I . The Drivd in Tftld DiGtvitt fr RM Cvdis Funds f6i F!66d Stiff k rers is Ladfginrt: :. Should Be SpcOLc: Ur J. r Shown "on Silver Scrjcn The Ben nur Picture t yrcgon iaunaay ana vionaayia une of the ciTUfff kyiukpasT: Unsettled. " The Income tax: plank comes along Immedl feiy after the Irst of the year, but tactlessly eglects td Include a picture of holly wreaths id a few Wordi of cheery' greeting. Wash igton Star,; ; w f . ; ', , 1 . ,: - ' . 1 .-', -" : ,.f ' ; W - - -- .. nrobab'ry showers; cooler in the Interior, normal nnmiunj, uiuvi. . "vr-r -rlv winds on the coast. Maximum tem perature yesterday. 72; minimum. 50; river, 5; atmosphere, clear; ;wind, west. VENTY-SEVENTH YEAR ;; ' t SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY HORNINrAPHlL 27, -1927 PRICE FIVIT CENTS f ALL OPENING . OFISHlFlEIi I I .-- . . Needed to Put Building in Fair Condition BOARD ELECTS TEACHERS ComnH-Ul DcpartUMmt Instruc tors Itrfltlojn for Hftshipr Sal aries; C'onsliter Miiior Blatters The old Washington school win 1e repaired aud made ready for the opening pi school next ian, it was decided last night at the regular board; meeting. A dele gation of about 25 people from the Englewood district appeared before the directors and urged that some action be taken to pro vide school facilities in that sec tion for their !hlldreni who now must go long distances to Garfield or Englewood. When the matter wis brouitht" ns for Tote, not a director dissented. " ' The matter was referred to the building committee with instruc- tions to determine what amount should be expended In putting the budding in shape for use. The committee will report to fhei board at the next regular meet-j lng. and than bids for improve ments will be advertised. A report from Cuyler Van Pat ton, local contractor, which was read to the board, Indicates that the building 'was structurally tound, with the exception of a light deflection in jj the . second floor joists over tbe main floor -?rs were - fine oonditios; -only j ?X Joist directly uttdX the tower I over the west entrance waa a bit defectives This Joist merely sup ports the roof load and is not serious. j i! : : fi. i ' Mr. aVn Patten recommended that the roof be reshlngled, the building rewired, and other .minor defects corrected- He said $8000 should be sufficient Sidney to' pat the school into rood shane to cure for two or three hundred children. The motion; to re-open the building was made by Director ' Mark McAllister, and seconded by Director Frank Nef r. The mo tion stipulated 1 that the full ele mentary course of six years be in cluded. " i - buperiotendent George Hug (CuMtiiiordj fa Pc 4.) PARIS-NEW YORK FLIGHT TO GO ON TRlMKlT STALKED HY TRAGE DY, POUR VA&VAVpS NOW UviMntaut Itavltt and Wooater Killed When Plane, Land ing. Flops Over v...... . . i. . -t- i iruilK., April Z6. IAF) - Altbmigh the PArts-to-New i ork non-stop flight, stalked , by tllent un'd tragedy since it was iirtt prowled, today lost to death two of its most ftitrenld- entrants in Uru tenant ConiWaiider Noel iavis and his alternate pilot killed at Messick. Va, The flight "ill go on. DerhaDs in the next four r five days. vj ; ; AnnonncemcUt to this effect! 'nm from those "still lnr the rare. ? who said the loss of Davis ad robbed .the venture of much I r its sportinx element. I lespite an' accident Snnday to i ie giant laono plane, the ' Bee- lanca.jihat craft wilf-be ready to weather are favorable", it was an- iionnced ?by "its barkers. ; v Tes't take iff by "suadav' if wind and flights have shown it to be in per- fect cjoadllloh. .-itiii The death or the two in Vir Kinla brought the'casualties of the uroptiHed classic to tour, two other flWs having been knied last vear. vhen coiacidentaliy; Davla was Vo in the field at that time as 4 ... .-' iididate for the 125.000 Ortels irlzel Taklug off front Roosevelt field the gjiant Fonck: pland caught tirS. and Iburned Jacob Islamoff. tac hanic. and Charlen Cfavlrr. radio operator. Captain Ren Fonck and Lieutenant; Lawrence y Curtin. Pilot, escaped. Accidents less - serious in the past; fewf days hae marked the a . ' ' i. icsis and preparations uf ; two SNYDER SLAYING BLAME DISPUTED WIFE SAYS MOTIVE WAS FEAR he Would ixjcre her Gray's Alleged Confession Claims Woman Wielded Deadly Sash M'cight NEW YORK, April 26. (AP) Mrs. Ruth Snyder's confession that she joined with Henry Judd Gray, ner cladestlne lorer, to "get rid" of her husband, Albert Snyder and stood by while, "the job" was done was read into the record to day at the trial of the woman and wan - Jut before court recessed uhui luiuurrun iub n xj was yicu for the Introduction of a confes sion attributed by the police to Gray. I The confessions' have been re pudiated by the defendants on the ground that they were obtained under duress and coercion, and the legal strategy of the trial thus far developed has been an appar ent effort of each to place the blame for the slaying of Snyder on the other. Mrs. Snyder's confession was read by George V. McLaughlin, former New York police commis sioner, who appeared as the peo ple's star witness to tell of ad missions made to him by Mrs. Sny der and Gray of a part in the kill ing. Mrs. Snyder's attorneys object ed vigorously but ineffectually to the admission of the document Lhpn it waa discovered that two of a naeea dld ot Dtear the iena- ture of Mrs. Snyder. The confession detailed that re lations between the husband and wife had been strained over a per- ( Continued on Page 4.) GOLD STRIKE REPORTED - - - - Hundreds of Prospectors Stake Claims Near Republic REPUBLIC Wash.; April 2 6. (AP)R'eports of a rich gold strike two miles west of here caus ed a rash of COO'persons to the vicinity today and nearly 100 staked out claims The rush started after Joe Wise man and Jake Rounds, prespect I ors. reported today that they found gold last night while prospecting along a wall of solid rock. After examining ore brought In by the prospectors, E. M. Tafdy, depart ment of interior official, declared that it will run $1 to a pound of ore. Mr. Taidy declared the ore was the richest he had ever seen and that i; "looked too good to be just a pocket. The solid rock would indicate a vein, he said. REVOLUTION PREDICTED Archbishop' Banhed From Sfeiico Says Freedom to Be Sought SAN ANTONIO. Texas, ; April 26. (AP) The San Antonio Ex Dress Quoted the Most Rev. Leo pold Ruix y FTores, archbishop or Michoacan. one of several Catho lic prelates recently expelled by th Mexican Kovernment. as fore casting a revolution in that coun try fn the near futdre. It cannot be very long now until the man' of the hour win make his appearance and' when he I -. 1 111 fA1lAu kin. In noes ine ueouie wui iunu " . ,nr M,AiS ' TThnrtV tt V 0 va " - J which can have only one outcomo acnulsition 6f that most pre cious of all rights, the privilege of worshiping Godcc6rding to lirtf'n own choosing." the arch bishop said. J SEA SERPENTS SIGHTED Monsters 30 ' Feejt Long Scared Fish Away, Says Angler VANCOUVErV B. C.. April 26. CAP) A new alibi for an empty fish hamper was brought to van couver today by Frederick Parnell on his' return from a piscatorial expedltlon 'td Howe Sound, off Gibson's La'ndlng, 15 miles west of here. Two sea serpents 30 feet fong and able to raise their heads six feet above water had driven all the fish away, f A number of other persons also saw the salt water monsters, Parnell averred. I v; . .t onV fit 1fi MIIQT U&tlCl 'iuwi , .wi i "ivvi in'"- h v0n' l 7- t Young Hewitt Sentenced for 31 ar dor of .ChlM of Five . - ' JEFEnSON.' Ohio.. April ' 2 6. jAP) Floyd Hewitt, 16 year old boy,' must pay wltfi his life lot the mnrder ot live year oiu rreueric Brown last , February, 1. . A Jury found him guilty of -first degree murder without a recom mendation of mercy and - Judge Chas. Sargent sentenced him to die is the electric chair at Ohio ljjiSH Great Northern Proposes Lower Rental on Southern Pacific Section EFFECTIVE DATE LATER Would Start Common! User Pro- vteioii in fUSO; Objects to Faying Half of Interest, Agrees to Third PORTLAND. April 2G. (AP.) Although the, interstate cdm- merce commission at Washington, C, today 'refused to disclose the details of the Great Northern railroad's application to extend in to south central Oregon, the Ore gonian will say tomorrow that it Mas information from unimpeach able sources that four major changes are asked by the road, from the Southern Pacific's pro posal. The changes of a major char acter proposed by the Great Nor thern, as listed by the Orgonian, are: , "1. Reduction of annual rental, unless merger proposal of North ern Pacific and Great Northern becomes effective. " "2. Effective date of common- user contract to be Jan. 1, 1930, instead of Jan. 1, 1928. "3. Duration of contract to be 50 years Instead of 99 years, with provision for extension. "4. Provision for review of the terms of contract by, the I. C. C. upon application of .either party." Many other amendments are proposed, the paper states, adding that none of them appears to be of a nature likely to create a seri ous issue between' thai two roads". "The Oregon Trunk line," ths ( Continued oa 2.) ' PRISON MATRON NAMED Eleven Women In State Peniten tiary at Present Time Mrs. Gene Halley yesterday was appointed matron of the Oregon state penitentiary ; to succed Mrs. Lulu Phillips, who has resigned. Mrs. Halley is the wife of the deputy warden of tbe prison, and served as matron - ot the institu tion during the last two years of the Olcott administration. Mrs. Phillips will make her home In Portland, where she lived previous to locating in Salem. NO - -if 9 tr f .f ' ."'.- r , - -- - i Jill f it, ' I 11 1 1 I til f f 'lii I I f 1 I "4 iM ml MM mm Sr.. '-. -aT'v - WE . f . 1'iMM Jjl . ' MUCH INTEREST IN MUSIC WEEK SALEM CHURCHES AND CIVIC CLUBS SPONSOR PROGRAMS Climax Will Be Friday Evening With PortLnd Junior Symphony Here The annual music week in Sa lem promises to be one of interest far surpassing that of former years, according to reports from the various civic bodies and music organizations in Salem. ' Special music will be presented in all churches Sunday May 1. Civic bodies will give special pro grams of music, beginning with the chamber of commerce Mon day; Kiwanls club Tuesday; Ro tary club Wednesday; Salem Real ty Board Thursdajr and the Lions club Friday. On Monday evening. May 2, the Willamette university womens glee club will give a concert at the First Methodist church, and on Tuesday evening there will be an open air concert in the state house grounds by the Clierrian band and the oratorical society. On Wednesday evening of Mu sic Week, May 4, four special mu sical events are scheduled. At the state school for the blind there will be a free concert by the stu dents of the school. At the state industrial school there will be a special concert, sponsored by the institutional department of the Salem Woman's club, and the same evening, Wednesday, a con cert will be given at the Method- SEEK DEEPER CHANNEL Senator McNary Offers Encourage ment to Portland Port PORTLAND, April 26. (AP.) The board of directors of the chamber of commerce and f. he port or fortiana commissioners at a conference today with United (States Senator C. L. McNary and Representative Maurice E. Crum packer reiterated -their stand for a channel from Portland to the sea of a depth of 35 feet and a width of 500 feet. The board of United States army engineers will be invited to come to Portland in October to obtain first hand information of needs for a larger channel and to observe the effects of the coming summer freshet on the existing channel. "I am for a 35-foot channel, whether we get it this year or the next two or three years." declared senator Mcisary. "iou need a 35-foot channel it this port is to keep its position with other ports of the Pacific, but I would like to do anything that would undo what already has been done to obtain a greater depth and width of chan nel." WONDER HE CANT GET 'EM DATE OFlirUUG MANDAMUS SET PROCEEDINGS FILED'; CON , CERNING BALIXrT TITLE Several Minor Opinions Handed Down By Supreme Court Yesterday '- The state supreme court today advanced to next Thursday argu ments of attorneys in mandamus proceedings filed by L. B. Smith of Portland, to compel Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state, to ac cept application for ballot title for a proposed referendum measure attacking the so-called property A assessment act enacted at the last session of the legislature, i The mandamus proceedings ori gmauy were filed in the state supreme court, which refused to assume jurisdiction. Mr. kniitli then filed the proceedings In the circuit court for Marion county. wifh the result that Judge ;L. II. McMahan later sustained th6 state's demurrer to the complaint. The plaintiff then appealed from Judge McMahans decision to the supreme court. It was alleged by Mr. Smith that in refusing to ac cept his application for ballot title the secretary of state denied him the constitutional right of j refer endum. The contention also was advanced that the legislature ex ceeded its authority when it at tached the emergency clause ip the property assessment law. The secretary of state denied the application for ballot title on the grounds that the assessment law carried thg emergency clause and was operative immediately upon its passage by the legislature and being signed by the 'governor. H The law; which Mr. Smith pro" posed to attack authorized: coun ty assessors to demand inventor ies and other information from taxpayers for taxation purposes It also gave to the state tax com mission power to reassess prop erty when the assessments of county assessors were declared to be unfair or unreasonable. : Mr. Smith is secretary bf the Greater Oregon association ; which (Continued on Paze5.J , PROTESTS BUS ENTRANCE Lady Says She Contributed f 1500 for Streetcars Mrs. Edward Bloom of Eugene has sent a letter to the public service commission protesting against the substitution of busses for street cars in that city. She said she contributed $1500 at the time the street car system was es tablished in Eugene,' with the understanding that the service would be continued permanently. Mtb. Bloom alleged that she has been denied this service under the schedule affecting the operation of the busses. UP spB flfi Pellagra Also Threatens; . mr Known D6ad Now Over 110, Estimates 500 HALF RELIEF QUOTA IN $2,000,000 Mark Pamcd; Rescue Work Continues; Many Hundreds" Rescued;- Army Ijeads (By Associated Press.) The flood at a glance: Three additional deaths in creased the known dead total to more than 110, with estimates of the dead running as high as" 50.0. Floods in Arkansas spread with alarming rapidity, inundating six more towns and thousands of ad ditional acres of farm lands. More danger points develop in Fine Tree state, with the over flowing .of the Ouachita river be low Camden and two crevasses de veloping in the Kochtitzke drain age district in the northeast. Flood waters of the Mississippi and the Yazoo form junction in the Mississippi delta, flooding Rolling Fork. Flood refugees increased beyond the 150,000 mark as more thou sands flee before the swift mov ing waters. . Nation's response to President Coolidge's call for funds passed the two million dollar mark, or nearly half of the five millions immediately sousrht. Red Crosp medical director calls mouth, practically every business conference j of1 health officers of firm contributed, the response he seven states in flood to co-ordinate 5 very encouraging to the the! work with that of the Red Cross arid United States public health service. , . Rescue work continues in all sections with many more hundreds taken from perilous positions on house tops, in trees and from mounds and levees. 1 Secretary Hoover gets close-up 1,?!; VJ 1 vdJl site, Aim oo p M qvov v a. the flooded cities. Epidemic Threatens PINE BLUFF, Ark., April 26. (A P.) With several cases already rtDorted. Monticello tonight was (Continued oo Page 2.) TESTIMONY WITHDRAWN Gerard Brothers Say They Were Mistaken About Date SEATTLE April 26. (AP) With the defense resting its case late today in tte mnrder trial of Dr. C. C. Dobbs; Kfrkland dentist. the taking of testimony came to a dramatic close when the test! mcfny of two- chief, witnesses was stricken from the record on mo tion of Prosecutor Ewing' D. Colv vin. Dobbs Is accused of killing Letitia Whitehall. 14 year old patient. rin iffttA iho nnurt ih the two Gerard 'brothers' James a ni .William whn liaH IHAntifiAd Dr. Dobbs: ks the man they saw on a bridge near Kirkland on the night of October' 30, when" tfie girl was slain, had declared that they were mistaken. The brothers said that, they were on the hHdge on another night, Letitia's body was found under (the bridge November 14, and ft is the state's contention that she was attacked and killed by Dr. Dobbs ".'and that her body was', carried to the bridge and thrown into the slough, i. f!AR II PS FT. TH RFF HURT - Aged CTouple' Amoiijr i Victhns of : EUGENE; April 26. ( AP)--MllesRamey, 8& ' Mrs. Ramey, $2, and Mrs. Belle Epton, all of Maytleld, Wash., are in ; a local hndKTtat - as ihv'-mfnitr tit ttn mobile accident near . "here this afternoon -Mr. Ramy? is suffer - Ihg from scalp weunds and a f rac- tared rib,; Mrs. RtfmejKf rom calp wounds "and'a fractured dollar tone and Mrsi Epton from serlousl scalp, wounds.-. - A sister of Mrs.4 Epton who- 'was al30 In the car. wasrnorserlously Injured." - '; - 'jThe accident ''occurred when tbe machine, driven hy Mrs. Ep- ton, struck loose gravel where the pavement of the Pacific highway was washed out during the recent freshets. The driver anolled the car. overturned ONLY $17Q ADDED TO RELIEF FUNDS - EVERY EFFORT TO SEND AN- OTHER? $300 TODAY Thousands Without Food ana Shelter Require Ready. Assistance Now Straight to the hearts of Wil- lamctte district people goes the appeal for relief for .the 150,000 stricken folks in the flood districts of, the south and 'middle west. That the true situation is com ing to the attention of our own fortunate Oregoriians is proved by the raising of over a third of the $2000 quota for this district be ing raised hy the Red Cross. Dr. Henry Morris, chairman of tbe' local drive, reports that work ers and the public In general' arc taking more interest in the appeal for aid. " "Hundreds of thousands of dol lars must be secured at once. Dr. Morris points out. In some parts of the country the reply is instantaneous. He l believes -that Marion - and Polk . county -people will act promptly in providing the $1200 yet to be secured here. This money should be wired to San FanciscO with the least possible delay as thousands upon thous ands of men, wbmen and children are in desparate need,- homeless and without food." : Yesterday's woVk brought the local fund to $570. I Of this amount. $500 " has ; already "been sent in and today's should pro vide enough to wire in another $500 tonight. Late returns of the diiv"e: First Methodist church $61.50 First Baptist church. $69.10 (this includes $25 voted by the church deacons in addition to the amount given by members). Aurora, $22. . ' -. - Monmouth, $117.61. In Mon- Workers. r" ' StoAitJ'3-'' Many towns and localities are yet to be heard from, according to Dr. Morris, it being hoped that these returns will at Jeast bring the first report. tonah exess of I $1000 FRAUD HIT Hotel - Men's Assoc iatfoii Seeks to Prevent Swindle"; PORTLAND, April 2 6. (AP) An offensive is" to he launched by Oregon' hotel men' and the Bet ier. iiusiness 5ureau against an organized groun of swindlers who they declare, have been operating in the state what is termed, the apartment house graft." f At a meeting here tonight plans were made for a full Investigation of the aaJr- Stating that there " cauea jo nis attention 25 cases ,n which people have been swindled by the operators, George w. Moyer, Portland hotel man outlined the manner in which the graft Is carried oh. Mr. Moyer termed the' graft the modern shell game." saying that in ynost Cases the apartment bui'd Inga used In this form of swindle are merely shells. He said the ow,uu,c oeing worxea in Other I otvttiflU t I t t . .. 1 ac"c ft'es- I 1 - '. ...... OlA . I KUUrv i-INtS CITED Motor Carriers Must Explain Fail- lire to Abide By Laws' ' Six m6tor. carriers operating in Oregon have been cited to appear before the public service commis I slon here'May 8; and show cause I why t their permits should no tv be I suspended.' - It was alleged that the carriers either had failed to I pay their- fees or ' make their monthly renorts as' reanlrnd hv the '. transportation act. eitatlon order fnclnde the Spick erman-Graft Truck line, L The Dalles; j Motor Transit company Portland; ; Waldport - Cbrvallis Truck line. Waldport; A.' B. Sacre Monmouth Jenck Brothers. Clov erdale, and W- S. Grant. Dallas, til? !. ....... I SHIERMAN BOUND OVER J ' ' . j KUvertots. t Youth Bound -Over on 1 1. : "r Manslaughter Charge '-PORTLAND; " April "2 6V ( AP - - Wa!ter Shierman 6f SUvertfih I driver of the automobile which" 1 collided . with another machfo here'Aprll 17,' resulting"-in Vt'b J death of Th'urnian'L. "Parker , if Seattle, waived preliminary ; heaf- J lag and ' was bound over- to' th I grand Jury today when he appearr fed in Municipal Judge-To: Vinson's court on a charge of ifJVCl OW MISSISSIPPI TO HALT FLOOD Desperate Measure Probably Will Be Necessary to Save New Orleans v EMERGENCY PROCLAIMED Protests' Heard From 'Residents of Area That Will bo Inun datel; Evacuation Al- ivady tTnder Way NEW ORLEANS, April 26. (AP.) Governor O. H. Simpson tonight issued a proclamation de claring that a public emergency exists and, ordering the creation of an artificial break in the leva of the Mlsslssipprrlver near Poy dras at noon Friday, April 29. MEMJHIS, Tenn., April 26. (APi) Desperate :' measures to protect New Orleans from the force of the floods that daily are laying waste new areas In Arkan sas and Mississippi were agreed today by he federal government, subject to the approval of army engineers and the Mississippi river commission. The plan to remove the menaco from the so uth'a largest city1, put forward by . Governor Simpson ot Louisiana, and Mayor O'Keefe ot New Orleans, is for the blasting - of a wide breach In the east levee of the Mississippi ten miles be low the city. - This brought an immediate pro test from 1 the. inhabitants of the 30 square miles that thus. would be .flooded, asa s wejl as from rt he business interests of Natchez, who demanded , a cut at Morgan, so as to-protect that -city s-welt as New Orleans. .To that Baton .Rouge ob jected on the ground that it would flood 30,000 square miles of rich cduntry, . Including Louisiana's sugar cane growing section. . .'". i ne wnoie question . was lerc with tbe river commission and tbe army : engineers at VIcksburg, where Secretary Hoover and MaJ. General Jadwin, chief of army engineers, arrived today to partici pate iu the conferences. While the danger to New Or leans is not thought to be immi nent, engineers all along have been apprehensive for the safety ot that port when the crest of the flood. located today off Helena, Ark., (0ntinaqd as Fse 2.) COAST TO COAST MARATHON PLAN C.r C. PYLE SAYS THERE'S BIG MONEY IN IT; MANY ENTER Man Who Made Red Orange Quit CoIIego Puts Tjp V25.000 : First Prize - LOS ANGELES," April 26.- (By AP.) C, C. Pyle, versatile ' pro moter, of professional sports.: to day announced a Xos Angeles-to-New Y6rk maratHon foot race. to be held in February, 1928, with a 125,000 prise to the winner, prob ably as much more in nine other awards, and with an world-wide entry list. : ' The marathon is expected to take three months" to complete. ' and front the winners vaudeville contracts, running exhibitions and indorsement of advertised prod ucts, as well as "inducements' to be offered by cities along the route, Pyle said it would, mean $250,000 profit to the promoter. The $25,000 first money ... will' cdme from Pyle's own pocketbook. but he expects tbe additional nine prizes, beginning with $10,000 as a 'second place award, to be ad- lie Mgic Garden Is( A Great Picture . Now on at Elsiriore 4-V This Is one of Cene Etratt j , -Porter's greatest productions; great book,; worthy of her rn : ... .ory- for she was killed la t i I iautomoblle .wreck at Los tireles. after fialhirr 'Keeper of the LVts.' 1 Jscrtntn in "T? !" Jden"?-is wor, icrr . -.The; scree n : g 1.. - . jra at new '!' . lerofrisj eft - - s America's . . s Yon brakes . and the Into a dltc"i. ' r iUsUaat a pat a.) V 1 penitentiary on August 10. . 1 raai:.!: ;Ltcr,