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The Salem Y M C A Is Mapping Out a Greater Comntun Been, Carried Practically Every Able Bodied Inmate of the Whole 583 in Oregon Slate Penitentiary Is Now Employed fu'ff Weather forecast: Unsettled, ' probably f showers: moderate temperature; moderate Aq ankle contest was held tn Maine the other day and'rhe'W'omair who-woa-first-prlze was a grandmother.". Who was it said that this Is the age of youth northwest winds along coast. Maxjniu.mtenv peraturfe yesterday 75, minimum 50. river tf ye i.i. minus rainfall none, atmospnere ciouqy, wind northwest. II ... C i' t 1.5 SEVENTY-SEVENTH TEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS AWCiRTH NAMEP fiw-iiHy o 'ifiulee; If. - n Work NEW W. U. DEAN REACHES SALEM LYLE RETAINED TEMPORARILY KEPT CLOSE TAB ON PUBLIC FOLK YOUTH Xp DIFFERENT THIS CiKXKJiATIOX, BELIEVES DRY EXFORCE3IEXT OFFICIAL Hi SOT DISCHARGED CITY CHARTER REQUIRED RE CORDER TO RECORD Miss Olive M. Dahl Graduate of Wesley College and North. Da kota U. Treasury Officers Insist New Man Will Be Placed in Posi tion Soon FOUND AFLOAT Salem Had Four Wards in 1874; Patrolman's Duties Not Burdensome m m at y ISiiB KELLEY APPEflL HABEAS CORPUS RHRS START OF LOST PLANE ni flRI m I i A T ii ill nui . i i my i 1 1 iiiili i rum i if i i inn uuiy i iMuni iim ONG HIS 0 , Aptjvities.Xere Exceptional, Visiting Official Says at Meeting DIRECTORS HAVE DINNER Estimates ,,qf Kxpendltures for J9'i7-'8 Higher Than Previous Year, Activities A" t b Increased By CliarleH J. Lisle -The Salem Y is better usod than almost any other Y in the Northwest," said Harry Stone. In ternationally famous director of the Portland Y. M. C. A. at the annual Setting-Up meeting of the Sa)era Y last light. ''"You get more and better ac tivities and service for your mon ey than most associations ever dreamed; twice over more than most of themi-and the others are worth their cost and more, at that. I'm simply amazed at your program of 'service, and. the way you do it. : I'm sending my son here to Salem for the next four years, to enter Willamette Uni versity: but the determining fac- 'tor Is the privilege of growing up In such a Y. M. C. A. as Salem maintains.?- u ' Ilndget Proposed He said a lot more,' that would seem boastful for a Salemite even to repeat; but he gave figures to prove that the praise is earned. The tentative budget and activ ities program" for 1927-28 was oresented to the group of officers nd frfendp who gathered for the tnnttai51aner and budget adop tion. lt': big almost $40,000 in - ll; and advance 'oreaflyIO,-' 100 over lastiyear. ' It is figured- that. where the building was-" designed for 1500 activetne"mbers, there are now ,,,5lout 1200 regulars; and the tneraihip committee will try to puJn -s300 more members, up to i,the nominal capacity. They may have to cut the cor- ners a little closer for some of the activities; but they can crowd in that many;mor Mr. Stone says tComtiaoed on par 2 ) HOLLYWOOD CLUB OUTLINES NEEDS "ANOTHER " MEETING TO P.E HELD NEXT WEDNESDAY Tolic and Fire Protection, Ade .Quat j Lighting )id . ..Drainage Sought - Four major Items will be In the petition drwq np by Hollywood suburban citizens at the commun ity club meeting next Wednesday. The petition will be submitted to the city council, at a subsequent meeting. . Constant police protection. Im proved fire protection, a system of street lighting, and better sewer nd drainage facilities are the things which the club men will seek f ro'm the city officials. During the vacation season with the city police force short 'handed, the patrolman on the Hollywood beat has been taken away for long periods at a time. A number of petty thefts from houses in the vicinity have re sulted. The Holly woodites are going to ask that an officer patrol me streets there every night Inability to secure street lampsTeperator8 f Ange,es theaters along Capitol street ih the bus! ness district of Hollywood is be ginning to vex property owners there. . When the business houses close at night, the street is dark, providing an invitation to burg lars and enhancing the danger of , accidents. -Whenever there is a fire in the , Hollywood district, the trucks from down town most make a run t of . two miles or more through traffic to : reach it. Often arrive -al the cen ton iatm tn cantrnl 'the" blase before - It has caused 'much v. damage. The property owners Are going to make sure that the district s not overlooked when the funds raised from the 2 mill levy are, available. 1 The' biggest problem In south 'east Salem is also' the biggest pro blem in the northern district (Continued p(t 8.). With the announcement vester day that itev. qhjes c. Haworth, j pastor of the local friends church. had been appoipijjo " Spanish, .the faculty at vuiam ette university Js complete.,, lie wii fill the , vacancy created by the resfisnation of Professor Wal ter T. Phillips. Kev. Haworth came to Salem abouj six months ago after a num ber of years residence In Cuba and Mexico where he mastered the Spanish language, lie is a grad uate of Penn college, Iowa, and has had several years of experi ence as a college and high school Instructor. The five positions on the facul ty left vacant by resignation or death of professors now have all been filled. .Olive M. Dahl will succeed Frances Richards as dean of women. Cecil Monk, graduate of Nebras ka Wesleyan and University of Illinois will succeed R. Darwin Burroughs as instructor in zoo logy. Alexander Vaaakas, holder of five university degrees from New York university, Columbia univer sity. University of Chicago, Uni on Theological seminary, and Un iversity of Sorbonne, will succeed Gustav Ebsen, deceased, as head of the modern language depart ment. Roy Hewitt, professor now at O. A. C. will act as d8an of the law school and give instruction in torts and contracts to suceed Roy Harding. It is also reported that Profes sor Sciva Bright Laughlin has re covered sufficiently to take over the economics department of which he is the head. Prospective students are- al ready arriving -on the.a,nip.us And an enrollment of 175 in the fresh men class is expected. Workmen were mowing and raking the campns yesterday to put it In proper condition before school opens. PATIENT SOON CAUGHT Man Believed Dangerous Files Jllo k Off Door of Ward C. J. Pairan, one of the most dangerous patients in the Oregon state hospital, was captured by at tendants at the institution early Friday after h had removed a padlock from te door of the ward in which he was restrained and had lowered himself to the grounds by means of an improvis ed rope made from bed sheets. Pairan was received at the hos pital from Multnomah county in February of this year and had since been an inmate of a ward on -the third floor of the institu tion. There were 40 other men In this ward, but none of them at tempted to escape. Officials said the 'padlock was removed from the door by means of a file which apparently had been smuggled In to the hospital. The patient was detected bv at tendants before he had reached the ground, and was captured without difficulty. Pairan proba bly will be committed to the crim inal Insane ward where he can be watched more closely. MOVIE STRIKE IN SOUTH Musicians, Stage Hands and Op erators wauc Out Tonight LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9. (AP) A strike of the musicians, stage nanus and motion picture machine naa Btri iui lumurrow nignt in a notice served on theater managers today by Js W. Gillette, president of the local musicians union. The threat to strike resulted from the failure of -the opposing factions to ' compromise on the employes' demands for wage Increase and shorter hours. ' - INQICATE DISAGREEMENT Action. Taken on Rediscount Rate Vi xjfpt Reached Unanimously . WASHINGTON. Sept. 9. (AP) Edmund Piatt, vice governor of the federal reserve hoard, dis closed tonight that the board had not acted unanimously in recent ly establishing a' rediscount rate of 3 1-2 per cent for the Chicago federal reserve bank In place' of a' 4 per cent rate. Convict Illegally DetainefJ an(j uA Qtnhi n ESCaoe. Judge Rules WRONG REMEDY SOUGHT Jurisdiction Alone Can be Ques tioned in Writ, Held; Further Delay Before Final Deci sion Foreseen Although Ellsworth Kelly, con vict who parydpated in the prison break here two years ago in which two guards were killed, was at the time held in the prison illegally and therefore entitled to escape, a writ of habeas corpus cannot be granted in the case at the present time, it was ruled here Friday by I.. H. McMahah, circuit judge. Kelly's attorneys had filed a pe tition for a writ based upon the contention that the statute under which he was convicted and sen tenced was unconstitutional. Upholds Contention McMahan indicated that he agreed with this contention, stat ing that "being confined without warrant qf law he had a legal right to escape and in doing so use all necessary means to effect that pur pose, even to the extent of killing those who opposed him in the es cape. This is a legal right com mon to every citizen, under all conditions and however disastrous to the innocent." A writ of habeas corpus, how ever, is not the proper remedy In the situation, according to McMa han. When the case was argued before him it Was the contention of the state that a writ ot habeas 9orpu8can !3era&ted ' only when Continn4 oo Dag 2.) CHANGE IN RULING MADE No Workers on Log Rafts Includ ed In Compensation Act SEATTLE, Sept. 9. (AP) Men working on log rafts whether moored or in transit, do not come under the longshoremen's and harbor workers compensation act, Willian A. Marshall, deputy com missioner in charge of district 14, ruled here today. This ruling, which will have a wide effect in the Pacific northwest, reverses the general interpretation of the act in this section. . . ; 1 1 JUNKING THE "JENNIES"! ..-.- '- y&X VA 4,.. . V ; "Boys and girls of today are just the same as my friends and I were a few years ago no dif ferent, and I like them," declar ed Olive M. Dahl, new dean of women at Willamette university, who arrived in Salem yesterday mornfng, direct from New York city. f "Perhaps, they are a bit more independent but so are all us. Women for instance, no Ion er are the sedate creatures th were a few years ago." Mtss Dahl. who will succe Frances M. Richards in the de ship, was reticent as to her "pol itics." '& "I came to an empty Lausan ball, to empty university bnilip ings. So, tar I have talked! scarcely anyone. I had better waft to speak until I understand coA ditions better. Anyway, my h?: policy is to get along with tjjE girls. I hope they like me." g As to "rules," Miss Dahl woula only say. "It is interesting to sti dy the evolution of rules. Some f those in the past have been So foolish." t Miss Dahl,- who is a markedly pleasant young woman, gradual ed from Wesley college and Uni versity of North Dakota, both o) which are located on the sam campus at Grand Forks. She served as dean of women at these institutions following her gradu ation. During the past year, she has (Continued on Pace 3.) LEGAL LOOPHOLE FOUND I Technicality Results in Freeirig Man From Slaying Charge , SAN JOSE, CAL., Sept. 9. (AP) Joseph " C. Jean was on Thursday freed of the charge of murdering Albert R. Miller at Campbell, near, here on the nignt of May 28, because Miller's wife of two weeks, the only witness of the slaying,, was adjudged Jean's common-law wife and hence for bidden by law to testify against him. According to Mrs. Miller's statement to officers after Mil ler's slaying, Jean, with whom she had lived for 12 years prior to her marriage to Miller, came to! their Campbell home two weeks after the marriage and failing in hts effort to persuade her to leave Miller to return to their Los An geles home with him, pulled a revolver and shot Miller twice. He then attempted to kill her, Mrs. Miller said, but fled when she grappled with him. WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. (AP) For the present, at least, Roy C. Lyle will continue as prohibi tion administrator for Washing ton, Oregon and Alaska. Assistant Secretary Lowman of the treasury In charge of prohibi tion enforcement' announced late today that Lyle' would return to his post "awaiting the outcome of the regular civil service appoint ments." It was reiterated by treasury officials, howejer, that he probably would be supplanted soon.' jj ' Lyle was summoned to Wash ington two weeks ago to explain reported unsatisfactory conditions in his district. Today his case was discussed at a conference between Prohibition Commissioner Doran and Mrs. Mabel Walker Wille brandt, assistant attorney general in charge of .prohibition cases. Lyle was not present. Later It was announced he would return ta his Seattle post. Mrs. Willebrandt," it is under stood declared that Lyle's re moval or retention would not af fect seriously the outcome of the pending Omstead conspiracy cases, in which he is a witness, if the evidence had been properly gathered. In announcing that Lyle's status would be held more or less in abeyance, Lowman also made known that he had suspended Al fred M. Hubbard and Richard L. Fryant, prohibition agents under Lyle, from duty and pay for "ir regularities in connection with the smuggling of liquor," The exact nature of the charges gainst them ws not made public, but the re ports of their alleged activities will be referred to the department of justice for "appropriate ac tiowitaiitjfa&Tt said. No other agents in the Seattle district, were said tQ ' be Involved in 'alleged Irregolarities: " r Lyle will be back on the job in (Continued on Pag ,3.) NO SNOW ON M'KENZIE Highway Department Slakes Statement to Settle Rumors There is no snow at the summit of MeKenzfe Pass, according to announcement made at the offices of the state highway commission. The announcement was made, it was said, to set at rest recent re ports that snow bad fallen there to a depth of several inches. Light equipment will be main tained at the summit of the pass to remove the early snow. Report Locates Airplane Old Glory 400 Miles Out from St. Johns LITTLE CREDENCE GIVEN Request Broadcasted to all Canad ian Vessels In Vicinity or Ap proaching to Keep Sharp Lookout HALIFAX. N. S-. Sept. 9. : (AP) Canadian vessels were asked tonight by government radio stations to assist in the search for the monoplane Old Glory, missing on a flight from Old Orchard. Maine, to Rome.1 At the request of the United States embassy, the naval department at Ottawa or dered the search. The message it broadcast called attention to re ports that the monoplane had been sighted 400 miles east northeast of St. Johns. This was believed to be her position before she sent out an SOS Wednesday morning. Word Received HALIFAX, N. S., Sept. 9. (AP) C. H. Harvey, local agent for the marine and fisheries de partment, received a message to night from Ottawa stating the air plane Old Glory had been sighted approximately 400 miles east of northeast of St. Johns. The origin of the message was not stated but Mr. Harvey at once had it broadcast through the gov ernment radio stations requesting all Canadian vessels in that' vicin ity to hasten to render ev?ry aid. The text of the message as giv en out by Mr. Harvey said: - - !Toe airplane Old G4ory repert- (Continoed oa page S.) WELCOME LEGIONNAIRES Thousands More Than Were Ex . pected in Paris or" on Way PARIS, Sept. 9. (AP) Eight thousand American Legionnaires now are in Europe, 2,000 are on the high seas and 7,000 are wait ing shipping accomodations in New York, Boston and Montreal, insur ing the presence of 27,000 when the congress opens September 19. This number surpasses by several thousand the total the .Legion had expected to bring to Paris. Never before has ! the Paris municipal council made such elab orate arrangements to welcome guests, the decorations surpass ing even those made for the Vic tory parade July 14, 1919, and the opening day of the convention la still ten days away. WOULD FLOOD KLAMATH Game Commissioners' Convention y Completed in Seattle SEATTLE,- Sept 9. (AP) Robert H. Hill, state game warden of Montana, today was elected president of the Western Associa tion of State Game Commission ers, in ' convention here. D. E. Pettis, Arizona 'commissioner, was named vice' president. The 1928 convention will be held in Seattle In conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Fisheries society and the International Association of Game Commissioners. A resolution calling for In troduction In congress of a meas ure authorizing reflooding of low er Klamath, lake in Oregon, was also endorsed.'-' ' ' TWQ P'YPECES AT TIME Woman Has Two" Husbands; Does RENO! NEV.; Sept 9.(AP) r Filing two sultst to end ' marri age against two different men at the same time, Mrs. Leona Gladys Mills pf sparks today asked the district court Ipr a divorce from Waiter Tinsley, . whom - she mar ried at Eureka, CaL, January 2. 1925; and to4 atinnl her marriage 6 Clarence Basil Mills, whpm she wedded In" Susahville, .'Cal., , In February; 192.J5u She ; says Tin sley deserted her and she under stood be had obtained a divorce when she" married Mill but - af terwards 'she found Tinsley ,wa alive In Fftxbngh, Okla.. so she By Victor D. Carlson A half-entury ago, Salem citi zens did not resort to mass meet - Ings in community clubs to jog np officials who were believed to be negligent of the people's interests. Instead, they made the city re corder responsible for seeing that members of the council were ftres- ent at every meeting and com pelled him to keep an account "in a well bound book" of their ac tivities. Five days was the maximum period a city officer could remain out of town without losing his jcb, except by special permis sion of the common council. An ordinance of the year 1874 reads: "Whenever any city officer shall remove from the city or shall ab- sent himself from the same for the space of five days, without having first obtained permission from the city council, the council may declare such office vacant and shall proceed to fill the same ih the manner provided by law." ; The city at that time was divid ed into four wards. All that por- tion"""of the city north of Marion street constituted the first ward; all between Marion and Court streets, the second ward; all be tween Court and Ferry, the third ward; and all south of . Ferry street, the fourth ward. The two aldermen from each ward met regularly once each month. The city surveyor, city attor ney, street 3 commissioner, and the two patrolmen were the only em ployes to receive a definite sal ary, all others Including the mar shal, the recorder, ahd the treas urer relying on fees or a percent age of moneys collected. ' The surveyor was paid $8 per day. He' apparently was the most highly paid employee "of the city, but his job was not a steady one,, The city attorney received a- sal- Lary 4)tr $100--per year, and the streets commissioner was paid $3 per day for time actually used in the city's service. ' Patrolmen received $60 per; month. Their duties consisted of "lighting and caring for the! street lamps, and taking charge as watchmen of the city by night..' MORE SEARCHERS START Mazamas, Crak Rats and Mem bers of Advertising Club Go PORTLAND, Sept. 9. (AP) Augmenting searching parties al ready hunting for Henry Cramer, 23, and Guy Ferry, 26, The Dalles youths lost on the Three . Sisters since Monday were parties of Ma zamas, Crag Rats and Portland Advertising club members today. Four automobiles, 'carrying 14 Mazamas, left Portland tonight for Frog Camp on the west side of the North Sister, where the headquarters of the search have been established.. 640 ACRES TO BE SOLD Plans Made to Dispose of Three Point Military Tract WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. (AP) The three point military reser vation, 20 miles northwest of As toria, Oregon, and four miles from Skamokawa, Wash., comprised of, about 640 acres will, be sold' uih der sealed bids to be opened 'at the war department October 5. Department officials ' estimated that there is about f 10,000,000 feet of marketable timber .on the grounds, mostly. In fir, spruce, hemlock and 'red cedar. VVATKINSV NAME PICKED 200 People Meet' in Portland and Go on Record for Candidate PORTLAND. Sept. 9- (AP) At a meeting attended by approx imately ,20. persons,'! Elton Wat kins, democrat, was tonight nbm inated for representative of the third congressional district, to sac ceed the - late Maurice E. Crum- packer.., Watkins'was the only name presented to the meeting. Milton A. Miller made the nomina tion.. .. - 1 . ;. .' ; CHARTER SHIP FOR HUNT Hearst Keyr York Paper Sends Out in Search of Old Glory" 4. st: johns; n;p. sept. 9 (AP) The steamer "Kyle, under charter to the Ner York Daily. Mirror has set but ou aSeafctf for the Ol4 Glory : , ' Sxoressions of Sentiment ?." Qrqw Stronger Than Ever Against Stunts INDICATIONS MULTIPLIED Certificate of Air Worthiness De nied Levine; Royal Wimlsor Called Rack; Rrenien Trip tiposed t o tt a riTT a t r n rt i n ine rouna-tne-woria monoDiane Pride of Detroit arrived here from after a flight of 780 miles. . .n i,M i i i ik rv s- in s i a - 1 Old ninrv 'nnrl Kit Jnhn rnrlffi the most recent olanes to try the Atlantic crossing, were definitely labeled "lost today and their did- appearance maked a &han break au uuuiu: riitiiiiMiiiNiii iur iiiiiic in tance ocean flying. Plain indications "multiplied during the day that the public . . u 1 1 l 1 1 Mil. , i iitp. .ii mi,. venture ana dudiic opinion wad mirrored in numerous ways. ine navy recalled Lieutenant ""ifcuio Varua ironi nis leave oi aDsence to riy with Rene Fonck o-xiu ruuci achuuwieuKca mat dm r. n . T. 1 , , i . . . . . iugnt would probably not be made this year without Curtin. : Windsor Recalled cnarge- oi tne proDosed fltzbt of ine uoyai Windsor notified Ph i Wnrul anil rintro cnMi:.'i.' . -..,. don the flight. A rising t..f; . yuuuc opinion against tik i "a ivcu a hie reason lor cancellation :uoc" K-inaade, Wright motor expert, left London to sail for au9cu iu ki ve uiianea a. ievind a J " A 1 1 a w a certificate of air -worthiness and max tt wesiwara iiigni at inn 1 , If Li 1 IJ. U HUH1UH I f 1 HI. lemnt." Tevinf sni. liio nllnt nowever Insisted they wouldl mate the attempt if they" ot f av- orable weather. . in Germany, Captain HermaTl rwoein, piiot oi ine junKers plana Bremen, was fighting what seemed to be a losing battle withf the strong tide of public opinion! against making a . trans-Atlantld Press Ciiiical London newspapers - carried. caustic commen-t on "fool fllTit . Continues en par S.) HOPE EBBS FAST w ... - , ... FOR BOY HIKERS LITTLE CHA.CE HELD FOR 3 YOUTHS OF THE DALLES TllirtV Men Cnnh .Mnnnta n T- Cfon TTear Three Sisters in , v " ; Vain Search f Hope1 diminished here tonight that ubt Ferry and Henry Cramer. The Dalles youths,, would be found alive on the snow swept slopes o2 the Three Sisters whose peaks they check , of sheen camps near the base of the mountainscompleted at dusk tonight, eliminated what was neia out as tne last cnance ica ;xne two yonins mignt yet o alive. ' It bad been thought possi ble that the boys might 'have sougnt shelter in one of the camp when they became lost in tnq storm lashed wilderness. j Men already in the foothills pushing the quest, and those who were jat SIsterV tonight waiting for the first ray dawn, were to bo aided by another group num bering 35 and by noon tomorrow 50 will be engaged is the rescue attempt. ' f 3 Only those experienced in moun tain climbing and who are proper ly equipped for the ardnons task were accepted. The- hunt will bo difficult now, it .was explained, with rain and snow falling, vis ability unusually low and under brush soaked with moisttfre. The 'last hope -of finding tha yooths with some sheep herder vanished tonight when Ranger R. C 'Burgess sent Into the Indian Hole country this morning, fouuJ . . . (CMtiiMMHt Bua.l . .... (v