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"'T!E OREGON STATESMAN. SALT?!, OREGON. FRIDAY 1ICHNI17G, DECEMBER 1C, 1S27
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1 CODIES FED
lilCIlEDIB
Fears Felt For Condition of
Many Others; Twenty
OneMissing
QUEBEC... Dec. 1 5. (AP).
Tfce ics-iheated 5 rains tf Hosplc8
St. Charlea orphanage for grU to-
tLxy bad glren up the bodies of 133
children who perished when a tire
destroyed the structure last night.
Twenty-one others still were miss-
Throughout the day ; firemen
. mad rolunteers combed the tangled
wreckage while grief-stricken rel
' Atlres besieged the morgue and
ltospltals la 'search of their chil
dren.' Some of the missing, it was
elieTed, bad been taken home by
friends and relatives who bad sot
reported their safety. , . .
Only a waste of charred wreck
age marked the site of the 95 year
old stone-walled - orphanage. A
modern wing. howeTer. was -nu-
leached by the flames,- Sorrowing
crowds which flocked to tbe blase
last night returned today to aid in
the search of the rains. . '
Explosion of a furnace in the
treement was belieTed at first to
1uit caused the fire, but firemen
later said the cause of the blaze
wras a myetery "A passerby who
tiw smoke 'curling from the win
Iowa gave the alarm, bat the old
Irailding was kindling for the
flames. Its walla. crashed , inward
jefore the work of rescue, could be
t ompleted." . i"'v '- " i-1 '.
Nuns and lay teachers risked
elr llrea to lead most of the or
phans to 'the street. .Rose Ann
Caureault, 17, died in her effort to
sav all her charges in the baby
ward. Others, cut Off from stair
ways, leaped from the windows in
to life nets and snowdrifts.' : c,:
- Surrlrors told of the heroism of
Miss Caureault, who tared the
lives of score of little girls whom
she led through smoke and flame
from npper floors. Ignoring her
vn danger, she made a last trip
np the shaking stairs. Hours later
toer body was;arrled from acor-l
sidor bear a room in which several ;
tots were suffocated In their sleep.
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Hew Citizens To Attend - i
Banquet Saturday flight
- Forty-five persons,' including re
cently naturalized . citizens - and
their guests, are expected to at
tend the banquet which the newly
created citizens are planning to be
beld at the T. M. CY A. dining room
Saturday - evening at :3 6 p. m.
At the meeting of the committee
la charge Thursday night. It was
reported that 32 had 'signified
their- Intention to attend, and sev
eral more acceptances are expect
d before Saturday. ; , . 'VI
G aes ts la addition to the sae
cessf ul applicants for citizenship
and their" individual guests, - will
ie Governor L I. "Patterson, May
or T. A.-Uvesley, County Clerk
U. G.: Borer, Carle Abraxas of the
T. M. C. A. - directorate, W. E.
Hanson, teacher of the T; il. C. A.
citizenship class, and C. A. Kells,
general secretary of, the Y.
EVERETT NEGRO
WINS INI FIRST
TACOMA, Dec, 15 (AP)
Leslie "Wildcat Carter. Everett
negro sensation, knocked , oui
Frankle Britt, of Tacoma, in the
first round of 'the scheduled six
round main; event of the boxing
program here tonight. Britt went
down from a volley of punches to
the head and body as they mixed
in a furious exchange. . Carter
weighed 127 $4 pounds and Britt
half a pound less. - . . . s
CLUES FOUND IN SEARCH
Thomas II. Corimer Lost fa I III Is
' J.W CoMt Section ' " .,
TAFT. Ore., Dec 15. (AP)
The group searching for Thomas
H. Corimer, J, who has been lost!
Vr several days in the hills near'
here, today discovered , tracks, be
ieved to be Corimer'a. The tracks
ed into the snow covering the
mountains, and took the party in-I
u terralne difficult to- traverse.
Another ' party will leave tomor
row to continue the search.:
OKLAHOMA SENATE QUITS
TRAIN WHECIC SEHIOUS
Seventeen Passengers Hart, One
Not Expected to livo
ST. PAUL, Allno., Dec ; 15 '--
(AP) Seventeen persons were In
jured, one serioasly, tonight when
the 'Red Bird" Chicago and Great
Western passenger train, collided
with a switch engine at ? South
Park, a suburb. The Injured were
brought to hospitals here. : ; The
train was enroute from Rochester.
Minn., to the Twin Cities.- ;
i The . accident ocewred during
a snowstorm, and when the pas
senger train followed orders to use
the south bound ' track, instead o t
the . horth bound which, was
blocked by snow. The switch en
gine moved Into the. train on the
occupied track. ,---,
John Wilkinson, of St, Paul, en
gineer of the switch enrlne. was
erlonly hurt. C. J. Semble.
Portland. Ore,, a passenger -was
bnld about the 1st and hips.
PUPILS HERE EXAMINED
American Child Health Ansoda-
-'M tioa Representatives , Here t
today presented, aa a witness the
t Tear old grey haired mother of
the wife he slew, and. -with the
Jury still leaning: forward eagerly
to catch ber low-voiced testimony,
suddenly rested its case.
Ths defense too. attempted to
spring a coup. It unexpectedly an
nounced its case was closed.
; That left out of the record the
Anal report of the three alienists
who today presented their final
conclusion: , -i'Y
; That the .. defendant, George
Remus, was sane at the time of
the ' commission of the act of kill
ing, to wit, ob. Ociooer 6, 1927."
ONE, DEAD IN ACCIDENT
Two Others Believed Dying After
Fatal Occurrences :
Several fifth and sixth; grade
pupils at GarfieldV school were
given tests yesterday afternoon by
';-"'-; ' " i.i i. . I representatives of -the 'American
Upper House Adjourns Subject to! Child Health association, before a
Call; to Return Soon
A.
group of Interested school offi
cials. '".''"
-- One hundred and : twenty of
them will receive the tests before
the work is completed by the five
experts.' t - J " .
The tests are being made to de-
term Ins the value of health work
as conducted In 73 selected cities
of the United States, Salem being
one of 10 on the Pacific coast..
OKLAHOMA CITY.. Okla., Dec!
15, (AP) The Oklahoma state
senate which was convened to hearl
Impeachment charges preferred
against Governor Henry . S. John
ston. Harry Cordell. president off
the state board of agriculture, and!
Chief J ustice Red P. Branson of
the state supreme court, adjourned
tonight until December ;, 28. " : It
stipulated, . however, that It could!
be called Into- session at any time
in the interim by Senator Mac 4).
Iftlllamson, presiding . officer.
FThe. adjournment was taken to
provide Ume for summoning wlt-I CINCINNATI. Dec 15. (AP
nesses and to give house leaders Capping its" long effort to send
an opportunity to prepare their George Remus to the electric chair
case as prosecutors. . i . for murder, the prosecution' late
Both Sides Rest In Remus
i Famous Trial For Murder
-v.
PORTLAND, Dec 15 (AP)
One man , died . of injuries re
ceived in a traffic accident, two
others were reported dying from
other accidents, and several othes
rectived serious injuries.
William Terrell, f2 a hotel
messenger, died In a hospital after
he had been struck by a taxlcab
as he was crossIngT a street. W.
P. Keikenap. 33, was said to have
been the driver of the cab. Police
were Investigating the accident.
George Milinovich, 31, was in a
serious condition as a result of in
juries received 3 when the car in
which he was riding crashed Into
a safety island on the Burnslde
bridge. He was unconscious to
night and. physicians were uncer
tain whether he would recover.
His jaw was fractured, his tongue
nearly," severed,- all his teeth
knocked out and his leg fractured
when he was hurled from the .ma
chine. The car was said by a wit
ness to have been crowded into the
Island by another machine travel
ing at high speed. -. -
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t ' - . . . QUAKE FELT ; ,- -
LOS ANGELES, Dec. -15.
f API A' slight', eartbquako was
Telt In the southwest section of the
city about 8:34 O'clock tonight
No damage was reported-
MICE STILL OFFISH
Dlplomatlo Channels Used First,
ho Znststs ..
PANAMA NEXT FOR LlNDY
Famous American Flyer Accepts
. Another Invltatioa - ' - -
15(AP)-
PANAMA. Dec
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh will
fly to Panama at a date not yet
fixed, President Chiarl informed
the Associated-Press tonight. He
said an invitation had been cabled
to Lindbergh - before he lef t the
trailed States for Mexico City wffh
the . request . that the flier allow
Panama to make known his deci
sion. -
The acceptance was received
from Lindbergh after his arrival
la Mexico City, the president an-
xtounced. , - . ' . -;
Read the, Classified Ads
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ROME; Dec. lli (AP)-!Pret-liminary
work must be donetao
llmlnary work must be done
through ; conversations and dip
lomatic channels before Premier
Mussolini of Italy and M. Br land,
French. foreign minister, meet for
a final exchange so that there may
be an ; understanding between
Freneo and Italy".
The premier, In making this as
sertion before the council of min
isters today, said he was Inspired
by a : desire to - reach an under
standing over the various pending
questions .between th& two coun
tries. ' His statement produced an
immediate feeling of relief In the
Franco-Italian tension In Rome
and an amelioration of the un
friendly attitude displayed in cer
tain Italian quarters during recent
weeks. i; - --i - '
. Italy desires to have the Italian
nationality of her colony in Tunis
protected, : recognition of her in
terests .In Tangiers and asknow
ledgement. of her rights In the
the Adriatic and also : her pre
ponderant I interests in the Balk-
Furthermore, Italy desires that
the : anti-fascist - propaganda In
France be discouraged, as she con
siders it a violation of her right to
conduct her internal affairs In her
own way, without foreign Inter
ference, France has shown a good
disposition In this direction. "
Tills of Federal Coffers -Gain
By $400f(KK),C00 Sum
' ; WASHINGTON, Dee. 15. (AP)
The tills of the treasury gained
approximately $400,000,000 at the
close today of the regular quarter-.
ly fiscal operations.
v The transactions represented a
turnover of approximately 11,250,-
000,000 and completed operations
that made possible approximately
a billion dollar reduction in the
national 1 debt - tor the calendar
year, leaving It at about lis.oou,-
000,000. . ;
The principal sources of receipts
from the, quarterly financing came
from the last : payment . of federal
taxes for the calendar year," esti
mated at 1430,000,000,' subscrip
tions to the 3 one year treasury
certificates placed at $261,701,000
and semi-annual payments on for
eign debts to the amount of $96,-
544,830,
Eight foreign countries came
forward with payments on their
funded indebtedness. Of the total
brought in from this source. Great
Britain : paid the bulk with $92,-
575.000. Of this amount only
$25,000,000 was applied to the
principal of the. British debt the
remaining. $67,575,000 going to
interest. ' ' .
reformatory if or nanslaugfcter, was
granted a parole today by Gover
nor Roland H. Hartley. vr
The youth - was convicted here
a' year; ago for responelblllty in
the death of Frank C Kllborn. 55.
Everett mill worker, whose auto
mobile was struck by one driven
by Alfred. ' ,
U. of V. Student Awarded
Parole From Penitentiary
SEATTLE. Dec 15. -(AP)
Walter Alfred of j Portland, - 21,
year old -University of Washing
ton student,, under sentence of six
months to five years In the state
Vessel and Crew Missing
; After Terrific Lake Gale
Montreal: Que.. Dec - is.
(AP) Land parties have been or
ganized to scour-the 'ctoast line of
Lake Superior for clues as to the
fate of the steamship Kamloops,
missing with her crew of -20 men
since the . storm which swept the
Great Lakes last weeki .'- i : f
v- Alex A. A aid. superintendent of
the Canada Steamship Lines, said
at Toronto, that the otflcals of
the company yet . had every hope
of hearing from the Kamloops.
There was o probability of the
ship's food supplies having given
out, he believed. . e
He pointed out that the freight
er had no wireless and there was
nothing to disprove that It might
be lying in a sheltered spot, inac
cessible, from land. . r
out the night. The girl receive
a broken neck August l whiu'
driving. The day before she ha.
in a heroic rescue, sated a nin, -year
old girl from drowning.
She has been under constan
care of day and night nurses tor
the past .four months.
Two Year Old Girl Burned
Severely In Tub of WMer
LONGVIEW. Dec. 15. (AP)- .
LNaUIs June. 2 vear old daugHf-r
jbf Mr." and Mrs. A. L. Nnneker
T - i., 1 : ; T
tfhis City was in a cnuti v-uuui-
tiou in a hospital here tonight s.
the result of falling backward ii?
to a tub of boiliis: water today, t (
jmfl,i.iivnvi ' 1
the family wasnlng when the ac
cident occurred. Tte giri wa
burned from the armpits to tht
knees.
High School Acquatic Star
Still In Bad Condition
LONGVIEW, Wash., Dec. 15'-
(AP) Lucille Chamberlain. 18.
a high school girl and aquatic star,
was in a critical condition at a
hospital here tonight and it was
feared she would not live through-
Now approaches that time 1
the year? when Dad gives a fur
coat and gets a monogramed hand
kerchief. The Pathfinder.
Elsinore
Burns z Mclntyre
The
Golden Voices
Musical Comedy Stars
v Vaudeville
Sat. Dec. 17 Matinee
& Night
A FREE LUNCH
SURPRISE
"Have a SanrlvinVri
Coffee Chowder
NO
GUESSING
You see just wha.
you are buyinu
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ITS NEyE3T AND LARGEST STORE ON THE COAST
THE SALEM STORE
Salem's growth has been tremendous and of course deservinsr of the best. Piggly Wiggly wishes to show its
appreciation by dpening this Beautiful Store. -
. ; - - - . STORE OPENS FOR BUSINESS? ; " . .
SATURDAY, DEC. 17TH 9 A. M.
GIFTS FOR.THE KIDDIES
. FREE ELSINORE THEATER TICKETTS
With an orders $1.00 or over. We only have 2800 Tickets. Tickets good for feature matinee Thursday, Dec. 22nd.
There will be a splendid picture, etc ...
SATURDAY and MONDAY OPENEG FEATURES
yerclaeii'se.
THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE DOLLARS AT THIS GREAT SALE
' Odd Coats, Vour Choice $2.G0 Suite f rorri C5.00 Up
luggage;
LADIES II AT
. BAGS :
Resrular 10 for
SUIT CASES
11.50 I'ovr
P",
SUITCASE
refc. 58.00 for
1 YELLOW -CORDS
PANTS
02.95
LEATHER
COATS
Keg. $15.00 for
C10X3
CAP3
Hcj. J1.75 for
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MEN'S
OXFORDS
5.oo .for ;
14 & 16 in. Ill
TOP BOOTS
Reg. $10.00 now
T.eg. $4. CD for .
SWEATERS
$4.00 AU-TTool
Sweaters
MEN'S
RUBBERS .
10c
- 7onn
- ciiir.T3
Elae C :.v
lies, ti:;
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LBXDY RATN
COATS J
$12.50 eoats for
BLAZERS
Regular $.00
All-Wool
Q2.C0
nrzrs TIES
Sale zt .
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10 bars Umit one deal) HVC 6 boxes . ' IOC
RINSO, , . yiC SEEDLESS RAISINS I ' JfrT"
2 large pkg. . HOC 4 lb. pkg L. dtOC
SNOWDRIFT - Or ' SCOTT TOILET TISSUE : : rnf
4 lb. can j :...:..ODC 3 rolls . ZUC
V u ' FEATURE PRICE GOOD TO CHRISTO1AS
SCHILONGS BAKING POWDER OA PIGGLY. WIGGLY FLOUR " TTTui
per lb. ... . OuC 49 lb. sack fc PlsCSl
A Cream of TartarNo Better Taste , . Montana Hard V.Ticat Blend" $7.0 BbL '
CHOICE CLAMS jr- ' . TOMATO CATSUP " 7. T " tE
Flarilns, 3 for . V . . ' ' -.. r, ... .... sDC Extra Large Bottles, 2 for , . ; 4t5C
; Free CuP and Saucers with - " CChTflTtT? 1Q? -
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REAL FIG BARS r : T7nP SPECIAL FRUIT ' I '. r rn
2 lbs.- ; - . . 1 LLm.l Za?C ' CAKES 1 rrrrrL ZbC
CAMELS, OLD GOLDS, CHESTERFIELDS, Of- XELXS PiaNCE ALBERT, etc., TiZITllSc
LUCKY STRIKES, 2 for '.: ZjC JSfSrJ" nias Packed .94c
. Xmas Wrapped Cartons $L19 a JEV -74c
CTll nn Kfln W1LSO NUT MARlGAlilNE : "TvV
6 tall cans .aJOL 3 lbs. fcr G9c
- ' Richer find Better ., ; , . It iifF
- MANY OTHER FEATURE SAVINGS
PIGGLY' YIGGLY:: NEY;MEAT DEPAETIIIgNT '
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Choice Picked Hams,
per lb. .
Who!3 cr Half .
21c
Eastern tBacon,
per' lb.
Lean & Choice
27c
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Mince Heat, ' -
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Brand vv, ina
3c
Svift's Premium
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