) SI to Oct Beautiful City in the f-Mlcfld ? Lining ;Pa iTJalnbtTTCOc; North, fjibbptp, Is thb Kiwonis Com mifcteb Idea WEATHER FORECAST: . Fair, ? except unsettled with occasional rain over extreme -northwest portion; moderate temperature; fresh south wind on coast. Maximum yes- . terday, 55; minimum, 34; river, 5JU rain fall, 0; atmosphere,' clear; wind, northwest. A - European 'philosopher '"declares that Americans are deficient 'In real IntellU pence, trot anyhow we kbow 'enough to keep out of European 'entanglements. ScUing mm V i 0- SEVENTYimi YEAB JLlfiiIi AS :UY MEETING Governor Patterson Gives Interesting Stories t)f Pioneers Present OLD DAYS RECALLED Scenes of Former Years Brought Hack Once fore;a Tales 'Are Told f" Herding Cattle. , First Bridges, "Etc. "With automobiles and BtreeJ cars substituting for the ox carts and ponies of their pioneer days, approximately 1800 Oregon "Old Timers' braved the lurking dang ers of snake bite and attack by the Indians, to respond to the of ficial call of a meeting ; in the house of night. representatives last There was a noticeable, lack of coon skin caps and home spun suits among the fun-making hand-shaking throng. Muskets appeared to hare been checked at the door and, the romping group of children who once would have accompanied their elders, through necessity, were conspicuously ap sent. But, the old time pioneer spirit-unchanged and unquenched through the years was there one hundred per cent strong, with as much patriotism and enthusiasm as was ever manifested in the old Champoeg days. , fGeins of Other Days" "Gems of other days," includ ing those old 'favorites, "Sweet Bye and Bye" and "Swanee Riv er,",' fed byDr. TL C. . Epley, pinched a program", iff hich will .per be dear to thej, hearts of the Old Timers., -He was f assisted by Glenn Holman of Dallas, ex-reader of the bouse, who Introduced that venerable classic "Old Joe Bow ers." .., . ' , . .,. :"If there is anyone here, who doesn't know," said Judge L- H. McMahon, president of the Old Timer's association, in introduc ing, the principal , speaker of the evening, "this is Governor Patter son." ,, "I want, thia evening, to pay (Cootioaed a S-) MAN-M1 STILL-KEEPSON FRIENDS IX CHICAGO KEEP , YOUTH ALIVE BY HAND Alfred Frick, Paralyzed for Days, Given Breath by Artifi cial Means CHICAGO. March 10 f API- Alfred; Frick, kept alive 86 hours by a crew of men working in shifts to provide artificial, respiration for him. became suddenly' weaker snoruy alter mianignt ana was on the verge of death r early today, physicians said. The young man became sudden ly rigid shortly before midnight and the two men who were work rng over him compressing and re laxing the lungs strained them selves! to extra efforts. Nurses and staff doctors of the Evanston hospital where ; he ' has lain, paralyzed since Sunday, were summoned. Dr. 11. H. Conley, la charge of the case, also was called, and an emergency oxygen tank was moved to a position beside Frick's cot. , 1 j i : fCmCACO. March ( 9-(AP)-7 Breath by breath, a gruelling up hill battle for life was fought to day by Alfred Frick, kept alive for rooruj than 80 hours "by artificial respiration applied ' by fellow workers. . -. ,, f . , jFriek fa suffering from a pe culiar type of paralysis that afreets the lower part of the brain and spinal cord. The ncrvo contact OF I with, the diaphragm is dead and (Ml his friends stand for 20 minutes at, a .stretch, one on each side of the bed. pressing up and down. providing him with air." H'hey work with clock-like rhythm, as near natural breathing as. possible. Press down. Relax. Press, down. Relax. . -And thus they continue, day and night. The doctors chose this nu-thiDd of keeping Frick. alive, rather than a pul motor, because the naachlue would "have necessi tated cxjverjng-irls lace.- -This they teaid would -haveDraventcd .feeding Ji!m and would have lowered his INDIANA EDITOR BREAKS VP RING GEORGE DALE LIKENED TO CHARACTER IN NOVEL jHucceeds In Obtaining Impeach ment of Judge for Corrupt Actions MUNCIE, Ind., March 9.-r (AP -As though from the pages of .fiction there came four years ago a vitalized , 'g'entleman from Indiana, to wage war with the printed word on a political ring which in his belief was adminis tering affairs in his community without regard to the rights of the whole people. , Unlike the ; John Harkness of Tarkington's novel, this crusading editor, George R. Dale, is beyond the noonday of .life. But not 60 years, the burdens of a family fo eight, nor attempts to do violence upon him have deterred him from his task. As a result of Dale's agitation, Clarence ;W. Dearth, judge of the Delaware county circuit court, has been Impeached by the Indiana house of representatives. His trial before the senate is set for March 21. , Dearth is charged with approv ing unqualified jurors, an allega tion which Dale voiced four years ego. . The juage also is accuseu t'f "having abridged the constitu tional right of free speech and free press. He used the city police and deputy sheriffs to prevent the street sale of bale's paper, the Post-Democrat. 'Following the Impounding -of his papers, Dale was cited for (Continued on iage 3.) ISADORA DUNCAN FINED Actress Becomes Sarcastic When Arrested for Speeding LOS ANGELES, M a r c h , 9- (AP) Vivian Duncan, a member ol the Duncan sisters musical com edy team, won leniency -and only a $10 fine on an automobile speed ing, charge in municipal court here today with the plea that she was hurrying; from her work to aid, a destitute family and on a promise that hereafter she will control her "temper or temperament." Municipal Judge W. A. McCon- nell called the actress attention to the officer's charge that she waxed sarcastic when arrested. Her attorney explained that Misa Duncan is of a highly nervous tem perament and had meant nothing by her criticism of the officer. "Since your mission was a worthy one, and since you have promised in the future to control your -temper or temperament, I will be charitable," said the judge as he set the fine. BANDIT STORY PROBED Two - Postal Inspectors Leave to ; Investigate Do Autremonts WASHINGTON, March 9. (AP)- Two postal inspectors have been sent from Boston to Artha baska, Que., to determine whether the twomen detained by Cana dian authorities on the supposi tion that they are the De Autre mont brothers, Ray and Roy, -are the men wanted in connection with the Siskiyou, Ore., mail train holdup and murder. , Hugh De Autremont, a third brother; recently was captured in the Philippines, and is on his way back to stand trial in Oregon. CHILD; INHALES SLIVER Piece ' of ' Cfrirken Hone Removed : Successfully by Operation ' PORTLAND. March 9. (AP) Patricia Bumala. a , 2-year-old Astoria child, while eating 'last October inhaled a sliver of chick en bone nearly half an inch long. I j Dr. j Robert J.v Karkett,!1 today performed a successful operation at -the Eye. Bar, Nose and Throat hospital -and removed the obstruc tion. ; The child 'was brought to the hospital this; morning suffering great pain : and difficulty ' in breathing, and the operation was made immediately. SLUSH PROBE HITS SNAG Hcwl Committee- Can't Get. Money ''From Senate Cash Drawer 'WASHINGTON; 'Mar. 9. CAP) The Reed campaign funds -com mittee nit another anag " today when it found the senate's cash drawer tightly locked against it. Proposing to proceed with the impounding of ballot boxes in the last Pennsylvania election, despite failure of the senate to act on the resolution 'continuing nsTITVaur lng thi - reaesfl. the committee learned today that no funds were avails, . -z HELP HURRIED iRIPlESE QUAE VICT1S Thousands Refugees Shiver arid Starve'While Restor ing Artier DEATH COUWY 2275 Correspondent "Reports Heart rending Scenes in Tango Dis trict "With Bodies Iiinlng Empty Roads TOKYO, March 9. (AP) Thousands of refugees in central Japan, shivering, hungry and In sore need of medical aid, tonight were struggling to bring order out of the chaos created Monday night by the earthquake which al ready is known to have taken a toll of more than 2,000 lives. The home office this afternoon stated that Its latest advices showed that 2,275 persons were killed and 3,441 in jure'd." Informa tion received by-Tokyo newspa pers, however, indicated that the dead in the entire earthquake region would number more than 3,000, while .one newspaper esti mated that the toll would mount to 6,000, with from 50,000 to 75, 000 homeless. The correspondent for the Tokyo Asahi Shlmbun, who traveled through the , stricken area, reported from Mlyazu .that the scenes in Mineyama, where more than , 1,000 persons were killed, and Amino were heart rending. Refugees, he said, were exposed to snow ;and rain '-while only a small amount ot belief was available. Many relatives of victims of the quake spent! the "day digging in the ruins of devastated 5 Tillages seeking the bodies of, fathers. mothers, sons and daughters. Funeral pyres were, built land bodies cremated. Other inhabi tants of the towns ' worked with police an dsoldiers in -extricating bodies and giving aid to the in jured. . Shallow graves were dug in the snow covered ground, even small children assisting In the burial rites. Bits of half burned sticks. raked from the debris, were used as incense sticks for the offering of prayers before burial. Jap anese and Christian preachers 'and priests were everywhere aiding and comforting widows and or phans. The newspaper correspondents (ContinunA on paga 4.) STILL ANOTHER WASHINGTON CHERRY l.t it . '., I -f rf wvjr up tf&y .. 7ii!"i?" 1 ! jj" -1 y.'L'..1""" i". u. i yuan SALBBi, OREGON, THURSDAY TRY FOR HEIGHT LOST BY FLIER AVIATOR IV BALLOON BE COMES UNCONSCIOUS IN AIR Altitude of 27i0O0 Feet Attained by Man in Attempt at ' Scott Field SCOTT FIELD. Bellevnie, 111., March 9 (AP) Numbed by the intense cold. Captain "Hawtnorne C. Gray, engineering officer at Scott Field, became unconscious at an altitude of 27,000 feet find failed today in an attempt "to break the long standing free bal loon altitude ' record of 35,433 feet. Captain Gray's balloon landed safely 55 miles southeast of Scott Field at 4 p. m. He ascended at 1:15 p. m. "I returned to consciousness 'at an altitude of 17,000 feet," Cap tain Gray said, "and I was very cold. The bag was dropping rap idly, but I succeeded in disposing ot more ballast v and the landing was easy." Captain Gray was taken to the field hospital for medical examina tion. Physicians said he appar ently suffered no permanent 111 effects. (, Scott field officials said the bal loon probably reached an altitude a little more than 30,000 feet or about five miles above the ground. Captain GTay said he would make two more attempts soon to break the altitude record. A radio receiving set and loud speaker were on a shelf in the balloon basket, along with two sealed recording barographs which record altitudes automatically. Strapped to Gray's back was -a folded parachute. On the floor were two tons of sand to be us4d as ballast. ' The balloonist was clad In a for lined leather costume and several men were required to help him don his heavy boots and clothing designed to protect him from th.e intense cold. WHITE LIKES HEW SITE Adjutant General of Guard In' spects Coast Encampment ASTORIA, March 9. (AP) Adjutant General George A. White of Salem inspected the Columbia beach site for the annual Oregon national guard encampment here today and declared that the loca tion was ideal. Work on the construction of the camp, which will itfvolve the expenditure of $37,000 of federal funds this year and larger sums during succeeding years, will be started as soon as plans for the Improvement can be made in an ticipation of the camp to start about June 12 this year. Part of the work this year, will be of a temporary nature. odd , - i i mi i n ., " MORNING, MARCH 10, 1927 PROMINENT MAN DIES SUDDENLY G. EDWARD -ROSS RESIDED IN CITY FOR FIFTEEN YEARS Considered -Authority on Account ing; Chief Cost 'Accountant During War George EdwaTd Ross, prominent Salem accountant, died last night at his home, 1453 Court street, of pneumonia, after one week's illness. Mr. Ross had not been considered seriously ill until Tuesday, when he suddenly be came worse. Mr. Ross was well 'known, not only in Salem, bnt all over the state, as his business took him to all parts of it. He did much work for various state irrigation dis tricts and the like, besides for cities and towns. Mr. Ross was first secretary for the state highway commission when It was founded in 19 1 5, but had been in business for himself during the past seven or eight years. He was' the author of a book on cost accounting that ran through several editions, and was considered an authority on ac counting. During the war Mr. Ross went to Washington, D. C, where he was chief cost accountant for all military camps in the western part of the United States. Mr. Ross was a member of the Kiwanis ,club, of the Masons, Mod ern Woodmen, and of the First Baptist church. He was born in Springbrook, Wisconsin, May 7, , 1880. His parents were George Adelbert Ross and Sarah Jane Fuller Ross, both of whom survive him.- He obtained his education in Wisconsin, and married Margaret Elizabeth Webster in 1901, at Eau Claire, Wiscbnsin. He later moved to Yakima. Washington, where he was employed by the United States reclamation service, and 15 years ago came to Salem. Besides his widow and parents, Mr. "Ross" is survived by six "cnll dren. Rath, Webster, Lee, Doro thy and Mary, all of Salem. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Rigdon mortuary. Bnridl will be in the' City View cemetery.. Iter. E. H. Shanks will officiate. BERGMAN PLEADS GUILTY Florence Banker Admits Crime; Cashier To Be Arranged EUGENE, Ore., Mar. 9 (AP) Henry L. Bergman, president of the Lane County State and Savings hank, who had been indicted on a charge of embezzling the bank's funds and who after flight to Birmingham, Ala., today pleaded guilty and will be sentenced Sat urday, it was announced. His cashier, Harriett Weather son, Jointly Indicted' with him and who fled with him, will plead to morrow "morning. TREE STORY! BREAK LOOMING El IBS ID PEKINGESE Moscow Government in Censed Over Detention of Woman and Couriers MME. BORODIN ARRESTEE! Some Reports Say Emissaries Tak en Off Rossfan Steamer Ex i ecuted by Chang's Men; Others Deny SHANGHAI, March 9. (AP) The drive of the Cantonese for the city of Soochow and the at tendant threat on Shanghai today were overshadowed momentarily by the possibility of strained re lations between the Peking! gov ernment and Moscow growing out of the arrest of Mme. Borodin, wife of the adviser to the Can tonese government, and three soviet Couriers. While Mme. Borodin is in the hands of General Chang Tsung Chang, who now is defending Shanghai, there are contradictory reports as to the fate of the three other Russian emissaries. De- spite reports from Chinese sources (Continued on S.) HEAVY SENTENCES GIVEN Small Metes Out Punishment For Liquor Law Violations John Heyram was sentenced yesterday by Brazier -Small, justice of the peaee, to serve 60 days in the . county jail and.paya.1300; iihe on"a charge of manufacturing intoxicating liquor. Henry Hansen was sentenced at the same time to serve three months and pay a $300 fine on a charge of possessing intoxicating llqlior. Both Wen were arrested Tues day by Marion ebnnty deputy sheriffs cooperating with state prohibition enforcement offieers. Both plead guilty yesterday In justice court. Heyram was arrested when of ficers found two stills operating in the brush behind his farm house near Gervals. He alleged that he bought" the stills from Hansen, and that he was paying him with whiskey produced from the stills. CO-ED BANDIT IN PRISON Girl Gets 30 Days for Attempt at Robbing Bank Safe VERMILION, S. D., 'March 9 (AP)' Outwardly calm and with no apparent emotion, 'Marian Myers, former university co-ed, heard Circuit Judge, A. B. Beek sentence her to 30 days In state penitentiary today for her attempt to rob a bank 'here February "5; She had pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary In the third degree. Sheriff James Partridge took her to Sioux Falls to begin" her term a few hours after sentence was pronounced. , WOMAN KILLED IN CRASH Brother-tn-LHW lVidly Hurt When Car -Strike Another . PGUTIyAND, March 9. (AP) Mrs. Marian Mills, 32, was killed and James Mills, 32, her brother-in-law, was critically in jured when their ; automobile crashed Into another car at a street intersection here today. Leo Port man; driver of the second car, was not' blamed by police. A fractured "skull and Internal injuries caused Mra.'M ills 'death. Mills 1 suffering from Interaal ln j ur ies, a f racf u red hip, and severe body bruises. Ills right ear was torn off. EX-COfjVICT .ARRESTED Sent Up Front Union County Gets Conditional ? Parole : . William J. Jenkins, ei-convict from ' the Oregon 'prison , has been arrested at Baker 'And' will he re turned to Salem &s'a parole -violator, according to JnfOTnration re ceived yesterday, by Warden Lillio. Jenkins was)i Bent-np from- Union County on January 18. 1920 'to serve a term-ot -not to exceed ten years : lor If orgery. He ! escaped from prison the' following year but was recaptured after .only a few days of liberty. Jenkins was grant ed r a conditional - pardon on December tlt 1???, DIAMOND ST 6 R Y COMING TO'FRONT WARDEN LTLLIB CONTRADICTS STORY AND WILL FKJHT . Merchants Credit Bureau Secures 'Writ of Attachment Agalns Warden's' Property Carrying their case against J. W. Lillie, warden of the state pen itentiary, on further, the Merch ants' Credit Bureau of Salem se cured a writ of attachment on Lillie's personal property, filing It with the county clerk yesterday. Tho original suit was filed Jan: 31, charging that Lillie had re moved a $400 diamond from the person of one G. E. Turner on his advent to the penitentiary nearly two years ago on a conviction of receiving money under false pre tenses. Turner claimed first and told numerous men in the prison that his stone was in a ring and that -he had seen the warden wear ing it. Lillie was an assistant to Dalrymple at that time, and had chocked in the personal property ot the convict. When requested to give his story ot the entire affair, Warden Lillie said that two- years ago he had made a trip to Sacramento to return one "Oregon" Jones, who had been picked up there after escaping from the ' Salem prison. While returning with his guard, Jones tried to sell Lillie a small diamond whirh he had on his per son, claiming that he wanted to send the money to his wife. Lillie refused at first, but finally ac cepted when Jones asked him to take the stone and ririg to a Sa lem Jeweler arid have them ap praised there and pay him half of the appraisal. . Lillie did ihat and paid to Jones' account $20 as half the valhe ot the ring. Jones in turn transferred . the account to that of two other convicts. While commenting on . this se ries of jumbled events, Lillie be lieves that Turner, the actual (Continued n a.) Great Transforming Powr of EeautcGreates Weaitli. Municipal Dream by Life Long 'Advocate of Greater nn4 More Beaut if nlSalem; Possibllitiea Greater Than Other; Cities (By Col. E. Hofer. Editor of the Manufacturer and the : - ': .Industrial News Bureau. ) .;-t Wherever one travels and meets up "with Some f one whef haS, lived in Salem, or even visited in (the Capital 'City, ono"'; hears the uniform expression, M0h,! but the Capital City, of ' Oregon is so beautiful. It has such wide streets, wonderful public buildings and public grounds and they, are spread over -sueh gracious spaces that one can make dozens of tours over, the eity nad its suburbs and surrounding country, and never tire of expressing surprise at the scenery and widespreading landscapes." - . ' " No city of its size has such natural gifts of forest and" such expansive vistas-of waterway. Not enly has nature done so much; but the civie bodies, and the public institutions have richly endowed the great gifts ot nature with roll; ing hills and ranges of mountains, Crowned -with eternal snow peaks tn all directions. TheTe.. Is probably only one equally beautiful urban center in the: west that can be compared to Salem, and that is the famous mil lionaire suburb 'known as Burlin game, -on the peninsula -south of San Francisco. . Burlingame has one natural advantage 'that has been made much of the plantings of -palm trees many different kinds lining the boulevards and bordering tho streets. Salem has the same wide spreading oak trees, and ..the great -maples take the place of' the eucalyptus. .Burlin game ha3 made more of adornment of the public achool) grounds and beautiful parkings and planting ot lawns and shrubs on the , public school grounds. . - . The colleges and private schools have', done fairly well in the Ore gon capitii city at - this kind of decorations, and the state instil lations and others public. buildings In and around Salem tinffot' be s (Continued ga pt(t 4.) i risfhets JDErrttr.iiVi b' lrofesor Uses Slice to Discover . . 'Itclative luiportAnce - ' - - : WASHINGTON, March 9 (AP) --After unique experiments: with electricity and white mice j Dr. ."F. A... Moss, professor of psychology at George Washington, university; has listed the animal Instincts, in hlch Be includes those "of hu mans, 'fn; the following order jut relative Importance: "Hunger, sex., mother-love,.iand Jherd Instinct. The .rodents ' were made to pass over en electrically charged , plate in order to satisfy , their . desires and the list was based on the per centage of those ' who braved the PRICE FIVE CENTS SITE TOMiffi' STiTS f ID1 QUINTS REuDY Opening. Game Scheduled for 3 0'CIbck; Drawing -This'Morninglat 11 ItN TAfiJs IN -ALEU Franklin Sends in List of Play "er; Several 'Teams Hero i Last "Night; Indications '.J Point 'Good Games ,m - , . . :( With five of the teams, count ing Salem high, already in- the city, interest in the annual -state high " school basketball tourna ment was at Its height Wednesday evening, and Indications -were that the Willamette university gymnasium, where all of the games will be . played, will be' crowded with spectators when the first game is played thi3 after noon at 3 o'clock. a The drawing, with representa tives of all teams present, will ba held at the gymnasium at 11:30 o'clock this forenoon, -and -unliT that time, ho safe prediction .ean; be made as to what schools will meet In the first game. - However, it the plan for giving Salem and Eugene 'definite 'placet . 6n ' the bracket is adhered to, Silem' will play In the first game. Teams trom Tillamook, TLa Grande, Astoria and Pendleton arrived In the eity duriagthe day. and the remainder were erp fee ted to Teach Salem during the" night- br? early today. ' f . First round games will also 'he (Centiaae4 u tZ YAMHILL JUDGE ; PASSES- Henjamln f. Hhodee sDead rati Home in City of MeMlnnvUle s i MCMINNVILLE, Marcli 9. (AP) Judge Bepjamln F., Rhodes, 67, died at his home'hera early today 'and funeral services ' wiu be condHCted Friday from the BaptlBt church In McMlnnviUe. ' . At the time of his death "Judge Rhodes ;wa president of theOre-. gon Fire Relief 'association and ' president 'of the ' Linfield college board of trustees, both 6f which : positions he -held since "1903. From 1902 to 1906 he was coun ty judge of Yamhill county. " M 0 N GRELS V I U D O GRACE Boy, 12, Drives :Three -Pups ! tq Victory in Canada Derby ' 'PRINCE ALBERT. SaskMarch 9 -f AP) -Driving three mongrel ptlps, 'Ralph "Allen, 12: years old. today won the second heat in the Junior dog derby, eovering-a -mile In three minutes and 15 seconds. 'Allen's lead ddg Is not m()eh larger - thin ; a J lackrabbit ? atfd la winning yesterday's heat he aver aged 20 miles an hour. The la i is using a home made sleigh and Ifis" perfect tontrdt over bla" team amazed spectators.. O- YESTERDAY TKT At "A CUlMmM Of AsMciaUd Ptm O 1 The defense opened in the Sin clair contempt case, , . -" rr- ; 'Lease ofHhehigh and New England by the Reading railroad was disapproved 1 . ; Xack of funds eld fp Seizure r f ballots -ia' the Pennsylvania elec tion contest. - ' r ' -". William T. Tllson' was givr-s another recess sprir.tnicnt ; - fyieral Jafje i i (jesr, -.