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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER S, 1027 fflV CBI1T MEL IS1 M OEPlTU c Colonel, Carapancea. chief of commissar ot the second army corps, left ; tor Jassy, capital of 'Moldavia, because. It was said, of secret information receired by the government In regard to a Carol ist plot. He will investigate ram ifications there. . L People There Appreciate Statesman's Early Morn- ing News Service r- - - ' PRATUM, Nor. S (Special.) The road sooth of here leading toward MaCleajr has been regTav- eled the last few I days. Quite an Improvement and consolation for1 autolsts as the wet season ap proaches. .";,;';' - Tier. A. S. Mulligan of the Leslie' Methodist church, Salem, preached here Sunday morning in the ab-i sence of Rev. Ira Dumas, who la helping to conduct ' meetings at Fossil, Oregon. Next Sunday one of the profes-j ors of Kimball school of theology will preach here.- I; The Pratum Epworth league met with the Mennonite Christian endeavor Sunday evening. r: " Rev. John Franz left tor east era Washington, -'- where he will help to conduct special meetings. The young people of this com munity bad a very enjoyable time last Friday evening at the home of Mr.' and Mrs. Oscar Meyers. The 16th birthday of their daughter Mildren was the occasion of the gathering. ! .The Women's council of church es of Salem will meet at the Meth odist church here next Thursday. November 10. A good program has been prepared. It will be an all 'day meeting. Miss Lena Ramseyer was visit ing- with friends and relatives In Sajem several days last weea. ; A basket social preceded by a program will take place at the Pratum school Friday,-; evening. November 18. Z ,.U Farmers are still hoping for sunshine. Many acres of potatoes have to be harvested and much grain is to be sowed. " t A .Mrs. Ileadrick. one of the teach era, has moved her housekeeping paraphernalia to this city where she has rented a house, saving her a long drive twice a day. J JPratum folk' may not be able to -ow chrysanthemums as large as they do at Hazel Green, but claim they" can break even with the rest V ts real districts. . A roble duet by Mrs. Wm. Roth.' Mrs. P. Hofstetter, Miss Lo ganblll and Miss Wenger last Sun day night was very much appre ciated.; ' ' illss Emma Stauf fer la keeping hoise for Mrs. Headrlck while she la "teaching school. ' Since Salem has a real news-i paper like other large cities have, which arrives here before break fast for those who eat their break- fa at 8 a. m.. like real city folks It I make people here feel Quite "citified." Mr. and Mrs. Fred de Vrles at tended the Red Hills district Sun day school convention last Sunday, Chauncey Beesley and Harvey de Vrles, who are attending school atr Portland, were week end visit ors here. ' .' - Miss Miriam" Beesley, principal of -the Pratum school and her pub licity committee! were busy Mon day evening preparing propaganda for the coming basket sodau Emil Ronner was leader at the Christian Endeavor meeting Sun day evening. 1 . ,' - . Miss Leona de Vrles Is still quite weak but Is able to sit up part of the time. Rev. Wells of the Naxarene church In Salem conducted prayer .meeting here last "Thursday eve ning. , v .;.-.. Mrs. Chas. Smith of Oregon City Is visiting at the home of her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. A. WV PowelL STATE TO BEGIN ITS CASE THIS MORNING (Continued from Page One) that the evidence would 'disclose that on the night Harris was stab bed to death he was Intoxicated and had bean drinking throughout the afternoon. Attack Story Told Harris and Miss Trlckey had an argument while driving into Lake view, the defense attorney declar ed, ' and Harris picked no a tire wrench and began ; beating the girl. In self defense, Jetmore said. Miss Trlckey drew the hunt ing knife from Its " sheath and stabbed Hearris ' throuch the heart. ? "We will admit," the attorney aid, "that she told many conflict Ing stories but she was in a state of great agitation because she had brought death to. the- man she loved, and J it was only natural that she would attempt Ho shield herself if possible." , Members of the jury are: Frank Alexander, farmer; C M. Kirkpat rickv creamery man; James Muss er. rancher; Hugo Leiva, confec tioner; Adta McCall, rancher; Fred Ross, delivery driver; Lester Elder, stock man; Ed Nelson ran cher, Scott : Beeler, r a n c h er, Frank Craves, farmer; Emil Egli. garage man; E. A. Emery, rancher. . SHERIFFS BOOZE PLOT RECOUNTED BY WITNESS .' (Continued trpm PageOne) " cers on that day ?? asked Anthony Savage, assistant United States district attorney. . . , - "No I wasn't arrested,! Bratley replied, I was shot -at." The Spalding Brothers, Carl and Edward, Elma Farmers and ama teur moonshiners had to be taught the technique of commercial man ufacture by Deputy Sheriff Ernest FortL according to their story. - They said they paid f 109 a month protection tor tire months and in the end were knocked over by the sheriffs office and fined $500 in the fall of 1923. after buy ing a still from Ford for 30. This soured the men on the li quor business and they refused to continue operations when urged to by Ford who appeared at a loss to understand the raid, they tes tified. - Fake Raid Planned This was no secret to Bratley. however, who said he was advised that his' still was to be raided by the sheriff because federal agents were on the harbor and it would be "a slap in the face of the sheriff it the Invaders were per mitted to find the still. So Bratley was raided and then moved his stfll .and turned but 10,000 gallons more In that loca Hon.. ; , - The protection fee covered im munlty from the county officers and tips on the presence of federal agents in the vicinity, the wit-i nesses declared . Huggett estimated that he had paid 150,000 for protection duT- ing his operations while Bratley said he paid 1 1 a gallon protection on 24,000 gallons he$ manufac tured in the county and the same price during the year between Au gust 19 25. and August 1926. when he ran the Norway rooms in Ho- qulam. . r- ' , RUMANIAN POT BOILING OVER FOR SECOND TIME i (Continued from Page One) tant mission to perform , between Prince Carol and certain Rumani an political leaders. He Is said to have had no direct dealings with M: Manoilescu, former under-eec- retary for finance, who was re cently arrested, but to have, acted as independent courier for the crown prince. On the heels "of these occurren- r " t A; " X YANK AVIATORS SLAIN FIGHTING BANDIT MEN (Continued from Page One) - :-- ;i;:':: m i t 1R V- : 7- V. :. ' Many expert judges1 consider Miss Maud Cessall, London aiaie" tar, to be the loveh'est actress in all Englandj Hf r tistrionic POWfrf : ? ;V " American filers as they left ' the shelter to continue on to Jicaro. A ' . desperate fight i followed. The , wounded marine, I despite his injuries, drew his pistol aa did his companion : and - exchanged fire with their assailants, each killing several of the - guerrillas before they tell under the retarn fire. Natives Fierce Flutters : : i The state of Nueva Segovia, in which the fight took place, is iso lated and the people dwelling in the mountains are-more or less a law, unto ' themselves, resenting the : .intrusion ,of outsiders and holding little communication with the outside world. The people are declared to have no fear of death and the men are describe as ex cellent tighten. ; .; Acts of banditry have been re ported frequently In the region. both liberal and conservative ban dits burning and pillaging the farm houses. Marine fliers said that they had counted; 11 burning houses recently In Jhedifltrict. ReporU from the district aay that men, women and children sUek; closely tof the- marine f arri-j sons and those, ot the Ncarsnan. national . uard frequently, trek king; from place to placaln the hope of reaching security. ;A con siderable number ot former resi dents there Is reported; to be leav ing for the southern part of Nicar agua In order to escape plunder ing. ' h -; , i , . PACKERS PROMISE; TOCUT0UTW1STE Ij Bciv.icd His Cold As Certain Went Up! A vicious cold contracted at the matinee, and not a trace remained to mar hia evening performance! Most professional people know the eiiuple compound which clears up a cold In a few hours. Next time a sore throat, a stuffy head, or feverish feeling comes on, try the innocent but amaringly ef ficient mt!e white tablet every drr-TT'st ke?rs in stock. Pape's Cc 1 Ccrr.rouEd; only 35c. Nothing is Letter, even for the grippe or "II j." Papa's way of knocking: c-i a coll Is vrorth remeraberins geant Dowdell, who acted as ob server, had completed - - bombing Sandino forces on October 8 on Mount Chlpote, when they crashed into the thick forest below. Both men escaped from the plane. which subsequently caught tire and was destroyed. ; The ' men, "who - were : unhurt, were able to secure 'the machine gun from the plane and then to escape down a deep valley eluding SandlnoV followers who rushed immediately npon the fallen plane in the hope of capturing the fliers. J - Country Mountainous Soon after the fliers had left the plane .and had followed the val ley for some distance, they , en countered two , men whom . they made prisoners In order to force them to show the way to the town of Jicaro, nearest to the ; scene. The country at the . point is very mountainous and is covered with a dense forest presenting lnsur- passable difficulties nnless under the guidance of natives. As the four men were marching toward Jicaro, one of the prisoners wheeled suddenly and slashed at one of the marines with a machete inflicting a severe wound on his neck and shoulder. : - The other marine thereupon whipped out his revolver and, killed the assailant! but during the melee, the other prisoner escaped. : j - Take Refuge In Cave ?l Faced with the desperate prob-j lent ot finding a way out of the impenetrable forest,, the unwound ed marine dragged and carried his comrade.to a cave where the two men decided to take refuge for the! night. iJ-: r '::..- ;;; Meanwhile the prisoner who had escaped reached Sandino and related what had happened where-: upon the outlaw leader sent a force ot 30 or 40 men who found no difficulty in trailing the mar ines since tell ts!s t-lood spots marked tLa trail. Cardiao's men then took t:p an ambush ijsar the care a-I tesaa 'flrf-s'-ca tit : Hope Given Up . : WASHINGTON, Nov! 8. (AP) Although the navy department today had received no word pi tne rnortd death at the handa . of bandits of the marina I aviators. Lieutenant E. A. Thomas and Ser geant Frank . E.' Dowdell. It . was about ready to give np hope that they would return from the Nicar-j aguan jungles. . .; . , i When hepe for the t rescue t was at Ita hlzhes t. naval ; officers re called that General Sandino, the bandit leader, 1 had warned . that any American aviators who fell in-j to his' hands would die. ; . Lieutenant Thomas, whose home was at Richmond, Ind., was commissioned in the taarine corps In 19 24,' after having served In the corps and the navy since 1918. His service included posts at Nor folk, Parrls Island, Peinsacola and Quantico. y.. He : was ! dispatched from the latter poet to Nicaragua, last May. Navy records list ; his mother, Mrs. Gertrude Thomas, of Richmond, as his nearest relative. Sergeant DowdellJ i of Carbon- dale. 111., enlisted in the marines in 1924, being sent to Nicaragua from f Quantico. His: father," Na than Dowdell, lives in Carbon dale LONGVTEW, Wash., Nor. 8 (AP) -Elimination ot , economic waste of fish, : particularly in streams of Oregon .and Washing ton, was pledged today by fifty representatives of ' fisheries en4 the packing industry, and of state departments of fisheries in both Oregon and ; Washington. At a conference here in which all. ap parently, ware in accord, plans were formulated for an organiza tion which will appeal to the fed eral government for aid. The loss ot fish, it developed at today's meeting, amounts to near ly sixty per cent of the number of fish released by state and govern-. ment hatcheries annually. By reg ulation ot the operation and meth od of : construction of Irrigation ditches leading, from rivers in which salmon run and are plant ed. It. Is hoped to reduce this loss immeasureably. .Small. fish always travel down stream. It was said. When they come, to an irrigation ditch they follow it to its end. become bnr led, ultimately in mud, and there they. die. y - ; k - ;.f -JJ': , More than - five million young salmon were lost in one watering of. the Wapato and Sunnyside ir rigation systems,, fisheries repre sentatives said .today. Of - nine million fry hatched, ':; 3,500,000 were taken out by fishermen. ; The irrigation loss " accounts for the others. Harold Synnesreldt, man ager of the Doty Fish company of Kalama, presided at today's meet ing. Two committees of five each. representing packers and " state men, will be appointed by- the states of Oregon and Washington, when. Appointed, another meeting will be called to formulate the plan of action, making the delega tion Organization: permanent. - A resolution adopted Urges the game departments be delegated author ity to cooperate with the national government in J preparation - of plans for fish ladders to protect rivers and streams against the loss of young salmon. Improper Questions Asked Jurors in Sinclair Trial WASHINGTON, Not. 8. (AP) Jurors in the Fall-Sinclair crim inal conspiracy trial . were ap-J preached with improper Questions within the very - shadow ot the court house, two of them disclosed today as they became grand jury witnesses in the 'latest of the oil scandals. - , "A"'--' ' . Their startling 'statements led federal agents on the trail of the questioners,- thus tar men of mys- teryJn a case which has furnished far . more than a normal share of mysteries and sensations. " - - -John ; J. Costlnett. an elderly tailor, and Gardner P. Grenf eld, a yonng cable splicer, are the Jurors who declared they had been ques tioned, before a mistrial was or dered, both as to the probable out come of the trial and as to whether the trial Judge, Justice Frederick L. Siddons,.was "on the square' From the discretions they gave District Attorney Gordon each, was approached, by a different man- Whether their Interrogators were Burns detectives, whose activities abruptly ended the oil trial, is the Immediate point the district at torney's office is seeking to clear up. Grenfeld said ho was ap proached by a stranger in a cigar store directly across the street from the District of Columbia court house. ' -'There.'! has been quite a busy morning in court?" was the ques tion rGenfeld said the - stranger; used in opening up conversation, . "Yes, the Juror said he replied. : "What sort of fellow is Siddons, Is he on the square?" was the next question put by the stranger, Gren feld said. - "Yea, if he wasn't he could not hold the position he does," Gren feld stated he answered turning then and-leaving the store. The stranger was persistent, ap proaching the Juror again on the street a few minutes later. . Say, you don't think theyTl do anything with those two fellows over there, do yout Grenfeld said he was asked.. -' .X told hint that I was on the Jury and , could not discuss the case," Grenfeld told the district attorney, adding that he thus ter minated the conversation. 1 Costlnett said .he was leaving the court house about a week be fore the mistrial was ordered when a man unknown to him fell into step with him. "Say, the government hasn't got a thing on those fellows, have they?" Costlnett said he was asked.' He declared he Instantly wheeled on the stranger. Inform ing him that he was a member ot tne Fall-Sinclair Jury and could not discuss the case. He then walked away. While .Grenfeld and Costlnett were before the grand Jury at sep arate times during the late after noon, S. G. Ruddy, director of the crew shadowing the Jury, and six of the Burns detectives were called In and lined up for possible iden tification by the Jurors. Appar ently none was identified as either of the mystery men. In the reports of the Burns de tectives seised by the government fa the raid on their headquarters there is one in ? which Baltimore Investigator H-4 reported on Oct. 20 and 21 that Ostinett was ap parently being shadowed by other men. - - ' i In his October 20 report, the Burns man said ha noticed an other man follow ''Costlnett 'to his store and remain in the vicinity about an hour when another man arrived and remained in the vicin ity unto, almost night fall. -y' In the October 21 report. It was stated that one man several times circled the block where Costlnett's store Is and that later another man loitered abput the place for two hours. When Costlnett went home third man was . seen standing there for sometime. - Bernard Temple, president of the S club was toastmaster. Expressions of appreciation for Dr. Browns work among the stu dents were V given by various speakers; . " o -i" Dr. Brown stated" his regret at leaving, and his disappointment at being unable to go with the foot ball team to The Dalles next Fri day on account of an appointment with his successor at the health demonstration on that day. ATHLETES Bn I. II Honoring Dr. Walter H. Brown, school physician, for his services to Salem . high school athletic teams during vie past three years, me'mbers of the S club held a ban- auet last ' night at the White House. .7 "t r' ";; :. Others present besides the hon or guest were Superintendent of schools George Hug; Principal J. C. Nelson, ex-coach Hollls Hunt ington; Coach Louie Anderson, Ji-a ah oresldent of the student ivww. Lake Gill, assistant coach; .i -Piifiif n Bell, veil leader. London bridge is falling down It is said EnglisK society is tak ing up poker. :,-.y: :'::y: yy. - .Young people should study kiss ing, says professor. 1 Study, noth ing! f , The kids graduated long ago. LADIES! DARKEN : YOUR GRAY HAIR Use Grandma's Sage Tea and Sulphur Recipe and Nobody Win Know BUYr TICKETS NOW Mail Reservations - At Once - for the wloroniOlsen' Players : capitol; :: THEATRE ; ONE NIGHX ONLY THURSDAY, NOV. 17 v Sponsored, by Salem Lions Clnh .T11m nn RaIa fttr All . Members i it Vyk IX -Ti' t-r- W -Trr. - LAST TIMES TODAY John Banrymore , ' . and . Dolores Costellb - in ' "When a Man Loves" , We will -give to tho first 250 ladies today an auto graphed photo' of John ' Banrymore and Sonvenier Program. THURS. & FRI, CALX) WELL PUT OFF YALE TEAM NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 8- (AP) - Bruce Caldwell, Yale's brilliant halfback candidate for all-American honors, -tonight Taa declared forever Ineligible to rep resent Yale in football: " Caldwell disqnaliflcartion . be cause of his newly discovered par ticipation in two football games as a freshman at Brown university in 1923. -was announced tonight by . The maddest man in town ij the fellow who bought his over coat early -'so he wouldn't h the board of control of athletics caught by October bllzxards.". at Yale aniversUy tbne- Xro. feasor George T. NetUeton, chair- J man. -;; . .. - - The action was obligatory in ac cordance with "the transfer ruI- agreed to by Yale, Harvard and Princeton In 1923, by which any student who . has participated in sport in another institution Is ia eliglble to'represent either of the "big three,r in the same branch of athletics, it does not bar Cald well from baseball, in which he is a star at second base. - Until today. Just four days be fore the Princeton game in which Caldwell's services were expected to prove invaluable, officials at Yale had no inkling of the Im pending loss of their star. Caldwell, it appeared, had no knowledge of the rule and did ncM know he was breaking a in play-J' ing varsity football for threa years. ?- ...-. FRIDAY ASSOCIATION VAUDEVILLE WAY BETTER TIIAX LAST YEAR WEST COAST -THEATRES NOW TODAY TOMORROW - -x rii 171 1 coAicrv f S9 3 .ritoVa'tfe mm All Tommy's Best Yet Romance? It's the gamble of life & love THEATRE TODAY and TOMORROW ONLY Brought Back By Public - " Demand The Picture that has Startled the World Ell CLQcoamouriQlduX: Am UFA Ptd mcttom - i r i. r SPECIAL ARMISTICE DAY PROGRAMS IX EIXIXORE. OREGON AND GRAND THEATRES Throughout the Northwest r Vault EntoiTabment The use of Sage and Salphor for restoring faded, gray hair to . lis natural color dates back to grand mother's time. he used it to keep her hair beautifully dark, gkwey and attractive. Whenever her hair took on that dull, faded or streaked ap pearance, this simpW mixture was applied with wonderful eiTect. - ? :"- But brewinff at home la mtwsv and . Out-of-date. Nowadays, by aakinir at any drug store for a bottle of -TWyeth's Saps and Sulphur Compound,- 70U will get this famous old preparation. Improved by tle addi lion of other ingrediciiU, which caa b depended upon to restore natural eolor and beauty to the hair. - Well-known drupists 4 say "it darkens Uss hair so natartdlr and eTenly that nobody can tell it has been applied.. You simply dampen a ke59 or soft brusi with it and 1 araw 1.M3 taroush your h.alr, takirg one strand at a time. By morning tL pray ha.!r disappear, ani .ft? anoiier.. pp.!i"et-iof . or .two, it bs oomea beautiJTii.y dari and gloeiy.- 1 Pji m I'm - ii ---! jr. J MjTiSi if Before They Become J; Your Heirs J , " y . - : .'?.-- ," Ifo one is BORN xnoney-wise, and your wife, or son or daughter Is no exception. , They will need training before they can manage your -pperty,' Today -yoa manage it for them but, should anythins ." : happen to' yon, wouldn't . it' be better for them if the management ' -f yonr . estate autoniatically passed Into the hands of those expert -enced in such matters our Trust Department for instance? k : : - . . 4 - r ' ... ":. ..' 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