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il Veu AH the News Have the Altbbna -Mirror Delivered to by a Boute Caffiej. Afs fat tttt State Convention at ESTABLISHED JUNE 13, 1374. ALfOdNA, MONDAY EVENING, AtJGUSf is, FOURTEEN PAGES-PfJtCE WEDNESDAY TO BE DOLLARDAY HERE Quarterly Trade Event of Altoona Booster Association Merchants Promises to Be Greatest In Kistory. INDUCEMENTS TO TRADE HERE ARE WITHOUT LIMIT Parking Restrictions Are Raised for Day and Prospective Customers Are to Be Feted With Fine Music. Wednesday will be summer Dollar day in Altoona.

It combines, this week, with the customary Suburban tlay, long sponsored, as is Dollar day, by the members of the Altoona Booster nsoclation. Dollar day, a success with local merchants from the time of its inception, gives promise this time tii outdo all former attempts at making this a real event In shopping. Every class of business is included in Dollar day. Somebody naeds something' every day In the year but there are times when it pays to plan In advance, needs for the days, weeks or months which follow. This is one of those times.

Il is the day on which the dollar will be king. There are a thousand and one articles which ordinarily cost a great deal more than a dollar; articles which usually cost a dollar or more thai be on sale several for a dollar; and there are articles which cost many times one dollar upon which gjeat i eductions are made, all on dollar basis. It will be the ai'u of the Booster merchants to place before the public a display oE useful, seasonable mci- chaiidlse that will attract the eye and the pocketbook and nil needs very often long neglected. People are aware by the, long continued success of these wales that it is not intending in any 'particular to dump a lot of shoddy or Biielf worn merchandise on the public, but to 1111 important needs wltli good goods. 1'repiinitlons Made.

rrcparutloiiH are made for Dollar day sales, lixperience of tho earlier sales Indicated to Booster merclianl.8 the. advisability of having complete stocks. There cannot be any particular 1 Everything is leader rtiul there is ample of everything to lill the demands of those who shop on Dollar day. It will thus mat- so much whether one shops early iii the morning or the late afternoon. 't'flje dollar bargains will continue to the close.

Of course, It Is impossible to anticipate the exact noeds of all, for there tiro times when there is a "run" on some particular article that is bound to deplete the stock before tho day Is done. For that and numerous other reasons, it might bo advisable, pHi-tlc- ulurly for the out-of-town people, to cot hero early. Once here and properly parked, the Suburbanites will llnd t'hemselvcs undisturbed for tho entire day, for tho police department of the city has suspended parking regulations for the day. Natural there are a few restricted ni-oan where parking cannot be allowed and where state laws require parking restrictions at all times, but for the most part, parking is unlimited. This is a fact which will appeal to great many people, worried almost lu tears, sometimes and in sumo placen, to get, B.

convenient and safe parking Everything will be convenient and safe in Altoona on Wednesday. Send Word All About, The Booster association has largely widened Its invitation, or rather its insistence, on people coming here this year, tlood roads all center in thio i'ily now. There is not a point of the compass now but from which people may drive right into the city on liard surfaced roads. JSven up in northern Cambria county where peo- plo have BO long knocked at the doom of Altoona, they now llnd a.now concrete ribbon leading all tho way In Philipsburg, by way of northern Cumbria county. What is true of that is true also of the highways loading in all other directions and it is certain that a great many people from a great many communities, far removed as inllea count, from Altoona, will bo here on Wednesday to participate (u Hie bargains which the Booster merchants have to offer.

I It would seem a loss of time anil to recount the type of people Ipttillaled with the Altouna Boosters. There is nothing missing. Shoppers can llnd an array of merchandise which covers everything known to the itiorvuntile world, in great ((iiantltlua, at reduced prices, if not alone for a dollar; than when they lire shopping, they may eat in a Booster restaurant or be entertained in a Booster theatre. 11. la wise always, when i-oming over town or lulu town, to shop on Dollar day, to look for the yellow sign mi the windows.

That indicates membership in the Boosters and hence the best of fair treatment. IS SLIPPERY, I'leiity of As It: the placing of hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of line, seasonable merchandise on the county for a dollar on VVednesday would not ((Jcinlimicd on Pago Index to Today's News Page to have charge of office. Page Society, church and fraternal news, Page 8 Crossword puzzle. 6 Correspondence. Page the business world of lo- d.iv- Pago Kditiirial, Timely Touica, The Haunlcrei, olu.

Page 9-Llmlj saved by first aid work errorgram. Page Markets and liniincia! news. Jl -S'Jorla. 8e3 and Classillcd adver- Page "Out Our Way," by Williams. Atafty Oafs Ditched Along; Highway, Mckeo's Gap to Itoarlng Spring.

The acid test of a detour is when it rains. Rough spots can be dragged out'; narrow points may be widened; dust may be allayed with application of oil, but whin it i-aina, oil is different. Automobilists required to use the four-mile detour from the tipper end of McKee's Gap to get to Roaring Spring found out something about detours yesterday. The detour road was pretty good until It got dusty, then pleasure in driving over it ceased. Then the state, heeding appeals for oil, put some dust-down' upon It.

This helped. Hut this wore out ancT eventually, some ten days ago, another coat of oil was applied. This helped again. But then It rained. Then It surely did get into a bad condition.

Yesterday was the tirst real taste, for the earlier shower just sort ran off, the road being highly crowned. But the rain of yesterday was slow enough to sink In and It did most thoroughly mix up things, water, oil and loose dust making an ingredient more slippery than the proverbial eel's back. Late yesterday afternoon and more particularly last night, cars in great numbers were ditched all along the way, for as soon as a car forced slightly to the side of the road, into the ditch it went. No one was hurt nor any cars badly damaged, but to get out was a hard task. State highway employes went to'the scene and rendered assistance, finally.

The sun today put the road in good shape. SHOPMEN INJURED IN WRECK OF CAR Thomas Feeney of 1707 Sixth Avenue In Critical Condition as Result of Fracture of Vertebrae. One man is in a critical condition at the Mercy hospital while another is being treated in the hospital dispensary for painful lacerations as the result of an automobile accident about 11 o'clock Saturday night on the Cres- tjon-Uallltztn highway. The most seriously injured la Thomas Feeney, uged 45, of 1707 Sixth avenue, who suffered a fracture of the lUth vertebrae of his back, Uiu fracture resulting, it is believed, in pressure on his spinal cord. He also suffered a Hevorc laceration of the scalp.

C. B. Ross, aged CD, of 312 lijast Hag- crty street, suffered severe lacerations of the forehead and scalp, eight Htltchcs being required to close tho wounds with two rubber drains inserted In the wounds. The driver of the automobile, Willian I. Bell of 811 Sixth avenue, Junl- ata, escaped with but a few minor bruises and lacerations.

The accident occurred, according to Mr. Ross, as the Bell automobile was descending a slight grade. The machine began wabbling on tho road and it is the belief of the occupants of the car that a wheel oame oft. The machine ran to the side of tho road and turned over several times. When Mr.

Rosa recovered conscious- nous after the wreck ho was lying Home distance 'from the road and about 100 feet from the automobile, which had continued on its way after he waa thrown from the machine. He had been unconscious for some minutes, a.t least, since other motorists were already assisting Feeney and Bell. All three occupants were placed in other cars and taken to Cresson where they were treated by a physician who recommended tho admission of Mr. Fccney to a hospital. The injured men were brought to tho city by the inotor- who first RBstalecP them, Feeney being admitted to the- Mercy hospital at o'clock yesterday morning.

The men, according to ROSH, had left the city about 10 o'clock for a ride, after having been together for an hour during 1 the evening. At the time of the iicciclont they were en route to the Buckhoru road to return to tho city. The seriousness of Feeney's injuries was disclosed by an X-ray examination made at the hospital this morning. He is suffering considerable pain and members of his family are at his bed- Hide. The man is employed as a machinist by the railroad company.

EDDIE SCHNEIDER ON LAST LAP OF FLIGHT ALBUQUERQUE, N. Aug. JSddio Schneider, youthful eastern pilot, look off today from Albuquerque for Los Angeles on his attempt to break the transcontinental junior, flight record. Schneider arrived here at 5.55 a. M.

S. T. from Santa Rosa, N. where he made a forced landing last night. He left for Loa Angeles at 8.05 H.

hoping to reach the coast city In one hop. TVItONK MEN INJUH1CD. W1LKINSBURG, Aug. Three men, Gordon Van Tries, aged 35, and his brother, Thomas, aged Ii3, of Tyrone, and Hugh McGlyne, ageil 40, of Indiana, were? injured in an automobile collision on the William Penn Highway, near here, today. OFFICIALS GO TO YORK CONVENTION Most of the local city officials who will attend the convention of the Lengue of Cities of tho Third Class this week at York left for that place at noo-i today.

City Commissioner Charles E. Rhodes will not go until tomorrow. Officials staled before leaving that it not a purt of their program to make a bid for next year's convention for Altotma, although tlioy will not turn it down if thu opportunity is presented for obtaining it. This convention lias not been held in Altoona since 1908, which was tho tii-st year of the last administration of the late Mayor S. M.

Hoyer. Until the new City hull was built the city did not have the facilities for properly entertaining the convention and since the building has been occupied they have found such a keen rivalry for I he honor ot entertaining the convention lhal they have been obliged to City Kngiiieer H. J. Baum returned yesterday from a vacation trip to his boyhood Uomu in Iowa and today lie accompanied Uie other officials to Vork. Mr.

Baum and Commissioner Bonce Keatley are on the program for addresses at the convention during the LODGE BUILDING BURNSJOJROUND Two-story Frame Structure at Blue Knob, Ovmed toy 0. S. of Destroyed In Early Morning Fire. FAMILY OF SIX LEKT HOMELESS IN BLAZE Mr. and Mrs.

Clarence Eckard and Four Children Forced to Flee for Lives, Attired Only In Night Clothing. A family of six persons was rendered homeless and forced to tlee for their lives when a two-story frame building, owned by P. O. S. of A.

lodge, No. 643, in the village of Blue Knob was entirely destroyed by lire about 4 o'clock Sunday morning. Losses, approximating more than are entailed in the blaze, the origin of which has not been determined, although several theories have been advanced relative to the lire's inception. A bolt of lightning may have hit the structure and started the disastrous lire, which was discovered during the progress of a severe rain storm. The blaze also may have resulted from a cigar or elgaret being dropped by one of the -lodge members during a meeting hold Saturday night in their rooms on the second Boor of the building.

The odor of smoke aroused Mr. and Mrs. Clarence ISckard and their tour children, who tenanted the dwelling which adjoined the lodge building directly at the rear. Upon going to the lirst floor of their home, they found the structure tilled with dense, smoke. i-'lce In Night Attire.

Realizing the dangers that confronted them in delaying their exit from the blazing building, the family of made their way to the street, attired only in their night clothing. Mr. Eclcard Immediately wont to tho home of his employer, R. B. Long, lumber dealer, nearby and Mr.

Long in turn notiHed neighbors by telephone of the blaze which by that time had enveloped the entire second floor sections of the lodge building. More than a score of men gathered on the scene and managed to save a small portion of the Eckard family's household goods on the lirst floor. None of the furnishings and personal effects of the family was removed from the second floor, dud to the lire blocking all in this direction. The building was- of frame weatherboard construction, with hemlock and pine being used when It was built more thirty-live years ago by the lodge members. The structure was enlarged some years ago with a dwelling being joined to it at the rear and it was in this section that the Eckard family resided.

Burns lilke Tinder. Valiant efforts on the part of the men of the community to check the blaze proved fruitless with the structure burning like tinder. Rain, which was falling while the (ire was raging, failed to check the progress of the blaae and but little time elapsed before the building was reduced to ashes. Tables, chairs, books and other valuable property owned by the P. O.

S. (Continued on page 10.) 300 PERSONS RESCUED AT SEA Steamship Ventura is Sailing: for Pago Pago With Passengers and of Disabled Steamer Tahiti. CAPTAIN WRITES BRIEF STORY OF HEROIC FEAT Fifteen-word Message Con veys News. -That All Lives Are Ship Reached Just In Time. (By United Press.) PAGO PAGO, Samoa, Aug.

steamship Tahiti, on which 300 persons sailed gaily northward from Wellington for San Francisco 'six days ago rolled under a heavy swell in the south Pacillc today, shattered anc abandoned after rescue of her passengers and crew. Aboard the Matson steamer Ventura, the 173 adult passengers and two in- i'ants who sailed on tho Tahiti of the Union Steamship company, were safe after many hours in which the disabled and water-filled ship on which they left Wellington was' pounded by a strong-running sea. Tho Ventura, speeding from the scene of the rescue toward Pago, had ended another heroic mission of the coral-reefed southern seas, and her master, Captain W. R. Meyer, wrote his version of the thrilling story.

Bends Brief Mesuagc. "Ventura has taken all passengers and crew from Tahiti and abandoned vessel," was the message he handed his radio operator. "Ventura proceeding Pago Pago." Qaptain Meyer's fifteen-word message was the climax of a desperate battle to reach and save the sinking passenger liner. Since Friday morning the Tahiti had been disabled and drifting some 1,301) miles out from Wellington a.nd 500 or 600 miles south and east of Harotonga of the Cook islands group. Her starboard propeller was useless, the shaft broken and water surged into her holds faster than the crew could pump it out.

Auks lor Assistance. Messages asking for assistance were followed by advices that the ship's condition was becoming momentarily more serious, the Norwegian freightei Pcnybrin steamed to the scene. The Tahiti was leaking badly and wallowing in the heavy sea when the Peny- brin came alongside at 9.30 p. last night, 5 a. Sunday, E.

S. T. The clear, however, anc Captain Totten of tho Tahiti decided to wait until dawn before attempting to transfer the passengers. With the Penybrin standing by, the Tahiti was Informed that the Ventura was approaching at full speed and the Union (Continued on page 10.) lUUUBWAY PLANTS STAK V. RIDGEWAY, Aug.

Elk Tanning company's new sole cutting plant, just erected, is being made for operation next Monday. A force of twenty-five men now working will eventually be increased io 150 as the business warrants. Tho Viking Art plant, being here from Jamestown, N. is making progress in getting ready for operations. NEW MILK LAW IS EFFECTIVE SOON Pasteurizing Plan Will Be Made to Apply to All Boroughs, Towns and Townships In Near Future, Under the provisions of an act of assembly that was approved by Governor Fisher on May 2 last year tho plan of safeguarding milk supplies Uy pasteurization, such as has been in vogue Altoona and other cities the past sisteen years will be extended to nil the towns In the county as well as throughout tho atate in the near future, The state board which has tho responsibility of enforcing the provisions of the act has held oft putting it Into effect, for it is wull understood that its general effect will be to put some of the milk dealers serving the smaller towns out of business.

When pasteurization was started in Altoona there were seventy-one dealers in the city; today there are forty-six. However, the state board has decreed that applications for permits to sell milk must be Illed not later than Sept. 1, so that it will probably not be long thereafter until the enforcement will be started. Agents of the department were In Blair county during the past few weeks making inspections of plants of those who had filed applications for permits up to that time. Under tho new law which applies to every city, borough, town or township milk must either be pasteurized or certified, while raw milk may be sold only after cattle have been examined in accordance with the rules of the state department of agriculture and when they are fed, watered, housed und cared for in such -i manner that the milk will be clean and free from disease producing organisms.

These regulations are so rigid, however, that they practically rule out raw milk and small dealers in the towns who will find it too expensive to install plarits for pasteurizing will thus be forced to quit the business. The new act does not affect AHoona (Continued on puge 10.) WUUKl'Y t'OUKCAST. PITTSBURGH. Aug. outlook for the period Monday, Aug.

IS, to Saturday, Aug. 23, inclusive: Western will be in the interior at the beginning of the week, again about Wednesday, and again about Saturday. Temperatures will be moderate. rlTTSBURGH WOMAN KILLEDJN CRASH Donald Hazel, Johnstown Youth, Held In Bedford Jail on Charges of Manslaughter Following Fatality. (Special to Altoona Mirror.) BEDFORD, Aug.

Hazel, aged 20, of BJ1 Grove street, Johnstown, is lodged in the county jail here, pending a hearing before Justice of the Peace Harry Clark on charge of manslaughter growing out of a futalautoniobile wreck which occurred near Pleasandville yesterday after- upon. Mrs. Evelyn S. Hargraves, aged 36, of 1M7 Halknt Place, Pittsburgh, was fatally injured when the automobile driven by her husband, W. S.

Hargraves, wus struck by the machine operated by Hazel, when the latter driver attempted to pass another car about a mile nortliwest of Pleasantville on the new section of route No. 56 which wag just recently opened to traffic. Mrs. Hargraves died ul o'clock yesterday afternoon at the VVindber hospital about live minutes after being admitted. Her jugular vein was severed us was the parotid artery, these injuries resulting from being cut by flying glass.

Jlr. and Mrs. Margraves were en route to tlieir home in Pittsburgh after a vacation trip to Chesapeake bay. Their car was traveling west on the new highway, leading from Cessna, Bedford county, into VVindber, when it was struck by the Hazel youth's car. Mr.

Hargraves is a patient in the Windber hospital, suffering from deep lacerations of the lace and chest and also bruises of both knees. His condition was reported as fair today. Miss Arvilla Kiuzey of Johnstown, who was a passenger in Hie Hazel car, suffered deep bruises of both knees und after receiving treatment by a physician waa -removed to her home. Hazel escaped injury. Investigation of the fatality by Corporal Cot-bin and Patrolman Burket of the Bedford highway patrol sub-station resulted in Hazel's arrest on a warrant issued by Squire Clark here.

FOKUCAST. WASHINGTON, 0. AUK. Western tonight; Tuesday, partly cloudy; not much change in temperature. Eastern cloudy, cooler in south portion tonight; Tuesday, partly cloudy; moderate north winds.

Lindy Is Honored at White House DROUGHT RELIEF SOON TOUNCTIOl Another official honor from the nation was conferred upon Colonel Charles A. iindbergh at the ceremony pictured above on the White House lawn lit Washington. It was a special congressional medal, awarded "In commemoration of his achievements in aviation." Shown, left to right, are Mrs. Hoover, Colonel Lindbergh, President Hoover, Mrs. Lindbergh, and Colonel Campbell B.

Hodges, White House military aide. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon may be seen standing behind Mrs. Lindbergh and Colonel Hodges. STATE REPUBLICAN RANKS JITTERED Pinchot's Attack on Organization and Counter-attack by Brown Bring Task of Restoring Harmony. By T.

J. O'CONNELL, Stuff Correspondent. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. Pinchot's attack on the Philadelphia Republican organization, and the counter-attack by Francis Shunk Brown, who accused the Pinchot forces of "stealing" ballots. in the recent primary election, appeared today to have brought the state organization face to face with the problem of restoring harmony in its badly shattered ranks.

Saturday's Republican rally at Fogelsville, Lehigh county, was to have been a love feast. Instead it appeared today to have, split the party wide open, the question of. united Support for Pinchot still in the air. Gifford Ptnchot, who the gubernatorial nomination in the May primary, delivered one of his typical attacks on the Philadelphia Republican organization and accused "certain disgruntled politicians" of conspiring with certain public utility figures in an attempt to elect as governor John M. Hemphill, gubernatorial candidate of the Democratic and Liberal parties.

Pinchot had scarcely taken his seat when Frncis Shunk Brown, former attorney general, who was backed for the gubernatorial nomination by the Vare-Mellon factions, took Hie stage and created a sensation by declaring that 100,000 votes were stolen (throughout the state and credited to Pinchot. He further charged that in one county alone 17,000 votes, marked for Thomas W. Phillips, wet Republican candidate, were credited to Pinchot. The bitterness which permeates Republican circles was amply manifested at the Fogelville rally. While Brown was speaking cheers, jeers and cat-calls rang from the audience and feeling ran In political circles here it was regarded as certain that Pinchot's attack on the Philadelphia organization will (Continued on page 10.) TWO ARE SUSPENDED'BY PROHIBITION DIRECTOR WASHINGTON, D.

campaign of Prohibition Director A. W. Woodcock to raise the standird of enforcement policies resulted today in the suspension of two enforcement officers for violations of the new code. Agent Robert F. Merkle of Milwaukee, was suspended for (Ive days for drawing a gun In a traffic dispute with William A.

French in Milwaukee on July 29. Agent Basil Quinn of Washington, D. was suspended for th'e- same period for striking Thomas E. Qutnlan during an argument over ight of way in the capital on July 16. "This is in line," Woodcock said, 'with the effort to raise the standards of the service." Five days' suspension represents a 'oss of $35 to each of the agents.

Woodcock said other charges involving tho use of a gun were pending against Merkle and were being investigated. SIX COMPETING IN WOMEN'S AIR RACE (By United Press.) SAN DIEGO, Aug. of.Amer- ca's foremost women fliers, steeled for a gruelling test of speed and endurance across desert and prairie, took their airplanes over the starting line today for the second and third laps in the 1930 national women's air derby. Gladys O'Dounell of Long Beach, one of the favorites to win the prize race from her home city Chicago, led her competitors on first lap, Long Beach to San Diego. Mrs.

O'Domioll, winner of six of the seven races she has entered in the last year and second in the 1U2D women's dreby, negotiated the dis- of approximately 100 miles in J2 minutes, iil seconds. In accordance with air derby cus- Mrs. O'Dounell's craft was the irst to taxi across the starting line today for thu second control point at Cttlif. The start was at 10 a. P.

S. and they were due to reach Calexico about 1 p. m. At 2.20 p. they will start for Phoenix, to stop for the uiglit.

BUREAU STATISTICS INDICATE NO EVIDENCE QE PROFITEERING By WILLIAM HARD, Staff Correspondent. (Copyright, 1930, by Altoona Mirror. WASHINGTON, D. Aug. The bureau of labor statistics of the United States- department of labor announced today that on July 15 the retail prices of food to the ultimate consumer had gone down a per cent in a month.

This was Contrasted by political observers here with the statement of the department of agriculture to the effect that in the same month the prices of farm products, as received by the farmer, had gone down 10 per cent. This gap between a 10 per cent drop for the farmer and only a per cent drop for the ultimate consumer led to revived talk here of alleged profiteering on the route from the farmer to the consumer 'as a result of the drought. No general convincing evidence, however, of any such profiteering in any unusual or unwarranted sense has come to the notice of the federal authorities. Officials of the bureau of agricultural economics of the depart of stated today, that, there Is always "lag" -between, a drop in wholesale prices and the ensuing drop at the counters of retail stores. They said htat the "lag" at this time did not seem exceptionally slow, although in recent years, in consequence of modern stable-price retail methods the "lag" has been somewhat slower than it used to be.

The bureau of agricultural economics continues to state that its own survey of retail rices in the leading markets of the country discloses no undue advances made in prices by retail market operators. It points out that at this time of year there are always some small advances in certain commodities in consequence of the shift from early truck products grown in the south to later products of the same varieties grown in the north. Aside from this customary seasonal slight upward trend in such items the bureau of agricultural economics notes no retail price changes of general statistical consequence. It holds that cases of profiteering do not approach the proportions of a national problem but are local and sporadic and must be checked by action of the authorities of states and cities. At the White House it was similarly stated today that no instances of criminal conspiracies for the advancing of prices in consequence of the popular apprehensions caused by the drouth had been to the federal government either by private citizens or by its own investigating agents anc that accordingly the department of (Continued on Page 3) EIGHT ARE DEAD IN AUTO MISHAPS i Western Pennsylvania Scene of Fatal Accidents Over Parents and Four Children Injured.

(By United Prosa.) Eight persons were killed and more than a score injured in automobile accidents in western Pennsylvania over the week-end, a United Press checkup revealed today. Four children were killed and their parents injured yesterday when tho automobile in which, they were riding collided with a.truck, near Saegertown in the Saegertown-Meadville road. The dead were the four children of Matthew Haley of Glassport: Mercedes, aged 11; Lettie, aged Mildred, aged 4, and James Ronald, aged 3 months. Haley and his wife are in critical condition in the Meadville hospital. Elmer L.

Kidd of Burton, driver of the truck, was absolved of blame for the accident following a coroner's inquest. Charles Mazouri, aged 15, of Wilson, was killed when he was struck by an automobile driven by Lawrence Allen of Clairton, while crossing a street in Wilson. Allen was for the coroner. Mrs. William G.

Hargrave, aged 36, of Pittsburgh, was killed and her husband was injured when their automobile collided with another car on Wind- tier hill, near Pleasantville, Pa. Donald Hazell of Johnstown, driver of the other car, escaped Injury. George Scell of Pittsburgh was billed and Horace Marshall of Montpelier, driver of the automobile which they were riding, was injured, when their car plunged down a 150- foot hillside in Pittsburgh. The men, brothers-in-law, were en route to Me- Keesport to visit friends. David Cowan, aged 56, of Portage, executive member of District No.

2, United Mine Workers of America, was killed and Edward R. Johnstone, aged 57, of Pittsburgh seriously injured, when their automobile was forced from the road near South Fork. M. SCHWAB GOES EAST. Charlea M.

Schwab, steel magnate, who is summering at his home at Loretto, came to Altoona yesterday morning and went east to New York as a passenger on the Gotham Limited. He greeted the station employes and said that he waa looking forward to his coming here on Tuesday Aug. 26, to attend the dinner meeting of the joint civic and business clubs. ENDURANCE FLIGHT IS FINALLY ENDED Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brine Bring "Gre'ater St. Louis" Down After Being Aloft for 647 Hours.

By LKLANJJ CHESLK1' Stuff Correspondent ST. LOUIS, Aug. Jackson and Forrest O'Brine, once more the world's champion refueling endurance fliers, were disappointed today because hadn't materialized from their effort. By making a safe landing in the monoplane "The Greater St. Louis" at 6.39.30 a.

C. S. yesterday after a flight of 647 hours, the fliers won back the title which they lost to the Hunter brothers last month. They had surpassed the Hunters' time by more than ninety-three hours. Both blamed a crack in the motor crankcase for their descent.

Oil splashed out over the cabin windows and motor and soaked into the magneto, short circuiting it, Jackson said. William Pickens, their promotion manager, said the fliers would have brought the plane down yesterday "even if the motor hadn't cracked" because of disappointment over the financial rewards. Jackson and O'Brine denied, however, that the question of money had anything to do with their landing. There were contracts, either signed or offered, totalling $39,000 for advertising, movie talks, and state fair appearances, but the men had gone aloft with the $200,000 idea in mind and were disappointed. The official time of the flight was announced as 647 hours, 28 minutes and 30 seconds.

It was estimated the plane had flown 42,000 miles and the propelloi- revolved 52,000,000 Limes. More than 6,500 gallons of gasoline were consumed and 147 retueling contacts made by the plane "Patsy Ann." SCHWAB DINNER PLANS ARE BEING WORKED OUT -I MILLION KOT. CHATTANOOGA. Aug. The Herges-Walsh-Weidner Boiler company of this city has been awarded a $1.000,000 boiler coutraet.

It is part of the UOO.OOO contract let the Brooklyn Edison v.ompauy. Nearly 100 rarp nf will be required to lill the order. i IN I'KllSlA. TEHERAN, Persia, Aug lution has broken out in Shiraz, Persia, it was reported here today. Several officers and 20 government 1 troops were reported killed.

Everything seems to be in readiness for the reception of Charles M. Schwab, president of the board of directors of the Bethlehem Steel corporation, on the occasion of his expected visit to this city on Tuesday, Aug. 26. The dinner will be served at the Penn-Alto hotel at 6.30 o'clock in the evening and acceptances from all service clubs invited by the Chamber of Commerce to join in the affair are all in. Mr.

Schwab will talk on a variety of subjects, it is expected, but the central theme will hinge about present and future business conditions, as he is able to scent them. The invitation extended to near Mr. Schwab is not con- tined to club members by any means; any person desiring is welcome and tickets are obtainable at the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce. The only matter which seems most important now. according to Manager H.

King MaivKarlune ol the Chamber, who has been working 30 hard for the success of the dinner, is to make reservations early. Mr. Schwab is known as a very interesting speaker and, lu his business, is a. veritable b4.rometer of industrial conditions. He will be worth hearing.

President Returns Rapidan Camp Confident That Organization Witf Start Its Work Promptly. BYRD'S BROTHER NAMED VIRGINIA'S CHAIRMAN Executive Holds Further ference With Secretary of Agriculture and Chairman of Farm Board. By PA lit. B. MALLON, Staff Correspondent.

ORANGE, Aug. Hoover returned to the capital front his Rapidan camp today confident that relief organization would be ready to function within a. day or two. Word of the appointment of former Governor Harry Byrd, brother of thu Polar explorer, as chairman of ginia's relief committee, waa received by Mr. Hoover at his mountain camp yester'day.

Richmond's proximity to Washington enabled Governor John Os Pollard to be the first to name a chair- man under the plan arranged at last week's governors' conference In capital. However, completion of all of twelve state committees which will cooperate with the federal government under the set-up arranged by Mr. Hoover, is expected today or tomorrow. Further Discussions. Further discussions on drought relief were carried on during the president's week-end at his retreat on the Rapidan.

Conferences were held with Secretary of Agriculture Hyde and Chairman Legge of the federal farm board concerning the progress of the relief program for the twelve acutely affected states. It is expected that henceforth most of the national relief work will be handled through interchange of communications, although financial relief experts from each of the affected states will meet soon in Washington with the farm loan board and other federal credit agencies. Commercial aviation and ita problems also was discussed at the presidential camp again yesterday, Mr. Hoover continuing the conference bo- gun Saturday with Charles A. Lindbergh and departmental air chiefs.

No announcements were forthcoming after the meeting. Blankets In Order. PITTSBURGH, Aug. blankets again will be in order for'to-" night's sleep if the United States weather bureau's forecast- Pennsylvania "hits the Temperatures of bet-ween 50 and 85 degrees above zero are predicted for the western end of the state for tonight. The thermometer will not rise above 75 or 80 degrees tomorrow, according to the weather bureau.

4fo rains are expected in the next thirty-six hours. CHILDREN BURNED, Break Through Ash Crust Over Smoldering Coals at City Dump. Two children were painfully burned shortly before o'clock this morning when they broke through the crust under which the ashes at the city dump at Eleventh avenue and Twenty-sixth street, have been smoldering for the past several months. The children. James Burkhart, aged of 2T11 South Tenth avenua, andl Nora Hewitt, aged 8, of 2713 South Tenth avenue, are both patients at the Mercy hospital, where they taken when their predicament -was dla'- covered by the father of the Burkhart- boy.

Both suffered painful second and third' degree burns of both feet, skin being blistered and broken. children had been rummaging among the cans and articles thrown at the dump during the morning and without realizing "their danger wandered over the ashes covering the hot coals. EXPLODING OIL HEATER DAMAGES HOME SLIGHTLY Fire caused by an exploding oil heater in a home recently purchased on California avenue, near Canan tion, by Mrs. Erna StiSler, last evening at 7.30 o'clock caused about $50 worth of damage. Fred Stiffler, a son of the owner of the houae, waa in the cellar of thf house at the time heatinff some water when, it is believed, he turned on much fuel and the heater Flames communicated with the joiat overhead and also came through a hole in the first floor where wiring had been placed and communi? cated with some stored wallpaper above.

The house was recently purchased, was being renovated and was not yei tenanted, except temporarily, no being in the dwelling last night except Mrs. Stiffler's son. Members of Canan Station volunteer tire company responded and quickly placed thi) flames under control. The EldoradQ company also responded but thai!" services were not required. I'AVEKS MAKE UOOP T1MJ5.

The city's force of highway men, under Superintendent Thomas SUw-r art, performed a speedy piece of worfc Saturday in paving Eleventh alley between Eleventh and Twelfth streets. They finished the job. suning io Eleventh street in the morning, ing at Twelfth street shoitly after 9 o'clock. The distance was 100 feet. The alley will be closed to traffic to? the next two weeks.

WILL ilVK SIM YVOBK. CON NELLS VILLK, Aug. of the ConnelisviUa spur at Pittsburgh West Virginia ra.ilt«44 was a step nearer today a.n the Vanjj Construction company opened here to direct vork on the five- milti link. About 5W men will work on the stretch later this week, tt was said. tUISON litXOVKKS.

WEST ORANOti. N. Aug. Thomas I. Kdison returned to laboratory today attec a.

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