Section One Three Sections Twenii) :,P f 1 re XTTV-.C: TTTTT SALEM, OREGONj SUNDAY MORNINGMUGySTS5192?a PRICE FIVE , CENTS PHOTOS TfiivEO Futile Search Made For i s FUl PITTERS if. SEARCH DESERT Lad Lost at Mount . y" ' J-Kav .-?:-4f " OF HALL HOi. FOR 2 DAfiDltS 150 Men Beat Dense Timber Jn Intense Search, for Seven Year ' . i .... . BSSaiSaOSWI - . J MMMMMMMM assssnasnesnaa nannnansnnnnnsn SLOTfliCIIES b' mill GFfY Vpefl I .1 ... :?.A "-f-. AHETAKEN UP Ola Boy wno nas ueen losi ior iwo ways-, v ' couyer Soldiers Dispatched to Aid PORTLAND. Aufir. 14. (By Associated Press.) Without -3 Urider Police Frown divri coiiisAS surprise -v. TnTestlgfttioB Rerealu . Games of Chance Operating Openly j , Mchto Tiuin Thirty Now , Face Walt :-S Slot , machines, - masquerading under the more refined name of candy venders," came nnder the police'' ban Saturday when officers Isited more than 15 pool halls, soft drink stands and news stands and ordered the proprietors to tarn the machines face to the wall v or, hare their licenses revoked. Approximately ZQ. machines were affected .by the order. .-Many -'of the places were operating punch boards at the, same time. These. - too, were, condemned. At the same 4 time police made a check on all aoews and magatlne stands handl- , j. i fag the so-called "racy" litera- ' iNture. ' i I The expulsion of the slot, ma- gatioi which proved that the-ma-rhine were being used as gambl ing devices rather than "as vend Ing" 'machines, for candy.' . They ; operated , on the ' system that when the ''customer" put a nlckle in the machine.- pulled a handle and turned a knob, a pack age of mints was distributed in a K""tVdraetn At ;the same M Ylhe player was lucky,, a x. of' tokens or Vhickeys" round brass checks were paid out. ' ..These tokens ; were- taken 1st oa trade at the places in which, the .mchines--were kpt. at the The machines paid at the rate of from It cents to 1 depending oa the combinations of pictures on the three dials. - The" devices were supplied by a Portland company which operated on shares from the machines, splitting the profits with the pool hall or news stand poprietor. e Slot machines were banned once 'before' in Salem, but reappeared a month or two ago. Some time ago the , matter of their legality was taken Into the courts and a decis ion was handed , down . which ap peared to take .them out of the class of games of chance, and they were allowed to' remain.. " Operators of the machines were told at the time, however, that it it were found later that they were UBed as gambling devices, the ban (CBtiaM a 4.) FREH FROM JAX; 'RULING UMW CANNOT BR FTT ON ROLLS, sAYS ATTOR3KT f? The Stanfield-Slnnot law. pro ' "1 Yjding that the government shall ; lt -W TSfiSSiP00 eoantles - fclruleia ; equal to TJe'HJiriit' that ; .would have been reallied from 3 MIM had nnt Ida nnAn X- fTII lV forn la railroad grant laTads revert ' J ; oq to the federal -: government, K does not authorize again placing these lands on the tax rolls," ac-ii-Tordl11 to legal opinion pre- ',' Spared here yesterday by I. H. Van Winkle, attorney several. ' x .The, attorney general held that . ' government, lands such as those fVN!nc,Baed ,n lhe Oregon and Calh f t t ( fornia land grant are not, taxable. ; . It was held by the attorney gen- " ...1 U .. A ( ' :"' . I l" w masmg tneir traagei i of estimated expenditures , from year to year counties' may Uke Into consideration receipts from the government in lieu oMaxes on I i nose lands in preparing their ' levies. ? ;The, opinion was requested by ven A.eency. assessor ot Lane outy. - afr - . V -Twills not to play IILAITH XOT XORJIAL, WOM ; t v ii ami- WITHDRAWS, FOREST HILLS. N. Y.. A., 14.-(By Associated' PressL-. rause she is "below oar DhrnWl J ly and not through any, fear of - 8 1 atin' nelen AVllls w t . v,i., national worn- en's tennis champion tor . the past . sco wui not defend her i title in the tournament here next ; "l have examined jM&g .Willa y tooay. jf She Is below par physlcal 1 ly and in no condition tti I-1 . 'through- a tournameni for af least i.f , three months' ealdiDr; Robert food; without fire and with only scanty amount of clothing, Jack Strong, 7 year old son of H. W. Strong of Gresham; has been lost for two days and one night in the rugged wilds of upper Sandy country on the slopes of Mount Hood. Reports mm searchers late today indicated mat ne wiu oe iorcea io spend another night alone in resetted from his predicament. Fresh .tracks found leading HOW CAN TOT TEIX? WINKKTKA. 111. Remember tbe old cigar ktore Indian t Well, if tkU tows kaa its wmy, .people, will snnejr be. 'asking. "Remember , tba uid barber pole!" Tr Winnetka, one of Chica go's most exclusive suburb, where neither rommerctalism, industry nor tbo riotouuirts of .the cinema mar the perfect rus-nrbaa calm, has. decided that tbe famitar tin of tbe tonsorial artist, the candy-stick pole, stationary or whirl jr, .is crass, inartistic. BmloTeljr and a blemish on tbe fair face of' the town. - Goodness knows what the bar ber win, do now for sign . over his shop. A suggestion that coat-of arms be 'designed has been rejected.' For the design included "Rasor rampant on biood-red ground; septic stick, conch ant." Tbe barber felt, somehow, that that wouldn't do. - , TB&ASOHl ATUAJfTIC CITY. Ametita GatH- 7orcl, the-brilliant atar of Aoiericrfv opera, lirlmttt bomo-snett'TnNI TBO -cstrp of thoae who consider opera as ' something essentially aacred as art. ? Vor Madam; OaUi-Cnrcl . haa admitted, : witbont the faintest sign of a biash. that for real pleasure she gets raor oat ' of -a baog-np musical comedy thaa sn does from hang on to your half the most impressive opera. This as- ' tontshing expression was in answer a nestionr as to whether or sot i is woald like to see a longer opera sen soa. ' - i , .'Why do yon want the season lengthened. It is km g enough now f Tea i long "J should say. -Why botaorf- the poor people with so much opera? I would rather go to a. musiaal comedy than an opera... II k m moebj fan. Americans attend symphony oaBjrta, for which I admire them. Symphonic are art. Opera is not she highest (sew or art." 1 . . : : Ml . aha! rsircE. , :.:f.5;., ' JJAt,TI3(OKK. Historians . digging- . around, as tbey constantly do. suatonc aAtique tombs, have discovered that Ponee de Loonwas just talking for the BioTiea -wbea he, palled that one abnet seeking the rountam ol Youth.. Tbo facts are -that ho came 40 these shores in search 'ot lobsters, oysters, clams and other surruient fauna whk-h abound be reboots. Ponce o Leon's retwm to hi native land, it, based on -the fact that he failed to find the ob rjone completenCont te lobster. Which., being translated, means "Chorus OirU." ' t . .. . ... 1 , , .. POLLUTION HEARING SET ': . .. ' 3ULL CREEK.' WILLAMETTE , 5 TESTS SEPTEMBER IO 'Pollution of the streams ' of western Oregon will be considered at a meeting called by Frederick Strieker, secretary of T tba sUte board of health, to be held Sep tember 10. Health officials from air sections of the state will be In attendance. - v v "" , County Judge Hunt. Ellis Lur vlne and Dr. i Walter H. Brown of the Marion county child health demonstration will represent Mar Ion county at the conference." Pol lution of Mill creek here will, be considered In j. connection with other matters. . ", ." DR. HICKMAN TO SPEAK WILL ' 14SAD UN ION CHURCH I ' v SERVICE AT 4 TODAY Dr. E. C.;Hickman.' president ot Kimball ! college will speak on "Harki1 Wf " a Christian" at the union i chnrclreryicea in WJHson j park at j4, o'clock this afternoon. He and his father. C. William Hickman? will sing a"due. : . Fred Broer will lead the tf ng- lng and Mrs. Margaret Swart Kow-I - aw a . bmm. - mam - mmm So SIGHT J Ufa the woods before he can be . , . up Box uanyon near, biiae mountain and later picked up near Yocum ridge, brought fresh hope to the searchers who believed that the district in which the J ad will be' found has been definitely de termined and that he would be found before he succumbs to ex posure. Physicians who . accom panied the party sounded a warn ing, however, that the endurance of a child of bis age is limited and that if he Is found alive, it. must be within the next 24 hours. That the boy had determined his location after hours . or con fused wandering and had been at tempting to retrace his way back to Paradise camp where Strong were camped prior to the unfor tunate fishing expedition on which little Jackie became lost, was be lieved certain. Woodsmen assert ed, however, that access to the park from Yocum ridge is virtu ally impossible, so that the one hope of saving the boy is to find him before he becomes complete ly lost or succumbs to hunger. The lad is now believed to be within five or six miles ot the Mt. Hood loop highway and within the same distance from Government Camp. However, the determined efforts of more than 100 searchers who scoured the - territory today proved fruitless except in uncov ering trails made Friday night or early today. As night approached the efforts of those who were beating the brush in th district where Jackie is now believed .to be swallowed up by the dense woods, were re doubled and several large bon fires were kindled in the-hope that the. boy. would see, the light and tCeaBaae ea page .) FOUR KILLED BY TRAIN LOCOMOTIVE CARRIES AUTO 60O FEET AFTER CRASH MODESTO, Cal., Aug. 14. (By A.P.) Two women and their two daughters, were killed today when their automobile was struck by a Santa Fe freight train near here, The dead are Mrs. Zillah Harri son. 49, of Denair, her daughter Estella, 13; Mrs. W. H. Meiginish 52, of Denair, driver of the auto and her daughter Audrie. 13. Witnesses said Mrs. Meiginish apparently did not see or hear the locomotive until it was within dozen feet of her machine, which was carried 500 feet after the impact. - - r ! " H Mmrr ; - '- 1 1 f 0- . 1 ' if-,"- " 1 V . ' . ' ) - President Coolidge Discusses Problems With Farmers' Uniorr Leader CROP CONDITIONS GOOD CltaHcs S. Barrett Tells President More Legislation Is not Wanted; Kj-nijiathetic Xote Need PAUL SMITH'S, N. Y., Aug 14 (By Associated Press. ) rAtten tion was turned today to the farm problem by President Coolidge who discussed conditions with Charles S. Barrett, director of the National Farmer's Union. Mr. Barrett, who frequently confers in Washington with the President on agricultural ques tions, came here by invitation and remained tonight as a guest at White Pine camp, I He informed Mr. Coolidge-that crop conditions were In general good condition in the country, but whether farm legislation was considered was not revealed. M ' In the opinion jojfMr. Barrett, however, more legislation is not so much needed by farmers as a more active, sympathetic and ef ficient administration of provate (Con tinned on page .) BUTTER PRICElADVANCES PRIXT WRAPPED SRICE IS TO GO TWO CEXT$ HIGHER PORTLAND, Aug 14. (By As sociated Press).- -There will be an advance of 2 cents in print butter Monday motning 'With 1 parchmejilu wranpad. selltng. at. 47 cents. The buying price of .butter fat will also be advanced 2 cents to 46 cents delivered here. The cube market was firm at the close of the wek on the best grades, which .were: not in large supply. Storage stocks showed an Increase of 1836 day. pounds for the Consumption of eggs was good and receipts were hot large dur ing the week which kept prices firm up to the close. A decrease of 320 .cases was shown in storage totals. As compared with a week ago, however, the loss in storage holding has been less than 100 cases. t I I There . was no surplus of poul try on hand duringf the week and prices remained steady. Country dressed j veal was also steady, but pork was weaker at the last. M FOOTPRINTS IN THE SANDS QF , i 'AT "III"" Jll 1 Groundwork Laid for Com- piete Investigation of New Brunswick Murder NEW THEORIES OPENED Murder Spot Visltea by OfricUIs and I'relimrnary Measure ments Are Made on Philllpa Farm SOMMERVILLE. N. J.,, Aug. 14. (By Associated x Press) The taking of photographs' and measurements of the Hall hgme in New Brunswick today added to the mystery of the. slaying four years ago of , the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. James Mills for which crime the minis ter's widow, her. brother, and a cousin are charged with murder. Senator Alexander ' Simpson, special deputy attorney general appointed to prosecute the case, accompanied by Inspector Under wood of Jersey City and Patrick Hayes, chief investigator, appear ed at the recently, remodeled Hall borne this afternoon with news paper photographers and an archi tect. Mrs. Hall did not come out of the house, but Russell E. Watson, one of her attorneys, offered the party plans of the building. These were declined. ' Curiously, measurements were made' of the house and grounds and pictures taken by New York newspaper photographers. Mr! Mr. Simpson said he asked the newspaper men to do the work for him because official photog raphers were not available. ' " The; party then left for - the Pblllips farm, Jurt'-owerthe Mid dlesex county. line, where the bodies were found under a crab (Oontinaed en page 4.) FIRES SIGNAL FOR AID SERIOUSLY ILL, MAN STARTS BLAZE, IS FREED WILLIAMS LAKE. B. C, Aug 14., (By Associated Press). Stricken with blood poisoning Otter Koerner set fire to trees, on his isolated ranch in an effort to summon aid, he testified here to day when on trial charged with starting a fire without, a permit. The -blase spread and was menac ing valuable timber when forest agents arrived. They extinguished he fire and took Koerner to a hospital. After his explanation in court he was freed. TIME Reading- from left to right: : Bob Board man, physical director; Pete Jensen, Leslie Sparks, Paul El- well, Phillip Bell, Harvey Brock, another instructor was absent, on a trip to Seabeck, Wash., when this picture was taken.. These instructors at tbe lo.al YMCA swimming pool are teach ing dozens of boys to swim. Qn Wednesday afternoon and evening the pool is given over to the wom en. Mr. Jensen is a University of Oregon graduate, a football letter man under the famous Bezdek, and was last year a physical di rector in the Tacoma high schools. BRITAIN DECLARES BODY OF KITCHENER IS FOUND CASKET TAKEN TO ENGLAND; BALDWIN NOTIFIED British Newspaper Man Says He Is Confident Body Will Bo Identified LONDON, Aug. 14. (By Asso ciated Press) Frank. Power, British newspaper, man,, who re cently announced that he believed he had found the body of the late Lork Kitchener today said that he had written to Premier Baldwin stating: that lira body is now . at Waterloo ' station awaiting dispo sition by the proper government al department.; Power, -who said that he was confident the. body could be iden tified as that of the British Field Marshal who' disappeared so trag ically, after the sinking of the Cruiser Hampshire off the, Ork eney's in . 1916, said the coffin would remain, in a private mort uary on Waterloo road until Mon day. 'A case, which Power asserts holds the coffin which he be lieves Lork Kitchener's body is enclosed, was delivered at the Waterloo station by, train from South Hampton last night. - It was taken later to the . Waterloo road mortuary, and covered with a Union Jack. , Discussing jthe final disposition of the body, Power Bald.. "is wait ing to hear from the government, nothing will be done without due regard being paid to the wishes of relatives and the government." , Power also stated that be bad communicated with certain rela tives of the ' late field marshal (Coo tinned oa pags 9.) SAND ISLAND INSPECTED 2 STATES ADVANCING CLADIS FOR SAND FLATS ; ASTORIA, Aug. 14. (By. As sociated Press. ) An inspection Of . and Islanq and surrounding waters was made today by a party including Willis Moore, assistant states attorney general; General Kollock. Portland attorney whos is Acting for the state! in the effort to recover Sand . Island from the government. to which lt was ceded for .military purposes many years agai Judge M. 0. George of.Port Iand. who in 18 SO as a member of congress introduced the first; bill leading to the Improvement of the mouth of the Columbia river, andj ex-Governor Oswald VWest, ; and Ed Ballaught master, fish warden. The purpose . of . the visit was to obtain first hand information regarding conditions now existent at . the Jsland, which Is located near the mouth of Columbia river in connection with the controversy now. being waged by the state of Oregon and .Washington, each of which la advancing claims to the sand flat. WATER SUPPLY SOUGHT OREGON CITll MOVES- TO TAP CLACKAMAS RIVER - I Oregon Clty'througi lts city manager, filed la .the offices of the .:: state engineer application covering' the appropriation of wa ter from It he south fork of tbe Clakamas river , for a; municipal supply. The cost of thej develop ment was e8tiniat24.at MjLPi0.2.fti " "r-: " A ' -- ; Next year he will, be) coach and physical director at the; Spokane high school. He is J an expert swimmer and .coach and is here for the summer with his brother. who is architects, inspector on the new Bligh theater .building. Mr Snarks is nhvsical director I - I and freshman coach at Willamette university for the coming year, Mr. Elwell is a junior at the I TJnlversity of Oregon. He learned to swim under the famous Jack Cody swimming instructor at the Multnomah dub ia Portland. , He has been attending the Willam- ctte university summer school. FOREST DEMON LAPS UP rirn'nbrV Tfll l he TDCCC 1 nLUUiiu iuul ui iiiuugi... ... f.ii, Th mU. SITUATION ACUTE,! ADDITION AL FIGHTERS NEEDED Deficiency Foreseen If Blase Rec ord Continues' to Tax Service I Forest tire losses in , the state of Oregon., this year have been larger than during any corre sponding period in the history of the state forestry department, ac cording to a report , submitted to terday by Frank Elliott,' state for ester, , . The meeting ; of the state f orr estry board was held primarily to consider the forest tire situation in the state of Oregon ; The state forester was .author ized to place several 'additional inspectors in the field. Most . of these-, will be assigned to Eastern Oregon. . The new employes will be Instructed to see that all exist ing fires are extinguished prompt ly, that fire prevention equipment JlldjeKt and individuals in their efforts to prevent, fires. It was indicated that the forest ry board would face a deficiency In, funds .if . the regular, personnel lsi maintained and new employes added, . ! l ,i i : . - . : Members of the; board declared (Continued on. page 3.) JOHN M'CORMACK SCORES PAMfii H KivfjKR. makps his nvni-r iv TKWN T(iniKV DEL MONTE, Cal., Aug. 14 (By Associated j Press.) John McCormlck, ' famous tenor, made his debunte in tournament tennis play here today and came through his nrst round match in the ani nual Del Monte championsnip . a winner, although he admitted lat er he suffered an attack of "stage frtght"' more eeyere than he erer had experienced on the singing stage.. r !' V: 1 ' 'His partner, Maurice McLeugh lin, the "comet" j of a ' few, years ago, was not up tq bis usual form, but the X earn defeated M. W. Rich and. A. M. Caslan; 6t Sacramento, i-KJt'ii -3....-. ',. r' r, ; -3IcCbrmick' Is. credited nsually with '.the ability to j play a pretty fast game. lie : was induced to participate in today's game by Mc LoughUn and William Johnston. :: : -As McLoughlin and McCormlck came 'oh' the .courts they were greeted by a large gallery of spec tators; v. :,r-: . . .; PROBE MELLETT MURDER GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION SCHEDULED ; FOR CASE . CANTON. Ohio. Aug. 14.(By Associated Press )-i-Whatever ev idence anyone has concerning tbe murder of Don R. Mellett, pub lisher, of the Canton Daily News, will be sought by the Stark coun ty grand jury next week. , Following the statement by Jo seph R.t Roach., famous f'clean pp" atto,ney;'that, whllo inquir ing into an alleged; liquor, conspi racy in Canton, he had procured conclusive evidence against the murderers. Prosecutor C,, B,; Mc Clintock announced today bis In formation will be welcomed in the grand iurjj; lavestigutlqn. - --; ' i -t - 23 Pouches : of Registered Waif Listed in Plunder I - .-...,- From Wyoming Train v. vu I- wy.. i .J- . , 1 1 . MUCH CURRENCY TAKETi Valuable . Consignment .. .of Malf ; Carried; ; Highwaymen Do- j. clared Surrounded on Deeri ' Sand Danes , WAMSUTTER. Wyq.,, Aug. 14. -(By Associated . Press) The waterless , sand, dunes of the des- . m ' a a ' a. ', f 1 A . ert in SOUluwesten vyyomiDR today were; being , searched , by western sneruis ana cowooys r two bandits wn0 eariy, toaay rou- oea a union raciuc man car A ot, 23 pouches . of. registered I, mall, while r the train was speeding. tnrougn Wyoming, . t . , , A modern invention the alr- plane -was called upon In the search .1 by,, postal officials .when the air plane pilots, flying be tween Cheyenne and ' Salt Lake CitX were asked to scan the deB- bers. Instead of using the broncho of the frontier stage and train bandit, took the modern automo bile, the posses' leaders here be lieved.' With apparently well laid plans tot the robbery, two mien boarded the mall car at Rawlins 41' miles east of here, and at the point of revolvers bound and gagged the two 7 postal clerks. Waiting ; at. robbers changed the railroad sig nal, so that the train was slowed down. , The robbers are then be lieved to hare Jumped ' off and erate. xne, cieras " remainea bound vuntllthe .. train .. reached Rock Springs,, when, the robbery was discovered, because of their failure to deliver the mail. Only one route of flight Is open ' to the bandits through the desert into northwestern Colorado, as the other,, roads; lead, back toa the Wyoming cities of Rawlins 'and Rock Springs, the posses claim. (OosUaoed en page a.) TRACEYiHELD FOrl THEFT IS CHARGED WITH STEALING1 AUTO AT CORVALLIS I , Harry Tracey, charged with I theft of an automobile in CorvaU I Us,, was arrested at the Southern I Pacific depot last night by Polico Sers-ennt floor rn Whitfll 1tiat nit hn K s.sM(r,r t M- n away fromSalem. Police had been warned of I1I3 possible presence, and had. beu looking out for him several nights i iac arrest came after a searcn in wotcn ponce or several cities and special Investigators had been in volved. The car, stolen from Corvallls, had a dealer's license, which po- Hce believe Tracey discarded after Kwng a new one lor mo stoien car.4 A license receipt for a car with the same engine number as the. stolen one was found 'In his effects. ; (; Police here were unable to state how Tracey could have obtained a license for the .. stolen ear from the secretary of state's office. Tho license was Issued August 7. The car was stolen some time before. SKULL INJURIES FATAL! t iv-'"' . SHIP OFFICER IS KILLED A3 HEAD HITS TIMBER PORTLAND, Aug. 14(By As sociated Press.) - Henry, o. Os borne, of - Edinburgh. Scotland, third oficer on the British steamer Ben Levi, died here, today i from a fracture of the skull after ta had 1 fallen from a wharf to the water below : where his head struck a timber. TheBat" Large crowds are enjoying and being' amused and thril! 1 in turn: by 'The Bat," taken from the mytery book of Mary Roberts Rlnehart. " f'TJie .; play made ; from thU book' had one of tho mont sn - cfwsful runs in recent hi slory. ' and the screen production is j surprising ...with .its ,romjiet?- ness to even those who saw th ! play. 1 V:- It Is at tho Elsiaore tv. more days; today an I t-j- morrow. . 1?Z ; Ml !&ZjkJ2ZliSl222s