Salmon River Area
Will Be Explored
Gorge Surpasses Grand
Canyon of the Colorado.
Washington.—The Salmon river
canyon In Idaho, one of the largest
primitive areas in the United
States, with a gorge surpassing the
Grand canyon of the Colorado In
depth and Bteepness, will he ex
plored and photographed soon h.v
the Salmon river expedition of the
National Geographic society, ac
cording to an announcement made
by Vice President John Oliver La
Gorce.
The expedition personnel Includes
Philip J. Shenon and John C. Reed
of the U. S. Geological survey;
Maynard Owen Williams, staff rep
resentative of the National Geo
graphic society; Robert Marshall,
naturalist; D. Worth Clark, and
two local boatmen.
Travel Upstream Impossible.
“The Salmon river, which winds
through rugged central Idaho, has
been truly designated the 'River
of No Returns,'" the announce
ment continues. “The falls and
roaring rapids of the swift stream,
and the sheer cliffs and rugged
nes8 of the canyon, make travel up
stream Impossible. Downstream
navigation can be accomplished only
In stout, flat-bottomed boats, rein
forced to withstand numerous col
lisions with boulders In the rap
ids and low falls.
“The source of the river Is In the
rugged sawtooth mountain range
of southern Idaho. For many miles
It flows north. About 20 miles be
low the town of Salmon It turns
westward to enter the main gorge.
The Salmon river expedition will
begin its exploration at Salmon
early In October, working down the
river through the main gorge to
the lower gorge. The latter begins
at Whlteblrd and extends abont 50
miles to the junction of the Salmon
and Snake rivers.
Subjects for Color Camera.
“The wildly beautiful main gorge
of the Salmon river Is one of the
loneliest regions In the country.
For 150 miles along a deep, twist
ing canyon the only settlement Is
an occasional cabin. The rushing
torrent has cut through several
thousand feet of lava (low's and
deep Into older formations beneath.
The canyon’s great depth, 6,000 fee<
In places, permits scientific study
of formations more than a mile
below the original surface of the
main body of granite rock.
“The walls of the canyon Itself
are brilliantly colorful On Big
Greek, In the canyon area, are ex
First Chronometers Are
Shown in London Museum
London.—Four of the famous
chronometers mude by John Harri
son, which were the first Instru
ments Invented to solve the marin
er’s problem of “finding the longi
tude" are on view at the Science
museum at Kensington. They huve
been lent by the British admiralty.
Harrison, according to the mu
seum, was the first to make an In
strument capuble of keeping suffi
ciently accurate time Ht sea, and
It was with these same chronome
ters that he won $100,000 offered by
the British government In 1714 for
a method of determining a vessel’s
longitude to within an accuracy of
30 miles, at the end of a voyage to
the West Indies.
In 1761 Harrison was successful.
His fourth chronometer had aided
In the navigation of a boat to Ja
maica. and at the end of the voyage
It was found to be In error by only
live seconds, w’hlch corresponds to
an error In longitude of one mile.
He won the $100,000, the final In
stallment of the award being paid
him In 1773.
The first three of Harrison’s
chronometers, which were valuable
contributions to the science of nav
igation, were large clocks, each
weighing 50 pounds. The one which
won the prise, however, was small
er, resembling a large watch of
•boat five Inches diameter.
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tensive but little known prehistoric
Indian picture writings that have
not been studied.
“In addition, the forests and flow
ers of the region are expected to
provide excellent subjects for the
color camera. In the Salmon and
the Clearwater mountains, bear,
mountain goat, mountain sheep,
deer, elk and moose roam far from
the usual haunts of man. In addi
tion to salmon, there are several
varieties of fish, including the rare
red fish trout.
“The Salmon river area has an
interesting historical background,
beginning with the Lewis-Clark ex
pedition to the Northwest in 1805.
Stories of Indian warfare, pictur
esque early settlers and exciting
gold rushes lend glamour to the
region. Scenes of earlier gold rush
days are again being re-enacted in
this section of Idaho. The granite
rock, known as Idaho Bnthollth,
through which the Salmon river
cuts Its way, Is similar to that of
the Coeur d’Alene region, source of
most of the state's mineral wealth."
Penny Wedges Wedding
Ring; Hammer Is Used
Mansfield, Ohio.—A hammer and
chisel were part of the equipment
Itev. Hayes M. Baker, Mansfield,
used at a wedding. The minister
asked for the ring, and a nervous
bridegroom brought it forth, only
to find a penny tightly wedged in
It. The ceremony was delayed while
Itev. Baker got a hammer and a
chisel to knock the penny loose.
Execution Chamber Uses Two Methods
■ ' ■ *
North Carolina Will Use Gas
and Electricity.
Raleigh, N. C.—Newer than the
gns-electric railway ear Is the gas
electric death chamber soon to be
completed In North Carolina’s cen
tral prison here.
The combination death house was
designed by engineers of the state
highway and public works commis
sion. i
The new chamber Is being In
stalled wltliln the present octagonal
death chamber at the prison.
There will be a panel about
three feet high and nine feet long,
In front of double, shatterproof
plate glass, through which wit
nesses may watch the execution.
The Interior will be of bolted and
welded steel plates.
The exterior will be covered
with terra-cotta tile except for the
glass observation windows.
A special walkway will connect
the chamber with "death row." Two
heavy doors, like refrigerator doors
In this walkway will form an air
lock and one door cannot be opened
unless the other Is closed.
A prisoner will be strapped Into
the chair, ns In electrocutions, and
a Jar tilled with hydrochloric acid
will be placed under the chair.
Directly above the Jar will be a
rack containing five pellets of cya
nide of potussium.* After the doors
are locked and senled an electric
button will spill the pellets Into
the acid.
The first Inhalations of the result
ing cyanide-hydrochloric add gas
will cause unconsciousness and
death will follow almost Immedi
ately. Then an exhaust fan will
drive the gas out through a special
flue through the prison roof. The
doors cannot he opened until the
gns Is exhausted.
more attractive sets for fall. A
cable stitch Is employed for the
model shown. It’s a topping good
style worn with a skirt of checked
woolen as pictured. In the other
knitted outfit the effect of the vivid
ly colorful striped and plalded Jack
et blouse In contrast to a deep-hued
monotone skirt Is heightened by the
solid color belt which runs through
a wooden buckle flint corresponds
to large wooden buttons. The popu
lar Ascot muffler appears here, as
It will with great frequency In fall
and knitted wear.
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Pupils Are Guaranteed
Good-Looking Teachers
Rockford, 111.—Teachers who are
not comely need not apply to Super
intendent William W. Ankenhrand
for Jobs. “All public school pupils
are entitled to good-looking teach
ers," Ankenbrand said. Indicating
one look often Is enough to disqual
ify a teaching applicant.
SMART NEW KNITS
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
The knitted twin Bet looms up
more Important than ever on the
fall fashion horizon. Comprised of
a long-sleeve cardigan worn over a
slipover this* combination has be
come Indispensable in the wardrobe
of the well turned out woman who
Is fully aware of Its utilitarian
aspects and Its casual smartness.
Fancy stitches Individualize the
Model Soviet Plane
Makes 7-Mi!e Flight
Moscow.—What is claimed to
be a world record for flights by
model airplanes was established
by Valya Knpreichuk at a re
cent aviation show.
His miniature plane ascended
to a height of 2,900 feet and
was seen for 32 minutes. After
this It was lost to view. The
flier who took off to look for it
found It two days later, un
damaged, several miles from the
starting point.
All Readers “Go Blind"
on Every Line of Type
Minneapolis. — The eye "goes
blind" at least three times while
reading a line of type. Tests made
with a camera developed by Dr.
M. A. Tinker, of the University of
Minnesota, showed that the aver
age person's eye made about five
little hops over each line and that
the eye was blind for a fiftieth of
a second between the hops. The
best readers make three or four
stops twelve times in covering a
line of type.
Find Amphitheater of
Ancient Roman Times
Budapest.—Parts of the paluce of
the first kings of Hungary were dis
covered at Hsztergom and the spades
of workmen later struck on the
remnants of an amphitheater in Ac
quincum, the old Itoman city that
occupied the shore side of Buda
pest. The amphitheater covers a
large area and its extension vies
with that of the amphitheaters of
Verona and Arles.
“Traveling Family McDaniel” Fills the Deck
Here's the line-up of the “Traveling Family McDaniel.” Getting the K. It McDaniel family on board the
Matson liner Lurline at San Fraticiscc for Honolulu was something like loadin'! the ark Noah wasn't there
to do the checking but they came by two and two from Ardmore nnd Tulsa. Oklahoma, and Abilene. Texas.
They were not all McDaniels but they were related one way or another and when they assembled on the
deck they occupied the major portion of it
SEE Nand HEARD
around the V
NATIONAL CAPITAL;
By Carter Field
FAMOUS WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
Washington.—Tammany Hall, so
vital to any plan for carrying New
York for Franklin D. Roosevelt next
year, has not the slightest reason
at the present moment for desir
ing the President’s continuance In
office. It has gotten so little pa
tronage that it Is Inconsequential.
On the contrary, most Tammany
leaders feel that It was Roosevelt
and James A. Farley who were re^
sponsible for Tammany’s not hav
ing the tremendous New York city
patronage at the present moment.
For It was a Roosevelt lieutenant.
Joseph V. McKee, who ran with
the tacit blessing of the White
House and the more open support
of Farley for Mayor on an Inde
pendent ticket, thus bringing about
the election of Mayor Florello H.
La Guardia. And the President has
been almost as friendly with La
Guardia since the latter’s election
as he has with certain other Repub
lican Progressives, notably Senator
Robert M. La Follette.
Even this Is not all that Roose
velt and Farley have done to Tam
many. When Roosevelt was gov
ernor he went after the administra
tion of Mayor James J. Walker,
aided In Its being shown up In spec
tacular fashion, and finally forced
Jimmy Walker out
Tammany never held this against
Roosevelt Its leaders are always
practical. They knew there was
nothing else Roosevelt could do, un
less he abandoned all hope of be
coming President They knew that
to pick a fight with Tammany has
always been good national politics.
And besides, while many of them
were sorry personally about Jimmy
Walker, they put their own man In
as mayor, and the Hnll continued
to flourish.
But It must be remembered that
for the two years preceding this,
Tammany had been deprived of
any share of state patronage.
Tammany rather expected this of
a Presidential candidate, but when
Koosevelt’s protege, Herbert H.
Lehman, continued to starve the ti
ger, despite the fact that A1 Smith
had supported I>ehman, the griev
ance began to grow.
This would have made no differ
ence if It had not been for the
La Guardla election, which left
Tammany without federal, state or
city Jobs to dispense, In fact, at
the lowest ebb of Ith power since
the Civil war.
Always Dangerous
But that does not mean that
Tammany will be weak in the next
election. By no means! If the rec
ord of past campaigns is a safe
guide, Tammany when furthest
from the putronage trough, is al
ways the most dangerous. Nor Is
this due to desperation, or to the
Idea of fighting with one's back to
the wall. It Involves other ele
ments which very few people out
In the country, to whom the very
word “Tammany” Is one of appro
brlum, understand. But It Is a
thing which a very brief conversa
tion with any old New Yorker will
confirm.
The point Is that when Tammany
Is in power at the city hall every
thing that goes wrong Is blamed on
the Wigwam. By the same token,
when Tammany Is not In power
at the city hall, everything that
happens which does not appeal to
the voters Is an asset for Tam
many.
Moreover, and this will surprise
folks west of the Mississippi espe
cially, most people who have lived
In New York for a few years, and
have had a chance to contrast Its
administration with that of other
cities, believe solemnly, whether
right or wrong, that the taxpayer
in New York gets more for his
money than do the taxpayers of
most other cities in the United
States.
The writer is not attempting a
statement of the merit or lack of
merit of this contention. He Is
stntlng a political fact, which can
be easily demonstrated by a few
conversations with New Yorkers on
yonr next visit to the metropolis.
Hope for Bonus
Payment of the oonus In full
not long after congress meets In
January, while not a certainty, li
considered at least probable. Pres
ident Roosevelt has made no def
inite commitments, despite the fact
that certain American Legion lead
ers have been giving that Impres
sion. No one really doubts that he
will again veto the measure. The
change In the situation as compared
to last session Is tiiat the Presl
dent Is not expected to turn on any
thing like the heat to prevent his
veto front being overriden that he
did last time.
Without so much Presidential
pressure, congressional experts say,
there Is not much doubt that the
sennte will follow the house In
overriding the Chief Executive's dis
approval. In fact, this theory Is
commonly accepted In congressional
as well as Legion circles In short,
official Washington believes the bo
nus will be passed months before
the national conventions meet in
June.
Bonus politics is one of the queer
exceptions to general rules. It has
come to be generally accepted that
it does not hurt a President to
oppose bonus payments. But just
as generally it is believed that
voting against anything the sol
diers want is little short of sui
cide for a senator or member of
the house.
This theory may or may not
be accurate. It has never been ade
quately tested.
But,* whether opposing the bonus
contributed or not, the senators and
members of the house who attempt
ed to stand by Presidents in oppos
Ing the bonus were killed off by
their electorates one after another
Curious Complication
There is another curious compli
cation to the present situation. Sev
eral senators are known to have
told the bonus lobbyists that they
would vote to override President
Itoosevelt’s veto if that one addi
tional vote would put It over. This
Is not just putter by the lobbyists.
Two senators, whose names the
writer is not permitted to mentiou,
have confirmed such reports. They
told bonus workers later that If
it could be demonstrated next time
that one more vote would do the
trick, they would produce.
At least two such senators, tell
ing about it afterward, said they
would probably have to ’’vote with
the boys” next time, adding that it
is always the last vote before elec
tion that counts. Both senators in
question are coming up for re-elec
tion next fall, and both are ex
pected to have hard fights.
By making that hallway pledge
they removed in advance any
grounds for the Legion leaders
making any drive against them, in
fact, both fully expect to vote for
the bonus next time, and for the bo
nus to pass over the Roosevelt veto,
thus eliminating any possibility of
repercussions for them at the polls.
But last time they did not feel
strong enough to risk the Presi
dent’s ire when he bore down on
them to sustain the veto. They
were interested in bits of that $4,
000,000,000 work relief, for in
stance. Not to mention several
other possibilities of Presidential
favor or disfavor.
Next time, the understanding on
Capitol Hill Is, there will be no
threats from the White House, not
even Implied ones.
Morgenthau’s Trip
Rumors persist that the trip ot
Secretary of the Treasury Morgen
thnu to Europe is not just u pleas
ure excursion, despite his emphat
ic Insistence. Silver senators espe
cially attach far more significance
to it. They insist he is seeking an
international agreement for the re
monitizatiou of the white metal.
They point out that more than
usual pains were taken to hide the
recent conference between Mr. Mor
geutlmu and Montagu Norman, fa
mous and mysterious head of the
Bank of England.
J.ills visit is alleged to have oc
curred at Bar Harbor, Maine. Mon
tague Norman slipped into that
Down East resort with not eveu a
society column mention of his move
ments. At the same time Morgen
thau, alwuys a dutiful sou, real
ized that he had not seen his fa
ther for several weeks. Henry
Morgenthau, Sr., by a curious co
incidence, was also at Bar Harbor.
So the secretary of the treasury
slipped up to Bar Harbor and paid
his parent the long deferred visit
he owed.
So much the silver senators know.
They add that they also know that
the British financier and the head
of Uncle Sam’s treasury had a pro
tracted talk—so protracted that it
was the subject of much clatter in
the servants' quarters all over Bar
Harbor next day.
Nobody even claims to know- what
they talked about. Montagu Nor
man is famous for suying absolutely
nothing to his interviewers. Mor
genthau is not quite so taciturn—
but almost.
Shortly thereafter Morgenthau
announces a pleasure trip to Spain.
What the silver senators think is
that some very important finan
ciers. and some of the leading
finance ministers of Europe, will
also suddenly decide that a brief
rest In Spain—away from all the
excitement about Italy and Ethl
opla—Is just what the doctor or
dered for them.
What they earnestly hope is
that Morgenthau will be able to
persuade them how much it would
be to tlie advantage of all con
cerned for there to be an interna
tional agreement on silver.
Behind this desire on the part
of the silver senators—and behind
the possibility that Mr. Morgenthau
may he going to attempt Just that
—is the discouraging fact that the
administration silver program has
rather bogged down.
6—WKC Sorvto.
I BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Fine New Jail
Newspaper Prestige
Easy to Buy
Who Is the Man?
Not much Ethiopian news. You
could hardly expect it with our
Arthur Brisbane
own white-black
prize-ring war
comiieting. What
e v e r happens.
Ethiopian tribes
men will bene
fit The emperor,
Haile Selassie, is
working on re
forms. doing
away with abuses
that Mussolini
pointed out and
promised to cure.
He opened a
substantial con
crete Jail outside
of Addis Ababa
to replace the old Jail. There, ac
cording to Dr. von NViegand’s
cablegram to Universal Service,
“live prisoners sometimes remained
chained to those who had died tor
days.”
Newspapers in Pennsylvania, 2fiT>
of them, have celebrated "press pres
tige” this week. Governor Earle
tells the editors, presumably shiv
ering with delight and surprise,
about “the important part that
newspapers play in the lives of our
people.” It is as important as the
part played by the people’s eyes
and ears, and might be taken for
granted by now.
Napoleon knew about it when he
said that, if he allowed freedom of
the press, his power would not last
six weeks. Stalin, Hitler and Mus
solini could make speeches about it.
The newspaper is a mirror in
which the public sees itself, the
newspaper's owner and the civiliza
tion of the moment. Interesting re
flections of that civilization may ap
pear soon in dispatches from Ethi
opia and from London In case Mus
solini should send his first 500 air
planes in the dlreetfon of Bucking
ham palace, the house of commons.
Downing street and the Bank of
England, with the message: "What
do you think of explosive and mus
tard gas sanctions?
The pathetic thing in Journalism,
as in politics, is the lack of names
that the people know. Millions of
Americans read newspapers with no
faintest conception as to the char
acter of the man whose newspaper
they read. It might be called "an
onymous nonentity." There are ex
ceptions.
The most important and Influen
tial newspaper by far, in propor
tion to circulation, is the so-called
"country newspaper," smaller dail
ies and weeklies.
Their readers know who runs
them, and those readers, not liv
ing In city apartments, with a can
opener, buy everything from the
paint on the roof to the cement in
the cellar floor, from the piano and
radio In the sitting room to the
car in the garage.
Berlin says the Nazi pnrt.v plans,
forcibly, to buy out all Jewish firms
and businesses, suggesting that
“ambitious Aryan business men will
get great bargains.” One idea Is
to allow “Aryan” employees to take
over Jewish businesses with govern
inent backing. They might take it
over, but what about running It?
Anybody may buy a business; mak
Ing it pay is another Job.
The Republican committee will
have “nn important meeting” now
a really big, first-class, "bang-up”
meeting In December, to put “pep”
Into the 1030 cnmpaign.
The question Is, “Who is your
man?”
Americans want to yell for some
body.
They have not been trained to
yell for an Idea.
Who is your man? What is his
name?
Amusing situation In Europe!
England sends her gigantic fleet to
the Mediterranean, heaviest dread
naughts, submarines, airships;
parks them around the rock of Gib
raltar and at the entrance of the
Suez canal; sends additional sol
diers to the Island of Malta.
Mussolini puts his convenient is
land, off the coast of Greece, in a
state of siege, with submarines, air
planes, cutting the Mediterranean
in two, Isolating the big English
fleet in the western end.
Then England, having shown an
ardent desire to tight Italy, sends
official word that she really hadn’t
any war with Italy In mind, her
feelings were hurt by the Italian i
newspapers. That is why she sent
her fleet.
DeWolf Hopper is dead at seven
ty-seven, too soon. He worked to :
the last, talked over the radio in
the afternoon, and was dead at 6:30
next morning. He should find a
good seat reserved for him in the
entertainment that lasts forever, in
a better world. He spent his life
working to make people smile and
forget their sorrows.
Q, Kins Features Syndicate, loo.
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ANTS ATTACK BEASTS
Vast swarms of ants in the Ama
zon forests of Sonth America attack
jaguars, alligators and large snakes,
overwhelming them by sheer weight
of numbers.
Week’s Supply of Posttun Free
Read the offer made by the Postum
Company in another part of this pa
per. They will send a full week’s sup
ply of health giving Postnm free to
anyone who writes for it.—Adv.
Most Normal
A normal woman is one who
strains her eyes to see the figure
when she observes another woman
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