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SEVENTY-FTH YEAR ' "-i 1 ' ' " SALEM OREGONTHURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1926 - ; ; !f PRICE FIVE CENTS
Jadm Contest Stwt& Slowly ;M Radio Easily . Whdr Watits One?'
Freshrhan !Glee Saturday;
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Robbed Rich To Help Poor
LIBERTY SPAH
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Rush for Tickets Opens
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AID THE WEEDY
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Students to Compete in Eighteenth Annual Contest, Original
".. ' Sorrzs- to Be Jodgred op Merit of Words, Music
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1IT REJECTED
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House Military .Committee
Discards Proposals to Be-.
vise Defense System
HEW MEASURE DRAFJED
t AU-Embraclng Bill Drawn Up By
' Committee to Be Substituted;
's Program Out tine
. Development
'WASHINGTON. March 3. (By
Associated Press.) Tae -Hnar-oas
proposals which haTerr arisen
out of the turmoil' of discassioin
over revision of the national de
fense ; to, give increased - recogni
tion to aviation were thrown Into
the discard today by the house
military committee. v j
'. In rapid succession, it disap
proved the proposals for a depart
ment of national defense, a uni
fied air service and a separate air
service and a separate air. corps, in
the army and then voted to 'draft
an all-embracing bill of its own to
provide for a larger : air service,
but one that would J harmonize
with the defense organization as
it now exists. The" committee
made clear, In announcing its
plan, that It would give careful
consideration to a five Jrear build
ing prorram for the ' army air
service, - made public during the
day by the war departments ;
The 1 program 'aa i ehdrse4 by
Secretary Dwight- tayis,i con--tekNates
an Increased 'expendtt
tiot -434,600,000 Mutually lor
theflr service ,and at the end of
five years; would ; provide 2200
iiew airplanes? The house naval
committee 5 ? recently ; approved a
five year program fof the naval
air service which inyolved a total
expenditure of $S5,000;000 and
was designed to provide 1,000 new
planes at the end of the period.
The military committee: voted
11 to 10 against a bill to establish
a department of national defense
in which land,' sea and air arma
ments would be given co-equal
status, and 16 to S against a uni
fied air service. The vote against
a separate air corps in the army,
which was endorsed i by Major
General Mason M. Patrick, army
air chief, was 15 to 6.
A bill sponsored by the 'war de
partment to carry out recommen
dations of - the' president's air
board also was rejecteff.'li'to 10.
Chairman Mprin of the commit
tee explained B'tnls plan waa
jecLed.on the,gTOifnd that It 'did
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FR0WN;0rrtVlRE TAPPfflS
RitTDnorpixa ox phone
CALLS NOT- CXJCNTEXANCEIV
SEATTLE. March 3J By As
sociated Press.) Abandonment
of wire tapping y federftt ageits:
to obtain evidence against liquor
vendors has been ordered by the
rftTernmenL It" is persistently re
ported in legal1 icleeHherel Off W
cial confirmation or the reports" fa-
lacking;-::. ' f 'ih'?p - 's
"Whispering wire".- .evidence.
sprang into f prdmfaencefi tk
trial und conviction of Roy Olm
sted,' former Seatap.oli:e lleutenJ
ant and a number f co-defend
ants here. OUnated sjad'Jirasao
ptifM are to besentenced'by fed
'era! Judge'-Jereialah. . "Neiexer
Monday.- :?i:WA -
Fred C. Brow, former ceunty
prosecuting attorney and OIm
sted's defense . attorney aaserten
Richard I. Pryant, federal prohi
bition sleuth, told him Instructions
have been received front Washing
ton, D.C, that f'whlsperlng wire",
evidence is not t oba- used by the"
government In the future
Who
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Safem i Public Schools
LAURA BATES EATON1 ,
Laura Bates Eaton, In charge
of the special room at Richmond
elementary school. Thre -V yearj
In Salem, eight , years reachiag
experience. Graduate oft Oregon
state normal school. .Actively te-
tprested In art work as well as In
work with pupils requiring spe
cial attention. ' : - -:
One thou sand reserve tickets have already been dealt out
to Willamette university students for the 18th annual Fresh
man Glee to be held by the school. The Glee will take place
Saurday eveningr at 8 o'clock in
A fireneral invitatiore has
attend the-Glee. So popular has the event proved in years
past that the- crowd last year' began to fill the armory fully
an hour before the opening of the Glee.- - ,
A special : program has. been arranged for the occasion.
PAULUS- CdUPANy" TAKES
KINGS CANNING ! PLANT
BRYINO OP PRFNES TO FEA-
" TtJRE SEASON'S PACK
Dehydration Plant to Be Tested
' With Loganberries to Feel f
' Market ' .
Robert C. Paulus company, lo
cal , packers, have; leased the . en
tire plant of 4 the Kings Food
Products company. For the last
three years the plant has been in
active after the Food .Products
project went on the rocks. " ' v
Included in the lease is the
right of the Paulus company to
sublease as it may desire. As
In previous years, J however, the
Oregon Electric Railroad company
will take space in the warehouse
for storare of hops. ,
Drying of prunes will be one of
the big functions of the plant, ac
cording to Robert Paulus.
We will test the dehydration
plant with loganberries," declared
Mr. Paulus. i "We have not been
able to' ascertain even approxi
mately whether or not it can be
ran economically enough to com-
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ASK FOR GAS'FRARCHISE
ItIC POCKETS OF NATURAli
. GAS FOUND IN ABERDEEIr
HO QUI AM, Wash., March 3.
s(By Associated, Press. )rThe New
York Gas & Oil company of Wash
ington, which has been drilUng for
oil on a hill in the northern part
jof Alberton for several months
tonight applied to the Aberdeen
city council for a 25 year fran
chise to furnish natural gas to the
city. It was announced that sim
ilar, applications would be made
at Hoquiam and Cosmopolis. The
application states that the gas, of
twice- the BTU content of that now
In usewouTd be furnished at half
the cost. F. D; Gardner, repre
senting the company at the coun
cil" meeting; said . that the f com
pany had spent 1100,0 04 in de
veloping the; field and believes it
Is entitled to the first, chance at
the local market if. gas is. found.
Rumors have"' been' In circulation
for some time that large' quah ti
tles of gas hard been toon a at tne
Kew York .well and another being
driven - at 5 Moa tesOno. ; ; Officials
have den-ied the, reports.
ROTARY PRAISE DEBATE
,nvTatnsiso value beyond.
" , .ESTWttTE IH BEWKF '
That the Salem, " Oregon-Salem,
Massachusetts ofebatr ir 'th est
publicity stunt Salem has ever
iiad- waa the declaration .made by
FTed'fhtelseir; president f the
Satenv Iietary elab,at the cluh'a
luncheon" yesterday noon. .
' V TsfZ. DeckebaeH stated, that the
point 'must not be' forgotten that
Salem has ubready received pub
licity throughout the natlbff for
the- debate. He declared i", s
"We 'can. not back out now If we
wfahtd.7rhe eatfre country is er
i pecting results from us, and we
' cannet afford to be held up na
;tIonally as quitters. f It Is up to
every one of-us to-help-materially
in sending our team east for the
debate." - - - : - f
BIG GAS WELL COMES ill
OIL IS REACHED IN MONTANA
SHAFT AT 8500 FEET -
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' BILLINGS. : Mont., ; March 3
(By Associated Press Mon
taiui's biggest gaa well,, producing
2$, 000, 000 cubie feet a day before
Iti was partially shut off, came In
today a an oil producer when the
Dakota sand. was . encountered
t after continued drilling. W 1 1 h
S500 feet of oU standing In the
hole, it -was tapped awaiting the
erection1 of storage tanks.; The
well Is located In the Big Lake
field of the 1 Lake Basin 'and Is
owned by the' the' Record Petrol
earn company, ... , . , .
the Salem arrnory.- ?
been extenuett to tne public to
according iq Jgoeri morapBou ui
rTZZ'.
d,''!-
8HTi a sun),, .xi u immic ui wun.u
is specified each year. This year
the sons Is to be a. march.
For several weeks the members
of each class have been rising be
fore' breakfast for the sole pur
pose '"of practicing for the Glee.
Each class must march up to the
stagerT So drills have- been prac
ticed and perfected:
Songs are to be judged on three
points : words, musio and presen
tation. The ; freshman class won
first honors and the glee pennant
last year.
Following la the program for
the Glee:
Welcome .. John Minto
Cornet solo.. ..... Albert Warren
Senior song Queen of the West
Edith Mickey.
Junior song "Fight On, Ye Beaj
cats Malcolm Medler
Reading Joolish Questions
Virginia Merle Crites.
Sophomore song Mighty Alma
Mater. . Words: Margaret Ar
nold 'and .-Virginia Merle Crites.
Music:; Margaret .Lewis .and
Louise' Flndley. t '-
Freshman song Willamette, We
Are Loyal. Words: Crystal
Mills; music, Carolyn Parker. ?
Piano solo . . Ellen Henry
Decision ff the jttdges. ,
A thousand reserved seat tickets
have, been issued.' EachWjllam-;
ette student ft'anbwed two for his
friends. ..'. "ii " P
COLLEGE EDITOR OUSTED
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STUDENT COUNCIL RESENTS
I VIGILANTE EDITORIAL
SEATTLE, March 3. (By As
sociated Press.) Ray Bachman,
editor of the. University ef Wash
ington Daily, was required to re
sign from' the Senior cons cil to
day when .he refused tq apologize
for an editorial statement accus
ing the council of performing a
"flip flop? ia first deciding to
abolish 'the freshman vigilance
committee and then r later rein
stating the body, The .vigilance
committee was abolished whan
group of freshmgLJcludinBsey-
eral officers painted class numer
als on the campus memorial aren
and on some of the, buildings.
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" J . ' MMMMMiMM - "1 W 1 I IT M "l ". L ' I- I lllllll . I rj j rhi- MIIJTTWT-"
A. F. McClaine 65, Prom
. indent m Northwest, Was
Born in SHverton
HEADS NORTHERN BANKS
Oregon Slan Dies in Spoka-ae;
' Was President of Leading
Financial Houses on
West Coast '
SPOKANE, March 3. (By As
sociated Press.) A. F. MeClaine
65. prominent banker of Oregon
and Washington, died here late
today.
Mr. McClaine was born in SH
verton and his father, the late
Fielding McClaine, was a pioneer
banker of SHverton. Mr. Mc
Claine was president of the Na
tional Bank of Commerce at Ta
eoma for 22 years prior to 1908
when he came to Spokane as pres
ident of the Traders National
bank here.
He served as president of the
Traders bank until 1914 when it
consolidated with the Spokane &
Eastern Trust company, and since
has been a director of the trust
firm.
A. F. McClaine had been ill for
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HOME BREW SAID FOOD
JURIST DIFFERS, SUGGESTS
X SOME SUBSTITUTE
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EUGENE, March 3. (By
Associated Press.) A. story of
how home brew kept him alive
after all his teeth had been
pulled, resulted in a fine .'of,
only 10 when Gus Nelson, 65',
was tried in justice court here
today on a charge of manufac
turing liquor.
Nelson told Justice G. W.
Stocker he had 24 teeth pulled
in one day and was unable to
eat anything and could not
keep even milk on his stomach.
He exhibited his toothless
mouth and said he was facing
starvation! when a friend told
him to drink home brew.
The legal defendant "asserted
home brew was a food, but
Justice Stoker thought a sub
stitute might be found and im
posed the small fine.
LOVE'S LABOR LOST?
Modern "Robin Hood" Is
Imprisoned for 12 Years
Following Confession
TOWN A LITTLE SORRY
J. L. Roseneranta, Cashier of Mul
vane Bank, "Meant WeH,"
Community" Says;
$217,000 Takes
By Central Preaa.)
MULVANE, Kan.. March 2.
Although he misappropriated a
quarter of a million dollars of the
cash of citizens of Mulvane and
neighborhood, the community is
a little sorry its Robin Hood, J. L.
Rosencrants, is in prison.
Most everyone admits he
"meant well."
Rosencrants was sent to Kansas
State prison to meditate the. folly
of robbing the rich to help the
poor a few days after he con
fessed responsibility for the
wrecking of the Farmers' State
Bank of Mulvane.
fFor 15 years the time Rosen
crants was cashier, of the bank
he was one of the leaders of the
Mulvane community. When the
bank was closed it was disclosed
Rdsencrants, who has a wife and
two children! had looted the bank
because, he says, he wanted to
prevent suffering in the commun
ity. .
- Every safety denosit box had
foeen , rif ledw jnore than. $106,000
in customers bonds being listed
among the losses. The bank was
fairly plastered , with notes, some
of which. may be collected. Scores
of families were made penniless
through the crash.
"I stole from the rich to give
to the poor," was the confession
of Rosencrants just before he was
sentenced to from 12 to 50 years
in the state penitentiary.
"I knew the rich could well af
ford to lose a few thousand dol
lars and my real f rieads the
needy were badly - in need of
money. Used the deposits of
thdee well off to furnish loans for
the poor the farmers and labor
ing men. I entered the deposits
on the pass books of my custom
ers, but not on the bank ledger.
I had two sets of books, ene tor
inspection of bank j officers and
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J. L. Rosehcrans, modern "RoWn'Hood." is medftatinv- in Vmnaaa
state prison the folly of stealing from the rich to give to the poor.
He was sentenced to a 12 year term less than 24 hours after he sur
rendered on the charge of wrecking the Farmers' State bank of Mul
vane to the extent of $217,000. Investigation shows he loaned money
to all whom he considered needed it, and did not attempt to force
payment. "He was too good-hearted," friends say. Photo shows the
bank, Rosencrans and his home.
GIFT RADIO RACE LED
BY MRS. RALPH SKOPIL
ELIZABETH WELCH, SECOND,
MRS. CLYMER THIRD
Those Who Enter Now Have
Chance to Win Both Radio and
"Automobile ,
Mrs. Ralph Skopil holds first
place toward winning the special
prize oa- March 20. Mrs. Skopil
has been one of the top notchers
all along and, she has gone right
ahead and attended to her own
campaign and she wants her
friends to know that she is still
in the race today. She is to be
cougratulated.
Elizabeth Welch was the first
one to turn in money on the radio
and stands second for the special
prize. -
Mrs. George Clymer of Turner,
Oregon,' holds third place. Mrs.
Clymer has practically Just begun
working in the Statesman's con
test. She asks her friends for
their support during the next six
weeks.!
I certainly have myj private
opinion of you. Here yiou have
been wanting an automobile all
these years and you have been
saving ' money because you hated
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RICH LAND DISCOVERED
"TROPICAL ! VALLEY ! FOUND
IN FASTNESS OF NORTH
SEATTLE, March 3. (By As
sociated Press.) White deer
small buffalo and other animals
and birds thrive In the mild cli
mate or the j "tropical valley" in
northern British Columbia, hun
dreds of miles north of Seattle,
Sam Cj Scotte.who reported the
discovery of the region four years
ago, told the Seattle mining club
today. - ;
Due to ' sheltering - mountains,
the chinook i winds and bubbling
hot springs, -'snow is S aim out un
known. In the valley, although it
ii in a region where winters are
usually severe,"; Scotte said. A
8tringof" small lakes abound with
trout. The valley is about 20
miles lpng and v averages three
miles to width. - Scotte asserted
the country east - of ; the i Casslar
range of mountains contains vast
stores of . oil, , gold, silver, lead,
platinum' and asphalt. . "ThliTsec
tlon has - been almost untouched
by white men," he said. . "On one
unnamed creek I panned 11700 in
gold ia 12 days." :
THE REWARD OF CRIME
PAIR SENTENCED TO TEN
- YEARS; STOIJS 5 CENTS
KANSAS CITY, March 3.
(By Associated Press )Rob-
;ert Clark, 27 ChiIIicothe Mo4
and Julia Jacksoiif 24, Amar
illo, Texas, today were - men
-teaced t 10 yrs each in the
penitentiary for robbery of five1'
cents from Leaborer Walker,
negro. : . ... v-
STOCK PRICES CRASH IN
NEW YORK CURB RIOTS
ALL RECORDS FOR VOLUME OF
TRADING ARE BROKEN
Decision on "Nickel Plate" Con
bolldation Results In Quick
Unloading
NEW YORK, March 3. (By
Associated Press. ) -f Another
dramatic-break in prices, in which
all existing records for, the volume-and
breadth of trad in were
broken, . took place today in the
New York stock exchange. Net
declines in ,the active issues
ranged from one to 33 points,
which the stocks of railroad
shares identlTled with pending
merger plans bearing the brunt of
the selling attacks, due to the in
terstate commerce commission's
rejection of the proposed "Nickel
Plate" consolidation.
Total sales as compiled by the
Associated Press tabulators, were
3,785,700 shares as compared
(Continned on page 6.)
CHURCH COUNSEL MERGE
PrIeSBYTERIAN AND ItE FORM
ED GROtTPS WILL UNITE
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. March
3 . ( By 'Associated j Press. ) A
merger of the general counsel of
the; Presbyterian and Reformed
churches In ' America, . and" the
American section of he Alliance
of Reformed Churches throughout
the world,' retaining the Presbyter
Ian system was affected subject to
the approval of the constituent Ju
diciaries at a conference of repre
sentatives of both . church bodies
here, today. '.'"" f- '-?
' The;t Rsv. Dr. George ' Sumney
of New Orleans cast the only dis
senting vote j He said; the bene
fits of such a union were not dear
to him. Inasmuch as the general
council was only an executive
body, .while the alliance was the
church itself. . T , !
; The merger, according to those
who approved It will be in the In
terest of economy and efficiency.
Ratification of the merger will be
up at a meeting of the judicator
ies text -June at a date and place
to be decided later. - j
CONDUCTfIS QUESTIONED
t03LN SUSPECT PLEADS NOT
v . GUILTY WHEN TAKEN .
A woman giving her name as
Mrs. L. M. Wilcox was arrested
last night on a charge of disorr
derly conduct. Officers declare
they havel been watching her for
two months. j' j.
Last night she was seen to en
ter an apartment house-. wits-
man. Officers James'andT Wright
later followed them, and the cou
ple was apprehended. It fs said
the woman claims to be married
and to have children. :. She de
clared herself not guilty. The
man, who gave his name as. Pola
llcs, acknowledged guilt,"'
40.000 Yards of Dirt Ready,
to Be Dumped for Abut
ment in Sight
AWAIT
COUNCIL
ACTION
Concrete Forms TluMtghx Neces
I ' sary Before Additional Fill-, ,
ing Ia Practicable;, Per-
-i mission Asketl ,
.First definite action toward the
securing of a bridge on South Lib
eTty, street Is seen In the' promo
tion of a petition - by owners of
property on ; South Liberty street.
The petition calls for a 40-foot Im
provement from the south side of
Trade : street to the north side of
Bellevue street. ' . '
; Those who are actively promot
ing the bridge project claim that
the r already have in sight 40,000
yards of dirt to be dumped oa the
location this season free of charge.
' It ' Is understood the improve
ments will cost the city practically
nothing. The petition is merely
seeking permission ' for property
owners to have the dirt damped on
the location: The Intention is to
bring' the matter officially before
the city Tsouncil. ' f -
There are no specifications in
the petition although it is under
stood to be the general sentiment
of those informed on the situation
that eencrete 'abutments . for ;a
future bridge should now be con- -structed
to hold the fill and keep
it front being washed away;. . .
- From - Bellevue ; south to Mill
street the fill has received a con
siderable atart. . In fact, it is held
that abutments are now necessary
before; more dirt'-can be dumped
without danger of a, washout. .
As proof that property owners
are strongly v back of the bridge
project. v nearly i every s property
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JINX NUMBER 1SBflAVED
13 IS BELIEVED LUCKY DE
8PITB OTHER BnSFORTUN EH
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OLYMPIA Wash., March 3. -i.
( By Assoeiat express.)- 'Undaunt
ed by the misfortune which has
trailed the owners ' of aiitombbile
dealers license number 1.3 In this
state Ifor thepast two years, A.
Harringtoti, vendor motor ve
hicles has written director Charles
R. Bay bury of the license! depart
ment asking that theliumber, re
cently rejected by a Seattle deal
er, be; assigned td him. The Har
rington man-declares, that this is
his lth successful year In the
automobile business, that; his tel
ephone ndmber is 13; that lie hks
been followed through: life .with
beneficial results by-circumstance
and fcvents i fa which 13 f!zured
and that he now verily believes
that' dealers license number, 13
will, add materially to hla fros
perlty.' lie will be given the c um
ber. Director Maybury said. . .
In requesting that he be reliev
ed of the "bad luck" sign, the
Seattle dealer avowed that while
he harbored no superstitions him-self.-.maiiy
of his prospective ens
tomersl had & decided aversion to
No. 13. k The-previous owner of
the number ended in bankruptcy,
he declared.' .;:;'. j
j Wednesday 1
Jn Wiuniriitca
,The I five-year army aviation
construction program was made
public - .; i '.
; The thouse military . committee
rejected a proposal for a depart
ment of national defense. - .
V.'.-!- '. ' , -
The resignation of Lreut. Leigh
Wade,' army around-tterworld
flier, was accepted, r .
i
. Secretary Kellogg declined to
tell, the senate forelju r ' ticss
committee why Countesj i:,.rc!jl
was exclnded. -.
!
'"i Caalraaa- Eastman eft!? la
terstate commission said a 1 ak ia
the Nickel Plate decision out
of the question. r'
President "Ccc!: ':3 ,fc!J f..r:j
era representatl? - ; I 1 i ( a,
gresa would rreti,; . -ricultural
relief tt t-.j l '