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3VENTY-SIXTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 261926
(WEEKLY EDITION)
NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY ELEPH ANTS
0. S, TO SLASH
1 92B EXPENSE
HUNDREDS FLEE
1 TIDES RISE
GLAD TO BE HOME
Pislol Used By
Hdll-Mills Killer
Believed Found
AFTER SESSIfli
UIIED PLOT
TO BE IRKET
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Location, Said to Be Ideal,
Withheld Pending Own
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ABANDON MARION SITE
Several Sites Discussed by Special
Committee, Definite Action
Expected to Follow at
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Definitely abandoning, the ten
tatively chosen Marlon square
site for the proposed public mar
ket, the . public market commis
sion last night selected an un
named site , which they believe
will satisfactorily answer all the
demands to be met by a public
market location. The place chos
en was not divulged, as the own-
has not yet been asked if the
slteNwill be available.
Marion square location was
given up. as a possible site because
of. considerable adverse criticism.
The public apparently does not
wish to mar the scenic beauty of
the city. by. using one of the lead
ing park spaces for commercial
purposes. It is also considered a
little too far from the center of
town to be practtcal.
Dissatisfaction with the Marion
square location was not unexpect
ed by the commission. It was only
tentatively adopted at first, to see
what the public reaction would
be.
Suggestion that the parking
t"P on the court house square
.Syused were given scant atten
tion, as the commission feels that
use of such a prominent park
area as this would be an even
.worse blot on the beauty of Sa
lem than the use of Marlon
square:
Several other sites were given
some -consideration at thesmeet-
ing last night. Among them is a
space behind the New Salem ho
tel, facing the alley in its rear.
This, however, has the big Advan
tage of allowing little ingress to
automobiles. The only way in is
by a narrow alley and unless one
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CAR SMASHED IN DITCH
TURNS OVER TWICE FOLLOW
ING CRASH ON ROAD
A car driven by F. W. Lowrle
was turned over into the ditch
twice and completely wrecked
when. struck by one driven by C.
C. Smith six miles south of Sa
lem yesterday, according to a
report made at police headquar
ters by Lowrle.
In his account at police head
quarters, Lowrie said the accident
was caused by Smith, who was
driving in an Opposite direction,
crowding him over on the road
and striking his car in the mid
dle. JUMP FROM CAB WINDOW
ENGINEER, FIREMAN LEAP AS
TRAIN LEAVES TRACK
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Aug.
2 5. ( AP ) . An Oregon-California
A -Eastern railroad locomotive
jumped the rails just south of
Klamath Falls last night. Both
the engineer and fireman leaped
from the cab window, the engin
eer sustaining badly sprained
ankle from the fall.
The cause of the accident was
said to be a split switch.
YOUTH SETS 20 BLAZES
LIKED TO SEE APPARATUS
RUSH, HE" DECLARES
REATTLB. A UK. 25. (AP).
Because Warren Stark. 14, liked
tf see apparatus rush down the
Art. he set 20 fires whicn ma
more . than 1500,000 damage in
Everett, Wash., in the last month.
according to a confession to of
fleers. . :y-r
: Wednesday
In Washington
Ambassador Sheffield reported
, to Secretary : Kellogg, on Mexican
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Two nary' ships were asked for
by, the state, department to protect
foreigaera la Nicaragua, v
The department of Justice' de
cided film boards of trade were
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the center and keeping his eye on all the animals,
the Mahout, in a green uniform, trimmed in red,
stood occasionally speaking to one of the under-
keepers or to one of the elephants.
"We had quite a Job three weeks
HEY I WEATHER MAN!
NEW YOBK An official of the loral
police department hs come forward
with a aolution of the crime problem.
If bin aolution in the correct one all
we'll hart, to do now is to take a stern
hold on the weather and make it be
have. Kor, be it known, weather ia one
of the atrongest factor in the making
or breaking: of criminals. Rainy nianta.
for instance, are known among police
as crime night. "Indoor days." when
crooks hang around dirty ' ,hole-in-the-wall"
are erime breeders. On the oth
er hand, summer, when rcooka along
with the rest of lis stay out in the
open, at beaches, on golf course and
at baseball games, is a time when
crimes are few. (Or hadn't you no
ticed itf) Anyway, the thing to do
now is to eee yur local weather man,
line him up for a steady diet of sun
shine and aummeT and dismiss the po
lice. 4
AK IDEA
BF.BL1X The Prussian Minister of
the Interior has been looking through
his files. More than that, he has been
reading a number of the police man
dates which xealoui reformers of an
other day perpetrated. As a result
orer a million such "laws" have been
consigned to the waste basket. Of the
million perhaps you'd be pleased to
know that there was once a provision
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k . K.v.k.ana who nut too much Val
la r' ' and sot enough beer in your stein
should have their ears pierced. . . Re
call of this law indicates the beginning
of Prussian decadence. Imagine try
ing to abolish such a law in America I
.... However, thin matter of junk
ing a few million laws might well be
respectfully referred to all rise Con
gress. ANOTHER REFUGEE GONE
CHICAGO Complaints have been
made, informally, that if this new Ulk
iAf i. kmiiMii res II v snresds it'll
ml dews on the number of those guys
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who say, "Com on, let'a .f to the
movies. I feel ready for s good long
' talk."' Inasmuch as about eight of ev
ery ten movie patrena go to the shows
for the espress purpose of talking
well, figure cut the result your self.
MANIAC'S NOTE IS FOUND
IDENTITY OP BANK BOMBER
REMAINS : UNDETERMINED
; PITTSBURGH. Aug. 25. (By
A. P.) :Thenamer of the person
responsible for the fatal bomb ex
plosion in the Farmers Deposit
Sarings bank remained a mystery
tonight after two possible identi
fications " had proven erroneous.
The most important ' develop
ment of, the day. was the location
of the' note in which the bomber
yesterday afternoon made his de
mand for J 2,0 00 and the threat
to blow up the bank If he did not
get it. iThe note revealed that
the man carried 60 sticks of dyna
mite in a . little satchel, -
-Je will, discharge." -it read,
"when the handle is out of my
hands f if you or anyone else fires
ualn at'me there will be no cage
left;.wer will alt
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They may be big:, but they
bolted recentry, leading their
trainers a wild and thoroughly
successful race. Three still
are at large. How would you
like to see one come lumbering
out from behind your srarage
when you go for your car this
morning?
Eleven elephants stood outside
the big tent of the Sells-Floto cir
cus last night waiting until it was
time for them to do their "turn."
The pachyderms were eating hay
and slowly shifted their weight
from one foot to the other. Near
ago In Canada," he said, when
asked about the stampede the ele
phants went on while the circus
was in a small Canadian town.
"You can't trust 'em; one minute
they are ail right and the neit
well, you can't tell.
"Three of the animals are still
missing, the manager told me this
morning," he said, "but they are
small ones, like those little ones
on the end.
"But you know elephants are a
big drawing card for a circus, and
since we had our stampede lots
of people have been coming to the
shows just to see what the ele
phants act and look like."
While the reporter was talking
to the mahout a side-show tent
was being lowered and as it struck
the ground the elephants immedi
ately stopped eating and raised
their heads. Instantly an the
keepers jumped forward shouting.
"Steady," and the animals were
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SEVERE QUAKE RECORDED
LOCATION IS UNDETERMINED,
DISTANCE 3500 MILES
VICTORIA. B. C, Aug. 25.
(AP). An earthquake estimated
at a distance of 5500 miles in an
unindicated direction was report
ed today by the Gonzales observa
tory here. The tremors began at
9:58 last night and continued
five hours.
Cut of Quarter Billion Dollars
Seen by Representative
Madden
BURDENS TO BE LIFTED
Actual Budget Figure to Be Low
est Since War, With Postal
Increase and Bonus Bills
Out of Wny
PAUL SMITH'S, N. Y.. Aug, 25.
(AP). The total proposed ex
penditures by the government In
the fiscal year 1928 will be con
siderably below the actual expen
ditures,, for 1927. perhaps b a
quarter of a billion dollars. Chair
man Madden of the house com
mittee 'said today. f
While the Illinois representa
tive did not go into details, atte
discussing the appropriation situa
tion for next year with President
Coolidge, he said the government
would not be confronted with, as
heavy outlays as was the case this
year on the postal pay increase
voted two years ago or on the
soldiers' bonus and items which,
in the fiscal year 1927, have
placed an extra burden on the
government of $300,000,000.
Total expenditures for lf27
have been limited by the president
at $3,600,000,000 compared with
approximately $3,620,000,000 in
1926, $3,529,000,000 in 1925 and
$3,506,000,000 in 1924, the low
est expenditures of any year since
the war. $
The budget for next year has
been limited to $3,270,000,000 but
this does not include postal costs
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HELP! HELP! POLICE!
HARRY SMART'S CAR STOL
EN WHILE AT CIRCUS
It takes a brave thief to run
off with a car owned by a po
liceman, but one apparently
was equal to the occasion.
HaTry Smart, Salem police of
ficer, went to the circus last
night and parked his Ford
touring car, license number
46-968, outside. When he
came to drive away, the car
had disappeared. A warm re
ception at the local police sta
tion awaits the robber when he
is captured.
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TAKING THE FARM RELIEF
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Experts believe that the Span
ish pistol, above, turned over to
the Hall-Mills case investigators
by William Winterer of Phila
delphia, is the weapon used by
the killers of Mrs. Mills and Rev.
Hall. It is considered a highly
valuable addition to the evidence
in the case.
OREGON-IOWA BEAUTIES
RILED, COMPETE AGAIN
MONEY WILL BACK MIDWEST
ERN CLAIMS FOR HONOR
'Oregonians Do Not Outshine Us
as Moon Does Stars," Is
Report
"Hades hath fury like a woman
scorned," and when two quartets
of scorned females meet in com
petition, some fireworks must re
sult, says an article in a recent
issue of the Des Moines, Iowa,
Tribune.
All of which grows from the
scornful remark made by an
Iowan recently that the Oregon
girls outshone those of Iowa in
beauty as the moon outshines the
stars. An Iowan then made a
somewhat scornful remark about
Oregon beauty, and the battle
started.
"Another battle is ragtag
around 54-40,' says " the Des
Moines article, "and beautiful
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RECALL PETITION SIGNED
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
ER MAY BE OUSTED
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 25.
AP) More than sufficient sig
natures on recall petition directed
at Charles W. Hedger, city com
missioner of public safety, to in
sure the question coming to a
vote in the November election,
have been secured, it was an
nounced today by officers of the
Spokane board of trade, a law en
forcement organization backing
the recall.
STUM
Gulf Country Inundated as
. Waves, Whipped by 50
Mile Gale. Hit
BAROMETER FALLS FAST
Ships Head for Port as Warning
Sounds; Refugees Fill Patrol
Wagons and Are Bound
'for Higher Ground
Light? in Salem flickered and
went out for short intervals last
night as the result of lightning
which accompanied a heavy down
pour slightly before midnight. No
protracted interruption of service
was experienced.
KLAMATH PALLS, Or.. Aug.
25. (AP). Klamath Falls, at
4:30 o'clock this afternoon was
enshrouded in semi-darkness be
cause of a terrific dust storm
blown up from the reclaimed low
er Klamath Lake district by a
heavy southwest wind.
City lights were turned on,
motorists were forced to resort to
the use of their head lights and
business establishments turned on
their display lights at a time in
the day when the sun is still high
in the western heavens.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 25.
New Orleans and points along the
east Louisiana and Mississippi
coast tonight bolted hatches and
double reefed sails for 'the storm
which, after raging for 36 hoars
in the Gulf of Mexico, late today
had begun to reach the mainland.
-Barometers along the coast con
tinued to point downward and
wind velocity and tides still rose.
Hundreds of persons In outlying
districts along Lake Pontlchar
train and the gulf coast sought
refuge in New Orleans and shel
tered places, while boats through
out the morning and early after
noon journeyed to fishing camps
and villages along the coast bear
ing warnings of the approaching
storm.
Radio broadcasting stations also
were enlisted in the effort to
spread news of the coming hurri
cane. The patrol wagons of the New
Orleans police department were
placed at the disposal of persons
in outlying distriefs along Lake
Pontichartrain and refugees quick
ly took advantage of them. Camps
along the lake front were deserted
as the tide continued to rise,
sweeping into the lake from the
gulf.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the
barometer had fallen to 29.40 and
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HONOR DEAD EDUCATOR
ALL RACES, CREEDS. COLORS
JOIN IN TRIBUTE
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 25.
(By A. P.) Harvard and the
nation joined today in solemn ser
vices for Dr. Charles W. Eliot,
whose 92 years were crowned
with service to the intellectual
life of both.
Appleton chapel, in the Harvard
yard, was filled with dignitaries vf
public life while the Rev. Dr. Geo.
A. Gordon of Boston and the Rev.
Dr. Francis G. Peabody of Cam
bridge conducted the services.
Dr. Gordon in his eulogy said:
"We must recall that Dr. Eliot lei
the academic mind of the nation
into a new wide thoroughfare as
broad as the intellectual life of
the world. The whole truth and
nothing but the truth, be spoke to
his fello wcittsens as no other man
has spoken in our time."
TIRE JACK KILLER IS HELD
ADMITS SLAVING OF FARMER
WHEN CALLED A "LIAR"
VANDALIA, Aug. 25. (AP).
Because he was called a "liar"
during an argument by ; Peter Ros
enberger, wealthy aged farmer,
Frank Sparr, a farm hand, today
confessed to fatally slugging, the
old man with an automobile tire
jack, thereby clearing a murder
mystery which concerned authori
ties of four Btates.
When the Illinois river yielded1
Rosenberger's 6ody two weeks
ago after an. exhaustive search
had been made at river points In!
Tennessee, : Missouri, andr Ken
tucky, a coroner's jury - recom
mended, that Sparr be held to the
grand jury which Indicted him for
murder.
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Congressman W. C. Hawley
SCHOOL HEAD ESTIMATES
6,000 STUDENTS IN 1926
N E W HOUSING FACILITIES
THOUGHT NECESSARY
Englewood, Highland, Richmond
and Grant Among Those
to Expand
A school enrollment of 6,000 in
1930, necessitating new buildings
and additions to the present build
ings, is forecast by the annual re
port of George Hug, city school
superintendent, made public yes
terday. Among the new ho-jsing
faciritles expected are a wing on
the senior high school, a new
Grant grade school building, and
additions or new buildings at the
Englewood, Highland and Rich
mond schools.
School growth for the last five
years w-as reviewed in the report,
showing Jiow increasing numbers
of, students have been cared for,
and forecasts for the period before
1930 were made.
According to the report, the
new Tuxedo park junior high
school, housing 500 students, will
be ready for use in 1027. Stu
dents now in theMcKinley junior
high school will be sent there.
Registration at the McKinley
school will be restricted to 225
this year, as there is no equipment
there to handle more junior high
school students.
The new Tuxedo park building
is expected to handle all the in-
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FACIST ADOPT DECREE
AGENTS WILL GOVERN EACH
CITY AND VILLAGE
ROME, Aug. 25. (AP) Ev
ery city, town and village in
Italy will be governed by a rep
resentative appointed by the na
tional Facist government under
the terms of a new decree which
will be adopted on August 30 by
the council of ministers, according
to well informed political circles
The new system which was
drawn by Lugui Federzoni, na
tional secretary of the Facist par
ty, amounts to an extension of
the Posesta system already used
in communes of less than 6000
population. a It will be put into
effect within a year.
PRINTS ON CHECKS URGED
MAY SEEK LAW TO STOP THE
FLOW OF BAD PAPER
Using finger prints along with
the signatures of all persons issu
ing checks apparently is the only
means of halting the flood of
worthless paper that is now being
floated in different sections of the
country, according to Louis Olson,
who is in charge of the bad check
division of the Salem police de
partment. ' -f
Mr. Olson said that many bank
ers have indorsed the plan, and
that such a taw may receive con
sideration at the next session of
the Oregdn. legislature.
SENATOR TO BE COACH
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QUTNN TO TRAIN PENDLETON
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
Robert Qulnn, center fielder for
the Salem Senators baseball team,
'has accepted a position as coach
for all high school activities at
Pendleton, according to announce
ment made here yesterday., Mr.
Qulnn will leave for Pendleton
early; In September.
MOTHER BEAR ANNOYS
FEMALE AND CUBS AT NEW
v PORT CAUSE DISTURBANCE
NEWPORT, Aug 2 ( AP ) .-
Camper In the Arcadia district in
Newport complained today of be
ing annoyed by a mother bear and
two cubs early today.. Arcadia Is
located tin' the city limits, four
blocks from the Abbey, hotel.
Will Remain Here Until No
vember 10 When Special
Committee Convenes
FINDS OREGONIANS BEST
RlTers and Harbors, Land Gran
Settlement and Foreign
Debts Discussed by
Congressman
Congressman and Mrs. W. C.
Hawley arrived in Salem yester
day after a delay of Borne weeks
due to the illness of Mrs.. Hawley.
Mr. Hawley will remain in Oregon
until about November 10, .when
he will return to Washington to
attend the meeting of the ways
and means committee, of which
he is ranking member, which will
prepare and have ready, when con
gress convenes on December 6,
legislation for the return of the
property taken from alien -Germans
during the World war, the
payment of claims of American
citizens against Germany, and the
Battlement of all questions be
.neen the United States and Ger
many and the naturals of each,
arising out of the war. The bill
will involve about $750,000,000.
Mr. Hawley Is also vice chair
man of the recently created joint
commission for the reform and re
vision of the Income tax laws of
the United States, a member of
the natural forest reservation com
mission, and of the high commis
sion of 17 for the celebration ot
the 200th anniversary of the birth,
of George Washington of whicit
commisoion President Coolidge it
chairman. Mr. Hawley ia chair
man of the republican caucus of
the house of representatives, and
altogether an outstanding figure
in the national capitol. "
He expects to spend most of his
time, according to his usual cus
tom, in visiting various parts of,
the district, ascertaining the needs
and wishes of each locality, that
he may successfully present them
to the departments or committees.
Laving charge of such matters. "
"I have found," he said, "that
this securing of information on,
the ground is invaluable as a
means of effective service. Take
the case of the river and harbor
improvements in this district. I
have been over them all several
times, and every project favorably
reported by the engineers haa been
adopted by congress, and tb,e
necessary appropriations made
excepting those contained' in the
bill now pending, which passed the)
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SUE EX-KAISER FOR BlLU
COURT TO FORCE- PA YSlENTj
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DRESDEN, Germany, Aug. 25.
(AP). A suit against the, for
mer kaiser for a 1600 doctor bill
discloses that the exile at Doorne
refuses to pay royal prices now,
for services.
The complaint is made by Kath
erine Mullen, a specialist, ,wha
says she cured the stuttering of
Prince Ferdinand, tha aon of Prin
cess Hermoine by her first mar
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HARVEST SEASON COMPLETED,
- EARLIER Tins YEAR",
SILVERTON. Ore., Aug. 25
(Special ) . Sil verton schools will
open on September 13, according
to recent announcements.. This Is
perhaps the .earliest, that school
have erer opened at Silrertoa.
As a rule the schools do not open
until around the 20th ot Septem
ber because of hop picking, Har
vest season ' haa been so' much,
earlier this year : than usual that
it ia believed the harvest will b
completed by that : time." ' v .-
state to frtnoR; yfrre
PIERCE TVAMES SATURDAY AS
"FORGET-ME-NOT DAY X
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ed ,tt proclamation setting - aside
Saturday, Sept. 4, ns Forget-Me-Kot
day; in honor of -the disabled
American- veterans of the . World,
war. The proclamation .paid trlb-.
cte to the disabled veterans for
the part they played In the .-de
fense ot America during the worid
struggle. , : . .o 1