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Oregon's Population Has Passed the Million Marie, Says Sam A. ICozer: and State 's Growth Just Beginnu: Gity Gould- do San: '! "V I, Weather forecast: Fair, but cloudy and unsettled over extreme north portion; tome what lower temperature over interior; mod erate to fresh southwest and west -winds on coast. ) Maximum temperature yesterday S6 minimum 38,? river 3.5, rainfall none, atmos f First Section Pages J to 6 .Three Sectlon3--22i Pages phere clear, wind northwest. : . .... T SEVr-SEVENTIl YEAR 1 s SALEM. OREGON, SUNDAY. MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1927 PRICBt FIVE CENTS Privzte Citizen1 Makes 'Gotttiaes -P J! : " ;..- ' riyiM': : 7 f-- ' - " - --:i-v - 1 a , '-r?K-r r-f"-v: . . ' Mm r .Ml' I ; -.':H?rvr0' -.:!- r luRlDOETAlLS h 2 1 j . CB1T0LW lillli Bulgarians Kidnapped By Jugo-Slav Secret Police, " Late Report TORTURE STORIES TOLD Off Iclal Statement by. Government At Sofia ConlderabIy Toned Down; Effort Toward . Peace Claimed SOFIA. Bulgaria, Oct. 8 (AP) Deep regret .and stern disap proval are felt by the Bulgarian government for the assassination of General Kovachevitch and. re cent frontier incidents which hay? caused protests from Jugt Slavia. it was learned - today in official circles here. U M:. :: ;; . . .; The Bulsarian government s is desirlous to maintain and improve it relations with Jugo Slavia and to dispel any distrust of the out side world concerning ' Bulgaria's earnest and sincere efforts toward peace, it was stated. ; SituaUon Merety Hinted Arrests by Jugo Slavia in Za- gTab of Macedonian students as well as Jugo siavia s aiwiuae to ward her Macedonian ' population u resoonfiible for the - rekindling imnnldMllZ fire of the comUadji bands Iwhich! Sofia en tirely disapproves. ' It is declared here that the skel eton -of the Bulgarian! army left bv the disarmament clause of the treaty of Versailles makes it ex tremely difficult for the uujgar iUa n natral the frontiers and preserve order. :- I r Within recent week i charges A that Bulgarian studente have been arrested by Jugo Slavian secret nolice and in some cases tortured inrinr anatloninsr about .Mace donian activities, ihave been made nf in hv the Association of Macedonian Students Abroad. Thia AuiAetatlon declared that . - " - - V - (Coa tinned ea pQ,4.) RUSSLL SCOTT TAKES OWN LIFE wp.AT.THT CAWAUJAN . SrC CHEATOG GAixbwS Famous Morfertrilid JWnvSen fenced to Haag'tpoat. Dif ferent Occasions CHICAGO. -" Oct. K 8. if API Russell Scott," forlcner. wealthy Ca nadian - bridge promoter, who haa narrowly escaped the gallows aen tence following his conviction on a eharg of . murder hung himself : in the Cooir comity jail tonight. If is lifeless body was .found in his cell at tier two of the county iail by the Jailer. He hanged himself 'with: hfa- belfcrm A i The iailer said that he had pjassed Scott's cell, at 45 p m. aBd that he was all right, lut when he passed again -an, hour ; later? he noticed the body. ! Scott, convicted of the murder of Joseph Maurer. drug clerkj in a holdup, had "been in" the1 cell sinctf hlr return several' months ago from :anr insane asylum where he had - been- discharged after sanity hearing to again ; face the penalty of death. He had a hear ing Ja- September and it waa post- pened to some time this month. By his suicide; Scott finally won his aensa'tional light to -defeat the courth-of. Illinois .which; time and again 'turned, down his pleas . o not guilty-and decreed' that he must die -on -the- gallows,? vl '. ; Seven times was Scott In the shadow of the gallows in the four years since he lsi alleged to have slain Maurer. - -, M M-'r'' Scott's : -conviction r followed. jcloiely on his plea of .guilty, to tho r murder charge. A. Judge dragged ftm his bed one night ' granted 'iji a stay of exeeutlonr few mo niaenu bef ore he waa to have been hanged. All legal maneuvers poa- Bible under IUinoia law were used ; t keep him from paring the pen- alty. Large ' defense ;funds 1 Irere ) raised by general contributions and Scott's wife herself worked tirelessly in his behalf i ' A battery f lawyers and high V priced alienists wrere enlisted ,in . the fight- to keep Scott from, the (ContiaMd oa p(- -) WALTER DENTON SERVICE MONDAY Vv . v.. - M.N PROMINENT IX CIVIC WORK IMES IN POkTLAND Served i in ; Prison Wejfare, . Boy 1 ' ;U Scoot and Rotary -Onb . Activities Funeral services for Walter A. Denton, beloved Salem pioneer citizen, who died yesterday morn ing at a Portland hopltal follow ing a serious abdominal operation. will be .held from the Flnley undertaking parlors in Portland at' Z:30 p. m. Monaay. ouna ceremonies at the Portland crematorium will be conducted bv be Masonic lodge. Mr. Denton is survived by his wife. Mary Stelner Denton, whom he "married 35 years ago; a bro ther, carl Denton, a prominent Portland physician, and , a slater, Mrs. Fred Crowthers, alo of Port land. Born in Yorkshire, England, in 1872, Walter Denten-came to the United States when but a child. In 1887, be moved to Salem and ived here continuously since that t.'me. He attended public schools in Salem, later enrolling In the Willamette university law school. Shortly after his arrival in Sa lem," Mr. Denton became associa ted with the Thomas Kay. woolen mjflls company, later engaging In the dry goods business with H. W. and M. L. Meyers, his major Inter est for 30 years. When this busl- ness was disposed of to the Miller Mercantile company, be became cashier for Utter Brothers. Up umtll the time of his death, toe was cashier for the Salem clinic. Mr. Denton was earnestly inter ested lnthe public service, being active in prison welfare work, and particularly prominent in further ing activities of the Boy Scouts. and the Rotary club. He was a member of the Wood men of the World, Masonic lodge. and the Unitarian church. The news of the death of Wal ter Denton comes as a distinct shock to a host of friends. Ho had a wealth of hitman sympathy that, bound him in bis friendships to many. ? He ;waa possessed" tf a dynamic seal that made bim a worthy advocate for whatever he thought was ' right; he was an orator, born, -by the intensity of his enthusiasm for (the higher things of life and living. His sympathy extended to the lowliest; to the unfortunates in prison he was aT.fr tend to the friendless. He gave himself unstintedly and unselfishly: i ' The world will miss Walter Denton. It has all too few of the men of his attributes of heart and hand-and head. He died rich in the friendships he made. CANDIDATE CERTIFIED Korell and Watkins Opponents for ' . Congress Seat - 'The.nsmes of Franklin F. Kor ea, i republican, and Elton Wat- kins, democrat, Saturday were certified by the secretary of state to the coutfti clerk of 'Multnomah comity as candidates for the office of representative 'ia - congress from the third- congressional dis tricts The special election to fill the ' office of representative in congress - will be held October 1 8 . Mr. Korell has adopted the campaign ' slogan, "Vigorously Support Republicanism, ' and has requested ? that . these words be Drinted- after his name on the ballot. . Mr. Watkins refused to accept the1 label of the democratic party. Her has v asked that the- words. ''Uphold.. .Direct . Primary,', be printed after .his ;name.oni.the of ficial ballots- ' The successful candidate, un der ,the. law. win serve until March 3; 1925. LESLiE RECEPTIQfl SOON t Public ! Invited U Inspect Junior HlBaflding1 Friday The: general public win b glr- en an opportunity t a view the new Leslie- iunior ' high.. School : build ing in South. Salem on Friday ev ening .of 4hia week; tt was n nounced last .nlshtcbr Dr. JB. F. Pound, head ; of the Lincoln-Mc Klhley Parent. Teacher associa- tioa.- ; ;r ? :t ! , ; The association has made elab orate plan to hold reception and open house! at the new build ing at that time, he stated, hours being set from 8' until 10, p. m ,s .The, rooms -will be elaborately decoratedMrs. Pauli Hauser be ing An charge of decorations Mrs. C A- Downs ia 'head of the-reception commlUee.. A- stringed or- chesjtra. has been lecuTeO-t Mini 101ISIR BY CfllTTEE Charter Changes to Be Con sidered for Submittal to Vote Next Year ADVANTAGE RECOGNIZED Council of - Five Representing City at Large, and Appointed j j Executive Believed Beet Government System Work on the proposed charter for the city of Salem will get un der way again next week according- to t Alderman Watson Town send, who is chairman of the committee appointed to Investi gate the desired city governmental change. The committee litis been inactive during the summer vacation months, but wilt ende avor now to prepare the form and have it "submitted to , the voters at the next general election. A- "council-manager" plan is the form advocated for the city. All discretionary; powers of the city under this plan, both legisla tive and ' executive, would be ves ted in a city oouncil, composed of five members, elected at large on a non-partisan ticket: The councilmen would serve for terms of four, years, elected so that terms would overlap. Executive Appointed The mayor would be designated president of the council and would . serve as the official . head of the city for cerempniaL civil process, or military purposes. . A city manager,. responsible to (Continued a PC 8.) WbUCD BUY" WOSEGOW Jail at Austin Belongs to Coun ty, Seeker Will Be Told Bert Dustin has sent a letter to the secretary of state offering $15 for the municipal Jail located in the town of Anartln;:, Grant' conn ty. " Austin 'was : an incorporated town at one time, but its charter was surrendered a- number of years ago. t . '.. The secretary of state will in form Mr. Dustin that the Jafl now belongs to Grant county and. Is not the property of the state. THE INDUSTRIAL I " ' '," i mi i ' j . . l '"'''i 'j".V-J':r-.i 'i i.r n-':'-" -'TAlr.. f r V... .-ix xT'r fec-,-T'.; ' er -. -i .. k' '- ,--. ..Vw w-w,r jt- 'a45Jjf-rj - ' COTTAGES PAY, BUILDER FINDS PRIVATE VENTURE AT CITY ' ' CAMP RbUxb' SUCCESS " Rjpsnlt Likely to 4lStart Some, f' thing':' Oihers Will Make t Same Offer The receipt of a check yester day, for, ,831 by City Recorder Poulsen from Homer H. Smith, local insurance man, representing the surplus he received over and above- the cost of two -cottages he built at the city auto camp ground last spring is apt to start some thing. It seems that there was need last, spring of more cabins "at the municipal auto park but the city had .i no funds to build them. Smith, being of a public spirited nature, offered to -build two new cottages and pay for them out of his own - funds and agreeing to accept the rental of same until he received back the entire cost, the cottages then -to become the prop erty of the city, On checking ov er his accounts last week Mr. Smith found that the caretaker at the camp ground had sent him 831 over and above the entire cost of the cottages. "If these houses will more than pay for themselves In one season,' said Judge Poulsen - in commenting on the receipt of. the check from Smith, "then it looks to me as if the city will prpbably lose no time in building all - the cabins we need out there to take care of the tourist traffic." Mr. .Smith, in his leter, states that If the city is still unable to do so, several other business men will make .the same offer to the city this coming season, rather than see the tourists go oa to some (Other town all because of being unable to obtain , a place to sleep. CARRIER HERE HONORED J. J. Arnold Chosen Oregon. Offi cer of - National Association - J-J-Arnold, Salem letter car-1 rler, has been selected by f.he con vention of the National Associa tion "of Letter Carriers, which met recently in El Paso, Texas, aa national state vice president for Oregon. This action was in line with the recommendation of the state as sociation, which endorsed Mr. Ar nold for this position in its con vention here in June. , Mr. Arnold is a graduate of the State normal school at Emporia, Kansas, and entered the govern ment service after a number of years spent as an educator in Kansas and Oregon. REVOLUTION THE WORLD INDICT FEDERAL ; PROHI OFFICIAL i TRUE BILL, RETURNED BY : GRAND JURY AT MED FORD i Terry A. Talent 22, Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter; , Ball fSOOO MEDFORD. Oct. 8 CAP) Terry A. Talent, 22, federal pro hibition enforcement officer, was indicted late this afternoon by a grand jury; under the direction" of Assistant Attorney General Lilje-1 quist, appointed by the governor to conduct! the Investigation' into the death Thursday night, Septem ber 29. of; Mansford Zimmerlee duripg the progress of a moon shine raid.) ' The trufe bin charges involun tary manslaughter: A bench war rant was issued for the arrest of Talent and his ball fixed at $2, 000. The grand Jury heard 32 witnesses and spent three - days hearing the testimony. They also visited the scene of the shooting. During Uhe progress of - the moonshine raid, the (testimony showed Mansford Zimmerlee sold a membe? of the raiding party two gallons of evidence. When' he returned, be was confronted by Talent. After Talent had an nounced his official position and his mission, Zimmerlee ran. His last statement, given verbally at the hospital said that Talent had shot him at "about 20 steps, with a flashlight upon me." Zimmerlee then swam Rogue river and walked nearly a mile. In his account of the affair to neighbors- and to doctors and nurses,- he accused Talent of fir ing the shot. Zimmerlee wae brought to a local hospital and died the follow ing day. A coroner's jury exon erated Tallent of all blame. A strong public sentiment then arose and petitions were circulated de manding A grand jury , investiga tion with I the result that District Attorney Chaney, filed the request (Continued ea 0f 5.) , i .News First Section Theaters ..... ... , ... .Page 2 Editorial Page 4 Local Briefs Page 6 Sports -.i Page 6 Second Section.. Feature News ..Pages 1, 7, 8 Society i. . . . . Pages 2, . 3 Comics Page 4 Classified Page 7 Third Section Automotive . . Pages 1, 3.-, 8 Building News ....Pages 6, 7 Churches Page 6 REALLY NEEDS nnriTiurnnnn Ullb I Li tntiUn THROWS FliL TILTTOYAWKS Long John Miljus Gives De ciding Game to New York v ' On Wild Pitch PIRATES LOSE 4 IN ROW Game Ends 4 to 3; Buccaneers Come From Behind in Seventh Inning When Opposing ' Infield - Crumbles BY ALLAN J. JOULD Associated Press Sports Editor. YANKEE StADIUM. New York. Oct. 8 (AD-riTbe last stand of a dazed and battered : crew of COMQS Pittsburgh Pirates came to an in glorious climax today - when a wild pitch by Long John Miljus in the ninth inning, withtwo . ont and the bases-full, gave tne New York. Yankees the- winning run land the . .world's . championship with a record 'equaling streak of four-successive triumphs, -j Miljus made a gift of the fourth and final game to the American league champions, spoiling a 'cour ageous comeback by the Bucca neers and wrecking, an ptherwlse sensational relief pitching per formance. - The score -was 4 to S. Goes : Well For WhUe Relieving the bespectacled Car men Hill after the Yankee defense had . cracked to help the s Pirates tie the score and offset the lead provided by . Babe Ruth's second home run, Miljus had curved his (Coatinpl on pge S.) EDWARD FISHER SINGS ON RADIO I . f LOCAL VOCOLIMT,. HEARD IN ATWATER-KENT CONTEST Geaevieve Howard i to Sing This Evening; Listeners Votes . . : To Count Edward Fisher, Salem's, entry In the Atwater-Kent audition sang over Radio KGW some time be tween 7 and 8 o'clock last night. He was designated, as the other singers, by a number unknown to ;radao fandom. If listeners en Joyed his singing better than the others, thej !: will tote for the number - under . 'which he sang, writing their Judgement to the Portland -radio station. - Edward Fisher is the son of Cart L. : Fish er, state tax'5 commissioner. Each contestant presented three spngs to the audition committee upon .'arrival at' the room jof tut "mike.M The committee ' sl, le w moment - before .each appearance, handed the contestant, tbeT song he was to sing. In-ChU way, con testants ' could - not hare primed their friends to rote for a certain selection. .,. , - , j Genevieve Howard, girl contes- iaM. irom aam,JBUl sing; vet radio KGW tonight between : 1 0 and 7 otclcclc; undr-the j; same eondit bns. v . -,n ' 1 .- . The boy arid the gtrl receiving the most votes by radio fans, and Votes of a special audition com mittee of, experts, will go to San Francisco; with all, expenses paid to participate in' the district con test. . The f ans - vote " will ' count 60 per cent, and the ' commttee'g yote 40 per cent. . , Mrs. Walter A. Denton is chair man- of the audition ' contest; for Salfem and vicinity, - . - PORTLAND, ? Oct. 8. (AP) Finalists in the male, division of i ' J- (Cuatiaaad a ykgft S.X ' 5399,440 SP LIT AMONG PLAYERS SLICE OF BIG ' LEAGUE RE CEIPTS GREATEST EVER Increase in Number of Men. to Di vide ' Spoils -Brings Single ' Cuts Down NEW YORK. Oct. 8. (AP) The Yankees and Pirates will split the greatest world series player pool on record. Their share of the tour, game receipts amounts to 8399,440.67. surpassing ' by more than 825,000 the previous record "cut' of 3372.300.Sl. di vided last year. -; Because of - the likelihood , that more players-.wlll-be declared. "in on the , money the . individual shares will not be as great. "Fig u red on a basis of 30 shares ex pected of both clubs, each of the triumphant Yankees will get $5 S92.17 and each Pirate $3,728.11. The world series club share 70 per cent of the total players pool amounting to 1279,608. 47, on a 60-40 basis, while the other 30 per cent' .goes to the seeond, third and fourth place clubs in each league. The division of this gives 359,916.10 to the .second place teams, 839,944.06 to the third place outfits and $19,972.04 to the fourth place clubs. If the other participating clubs divide their pool into. 30 shares. the second- place Athletics and Cardinals will each receive 8998.60. The Giants and Senators will get 8665.73 apiece and each CUb and Tiger- will be paid $332.87. The largest Individual players shares were realized in 1923. when each winning Yankee got $6,113.49, and each losing Giant $4,112.89. The players pool in that series , amounted to $368,- 783.04, less than the sum to be divided In 1927, but there .were fewer shares then than now. Last year each Cardinal collected $5,- 584.51 and each Yankee $3, 417.75; - BOARD JO GO, ON TOUR Voting Machine to Be Inspected, Projects Visited Members, of the state board of control will spend Monday in Port land, .where they will investigate at least two types of voting . ma chines., They will go to Malheur county whexe they wll Inspect the Warm- springs, Owyhee and Vale irriga tion projects. On Friday the board will return to The Dalles where the - site for the proposed new Eastern Oregon tuberculosis hos pital will be selected. Plans for the Institution have ' been com pie ted, and1 actual building opera tions probably will get under way within the next" two or three weeks. The board"proposes to keep. the cost of-the first unit of the plant within $100,000." MERLE ROSECRANS DIES Prominent Resident of ' This City -; ('---Passes Early;, Today - Merle" Rosecrans, 38, an engi neer of the state highway depart ment, passed away at about 12:30 this morning, folowlng an extend ed Illness ( that had gradually grown worse and, which had be come acute during the past two months,. -i . ". . '-' Rosecrans .wag,- well known In this -city and'was prominent in a number of organizations including the' local Masonic lodge. His resi dence was at 1500; Center, street. iHe leaves a widow? but' no chil dren. ' . c ' s-" v Arrangements for funeral Berv le will; be made in . t.e ' near future. f ' i . CALLER f SPENDS - MONEY Tire MiH ion Dollars Expended. So Far to'QnelL'Berolt ; MEXICO CITY. Oct. 8. (AP) -The Cailes government has exr pended alreadyabout 10,000,000 pesos (about' $5,000,006) , In 1 Its ef torts : tocrnsh the revolution) it was announced : tonight .vj , Tia hulk ot this -was ' for mill tary trains, ceneral troop move-' ments and t expenses incidental to the . field campaign against -Generals, Oomes and'.Almadai ': . f, ,. i i. i i i r '-j y IMMENSE FIRE IN INDIA Forty .Persons Burned to Death, ! Reports to London Say ' .; v- f ' , : ; - ,;vw: - LONDON, Oct. .(AP) Forty persons have perished in a fire at Peshawar, Punjab, 'Brit ish India, says a despatch to the Sunday Express from 'Allahabad. The fire t started Friday -mprnlag and continued throughout the day and ' the, greater part of the fol lowing night. . QREGOFJ BEATS Hi! IFJPDPULAT10 Conservative;, Estimate " Sam' A. Kpzer Shows Re cent State Growth : --:m-;H '-:v--, - . MOST GAIN IN VALLI Eastern Part of State Retarded ' Industrial Dullness Bnt Re cent Improvement Brings The million mark In populati j has been passed in Oregon. T; was the ; information given c here Saturday by Sam A. Kos j secretaryj jof f state, following j exhaustive investigation. : ! Tbef estimate was based upon careful calculation of the ratio sehool population to the total po ulation dating back as far as t I year 1910, and other statistics record in his office. ! School Census Basis , ! In the year 1910 the childn Of school age formed 25.52 p cent of : the total population Oregon.: Ten , years later this r tio was 27.30 per cent. These fl ures were determined from tl federal and the state school ce sua taken in the years dating fro 1910 and. covering every scho district in the states . A school district census takr in October, 1926; -showed thi there were 256,834 "children school age In Oregon. - To the figures were applied tthe ratio ' 26.41 per cent' tan .average : ' those for 1910 aud-1920") wh: : give an estimated population f r. 1926 of 997.098. a gain of 213 '70 ' over- the7 federal census t 783359 for 1920 Employing th same ratio "of increase for th period since 1926, Oregon ca j boast of : a population -in exces3 -c 1,000,000. 1 i si V ; EstfaneicConservaive- . i . ; ".While-, these , eetimaton r sartly. are' approximate.' read statement lssned by the secrete of state, they are "nevertheles conservative, and It Is probab)( that an actual census of this stat would show an even larger in 1 crease than set out in the calcula' tion. ij '.r','U.,-, :-r. j.-.,-v ;.,t s "Many interesting aspects ; this Increase in Oregon's pophlaj tion - are disclosed , by a 'caref u analysis of the detailed. tabulatio? made a part of the secretary o (Coktlnned on pg 3.) ZANDRA CAREFUL IN AtlANSWER POPULAR IDEAS' OF MYSTIC ; I: WORK ERROfEOtJS M Slan Coming; ; to C$fltol Realir ' Seriousness 'of. Queries k J Presented ' . .. . : No, acrobatics no contortions. no'seances markthe deliberations ct Zandra, prince of psychics, who will! answer the queries of Salem people from. thr stage of Bllgb'i Capitol theater and ' thr o ugh the columns of The Oregon Statesman thi.-s week, begin ning tomorrow. In fact," watcli ing 'Zandra work ' Is a rev- t r ' . . ;. melation, a con "T;; Zandra . "tradlction to ti.e popnlarideas of the mystic un raveling' the woes of mankind!! jZahdra considers each query ia the same light that a lawyer con aiders' his case,' the doctor his r tlent,;! Whether the qnestic , comes pn a lovely crackling stur parchment' or la penciled oa ti cheapest kind ot ' writing r ar ' , whether Jt 1b sent by. prince t r pauper, it gets the same imran. I study. . ' ' . Behind V each question," 6:?y.i Zandra. "U i a story,, a' life etor-. Behind every letter I get is a i -son-'carryinfj- n-'" heavy . p-'recca? worry.lvl r'eci'lye.tha quRiUor.a ! the same deep jpc-i luusccos which ".they"' are vtt-at rae. I f very : resppn: tn ansyri each person. I K'lve rach on a ct fat study m r. .1 tacli iut-t.tion per8onal:y"cnr.vt red lii .mc."' i i e i . . ,.." 4 . Jlk. ft N A . ( m. m m. , ' . ' t.'-. V r-,- ? ,.,4L,- l1"'-:-. r-'r- i