The Second Annual : ' -. 23 w . a w . a w-vaM.y w w w III WHIWIII ff W I I VII I VlWwWdjf haVWrlllllt 1 WW IVIUaU WW W I Ten i houand or More People Attended the Opening of the New First National, Bank Building Last Night i WEATHER. FORECAST: Generally fair. I inii londy over the northwest portion; no . harme is temperature; gentle variable wiiuls. Maximum yesterday, 54; minimum, l: river, S.S. stationary; rainfall, hone; atmosphere, clear; wind, northwest. First Section Pages I to 8 Five Sections -r-40 Pages SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR , 5rALEH0KEGON;1SUN5At KQliIAROT 2oJ 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS ' " "" -'r'i? -: - ii '..i r n ii I i LOGGED REPORT SALEHftLUS Experts Show How to Make This Road Beautiful; Com plete PlansGiven REMOVE ALL SIGNBOARDS j Properly Owners To Art-ange IMrusing Knlranrp To IVemj ms; Through Plantings And Walls The following logged report of tin state highway from Dallas to Salem was written by C. P. Key xer, superintendent of public parks of Portland, and by Florence Holmes Cerke. landscape architect for the Portland public parks. In working up interest in the highway, Salem has been assigned about half the distance, which reaches from Sloulton bridge to West Salem. No special work will be done on the mail boxes in West Salem, as it is understood that the city will soon have delivery service and the unsightly mail box on the highway will be a thing of the past. The Logged Report i Proposed Jandseape treatment for the' Salem-Dallas highway.) General recommendations: Fol low topography in " general land scape development, using an In formal scheme - for groups of shrubs and trees. Make the plant ing subordinate to the general vistas which are exceptionally beautiful. n 1 Regular spaced strei trees can be used in the towns of Dallas, Jtickreall and West Salem, but the countryside should not he lined with a formal planting. Remove all commercial sign boards except from .commercial areas. Do not obstruct cross roads with plantings which will screen traf fic in any way. Mark all cross roads with a simple and orderly, signpost. All property - owners . on this highway should endeavor to ar range a pleasing entrance to their premises through the use of plant ings, stone walls, wooden fences and other means. Special Recommervdat ions Town of Dallas: Use double scarlet hawthorne as street tree from city limits up to and includ ing the high school grounds, thus using the tree which, is to be featured in the highway plant inns in a more urban manner. The court house grounds are too stark fCnntind 4.1 ' OFFICERS ARREST MAN SECOND TIME SFLM RELEASED OXC? OX HIS PLEA FOR LENIENCY County and State Men Making Marian County Warm Place for Liquor Dealers Taught for the second time on a limor charge since the first of 'he year, Arnold Selm of ML Angel was nabbed Saturday aft ernoon by Deputy Sheriff Barber and two state prohibition officers with a large modern still In full operation. t " Only a month ago, Selm dodged jail sentence on a possession i.arge by pleading streauously fr lenience, although he paid a medium sized fine, and was re leased with various . condition marks around his name. The stm taken was the largest of the series gained in raids, this year, being of 40 gallons capacity, huilt in two decks. One hundred gallons of mas was dumped and more than 10 gallons of finished whiskey seized lor evidence. rThe whiskey is credltedj to be -ot, a little higher grade than that-us ually turned out in similar raids. Selm is KelA without ball af the "bounty jail waiting for . bis pre- f t : . . .. t . I . ryiuiuaiy Hearing Diwn . uovvv nrazier Small Monday morning:. Due to the second offense and the nature of the arrest ia hia case, Selm is likely to draw an u,nusaalf ly heavy sentence. ; : '; County and state prohibition of ficers have made. Salem and Mar lon county a hot place tor- "bootl CKms" and, manufacturers of. he ko called moonshine which la pSer vading the capital city market, al hough they realise the, hOpelsaf peas of completely shutting off th parlous supplies flowing- ln ZjL - BUILDING PLANS ANNOUNCED HERE If A UK TORKCT NEW STRUC--,- TV RE ON' HIS PROPERTY Stiff Aunoiiucea Plan for Remodel ing on High Street If end 1 Quarter Following close on the van of the announcement made a few weeks ago by Harry Hawkins, of Hawkins & Roberts, giving details of the Terminal Hotel project comes practically a joint announce ment of Outstanding importance concerning improvements to be started in the immediate future by Frank Halik, of Halik & Eoff, and II. rL. Stiff, president of the furnitnre company bearing his name. Mr. Halik will construct a build ing on his newly acquired property iu the 4 00 block on North Front street to house a wholesale elec tric house, to serve not only Sa lem but the entire western Ore gon country, using the first floor and possibly more space for that V- . , , . ! purpose. Definite size of the bund ing has not yet been determined, but it will be at least two and pcssibly three stories high. Mr. Halik announced last night that he closed a contract for job bing rights in Oregon for the Forf Wayne Engineering & Manufac turing company of Fort Wayne, Ind., manufacturers of the Paul water system and many other im portant patents and general elec tric equipment. This firm is one of the largest of its kind in the eat and the connection here will be a valuable one to the city. Mr. Stiff announced definite plans yesterday concerning the Lremodeling . of his High, street headquarters, together with the building recently acquired by Hart ley O. White from the Salem Autc company. Mr. Stiff has released tLe Lamport property on High street and will reconstruct the two buildings to provide for five new store rooms, one of which will be occupied by his own business, and owe other which, has already been leased. In. connection withJiis Salem imr provement, Mr. Stiff announced the official opening of his fifth furniture store located at Grand avenue and Ctark street in Port land, making the number of stores in his chain now total five; two ii Salem, others in Silverton and Albany. W. F. Watson, an employe of MX-. Stiff for many yeors here, will manage the Portland store. These two projects add a de cided boost to Salem's already strong program for the year, both Mr. Halik and Mr. Stiff placing great confidence in the city's abil ity to repay their additional in vestments. x SAPIRO KNOWN IN STATE Plaintiff in Ford Libel Suit Did Horticultural Work PORTLAND. Ore , March 19. (AP) Aaron Sapiro, suing Henry Ford in Detroit for $1.000,000'for alleged slanderous articles con eernlng him printed in the Dear born Independent, is known in Oregon, particularly among the agriculturists and. horticulturists of the state, for his activities here in cooperative marketing. .Sapiro, originally a California attorney, was employed for a time to advise the Oregon cooperative growers association. The organ ization did not progress along the lines planned and the association soon found it necessary to disband. Later Sapiro came to Oregon in an effort to organize apple grow ers into a body to be known as the Central Marketing system, for fruit men of the northwest. At the time of his later visit he was called to task for the exacting of large feeB but successfully defend ed himself against these charges. BANDITS TAKE PAYROLL 912,363 Obtained by Seven Men 'Who Rob Can Company - CHICAGO, March 19 (AP If Jesse James were alive today he would -hare marveled at the bold ness of seven men isho early today held up 3S men and women in the Continental Can, company, shot off the locks of the cashier's cage and obtained $12,462 in payroll funds. One man, with a huge handker chief concealing his features, led the robbers. Firing, apparently Just for. effect, he cowed the em ployes while i bis six companions quickly secured the money. Back ing. down, the stairs from the main office, the seven men climbed Into a. car without license plates, and disappeared just a few , minutes before; the arrival of the police. Employes of the company said they recognised .pictures r of the robbers at police headquarters DEAUTRE1NT TO BE BROUGHT TO T T Extradition Request Pre pared Here, Forwarded to Jackson County SUSPECT STILL SILENT Prisoner Stands on Constitutional Right of Refusing to Talk About IIoKiup Officers Are Raffle! - Papers requesting the governor of California to approve the ex- 1 1" n t i f i r n rkf TTufrli Tlrt Antromnnf T . . . 1 alias James, who is under arrest near San Francisco on a chafge of murder committed in Oregon, have been issued at the executive department here and sent to the Jackson county officers. De Autremont is now in charge of the federal officers, but will be surrendered to the San Francisco police within the next few' days He then will be turned over to the sheriff of Jackson county for extradition. The suspect will be tried in the state courts at Jack sonville, according to recent an nouncement. No New Light Shed De Autremont and his two brothers are under indictment for the murder of four members of a Southern Pacific passenger train crew who were killed during a holdup and robbery in the Siski- (Continued on page 3.) CANCELS 576 POLICIES License Authorizing Company Transact Business Revoked to The public service commission yesterday cancelled approximately 576 insurance policies written in the state of Oregon by the United Auto Indemnity exchange. The li cense authorizing this company to transact business in Oregon was revoked by order of the state in surance commission yesterday. Members of the public service commission said that virtually all of the policies affected truck and hus operators. These operators will be required to file new in surance policies with the commis sion by April 1, or retire from business. The state insurance commis sioner revoked the license of the United Auto Indemnity exchange when it was discovered that itsT liabilities exceeded its assets. ANOTHER DARK HUED GENTLEMAN IN THE FUEL PILE .OFFICER. . r-T A DUTY V T -fe'W ' f I - , . t . , : .m. ' l- . r PIONEER CLVBS 1UMKL ROOVE CLUB GIVEN ' iOIJ HIELH AS VIXER Seven-Clubs in Salem and Four Others in Community; 70 Hoys Pre Kent The annual rally of the boys Pioneer clubs was held at the city YMCA yesterday afternoon and evening. A banquet, at which 70 boys were present, was the main feature of the get together. The Daniel Boone club organ ized at the First Meihodist church was given a gold shield for win ning the contest based on attend ance, decorations of the various tables at the banquet, speeches, and yells. The Shelton club of the First Christian church placed second, with Penn club of "South Friends church, third. There are seven pioneer clubs in Salem, "antffour others in out lying districts. Woodburn. Mill City. Stayton, and Silverton each have these organizations. The clubs are founded on the princi ples of physical, mental, devotion al, and service, and have as their object promotion of future good citizenship. Loyal Warner was in charge of the club rallie. GASOLINE PRICE LOWER Two Cent Drop Announced Here And In Portland Stations PORTLAND. Mar. 19. (AP) The retail price of gasoline was cut 2 cents a gallon here today, making the service station charge to the public 18 cents a gallon. The reduction in price was started when the Associated Oil company announced the price and by noon the General Petroleum corpora tion. Shell company of California, Standard Oil company of Calif ornia and the Union Oil company of California had followed suit The cut followed closely on the announcement at San Francisco Mhat the companies there had cut the price 2 cents "to meet com petition." Independent dealers here followed the reduction in price by the larger companies. According to Jocal dealers the price here will drop from 21 cents per gallon to 19 for gas oline and distillate to 14 cents per- gallon, each station meeting the drop in prices. TRUMPED ins ACE, MAYBE PHILADELPHIA, March 10. Enraged at the poor card playing of his wife, Mrs. Josephine Branch 28. William Branch shot her to night, police said, in the presence of two others who were in the game. Mrs. Branch is in a hos pital. sLjtt through tl e abdomen. YrJeERPETUAL SMRTjpHOLVED MACHINE PRODUCT OF DIYIXE 'REVELATION. CLAIM Religion, High Finance Mixed Up in Affair, Says State Investigator PORTLAND, March 19. (AP) Religion, high finance and per petual motion were the objects of official scrutiny here today as Carl c. Donaugh. examiner of the, state corporation department? spent the day endeavoring to de termine what the quaint combi nation was all about. Tonight Donaugh outlined the salient facts uncovered by hfa de partment. Homer L. wown, carpenter, is the founder of a -cult known as the Brotherhood of the Divine Revelations. The guilding spirit of the brotherhood, Donaugh says, is also the founder and president of the Brown-Estro Power and Manufacturing company, a cor poration organized primarily to manufacture among other things, a pepetual motion machine. The perpetual motion machine, the car penter says, is the product of di vine revelation. The phase of the Brown-EstroK Power company that-" came under direct observation of the state cor poration department was the plan of selling stock in the enterprise. No application to sell stock has been made by rhe company, Don augh said, although the stock has been moving with some degree- of briskness The company filed articles of incorporation in 1926 with .the capital stock listed at $60,000. Thi was divided into 1,200,000 shares at par value of 5 cents a ' i out inued on page 7.) RACE RIOT CONTROLLED Military Rule I "re vails in Coffey villc; Disturbance End COFFEYVILLE, Kansas, March 19. (AP.) The military, cooper ating with civil authorities, clamp ed down the lid on Coffeyville to night to prevent a recurrence of last night' race rioting in which four persons were injured and the city hall stoned by a mob. All business houses, theates, cafes and othe public gathering places were ordered closed at 9 p-. m. as" a precautionary measure. With the city under strict mili tary rule the situation remained outwardly quiet and authorities expressed confidence that there would be no repetition of' last night's disorders which were pre cipitated when a group of whites clashed with negroes after Inn successful attempts to seize a negro held in the city jail in con nection with an assault on two whit girls. COMMISSIONS TO BE ISSUED FIRE WARDENS Increased Efficiency in Ad ministration of Work Pos sible by More Funds STATE'S SHARE $19,750 Allotments Made Various Associ ations and State Patrol Units; Nearly All Ward ens Now in Field The private lands of the state of Oregon will be taken care of during the present fire hazard sea son, according to the announce ment made at the offices of the state forester here recently. It was announced that approximately 500 commissions would be issued to firewardens in the near future. Thjisa commissions will include a I. men employed by the state for ester's office., employes of the pri vste associations, those appointed to carry on the work of patrols conducted by private individuals, camp fire wardens responsible for protection work in logging camps, and a few volunteer wardenfi who are either timber owners them selves or men who are so situated that they can be of material assis-t a nee to the forestry department. In additions to these commis sions, approximately 275 appoint ments will be issued to employes of the United States forest service within the state. These appoint ments will be made at the request of the various supervisors for the purpose of giving federal officials authority to make arrests for vio lations of the state fire laws on national forest, lands and prose cute violators in the courts of the state. Otherwise it would be ne cessary to arraign violators in the federal courts and charges would be confined to federal offenses. Increased efficiency in the ad ministration of the work will be possible through an increase of SI 5.000 in the biennial appropria tion for the department, and in creased federal financial aid under tht; terms of the Clarke-McNary act. The increase in funds will be used to defray the expenses and salaries of special law enforce- (Coatinned on page 7.) MANUFACTURERS OBJECT Form of Questionaire Adopted at Assessors' Meeting A number of Oregon manufac turers have not taken kindly to the questions ire adopted by the state tax commission in connection with the administration of a new assessment law enacted at the re cent session of the legislature. This law gives the state tax: commission general supervision over all property assessments and authorizes county assessors to de mand the books and records of all taxpayers for tax levying purposes. The manufacturers particularly object to filing with the state tax commission a statement of their liabilities. This part of the ques tionaire was branded as unfair in letters received at the offices of the state tax commission. The form of questionaire was adopted at a meeting of county assessors and members of the state tax commission held in Sa lem recently. State officials said the operation of the new ; law would result : in increasing the property assessments in Oregon ap proximately; $200,000,000. BUILDING PERMITS DROP Pending Construction Expected to Swell Total for Period Due to 'the absence of any large construction projects, the value of building,' permits, issued this, week Bagged under the mark of a week ago, with only $39,600 as ' com pared to the $74,500 of the; pre vious period. ! With $17,550 in the short 'first week, the total for the month now rests at, $131,650. Notwithstanding the apparent decrease in permits, the number dwellings "to. be ! constructed went above par , with, an. average of two new. ones per day. In ad dition two. for repairsi and one for a community garage sit 555 Jiorth Winter . were' granted . Pending', building' pxrojects will swell the total well over the ex pected quota if filedf before the 31st, as the largest permit of the month has been only ,15,003 thus far, - i;vW:;-;.',;V-: -. ""; cfcr- - 1 WINDOW DISPLAY BEGINS MARCH 22 LOCAL MERCHANTS MAKE EX TENSIVE PREPARATIONS Unveiling Of Windows Tuewday Evening; Big Free Dance In Armory The Second annual Spring window Display cif fashions will open in Salem on Tuesday even ing, March 22. It is understood that at 7:30 on that evening the windows of all the stores coopera ting in the movement will be un veiled and the gorgeous and beautiful Spring costumes will be shown. " " , This movement has been spon sored by the Salem Ad club and practically all of the stores iu the city are cooperating. The first Spring Window Dis play was held March 16 to 23 last year. The affair was a big suc cess and thousands of people were on the streets for the unveiling. They marvelled at the wonderful displays made by the Salem merchants -and at the .quantities from which choices could be made at very reasonable prices. More extensive preparations have been made by the merchants for the displays tlm year. In several instances the windows, have been completely remodelled. A great deal of time is being spent by practically every store in get ting up displays, which will not only be attractive, but pleasing to the citizens of the community. Every merchant is working to give the very best to the people.- Every merchant is working to help make this Window Display week a de cided success. During the week several fashion shows will be staged by some of the stores. Announcement of these will be made later. It Is also understood that some automobiles shows will also be a art of the at tractions during the week. Tuesday evening the Salem Ad club is sponsoring a dance at the Armory. This-wHl be free to the public and excellent music will be supplied. Salem Ad club members will wear badges during (Continued on page 2. COOK RELEASE AT ISSUE Right of Federal Judge to Release Explorer to Be Tested WASHINGTON. Mar c h 19 (AP) The department of justice stepped actively today into the controversy over the right of Fed eral Judge Wilson at Fort Worth, Texas, tjo release on probation Dr. Frederick A. Cook, polar explorer serving a 14 year sentence for fraud in the Leavenworth peni tentiary. Directions were transmitted from the attorney general's office to the warden at Leavenworth 'in- structing him to hold Cook pend ing further, orders. Although the prison official is instructed not to honor the release warrant issued several days ago, there is little likelihood fo this exigency arising as Judge Wilson has given the de partment of justice assurances that he will cooperate in making out of the Cook order a test case. BOLD AVIATOR NOT LOST Commander De Pinado Lands at Guajara Mirim Saturday MAXAOS. Brazil, March 19. (AP) Commander Francesco De Pinedo, intrepid . Italian long distance aviator, who was thought to have been "lost" in the tropical jungles of western Brazil, landed at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon at Qnajara-Mirim, about 650 miles northwest of the place from which he started Thursday and about the same distance south west of Manaos. Only the bare announcement was received that he had arrived at Guajara-Mirim and that he hoped to continue his flight north ward to Manaos Sunday morning. but it was enough to. allay the anxiety which was growing as the hours passed without word as to his whereabouts. DEATH PENALTY INVOKED Rank Robber, 19, Faces Electric Chair; May 2d Time Set ENID. Okla. March 19-CAP) The Oklahoma law providing execution for robbery with fire arms was Invoked - for . the first time In history today when: David Brown, 19, was sentenced to die in the electric -chair for taking part In a bank robbery. .: 1 Brown pleaded guilty and was sentenced by District J u d g e Charles S. Wtndall at Cherokee to be executed May 20, Offered clemency It he would re real names of companions - in the robbery; Brown refused to give- an - infor mation, f : r4":-; 1 0,000 PEOPLE I COMSRATULSTD 1 EJRSTlTIDil! I Employes Conduct Thous ands Through Every Detail of Bank Building CLIMAX TO LONG WAIT X Arrests With H- iet Down, towu Traffic in Vwrs; Good Order Koitf by City IWficrrn of Salem Climaxing the year of long waiting for a -first glimpse of-the completed Interior of the.!; First National Bank building,' nearly 10,000. people jammed, the btock. for four hours last night in. tjieir efforts to see the beauty ot th banking rooms, while 5,00 0; mora drove by in their cars out of cur iosity. These figures are a con servative estimate made by inm- hers of the police department Entering the main door!oae"s first "impression was" that all ofj the floral shops in town 4ad tyen. donated for the cause, i for tho great banking room w; massed with floral offerings of congratu lation from, friends wishing the best of success in the new .home. Conducted by. employes, the vast crowd went over the building, taking in every feature, inc)ndcg the vault, ' basement establish ments, and all of the nine office floors to the roof, 14 5 feet, above State and Liberty streets, where hundreds had their first view. oC how the new Salem looks oa a cool, clear night. At all times the crowd was or derly,, requiring little effort front the officers detailed for the occa- ' ion. With the, heaviest automo bile traffic in several years, not a single arrest was made, although officers were stationed at alt of the important intersections. Every visitor seemed highly pleased with tb inner appearance of the building which was Imma culate from its cleansing of the past few days, living np to all advance notices of the beauty to be witnessed last night. All during the night and to?ay the process of moving is under way so that regular operations may continue at 10 o'clock Mono daymorning withot breaking ihto the regular schedule of business. INDUSTRIAL WORK GROWTH IN SIGHT, OUTLOOK VERY PRO.MISLVQ IN CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY Paper Mills Being Built; Logging Campa Resuming Opera tions This Spring jj Prospects are Tery bright -for the resumption of the usual in dustrial activity in the state of Oregon, according to a statement; given oat yesterday by the state industrial accident commission, . The belief has Jseen expressed that work during the coming year will be greater in many lines' than during the year 1926. "Particularly in the construc tion industry is the outlook promi sing, read the statement. "Aside from residential construction, prans have materialized involving a considerable volume of construc tion of .office buildings. Industrial plants- and miscellaneous building erection. . . "Included anions the indasfrfal? pplants io be constructed during? the present year are the new pa per mill at Newberg. the. $3,00,' 000 paper manufacturing plant at . Youngs Bay Astoria, a veneer, fac tory at Tillamook, cannery at Woodburn an other plants of vary ing size and character, - 'Among publict .ntnuiesv- the construction program includes $3,000,000 power development by the California-Oregon Power com- ' , pany near Prospect, approximate ly $500,000 in new construction , work by the Eastern Oregon Light r c Power, company and the con- ' traction of the Bear. Creek dam;f for the city of Portland. The lat ter; construction J work . probably will extend through to the end of 19Z8. ;v. . , ' "Another project involving; con -slderable labor is the construction" of the shops and! yards of ta Southern Pacific company at.Ea.: gene. In this connection,,- tfa -opening of the: "Natron cutoff i . important in its effect upon In dustrial activities In the territory , .s XCoatiai a pg e.) j ft r t ) it j; . i n ft H ! - - ' " ; - - j, -;y-': j:;;:.-.v.:: : -