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t -. 4 i - SEVENTY-FIFTH YETARit SAUElMrOREGON.TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS ctM:j 1 s DSICIillGES. SPMICiiGO Party Factions Are at'Ltg- ? n yci iicaud vnatyw ? by Two Groups Reeling grows'intense City "and ' State Of f klala Bald to " Vlf Attended Baaqnet ' -j; Coatrtftated :'fto ;by '! .-; ' the' Underworld , I ' CHICAGbvilarca (By .. A' soclated ; Press.) With the ; city's crime conditions and hints of poli tical "signUlcance formally ? aired at Washington, in the petition of the Chicago s BetterGovernment association; for a agressiona! in- are at loegerneaas.. t . , 'Intense feeling, here Jtoday,, cen tered about two photographs tlr- dulated In' connection with the petition charges that States . At torney ' CroSre was t a rguest rat. a 1 24, Wnquet given by the f Genna brothers and other Gangsters. i : One 'bf the pictures was sprint ed by the Chicago Tribune; today I abd , was ?a, reproduction. of the speakers" table at the,.bai4wtjr f erred to Jn the petition Dreseniea fiurpaga the Bpiendid efforts of the to the : senate SaturdAy';by4 Vice 6ther contestants U eritiUed to. all President. Dawes.: It snowed "Mr. the jraise that' It is poBsible to be CroweSecretary of State:Ennner- BtoW on her; and other contestants Bon. 'Lleuteiant Governor Sterling wui no doubt throw ".up their hats and other; state and municipal of- 'and cheer for the wlnner, ;real ; flclals sea'te'd at the table, j ""' . lzing ,fuU well that a young lady - Friends, ef the state's attorney who has the ability to surpass pointed out ttt severat represen- their ownsplendid efforts Is en atives.'bf; hd;toppbsm? iaCro tltleatto all, (he pralse tt is os headed by Senator eneen, were sible to bestow on her. ' also in theVhotographs and "a,sec- . JThe. race was a v close " Tone n6i( 5f a party given in 1925 throughout the entire period and ' Jamond 1 Joe!, EaposltoItaP; it was anybody's race up to the ader and alleged oootleggeri doslngJ'nbur.. . While- Miss Wll siowed Senator Deneen and others Hams won this splendid prise, as Quests. ,-"riu!w.-.;. there lareseveraT . other r contest Rer E. t,. Wmiams, -law: en- ants very -close to her and a very farcement director of the better Httle effort on the part of several j . ...nMirtn.'wtitniMl contestants would put them In today frbjn Washington, and Issued statement denying that the peti Jion for. a senate investigation of - conditions in Chicago was drawn with the assistance of politicians. ' : "The banauet picture printed by the Tribune." he asserted "show the best reason why I would not have conferred with elthe side . .'Coatlsm! mm. pai'.VV- , i t SANITY IS QUESTIOIIED 1 IIQUOR CASE roiNCTPAIi AS-1 PIRES TO SlaYORALXX . SEATTLE. March 1.--7 "As sociated Press.)- Louis Cobb, dis missed defendant in tne.uimsteau liquor conspiracy case,- told a san ity commission here tbdastthat he had bet 1160 to $5,000 Ithat fce weald be , Seattle's next 4mayor. Tb" committee, recommended that. Cobb be put In a hospital: 60 days for observation. ' Judge I ETeirett' Smith Is to decide on-the matter ' tomorrow. ' When asked If he believed he could still be elected mayor at the final election March: , Cobb., rer idled: : ry'-uH -Well, .worse things have hap- T a .nut If 1 IrMIA. PRISON HERO IS FREED SEXTcfcrTE!':W REWARD 3LA3CFIRE AID :. As fa reward "for hI;heroic! Lservico. "drirtng .the , recent Jin-. prison.' flakJ pUnt, George WU-: Hams, will be .released 'from Jthe penitentiary tbday; It, was an nounoed -yesterday tr: Gbvernpr Pierce, after he "had commuted Williams' sentence of five years r to four; 'years. -n4 . io . months. Williams was received at a the prlson - irom . -uaaer eon ntv.fnr-nS.nslatHT titer. I It was due largely to "WU- u V conflned.-to. a'SmallfO'ea .bn officials declared. : Late? vMht(ktMi.1i. tw'feI16w Ucbnvlcts while : In : the prisoh, yard, and received injuries which sent him to the institu tion hospital. : ! . " H-?W. Keliey, ah.other.o9-, -vlet, who wasseTtoaslyhnrr In an accident in the: prison. flax plant some time ago, will also be released today, afterH nis semense naa Deen cut irom five years to four ,f years and nine- months. lie was received -from-Lane -county on- a- forgery? charge. , ? - I ' ; Profor, Two Stii dents : ,; i 'Stage Impromptu Concert Three Resfen From Oregon University as Result of -."Indis- 4. - T ' "creet Hehavior; ureeK ana laun uiraiur iui, ; Says "He Is Not Enjoying Himself.' , t . . ',.'..' i . . i' T " ''.. assistant prof essor of Greek and Latin at the University of Oregon, and Frank Miller Chapman and. Herbert. Mclntyre Graham. HbotMofi Fortlana, stuaentsac ine umvexsiiy iaw SCI lot) 1 nave itcvcicu i.uiun..uu"j v... j -- - result;of "indiscreet behavior! it was announced by officials here-today. .j ' ' ' , T :v The-resignation of Professor Jdhnstones comes, it is said, as the result of an early morning gathering of the tutor and NlrtA WIllLlAMS TAKES 0 TDfAnOTJD RING CONTEST WINNER - ASKED TO REPORT : TO OFFICE AT ONCE r I Many Contestants Close as Radio ; Set Offer Opens; Workers re"Very Actlre ; ' J By Auto ' Contest Editor After: checklne' and - rechecklne jery, yery carefully ihe - amount of subscription cash received from February ' 8 1 to February'? 7, ; the AutomobUe Contest fEditor de cided that Nina : Williams was "the winner ' of ' the diamond " ring "arid If this young lady will come , to The Statesman office we will give her an order, for the ring and she can go to Burnett Bros.; Jewelry 8tore,fcget the ring, have It - fitted to her.' finger, and enjoy it as long as "she llkeW-iiZ l-. Congratulations are in f order today for , Miss Williams; . for ra tt'o;nas ttte;-abflityHo the lead at the present time. And accordingly, as we enter, the radio prize period, several contestants hot only start even for the regular prize, but they are almost even in the face for the granu prize. The announcement of the (Continued on pass 6.) WATER SUIT IS STARTED . An Jnjunct-ion against ' the city of Salem and city officials, to pre vent the paying of $2,500 to Stevens and Koon of Portland for an appraisal of the Salem Water company's plant, was sought yes terday in a complaint filed In the circuit court. ! l; The. plaintiffs In the case are T. U. Waldorf, L. H. Buter, F. O Bartholomew, Carrie E. Bartholo mew "and :Alta ; M. Chiwe, all tax payers vand .residents of the city. Clyde O". Rice ' as" city treasurer and Mark Poulsen as city record er, are named; defendants in the action. K The i appraisal of the wateV plant was recently ordered. Ith a -view to the purchasing of it by the city. ; r ' ; l;The. suit- Is Instituted on the grounds that the city council is unauthorized to - pay the amount and ; that the t transfer is illegal. Another' point on which the affair U contested lies in the fact that the prbvision for the -amount did not appear in the' city budget. SETS PENALTY in1 CALLS ..EXPERIENCE ; WORTH J ABOUT FIVE DOLLARS" , Thomas B. Kay. Btate treasurer Monday had the" distinction ot be ing allowed to dictate the amount of his fine for a traffic violation, The state - treasurer was arrested Sunday, when he failed to observe a stop sign on one of Salem's prin cipal streets. ? ... . t -.7 Upon i making his appearance In the recorders: court Monday, Mr, Kay 'was asked , to - designate the amount he should 4"pay as a - balm for" the traffic offense.- The state treasurer, said 4 he thought the ex perience-was worth-about $6. . - . i . - , - . -. ; , ; AUTO EARNINGS GROW - NEW. YORK,. March . l.(AP. Earnings bf 'Dodge- Brothers Inc.." automobile J manufacturers. established a new high record In 1925,- with -net Income expanding tn 28.69 8.846. compared with $19,965,440 la the preceding year two Biaaenis in v iuu.ru iuui uu ua camnus. (February 20, when a wbea party termed "a bit 'noisy was featured by an impromptu concert and the ' trio ', was requested to leave the building at 4 a. m. . The tw students have not been on the campus for two weeks and escaped the discipline that would surely have bsen meted out' by" the administration committee. Professor Johnstone admitted that a ! party had been held and denied ' that there had been any liquor consumed. - , 1 s-."I havo found Tnyself tempera mentally Incompatible -with con ditions as they are at Oregon.' he offered. ''The' things that 'I Jike to do are not understood, and I resent' restrictions. : A man who is interested In music late at night Is said to be peculiar here. If anything Is done at night, an ex planation is sought which charges drunkenness. ; No such charges have been made by the university officials. ' It was really ' a mutual agreement between : the adminis trative officials and myself. I am not enjoying myself, here. Professor Johnstone graduated from Oxford In 1924. OFFEE VICTIM ACTIVE ORIGINAL. DASIAGE REQUEST OF f500 JUMPS HIGHER Allen J. Mitchell, the man who spilt; some hot coffee on his leg at the Salem auto park last year. andt n, -whp. claimed . .-. damage mounting to'6ver"$5o6 was again heard from at. the meeting of the ity council last night. . : Mitchell,! through -his Iowa at torney. Clark Todd McConnell, refreshesthe city's memory that his claim, is based On the con ten- tlon that the table In the park 'at which he sat was defective. As a slow running sore resulting from the burns is still unhealed, Mit cbell wishes now to have the city reimburse him with $750 dam ages. If ihe city does hot show will ingness to act in the matter, Mr. Mitchell , intimates sntt will be started. He contemplates making a trip ''to "the coast this summer. and would like to have the bear ing at! that. time. The communi cation 'was referred to the park board and the city attorney. fiiPRCBH1 1 First rBB! j Dropped C as Too Svleeirigr SccbnrJ 6rdi- ceing'Drawn X 4 : KAY ?PARK "ISSUE ENDED Ruildfns Code; ; and 'Perhilt Peti s tions. Massed f to . !'ZOning , i 'CommbifiWn; . f'Rhbrt j' ISessidn' Active At the shortest council tteetfng In the last six 'months,' the matter Df purchasing the fKay ""park site was -evidently Settled I forever, the 'jun "ordinance was rejected on recommendation or the committee. and (report oi tne special commit tee to f confer with the " city -plan ning and zoning commfssion was received. - f J A report . was- read sta ting-that the Kay park site can be pur. chased for $6,000 cash. The deed is at -present resting In a local bank, and will be delivered to the city as soon as negotiations are completed. The city - authorized definitely the purchase, which will probably be transacted today. And herewith ends, or apparent ly ends, a story that has been a point of contention m the city council for nearly a year. 4 Because tbe- junk ordinance drawn up is said to be too drastic. the ordinance committee recom mended that it not pass. The re port was adopted by the counciL Alderman, E- S. Purvlne explained that a new ordinance is being drawn up that will attempt to . That all petitions for building permits be referred to the zoning (Contibned on pse 8) tsr Salem : Public Schools PREsfflrriNQ. Frances llrnbeta Frances Hrubetz, teacher of English at Salem high school. Three years at Salem high school: Four -years teaching experience Graduate of University of palifor nia. .Summer school at Columbia university. Represented Salem at last .meeting of National Educaf tion association at Washington, D. C. Actively interested In drama,' being coach of ''Good Annabel!" last student body play. CAREFUL THERE BROTHER' FLIES SffiEP TliaOIfGH TOWfl 1 , i One Thousand People Home less; One Dead and Many Injured by5 Blaze LOSS OVER ONEillllilbfs More Tliaii5:ilom?Destroye)l When'" Flames' Sweep Through Arkansas Town; 'Sol fliers on Guard ; NEWPOR'T. "Ark., March i.- ( By Associated Press. ) Newport was virtually under, martial law tonight . with ' qne dead,,. several Injured and one fourth of its popu lation of 4,000 (homeless, as a reJ suit of a - fire which destroyed more' than 280 of Its homes. -The loss was estimated at $1,000,000: The homeless were sleeping in churches, the, high acbpoLbuilding. which escaped the flames, and some in the park. A national guard unit was en route here with tents. The American Lesion post pa trolled the streets ' to keep down possible looting. . The fire started this afternoon when a spark from a flue ignited the roof of a negro cabin on the river bank. The flames jumped to the V. O. Jones Lumber company plant, igniting lumber piles, and spread to negro houses on the river front and to the stave yard of the Merryman Cooperage company." The Merryman plant is east on the river. From It sparks set eight or ten houses almost simul taneously. A hierh wind, waa hlowlne and flames spread rapidly, sweep ing, clean a space bounded rough ly on the west by the White river, on the east by Remmel avenue, on the north by Hazel avenue and on the south by Chastin's Addition. TY COBB OPERATED ON GROWTH IS REMOVED FROM EYE OF GEORGIA PEACH BALTIMORE, Md. March 1. (By Associated Press.) Ty Cobb, manager of the Detroit American league baseball club, underwent a successful operation for removal of a small growth from his left eye today. Dr. William Holland Wilmer, who performed the oper ation at the Wilmer eye clinic of Johns Hopkins hospital, pronounc- Gracious.jed the Georgia Peach's condition perfect. !, Gdurity Willi Jbin Spring: Window Display Festival City Council Cast Unanimous Vote to Close Streets for Auto ad Style Show; 10,000 to Join in First Annual V Frolic of Spring -r . By unanimous vote, the, city council at its meeting last night voiced its approval 6f the first annual Window Display Week being' promoted by tne Salem Ad club. , h : : ; Permission was: granted, the Ad club to close Court street from High to Liberty streets and from Liberty to Commer cial streets from 7 to 9:30 o'clock on the opening evening: Tuesday, March 1G. . l These two sectioria "will be used for a grand auto and style show. Extra traffic of ficers will be hired at the ex pense or the Ad club to direct traffic from the sections closed. - Mayor J. B. Giesy 'instructed the ! comm ittee On ' health and ; po lice and Chief 'Frank Mlnto to make arrangements' for the rout ing of the street buses during the hours the street' is closed. Lester Schlosbefg, "secretary of the "Ad club, explained why : the week is Ifteing introduced ' by the club. t , if j "In 'launching' thi3 Spring Win dow Display week, we tare trying to take the gloom out of .the' show windowsot j Salem ,' he declared. "We are" trying to get people to come to town to "window shop. "Along with the ' auto "show in the two sections v of streets 'we have askell ' you tp close tempor arily for us, we wiU put on a style show. t We wiil have strings of lights along the sides of the street to afford ample light. "On the opening night, besides the auto show, there will be a dance at the Salem armory to which all are invited, no charge being, made. A seven piece or chestra will provide the music. In addition to this,, we have hired a band to play on the streets. "All the Bhow windows In the city are to be dressed behind cur tains on the day ot the 16th. At 7:30 o'clock in the evening, show windows all over town are to be unveiled simultaneously. "We hope to make this an an nual affair. We believe this an nual week will help to bring out-of-town trade to our city. That is one of our aims, to get the people from the surrounding towns to come to Salem on" the opening night, and other days of the week to see what Salem has to offer. "We believe we are not exag gerating when we predict that "at least 10,000 people will be on the down town streets of the city on the opening night to view the windows." . Following is the program for opening night: 7:30 to 9:30 Band music. 7:30 Unveiling of show win dows. Judges' decisions. 9:30 Free dance at Salem armory. Ad club members on re ception committee will wear badg es. Santiam Syncopators will fur nish dance music. HOBO PROVIDER FAILS MANY GO HUNGRY WHEN STRANGER FAILS TO SHOW , CHICAGO, March 1. (By As sociated Press.) Haif of the itinerants of West Madison street, thoroughfare of hoboes, became stationary for an iiour today at' the doors 'of the hobo college in anticipation ! of the return of the mysterious land affluent sis-anger who has appeared daily at the hobo haven 'to stake the crowd to lu ached. j .The stranger who refused to re veal his name and who yesterday took 300 tramps to lunch, today attracted a crowd of 1,000 and then failed to show up. . , "He t just inade a pile in a big 'crap game; and has Mowed it,' one disappointed - hobo surmised: But the majority believed ho is at least a big butter and egg man,' land intends to come back tomor row. , EMPLOYES 'ASK FOR MILL FACTORY WAfJ TO HAVE BEEN SOLD TO WORKERS, SAID , , SEATTLE, March 1. ( By As; eociated 'Press. X Asa Martin, for 22 years anj employe of the O..B. WUllams company operating - a $250,000 sash ; and door factory, filed here today a ' petition in in tervention in. the -estate of O.. B. Williams, founder of thejcompahy Tiie petition asked that provisions of WiUiams will, under which the factory was to have been sold to the em ployes for 175,000, be exe cuted.i .j . Irfv . 7s-.yi-M ;) Executors of. the will Include Hannah E. Williams, widow, of O. B, Williams, who died two years' ago.: - She- claims halt tl:e business as -community. property, but "Mar tin, representing 55 ! fellow, em ployes, asserted, that Williams had the factory before his' marriage. ! SEATTLE MAN NAMED , YAKIMA; March 1. S. B. San ders ,ott Seattle rwas re-elected president or tne w Washington State Agricultural council," ah organ iza. tlon I o f state ,"Iar m - cooperatives during the annual meeting here today, ' i legion force unites ; in Member campaIgn UTILIZATION OF CASH BONUS AND INSURANCE URGED Delegation to Travel to Portland to See TOO Veterans Initiated' Major W. P. Simpson, secretary or the state bonus and loan com mission, addressed 300 members or Capitol Post No. 9, American Legion, gathered last night to or ganize the annual, membership campaign which has, as a set goal, an enrollment of 1,000 vet erans. One hundred members volun teered to help Commander Vick McKenzie in the work which opens tomorrow morning, team members to meet - at Brown's warehouse at 8 a. m. The pres ent enrollment is 501. During his talk. Major Simpson explained how the cash bonus could be refunded under certain conditions. Twenty veterans, who (Continued on pas 6.) NARCOTICS ARE SEIZED OPIUM VALUED AT .980,000 TAKEN; OWNERS ESCAPE VICTORIA, B. C, March 1. (By Associated .Press.lTT-rA runfc containing 135 tins of opium and val ued at 1 80,000 was seized by customs officials : here today. It was landed a week ago from the trans-Pacific liner Empress ,of Russia. The owner failed-to ap pear. ? . : ... . . SEATTLE, March 1. -(By .As sociated Press. ) After . federal Judge George . M- Bourquln of Montana had Imposed penalties aggregating sixty days in Jail and $525 in fines on eight persons who pleaded. milty, to "violating the nar cotics 'laws . here today, federal narcotic agents 'Initiated what promised to be a boycott of his court. ; .. , . . .. Chief, Agent, Harry V. William son directed . Agents C W. Pater son and G. y. Close to file against the eight defendants in the state courts with the hope of obtaining heavier, sentences. STRAWBERRY CROP CUT TONNAGE FROM "KEN N E W ICK DISTRICT TO BE MUCH LESS . YAKIMA, Wash., March '. Strawberry, tonnage, in the Kenne- wick district Vill amount to about 10 car lots durlnz 1926 or only half "of the 1925 tonnage accord-! ing to Lee M, Lampson of Kenne- wick, manager of t,he; Three Rlv- er0 rowers' association. - The re duction is due to -many vines be ing plowed up on account of! the severe freeze of two years ago. Asparagus tonnage - in Benton county Will amount to 50 cars this year or twice that of 1925.be said The : increase 'is due to enlarged acreage. . ..: The -increased, asparagus .ton nage; will be shipped east as the northwest demand - is - well eared for, ,ie .'. explained.. The. Benton eary potato, acreage will' be In creased 30 per cent, Lampsbn re ported..'!": rf '-:f "!."!! : DfibNkENbRiverlSjAiLED ;:.;t;."- trV.-ri: r? ; i ... GETS OO DAYS, flOOFINE, AND . CAR HELD BYCOIJRT 4 ; - ' t' '' w' "M M- -- ''- 'r '' 1; HenrypH1? -15 a farmer Jot the Geryals district, " received a hard jolt in justice court yesterday when ; he appeared 1 before : Brazier C Small justice of the peace, bn a. charge of driving an 'automobile while- lnitoxfated.t..-;V-. ZJ- i ': ' i'Enterlnff'a plea of rguilty'to the charge, he was sentenced', to 60 days In the bounty jail, fined jlOO, and hadhls drivers' Jllcense taken away.' for one year.rBesides this. Sheriff Bower has : been given ln structidns "to nold Hansen's car for a period of 60 days, in accord ance with a law -passed by .'the Is 2 5 : legislature! tHi sisi v.j Hansen .was ? arrested . Sunday evening by city police and the case was transferred from the xity de partment to the district justice co'urt. ;' .'...:;"!.'L ; ORYiriQUIR? IS Secretary ? Mellon Thinks Little of Andrew's Sug gestion for Probe SAYS PUBLIC VIEW SET Nation Has Made Up Its Mind One : Way or Other, Mellon Ho States; Inquiry Would Mean Nothing WASHINGTON. March l.r (By Associated, .Press.) Appointment ot a presidential , commission . to conduct an In vestlgat Ion into the general effecti of the .-prohibition amendment was f proposed r today by Assictanc secretary Anarews in charge of enforcement, but it was immediately frowned npon by Sec retary Mellon. " f. . . ..." Expressing the; hope that the inanity started today-in the house alcoholic liquor traffic c6mmissioa Into prohibition would result In such a recommendation, Mr. An drews,, speaking informally,' said It. '' would do much to fjrulet ' the public mind and aid enforcement work.".- ; .! . , . r Secretary Mellon took ,an oppo site view on tbe proposal of his chief enforcement officer, bowever,- expresslng . the opinion that tbe public has made up. Its mind either for or against.. prohibition, and such an investigation would be of little, help., Mapping, out plans for" Its study ot the effect of , the operation, ot the 18th amendment,, the house committee, today .decided .to call Mr, 'Andrews as its. ilrst : witness pro Dably next Monday., Chairman Hudson . indicated the proposal, of the ! assistant I secretary might be endorsed after j a preliminary In quiry, by the committee. . Another viewpoint, however. was expressed byWayne B, Wheel er, general counsel of the anti Saloon League, of ."America.. ."Congressional, leaders are. not inclined to authorize any new com mission to Investigate, the results of DrohlbItion,!,he,said."A con gressional committee la the' usual one. to .investigate 'conditions on which congress acts. .The alco holic! liquor traffic"; committee Is making an IhveStlgatlon and this Contiaad i t .) FRESHMA N 'GLEE COM IN (3 ORIGINAL' SONGS AND WORDS TO FEATURE EVENING . - t,.-' . V " ' "'"', Freshman Glee, one of the out standing; event ot the Willamette school year, will be held Saturday evening at 8:15. The Salem Arm ory has been engaged for the i -casion, as it has a greater seatinir capacity than the Willamette gym nasium.!' -. : ' y Egbert Thompson 'of Salem. 'a member of the freshman class, U managing the Glee. Each class will! present a song written and composed by its - own , members. Judges will "award respective places to the classes. -' Edith Mickey has written Ihe words and composed' the music to the senior song.' ! The junior sons, words -and .music, was compogf 1 by Malcolm Mrdler. Louise Find ley and Kenneth McCormick col laborated. 'InwrUfug the "sopho more song. The music for the freshman song was composed I y Carolyn, Parker - while . Crystal Mills wrote the worda- . . Admission Is free. jTickets for the. reserved sections have 'been given to the students. The public is invited.. - . , . - Waslunzton " The Muscle. Shoals, begun in the senate. . . : . fight W . i Wbconslnt won its bound; fight with Michigan. ., The- Watson-Parker rallrc labor bill was passed by the hou The supreme court iel r art ( Wisconsin's Inheritance tax 1 invalid. . , j . . a r 'Fafia 'leaders Jraltcre 1 f ; . : conference with "metil-ra cf c gress over farm les'-'.atl--.. Secretary Mellon' r ; tant-Secretary -And. '; to an inve-"-tion rf r effects wcr : ' - '