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V -.. . :,':' -i . " (L. - ' flA; -v:.' - I I ' ..r ro. SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR i rf.. . SAJJSM OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1926; PRICE FIVE CEIjTS: : Try'? J Tv-'-Ty r 'EeWiM the Statesman's Great Ajdomqii S f 1,1 1- 1. I II 1 I 111 I 1 1 W I X 1 1 I I I 1 I I I T ijrn f i I - rii rnvi i J-m'i I i i t I i I j r n I - j i . i. . i . i Candidates Hurry Only Vay r . i. 1- . - 4i- in r - BEFORE PIERCE : Cody's Friends U.rgeSenr ice Be Communtedti Life' Imprisonment . II g VCIIIC DC lUlUMIUmClF IU ' I- LI DECISION IS WITHHELD Slayer of Sheriff GoodmAit ot Ilar , nej County '"Will Hanff on Jiprll JT UnleU JExetutlve ( Interferes Relatives and friends of Archie Cody, slayer of Sheriff Goodman of,. Harney eounty, appeared i be fore. jQoTernor ' Pierce here Wed nesday and, urged that; the; death sentence imposed' on - the prisoner be commuted to lfa..Jmprisonment. Cody Is scheduled, to be hanged in the state penitentiary here Friday, April 16. It was alleged . by members of the delegation that the shooting of Sheriff Goodman was aot pre meditated, and. that ;' there was ,S some question as to whether; the 1 orncer was killed by a bullet from ". I Cody's gun or, one. that he carried t the time, of the slaying. f-T .'Tarney. W. . Cojy of Jackson -Tllle, father of the condemned man, was among those who plead ed for executive clemency. Peti - tions signed by several hundred residents of Jackson county ask ing that' Cody's sentence be com muted to life imprisonment were presented; to the governor. t ri Governor Pierce saidUhefVbuld not announce his decision in the case until , he has read- th- testi mony pffoedat the,tril.-"-r-- , . Record rihe case showed that Cody shor Td killed Sheriff Good man as the officer was attempting v to arrest him for passing a worth- less check. Although the victim was sheriff of Harney county the murder was committed in Mal heur county. ; Codys conviction in the lower court recently was affirmed by the state supreme court. The governor Wednesday re fused to interfere in the sentence Imposed on M. I. Albert of Port land, who recently whs sentenced to a term of one year In tho pen itentiary for receiving stolen property. Albert was allowed to , offer his plea for executive clem ency while being taken to the : prison. He was dressed in at the .institution last night. Relatives , pf the prisoner accompanied him Jo Salem and . participated in the 3 jteaf or' leniency. YoUnG ROBINSON FOUND .XOTJTH, 21, IS PICKED UP ,jy.t.!jAZEI COXDITIOX IN ROCHESTER, N. T., April 8. .(By Associated Press.) Picked up In a dazed condition unable to explain where he had been, or what he had done since he van i Jshed . from Harvard university j five days ago,! Douglas Robinson, 21, son of Assistant Secretary of - the Navy Theodore Robinson, this morning was taken to St. Mary's hospital here. Robinson told at tendants who - he was and. pro duced a personal card bearing his name. : . ,1 .'"v '.'; - . In Waili&iton Journalists from 21 American republics ; gathered for their first Congress. l- . ,' ; - - .,; I - .: - Newspaper broadcasters' urged adoption of adequate radio legis- . lation. ' . - k '" . ' r, ' The senate listened to. further debate on tho Iowa senatorial elec tion case. I " - - . - - - T I President Cool id ge "nominated Brigadier lr Jal Edgar 4 J ad win 7 to be chk I, array engineers.:' " f ' N ; . v District 'iorney Buckner told the prohl in committee of con ditions in'iviw Tork. .t Comptroller : General McCarl , ruled that only congress can ex tend time for conversion of war ' risk Insurance. - '. , .-, '! Senator Walsh of Montana an nounced preparation of a resolu tion directing senate Investigation f Z recent' IXo -i- 2. Play a Harmonica?: Enter Your Mouth Organ' Now Hal Hibbard Camp, Spanish War Veterans, Ask All Boys to Enter Competition at Armory on Friday, April 16, , Can you play the harmonica? , Such is the question being . broadcast to all Salem and Marion county boys by Hal Hibbard Camp. Spanish American Wai; veterans, who are now seeking additional entrants in their Harmonica contest, to be staged at the Salem armory on Friday, April 16. v 4 Little boys, big boys, fat boys, skinny boys, all who can whip wicked melodies from the mouth, organ are wanted that night to blend their joyful notes in one concordant symphony. aji jj W ' : Sign up early, is the advice contest: CLIMAX COMES AT MIDNIGHT SATURDAY SEALED BALLOT BOX ASSURES . , , , FAIRNESS TQ ALL ; Judges to Meet at 7:30 Monday to - Count Vots; Making Prize Awards (By Auto Contest Editor) The climax comes Saturday night! 'Eleven weeks Of enthusi astic work and hustling on the paTt,. of the candidates In The Statesman's big automobile cam paign will culminate in the final scene Saturday night, April 10, at midnight. . TJie ,11st of awards Includes a new Dodge sedan, value $1115; a new Chevrolet touring car, value $645;- a new Ford touring car, valuef499; a Haag electric Wash er, -value $147, and cash prizes- "Cash commissions will be paid other candidates who remain ac tive throughout the campaign, as set forth in the' announcement at the beginning of the campaign. Never before in the history of Marion and Polk counties has there beeri4such a distribution of costly awards and never before has there been; such an exciting, battle to win them! Nobodyihaa 'them cinched. The winner wiil probably be determined by the subscriptions secured between -now and 'Satur day at midnight. In order to maintain the strict est secrecy as to the number of subscriptions turned in by every candidate during this, the last week of the contest, the race is being brought to a close under a sealed ballot box. By so doing no one can possibly know the voting strength of respective candidates. It excludes all possibility otfavor- ( Continued on pf T.) ' I BANK BANDITS ESCAPE GET $2000 IX RUNNING FIGHT WITH POLICEMEN SAN FRANCISCO, April 7. (By Associated Press). Two rob bers entered a branch of the Lib erty bank in the Mission district here today and escaped with ap proximately $2,000 after engaging in a running pistol battle with the police in which Patrolman George O'Leary was shot through the arm. The robbery was' the second in San Francisco in a few hours time, a lone robber having fhtered a branch of the Anglo-California Trst company and escaped with $500. Daniel C. Murphy, state senator and manager of the branch, was forced into a vault with a number of other employes. .! 35 COME FOR TEAM SPRING PRACTICE AT OREGON BRINGS ASPIRANTS EUGENE, April 7 (By Asso ciated Press.) Practice in foot ball for the spring term started at the University of Oregon this afternoon with 35 gridiron aspi rants turning out for first call. Coach McEwan expressed himself as being .well pleased, with the war in which the men ' went through the practice. v - This , session ia to last, at least for a month ' according td the coach, and will he designed! to fit the men for(the hard, work of the fall. The heavy work is scheduled to start Septembers 1 5 with the first game on the 25th. I ft GELS DECLINES HONOR YILL NOT CCEPTl STATE FAIR BOARD POSITION ' l , . ; .. F. BV Ingels of Dufur who re cently was appointed a member of the state fair board tosucceed Wayne Stuart of Albany,' has de clined to accept the appointment Governor. Pierce ! announced Wed nesday that he probably would ap point another man on the board later this week. It was said that at least two Central Oregon men axe"l2 cctstlcrcifir tl3 1 lace. given. Too many boys cannot be secured. Harold Stout, 5 years old, is the youngest soloist yet entered, and has been given a prominent place on the program. Robert Brow.n, approximately two years ' older,, now heads the, list of harmonica contestants. Any boy who plays the harmon ica is eligible to enter. Contest ants will be divided into two groups, with a first and a second prize "for performers ' above. 10 years of age. . The Salm boys' chorus, an un rivaled organization under the di rection of Dr. II. C. Epley, wiU appear in recital as one of the out standing features of the program, details of which are still to be ar ranged; In announcing' the evening of entertainment, Spanish War Vet erans declare a crowd that will fill the armory to capacity is ex pected, all profits going toward the erection of a Roosevelt monument in keeping with the project out lined at the Spanish War Veter ans' encampment at Port Arthur, calling for a statue to stand on Battle Rock, a historic promen- tory extending into the ocean. Through this paper a personal invitation is extended to all boys to enter (heir harmonicas in the greatest competition of the year. AIR MANEUVERS PLANNED NAVAL FLIERS. TO TAKE PART IN SAN DIEGO CIRCUS SAN DIEGO. CaL, April 7. (By Associated Press.) Plans for the greatest series of air maneu vers ever staged In the Pacific by naval aviators, which will keep six aircraft squadrons with a total force of 89 planes of all types in almost constant operation at north island from June 15 to September 15 were announced today by Com mander Karl F. Smith, chief of staff to Captain John M. Reeves, commanding the aircraft squad rons, battle fleet. ALCOHOL GRR PLDTBEVEALED . . ' - Diversion; of Industrial Alco hoi Amounts to Over Three Billion Dollars FIGURES STARTLE GROUP Tremendous Graft in Distribution of Liquor Described, in the Hearing Before Sen- ; .ate Committee WASHINGTON, April 7. (By Associated Press.) diversion of industrial alcohol alone furnishes an illicit liquor traffic in this country totaling three billion, six hundred millidh dollars in sales, Emory . R. Buckner, Uiited States district attorney at New York city estimated today before the senate committee inquiring into condW tions under statutory prohibition. This estimate startled the com mittee' and brought a gasp from the crowd which crowded the com mittee room on the third day of the inquiry. . Mr. Buckner did not stop theret adding $15,600,000 to the tota) as the value of the "cut" whiskey which bootleg druggists in New York city alone put on the mar; ket. The district attorney arrived at his estimate by figuring a total d version of industrial alcohol to the bootleg trade at 60,000,000 gaH Ions a year. Bootleggers "cut'j this three ways, he explained, prf ducing a total of 720,000,00 quarts of illicit liquor. "Placing the price at $5 a qu end that is conservattve--this makes a total of $3,600,000,000," he said. "We pay $10 a quart out in my country," remarked Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, the one avowed wet on the committee. "You ought to know," inter jected Chairman Means, as the crowd roared. "I.do!" shot back Senator Reed and another shout went up. Called as a witness by the wets, who continued the presentation of their case at both morning and night sessions, Mr. Buckner pic tured an improvement in enforce ment conditions. He paid tribute to Assistant Secretary Andrews of (Continued on page 2) "HERE'S A SAD PICTURE (But the Foreground Ruins It!) nrJJ &T ' Ul SAV SUV LOCK) i ; ! ' ' ' ''. -: ITALIAN DICTATOR SHOT; CONDITION NOT SERIOUS BULLET FIRED. CLOSE RANGE BY ENGLISH WOMAN Sister of Baron Ashbourne Presses Revolver Into Premier's Face". ROME, April 7. (By Associat ed Press.) Benito Mussolini, strong man of Italy, was near to death today. He had just raised his arm in salute to the plaudits of the multitude when a woman pressed a revolver into hi face, and fired. ; . At that very moment, Mussolini, as is his habit, threw back his head, the buUet passed through his nostrils and with a quick, step backward the Fascist premier put his hand to his face, and drew it away covered with blood. His assailant, believed to: be an Irish woman, the Honorable Vioi let Albina Gibson, 50 year old sis ter of Baron Ashbourne, a resident of Compieghe, France, was 'Seized by a carabineer and dragged to a place of safety, for in an instant the. thousands who had gathered to acclaim the premier were, in 4 frenzy of excitement and rage. With Mussolini at the time were Professor Roberto Alessandri 'and the noted surgeon Raffaele Basti anelli, and they hastened to his aid. It was Bastianelli who dressed the wound and later he issued a statement saying: "The premier was wounded by a firearm, the bullet perforating both nostrils, but without grave results." Notwithstanding his injury, Mussolini desired to enter his automobile but he was induced to return to the capltoK He was per fectly tranquil, seemingly hot thinking of himself, and was only anxious that no grave coiisequen- (Continued on page 3) MAN DRAC&ED TO DEATH 'ARMER, 65, KILLED WHEN MORSES RUN AWAY, WALLOWA, Ore., April 7. (AP) Marshall Fleischmann,' a farmer about 65 year old, resid ing about 20 miles north of here in the Promise country, was drag ged to death by his team while logging in the woods yesterday. His foot was caught in a hook in the end of the logging chain and his team evidently became fright ened and ran away, dragging him to his home about half a mile dis tant, where he was found dead when the team stopped in front of the barn. He leaves a widow and four small children, the old est being 10 years. US SETS POLARREGORD Captain and Pilot of Expedi tion Establish New Mark in Arctic Flying HOPES ARE RUNNING HIGH Great Things Looked for In Next Wilkin Flight, Explorer Says; Wide Expanse ( of Sea Viewed NEW YORK. April 7. (By As sociated Press.) Flying 140 miles northward, from Point Bar row,. Alaska, farther than any man has seen before In that sector of the Arctic. Capt. G. H. Wilkins and his pilot Ben Eieison nave set a new record tor polar flying. The farthest point north in their flight, which was made on March 31 was latitude 73 degrees 30 minutes north, the North Ameri can Newspaper Alliance said to day. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, said his ship, the Karluk, under the command of Captain Robert H. Bartlett in 1913 went seventy miles north of Point Bar row but was stopped there by the ice pack. Captain Wilkins, went 70 miles further he Said. Mr. Stefansson recalled that last summer Ronald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth flew 621 miles from Spitzbergen toward the pole, reaching 87 degrees 44 minutes north latitude on the opposite side of the polar basin. The flight of Palrbakatef Alaska, was oyer a course 840 miles long, Mr. Stefansson figures. He asserted that it demonstrated conclusively' the usefulness of air- ( Continued on pagt 8.) REV. A. T. SMITH NAMED PORTLAND MINISTER HEADS OREGON PRESBYTERY ALBANY, Ore., April 7. (AP) Rev. A. T. Smith of the first United Presbyterian church Of Portland, today was elected mod erator of the Oregon Presbytery of the United Presbyterian church at the semi-annual session of that body here. Mrs. L. C. Wilkinson of Kenton church of Portland was named president of the women's United Presbyterian churches also in session here. Both, organiza tions closed their session tf this- af ternoon. , ... '? :., .; f':' , Oakville, six miles south" of Atf bany will be-the scene 61 the next presbytery meeting October"' 1JU 1926, and Portland will entertain the women's presbyteral in April 1927. INJUNCTION HALTS SALE APPRAISER IS APPOINTED FO& CENTRAL RAILWAY LA GRANDE Or., April 7. ( By Associated Press. ) Ant In junction today prevented the auctioning of the Central Railway, of Oregon, a 16-miie road connect ing Union and Cove with the Ofe-gon-Washlngton- Railroad & Navi gation company to satisfy claims of $2200 by the Ray Woodbury company and Ed .Wetzel ol 80 ! kane. Instead, Wilbur B. Davis of Union was appointed receiver by Circuit Judge Knowles. "Tile railroad was appraised recently by the state.: public, service : commis sion at $114,000." . A' j'y ; ; A, PEN BREAK CASE HELD UP SUBSTITUTION. OF RECORDS 4 REQUEST fei PLACED" : ' . ' , , Judge Wttl R. King of Portland appeared before the state supreme court, here Wednesday; and, re quested an order authorizing4 the substitution of - transcript of- evi dence and other: recorda' Int the cases Involving-Tom Murray Ells worth , Kelley and' James, Wllloe; who are under death sentence for the part f they played In the peni tentiary break here on August 16. Judge King said that he had mislaid the transcript of evidence and other records in the cases and as a result he had been delayed in preparing his briefs.. . " The cases involving .the convicts are now before the supreme court and the time for. filing briefs will expire within, the- next few weeks. MltarO DENIES ILLNESS RUMOR THAT CONDITION IS SERIOUS 19 FALSE PORTLAND, April' T (By Associated Press.) Reporta from Salem that JobJt Minto, who at various times has been Portland's postmaster chief' of police, warden of the state pen itentiary' and sheriff of Marlon county wa critically ill at his iome near here; were denied toi night by Mr. Minto. He said he had not required the services of of I a physician' for several weeks II VAN WINKLE DECLARES 4 OREGON OWNS ISLAND ATTORNEY GENERAL CITES TWO. V. S. DECISIONS, . Bounhwy Between States Marked by Center of Channel, T Study Shows In connection with. the. protest of Governor Hartley, of Washing ton against the Stanfield bill-providing that the government re store; to the state of Oregon title to Sand island . at the mouth of the Columbia river andf his re quest . that the Washington dele gation vote against the measure. Attorney General Van- Winkle- of Oregon cites two United States supreme, court decisions, holding that j the island iain the state of Oregon. "This should render void completely- the. claim of Governor Hartley," said Van Winkle. Tae first decision was in the casej of . Washington against Ore gon fin the year 1905, brought to determine the boundary line be tween the two states at the mouth of the Columbia. The second was on a rehearintr the same case. The" opinions of States' supreme court the United held that the boundary line is In the! middle the ranaehatwiaea- Sand 1- land and the Washington shore, and f: that" as the Island " gradually moves closer to the Washington shore, the middle of the channel shall continue to be the" lihei thus leating-Ahe Island- entirelr within the state of Orgon. Should the Island in future years move nprth ward enough to connect with the Washington shore, the opinion holds that the point of connection would then, mark the "boundary line' ' .. t- 'the island was ceded h, the state of Oregon to the government over 60 years ago on condition that the government use if for mil itary purposed, u, has never heen used fori that purpose and Instead thel government has. maae use ot 1U Valuablo Ushlng grounds. ; Oregon. Is noV trying to get It back, one' of; the, provisions ot the Stanfield:' bjll , being,, that should the government, ever need it for military uses, it would be returned tqTthe jRovernnlent. . The senate SubUc lands committee has re ported favorably on the bill. I w:"r-V: :V- -"- $4,60Dr FREIGHT SAVING RULING FORi OREGON. LINEN MILLS LOWERS COST ' At' a 'meeting of the board ot , director r ot the. new Oregon Lin en Hills-, -Inc., Wednesday, it was decided tV go" ahead with prepar ation- of. the. site- W. C. Knight onl the architect, was . instructed ;tb$ start on the preparauon of plans' and Specifications for au tne buUdlhgs to 'be Constructed. Bids will" be called for as: soon as" tie-, plana are' completed. There will be the mam buiTdinga,n of fice building, a power, and heat ing. f plant and a warehouse; A A .watfer Uhk to hold 75,000 gallons of water wiir also, be constructed. That approximately $.4,000 will oe; aavea : on - u ueigoi out .ior the machinery' ordered la .the re port of the board bl directors! Que" of -the factory in this saving is. ja. 'special rate, the board has se cured from; the interstate Com merce commission. , i -- MTaehlnery is -scheduled to be ahjfpped r from - Lock port May 2. About 30 days , foif the shipment wflt be. required;- By that s time, the warehouse shelter the ma chinery will have been construct ed! , t . - . 11 PASTOR SEltlf;G OFFICE fht - - v. , - vr. - , RANBON MINE5TER IS'CANBI- DATE FOZl SIIERirF . : MARSHFIELD, Ore., AprU 7 (AP)--The Bev..F L. Young, pastor .of : the Bandon Methodist church,, today , announced hi3 In tention of becoming a candidate for the democratic nomination for sheriff. Mr. Young la the aspi rant to- the officer -: ' til hid Uu-L HfillSOli":; -.-."-..;..L . J High Winds and Heavy Rains I lr;()omial:rom : ii ii r'r i '. j . ; !.VARrilfil - - jf . ' : :-. Tornado-Like , Wind Tears Trees I and' Buffet Building; C1U .' ru Oreharda Are Scrfi A oualy Damaged- 5 - a- SAN FRANCISCO, April ; ( By; Associated Press ) -Utp Vren tlal rains, an dhlgh wlndr swept California todays - flooding high ways causing delay in 'trans por Ution 'achedulesj halting for the second - da the opening ) of the Pacific coaat ' basehall season In this state and . doinx some 'prop erty damage, 4 v , Storm- warnings-were flying to night frdm'CapefFlatJeryWasH.. to Point Conception. Santa1 Bar bara county. Streams id northern and central California;- were Tun ning bank high. A total of '4. GO Inches' of" rain hadv fallen- n Loa Angeles durinr the' last' two' days smasblag all records- f or "the month of April with the month only seven days old. Winds, which assumed almost tornado proportions, in southern California, tore ., loose.' branches from; trees and buffeted buildings. Considerable damage was reported near Covina, east of - Los Angeli when the temporary Puddlngston'a dam burst, flooding houses and eltruswthards.f'-"", T Numerous bridges were washed out or were weakened by the swollen streams' ixt the" f oothnla. V i SACRAMENTO, April- T.-(By Associated Press.) Train travel in the Feather river canyon ' has? been tied, up twie In the last 33 hours owing to accidents caused, by the heavy precipitation! in that section during the present etornv according . to .local offices of the .western Pacific., . : . ' I A dltcher . crew was working today at a noint on. the western Pacirio one. mile east qf Belden to clear up. a slide that'occurred last night while two passenger trains were being held on either side of the slide. j . . . v : I The first accident occurred ear . Oostta4 ta, pf 1) . . ' MISSING -PlLpT IS: iAF FRANKLIN ROSH IS UNIIURT; i f STORM FORCES IANCINp BOISE, Idaho April 7. (AP ), After' i 24j- hours , of anxiety. Franklin. Rose, air mail pilot Jos on his first trip ; from ' Elko i(y Boise yesterday afternoon, was re ported, safe and unhurt, 85 miles southof! Jordan Vallev in Oreroh. r Just; over the Idaho Una at s : i o I o'clock' toaightK In, a telephone message XO liOlse. " ,' The repdrt relayed from a ranea to Jordan-Valley and thence'- to Boise told a story of heroism and' h aviation Ingenuity. Rose said he was1 forced more than 75 miles off hU course by a terrific storm en countered as he noared Duck Vt-' ley,' and. that he landed In a wheat field ' on : the slopes of Juniper mountain'. r Ilia t nian . h ? i I' while, undamaged was mired la ueep mud. . : j ; ;' -.- . Obtaining a horse from a tarn near where he landed, he rode 30 miles to the nearest telephone and sent 'word of his" safety and , of efforts being made to level a run way sufficient for him to take eff and complete his run to -Boise early tomorrow morning. He left for Jordan Valley Where he was expected to arrive about mldclstt to give further details o? hia cs- plbit. ' r- - - GRAriDLTA'S; Perhaps yours Ii ' like l!rs. Florence Smith .Vincent's, . cr maybe she isn't, ' Anyway,-you will want to read Mrs. Viae td article on grandmas wl icli ap-, pears on pa;e 8 of .Tig Ctatea-j man toay. - Under . the - he ails -Living (. snd Loving," 2!r -. V: . rnt.net- e3 anther, writ ea a tidily artUI J , with an intimals appeal to wo- : : Torn: to them daily i ' T1.3 Etatesmaa.' "