Don't lay aside this paper
until you have seen the classi
fied page. The news you can
, get from f there will surprise
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Silos apd . Other' Things.
.This week's Slogan subject.
' See tomorrow's paper f c r
many articles of interest.
SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 21924
"PRICE FIVE .CENTS
'I
Ul FOLLETTE
LEADING 2 T0 1
IMSCHSl
Crippled Wire Service" Delay
ing Reports Al Smith
and McAdoo Running
. Close. Race
MILWAUKEE PRECINCTS
REMAIN UNREPORTED
Tabulators Busily Engaged
in Settling Municipal uis
. putes of Metropolis
MILWAUKTE. Wis.. April 2.
Senator Robert ,M. La Toilette
maintained his two-to-one ratio in
the voting of yesterday iff the con
test for delegates to the republi
can national convention at Cleve
land when returns from 359-precincts
out of 2374 in the Mate had
reported early today. The, vote
stood: La Follette , delegates at
large, 34,194"; Coolidge delegates
at large, 16,752T
''MILWAUKEE. Wis., April 1.
Crippled wires throughout Wiscon
sin, working overtime tonight with
a burden of election returns gave
Indications that LaFollette dele
gates to the Cleveland convention
would 1 carry- the state by a sub
stantial margin, while In the Dem
ocratic camp the" forces of W. G.
McAdoo and Al Smith were stag
ing a close race.
Aill:36 p. m., 158 precincts
out of a total of 2,574 in the state
had j reported in the Republican
race for 'delegates. Thls'anmber
gave the LaFollette men 12,833
and Coolidge men 5,774. On the
Democratic side. 115 precincts out
of the total in the state gave Smith
men '2,544, and McAdoo men
1,985." This total, did not include
a single precinct in Milwaukee
where the tabulators ' were , too
iasily.engaged.ln settling the mu
nicipal election to pay any atten
tion to the delegate race. - ! i
The municipal race in Milwau
kee, a "contest between Dan W.
Hoan,i present mayor, who was
nominated; with socialist endorse
ment against David S. Rose, in
dependent candidate and mayor of
doubt although the city election
tabulating bureaus concentrated
on this vote. The 'latest report
showing 120 precincts gave Hoan
33,124; Rose 25,694. ?
Early returns In the district
delegate contest showed that in
the first district In the southeast
ern part of the state the Coolidge
delegates were running even with
LaFollette delegates t with about
one-fifth of the district heard
from. In the eighth and ninth
districts, however, the LaFollette
men were running 2 to 1 ahead on
the returns.
Mayorality Rare Spirited
. The race' this year for mayor
has been one of the most spirited
in many years in Milwaukee, and
was marked by unusual features,
Religious, patriotic and moral Is
sues were aired during the cam
paign. . ," y :
v Mayor Hoan was attacked in the
campaign as un-American because
of his refusal to sign a memorial
to Mrs. Wilson, for his refusal to
welcome distinguished visitors
from abroad, veto during the war
of a resolution providing for pur
chase by the city of Liberty bnds
and failure to extend the official
farewell of Milwaukee to Its sol
diers leaving overseas.
The Ku Klux Klan also figured
In the campaign 'Hoan having the
endorsement of that organization.
Tonight the fiery cross was burned
In the city hall square,
Shortly before 1:30 a. m., a to
tal of 352 nrecinct nnt nt 9 iva
iu the state show LaFollette dele
gates still holding their advantage
over those of President Coolidge.
The total shows LaFollette 33,049;
Coolidge 15,630. , f ;
, The delegates pledged to Al
Smith, wet candidate! continued to
show strength in the Democratic
race In Wisconsin for presidential
delegates. f
XHEWEA1
okegoN: Rain riorfh; fair
south Wednesday; gentle
winds, mostly southerly.
V LOCAL WEA1HER
(Tuesday
Maximum temperattre, 64.
""iiu temperature, as,
" ' xawng.
Ualot.n !
none.
Atmosphere-, clear.
Wind, northeast.
STATESMAN:
JTORYSMIS VHOL
STATE;1 lERE'S HOW
News Force All Gone Home, But -That Makes
No Dif ferencePrinters and Proofreader
Capable of Rising to Any Emergency Fore
man Suddenly Turns Into City Editor.
' The only "beat" that has. been scored by any newspaper
on the man-hunt for the convicts .who escaped from the
state penitentiary in a sensational and daring manner last
Friday, was scored by the Statesman yesterday morning-when
it scooped the world on the capture of Ellsworth Kelly and Joe
Jackson, two of the most desperate .of the six. '
Now the nevTs staff of the Statesman makes the ignomin
ious confession that it wasn't on the 56b, but the Statesman
has. a mechanical and proof-reading force that is "capable' of
rising to great occasions and it did so yesterday0 ;moriing.
The Statesman had been some time on the press. The J&ews
editor had been many hours asleep at home, and all the re
porters had departed. The telegraph editor had gone home.
Some of the printers and the proof-reader were lingering
around the off ice. .Why they lingered is purely the business
of printers. ' . .- x
The telephone rang. Al Clark, who ordinarily is foreman
of. the mechanical department, answered. .
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MONDAY
WASHINGTON
The White House announced
that President ' Coolidpe would
3pend the summer in Washington.
Reports of ! favorable business
conditions were laid before Presi
dent Coolidge at the cabinet meet
ing. V; .. - .; .
It was indicated at the White
House that I President Coolidge
would select a new attorney gen-J
eral within wo days., -
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An adjusted pension bill de
signed, to revenue equities In pay
ments to veterans of several past
wars was passed y the senate.
" " " ;
The senate Daugherty commit
tee questioned with in regard to a
land case in Oklahoma and a fed
eral judgeship appointment.
The appropriation bill for the
department of state and labor was
reported by the house appropria
tions committee carrying $66,-
849,160. "
.
Chairman Smool of the senate
finance committee declared on the
floor of the senate that a tax bill
was assured of passage at this ses
sion of congress.
Senator Robinson, Arkansas, the
Democratic leader disclaimed any
disposition to prolong unduly long
er the present senate Investiga
tes. . i t ' ; "
. , .
The senate committee Investigat
ing alleged Texas land frauds re
ceived, over protest of counsel for
R B. Creager, correspondence in
postoffice department files relat
ing' to -complaints, i ,
Harry F. Sinclair pleaded not
guilty of contempt of the senate
and the oil committee took fur
ther testimony relating to the po
litical activities of the late Jake
Hamon, national republican com
mittee man from Oklahoma.
2.000 HEAD CUTTLE
Foot, and Mouth Epidemic
Spreads j Alarmingly in
Southern California
LOS ANGELES, April l.-Pre-paratlons
for, the destruction of
approximately 2000. head of beef
and dairy cattle, and the enlarge
ment of a "buffer" zone around
the Vernon stock yard area, where
an outbreak of the foot and mouth
disease was discovered about 10
days ago, were among the devel
opments here today in the fight
of state and federal authorities to'
stamp out the" epidemic among
livestock. - ) '- 'r V
Practically all roads, leading in
to the stock yard area, to which
district the outbreak of the disease
has been confined thus far, were
closed today hy order of Dr. L.
M. Hurt, county livestock inspec
tor. : l '
TO BE SLAUGHTERED
C01MOT
"Whut! Th asso ? - Y o-o-o-w : ' '
yelled Clark' Into the telephone in
response to a tip that two of the
convicts had been caught. "Hey,
you. Shorty." he' thundered at Jay
Coulter, proof-reader, "get busy
on the phone with the police sta
tion and grab this yarn! , Coupla
cons caught!" In a trice Al had
become city editor. "Hey, Jim!"
he yelled 'at Jim Sovereign, Hno
typer," "youTre appointed foreman.
Get your force together.!" :
"Don't need no forces I'm force
enough," roared Jim. "Copy!" He
was already seated at old No. 5.
'. Editor Clark bawled down the
elevator shaft for Art Edwards to
stop the press and drag off the
front page form. -
Coulter, the star reporter, was
punching a typewriter furiously.
He grabbed the copy from the mill,
gave It a hasty -glaweet 1 amr9hut
'er out. '; ' -:
"Write a head for that," com
manded Clark. .-s v ';
i Reporter Coulter wrote a snap
py head and shoved it at Editor
Clark. " ; :
".Hell, that ain't big enough,"
scoffed Clark. "Le me fix It."
The paper went back to press.
But Reporter Coulter wasn't going
to take a chance on losing any
thing; so he called up the tele
phone operator at Turner, where
the two runaways were caught.
"Good!" he said into the phone.
"All right, gimme their names.
Fine. Who got 'en! Savage and
Myers, eh. Gosh. Ol Lute's
makin' some record, I'll say. All
right. 'Bilged." A call to the peni
tentiary verified the information.
"Say, boss, here's " the . whole
story; names n everything," Coul
ter hastened to inform Clark, i.
. Again Al stuck his head down
the elevator shaft. "Hey," Art,
stop the bloody press, and send
that front page back up here!" he
yelled. ' , .. -' . ; ;
Back came the form. While
some ordinary stuff was being rip
ped out Coulter was pounding out
the only beat of the whole prison
delivery history. No other news
paper got it. The Associated
Press wire had long been closed.
Clark dug up some bigger type
and set another snappy head. Jim
pet the lead in the biggest type he
had on his machine. The big beat
said "Howdy" to Salem folks when
they unfolded their papers a little
later.
It pays to have a bunch of print
ers and a proof-reader who can
rise to great "occasions..
6ERMINIT
Treason Trial Ended in Mu
nichBeer Garden Re- .
volters Tried
MUNICH, April 1. (By The
Associated Press)- General Erich
Ludendbrff, master Strategist of
the German army Inthe world
'war,; has been acquitted of the
charge of treason for the part he
played la the "beer garden" re
volt atSlunich last November.-. It
was a popular verdict and An an
ticipation of it great 1 masses of
flowers had been placed in front
of the former German first quar
termaster general and one of his
co-defendants, Adolpn Hitler.
mam. FREED
ARMED DEPUTIES
INVADE VILLAGE
ELECTION RIOT
Chicago Suburb With 143 Sa
loons Has Trouble in'llold
1 ing Peaceful Meeting ,
CHICAGO, April 1. Armed
deputy sheriffs took charge of, the
voting today, in the village- elec
tlon of Cicero, a suburb', a village
with 143 saloons, a number of re
puted f gambling houses and home
of the Hawthorne race track, as a
result of shootings and ' IntlmiV
dations attributed by some poll
ticians to rum runners' emissar
ies, i .
Two men were slightly wottjhd-
ed,. a number of others beaten and
a polling place Invaded, one man
reported kidnaped and many voters
driven to the. street. ;
One precinct was closed up by
the raiders and in another all were
driven out except a woman elec
tion clerk, who refused to leave.
STILL FIE
Mah-Hunters Without OefU
nite Clews to Where-:
abouts of Prison Pair.
New clues regarding Tom Mur
ray and Bert (Oregon) Jones, two
of the six convicts who escaped
from the state prison Friday mor
ning and who are still at large.
Were entirely lacking "Tuesday af
ternoon and last night other than
posses were trailing tracks leading
toward .Mehama, believed to have
been made by Murray. The tracks
were easy to follow where Murray
had stepped on the soft earth," as
the heels were rubber and prints
correspond with the shoes stolen
from the. Aumsville store Friday
night. . -'
After 96 hours of dodging an
armed posse. Ellsworth Kelly and
George ; Jackson were captured at
Turner shortly after 3 o'clock
Tuesday morning and were back In
the penitentiary at 4:30 o'clock.
Their appearance spoke concerning
tfteIc.tavitlrrrHjoTh men weYe
haggard, their hair matted, eyes
showing the loss of sleep, and their
clothing dirty and torn. They
were captured by Lute Savage,
veteran guard at the prison, and
Norman Myers, another guard.
The pair made no attempt to put
up a fight and apparently! were
glad to return, to the Institution.
To; Savage goes the distinction of
having captured and assisted, -in
the;.c'apture of three of : the four
convicts who have been returned
to prison. Savage has had But a
few hours' sleep since taking -up
the man hunt, but was back on the
firing Tine again yesterday, intent
upon playing a quiet little hunch
of his own. ;
With the capture of Kelly and
Jackson, reports from the vanity
of Grants Pass that Kelly ami-
Jones had been seen.. are discard
ed. None of the men who has
been captured has volunteered any
real Information concerning the
others, but all are willing to tell of
their individual experience's. Jack
son and Kelly stated at the prison
upon their return that they had
made an effort to steal an automo
bile. Sunday night with the view of
"rushing" the guard at the Jeffer
son bridge, regardless of conse
quences.; They did not know that
after dark trucks had been placed
off each side of the road barely
leaving an opening through which
a large automobilecarefully pilot
ed, could be driven.
E
E
Chairman 'Smoot of Senate
Finance Committee Con
fident Both to Pass
WASHINGTON,' April 1. As
surances that 'the tax "reduction
bill would be passed this session
and prediction that the soldier
bonus 'bill would be enacted into
law before congress adjourned was
made today by Chairman Smoot of
tbe senate finance' committee, as
leaders of both parties and Presi
dent Coolidge , centered attention
on the legislative program. Sen
ator Smoot told the senate the tax
bill probably would be ready for
a report to the floor by Saturday.
VOLUNTEERS KILLED
. EL PASO. Texas, April 1. A
force of 200 volunteers were al
most annihilated in the state of
Durango by a large force of VII
ll8tas, according to informjation
received in Juarez today. ' '
JONES
MURRAY
Eli
m TSP S SB
OF BONUS MEASUR
SPRING FROLIC 1
WITH WINTER
ENDS IN SNOW
Seasons Stage Rough 'Dance
With Many Novelty Effects
in : Eastern States
NEW YORK,! April 1. A jazz
snowstorm, in which winter stag
ed a rough dance with spring to
a thunder obllgato arid lightning
novelty ' effects, and finally 'tired
out its -frailer partner, swept the
Atlantic states ' today. Winter
sifted down a fluffy .;snow ,' to a
depth , varying, from four and; a
half inches in (Connecticut to 11
inches in Baltimore's suburbs.
In all instances the snow turned
to slush directly It struck the
ground. It carried down telephone
and ? telegraph x wires about ' New
York interfered f with harbor
shipping, delayed u commuters'
trains and was responsible for. a
rear-end collision, of elevated
trains resulting in the death ' ol
one man' and injuries to 15 others.
The storm with the f reakish ele-
ment'always a part of it, came up
from the gulf states and storm
signals were displayed from Cape
Hatteras to Eastport, Maine.
It, brought an , early end to the
deliberations of the senate when
Washington streets had been cov
ered under six inches of slush and
traffic was generally disorganized;.
Powntown Jlaltimore" was under
nine inches of water-snow and the
opening day's, race ; program, at
Bowie had to be put over until to
morrow. ' ' f. "; ; ' !
The electrical storm gave Phila;
delpbia a bad hour or so.
BE DELEGATE
Stanfield's Secretary Files
as Candidate ! for Dele
gate to Convention '
Edgar J. Adams of Eugene, pri
vate secretary to Senator Stan
field, yesterday filed with the sec
retary of state his candidacy for
delegate 4tohe-ratiTrtfrepnbtt
can convention from the first con
gressional, district. "More roads,
better' harbors, more Industries,
more people, greater. Oregon" is
his slogan. Hia platform says:
"I believe in the development of
Oregon's natural resources; the
increase of capital in industry and
the attendant increase In popula
tion. We need larger federal ap
propriations for the development
of our rivers and harbors and the
construction of forest' roads. The
first important step Is to get parly
pledges" clearly expressed in the
party's national platform.: Those
pledges or platform! planks aid
materially In securing the : real
money from congress for , these
constructive things, j To get these
pledges requires the best concert
ed effort on the part of all dele
gates to the , national convention
from western states including Ore
gon." - , ?. -1 j ; I'-.-.,..
Oliver B. Huston of Portland
filed as a. candidate for the repub-i
lican nomination for state sen-?
ator from Multnomah county. Hia
slogan is "Honest effort tb reduce
taxes, develop state's resources
and foster sound Americanism."
He has no platform.!: Others who
tiled yesterday were:
George "C. Blakeley, The Dalles,
for delegate to national democrat
Is convention for second congress
ional district.
Charles K. CrandalL Vale.t for
republican nomination for district
attorney of Malheur county.
W. W. Nickell, McMInnville, for
republican nomination for repre
sentative in the legislature from
the 13th representative district,
comprising Yamhill county. '
E. C. Prestbye, Athona, for
democratic nomination for distract
attorney for Umatilla county.
John C. Kendall, Marshffeld, tor
republican nomination for circuit
judge of the second, judicial dis
trict, comprising Benton, Coos,
Curry, Douglas, Lane and Lincoln
counties. ..! - -u '
Dal M. King, Myrtle Point, for
republican nomination for repre-
sentative in the legislature from:
the Fifth representative district.
comprising coos county, - m :
C E. Goodman, Oakland, for
democratic nomination for repre
sentative In the legislature from
the Fourth representative district,
comprising' Douglas county. ' : ' ;
George G. Randall, Oregon City,
for republican nomination for re
presentative In 1 the! legislature
from the 16th representative dis
trict, comprising Clackamas
county. ..! ..'
HART IS DELEGATE ,
TACOMA, Wash., isApril 1.
Governor Louis F. Hart will be
one of the delegates at large to
the republican state convention. .
ADAMS IMS TO
GIRL B1DIT ;
IKES DARING
DBERY
Brooklyn's Blonde, Bobbed
Haired Woman Holdup,
Shoots to Kill. When At
tempt Is Frustrated
250 CITY DETECTIVES
ARE ONCE AGAIN
OILED
Victim of Robber's dun Skid
to Have Slight Chance
to Recover '
NEW YORK, April 1. Rrook
lyns blonde bobbed hair bandit,
who has smiled through a score
of iaring holdups in the past 10
weks,"shot to kill today when
capture seemed Imminent after a
fru strated attempt to hold up 17
employes of the Brooklyn plant of
the National Biscuit company.
Her victim, Nathan Mazzio, lies
dangerously wounded in hospital.
attending physicians declaring he
hasj but a slight chnnce to recover.
Today's attempt was by far the
most daring in the girl's meteoric
career of banditry a career which
she! has pursued in spite of the ef
forts of 250 city detectives who
have sought her and her male.com-
panlon for three weeks with or
ders . to "shoot to , kill, if neces
sary.". , j
Accompanied by the Inevitable
male, she sauntered into the retail
department of the plant shortly
before noon today and asked for
a dime's worth of confections. The
clerk turned from the shelves to
face a" small automatic pistol in
her hand and one in each hand of
the fnan. He backed into a rear
room at their orders.
Payroll, Sought
were confronted by
15 girl employes and the cashier.
Mazzio, who had Just come in with
a payroll sack-iThe girl did the
bossing; her companion worked
under her direction. They started
herding the If into a smaller
room, that they; might work at the
first safe uninterrupted.
Mazzio - suddenly : seized her
wrist In one hand and tore at her
heavy veil with, the other. She
threw him off, sent him stumbling
Into the prison room, and slammed
the' door. Then she fired three
shots through the door, all of them
hitting Mazzio, who had fallen to
the floor. . The two fled to a wait
ing; taxlcab and the woman, still
leading, took the- wheel. TheyH
abandoned the car seven blocks
away, ' and the police later "found-
a chauffeur in it, .neatly trussed
up with, wire and gagged. The
two had called him to a hotel and
directed him to. drive to a lonely
spot near the Biscuit concern's
plant. When he halted the car the
man seized him he said, and bound
andi gagged him while the: slim
girl stood over him with her pis
tol, ;
Dozens of persons passed the.
spot while the bandits were on
their mission. Had any stopped
near the curb they could have seen
tbe trussed up driver, huddled on
the car floor. H ' ''
LESSEE MM OIL
SAYS "NOT GUILTY"
Harry F. Sinclair Pleads in
Supreme Court to Charges
of, Contempt
WASHINGTON, Aril 1 As the
oil committee got back today to
the trial of an alleged conspiracy
at the' republican national con
vention In '1920 .for 'the exploita
tion of the public domain. Harry
P. Sinclair, lessee of Teapot Dome,
appeared in the District of Colum
bia supreme court and entered a
plea of not guilty of an indictment
charging contempt of the United
States senate. He furnished bond
in the sum of $5,000.
At the same time Chief Justice
McCoy In the district supreme
court ordered tbe impanelling of a
special grand jury here on April
16 before which will be presented
evidence in . the criminal charges
growing out of the investigation
on the naval oil leases.
The evidence Is-now being put
In shape for presentation by special
government counsel la the oil
cases. ... ,
FALSE ALARM
MAY BE
FOOL
APRIL
STUNT
Firemen Wrathy j at Summons
Sounded Last Night From
Willamette UniVersity
April fool or" false '"alarm? "
-s This was the question that per
plexed the Salem fire department
last night after it
an alarm coming, it
from , Willamette
8:30 o'clock.
Upon .arriving at
had answered
was Informed
university " at
the location of
the presumed fire,' the only confla
gration that could be found was
In. the dictionary and the- furnace.
Fire Chief "Buck" Hutton was
wrathy, and declared himself In
no" uncertain tones.
"If I thought it
was an April
fool' joke, and could
find the gull
ty man- well, he "would not try
that - stunt . again," the ; chief de
clared in plain language.!
The smaller the fire the louder
the whistle and consequently State
street was Jammed with ; automor
biles. '
Campaign f oY Finances
Boosted at Banquet i at
Gray Beiie Last Night .
To make plans': for 'raising an
alumni fund of $l,000,t)00 for. the
University; of Oregon, the alumni
of the university In Marion and
Polk'. counties met In Salem last
night at the Gray Belle. The en
tire alumni body has undertaken
to raise 'one-fifth of the amount
required for the university's five
year building progsam' for which
$5,000,000 In gifts Is "sought, and
the alumni of this county will take-
prominent part In the campaign.
An enormous Increase In num
bers at the- university -400 ' per
ent in toe last ten years, has made
necessary this campaign 'for gifts
to provide sorely needed buildings,
The Items to be provided for
through the alumni fund 'are the
librarythe 'gymnasium and athlei
ic. fields, and the memorial court
in honor of the 47 University of
Oregon men who died in the World
war. :.;'.. ;'-j!.r J - '"'
George W. Hug, Salem chair
man of the campaign! in this coun
ty appointed the following com
mittee chairmen: I . . r
C. A. Reynolds, Silverton; Miles
H. McKay, Salem; Cecil J4 Espey,
Woodbu.rn; Lyle McCroskey, Stay
ton; Henry Zimmerman, Aurora.
,"The -University of Oregon has
steadfastly refused to - wholesale
education," said President Camp
bell in discussing, the reasons for
the gift campaign. "Because we
have tried to: keep our standards
of Instruction ,bigh even I ' when
numbers have increased enormous
ly, we have -been' unable to divert
much of cfur income to building
purposes.- .Thus,- we are faced
with a situation that is little less
than a crisis. Our present student
body crowds every available,space
to the 'utmost and we must begin
to plan for a student body, that will
have doubled within the next, five
years. ; t. '
Reports at Annual Business
Meeting Last Night
Shanks Gets Call
The annual business meeting of
the First Baptist church was held
last night for hearing the reports
of officers and committees and for
the election ,of "Officer! for the
coming year. E. A. Miller, chair
man of the board of deacons, acted
as chairman. j '. . ;
A tall was extended tb RevV Ern
est H. Shanks, who has been act
ing pastor for the last two months
to become regular pastor." Dr.
Shanks has not -yet announced his
decision. ; t
; The following . officers s, were
elected for the ensiling year-: "
Deacons, Earl Gregg, W. p.
Poster, D. D.f Socolofsky; deacon
esses, Mrs. Angle McGonnell and
Mrs. Ruth Byrne; trustees, H.
Gile and C. O. Rice; Sunday school
superintendent, Edward Schunke;
treasurer. Arthur Smither;' ben
evolence treasurer. Ernest Peter
son; financial secretary, W,: Mc
Laren; chief usher, Ben Eilers;
music committee. Earl Gregg; Mrs.
George King, :Mrs. Ernest Peter
son and H. S. Gile; finance' com
mittee, R. V. Shelton, j Mrs. Ma
bel Buirgy, Lane Morley, Warren
Welborne and W. F. Edgar; !
K!ssSlEllEflE
BAPTIST CHURCH
IIDlEGOiJ
SOMBER IIUEF
Central 'Part cf Stclo
r pears Differently to Lc.
Owners and Railroad Cc;
pany . "
VARIOUSLY PICTURED
AS GARDEN AND DES!
Hearing Comes to CIc:3 1
Will Be Resumed Later
. By Investigators
PORTLAND. Or.. April 1 . .'. .
ter a week given, to talking of t
timony by Examiner Warren I
Wagner of the ICC. hearing:
the- Oregon - public servLe cc
mission's. - petition for enforc
building of lines in central Cr
gon came to a close today. Tl
hearing was not completed, ho
ever, and the railroads which c
cupy the position somewhat of c
fendants. will finish their i'.
at a date yet to be set.
Pive days more, it was expect :
would be required. -
Today's session of the hear:
found the railroads in the el:;
of their case, which la bolstered i
on the theory there Is no real r. :
for the cross state lines asked I
the petitioner, no large por .
tion to be served and no adeqt;:
traffic to be .carried. f
.'J As the hearing ended, rall-C.
gon was being painted In soiaL
colors, -just as during evidence c
the -petitioners the most rosy f
ture for the inland plateau f
pictured. Then It was a res!
awaiting nly the coming of r:
ways to spring into life and tl.
som as the rose. . Today it was
Dieas, xorDiaamg aesert, wltt:
population or possibilities.
. George W; Buck, engineer i
the Union Pacific, who mada t
surveys for the- lines project
across the state years ago. by II:
rlman, which follow closely i
construction astpH for In tha 7
tltion, gave his opinion of tbs r:-
glonal in detail. He described i.
for the.-most part as a desert. TL'
description was applied genera!
to the terrain from Harney vail : ;
to Odell, a distance of 115 mil:
Mr. Buck Bald the project c
mileage, if a distance of 20 mil :
each side of the tracks were i-
clnded. wonld xerre a. rx-iDiilat;
of about 7300 people. Cost cl
uuiiuiug me iiues sua enui,;.
them,' it was estimated, would t ,
$19.544.72a.
Colonel George H. Kelly, exper-
, J . T j r
the projected lines to develop tl
state's timber districts is see: :
What fanciful, since the forests ar
already Quite well reached by ma: :
rail lines -and their branches.
MUMPS STOP CASE
PORTLAND, Or., April 1. A
case of mumps en the part of t!
defendant,; was today the cau
for the postponement of the tri-',
of H.; J. Overturf of Bend, charr
ed with using the mails to defraui
In connection with the soldiers,'
bonus appraisals. -
"McNARY BILL EXDORSZI)
SEATTLE. Abrll 1. After cc-
sideration by three committees,
extending ; over several week?,
trustees of the Seattle chamber c!
commerce oday indorsed, will
certain reservations', the McNary-
Haugen bill, for the relief of wheat
farmers. - '
JIEAT THE WORLD
; The Oregon Statesman scored
a beat over every paper la th-?
world yesterday morning. It
was the only morning paper ia
the world to pnbllsh the ne'ivs
of the recapture of the two con
victs "Monday night. The beat
was as fine and effective m piece
of journalism as this writer ever
knew.' To Jay Conltehr belon-n
the credit of scoring the beat.
He had a hard time getting it.
He received tip at 3 o'clock
and at once went to work to cc t
the details. It showed his news
paper instinct. Al Clark, nf-Vt
foreman realized the value cf
the news and stopped t
presses to insert it. Jim Sover
ign remained to set it up.
This, greatest news beat ever
scored in ; the northwest was
marked np to the credit of the-?
three men in the archives
The Oregon Statesman.
1 The news; that two more t
the convicts had been broi;
in went fast yesterday morni ; : . ;
and put . new enthusiasm i
the hnnt for the other two.
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