1 f I f WeBtolem:toHaveF 4 JIurjy; t th& 0 Rallying Place for Specialty Mills in .This : City ffr . 4 5 L" Weather foreeast: Fair eaat and cloady . i west portions; bo change la 4emperature; moderate east and southeast winds. Maxi mum, temperature yesterday 42, minimum 31, riVer 4.7. rain traces, atmosphere clear wind southeast. ' THREE SECTIONS THIRTY-TWO PAGES SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR i SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS It DELIVERY a: L if! 1ST SAL fiTOSWTS EM 1 i I - City , Service . Granted,- To Take Effect First of Year, Officially Stated LONG FIGHT SUCCESSFUL West SM Suburb To Be Part of Salem So Far As Malt DeliTery Concerned; -Effort To Include Under way West Salem is to hare city mail " delivery, beginning with the first cf the new year. That territory is ? to be taken into the tree delivery f i-ystm of the city of Salem, Just I as the sections served in the main 1i city. One new carrier will be re U jquifed to serve the residents of 5IWest Salem. There has so far -Jbeen no decision as to the carrier -CV3 be named to serve the west side -Nof the river. He may be one of the .present regular carriers, in which case a vacancy in the main force wiU'have to be filled; perT --haps by stepping up some one in line of priority. . : long. Winning Fight ' This marks the end of a long. winning fight on the part of the 1 enterprising people of the suburb on the west side of the Willamette - river. There was fear and indlca t tion tI -failure attending the ln- Itial efforts. But. the bIp of Un"ted States Senator Chasf I. Me I Nary was enlisted, resulting in the victory that is now. recorded. Arnold O. Brunner, inspector for the postof tice department, and UciikII. Farrar. postmaster of Sa- lc following committee from West i I saiemr-J.-l Arnold, Guy, C. No ll 7i gent. W. B. Berth, F. C. Need- ham and J. E. Summers. A Iot of AVork They did a lot of work. They I ciihmitted a-enort of the advan tages of the whole city of Salem with respect to mail service. They f-TTnished facts and figures con cerning the business and growth of the whole city; number of wat er users and , telephone users, building; operations, manufactur ing institutions, etc., etc. Their survey showed that the portion of the territory proposed to be given free mail, delivery ser vice has streets named, houses numbered and street lights, and with the exception of sidewalks Is entitled to the requested service. (Continu3 om pg ?.) GUILT ENGLAND'S SAYS VISCOUNT CITY ATTORNEY RACE BROADENS c. p.TmixrpsiEvrioxED as POSSIBLE CANDIDATE , -'- Friends Believe He is Riht )Iu -' to Kmootb Troubled Po-I ' litical Sea' Sensing a' probable deadlock, or so close a vote that factfonaJ feel iDgs in the , city council -would work to the detriment of .municipal affairs Jn the case of the choice of either the Incumbent Fred Wll- liamsror Ray L. Smith, for the of fice of city attorney, a sumber of prominent Salem citizens are com mencing a boom to secure the elec tion of C. "B. Phillips. : The citizens contend that Phil Hps electlonwoald heal factional differences, and therefore work to the' benefit' of the Interests of the taxpayers, pointing out that he is well qualified, anlt is as good a man for the place as could, be chosen.' :::,,' r tiri.' ; ''Phillips is a native - of Marion county, born near Scot ts Mills. He is a graduate "of Columbia univer sity, .and th law department of Chicago university. He had one year of practice in handling mu nicipal arfairs in Chicago where he was associated with the Hyde Park Improvement district law firm. He has practiced la Salem four years. He is president of the Salem Rod and Gun clob. and sec retary of the local unit of the stat egame protective association with over 10,000 members of the state wide' organization and about 400 in-the local branch. He Is a J2nd degree. Mason, a. Shriner, and an active member of the Sa lem chamber of commerce. While Phillips' maintains an of flee next to that of Chris Kowitz In the Salem Bank xf Commerce building,1 the two men are in nc sense-partners. . How Phillips will appeal to the councilmen has not been indicated. Those who oppose Williams will line up with the candidate who seems to have: the.; best chance oi winning out over the incumbent. ELKr APPLICATIONS 679 Total Membership of Local Lodge Over 2000, Word Salem Lodge No. 336 B. P. O. E. hare received 679 applications for membership during the selective membership effort which has just closed. V The score of the teams at the close of the contest which oc curred at 4:25 (Sundown) Thurs day was as follows: Regulars (Captain McDonald). Regulars' (Captain Gingrich) .381 259 Total Contest score ........ . 640 .Neutrals reported" after close. 39 ROTIIF.RMORK SAYS BRITAIN BLUNDERED AT GENEVA Official of Own Country to Blame For Armament Race, As Kertion Made Grand Total .V. . . ... .... 679 Judges of the contest were Milo Rasmussen, Harry, Weidmer and Bert Victor, it is rumored, will re quire the extreme penalty from Captain Gingrich and his cohorts. The penalty being that bf wheel ing the. winners j of the contest around a full city block in wheel barrows with the E,lks band lead ing the procession and playing the tune of Onward Christian Soldiers. The . date set by the Judges for the exaction of the penalty is 7 p. m. January 2,. 1928. NEW YORK. Dec. 17. (AP) failure of the tri-partite naval conference called at Geneva last summer by President Coolidge is 1 characterized as a deplorable Brit- blunder by Viscount Rother ' more In a cabled dispatch which : will b , published as the feature article In the Sunday pictorial, of 'London tomorrow. Viscount Rothermore, publish er of numerous English newspa pers, and who is now in New York, - lays the principal blame upon Sir Austen Chamberlain British, for eign secretary.' - The dispatch follows, in part: (By Yixcouut Rothermore) Last summer at the Invitation f President Coolidge, the Japan ese and ourselves met the Ameri cans at Geneva to discuss the re- ., ; duction of naval armaments. Of aH the mistakes the present Brit ish jtovernment has made, .the vuest was to let that conference fail. V,. ;-r vv.t It failed partly because the Brit- llH WaaVA wAa1 1lAa. I i en. But the actual responsibility 1 . a a .... ' Bt. - . I ' I. lrzv?. tne ioreign secretary. He t 'seemed utterly. noabltt to realize the all-embracing Importance ot ' V vP1 conference. It waa his business ctXio know that: there was a Urge ?Vr party ox American opinion press- J ? las! npon .the "- administration at 1 I - Washington ; the necessity of en larging the American navy so that I It should at least equal the British navy, u The object set forth by Mr, Coo- HvJje la summoslng ,the ' confer- TRIAL .OF REMUS CLOSES FlliLDECISIO H STIKrOIll) !rti a Rjioro ci rrc iuiuiuv ii w a - ATMONDAYMEET n ERATOR T Comm'rttee To Report Mon day, But Location To Be : Selected Uncertain OBJECTIONS UNEXPECTED Bis Gallery Expected at Monday Night Session of Council; f - -... . . . Lengthy Petition to be . : Submitted, Indk-ation , With, the Incinerator commit tee apparently wavering in its in tention to recommend the Oregon Electric gravel pit site for the new Incinerator,, bolh North and Southeast Salem citizens are agog as to Just what Aldreman Dancy'g report at the council meeting Mon day night will contain. Unexpected bitter opposition of North Salem citizens hae influ enced the committeemen to cast about for other possibilities. i "What will be your report Mon day? Alderman Dancy was asked last night. "I don't know; The committee is considering several : sites. It may be any one of them, he re plied. ' . Bis Gallery Foreseen , It .seems certain that the tneet Ing will attract one of the largest galleries of the year, with citizens from all over the city crowding in to the chamber to hear the report and voice protests if necessary, - In the light of a. statement; by Alderman ' Dancy1 sometime ago that the Southeast Salem site was in "cold storage' and might yet be recommended, representative citizens from'that- section" wilt-toe on - band to ' watch developments. They promise injunction proceed ings it forced to that juncture. : A remonstrance bearing the names of more than 200 North Sa lem citizens is now being circul ated and will be presented from (Cob tinned oa pace T.) JAP VESSEL IN DANGER False Report Sent Out that Koyo Mam Runs Into Rocks SAN PEDRO, Cal..! Dec. 17. (AP). The Japanese tanker Koyo Mam, en route to Yokohama with a foil cargo of oil, tonight was forced to anchor in a precarious position, just 150 yards off the rocks of Point Firmin when her engines broke down. A beary gale and turbulent seas resulted in re ports that the vessel had been driven on the rocks. BLATCHFORD. ERIXSON AND L .1 : Result Stay Be Announced Before r; Sleetiag Ends; -' :' - Mead Speaket -? ' 1 . The most important meeting-of the year for the" Salem chamber Of commerce Is scheduled for-to morrow, when the annual election of I officers will be held at the weekly luncheon hour. , f :. -In addition to the. balloting on candidates recently nominated for the various offices, the program will include a-talk by. II. M.. Mead on the honey industry, in which he is a leader in the-Salem vicin ity. --.'.- President' TJ. S Page will ap point two sets of tellers, in the hope that the results of the elec tion may be announced' before the luncheon .hour ends. -Following "are the "candidates for the various offices: , President Dr. B. Blatchford, Fred A. Erixon, George F. Vick, t i Vice president r Grant W. Day. L. W. Gleason, Fred A. Thlelson i Treasurer Dr. L. E. Barrlck, K. B. Kngel, Lee M. Unruh ; Secretary D. B. Jarman, John W. Orr, B. E. Sisson , 1 . Dlrectorj social department C F. ; Breithanpt, TJ G. . Holt, Henry E. Morris. ? V ; Director, civic department -T, M. Barr, W. W Phillips, E. F, Smith. -i Director agricultural depart ment Charles Hudklns, Lloyd T. Reynolds, C. A." Swope. Director legislative , department Leo N. Childs.W. G. Kreuger, J. F. Lurich.' r" . . . Director Indastrial department Otto A! Hillman, W J. Llllje- qnlst, Adolph C. Nelson. In addition to the directors to be 'elected at this meeting, two hare already been elected. Ac cording to th,e chamber of com merce constitution, the King Bing of the Cherriana and the president of the Business men's league are members of : the directorate, tm4 cansequeotry P .D. Quisenbefry and F. E. Sherwin, heads of these two organizations, will be direct ors of the chamber. HORRIBLE DEATH SHOWN Gruesome Details Deduced From Examination of Corpse LOS ANGELES, Dec 17 (AP) The horrible extreme to which the warped mind of the killer of Mar ian Parker carried him was re vealed in the surgical examination of the body. ' Detectives shuddered as they de clared they had. never seen such mutilation. , ; Death apparently came either from chloroform or loss of blood after a terrific lashing. The arms had been severed at the elbows, and the legs were sev ered at the elbows, and the legsf were gone at the hips. The torso had been disemboweled add . the cavity filled with rags. AINm-BOLSHEVIK WAR CONTINUES RUTHLESS METHODS USE1 13 CAATOX AXD IIOXGKOXG ? Women and Girls ' Shot Down on Mere Suspicion of Being :.: - f Connected With Reds ' SHANGHAI, Dec. 17 (AP) The work of expelling commun ists Is being pursued with utter rnthlessness in Canton and Han kow, -even women and. girls are being ; shot down indiscriminately if suspected of being communists. Bobbed hair is considered the sign of a woman communist in China and at least , 14 bobbed haired girls and women have been shot by anti-red troops in Canton. During the . ruthless campaign against the ' communists, troops shot down the girls and women in the streets without compunction. : Nineteen Russians declared to be communists have been execu ted in the streets in Canton, as a warning to those who turned , to communism, said advices from Hang Kong. . . ; f ; ; T " . . Among, those reported killed were M. Kirisheff and bis wife The latter was the secretary to Michael Borodin, Russian adviser to the former nationalist govern ment. Fifteen Deported . ; Fifteen Soviet officials, includ- Dr.J ing Consul General Plitesche were deported from Hankow this morn ing and started for Shanghai aboard a Chinese steamer. - - , While, ruthless methods are be ing pursued in Canton and Han kow. the nationists in Shanghai have contented themselves with mora moderate methods, merely requiring the registration of all Russians with - the declaration whether tney are rrea or "white." This course of action is being -followed despite . the' fact that it has been reported that bad the communist coup at Canton proven-successful it would have been followed by a similar coup in Shanghai. ..Soviet Consul Kovlovsky with his staff, however, is ready to de part whenever; he is required by the Nanking nationalist wba have severed relations with Soviet Rus 43 FlflD OCEI ERIE lil SUBIRIHE S-4 Goes To Bottom When Rammed By Coast Guard Vessel Paulding BESCUE EFFORTS MADE Eleven Divers Ordered to Scene of Disaster in Hope of Com munirating With Member's - of Boat's Crev (Continued en pace 7.) Index of Today's News Section One General News .... 1, 4, 7, 9, 20 Theaters . 2-3 Radio .4 Sports ... 6-7 Editorial 10 City News ..........11 Society 1 2, 1 7 Features . . . .. ..... .14-15 Woman's. Styles -."-.i ;'... .16 Financial ......... . . . . ; . . 1 S Classified 18-19. V Section Two;0 Automotive 1 2, , 7 Better Homes ........ J, 4, 5 Comics Section Three .....1-4 SPEAKING OF CHRISTMAS BOXES Final Pleas fa Ce Made to Jury Late Yesterday CINCINNATI, Dec. 17. (AP) -Final pleas to the - Jury in George Remus', murder trial were begun late today. ; . . Charles P, Taft, II, Hamilton county prosecutor, faced the. two women and ten men of the Jury who for five weeks had heard the evidence in the trial of the form er Chicago lawyer, who became the "king of bootleggers! and final ly killed bis estranged wife,' imo gene, here last October 6. ; Taft had only an hour In which to open for the state because he had to divide ; the . two hours, left of the session with the defense. That left six hours of argument to be completed next Monday, to be- followed by"' Judge- Chester R. Shook's charge to the Jurors and delivery of Remus' fate into their hands. . DISCOVER BLOODY CLUE Woman's Handkerchief Found Deserted Ford Coupe : la LOS ANGELES, Dec, 17. (AP) A Ford coupeTfeita, a woman's bloody handkerchief lying on the seat was found ; parked, on the wrong side of Che atreet - in - the West Lake park district just -be fore midnight tonight. The hand kerchief was rushed to the home of Marian Parker's parents in "an attempt ' te Identify it as balonrisri enca was to ascertain whether It to the nttle ylcUm-of tha kldnap-j ' (CaUj.n-l ea pax T.) I P,n ,leBai ;", . i'ZV7 -- ' -T f- , ' '.' . "IIWWI Ill I III I HI i L,.r. -juWiWWHJ.Jk'i.JL1' . ." BMgLa PROVINCETOWN. Mass.. Dec. 17. (AP) The fate of 43 offi cers and men, the crew of the U. S. submarine S-4 was In doubt to night as the vessel lay on the oeean floor in deep water off this port, after a' collision w4th the coast guard destroyer Paulding. Whether the hull ot the submar ine was crushed and her crew all drowned, or whether the crash had merely disabled her machine ry and made it impossible for her to come to the surface, still was unknown. Those who witnessed the collision feared, however, that a major marine disaster had re sulted comparable to the loss oi the submarine S-51 In September, 1925, when that vessel was. sunk in collision with the steamship City of Rome, off Block Island, 33 officers and men perished. ' Destroyer Heading Home The destroyer, on patrol duty off Provincetown, was making for the harbor. Suddenly her lookout saw "the S-4 running submerged dead ahead. There was no time to swerve from the course and : the vessels crashed. The destroyer made port with her lower hold flooded. The Panldtnr-Vas struck amidships but the point at which the submarine felt the force of the blow was not known.- The S-4 went down immediate ly. Boats, that cruised about the place f6r hours found no survl vors, giving the faint hope that the submarine's hull has not been pierced. A fresh breeze and rough seas hampered the work of the small boats : taking part in . the work of rescue. 1800 Yards Off Shore The S-4 went down a bare 1, 800 yards from the shore off Wood End coast guard station, which Is situated on the outer, or ocean side of the harbor. The water at, that point is very deep, which, it was admitted,' would in crease the difficulties of raising the, sunken vessel.- . The Paulding's wireless message BROADCAST CALL ; FOR ASSISTANCE CHIEF OF LOS ANGELES DE TECTIVES MAKES APPEAL Asks for Description of Every Man vl oa Police Records Wlio Might : bo Kidnapper - GIRL SMI BYCWO LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17. (AP) Herman Cllne, chief of Los An geles detectives, tonight appealed through the Associated Press to every chief of police in this coun try and Canada to wire him de scriptions and criminal records of every man ever suspected of the crime of kidnapping. Chief Cllne, directing a tremendous effort tc apprehend the fiend killer of kid napped Marian Parker, declared the crime the most atrocious ever to occur in southern California. 41 is the most terrible -most fiendish crime ever to blacken Cal ifornia society," he declared.' "Let the Associated-Press carry into every city in this nation and Can- ada my-solemn appeal to wire me description and criminal records, of every man ever suspected of the crime of kidnapping. It may be that the fiend has plied bis terri ble trade, in some other place and his record and description may be in trie hands of some officer to night. ; - . - "We will never rest until we hare him." B0DY1EH (Coatiaa4 oa pf 7.) JOfMSTON NOT WORRIED Charges Nothing But "Street Cor ner Gossip" He Avers OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. Dee. 17. (AP) Testimony on which an investigating committee of the state house of representatives vot ed a charge of moral' turpitude against Governor Henry S. Johns ton wascharacterized by the ex ecutive today as "street corner gossip.'r .. In an Interview with newspaper- men. Governor Johnston refused to go into -detail concerning the evidence gathered by the commit tee, but he again rose to the de fense--of -Mrs. O. O. Hammonds, his personal secretary and adviser. whose name was brought into the committee hearing. r-As"to testimony of W. JI, Frank lin, a former employe In his office, relating to his personal conduct, Governor Johnston said: 'Jle spoke about me acting like I was. lost when Mrs. Hammonds was not in. the office and playful when she was here. There is ab solutely nothing to-that."- ;h The' governor i reiterated that those attacking him and Mrs. Hammonds "know she Is above -suspicion." ' l:- ' ' v W0MAH DROWNS IN TUB Mrsv Violet Jensen of Portland, PORTLAND. Dec. 17.-r-(AP) Drowned In a bath tnbf Mrs. Vio let 'Jensen, "21,' was fonnd today by.- her - roommate. Miss Alice De Lose. The" two women occupied a room at a. hotel.., :' An - emergency ; physician and firemen -of-a squad- wagon were unsuccessful after an hour's' ef fort to reauscltate Mrs. Jensen. It m-as their pinion the woman be came 111 while bathing, collapsed and drowcti, - LOS ANGELES, Dec . 17. (AP) The description of the man who kidnapped and mur dered Marian Parker follows: White, 25 to 30 years of age; five feet, eight Inches in height; 150 pounds; slender build; ttiin features, smooth shaven; medium complexion; "dark brown hair which is wavy and has appear ance of being waxed; speaks very good English and apparently . 'It well educated;, sometimes wears brownish gray herringbone over coat; dark gray' hat. - The automobile He drove V dark colored Ford roadster. Part of the license number all numer als of which - are- not known, l is 67.67.. Not known whether these are" first, . last, : or middle numbers:-4- ' Tr He has in his possession seventy five S20 United States - gold cer tificates; serial numbers K 68016975 to K-68 01 6975 inclu sive. This money was taken by tile murderer. when he delivered the body, of the child to the fath er. Merchants and business men are requested to keep a memo randum of these numbers. PARKER HAD NO ENEMIES Stricken Home In Los Angeles Found Typical On ? LOS ANGELES. Dec. 17. (AP) It was a typical American home well provided but modest and refined over which, a fiend in human form tonight cast the blackest pall 6f horror and grief in the criminal annals of south ern California. "Perry "M.-Parker,' father of lit tle Marian Parker, whose little mutilated body lies on a morgue slab here tonight, is assistant cashier of the Los Angeles, First National Trust and Savings bank. lie had no enemies; no one that could wish to do him or his harm, he declared brokenly as he groped blindly, for the motive that actua ted the kidnapper and killer. Joined In grief with him were a home-loving wife. Marian's' twin sister Marjorie and -one .brother, Willard, about 20 years of age and the little victim's grandmother LINDY'S FAVOR GROWING Mexican President Escorts Ameri can Flyer on Tonr MEXICO CITY, Dee. 17 (AP) America's bashful beau today bad a firm grip oa the hearty or Mexi co after 72 hours in the'southern republic. : : . : President : Calles z. personally drove to the American embassy to escort Colonel ; Charles A. Lind bergh and Ambassador Dwlght, W. Morrow to a school children's fete attended; by nearly 50.000 per sons, in -order to show special honor to the American flier. ." Between 6,000 and 10.000 school children called back from their holidays participated lu the fete; at the Mexico City stadium. The day - was proclaimed ' a Jioll day, the second so proclaimed of ficially since his arrivals - SPECIAL SESSION ASKED Legislature to Be Requeued to Deal With Spud Situation " IDAHO FALLS, Ida., r-e.17 (AP) Indications h-re today pointed to the strong possibility of Governor H. C. Baldrldge - being asked to call a special sepislon of the Idaho legislature to taks some action to remedy the bad potato marketing situation. Dealers and growers here are of the opinion that statutory regulations will ac complish what departmental regu lation has failed to do. Mutilated Corpse Tossed Up On Lawn Near Home After Ransom Paid KIDNAPER: GETS AWAY IN AUTO Hunt For,: Fiend Begin; Immediately After Deed STILL AT LIBERTY Police Send Out Call For As sistance In Apprehending Perpetrator of Worst Crime In Annals of West ' LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17. (AP) A uspect whose description was said to tally -with that lof the slayer of Marian Parker was cap tured in Rustic Canyon shortly be fore midnight as he was about tQ abandon a Ford coupe which be had driven Into a thick owth ef brush. " ;v :. V LOS ANGELES, Dec 17. (AP) Tha body of Marian Parker, 1?, bank official's daughter, who was kidnaped Thursday, was found to night in the northwest section f tue city. . . . .. r. . The body of the little girl, bad ly mutilated, was toeed at the feet of her, fathererry, M Parker wno naa gone to an appointed street corner in the northwest sec tion of the city, carrying 11600 in ransom money demanded by the abductor, f Parker received a telephone call at 7:35 o'clock tonight instruct- " ing him to -proceed to the corner of Fifth street and Manhattan - Place with 11500 in gold certifi cates and his daughter would be returned to him there. Father Brings Money The father, distracted and near ing collapse,; proceeded to the street corner with the money, ar riving there shortly after 8 o'clock. . -- A few minutes after he arrived, a small roadster drew ; up 'along side Parker's, automobile. The banker saw his daughter in the seat beside the driver and was tojd"- by the kidnapper that the little J girl wa asleep. "Here's your child." he said to Parker. "Give me the money asd follow Instructions. She i asleep." ,:'' Parker handed the i kidnapper the 1500 in the 120 gold certifi cates designated by the kidnap- Per. . Corpse Flung Down According to the agreement, the man after taking the money drove ahead of the car a . little way Climbing out of the car, he threa ' the body of the girl onthe grass .j 0atine4 oa par 10.) START BUILDING' BAKERY MONDAY CIIERRV CITY COXTHICT IS AWAItDKD IX)CAL F1HM St met ore Replacing One Recently Burned Will Be" Larger, Announced Contract for construction of th new three story, building for the Cherry City Bakery was let Sat urday to Anderson & Van Patten, and they will. start work Monday, the basement and foundation worjr having already been completc-4 under separate contract. - The new building, the company officials report, will afford much greater apace than the one wb5rh waa destroyed by fire a few vb ago. and bas been planned to take cafe of the expansion in buir:??. which" they anticipate in the rest flTeyears, after .which .further construction will be necessary. The ccmpatiy has been rla for some tinieto enlarge lt n v. ters, and had Ju-t completr , addition before the fire, i" r r the new building will b i' stories high, the rcmp?!er t; The enlargement will v. r 1 -sible considerable Jncrca-f in -. -ductroa as soon as the Lr.' ' flnislied. Details of th mai' which Is to be installed ready to announce soon. Until the new buHd: -pleted. the eonirany will , or.ratfr..'r la . lenr'rary r. in