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Just -Four Weeks:;,atM flw B ijl I'll J. -A k SEVENTY-FIFTH, YEAE SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 12G PRICE FIVE CENTS 0 KILLED Ifl. Spring Windows to Open For First Style Frolic Annual Window Display Program tctBegin at 7:30 Sharpy Thousands Eipected to Visit City for Evening, ' , Schools Announce Exhibits If LETI SALE! liiilLSlSHUP JOI! REUS' BUILDIilOl HOLDS COUNCIL Hundreds of Animals Die m Blaze; Heroism Seen 5000 Canaries," 4Q Monkeys Are Victim in fixe in New York Pet Store; Monkey Protects Four of Her Young From Raging Flames With Own Body, NEW YORK, March 15. (By Associated Press.) Tales of animal heroism were brought from a smouldering building 93 Others Injured in Costa Rico .When, Qverloaded, Train Breaks on Bridge Was v WHOLE FAMILIES PERISH Physicians and Norses Rushed to Scene i Hospital Facilities i Unable to Cope With -. Situation i SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, March 15. (By; Associated" Press.) At least 248 persons were killed and $3 injured in a train -wreck yes terday on the Costa Rican rail road. Three cars were demolished, one fell to the bottom '. of the Va- rilla river from the bridge over the stream, and two others were left hanging from a 1 0-foot preci pice.' - I; : The disaster is believed to have been due to the overloading of the .train, which was carrying ex cursionists of a party organized to raise funds for a home for the aged at Cartago. The passengers were almost exclusively, farmers and laDorers. wnole families per ished together. l' , 'All day Sunday was spent in rescuing the Injured and recover ing the bodies of the dead. Hun dreds of persons of all classes went to the scene to help. Pay sician and nurses were brought from Llmon to San Jose. The lo cal hospital's facilities were mot sufficient to cope with? the situa tion. j - i ! The Red Cross ' has '. started a . Jpublicjiubscriptionno care lor the Miared and aid the families of dead. The president of the republic headed the subscription list. Three days of public mourn ing have been declared. j ; Immediately the hews of the" ac cident became known the United Fruit company rushed; physicians and nurses to the scene from Port Llmon on board 'a relief train. Those killed were members of an excursion party on: the way to Cartago where a religious festi val was in progress. The train was coming from the western part of the island on the railroad 'that runs from Port Limon to the i Pa cine coast. -f A thousand persons were on, the train. One coach , felt down ; the embankment into the Tarilla river and it was believed that most of those who lost their lives were in this coach. Other cars also were derailed Identification of only one man has been made, a profes sor in a school in1 Cartago. I-No -' tourists were on the train. It is customary during the Len ten season for the country people to make journeys to Cartago for great religious celebrations, and this practice accounted for the fact that such a large number of natives was traveling at the same time. Nearly all the wreck vic tims came from Alajaala and Her adia. - : . ' The Varilla river is At the west ern fringe of a 'mountain . range that r,uns north and south at about the center of Costa, Rica. . COAST SERVICE PLANNED AIR MAIL ROUTE FROM5 LOS ANGELES TO SEATTLE SAN FRANCISCO, March 15.- (By Associated Press.) Augury of a Pacific coast air mail service a huge monoplane lauded at Crissy field today from Los Aageles completing the flight in 3 hours and 45 minutes. . - i ; - It carried Vern O. ,Gorst, presi dent of the Pacific Air Transport, and two others. The plane is one of a fleet of ten monoplanes to be used by the transport organ! zatlon in fulfilling a government contract to ! carry mail between Los Angeles. San Francisco and Seattle. -.- vi Who's Who ; v-j. a '-' Salem Public Schools TKXSESTOfQ' Lillian Schroeder . Lillian Schroeder, teacher of the special or opportunity room at Parrish junior high school; Two years in .. Salem school - system Four years teaching experience .Graduate of Oregon normal school Summer school at University ; of firpeon. Especially strong in work of rutins goodwill aad con trol of 6ludealaU121cult tor many Thousands of persons are expected to arrive in Salem this evening" for the formal opening of the First Annual Display Week sponsored by the -Salem Acl club, when windows will be unveiled, displays inspected and the Armory, afterward, converted into a dance halL with club members as hosts. , Window trimmers have been at work preparing the exhib its and many, outstanding surprises are promised. Among them will be windows trimmed; arid exhibits presented, by Salem school children. ' The girls of the domestic science SUPREME COURT DENIES PLEA TO SAVE CHAPMAN "petition denied wRrrrEx QN REVIEW MOTION Notorious ' Criminal Is Sentenced to Pay Supreme Penalty on April O WASHINGTON, March 15. (By Associated Press.) The su preme court today refused to step in between Gerald Chapman and the gallows. With a two-word verdict the highest tribunal swept aside all hope for relief in the supreme court for the notorious offender against state and national laws, who after three reprieves is un der sentence in Connecticut to die for murder three weeks from to morrow. The court merely wrote "peti tion denied" at the end of the long recital of technical objections on which Chapman's counsel had sought to bring the whole ques tion of his status up for review. On the effect, the action gave approval to the course followed by federal, and Connecticut state authorities in bringing Chapman before, the state courts for trial for the murder ; of a New! Britain policeman. . Bo that the verdict of the trial court might be carried into effect Chapman was given a presidential .commutation" dfthe , , (Continod on rt 2) , . , .;, LEGIOrT DRIVE RENEWED POST HEARS TALK OX -PER MANENT MEMBERSHIP' Former commander of the Utah district, Hecker addressed mem bers of Capital post American Legion last night on the 'topic of permanent membership," in the renewal of "the membership cam paign which, within the next 60 days is expected to Increase en rollment in the local post to 1000. Membership has now been raised to 639, of whom approxi mately 220 represent men wiio have recently joined for the first time. Considerable discussion arose on the possibility of erect ing! a .post' headquarters at once but' no, definite action was taken. Individual members present were inirgoucea, eacn maamg a lew remarks. Following the post meeting, the members were joined by the auxil iary and the evening was finished with dancing.! :j PISPATCH BATTLESHIP WAR . VESSEL SET FROM JA- ran iu ijni.i rr fj mvt i mv TOKYO, -March 16. By Asso ciated Press.) The cruiser Ilira do has been ordered from Port Arthur to Taku, at the mMith of the Pel river, where last week Chinese troops fired on Japanese destroyers killing on officer and wounding several other members of the crews. -. The government is feohsideraMy worried over the situation arising from the attack on the destroyers but hopes no serious eventualities will result. i .The opposition in the diet today attacked , the govern ment on Its alleged lax policy to ward China, i ; Baron Shidehara, the foreign minister, replied, that the government intended to main tain friendship with China as long as possible. The press continues very mild. f WIRE FIGHT JS STARTED PHONE COMPANY PROPERTY TO BE SEIZED BY CITY SEATTLE,' March 15 By As sociated Press.) The city council today ordered the superintendent of public utilities to seize all prop erty of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company on ; public streets after April 21. The council's action is a, step in a fight between the city and the company which began when the concern raised telephone rates in 1924. : Tbe company -upheld its rights to do so In federal court. The city alleges that the company Is operating, in this city without a franchise. ! declaring that the last franchise expired January 21 classes of, the Farnsn ana mcjuu- ley junior high schools, under the direction 'of instructors, will ; ex hibit in the windows of the Port land Electric Power company, 237 North Liberty street. Seven of the young ladies from Parrish .will be preseni during the evening giving an actual demon stration of ' their work in school. These students ' are: Lougine Bfeitzke. Florence Turner, Velina Ross. Dorothy Sawyer, Gladys South. Helen McElroy and Caro line Waterman. 4 Bread made by the students of McKinley will be part of the dis play, while Parrish girls will demonstrate making of cakes, pies, cookies, salads and biscuits. The door of the Portland Elec tric Power company store will be open so that visitors may question the girls. Other Salem public schools will have delegations at work in vari ous down town show windows. Officials extend a special invita tion to visitors to stop and In spect the exhibits. In every dis play where school children are at work, a teacher will be in charge. M'CAMANT IS REVERSED FINAL UNFAVORABLE REPORT BROUGHT TO SENATE WA SHINGTON, March 15. (By Associated Press.) The sen ate received back today from its i udtcTkfToWntearthe' nomina tion of Wallace McCamant of Ore gon to be a federal Judge, but this time with an unfavorable report, 10 to 4. The nomination went to the executive calendar but j will be made a special , order f or dis cussion and vote later in either executive or open session. Senator Johnson,' republican, California, who is leading what even friends of the 'Judge now re gard as a successful fight against confirmation, probably will ask for an open session-of the senate that would require a two-thirds ma jority under a recent ruling which was sustained. So far as any senate leader has been advised. President Coolidge has not altered his determination to force the fight for the (man who placed him in nomination for vice president at Chicago in 1920, thereby upsetting plans of party leaders to make Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin running mate, for Warren G. Harding. - Oregon; Linen Mill Order Travels 12,000 Miles Reply Here by Night ENGINEERS GET BUSY Remaining Equipment to Be Sup plied by Old World Plant; It. O. SnelUng Now ' General Manager t is a small world, after all. ."jresterday afternoon R. O. Snell ing,' secretary of the Oregon Linen Mills company, wired an order to Hamilton Oliver, New York agent, to arrange for immediate con struction of all spinning and pre paring machinery still needed for outfitting the new manufacturing plant here. Oliver cabled the order to Ire land. Last niRht, R. O. Snelling re ceived his reply, stating that work had begun in the Old World on the necessary equipment. Between afternoon and evening, the mes sage filed here had traveled more than 12,000 miles, and engineers in the Shamrock Island were at work on specifications. Orders for machinery . wajj placed following a meeting of the board of directors yesterday morn ing, which later named Mr. Snell-i Ing general manager of the new' concern to devote his entire ener-i gy to the task of establishing the! (Continued on page 6t) DENY ESUS CHRIST SIXTEEN W. U. STUDENTS RENOUNCE BELIEF 1 There are 16 students in the freshman class at Willamette university who do not believe in the existence, either histori cally or divinely, of Jesus Christ, Dr. C. G Doney, presi dent of the university, told the students in his chapel address Monday. Willamette is a denomina tional school. Dr. Doney de clares his statement is based' on a recent questionnaire submit ted to members of the freshman Bible class, in which all fresh men are required to enroll. Dr. Doney concluded by stat ing that although these 16 students profess unbelief in the existence of Christ, they admit the worth of the teachings at tributed to Him. MORE OBLIGING RODENTS! 45 urn i m jsw . v.'-- .mm Street Improvements, Sew ers, Permits, Paving Prob lems Considered SPRING ACTIVITY OPENS Withhold Permission for Liberty Street Damping Pending Report; Paving Peti tions Received With the attention of the city council confined almost entirely to building matters, such as street improvements, sewers, building permits, electric signs and street lights, at its meeting Monday night, signs were evident that the city is on the verge of the spring building rush. Prominent in the evening's dis cussion was the city zoning and planning commission. The com mission in a communication asked that permssion to dump dirt in the fill for the South Liberty street bridge project be withheld until special bridge committee of the commission can look thorough ly into he matter. The request was granted. Promiscuous building of struc tures before building permits are sanctioned by the commission as provided ,for in a recent ordi nance was cited by the commis sion in a second communication to the council. One building cited is the addition to the Shipley property on North Liberty street between State and. Court streets. (ContinuetJ nn Dr 2 Hit MOTHER'S BREAD BAKERS BEING LIBELED, SO DECIDED AT MEETING CHICAGO, March 15. (By As sociated Press) Bread like moth er used to make, gets too much prejudiced publicity, the annual meeting of the American Society of Bakers engineers was told to day by Lieutenant Colonel Sher rard Coleman, USA, -who had charge of the bread supply of the American army during the world war. He defended the modern house wife who buys her bread. "The bread her husband's moth er used to make has been the bug bear of every bride," he declared. "As a matter of fact, the Jittle bride can trip across the street to the bakery and get a better loaf of bread than her husband's moth er or anybody's mother makes." - j in urtiandt street today by firemen who fought flames that caused the deaths of 5000 canaries, i50 parrots, 40 monkeys and several cats and dogs. Several boa eonsrictors lashed about, terror. stricken, in their cages, monkeys chattered and parrots shrieked, creating a bedlam of noises such as a jangle explorer might .hear in a nightmare. The jungle law of the survival of the fittest pre vailed, and the weaker of the im- prisoned creatures perished. ' So frightened were the boa constric tors and two wild cats that they were rescued without attempting to attack the firemen. The outstanding hero of the fire as reported by firemen, was. a ba boon which took his inseparable companion, a kitten, in his arms, broke open the door of his cage and escaped to safety with his charge. In another cage firemen said they found a monkey crouch ed In her cage, choked by the smoke and her hair singed by the flames. When they removed her they found she was lyong on four of her gyoung, protecting them with her own body. The mother later was revived. A loss of more than $25,000 was caused by the fire. Most of this was caused by the deaths of the animals and birds. The animal store, known as "Barters Pet Store," is patronized by circus men. Three ant eaters, a South Amer ican vulture, and many chicks and rabbits, intended for the Easter season, were among the casual ties. Representatives of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals rendered first aid to the animals which it was thought recover. Those more seriously in jured were killed. OFFER 1,000,000 FISH GAME WARDEN" CALLS "SKY LINE TRAIL' PLAYGROUND "The Skyline Trail is going to be the playground of the west," declared E. F. Averlll, state game warden, in an address Monday noon before members of the Sa lem chamber ot commerce. The trail is a veritable line of lakes. We should stock those lakes with trout. They would attract tour ists from all over the world. "The more people who come into the state and 4i buy fishing licenses, the more money we will have to purchase fish for the stocking of our streams. It is the Lonly case I know of where we can eat our cake and have It, too. Mr. Averill declared that Mar- ion county has not been getting its i fair share of fish planting. This year, however, the situation will bo different. There are to be put into the surrounding -streams about one million fish. A great part of Oregpn is un tillable and always will be, he declared. But Oregon can profit well by developing the untlllable regions. If the situation i dealt with in the right manner, Oregon can be one of the greatest tourist attractions in the United States. MISSING COMET SOUGHT NOMAD OF REAVENS DISAP POINTS STAR GAZERS CHICAGO, March 15. (By Associated Press. The. most dashing of tn celestial swash bucklers, Ensor'a comet, failed to appear for an American debut to night. , First seen from South Africa last December land later sighted from Poland, the comet was appar ently on its way; for an appearance here. It was supposed to have been In this part of the sky since February -15, and tonight to be visible to the naked eye." - ? Disappearance of the astronom ical nomad was confirmed from. the Yerkes observatory of Jthe Uni versity of Chicago.4 Two long ex posure photographs ' made. . today with, the 24 inch reflecting tele scope 'revealed nothing that could be identified as the missing body. The. lenses detect objects 5000 times more faint than cau be seen by the unaided. eye- . ? . - When last seen the comet was 32.001,000. miles from the sun and sixty million from the earih,i, KILLS SEVEN AND SELF WIFE AND SIX SONS ARE MUR- DERED BY MAD3L.N CIIIIIUAHIIA CITY; Mexico, March 15 (By Associated Press,.) After ordering his wife and six sons to "pray for their souls," EI f ran Lowered crushed their skulla with a hammer, decapitated .the children and then committed sui- RADIO WILL BE GIVEN AWAY THIS SATURDAY HONOR ROLL DRAWS INTER ESr OF ALL READERS Splendid Opportunity to- Win Re mains Open to Contest ants Who Work" HONOR ROLL TODAY 1- Milton Knauf, SUverton. a Mrs. Cleve Powell, Falls City. 3 Margaret Wheeler, Boring, Or. Leader in whole contest Elfa Lytic, Wopdburn. By Auto Contest Editor When announcement was made by the contest editor that the honor roll would be continued, ex pressions of approval were heard on every side by contestants and their friends. i This special opportunity means much to all of the candidates who are bent on winning the $125 At- water-Kent radio. The honor roll is accepted by the public every day as a criterion upon which their judgment of the possible winners is based. Milton Knauf reaches the honor roll for the first time this week. He is to be congratulated upon his success. Tust four "days after today to win. the beautiful 9125' Atwatex- Kent radio, offered oh the most money turned in on subscriptions before Saturday night, March 20. at 8:30 p. m. Don't think this radio is not worth your efforts Come and look at it in. the window (Continued 9a paf 6.) BEE KEEPERS TO ELECT DEMONSTRATION WILL FOL LOW SATURDAY MEETING Bee keepers of Marion county will hold a meeting at the. Salem chamber of commerce auditorium next Saturday afternoon at J o'clock. Prof. H. S. ScuUen, as sistant professor of entomology at Oregon Agricultural, college will give a demonstration, . Permanent of fleers for the Mar ion county bee keepers association will be elected .at the meeting Saturday. After the meeting proper the bee keepers will go to some nearby colonies for practical demonstrations." . . There will be a honey luncheon lasting from 2 to- 3, and those present , will talk while, they eat They" will have valley honey and fire weed honey, and hot cross buns, doughnuts and cpffee.. f THOMAS IS CHALLENGED JUDGE REFUSES TO RECOG NIZE PREJUDICE CLAIM Judge C. M. Thomas of the Jackson county circuit court, who was called here to preside at the trial of Russell- Beckett, aceused of violation of the prohibition law. Monday refused to recognize an affidavit of prejudice filed against him by the : defendant's- attorney and .ordered , that the trial pror ceed. . Beckett previously had filed an affidavit of prejudice, against Judge Percy R, Kelly of the Mar lon county circuit court. W. N. Gateas, Portland attorney, who Is presenting three men here accused, of -operating a. still at, Mt. Angel, Monday withdrew au affidavit of prejudice .filed - recently against Judge Percy iKelly. i . , ; WILL RUN. FOR SENATE - ' 1-1 4 r- . JAMES j. CROSSLEY ASKS RE PUBLICAN; NOMINATION ' Jamea J. Crossley of Pertland Monday filed , with - the secretary ot state here his petition to have his name printed upon the official ballot at the republican primary election as a candidate for United States senator from Oregon. Ms. Crossley is the first of the several men mentioned in connection with the sesatorship to 'file with the secretary of state. .Mr. Crossley's slogan reads: ."Effective prohi bition; agricultural ..legislation,; porta; labor; industries; federal reimbursement of "taxes; veterans' Town on West Bank of Will amette ' Would Merge J With Capital City PETITI0H IS PRESENTED Material Increase in City's Popu lation Would Result if Petition Receives . Favorable Treatment An immediate material Increase In Salem's population will result if the request of West Salem and other outlying sections to become a part of the city proper is acted upon favorably: First indications of the desire on the parts of the town west of tne Willamette river became ap parent last night when a petition bearing 150 names was presented to "city council. Advocates, of the merger stated that other districts including Nob Hill had been ego- tiatlng for three weeks in an en deavor to determine . steps., by which the entire population on the banks "of the Willamette may be joined in one great capital city. 1 West SalQm. with a population under 1000, if added to the city proper, would t immediately in crease Salem's accredited popula tion by that figure, and interest, already expressed by. other, com munities equally anxious to be in corporated, shows the posslbiliy of 'adding - a further material in crease. - The petition, bearing the signa tures of E. E. Woods and 149 other residents of , West Salem was read in the council meeting- Mon day night and tha matter, was re ferred to the', city" planning com mission. Early action is expectad on the question of 'incorporation; A decided boom in, West Salem property in - recent months has caused many, Salem people Jo. look toward that direction, for future development. ' At present there are five gro cery stores in the town? as one in- (Continued mm ptf S) MRS. ADA UBRUH QUITS SECRETARY-'. OF CORYALLIS . HOME OFFERS RESIGNATION -' ' . ' ' ' :: PORTLAND, Ore., March .15. (By Associated Press.) Mrs. Ad Wallace Unruhr financial secretary of the Children's Farm home at Corvallis,. has, resigned, her resig nation to be effective April 1. Diffference in opiaio.n as to methods of raising funds for the home and as to the disposition' of money between Mrs. Uaruh and Mrs. Mary L Mallett, stato- presi dent of the Woman's "Christian Temperance union which sponsor the home are , said . In 'well-informed circles to be the indirect cause of Mra. ,UnruJi's: resighatton. '"Circumstances no of my -own making." .said, Mrs. Uaruh, "have developed to an extent that I feel would make it -impossible for me to continue to dp satisfactory eU fectlve work tor the farm s hornet I need a rest anyway, and though the farm home and its children are very dear to me, and I shall ; mfss the work; I can retire with a measure of contentment because of the institution as It now stands, and because ot the loyal, whole hearted support that the public has given me In my efforts.", Mrs. Mallett said tonight that she, had no statement tq make... . Monday la VcsHntcn The house passed the White radio bill. . . , The supreme court refused Ger ald Chapman a review. ' Secretary Kellogg returned t his desk after a week la tLe eoutL. . , -Plana for taxing moonship-; were announced by Assists rt r?c retary Andrews. ,.' ' . . The . appeals of Char! .3 l. Forbes and John W. The were denied by the eupreme court. . 5 . . -t The republican party was cl.r ed by Carl Vrooman with rr?- - . sibility for failure C fir tJ c -act farm relkf. Ici 't;.:i." Senator Wal3h, deniocrrt, r tana, deman-'ie'i rv George B. II :yc -