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Curtis , "Son that the events por- "rayed are not fiction, bat the most dramatic incidents in " the most critical period of American history and in tne life of its - greatest and most beloved states man, i the factor which makes John , Drinkwater's "Abraham Lincoln," presented last night at the Elslnore by a New York cast, unique In the field of drama, and -which makes all ordinary criti cism futile. ' Some in the audience may hare been disappointed at first in the nortraral of Lincoln by Eustace Wyatt, but their verdict was re versed when they saw him in the touching scenes at cabinet meet ings when I he faced opposition from his 1 colleagues as well from without, and at the war headquarters of General Grant, when he- pardoned the youthful soldier who had been condemned to death for sleeping on his post. ; " Others in the cast who perform ed notably were Beatrice Garin in the relatively minor role of a maid; Augustus Collette as Secre tary of State Seward; William Dorbin as the rebellious Secretary Hook, and Percy Bollinger as General U. S. Grant. TWO DROWNED IADS LAID SIDE DY SIDE Citizens of Indiana Harbor Purchase New Clothes : For Young Pair INDIANA HARBOR, Ind., Mai 8. (AP) Side by side, the two little sons of George Chisholin were laid to restv today. The boys whose father confessed throwing them into a canal "because they were in the way," were given one of the largest funerals In the city history. - Dressed alike In new suits pur chased by citizens, George Jr., and Edgar, were viewed by hundreds while their bodies lay in state. There was a touch of pathos when Robert, Edgar's twin who escaped a similar death, was brought from Crown Point, th county seat, this morning, to at tend the services. He had been visiting his father who is in Jail under two charges of murder, and walked slowly into police head quarters here, with bowed head, still dressed in the overalls he'u worn for nearly a week. Gruff policemen wiped away their tears, and in a minute's time a fund was raised and Bobby haa the finest suit and outfit In In diana Harbor. As the services were being read, the slayer of his sons listened to the reading of the two indictments charging him with murdering the boys. Oliver Starr, state's attor ney, said he would go to tria within two weeks. Chisholm confessed slaying ui 'sons after their bodies had been found floating in the canal. He said the boys were in the way ant blamed, Mrs. Helen Lawrence, the woman with whom he lived, for nagging him about them, boys' mother is in England. "Is your husband trying thing to' cure his deafness?" "No, he's postponed it until our boy has finished learning to play the saxophone." The Pathfinder. Read the Classified Ads TODAY H wan 5 Great Acts Featuring Toray Leyene & Co. Other Big Acts : ' On the Soreei fcVI Lb VWIl l YOU. .:"'''....: with-' ' KENNETH HARXEX ' HELEN E CHADWICK Holxnan's V " - ;- ,. - . Capitol - - , "Orchestra --Hit LI . 1 1 i 111 'i 1 ' y ji' ii 9 ;" . . I I 11 1 - " - I TALKING MOVIES TaDdnr moTies mire expected y L , - ' & - "t SSSr I - s,v 1 ,;;r:;:'s. n . ill. ' i-U x. Vi 1 I ''Vi"'" "- - i win rif t n w',-tr : vjs - I U X U 1, .V lasior run mo :: -.i-l exrf stHiime 11 lOffiMtwSliSriSi lolvrFK"! . .; ,"i ricr5S. iiwuiriK I.S 6 - I'tWJ&I as i r i , - , .j didates to be seen and heard all over the nation without leaving- their homes. Upper left, miracle light of talking- movie; left, projector with movietone attachment; center, filming a talking movie; upper right, E. L Spoonable, in' charge of technical development1 of movietone, standing beside a camera equipped to photograph sound as well as sights.Below, right, sketchcj show method of making 'talk ing movies.' II ASHBOURNE, England. Mar. 3. (AP) The ancient and pop ular game of Shrovetide football, n which hundreds of men take part on each side, is coming back .nto its own, not only here, but in scores of other English -towns. Shrovetide football is known as he grandfather of all modern foot- jail, the English rugby and the American football. It is believed .o date from the Roman occupa tion of England. It is not a game on a small jcale by any manner of means. The goals are three miles apart. There are practically no rules. The jail weighs six or seven pounds, s stuffed with ground cork, and a painted red, white and blue. A ;oal is scored when it is touched hree times at the goal line. Any one who is able bodied can take part in the game, and of tan there ire hundreds of players on each ,ide. In the attempt to carry the ball .oward one goal or the other play ers run across fields, wade through ponds or swim creeks and streams. The game usually lasts two days. ATLANTA, Ga., Mar. 8. (AP) Major league baseball managers Voday were attempting to "goose- tep" a few late veterans and tardy conditioning season having rached contract signers into camp, .he conditioning season having reached the stage where all hands .re needed for work At the Cincinnati Red camp at Orlando, Manager Jack Hendricks planned to call upon C. J. Mc- Oiarmid, club president, in an ef- ort to hasten the signing of Carl Mays and Pete Donohue, pitchers. Bob Meusel. outfielder, arrived MET EE D Eli WINS MAJOR LEAGUERS T HOLDING T Theit the St. Petersburg quarters of the New York Yankees today while Earl Combs, outfielder, and any-IWaite Hovt. holdout Ditcher, are axpected Sunday. Not golf, but ocean swimming WOrrled Manager Dan Howley at he West Palm Beach camp of the St. Louis Browns. Howley or dered no more surf bathing be cause of the blistered backs suf fered Dy some oi nis piayers. FRANCIS-HUNTER BEATS N. Y. STAR PALM BEACH, Fla.. Mar. 8. (AP) Francis T. Hunter met stiff opposition n the semi-finals lot the Florida tennis champion ship tournament today but won out over Frank X. Shields of New York, 6-3. 10-8; -2. FARRELL'S FOR HOOVER Candidate For Republican tional Convention Files Na- Robert S. Farrell, Portland. Thursday filed with the secretary candidacy for election as delegate' to the republican national conven ticTn from the third congressional district, comprising Multnomah county. "I believe In the .progressive principles of the republican party. coupled with the Coolidge econ omical administration of our gov ernment,' read Mr. . Farrell's statement. "I will always endeav or to represent the majority of my constituency ' In selecting the republican convention at Kansas city.- --: y. -v- -: For Hoover, : the people's choice," ts the slogan adopted by Mr. Farrell. Ha requests that this slogan be printed after his name on the official ballot. ' .TV. fl. McMahon, 415 East 22nd street North' Portland, has tiled ZJE OREGON ENTER 1928 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN to play a large part in 1928 presidential campaigns permitting can representative in the legislature! from the 18th representative di3-' trict. "Reasonable compulsory auto mobile insurance to protect neigh bors person and property in acci dents," is the slogan that has been TERM INCREASE LOSES House Expected to Vote on "IamC Duck" Measure Today WASHINGTON, Mar. 8. (AP) With the greatest speed under which Its parliamentary machinery can operate, the house cast into discard today a proposal to in crease from two to four years the tenure of office cf its membership. This action came on a motion to revise the pending "lame duck" constitutional amendment, before a single member other than the author had had an opportunity to raise his voice in its behalf. The proposal was smothered by a vote of 207 to 33. But even with the legislative en gine running in high gear, this took time and coupled with a clamor by members for further time to debate the amendment, the day slipped away without a final vote. Leaders are hopeful for this tomorrow, although a number of other motions still must be dis posed of. GREEN TRIAL NEAR END Jury Expected to Get Mrsh field Murder Case Late Today MARSHFIELD, Ore., March 8. (AP). Robert Green, on trial at Coquille charged with murder of his neighbor, Caleb Green, took the stand "in his own defense but waa withdrawn by counsel after his voice failed In telling the story of his coming to Coos Bay. Dr. J. B. Gillis, Coquille physi cian testified Green was sick in his cell February 5, but narcotics claimed by the defense to have been administered by the etate could have had no effect upon him at that time. Jim McHaile of East Side, sub urb of Marshfield, testified that Bob Balfour, state's witness had said after Green's arrest he would do all in his power to bring about a conviction. The case Is expect ed to go to the jury Friday. SPANIARDS DIE IN RIOT Two Killed at Town on Gibraltar Frontier as Troops Fire MADRID, Mar. 8. (AP) A riot at the customs house at' La Linea, a town on the Gibraltar frontier, today resulted in the death of two men and serious in jury' to a woman and a child. A large group of laborers re turning from Gibraltar were forced to wait at the customs house longer than they thought necessary. Some of them threw 'stones at the light cavalry which guarded the place whereupon the troopers fired into the crowd. All was said to be quiet tonight. ESCAPES FROM SCHOOL Frank Price, 16, escaped from the Oregon state training school late yesterday afternoon and to date no trace of his whereabouts could be found.' Police records de- scrib h,m " bein 5 9 ln? ti tall, weighing about 159 pounds. He has short black hair and blue eyes, wearing blue overalls and a khaki shirt. He has a scar on the fore finger of his left hand. Po lice officers In this vicinity: have been informed and are on the look out for the youth. ' -W " CLIP AND FILL OUT I vkh to enter in the Fanehon A Marco Talent Opportunity Contest given In cooperation with. The Oregon Statesman and 1 the Elslnore Theater. : I agree to accept the terms and. condi tions of the contract for the Fanehon Marco Idea in which I will appear If chosen winner of this contest In this city. 1 understand that the contract calls for a minimum of 13 weeks booking; over the West Coast circuit at a minimum of $50 a week salary, plus transportation. , I am enclosing my. photo graph. , . . . " " , - ' -t ' . . ; , ., f Name V ' ....;'. Address STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1928 FLAYS COAL BARONS Head of Mine Workers Fierce Attack Makes WASHINGTON, Mar. 8. (AP) Continuing his scorching Indict ment of the bituminous coal In dustry, John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, to day again attributed conditions in the coal fields to a conspiracy among the railroads to depress miners' wages. Testifying before the senate interstate commerce committee he said "the wails and lamentations that rise from the women and children of the fields seem to have no effect on the lead ers who direct the policy fit the railroads." He submitted to Chairman Watson, for the record, the original copy of the Jackson ville wage agreement between miners and operators, saying: "This is the contract which was violated, abrogated and trampled upon by the Pittsburgh coal com pany and others in that region." Denial of Lewis' charges was made by C. F. Lester, vice presi dent of the Pittsburgh coal com pany. Senator Wheeler, democrat! Montana, asked Lester who held stock in the Pittsburgh coal com pany, and the witness said he was unfamiliar with those records. He assured the committee that he would put the records at its dis posal. SEEKS ANNULMENT MOCK MARRIAGE TURNS OUT TO BE REAL THING PORTLAND. Ore., March 8. (AP). Charging J.hat a mock marriage which was performed at Everett, Wash., for publicity pur poses for a road show, turned out to be legally binding, Mrs. Mar- Jorie Miguelson brought suit here today for annulment. She alleged that Elton G. Mi guelson, publicity man for the Levitt-Brown-Huggins road show, to whom she was "married" pro posed after the ceremony that they start their honeymoon, assur ing her that she was legally his wife. The ceremony, she set forth, in her complaint, was performed with license and bridesmaids be fore Rev. A. B. Hassell, of ' the Congregational church, at Everett, July 2, 1927. She contended that she could not then give consent to a marriage because she was al ready married to, another man. She. added that since the Everett marriage she has divorced her former- husband. - ZI0NCHECK UNDER FIRE President of Associated Students " Behind on. Scholarship . SEATTLE, Mar. 8. (AP) Marlon Zioncheck, stormy petre president of the University of Washington student body Is Inel igible for the office he holds, the university registrar revealed to day. At the time of hie election last year Zioncheck was a credit short of the requirements but the dis qualification was removed by giv ing him credit for work he was making up. Since then however. he has fallen short in two other subjects and has not satisfied the unlversityar requirements. Read the Classified Ads TTTT ND FRYE HEAD FINE BILL Oh boy! Next week's going to be Joy week at the Elslnor for those two blackbirds, Moss and Frye will be here In person. They are bringing with them all their fun and tricks and silly questions and those nonsensical what-nots that have made them so famous. Moss and Frye are the origin ators of their particular style of entertaining, in fact they're the beys who asked that famous ques tion some 12 years ago, "How High Is Up?" They're "one of the greatest vaudeville headliners of eastern theaters, and have left a Broadway engagement to tour the west' : . ;t: '; "How High Isirp?" asks Moss; and Frye has been trying to ans wer it for the .past 12 years. They hare trouped : together- that long and asked each other the same questions and still they go un answered but audiences always go away laughing at their show they just can't help it those two blackbirds are so funny. Fanehon and Marco have built a hilarious "Idea" about them carry ing out the spirit of fun: There'll be a score of clever entertainers on the program also, but with Moss and Frye, the two original blackbirds, holding the list next week's laughs and fun are guaran teed. HINCHCLIFFE GIVES PLAN Flight From England to This Country Next Summer, Word LONDON, Mar. 8. (AP) Cap tain Walter Hlnchcliffe, British aviator, announced today' he is planning a flight from Europe to the United States in May or. June but will first attempt a nonstop flight from England to India as a preliminary test. The captain thus cleared up the mystery surrounding, his plans. He denied that he had any intention of starting for the United States today or that -the Honorable Elsie Mackay, titled British heiress and herself an accomplished aviatrix, intended to accompany him. The captain's statement was is sued in reply to newspaper re--ports that he and Miss Mackay were going .to take of for the United States today. Miss Mackay denied reports that she had any intention of mak ing a long distance flight with Captain Hlnchcliffe. BOOTLEGGER LIST GIVEN Representative Blanton of Texas Tells Police To Go To It WASHINGTON, Mar. 8. (AP) Policemen in the thrid precinct were given today a list of alleged bootleggers' addresses In their ter ritory and told it was up to them to do something about it by Rep Resentative Blanton of Texas, a member of the District of Colum bia committee. Representative Blanton. who not long ago charged that Chief of Police Edwin B. Hesse was seen annxing liquor in a saloon ap peared unannounced as the men were at roll call. He asked the captain In charge to call the of ficers to attention, then after lecture on law enforcement pro duced his list of names and ad dresses. ' -o Bits For Breakfast -o Total attendance V m All classes in the physical de partment of the Salem Y. M. C. A for the past month, 6197. Busy place. If a report could be made up of the total attendance In an activities there for the past month, an astounding total would be the result. There is to be an older boys' conference of Y. U. C A. workers throughout the county, in Salem today and tomorrow. It will be the SUNDAY in 66 How High Is Up? and CLARA in Get Your Man" Today and Creed cr Ccuraga bigrest thing of " the kind evar held here. V .: A teacher In the Parrlsh Junior high school the other day told one of her. pupils to read a sentence! and tell what the mark was at the end. fit was a question marx.; This la what he read: "Where are you going, little buttonhook?' S A Salem grocer was busy serv ing customers, but he noticed small boy standing near an open box of sweet biscuits "Now, then, my lad!" said the grocer, "what are you up to?" f"Nothlng." "Nothing? "Well, it looks as if you were trying to take a biscuit. "You're wrong, mister. I'm try Ing not to." A fond Salem parent tells this one "What are you children doing? I thought you were playing togeth er." "We are playing at fathers and mothers." "But you don't need to make all that noise." "Yes, we do she has just ask ed me for money for a new hat.' KIMBALL LIBRARY GETS 500 VALUABLE VOLUMES (Coatinaad from pfe 1.) sUlled In the Kimball school li brary. Among those added Wed hesday are some of the most high ly prized texts on church history and doctrines, also travel, church architecture, bible expositions, commentaries and religious edu cation. There are several old books of value such as six leather bound volumes of the writings of Rob ert South, the count preacher in Westminster, England, published over 200 years ago. These were the first editions. The century dictionary was also included in the group. ENGLISH NOT WORRIED WHEN WAR LOOMS UP (Continued from pge 1.) raiders who might dash across the frontier. Colonies Eye Situation CAPETOWN, Union of South Africa. Mar. 8. (AP) The lia bility of the British dominions in case Great Britain Is at war was discussed by Premier ; J. B. M Hertzog In the house of assem-J bly today. "Each state Is master of its own destiny," he declared, "and must also be the sole judge of the ex tent of Its cooperation with the associate states, whose indepen dent status can never be denied." Thus the premier took issue with the saying that "when Great Brit ain is at war every dominion au tomatically is at war." The imperial conference had ad mitted the dominions to free inde pendent status, he said, and each dominion could decide for itself on the extent ofitscooperatlon with the umpire. Consequently, both by law and equity, the right of -a do minion to neutrality could not be rejected; nor was there any high er central authority. HOOVER MAKES ENTRY INTO RACE IN INDIANA (Continued from page 1.) widely divergent In others. In Ohio, under the primary law who ever carries congressional districts gets their convention delegates. In Indiana, however, any presidential candidate receiving a majority in the May 8 primary would have the support of the entire state delega tlon at Kansas City. Tnis would not hold true if there were more than two candi dates In the race and no one re ceived more than a plurality. ANNUAL SPRING SHOW FIXED OjN HUGE SCALE (Continued from', peg 1.) pate in tne big free dance at the armory Tuesday night. A good 15-piece band and the American Legion drum corps will be on hand to add life tb the at- MONDAY 99 , BOW Saturday fair and give the opening a great send-off. " Treasure Hunt Slated A big treasure hunt has been arranged, with many valuable nriiM blnr riven away with ab- solutely no string attached Tuesday night.. Everyone who inmea to enJoy the spring window display la entitled to Join in the SiiT.W'eSpSI atinr in the display - That puts the public wise to all the entertainment the Admen are providing for next Tuesday. That and what has gone before, for al ready the word has gone out that a big majority of all the store win dows in the business district will be dolled up to best display the haantlfnl new snrlng creations that will be seen for the first time that night. Hi Time Looms Last year this annual event was hun success: this year mer chant cooperation and public in terest evjnced gives promise of a regular knock out event If you enjoy looking at the lat est In automotive world; li you like to dance; if you enjoy real music; if you like to stroll from one artistically arrangea snop window to another to see the new; if you enjoy a thrilling hunt for prizes if any or all of these ap- neal to you. write "taken" in that date book until Tuesday. FIR&OESTR0YS CENTRAL HOWELL SCHOOL HOUSE (Continued from p 1.) use of the church as a temporary school place had been entered in to when principal Starrett was in Salem yesterday, he expressed the opinion that that building might be available. Julia Starrett, the principal's wife, was primary teacher in the school. Clarence Simmons Is Don't Have those worries any baby's mother can easily i s iiui ju MAry uejy having! 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With each bottle you Babies," the book any mother find worth its weight in gold. COMING to The ELGINORE Sunday and Monday The Origi inal E 1L S H WALUCE BEERY BTKHIIUU70N OUXUSfAMELl KCSCIBAKCROrT lrnT in , ifrr chairman of the school board i i district 40, comprising Central Ho well. Other members of tho board are John Tweed, E. Werner, and Henry Werner, clerk. The current school directory lists tha valculaUon'lit 1533.879 and cen sus at 97. ;- SMITH FLAYS SENATE GROUP OPENING DRIVE (Contiad from par 1) campaign would be waged by him on the same platform, as his pre vious, one but that the real issue Is whether the senate has the right "upon any grounds or no ground as it sees fit to accept or reject whoever you may elect s senator. whomever you may elect-as sen ator, whether you agree with tb senate or whether you don't." Feels Sure This Time If elected for the second time and given his credentials for the fourth time he stated that he was certain he would be seated. ! 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