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EM? arid-, , VMMC&G&fo& mG:.iy.FM9o: TV GEduGt'.p I p 4 fi . s V, H i 1 & li I g WEATHER FORECAST: Rain and mildi- temperatttfe.,nMaxlmnm yesterday. 61; mln-f I Imuin. B3:-rWrI ll.?: ?ra1ntan;v,08: tm6s- . When a politician alleges that stealing is I I going, on,, he, usually taila 'to keep' hla voice f front aoundingta tittlen wlstf uLEL-Dorado i I phere, cloudy; wind.,' southeast. : ; ? ?v ; - V '. ' : ' " ' "' 1 E g E -SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 ill "Paid to Hunt for Body as 'Publicity Stunt," Says Venice Swimmer FICTION WRITER FIRED Now WiliimKM Walk Into Camp ms District Attorney Pr Parea JRewlat Ions' for ,; llearinc Today GILA' BEND.; Ariz., Oct. 6. (AP) Bill Blirens. station agent, and Frank Daly, freight agent for the;; Southern Pacific railroad; were subpoenaed today to appear as i witnesses at the preliminary hearing of Aimee Semple McPher- Hon in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Oct 6. (AP) Aimee Semple McPherson in Jk H her Angelus temple sermon to r. night offered to pay tha expenses bringing a prosecution "witness from Gila Bend, Ariz., to Los An- es, supposedly to testify against her at her preliminary hearing on charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice.' The offer of the evangelist was made after she had heard , that District Attorney Asa . ,-Keyes reared lack of -funds .would -prevent him bringing: P. Blevlns. a telegraph operator', who reported he had identified rs. McPherson from photograph, as ja woman who vsent a telejrfam from Gila Be-fme 15, r eight days be forH reappearance; in; Mexico, to faos Angeles o. testify Dif-4 ficulties between. 4he,'. prosecutor and the boardof aopenrisors over (Continent aa'paga 6.) HOG CHOLERA'rIS" FOUND r?-K'rn VKTFJUXARIAV Ft-VDSl CASKS O.V SEVEN "AlOdS-v . ' . !2iVLl. 7:el l at- 01 nag euuiera. nave ue- 1 veloped on seven farms on i route f I, Salem, according.;" to informa Vytion received here 'yesterday. An r'l investigation wasmade by Dr. W. NXl. Morehouse, local veterinarian, esieruuj- aiiernoon. ne reports Ahat the condition is quite ser ious. . ' '"' Farmers should - be carerul in letting their bogs move about and keep them penned closely as much as possible, he says, as the only way to checkk'the disease is to keep it from spreadirig.' There is practically no way. to cure' the disease, and most case's, end in death of the hog, j XTnless the hoga are kept close ly penned, there is considerable danger of the disease spreading, he stated. Two pigs hav 'died on. the farm of J. F. ZieliskI, while some of the men having- sick ones are Rudolph Waeken; C. Kobow, and Ross Miles. ARCHIE ELLIOTT BUYS purchases Valley grill from a. v. caldwell , Archie J. Elliott, well known in Salem, announces the" purchase of The Valley Grill, on South' Com mercial street, from Mr. knd Mrs. fjff Mr. Elliott, har' been in Salem W'for m rTf" t h AYV HIItmti. and has been prominent in "union- circles. Foreseeing increased' demands upon his time, he recently-resien- ed as secretary-treasurer tf the Central Trades and Labor council, a position which he Mid for' some time, and will now jive np his duties as business agentofYthe culinary workers, and secretary treasurer of the Oregon StateCnl inary alliance. ' " '. TrUUTY ESCAPE! PRISON mjf xt C4VV1CT BKLIEVKD HttADIXTj EAST TOWARD PRATOC Chester Vanderpool. trusty con vlci at the Oregon state .penitenlt- 1 nry ; escapedffdnV .the' Institution (yesterday veit4 -w6r King lh the fax shedt outside of; the" phson walla.". Vanderpool was received vt the prison from Tillamook jVounty, Nov. 9, 123, to serve term of five Tears- lot- burglary- He would have eHbfe.ifot' parole next April. -. Reports received at the orison Indicated that Vanderpool started! east, and probably would , attempt to conceal himself In the heavy timber 4a the yiclnltj; p Pratum. Sjchool Contract Will Favor v. Leslie Junior High School Building Will Be Brick, With Cast Stone 'Trimmings and Slate Roof 'According to Specifications Many new features not included in ordinarv .school a are called or in . the plans and; specifications for the new Leslie jumr iukii Kiiooi, wnicn.reacnea saiem yesterday and are now in the hands of William Burghardt, clerk of the school board. The plans were brought to Salem by Lyle Bartholo mew, member of the firm of James & Bartholomew, architect for the school. . There : are special contracts for nlumbinp:. heatinsr and firing, besides the general contract, which includes concrete, CELEBRATION PROGRAM -TO COMMENCE SUNDAY YMCA YTII HOLD 33Tlt ANXI VKRSARY GATHERING Colonel Carlo Abrams to Speak on What Future HoltN for Organ Izatlon ' The 3 5th anniversary celebra tion of the Salem YMCA will be gat Sunday afternoon at Z o'clock with a program of speeches and music. An address by Fred Lock ley, special writer with th- Oregon Journal, will feature the. meeting. He will discuss "Some Products of the Salem YMCA." The rest of the program has not been announced, as the YMCA di rectors are still working out de tails, but it will include other speakers, and musical numbers, both instrumental and vocal. Open house' will be field in all departments of the YMCA Monday and Tuesday nights. Special pro grams will be held in the gym nasium, swimming pool and other parts" of the building. All mem bers' of the YMCA and any of their friends ure invited to attend these j4eetings. A, special event planned for Tuesday night is a, swimming and diving 'exhibition "to be put on by the Portland YWCA A learn Df women divers IkzA lancy swim mers will come from'" Portland1 es peclally for this; event. Wednesday evening the main feature of the celebration, the an niverspVy dinner, will be held; Harry '.Stone of the Portland Y" wllj discuss his experiences on a trip he-made to the '-world YMCA conference at Helslngfore, Fir- land, last summer! ColJ;Carle Abrams, secretary of the state board of control, will speak', on "The YMCA of the Fu ture, ;and other talks are sched uled besides an orchestra con cert.' All reservations for this dinner must be- made not later than "Tuesday morning, it was an nounced, yesterday. , K()ZER APPEALS RULfNG GO TO 8UPRE3IE COURT . Sam Ai Koter. as secretary of state yesterday appealed . to the state supreme court the suit brought by Geerge Putnam, Salem newspaper publisher, to ' compel Mr. Kozer to print the slogan "Ojj posed'tb Prohibition" afterhts nameon the official ballot' at' the November-election. " 1 '; Judge Lv H. McMahan of tne Marion county- circuit court Tues- day' ruled that . lr Putnam was entitled tb'have the slogan printed on the ballot. Mr.' Putnam was nominated for state f senator for Marion ; county at the democratic primary election WsT Mayr: ; :v.;.. ; The appeal will " be argued in the supreme court next Monday afternoon. RECKLESS DRIVER FINED Lj?fiKXT ' SEXTEXCR- RECbji- rKXDED,TrrGRAJD JURY TIif ilALLKSrf Ore.V Oct. 6. (API Wanir Marx, son of Coun ty Roadmaster'. MariS todar plead ed1 gnUfy tqlacMrge nt drfvlhgf on the; wrong side of the, road and was f Infed $ 1 8 e and ordered to re4 f rain front driving for a" year Marx ; drpve"the? automobile in yolf ed" In - RwTeck1 August J 2, In wjhlch" Geerge Covert was, killed and.Willlam Rndersby suffered In- nriea . that : later proved ..fatal. . A coroner's 1 Jnry 'had 'rec'qmmended that'ypung Mars be charged with involuntary manslaughter.-'" The lenlenf sentence was ' recommend ed by the trand jury that lnvestl- ga ted the case.. DEATH" VA? ACCIDENTAL VERDICT IX COL. ALEXANDER WILLIAMS CASK FOUND i ' SAN FR ANCtSCOA OcD 6. A coroner's jury returned a verdict bt "accidental death.' here today iffThe drownlfii btCot Alexlhder S. Williams, USMC, who plunged into the bay in-hia automobile last wees;. i Awards Salem Labor "excavations, brick work, millwork, cast stone, sheet metal, painting and glazing. The specifications state that Sa lem labor is to be given the pref erence in awarding the contracts. and also that Salem jobbing honses be given tho preference in buying naterial for the building. The prevailing wage scale will be stan dard for the job. All the plans will be given out !n Salem', making an added oppor tunity for Salem workmen to get in on the ground floor. . In case an outside firm gets the general contract, Salem men will still have an opportunity to get some of the special contracts. s The building will be brik, with cast stone trimmings and a slate roof. It will he facing the head of Cottage street, as decided by the school board ofter a hot argu ment recently. Many of the smaller features of the plans were not included in the original tentative drawings, and were worked out after consider able study by the architects, so as? to give the most efficient seryice possible. This extra,, study caused the plans to take two weeks long er tnan originally scheduled in being worked-out. The blueprints are specially strong and easily figured, it is said, besides being quite complete and giving much detail; An au thority in Portland who has stud ied school plans for many years, told the architects that they were the most complete he had seen in several years. Among we new features are the sliding doors, plans -for which have been! : developed c differently than in the original drawings. These doors connect the study hall with the rooms on each side, and are specially arranged to be slid back out of sight in order to en large the 'study hall into an audi torium. Special closets to hold materials and stores are specified for the science - room; drawing room and domestic science room. These closets are a new feature not in cluded in plans for most schools. The domestic science rodm's plans have been edinpletely changed, ac cording to Mr.' Bartholomew. The room has a cooler, cabinets and bins so arranged a 3 to make it as much like a model kitchen as pos- (CoBttaved oa pa;c 6.-) First Quality Nuts Go at 32 Cents, 15 Per Cent In crease Is Seen CALIFORNIA CROP LIGHT Oregon Growers to Receive Close to 3 Cents Per Pound for Highest Grade, Quant ity Good LOS ANGELES, tct. C. (AP) The entire offerings of the Cali fornia Walnut Growers associa tion will be booked within the next three days, with the output of merchantable walnuts less than half that which the organization packed and shipped last year, Carlyle Thorpe, general manager, said here today in posting the opening prices for the new crop representing the association's quotation s to wholesalers. The opening prices per pound are: Diamond brand, large budded, 32 cents; medium budded, 25 cents; number 1, 28 centa. Emerald brand, large budded, 28 cents; medium budded 23 cents; number 1, 25 cents; Baby, 18 cents. The 1926 crop in California was estimated at 30,000,001) pounds, compared with more than 60,000, 000 pounds last year. The report said that world production Is at least seven and a half per cent be- ( Continued on pace 3.) CITY BECOMES ISLAND -v ASFLQ0WATERSJ?lsfe SIRENS dlVE WARNING '"AS HOMES ARE ENDANGERED Rcartlstown Cut Off Save for Rail road Running Through Seepage BEARDSTOWN, Ills., Oct. 6. (AP). Waters from broken lev ees made Beardstown ' an island tonight, entirely surrounded by flood tides and with no avenue of escape except a railroad over which trains are being operated through six Inches of water. The torrents of Lost creek, whieh burst a levee Monday, ad vanced late today and met the overflow of the Illinois river at (Continued on page 6.) THE ODOR O F SANCTITY BILLS COME; GIRL- GONE BROWNING SCANS PAPERS "3 - . 4 - 4. - CHAUFFEUR HURRAS TO OF FICE WITH LATEST NEWS 'Cinderella Man" Insist Separa tion Is Oaly Temporary Arrangement TRW YORk, Oct. (J. (AP) Edward W. Browning, 51-year-old wealthy real estate operator and promoter, is still receiving bills for clothes bought by .his school girl bride just before she left him. but he has received no word from the girl. The latest bill, for 250, cover ing dresses which the 16-year-old wife bought and had charged to Browning was received by him' to day, last Saturday he' had re ceived bills for $6,000 represent ing frocks, wraps, silk stocking and other feminine apparel which were purchased on Friday by "Peaches," as Browning calls his wife. "Peaches" has not yet said whether she was considering ac cepting an offer, reported to have been made from Chicago, to ap pear on the stage for $2,000 a w4ek. Browning had insisted that their separation is only temporary, Late this afternoon, Browning's secretary said that "Peaches" had returned, presumably from New Jefrsey, to the home of her mother ini West 157th street. Manhattan. T(e secretary said this informa tion was contained in a telegram received at Browning's office, but he did not say from whom the telegram was received. J At the same time the secretary gave out the following statement in' behalf of Browning: "Mr. Edward W. Browning is still maintaining apartments at the Kew Gardens Inn, (Long Island) for Mrs. Browning and himself. f'Mr. Browning is still main taining a city home for Mrs. Browning and himself at the H$tel Emerson." JThis is the hotel where Brown ing has for the past few days been living alone. Throughout the day Browning apparently anxiousto, learn the whereabouts of his wife; read the newspapers, edition by edition, as they were taken to his office by his chauffeur. TINNEY NEARS CRISIS HOPE FOR RECOVERY HELD OUT RY PHYSICIAN TODAY DETROIT, Oct. 6. (AP) Frank Tinney, critically ill 'here was "passing through the crisis tonight" after hovering at the brink of death during the day, his physician. Dr. Leo Dretzka said. The comedian rallied tonight af ter two dangerous sinking spells today, when recovery was de spaired of, the physician said. His chances of weathering the cricis are better than ever. Dr. Dretzka said. LABOR LEADERS B!5KlilLT Act of Detroit Churches QuestiohMembers Pa triotism and Ideals SPECIAL' SESSION CALLED William Green, President of Fed eration, Receives Formal Notice of Withdrawal of Invitation DETROIT, Oct. 6. (AP) Fol lowing vigorous denunciations In the American Federation of Labor convention of the action of Detroit ministers and YMCA officials in closing their pulpits to labor speakers. President Green of the federation tonight declined an in vitation from the Federal Coun cil of Churches of Christ in Amer ica to speak Sunday afternoon at a mass meeting under the auspices of the council of the First Congre gational church of Detroit. Withdrawal of invitations to labor speakers was denounced to day in a long special session con ducted. unde suspension of the rules and regular order of busi ness. President Green announced, in answer to a question from the floor, that during the noon recess today he had been formally noti fied that an invitation extended him in July to speak at a YMCA meeting next Sunday had been withdrawn. John P. Frey, president of the Ohio state federation, prefaced his (Continod oa page 5.) MINE GIVES UP BODIES RESCUE CREWS CLEAR PATH TO EXPLOSION AREA ROCKWOOD, Tenn., Oct. 6. (AP) Nine bodies had been re covered tonight from the Roane Iron company's coal mine here, in which an explosion Monday trap ped more than 30 miners, three miles underneath the mountain side. The badly mangled bodies of three miners were brought to the surface late today by a rescue crew which had worked since early morning clearing a path to the ex plosion area, where it is believed 18 bodies remain. 7Six oodles previously had been removed from the mine since the men were caught by the terrific blast of dust and gas. Rescue crews made their way to within a short distance of where the other bodies are expected to be found. PINE TIMBER TRACT SOLD PELICAN BAY COMPANY BUYS STAND? NEAR BONANZA KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Oct. 6. (AP) Sale of 200,000.000 feet of virgin pine timber to the Pelican Bay Lumber company, largest lumber concern in Klam ath, by the Day Brothers interests and Chester and Richard Hovey of California was reported today. Figured at $6 a thousand, a conservative figure, the deal in volves $1,200,000. The huge tract of timber is lo cated north, of Bonanza, adjacent to. the Klamath Indian reserva tion. , t ' BANKERS ELECT HEAD EX-GROCERY CLERK IS PRESI DENT OF 'ASSOCIATION 7 CHICAGO,' Oct- 6. (AP). Ballots of. the nation's foremost financiers today sent a one-time Illllsboro. Texas, grocery clerk to the presidency of ; the" American Bankers , association with the election of Melvln A; Taylpr," 48, now president of the First Na tional bank of Chicago. HEARING DATE CHANGED LOS ANGELES BOARD-i GETS CONTINUANCE" OF JO DAYS . LOS ANGELES. Oct, v 6. CAP) The members of , the Los Angeles board - of supervisors, charged with embezzlement of , public funds by : District- Attorney .'Asa Keyes , complaints, ' were today granted a 10-day continuance for their t preliminary ' bearing. 'The hearing was originally set for Fri day, t ; - "- Drink Gallon a Day FOUR DRUNKS GET UNIQUE SENTENCE FROM JUDGE DOVER. Ohio, Oct. 6. (AP) For every day they do not drink a gallon of water while they are in jail a day will be added to the sentence of four men sentenced today by-Mayor P. J. Groh, tor. intoxication. The mayor said he was pre scribing the "water cure so x he anen can irrigate their systems and break the habit." The. quartet was given a minimum sentence of 10 days in jail. ESCAPED MEN THOUGHT HEADED FOR PORTLAND PRISONERS REMOVE RUSTY RAR FROM JAIL CELL Three Robbers Pleaded Guilty and Sentence Scheduled for Today MC MINNVILLE, Ore., Oct, 6. (AP) John Hill, 19, and Wil liam Boyd, 22, brought to the Yamhill county jail here yester day because the Dallas jail was believed unsafe, escaped at about 10 o'clock this morning by remov ing a badly rusted bar. Fred Hill, 26, who was also brought from Dallas yesterday, remained in the jail. Each of the three pleaded guilty in circuit court at Dallas yesterday to charges of robbing the City Garage there August 10 and participating in a gun fight with McMinnville of fleers early the following morning. The jail break was not discov ered by Sheriff Manning and his deputies until 1 o'clock this after noon, when a posse was put in the field. It was believed the men started for Portland. After the robbery In Dallas in August the three men made their way to McMinnville in a stolen au tomobile. Here they were stopped by officers, but attempted an es cape, engaging in a running street fight, John waa takes ' bat Boyd and Fred Hill escaped. They were arrested later and, all were held in- Portland until -yesterday-vrnen arraigned in the Dallas court.- Sentence' was to have been Im posed on the men tomorrow. , PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 6. (AP) Deputy sheriffs and Port land police are helping in the search for John Hill, 19, and Wil liam Boyd, 22, alleged holdup men, who broke jail at McMinn ville today. They are wanted in connection with the robbery of a garage at Dallas, in Polk county, about a month ago, and were placed in the Yamhill county jail at McMinnville for safe keeping until they are tried. It was be lieved that after breaking jail yesterday they may have come to Portland; FOREIGN LOAN EXPECTED BELGHN GOVERNMENT TO ANNOUNCE FRANC PLAN BRUSSELS. BelKium. Oct. .- (AP) The Belgian government under the dictatorial powers -re cently conferred upon .it by par liament is expected to announce shortly a plan; for the stabiliza tion of the Belgian franc. This will include a foreign loan of from S50.000.000 to $60,000, 000 of which New York will be expected to take at least half. The remainder . will be distributed .to London. Amsterdam. Berlin and Basle, No steps have been taken to negotiate such a loan, however, nor has- the cabinet yet formally announced . its decision. , WAR GOVERNOR PASSES MMON BAMBERGER. 81. FIRST DEMOCRAT' CHIEF . SALT IAkB CJ.TY, Utah, Oct 6. (AP) Simon -Bamherg-er, 81 Utah's war, governor, whose term of office began in ,1917 and-was completed in; 1921, died here to day., '; . Ex-Governor Bamberger enjoy ed the unique distinction of being Utah's first democratic governor as well as" the" first ' non-Mormon governor of the state. CROSS COMPLAINT FILED KATHRYN MENJOU CHARGES ; HUSBAND DESERTED HER TJ-k5 AVfSETVESL Oct. fAPi Mrs KathrynMenjott today filed a" i CTbss-com Plaint--' for ' divorce against her husband, Adolphe J , Menjou nlm star, sne -cnarges desertion. Community property is listed as the star's earning pow er of- $5,000 a'week. - , -Menjou filed suit - for divorce several weeks- ago', and .'his wife was ;later granted 1500 a week temporary' alimony1 k Action ton this complaint is scheduled 4 for anarly date.'? PATTERSOU OUT; TO SAVE TAXES ?What Oregon Needs Is Bus iness Administration' , Says Republican PRISON RECORD SCORED Rigid Application of Budget Sys tem With Governor Re sponsible Is Plan Sent by Radio PORTLAND,. Ore., Oct. 6. (Special.) What Oregon needs is a business administration. I. L. Patterson, republican candidate for .governor, told the people of the state in a radio address, the . first talk tt the kind he has made in the campaign, here last night. He pledged 1 himself to a care- ' ful, economic business-like man agement of state affairs." . .- '- r "The . more nearly we regard the business "of the state as busi ness the better public officers will . serve the taxpayers," he said.. That business principles may replace political ideas in conduct- ;' ing state affairs, Patterson pro poses, as governor, to , follow a strict budget system and desires that the governor be made the -budget-makinr official. - In that -way, he believes, responsibility will be- placed wliere it "- belongs and the governor will be held to- strict 'account' in: expending state funds. u";--v('- - . ' , "If the governor has the, power to make the state budget and ta offer to the legislature the sag-, gestion .of proper appropriations, he can, with the power. which ir! given him to veto appropriation bills, control the amount required - : . v - (Continued a page 3.) ' "' HAZING MAY BE DOOMED CAMPAIGN AGAINST FRESH- . MAN PARADE INAUGURATED EUGENE, Or., Oct. 6. (APJ -The annual freshman parade, the last remnant of the motion picture conception of college life, may be doomed at the University of Ore gon, for a campaign against the ' custom has been Inaugurated by the Oregon Emerald, the student daily paper. Declaring the parade is "barbaric" and "applesauce." : the' Emerald contends that the "tradition" should' be abolished. . At the University of Oregon the entire-frehmB-cltts is-hazd- by- the sophomores on the first day of classes each year and invariably some ot'thw men; given the rough treatments , that . usu ally . prevails during the hazing, are injured! GEOrldIA-GOES tfd 1 POLl ' t ' - - - - : , . HARDMAN1 LEADING FOR "GOV ERNOR ON EATILY RETURN'S: ' r Atlanta; Ga., Get. eiApy Dr. I : G. Hardman, of Com merce, Ga, will be Georgia's next governor, it was Indicated tonight on the face of incomplete and un official returns from today's dam-; ocratlc gubernf.torial run off pri-' mary, . ;-- '. . Dr. Hardman . had polled 24S' county unit votes to 116 fo hrls opponent. .John N. Holder, state highway commissioner. ? MEXICAN - WOMEN FINED RELIGIOUS MEETING DECLAR f ED TO HAVE BEEN HELD mexicq xjityv Oct.- g. -Yap) Fines ranging from 20 to SO pesos were imposed today by a police magistrate on, about a dozen Cath olic women charged with conduct ing & religious meeting in a . pri vate residence. The owner of the residence paid- 500 pesos for al lowing the Aiee of hfs . home for what the police called an unlawful assembly. ; AGENT FREED BY ORDER EXK)FFIGER- aiNT :PAY TO?" .BY INSTALLMENTS , PORTLAND. Oct. . (AP) C.' J. McKnlght, former prohibi tion officer, convicted of operatms a - atllL waa released from sis months custody today by order c Federal Judge Bean and will be allowed to par his fine of $500 In installments of $25 a month, with a $300 payment in March. , . .- 1 -Tj- -N.-; -