i It Is High Time for Active Work by a General' Committee on the 1934 .More Organizations Are Lihing'Vp With the Airport Program and Prospect Centenary Celebration of Coming of the Missionaries Seen of a Vote On a Bond Issue at the May Elections Weather forecast:1' Unsettled, probably rains In .west i portion ; . moderate tempera lure; . moderate to fresb southerly, winds' on the coast. Maximum temperature yes terday 55. minimum 47. river rainfall -21, -atmosphere cloudy, wind south. mum The free tracers can't fool us any more depends on the tariff on dress materials. We all know now that tbe shorter tbe skirts get and "the less material needed, the more expensire they are. Fi. SEVENTy-SEVEKTH. YEAR PRICE FIVE CENTS SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1928 State - i r 125B0YSHERE m 11651 More Coming Up To Late Hour Last Night; Pep Rally Opening Event FULL PROGRAM TODAY Banquet Followed by Swim En Joyed Friday Night; Frank 31 or an of Paget Sound School Principal Speaker More than 125 boys from all parts of Marlon and Polk coun ties gathered at the local YMCA building last night to attend the fifth annual older boys conference Xihlch Is being held in this city C today. Boys began coming In early in the afternoon and were still , pouring iir at a late hour last night. Frank Moran, head of the ij IMoran School for Boys at Rolling ' Bay. Washington, is the principal . speaker of the conference. Of the fire conferences held Mr. Moran i- has officiated at three. The conference opened at 4:30 o'clock yesterday when all the boya reported at the TMCA office for registration and assignments for housing and eating quarters. This was followed by a pep rally at 5:30 o'clock. Banquet En joyed At 6:30 o'clock a banquet hon oring the visiting boys, was held in the TMCA ' dining rooms with .150 boys present. Loyal Warren . acted as toastmaster. Invocation V jwaa rendered by Rev. I. G. Shaw ui oiaj iuu. joen iviiauer 01 uai lasheld a short, session with the Jys knavD as "Who's Who and ' tfThere are We from." for thejara I pmsBL, getting tQiatca.aainteai Nrilh each other. (j Dr. Frank XL Brown extended a L" welcome to the boys on behalf of r the city of Salem. -Melvin Webb of Sihrerton made the response lor the visitors. This was follow- vj ma auurcsa uj inai jnui au on the conference theme, "The Quest for the Best." The next thing on the program was an ad dress by Dean U. G. Dubach, dean of men at Oregon State college, using' for his subject "Quest for the Best in Vocations." After several announcements were I, - made, the meeting was adjourned until 9 o'clock this morning. (Continued on pare 4.) SPANKING NETS JAIL SENTENCE WOMAN DETERMINED SERVE OUT 100 DAYS TO r Kansas City Mother Gets Into Legal Difficulties After Chastising Daughter KANSAS CITY, Kans., Mar. 9 (AP J Determined to serve 100 days fa jail in lieu of paying the $100 fine assessed tonight because she- gave, her 16-year-old daugh ter, Lores . Jones, an old-fash-' ioned : spanking Kr disobedience, Mrs. . Christine Woodside retired In the detention cell of the city Before being locked up she for- i vaue iter uuiihuiu iu paj 111c iiue - after turning over to him three diamond rings which she wore. Jier husband said he would abide by his wife's wishes but hoped to persuade Judge Fred R. White to grant his wife - a parole. Tbe judge said he had not considered a parole. '- " - Judge White had held that the spanking was "unwarrantedly se vere." The mother was arrested on the girl's complaint. , , . Lorene'. was whipped , Sunday night" wKh a coat hanger when she -refused to tell where she had been In'Vhe family. - motor vcar. Urs.:-Wodsie is a former ' snake charmer and Hon tamr for a carnival. V'iiV''Af ' - Approximately 5,000 " persons limmMffh auditorium in: the I'JtfV hail to which the hearing had " .been, transierred , because judge f ' White's courtroom Wk too small V 'to accommodate the Jam. Several women fainted. "Women predoml y, ' Bated in Ihe crowd. ' Hundreds ot - persons were -turned away at the j " ;4oori and traffic In the vicinity ot , ' the bnlldlng was In s snarh , In a statement from the bench J ust before fined Mrs. Wood . :je, ' Judge White J? said lie tbe :;eved from the statement and her lOther's attitude that the punish ent Inflicted ..had . been entirely o severe. ;V " j l ; "Parents always have T right punish their children, said the !ge, 'but they hare no" right tj , ' brntaL'-', - - ' - COOLIDGE AGAIN PUT UNDER FIRE senate; resoSutiox opposes i ; NICARAGUA POLICY 1 Ioqairy Demanded By Senator Xorris; Authority of Presi ' ;" dent Questioned WASHINGTON. Mar. 9. (APi The long debated question of the authority of the president to supervise elections in foreign lands was raised anew today in the senate. Senator Norris of Nebraska, leader of republican independents, offered a resolution proposing an inquiry by the foreign relations committee as to the president's authority and the drafting of leg islation to prevent use of the army and navy for the supervision of elections should the committee find that the president was with out authority to so use the nation's armed forces. The. resloution was referred to the foreign relations committee which will take it up as soon as several other pending questions are disposed of. Chairman Borah said. Varying opinions as to the president's authority were given by committeemen and a long fight over the resolution is in prospect Senator Borah declared the res olution raised the whole question of "the extent of the powers of the president in relation to pro tection of life and property in for eign lands." This subject has been debated and differed upon for 100 years. Borah said. "It is an important matter for we have been holding elections in some of those coun tries off and on for twenty years. Tfte Taft administration held elections; the Wilson administra tion held elections and the Hard ing administration held elections (Continued on page 4.) TWO MEN STILL MISSED Foal Play Hinted In Disappear ance of Pair In Washington LONGVIEW, Wash.. March $. (AP). Woodsmen tonight re turned to their camps unfcnccesfr iui inineir attempt tojfiad QtnAli-sL Ymh Not Mettled ciue to the disappearance of Vic tor Stone. 46, and F. S. James, 75, who have dropped from sight with no trace left as to their pos sible fate. Stone, a railroad right of way worker, disappeared yes terday while working near Hem lock pass, -20 miles from Kelso. James, a retired business man. disappeared Wednesday after he left the home of a friend In Kelso, driving an enclosed automobile. He had Intended to look over a tract of land near Ostrander. Two blood hounds ' were taken to Hemlock Pass today in search of Stone, but nothing definite was reported by deputy sheriffs. Jess Schwartz, shingle mill pro prietor, and A. I. Hart, frienda of James, In appealing for aid at' the sheriffs off ice. hinted foul play in connection with his disappear ance. He was known, they said, to have had money on his person. CREW OF VESSEL SAVED Total of 23 People Reecned When Swedish Steamer Sinks NEW ORLEANS. Mar. 9 (AP) Twenty-seven persons, the crew and two passengers, on the Swed ish steamer Hermes were rescued and brought safely here today af ter the vessel had been sunk", in collision with the Norwegian steamer Modem!, 32 miles below New Orleans. .. . :'.;y'i. The Modeml came to the docks under, her own steam but with a hole almost ten square feet torn in her bow. Captain Richard Nordom, her master, said the Hermes struck his ship in a heavy fog after her had sounded his siren. The river - pilot on the Hermes said the Modeml struck the Hermes a few moments after a blast from the latter's siren and a burst of search-lights from the Modeml. The Hermes rolled to the starboard and sank but hei crew and passengers took to a lifeboat, and were picked up by the Modeml. At daybreak they were put ashore and came to New Orleans in automobiles. IMPROVEMENT OPPOSED Remonstrance Plied Against Pav In North 17th Street - William Brown, owner of all the property on one side of the proposed improvement, has filed a remonstrance with" City ' Recorder Mark Poulsen against the paving of North 17th street from Market street to Condit's addition. ' Mr. Brown's remonstrance will probably prevail, as he owns more than half the abutting property,, due to the fact that the streets extending In that direction from 17th were vacated In his favor several years ago . when that part of the city was practically all agri cultural land. . . . The resolution calling for this Improvement ; was introduced - at he council meeting Monday. - . HOUSE REIMS ITS LIE DOCK 10RTSESS1 Bill Looking Toward Consti tutional Amendment Rejected In Vote COUNT STANDS 209-157 Oregon Delegation Divided, With Hawley Opposing New Idea and Korrell and Sinnott Supporting It WASHINGTON. Mar. 9 (AP) The Whlte-Norris contitutional amendment to abolir "lama duck" sessions of conrress, and change the presidential inaugural date was rejected today by the house. The vote was 209 to 157, with two members answering present. This was 36 votes lss than the two-thirds necessary for approval ot constitutional amendments. The house action, taken after three days of debate, during which republican leaders led a vigorous fight against the proposal defi nitely shelved the amendment for this session of congress, at least. The amendment in slightly modi fied form was approved earlier this session by the senate, which in three previous congresses, had voted for its adoption. State Approval Given The amendment sought to change the meeting date of con gress from March 4 to Jan. 4. This would have abolished the "lame dnck" sessions of congress or (Continued en par 4.) SANDiROYALTY 5 CENTS jW .CWfambU River; Payment for Officials of tbe land depart ments of the states of Oregon and Washington, at a meeting here Friday, fixed five cents per cubic yard as royalty to be charged for sand taven from the Columbia river in the future. The order be came effective at once. The price of five cents per cubic yard was fixed after the officials had received reports that the de mand for sand Is limited, and that a number of sandand gravel oper ators have conducted their plants at a loss during the past few months, The royalty on sand tak en from navigable streams within the state of Oregon is 10 cents per cubic yard. . The officials have not yet fixed tbe royalty to be demanded for sand taken from the Columbia river in the past. DRY LEAGUE OUT AFTER OFFICIALS CORRUPT MEN Cf OFFICE . PLACED 1TNDER SCRUTINY Head of Anil-Saloon Body Issues Formal Statement at Port land Yesterday PORTLAND, Mar. 9. (AP) Efforts of the Anti-Saloon League of Oregon will henceforth center upon detection and punishment of corrupt officials, and upon com mendation and support of officials faithful to their duty. This state ment was included in an announce ment made today by R. E. Close, superintendent of the league. "We hold that law "enforcement officials who connive with law breakers are the most dangerous of all criminals," the statement read. "Where such betrayal of trust exists, we believe It far more important to secure the conviction and punishment of guilty officials than of tbe lesser criminals whom they protect. "We believe that enforcement of law should be entrusted only to officials regularly elected or ap pointed and charged with that duty. We particularly disapprove the special employment of officers whose individual compensation is made dependent upon fines collect ed from law breakers convicted through their efforts. Such a sys tem is unsound and will bring any law into disrepute." SEASIDE GIRL WINS HIKE Walks Warrenton to Astoria in Less Than Hour and Half ASTORIA, Mar. 9. (AP) Mildred Vollans, a rosy cheeked lass from Seaside, Ore., walked her way to victory over a field of 54 other women of varied ages and a $25 cash prize here last night, when she "toed and heel ed" the eight mile stretch "between Warrenton and Astoria in 1:26:30 as a part of the annual spring op ening program. Her nearest competitor was Miss Mary Daily, another Seaside girl who took 15 for second prize af ter doing the eight miles in 1:25:- Chester Lamont, Astoria, tri umphed over a. field of 20 men when be covered a 25 mile grind from Seaside to Astoria in 3:38: 65. He captured a $50 eash prize, second best was L. Puustlnen, Svenson, who clipped It off in 3:- 39:07. SANDE GIVEN OPERATION Noted Jockey From This City Convalescing at Hospital NEW YORK, Mar. 9 (AP) Earl Sande, famous Jockey is at Roosevelt hospital convalescing from an operation, it was learned tonight. Sande was admitted to the hospital Tuesday and under went an operation yesterday. The nature of his illness was not die closed. He was reported to be resting comfortably. THE MARCH OF CIVILIZATION WILD PRICE ORGY ON WALL STREET SPECULATION. BEGINS IN GEN ERAL MOTORS STOCK Day's Bidding Results in Gain in Value of f 163,950,000; Wil liam Durant Big Winner By STANLEY W. PREXOSIL Associated Press Financial Editor NEW YORK, Mar. 9. (AP) Unbridled speculation in the com- fmon stock of General Motors corporation which went "over the top" for the sixth consecutive ses sion with a gain of $9.25 a share to $159.75, started a wild orgy of buying in other speculative Issues on the .New York stock exchange today which carried the day's sales to 3,706,500 shares, the second largest in history. Extreme gains ranged from $3 to $17.25 a share but many were cut down by profit taking. At the close of the mar ket tonight the average of 20 lead ing industrial issues, compiled by the Associated Press was Just 1-5 of a point below the record high for all time established on the first day of trading this year. The. gain In General Motors to day added $163,950,000 to the of common stock outstanding. bringing the appreciation In aggre gate quoted value during the last week to $358,875,000. At today's closing price of 159, the market value of all General Motors com mon outstanding was $2,770,950, 000, contrasting with It? par value (25 a share) of only $435,000, 000. Two factors were behind the sensational buying movement to day, the unexpected decrease of more than $26,000,000 in federal reserve brokers loans and the an nouncement that the Managers Securities 'company, owned by General Motors executives, had purchased 200,000 shares of Gen eral Motors stock during the past (Continued ea pac 4.) AIRPORT TO BE DRAINED W.ork o,Txpora JldMJEir- -., - grounds Will iToceea Provision for draining tbe air plane landing field' at the state fairgrounds now in use, was made yesterday by the aviation commit tee of the Salem chamber of com merce, it was announced last night by Fred A. Erixon, chairman of the comimttee. It has been discovered that draining this site will not be a difficult matter, and the work will be started at once, Mr. Erixon said. This airport is being fitted up sole ly as a temporary landing field. and there is no intention to locate the permanent airport there, it has been explained. Tbe present Improvement work is being done through subscrip tions made by business men through the chamber of commerce committee. I0RT MS HTEREST SUPPORT GIN YMCA Forum Goes On Rec ord Favoring Putting Bond Issue On Ballot URGENT NEED OUTLINED Whether to Secure Option On Site Or Submit to Voters Without Location Chosen, Not Yet Agreed Upon The proposal for a bond issue not to exceed 150,000 for a muni cipal airport for Salem will be f presented to the city council with the request that it be put on the ballot at. the time of the May primary eleclon, it was indicated at last night's session of the YMCA forum. One question apparently re mains to be settled: whether the bond issue shall be put up to the people with the site not yet select ed, or whether the organizations sponsoring the plan shall select a proposed site and secure options, thus making thte issue before the voters more definite. Forum On Record Speakers at the forum meeting were divided on this question, but the forum went on record as favoring the municipal airport plans with but one dissenting vote, that of Joseph H. Albert, who had previously declared his opposition to public provision ot landing facilities for airplanes. The city is no more obligated to provide these facilities than It is to provide terminal facilities for railroads and business, Mr. Albert said. In reply, it was pointed out that tbe government long ago gave Targe areasoflan3 to the railroads, and that busses may not be given terminals, but they are given the use of public highways Club Represented With representatives of all of the luncheon clubs present as well as the members of the forum and of the American Legion aviation committee, last night's meeting represented a large cross section of:the Salem public, and was in dicative of the growing interest in this need. Dr. M. C. Findley described viv idly the extent to which aviation has been developed in Europe, telling of the large, powerful and safe planes that carry passengers between cities, at rates no greater than those for first class travel on the railways. Roy A. Klein, state highway en gineer, pointed out that Salem is In a ' favorable position on the main air route, but that it will cost something to take advantage (Continued on pago 4.) BURT BARKER HONORED Vice President of State University Given Entertainment PORTLAND. Mar. 9. (AP) Burt Brown Barker, vice president ot the University of Oregon, was the guest of honor at a banquet here tonight, given by. the public speaking department of the uni versity's Portland center. The affair, directed by Helen Miller Senn, held a decided naut ical flavor in that the ballroom was decorated to resemble tbe good ship dauntless, and guests entered the room, not by a door way but over an elevated gang plank. Governor I. L. Patterson gave the speech of welcome and was followed by Alfred Powers, dean of the Portland center, and George L. Baker, mayor of Portland. Arnold Bennett Hall, president ot the university, took as his topic "Found a master voyager," dis coursing on university administra tion, its problems, its hopes and desires. Mr. Barker took as his theme Treasure Islands." BANDITS WEAR DISGUISE Nkaraguan Ranch Raided; Total Sam off $5000 Cash Taken- MANAGUA. Nicaragua, Mar. 9, (AP) Bandits disguised In uni forms of the Nlcaraguan national guard, raided ' a sugar plantation near. Chjchigalps. Monday. 'The belated report, received today, said tbs men took $5,000 in cash ftftd tripped ;HhA Jewelry frdm the women of the household ot Inno cento Lagayo. 'proprietor ot the plantation. ' -- " . -: A national : guard detachment has been sent to patrol the entire Chichigalpa region, as it is an Im portant center In the sugar indus try. -:- ' , TRANSFER SITE OF INCINERATOR DEED WILL BE SIGNED TODAY BY MRS. HAROLD Pipe for Extending Main Ground; Construction to Start Soon on Transfer of the proposed incin erator site south of Salem to the city, will be consummated this morning when the deed is signed by Mrs. Alice Harold, the present owner. The abstract has been pre pared and looked over by City At torney Fred Williams, and he has! given his opinion mat the title is clear. The deed has also teen pre pared, and the transfer requires only the signature of Mrs. Harold to complete it. The property Is lot 9 of Miller's Mill Creek Home tract, and was a part of the do nation claim taken out by Alvin F. Waller in 1873. The purchase price was $1500, above which a compromise was made on the cost of preparing the abstract. Material for construction of the incinerator has not yet arrived In Salem, but the water pipe needed for extending the mains to this site is ready and on the ground. The Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steele company, which holds the contract for construction, has in formed city officials that it will be ready to proceed with con struction immediately unon beinr notified that the Bite has been turned over. The contract be tween the city and the company was signed this week. GREEN'S VERDICT TODAY Case Expected to Go to Jury Some Time Before Xight MARSHFIELD, Ore., March 9. (AP). The case of Robert Green, on trial at Coquille charged with the -murder of his neighbor, Caleb Green of Catching Inlet, is expected to go to the Jury tomor row. The defense finished its wit nesses late today. Greetf On the stand this after noon became agitated and nearly collapsed. He continued to assert that he did not commit the mur der, and declared that the confes sion which the state offered was obtianed under duress. The de fense claims officers used narco tics to get the confession. EDITORS OPPOSE HOOVER Indiana State Organization Backs Senator Watson INDIANAPOLIS, Mar. 9 (AP) United States Senator James E. Watson, favorite son presidential candidate received the endorse ment of the Indiana republican editorial association here today over the protests of supporters of Herbert Hoover, secretary of com- mece. Hooven. entered the Hbo sier primary fight yesterday. Pleas fo harmony within the editorial association put an end to what for a time looked like the outbreak of a fight over the issue. The discussion was pre cipitated by the non-concurrence of Arthpr K. Remmel, editor of the Fort Wayne News Sentinel and a member of the resolution committee. Oscar G. Foeliinger, publisher of the Fort Wayne News Sentinel, Is manager of Hoover's Indiana campaign. Hoover men, whe nthe resolu tion relating to Watson's candi dacy was presented, declared that. in tbe Interest of harmony, the Indiana republican editorial asso ciation should not the endorse of any one. TRUSTEE TO BE CHOSEN Overbeck and Cooke Creditors Will Hold Meeting Today Portland, Mar. 9. (AP) Creditors of the bankrupt broker age firm of Overbeck and Cooke, which failed January 31. will elect a permanent trustee at a meeting here tomorrow. A. M. Cannon, referee ln bankruptcy! will preside. The election of the trustee will mark the first formal action of the creditor of the bankrupt com pany In their attempt to recover their losses, estimated roughly at $1,400,000. " STREET BUS HITS AUTO Woman Thrown : To Pavement, . Sastains Severe Injuries , Mrs. Lucile Meyers of Dallas re ceived bruises to her back and scalp wound last night when the light coupe in which she was rid ing, collided with a' street bus at Liberty and Center streets. The name of the bus driver was not re ported to the : police. , ,. ; Mrs. Meyers was thrown from the wreckage to the; street. She was rushed to i hospital, where it was fonnd that her injuries were sot serious. The coupe was badly damaged. - . ." HUGE LIB HITS ROCKS ALL SAVED Steamer Robert E. Lee Runs Aground In Fierce Gale and Snowstorm 150 PASSENGERS SAFE ON BOARD1 Vessel On Way From Boston To New York At Time BROADCASTS SOS All Except Crew To Be Re moved This Morning; Res cue Craft Rush To Assist ance of Badly Disabled Ship BOSTON, Mar. 9. (AP)-Boston-New York steamer -Tbe Rob- ert E. Lee with 150 passengers a4 crew ot 113, drove aground to night on Mary Ann rocks off Man omet point in a snowstorm a4 gale. The vessel remained hard and fast on the reef, but a message sent out at 10:20 o'clock said tl passengers were in no danger. It was said that no attempt would to made to remove them before to morrow morning. An S. O. S. message sent out by the steamer at 8 o'clock, a few minutes after 6he grounded, start ed a fleet of rescue craft to' her as sistance. These included the naval ships Bushnell,' Falcon and Mal lard, engaged in salvaging . tb sunken - submarine- 6-4 off-Pre-incetown, the coast guard cutters Tuscarora and Red Wing, coast guard patrol boats and life sav ing surf, boats from shore sta tions. All were in the vicinity it the Robert E. Lee late tonight. Danger Not Imminent The reassuring message received from the Lee after several hours during which her condition appear ed to be hopeless read as follow: "Lying comfortably. No imme diate danger. Transfer passengers in the morning." The vessel which sailed from Boston at five o'clock this after- (Continaod ea par ) HICKMAN'S JURY DELAYS VERDICT ARGUMENTS IX SECO.NI MUR DER TRIAL COMPLETED 12 Men and Women Locked C For Night Following Fall, ore to Agree HALL OF JUSTICE. Los Ange4 es, Mar. 9. (AP) The Jury re tired at 5:40 o'clock to consider its yerdict in the trial of Williass Edward Hickman and Welfey Hunt for the murder of C. Ivy Toms, December 24. 19 2 C. A few minutes after the Jury retired the court announced that the six men and bIx women were to adjourn for dinner and that they would not begin the consider ation of their verdicts until .after their return at 7:30 o'clock. The jury was Instructed by ''Su perior Judge Elliott Craig to re turn separate verdicts on -the guilt ' or innocence of each defendant and also that it should consider the sanity ot Hickman. It was instruc ted that tbe legal definition under ! California law of sanity was tba r ability to distinguish between right and wrong. , - Instructions were given, that St the ' defendant Hunt was " found , guilty and also under the age ff 18, the jury must fix tbe penary as llfeimprisonment.. : "At t "o'clock there had been wo word from the jury room whero tbe jurors had been deliberating for an hour and s half. , ' A Jailer reported that Hicki had gone to sleep on his celt bunk. He left a note beside him reading: . When the' Jury brings fn a ver dict wake me up,' ' : ; , Most of the afternoon had beets . (Continued en p -l ' Old Ironsides"- 4 v Last Times -Toclay. ; ; At Elsinore t ; g ? This is a picture ; with great historic Interest, ' It Is epochal. It is one of the biggest things ever put on the silver screen