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Dances, Foot- Ball, Five Shows, SpeHal Hand anl Drum Corp r MutJc to Amuse Armistice day draws nearer and the American Legion men Teport everything in readiness for one of the blRgest and best celebra tlnms ever staged in this part of the Willamette valley. The ma jority of the stores are ksin; lor a part or all of the day, and eyeryone is showing a spirit of co operation 1 There will Ik something oing from H a. m. until late in the t-vening. Special entertainment features have been arranged so that everyone may find something it do. Biddy Bishop, general fhairman. says that this is a cele bration Tor the people, and every one will get their money's worth, ('ommittees have been at work selling tickets, which will admit the bolder to one -entertainment feature. Victor ' McKenzie, com mander of Capital post No. 9, pre dicts a record breaking crowd this year, and so tliey have made ar ia ngeiTH-nts accordingly. This is the big thing of the year with the Salem American Legion post, and the reputation of this celebration has spread until many other cities ure using a similar system. f The Ave shows of the city- Rligh. Capitol, Elslnore, Heilig and Oregon -.have arranged for j-Vial 'programs and will provide jTJysiderable entertainment." Last jjat there were two dances, but the committee felt that "thre t; -4 , r'Cnntimi.ai, vt 8.1 MANACLED 3HEIK TAKEN TO PRISON V f-- ;. FOIIMKR niZAHRK DAi'DIT DE ' JKCTKD AND Hl'RIA' Martin Iturkin Loses I)eitrK: vvtt for Number at Joih't Pen I CHICAGO, Nov. 9. AP) In jected, deserted, surly and unrec ognird, Martin J. Durkm went to a halt century's penal service today. ' No longer the bizarre s.ieik, the temporary hero of .iany fancies intrigued by the first ,J.age narra tions o his florsil affairs with women, his activities as a -nationally-sought fugitive from justice, Ms readiness to "shoot it out" with officers and his fabled and elaborateii personality, he was just "another mug that the law had caught up." , When he came back to Chicago thousands, of persons. Women and girls predominating, crushed against each other hours before time In efforts to reach places of vantage from which to behold the rtimpeHIng "sheik." Manacled as he was, and heavily guarded, he" was immaculately groomed, his moustache waxily twirled hiB smile effervescent and contagimts and there was many a gasp of "Oh, Marty." AttavBoy, Marty," and "Hello, Marty," as Hopranos thrilled the greetings. VToday he needed a shave. He fid not have on an excellently tailored top coat to shield him from the bitm? wind and driving snow, and the hurrying passen gers in the ruilroad KaUon looked a second ihr.f only because the stooped, sloi-.chy, sulking man was chained "betweei iwo hu.ky gu?rds arid a third walke-1 Just behind. Gaily he pord for newspaper pictures whvn he cum e back from St. 'Louis. Mo., where he was caught after a trans-continental Chase. Today he ducked his head Uh. "Voa'se guys have got endigh on me." Tonight in the' state penitently ary near Joliet he lost his identity excepting for a number, while- he sjves 35 years for the murder of ward. c. Shanahan, federal ;ent, who sought to arrest him .or violation of the Dvor art After that there will be 15 vear and five days of federal senten ces, seven in all, and they will run consecutively, tWo of .live years each and five of a year and a dar each. One murder indictment was neia in abeyance. In Durkln's passing, Eauy Wer ner, the former sweechen lf VhAm he deserted to marry Miss Irma omuvan, me daughter of the til ge Diacicsmith of CorneU, III., had her revenge. She testified against Durklo in his murder trial and in both of the federal Mntt otomoblle trials. He evaded Miss , engeance yesterday When he pleaded guilty to the five Prof Horner Over. Radio Tonii Prof. B, Horner ? Is to broadcast, over, the KOAC , radio of the Oregon Agricul tural college, a 15 minute ad dress at n:15 o'clock (Wed nesday) evening. "The topic Is to be The "Rise ot.tlie Ore gon Provisional Governmeat." which he will relate In a suc cession of short stories which - be hopes- will be interesting and - instructive. Since the pioneers of Salem, Gerrais, th- Mission, and Champoeg were J active participants fa self-government of -Oregon, nap4 deubt Statesman readers, wio II m v nvvvao IV iBUllfO Will IJT3 interested in Prof Horner's talk which is to be gives to an invisible audience. DELZELL TAKES PLACE ON BOARD PIKRCK APPOJTSl .PRIVATE SECTtKTARY 'TO'POS Position Ijeft Vacant by Death of Campbell Lrftxts t'nUI (he Xew Year W. A. Delzell, private secretary to Governor Pierce for the past two years, today was appointed a member of the public service com mission to succeed Thomas K. Campbell, who died recently ia Portland. Mr. Delzell will servo as public Brvic commissioner un til January 1, when he will be suc ceeded by L. E. Kean f Eugene, who was the successful candidate for the office at the recent, general election. Mr. Delzell was appointed secre tary of the state board of control soon after Governor Pierce wa. el-acted four years ago, and served in that capacity during the first two years of the Pierce adminis tration. He then was appointed private secretary to Governor Pierce to succeed Ward Irvine of Portland, who resigned. W. C. Lightfoot, assistant pri ate secretary to Governor Pierce, has' been promoted to the office of private secretary. . ' ' Although Governor Pierce re fused to make any statement In connection -with the appointment of -Mr, .flaUtilfr . menber ot the public service commission, official said he probably would attempt to carr5r out the governor8 threat to file proceedings against the Pa cific Telephone & Telegraph, com pany. This proceeding:, if filed, would demand ah investigation of the rates and practices of the tele phone corporation. Before coming to Salem Mr. Delzell was a resident of Klamath Falls. Mr. Lightfoot formerly lived in Idaho and has been in Sa lem three years. ANNUAL DINNER ENJOYED JUDGE COSHOW BRINGS TERESTING MESSAGE IX- The Brotherhood of the First baptist church held their annual Fathers and Sons banquet in the church parlors last night. There were over 100 In attendance and a general good time was had. The first part ot the evening was devoted to the banquet and then came a series of helpful and interesting toasts. Will C. Pick ens served as toastmaster in a very fitting manner and toasts were given as follows: "Our Church" by F. Cehunke "Our Brotherhood." by .E. A. Miller. Our Dads" by Carlton , i Roth, Our Lads," by T. H. Pickens. Rev. Ernest A. Shanks led the singing and a number of well known songs were used. Jack Sponge appeared on the program with '.same excellent sleght-of-nand tricks and was greatly en Joyed. , Eldon Foster and Clark Durham gave a humorous skit. The principal address of the evening was given by Judge O. P. cosaow. Hts talk was very in structive and he gave some excel lent pointers to fathers and sons alike . MAN LEARNS REAL NAME HUBBARD FAMILY ENLIGHT ENED AFTER 26 YEARS KANSAS CITY, Nov. 9. fAP) - After 26 years John Rosenbaum or Hubbard. Or., had learned his real name and can now bestow it uron his three children. Rosenbaum and a brother were left at an ' orphanage here about the time of the Spanish-American war by their father, who never re turned for them. Recently John wrote to the chief of police here, saying he desired to learn his true name, and giving , some details which enabled authorities to trace eld records, f It was found that John Douthitt and . Als brother, Bion, were entered at the orphan age Majr20,1SSs7 by their father; John Rosenbaum, in 'his letter, said he had ' been sent to "the Ozarks. There he was .given, a home ; by G. W. Rosenbaum, but never adopted. . Later John went to Oregon, where he was married and "became the .father of three children:-. . - ' Today a letter -was sent to John Rosenbaum - Informing him that ,&4a Bgmla , Job.n, poujwtj. . ; LOSS OF SEP. HELP TO BR TESTS fi Three Young Men and -Multiplication Problems Basis of Experiment AUTO USED AS ANALOGY Expended Energy Shown by Sam ples of Kxplred Breath Tak en at Short Intervals - From Subjects NEW YORK, Nov. 9. (AP) Loss of sleep promotes rather than decreases the efficiency of the brain, but takes it out cf the body, it has bee-n shown by recent experiments in the psychologists laboratory. Results of these experiments, started at Yale and carried on at Colgate University, are' published In the current issue of Industrial Psychology, Colgate University de partment of psychology publica tion. The article by Donald A. Laird, head of . the department, and William Wheeler, Jr., of the College of Physicians and Sur geons, New York, tells concisely "what it costs to lose sleep." . Three young men. and ; 15 daily different multiplication problems were the primary materials of the experiment. Also included in the laboratory equipment were alarm clocks waking the students after two hours less sleep- than their habitual quota, a stop-watch to time their multiplication exercises, a mathematical expert to check their Tesults for errors, and an apparatus measuring their oxygen consumption. It was found that while each young man did his sums from sev eral seconds to more than a min ute more . quickly, and with no more mistakes, on the shorter sleep Tation, haa sod up f ronvjtwo tq three times asmuch energy. in the act. ; ' 'k 1 The ' young men were first drilled for several weeks Jn mental multiplication. 7 Problems such as 857X539 were solved without the use of pencil and paper, 15 being solved each day at a.single sitting, and solution time and number of errors being noted. 1 After the "wofklng level" was reached, so that practice no long er served to improve, the young men were subjected to a week's experiment on eight hours sleep, as the "control' period. They were then tested on six hours sleep nightly. "In all subjects, in fact, .the mental work seems to be im- (Continued on paje 4.) 1 m i ' ' . .. ,- THE fj V. W if: rfffi" my .... " - w pet t W i "i1" h-iwi -yncs -' I STUDIES OREGON PRUNE PROBLEM SIAN COMES HERE FBQMi DE PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE D. H. CHtchfield Works With OAC Staff in Solving Entire -Problem B. H. Critchfield, agricultural economist of the United States de partment of agriculture, is in Sa lem and has been here since last Saturday, and in the state .10 days, coming from Idaho. " He is here for the purpose of studying the whole prune problem, from the standpoint of the grow er, the dealer and the market. ' He is working closely with the. staff of the Oregon Agricultural college and is interviewing every one in the industry, with a view to get ting first hand information con cerning its needs. It I a Big Job Mr. Critchfield realizes that he has a big job. His work is cut out for him. He hopes to arrive at conclusions that will enable, him to make recommendations for1 the betterment of conditions all along the line. But he Is not ready now. He has no precon ceived notions. He does not wish to take snap judgments. , Perhaps there are ways to in crease the consumption of the Oregon prune. Mr. Critchfield thinks there may be. He thinks there ought to be ways to produce a larger per acre crop on the aver age, and to be able to get a larger tonnage for the markets of the larger sized prunes. But he will not make offhand suggestions. He wants the facts for . his conclusions. - When the conclusions are reached, no doubt the people in the industry wUl have more to work on than they have heretofore had, in efforts 'to stabilize lit. AMENDED ANSWER FILED CLAIM AUTO CO. WRONGFUL .LV ATTACHED PROPERTY A voluminous amended answer to the complaint of Keeney Broth ers that Marion Auto company had their property wrongfully attached was filed by Robin Day, attorney for the company, in the county clerk's office yesterday. The prop ert in question was lumber at the Keeney Bros, mill which Sheriff T. B. Hooker of Polk county at4 tached to satisfy a claim of the Marlon Auto company against A B. Brown. The "caae was Tried at the last , session of court but the jury failed to agree, and it will come up for trial again at the Jan uary session. PIERCE WONT COMMENT Governor Pierce yesterday re fused to comment on the action of Marshall Dana, Portland newspa perman, who today resigned as a member of the state parole board. It was said that Mr. Dana resign ed because of the action ot Gov ernor Pierce In commuting the sentence of Allan McLaren, who was serving a four year term in the state penitentiary for a statu tory offense. McLaren was re leased from the prison. yesterday. The governor said he had not yet received Mr. Dana's resigna tion. ' LOSING ALL INTEREST PORTLAND FIRM GETS CONTRACT SETTERGItKN BROTHERS TO HOLD LESLIE SCHOOL July Set as Date for Completion of New Junior High Building The general contract for the building of the Leslie Junior high school was let by the school board last night to Settergren Bros, of J 29 Worcester Bldg., Portland, for $67.454i Work on the build ing will begin immediately, stated Lyle p. Bartholomew, architect, and the contract provides that the structure shall be finished July 1, .927, so that it can be fitted for occupancy when the fall term of school opens. The plumbing and heating sys tem of the school will be installed toy J. Bernardl of this city at a ,ost of $5069.40 for the plumbing and $982?.3 for the heating. Bids for the electric wiring will be jreeeived by the board. Nov. 23. A letter was read from George Burkhart, one of the bidders for the . heating job, accusing the board of not giving hira fair play. He -stated that It was his under standing that the lowest respons ible bidder should .receive the heating contract, and Insisted that he met that qualification: yet the bid was being awarded to Ber BardJ Burkharfa figure for the heating contract was 19606. The sum of Bernardi's bids for both plumbing and heating, however, was $282 less than the amount for which Burkhart said he could do the two jobs. Mr. Bernardi's original bid for the plumbing was $4894.40, but he found it necessary to add 1175 for iron pipe to connect rain drains and main sewerpipe, for enlarging the main sewer pipe to 6 inches, and for bringing' the cast iron conductor pipes 6 feet above the ground "to keep the kfds from kicking the sheet iron conductors to pieces." as Mr. Bartholomew said. The board accepted this addition. The plumber also had to in crease his heating bid by $100 to cover the cost of an Iron Fireman, which he had failed to include in his t irst bid. This increase was also accepted by the board. In letting the building contract to a Portland firm the school board acted against the protest of lecal contractors, who felt that home industries should be fa vored. The - difference between Settergren Bros.' bid and that of the lowest local bidder was $2500, which the board considered was tpo large a sacrifice to make to a home industry. Settergren Bros, have built two school buildings in Portland which, according to the authori ties immediately concerned, are thoroughly satisfactory. They were also the builders of the Woodburn school, which has been criticized by some. It was point ed out last night, however, that not enough money was appro priated for the Woodburn school to provide any better structure, i Samples of brick for the Leslie high school, which is to be locat ed in Tuxedo Park Addition south of Bush's pasture, are in Super intendent George Hug's office. si ST LEVELS SCHOOL Driving Torrent of Rain De scends on Village Fol lowing Disaster DOCTOR SEES TRAGEDY Framework of Building Torn to Splinters and Sheared From Foundation as if Cut by Monster Scythe LA pLATAr Md.. Nov. 9. (By AY P.) A twisting wind struck suddenly out of a sultry sky to day and shattered a schoolhouse here in which about 50 children were studying. . , Nine perished In the ruins, and two others died while befog rush-; ed to ' Washington for treatment At least ,20 more were injured, Eome critically, and a negro'msn and woman were killed in their dwelling,' one of three caught in the narrow mile-long pathof tho storm. The children who lost their lives in the twisted schoolhouse ranged In age from 7. to 12 years La Plata, which has a popula tion of only 500, was dazed by the disaster at 3 o'clock, only a little rain was falling and everything was calm. Two minutes 'later the wind, driving a torrent of rain before it,' descended upon the vil lage. Dr. G. D. Heath, Maryland health department official,' whose office was across the street from the school; saw it twisted into a mass of splinters., and closed his eyes to shut out the horror. - A moment later. John M. Burr, 1 1 year old pupil, pushed, sobbing with terror and pain from -his in juries to the . home, nearby, . of the Rev. W. S. Heigan, Episcopal rector. . a '' ' ; i . . , . "Please tell - everybody.' he criea. cne wnoia icnooi . noose has blown away. nan fwn a " The whole town soon was rush ing up the little knoll on which the school house ' stood. Injured children lay in. the twisted wreck age, which was stjrewn over a wide circle. Other children were run ning about dazed and crying for help. SOme had been carried by the wind several hundred feet; others had fled, stumbling and weeping. Although several houses had been smashed in the storm's path, its greatest force seemed to cen ter in the one small spot on which stood the little school. The wind and rain came out of the south west and up the Potomac river, which flows not .far away. Cut ting a northeasterly path, it missed the greater pa,rt rof the town. Miss Ethel Graves, .one of the two teachers of the school, called the children about her when the first inkling of the storm was given. As they gathered, the building began to move, and then the framework was sheared from tho foundation as if cut by a huge scythe. The larger part of the building was'carried about 50 feet away. Every living thing within its walls went with the wind. Within ten minutes after the storm, calls for aid had been sent to Indian Head and Dahlgren, Md., and Washington.? Medical aid was dispatched at once. The physic ians and nurses first on the scene - ilium 1 rT-f . 'it triTT PUPIL fit 1 fn 11 . - ' ... ....... 'i1 1 VlLLtli n Arrnistice Day Salem. Ore., Nov. 10, 1926. -To the Citizens of Salem Tomorrow vwill be celebrat ed the anniversary ot the clos ing of the World war and the establishing of peace among men and nations. Throughout the entire coun try good citizens will .gather In the celebration of victory and peace, but at the same time will give thought to those who were aacriliced to bring -about this peaceful era which we Are- now enjoying. - I therefore request the citi zens of Salem to Join in the , activities of the day and urge those wjio are employers to close their places of business -as .has been the custom in the . past. , Sincerely, -JOHN B. GIESY, Mayor of Salem, Ore. WINTER STRIKES MID-WEST AREA WINDS CARRY STORM FROM TEXAS TO GREAT LAKES Cold Wave Will Move East Be hind Mantle of Snow Say Forecasters - CHICAGO, Nov. 9. (AP)- Winter strode across the corn belt today, turning rain to snow and leaving in its wake the coldest temperatures of the season- as it advanced toward the Atlantic coast The storm was borne to the Great Lakes region from the Tex as ..panhandle, and from Jiere it turned eastward promising snow as far east as the seaboard within a couple of days. The snowfall, swept by a strong wind across Iowa, Illinois and ?In (liana' today, ceased toward night' fall es ttbe storm moved eastward. Cold weather ensued, lowering the mercury to 12 degrees in St. .Paul and 16 degrees in Northern Iowa and. bringing freezing temperature to the .rest of the encompassed area. . f The cold wave will .move east, forecasters said, behind the snow fall, .but; a moderation may .be ex pected in time for Saturday's foot ball game and Sunday's motor ex cursions. : Slight abatement . was renorted today, in. the southwest wbrtb erest of -tne'Veerm -car- 1 k.1 I . . 1 t ried temperatures . below 20 de erees;"'"-; .": . i -. - t ind5or football practice, . slip pery, streets, late trains,' and some heavy snow, were by-products of the first .taste of winters. In Chi cago the snow fell o heavily that It failed, to melt outside the bus iness districts as it fell. Wiscon sin has five inches -of snow,' one traini from the west was 20 hours late,, but most roads reported their trains onetime or only a few min utes .behind schedule. ; . The lowest temperature was re corded in Manitoba, where it was 2. below aero;. - r 1 At Galesburg, JU., autoists trav eling between Prinoetoa and Gales burg reported heavy drifts of pnow. A bus was cough t in one drjft and several cars were stalled in .-snow up to their running boards'. I W; ' " ' MNN LOSES RIGHT ARM STJLVERTON MAN HAS AMPU . TATION AT HOSPITAL . SJLYERTON, Not. .-( Special to 'The Statesman.) The ?. right arm of J. C. Lann was amputated at-the SilTeVtott- hOsplUI today. The injury which made amputation necessary occurred Tuesday morn fng while Mr. Lann And a crew of -r-Lrlwere on their1 way ta the log- -Xfport of -the HAVJLEY LEAVES FOR IjPOR somo in m l liuU Wadifeans Corrur.!t;3 of House Scheduled to - Hold Session, Scon . OREGON AMONG LEADERS States Representatlrre in ' Both. Hooses to Occupy Strategic Positions on Many Xnfl a- " Congressman W. C. Hawler and itrs..naw fey weat to Portland last evening, and will ..leave that city- at . 8 o'clock this morning ' for Washington,-whither Mr. Hawley goes to attend jneetinas.of the ways And means .committee of the house, of which he is the ranking memDer tnat Is. next to the chairman, and by reason of. being the .: ranking . member . having-. du ties and ; responsibilities that measure up In importance almost with. the chairman; In fact, meas ure up quite as much in point of attention to details that require nara worK ana much time. .- Oregon Much Favored So Oregon Is- more highly fav ored la point of standing . commit tees in the .two houses of -congress than was made to .appear, in the dispatch .from . Washington to the. Portland Oregonlan, published In that paper on. Monday. . .. Both Congressman Crumpacker of the third; Oregon district and Congressman Sinnott of the sec on'd hare some Important commit teeships. ' And the ways and means committee; ot - the- house Is the' committee of committees of that body. It is by far the most power ful and important of all the com mittees in congress. 'It names all the other house oommlttees. and no piece of legislation of any kind carrying an appropriation gets by; without the sanction of that com mittee; at least very few do. ' i .. No member. . of the -ways and means, committee en- be .pa :.an3r other 'Standings ..committee, as , matter of course, .Otherwise 4s would be a case of A mah appoint-, jng .himself. But Mr. Hawley :n on some very .' importaht.- special committees. Included among these f3aUnMm pc 4.) v EXPERTS TESTJFT IN MURDER TRIAL COURT TRYJ.XO .' JLUX-MTLLH CASE HAS BUSY DAY . J ' . . ' , , Result of 'Autopsy. Performed Bodies Told by Medical Examiner , SOMERVILLE, N. J., Nov. S. (AP)Technlcal testimony, be ginning with finger print develop ments and continuing to autopsies claimed a fuir .session's attention of the court trying the HaU-MUls case here today.' t . -. The result of an autopsy per formed last month on the bodies ot Mrs. Eleanor H. Mills and the Rev. JEdward W. Hall, was told by Dr. Otto H. Schultse assistant med ical ..examiner -of the district at torney's office of New York coun ty. ; Dr. SchulUe, after testifying that any one ot yiree bullets en tering" the head of Mrs. Mills would have caused death, said that the ' larynx, the tongue and the upper part ot the windpipe .had been cut from -Mrs. Mills' body after . death. One slash with a knife Jiad cut the slain : woman's throat,' he said.' ". ": . .. y'' ! To assist Dr. 'Schultse in illus trating his testimony a wax rep resentation "of human head was used with an additional wax rep resentation of the cross-section of the head and neck as far as the collarbone. No question was rais ed during the examination ot Dr. Schultze, as to the position of Mrs. Mills,. but he was questioned as to the possible position .occupied by Mr. Hall,' when he was shot, i The - autopsy ' of which ,Dr. Schultze .testlfied today war tbe third made in connection, with the slaying of the choir singer, whosu death Mrs.. Frances Stevens Hall and Henry and ,Willie Stevens are charged with causing. The witness said that one "bullet entered the. middle .of .the Ice liead. another the right cheek and a third above the right ear. All were in a space of four inches, tb surgeon, testified. ; The Slain rector was shot store the opening of the right ear, the physician suggesting that the downward course of the bullet in dicated that ' the weapon sending It Ori its ;way hadeen fired from above with ' the -victim- possibly stooping. -' . -- ' ; As the New York physician who said he made "hundreds of ant3i sles," was" testifying.' James Milts, husband of the slaia. woman, sat closely- following the . description of the fatal wounds to wife, butt showing' :no emotion. Char lotteJMHlfl,. his daughter, was tot la the seat she has oco Tio.i di;; icg tee trial. ;" t - - ' 4 M - t - 1 ! . .. i