chrysler.
Til. oil : Anicric-illl 'I'elcphntie
J7ti'4. off l'ir,i; MoiitKoinei y Wan!
ins; off 'i'): American K- Foreign
Power. li::"V off ll-: Westing
house Klectric ii:t. off ; Atner
ican titer 'Works, i:il H. oft' o"K :
Wright Aero 1 1 h: . nff Kt i''
s'", oft I U : N'w York Ceitlral
JJ-. off "''i: Katv Common.
oil f K-h k Island Ii'.-'. nff ti.
i:en London Milled.
I.iiMioX. Mil-. -.'V--Th-ie
u i- ;t LeiMMat nri'kiny d'owi ''f
pi i-'t-v on the London s'.-k v
. h.i todii v r i I t ttir from t he-
.HlViMie- of tlo- New V'"k hank
,.,,!, :nrl tovMbilnv of nn early
, of the I.on,!,,!! i:it.- wba h t'-nd-
. to depr.-s m irk-"- all aiound.
nut tP'-re w.t. no mjii of p.inic
lii'-'i ii.in'-ii.tl .M-'jnp. s w i- th
. he f Miff'-i ' i - l!ri'i.i f -itelv,
)ioiie riiN and indo-lii'- p-trtoi-..."d
in Ml doc(.ui.l mow oi- n:
i"i -b-ht mmtv hi Mi" '1"-'
Brys Mutt Wear Shiti
S TA.Vi'OPI) rNlVKH.-'ITV.
: i,v i'eii"tiu oi -tin i.fi
to fie- i oiitrary not w jtli-n'. ohnu.
vTudeal- h-ve must wear MUM 'it:
the (Hinpns. rules Controller Hnh
iij:teul'p d'tmir Hlf-ady l to-Htfi
with relereiife tt) st of t-lt! kIch i o
eds. .1 a.
K 'Dempm-V JlHs fikfUied in
ilo- only riv jiriz" fight win. h
drew more than i i .'.".".i.tjce.
For Five Cent Cup
Coffee, Customer
Shoots Proprietor
ANCKLKS, Aub. l- ;
five cents it stranger
hot ami critically wounded
to urge Lngell. a lunch Miami
operator, last night. t
"(iivu ine a cup of coffee," t
demanded the stranger, i
Kngcll complied. i
"Now try ami got your
nickel," the man sneered. !
Tile proprietor reached for
the eun to take it hark. The i
stranger luiHeit a gun and "t I
fireii. the lmilet entering
limieil's .stomach. !
Hospital authoiities said he 4
has little chance of recovery.
Former Husband of Peggy
Joyce Accused of Adopt
ing Strong Arm Tactics
Wielded Wooden Sandals
In Florida.
CIIICACO, III., Auk. I' . iiV)
James Stanley Joyce, tho third of
Pepgy Hopkins Jovcc'h lnillionair
husbands, was mied lur divorce yes-
. Icrday hy his second wile, Ihe fnr
Imcr .Mrs. U. X. Vail of Now York.
I As in his first divorce, the hill
I charges cruelly,
j .Joyce ami his second wife were
married November 0, HiUfi, five
years after his marriage to the for
mer 1'egK.v HopkiiiK had been dis
solved. Tho first marriage lusted
a Utile over a year.
The second Mt'H. Joyce charges
I that .loyee'K cruelly began when
I they were nn their kccoiuI honey-
moon In Nice, France. Joyce struck
jher then, she cliHrxeH. and a few
j months later in Pal is be kicked her
i on the ankles and struck her on
the back while they were eating
1 in a caie.
Ofhcr cruellies listed In the bill
I included: Throwing drinks in her
face, throwing her across a dance
floor and spainklng her Willi
j wooden sandals at purties at Miami,
i I Ta. ; lighting a match to burn her
lips, burning; them and leaving a
permanent scar; throwing fond In
l.e.r face at a restaurant in Louis
! ville.
The climax came. .Mrs. Joyce al
i leged. in their Chicago apartment
when Joyce struck, choked and
i beat his wife so I hat sb was
I forced to spend a month in a hos
pital. The bill states that Joyce
J was usually drunk when he was
j cruel to her.
i Mrs. Joyce says thai she was
supported in luxurious style until
their saparaMon last May. She on
tlmalnd living cxpensc-H ut $WUino
a year, excluding a monthly per
sonal allowance of Siooo. She hhIs
that her husband be enjoined from
disposing of any property until the
divorce and alimony matter is set
tled. The bill reveals a pre. nuptial
agreement whereby .Mrs. Joyce was
to waive her dower rights and was
to receive ?-;"", 'o one year aftur
his death.
i
TALE OF SLAYING
COl.l'.MHCS. O.. Aug. $.-i..At
t inier the hish of a relentless cross
CAiiimnalion. Ir. .lames f J . Smiol;
jiK-nri today touk the Jury In his
first degree inurder trial through
ilo- intincite and tingle details of
Ins I;im trst with Tbnroa Mix. the
no-do co-ed he shw last June 13.
Pi-.i-.m uloi John J. Chester, who
st;i rted t he cross -cxa in i nut Ion late
csl l 'lay. picked it Up with the
opening of ciiiii't today and soon
hud the former Ohio stnto prnPs
'v d"'-p in Ihe story ut tlie f;it,(i
nigh Chester denuindt.'d an elnb.
ei.iti'.n of the account told y-tn -
I iv in direct exfiinjioilion. snd a'
oio- time ussijined tho rolo of
Tlieom ifix while he and the d--f'lid-int
d inou-'I I aled to the jury
hi--l wloit happeiif-d st the time f
th kill tug and Immediately c-
fore.
Dr. , Snook repeated his deii;l
Mir.t ho recHlhd I'UltliiK tb" girls
fhioa'. the fi-i on hi h the .taie
.j, (l. (,,1- lo -u'-'-t 'tiliiil" it- ' hafge
! l lO'-ili.i t o(i v.ldili - lie. ity
Tot a f!i-t d'giee innnier cotiic
! ion
(nippier springs Surprise
i.o's anci;li;s, ckI.. Aug. --
.V' k Lutxe. young i bb -tgo grap
pier, ciiii'd a Kurpiie victory ov;r
Joe Malcf-wlcj!, ft leg. N. Y.. In-re
!at nicht, taking two fulls out of
thi
!
i
4.
BEING SPANKED
BY HUSBAND IS
DIVORCE CAUSE
CRAVES ATLANTIC IN OPEN BOAT
It -4T V
i f -
David G. Turner, 23, set forth
a 16-foot open boat equipped with
OFFICIAL IEST
County Agent s Office Puts1
Date For General Picking:
Ahead Nearly a Week,
General Picking Expect-;
ecl August 1h First Car.:
, . , , , ,
Pressure tests of the Huiilett ;
crop of I lie Kogue Hiver valley. J
made yesterday hy the county
agent's office, shows IhwL tM pears,
are ripeuiiiK faster, under ideal
weather coiyllllons, than anticipat
ed, ami plck'htf, packing and ship
ping of the crop will start Iho mid
dh' of next week inslead of the
lullowiiiL; .Monday. August
The C - K. group ut orchards,
consisting of seven tracts, will
start picking ami packing next
Wednesday.
Tlie survey of the county OKcnt's
office showed that some of tlie
fruit in some of the orchards is
now ready for picking, but this is
not a general condition.
Th packing plant at Cold Hill,
under the management of (.'larence
I 'a 11 key will start operations next
M otiday. This plant will handle
(he Martlet) shipments of the Cold
tiill and Crnnls J'ass districts.
1 1 . Von lloovonhoig of the Sams
Valley distil, t, started ,js packing
plHiit thf moriiitiK, and expects to
consign the first ear of linrth-tts
if the season from t his sect Ion.
to the nasi tonight. Dave Wood
expects to start the 1'alnier orch
ard locking the first of the week.
The .Soul hern Pacific yesterday
started work on I oca I yard im
provements, per promise. lo be
completed within the week.
Packers and growers report that
Orchard labor is now more plenti
ful 1 hati iit any time in t he lst
three years, with many applo-miis
work listed with the Kedetal
Km ploy no-ill agency.
Baseball Scores
National
j (.'iticinuall I
New York 7
.May and Kukclorih; Kil.sim
moiis and llogin.
Ii. II
i;.
Chicago 2 l:t
IMnliolelpliia (i u
Push and Taylor; Menge, Cidlin
Koupal, Smyllie and Leiain.
11. II. Iv
, ; in o
7li l
KrankhoiiKc, .lohnou
i'li ueli, Swetonic and
SI. Louis
j Pittsburgh
j Mil-loll,
j ami Wilson
i Heiiihlcy,
American
It
II. I
j St . Tiuis
I Chicago . . .
; Collins, f'rowder and
't Ml
I I-'
Schange
I Lyons Kain and Herg, ('rouse.
Wire Report on
the Pear Market
NLU" YOIJK. Aug. ft.- il'.S I).
A l --- Klfl- n C.ilifornl;.. Al.
j iMina. 1 I 'loi iila at i Iv-d. Nfnet-en
' :iltfoi niii tittd Hlfe o(,cr un-
b oh d Sixu . ti i iibfoT nia and 1
joih"n tut iimk Atntlon: C.ili-ff-.ifii.i
Parlbtt-. 1 . L' J ' boXH. b"-il
1 mi t fc It t :, ; onlin ii v.
;i:t H"; rominon. 13 K.-3 1 U .
t.vrge la 7 3.
i CHICAOO. Aug . -iC. SUA
j One Alabama. 2 California arrlv-
4i . II earn fin track, 2 'A cur H'dd,
j 'Uforniii Hart let in. M,m7 ).oX-v
I - flo to ti ', averay? 13 1j.
SHOWS PEARS PLACES
RIPENING FAST FIRST IN
1
surtciiiffd t'rrat rholn
from Boston for Havre, France, In
an outboard motor.
MEDFORD MAN
Seclcy Hall Presents Pro
gram to State Legion
Convention Which Gives
Oregon First Marked Air
ways. SALKM. Ore., auk. ii.
AdiJpth-n of the program outlined
by the aeronautics commiltco of
t he slate department will place
Oregon rirsi in the t'nlled Stales
to have a definite established and
marked -airway system throughout
the utah:. Seeiy V. Hall, chairman,
of Medlord. reported to tho elev
euth annual convent ion of tlie
A imwicati heyiini this morninK.
Mall was unable to attend the con
vention, ihc second he has missed.
All posts- are urged to see that
fields are properly marked and
Ihe name of the city Is painted on
a bulldltm so as to he visible from
an altitude of .3"nM fret, and that
t he ciiiergeney aeronautical enm
mlttee of each post be made a per
manent major com mil tee.
Division of Oregon into six di
vision or airways was recommend
ed. Those outlined in t he report
were:
Coast Airway Marshflebl. North
llend. Co, Meai h, li'imbm, Myrlln
Point', ItertUpMil, Seaside, Tilla
mook and Astoria.
Pacific Skyway Med ford. Ku
Kcue, Salem, Portland, Crants Pass
Itoveburg. CorvulllH, McM Inn ville.
A Ibany. Si I vert on. Oregon City,
A "liia ad, Collage f irove, .1 unction
1 1 V . Dallas and Vernon in.
The Dalh-s - California Polite
Klamath Kalis, Point. Pi inevUle.
It'dmond, Cn-Heenl, Marlras. tirass
;illey ti nd The Dalb s.
' 'out i n I Orcgim pmite PuriiM,
Condon, Ib-ppiM-r, Iikeyfew, Can
yon Cjiy iind i'mterprtse.
Ciduinbia Piver Poute Mood
II ivi-w A i ling ton. 1 1 -r ii list on. Was-
o. Sf. HfleiiH aurl Clatkanie.
ISO PORES! FIRES
illtAXTS PASS. Ore., Aug. p.
j'l'i Two fires In the Pago Creek
d isl r let a ea r Itoiigh and Hetuly
! on-ck in Ilo- lira tils Pass district
jtrr I'epotieii by the Siskiyou I'or-
' exl office h''ie as Under Control,
The HiKkhoii nflice has hroail
( a-t a general warning to tourists
net others thai exceptionally ov
: humidity h;i im reased the Mr..
' lo .a rd in soul bein On-goo forests.
The Noted Dead
DK.WKP.. Aug.
K
M ii lb n, w-hIHi In dot nulling
man. lnd lod.iy. Il
iiis old.
The life -if Mr. Mull
i:t
bai
lioM'ly pai ii lb-b d loif iney, f ititi n-
iil and pbll-tnthiopic affiiliN oi
D- liver a n d Co lot ado for tout ly
i, a yi-ars.
H- i-htahli-hi-d lh- fit-' floor
loib-r toiit-4 Hci.1 or tb" Mi-ihouiI
liM t, 1JCH H,,l hi I" cn-fled
!ln' fliMt guiin ebvnlot In Cohi
liido. In lxT. Mr Mull-ii I."-hmi"
mrfluti'i' of t he t olorado Milling
Klcvfitor i'tlopati', was eect''d
Its president twt
later, and!
u-filehfil th ......t.rti Mlnhit IN
etitiM-ptises intf Nebraska. Kansas
t tab, iduho and Oi' gon
n
nni nnoo I w iirnnn n
10 CHECK ffv ISNEARING
niiM hidi:! n dditaim
uum i niL , i u. uitiinin
Commissioner Doran De
clares He Will Prohibit
Use of Rifles By Dry
Agents, In Certain Dis
tricts Men Must Go
Armed In Most Places
However.
WASIIINCTtlN, AuK. H. (I'J
Prohibition Commissioner Doran
said today he was preparing to
bar I he use of rifles hy prohi
bition agents In several com
munities. J No c h a n g e is contemplated,
! however, In sparsely settled dis
tricts where rifles itrV necessary
for protect Ion of the agents,
j 'the commissioner Haiti no gen-
oral order wottld be issued hm
Ihe would discuss the mailer by
correspondence with bis ad minis
I trators.
I He declined to say what reason
pro in pled h is decision.
iotan said his decision still
would permit aKcnls lo use their
service revolvers in the densely
populated com mil nicies.
I u sparsely set t led tlist rh'ts.
especially In the mountains, the
jiKents, he added, needed rifles
for protection.
The situation In the Detroit area
where one of Ihe aneniM recently
lost his life, be ' continued, was
well In hand.
"We are hetler off Ibere than
we have ever been before." lie
said.
Pistol Hat t hi on Kler
I ) KTIIOIT, A ug. 1). (1) t 'oast
guards and rum runners engaged
in a spectacular pistol and revol
ver battle In the JJctrolt river
early today with crafts of the
rival-forces racing down the mid
dle of tho river less than 10(1 feel
apart. No casualties were report
ed, all hough two of Ihe guards
men had narrow escjipes. The
rum runners escaped to ' Canada
with their cargoes.
The federal fort'es were under
command of Jonah T. Ilagglovo,
chief boatswain's male.
llagglove hulled the three men
In the speed boat, ordering them
lu halt A Volley of shots was
his answer. Haggle ve and tin
two coast guardsmen under his
command om piled their pistols
twice before the runners escaped
toward tho Canadian shore.
One of the rum runner's shots
scorched Vhigglove's neck slightly
while another shot the uniform
cap from one, of tho guurdmen'w
bead.
E
CHIEF KILLED
Chief of Police Schuttc of
Elmwoocl Park, Illinois,
Shot Down As He Shoots
Up Road House During
Drunken Spree.
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. !l. -(!' -Chief
of Police Theodore Hchulte,
in, of Klmwnod Park, III., a sub
nth, was shot and killed early In
day by a county highway police
wlio 1 1 ml been summoned to sup
press a disturbance In a madhouse
across the street, from Ihelr sta
tion. Hchulte, police reported, was
drunk and threatened Ihe highway
policemen when Ihey entered Hi"
place.
Klglit policemen from the Mor
Ion (irove station answered tlie
riot call from Ihe Hans Houcl road
house across Ihe street. 'I hey
found a score of men and women
l guests huddled, to one end of the
;dlplng room.
j A second aflrr they entered
i Hi butte, carrying a pistol In bis
I ha ml, stepped from a side room,
j I lo raised the weapon toward the
highway policemen hut a volley of
shids felled him belon: be. could
I rim.
j William Icsiiin, owner of the
i road bonne, told poller that Si In Hie
frequently had come to the place
j drunk anil created itlsiui banccs
jThls morning, he declared, Hchufte
Iliad fired a bullet info the floor,
after herding the patrons to rim
end of the room.
KlHinalh FallH Cutiit'.i u.-i ion un-
' der way on garage loiildiru t
J Kalrhaven Ilt-lghtit. aljacen; to
Vyerhdi?uer mill Mi.c
DRUNK POLIC
BY SPEED COPS
Operati Jpon
! it v tWi j-.- J
f ft f& . n
Tom Kay
.mi .ti:kal. Aug. S- !
Thomas 11. Kay. state treasurer
of Oregon, was reported today to
he completely recovered from an
opera I ion he underwent In a hos
pital here several days 10:0. Mr.
Kay recent ly arrived n-oin Kng
laml after a 1 y 1 1 1' of Ihe continent
While abroad he suffered an at
tack of ptomain poisonlim.
WILL GET 1930
LEGIONJEET
Eastern Oregon City Has'
Wn Cnmnpfitinn For Next!
Year's Legion Conclave
Bend 'Wins $100 Stunt
Prize 3 Teams Out-
HA LKM, Ore, Aug. 'J. (I)
linker was practically assured the
JU.'H) convention of, ihe Ainerlrnn
Legion at t he ievenlli atlnual
session Kridny morning, a largo
lelegatlon from that post being
the only one to appear before tho
time and place co nit id glee with
an Invitation. The d'ato will bo
decided later ly the now execu
tive omiiiltlee. Delegates from
the eastern Oregon post have bad
as ilte'r slogan ".Mnk'er lo Maker
in '30."
Delegates and alternates got
down (o the liiislnesrt of Ihc con
vention in earnest Krlday, hold
ing over until 12:.10 o'clock be
fore adjourning for the remain
der1 of the day. .
Many resolutions were adopt
ed during the session with the
report of the resolutions ami
id her commit tees and of propos
ed changes in the constitution to
he submitted at the opening of
Ihe closing session Haturduy inorn
Ing. MALUM, Ore., Aug. (VP)
The American Legion stunt team
from I tend took the first award
of $ 1 0i and the second prize of
."i0 was split evenly between the
I ( i i'H tide and t he Palter teams.
In tho sunt contest which was
"-Ii cd u h-d as a feat lire of the
Legion slate convention today.
However, no oilier pouts competed,
the teams from I la I las, Sheridan.
Ihe Dalles and lUUsboro falling
to show.
The IJeml stunt. nsHiMtcd hy the
entire drum corps and band of
BAKER, OREGON
the pod. was a s'-rles of vaudc-fthe center of the activity pi-cpar-vflle
acts under the direction of I tng gas, oil and supplies for the
.lack Davis as Ihe ballyhoo art Is'.. ship.
The part of Hola Hula. Hawaiian 1 11 rrrr t.-
im iii-imk giri. whs i a ice ii ny r ren
Triplet t of (he Item! pied, and
M K. Xanslfkle us Little Neil
did an Oriental dance. Clever
nii'g'e was performed hy Kay
Cold en under the stage name of
' i I Id In I, i-ticcc NHor to I loud hit.
Arthur K, Hill was stunt manager.
La ( ! ramie's stunt was a bur
li'Mine ftp ibe Knur Horsemen,
Pestilence, War, Kamlne and
Death dashing upon the stage rid
ing sllckhoi'Kf. Iii their wake was
the pilot with street cleaning
cifiiipmciif .
The stunt offered by Maker was
a drilling eonlehl by Hi,, bind rock
llllliei S of I he l,i ,cr .on( .
MILU'AI'KKi;, Aug D. bl'j A
new tiauictitiiinental air Hue hav
ing Halifak, . H.. as lis raster
t'liolmil. and Vancouver. II. f as'
the western (k t he sturted aoon,
It u hh f iili'Hiiiifil (odiiy by ( ', ,
Heiri-ld or the Milwaukee Aswiel.
a I ion of Coin nn rce air service
committor alter n conference with
Col. L. II Pritlltt. of Northweid
Airways. Milwaukee will he the
base of operation, he said, aurl the
line will he operated by Northwest
In conjunction with Western Cana
dian Airways. I
Bin nirinihlfl Makns Fxnnl-
I lent Progress May Be in
j Germany Tomorrow-All
j Well On Board- Fried-
i richshafen Starts Prcpa-
! rations For Great Rccep-
: tion Crew and Passengers
IjONDON, Kug.. Au. !i. (P)
faptaln Abbot of the Miltlsh sle.im
stiip KeKtnoru reported hy radio to
the. Associated ITchs that "Iho
(itaf Zeppelin passed at 1 2: ::b C.
M. T. 8: IU A. M. K. S. T.l, nlvor
Ing about north 70 east 17. 5o no.th.
longitude 80.5- west.
From the position report by Iho
captain, tho dirigible had Tlown a
: little more than H - ti miles in Ics'i
than three hours. Its a verm-'-
speed was therefore more than f
miles an hour. The position given
in the Hamburg message is about
miles east of New York and
HIM miles west of Kroidrichshafon.
LONDON. Aug. .lA') A mes
sage received at Croydon, London'
iMrport, at 3 p. m. today (1 a. m.
K. S. T.. staled that the dirlglld"
tiraf Zeppelin was approaching tlm ,
ihigllsh coast.
K H I K I) KICHSHAKKN. (In-
" A"- n. tiiP zeppei.u
works received a direct radio from
the l.iraf Zeppelin giving Us posi
tion at 8 a. m. (li h. m., K. S. T. )
hm 42 north latitude, lu west longi
tude . The message added, "All is
well on board.'
The posit lull given was almo.d.
exactly 1. 78!) miles duo east of
New York L'lty.
V HIED mc'HSHAl'KN. CI e ;-
niHtiv A ii u U.-4P) Tho Zeooeliu
' works hero were ubto at 9 o'clo.-k
i last night to listen with Ihe utmost
clearness lo conversations n board
Iho Oraf Zeppelin and American
muulentloii with Ihe ilirlglhte win
expected Ibis niornlng as It tifjuei
the lurooun coast.
Arrange Ketvfttlon. ,
BKHMN, Aug. It. iPf - Dr.
Hugo T'ckeiier, commander nf tho
(Iruf Zeppelin, today declined by
wireless an Invitation from tho
ministry of transportation to fly
over lterlln on t!ermanyH "Knurl'i
of July," Constitution day, on Au
gust II.
His message indicated be was
certain of reaching Krlrdrlchshuf'-u
Haturduy.
K It f K D It ICHKI1 A KKN, (I e ,
many, Aug. 0. (A) This city t -day
uum In tho midst of a turmoil
of prepural Ion for the brb-f stay
of the Oruf Zeppelin here heforo
It leuves for Tokyo, on 'the second
lap of Us circumnavigation of this
globe.
It was expected Ihe dirigible
would arrive here Saturday even
ing or Sunday morning, ami would
remiflu until Tuesday or Wndms.
day before Hiking off for the h-ss
than ':"l miles which Dr. K. k -euer,
the dirigible's master, ha
described (is the hardest of the en
tire world flight.
Itutchers and bilkers are work
ing overtime lo prepare supplies
for the Influx of guests to hotel.-:,
Inuft ami private houses.
The Zeppelin works here e.
Will Rogers Says:
BKVKKIA" HILLS, fnl ,
Any. !). Sny, Imvc you lim n
rcHtliiig llit'se tirtii'lcs Hint
Mrs, Willcrln'HinM is wrlintr'
If )H tiHvrn 'l ytu nn miss
soiiiolttiiiy. Mr. I 'nliil'.:e
in Ii i s lust,
iirl ii'lt liop
pciL on I Ii v
1 it Ii Ii i e h
(it Wnshiiiw
Inti. N o v
Mal.ct tells
bow piohilH-
tioii in linked with politic
It's too lmi.1 o ti r syslem at
rti(m'ttp tl'Mi't hIIhw every
h(dy to Mpt'tik t Ik whole
truth while they nn in f
fii'e, A high ("hiss Imtitle!
yep ittakoM frieinls wilh n p 1
iticinn In-fur hi rim with h
eUstniiter. In flirt, tllht WdS
out! (iT the first g"ig mcrg-crs,
b'w iummy, politics, find Inwt
kkKKcrs. Yours, '
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