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SALEM, ORECN. TUESDAY MORNINGANUARY 19, 1926
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Wonfian Is Found 1 Guilty of
Contributing to ; Delini"
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COURTROOM IS CROWdIED
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Tictlon of Mot her ; AH Chkrgta
Are Denied by
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la a courtroom crowded rith
old-men . and callow jroutfi, Mrs.
, Anna Springer ( 4 3, was i found
I smtlty yesterday of tontribatinc
tq the delinquency of her . pvnx
daughter, 14 years o agel The
IJnry. composted entirely of nen,
l deliberated for nearljf twof hoars
before committing the defendant
to the mercy of the couri (She
i will be sentenced by Judge Mc-
Slahan, although the date nasi not
been set, :- : ? ' ": t j -
r The case is . said to be jithout
parallel in Marion county! in its
j sordid details of perversion iand,
f shamelessness. The girl, jBealah
Springer, was the principal fwlt
ness for the state in the plrosecu
' ' tion of her mother. Unaihaimed
and without hesitation, she jtold
of her Improper relationship with
at least fire Salem men, setcrat of
them married. ,Many times,7 Beu
lah said, her mother was ri&ent
when these acta were comtilted.
? The girl's testimony centered
(bout sereral trips to1 a desejted
farm. Albert Cox, 35, and mar
ried three times, according to bis
own testimony," Roy jf Smith, 120,
J Eeulah Springer and! ker mother,
- made up the party.1 '-. It": traa on
these trips, the state contended
that Mrs., Sprjnger committed
u in. ner oaugnter s . presence
; Muen.cy. " -. ! -I
? Mrs. Springer,' when called to
the stand by the defense, pi&de a
blank denial of, all; statements
made by her daughter u4 by
; other state witnesses, . injclu'ding
Albert jCox. She dfclard jthat
' she west to the ' abJindond farm
House only once, and tnat; during
the daytime, to see if it was! "fit
to lire In.'f When Questioned by
the district attorney as td state
ments made by other witnesses on
the stand, she said' lnrariibly,
"Weil, there was nothing o ihat.
. It was a lie."; . If, 'j j .
. Mrs. Springer ; declared j during
the trial yesterday that she was
mrprised" to hear her dkughter
tell of her actions, that's bje nerer
suspected such things! wcrja going
en. When asked by Mr. Carsbn if
r she had not heard her daughter
: fell the same story in the presence
! of the police matron sonle (time
' after the arrest, she admitted that
she did, but countered with) the
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LINEN , EXPERT VISITS
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OWNER OF IARGB IRLSIt 1IILL
HERE ON INVITATION ,
" Mr. Thomas 'McLean, owner of
' a large . spinning mill a White
Abbey, a fewmUesifromjRejlfast,
Ireland, accdmpanied by ils jwife,
were in Salem yesterday, guests of
the Miles Linen company!. jThey
were taken jthTough jtte Miley;mlll
and the flax plant at the state pen
itentiary and left last night for
Seattle and wilt go from there to
New York and horned f f ;
Mr. McLean expressed nuch
satisfaction with the ciuality of
yarn spun "by the Miles initl and
also with the flax grown; in this
district. It was his. first xperr
Jonce with ho Willamette f pro
duct. - v - ' f " -;
i The visiting mill man was also
I highly enthusiastic orer jthe flax
prospect f . In j Ireland, ; declaring
that the period of depressipn! there
has now practically!, dlsappearea
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ilADIO PLANS OUTLINED
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- INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM IS
TO UK HELD NEXT WEEK.
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soclated Press.) After hegotiat
ine for Cooperation of land radio
stations, ships at sea 'and 'finally
:. f mm runners, nlans for
ittal radio broadcast
ins testa next' week? isocnW com
pleted tonight with announcement
. of tbo, London program, j
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riuAm a baritone tslBSer anu
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A. E. CLARK
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Candiaate for Republican nomina
) tion for United States Senator
OREGON RESOURCES FOR
OREGON IS CLARK PLEA
DECLARES SAI.EM IS POLITI
CAL HEART OF STATE
Candidate for Republican Sena-
toriai Nmination Talks
to Chamber"
"Salem is regarded as the po
litical; heart of the state, de
clared A. E. Clark of Portland,
candidate for the Republican nom
ination for United States senator,
In addressing members of the
chamber of commerce at their
lunchen yesterday; f
; ''Some consider Salem the po
Utical conscience of. the state, and
some go further and declare Sa
lem .to be the political intelligence
of" the state. As to the latter, I
had better not say until after the
May primaries." j
1 "Very few people are interested
in the political ambitions of any
one individual," Mr. Clark con
tended. "The ambitions of any
Individual are as nothing com
pared to the welfare of Oregon knd
of the nation. " .
f "We are interested in harbors
for Oregon. We- are interested
to seeing a proper merchant mar
ine for : the United States. We
hope the time will come when! we
will hare peace. We must j let
the nations know that we want
peace,' but we must also let them
know that if . they seek 'trouble.
they are encouraging their own
destruction.
"Lawlessness is a reproach to
any nation. Naturally, we should
(Continued on psa 4)
REGENTS OFF FOR MEET
. $ i
XAMIXG OF NEW PRESIDENT
WILL BE CONSIDERED I
Members of the board of re
gents or the University of Oregon
will hold a meeting at Eugenej to
day to consider the selection of a
president of the institution to suc
ceed the late P. L. Campbell, i
It was reported here yesterday
that four candidates for the posi
tion are being considered by j the
regents". The men under consid
eration are residents of the east
and are connected with large edu
cational Institutions in their re-
epectire states. ,; . , r -. .
Among the regents of the unl-
rersityiwho left for Eugene are
Gorernor Pierce, Sam A. Kozer,
secretary of state, and J.! A.
Churchill, state superintendent of
public Instruction.
ELEVATED TRAINS
HIT
TOT -KILLED, . MANY " HURT
WHEN TRAINS CRASH!
NEW YORK, Jan. 18. (By As
sociated Press.) High above the
icy waters of the East : Rirer, a
Brooklyn - Manhattan ; elerkted
train crashed today into another
stalled in a heary fog on Williams
burg bridge; causing the death of
one passenger,;!" five' year j old
girl, and injuries -to more than
50 others.-, About; 1,600 passeng
ers were - in ? the trains.;. They
scrambled-.wildly for safety, men,
women ; and children being
trampled as they strore to get out
of the t darkened cars.
Creoping onto the bridge from
Brooklyn, one of the trains ron-
sistiog of eight steel cars, j had
moved cautiously to the middle of
the bridge when it stalled. , The
motorman of the. second train,
consisting of wooden cars, I be
lieved the track to be clear.:
: The moring train ploughed! into
the end of the stalled train. ;
A icbarge' of homicide has been
placed : against John .' Simmer,
motorman of the moving train.' He
is in Bellerne hospital.
, FALL IN SHAFT KILLS
SEATTLE, Jan. ls.-rPlunginB
16 feet to the bottom of an. ele
vator-shaft; Valdemarrato, 50,
elevator-operator, was almost in
ettiy killed tr Xvly. j j
cm puiiffis
IRK LISTED
Many Building Problems Are
Referred to Salem Zoh
ins Commission
GETS CONFfDENCE VOTE
Tliree Hundred Yew-j Park -Residents,
In Form off Petition
Ask Return to Fornier
Slreet Car Serrice
, Salem's own planning, commis
sion caiae in for heavy play when
the council met last 'night. Prac
tically erery matter! concerning
up for consideration had attached
to it a request "that it be referred
to the city. planning commission."
One of the aldermen facetiously
remarked that eridently " the mot
to, "Let George do it," was .to be
changed to "let the city planning
commission do it."
Most serious problem that' was
to be referred to. the commission
was that of the bridge: on North
Church street. The matter died,
howerer, before placed under the
care of the commission.
Frank Neer, speaking; for the
residents in the ricinlty of the
bridge, stated that tearing out of
the old bridge and construction of
a new wooden one had been start
ed without warning! being giren
the residents. !
asked that work on the new
bridge be suspended until the mat
ter, could be referred to the city
planning commission! 'Walter Win-
slow reiterated the hope, that the
commission would decide upon the
best plan for the bridge1.
Both men expressed the . idea
that if a concrete bridge program
is to be inaugurated by Salem, the
residents would 'ratheftbe HirctonM
venienced for- a few: months, and
then receire a 1, concrete bridge,'
than to hara a wooden bridge nqw,
Alderman W,. Hi Dancy . threw
cold , water on the proposition.
howerer, by insisting that the
thoroughfare, being one s of the
most important in the city, must
be kept open for the" fire- depart
ment trucks and tor the Willam
ette ralley trucks. - f 8
Although several residents . of
the North Church Street district
were present, further',' discussion
was precluded when Dancy intro
duced a motion that the street
commissioner be instructed to pro
ceed with the construction of the
new wooden bridgei - '
First action or the city zoning
commission was made last night
in the form of a recommendation
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WOMAN ADMITS KILLING;
HUSfiANDSWlTH POISON
CONFESSES
. AND
MURDERING TTH
8TH MATES
Olk Woman Cnder First Degree
Murder Cfcarge; Six Hus-
j bands Are Dead
EAST, LIVERPOOL, Ohio, Jan.
lg.(By. Associated .Press.)
Confession that she poisoned her
seventh; husband, John Ebert,
Newell, W. Va., two months ago
was made tonight to police by
Mrs. Laura E. Christy.- She is
held here on a first degree mur
der charge for poisoning her
eighth spouse, the Iter. William
Christy,! here last week.
Officers said the woman admit
ted 8hejadministered the poison
to Ebeft Jin va' capsule which she
substituted for medicine pre
scribed by the attending physician.
"I gave him poison because be
was meijin to me," police said she
told them.
Mrs. 1 Christy tonight also
changed, her story of the .poisoning
of Christy, police said, declaring
she administered the poison to the
minister; on a knife blade, telling
him it was soda. Christy was ill.
; '. The woman added the names of
Jacob Barnhart and Charles Gra
ham,' both of East Lirerpool to her
matrimonial list of the last 3 0
years, j , ,
Graham, who has re-married, is
living here, while-Barnhart and
fire other of hbr alleged husbands,
are dead. Another, Frederick
Harmon, she! said is liring in
Athens, N. Y. iThe dead husbands,
besides Christy, Ebert and Barn
hart were Jesse Sears and George
Holt, both toft East Lirerpool and
Charles-O'Neill of Cincinnati.
Prosecuting! Attorney R. W.
Brookes said i he would . announce
tomorrow whither he would ask
the appointment of a lunacy com
mission; to determine the woman's
mental responsibility.
ASKS ) G. 0. P. SUPPORT
READY WOULD REPRESENT
POLK, LINCOLN COUNTIES
r .William FjKeady, of Waldporr.
Lincolnj county, yesterday, filed
with the secijetary of state here
his declaration of candidacy for
the republican nomination . for
representative in the legislative
assembly for; the 14th district,
comprising Lincoln and Polk
counties,
"If elected,?' reads Mr. Kcady's
declaration, fl will, during my
term of' office! endeavor to fill the
office to the satisfaction of the
voters of the j district, supporting
Mich measures a they approve,
and strive fori a general reduction
in taxation." ) '
Mr. Ready's slogan reads:
"Repealing a few laws. Enact
ing an Income, tax and a severance
tax." !
Mr. Itcady's declaration for of
fice at the 1026 elections is the
first that has been received' at
the state department.
OLIVER TWIST
MILL SITE CRITICISM
UNJUST DECLARES KAY
PRESIDENT STATES SPECULA
TIVE PURPOSE ABSENT
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Property to be Sold Back to Plant
Without Profit, He
Tells Chamber
T. B. Kay, president of the new
Oregon Linen Mills. Inc., declared
at the chamber of commerce
luncheon, here yesterday that the
rumor intimating that certain men
bought the Breyman property for
the purpose of . speculation is
false". He declared the property
was bought by several citizens
only so that the. mill might have
a suitable site.
These men, he said. are. going
to sell the amount of land, six or
seven acres, needed by the mill
for the same price paid to the
Breyman estate for it. Follow
ing -is Mr. Kay's statement to the
members of the chamber of com
merce:
"I have heard of considerable
unjust criticism directed against
some of the stockholders of the
pregon Linen Mills company on
account of .the' purchase of . the
Breyman tract of land in North
Salem from which, a site for the
tinen mills has been selected. The
facts in conclusion with this mat
ter are as follows:
' "The board of directors exam
ined a number of sites offered and
finally came to the conclusion
that the site out of the Breyman
tract was the most suitable and
best located. One of the directors
was therefore nstructed to ascer
tan what seren or eight acres
could be purchased for. R. P.
Boise, who represents the Brey
man heirs, informed him that they
did not wish to sell any part of
the tract without selling it all.
"I therefore took the matter up
direct with Mr. Boise and en
deavored to bring about a recon
sideration by the heirs of their
determination not to sell any part
of the tract without selling it all.
I failed in this endearor, but the
heirs kindly consented to reduce
the price for the entire tract from
$1,000 to $800 pe racre, provid
ing we bought it all.
"Not being able to secure this
site, which I considered the best
fitt'the. fity, without buying the en
tire tract, X took the matter up
with a number of subscribers' to
stock in the linen mill and finally
succeeded in getting enough men
to join me in buying the entire
tract, from which we agreed to
(Cuatiauad on pace 3.)
FOG OBSCURES NEW YORK
LAND AND WATER TRAFFIC
DEMORALIZED BY CLOUDS
NEW YORK, Jan. 18. (By As
sociated Press.) A dark, in pen
etrable fog, clinging to familiar
landmarks and blurring tall build
ings, settled on New York and the
harbor today, demoralizing both
land and water traffic. Fifty lin
ers andt freighters, reaching Am
oroso Lightship; dropped anchor,
waiting for the fog to lift.
FATE LEADS IfJ
FIRE DAMAGES
Lightning Starts One Forest
Conflagration Every VVeek
Day in the Year
FIREBUGS' .. TOTAL HIGH
Smokers' Carelessness Placed
Third in Chief Forester's
Report of Los.ses Sus
tained in 1925
Lightning, a natural phenome
non, said never to strike twice in
the same place, stood out yester
day as the headliner in causes of
Oregon forest fires, with a total
of 319, leading any other single
cause by a margin of more than
50 percent.
Averaged throughout the year,
this strange action of nature
caused a forest fire erery week
day on the calendar, with a few
left over for Sunday.
Man's deliberate action rated
second only to this streak of fate,
with the list of incendiary fires
totaling 206.
Ranking third in this strange
list came loss , due to careless
smokers, a total of 130, while
trailing far below the record of
these freaks comes campers with
107 to their credit, slashing 105,
logging 77, hunters 30, railroads
28, stockmen 20, saw mills 13,
road workers 13, miscellaneous 50
and unknown 59.
Lightning, firebugs and smok
ers eliminated, fires wonld hare
been' reduced approximately 100
per cent.
"One notable feature of fire
causes during the past year was
the large - number of lightning
fires," read the report of F. A,
Elliott, state foresters r"Orer half
of the fires' east of the Cascade
mountains were caused ' by light
ning, while in the state orer 25
per cent of the fires were credited
to this cause For man-caused
fires the lncendiarist topped the
list. A total of 206 fires were
credted to ncendarsm, while 130
fires were traced to carelessness
on the part of smokers. Camp
ers were responsble for 107 fires,
while hunters started 30 fires."
Forest fires In the state of Ore-
Continued oa page 3.)
LEGION HOLDS FROLIC
OLD FASHIONED IUXCK AND
HONfiFKST IWl'UB
Music, good old fashioned dance
music, and old-tirae dances won
the blue ribbon last night at the
semi-monthly meeting of Capital
Post No. 9. !
With the largest attendance
thus far of 1926 present for both
the Legion post and the auxiliary!,
routine business was hurried
through and "Turkey in - the
Straw," "Old Gray Mare," "Seeing
Nellie Home," and other old fav
orites soon won '" repeated ap
plause. ' j
During its business session the
Legion decided to maintain Its
present quarters in McCornack
hall. A proposal to occupy the
Fraternal Temple during 1926
had been considered. j
Working committees for -the
year are being named by Com
mander Vic McKenzie. -
AH members of the post are in
vited to attend the district con
ference of the .Legion to-be . held
at Dallas February 12. Com
mander. William. Himea of Cart B.
Fento'n' post," Dallas, was' present
with apartjPdrieglott and aaxil.
iary uienibers from, tho Polk
county, unit. '
.The drum corps of Capital Pout
No. 9 is keeping up a strenuous
schedule to keep 1925 champion
ship honors and add to its troph
ies during the'year. ;
MARSH FIELD MAN TALKS
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C. A. HOWARD LH PRESENTED
.':"-. ; BY FRED J. TOOZE j
"Our $90,000 hotel1 is now un
der way in Marshfield. and we
hope - your linen mill will be fin
ished in time lo furnish us with
the linen wo will1 need!" This
declaration was made v by ; C. A.
Howardsuperintendent of schools
in Marshfield, who, was a guest at
the chamber of commerce. lunch
eon yesterday
- Mr. Howard ' was Introduced as
candidate for thi office of state
superintendent of schools by T.
J. Toose, but did inot f mention,
howerer, that he himseif - la- alao
a CSB'IMte,' ' '-:': ' . -
BANDIT KILLED, THREE '
TAKEN IN WILD BATTLE
BANK ROBBERS j CAPTURED
AFTER GETTING $45,000
Police Subdue California Bandits
in Thrilling 65-Mile an
Hour Fight
SACRAMENTO, Cai.; Jan.' 18.
(By Associated Press.) Within
three hours after four men robbed
the' Ralroad Na tonal bank at
Rosevlle this afternoon, taking
145,415, one of the . robbers "had
been killed by gunfire of Sacra
mento detectives and his three
companions, were taken prisoner,
one of theni badly wounded. All
of the money was recovered.
The 'killing of the .one robber
and the capture of . the others oc
curred near Veroua, Sutter coun
ty after a wild automobile chase,
in which the officers and the fugi
tives exchanged, dozens of shots.
The officers, Detectives Sergeant
E. L. Roberts and Detective Wal
ter Nelson were 6aved from the
hail of lead into which they raced
their car by the fact they were In
one of the armored police cars.
The, identity of the slain ban
dit has not been established. He
was known to his companions
simply as "Whitey."
The three who were taken alive
gave their names as John Ryan,
four times convicted of bank rob
bery, wounded In the shoulder
with buckshot.
Tom Newman, ex- San Quentin
conrict, wounded orer body with
buckshot.
Joe Rechison, 38, drirer of the
robber car, ex-San Quentin con
rict, unhurt.
The bank robbery, occurred at
1 : 1 5 this afternoon. Several po
lice cars carrying Sacramento of
fleers left to join the ehase as
soon as Captain William Hallanan
was advised of the' crime by tele
phone. Pulling away from the pursuing
police car, after tearing Verona,
the bandits sped south, .leaving
a gap of nearly two miles between
the machines In a, few minutes.
With his knees against hte
steering wheel and a shotgun on
his shoulder, Detective Roberts
opened the accelerator at a speed
estimated at 65 miles - an ; hour,
while beside hinr Nelson "prepared
for the battle by loading two shot
gun e.. Two pistols" were laid on
the seat in preparation for the
initial barrage.
Four miles from Verona the
exchange of bullets started when
Nelson opened with' his revolrer
(Continued oa pf 8.) " ,
"AIR PIRACY" CHARGED
RADIO STATION IS SAH TO BE
USURPING WAVE LENGTHS
CHICAGO, Jan. 18. (By Asso
ciated; Press.) - Information
charging radio station WJAZ op
erated by,, the Zenith Radio' cor
poration with "piracy" of ware
lengths will be filed j In ; federal
court tomorrow, John Elliot
Bryne, assistant United States dis
trict attorney announced tonight.
Thbvhe added, will be the first
test of the power, of the secretary
of commerce to assign discrimina
tory ware lengths and to divide
broadcasting time between sta
tions. . !',.
' The case also takes an inter
national aspect because It will be
charged that WJAZ usurped a
wave- length of 329.5 assigned to
Canadian stations . by a , special
agreement between the two gor-
ernments. ': .. , ' .' : . .
..- Eugene F. MacDonald Jr.,- pres
ident of the Zenith corporation,'
sal dthat his company belieres the
secretary of commerce has dis
criminated between It and other
stations and" it has decided to
make a test ease ! to determine
whctherlthere Is such a thing as
"freedom of the air," , :
APPROVE AIR SCHEDULE
NATIONAL TOtEj TABLE IN
CLUDES 73 LARGER CITIES
- CHICAGO, Jan.-18. (.By As
sociated Press. )A national air
mail schedule time: table coordin
ating federal alr .and railway: pos
tal schedules with those ot private
air,- post lines 'thjrougllout ' the
United , Slates was approved here
foday by holders of government
air - mail serrice - contracts. Eight
of the nine routes so far contract
ed for were represented." .
The schedule takes in more than
76- of the ' largest cities, - from
Maine to the Pacific northwest,
giring rates between them and in
dicating the time' sared , by air
mall1 as compared With existing
railroad' schedules. In effect, thse
contractors said, it cuts the trans
portation, map of. . the United
States to one-third its 'size as now
measured In hours by raiU ! " :
Copies of thd table will be gen
erally:. available within 30 days
and actual operation making the
schedule effectire wss tentatively
set to begin in ti'- ;irly ipring.
gotjsibly by Aril E i
WSii
CITYATTlie
Wins on Second itellot, Re-
signs as Councilman at
Meet Last ight.
IS SWORN INTO OFFICE
Leaves Vacancy far. New Council
Member From Ward 6; Suc
cessful Candidate Will
Begin- at ?Once
: Tales that names 6f others than
Fred Willis ms and chris Kowitz
would be Introduced as candidates
for city attorney, and that Wil
liams and Kowitx would both
withdraw: in faror pt Max Page
proved to be fantasies when the
election was resumed at the coun
cil meeting last niglft.
Fred A. Williams was elected
on the second ballot, receiving T
rotes, while Chris Kowits received
4. Alderman G. J Wendercoth
had nominated Thomas Brown.
Page was not eren Mentioned. On
the first: ballot Williams received
six rotes, Kowitz, four. Brown
one, Page one, and Blank one.
On the second ballot the rote
for Brown was withdrawn, al
though Page and Blank continued
to poll one rote each. Brown's
rote, eridently, went to Williams.
Williams won, a majority of rotes
cast being necessary to elect. ,
Just before . adjournment. Al
derman Williams submitted to the
mayor and common, council his
resignation as alderman. Mayor
Giesy added, when the council had
accepted the resignation, that he
was glad to grant' It, in as much
as it bore the significance it did.
When the meetifig. was orer,
Williams- descended; to the office
of City Recorder Mi Poulsen, who
duly-swore him Into -office. Mr.
Williams, duties as city attorney
are now In existence, i
"I look forward to a good deal
of work, Williams, declared after
congratulations anil condolences
had been extended him by the
members of the council. "Salera
Is improring and; fgrowing ,with
rapidity. " , There ; are ; 100 blocks
of concrete parement to bo laid.
There is ah extension of tho sew-,
er system. . I
"I might say, in addition, that
I shall do all I can to enforce
every ordinance to the litter." ,
1 Resignation of' Williams from
the . council means, naturally, ' a
vacancy. ;? For this the name ot
Charles Knokland was suggested
last night. It is Understood that
the custom is to hear the recom
mendations of thef people of the
ward interested. Williams -was
from Ward 6.- ' ;
First task to bd assigned Wil
liams in his new Capacity Is that
of relieving the condition of junk
shops and yards and such in tho
city of Salem. Th matterresuli
ed in an. application of . II. Stel
boch to establish a junk yard at
Front and Columbia streets.
A remonstrance signed by prac
tically all of the residents In tbe
neighborhood was sustained by
the council, and Steinboch's appli
cation was denied.! A resident of
the district, who was on hand for
the meeting, declared that there
are several good f houses In the
l Continued oA pagp 8.1
RADIO CONVERTS THIEF
RETURNS STOLEN SET AF
TER TUNING IN SERMON
OAKLAND, Cal., Jan. 18.
-(By Associatrl Press.) A
burglar entered ja . fashionable
home here a few! days ago an t
ftole a 1300 raclto outfit. TI
first thing he tubed in on was
a sermon by Dr. Frank M. si:
ley, pastor of th4 First Presby
terian church o4 reasons why
all transgressors against tho
moral law, burglars included,
should seek the fata of righte
ousness and rirtiie.
After the sermon ih& burg
lar tucked the ridio ontf.t un
der his arm, returned to tl ;
house where; hahad stolen It.
again broke Into the place a-i
placed the 6et 'neatly on i .
stand. Then he fiied the gro-uri
wire, -closed the j window ziu-r
hiin. and disappeared.
At least he admits all thi
ln a letter received by Dr.
ley today eJgrrd 'only "iix-Cc -rict."
, . ' ,. f,
"Your eermczt touched v.:o,"
he .cosclndcd. "I atsi .'. - t
hear you again I n xt ut
but not over, n jt"-:i r