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.,: -. if. -if r V-'. Vaw ""'It" i: ;VENTY-SIXTH YEAR SALEAi; OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS fadidates! Time for Winning is Gwi' , plMly Ten More Days Left in the Subscription: Contest w r i mm 1 5 4 11 -a, 1: if- " r. r V" - 'Hi CUT PETTIE1ESS IS BELT, PLEA .- flight Technicalities Halt Ad- ministration of Justice : . ; - Is Claim TOO HUCH GOVERNMENT' "We Are I4vtng in Slost Xawless Nation on Earth, Declares .r-i gppreme Court Justice Harry Belt - fWe are Hrlng In (be moat law lesjj nation 'on earth',"- declared Judge Harrr Belt of the Oregon Btjpreme court, who addressed the Salem Roiarlans. at their-luncheon 'Wednesday noon. 'He explained hte declaration by citing cases of mob rule in th south and show ing tbatHhe murders in certain cities themselrea are more numef? oua tban are the murders in entire nations.,' : ;: Judge Uelt intimated that one of the drawbacks to .efficient ad- J toleration of petty technicalities A nun u.ioaicwu iur iicauug pig with A slit on the right ear, tsae is dismissed because, the pig in reality has the slit on the left j ear. ) A man Is accused of stealing L a Smith- & Wesson rerolyer. Case 1 is dismissed because it is found .. the i reTolrer is not a Smith fe , Wesson. 3 Such petty technicalities defeated the order o Justice." . v . Althoughlt; isnb';46ub,t"true i ' t fvq courtsare not perfect, the fJ" v of some people that the ,i UTla';a cobweb which catchy ly.. go;lMe,-4 too unjust to be n j sideriwi, : There- is room for con i stractlre criticism, but destructive j criticism Is hardly beneficial to any J one. . I "There has been too much gov- ernment," declared Judge Belt, j . "The government was made 'lor fi man not man for the govern ment. - : '-r: . : " "The aVerage citizen ha faith in toe honesty and integrity of the court, but' often becomes exasper ated at the technicalities and de tails of legal proceedings. This subject is not a new one, but is 1 '"ivNs old, as -hlttory. There always Th were delays In court proceedings. I I "Some people have the attitude Vf Voltaire; who said that he had ; -had Just two great misfortunes in his life. -One was when he lost a - jawKuiu inn uiuer nias iruca ua v won a lawsuit," ':;:y-':;i-"?H'?1?V : "1 am opposed to aHowins this c country to -. become a dumping ground for the riff-raff of Kurope. 'Judge Gary has said that one way ', to reduce ,the crime. wave $ is to r allow ' freer immigration restric '.tlons. I believe he Is thinking in terms of dividends : rather than ' 'Americanism.' .-'.'' mm MARCH TOTAL jkxD DEPARTMENT TTRJf- i OVER IJSTED BY BOARD -'- fcash turn-overs . to , the state " trasrer from tbe state land de partment during the month .; of March aggregated 190,241.97, ac- tjcording''"to. m report prepared here "dnesday by George G. Browit, Hit of tbe state land: board, items included in the turn-fivers inowr : .-. I , - I Common school fund principal, Payments on loans, - $ 4 4 ; 2 2 4 . S S ; ommon school fund principal,' in ime sources, $8827.56 common hool fund interest 130.701.60; ?ricnltural college fund Interest 11569.82; university fund interest 137.50. fTlural credit loan fund principal 717.63, rural:-. credits'" reserve fit 1 (Interest) f 1295.91; A: R. '3u: 'nk trust fund principal and ' ate at-1 60," Apperson,' Interest, ho twill I UUliU Etta Wbito - ..-.,' .a Vhite, instructor of phy- education at rarrish Junior chool. i Ten years' With Sa ! j hool system. Twelve years ;.-ch S experience. Studied I j! ; education . particularly j la coIlVse, and la considered one o the best fitted teach- !i Qrsz i for tt: vork.'- - E3po5its Scarf, Mirroi, Cream; Mystery Reiuains Harry WIp Case May Go' Down in Police Records'ai Unsolved v "Mysterious Disappearance of Face Powder! and ' ' f " Incense", Unsolved V Harry Walp, 20, appeared in the justice court Wednesday af ternodn, with a jar.of vanishing cream, a woolen scarf and an ivory hand mirror. He left the articles in the care of Brazier .C. Small, justice of the T- . i m t i or t-orxiana. a case oi larcepy agjimst nim nas dwh cuu timied. ' ; h:. ' . v Tuesday-afternoon a warrant had been sworn out against Walp, charging him with larceny. Anna Zirkle was the com plaining witness, seconded by Opal Rhodes. They accused MARCH BUILDING LIST TOPS '25 BY $50,000 SECTY-OXE PERMITS TAKEN" 1 OUT DURING MONTH ; Forty-Five Call for Construction " of 'r Homes; Pace Is Continuing With 61 building permits taken out during the month of March, 1926, representing a total outlay of $227,620, the record for March has been shattered decisively. In the .same month last year 50 per mits were taken out for a total of $155,600. In 1924 the total for March was under 1175,000. During the past month 45 per mits were issued for the construc tion of dwellings, representing a total outlay 'of 138,575.t In March, 1925, 34 pefmits for homes Were issued for a total of $99,100. . If the rate of home construction continues as it has started the first three months of the, year, Salem will average more than a home a day by a good margin. So far this year 113 permits for the construc tion of homes have been issued from the office of the city record er. There were just 90 days in the three months. In other words Salem is now 23 homes ahead of aone a day average, - One of the large factors In the record, breaking, total of the past month "was "the - permit ' taken, but by Adam Engle, prominent home and apartment house builder, for the erection-of a $58,000 apart ment house and garage. ' Permits for the construction of two concrete store buildings added $20,000 kto tbe outlay for the month. A permit for the erection of a $50 metal sign board com pleted the list of permits for con struction. The remaining 12 permits were taken out for alterations and re pairs. These represented a total sum of $10,995. STAGE COACH IS BACK OID DAYS REIAVED WHEN OLD O DRIVER TAKES LINES SPOKANE, Mrch 31. (By As sociated TPress.) - 'History was rolled back . a score or more - ctt years this afternoon when the Pasco ( stage coach, pulled away from the post xf flee here with two pouches - of mat two drivers, an armed guard and passengers. Felix Warren, old time stage coach driver,; flicked his long whip at the, "nigh" horse of the lead team. E. B. Powell, relief driver, and l. P. Chapman,- guard, waved at the curious crpwd, and the stage was off 'for Pasco, where it will arrive Tuesday morning. The stage, itself, a relic of the territorial days of Montana, bears in its body the -marks of bullets from guns of Indians and highway men. Its sole through passenger, 'Doe" Davis, old time fiddler, is gtoing to add his talents to the festivities that celebrate the open ing O fthe Pasco-Elko air mail route, April 6, Transfer of the mail win be made to the airplane at Pasco for .their initial trip Tuesday morning. v OREGON MAN IS SOUGHT Xr.y' - k- '-:- - ' !" 1 ' - '. 3PTCESSOR TO HANEY IAY ": ppJIE FROJI THIS STATE PORTLAND, Marph. Sl.-r-(By Associated "Press.) H Confidence that an Oregon' man would re ceive the appointment to succeed Cert E. : Haney - on the Shipping BoardT was expressed by Ralph E. WUHams, . ' republican ; national committeeman, who returned to day from Washington, v - V "On the day of my departure froin Washington I conferred with President jcoolidge with reference to '. the appointment," he , said. "Although he did, not give me any assurance that he would appoint an Oregon man, I am satisfied fie wilj do 86. But whether the ap pointee "will be a republican or democrat la something, the Xuture uust deteriaiae.", , ; - ' peace, and then took a train ' i t . t WaiD or taxing various - arwcies from their rooms. The list in cluded the following items: Ivory hand mirror, $30; wool scarf, $4; jar of vanishing cream. 60 cents; can of face pwdt, J1.50; jar of incense, 15 cenUiJ) ...' The girls . declared t Walp had been visiting them, and when they left the house for a few minutes Walp . and the., articles mentioned had disappeared. : They ' accused him of taking them. Yesterday" Walp 'appeared in the Justice cour$ here and denied any knowledge of the affair. After questioning, however, he finally admitted that he knew where the things were, but that he had not taken them. He was asked to re turn them, 'and brought back the mirror, the cold cream and the scarf. The complaining witnesses will not press the case, it is said, and the affair has been continued. No one seems to' be able to give any information on the articles not yet returned. It is said it may go down in police records as the "case of the mysterious disappear ance of the face powder and the incense." SCORE SEEKING PRIZES IN AUTO GIFT CONTEST ANY LEADING. CONTESTANT CAN WIN GRANT" PRIZE Second Payment Opportunities At tract Eager Workers as End Nears TODAY'S HONOR ROLL. 1. Mrs. B. 8- Crowther. 2. Mrs. Jos. Smith. 3. Marvin Shepherd. Mildred Nash leads whole race today. . By Anto Contest Editor A score or more contestants are entering the home stretch in the race to win the valuable Dodge Sedan, Chevrolet Touring, Ford Touring, Electric Washer,' and other splendid prizes. It's any body's contest yet. In a contest of this kind the vote stands very close and may (Continued on psga 3.) ;X MM ' I A ObiNGWKjJJB Q0.NQTOK ,'--; .,-.----, i , .,, tl Li. i Biil.it , TDIOCHLO Disastrous Fairy Godfather Affair to Be Followed by "Prince" Role GIRL IS 15 YEARS OLD Elderly New York Real Estate Bfan to Marry Lass When She Is 16, Hls 'Secre- tary Declares j NEW YORK. March 31. (By Associated Press.) Edward W. Browning, elderly and wealthy real estate operator, has again as sumed a role in a Cinderella tale. This time, however, he is playing the part of the prince, following his disastrous attempt to be fairy godfather to Mary Louise Spas last year. His' secretary today confirmed reports that his engagement to (Continued on pe 3) MARCH RAIN IS SLIGHT ONLY ,64 OF AN INCH FELL DURING DRYEST PERIOD The year 1926 has gone on record as having the dryest March in tbe history of the Salem weather observatory, following compilation of fig ures last night. During last month only .64 of an inch of rainfall was registered. The average rainfall for the monthH Of March is 4.5 Inches. Tnet figures were prepared front data covering the period from 192, when the Salem weather bureau was established. Last year 1.41 inches of rain fell in March. In 1924, 1.29 inches fell during the same month, and in 1923, 1.99 inch es were recorded. In 1922 the exceptional rainfall of 6.14 in ches was " noted, although the long distance rain record was 'established in 1916 when the country was soaked by a fall of 9.96 inches during March. During lust February, 8.91 Inches of rain fell. In Janu ary 3.21 inches were recorded. December had 3.40 inches, November 5.65, while October fell far short with .03 of an inch, only one-tenth more than was recorded yesterday. COUNTING THEM BEFORE THEY DRYS ASSURED New "Beer" Tonic Is Not Drinkable, Secretary An drews Declares LIQUOR LAW TO STAND Any Attempt to Use Malt Tonic As Beverage Will Result In It Being Removed from Market WASHINGTON, March 31. (By Associated Press.) Calm in the. face of the flurry caused by the word that 3.75 per cent malt tonic would be on sale shortly, prohibition officials today assured drys, disturbed by the announce ment that they need fear no breakdown in enforcement and cautioned the drinking population not to regard the extract as a beverage. By no stretch of the imagina ion can the product be regarded as "beer" said Assistant Secretary Andrews, in charge of prohibition adding that its sale was practical and reasonable." 'If the public attempts to use the tonic as beer," General An drews said, "it would be with drawn instantly from the market. He explained that th&' manufac turers of the extract which will contain 25 per cent solids, has accepted responsibility for legiti mate distribution and that the policy of issuing permits had been adopted "after thorough consid eration of the question." Solicitor Britt of the internal revenue bureau took a hand in the discussion expressing the opin ion that tbe states could prohibit sale of the tonic if they so de sired, although it was pointed out that grocery stores generally have (Co ntta tad oa 9K SI LUMBER MILL BURNS it CHILOQUIN PLANT DESTROY ED; LOSS IS f 100,000 KLAMATH FALLS. March 31. (By Associated Press.) Fire destroyed the Chiloquin Lumber company sawmill at Chiloquin last night, causing an estimated dam age of $100,000. The fire started in the boiler room. The plant was partially insured. HATClf! Deprtinff March Leaves Middle and, Southwestern States in Grip of Blizzards; Nearly ; ocore oi ueains Are Aimouiea to torrn; pome Relief Now Believed In Sight CHICAGO, March 31. (By Associated Press.) The March lion roared a departing- farewell tonight and left large parts of the country nearly knee deep in .snow and slush. The storm of three days' duration had partly! paralyzed transportation in several states and had' caused heavy prop erty damage in the plains section and resulted directly or indirectly in nearly a score of deaths and many injuries. Weather bureau forecasts indicated some relief tomorrow in the form of colder weather, gradually decreasing: precipi tation ana aoatement oi tne wina. The . colder weather however, threatened to throw transporta tion facilities into even a worse jam than they were tonight with prospects of freezing snow and slush forming: a serieus handicap to all forms, of; travel. The southwest plains area today earned a breathing spell with a counter attack by spring to give people in these states" an oppor tunity to dig themselves out of the drifts, but the relief was said to be only momentary as another storm from the northwest was headed toward these states. The middlewest states received the brunt of the storm's fury and tonight it was moving rapidly eastward. Nebraska laid claim to the only spring weather In the region. This state reported sun shine, little snow and freezing. Iowa and Illinois railroads and street car traffic was seriously handicapped with street car traf fic in - some cities- abandoned, while thousands of snow shovelers tried to dig out the drifts. Trains from Chicago westward were run ning an hour to a day late and some train schedules were scratched. Chicago itself tonight presented a sorry spectacle. Its downtown business section was ankle deep in a mess of oozy slush through which pedestrians wallowed while the bliziard whipped about their ears. Motor cars became mired n tfie" morass". Attempts to keep the streets and sidewalks clear re sulted in narrow traffic lanes flanked by waist high banks of snow. The snowfall here tonight (Contiautd oa'psg S) DEBATE ENGLISH STATUS NO VOTE OBTAINED ON IM PEACHMENT OF JURIST WASHINGTON, March 21. (By Associated Press.) The house de voted its entire session again today to debate on the resolution to im peach Federal Judge English of Illinois, without reaching a vote. In an effort to expedite action, however, an agreement was reach ed to limit debate, and on adjourn ment tonight six hours remained for members to discuss the case. Leaders hope that a vote will be reached by tomorrow night, al though the probability of a suc cession of roll calls made them doubt whether the windup would come before Friday. Although today's proceedings lacked the color t of yesterday, members appeared to show a keen er-Interest In tfir discussion fre quently interrupting to ask for ad ditional information on points at. Issue.' j-'-1- SENTENCE COIN MAKERS COUNTERFEITERS i TO SERVE - TIME ON ISLAND - PORTLAND, March 31. (By Associated Press.) Caleb A. Talmgren and Charles A. Bentley received sentences lof : two years and 13 months, respectively, - at McNeil Island by Federal Judge Bean today after they had pleaded guilty to counterfeiting charges. - : Officers who arrested the-pair said they found molds for 50 cent and dollar coins - In their room. They; were' perfecting" the molds and -had' passed -spurious coins.', v.Homer.IIuff of Astoria pleaded guilty to a liquor charge and was fined 2500. ' " -v v - VERA SALS ; FOR HOME AMERICA BRINGS KIND ME3I- OKIES, COUNTESS SAYS J i NEW , YORKrlMarch 3 L- ( By Associated Press. J--Y era, the Countess of Cathcart," who sailed this morning . on the - Berengaria for ' England, -after ; a disastrous adventure in the dramatic field with 4Ahea : of Lpve." thanked the American public for treatment accorded herein radio message to - The Associated Press tonight. . Her message follows: -"'My sincere thanks to the won derful American public, not- for getting the' press' who showed tne such kindness, I take back to Eng an3 r-?c:brlc3 c kind friasi3." Howling Gales CANNING SEASON WILL . OUTSTRIP ALL RECORDS SALEM PLANTS UNANIMOUS FOR INCREASED OUTPUT' . Hnnt Brothers Company Will Add Twenty-FIve: Percent to Capacity There will be seven canneries in operation in Salem the eomlng season and all of them will have Increased capacity over' last year,' and all of their manager sare look ing forward to an extremely busy canning year. There Is I every In dication of a very .much larger pack than the one turned out in Salem last year f 'And. this goes also for the' bar relled pack and the shipments of fresh f ruits and their marketing In other ways and forms. The big Hunt Bros. Co. can nery will have an increased capac ity of. about 25 per cent pver last year. This is being provided for by putting in larger new high speed machines to take the places of old machines, and a; general overhauling of the plant. There Is being built a new and larger re ceiving platform. : The Oregon Packing Company will havejaa injeasejdjacljty over last year, secured by a gen eral rearrangement to speed up operations, which is being made now. They will take on all the lines used last year. Including beans, pumpkins and cucumbres, at their two plants on 12th and 13 th streets. They are expecting a large and full season. - ' ' The Northwest cannery is un dergoing repairs and preparations, with a full season In view, and an increased capacity. ; v" The Starr cannery is undergoing repairs, looking to a busy season, with better capacity than last year, and with the idea of com mencing on gooseberries, perhaps about the middle of May. I Loganberries Mostly Contracted "The"5 Robert Paulus ' concern, which has' taken over the big de hydration plant and cannery on (Continced on tugt ) CANDIDATES ENTER RACE THREE ENTER CAMPAIGN FOR MAY PRIMARY HONORS ' James P. Stapleton, republican, Wednesday filed - with the secre tary of state here his declaration of candidacy for the " office ' of judge: of the circuit court for the Fourth Judicial district, depart ment No. S, comprising Multno mah county. Mr. Stapleton has requested that the" following slogan be print ed after his name on the official ballot: ' ' . "I will observe my oath of ; of fice; , . Denton G. Burdick of Redmond would serve another term as rep resentative in the legislature fr tbe '21st district, comprising Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson. Klamath and Lake counties. Mr. Burdick was speaker of the-house of representatives daring the 19 Si legislative assembly. Carl F. Engdahl, republican, has filed for the oifice of repre sentative In the legislature from the 23d district, comprising Uma tilla county. , r BURBANK MUCH -'BETTER PLANT WIZARD MORI! CIIEER. ' . ?UL, IIAS GOOD EA1 , r ! . SANTA ROSA, CaL, March (By Associated Press. ) --Lusher Burbauk appeared today to have settled down .' to the business ot gettjns well, after, an - illness so serious that his physicians' and nurses feared for. the outcome. lie ate his first feood meal today and it appeared to "quickly ' strength ened - him; Mn addition he' ap peared to he more cheerful and tbe - f f etf ulneas that r had cop cerned'his atendants in tbe earl icr, stages - of ;hls'7 Jllnessr dl;ap peared.' r ". WHISKEY STILIi; 300 Pints Jppnshjne, QR jSallpnof Wab Trophy of Agents . . j . 1 SURPRISE IS CQMPLETp Arthur Jette of CThampoeg Selxed and Jailed by Officers Under , r Direction of William J - Approximately' . 30Q ; nints of moonshine whiskey, 200 gallons of mash and' an SO-gallon' still were seized Wednesday evening by federal, atae and county officers - . when they - raided, a .liquor plant ' operated by Arthur Jette ot Cham poer, about 20 miles north of Sa lem', on the" tVlUamette rivef.i . Jette is now in tbe county Jail. , If.e will be arraigned in justice court this morning. " ;-: " .. t' The still,1 with a capacity of ap proximately ' SO gallons of liquor, a day, was located in a room In the. rear of the dwelling house; and was of the ' old .' type. Filth '.dd! dirt had accumulated, both inside' and out, the construction of up1 outfit making It difficult to kee clean. : - " - Outside tbe house 'officers dli covered' 14 barrels of mash, somj full and others only partly full Approximately. . 20 ft -gallons .ibf mash were contained in the bar rels. A gasoline-burner was use to heat the still. The liquor wa run ofi through a pipe, falling Int a bucket through ir cloth stralne: Tests of some of the moonshir in the bucket Indicated that it wi 100 proof one-half alcohol. TI liquor n the pint llaska had bee diluted, however, to approximately 85 proof." ' " ' ; I The raid was led by WUHam "Si Levens, state prohlbttlpn, cpmmis (Coatiaae4 fS 'J. - REPOrlTI BRAFIPEPi FALSE NO MEXICAN LAND MAS BEEN. TURN T ?1NESE j WASHINQTOif, March Jl.-- (By Associated Press. J-r-A fornv' denial of- reports thai the',?'' can government had grs 2,000,000 acre land conc( Lower pall(6rnl to a lapaneo syndicate was" issued here today by Ambassador TeUes who sal1 he was. acting on instructions f rot. his government. ; . '" ',. ' ; The ambassador said; tt gat ing the Plait regime, a Toros trc on the coast of Lower Caliiorni had been granted "to an Ameri" named Haff, who stlli holdlr'v def a requirement tha. th aent of the 'Mexican;-gove -must be obtained before his rivgl( can be' conveyed to any foreii u t corporation. c -k The repo'ta pubtUhed fa h. press, regarding the concession tc a Japsnese 'corporationhe . ed, "are -r" " false." - AfiBOunc Ing the gayVw bassy Hhat i astruc tions had sent from Tokyo to Japan's e in Washington and .Mjexic? c: to seek Information regard f 3 t. reported 'concession. 1 Thi Jap anese consul at'Los Ange' 3 has been directed to Intitli: Ate. Assistant Secretary Andr fended . sale ot the nw 3-i cent heer'toaic .' I : N ,' - f -Premier MuasQlinl was t In jsenate - debate ; on the 4ebt settlement , , -' ; ; The Mexican embassy I denied reports of a land 4 Japanese, syndicate. -' The senate agricnltura' t,ee ' approved a till la train and7eotton future -t . -: , t . "The house continued proposed impeach meat En glbh," without ; r eac ' cision, ; 5 -" - f;.Jlijl'taTrJff fonVj report was rr.ade p -' ' signer t!flrnl3 frit-' r.;zl3trat::3 cf V .i t