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;ertei(s Ainerican Legion Has Secured for World War Veterans, Especially iheDisc Weather Report. .Unsettled with prob ably rains "reat and local rains and snows over cut portion; moderate temperature: Jxesh east and southeast, winds on the .coast.- Maximum temperature 51. mini mum 37. rfyer 2.8. rainfall none, atmos phere cloudy, wind west. ' Eren Egypt does thing! differently than In Biblical day. The Egyptian are now fighting an invasion of locusts with planes and poison gas. SEVEKTY-SEVENTIt YEa SALEM. OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 29, 1928 PRICE "FIVE "CENTS CAPITAL POST'S TOTAL NOW 957 PROVIDE POWER GODFREY WINS CHAMPOEG PARK AT LOCAL MILL OVER UZCUDUN BACKED BY BILL ADDS 32 MEMBERS AT RALLY, ADDITION REQUIRED BY IN'. CREASED PRODUCTION VERDICT GIVEN NEGRO IN FIGHT AT LOS ANGELES t2.-SO.0OO ASKED BY SENATOR LEADING OTHERS CHARLES McNARY i NO i ATI 6E RALLY Seven Hundred Attend Meet ing At Armory? Benefits To Disabled Told UNITED ACTIVITY URGED Rational and State Aid Secured For All, But Organization De serves Support Now, Says Speaker By Ralph Curtis True to predictions, the world war veterans' rally held at the ar mory last night;, one of a series being conducted throughout the state, was attended by a crowd de clared to be the largest gathering of ex-service men ever held here, It was estimated that 700 men were present. This was the 26th of this series of mass meetings. which have been attended by ap proximately 10,000 Oregon veter ans. Facts which at the other meet ings have been presented by a group of state officers of the leg ion, relative to the benefits which the United States government and the state of Oregon have provided for exfsernice men, were condens ed on this occasion into one address by Irl S. McSherry, tic command er of the American Legion in Ore gon. Benefits Listed While he outlined In detail the benefits available especially for disabled veterans, Mr. McSherry urged veterans who may be en titled to them, to get In touch with the lo&l legion officials,' who are prepared best to handle ; their claims. Chief among the national acts for the aid of disabled -veterans. McSherry, is the Reed-John- fan law, which .provides free hos pitalization . for ex-service men whether their disability is trace able to service or not. Many in Hospitals There are now 51 veterans hos pitals in the United States, No: 77 at Portland being the one to which veterans from this "vicinity are sent. In these hospitals at the pres ent time 7300 beds are maintained for tubercular patients, 8051 for nervous cases, 13,849 for general surgical cases. Ten per cent of the beds in all of these hospitals are kept free for emergency-use Vet erans who are injured are provid ed with transportation to the hos pital, and ambulance service when necessary. 1 Last year, 71,967 veterans were (Gen tin d4 en pace 8) TEACHERS' PAY AGAIN AT ISSUE SURVEY BY UNIVERSITY DE PARTMENT CONSIDERED Foard Dubious on Possibility of Increase; Vote One Day Holiday "Higher salaries for teachers in Ealem schools" was one of the top ics of discussion at a meeting of the school board In the high school building last night. It was suggest ed that the board have the depart, nient of education of the Univer sity of Oregon make a surrey of salaries in Salem schools and com pare them with those of other schools of the same size. "The board did not object to pay ing their teachers higher salaries If there were a means of raising the extra amount of money neces sary. They decided that under the present situation. It was Impossi ble to Increase the salaries of their Instructors.. This subject- has re ceived much discussion in the past. R. W. Smaliy gave reports on the needed -equipment for the -schools.' He was authorised by the board to take care of the wiring in the Lincoln schooL He also urg eJ the board to purchase their 'wood earlier this year in order to get it fa dry, instead of having c6ninT with wet wood as has utne ease this year. The clerk authorised to iec bias ror iae purchasing of wood as soon as pos- $. art was dso brought p. By;or ; r ? dertng the-nar machines now" for - "a fall dellyew. the could save $10 :'r " am each mach,0 traded. . VyThe clerk wv also given auth . prltr 'lo open bldor the conatrae tion of a concrete jg oa the west "r of the Uncoinvvooi The I' joard also Toted lhWtK ....I.. had on the Uww fiu Hot Race on Between Districts, With Eastern. Oregon Region Ahead s Capital Post No. 9, American Legion, had 957 members at the close of last night's big rally at the armory, having signed up 32 member's at the meeting, a greater' number than has been gained by any other post in the state at one of these rallies. This total leaves only 80 to go. to reach the total for the entire year 1927. This was the report of Adjutant Ray Bassett at the close of pro gram in which the question of membership was greatly stressed. One of the speakers was E. J. Bayliss of Sheridan, district com mitteeman for this district. No. 2, who told of the work that is being done in other parts of the district, and predicted- that It would be "over the top" before the end of March. Another was W.'W. Stewart of Albany, representing district No. 3. now ahead of district No. 2, who declared that this area would have a hard time getting ahead: but he also called attention to the fact that district No. . in eastern Oregon, is well ahead of both. The present effort of Capital Post to raise funds to send Its drum corps to the San Antonio na tional convention, to compete In the national contest there, was outlined by Brazier C. Small. Com mander Harold G. Maison intro duced the local post officers. Past Commander Stanley of Chief Joseph Post, Enterprise, was presented with a past command er's badge on behalf of the post there. Stanley, now a member of the Salem post, was instrumental in having a handsome war memor ial built at Enterprise, a letter from that post disclosed. Commander C. S. Dillon of the Eugene post Invited the Salem legionnaires to attend an initia tion ceremony his post will put on March 8. Although Chairman Douglas, McKay of the entertainment com mittee had brought nine excellent entertainers from .Portland, the feature event of the meetlng was an Impromptu talk - byr Bert G. Bates of Roseburg, who 'at the close of his inimitable talk Intro duced Rufe . White of Salem as this city's own candidate for pres ident on a platform of "pitchforks ror plain people." . Other strictly legion entertain ment Included Ur-W by the Eu gene legion--- -specialty bj- . loeah post,; ed for all . committee heaUvty &ert Victor. QUAKES AT BAKERSFIELD Load Roar Resembling Tremend ous Blast Also Heard BAKERSFIELD, Cal.. Feb. 28 (AP). A series of earthquakes shook the oil fields on the out skirts of this city tonight shortly after 7 o'clock. One of the shakes was accompanied by a roar re sembling an explosion. The severest shocks were felt In Oildale and, Oil Center, two oil communities about three miles north of this city. Reports from those communities said there were eight or nine shocks. The shocks began with the rat tling of doors and increased like a violent' windstorm, the flual shock being accompanied by a roar like a tremendous explosion. The quake area apparently was north of here, extending through east Bakersfield and as far east as Edison. HOOVER RUNS, MARYLAND Secretary of State Rcwlves For mal Application' ANNAPOLIS. Md.', Feb. 33. (AP). Application of Herbert Hoover, for placing his name on the republican primary ballot in Maryland for the presidential preference primary was filed to day with the secretary of state. The Hoover application Is the first to be filed la this state for the presidential primary In either party. - ' RESIGNATION EFFECTIVE Hal Hose Will Announce. Candid acy Soon, Expected Here, j -;- Hal JB. Hoss, T. private secretary to Governor Patterson since the latter's Inauguration in January. 1 f 27 will - retire from the execu tive department today. H13 uccess o? has not yet been announced hj Governor, Patterson. :? ...v. . -Mr. Hose resigned as private secretary to the governor in ordpr to awrmin.umtr; "" ' rj .fate at the republican primary election. It was reported here Tues- a.v that Mr Hoss would announce his eandldaajr w!thlnj T Missouri Candidate For Presidential Nomination Sidesteps Matter CLAIMS 2 PARTIES SPLIT Prominent Democrat Sticks to riea Urging That Republi cans be Ousted to Put His Forces in Office LOS ANGELES. Feb. 28. (AP) Prohibition was brushed aside as a campaign Issue by Sen ator James A. Reed of Missouri as he entered California today to wage a fight, he said, against "corrupt Washington" and for a "united democratic party." Taking a day off from speech making, "the democratic presiden tial candidate confined his public utterances to newspaper men who surrounded him shortly after his arrivaL They popped the inevit able question which newspaper men at other stopping places have put to the senator and asked him about prohibition. "I don't think prohibition is an issue in this campaign," the sil ver haired campaigner growled, pounding the arm of. his chair with a fist holding an unllghted cigar. - "Prohibition Is on the statutes and until the law is changed by the people, there it is, and of course, it must be enforced. If you want to settle that issue. now disband the republican and (Continued on pCe 8.) SAY FLYER'S BODY SEEN Object Sighted Upon Sea Thought May be Drowned Man MELBOURNE. Fla.. Feb. 28. (AP) Rekindled by the sighting on the sea today of an object re sembling a human body, hope flared on tonight as searchers' con tinued their efforts to locate the body of Harry Brooks, Ford chief pilot, missing since his "flivver" monoplane dived into the ocean here last Saturday. . '"' fy watchers i Meanwhile - the land 5 patr.!"?- paced the beach for a long dis tance in the vicinity of where the monoplane fell and. aided by po licemen on motorcycles kept watch tor the possibility the tide may yet cast up the body as it did the plane yesterday, and parts of its equipment last night. , At the same time boats combed a 30 mile stretch at sea and sea planes added their eyes to the con stant vigil. TWIKS J iCANT-rtlA-WHlCir N STOP THAT Mv y AP YEA.B, fcksSSF J AND 1TMJQHT AS S U IfLfl v WELL BE YOUR. SON-j . S Am OBJECTIONS? IHAVE HO OBJECTIONS I " 1 ttsTT CHILD, BUT qEE WHIZ h- t i till .aw,. A MArcuT oNtori ' N I I I II Jtr&&$s TWOS COMrVuSIONATE ' Gr 1 -,::!SA-f. f -"M ATHiNGS - ITS ALL I ' U R W VV r?. - WWE You riw-f. r r EHtikAGEMKHT CJHui LJLr : - J-:L. . 'Y' r-3K r : -Ay, - : 1 . - 1 w v n u v '-r'-mj rv. Ui . 1 -ri i' t-rs . -, 1 wji HVJr f III IV I . - .k- WL ."wf - 1 'l I .-J I Hansen Sk LiUeqalst -Start Con struction of Boiler Hou?- at Plant Marking a steady Increase in production through the installa tion of a quantity of new machin ery, Hansen & Liljequlst Tuesday began construction of a new boil er house at their planing and lum ber products mill at 565 Mill street. " This building, costing 92000 without the machinery, will house a 150 horsepower .engine and boiler, giving the company three times the power that It has had available heretofore. The equipment added In the last rear has made the old engine and boiler entirely Inadequate, it was explained by W. J. Liljequlst, jun ior partner In the firm, last night. This equipment includes an American three drum sander, a sash machine, a molder, and sev eral smaller machines. The output of the mill has been increased about 30 per cent due to the acquisition of this new ma chinery, Mr. Liljequlst said. The mill now employes 40 people. VETERAN JURIST FILES J. W. Hamilton of Roseburg Files for Renominatlon J. W. Hamilton, of Roseburg, oldest circuit judge in the state with relation to length of service, will be a candidate for reelection at the democratic primary elec tion. He filed his declaration of candidacy in the offices of the sec retary of state here Tuesday. "Favor efficiency in the courts and prompt administration," is the slogan adopted by Judge Ham ilton. Anna L. Wells of Hillsboro, has filed her declaration of candidacy for the democratic nomination for representative In the legislature for the 15th representative dis trict, comprising Washington county. "The best I have for good legis lation." is the slogan adopted by Mrs. Wells. DENY KELLEY REHEARING Case Will Be Appealed to U. S. Su preme Court, Indicated The 6tate supreme court Tues day denied an application for a rehearing of the habeas corpus case of Ellsworth Kelley, convict, ' ,H er ,'death sentence for Attorneys for kelley aliened he was detained Illegally In the prison and was within his rights when he attempted to shoot his way to liberty. Both the circuit court of Marion county and the state supreme court ruled against the convict. Reports here Tuesday indicated that an effort would be made to appeal the case to the United States supreme court. J IT HAPPENS ONCE IN FOUR YEARS :n4iAiic N. "cmOTMAT-) r . c .1 Heavy Blows Bring Deciskm De spite Fact That Spaniard Maintains Offensive By RUSSELL J. NEWLAND Associated Press Sports Writer WRIGLEY FIELD, Los Ange les, Feb. 28. (AP). George Godfrey, negro collossus of - the ring, clubbed his way to a deci sion over Paulino Uzcudun, knotty-muscled son of the Basque country tonight after 10 furious rounds that had 40,000 persons on edge througbeut the battle. But the burly black had no walk away. Tipping the scales at 236 pounds and with a 44 pound advantage in weight, he had his hands full from the start. The black-haifad Spaniard, arms flailing, opened with a rush. but in the early sessions, was tied up by the titanic Godfrey, who draped his huge bulk over and ar'bund him to advantage. The tide of battle shifted to Uzcudun In the sixth. Beginning the round, he caught Godfrey flush on the jaw with a stinging left hook. It hurt the negro and he retreated steadily with his smaller opponent following him around the ring. The negro land ed but a couple of blows through the round. Fists flying, the Basque came out In the seventh to drive his op ponent around the ring again. Godfrey was puzzled and hurt as the "mite" In front of him con tinued to bore In, meanwhile pumping both hands to the body. The crowd cheered wildly for the Spaniard as the frame ended. The eighth round went the same way with Paulino continu ing on the aggressive. Lashed with the knowledge of impending defeat, Godfrey came out in the ninth to take the play away again. He clubbed the Spaniard steadily to the body. crossing with a left to the face that had the wood chopper from the Pyrenees r bleeding, at the closed The tenth was another Godfrey round, as he mauled and beat his smaller man from rope to rope. Some boos and groans greeted the decision of George Blake, for- (Continued on page 8.) HANDLEY SEEKS OFFICE Announces Candidacy for Secre tary of State While Here VrrHandley, Portland attorney, "i-sv ; m? legal - secretaiT-:.- can primary election." "n V4-?vt Mr. Handley served as state cor poration commissioner during the OlcOtt administration. He previous ly served as state senator from Til lamook county and has held other political offices. Mr. Handley has been located inPortland since re tiring from the corporation depart ment. TO PEACE PACT Secretary Kellogg Conveys U. S. Views To French Government SEEKS ANTI-WAR TREATY Obligations to Group of World Powers Held No Bar to En tering Into Agreement With United States WASHINGTON. Feb. 28 (AP) Secretary Kellogg has informed the French government he cannot construe France's obligations un der her League of Nation's mem bership as a bar to her joining this and other world powers in a treaty to outlaw war. . France, in a note on January 21, had set up her league obliga tions to support her suggestion that a Franco-American treaty would be more feasible than a multilateral treaty as proposed by Secretary Kellogg. The Paris government was advised in the state department's note of yester day and made public today that Secretary Kellogg believes the dif ference between a bilateral and a multilateral treaty to outlaw war would be "one of degree and not of substance." After setting forth bis under standing that the only "substan tial obstacle" to France's accept ance of a many-nation treaty against war as an instrument of national policy was France's league and Locarno pact obliga tions, Secretary Kellogg contin ued: Former Offer Cited "Without, of course, undertak ing formally to construe the pres ent treaty obligations of France, I desire to point out that if these obligations can be interpreted so as to permit France to conclude a treaty with the United States such las that offered to me last June by M. Briand and offered again in your note of January 21, it is not unreasonable to suppose that they ran be interpreted with equal jus tice so as to permit France to join with the United States in offering to conclude an equivalent multi lateral treaty with the other prin cipal powers of the world. " Tfference between the bi- - :- C-- Atni4 0f u an Instrument- of k.aaitc7v seems to me to be one of degree and not of substance. A govern ment free to conclude such a bi lateral treaty should be no less able to become a party to .an iden- (Ooatiaad oa pmga ) ESCAPES MIRACULOUSLY Stunt Avlatrlx Gets Off With Minor Injuries, Report . ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb 28. (AP) Jeanne Durand, 18 year old stunt aviatrix, miraculou Iy escaped serious Injury and per baps death here this afternoon when her attempt to set a new world's parachute Jump went awry and her pilot was forced to land with Miss Durand.. hanging from the plane. ' Leaping into space at an alti tude of 15.000 feet her parachute became entangled In the plane She was unable to disengage her self but managed to swing up and hold on to the . undercarriage. After the plane had landed it was found she had fainted. She was rushed to a hospital, where she quickly recovered, her only injur ies being slight bruises about one arm. She left the hospital after an examination. . OREGON LINEN PRAISED Representatives of Dulath Firm ;. Visit State Plant The state flax plant which is op erated In connection with the pen- itentiary here Is wen equipped and efficiently managed, according to John Wilton and Philip R, Moore, representing tbo Klearflax Linen Looms company with headquarters ar Duluth, mnm.y.'r ?: The visitors passed virtually (01 of Tuesday inspecting the peni tentiary plant, and the two liner mills' recently established in this city, i - i -, t : Mr. Moore . said the : quality ; of flax '.produced in the Willamette valley apparently was equal if not superior to that grown-in any oth er section or tne. unuea sxaies. He also spoke in Uudatory terms of the-twine and other products of Memorial Building Wanted at His toric Site; Measure Intro dured Yesterday WASH1XGTON. Feb. 28. (AP) A resolution reciting the Important events which entitle Champoeg park to recognition as a national shriue and authorizing appropriation by congress of $250,000 for erection of a memor ial building there was Introduced by the senate today by Senator McXary. The preamble of the resolution recites the settlement of the Ore gon country by English fur trad ers who laid claim to the whole of that vast territory of nearly 300,000 square miles, now includ ing all or part of five states, as a part of the British empire; its joint occupancy, after controversy, by the United States and Eng land; the assemblage of 102 men at Champoeg in 1843 and their decision by, a narrow margin that the Oregon country should be come, a part of the United States. It is pointed out that the mo mentous gathering at Champoeg was a forerunner of the campaign of James K. Polk for president on the slogan "54-40 or fight," which resulted in Polk's election and the transfer of the territory in question to the United States by England without war or blood shed, under a treaty signed In June 1848. The main body of 1 the resolu tion directs the secretary of war to select a site for the memorial building at Champoeg on state owned lands with the approval of the state board of control. The building is not to be built, it is specifically stated, until the state shall have made adequate pro vision for its care and mainten ance. The plans of the structure also are made subject to the na tional commission of fine arts. GROUCH" NOT PRESENT Klwanis Closed Meeting Develops Into Real Love Feast Those terrible "grouch" explo sions that were expected to de velop at Tuesday's closed meeting of the Kiwanis crab failed to ma terialize, members reported after ward; In fact, the affair turned into a perfect "love feast." Following a talk by Dr. William DeKleine, director of the Marion county child health demonstration, the club voted to establish a 3300 revolving fund to aid ln the gen eral health program of the city. The money will be used to pay for operations, optical and dental -V-f-McBfldr-w' whose, parents ' " ;.aW" BUSSES NEED NOT STOP . j& - Order Rescinded to Perwi'V " Through, Limited Servicer-1 " Busses operating in the state of Oregon herearter will 'not be re quired to pick up passengers be tween stations according to an nouncement made by the public service commission Tuesday The commission rescinded Its previous order which required the busses to take on passengers at any point on the highways. The action was taken by, the commission because of application filed by various bus companies re questing permission to -establish through or limited service. L0WDEN RUNNING IN N. D. Former Governor of llbiois Aa nounces His Candidacy BISMARCK, N. D., Feb. 2 8. (AP). Former Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, announced himself as a candidate for the re publican presidential no In a personal declaration filed late today with North Dakota's secre tary of state. Mr. Lowden previously had been assured a place on - this state's presidential preference bal lot in the March 2jH primary through - filing , of the required number of petitions last Saturday and hle-own declaration la not re quired by law. W 'iOT GUltTY PLEAS MADE Overbeck. and Cooke Officials JUKllax4rgT?en satlstacl isrwer to - . - '.3 this, grand lj. 1., ere, c . . :J today, by James Z ; Cooi-e. president : Charles : S. Goodwin, vice . presi dent. And H. T, Phllpott. ' secre tary, of the defunct Overbeci and Cooke brokerage firm when they i were arraigned In circuit tourt to-l day; . Wo date was set for trial.'. I "-The three defendants ajpea re 2 Leaders In Prohibition Cai Hold Meeting At Nations Capital sr.ti 4 negos BothMajoc. ly ; Watched K With Btrlct Enforcement of V. S. Laws "' WASHINGTON. .-' Feb, S (AP) Two movements one signed to put a damper on presidential aspirations of Gov or Smith of New York, tha oti . .... . . .- . . w tores ooin me renuDiican a democratic parties to toe the ma! on prohibition in the coming cat palgn got under way. here tot- under the direction of a group dry leaders. ,- ' The offensive directed at -1 two political parties was launch at a conference in which rent sentatlves of thirty or more i tional temperance organ Lzatio participated. Resolutions w adopted demanding clear-cut, pi hibition planks and standard bed ers genuinely dry. , Anti-Smith Drive Looms While the meeting was In pro' ress plans were disclosed for s Anti-Saloon league conferee next month in St. Petersbwr Fla., In which friends of probil tion In nine southeastern stat will be invited to' have a hand. . that time, those in charge Of rangements predicted, a ' count offensive against Governor Srei will take definite form, -r While reluctant to discuss f publication .what wilLbe-Hdon they generally forecast "A,; dlscu sion that would Include the adTi ability of urging southern dm crats to bolt' their party in' t event the New York governor nominated in Honsfon.' " Ritchie Al Opposed v M. A. Opcburch, North Can! Una state superintendent -of Anti-Saloon league, sajd soutnen ers. because of their,- general a berence to the democratic par: J are particularly concerned abo: the selection to be made in HoiW ton. He added .that while dr leaders in that section intend t direct their fight primarily aga'nt New. York's,' governor they alt' are, hostile to Governor IJIff LOS" ANGELES QXKX V TO LAKEHUnsT HANGL4R Fleeting lsit Pyll to ranama CH . And Canal' Zone; Flight Held Succefwrul : ; . ' - . ... fT FRANCE FIEUXvCaas Feb. 2 ts(AV X!5 vCaaal Zone J fleetiny Me.L la m ere fori ter, City herl abo' maln JnV . :Th06 yet cold v he rect. the great si lazily id the skyj, er day nojeng ago vv ea's kpedwlll ambassadot, . rfcK'il . l.lmlH.,.1i 'U VI. I. of St. Louis, swept over tie t!ty in long swift clrtjeg, Hare Tere two Insprilng: examples d ' tory over'air;X-- v.'!' Llentenaat Q,avxx? I Rosen dahl, in comTn - I ! igible, expressed f -the success. of the 'J.V ship had netted bra:? , of weatherajxdMKi i to make cuna oeiore row and will start the long let 1&Zfl. : WATC: . v ForVsurprlsQ t ment that: will . Friday's Green 11: tion cf T1 ? r ' va ' . 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