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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1926)
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Open Hearing on Modification, ' j Washington, Marcn- 29., CBy Associated Press). -Out of th0 continnins din 'and clatter of 1 the prohibition controversy ' there emerged today some definite ac tion .by both congress and the ad ministration to further reconsti tute. the- much re-constituted en forcement machinery of-the fed eral ; soTernment- The" h o-n.s e passed without U record Tote the Dill fathered by the treasury! and , favored by both wets' and drys to place all except the highest of- fleers of the prohibition forces under ciril service. Coincidently, ' Assistant Secretary Andrews cre- ted? and filled ' two new posts in enforcement staff. Oho of "facials will have super- vLion ? - 'jrewenr trmits, and tfisVKr-t-3-mits for withdrawal f . wine. V 1 " : Even though the leaders rwere in agreement 1 in support of the eivii service bill, ,its passaee was opposed by Representative" Blan toa, democrat, Texas,- who supple mented his remarks by reading a letter from a minister accusing another -minister of goings on a drnnlcen snreec - In the senate . bbthf Vets and drys held thel peace while they prepared for next,, week's, commit tee hearings on pending" modifi cation bills. The wets summoned Assistant Secretary Andrews and District Attorney Buckner at New York as the first witnesses to. ap . pear-; next' Monday r and -promised that; other distinguished person ages would be asked ' by them to appear later. . Just as he was re ceiving the senate summons. Gen . eral Andrews disclosed' that he proposed to do some Invesligating of bis own, and to that end would ' begin on July 1 an inspection trip takitg .him. 'along the , southern boundary, to the Pacific; coast, And hack through the chain of en forcement outposts' on the- edge of Canada. - Another batch of . petitions and legislative proposals,: Including the memorial of the Rhode Island (Contloned oa pff 6) RECOVERING FROM SLASH rtsnED TO HOSPITAL. RECOV- . ; EHY TIIOUGIXT PROBABL.E ' . - A man believed to be John War ren of Portland was rushed to the Deaconess hospital about 8 o'clock , Monday morning after having been found with his throat cut.' It is thought he had attempted suicide. Report from the Deaconess hos pital Monday night indicated, how ever, that he was resting easiiy. the cut having fallen short, evi dently, of its intended depth. ' Dr. W. H, Byrd was' called and found the wounds not tor be serious. . Warreu was found unconscious -ring on the bank of North Mill reek near North Church street, '7 W. E. Hansen. That; Warren ) connected with the theater bus- ! is evident from a copy of the .-Jaws of the Portland Theatrt fcl S TJ""3ployes, and. a $1,000 iz't . money. Salem Pub!lD C:hco!3 pnxs: . - G. W. llarra .. G.TV. llarra, teacher of .chem iWno'CiVTIio - i - - rT ry at Salem high echooL Four : 7 with Salen school system. I aduate of Salo:n V.z. school. ; tchelor of Arts u Trc-3 ct Wil- , .;ftt '-'t " - ?; '. - . - - - Man, .S3, Served iWith Charge of Horse Thievery Half ; : of Charges 1ASBURY, - N. j.. March With the years of half a century brushed aside by an ancient warrant charging him with horse, thievery 45 years ago. Dr. Hi. tf. 1. K. Usbaldeston. 93 looked back into his past today and described the stirrinsr picture he saw. Horse thieving was a charge to laugh at. he decided, de spite the certainty of 91 year old Deputy Sheriff Black of Birighamton, N. Yhis accuser, but he ' remembered having BIG RESULTS EXPECTED BEFORE COfiTESrS END GIFT DEPARTMENT SWA3IPED WITH VOTES SATURDAY , Candidates Entering Final Period t of Work, Increase ;Ef fort -i ' - ' ; ? to' Win nOXOR ROLL TODAY 1 5Irs. Cleve Powell, Falls City. Mrs. B. C. t Oowther, Salem. S Mrs. Ada Good, Independence. (By Auto Contest Editor) ,v Saturday night brought a big shower of voting coupons from the various candidates, as this was the last day that the coupons were printed. . The contest editor's desk' was stacked with coupons from the contestants, and their many friends. ; Several contest- ants : stated that tney ma not know "they had so' many friends until they got Into the contest, as bringing coupons for their favor ite candidates. ; - Young and old, from every part of the Statesman field sent or brought in coupons for their friends. , - , The third rote period closed Saturday night and we- are now on the last vote schedule of the great contest. - The last bonus of; fer, .namely 100,000" free bonus votes for every $21 worth of sub scriptions, is now in force and will continue .until 'April 10 at mid night when the! contest closes; Contrary to expectations no one has the prizes won yet no one has a lead that caj not easily be over come between now and . the- close of the contest. The work done be tween now and - the close of the contest will undoubtedly deter mine grand prize winners. . AH the wide awake candidates are struggling Vigorously for su premacy in the election with the realization that the final results will depend almost entirely upon what is done -these last few days. ' This ia. a real race. Real candi dates are competing. Just look over the list, ot -candidates. Are they, not all representative folks. r"1 Winning in this election means more than merely winning the first, grand pdze it .means vic tory ove one of the' most formid able assemblages . of candidates Marlon and Polk counties nave ever seen competing for truly, ex traordinary prizes. All Marion and Polk counties are watching' , this ; campaign. Watching every candidate, wait ing to see who can command the greatest support, .who has - the (Continued a par ) , -" WOMAN ESCAPES AGAIM WANTED ON AUTO THEFT CHARGES, JLTM1S BAU4 r KLAMATH FALLS, March 29. ( By Associated Press.)- Mrs. yave - McCrossin. v wanted on charges in California; who figured in : an escape from officers here last week, . was again at liberty today after a second escapade here !.,, UTra M'OrnaalTl WR3 taken, to iaeksonville. Ore., last week after she had been captured in a garage, and was brought back here yesterday by an officer who was instructed ,to release her when she produced, 1 500 .bail She paid the bail and hired a hotel room." ' . - -. ' " Sheriff Burt Hawkins and dep uties went to the hotel Sunday to arrest the woman on a California charge.. She 6tepped from a side window of the hotel and was whisked away in a taxicab while the officers waited in the lobby. - Mrs. McCrossin was ' charged with being a member of a gan P r.. 1 Oregon s.yztrr.o- 45 Years Old Century- Ago is Resurrected: Against. Him . 29. (Bv Associated Presa. year old Crimean war veteran. figured - In other escapades far more startling. Through no fault of , his own,; he said,' he' was charged- with 1 rpbbery - in ; Malone, N- Y., some 30 years ago, and the adventure ended, only. after he had crossed the' ocean iin .1902 and , vanquished two men 'in duels in Germany, ' : It all began when he went to Malone with Louise . Metzger, his secretary. . She proved t to be a shoplifter, he said,, and when the articles she had stolen were found in his home he was charged with robbery. He admitted that the report that he had been bailed out by Edward J. Mannix, and had Jumped his bail' as revealed in ; old m court records at ' Malone f today was true. He said that Misa;,-Metzger went to Germany and In 1902 he followed her there, was 'challenged to. two duels somehow connected with ; her, though he could not seem to re member just how, and after vic tory in both encounters, returned to America. . t , He had had a stirring -life, Jie admitted; adventures never ceased after he returned to private life from tha,riyr--He-httd- gten 'ami done many things, but he had never descended to horse stealing As to the charge that he had stolen a horse and buggy in Bing hampton, N. Y. 45 years ago, &nd later escaped from jail,, he thought it due to mistaken, identity. Dr Continued oa JC 5) HIT BY MACHINE, DIES VICTOf, 63, IS STRUCK WHILE - , CROSSING -ROAD- PORTLAND, Ore., March 29. John Henry Muir,' 63, died today at- a hospital from injuries suf fered yesterday -when hit by; an automobile.. A. Lambert report ed to the police that Muir had started to cross the roadway then suddenly stepped back in front of 'Lambert's machine. ROGRI; hit by me "Government Not Run b Superior Merr," Says Naval Authority cut ships, cut - navy; T'uaiue r ieei . oaieti oy orrigit Roltoms Man Nothing,' '' Declares Former Board . . Member " ', t 1 'Our government is not run by superior men," declared Bert K Haney,' ex-member" of the United States shipping board, in address ing members of the Salem cham ber of commerce Monday. . : , . "We often make mistakes! Still,! that is better than having a gov ernment of superior men such as Germany had." Surely, we would not want to. ..come; to the same status." . 1 '...'' 1 One of the mistakes the govern-! ment has. made is in not establish- ing an American merchant marine Before- the Civil war the 1 nation was marine-minded. But with thei advent - of steel vessels, America lagged 'behind, figuring it would be cheaper to hire foreign bottomsi Result of this Is that no ship ping men have been developed in the United States Now that the government Is . trying somehow to re-establish' the merchant marine, (Continued m pe 5) STEPPER r STEPPED ' OUT CHARGE FILED IN OPENING DIVOHCE CASE MONDAY . - "I have stepped, I am stepping, and I intend to step." With words to. that effect, her husband left, her, Jessie M. Bran son declares' in a divorce com plaint filed. Monday in the circuit courtt against Basil C. Branson. Mrs. - Branson 'charges cruel and inhuman treatment and desertion. Thq Bransons were married in McMinnville . in September, 1922. . THE BIGGER THEY ARE THE HARDER SPIRIT OF 1 Caravan of Autos Hit Desert Route to Caiifornia'sr New Gold Fields RICrf DIRT IS TAKEN OUT Assays : Run from $500 to $3OO0 - a Ton; Miniature Tent City, . Is Taking Shape on. f 'K New Diggings LOS ANGELES, March 29. (By Associated Press.) Desert roads leading toward the Kramer Hills,' east of Mojave,' where: Cal ifornia's latest gold ' strike was made .two weeks ago, today re semble caravan routes over which scores . of prospectors are urging their automobiles through the sand wastes. The flivver has sup planted the lowly burro of former gold rushes. , - ; Reports of- returning prospec tors say that gold in paying quan- J titles is being taken within six ieet 01, tne sunace ana mat as says of ore are running from3 1500 to $3000 a ton. - , A - miniature city " of tents has sprung inp within an area of -five ,4 WtaniLundrejas..o claims are being staked out Several thousand persons visited the scene Sunday, . many of them mepely .for curiosity, but a large percentage prepared to pitch their tent In the foothills. Visitors Sun day centered principally around the' Hagelrath mine, where Vfe first strike was made. Edward Hagelrath, owner of the mine en- 'a I Continued oa page 5) GRADE CROSSING QUERY rNVESTIGATION OF SALEM, SP CROSSING OPENS x " . : t : ... . .. The public service commission, upon its own motion, has institut ed an investigation of an alleged hazardous grade, crossing involv ing'' the tracks of" the Southern pa cific company at Fourteenth and Oak streets in this city. " TH Y FALL . : " i j I . i j J!mJ J - laxpay ers Keiuse urantj- Record Poll Registered 189 Voles Cast 737avor Increase, 1,152 Opposed Ts4 Ver dict Ending Request of : Extra Funds for Salary , Readjustment and Repairs ' r Depositing the largest number of ballots counted in any special election t Salem has ever known, taxpayers-Monday went on record as opposed to the proposed" grant of $40,000 ty be used for the city public school system. - '- - In all, 1889 votes were cast. Of .them 73T were in' f aVor of the proposal, while 1152 expressed "themselves as' against any additional grant at this time. , . From the opening of the polls at 2 o'clock, till the. time' of closing at 7 o'clock, offices of were xuiea by r taxpayers wno 1 formed a , line well out .into the sidewalk. Early v afternoon poll was. heavy, the line of -waiting voters - cutting down- somewhat, shortly' af tert5, o'clock," then grow ing untU the polls closed. Two . groups of assistants were required in tabulating the returns, early indications - tending the opinion that the vote: would be close, but at 9. o'clock, ballots of those opposed piled up to a high total. v Interviewed on the election last night, George ! Hug, city superin tendent of schools, refused ' to comment on the returns. ' . Considerable comment. Was caused by the record poll toi a proposal calling for $40,000, when the. S500t00a bond issue had brought out a much smaller num ber of taxpayers. . Those seeking' to explain the result offered as reasons the date chosen for the election which, following, closely upon the period in which taxes are paid,- had left the'general public opposed to any addition to their, burden, however larre nr. am all " Those HoseTy comiected,,r wftn" city schools - last night were in inclined, to believa that no imme diate attempt will be made to ap peal from the verdict returned at Monday's election; Of the 140,000 asked from tax payers, $30,000 was requested for a salary increase amounting ' to approximately 10 per cent. This increase would have brought the level of pay-in the Salem -schools nearer that offered by other Ore gon cities. Ten thousand dollars was - to have been . used to repair and , maintain present properties held by tfie schools; . . .: - CHECK RAISER JAILED , .. , , n ,, ,. . '"'1 C GETS OO DAYS' FOR CHANGING FIGURE "2" TO M12' i Elmer Mitchell, 23, lately of Portland, Maine, he says, was sen tencedto serve 90" days in the county jail Monday when he en tered a plea of guilty to. a charge of vagrancy. ' He was sentenced by Judge Brazier C. Small in the justice court. . , Mitchell was arrested late Sat urday -night after, he is said to have, raised a check from $2 to $12 dollars f-. and cashed it with Arthur .Phelps of the local public market. j ' - The check exhibited In the Jus tice court was originally made out in light blue ink. A figure 1 had been placed .before the two, and had been drawn in black ink. The word ? ."Two" had . been partly erased and in' its place, the letters "telver'- had ; been scrawled in black Ink. The' following word, "Dollars," had been-traced over, with the same black' ink, no .' at tempt having been made to erase "-The wierd spelling of the word "Twelve"" and the fact that ; no attempt was made to match inks, show that it is", the work of the rankest kind of an amateur," po lice said."" Mitchell Is said to be a transient. 1 postal: staff enlarged ' - ; - TWO CARRIERS, ONE CLERK T ' WILL BE ADDED . : : , ' - Indicative.' of Salem's: growth, twoVmore- mail carriers and one additional clerk will be. added to the local force on April 1, accord ing to an Announcement made by Joha Farrar, postmaster. Forborne time the mail traffic througtr the post1 office has? In cretjsed until it has become too great to be.handied by the present staff.. Volume of parcel nost f. well as first class' mail has -6v -t'.-n r i- :- 't :::ri-:ttit- V -i - - - the Associated t Oil company RECORD BLOSSOM DAY THOUSANDS- REVEL IN VAL . LEY'S' BEAUTY SUNDAY - A steady ' stream of autos lead into Salem and out of Sa- ' lem Sunday , when motorists took advantage of the balmy weather; to observe one of the most successful Blossom- Days since the institution of the day ;as one of Salem's outstanding ; dates. ' Blossoms- were out in Buch 't profusion . a , seldom seen in -'this ricinity. i Over the routes marked by the. placards put up - by the i Cherri'ans, the ' tourists saw the , hillsides blanketed' in white and trimmed In pink. ; Although clouds had threat ened at midnight Saturday, the, i morning found the ' sky clear. The. weather was warm but not too ; hot. , Refreshing 'f breeies lent a touch, tbVt made the day ' all but ideaL Thousands were of town. And every one had naught but praise for the beauty that prevailed. State institutions were open3 for the. day ancr thousands' showed interest enough to visit them'. There were 2,500 visi tors at the state ... penitentiary, and 2200 at the state hospital. RADID LISTENERS BAND TO CUT INTERFERENCE P. E. P. OFFICIALS PROMISE FULL ASSrsYXycE Experts to Be- Secured to Ran Dowlt Lealas Which Rain ; Air Programs s, t A crusade against ' static was launched Monday1 night when' the Salem Radio Broadcast Listeners' association came' into being. Forty one members were enrolled on- the spot and ; each . enthusiastically agreed to f'talk. it upf; with? any and alt ether, addicts- with whom they might come into contact; ' " : Dx. ; L. TC.' " Burdett was elected president.' OscaiJ Price1 Was "elected vice president and,; U.', G. Boyer was chosen to serve as secretary treasurer. : P. D.- Van- Ausdell and l Charles' Dennison were-elected the t, wo - board members, the, officers to complete-the boards : . In the preliminary discussion, with Dr.; Burdett" serving as fera pora-ry 'chairman",' the pervading sentiment was revealed' to be in favor of organization of just such ait ocassion. ' Finally the motion for organization, was put and the deed was done. It is the avowed purpose of, the i (Continued ea par 5 1 v "... . ,. . '. . '. V STATE ROAD 1 DEBTS -CUT -". , ? ' " " t , - h ' ' PAYMENT OF $480,00013 3IADE - . ON OBLIGATIONS . With the payment Monday of principal. in the amount ot $486, 009 the state of Oregon has. re duced its state . ; highway obliga tions to $36,777,750. These obli gations at one time aggregated 1 38,700,000. v '. ' 'v ' The state has also forwarded to its fiscal agents in New YorkCity a draft for $850,725.20, covering interest 'on state highway bonds, and $472,215, covering interest on bonds issued and sold by. the world war veterans state aid com mission. ' The final installment on the existing highway obligations te come due in the year 1950. 4 f f -i ,f- . T 11. A V i ..... . ' V I - i f : Kii'lEl' FiLiiii IrW ft- tmmm w u mo Interest to Scm :: . : .. j ; -., . , - ' ".. ...... - i thfr'Public interests" 1 3 .5ti.;'- Slogan-1 reelection: is sou:::t Outlines Falf Platforni in State- A Ment lulled- Witb Secretary, of State on Mon- . day. m. . ' i W. C: HaWley of Salem' Monday ' filed in the state department here t his declaration of candidacy for reelection to the- office of repre ; sentative in. congress . from- - the First Congressional district Rep- : resentative Hawley is a republi can. "If nominated and elected," read ' ; Representative . Hawleys statement, 'I will wprkf diligently for . further waterway improve ments, relief of farmers; prompt construction of Roosevelt -high-way, incVeased appropriations tor road's and -public- Imprdveni6a'L.s, continued devel6pment of naval-' base' and tax reduction; - 1 , J!LAowoBld&ivcate extea- . sioa of the rural credit sysfeta, ad justed compensation, more ade ousts pensions , development of ' natural . resources, extension of area subject to state and local tax ation,, more homestead areas un der improved conditions; increas ed -mail facilities more - public buildings, adequate compensation and retirement pay for civil ser vice employees, very betterment possible for district, and state', and for all progressive and construe tive legislation' promoting peace, prosperity and ; public ' welfare." - Representative 'Hawley has re quested thar.the" followins slc-a be printed after his naae cn tiis official ballot: . . . "No Interests to serve but tLe public, interests." .... Other declarations of candlda;y for public office- filed' with the secretary of state Monday follow: "H. i C. Wheeler reput:icj.tj. Pleasant HillLaSe county; f--dtdafe for state senator for t:.a . third senatorial district,- corr-''-Ing Lane county.' A ; : J. S. Magladry, republican, r : gene; candidate for state sen.... fr'ota' the third senatorial dLatvl t, comprising: Laner-cour.ty-; W, C- North; repttbncan,r'crt Iand, candidate: for represeitatl i in the' legislature from tl.e li'.i representative district, co-prI.:..j Multnomah' county. ; A.-M. Collier republican, IHai.i athr Fails;' candidate for reprcsta- (Contlascd pr S.) ' Further arguments on the It;.! Ian debt were heard ia the es-- The house voted to place r"" hibition employes under civil r vice.. . :' . . ,. - .The treasury -departn:r.t C barred 24 attorneys fron sr:i: before it. -,'-" , ' Majority and nilscriry rsrri in the Erocktsrt t'. :iica co-1 were given to the senate. . Senator Norri3 tell the s:r:" that congress must vot3 ca V surplus crop question. The ssonate dl 1 V - : ' . ed I-Iexican .' doT Teller t:rr.:el I ". .' . ,fecretTry i:eIIcT r davelcjnicr.l. t. . dl;;ute as no Izr to .' :Sesator r."h r-