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SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1928
PRICE FIVE CENTS
18I01I1TFS
PUBLIC ATTEN
Open Meeting At Armory
Tuesday Evening with
Class of 150 Joining
STATE OFFICERS COMING
? BIG 111
v
. Department Commander George E.
Love and Mayor T. A. Llves
j Icy Among; Speakers; Await
r National Commander
i
I 1 A class of ISO candidates will be
t . Initiated into the American Legion
at a puniic meeini or uapiiai
Post No. 9 Tuesday evening at the
armory.- This number includes on
ly a part of those to be Initiated
as many of the 1963 members of
f the Post hare been received since
i'the last eerr Ice.
The public is cordially invited
;.4 to attend the meeting, which will
open promptly at 8 o clock, ac
cording to "Fod" Malson. eom-
K mander. A regular post meeting
!'"--will be held and reports of vari
ous committees made at which
time the citizens of the communi
ty may gather some idea of the
various activities of the American
Legion. Several important items
will be brought up lor discussion
of the members. Among these
Items will be the airport for Sa
lem, the sending of the drum
corpo to the national convention
in October, and general service
work among the veterans.
Mayor Will Speak
After the short business session
Mayor T. A. Llvesley will give an
address and George E. Love of
Kugene, state commander of the
American Legion will talk on the
activities of the organization. Oth
er state officers to be present will
include, Irl S. McSherry of.Salem.
vlce-conrmander; Carl R. Moser of
! Portland, state adjutant: . Victor
MeKenzle of Salem, national ex
ecutive committeeman.
fc,.Jpllowlng.UohBlaeos session
tceTi8"endidatea will be ushered
into the room and the Initiation
eeremoT will take place. iThia
-umber includes only a part of
i those who are scheduled to bo in-
'. - a. ..
filiated; on xne post oii-ciais -n
,.that only too smaller group should
- b initiated at the public gather
ing. The members of the Initia
tion team and -the parts they are
scheduled to take are as follows:
"rod" liaison, commander: Her
man Brown, first vice-commander:
W. L. Royal, second vice-commander;
Irl S. McSherry. chap
, lain: and Lyle Dunsmoore, past
commander.
National Head Coming
Special honor has been confer
red upon Capital Post No. 9 of
the American Legion in as much
as E. E. Spafford of New York.
National commander will be In Sa
lem on April 9 at which time be
will hold a regular "c invention"
for Legionnaires. Thle will e the
only special meeting held in the
state, although Commander Spaf
ford will visit in Meilfor-i and
Portland. This signal hono comes
as the result of an Invitation ex
tended to him by Victor McKeniie
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FILM OPERATORS
IN TOILS OF LAW
.VUlI TRYING TO PUNISH UX-
. ION SYMPATHIZERS "
tSorernment Prosecutes Concerns
For Wit holding Pictures
- From Morie Houses
CHICAGO. Mar. 24 (AP)
TTUJ. government today wrote an
anti-climax to the Chicago movie
strike and lockout of last fall
when the United States district
attorney filed a complaint against
11 leading film - companies, and
the Chicago Exhlbtors' association
charging them with conspiracy in
restraint of trade.
The defendants are accused of
refusing to comply with contracts
in withholding pictures from thea
ters that made agreements -with
the motion picture operators dur
ing the shutdown.
As a result of the wage dispute
which began with a disagreement
over the employ lent of two, ope
rators in an Orpheum theater, all
of the downtown picture shows
and - most , of them . .in . the cltjf.
were closed for r several days.
Terms jf the settlement never
rere made public . .
companies involved in the
SciudetB- lletro-Goldwy n-May-
er; Paramount-Famous 1 players-
. Lasky ; First National ; Universal,
United Artist, For. Pathe, Film
" Booking Office, Vltagraph, Colnm-
managers of - the j companies and
elation, also aro named tat the In
formation.' v. ?' 'T:''
r Penalties for fsdtndoals are
maximum of two yean imprison-
ttent and 1 5,00 0' Ones. Tho con
cerns are subject to fines.
The Chicago exhibitors associa
tion has 17 members operating
aboutIO per cent of the dtya
00 movie house.
Rural Dance
Opposed
Representatives of 100 Sunday Schools in Marion County
Petition Court To Grant No More and Speedily Revoke
Those Existing; Attendant Evils Decried
Protest against the granting of any further licenses to
conduct public dances in Marion county outside of incorpor
ated cities, and a further request to the county court that
all present dance hell licenses be speedily revoked, was in
cluded in a resolution passed by the Marion County Sunday
School Council of Religious Education in its closing session
here Saturday afternoon.
Members of the resolutions committee which drew, up this
instrument explained that their objection is aimed primarily
: at the operation of public dances
Ft. VAIN W-iNlli
rT f Df TXT A ATXJIwltn whlch certain unquestioned
W It-Li KUIN ALaAlIN evils are prevalent. There is not
ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEKS
NOMINATION, REELECTION
Calls Attention to Uniform Record
of Service in Interests
of Public
Announcement this morning of
L H. Van Winkle's eandidacy for
republican nomination looking to
ward reelection to his office of attorney-general
of Oregon, was au
thorised by Mr. Van Winkle yes
terday. In connection therewith
he issued a statement which reads
in part as follows:
"Owing to the fact that 1 have
been entrusted by the people ol
the state of Oregon with the du
ties aud powers of administering
the office of attorney-general for
the lat eight years, and that the
nresent term will expire at the
end of this year, it seems but fit
ting that I should make some
statement as to whether I intend
to become a candidate for renom
inatlon at the primary to be held
nit Mir and for reelection in
November.
"In response I would say that
such is mv expectation. If I had
never held the office it might also
hn incumbent noon me to maxe
some statement of the policy which
I would expect to follow II elect
ed. The statement: 'By their
fmita v shall know them. is as
true now as when It was first
made. Therefore, the record oi
my service in this office speaks
more clearly and plainly oi -nai
may be expecteUof -me.lt-coatinr
ued therein, than any mere dec
larations I might make concerning
my future policy.
?'U has always been and wu.
continue to be my constant en
deavor to render a competent and
efficient service In the interpretation-
.administration and enforce
ment of the laws of the state, and
In defense of its interests.
"The circumstances of adminis
tration of the laws by the various
state officers, place the attorney
general in what may be termed the
first line of defense. He is at the
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UNIQUE MEETING OCCURS
Descendant of Two Prominent
Characters Come Together
WASHINGTON. Mar. 24 (AP)
By mere chance the eight year
old -rreat. great, great, great-
grandson of Alexander Hamilton,
first secretary of the treasury, and
the eleven year old great, great
grandson- of Aliert Gallatin,
fourth secretary of the treasury,
met today at the bureau of en
craving and printing and were
taken through the plant by special
escort.
The boys, Phillip Schuyler Ham
ilton of New York and Thomas
Oerrv Gallatin, of Wyoming, were
shown their ancestors' . engraved
nartraits which now appear on
government currency and tecur
ltles. They arrived two minutes
apart and were Introduced by A
W. Hall, director of the bureau.
JACK TO BEGIN TRAINING
workouts To BeinT Early Next
Month on California Ranch
VENTURA. Cal., Mar. 24.
rAPt Clavton Soper on whose
mountain ranch at Ojal near here.
Jack - Dempsey trained for his
rnmbaek attempt against Gene
Tunnev for the heavyweight box
Ing crown announced today the
former champion would again go
into training on the ranch shortly
after April 1 next.
Sooer said he was in telephonic
communication with Dempsey at
San Francisco and that the big
flchter would stop at the ranch on
his return to Los Angeles. At
that time arrangements will be
t made '. for the training accommo
dations.
ARREST THEATER CAST
Los Angeles Show Raided Upon
Complaint of Indecency
' LOS ANGELES, Mar. S4.
(AP) The cast of nine of the
production- "The Captive." playing
at the Mayan theater, were arrest
ed by the' police, between the sec
ond and final Acta at the matinee
performance today; - the players
who are accused i of staging an
"indecent . public performance
were taken to police headquarters
and fingerprinted. : -
r The arrest were ordered In an
effort to. atop "production of the
play after a deputy and two-police
lnvastirators naa . uesenoea toe
bIiv as "suggestive-. Indecent and
utraain nnblia deeency. :
Licensing
By Educators
be supervised, and In connection
so much opposition to dancing it
self as to these by-products of
public dances in rural districts,
it was said. ,
The resolution follows:
"To the honorable members of
the county court, the Honorable
J. C. Slegmund, county Judge, and
County Commissioners John Port
er and James Smith:
"We, the, members of the Mar
ion County Council of Religious
education, representing 100 Sun
day schools, in convention assem
bled at the First Congregational
church, Salem, March 24, do here
by definitely record our protest
against the granting of any new
licenses for public dance halls in
Marion county, and also urgently
but respectfully request that li
censes already granted be speedily
revoked."
The resolution, which will be
presented to the court tomorrow
by Fred de Vries, president of the
county council, was drawn up by
a committee the members of which
were Rev. I. O. Shaw of Stayton.
chairman: Frank Davia of Moni
tor, secretary; Dr. John M. Canse,
president of Kimball School of
Theology; Mrs. G. N. Thompson of
Salem. Mrs. W. A. Barkus of Sal
em, Mrs. L. L. Mochel of Wood
burn and H. B. Carpenter of Sal
em.
The final address of the conven
tion was given by Dr. Canse, who
summed up the studies of the two
day session and exhorted the re
ligious T educators of the county
there assembled to pledge them-;
selves toH&etter work. He painted
the depressing picture of efforts
to keep a Sunday school operat
Ing in the summer months with
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SIGN HOOVER PETITIONS
Republican Voters All Comply
Readily, Workers Report.
Republican voters in Salem are
just as willing to sign petitions to
put Herbert Hoover's name on the
ballot as they are to Join the local
Hoover for President club, it was
indicated last week when these
petitions were circulated among
the voters here.
Members of the club who were
in charge of these petitions said
that they did not encounter a sin-1
gle registered republican who
showed any hesitancy in signing
the petitions. It is expected that
the number of names desired here'
will be obtained early this week. I
ANOTHER SUMMER WHITE HOUSE OFFERED COOLIDGES
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effered to President and. Mrs. Coolidge as a summer White House, in addition to "ZealandiaV Philip 8, . 1
Hsnry'g'Aaheville home Above is a view of the living room at "Overlook." Below, left, is a deer park
on the estate with the castle-like mansion In the background, ;j0n thy
from the estate sf-
BRITAIN IKES
NEW PROPOSAL
TO EMIT ARMS
American, French and Jap
anese Delegations All
Receive Notes
ECONOMY ALSO DESIRED
Committee Session Adjourns at
Genera Despite Voice of So
viet and German Official
Representatives
GENEVA, Mar. 24. (AP)
A new BrUlheffort toward the
further limitation of the tonnage
of capital ships and their arma
ment marked the closing hours of
the preparatory disarmament com
mittee today.
Lord Cushendun announced that
a note had been addressed to the
American, French and Japanese
delegations at the conference ex
plaining concrete British proposals
which Great Britain would like to
see In effect before the beginning
of the capital ship replacement
program provided for by the
Washington convention.
Previous Offer Enlarged
The British proposals, which
are the same with regard to cap
ital ships as were presented by
Great Britain at the tripartite na
val conference last year, were as
follows:
1 Reduce In slxe any battle
ships to be built in the future from
35,000 tons to something under
30,000 tons.
(Continued on pf 11)
Index of Today's
News
Section One
General News ;'. , i .71," I; "8,-171
Theater . 2, 3
Editorial ..6
City News 7
Society 8
Woman's, Styles 9
Classified 10-11
Section Two
Automotive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Better Homes ..6, 7, 8
Section Three
Sport 1
Radio 3
Features 4
Veterans' Column 4
Section Four
Farm and
Industrial : 1, 2, 6, 7 8
Editorial, Highways ...2
Poultry 8
Slogan, Highways 4-5
Section Five
Comics 1-4
the mansion, of TVed I Seely at
"nyo YOUNG LADS
SAID MURDERERS
EXPERTS TRACK CAUSE OF
MAPLETON MAN'S DEATH
Bullet From .22 Calibre Rifle De
clared to Have Struck A.
M. Gray Over Eye
PORTLAND, Mar. 24 (AP)
A small lead pellet fired from a
two smaii boys caused the death
or a. m. tiray, ez, of Mapieton.
Ore., on March 17. This was defi
nitely established here tonight
when Robert H. Craddock, bal
listic expert for the Portland po
lice department, identified the ball
that Vlllol -a V t 1
fiTed from th.ViflT Tw. Rog-
ers, deputy sheriff of Lane county,
In eharge of criminal investiga
tions of that district, announced
the result of the inquiry tonight.
The discovery brought Ao an
end, he said, a week's investiga
tion Into Gray's death. The man
was struck by the bullet as he
stepped off the porch of a neigh
bor he had been visiting.
"euuer ouerm rrana layiori
aT-la 1 ! MMM -a . -
nor uepui Kogers reveaied me (AP) Intensive maneuvering for
names of the boys who had been delegates to the two national con
engaged in target practice on the ventions is approaching a show
banks of the Siuslaw river. The doWn on a pomiCftl battIe
laoa are w ana u years oia. n
not known which boy fired ' the
shot that killed Gray, as each fired
two shots.
EUGENE Ore. March 24 (AP
What may develop into clue
leading to the solution of the mys
terious slaying of A. M. Gray at
Mapieton, March 17, is now In the
hands of Sheriff Frank K. Taylor.
day with a rifle said to have been
obtained from a neighbor near the
scene of the fatal shooting of
Gray. This rifle will be examined
by Inspector Craddock, ballistic
and firearms expert of the Port
land police department. An In
spection of the firearm will be
made to determine If the .22 call-
bre rifln bullet found Imbftdd in
the head of Gray was fired from tnls early Btage of the campaign,
this weapon. Sheriff Taylor de- Smith Conceded Edge
cllned to reveal the Identity of the Generally It id conceded by his
person owning the rifle until some rivals that the New York govern
definite report on the inspection or will go into the Houston con
Is made by Inspector Craddock. vention well in the lead. Whether
Gray fell dead from the porch-ef- e will be able during the ballot
the A. P. Mffnn home where he ing to command the necessary two
had been visiting. At the autopsy thirds majority is a debatable
later, the bullet was Jound in the question around which revolves
head having entered over the right much of talk about other avowed
eye. No shots were heard by Mr. candidates and "dark horses."
and Mrs Mann. aud for the past. As for Lowden, hi early lead
week Sheriff Taylor and his depu- u challenged particularly by the
ties have been making efforts to Hoover forces who confidently
determine who fired the shot. One predict , the commerce secretary
12-year-old boy neighbor reported wni shortly shoot to the front,
hearing two shots at about the neTer to be headed off.
time of the shooting of Gray but HooTer'i adversaries however.
nothing further developed from
KAY BACK FROM ISLANDS
Health Benefited, State Treaeurer
Report n -Return
Declaring that the trip has
benefitted his health and that he
Is feeling much better than for
several vears. Thomas Tt Kav.
state treasurer and head of the
uvvu nuu t a a la a h tve
here, returned Saturday after
spending more than a month in
Honolulu. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Kay.
Honolulu is a modern metro
politan city aud has some of the
finest hotel" in the
world saM
Mr. Kay
Yhe minimum rate at I
a number of these hotels is in ex
cess of $12 a day, he added
Asheville, N. C which has been
.right la. a Tiew efths mountains
. ' S
LOIEAI CAINS
SEPT MARGIN
EARLY IN RACE
Hoover Backers Neverthe-
less Predict Victory As
Fight Gets Warm
SHOWDOWN APPROACHES
Early Primary Balloting Not Done
In States Known to Favor
Secretary of Commerce,
Indication
I . .
WASHINGTON, March 24.
front with cnntmAtrtnn, .aJm
.nminl. rm ,, ,-.'. ,
presidential candidates as to who
will be entrenched most strongly
at Kansas City and Houston
Only two presidential primaries
have been held. In only a hand
ful of states has the delegate-selecting
convention stage . been
passed. The spring season bardly
'a underway and the presidential
May will furnish the bulk ef the
delegate crop
They are straining to make the
most of It, apparently not alarm
ed that Lowden of Illinois and
Smith of New York, from the
standpoint of Instructed delegates,
have forged to the front in the
scramble for convention votes at
refUBe to concede that he can be
nominated, regardless of hie ac
tual and notential strength at the
outset of the Kansas City conven
tion. For tne most pan me cam-
nairas of other republican presi
dential possibilities are Demg ai
rected accordingly.
Cal Still Doesn't Choose
The -last week brought a variety
(Continued on pmje 11) '
DQMD WRECKS SUBWAY
vw York Crowds Thrown Into
Panic ma Explosion Occurs
NEW YORK. Mar. 24. (AP)
An explosion tonight, apparently
of a bomb. In a vacant shop on the
lower level or me lexingioa r-
nue subway at . lity--irst Btreei.
caused conaidreable damage to the
premises and much excitement ir
nearby theaters and apartment
hotels.
A cigar store and a cleaning es
tnhiiahment on the street above
felt most of the explosions force,
And two persons were knocked
over but not seriously injured.
The , subway station was not
damaged seriously and traffic on
the line was not delayed.
Patrons of Loew's theater were
much excited as were those of the
Beverly hotel, one of the new. ex
clusive East Side hostelries, who
rushed into the street. The thea
ter and the, hotel are over the
station.
WHAT'LL CHAMBER DO?
Nothing Certain About Luncheon
bnt Food and music
What will the chamber of com-
Imerce talk about Monday! win
tha members talk at all? These
I questions could not be answered
by officers of the cnamDer Satur
day, because the program is a new
experiment, and most anything is
likely to happen.
Matters that have been suggest
ed as likely to oome up Include the
airport, extension of the city lim
its before 1930, getting decreased
fire insurance rates after the res
idence district fire stations are ir
use, a municipal auditorium, and
la aosen or so omer mings m-i
Salem needa.. -
The Willamette university glee
club quartet will sing that's the
only part of the program that Is
certain, aside from the food.
PEAR CROP TOBE.LARGE
Report Optmitlc from Rogwe
-.. lUTer vauef for. ins ;
MEDFORD, Mar, 2.(AP)-
The : prospects for a record pear
yield, exceeding 1127, 1 In pros
pect for the Rogue rtrer valley, ao
eording to- a survey of the or
chards by Floyd Young, federal i
frost-' expert.;.: '..V.
The season Is a week In advance
0f last, year, and there Is a heavy
settlor t aU varieties. Cold and
cloudy weather the past week has
checked -poninlsatioiH especially
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HIT-RUN DRIVER
INJURES WOMAN
MRS. ANNA LEWIS, 64, TAKEN
TO HOSPITAL
Second Serious Accident Involves
Oregon Electric Train and
Auto
Two serious accidents, one of
them a hit-and-run episode, re
sulted in two injured persons be
ing taken to the hospital last
night.
The firet occurred about 9
o'clock when Mrs. Anna Lewis,
64, who lives at 2100 Maple
street, was struck down by a pass
ing motorist as she attempted to
crore the street on the corner of
Maple and Highland avenue.
The driver of the car speeded
on. no one obtaining his name or
license number.
Mrs. Lewis was found by Police
Sergeant Cutler, wfio immediately
summoned an ambulance and the
woman was taken to the Salem
general hospital. Here It was
found that she had received
fractured ankle, a deep gaeh
across the back of her head and
internal injuries, although the ser
iousness of the injuries have not
as yet been wholly determined.
The second accident occurred
about 12:30 o'clock this morning
when Frank Otis, who lives at the
Miller apartments, driving a Ford
roadster, crashed head-on into the
south bound Oregon electric pas
senger train on the corner of High
and Court streets. The car was a
total wreck, pieces being thrown
all over the street.
Ot!e, who was the only occupant
of the car, was going north on
High street when he hit the on
coming train. He was still in the
wrecked machine after the crash
and was removed by police who
hurried to the scene.
The seriousness of his injuries
could not be fully determined, but
he received cuts on his face and
hands resulting from the flying
glass of the windshield. Hie chest
and left knee were also; badly cut
and bruised and he suffered from
-loss of blood. He was conscious
when removed from the wreck
age, but fainted a few minutes la
ter. Upon application of water to
'lie head, he regained conscious
ness and was for the first time
able to talk. He is about 30
years of age and Is employed as a
truck driver for the Larmer
Transfer company of this cltys
Businefe at the police station
was rushing last night and a few
of the local swains found It neces
sary to remain there ajl evening.
W. Power of this city was arrest
ed by Officer Olson last night on
a charee of being Intoxicated. As
result he was given a room in
the city jail.
E. Morris of Los Angeles, cam..
was arrested last night charged
with panhandling on the streets
Powers agreed to ehare his cosy
room with this gentleman, and he
also remained at the station.
R. S. Niel. 738 South 13th
street, reported that his Oakland
touring car which was parked on
State 6treet. was stolen last night.
License number of the machine ie
62-676.
Local police received a call
(Continued oa pt 11-)
HUGE AIR TOUR PLANNED
All-American Trip Planned ae Pub
licity Stunt This Year
MEDFORD. "Mar. 24. (AP)
A special dispatch to the Medford
Mail Tribune from Was ding ton
D. C. announces that Medford has
been named as a stopping place on
the first ail-American air tour
which will hop off from Washing
ton early next summer. Tne
sauadron will touch at all the
principal cities of the nation and
touch Mexico, Cuba and canaa.
The squadron will consist of 25
multi-motored planes and carry
206 passengers besides the pilots
and navigators. The tour is under
the direction of the American Air
ways. The tentative date for the
arrival of the planes in this city
has been set as July 1.
The squadron will proceed from
Spokane, Wash.i to Vancouver. B.
C, according to the present itin
erary, thence to Seattle and Port
land, with a stop at Medford. A
night's stop at Oakland. Cal.. Is
scheduled before flying to Fresno
Bakersfield and Los Angeles.
The flight will last 35 days, will
cover about 10,000 miles and will
require about 100 flying houra. It
will start June 15 and end July
25. The aerial tourists will make
side trips from each stop, wher
time will permit. From this city
a trip to Crater lake will be made
"GOLD RUSH" IN SALEM
Searchers c Lamport Lot Re
warded With Rich Discoveries
A miniature ' gold rush was
staged In this .city - yesterday
morning when about a half doxen
men and boys sought the vacant
Lamport lot on High street, be
tween - court and state streets. In
Quest of burled treasure. , This
space was formerly occupied by
a bti tiding which was destroyed by
fire some time ago, and now
proved to contain vast amoants of
unexpected wealth.? - ; . ,- ' :
Several pieces of money were
unearthed by the prospectors,
some finding as much ae $S. The
sire - of the colas found ranged
from dimes. Quarters, half dollars
and dollars to $8 gold pieces. Tn
three different wets. 03 the lot.
1 5, $ gad 1 1 were found at a
U.n r inM iJ
others left - declaring that lock
was ag'in em.
WORK TO START
ON INCINERATOR
EARLY IW WEEK
Construction Superintendent
for Eastern Firm Ar
rives In Salem
LOCAL MEN TO BE USED
. C. Lane to Be in Charge; Ma
terials Also to Be Supplied
Here Except For Iron
and Steel, Announced
Before summer heat makes It
the super-nuisance that it has
been .in previous summers, the
famous Salem city dump will be
no more at least, it will be no
longer in use.
On Saturday appeared in Salem
the man who is destined to put
thiiy dump out of business
K. C. Lane, construction superin
tendent for' the Pittsburgh-Dear
Moines company, which has the
contract for construction of the
new incinerator which has been
agitated here for years, finally au
thorized, and then after months
of discussion and squabbling, lo
cated. Start Work at Onre
H. D. Fowler, Pacific coast
manager of the Plttsburgh-Oee-
Molnes company, will arrive here
Monday to confer with city offi
cials, and immediately thereafter
construction work will begin.
About twelve workmen will be
employed, it has been indicated
and local men will be used exclu
sively aside from Mr. Lane. Local
materials will be used exceptor
the iron and steel, which will come
from the company's eastern fac
tory. The local materials will be
brick- and concrete principally.
South of City
Under the terms of the contract.
the company has 120 days In
which to complete construction.
Whether It expects to reduce that
time to any appreciable extent
could not be learned last night.
The site selected after every
possible location In and out of
Salem had been considered. Is oa
the slaughter house roadone
fourth mile south of Turner road.
and Just northeast of the termi
nation of 25th street
The site was purchased from
Mrs. Alice M. Harold for 1500.
It comprises about 10 acres.
Additional city work that will
be started early this week if
weather conditions permit, will be
grading of alleys preparatory to
the season's paving operations.
which will get under way soon, ac
cording to Streets Commissioner
W. S. Low. Last week one crew
was at work rough grading on an
alley between Wintef and Cottage
streets at Mill, and another at
Center, street between Front and
Commercial.
The paving plant has been put
in good condition. It will start
work first on short sections of al
leys and portions of streets. In the
downtown district where the sur
face is firm enough at this early
date. After these are completed,
it will be moved to the Yew Park
section.
This work will give employ
ment, directly and indirectly, to
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ROBBERY MADE
ON HUGE SCALE
MEXICAN BANDITS EMULATE
COLE YOUNGER OF U. 8.
Fifteen Automobile. Lined Up
Along Highway and Occwpanta
Systematically Robbed
MEXICO CITY, Mar. 24. (AP)
Bandits of the Cole Youngei
type this afternoon held up fifteen
automobiles, lined up. more than
100, travelers and methodically
stripped them of their valuablei
at a point on the Mexico City
PuebU highway onty 2$ miles from.,
the capital. ,
Fifteen automobiles, including
some', big passenger buses, were
stopped by the highwaymen. After
the travelers were . released the
robbers stopped . an automobile
which was carrying a $50,000 pay
roll for the National Highway
commission. The pay car, how-.
ever, also carried armed guards
who -drove the . robbers Into the
mountains after a brief but spirit
ed fight. Two of the guards were'
wounded, one seriously.''
Victims of the bandits said that
the' men operated - as cooly and
methodically aa did the followers
of Cole -Younger and Jesse James
In the daya when those survivors
of civil war guerrlla bands preyed
upon the communities of western
Mlssoori and eastern r; Kansas.
There - were' about fifty ighway--men
commanded by two notorious
.OtttlaWiX'-J,.r:---,"J-r v; U' ' v:1 :,; '
- One of the leaders Is known as
The One Eyed."- The other Is
called., simply "The Negro.- . " -
JBetween four .and five p; a.
when travel was- heavy they lined
up on both-sides - of the road. The
automobUes.r.Vere stopped esjs
Ooatlautd ea pass H) '
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