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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1928)
Senator McNary Is to Be on the Oregon or Vice President; Salem Men Get the Two Highest Offices in the United States Raymond Robins, One of America's Lecturers on Social Problems, Coming to Capitol Theater on Wednesday Evening p . Weather forecast: Rain; moderate tem perature; southwest gales on the coast. Maximum temperature yesterday 53, min imum 48, river 6.6, rainfall .6, atmos phere cloudy, wind south. mm SIX SECTIONS FORTY-TWO PAGES SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAI, SALSM, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS ' f Ballot J Outstanding Wm 4 i it ft i i f t f ,.; sElNC OPENING GREATEST DIER if 74 FIRMS ENTER .; ' ' -9. Still More Expected To Sign Up Before Tuesday When Event Begins ATTRACTIONS NUMEROUS: Auto Show, Free Dance at Armory, Music by Band and Legion Drum Corps, Treasure Hunt Among Features Already enough business houses hare affiliated themselves with the big spring opening event of next Tuesday to assure this city of one of the greatest merchandising ex hibitions staged in Salem and the list of cooperating business con cerns is not yet complete. Late yesterday 74 business houses, big and little, had given their approval to the Spring Window Display sponsored by the Salem Ad club. These 74 stores, and others that will Join the ranks the first of the week, will arrange in their show windows and about their stores an elaborate display of the sprightly new tholngs that spring calls forth.! Decorate Windows Allday Tuesday window after window in the down town district will be shrouded in secrecy, while behind the scenes decorators care fully ply their arts to set off to greatest- advantage the various wares. Promptly at 7: So that evening every curtain will fall and from then oh the public may admire and inspect as window after win dow presents its contributions of the useful and beautiful in key notes of spring. Attractions Many Though the window displays are the center of the spring open ing event, the Ad club has planned a number of other entertainment for the thousands. of people who. the signs predict, will witness the Sfalr. One of the biggest "side" attractions and yet a part or the'Officers elected for the coming nrino- rtisnlnv will he n monster' year are as follows: . President, auto show. There will be a free dance at the armory and, in keep - ing with the gay event, a 15-piece, band and the American Legion drum corp3 has been secured to furnish music. The treasure hunt will be another popular feature. That the opening will be con fined to no small part of the busi ness district or to but a few lines of industry is assured by glancing ( Continued ou lre 4.) MOUNTAIN SLIDE KILLS HUNDREDS! THOUSANDS OF TONS OF j EARTH CRUSH SMALL CITY Two Thousand Mm Engaged ii Retcue Work Following Dev astation lu Brazil . RIO JANIERO. Mar. 10. (AP) Sudden shifting of a side of Mount Serrat. situated lu the cen ter of the city on Santos, state of Sao Paulo crashed thousands of tons of earth and rocks without warning onto a section of that place this morning and left a dead and dying toll estimated at more than 200. Houses and buildings in the path of the slide were .crumpled and bnrlad. their occunanta tu- n? oareatly unable to escape the huge1 . . avalanche. $ Tonight while 2,000 men were i engaged In rescue work in the J stricken section of the city there were indications that the slide on one side of the mountain had weakened the dirt on another side, and there was fear that another catastrophe ia an adjoining area was impending. Mount Serrat. with a moderate ly high peak is situated virtually in the center of Santos, Brazil's principal coffee port, with resi dences and business buildings spread around it on three sides. While details as received here are comparatively few, it was said that the avalanche occurred just before dawn this morning. Al though there had been previous warnings of a possible shifting of the side of the mountain there had been , no indication that any such danger was Immediate. Comingfas it did it undoubtedly caught many residents of the stricken area s asleep. i . " - , ;; h Dispatches to the Buenos Aires w papers said 1 houses were com ' pletely crumbled and buried; oth ' V er estimates were even higher. Be ,. J tween three million and four mil- J lion cubic' meters of earth are said ' c to have shifted, completely bury ? lag to .a depth upward of 12 me- ters ail area whose bounds were - placed as' a hundred meters from the old base of the mountain. Among the buildings destroyed Is said to be the hospital of Santa Rosa,' and itjis believed a number of patients here were among: those 1 killed. Operations at the place were suspended after the avalanche and all medical material mat could be salvaged were sent to the Quirogi- co sanitaxlam for use there. STAYTON YOUTH HEADS Y GROUP OLDER BOYS' COXFEREXCE BEST EVEU HELD HERB High Ideals Stressed in Resolu tions Passed at Cloning Sessions The fifth annual o!der boys' conference of Marion and Polk county, which was being held in this clt7 Friday night and all day Saturday, ended at the local YMCA building last night at. 8:30 o'clock. The principal speaker fOT the conference was Frank Moran, head of the Moran school for boys, Tiiinv Tv Washington. The theme of the conference was "The ivjuesi lor More than 100 boys from ihe two counties attended. The towns represented were Salem, Silverton, Woodburn, Aurora, Aumsville Stayton. Turner, Monmouth, Inde- pendcnce and Dallas Others to lecture at the confer ence were Dean U. G. Dubach, dean of men at Oregon State col lege. Dean Roy Hewitt, of the law school at Willamette universitr.j Dr. Frank E. Brown fo Salem, Ben Kimber of Dallas, and Rev. I. O. Shaw of Stayton. Frank Moran addressed the boys at 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning, choosing for his subject, "The Quest for the Best In out Social Relations." At 10:30 o'clock group conferences were held in the "Y" which were fol lowed by another address given by Dean Hewitt, on "The Quest for the Best Through Service." At 12a conference picture was taken in front of the YMCA building and immediately after lunch wa SCI TCU HI 1 11 "C a uauiub w The afternoon program begar with group songs under the lead ership of Ben Kimber, followed by a short business meeting, and a conference .summary by Mr. Moran. At 2:30 o'clock, Bob Boardman took the group over the city on a sight seeing tour. Many buildings and places of interest were visited in spite of the rainy weather. This lasted until 6:30 o clock wnen toe group met in the dining room of the YMCA building for dinner. After dinner the group again joined in singing songs led by Mr. Kimber. This was followed by a third address by Frank Moran who spoke on the conference theme, "The Quest for the Best." At 8:16 o'clock a short business meeting, reports from committees and election of officers was held. .Angus Ware of Stayton; tr vice l president. Melvin Webb of Silver ton; second vice president. uonaiu Seiemund of Falem; third vice president, Mathews Mochel of Woodburn: and secretary, Norman Wlnslow of Salem. The following is the report of the findings committee: 1. In our quest for the beBt in 1 vocations we believe that self re- snect is more important man money or gratification as a meas jure of success. The truly success jful man will fashion stepping hr than stumbling blocks cut of the acts of his life. 2. We have been dissatisfied with present moral standards and we recognize, therefore, the great value of conferences of older boys concerning low Ideals. Vague ideas are thus changed into clear (Continued on pr - SMITH MOVE UNDER WAY Two Salem Men Selected For Ore gon State Commltte PORTLAND. Mar. 10. (AP) Indorsing delegates for the demo cratic national .convention, ana selecting an executive committee to look after the campaign, a state wide organization for Smith-for- president will meet Tuesday night At that time a decision will be made as to whether the name of the New York governor will ap pear on the democratic primary ballot. Johu C. Veatch, member of the state fish commission and former assistant United States district attorney, is chairman of the organization. The treasurer is Edgar W. Smith who with Bert E. Haney was a candidate for ap pointment by President Harding as a member of the United States shipping borad to succeed George E. Chamberlain of Oregon. The genera committee is only partly completed, but the person nel outside or Portland, as an nounced today, includes: Salem: F: W. Durbin and Au gust Huckestein. Dallas: Mrs. Lilliam Bilyou. R R. Turner. McMinnvllle: Kay H. Wisecarv er, A. L. Jamleson. Roy Sparks. BISHOPS END LONG TOUR Visit Honolulu, Attend U. S. Cbamber of Commerce Meet Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Bishop re turned Friday night from a trip to the Hawaiian Islands. At Hon olulu. Mr. Bishop attended the convention of the United States Chamber of Commerce as a repre sentative of the Salem Chamber of Commerce. ' Weather conditions throughout Ihelr travels were Ideal, the local merchant and his wife reported, ind the trip was . enjoyable In very : way. They made a, tour hrough the Islands. The return was by way of San Trsncisco and Eureka, the latter ity being the location of one of th Bishop waolen mUla. - ROB NS GOING TO SPEAK HERE E Nationally Prominent Social Thinker Brought By Church Organization HUGE CROWD EXPECTED Meeting at Capitol Theater Evening Will Bring Out Re cord Attendance; Address Afternoon For Women In More interest than has been manifested in anv nubile meetlnr held in Salem in many months is being displayed In the announce Raymond Robins ment that Raymond Robins, offi cial representative of the citizens committee of 1000 for law observ ance and enforcement, will be here Wednesday evening to speak at the Capitol theater. Admis sion is by ticket only, but the tickets are being distributed with out charge. The evening meeting is for men (Continued on pf 4.) ANOTHER STORM COMING Blowing This Way From Gulf of ' Alaska, Bureau Says SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 10 (AP) A storm which formed over the Gulf of Alaska today is moving in a southeasterly dlrec tion and presages rain for Wash ington and Oregon tomorrow While the prediction for northen Califonia is "fair," weather bu reau sectional charts showed thai the northern storm may strike the coast line as far south as Eureka on Sunday. Storm warnings were hoisted to day along the Washington-Oregon coast. ON ION i i t ; 7 CRIMINAL CLAIMS SALEM AS HOME YOUTH CONFESSES TO HELP ING WRECK FAST TRAIN Tells Police At Leavenworth, Kan- He Is Escape From Institution Here LEAVENWORTH. Kas., Mar. 10. (AP) Robert' Miller, 18 years old who told police be was a runaway from an institution for the feeble minded at Salem. Ore., tonight confessed that he placed obstructions in the path of the Chicago and Alton passenger train which was wrecked at Independ ence. Mo.. Feb. 15. Announcement of Miller's con fession was made by city detectives and railroad police who questioned him several hours this afternoon. The boy is already under sen tence to the Kansas state reforma tory at Hutchinson for an attempt to wreck a Union Pacific train at Lenape. Kas., in Leavenworth county, recently. Miller said he and a companion who escaped placed the obstruc tions on the track in both cases because they were angry at train men who put them off the "blinds" of passenger trains. W. P. Young, Slater. Mo., 45. fireman, was killed in the wreck at Independence. If the youth held at Leaven worth for assisting in wrecking a train at Independence. Mo., ever was an inmate of the Oregon state institution for the feeble minded he went by some other name. This was indicated Saturday night by officials at the institu tion, who declared that there had not been a patient there by the same of Robert Miller during the past ia years. - f9 Several youths have escaped from the institution in recent years, any one of whom might have been the one held at Leaven worth, it was stated, but none was known by the name of Robert Miller during the past 18 years. Inquiry at the state hospital for the insane was also devoid of re- (Conttnnod tf 4.) Index of Today's News Section One General News 1, 4, 9, 12 Theaters t-S Editorial 4 City News 9 Classified 10-11 Section Two Spring -Fashions. .1. i, 4, 5, 6, 7. 8 Society 9, 10. 11 Better Homes 11, 12 Section Three Automotive 13-20 Section Four Sports I, 6 Radio 7 Features 8 Section Five Farming and Industrial. 1, 6, 8 Slogan, Editorial 2 Poultry 3 Slogan, City Beautiful....!, 5 Gardens T Section Six Comics i 1-4 THE IDES OF MARCH I TS OFCOIECTION WITH OIL FUND Admits $50,000 Contribu tion To Republican Cam paign Expenses REFUSED BONDS, CLAIM Secretary of U. 8. Treaaury De clares Will Hays Offered Him -Proceeds From Teapot Dome Transactions WASHINGTON, Mar. 10 (AP) Secretary Mellon informed the senate Teapot Dome committee tonight that he received 150,000 of the 1260,000 of Liberty bonds which Harry F. Sinclair advanced to cover part of the deficit of the republican national, committee in 1923, but that he had refused to retain the bonds in exchange for a like contribution. The treasury secretary disclosed that the , bonds had been sent to him by Will IL Hays, former chairman of the republican com mittee, and that when Hays sub sequently called upon him to ex plain the purpose he bad declined to keep them as suggested. He added that he had returned the 'bonds to Hays and shortly there after made a contribution in the same amount from his own funds. Only f 2,000 More Given Mellon wrote that this was the sum he had intended to give when he was first asked to contribute to the fund being raised to clean up the republican deficit. He also informed the senate commit tee that this was the only con tribution he had made to the na tional campaign fund of 1920, ex clusive of $2,000 given during the campaign. The secretary's letter, addressed to Senator Walsh of Montana, prosecutor of the senate inquiry into what became of the Conti nental Trading company liberty bond profits from the now cele brated Humphreys oil deal, was written after the senator had for warded to him the record of hear ings held by the committee earlier in the day in which appeared the name "Andy" along with that of "Weeks," "Butler," and "Du Pont." fContinusd em pare 4) LEAGUE COUNCIL QUITS Forty Ninth Session of Organiza tion Completed GENEVA. Mar. 10. (AP) The council of the League of Na tlons wound up Its forty ninth session today after disposing , of several questions and postponing others until the next regular meet lng in June. League circles gave dominating interest to the urgent appeals which were sent to Spain and Bra zil to reconsider their resignations from membership, and to Costa Rica inviting that republic to re sume Its place in the organization Hoover For Club Will Permanent Organization of " oa,tu,uc wiu xc cueciea; Membership Grow ing Rapidly, Indication of Interest Permanent-organization of the Salem linn t; dent club will be effected at a meeting Friday evening" March 16, in the circuit courtroom of department No 1 at the Marion county courthouse, it was announced last "night by B. C. Miles, temporary president elected at the initial organization .-meeting several weeks ago. The meeting Fri day night will be called to order at 8 o'clock Fred E. Kiddle, state manager of the Hoover campaign has sent word that he will attend this meeting if possible HICKMAN, HUNT BOTH GET LIFE JURY RECOMMENDS AGAINST DEATH PENALTY Additional Verdict Declares "The "Fox" To Have Been Sane at Time of Murder LOS ANGELES. Cal., Mar. 10. (AP) Willam Edward Hickman, under sentence to hang on April 27 tor the murder of Marian Par ker and Welby Hunt, 17 year old holdup accomplice, today were found guilty of the murder of C. Ivy Toms. The jury's verdicts car ried recommendations of life im prisonment for both convicted youths. A half hour after the convic tions were announced, the jury returned another verdict on Hick man's additional plea of "not guil ty by reason of insanity," declar ing him to be sane. Both youths will be sentenced formally next Tuesday morning. The six men and six women jur ors who received the case late yes terday, spent five hours and 10 minutes in actual deliberations. Members of the jury disclosed aft erwards that only a short time was taken in agreeing upon the guilt of the youthful pair of confessed holdup robbers. The degree of punishment for Hunt who legally could not be sentenced to death because of being a minor, occa sioned considerable discussion. The jurors said that Hunt's youth and the evidence of his good deport ment since the fatal shooting of Christmas eve a year ago, influ enced them to leniency. That Jerome Walsh, chief de fense counsel for Hickman would not press further defense of his client was indicated after the ver dicts were returned. Walsh some time ago filed an appeal to the California supreme court against Hickman's conviction and death sentence for the Parker girl's mur der. A smile broke over Hickman's face and he expressed pleasure at the life imprisonment verdict. Hunt paled visibly as the verdict putting him behind the bars for life was read. His counsel, A. Gray Gilmer, announced that an appeal would be filed. JURY GETS GREEN CASE No Verdict Forthcoming- in Mur der Trial Last Night MARSHFIELD, Ore., Mar. 10 lAr ) A Jury tonight received into its hands the fate of Robert Green, accused of the murder of Ms neighbor. Caleb Green, for years a well known figure In the tiny settlement of Catching Inlet. me muraer trial a rare occur rence here and one that lives to ne talked about for years ended at 1:10 p. m. In his closing argument Prose eutor Badlngfleld pointed to Green as an inferner a Dr. Jekvl and Mr. Hyde who. while maklnc a practice of informing on deer hunters who operated unlawfully. was himself engaged in that nur- sult on the morning of November zi last, when Caleb Green met death when a club crashed down upon his skull. At 11:10 o'clock tonixht the Jury had been deliberating the case for five hours with no ap parent decision as a result. TOLEDO RAIN DRENCHED Large Section Badly Soaked With Moisture, Report TOLEDO. Ore.. Mar. 10 (AP Incessant rains over a neriod of 24 hours have thoroughly drenched this district and brought an small streams out of their banks. The rain is said to be the most severe for this season ever experienced here. While no damage of con sequence has been noted, farmers say early eprlnr crops will be harmed If the water stands. The storm started with a Chi nook but has not been accompa nied by wind. RIVER RISING RAPIDLY Up 3.1 Feet in 24 Hours, Advanc ing Faster; Rin .06 After having risen three and a tenth feet in the past 24 hours, the level of the Willamette river was still going up rapidly last night, due to a heavy rainfall all over the Willamette Talley. By midnight last night he' river, level had just passed a point seven - feet above normal. At 7 o'clock Friday evening It stood at 3.4 feet above normal. Itjras at about this time that the rise be- gan in earnest. - A total of .41 Inches of rata fell here yesterday. - President Meet Friday Salem People Supportine Form- . auy rate, some interesting speakers win be on hand to tell of Herbert Hoover's qualifications ror the presidency. Further plans will be announced later. Many Members Sign Since the Hoover club was or ganized temporarily, several weeks ago the officers have been pro ceeding quietly with their plans, with the principal emphasis on the memoers. This has f!.n JonVwItnut n particular fuss, but the membership, accord ing to a partial check-uD made Saturday, has passed the 300 mark. Members signed up so far h.. been only those whn . .1 .. the lists left In ..,7" J 'r" throughout the city, and no one J? made 11 hU business to urg, me showlnc ilnni. . i4f..t . . . T J u- thl 01 ine ,n,rt taken it the Hoover campaign here. PORTLAND, March 10id The Morning Oregonian tomor row will ,ay that, "not to be out done by other states. Oregon also , "Tf a ravorite son placed In nomination ,n th repubI1 iionai convention at Kansas City. name or Charles L. Mc Nary United States senator, will be submitted for coneideration for vice president. Plans are now on foot by the Multnomah county re- vuuwv.n committee to have the u.ine 01 senator McNary placed on the presidential Drlmarr hiw so that the Oregon delegation of 14 voiee can be instructed to vote for McNary. "Refusing to be bog-tied by ln- nirucuons. uaniel Boyd of Enter prise declares that If elected i ueiegaie ne win make not other pledge than to tfupport Coolldge for president and McNary for vice presiaent. He is the first candi date for delegate to demand that he be foot-loose and a free aaent. a sentiment entertained by others but not volcd. It is a bid for the Coolldge supporters." REPORT SCORES DOCTOR Kirk Patrick's Stuff No Good. Com mittee States PORTLAND, Mar. 10. (AP) Dr. George A. Kirkpatrlck's "pul- bro-tu Is "without value in the treatment of tuberculosis and its use as such constitutes a men ace," the city council's committee of five unanimously declared in a report filed with Mayor Baker to day. George I. Steel of the Klrkpat rick Remedies company announced immediately that no further sale of the remedy will be made for the time being. Labor in the city and state will be called on to "go to bat" to see that the remedy "gets a fair deal." D. fi. Nickerson, vice president of the state federation of labor, an nounced today after the verdict ef the committee. Dr. Kirk patrick was arrested during the week on a charge of practicing medicine without a 11 cense. He Is a veterinarian. 2 YOUNGSTERS POISONED Autopsy Indicates Deadly Ingre dient Used in Food MICHIGAN CITY, Ind.. Mar. 10. (AP) A deadly poison, for which there is no known antidote caused the deaths of Richard Bohle four years old and his sister Or- villa, and the illness of their uncle, William Sims, physicians made known here tonight. Dr. Frank R. Warren, who is at tending Sims, said he Is sure Sims was poisoned and that the same drug probably killed the two child ren. who died during the last two weeks. The poison, slow acting and causing much suffering due to stomach pains was discovered In the stomach of Richard Bohle. Dr. Ralph w. Webster. Chicago physi cian, maae me analysis of Rich ard's stomach. Leading chemists and toxicologists will confsr to morrow with Dr. Webster in an effort to save Sims' life. He was stricken while at work last Wed nesday. HE WAS SOUND SLEEPER t-assengrr Aboard Stranded Ves sel Slept AH Through It PLYMOUTH, Mass.. Mar. 10. AP) Most of the passengers were ready to tell after their res cue today how it felt to have their ship strike, but one man had 110 information to convey on this sub ject. David Bornsteln of Boston went to bed on the Lee at seven o'clock last night. He awoke at 4:10 this morning, went on deck. then looked aboat for breekfasL Thera was. none.- '--- "What's the matter?' be asked an attendant. "We're on the rocks; ha was eb: TO FATE AFTER E Heavy Sea Batters Robert E. Lee, Aground On Mass achusetts Coast TOTAL OF 3 MEN DROWN Members of Coast Guard Lost When Boat Capsizes; Another Seriously Affected By Severe Exposure PLYMOUTH, Mass., March 19. (AP). The steamer Robert E. Lee was hard aground on the rocks off Wanomet Point tonight but her passengers and crew were safely ashore. The last of the 150 passengers aboard the ship when It struck on Mary Ann rocks last night were landed here this afternoon and a few minutes later all but a hand ful of the lis of the crew aban doned the ship. Three lives were lost as a re suit of the wreck when members of the crew of the Manomet Point coaet guard station were thrown into the sea as their surf boat cap sized during an attempt to reach shore after going to the aid of the grounded ship. Another was in a serious condition from expo sure and Immersion. ' Ponnded By Heavy Sea The sea still pounded heavfly against the steamer as she rested on a seven keel upon the rocks tonight. The prospect or floating her was uncertain. She struck solidly upon the shoals about t o'clock last night as she headed for the Cape Cod on her run from Boston to New York. , A southeast gale and a blinding snowstorm had driven her off her course but the crash came with out warning to those aboard. There was little confusion and no panic, those aboard said. The lights went out and the ship be came cold. The passengers final ly went to bed only to be turned out again when water began 'to flow. Into some of the staterooms. Manv attempted to sleep on the decks but, except for the chill ahd lack of food there was no great suffering. . Storm Frustrates Rescue Rescue ships, responding to the SOS calls from the Robert E. Lee, rushed to the scene but the boil- (Cantlnurd a par ) t TREASURY HOLDS $5,611,627 CASH . j. BALANCE HIGH NOW BUT BIG PAYMENTS LOOM J" Large Amount To Be Distributed To Highway Funds; Part To Counties ' The state of Oregon had in its treasury March 1 of this year cash on hand amounting to 15,611. 627.66, according to a financial report prepared Saturday by Fred Peulus, deputy state treasurer.' The balance In the general fund was 13,138,18$ 84. The other items included common school fund principal and interest S405.2S7.61. Industrial accident funds 1111,411.47, state'highwsy fund $760,074.85. highway im provement district funds 131, 801.06, world war veterans state aid fund 1161.641. 91, world war veterans state aid sinking fund 8174,877.72 and miscellaneous funds 8122.788.10, The Investments Include 5.r 678.682.06 of state Industrial; ac cident funds and 16,206,787.72 of world war veterans state aid slnk4 lng funds. r On April 1 of this year the state will be required to pay 1812,600 maturing principal and 1790, 569.56 Interest of state highway bonds. This payment will reduce the stats highway debt to $33. 654.250 as against a total of $38. 700.000 issued. - : The state also will pay on April 1 the amount of $604,981.25 as interest on $28,600,000 of Oregon veterans state aid bonds. A total of $29,000,000 of these bonds was issued, of which $500,000 wer re tired January 1 of this year. An additional Installment of $500, 000 of these bonds will be paid off July 1. 1928. . I During the latter part of ' the (datioa4 a pf 4.) Return Concert Salem Boys Chorus Tomorrow Night f . - ' . '-, Dr. fcpleyB r Salem , Boya Chorus will present: a. return concert at the Capitol theater tomorrow evening. The house eld-, out . be fore ' the concert started. pn' .Tuesday and so many-people have asked that it be, repeated. " : . " HON LIN RESCUES ID