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Woodmen of the World at a Monster District Meeting Here Last Night Initiated 250; Congressman Hawley Receives High Praise "Sorrell and Son" an Appealing Story Portrayed by an Excellent Cast, Was Chosen for Statesman Green Matinee This Afternoon Weather forecast: Rain west and local snows and rains east portion; snow over Cascade mountains; moderate tempera ture; southeast and south winds at timet of gale force. Maximum temperature 43, minimum 33, river 2. rainfall .21, atmos phere cloudy, wind southwest The Capital Journal was "scooped" on the county law library, so It opposed It. This week it was scooped again on the, 9. addition to the postofflce and the ne Cross building. The postal officials Washington and Montgomery Ward ft Co, are In for a tough time. SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS mm piSTORIGiAD I I LIKELY TO GET i FEDERAL HELP Discussion At Y Forum Ail Favorable To Champoeg Highway Proposal WIDE ROADWAY PLANNED Construction Will Cost $100,000 a Mile, Including Bridges; Sen ator Steiwer Interested in Route The proposed Champoeg high way was under discussion at the "Y" forum meeting in the base ment assembly room of the Salem Y. M. C. A. last night. Dr. Henry E. Morris, president of the Champoeg, Highway asso ciation, led the discussion. There were a number of speakers, near ly 11 for the proposed highway, though some thought it a little too early, but agreed that it should be built In time. Erery one who spoke about that phase of the proposition agreed that the advertising Talue of the proposed highway would be tremendous, as It would commemorate the : his toric events of the beginnings of civilization in the old Oregor country, and especially that which took place at old Champoeg, de- cJ4ing that this great Pacific northwest region should fly, the American , instead of the British flag. As to the section of. the Pacific northwest south of the Co lumbia river, there can be no doubt that this decision was made on that historic day. May 2, 1843 and most reliable historians agree that this was also true or that part of the old Oregon countn north of the Columbia. A Wide Highway A wide highway is proposed; 4t feet v.ide, and to cost $100,004 a mile, including the bridges, the z larfret of which would be across 1 14 the W illamette river in the vicin--f lty of the Champoeg state memor- Sllal park fr-fcfy George Vick made the state- jnent that United States Senatoi Steiwer recently expressed the opinion that theHtederal govern nient might be induced to pay half the cost of such a highway. The idea was advanced that In this case, the state might make the speed limit 50 miles an hoar, and charge a toll of SO cents fot each auto, and thus have the traffic reimburse the state for iU share of the cost. (Continued on pare 5.) LIONS ACQVIRE HUNTINGTON GUP PRESENT ED TO CLUB HERE ltY TILLAMOOK DEX Emblem Has Visited 77 Dens Al ready; Will Be Taken To Grants Pass The Huntington Park cup, now making a tour of the Lions club: of the 'world. vn nmuntnl in the Salem Lions last night by a dele-j gation from the Tillamook den, guests of the locals at a banquet at the Marion hotel. President Merril Ohling presided. The cup left Huntington Park. California. December 5. 1925, has been to 77 dens, travelling a total of 3.562 miles. It has yet to be carried to China, England and Canada, besides to many clnbs in this country and it is estimated 20 years will have elapsed before Its journey is at an end. From here, the traveling cup will be taken to Grants Pass March 3. when a charter jwill be granted the den there. Lion "Chuck" Lamb of Tilla mook acted as chairman of the visiting group and presented R L. White, president of that den. who in tarn gave the cup into the hands of Senator Lloyd Reynolds who made the acceptance speech for the local. Rnwlwi wr nlo made bv i iu f? explained why his club P brought the cup her, and Lion I Winslow of the coast city who pre 9 aented jonquil to the Salem ladles In attendance and half-pound car tons of Tillamook cheese to the ; Music tor the entertainment was gw aoioa v oy. xymaa Hwowa, - t companled by Miss Betty Bedford, and by Eleanor Moore with-Alva tAmsler at'the pianb.- Lion C. F. Glese passed the bucket for contributions to the ; convention fund, with the result . that It. was swelled considerably. ' About 25 Tillamook Lions were present,' and several wives of the ' Ylsitins members,-' HUNT BLAMES IT ALL ON HICKMAN FEARED .DEATH IF HE DID NOT JOIN IX ROBBERY - Story Told by Youthful. Defendant In Los Angeles Murder Trial Yesterday HALL OP JUSTICE, Los Ange les. Feb. 24: (AP). Fear of death as a motive for, banditry was the defense offered late today by Welby Hunt for hie part In the attempted holdup and cold blood ed killing of C. Ivy Toms, drug gist. Christmas eve, 192. Through his counsel In his trial with William Edward Hickman, already sentenced to hang for the Marian Parker, murder, for the slaying of Toms, Hunt painted his companion in crime) as a Simon Legree of the underworld, enforcing-obedience to his orders on pain of death. A. Gray Gilmer, attorney for Hunt, followed the closing of the prosecution case today with a statement to the court in which he saidr "I intend to show that on the night of the robbery of the Toms drug store defendant Hunt was forced to join defendant Hickman In that Time; and 111 show that the only reason Hunt joined in that robbery was his fear for his own life." "Trustworthy and law-abiding," were the word used by Gilmer in portraying his client's character prior to his association with Hickman. As Hunt's plan of defense un folded, attorneys for Hickman and the prosecution time and again found themselves allied in their objections to Gilmer's presents tion of bis client's case, while side by side but divided by -a wide -leavage of interests, Hunt and Hickman sat behind their lawyers. neither looking at the other and axchanglng no signs of recogni tion. The prosecution closed its tes timonv with the reading of a statement by Hickman describing the death raid on the Toms' store and a photographic exhibit of'fifs diagram of events- there -Christ mas eve, 192. Recalling the battle between himself and Hunt on one side and Patrolman Oliver, snooting out a "lone hand" on the other; Hick man's statement said: "I was shooting directly at the officer. I guess Hunt was too. We were all firing at the same line." That tYi A m rtnr robberv had been 'carefully planned was the evidence brousht out In earlier 'estimony . by Bruce Harrison, whose statement also contradict ed Hunt's declaration that no preliminary -visit bad been made to the pnarmacy. Harrison said that he was In the drug store the afternoon pre ceding the attempted holdup and aw Hickman and Hunt come in, tnauire about an apartment for n-arhv and "size up" the premises. This testimony corroborated that previously given by 'Mrs. (Contmoed on pS 5.) MAN HAS TWO WIDOWS II i 3oth Claim, State Industrial Ac - rfclent Compensation RAV FRANCISCO. Feb. 24. (AP) Two women who claimed n h thit widow of Roy Cummin rs lutomoblle mechanic, burned tc leath in .a garage explosion Oct. 8. 1927, appeared before the state industrial accident commission tc ?lalm his compensation insurance oday.' Mrs. Edith P. Cummlngs of Richmond, Cal., said she married Cummlngs In Portland, Ore., in 1918, and separated from him four year ago. Mrs. Kooerts Jameson Cummlngs said she mar ried Cummlngs in Santa Ana tr is 4" She resides in Los Angeles Examiner W. W. Britton of the iccident commission said he would hnid hearing in Los Angeles on tt twa women's claims. The maximum compensation for Cum mings' death is $5,000. JAP REPORT FOOLS COPS Baffling : RJeswsJndiles Inscribed Upom FoUea liecoru - PORTLAND. Feb. 24 (AP) -The traffic bureau of the Port tmmA nAiiui 4nrtment was de moralised tonight when Watara Takahaahl turned in his report of traffic accident, 1; ----vv" . After much contemplation and rumination, and after the services of 7 aa interpreter had i been oV" talned. It 'was learned that . the page of Japanese characters re vealed that Takahashl . was the driver ' of an automobile that knocked down an unidentified man t a street intersection. The Or iental symbols - insisted the man was abl to walk to his home un assisted,'; - ;"r'. :: 1. ' ', ; AT BIG SESSION OF 1.01 HERE Six Hundred Attend District Meeting In Tribute To Congressman CLASS OF 250 INITIATED Twenty-Two Camps in Willamette Valley Represented; Drill Team and SO Piece Drum Corps From Portland About six hundred members of the Woodmen of the World in this district met last night at the Fra ternal temple. The meeting was arranged as a tribute to Con gressman W. C. Hawley. Ronald C. Glover, local attor ney, who served as secretary to the congressman from 1908 to 1918 conveyed greetings from him. and expressed the belief that the electorate would return the veteran legislator to office for another term. He dwelt at length on Congressman Hawley' accomplishments in the national legislature, and recited the quali ties which have made Hawley suc cessful. Initial 250 Class Among other speakers at the gathering were Judge George Rossman. of the supreme court, and C. O. Somalne, of Portland, district manager of the organiza tion. A class of 250 candidates were initiated, with the ceremonies In charge of Prospect Camp 140. A membership campaign among the ' (Continued on pas- 5.) TRAmBRINGST-WOODMEN Large - Crowd Comes From Yer- nonia for Initiation Here Vernonia chartered Its first special train yesterday when Ore gon Electric officials provided it to transport sixty members of Ver aonia Camp 655, Woodmen of the World, and candidates for initiar tion to Salem for the big meeting here last night. 'Milton' A. Fuegy, of Astoria, traveling freight and passenger agent, accompanied the lodge members. The Vernonia camp was organ zed in July 1926, and since that dme has grown, to be the largest fraternal organization in that city. Robert S. Lindsay is council com nander; C. C. Dastin, clerk; and Sari O. Harper, acting drill team captain. In a recent membership ampaign, a total of 5? candidate! were signed up. . " : 1 STORM SWEEPS THROUGH STATE MOST OF STATE REPORTS DROP IN TEMPERATURE Deep Snow Covers Section Around Dend; East Wind Attains High Velocity PORTLAND. Feb. 24. (AP), While central Oregon tonight was in the grip of a storm which threatened to spread over the mid-state country the deepest snow of the winter, otfier sections of the state reported high east winds and an alarming drop In temperature. A -snow storm blew Into Rend. in central Oregon at 10 o'clock this morning, on the wings of a stiff east wind, following a night of unusual coldness for this sea son. The thermometer dropped to 20 degrees. Tonight the enow was still falling, driven by a high wind. A heavy snowfall struck Hood River at 6 p. m.. and continued to night with indications that the mid-Columbia would be heavily blanketed before morning. There, too the chill east wind was blow ing. At Vancouver, Wash., today the worst east wind of the season at tained at one time velocity ap proximating hurricane conditions. Snow began falling after noon, but soon turned to rain with the tem perature a little above freezing. Flurries of snow fell in Port land today and tonight, and In the oulying districts roofs and lawns were covered. Streets were slippery and traffic was slowed down. The weather bureau predicted tonight that snow and rain would tap Intermittently during the night, with temperatures near freezing. ELECTRAGISTS CONVENE State Meeting of Dealers on To day; 73 May do present Salem electrical dealers will be which tbereiarrab0ut;7B menj bersV'ln an all-day meeting today. C. A. Vibbert of Vibbert & Todd, Is president of the group and has been in charge of program for to morrow's session. A banquet will be held at the Marlon hotel at 6:30 in the evening. I. H. Murphy of Portland will be one of the main speakers, and will urge upon the group the ur gent need for inspection of elec trical wiring following Installa tion." Another 1 Portland electrl rian, Berkeley Snow, northwest director for "Electrical West" will appear on the program to tell of development along electrical lines In the northwest. George K. Ka bleof O. S. C. will speak also. In the morning the members will rislt the state flax industry at the penitentiary. . HAVANA FILLER HUGE BANK RAID WELL ARRANGED KAXSA9 CITY BANDITS CURE SUM OF $50,737 SE- Robbery Conducted Jut Like Trench Raid Daring War, -Veteran Declares KANSAS CITY. Feb. 24 (AP) Armed with two sub-machine guns, three sawed -off shotguns and several .45 calibre automatics, a band of bank robbers, estimated at 10 to 15 in number, today shot up the City bank here and escaped with $50,737. R. C. Kemper, president, said the amount was covered by in surance. More than a dozen shots were fired by the seven unmasked men who entered the bank. Several of these were fired point blank at officials and clerks but it was be lieved the first shots were blanks fired to intimidate. No one wa injured. Later the robbers employed real cartridges, bullet marks showlnr at several places In the new build lng. A sharp , shooting bandit placed six bullets with a three inch area in a post near the tele phone operator, who was attempt lng to summon police. The men escaped In two motor cars after a robbery conducted so systematically that police believe it had been perfectly rehearsed The robbers rushed into the bank at 9:15 a. m. nnder the direction of a leader, they scattered at once to various , vantage points. AIT entrances were covered by shot guns. The 50 bank employes, all working within plain sight of thr bank lobby, and a dozen customer? were forced to lie down. Two bandits vaulted Into thr cashier s cages and scooped ur curreney and cash. Mr. Kemper, who served lr France in the World war. de scribed the holdup as like i trench raid. "Tne bandits were cursing, shouting and yelling, yei the raid was perfectly staged." Mr. Kemper said the bank war thought virtually . holdup-proof (Coaflau4 ea pag S.) TROUfcLIT SAID "BREWING -4 1 " Mussolini to Recall Ambassador to Austria, Report ROME, Feb. 24. (AP) The Giornale de Italia today published a special edition containing a re port "insistently circulated" that Premier Mussolini has decided tc recall Minister Auriti. the Italian representative at Vienna. The newspaper says that the Italian people, while remaining tranquil, could not help feeling profound indignation at the Aus trlan provocations and would ac cept with satisfaction such a dig nified measure as the recall of the minister. Italy has been reported a stirred by the recent discussions n the Austrian parliament pro testing the treatment of German -esldence la the Tyroles province annexed to Italy, noon SCORES SMITH AS CANDIDATE Ai's Approval of State Anti Prohibition Law Recalled In Article "DRY" CLAIMS REFUTED U. S. Supreme Court Decision Xec essary to Defeat Bill After Signature by Governor of New York NEW YORK. Feb. 24. (AP) Resuming. in the. March issue of the American Review of Reviews, his long range debate with Cover nor Smith of New York, William G. McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury, asserts the only and fundamental prohibition issue is "Shall a state be permitted to dis regard any part of the constitu tion which it elects not to obey?" "Police enforcement is the prin cipal and normal function of the state governments," Mr. McAdoo says. "Deprived of the effective cooperation of the police, organ! zatlons of the states, the amend ment becomes a nuUity. This is what happened In New York and Maryland. Although each of these states ratified the amendment and helped to put it in the constitution. they refused the cooperation; they refuse obedience." Refutes Smith's Claim The former secretary's latest pronouncement is in the nature of i rebuttal to Governor Smith who had asserted that the Volstead act was a part of the laws of New York and thus binding on state functionaries. The governor quoted article six. leciion .two at thm - .constitution. which reads as follows: "The con stitution and the laws of the Unit ed States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, shall be the su preme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or the laws of any state to the contrary notwithstand ing." " 'If that doesn't mean that the Volstead law is a part of the laws New York state'." Mr. McAdoo quoted Governor Smith as saying 'Then I would like fosome one to tell me what it does mean.' " Mr. McAdoo, in his Review of Reviews article says that this pro vision has been construed by the supreme court to mean that where- ever there is a conflict between the state laws and the constitution the federal law is supreme. Specific Case Cited "For Instance," he continued, "the New York legislature in 1920 enacted a law which Governor Smith approved, permitting the (Continued on pace 5.) MINE BLAST-KILLS DOZEN Twelve Rodleo Recovered... From Arkansas Mine; One Missing JENNY LIND, Ark., Feb. 24 (AP) The bodies of 12 miners killed when an explosion rocked a Mama Coal company mine near herearly today, were recovered by searchers. , Only one miner Charles Newman, believed to have been In that section of the mine was unaccounted for . and It war not determined whether he was in the mine at the time 'of the ex plosion. Rescue crews still were search ing for Newman, although there was soma doubt that he was in the mine.' The cause of the explosion re mained a mystery. Claud Spei- geL state mine inspector, refused to advance ny theory as to the cause before , making an official investigationtomorrow. Rescue work was extremely dif ficult becausa of the wreckage and heavy fumes left by the explosion. TALK HEV CAROL HOVE Rumanian Prince Quoted ' As. Ex .pectins; to Tako Throne . NICE. France, Feb. 14-(AP). Prine Carol who has beea vlslt- tng the nlgM clahsv: o . the Riviera, today said that h had no Intention, of Interviewing . For eign Minister Tltulesco of Ruman ia- who is sunntngr himself aV Men ton, only it fsw infls. away' The reply to reports -thajt ;the exiled prince would" so ths Ro manian .foretrn minister. : -Carol said: fTItuleseo would hars seen me yesterday but X did not, wish to see Un." wr "JU '::--J i ' Members ofCarols -party how ever assert that "the prince said e expects to be on tbe Rumanian hrons within, two. months., , McMillan found GUILTY BY JURY LOS ANGELES DOCTOR COX VICTED OF "SACK MURDER Life Imprisonment Recommended Following; Sensational Cali fornia Trial LOS ANGELES. Feb. 24. (AP) Dr. Charles M. McMillan, middle aged physician accused ot the mur der of Amelia Appleby, today was found guilty by a jury of eight women and four men in superior court here. The verdict carried with it a recommendation of life imprison ment. Given the case a few minutes after 11 o'clock this morning the jury returned a verdict at 1:30 Vclock this afternoon. During the reading of the ver dict, the doctor who has displayed no emotion during the entire trial,! sat motionless and gave no evi dence of being visibly affected by the prospect of life behind prison walls. Confinement in the peniten tiary on this verdict will place the physician behind the bars a sec ond time since he was once con victed of narcotic charges and served a sentence. Date of sentence was fixed as next Tuesday at 9:30 a. m. by Judge Douglas Edmonds. Under California law the sentencing of the doctor will be but a formality, the recommendation of the jury is automatically the penalty. The doctor was charged with the murder of Mrs. Appleby, wl-i dow of a Chicago inventor, after her body was found last December 'n the San Fernando valley near here, tied in a canvas sack. Bits of canvas which the pros- acutlon claimed were identical with that in which the body of the worn in was wrapped figured promin ently in the trial which started February 15. The doctor pleaded not guilty but he. did not deny the charges from the witness stand, although he had previously steadfastly pro tested his innocence to officers who arrested him. TORCH KILLER AT LARGE Slayer of Miss Margaret Brown Still Not Rnn Down BERNARDS VILLE, N. J. Feb. 24. (AP) The torch killer of Miss Margaret Brown was still at large tonight. State troopers said during the iay that his identity was known ind that he was a middle aged professional man of high social standing, but later ProspectO Bergen denied that anything def inite was known about the klUer. "If I knew him and where he was," said the prosecutor, "I would go out and get him." In the afternoon Miss Brown whose gasoline soaked body was found flaming like a human torch m the Bernardsville-MorrUtown road Monday night, was buried luietly at Fort Lee. Police investigation centered around clues furnished by a man ind a woman. The woman told of -eeing a blue sedan parked on Monday night at the place where Miss Brown's body was found and .here was some hope that she might be able to help in tracing jwnership of the car. The man :old of being near the scene of the Time last night and being ques tioned concerning the killing by i man who drove up in a blue se dan. COURT HEARS OF BLAST First Evidence as to School IIou.se Wrecking Introduced OTTAWA, III., Feb. 24. (AP) The first evidence that the Pleasant Valley school house was wrecked by dynamite last Decem ber, was introduced by the state today in its fight to send Hiram Reed, young farmer, to prison on a charge of bombing. The prosecution claims : Reed put the explosive in the stove that burst and seriously injured . the teacher, Iola Bradford. The de fense has Indicated Its doubt that dynamite caused the tragedy with which it holds Reed had nothing to do.- ': - . ' ' - : The state expects to wind up its ease shortly with aa attempt to Introduce Reed's confession. . Al though Reed was Indicted on sev eral charges including an attempt to kill tha girl.' about to become a mother, ha is Dolus; tried only on tho"boTnblns; lautfftH-V''' BERT2HtnKLEiTv ARRIVES AastrsJIaj.- i Flyer , Delayed Flight, Dsns to Dwst etoYMi V BTV2fET?AUMtxlU, Feb. 21- tsaturaayiw -fAF)v Bert :Cxav. kles, Australian, flyer who was overdue on a hop from Fort Dar win, arrived safely shortly after noon today . at :; CamooweaL Queensland. . He had been forced down, en route by a dust' storm yestarday. ' T STKRSUI. HEUD GREW DRfllS Report Indicates All On Board Italian Ship Alcan tara Went Down RADIO MESSAGES HEARD Collision Occurs in Dover St at Eight O'clock Lat Night; Several Other Ship Stand, ing By DEAL, England. Feb. 24. (AP) The entira crew of tbo small Italian steamer Alcantara was believed to have drowned when the ship sank following up on collision with the Russian ca det training ship Tovarisch, to night in the strait of Dover. The number In the crew waa unknown here. An American ves sel of the size of the Alcastara would have carried upwards of 17 men and an Italian ship probably a few less. The crew of the Tovarisch. al though a hole had been stove is their own ship, attempted to aid the Italians. Later it was report ed that the Russian ship was not in a dangerous condition and that she would try to make Sonthamp on. The Alcantara was of 1C2 gross tons. Dense Fog Handicaps DEAL, England, Feb. 24. (AP) Serious los of life ma feared from the sinking tonight of the Italian steamer Alcantara aft er collision with the Russian ca det training ship Tovarisch. The collision ocurred iu a dense fog. which blanketed Dover rstfalts of Dungeness tonight. Two o;Wr steamers were reported standing 'y. The only account of the tragedy was pieced out from a series of brief messages received by Lloyd's Xorth Foreland radio station from he British steamer Moldavia. ' The Moldavia reported that aft er searching the jicinity of the ?rash for an hour and a half it had found only one man who died shortly after, that It was convinced that ho one had escaped aiivo from the sinking ship. Occurs at 8 p. m. The messages from the Mold avia indicated that the coUfekM (Contiauod on p 5.) LINDY CONDUCTS TEST OF MOTOR WHOLE THEORY OF AERONAU TICS REVOLUTIONIZED Promotion Scheme Rumored P4 lowing Inspection by Air plane Experts DETROIT, Feb. 24. (AP. Mechanics at Selfridge ' field wr ordered tonight to fuel" and; pre-' pare the monoplane ' of - Colon! Charles A. Lindbergh for a flight y early tomorrow morning. At 11o ' same time the colonel sent to the supply office for mans of Ontario. It was believed Lindbergh and a party of leaders of the aircraft in dustry from St. Louis, who accom panied him, here, planned to take off tomorrow for Buffalo, orer the air mall route which cuts directly across the Canadian prov ince from, Selfrldge field. DETROIT, Feb. 24.- API The Detroit Free Press will say tomorrow that Colonel Charle A. Lindbergh and Major Thomae Lanphler. today tested a new. type of motor at 8elfrldge field wlicfc (Cootiaacd oa pf 5.) "Green" Matinee . At Elsinore Today Vaudeville Included Parsons . who have . the "green' matinee coupon . and have complied with the condi tions printed thereon; will be privileged v to seo v tho - most talked of and ' praised ' motion picture of the season and also a" good; vaudeville prograsa, this afternoon at the Elslnoro theater. - The picture' Is "Sor rell and Sonu-'.HoIdersof fho "green" coupon will be ad mu ted on presenting It with tea cents ;"and-. a -cash sales showing a purchase of one dol lar or oro, from an advertiser in, FtI dayV green market and merchandise -section,. ; '