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10 THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 20, 1927 luii) r. hi SHB5 rims' charges Declares Senator Not Jack ass "At Least Not a Perfect one" v NEW YORK. Dec. 19. (AE) W. R. Hearst today Issued a state-1 IB eat In reply to an open letter from Senator Nor rls of Nebraska ' retarding publication of docu ments by the Hearst newspapers. Thm statement says in part: - "It 1 not necessary to reply to Saaaior Norris hysterical and vl tapcratlve statement In kind. I might state, however, that if Senator Norrta is anxious to estab Ua2k the truth lie might begin by telling the truth, a thing that he has disinetly refrained from doing threaghout his whole statement. "The plain facts of this whole Mexican matter are that these Unlcan documents are apparently quite authentic and that no proof whatever has been produced of their lack of authenticity. . "I might hare. In the first place,1 refrained - from publishing any of taa documents, in which case, my pesnession of the documents being known, I would erentually have ben accused by persons as care leas of facts as Senator Norris, of having, been too cowardly and too concerned for my property inter ests in Mexico to hare revealed facts through the medium of my newspapers, which affected the 'welfare of the American people and which the American people had a right to be acquainted with "In the second place. I might hare printed some of the docu ments and suppressed others, .in .which case J could hare been ac cased of suppression of the facts or perversion of the facts to suit my own prejudices or opinions. -In the third place, I might hare tmtervlewed the senators men tioned and published their explan ations in my newspapers, but could not see. and can not now jeev how denials made in my news papers would hare any " superior orce or effect o?er denials maae by them under oath before a goT ernmental body. ' "Moreover, such a coarse would save necessitated the publication f the senators' names, and I was fa no way adequately informed of the probable course of the gov erament, and as to whether It ever would be considered necessary or . desirable by the government to make publis the senators names. Therefore, I mentioned no In dividuals, but merely printed the documents deleted of names, and left the determination of that im portant' point for the. government. ,, v-. -V. "It was only when the authen ticity of the documents became al--anoet overwhelmingly established, that publication : began.- "Certainly nobody but a perfect Jacktsa and Senator Norris .is . not that at least not a perfect o could Imagine that my prop erty holdings In Mexico were ben efitted by losing the friendship and favor of the Mexican govern meat. . ." ' . : , . ,. . -Finally, as to the elleged evil motive in endeavoring to reflect mm the insur rents In the senate through the publicatloa of these documents, that seems to me to be the most aesinine statement that east be picked, out of Senator Nor rta. scrap heap of misrepresenta tion and billingsgate. "My papers have always been in the main supporters of the in surgent group of. senators. .- A a matter of fact, I am an insnraent mvself. &ad it ! been and always will be an Insur gent against wnaterer seems to be contrary to the lnt.retta nf - nnr government and the welfare - of our people, and In sustaining those prlnciDlea and that nniw t nnx lished these Mexican documents. oeueving men and believing row that I did my simple duty, regard less of consequences to myself and considering merely the best bene fit of the American people." SUSPECT FLEES WHEN OFFICERS BOARD TRAIN (C.ind from pg 2.) pect had telephoned ht . Santa Monica for money, but re fused to give his" San Diego ad dress. He was reported to hare ieii me southern . city in a stolen Ford coune. A visit tn th of the suspects' parents was re- poriea oy the police to have borne out the caretAkAr'a ar. v f "vvij, UU UUL to have assisted in locating the In connection with the flnd'm asserted "watch tower" revelations aeiecuvea declared that three of the thlrtv thre mmiin nf Greek letter fraternity were absent ui wb cuy. ' a widespread search was put j under way for them, while the questioning of all the other members also was started. Two fingerprints, found on the windshield of the kidnaper's stolen Chrysler car. tallied positively with the two discovered on his crudely printed death threat let ters." The v, machine's ; steering wheel was removed for discovery of more fingerprints. "' The car was ionna in a parking space a few.blocka from the street where the killer dumped the girl's body after receiving his $1600 ransom from the father on Saturday night. It had been left.; tnere y a man answering the fiend's description, and its license number was that noted by Parker. The car was identified as having , been stolen from Dr. Herbert Mants in Kan sas City on November 7, and as bearing license plates stolen In San Diego December 13. 3 Suspect Still Held Three suspects continued in custody although officers ex pressed the opinion they were not connected with the crime. They were held for further investiga tion. Lillian Padley, 22, telephone operator, was arrested when she was reported to have screamed hysterically, "I didn't kill her." as she fled from a house on Manhat tan street, near where Marlon Parker's body was surrendered. The others held were Earl Smith, S3, and Gaylord : Barnaman. The Padley house was reported to have revealed footprints, sup posedly outlined in bloodstains. Detectives said these proved to be wine stains. Blt For Dreakfast I "Seven Miles Oat" - 5 : .Title of new book by Ella' Mc- Munn, to be off the press today. ilt will be on sale at 50c a copy at Patton's book store, and per-j naps at other stores Further an nouncement will be made tomor row. - ' f - The new book is the same size as the one by Miss MsMunn pub lished three years ago. which sold at 75c a copy, and all of the cop ies of which were sold within a few weeks; most of them in the first four days. . . -.- - "L . Those who heard the bee talk yesterday a the Salem Chamber of Commerce by Mr. Mead, the king bee of the industry here, were convinced that every farm in this section- Ought to have bees and will have in time; with an annual harvest which will mean gold dol lars galore easy money, too; like "money from home." . I "W j . "Lucky" Lindbergh was be sieged with protests from this country against attending a Mex ican ball fight. : As usual, he dis played his good judgment, of which he la so abundantly pos sessed, by refusing to offend his host, andpromptly accepted the Invitation to attend. Lindbergh is the .outstanding young man of his age. i What a head that stripling has' on his shoulders! - . W ' llf the Incinerator fight keeps up much . longer Salem will become advertised almost as well as Klam ath Falls was a few years ago by reason of its three -court houses The firhtlnr snirit la not limited apparently, to towns 46 feet above sea level. The rams do not dampen our spirits.' And now every one to suspicious of 'the stranger who passes out twenty dollar CblH." Reference is made to the Los Angeles' kidnaper who received -75 bills .of that de nomination from the father of his twelve-year-old - victim. When that fellow is caught all' the twen ty-dollar bills In Christendom will not do him any , good; and the lawyer who defends him may as well consider himself - a marked man. ' Lives of flyers all remind ns we can dare the dcean's brine, and de- nartlna- leave behind us little rip ples, -for a time. Spartanburg Herald. ; : Elephant Puzzle Contest Annonncement Sewer Cost Cited It will cost S5140.87 to nrovide a sanitarr sewer mtim fn MnrV one to six In Walnut Park addi tion, aecordinr to a renort bv Citv Engineer Rogers at the council meeting last night. After an exciting and sensation al finish, the Statesman Publish ing Company . Elephant Pusz!e Contest came to a close at mid night, Wednesday, November 30th. This was probably the most in teresting contest ever conducted by this company. Contestants said they had more fun counting the figures in the elephant than any puzzle they ever tried more fun than a cross word puzzle. There was no trick or chance Involved, and only patience and accuracy were required. In the solution of the puzzle. One lady said It was the best fun she ever had in her life. During the closing hours of the contest a regular avalanche of so lutions and qualifications were received, which far exceeds any thing ever experienced in any puz zle contest ever conducted by this company. The office staff has been overloaded with work ever since, and if they have accident ally made any errors in entering subscriptions or any other way, please advise and corrections will be made promptly. The correct answer to the puz zle Is: The weight of the ele phant Is 6963 pounds. Contrary to all expectations, a considerable number (more than 100) of the contestants secured the correct answer to the puzzle and accord ing to the rules of the contest, a second puzzle will be submitted to these tying contestants to solve. This is In accordance with the following rule of the contest: In case of ties a second - puz zle, like the accompanying chart, except ' larger, will be presented for those tied to solve. The prob lem will consist of drawing a con tlnuous chain across the chart en circling the figures in the circles. If necessary to eliminate further ties the puzzle with combinations changed wilip be presented for as many as five .more times, after which, should any ties exist, each tying contestant will r eceive the full amount of any awards tied for." Contestants who succeed ed In securing the correct answer on the first puzzle will be mailed the second puzzle with full infor mation and rules to solve as soon as we can. get It printed. Each tying contestant should re ceive this second puzzle not later than January 2, 1928, and if for any reason they do not receive the second puzzle by that date they should write to the Statesman Publishing Company for the sec ond puzzle chart and it will be mailed promptly. The contestants who were out classed will no doubt throw up their hats and cheer for the win ners, realizing full well that the puzzle candidates who have the ability to surpass their own splen did efforts are truly entitled to all the praise that is possible to bestow on them. Thanks- many puzzle contest ants have expressed the desire that we thank their friends who cooperated with them by giving them subscriptions and thus as sisting them to qualify their en- tries in the contest for the larger prizes. OBITUARY HETSEB - William Heyser, aged 71, died yesterday, December 18. -He was; tae father of Herbert. Heyser. or Salem. 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