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Valley Motor Co., Buys Southern;. Pacific' Block: Largest Single Real cEotate Transfer Jn Salem's Hicfce.:- FhiSfvEaster.Day ls to Be Appropriately ;Gelobrated in All of ,the Various.Churches of ThisCity of Chui'Chc "TT ft . - WEATHER FORECAST-Falr over east portion and cloudy over west portion;' mod:'1 eratr temperature'; fresh West' and north . west -winds. - Maximum, temperature yester-' day. 5; minimum, 38; rainfall, a' trace; i atmosphere, partly cloudy; wind, : west, f First Sectiori Pages 1 to 8 Four : Sections--26; Pages ' f'xr Jar TSEVEN'EY-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY -MORNING, APRIL 17, 1927 : PRICE FIVE CENTS - - - JUfJE 1 0HFJEW OFFICEEOIFICE - - - 1 iiUU Ei Interior Plans. Considered at Conference; of. Various , r State Officials MAY COST ,$550,000 JTndcr Plan Adopted Ity Legisla ture. Money In Ik Borrowed From Industrial Aeri- dent fTommiMsiou Construction 'Work on the pro posed new . state' office buildinir. which wai approved at the recent 'wssion of th legislature,'' prob ably will begin ; abont June 1,-according to reports made public hern yesterday. This would make 1t possible to have the new struc ture completed' and "ready for; oc cupancy by November 15.- 'The actual commencement of the ttcirk- however. hfaeine i some what upon" the "fact . that legal proceedings may be started! to prevent the state rroni borrowing the necessary funds from the state . Industrial accident commission; ' I nt r tor ,IIa m Diticussed At' a cbnference'lireJ1 yesterday interior plans' of the new building were considered by, Sam AKoier, secretary of state and other offi cials. 4The IstfUctdre wiirbe six stories high, W'ftb. a fjoundation of suffk-ifint strength' tocarry four additional storle. The cost of the proposed building will be ap proximately $5 SO.OOtJ. It will oc cupy the property adjoining' the present Buprerae'conrt building. With the "completion 'of this n-- totTnt Will H in ad ft !pgp transfer to Salem Ja number of f state activities wnicu now uu offices in private-, building tn Portland, i Among these are the state fish and. game commissions, state banking department, child welfare commission and other less Important state activities. "Provide New Quarters A number of state departments now housed in Salem outside of the capital building also will be provided quarters ; id .- the - new structure Included among these state activities are the state bonus commfKSion, state otor vehicle department, state bridge depart ment and the adjutant - generals , fCpstinaa PK C) YOUTH PURSUES ALLEGED FORGER SCHOOLtUl V HA I'Lft t)OW S Fi,KKIn CIIECK FASSKR. .LiniH nrlgRS, r'ornuT Reform .School Inmate', Charged A little fellow, Rodney Mayer, aged aboaCJO, will likely be a big op in a blue nniforpi and brass buttons Some daylf 'his criminal chasing f'propensitles 'continue. ThisTchab was largely responsible for the a pprehension yesterday af- ternoon jNorth,.Fi to pass bf I Louis Briggs, 249 :tu8treet, who attempted a"4'forged .check In the amount Johnson no State bf- 9.50 -at the G.-W. company clothing store f nggaj entered tne store, maae a smaa jpurcnase, ana.presemeu the check : for payment. PauI.T, Johnson, ; one of the proprietors, became suspicious of the check, and endeavored - to keep up . con versation with Briggs i until (. an other member of the "store staff cbirld get police-officers on the telephone. ' ; ' ' The "alleged "paperhanger, : how ever, became frightened at the de iay and piade a dash for the door, got out onto the street and started up 'the alley past the' Terminal stae depot Mr. Johnson gave immediate pursuit and' young Jv. Meyers, who : was outside on an ,rrand for his father, got on;Tils i'cpycle and also gave chase. f.J At the Irear entrance! of Giese- rowers" company, llodney got In front of the fugitive, and he, with another jyoung ... chap cornered Briggs who dashed futo the furni tori store, where he was captured. .Briggs, who is an ex-Inmate of the i'boys reform' school, had a number of tntfcei cTiac1t m " Yia Pocket, but it Ms believed that he ttcceeded ItfTpaisins"jione at any of the stores. lie had about $5.50 in cash, on his person" when ar rested, and stated that he had just ARCTIC EXPLORER "COMING APRIL 19 imekestixo rrrn'REs op f. Iectare Sponsored lly lAonn Club; AmnndHen. to Arrive Iate ' , . Tuesday From W. 10. Carson , Captain Koald Amundsen, the world-famous Arctic and Antarc tic explorer, will make a brief lecture lour thLs season, when he will relate the thrilling story of the 'Amundsen-Ellsworth 'Kxpedi- a i.' c . v. L A 1 - ttoald Amundsen y , lion, which made tie "first success ful airship1 voyage -last? May from Europe to America by way of the North Pole. His itinerary will in clude a. visit to this city, where he Is booked to appear at Elslnore theater on April 19 under aus pices of Lions club. Mis lecture, vividly illustrated with 3 stilj; and motion pictures, - will be entitled "By Airship - from Rome to Tel ler." Every important ; Incident of his remarkable i voyage from Italy to Alaska wilt be shown ? in the pictures thrown on the screen. , Not only will this lecture have a decidedly popular appeal, but an unusual degree -of Interest will center in the lecturer himself. In America Captain Roald Amundsen Uanioits aa a man of notable deeds,, who planted the Norwegian flag, at the South Pole in advance of all other explorers, -and further added to his brilliant record by having- been - the first circum navigator ' of .the northwest pa s- ( Continued on &gs 2.) . , DEMURRER FILED HERE Action in lin With Attack on Xew Assotisiuent Ijw The attorney general yesterday filed In the circuit court here a general demurrer to the comolaint of L. B. Smith of Portland, who is seeking to attack by referendum the so-called 'property assessment law enacted at the .last session of the legislature. " " Mr." Smith alleged In ' his com plaint ahat the secretary of state refused to accept ; his application for a ballot title for the referen dum measure on the grounds that the assessment law carried the emergency clause and became op erative ' immediately . upon being signed b the governor. It was contended, by plaintiff that Under the constitution all tax measures are 'subject - to. referen dum, and that the, legislature ex ceeded its authority when it af- fixed the emergency clause 10 me law.' .V ? r ' ." 1 The demurrer alleges that , the facts set out in the complaint are not surncieni to warxani iu cvui assuming jurisdiction In the man damus' proceeding! Mr. Smith Is secretary of the , Greater ' uregon association. The ; arguments of attornevs on the demurrer prob ably "will be heard sometime next week. , SEEK CASE CONTINUANCE First Skirmish "In DeAutreniont Trial to be on Monday MEDFORD, April le.--fAP) The first legal skirmish in jthetrial of Hugh DeAutremont,1- alleged Siskiyou tunnel slayer 1 anff ban ,m otiarrml with first decree mur der,, will come Monday in circuit court .at Jacksonville when the state's' motion for a continuance of the trial from; May '2 to; May 2$, will "be irgoed. The state will joontend that it requires the three weeksddition-. al time to prepare for trial; that many of its witnesses are. scat tered, .and that pan CTGonnell, chief of Southern Pacific- special agents,-. who had! charge of the assembling of the evidence; is lust recovering ' from a 'sickness that has-kept-him in a San Francisco hospital. . . t-' v Mrs. Belle DeAutremdnt,' moth er of the accused youth, arrived in Med ford today and will remain until after the. trial. ELEVEfJ DEATHS ;TOtL;OFIOB0 .11SSISSIPP ji : f f. Hicknian; Inundated, Must , Also Care ;forThousands of Refugees NEW WEAK SPOTS FOUND Awn Covered With Water 3Iore t Tlum DoubIM m I-Ndlowing Breaks' flt1 lloreno. Mo., j and in Arkansas HICKMAN, Ky., April 16. (AP) Fleeing the wrath of the mad Mississippi, hundreds of fam iliegr'have 'trudged through miles of mud and marshy lowlands to seek food - and 'shelter Wre. With the business section under' four to eight feet of water, the citizens turned their attention to caring for the 2500 refugees who came here today. ' SPRINGFIELD, Mo., April 16. -(AP) Damage caused by flood waters in the Lake Taneycorao region of southwest Missouri, 50 miles south of here, was estimat ed at $1,000,000 by, business men returning from that district to night. Hundreds were homeless, whilo water continued to stand in the business sections of Forsythe, Barnson and Hollister. Efforts Unavailing MEMPHIS, Tenn.April 16. (AP) The mighty MissIssippi, testing the strength of levees throughout Its more than 1200 miles from Cairo, III., to the sea. (Continued on page 3.) RUSSELL GETS 20 YEARS Alleged Accontplico of Brownlee Sentenced for Assault . EUGENE, April 16. (AP.) Dewey Russell, found guilty in circuit court here ten days ago" of the- charge of assault with' intent to rob was sentenced today by Judge Skipworth in circuit court to serve 20 years in the state- pen itentiary. It was alleged that he was the accomplice of Albert Brownlee in the holdup of the; Veneta pool room and the shootingTf William Maddaugh, the 'proprietor, ""and subsequsptlyin'the killing of Es ton -HookCT;a posseman, but the charge of murder against Russell was dismissed. : line ry-'P iOis Wi i" f - -- . . !. - V - - i " . ! NATIONALGUARD A . A , .... -J -RECEIVES PRAISE INSPKCTIOX BRLNGS OUT FIXE WORK I1EIXG IK)E Brigadier General White Compli mented; Units' Located In " ' Many Cities " In addition to a general rating of "very satisfactory," the Oregon National Guard drew an official letter of commendation for its ef ficiency as a result of the annua iuspection o units by the War de partment, completed during March after six weeks of carerul checking. ' , rln a letter received yesterday at Guard headquarters, Major. Gen eral John Is. Hines, until recentfy Chief of staff of the Army and now commander of all forces in the Vest, commends the Guard upon its showing and congratu lates its commander, Brigadier General George A. White Tor the fine condition of the "command. General. Hines states that the in spection, resulting in the rating of very satisfactory, Js a matter for commendation since it shows the seriousness with which the entire Guard takes its duties in connec tion with the National defense. All subordinate units, excepting one, are found by the Inspection reports to be In exceptional con dition for immediate active serv ice in event of an emergency. One coast artillery battery, located In .Lincoln county, js reported be low standard and it will have to be brought Into proper condition, mustered out or transferred else where, it was said at headquar ters. Organizations covering a large part of the state are picked out (Continued on page 2.) VILMA CALLS OFF CASE Actress Drops Suit Filed Against Playwright's Wife HOLLYWOOD, Ca!., April 16. ( AP. ) Vilma - Banky, flint star, today cabled Instructions to her parents in Hungary to drop a libel suit they had filed against Sari Franr Molnar, the Hungarian play wright. 'Ty 'suit was based on state ments said to have been made by Madame Mofnar when' she return ed to Hungary afte Vvisit to the United States. She was quoted as declaring that Miss Banky had "turned against her countrymen, no" true Hungarian," and "is a spiteful little cat." The film actress said she in curred Madame Molnar's anger when she refused to sponsor an actor introduced by Madame Mol nar as the "Hungarian Valentino." "I dp not believe It polite "that a younger woman should teach an-older-wojiian good manners," said Miss Banky. APRIL SHOWERS! HAWLE Y lARRI VES HOME IN SALEM COXGRES8.VIAN TTRED FROM. LONG JOURNEY AXD WORK Salem Has One of Biggest 3Ien In Congress Listed Among Her Citizens Congressman W. C. Hawley and Mrs. Hawley' arrived in Salem from Washington on Friday, and they , are at their home,( 898 Oak street, which has been ' open for them by -their daughter-in-law. When a Statesman reporter, at an early ..hour (for him) last night, .phoned to the Hawley resi- Ldence, seeking an interview, h was, told that Mr. Hawley had re tired for the night. He is no doubt tired. Of course bo is tired. Tired from the jour ney, and more tired from the long period of work during the last ses sion of congress, and afterwards, tc clean up his desk. For Mr. Hawley is one of the biggest men in congress. .He is big in many ways; an authority on many things, through his educa tion and training,-. an dthrough his long service in Washington. He has represented his state there for nearly 20 years now And he is a big man in con gress through the fact that, he is the ranking member of the ways and means committee of the house and as such he must attend to the of that committee; even more than details of the vast amount of work the chairman of the committee. That committee selects all the other committees of the lower house. No other committee does anything like that, in either house. Then every bill carrying money, originating in either house, must be passed upon by the house ways and mans Committee. No other committee wields any- (Continued on page 4.) BANDITS BELIEVED SEEN Meii Counting Money In Box Car May bs Olds Store Robbers , PpBTLAND. AprUa6-AP.) A report that he had seen two men 'in a boxcar "dividing a staek of paper money was made here late tonight by. J. Cheney, Port land,1 and sent a. squad of detec tives to the railroad yards in the belief that the men may 'have been two of the gangsters whd held tip a bank messenger here Friday. When they saw: him, Cheney said, one of the men leveled a' heavy pistol at him and told him to "beat it or get his head blown off.,' A thorough search of. the yards was made by police but neither of the men was seen, A switch man said two or three men had been loitering around the yards for several days. . Cheney said the two men were sitting in the box car counting out a pile of paper money and that an other $tack was near at hand.""' US; 1 ; ISWAPiBULLETS lllilESE No Casualties Reported on ; Yanatse j; Machine Guns Quickly Silenced 1 C0MMUNISTI ATTACKED lOO Killed or Wounded ia Can ton; Foreign - Settlement ' Heavily Guarded ; Will Clean House First SHANGHAI,' April 17. (AP) Morrfei . Slighter and his joimg daughter of the China Island Mis sion were killed by .Chinese lian dits near Yunnan fu. They are said to le residents of Toronto, Canada. SHANGHAI, April 16. (AP) Both British and American warships have been made targets for Chinese guns. The United States destroyers Preble and John D. Ford have been subjected to machine gun fire on the Yangtse river, while the British gunboat "Woodcock came under attack from the Cantonesd troops' entrenched on the south bank of ihe Yangtse below Chinkiang. All three boats replied "with such vigor that the Chinese fusillade ceased in short order. ' i , " The Woodcock used her three and four Inch guns and drove the Cantonese out. of their trenches ' Oust Radicals With no new developments so far as is known between the Can tonese and "northern forces, the camnaign headed ' "by ' 1 General Chiang Kai-Shek, the Cantonese generalissitoo toqi munis ts from the Ki uomintang, or Cantonese political organisation. was in progress today. 1 Armed with machine guns and supported fcy armored ears, white moderate) members of the Kuo minUng have carried out raids against cbmmunist iabor unions (Continued on pg ) - ' " SEEK HUMANE SACRIFICE Seven Year Old Child Sieatea but ' Rescnetl, Youths , Caught , HAVANA, Cuba, April, 16. (AP)--Selected aa the Tictim for a human sacrifice the police as sert, Beatrice Chishplm,- 7 year old daughter of Everett Chlsholmi, a prominent American resident here, was rescued by a girl , em ploye of the Chisholm household and several neighbors when an at tempt was made to abduct her. ; The blood of the child was pre scribed by a witch doctor, Trino Fernandez, as the only, cure for a sick negress, Luisa Pedra Two youths, Francisco Hernandez and Eugenio .Cortez, were ordered to obtain. the, victim. ; .... ' The chlldwas standing on the sidewalk near, her parent's home in Vedado .when an autoraohile,Ac cupied -by the two? ; youtua' and driven by a third., pulled'up close by. They seite the child and en deavored to force" her into the automobile. She struggled t and screamed and ' the' ' servant maid rushed to her .aid, together ; with several neighbors. . .. Forced to release the child, .the youths' ran' but.' two. were cap tured. Thepolice say they made a full confession. - - JAIL-SCENE;0F; WEDDING lfufi DfeAutremont Witness Of Nuptials In Sledf ord BasUle . MEDFORD, April 16. (AP) Chick Duane 2 5,' reputed pugil ist, arrested Friday, night for al leged sale or liquor and held In the county jail; was married this afternoon in that In closure to Miss Laverna Petera of this city;24, a laundry , worker. ! The ceremony was performed' by Justice.' J. ' TU Roe of . Jacksonville, after which the bride returned to this city, and the groom to his celL The wedding vaa - held so In mates ' ot the bastlle could be spectators, including Hugh De Autremont, awaiting trial for first degree murder. A large wedding cake was' divided among the. con tracting parties and their guests. According to 'Jail officials,; the bridegroom served " la the army with DeAutrerscnt In the. Philip pines ' and knew, him as James Price. They rcrolzed each" other at sight and cxcLatagcd hearty greetings. Duano his been out of ths army, for over tsa years, EASTER SERVICE " A WILll t)RAW;6000 ATTENDANCE RECORDS TO BE .BROKEN AT WASHINGTON Umbrella And Top Coat May Be - In Order In Many Sections ' 1 :' Of:'Th4 West' ' " WASHINGTON, April 16. - IA uejigious services, un usual j both - for settings , and im- pressiveness, have been . arranged for Easter Snnday in- tho nation's capital. - t , . Some C000 persons will wor ship with the president and Mrs. Coolidge at the Washington audi torium, where the congregaton of the First t Congregational : church, which Mr. and Mrs. Oooli'dgo' at tend regularly will hold its serv ices. . . , . This will be the largest Easter religion's ' gathering, perhaps, .'in the history of Washington and will be attended byj many. visitors, including members ot the Daugh ters of the American-1 Revolution here for their annual congress, through which the president's church arranged to use the great hall. t KANSAS CITY. April 16. (AP) -An umbrella and possibly top coat will be in order for the Easter parade in many; sections of the west. Government weather forecasts tonight predicted rain for a num ber of states between the Missis sippi river and the Rocky1 moun tains, with s generally- unsettled weather from the gulf to the Can adian border. Snow and rain was forecast for southern Wyoming, with fair skies over the -rest of the Rocky moun- IDAHO MAN IN1URED Automobilea CollideVat Junction : of Two Highways V, r H; S. Bradley, superintendent of the Idaho state Indiai school, lies la a local hospital with n paraiy- cu Biae, severe sealp and face ..wrenons,- ana possible" internal Injuries, .the result r bile accident on the Pacific high- wjty iouraay morning. ; It was reported that Mr.' Brad ley made a sharp left' turn from the Chemawa oad r onto the Pa cific highway and his car collided With "on driven T o . t-- j tj. utiruuui of Los Angeles. - Mr. Bradley was on a visit and inspection tour in nnnn . ouu, nag accomnanied hv .r w. t- his bedside. Mrs. Bradlev mi. injured. Although;, the Injured man Is in p. serious condition, at tending physicians believe that he will recover; CHILDREN ASKED 1U BIG' MATINEE :. X" nil .': '. A . .. 4 ... - . I. V , 'THE LAST FRONTIER" TO BE SPKC1AL ATTIl ACTION . ,. .... ' Showing of Wonderful Picture Scheduled for Monday Aft- ernoon at 3 The children of Salem and com munity-are' offered a big special matinee at the Hpllywood theater on Mondays afternoon at 3 oclock. AH that is necessary to do to gain admittance to the '; theater l3,to presenf; the ' coupon In this' news paper, an dfive cents at; the ticket office. - 'I t '", -, ' "The Last Frontier" Is an epical romance of the plains' when buffa loes Toamed and Taliant ' men fought and died to' wrest a vast Empire; from- the. savage hordes. This is a tremendous story of America In the making and will prove interesting to young as well as elderly people. - x. : The seenea are located In west ern Kansas In 187 and the story presents anch ?'i famous frontier characters as Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill and General Custer. The In dians are ' resisting with- all: the force at their command the Inva sion of their territory by-white settlers. There are many ' thril ling battle scenes, the attack upon a wagon train and ' the - massacre of the settlers being exceptionally realistic. From start to finish, "The. Last, Frontier" ia full of dramatic action and thrills and is iiulte "worth one's while. . COUPON V'"" H , ''"SPECIAL STATESJIAjJ-I,L,niJEIJ " . Thh coupon and fiva'ccr.ta will adsiii tny cirl cr Lc; 1 , under 15 5 . r:; cf io th3 . NEW HOLLVVrCOD TIinATEH On.llonday, April lb at 3 p.'rn fir a rr:c:l " : . showing cf tho picture , THE LAST FEOrTIEr." j t - ... .... .- V . ... , PHiffilf Largest Single Realty. Trans tei Ever; Recorded Here ; Is Announced VALLEY, MOTOR PLANS BUILDING Present Structures to Be Re . moved in Near Future COST NEAR $150000 Home for Ford Products Plan -... ... . .-. -.. .. .., . . .... i, ........ of Local Representatives; Rapid Growth in Five Years Recalled Payroll Huge. The largest single sale tif Sa lem real, property ever made was finished yesterday whenrthe Val ley MTotor company f 4onght' from the Southern Pacific Railway com pany, for about x ll&O.OOO, the whole block between Commercial and Liberty .and Marion and Cen ter, streets.! : . f .' -, . I : - It Is lha Intention of the Val ley Motor company to nse the east half of this property In construc ting a home for the- Ford products. This will give them 115 by 330 feet of space. -The west half will he developed for other business purposes. The whole of; the . 3 3 0 by 330; feet ;ls now occupied by buildings which I are rented, and most of these will bare t be mov ed la -course of time.-- , The Immediate Plans The VaTle '-Motor1' company plans to erect a pna story building on 165 by 330 feet,-to cost be tween $50,000 and $75,000. Thfs bnllmg will commence just as : soon as the old buildings are sold, . which will be in the Bear future. . They plan to 'move "to their new " home before January 1,1S28. ' ; , It certain developments take place, the -company will build on the west half which faces Commercial- street. - The 'southwest corner Is under lease to the As sociated "Oil company for several years In the future. . Growth In Five Tears .The present organization ot the Valley Motor company was form ed five years ago. They then had 20 employes. - This has grown to exactly; 50, for whichl the total payroll In 1926 amounted to $85 000. It is one of. the largest pay rolls In the city's Industries. -In 1926, 488 Ford units were sold -In the Salem 'district. ; The company-managers feel that they must keep pace with Salem and could not do It In the old location. They believe they have made a very -wise Investment. The plans -for- the new Ford agency, building are not complete but it ; will be of reinforced - con crete, will have display and gen eral offices facing south on Cen ter street, with all service en trances facing east on Liberty street. .... The company alms to stress the service department in the new lo cation, as well as sales and dem onstration. ' V V 'A Little History The Eouthem-T'acltlc Railw company acquired the block just- transferred," ten or moTe years ago, when that company expectf .1 to construct an electric line f rcr.i Salem to Portland, and the plan was to make that a central sta tion for the passenger business of the company in Salem. TOnri t the same time, rights of way were acquired' nearly all the vzy i f Continued on p? T.Tt I