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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1928)
arwn County Gets Behind jhe P r j:. viucf w""' Weather forecast: Unsettled with rains in west portion; strong southerly winds; -becoming galea on the Washington coast. Maximum temperature yesterday 4 9, min imum 37, river 5.9. rainfall none, atmos phere clear, wind southeast. . GEVENTyEVENTH YEAR h H bHl UUUI Marion and Linn Delegations ,; Appear At Meeting of Commission ROAD TO SISTERS ISSUE Tom Kit Issues Warning that Nothing at AH Can be Done If $3 Automobile License Measure Passes The most representative delega tion of business and professional men that hare of recent years ap peared ia body to petition the Oregon state highway commission, appeared before that body yester day afternoon at the Multnomah couniy courthouse at the Joint ses sion of the state forest officials and members of the state high way commission. The object of the visit to the commission of such a large repre sentation from Marion county, was to urge the commission to take action on a petition, asking that the road from Detroit to near Sisters, be designated as a high way development road. It was pointed out by J. C. Sieg mund. Marion county judge, that all the Marion county people were asking was that the road extend ing from Detroit for 32 miles to wards the Hogg pass, should be designated a highway development road In order that two years hence, when the forest service is ready to build from Sisters across the mountains. Marion county can legally present the claims of the Sisters-Detroit road. --.Judge Siegmund also told the comraTssion that the Marlon'coun- ty court would be willing to aid In making a survey of the road from Detroit Mayor Llvesley Speaks Mayor T. A. Livealey expressed .the opinion to the highway com mission that Salem (and Marlon ount7 was entitled to the con ideratlon of having the Detroit-, "'Sisters road designated as a forest highway project, as Marlon county was not asking any funds, of the commission for building purposes. Mayor Llvesley also said that Mar ion county was entitled to some consideration from the commission as it was asking to be placed on an equality with other roads when the time came for buIUMog from Sifters into the Willamette valley. Senator Reynolds Senator Lloyd T. Reynolds ad dressed the commission and said that Marion county was Interested In the shortest route from Bend to Portland, and In order that this (Continued on psi 4.) WATER HINDERS WORK ON BRIDGE roXSTRUCTIOX STOPPED ON COMMER1CAL STREET May Be Resume! in Few Days; Crew Behind, Schedule But May Catch Up The crew at work on the South Commercial street bridge has been temporarily laid off on account of high water interfering with the process of construction. Opera tions on the bridge were stopped Wednesday, R. A. Furrow, bridge engineer, believes that it will be possible to go ahead with the work the lat ter Dart of this week, or eariy next week. Five footings are yet to be placed before the east halt of the old structure can be torn away, although braces to support the west half whirh must bear ',' the traffic for a time have been con structed. Footings on the third, or middle bent, will be the most difficult to play, as they will lie in the creek bottom. Tvlle work on the bridge is ciHtni .Karlil Mr Furrow u I , avssa w -. believes tnat a. monm 01 goou weather will permit tha workmen to catch up. ; The date for com pletion of the bridge was set as July 1. I . - Mr. Furrow is at work sew, on plans for the ' South Liberty street bridge which will-be of the same type as the Commercial street scan. These' titans Will e TMbmpleted In -about a month's Ji Aime, after which her wilh om mence on pians ror ; ine un State, and North High - street bridges. Contracts for the North 'Sev enteenth street and South -Winter Street bridges msy be let at the 1 I next council meeting. . v ".y rw" NEW LICENSES NOW REQUIRED CONGESTION IX VEHICLE DE PARTMENT OVERCOME Big Increase In Fees Paid Over Same Date Last Year Shown By Kozer Ditch those 1927 plates here comes a cop! I It you haven't acquired a nice new 1928 license the one with the white background and black t ' . is u res insieaa or vice versa better leave the old car in the garage untlL you do. Sheriffs, '"chiefs of police and other peace j officers Thursday were notified by the secretary oi state tnat the congestion in the state motor vehicle department nas been cleared up, and that there is no valid, excuse for any operating nis car witn a 1927 license. Failure to receive license plates by reason of errors in original applications and ordinary delays in mail delivery are the only ex cuses that will be accepted by tht officers entrusted to the enforce ment of the state traffic regula tions. Sheriffs of the counties, out side of Multnomah and Marion, ire authorized to issue temporary ags to motor vehicle owners whe nay desire to operate their cars during the period between the submission of their application and receipt of the permanent plates from the department of tate. A letter Drenared bv the secre- .... 4 ary oi state snowed tnat the mot r vehicle fees so far received in 1928 aggregate 14,075,000, at igainst $3,700,000 during the cor responding period in 1927. Li censes have been issued so far his year to 137.000 passenger tars, 10.700 trucks. 525 motor- ycles, 390 dealers and 5100 hauffcurs. "The condition in. Oregon is no Jifferent during the renewal per iod around the first of the vear than in other states," said the jecretary of state. 'Notices have been received from a number of itates to honor plates of previous year's for a specified ' period jDth-' er states have sent notice that plates of previous years should aot be recognized." Despite the material increase n the demand for motor vehicle licenses this year, the congestion was cleared up several days ear- ier than in previous years. This was due to improved facilities for handling the applications. The cooperation of local offic ers in enforcing the traffic regu- ations is requested by the secre ary of state in his letter sent out Thursday. REMUS AGITATION LOOMS Efforts to be Made to Extricate Man From Asylum LIMA, Ohio. Jan. 26. (AP) Attorneys for George Remus, for mer "king of bootleggers" today prepared an application for a writ of habeas corpus seeking Remus' release from the Lima state hos pital, but they delayed filing it until a more opportune time. i It was their intention to seek an Immediate hearing for their client, who recently was freed in Cincinnati of the murder of his wife, Imogene, and committed to the asylum here on grounds of criminal Insanity. County Prosecutor E. M. Kotkin announced, however, that he would ask the hearing be delayed so that he might familiarize him self with the case. Remus' at torneys then withheld the applica tion for the present. WHAT PROFIT, INQUIRY Green Pear Wrapper Comes All Way From X. Y. to Medford MEDFORD. Ore.. Jan. 2. (AP) A green pear wrapper, purchased in New York City, was received today by Bob Deul, from Ed. M. Andrews, the widely known light opera comedian, who. in a letter that accompanied the wrapper, wrote that he paid 15 cents for the pear. The pear came from an orchard near Gold nul, In whleh Deul is interested. The letter closed with . the inquiry: "How much did you get out of it?" ' " STEEL EARNINGS DOWN Bethlehem Corporation Reports Profits Diminishing NEW YORK, Jan. 1-(AP) The Bethlehem Steel corporation, largest of the so-called "indepen dents today announced . that It earned 15.02 a share on outstand ing common stock . In t 1127, against 37.43 a share in the pre ceding year. Net. Income for the year aggregated $15,S2C,142, compared with 120,211.11? In 1926. Directors took no action to resume diviaeno payments on the common stock, which have been omitted sin ea 1124. ver tn w.mjjuimoi ,u. ifuuvtuc x uia ijt iriu Dllltf TO BRING SALEM'S RADIO E Secretary of Federal Com mission Being Inter viewed Personally HIGH HOPE STILL HELD Official of Broadcasting Firm Makes Encouraging Report Here Yesterday; High En dorsement Obtained 'Encouragement that Salem will yet have a radio station was given out yesterday by K. B. Aldrlch, of me capital Broadcasting ; com pany, who stafed that the matter of a station license has been taken up direct with the Federal Radio Commission secretary. H. A. La Fount, Pacific coast representative of the commission, recently Informed Aldrlch that he would recommend against the sta tion for this city, in line with a general policy of the commission to cut down the number of sta tions in the country. Mr. Aldrich has forwarded a let ter to the secretary, beating the endorsement of Governor Patter son, Secretary of State Kozer, Mayor T. A. Livesley, civic organ izations, and individual business men. urging that the application be granted. Advantages Here Cited The letter points out . to the commission that the application should be granted because of Sa lem's ideal location for such a sta tion which would serve as a con venience, not only for Salem citi zens, and farmers in the sur rounding territory, but also for inmates of state Institutions. ?ThS station plans- to broadcast morning and evening church ser vices, educational talks on a di versity of subjects, of particular (Continued on page 2) CAPITOL INSTALLS SIGN Neon System Outlines Dome Above Theater Entrance With the huge sign "Capitol in blue above and the dome, re plical of that on the state capital, outlined in red, the largest Neon sign In Oregon was ablaze in front of Bligh's Capitol theater last night for the first time. This is the, latest addition to the number of structures in the city which have .adopted the dis tinctive and outstanding illum inating plan. The additional can dle power and radiating glow, add much to the appearance of the theater front. WILLC0N1U V SbA --IS : ANHOOS'30 J . - , . - . - - .- - - - - . - i ., s . -. . --; SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY PICTURE RADIOED FOR FIRST TIME MIRACULOUS FEAT PERFORM ED AT SEW YORK Broadcasting Station Uses Reg ular Wave Length to Scad Omt Photographs ' NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (AP)- A broadcasting station, using Its regular wave length, publicly dem onstrated today for the first time the broadcasting of photographs by radio and the reception of the pictures on a small device attach ed to an ordinary radio receiver in the home. The demonstration was conduct ed over station WEAF and the photographs were broadcast from the National Broadcasting com pany's Fifth avenue laboratory at the upper west sids home of Dr. Alfred N. Goldsmith, chairman of the board of consulting engineers of the company, 25 miles from the transmitting antenna. Broadcasting company officials said the process might be employ ed to send a picture of detailed printed programs early each morn- lng to radio listeners. A picture of Mayor James J. Walker, one of Jessica Dragonette, a National Broadcasting company artist, and a group of scenes were broadcast over apparatus develop ed by Dr. E. F. W. Alexanderson who recently demonstrated a home television receiver in Schnectady, N. Y. The process consisted of a light from an automobile head lamp fo cused on a revolving cylinder on which each picture was wrapped. The image, reflected by the beam of light was broken by the notched edge of a revolving disc and fell on a photo-electric cell, which con verted the light waves into elec trical impulses. These impulses then were amplified and transmit- (Continued on pag S) COURT ORDER ANNULLED Bailding and Loan Association Denies Making .Stipulation In .an order handed down in cir cuit court here yesterday by Judge L. H. McMahan a decree of Janu ary 25 against the Guardian Build ing and Loan association is annul led. The decree Issued the associa tion was based, according to yes terday's order, on the assumption that a certain oral stipulation had been entered into between the firm and Mark McCallister, corporation commissioner, to limit the ques tions in issue to certain specific matters and handed down his de cree. It was subsequently claimed by attorneys for the association, how ever, that no such oral stipulation had been entered into, despite a statement by Mark McCallister that It had. Following yesterday's order the whole thing will come on for hear ing, both the facts and the law being tried. LEAP YEAR IS RIGHT! MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1928 JUDGE SPEEDS HICKMAN TRIAL ATTORNEYS GIVEN ORDERS TO SNAP INTO IT Delays $ot Tolerated by J. J. Trabveco, Called to Replace Carlos Hardy oa Bench HALL GELES, OF JUSTICE. LOS AN Cal., Jan. 26. (AP). The personality of a country Judge dominated the actual opening of William i Edward Hickman's trial here today. After a day of questioning, the defense attorney, Jerome Walsh temporarily accepted 12 jur ors. Prosecution attorneys, who did not participate in the earlier questioning of prospective Jurors then began a series of questions to determine the acceptability of those seated temporarily. If the prospective Jurors are not excused for obvious bias, they may then be forced out of the box by the exer cise of a peremptory challenge, by either defense or prosecution. His honor, Judge J. J. Trabuc co, called in from the wide open spaces of Mariposa eounty, to re place Judge Carlos Hardy, disqual ified yesterday, by the defense of the man accused of kidnaping and slaying Marian Parker, put his in cisive energy behind the slow pro cesses of law and time and again injected speed into the selection of a Jury when it lagged at the hands of counsel. Orders Group Quiz After assuring himself of the prisoner's plea of "net guilty by reason of Insanity," to both charges of kidnaping and murder, the veteran Jurist from the "cow country" lost no opportunity to hasten proceedings and at one juncture cut off all individual questions to talesmen by the de fense and ordered that the proba ble jurors be interrogated In groups. The Jury box was filled tenta tively by the defense shortly be fore court adjourned and the pros ecution took up the querying. Immediately after court opened this morning defense counsel. Jerome Walsh, objected to Judge -fTrabueeo oar the bench as he had successfully protested Judge Har dy's tenure of the aeat, but a de cisive "objection overruled" from his honor started the case on Its way. Then the judge called for a (Ooatlauod on pr 1) BEGIN AIR KINDERGARTEN Aeronautical School for Young People Founded at N. Y. NEW YORK. Jan. 29. (AP) An aeronautical kindergarten is to be Inaugurated for school children by the! Daniel Guggenheim fund for the promotion of aeronautics. The I fund today announced formation of a committee on ele mentary! and secondary aeronauti cal education "to promote an In telligent! and well-informed inter est In aeronautics among the young people of the schools." tut- jMuilVY III LABOR SCORES S LATIN-AMERICA Head of National Federation Writes To U. S. Delega tion At Havana COUNCIL BACKS OFFICIAL Action Taken at Meeting in Miami, Florida; Lack of Representa tion st Congress Draws Comment MIAMI. Fla., Jan. 26. (AP) Unequivocal opposition to inter ference by the United States with the internal affairs of any Latin American country was expressed by the American Federation of Labor in a letter sent by its pres ident, William Green, to Charles Evans Hughes, chairman of the American delegation to the Pan American congress, now in ses sion at Havana. The letter, which was dispatch ed last night and made public to night by Mr. Green a few hours before Its receipt in Havana also deplored the administration's fail ure to appoint a labor member on the American delegation. Transmission of the federation's views on Pan-American relations was authorized by the executive council which ended Its annual meeting here yesterday. Claim People With Them "The working people of the United States are firmly convinced that cordial and friendly relations can only be established and main tained between all countries rep resented 1 n the Pan-American Union through the development of a perfect understanding that the governments of the United States will not at any time, interfere in the affairs of any Latin-American nation and will not, either direct ly or indirectly encroach on their sovereign or territorial rights," Mr. Green wrote. "Such a guarantee should be absolute, without, reservations, and should be made in such a way as to remove all doubt in the minds of all people who reside within all countries represented in the Pan-American Union. Self Government Strettsed "Labor's International princi ples, as well as labor's principles of self government are comparable (Continued on ptf 5) SENATOR OPENS TONIGHT Public Invited to Open House, 7 to 11 o'clock; Build ing Unique Management of the new Hotel Senator, at the northeast corner of Court and High streets, has invited the public to participate in its formal opening this evening. when open house has been de clared from 7 to 11 o'clock. The building represents the ul timate in convenience of arrange ment, both for guests of the hotel and for patrons of the stage term inal which is housld just north of the hotel lobby. Entrance to both may be had from either Court or High street. Each of the 111 guest rooms in the hotel is equipped either with a shower or tub bath, and these are arranged in such a way that most of the adjoining rooms may be used as a connecting suite, or as separate rooms. A unique feature is the "long- fellow" beds, seven feet in length, Installed in many of the rooms. STOLE PLANE, CHARGED Accusation ot . Expected to Be Pressed Against A cost NEW HAVEN. Conn., Jan. 21 (AP) A charge of larceny of an airplane in New Jersey : has been brought against Bert - Acosta, traiu-Atlantlc. flier, who started firs day jail sentence here for skimming the housetops of Nau gatnek In violation of the state aviation laws. However. Acosta is sure tbelarceny charge will not be pressed? .He was visited at the Jail by Guy as Ceerlgnes, head of the syndicate, whose plane ht Is said to have, stolen. v ? Acota explained that the plane had been' presented to him with the stipulation that it was to be used In an endurance flight which he and Clarence Chamberlln were planning. Acosta was ? taken . Ill Just before the tl me set: for the flight and Chamberlln took- an other - partner, and another plane. Acosta tonight said he understood the agreement still stood and con- sequently retained .possession of I the plane when the owners sought to regain It. ; " - ' YANK POLICIE UIV IJtZUUllI ill Oliver iT&GK VUllS - KAYS SUSPECTED GONE WITH AUTO MAX SKEX LEAVIXG GARAGE RESEMBLES ESCAPEE Condition of Marion County Jail Decried as Ease of Piercing Xoted Search for Louis L. Kays, who took French leave from the Marion county jail Wednesday afternoon was continued by local police Wed nesday night and all day Thurs day, but up to a late hour last night Kays was still at large and hope that he would still be near here was becoming dim. A Chrysler sedan, stolen here at about three o'clock Thursday morning, was recovered by Port land police in that city later in the day. It is considered highly possible that Kays was the thief and that by last night he had reached some distant point and was probably still going. A man of slight build strongly resembling the escaped prisoner pushed a car out of a garage at 1100 North Capitol street 15 min utes before midnight Wednesday night. Tae would-be thief escaped. and officers watched the place un til morning upon suspicion that he might come back. He did not return, however. Officers declare it is highly probable that this man was Kays and that he was stealing the car in order to make a geta way from this section. Meanwhile criticisms continue to be voiced on the condition of the Marion county Jail. The hole through which Kays made his way to freedom was the second dug through the old brick walls in two weeks time. Only remarkable vigilance and prompt action on the part of sheriff's deputies prevent ed a break the first time and addi tional escapes the second time. V0LCAN0S NOW ACTIVE Reports of Eruptions From Widely Separated Places (By The Associated Press) Nature stirred ominously in re mote ends of the earth todav Three volcanic emotions and one earthquake caused some damage ana considerable alarm in their respective localities. Ometepe, island volcano In Lak Nicaragua, chased villagers from its vicinity as it rumbled and oeicned smoke and ashes, cloud ing the sun and covering the region as far east as Rivas with volcanic litter. Northward in Mexico a Bevere quake shook the state of Oaxaca. causing heavy damage. Krakatoa. spectacular East In dian volcanic island that explod ed in 1883 claiming 20,000 lives and sending fine ash around the world burst into sudden actlvitv today after wVekg of shooting a earn skyward from its crater partly submerged In the sea. Another volcanic island. San- torin, north of Crete, sent up col-1 umns of smoke. Previous to 1926 Santorin was quiescent for sixty years. DECIDE ON INQUIRY SOON Decision to be Reached Saturday on Walsh Resolution WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. AP) A decision will be reached Sat urday as to the action to be taken by the senate interstate commerce committee on the Walsh resolu tion advocating a nation-wide con gressional investigation of the public utilities Industry. Senator Walsh, democrat, Mon tana, author of the resolution, to day characterised the storm of criticism that it has aroused as "a lobby of such magnitude as I be lieve has never before been seen in Washington." : He offered to withdraw his amendment to limit the scope of the inquiry but urged authorization of the-investigation on the ground that state supervi sion of operating companies la powerless to control the central ization of the Industry which he contends threatens to wipe out lo cal enterprises. - CO-ED SEARCH STILL ON Important Steps to be Taken Im- - mediately la Smith Case V; ORTH AMPTOK, Mass., Jan. 2 ,--( AP). Dsflnlts action - In the search for Frances St. John Smith, mining Smith college stu dent, was. promised bv General Al fred Fr Foots, state commissioner of public safety,' when he arrived here today and took command of the investigation, p He refused to com meat on the case other than to lay that tha most Important mora yet la tha search was under way. - V- : v Mrs. Sr John Smith J mother of the girl, in her first public stateJolio schools and ? convents, were meat, .made today to newspsper men, said she was positive bar daughter, ni alive.'," ' : TWELVE PAGES TWO SECTIONS PRICE FIVE CENTS Congressman Hawley AskL Silver Creek Falls Sec tion Be Set Aside REQUEST APPR0JRIATI0 Total of SAO Acres of Iand AN fected; Activities of Local Mrs Beginning to Bear Fruit If ASHINGTON. Jan. 26. (AP -Establishment of an 880 acre national park in Marion county. Oregon, to be known as Silver Creek Falls National Pork is pro posed in a bill introduced today by Representative W. C. Hawley. re publican of Salem. Oregon. The measure carries an appropriation of 8,000 for the park. For the past years, efforts have- been made by the Salem Chass- ber of Commerce and the Silvertoc Chamber of Commerce to interest Senator McXary and Congressman Hawley in having congress pas an appropriation to purchase land and declare the district around the Silver Creek Falls a national park. Superintendent Investigates Over one year ago, Colonel Thomson, superintendent of Cra ter Lake National park, was as signed to personally investigate (he Silver Creek Falls district. In company with Senator Mc Nary, T. B. Kay and other repre sentatives of the Salem Chamber of Commerce' and the Marion county court. Col. Thomson vis ited the north falls, upper north falls and the south falls. He also spent two days with J. D. Drake of Sllverton in tramping over the entire Silver Creek Falls district. It is well known that Col.Thom- son regarded Silver Creek FaTTs" one of the most scenic and attrac tive districts in the west. He ex pressed surprise that nothing had been done by the stats or local authorities to purchase the ten rails, all of which are within a ra dius of three miles of one another. , Hawley Visits District Later on, according to reports, the impression was given that on account of the small acreage re quired, the national forest service, could not be Interested. Congressman Hawley visited the falls district several times and be came enthusiastic over the unusual beauty of the falls. He last sum mer promised to do what he teuton to preserve the district for the public. The north falls is still gov ernment property. Other falls arc (Continued oa ptce 2) RELIGIOUS ROW SPREADING FAST NEARLY SOO ARRKSTS MADE IX PAST FEW DAYS Government Suppresses Activities Of Schools Said Operating Contrary to Law MEXICO CITY, Jan. 26. (AP) Religious questions are again flaring up, with renewed police activity in closing Catholic schools alleged to be operating in viola tion of the laws and In arresting persons said to be. engaged In se ditious activities. ; , It Is estimated that between 250 and SOO persons have been arrested in the past few "days. Four Catholic schools have been closed, .those arrested- Including both students and teachers. : "Long lire Christ the" King!" some of the students cried when the police appeared this morning and closed the Catholic seminary De Reglna. -.Vi... 'T "-.:' ,V-; ; The entire student body, and the teachers numbering abont 22S.. were taken to police headquarters, where they were held for exaas fnation. - " -' s ' , ' The school authorities imme diately heard the cries of "Long live Christ the King" and ordered the students to cease their dera- onstratlon , and accept .the sltua- t ion calmly. This was done and i be prisoners went away quietly."; -. Places previously closed during . the past few days campaign were the Colegio, vJosefino, a Catholic girU school, the teachers of, which were detained. "-c '" L After tha religious "laws be came effective more than a year and a half ago; many of the Catb- .dosed but since then, the police allege, eome nave resumea opr- uobs in violation ci me ; BILL PROPOSES NATIONAL Pill IN THIS COUNT! f