Better Homes Exposition and Statesman's Cooking School, Both at the Armory, Grow More Popular Daily; Attendance Increasing A ie 0ow,ivi otate vjice pimamg jym he a Very Substantial Impetus to the Development Activities of 1928 in This City Weather forecast: Fair; continued cool; Senile to moderate north and northwest ' winds. Maximum temperature yesterday r 50. minimum 34, river 2.7. rainfall .01, at ,'mosphere clear, wind southwest. Politicians will need the aid of the new invisible ray to find anything but Hoover sentiment in Oregon. The Bend Bulleton. IVENTY-SEVENTH. YEAR - SALEM, OREGON. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS ' flue tiiii . . ........... , .,. -- 1 F i 3 T f i INATTRAGTION Crowds Continue To Flock To Armory For Second Day of Exhibition PROGRAM EACH EVENING Suggestions For Easier and More Pleasant Homekceping Prove Practical; Entertainment Accorded Applause Salem's "Better Homes" expo sition, sponsored by the Salem Realty board, completed Its sec ond day of showing last night with a good crowd in attendance to en Joy the program and exhibits of household annltances. both modern L;Vfnnd handy, which hake for the A I&rBe number of Salem mer- 0 booths erected in the armory and brought the latest ideas for the easing of the housewife's rou tine, particularly. Suggestions Practical Here the lady of the home may Tiew household necessities from flour and groceries to the newest quirk in washing machines or elec trical appliances. There are things there of interest to the man of the house, too. The program last night was ac ceptable to the audience, It ap plause be any indication. Each night a vaudeville show iagiven by Bolton and Smith, directors of the exposition, as part of the general evening's program. The greatest attraction on the vaudeville Is the "Four Merry--SL3kersi quartet, recently from Tne Orpheum program is changed each nlgjht. Local Folk Entertain Part of the evening's entertain ment is furnished by local talent: ?1UUU1M .Diviuvsa VAVMVW, A "13 'Cpttage Garden" revue with sev- fn Salem young ladies in Chinese attire in a pleasing arrangement and fc .miniature adagio by six year Vld Pauline Zoe Chambers (Continued ) OWN HOME PORT HAILS LINDBERGH LEVEE FILLED FOR TEN BLOCKS BY HUGE CROWDS Sixty Thousand Adults and School Children Acclaim Extraor dinary Flyer ST. LOUIS. Mo., Feb. 14. (AP) More than 60,000 school children and adults, filling the le vee for ten city blocks, cheered r , Charles A. Lindbergh who gave a It 2? minute flying exhibition on the Mississippi river front this after f noon. f The famous aviator in his ocean-spanning "Spirit of St.! Louis," in which he had just re w "turned from Central and South '-America, acknowledeed the shouts ) Jaud flag waving of the levee stbrong by low and sidewise flying I nntUUie crowd felt its acquaint I ance with him had been thorough ly established. Then" he circled East St. Lout$ and the downtown and residence feci ions oi &i. iouis Deiore re turning to the starting point, Lambert-St. Louis field. Colonel Lindbergh descended once to within 50 feet of the water. The crowd got its thrills from the nonchalant way in which he tipped his plane to one side, his usual manner of acknowledging a crowd's attentions and from the way, he stalled, holding ills plane almost motionless against the west wind, 30 or 40 seconds at a time. -''Tor an hour before the colonel's appearance, the levee was in ear- nival trim. Fife and drum corps or a dozen schools " sent nn a cket, venders from everywhere FREECOUPON- AFTERNOON ONLY t TiUrCk)upon wul admit one Cooking: school at th Amoiy. t()day, Wednesday,- Thurs day or Friday aiternoonsV" fThe i Coupon s furnished through the courtesy of The Willamette Grocery, H. L. Stiff Furniture Store and The Statesman Publishinjr Co. : Many Women Cooking School, Armory Hours Are From 3 to 4:30 Each Afternoon Up To and In cluding: Friday; Helpful Instruction Given Housewives By Experts A large crowd of interested housewives gathered at the armory yesterday afternoon from three to four-thirty o'clock and learned a number of new ways of tempting the lagging appetites of husbands and children which at this season of the year are often greatly in need of tempting. The first demonstration of the afternoon was cooky mak ing. Not the tedious, old-fashioned cooky-making which involved stirring and stirring, and then kneading, cutting, and re-kneading until all the dough was cut into cookies. No Mrs. H. L. Cummins mixed REMODEL WING OF HIGH SCHOOL cox TRACT LET BY BOARD TO BARHAM BROTHERS Dressing Rooms For Girls to Improved; Have Been In adequate be Barham Brothers were awarded the contract last night by the strhooiboard to remodel the north east corner of the fourth floor of the high school to provide better quarters for the girls' dressing room. Their bid was $2290, against an estimate by Architect Lyle Bar tholomew of approximately $2,- 000. Other bidders for the general contract were J. W. Arnett, $2,' 60; and Wenger Brothers, $3, 445. J. A. Bernardi was successful bidder for the plumbing work with a figure of $631. and Brownell Electric company was awarded the contract for electrical work on a bid of $212. ' Architect Lyle Bartholomew an nounced that the work would com mence within, a week, and that it would be carried on in such a way as to minimise interference with class and gym work. The girls' dressing room in the ventilated. There' are practically no windows. Since the gym was remodeled two years ago. and made into additional class rooms, the girls have been using the boys gymnasium for physical training work. The showers, however, have been kept in the west end of the building, a considerable distance from the dressing rooms. Under the new plan, the dress ing room will be enlarged, twelve showers will be installed, and a corrective room and an office for the physical director , will be pro vided. Changes also will be made in the boys' physical education de partment, with a new of flee -established for Coach Louie Anderson near the gymnasium. BUS SKIDS ON HIGHWAY Three Passengers Hurt as Pick wick Stage Goes Off Road EUGENE. Feb. 14. (AP) When its wheels locked as the driver. Thomas Savage, appliedj the brakes, a Pickwick stage southbound, skidded on the "icy pavement of the Pacific highway six miles south of Cottage Grove early this morning and crashed into the concrete approach to a bridge. Three persons were in jured and a fewother persons shaken up. The' injured are: George Lewis, Edmonton. Al berta, Canada, back wrenched and cuts on arms and legs. La Verne White, Clam Falls Wis., cuts over eye and bruises. Oliver Huff, 310 East Ninth St., Portland, bruised back and leg. The in lured were rushed to a hospital here by ambulance. . . WRECK KILLS TRAINMAN Fireman Pies and Engineer Fatal- ly Injured in Acddeat u: ROSWELL, N. M., Feb. 14.--fAP) J. T. Knight of Clovia, N M., fireman t Otftfae Atchison. JTo peka and Santa Fe train number 12. northbound on the Pecos Val ley 4 division, is dead and t Engi neer C. O. Withers, also of Clovis Is believed to have been ; fatally tnlnred when the train ran Into an openswltch near Acme, 18 miles north of this city at 6:46 p. m. today. " -. free to the Better Homes; Attending the Ingredients together quickly, put the dough into a pastry tube which formed it into strips about an inch in width. These strips were then cut quickly with a few deft motions of a sharp knife and several dozen cookies were ready for the oven of the Universal range, use of which was donated, as were the attractive white kitch en cabinet, working table, and re frlgerator by the Stiff Furniture company of Salem. A number of practical recipes were added to the repertoire of those in attendance. Among them, the recipe for lemon pie fill ing which all signified their in tention of trying Immediately, for leman pie, rich, golden, and brown. has a universal appeal in the Am erican household. This recipe, ac cording to Mrs. Cummins, is much superior to any she has tried pre (Continoad on pag 2) C00LIDGE PLAN BACKED Congressman Britten of Illinois Represents President WASHINGTON. Feb. 14 (AP) rresiaent coouage was repre sented today by Representative Britten of Illinois, ranking repub lican on the house naval commit tee, as hopeful that the adminis tration's $740,000,000 warship I construction program would be The Illinois member, who called at the White House during the day. said that he was in harmony with the program as submitted and would support it both in the com mittee and on the house floor. The president said that the program was not a large one and that he hoped it would be accepted by congress without substantial amendment," Britten declared in a statement. He added that Mr. Coolidge also had said that the country needed the proposed ship to round out the navy, care for replacements and to ' assure adequate protection to the nation's peaceful existence. HICKMAN NOT SURPRISED Father of Los Angeles Slayer Ex pected Death Sentence EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 14. (AP) Thomas Hickman, father of William Edward Hickman, said today that he was not surprised that his son was sentenced to ieath by Superior Judge Trabuc- to of Los Angeles. "It is what I axpected," he asserted, "but we'll fight to the last ditch. Jerome Walsh, my boy's attorney. wllli never quit fighting. My family won't quit although we have no money, until the last hope is gone." ' - ' 1 M j- ft- w f' , - --The above drawing is an exterior Tiew -of the state office building as It will appear if the plana prepared by W. C. Knighton, architect employed by the state, to design this structure, are adopted by the board of centroL The building in Ula picture la Tlewed from Court street looking sooth, and shows how the lower three stories of the proposed structure are planned to duplicate the present supreme-court building, while INTBAEl OF CIVIL Ifil SEEN Mil Nationalist Drive Planned Hurling 300,000 Men Against Peking CHIANG, FENG COMBINE Conference Held Between Two LcadersyWTio Plan to Launch Concerted Push Northward At Early Date SHANGHAI, Feb. 14. (AP). General Chiang Kai-shek, who recently resumed command of the nationalist armies is now plan ning a new campaign on Peking and the north with a combined na tionalist army of 300,000 men. Kuomin, the nationalist news agency today announced that Chiang Kai-ehek and General Feng Yu-hsiang, once known as the "Christian general" and flow commander of the national peas ant's army have been laying plans for the drive in a conference at Kaifeng in the province of Honan. Feng Tu-hsiang and Ten Psi shan, governor of the province of Shansl who made an unsuccessful onslaught on Peking last year, are planning to participate in the cam paign and to place their force under the centralised control of Chiang Kai-shek, who two years ago led the nationalists northward from Canton and snatched the Yangtse valley from the northen ers. Armies to Combine The plans, as announced today call for a push by the combined forces of Chiang and Feng north-i ward-ln4hrevincevJLShaA- tung and Chinix. ren's troops wui concentrate northwest of Peking (CsntlBsed en pt 3) HILL JURY DELIBERATES Prosecution Makes No Demand For Extreme Penalty OTTAWA. 111., Feb. 14. (AP) A Jury of which no demand for the death penalty was made to night deliberated the fate of Har ry Hill, Streator youth accused of matricide. The case of the boy charged with shooting his mother and bury ing her body in the basement of their Streator home went to the Jury shortly afternoon with in structions from the Judge that the death penalty might be assessed, but with no request for it by thej state. An unexpected move by the de fense sent the case to the Jury a day ahead of schedule, when Hill's attorneys waived closing,, argu ments after arraignment of the youth by Russell Hanson, state's attorney who insisted the boy's; guilt had been proven, but did not ask that the youth be sent to thej electric chair because he said if Hill's mother were alive she would not wish it. He asked the Jury however, to fix a punishment to fit the crime. Proposed state office ' V f- ' the remainder, will extead upward 4 SENTENCE "FOX" 1 EXPECT APPEAL NEXT MOVE TO UNWIND RED ! TAPE ANTICIPATED SOON Hickman Smiles Before Battery of f Cameras Ten Minutes After Date Set TLOS ANGELES. Feb. 14. (AP) A trail of banditry and lawless ness that culminated in kidnaping and murder, brought William Ed ward Hickman to the foot of the gallows today. I Standing erect and pale but composed, before a veteran of the California bench. Judge J. J. Trabucco, the 20 year old killer ot Marian Parker heard his sen tencedeath by hanging April 27 next in San Quentin prison. Hickman dropped into his chair as the Judge finished in a low tone: "And may God have mercy on your soul," he looked straight ahead, apparently the same emo tionless prisoner he has been throughout his trial for sanity. " Handcuffed, Hickman was led from the court that ten minutes later ke was brought back, this time smiling, while newspaper photographers took his picture, Little Time Wasted As it started, so ended Hick man's hearing on his plea that he was not guilty by reason of in sanity of the murder of Marian Parker. The wheels of Justice, un der the throttle hand of Judge Trabucco,. ground swiftly. De fense Attorney Jerome Walsh mov ed for a new trial. "Motion denied." said the judge. The attorney questioned Judge Trabucco's jurisdiction to sen tence the prisoner. "Objection overruled," came from the bench. He ordered witnesses put into the box to fix, by their testimony, Hickman's degree of guilt. Dr. A. F. Wagner, county au topsy surgeon, told of the condi tion of Marian Parker's mutiliated body as it was cast by Hickman at jher father's feet the evening of lonfeSaftepeato " Chief of Detectives Herman Cline, who. obtained Hickman's confession told of that. The court ordered Hickman to his feet and, looking down from the bench on the short, slight kill er, who stood, heels together and hands at his sides, Judge Trabuc co said: "For the crime of murder, you shall suffer the penalty of death The remaining of the prescribed form followed, fixing the date. April 27, and ordering the inter vening incarceration of the pris- (Continued on pf 2) MRS. COOLIDGE YET ILL Mistress of White House Unable to be Present at Dinner WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. (AP) -For the second time since be coming mistress of the White House, Mrs. Coolidge was prevent ed tonight by illness from attend lng a "cabinet" dinner given 4s the president's and her honor. . Confined to her room by a cold which has bothered her for a week she was unable to accompany Mr. Coolidge to the dinner given by Secretary Work in the Pan-Amer ican Union building. Mrs. A. W. Bissell of Evanston, 111., a daugh ter of the secretary of the inter! or, was hostess at the function. building 1 Z - eifjht stories with t smaller area.? ER ILL T Arrangements Completed for Meeting At Courthouse At 7:30 oXIock NEED OF BACKING SEEN Organization in Hoover Strong holds Necessary to Combat Efforts of Politicians to "Hand Pick" Nominee Arrangements were completed last night for the meeting this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the courthouse, when local people fa voring Herbert Hoover for presi dent will organize. The meeting is scheduled to be held in the courtroom of department No. 1 of the circuit court. Fred E. Kiddle, state manager ot the Hoover campaign, Is tempo rarily absent from his Portland headquarters, having gone to east ern Oregon for a few days, and so will not be able to attend this meeting, to which he recently gave his approval. Miles to Preside B. C. Miles, who knew Herbert Hoover as a boy and has visited with him frequently in the inter vening years, the last occasion be ing only a short time ago in Washington, D. C, will preside at tonight's meeting. No especial effort to obtain a large turnout of Hoover support ers tonight has been made, as this is merely a preliminary organiza tlon meeting and the task of sign mg up members in the club will be undertaken later. However any friends of Hoover's candidacy are welcome to attend, vthose in rcharge ot the meeting have an nounced. Seek Solid Backing The reason for organizing Hoover for President club here was outlined yesterday by persons who have been urging such club. While Hoover is expected to carry Oregon in the primaries by an overwhelming majority, this is only one state out of forty- eight, and especially in some of the eastern states, his candidacy will be strenuously opposed by the political leaders who hope to nom mate a candidate or tneir own choosing who will be amenable to their policies. In opposition to this effort to "hand-pick" a nominee, all of the organized support that can be mustered will be needed to head off a "stampeding" ot delegates it the republican convention at Kansas City, it was declared. If Hoover backers organize solidly in the states where he is strong favorite, this danger will be overcome, it was believed by persons here who are versed in the trends-of national politics. FOUR VALENTINE BRIDES That Many Marriage Licenses Is sued Here on Tuesday That the girls hereabouts are at last beginning to come into their own, after a slight lull at the out set of leap year, which occurred J month and a half ago, was indi cated yesterday when four success ful brides celebrated St. Valen tine's day by leading four men to the altar. The four marriage, licenses that were issued yesterday from the of fice of the Marion county clerk represented the largest number that has been issued on any single J .LI- r Couples to whom licenses were issued w ere: Willie S. Rue. 27. of Silverton. and Teckla Rushu, ,28, of Mt. AngeL Shuman C. Campbell, EC, -of Woodburn, and Lena Hart. 42. ot Salem. The marriage Is his sec ond and her third. Alexander C. Smith, 24, Seattle, and Marian R. Sellers, It, of Sa lem. ' ' ; " " TredJL Kampe," 12, of Meadow- grove, Nebraska, and .Minnie O. Bohlsen, 22. of Salem, SAFE CRACKERS CONFESS Alleged Crooks Taken at Eugene . Admit CUosea ai Baa Jeee SANj-JOSB, CaLV : Peb.1 4 (AP)-Archie Eddy and Bob Cot- man; two alleged safe crackers ar rested a week: ago at Eugene, Ore.,' and returned to San Jose, have confessed. Chief of Jollce ; J. N. Black Mid today to robbing three safes la San Jose and 22 in Sacra mento.' The pair, were arrested on dues - picked up here : ten days ago when they fled as a policeman Interrupted them la the axt of rohWng a uaf, : ? - MEM HOOtf SUPPORT FOAM TOU POWER PERMITS IN STATE HANDS E.XUINEEirS APPROVAL RE QUIRED FIRST, RULING Leaves Question of Power vs. Fishing tp to Rhea Luper, Explained Approval of the state engineer of Oregon to a permit for water appropriation is necessary before the federal power commission will issue licenses or preliminary per mits for the development of power on Oregon streams. This was announced here Tues day by Rhea Luper, state engineer, who while in Washington recent ly conferred with members of the federal power commissions. It was said that some confusion has arisen due to a law enacted by the 1927 legislature providing that where a permit from the federal power commission is required in connection with the development of a proposed project the time to be allowed for the beginning and completion of construction under permits from the state engineer shall be made to conform to the dates for such beginning and com pletlon in the permit or license is sued by the federal power com mission. The state engineer said this law indicated that the federal permit must be Issued first in order that the state engineering department would have knowledge of the terms or restrictions included in the license. Mr. Luper said it was his opin ion that the state should retain complete control over the appro priation of water and the develop ment of its water resources and that this right should not be in vaded by the federal government. Mr. Luper said he has reached an agreement with the federal power commission that it will give advance notice of the terms that will be imposed in federal licenses or permits and that such licenses will not be issued until the appli cant has obtained a water right from the state engineer. Many controversies were said to have, arisen jeceaftly. relative rto the construction ot dams, especial ly in lower RoguT river and in the McKenzie river . if hich may impair the value of these streams for fish ing purposes. The state engineer said this is (Continued on paf t) OIL QUIZ REACHES N. Y. Million Dollar Liberty Bond Trans actions Traced WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (AP) Investigators of the senate Teapot Dome committee are in N'ew York tracing down the $1, 000.000 liberty bond transactions which the New York Trust com pany had for the account of H. M. Blsckmer, wealthy oil operator and exile from his country since the oil scandal broke four years ago, In disclosing this today. Chair man Nye said that the Investigat ors had obtained some good leads and that he hoped they would be able to furnish information as to transfers of the bonds in sizeable blocks which would materially aid the committee in quest, of the $3,080,000 in Liberty bonds which formed the profits of the Contin ental Trading company. j EARL OF OXFORD PASSES Death Takes Prominent Member of British Nobility SUTTON COURTENAY. Eng land, Feb. 15. (AP) The Earl of Oxford and Asquith Henry H. Asquith died here at 6:50 a. m. today. SUTTON COURTENAY, Eng land, Feb. . 14. (AP) Those gathered around the bedside of the Earl of Oxford and Asquith, tonight were awaiting the going out of his life. He did not rally today and has recognized none ot his family since yesterday after noon. The latest reports ' from the attending physicians say that he is slowly but 'gradually sink ing. ' I--;'- BRIBE CHARGE RELATED Jury Hears Sensational Account of InHana Politics i-v i- INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Febr lli (AP) The story of the alleged effort to bribe Governor Warren T. MeCray In 192 to name James E. -McDonald . as .Marion county lincuanapoiis) , f prosecutor r was told the t ytxy sta. t the trial of Governor Ed Jackson herer today. The Indictment on which Govern or Jackson was brought Into court charges him with : having had a part . ia the alleged, bribery at tempt. : ; , ' &&x . t' :? Introduction of testimony fol lowed a sensational flare up by D. Ci Stephenson,' , former ' grand dragon ot the Ku Klux Klan, brought from prison hrhere he Is terrlng ' a life sentence for mur der, to be the .state's first witness. BUILDING'S FINANCING AFFIRMED Supreme Court Decide Board of Control May Borrow for Building RULING BENEFITS STATE AND CITY Structure Will Be Started This Spring, Indicated REVERSE OPINION No Violation of Constitution Found In Proposal To Bor row from Accident Commis sion; Obligation Technical One more 600.00 skyscraper in Salem, adequate housing for of fices of the state of Oregon , for many years to come, elimination of the excuse for maintainicar these offices elsewhere; these are some ot the things that the su preme court decision of Tuesday holding that the state board of control has authority under the constitution to borrow $600.0$ from the industrial accident cons mission means to Salem. This decision Is taken to mean the removal of all impediments to construction of the new building, and according to State Treasurer T. B. Kay, work will probably be started early in the spring. Opinion By KoHman The opinion was written bv Jus tice Rossman and reversed Judge L. H. McMahan of the Marlon county circuit court In a suit filed by the Eastern and Western Lum ber company to restrain the state board of control from borrowing funds of the industrial accident commission for building purpobta, Concurring in the predominat ing opinion were Justices McBride. Belt and Coshow. Justices Rand, Brown and Bean dissented. Decision Reversed The suit came before the su preme court on a'j-eharlng .At tbe time the case previously was ar gued Justice Burnett .wrote uu opinion in which be held that the board of control was without authority to contract an indebted ness In excess of $50,000. Justice Kand, Brown and Bean concurred (in the opinion written by Justice Burnett. Following the death of Justly (Continued a t) ' TRIAL STARTED ANDERSON CASE RADIO SETS ALLEGED STOLEN ARE IDENTIFIED State Also Trace Them To Turner s Garage When They DL- -appreI . A network of testimony by means of which the state hopes to convict Walford T. Anderson of receiving stolen radio ; sets, we woven about Anderson at his trial in circuit court here yesterday at ternoon, following selection of the jury in the forenoon and early. af- ternoon. " '-- -v'-... ": " ' When court adjourned until to- day the state had finished putting on a large part of Its evidence.' Radio sets had been traced as far ae Ball Brothers' garage in Turn- - erf from which it has been charged tne sets -were stolen and subse quently came into Anderson's pos seasion. - .-'. , ; ; iThen two Stayton residents were put on the stand, each testi fying that he had received a' radio set from Anderson with a tiew to purchasing It. ' . "' i-' " John Thoma of Stayton testified that he had . received such a set. indicating that the price of the eet MaHnee f ; Theatre r ; ; SatrdbTyJ Afternoon Watch for the coupon In the Friday Market section oi The Statesman. The picture ' will be Under; the tTonto . Rim. from Zane Grey's latest book. , ' See Coupon In Friday's Mar ket section for particulars, f "'V iC. " ..j. Si.. ' i'- , "