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"The Private Lifebf Helen of Troy" Opens at the Elsinore Theater Today; Note the Review Contest Prizes in Article. on This Page ' The Hearing on Ever Improvement by theUnited States Engineers Will Open at Salem Chamber of Commerce at 10:30 Tomorrow" Ik "Weather forecast: Generally oudy, with rains near the coast; normal mper ature; increasing southerly winds n the coast. Maximum temperature y erday 68, minimum 45. rirer 6.8, rainfall )2, at mosphere clear, wind east. in New York City now has six million In habitants and we wonder how many of 'em know that milk comes from cows?.- - ; A 2 1 II III SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEA1 -nmrn iiriniBin T -flllUI HUlillb 1 ON WEDNESDAY m HIITED IDE Transportation Needs On Willamette River ill Be Shown Engineers DATA TO BE PRESENTED Certain Tonnage After Improve wilts Made, Point Which Will be Stressed by Salem and. Vailev Interests One of the most important hear itigs hearing oa Salem's future de-vc-lopmeut ever held in this city, is scheduled tomorrow at the ('. mniher of commerce beginning tit 10:30 o'clock in the afternoon. , At tins time, i nited Mutes en gineers will listen-to the represes - . l,.ette valley interests on the! The modest aviator demon i,.ed "f improving the U illamette strated today that he dId not con. vv. ir rir in :i nen I K- n that an all-....,. . . . "" e - t ;tr tioaung s'a e may oe provia- nl. If this project goes through, it will make Salem practically a sta in it .-o far as marketing its prod in is coneerned, the only differ ential being the tost of transfer ring from barges to ocean vessels in t lie lower river. Points to Future The Salem chamber of rom nierce will make the showing for it. is city, and other communities ii: the valley, equally certain to pnifit if the project goes through, are also preparing figures to pies tut before the official hearing. The important point which will be brought out is that the present tonnage on the river is no criter ion of the tonnage that will be ti an.-ported if a permanent boat ing srage I secured. Companies which now ship a considerable JHtioii of their product by rail, VriU pi '-e;i! figures showing how much torin.ige. they will divert to a- soon as it is feasible, "W rapidly this tonnage is ins and is expected to in- O.tie Will Be Ready P1 'M'le who will have the nihility for nresentinc this ni.ition. have been DreDarinc !' ' r nearly two weeks, since the t: ' aim i in tment of the heaiinc v 'i.e.,. j here. Longer ago ' . ii ,i on pa e 5 ) HINDU WEDDING GETS DIFFICULT M U:Kt.;K TO AMERICAN GIRL HARD TO ARRANGE vision to Native Religion biff Obstacle In Way of Ceremony In India :iiMBXY, India, Jan. 30. ti'. Efforts of the former M - ha jaraih of Indore to arrange for the conversion of ?dkss Xancy .Idler of Seattle to Hinduism (o orthodox priests at the holy city of Nasik U order to marry her ap peared to Vave been unsuccessful. Hindu ptiests at Xaeik, a strong-' khold of orihodoxy are reported to have re refus'd to countenance such a conversioi. A vernawlar newspaper pub lished at lelhi, while ridiculing the proposid conversion, asserts that a prominent Arya Sakajist and HInduatbha leader with other sidvoeates . o Hindu reformation, have expresied readiness to per forin the ceremonies of conver sion. However , whether such a conversion w oil Id! be acknowledged by the formef iiahajarah's rela tives or casterten is doubtful eince conversion by Wya SamaJ rites Is not accepted bythe orthodox sec tion as having (the sanction of Hindu scriptures The same paWr states that 8 2kh leader andVgal practitioner of Hoshlafpur, Finjab, has tele graphed the deposed ruler express ing ibe wfllingaess to conrert American girl nd he raaharajhh If they are wiling ta har thpir marriase perforaod in accordance lwith sikh rites. . j sikh relteion. a Wrm of Hinduism, accepts, proselyies, and has obtained by statute legit sanc tion for its male adherentato mar ry more than one wife buj in that event both parties t thetontract must be slkhs. If thel former mahajarah wished totakf adTnt : se of the aikh marriage law. he and his fiancee, botl? wdjld have to be initiated Into sUhii. Meantime, ;th aready twice Redded former mallaijajt and bis prospective bride air at ll at JJu--waraeliy awaiting ieYopmeats and it is uncertain wbenuiey will leave. X 1 H an,! i it Ti,. Si r -i.o; I 1 11 "' - i 'VWMHBBiHPBSMBSBBBBBBBnSSSSSSSSSSSBni - . .. , , . - k t a ir vfeLCOMELINDY LVT VENEZUELA Di.lltlOlS FESTIVITIES MARK IRRIVAL OF FLYER Gi-s Native La.s Tiipie Auto- faph In Evclumge- for Hand Embroideicd Souvenir ARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 30. P) The flag of another cotitry graced the sides of the Split jf St. Louis today an Charles A. t.ii.dbergh made preparations. in. (he midst of almost delirious ftsjvities for a 1,000 mile hop to the1 Virgin islands. i'hile he was receiving the hop use of a city that hati closed visually all its business Rouses to lonor him, the Venezuelan flag wa, painted on the fuselage of his pl.ne by the side of the flags of otfr-r countries he has visited in th veteran other half of "we." Constantly in the midst of fes tivities the young flier inquired of Venezuelan aviation officials ifhis plane at Maracay field were well guarded and necessary pre parations for tomorrow's trip were citntinuing. Mechanics removed Ktsoline remaining In the tank's ater the flight from Bogota, Co- Imbia, yesterday and placed four - barr s of fresh fuel handy for 'siuer one autograpn adequate re- .r t... pretty young Venezuelan girl three. The girl took from her ,own hand a tiny glove on which was embroidered in Spanish "To the Twentieth Century Hero, the Lone Eagle, the Friendly Am bassador of the Air." When she asked something in return Lind bergh looked puzzled, scratched his head, then took a small piece of paper and wrote on it three times "Charlie Lindbergh." lie gave it to her with his customary ingratiating smile. Among today's ceremonies was a visit in the afternoon to the Pan theon, where Lindbergh placed a wreath on the tomb of Simon Bolivar, the great Venezuelan lib erator. Other incidents of the day included a visit to the Ameri can legation and a luncheon at the country club at Paraiso. A rain of flowers, confetti and paper ribbons greeted him on his arrival at noon from Maracay field and everywhere he went while in the city. CAN'T GET INTO PRISON Union Cotinty Man Wants to Start Serving Sentence . Although under sentence t o -erve one year in the state peni tentiary for larcency committed in Union county. C. R. Hibbard of LaOrande has found it impossible to break into the institution. When the supreme court a week ago affirmed Hibbard's conviction he packed his grip and came to Sa lem. He carried a letter of intro duction to the warden signed by a senator from an eastern Oregon county. The warden refused to ad mit Mr. Hibbard until the formal commitment papers have arrived. Pending the unwinding of red tape Mr. Hibbard is registered at a local hotel. A telegram received at the prison Monday from the sheriff of Union county indicated that he had not yet received the mandate of the supreme court. Mr. Hibbard informed friends in Salem that he desired to enter the prison as soon as possible and have it over with. EDDIE CANTOR VERY ILL Zicgfeld Entertainment Forced to Cancel Engagements NEW YORK, Jan. 3 0. (AP) Sudden illness of Eddie Cantor, musical comedy star, said to be suffering from pleurisy, today caused cancellation of the tour of the Ziegfeld "Follies." The an nouncement was made by the Zieg feld interests. The .production was scheduled to open In Philadelphia tonight. BLAST KILLS YOUTH, 17 Charles Alfred Manning Dies at Vancouver, Washington VANCOUVER, WTash.. Jan. 30. P) Charles Alfred Manning, 17. ;ied at a hospital here today a few hours after he was injured by a delayed blast of dynamite as he bent over It to determine why It had failed to explode. The ac cident occurred near Kozy Kamp, 11 miles south of here. CONDOLENCES SENT Official Word Cable From United States Government "" WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.--(Ap)r-Condolences of the Amer ican government on the death of Earl Haig were conveyed today by Secretary Kellogg to Sir Austin Chamberlain, secretary of aUte for foreign affairs at London. PRISON TO SEGREGATE CONVICTS IEED Enlargement of Present Pen itentiary Discouraged By Col. W. B. Bartram OPPOSES PAROLE BOARD Would Place Control In Hands of Prison Officials; Progress Made In Flax Industry Described At Meeting Abolishment of the parole board and the convict wage system, and location of a branch prison on some lime rock deposit, were ad vocated by Colonel W. B. Bartram, manager of industries at the Ore gon penitentiary, in his address at the chamber of commerce lun cheon yesterday. "The penitentiary as It Is to day," said Colonel Bartram, "is badly located and the time Is not far distant when the city of Salem will surround it. The buildings and other facilities are inadequate to meet the needs of the rapidly growing population. During the paet 12 months, the prison popula tion has increased 17 per cent. "For reasons already expressed, it is not desirable to make any considerable extensions to the buildings. There is no oppor tunity to segregate the confirmed criminals apart from those who are first offenders, and particu larly the very young men. Hav ing regard for the best interests of the state and these men, the management feels that we should draw your attention to these con ditions. As a remedy we would suggest that a branch penitentiary (Continued on paga 2) SHS ENROLLMENT GROWS Reaches 1020 First Day, Will Be 1067 When Cards Taken Total enrollment at the senior high school for Monday, the first day of the second semester, was 1020, according to Principal J. C. Xelson. Mr. Xelson anticipates some 50 additional students before this week is over. At the end of the first day, there were still enough uncalled for cards to bring the number up to 1067 students, or seven more than the total number who attend ed the first half of the year. Regular class periods and their attendant work will not start un til Wednesday morning. School will be dismissed at noon today, following 30 minute class periods in the morning. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY UTILITIES FIRMS PUT UNDER FIRE SENATE RESOLUTION' INTRO DUCED FOR INQUIRY Johnson of California Demands Investigation of Telephone Systems in Owu State WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (AP) A proposal for investigation of public utility telephone companies was put before the senate inter state commerce committee today as that committee struggled to reach a decision on the Walsh resolution asking an inquiry Into public utility ' power corporations. Senator Johnson, republican. California, introduced the resolu tion for a far-reaching inquiry into the telephone systems, call ing particular attention to the rate increases he said-were pend ing in California. It was sent to the committee without debate. The resolution of Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, ask ing an investigation of the power companies faced some opposition in the committee today and a de cision on it was delayed until to morrow while a sub-committee sought to whip Into shape an amendment. Senator Johnson would investi gate not only the financing "of the telephone companies but also the extent to which the companies are interlocked by holding corpora tions and the service furnished to the companies by the holding bodfes. "I offer this resolution." Sen ator Johnson said, "on behalf of the state .of California, and par ticularly of the cities of Sari Francisco and Oakland." PORTLAND, Jan. 30-(AP Suggestion that the city refuse to (Continued on p'Kf " ) EDWARDS GETS 6 MONTHS Violating Court Order Serious Matter, Silveitonlan Finds Dan Edwards of Silverton yes terday found that a court order means eomething, after all. He was committed to the Marion county Jail for six months for hav ing skipped out of the country when released on his own promise to remain in Silverton and await trial in justice court. It was several weeks ago that Edwards got into difficulties with the law. He was arrested on a charge of possession of intoxicat ing liquor, but released temporar ily on his own recognizance. Dur ing this period of freedom he ab sented himself in parts unknown to local authorities. Apparently thinking either that the matter had all blown over or that he would not be noticed, Ed wards returned to Silverton last week. He was seen on the street by a local offTcef of the law, however, and prompfv tken into custody. As a result of the escapade. Ed wards was allotted six months in Marion county jail in which to ponder over the serious aspect of a court order. GUILT EDGED SECURITIES? MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1928 ENGLAND'S FIELD GENERAL PASSES MARSHAL SIR DOUGLAS IIAIG . CALLED BY DEATH Whole Nation Pays Tribute to Hero Who Commanded Bri tish Forces In World War LONDON, Jan. 30. (AP). Earl Douglas Haig. one of the most outstanding of the military leaders during the World war, died suddenly here today, his heart weakened by war etrain. The commander in chief of the British armies in France and Bel gium whose name is linked with (hat of Marshal Foch of France and General John J. Perehing of the United States in the victory Over Germany, was 66 years old. i With his death Great Britain bowed her head in sorrow at the passing of the man who led her king-emperor's forces to victory across the shell-torn battlefield of Flanders. Field Marshal Haig died shortly after midnight and with his death the empire lost one whom military experts place ip the first rank of England's sol diers. Buried In St. Paul's Today the nation was paying tribute to its hero. Old St. Paul's cathedral with its thousand hal lowed memories probably will be the laet resting place of the mar shal. A definite decision had not been made tonight, but St. Paul's has come to be regarded as Eng land's hall of fame for her mili tary leaders and if Earl Haig is buried in this ancient house of worship, he will lie in the com pany of the Duke of Wellington. Lords Roberts, Wolsey and Xapier and Sir Henry Wilson, as well as other distinguished fighters. It is possible that Marshal Foch. generalissmo of the allied armies in France at the end of the World war, and King Albert of Belgium with whom Earl Haig was so close ly aeeociated during the world con flict, will come to London to give a last salute to their comrade-inarms. Hundreds of other famous men and women also will pay homage at his bier. Real War Victim Haig died of heart disease caused by war strain and so he i Continued on pafe 5) BICYCLE LAMPS NEEDED Police Roundup of Violators Started Here Last Night A campaign against bicycle rid ers riding on Salem streets at night without lights or with im proper lights was begun by local police last night. Three youths were picked up before midnight. To comply with city regulations the light must be plainly visible for a distance of 40 feet, It was explained. ; A pocket flash light carried In the hand is not satis factory. A red reflector or a red light must also be visible from the rear. The campaign will continue un til infractions of the regulations are curbed; it was announced. J HIGH JURY HEARS FAMILY HISTORY GIN Famous Los Angeles Mur der Trial Gets Under Way Late Yesterday ATTORNEY TAKES STAND Jerome Walsh Reads Deposition Attempting to Show Mental Irregularities Among Three Generations HALL OF JUSTICE, LOS AN GELES, Jan. 30. (AP) The life history of William Edward Hickman's ancestors in the Arkan sas farm country, was uncovered by the defense attorneys in "his sanity trial today in an effort to show alleged traces of insanity and "peculiarities" of his mother, maternal grandfather and grand mother. The disclosures from the Ozark hills were brought into the court room in depositions obtained by Jerome Walsh, chief defense coun sel, who was accompanied on the deposition hunt by District At torney's Deputy James Costello. Pictures of a grandfather sub ject to fits, a grandmother of frail physique and bedridden during her closing years, were painted in the depositions of relatives and acquaintances of the Hickman fam ny. Mother Tried Suicide The mother of the kidnaper killer of Marian Parker, Mrs. Eva Hickman was disclosed as a neu rotic type, attempting suicide by poison when the father of her five children, Thomas Hickman, bw stowed hia attentions ou other women. She was described by relatives as not "acting like the rest of us," as being sullen and despondent for three days at a time and as necessarily "Insane when she took the poison." The trial was adjourned at 4.25 to 9:30 a. m. Tuesday. Judge Irabucco, who took the case over when Judge Carlos S. Hardy was disqualified, had no tified counsel for the prosecution and the defense that he wanted the jury picked and testimony started Dy Monday today. The (.Continued on page 8; FIND ARTIST DEAD IN BED Edmund Osthaus Passes Away Suddenly at Age of Seventy PENSACOLA, Fla ., Jan. 30. (AP) Edmund Osthaus, 70, in ternationally famous artist, was found dead in his bed at his Marianna hunting lodge today. Mr. Osthaus presumably died in his sleep during the night, a vic tim of heart attack. He had re tired In his usual good health and when he failed to respond to a call for breakfast this morning, ser vants entered his room and found him dead. For several years Mr. Osthaus, a painter or animal and wild life and noted particularly for several hunting canvasses, had spent part of each winter at his Marianna lodge, hunting and painting. He was accompanied this year by friends from Detroit and Toledo. STANFORD QUARANTINED Infantile Paralysis Breaks Out on University Campus STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Jan. 30. (AP) All social activ- Itles at Stanford university liarref been Indefinitely postponed, both swimming pools have been closed and other regulations are under contemplation as a result of the discoyery of several cases of infan tile paralysis, It was announced today. There are seven cases in Stan ford diagnosed as infantile paraly sis. Six of these were discovered In Roble hall, girls' dormitory on the campus. Another case was dis covered in a sorority house. University authorities are Hald to be considering the advisability of cancelling all scheduled ath letic activities indefinitely. LUMBER MILL RESUMES 600 Men' at Work Aain at SUver. ton After Shot Down .. SILVERTON. Jan. 30. (Spec ial.) The Silver, rails Lumber company commenced operations In their mill in town today. . About 500 men are nt work again after the ' usual .- January rest period when machinery and - equipment are thoroughly overhauled , J U. S. SUBMARINE LOST AND FOUND UNDER WATER CRAFT SAFE OFF FLORIDA COAST Fears For Safety Quieted ; Vessel On Way to Cuban Port l uder Own Power WASHINGTON. Jan. 30 (AP) The submarine S-3 missiue since la6t Saturday was found to night off the northern Florida coast, proceeding under her own power to Guaiiianamo, Cuba. Finding of the submarine, sis ter of the ill-fated S-4, was report ed to the navy department by Rear Admiral Frank 11. Brumby, com manding the control force of which the S-3 was a part. The message to Brumby was from the commander of submarine division three of the control force. It said merely that -the S-3 had been found in luTUude 27.30. longitude 74.07, that she wae pro ceeding to Guantanama and that the wide search for her had been called off. No other details were siven and in their absence naval officers here held to their original theory that the ship, when she dis appeared off Capq Hatteras lat Saturday at sundown in a storm, suffered damage to her radio and wae unable to declare her position. The control torce was en route to Cuba for winter maneuvers when It encountered a storm 100 miles south of the capes. The S-3 commanded by Lieutenant P. W. Warren of Springfield, 111., lost contact with the convoy and her sister ships at once began search for her. She was found many miles south of her last reported position, bear ing out the belief of officers here that she was safe but out of com munication, making her own way to the convoy's destination. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. ( AP) The submarine S-3 lost contact with a convoy south of Hatteras (Continued on pge 5) WILL BEAUTIFY HIGHWAY Dallas Business Men Accept Plan Enthusiastically Beautification of the Salem Dallas highway, the plan orig inally sponsored by the Salem Garden club. Is expected to be started as soon as a result of the visit made by a committee repre senting the club to the luncheon or tne lianas enamuer i com merce Monday. This committee included Mr W. W. Rosenbraugh. Mrs. W. H Johnston and H. C. Bateham. Mrs. Jack Summers and J. W. Maruny were also members of the party which made the trip. The plan was received enthus iastically by the Dallas business men. and it w-as agreed that the program would be started at once. Organizations from both cities will send out groups to interview the people living along the high way. In an effort to have all of them set out, shrubs and flowers opposite their own property. PLANS NEW CEMETERY San Diego Man Offers Trust Fund; Site Permission Asked If the proper normal support will be thrown behind the move ment, W. A. Ealdlaw, of San Diego, will erect a memorial park burial ground on a contemplated site four miles from the Marion hotel. W. S. Levens presentei the matter to the c hamber of com merce yesterday. The park will cost in the neigh borhood of $125,000. and an ad ditional $100,000 will be placed In trust by Laidlaw to provide for its future care. Mr. Levens stated that an act of the legislature prohibits estab lishment of a cemetery without the consent of property owners within 600 feet of the proposed boundary. This consent is being withheld near the proposed site. and the support of the rhsmber was asked (o gain the necessary consent. BEAUTIFICATION TOPIC Southeast Salem Club Meeting Set For Wednesday Night The Southeast Salem community club will taeet Wednesday evening at the Knight-Memorial church. S o'clock, with John Kluck, south east Salem gardener, and Robert C. Paulus, flower fancier, featured in the program. Mr. Paulus will show lantern slides of flowers, showing what Oregon produces In the way of blooms. - r- Mr. Kluck will five a report on what will be required to beautify the Richmond school grounds.- He recently was appointed chairman of a committee to investigate -Ihe pcesiblllties. He will also have a quantltyor Hps, and shrubs to give away to those desiring them toTs et ut this spring. JttisfcMs-ltl be furnished by the Sc":east. Salem orchestra. ' '-; PRICE FIVE CENTS INCREASE IW AT EARLY DATE SAYS CDQLIDGE Warship Construction Pro gram Discussed by Pres ident In Speech DEFICIT SOLE HINDRANCE' Full Intention Expressed to Build Ships its Rapidly as Condition of Treasury Make Plan Practicable WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. fAT) Discussing for the first time the administration's warship construc tion program, President Coolidge declared tonight that It was the intention to build the ships a fast as the condition of the treasury would warrant. In an address at the semi-annual business meeting of the gov ernment, in which he stressed economy and asserted that It would be better to have no tax re duction than too much, the presi dent by inference replied to con gressional critics of the adminin tration's naval plans on the ground that they do not specify a date for beginning or completing construe-.'" lion of 71 new ships. Pointing out that no authoriza tions have been made for navy building since the program f 1916, Mr. Coolidge eaid: Jingoism Denied ' "The recommendation now be fore the congress to replace ob solete naval vessels and moder ately increase our naval strength contemplates an orderly construc tion procedure; nothing more. It contemplates that the construction program will be carried eat as conditions dictate and treasury balances warrant. "It considers our own require ments alone and carries bo thought of entry into competitive construction with any other na tion. The plan I have endorsed does not contemplate any limita tion -as to the beginning or the (Continued on pt ) REVIEWING HINTS FOR SHOW GIVEN WONDERFUL PICTURE OPENS TONIGHT AT ELSINORE K Clitics Should Get Buy at Onre and Write Review of Unique Show To those amateur scribes who would compete for the prizes of fered by this newspaper by writ ing reviews of "The Private Life of llelen of Troy," the big new First National Pictures, Inc.. production now playing at the Elsinore thea ter, we offer today a few brief' hints. Remember brevity 13 the soul of wit in a review as well as any where else. Short, punch sen tences, phrases neatly turned, common one-syllable words which mean something. Those are what count in writing criticisms. And neatness is going to be worth a few points too. Here are the prizes you are competing for: $1.00 each for every review published and a grand prize of $10.00 for the Lest of entire week. Don't forget that in reviewing "The Private Life of Helen f Troy," you have the .advantage of commenting on an unique film, entirely different in theme and (Continued nn pa; 2) Review "Private Life of Helen of Troy" Rules : The contest is open to every one, irrespective of age or sex. except employees of this news paper, First National Pictures, Inc., and the Elsinore theater and members of their families. Reviews must be legibly written on one side of the paper, must not exceed 100 words in length, and must he addressed to the. -"Helen of Troy Review Editor,. States man. No review can; be re turned.. For reviews selected for re production in this paper Il.Ot eacli wlll.be pald. For the best, review received, during the period of the contest which ends . FedU 4 II ..grand prise of $10.00 will be-gtven. l -The decisions of the Judges shall be final. . ',r:a i ; Manuscripts must be la this office before 8 p. nu each day 'starting the day picture opens TuesdajvJao: 3 V'-f j t