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There Is a Wonderful Offering; in the. Way of Easter Services in All the Salem Churches for Tomorrow The Ujishot of the Whole Riatter Is the Prune5 Industry Must e Near 100 Per Cent and Well Organized ! WEATHER FORECAST: Fair iff "1TMtt J It we get Into war" wftK ChlnS then doubt- and unnettlert li east portion, tempera to re !llow normal: moderate northwest winds. " Maximum temperature yesterday." 52; chow mein unless the name- is changed to 'silage with Yankee noodles." Most of the neonle who think that Chria- i tntnfntum. 4?:LMver. 2.6: rainfall .12; imosphere, , cloudy; wind, southwest. tianlty Is a failure have never, even tried it. SEVENTY-SB VENTH YEAR PMCE"FIVE CENTS SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1927 1 ""jjjr1 : ?Sese Civil War Within Civil War Seen as-Next Development in China IMPEACH RADICAL GROUP ( huing and Follower to Establish ,-u J.ovrnimeiH at Hankow; Ofiitiind .4rret of "IHsItuI. " , rs of Publir Order" SHAVCIIAI. April IT.. (AP) Th- inoilrater within the Cantoned.- r-ninie today definitely broke wiih the communist element that been controlling the civil rov . mment at Hankow. The break, coining in the midst nf a steady drive by the northern ers, along the Yangtse valley to r&in lhe territory lost to the Cantonese armies in the past few weeks, now presents the possibil ity of civil war within civil war to add to the already tangled skein of China's destiny. With the long threatened split within the ranks of tb.e Cantonese 'now a reality, the new alignment of Cantonene leaders overshad owed the reply of Eugene Chen, Cuntonese foreign minister at Hankow, to the demands of the powers- for an apology and repar ations tor tne canning disorders of March 24. Reply Overshadowed Chen's reply,- delivered to the rousul generals of the United States, Great Britain, France, Jap an and Italy last night, suggest ing the creation of an itnernation lommission to settle responsi bility xor me ;antns uuira&cB, presents a problem of whetner Hankow, in view ' of the moder ates' break with the leaders there, can be considered as authorita tively representing the- Cantonese government. Today s split between the mod erates and radicals was made at a meeting oT leading figures of the Knomintung (Cantonese political party) at Nanking, called by the moderate leader General Chiang POISON THEORY DRAWS ATTACKS .NONE UOUXH IX AUTOPSY, WITNESSES TESTIFY Surpri-' Testimony Produced by Defense as to Convulsions Cause mi.i.snortO. Ore.. April 15. i't An autopsy performed "on the body.-of Ir. V. O. McGee, fi rmer N'ehaleuj physician, showed tin trace of poison, defense wit-i,.-ss,.s testified today in the trial Mrs. Kva.N. McOee, widow of the phyUlcian. who Is charged itli his murder. Dr. Robert L. H'-nson of ' the University of Ore j. 'Hi medical school, and Dr. Har "I I I!. Myers of the same staff, ' hi the jury no trace of the poi . ti ttii state says Mrs. McGee ad in uistered to her husband, was t : 1 1 , n 1 1 in klu K a. J rTl Vi o t'(nt i it-tf.,1 its tase this morning. it. nenson saia tne autopsy re-v-al' d Dr. McGee to have had a ve;ikenet heart' and that Brlghts ' 'ase and incipient pneumonia w i- found. It. McGee had been convalesc ini from . injuries received in an ; i.tnmoile accident when he died tallowing violent convulsions. The ' nviSsions, the', state contends v"r' caused by "poison. A surprise witness took the -tand today in the defense of Mrs. M fN, in the person of Dr. I. C, "rill, HoYniand, assistant profes- f-"r of meflcine at the University i Oregon medical school. Ir. RH1P declared that nrcmfc onvulsion.s Were pt to stimulate 'I h'T tvnes nf Mntnlilnni i IT a i -' ntioned specifically strychnine .- u tetanus convulsions. Testimony m 'the" trial to the "ie(t that Hr. McGee was on- s, 'us during the convulsions! he offered August 10 has been! an I'fiortant point in the trial. "r. Hnli wast: -asked: "From what you know of the testimony, i-at would you say was likely to 'Je caused those. convulsions? "it may have been strychnine or 51 may have been uremic." he ans wered. "On the one hand we have (Ooatiavea a kS-T BIG APARTMENT - BUILDING SOLD (? tt -"i.r.A" CONSIDERATION' 8200,000; IM PROVEMENTS PLANNED Iiabcork Property on Xorlh C6m , inertinl Is Purchased By Port lander The Ambassador apartments, 555 X. Summer street, have been sold by J. C. Meyers of Portland to Charles O. Burk of Herraiston for a consideration of $200,000. The transaction was bandied by A. H. York of the Beaver Invest ment company and Mr. Hoothty of the "Western Bond & Mortgage company, both of Portland. Mr. llurk announced last night that he plans to improve the Am bassador with extensive changes to be announced in a few days. Like many others investing in Sa lem real property, Mr. Ilurk be lieves in the soundness of values in Salem. Mrs. H. V. Burke of Portland, an experienced apartment man ager will take charge of the Am bassador, continuing for the pres ent on the same system as here tofore usetL, The Ambassador was built as one of the major building projects of the past year. It is a double 3 story structure with a sixty-foot court facing west on Summer street, being considered one of the most modern in the city. The sale of the Ida M. Babcock property ' at 749 N. Commercial street to Edward Hanning of Portland, prominent official of the Union Savings & Loan asso ciation, Portland, was announced also yesterday by W. II. Graben horst & Co., Salem realtors. The property faces east and is 82 x 165 feet in area. The new own er will hold it as a business in vestment. GASOLINE PRICE LOWER Standard and Pan-Anierican Vie With Each Other LQS - ANGELES. April, .15, (AP) The Standard Oil company late today slashed the price of its gasoline two cents to 12 cents a gallon, the price set a few hours earlier by the Pan-American Pe troleum company in a new skir mish of the southern California gasoline war. ' The Pan-America's reduction of gasoline today, the second in which it has led its competitors during the last month, was ac companied by a statement inter preted as a declaration of contin ued warfare by the other com panies. "Our reduction," the statement rad. "was really brought about by the competing companies when the Pan-American price was met by them. This decrease Is merely a reduction of profit on gasoline which this company gives to the public by lowering the service sta tion price.' PACKING WORKERS QUIT Non-Union - Employes of Hwrft R Company Protect Condition PORTLAND, April 15. ( AP) Approximately 200 employes of Swift & Company's packing plant in the Kenton district here, walk ed out today in protest, labor of ficials said, against working con ditions. The employes are. not members of organized unions. Efforts to reach officials ot the company to night were not successful. The walkout affected approximately 50 per cent of the labor personnel. Tonight the walkout became a strike when a mass meeting, of ficials of" the state federation or labor, central labor council; and meat cutters' and butcher work men's local- unions organized .he dissatisfied employes. Approxi mately 10dh-of the Swift & com pany employes slgne dup with the unions, it was said. LOS ANGELES HAS QUAKE Tremor , Is Light Bat ' of Unusual , Duration;., No Damage ( . LOS ANGELES. April 15. (AP) An earthquake, light in force but of unusually long dura tion, shook Loa Angles and near by suburbs at about 6:48 tonight. Although the temblor was felt by few persons In the business dis trict of Los Angeles, it seemed that pronounced to the southwest and gave iouses and buildings at Santa Monica and Sawtelle a dis tinct shaking, rattling windows and setting chandeliers swinging. The earthquake lasted 20 sec onds, although some reported it to be in two shocks with a seconds intermission GUARDS BATTLE TO KEEP RIVER 1THIN BOUNDS Many Families Homeless as Mississippi Waters Inun date Low Lands CREST NOT YET REACHED Thousand of Acres Under Wuter in Arkansas; Levees in tMher Places Threatened, Some Collapsing MEMPHIS. Tenn.. April 15. (AP) Through driving rain To night, levee guards along Ark ansas streams and levee engineers in the Hickman, Ky., and Mem phis districts of the Mississippi river patrolled the great dykes or fought the inrushing waters as the greatest flood in history moved down the drainage arteries. Five hundred women and chil dren, carrying their house hold goods and drjving livestock ahead of them, moved out of a new danger south of Hickman. Twelve hundred men were working on the ten miles between miles eight and eighteen. Columbus. Ky , was inundated 10 to 15 feet as the waters sought its level behind a broken levee. It was feared the Hickman levees could not hold all the water in sight. Vast Areas Flooded Thousands of acres of low lands in the basins of the Ark ansas, White and St. Francis riv ers were under water in Arkansas. Hundreds of inhabitants were refugees in more elevated por tions of the valleys and other hun dreds watched the turbulent tides 'autisui4 an Pe. 8.) VIEW HIGHWAY DISTRICT Members of "Highway Commission Meet at Fall City Members of the state highway commission held a meeting at Falls City today where they con sidered the boundaries for the pro posed Falls City-Valsetz Highway Improvement district organized re cently under an act of the 1925 legislature. The district proposes to con struct a cutoff highway to the coast. The road would be 25 miles in length, and - would re duce materially the distance be tween Willamette Valley points and Taft. GO OUT AMD t j 'J, .AfL 1. .'! LOOK BEHIND Vj. SR1 0 fM THE. RASPBtRWV OL oht you; Wfjyj X'VV GOODIE! V , VAPPLESAUCEll " how do you. jStsSrSfw fJ s, p. : j oto-VPOiSSOtT 0SJj ; M& BRIDGE PROBLEM SETTLED, BELIEF SATISFACTORY SOLUTION' OF LOXGVIKW MATTER SEEN Probably Means Wider Clearance Iletween Piers, Concluded Ry Portland Men PORTLAND. April 15. (AP.) A Washington, D. C. dispatch to the Morning Oregonian tonight says: "A settlement of the Ijong-view-Rainier bridge controversy to all parties concerned was pre dicted here today by Col. E. Les ter Jones, director of the coast and godetic survey, who was one of the three departmental repre sentatives at the Portland hearing last month." The dispatch continues: "Colonel Jones would not am plify ' his assertion. Speculation by Oregonians here is that the report will call for a plan with more clearance and greater width between the piers than proposed by' plans of the bridge promoters." When informed of Colonel Jones' statement Frank L. Shull and Joseph N. Teal, who present ed most of Portland's case at the i hearing held here and in Long view, said tonight that they had "no definite idea of what it might mean." ST. HELENS BOY KILLED Riflo Discharged Accidentally While on Hunting Expedition ST. HELENS, Ore., April 15. (AP) Fred Floeter, Jr., 14 years old, was shot and killed today while hunting vwith three other boys. The gun that killed Floeter was in the hands of Clifford Jones, 18, who said it was dis charged accidentally. The bullet pierced the youths abdomen and severed the spinal cord. The shooting took place about a mile?, I from St. Helens hi a wooded sec-f tion -where the boys had gone tc hunt cougar. The rifle carried by the boysl was taken by Wilfred McDonaldJ 16, from his hew r sljrttlisNiPH other member of the party was Frank Floeter, 11, Fred's brother. Judge Philip released the three boys but declared he would sum mon them tomorrow for question ing by the district attorney. FRUIT CROPS DAMAGED Haii Injures-' Cherry and Peach Blossoms, Apples Safe OREGON CITY. April 15. (AP) A heavy hay storm in Clackamas county today slightly damaged the cherry and peach crop, but apple blossoms which are not far advanced, were not in jured. The hail started to fall early this afternoon and was followed by a hard rain. THE MARCH OF CIVILIZATION ELK LAKE NAMED YMCA CAMP SITE LOCATION TEV MILES AHOYE DETROIT OX SAXTIAM Believed Ideal Place and Perman ent Improvements May Be Installed Elk Lake has been selected as a site for the annual YMCA boys division camp, according to Rob ert P.oardman who recently made a trip to Detroit in company with Loyal 'Warner and Harvey Rroek to look up a suitable ground. Tumble Lake was considered as a possible site, but Elk Lake offer ed greater inducement so that place was agreed upon. Elk Lake is situated about 10 miles above Detroit, right in the heart of the Santiam government reservation. The trees there are large and the conveniences for fishing, swimming and hiking un equaled. Snowcapped mountains are plainly viewed, and from Bat tle Ax Butte one tan see 12 lakes. The spot is not accessible except by pack train from a spot four miles away. If the camp meets with favor it will be made a permanent one and tent houses and a central meeting pavilion will by erected. Last year the boys were camped on the Santiam and the years before, that at Neskowin and Trask river. The camp thid year will be in charge of Mr. Boardman with eight assistants, four of whom have been selected. They are Ivan White. Charles Hagaman and Curtis French. Willamette univer sity men, and Frank But.terfield; of Woodburn. NEUNER TO PROSECUTE Goes to Roseburg for Conference on DeAutremont Case PORTLAND, April 15. (AP.) George Neuner, United States attorney, left todajf for Roseburg nd Is expected to continue on to Bedford for. a conference with Jackson county officials relative to the trial of Hugh DeAutremont. scheduled to open May 2 at Jack sonville. DeAntremqnt is to be tried for alleged participation in the Siskiyou train robbery and murder of Oct. 11, 1923. Neuner is to take an Active part in the prosecution of the case, ac cording to present plans, and while in Jackson county is ex pected to join with county of i cials there in asking that the case be continued from May 2 to May 23. Witnesses are to be called from many parts of the United States Canada and Mexico, and the state will present a motion for continu ance on the ground that these witnesses cannot he brought to Jacksonville in time for the case to go on trial at the date set. AMITY FARED PLACED IN Ml T Arrest of Vance Richardsen Is Aftermath of Convict's Confession FIND LOOT WORTH $2000 Man Believed to Have Parked Car in Salem, Where Irison Truck Driver Would Place Stolen Goods in It Loot valued at approximately 32000 which Lloyd Wilkins. con vict truck driver sit the Oregon state penitentiary, admits having taken from Salem stores, was found late Thursday night in a raid conducted by Sheriff Man ning of Yamhill county on the Vance Richardson farm near Am ity. Richardson was placed under arrest ' Friday afternoon and charged with possession of stolen property, but claims that he han dled the goods unaware of their origin. He is held without bond in the Yamhill county jail at Mc Minnville. Covered Long FeHod The loot recovered by the offi cers included clothing, groceries, silverware, confections, fruits, hardware and various other ar ticles. Richardson and Wilkins were reported to have formed an ac quaintanceship two years ago while the convict was driving a prison truck between Salem and Kickreall. At that time Richard son was employed on a ranch a few miles west of Salem. Richardson was said to have told the officers that he had tnade it a practice to drive his car to Salem every Friday and park it in the business district. Wilkins later would appear with the loot taken from the various stores and place it in Richardson's machine. In this way Wilkins was said to have disposed of all the lot with the exception of a few articles which were found in a cache in the prison garage. Wilkins was said to have admitted his part in the transactions. Wilkins was employed as a trus ty at the prison for seven years prior to two weeks ago when: he was detected while stealing two sacks of sugar from a local gro- (ContinuM on pag 8.) PROTEST QUESTIONNAIRE "Prying Into Private Affairs'' Ob jected to by Taxpayers Approximately 40 per cent of the county assessors in Oregon will use the so-called confiden tial questionnaire in obtaining In formation from taxpayers under the property assessment law en acted at the last legislative ses sion. This was the announcement made here yesterday by Earl Fish er, state tax commissioner. The questionnaire was approved by Mr. Fisher and a number of county assessors, but resulted in a storm of protest from business concerns affected, by the law. It was charged by these business concerns that the questionnaire was unfair for the reason that it attempted to pry into the private affairs of the taxpayers. It also wos contended that much of the information sought in the ques tionnaire was not necessary for tax levying purposes. As a result of the protests the state tax commission disowned the questionnaire and' authorized the county assessors to obtain the information in any manner they might desire. More than 50 per cent of the assessors have since informed the state commissioner that they would not use the questionnaire. FOUR FATAL ACCIDENTS 615 Mishaps Come Coder Provi- felons of Compensation Act There were four fatalities ' in Oregon due to industrial accidents during the week ending April 14, according to a report prepared by the rstate industrial accident: com mission.:1 The victims, were: Frank Reese. Sheridan, lumber man; R. A. Herrlngton, Forest Grove, engineer; Charles 4 Ander son, Kelso, 1 bucker,. A and.- Harry Woods, Beni. laborer. A total of 615 of the accidents reported to the commission were- subject to' the provisions ot the workmens compensation lav. WTHEF COLORS of uswy GAMP DEDICATED INTERESTING PROGRAM 'EN JOYED; GOVERNOR "SPEAKS Boys Chorns and Other Enter tainers Win Hearts of Large Audience Dedicating regimental colors may seem an ultra-mannish task to be done by hard-bitten men with sword3 and bombs, with scars and whiskers on their faces, and with a flare for getting themselves killed for somebody's honor, but they don't always do it that way. Last night Hal Hibbard camp. United Spanish War Veterans, re ceived their gorgeous new stand of colors at the hands of Gover nor Patterson. The governor has not a formal military staff, -.with uniforms and guns and blood in their eyes. In stead, he had a bodyguard of beau tiful young women, of . smiling, sbubby, wiggly- boys, of mighty Doc Epley. who tries to look fierce and is tender hearted. They all dedicated the flag; all-American flags, for the growing ups who al most before morning will be the soldiers and governors and every thing there is of America. Governor Patterson gave his brief, patriotic message, and then Color Sergeants John Seymour and Frank Millet, with the armed color guard of Seargeants Harry Plant and Cecil Manning of Com pany I, marched up the aisle to the governor's stand, where the speaker formally presented the two gorgeous banners to Camp Commander Sammons. The audi ence rose and waved; one could feel a thrill that comes but sel dom with the great sacrifices, with the splendid dead of heroism. Some of the audience will never get a finer thrill than that feeling of exaltation last night. Governor Patterson said: "I want to congratulate Slem on the Boys chorus. I kp.ow that Dr. Epley and Assistant Director Hull have done a great work here.. The people owe a great debt to Dr. Epley for bis work with, this boys chorus." The audience cheered as if every, one had two or three boys singing in the chorus. Some of them did; some who, love boys as Dr. Epley does, claim the whole (Continued on page 4.) SPECIAL SHOW AT HOLLYWOOD THE LAST FRONTIER, SCHED ULED FOR MATINEE Statesman and Theater Cooper ate in Offering Picture for Children "The Last Frontier" will be the picture shown at the Special Statesman matinee at the Holly wood theater on Monday, April IS at 3 p. m. Magnificent, dramatic, power ful. "The Last Frontier," indis putably one of the finest western photoplays produced 1n five years, offers many angles for exploita tion by up-to-date exhibitors. It is a picture that took nearly three years in the making, and it pre sents many of the. best, known personages of the frontier, name ly, Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill Hick ock. Gen. Custer and other fig ures prominent in frontier life just after the Civil War, of-whom so much is being written nowa days in novels and magazines. This picture is not only- enter taining; hut is valuable for. Its historical significance. Teachers, school- children and,- people from every walk of life win find a great pleasure in it. ; . . - Monday evening at the matinee "The Last', Frontier" Isr being shown ostensibly forthe children. Practically every child likes west ern stories and - this one is a fine one being enlivened with many Interesting scenes of real historic value'' ii.v-.- ' -.---y The Oregon' Statesman is -co operating with the New Hollywood theater in staging the matinee at 3 p. m. on Monday, April 1S All that Is necessary for .every," girl and boy under the age of 15 years, to do , tor gain admission" to the theater is , to clip the coupon In this newspaper and present it and five cents at the box-office. Don't forget the date.' , coupon ; S SPECIAL STATESMAN MATINEE This coupon and five cents will adniit any girl or boy, under 15 years of age to the : NEW HOLLYWOOD THEATER ' On Monday, April 18, at '3 p: nu for' a special . :': - , showing of the picture" ' i"-' "rrinr-iAST. ERONTiEir - REPMIE0 Dozens of Spectators Watch Four Bandits Hold Up Bank Messengers $26,441 TAKEN BY ARMED MEN Most Daring Holdup 'in the History of Portland" i ESCAPE IN AUTO Wear Dark Glasses " but No Masks; Crowd Held at Bay With Revolvers; Stolen Car Used, Later Found Abant doned -'---.--T'TT PORTLAND. April l&.(AFy With a gallery of probably 100 gaping onlookers gathered in a circle about them, four gunmen' robbed two United States National bank messangers ot $26,441 at the entrance of the Olds, Wortman and Kins etore here this after' noon, It was the second theft of receipts' of the' store within a week. Sunday yeggmen got f 19.- 000 when they blasted the vaults ot the department stores office.' Today's robbery. Chief of Police TnVtTia mill tnnlrhf ' mrmm' iYim most dating- in- Portland's his tory ' '- ' y: ' Wear No Masks Waiting outside in a touring car, three men leaped on Joe Bigelow, 22, ban:, messenger and George H. Bailey, guard. : Bige low dropped the money satchel and held up his hands. Bailey was covered by a circle of pistols. All the bandits wore dark glasses but no masks. One of-the taen held a gun in each hand. A large crowd of spectators had gathered ' while bandits Jumped into their automobile, smashed out the rear glass and covered the assembly until the driver got the machine under way. Two young robbery, took up. tne -chase in their . automobile ; as ' the- bandit car sped away. It was seen that the four; men .were changing . their clothing in the automobile as .they. fled. " . -.. , . -. . . Believed In Portland The bandits eluded their . pur suers a --short distance from the scene of the robbery and' their It had been stolen earlier In the day. '-. . . . . . . .tt-. ,' ; Abandonment, oi me auiomooue led police to believe the men had 4 In, J .....few. a C , V) A d istrict or had " obtained ; ano ther car and fled the city .- The, satchel contained $3,679. OS In -"cash and $22,762 In checks. (CoatiBd a pf -) AIR MAIL PILOT KILLED Fatal Crash Neap Boise Believed f .? Due to Heavy Wind" - f BOISE, Idaho, April 1 (AP), 'William Sanborn, air mall pilot was kUled at 5:20 -o'clock this afternoon ' when his ' plane fell, seven " miles north of King Hill. Ranch hands who saw the ma chine fall said Sanborn was dead in' the cockpit when ther reached It. ; They expressed belief the acci dent occurred : when Sanborn failed - in an- attempt to buck a ,heavy wind. .. . O