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J FUST 111 CONTEST Questions and Answers Con- cernlng the Big States man Auto Race Coatest fever Is sweepinR the whole country, and there are prob ably more contest companies and contest organization in the Unit ed States than ever before in his tory."' There are more newspaper contest, better homes contests. riresa making contests, radio con testa, etc., under way- than ever before. The At water-Kent com pany, last fall, conducted a great audition contest to select the best tingera for radios which attracted nation-wide attention. At the present time, in Salem, there are four contests under way; two newspaper subscription contests, better homes contest conducted by the realtors, and a dress-makinjt contest conducted by one of the local department stores. A great majority of people are Interested, one way or another,' in ome of these contests, and any pervoa who is not tuned in on one of the contests is Just a Utile be hind the times. 1928 is the con- teat year, and will undoubtedly e more contests than any year la the history of the United States. If all the questions propounded la the course of a day were placed ead to end, they would reach a boat the same distance that the Oregon Statesman's outo prizes will travel when the winning can didates get behind the wheels. Here's the Answer .The question and. the'r replies go something like this: Question: Can I enter this ram lg? Answer: Anybody can enter, if h ta not an adult employee of the Statesman Publishing company. Question: What must I do to wta an automobile? :- Anawer: Get votes. They arc given on every subscription ob tained for The Statesman. Question: Where can I get these cnbacriptlons? Answer: Anywhere you choose. There are no restriction and you are not confined to your own dis tricts. Qaestion: What do you mean by dlRtrict? Purpose of Divisions Answer: The entire Statesman territory Is divided into two dis tricts. Within the city limits of Salem is known as District 1: and outside of Salem, including the rural routes of Salem, is known as District 2. Question:' Why is it divided in this manner? Answer: To secure all candi datea an equal opportunity to share in the prizes no matter where they live. Awarding a cer tain number of prizes in each dis trict, makes it certain that the prises cannot all be won in just one district. The prize winners will b scattered over the whole territory. Question: And you are going to give away f'.ve automobiles? What else? Answer: For each district there will be a radio valued at $200. a washing machine, a short hand coarse, and a diamond ring, be sides cash and perhaps other prises. Question: And suppose I don't wla an automobile or a washing saachlne. a short hand course, or a diamond ring, or a cash prize. Will all my efforts so for nothlns? Aaswer: No. Indeed: The Statesman has arranged it so ev erybody ran win in this campaign. Every active candidate not win ning one of the prizes will receive It per cent cash commission on all the subscription money he or she turns in. How To Start Qaestlon: Now, how do 1 start? Aaswer: First, you fill out the nomination blank with your name and address. That gives you rotes free. Then yoa get rr first subscription. It will ho worth. certain number of votes, depending upon Its length, and when you turn It In yoa will get those regular votes and 7S.000 j free votes besides, i . Qn est ion: And then I Just keep ! on sett tog all the subscriptions I ! cai? ' Aaswer: That's It. Your friends, neighbors, business and social ac quaintances all these are pros pects, Probably a lot of them aren't taking The Statesman now, aid they will be glad to do so when you show them what a fine paper it Is, and they will also want to help you wla one of those val uable prizes. V It's Vp To Yon Question: Well. It won't be my fanlt if they don't. I'm going tight after them now. And er I-will you set aside one of those Answer: We sure hope we may.! It's np to you. I So H goes. Additional Informa tion will be found in today' cam paign announcement found else where In this Issue. , The advertisement also contains the nil-Important nomination blank.. Turn to lt-now; take a good look at the automobiles to be giv en a w,. and decide that you want tfne of them, too. CAPTURE FIEND KILLER OF GIRL, FEAR VIOLENCE IfTn orfice made thn arrest, , On the trip by automobile from Owos o deputy sheriffs said Hotelllaf attempted to cut his throat with the pocket, knife he had conceal ed. Mob Violence Feared Every precaution was taken by city and state police to prevent possible violence from Flint citi zens who have demonstrated dur ing the last few days extreme ag itation. Squads of police armed with tear bombs were posted at strategic points as Captain Oscar Olander, commissioner of state po lice, Chief of Police C. J. Scavar da and Sheriff Frank Green ob tained the man's confession. 'Dorothy was kidnaped when on her way home from kindergarten. An alarm spread by her mother and school officials started a search which resulted in discovery of the mutilated body partly sub merged in the waters of a creek in a seldom frequented section near here. The alarm broadcast started the most intensive man hunt in the history of this state with every available member of the state police, Flint police force and county officers working night and day to apprehend the slayer Slate police in Charge I nder orders from Governor Fred W. Green, Olander. rommis sloner of state police, took charge and under the central command the state was scoured. The assist ance of the army first pursuit squadron was obtained and three planes from Selfridge field flew over the terrain searching for the automobile driven by the slayer. The confession today followed the funeral and . burial of the child on the slope of a hill not far from the spot where she was kill ed. Hotellins. formerly a deacon of a local church was Installed as an elder Sunday night. He had pre sided at a communion in the morn ing. He came to Owosso from Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., nine years ago. Recently he had been out of work and according to his wife had driven his automobile here last Thursday afternoon to look for work. He is the father of five children, including two married daughters. Wife Itelievp Innocence Mrs. Hotelllng insisted that if her husband confessed the mur der he must have been tortured into doing so. "He never did any thing wrong in his life before," Mrs. Hotelllng cried. Hotclling returned from his trip to Flint, his wife declares, about t:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. There were no spots on any of his clothes, she said, and he had ex pressed horror at the deed. The confessed slayer was arrest ed at his home and according to witnesses, betrayed fright when taken into custody. Fearing violence Commissioner Olander had ordered Hotelling re moved from the city. Two automo biles bearing Hotelling and offi cers left the city presumably for Lansing, the headquarters of tJe Michigan state police. In his confession, according to police, Hotteling declared he was in Flint last Thursday looking for work. Scenes Recounted "I don't know what came over me." he was quoted by police as stating. ! was driving along and saw Dorothy. I got her in the car. thinking I would take her home. She cried. I drove to Snyder road (the muddy road in which his car became mired) and carried her part way across the field. She still cried and wanted to go home." The slayer according to; police, said when they reached the creek bank, with Dorothy walking the last part of her death march across the field, she continued to cry and said she would tell her father, so he pulled out his two bladed clasp knife and stabbed her twice. The wounds were fatal. Then he pro ceeded with the task of mutilating the body. "I don't know what came over me." he kept repeating. TO E POMOX. GRANGE OFFICERS IXSTALLKD WEDNESDAY Marion county Pomona Grange will meet at the Salem labor ball Wednesday forenoon at 10 o'clock. At the morning session the fifth degree will be conferred by the of ficers. In the afternoon, the newly elected officers will be installed with Mrs. Bertha J. Beck of A I- Schaefer's Herbal One of the Finest Cough syrups made Gives Immediate Relief Front Coughing and Throat Irritation Sold Only At Schaefer's ORCG STORE l&S X; OoBn'l 8C rfcone 197 ' Thn IVnslar Agency ORIGINAL TKLLOW TRONT " GRANGE con Cough Syrup THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17. 1928 ' - banr, state Grange secretary, an installing officer. Frank F. Bowers of Silvertoti, lecturer, will have charge of the program. Governor Patterson is expected to attend. Mrs. W. A. Jones of Macleay is master of the Pom&t Grange. J.B.T rilOMIXKXT HOTEL MAX; ORKGOX SINCE 1875 IX Death of J. B. Thompson, for many years a prominent hotel owner and operator in the Willam ette valley, occurred early Sunday morning at his home, 765 North Summer street. He was 77 years of age. and had lived in Oregon Tsince 1875, when he came here with his bride. Eliz abeth Walker, from Tennessee. m In 1878, the young couple set tled on a farm near Albany and he was a successful farmer for the following 14 years. Thompson's first venture in the hotel business occurred in 1891, when he purchased the St. Charles hotel at Lebanon. In 1902 he bought the Gall hotel in Dallas, which was a famous hostelry and well known nmong traveling men and others for years. In 1912 he bought the Albany hotel at Albany. He Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson; a I daughter, Mrs. Minnie Thompson Wilkes, of Colorado; a grandson, Kenneth Thompson, who graduat ed from Willamette law school last eprlng. was admitted to the bar last summer, and who Is now located in Portland; a sister. Mrs. James Wallace of Alberta. Cana da, and a brother. Johnathan Thompson of Hubbard. Oregon. Mr. Thompson served as pastor of a church at Lebanon for a few years. During hie entire life he gave one tenth of his income to charity. Funeral services are to be held at the Albany Baptist church at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon, with Dr. Wallace Howe Lee In charge. RKSIDKXT OF 8ALEM SO VKARS Fl'XKHAL TOMORROW Mrs. Mary Darby, widow of the late W. II. H. Darby, died Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at her home here. Funeral services will W conducted Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. from Rigdon's chapel, with interment in the Ciey View ceme tery. Mary Rankin was born at Greenfield, Bade county. Missouri. October 17. 1848. the daughter of William and Demaris Rankin. Her early life was spent in Missouri and Kansas. She came to Oregon from Kansas in 1891, and was married to W. H. H. Darby at Wal do Hills. May 19. 1892. Mr. Darby died December 19, 1914. Mrs. Darby is survived by a brother. J. T. Rankin of Rankin, Okla.; two sons. W. F. Darby of Ashland and Dr. W. H. Darby of Salem; and three daughters. Mrs. Ray Logan of Seaside; Mrs. B. R. Sturm eff Toppenish. Wash., and Mrs. Henry Crass of Vancouver. Wash. Mrs. Darby had lived in Salem 30 years. SOCIETY (Continued from page 3) locks are unbobbed. purchased a i charming white, bobbed wig. One IN DIES MS. M. DIES Announcing the H. L. STIFF FURNITURE CO. Universal Electric Range Home Ser- vice Week MISS ETHEL A. MURDOCH - of the Universal- Electric Corporation Ser-' vice Department will be in attendance at our Home Service Demonstration all this week. She will be glad to help you with any little problem you may have met in the operation and service of your range. Her services are Free. Gall H. L. Stiff Furniture Company 7 Remember our Universal Electric Cooking Demonstration Week of Feb. 20th night she wore It, with a new all ver frock and upon entering the restaurant where the was Joining rriends for dinner was met by blank stares. No one recognized her. The other evening. Miss Lew Is was again wearing 'the silver frock to a dinner party at the Rits and determined to wear the white wig. The first person whom she met upon entering tho hotel was a gentleman who had been her dinner companion the previ ous evening, and her blithe smile and nod was greeted by a puzzled questioning glance. The same thing occured all evening, and the party was ruined for the prima dona. Miss Lewis refuses to say where she consigned the disguising wig when she arrived home. Miss Lewis' own hair will frame her charming face on the occa sion of her concert here Thursday evening, January 26th, at the El sinore theater. APPRECIATIVE CUBANS GREET U. S. PRESIDENT the capital city of Cuba. Long be fore he came ont of the national palace with President Machado to start the procession to the thea ter, great crowds thronged the plaza in front of the Cuban ex ecutive's home. As many as could obtain places in the narrow streets along the line of march Jostled! one another for a position of vant- age "Vivas" Fill Air At last President Coolidge In silk hat and frock coat, appeared in the doorway of the Cuban pal ace. The crowd in the plaza had started cheering the moment they saw his aides come out. But when they-saw the president himself their cries leaped in a mighty cre scendo that swept itself along the line to the theater. "Viva el presidente!" they cried. When Mr. Coolidge passed the men waved their hats enthusiasti cally. They had not spent them selves in yesterday's tumultous welcome and again produced flag and flowers as if by magic, to wave and toss as the procession went by. To those who have watched President Coolidge respond to ap plause in his own country, it seemed as if he were inordinately touched by this unusual display of enthusiasm. He bowed and smiled continually, keeping his hat off. to lift it frequently In ac knowledgment. Machado Courteous President Machado, riding by his side, nodded his head occa sionally but was punctilous in keeping in the background so that he might not detract from what was obviously the American presi dent's show. In the second car Mrs. Coolidge rode with Senora Machado and she too received her Bbare of ac clamation and waved her hand cheerily and smiled in her usual spontaneous way. At the theater Mr. Coolidge sat on a flag draped stage behind a long table with the Cuban execu tives and Secretary of State Kel logg and Rafael Martinez Oritz, Cuban secretary of state. President Machado spoke first, laying stress on the significance of the Pan-American conference. Friendliness and cooperation, ke said, were necessary to the ad vancement of the western hemis phere. He paid homage to Presi dent Coolidge as the head of the great people whom Cuba had the honor of seeing at her side In her struggle for Independence. Cameras Snap The president of the United States then arose amid a wave of applause to deliver his speech Spotlights were trained opon him from all sides as photographers recorded the event. ! The first ap- planse came when he specif ically! mentioned the advancement or Cuba, both politically and econom ically, since the republic attained its independence and he held Cuba, up as an example of her sister republics of the new world. Cooperation of the 21 Ameri can republics In maintaining "the Ideals of our western world" was put forward by President Coolidge'tne remarkable demonstration. as the common obligations of the nations attending the Pan-Ameri can congress. Asserting that obligation to be ntiA for which w aro neculiarlv; responsible," President Coolidge 'standing among all people, univer described la as "one of the most! sal peace and the spiritual and important services we can render humanity." "No one else can discharge It for us,'' he warned. the Cuban president, "can now In the same atmosphere of oppose the tide that Impels the striking r -nhusiasm on the parti destinies of the western hemis of the whole Cuban nation which phere towards its definite broth signalled his arrival in the lsl-jerhood under the shelter of the ands, Mr. Coolidge opened the con-judicial -standards that are indis- gress with an urgent plea that the nations of the western hemisphere, join in the task of assuring the freedom bequeathed them in equal measur Columbus, the pio- neer All. Americas Represented For hte first time all the 21 American republics are represent ed at the conference, the sixth to be held In his address President Coo lidge dwelt on the equal status of the republics In the conference. To The AJAX RUBBER CO., Inc., takes great pleasure in announcing the appointment of- WYNNE GRIER 245 CENTER STREET as distributor of Ajax tires and tubes for Salem. We realize from the satisfactory relationship of the past with Mr. Grier that we will have the very finest of representation, and, furthermore that car owners of Salem and vicinity will be astounded at the excellent service that Wynne Grier will render to his patrons. A complete stock of all sizes will be constantly maintained by Mr. Grier "regardlesf of size," which will assure, in all instances, an "unequalled service." Respectfully, AJAX RUBBER CO., Inc. A message A new heme has been built or Ajax Tires and Tubes at 245 CENTER ST., and equip ped' with the very latest types of machines for handling and REPAIRING tires! A COMPLETE STOCK will be maintained at all times, and vou will receive only the VERY HIGHEST TYPE OF SERVICE I Furthermore, you will have my personal assurance of GUARANTED SATIS FACTION on EVERY ARTICLE purchased! Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock the doors of our complete Tire Service Store will 5pen for the first time to you. Everyone is cordially invited to come or an j time, for that matter and visit the new store. I want to meet each of you personally and discuss your tire problems with you and show you how easily they can be solved. But, whether or not you are in the market for a set of tires, or want your tfres In flated come anyway ! It will be my pleasure to show you through Salem's4 'most - complete exclusive tire shop! v ' Aj ax Tires -a He emphasized the need of food will and understanding and assur ed Ihe delegates the United States government "was ready to encour- age all-peaceful efforts that would onng ine American states into closer harmony, his words were applauded time and time again, and on occasion the delegates would rise from their seats and cheer with cries o f "Viva!" iMrCoolidge showed plainly his emotion and sincere pleasure at u.a.i Hour MQinann wnn hhmci- ed warmly to the part the United States is taking in this conference snoke with no less stress on the desirability of fraternal under- moral unity of the nations of the world. "No person nor anything," said pensable for the maintenance of i peace." RE-NUMBERING, STREET LIGHTS GAIN APPROVAL (Continnea from p&& 1.) poration. were referred to the fire and water committee. The following petitions for pav ing were read" and approved: Fir street, between Bush and Miller. THe People (Of Salem of importance to every car Wynne Grier I Am Proud o This Appointment! Wynne 45 AN ACCEHEfcSTMDARD MS Fir street, between Miller and Owens. - Ronth Caoltol street, between Cross and Howard. Alley, block 77. A oetltlon for a sewer in Block ttva, between Cross and Wilbur was approved. Petitions for paving Myrtle ave nue between Highland and Pine; and McCoy street between Market and Hood were referred to the streets committee. A petition for a sewer in Block five, Kay's second addition, was referred to the sewer committee. An annllcatlon for a street ww i light at" Maple and Columbia and. Maple and South streets was re ferred to the light committee. Five firms applied for permis sion to erect electrical signs. They were Carson Drug company, in the new Hotel Senator building; Wil lys Knight Overland company at 333 Center street; Postal Tele-! graph company at 3 80 State; Ore-j gon stages company on n i g a street between State and Court; and the Jewel Box at 173 North Liberty street. The applications were referred to the light commit tee, with the exception of the Pos tal Telegraph application which was approved. A remonstrance from eight pro perty owners at pavement of South 25th street was referred to the streets committee. An ordinance giving the South- ern Pacific authority to extend itsjtoday decided to award him the in siding along Twelfth street overj ternational trophy which went to Mill street was passed. Pelletler Doisy, the French flier, Another ordinance to vacate last year. O O and Vicinity) owner in Salem and vicinity fronft Grier COURSE Center St. a short distance near Fourteenth street was pass, ed. An ordinance accepting dedica tion of a parcel of land from J. J. Llrich to extend Fourteenth street was referred to the street committee. SEVEN BRIDGES TO BE BUILT PRESENT YEAR (Continued front p 1 ) filed by the committee, call far a bridge 84 feet long with a road way 30 feet wide, and two six-foot sidewalks at an estimated cost of osav; gi0,000. The estimate for thw the bond proposal w..v bridge In 112,000. The South Wrster street brMo will be 90 feet long, with a foot' roadway, two 10 foot f iJc walks. The estimated cost is $17 -000, as against the original e-;-mate of 120,000. The plans were drawn unci.: supervision of R. A. Furrow, city bridge engineer. LINDY GETS NEW HONOR American Hero Declared World's Champion Blrdman of '28 PARIS. Jan. 16. (AP). Colo nel Charles A. Lindbergh Is the world's champion blrdman for 1928, In the opinion of the Inter nationa League of Aviators which Ajax Tires uaug eireei tor