School Board Votes to Increase Teachers9 "Salaries, on a More Rapid Sliding Scale Based on Service; This Will Aid Efficiency
Cordiality Between Oregon and Washington Mil Gain Through Gatherings Such as Banquet Last Night With Visiting Caravan
An Ottawa man has "Invented a brake
that will bring a car going sixty miles an
fiour to a dead stop in twenty feet. He is
now working on a device to keep the driver
from going through the windshield. Ot
tawa (Kan.) Herald.
Weather forecast: Unsettled with show
ers In northwest portion; cooler; fresh
.northwest winds on the coast. Maximum
temperature yesterday 47. minimum 39,
river 10; 5, rainfall .51, atmosphere cloudy,
wind southeast.
mm
SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1928
PRICE FIVE CENTS
'3
1
i
PiELECIED
t FDR FULL YEAR
List of Officers As Suggest
ed By Nominating Com
mittee Accepted
FIVE DEACONS REMOVED
raranck Not Filled ; Selection of
Regular Pastor Xot Attempt
ed ; Threat of Legal Action -Mentioned
Robert Lee Payne was elected
as acting pastor fo the First Bap-
. tist church of Salem for one year,
tnding June 1, 1929, by a rote of
. '213 to 127 at last night's annual
. v meeting of the church. Objections
I 'raised by members that this elec
"Ntion had failed of a two-thirds ma
if Jority, as is required for electing a
j .pastor, were met by Mr. Payne in
statement that his election was
a regular pastor. Mrs. Mark Skiff
made the motion calling for this
election.
Just previously, a complete slate
of officers as suggested by the
nominating committee, was declar
d elected by a vote of 180 to
161. These officers are understood
to be all favorable to Mr. Payne
Attempts to make supplementary
nominations from the floor were
overridden by the passage of the
motion to declare this list elected
Vacancies Declared
Lates in the meeting the offires
of five deacons were declared va
cant by a vote of 175 to 130. These
men, who would have been hold
over members of the board of dea
cons, were W. F. Foster, W. C.
Pickens, D. R. Peterson, Earl
Xlgg and D. D. Socolofsky. The
jocies were not nuea.
Following are the new officers
elected:
Deacon W. R. Slade, J
Cooler, and E. J. Ayers.
Trustees F. A. Erjxon, E.
M.
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FIRE INSURANCE
RATE WAR SEEN
DEVIATIONS FILED BY SEVER
AL OREGON FIRMS
Local Agents Believe Contest On
Which Will Benefit Policy
Holders
Deviations from fire insurance
fates promulgated by the Oregon
Insurance Rating bureau were fil
ed, in the state insurance depart
ment here Tuesday by J. C. Vea-
?Kie of Portland, on behalf of a
large number of fire insurance
companies operating in Oregon.
i Employes of the tate Insurance
department said the deviations
: filed Tuesday meet the so-called
r deviation company rates now in
-V effect in the state of Washington,
- and virtually are the same as
those filed by a number of fire in
surance companies in Oregon two
years ago. ,
Clare Lee, state insurance com
missioner, said that the deviations
apply almos.. exclusively to pre-
s ferred risks, and that any savings
m Accruing, would benefit the larger
insurer rather than the owner of
f small properties.
vTJw law provides that the state
"T insurance commissioner shall have
f 30 days fn which to approve or
reject the new deviations. It was
z Indicated that some of the new
deviations would not be accept
? ' able to the insurance commission
. er.
i . Virtually all of the fire insur
t : ance companies operating in Ore-?-
gon won';! be affected by the new
1 ' deviations, employes of the insur-
ance department said.
jjocai insurance agencies ex
pressed the opinion that the filing
of the new deviations might result
in a rate war which would prove
beneficial to all classes of fire in
surers. MRS. BECKER UP AGAIN
Aged Woman Admits Guilt
- . Third Liquor Charge Faced
of
-nother page was jrritten ic
. .--Afmnltl-colored history of The
Becker of -Oervais when she
T;' was arrested again yesterday for
" sale of intoxicating liquor. She
1 Just needed a little' money to fix
' . up a place and take in boarders;
.1 .she told Justice of the Peace Bra-
i lier Small, so she fixed up another
batch of wine.
-
, , fn9 umm pwuwnww twice pe"
. . lore, wiu .u uubsu ivies ov-
i fore, all on the same charge. Both
seventies,
, Mrs. Becker unhesitatingly .en-
tered a plea ot guilty when ar-
r. "' ..
'.-as. the time when sentence will be
Imposed. She spent last night la
the county Jail.
Southwest Washington's
Caravan WelcomechHere
Greetings Brought By Hotel Men and Chambers of Com
merce; Lceal Chamber and Cherrians, Rotary, Kiwanis
and Liens Club Representatives Banquet
With representatives from
I Cherrians, Rotary, Kiwanis
Ad club to welcome them, the Southwest Washington Hotel
men and members of the Longview Chambef"of Commerce
were given a most enthusiastic reception at the dinner given
last evening at the Marion Hotel.
Fred D. Thielsen, vice president of the Chamber of Com
merce, presided, calling upon several of the Salem represen
tatives for short addresses of welcome.
HAWLEY FILING
RECEIVED HERE
REPRESENTATIVE SEEKS RE
NOMINATION, ELECTION
Salem Resident Member of Con
gress 20 Tears; Other Fil
ings Made
W. C. Hawley of Salem, repre
sentative In congress from the
first congressional district for
more than 20 years, Tuesday filed
with the secretary of state here
his declaration of candidacy for
reelection. Mr. Hawley is a re
publican. "No interests to Berve but the
public interests," is the slogan
which he desires printed after his
name on the official ballot.
B. F. Swope of Independence,
has filed for the republican nom
ination for representative in the
legislature for the 14th repre
sentative district, comprising Polk
ind Lincoln counties.
J. C. Johnson of Gold Beach
would serve aa district attorney
'or Curry county. He is a repub
lican. V. G. Trill of Medford, has filed
for district attorney of Jackson
county at the republican primary
election.
Other declarations filed Tues
day follow:
A. R. Hunter, La Grande, for
democratic nomination for state
senator for 21st district, compris
ing Union and Wallowa counties.
O. H. Oxman, Ontario, for
publican nomination for, repre
sentative in the legislature for the
17th district, comprising Malheur
county.
George E. Allen. Baker, for
democratic nomination for dis
trict attorney of Baker county.
Earl A. Nott, McMlnnville, for
democratic nomination for district
attorney of Yamhill county.
E. W. Snell, Arlington, for re
publican nomination for represen
tative in the legislature for the
28th district, comprising Gilliam.
Sherman and Wheeler counties.
TORNADO FATAL TO FIVE
Dozen Seriously Injured As Storm
Sweeps Georgia Town
CANTON, Ga.. March 27.
(AP). A freak tornado which
preceded a cold wave killed five
persons and injured a 6core, 12
seriously, when it struck several
dwelling houses in eastern Cher
okee county last night.
Mr. and Mrs. W. -J. Millwood
and two of their children were
killed when the twister struck
ihair farm house in Orange com
munity. Four other members of
the family were.,injured.
Mrs. -Osie Heatr. was killed at
thejiome of Grady Fowler in
Lathanham community. three
miles from the Millwood home
when the tornado demolished the
place where a neighboring family
had taken refuge. Sweeping from
northwest to southeast, the storm
cpent its fury within a small area.
It cut a swath through the forests
but only razed five or six houses.
Twenty persons were said to be
homeless.
LABOR WARFARE ENDED
Differences Patched Up In Contro
versy At Eugene
EUGENE. Mar. 27. (AP)
Differences which arose recently
over the employment of carpenters
for construction of the new dorm
itory at the University of Oregon
were amicably settled today when
a conference was held by R. B.
Hammond of Hansen and Ham-
tractors, with B. W
Sleeman of the National Brother
hood of Carpenters,' and J. E.
Kindred.' representative of the
local union.. Terms under which
the men are to work will be In ac-
I cordance wun .union prtv.o
here, it was said. .
GERMANS DELAY FLIGHT,
Aviators To Remain la Dublin
"t Today Dwe. To Storms
DUBLIN, Mar. 2 8. ( AP)
Early this morning It was stated
that the German ' plane Bremen
! probably would not start, for
llmirln tWlV WiOM Ot unfaV"
roable weather reports. : It was
stated that Captain Herman Koehl
and Arthur Bplndler will sit side
by side In the cockpit, each having
a complete set of controls. They
will keen their seats throughout
the voyage bat' each will have a
!Mtitn luihlnA Ma haA aVfhat hs
Jean snatch a few minutes sleep
while his companion pilots the
plane.- ' . 1
the Chamber of Commerce,
and LiorT5clubs and the Salem
Mayor T. A. Llvesley, repre
senting the city, complimented the,
visitors as coming from a wide
awake state and called the atten
tion of the Longview men to the
fact that Salem was proud of its
progressive neighbor ' and wished
it the best of success.
F. G. Deckebach, Sr., former
Washington resident, recalled the
days of his early youth and then
invited the visitors to note that
Salem bad one of the first com
munity organizations In the Cher
rians which had been active dur
ing the past 15 years.
Dr. R. B. Lee stelner, who re
ceived the visitors at the state
house, acting for Governor Pat
terson, said that Salem had a
most friendly feeling for Longview
and southwest Washington. As
president of the Salem Rotary
club, he extended a most cordial
greeting.
C. P. Bishop in speaking words
of welcome, said that he had al
ways found Washington hotel men
were very solicitous for the wel
'fare of their guests, but that he
always slept beyer if it was under
a Pendleton blanket.
Senator Lloyd T. Reynolds said
he was not a politician but Just a
dirt farmer and as such welcomed
the Washington visitors. Hal D.
Patton thought such meetings
were most beneficial, but that he
had to frankly say that he w.ould
rather own one lot in Salem and
live there than the whole state of
Washington.
Greetings from the Cherrians
were extended by P. D. Quisen
berry. Xlng Bing. The Kiwanis
club-was represented in its wel
come by pjHenrv E. Morris,
f '- CetiMoS oa pae 3)
EARTHQUAKE KILLS EIGHT
Severe Tremor Rocks Large Sec
tion of Italy Yesterday
ROME, Italy, Mar. 27. (AP)
Earthquakes took a toll of at
least eight killed and 35 injured
In towns of the province of Udine
today." .The casualty list may be
increased later by reports froir
other parts of the Friulian regio
as soon as communications are re
stored in the mountain sections.
. The shocks were felt in various
parts of northern and northeast
ern' Italy about 9:30 a. m. They
were distinctly noticeable at Ven
ice where the instruments of the
observatory oscilated violently fori
four- full minuie-t. This main
shock was followed by four other
shorter but sharper shocks at
brief intervals for twenty minutes
thereafter.
Carabinieri and fascist militia
were dispatched immediately to
the scene of the disaster to aid the
sufferers, restore morale and assist-
in repairing damages.- It is
reported that many buildings col
lapsed.' MAKES EVERY
L"3
I
..7 tt'3iz:affm:
When WnUam Hall was an orphaa child tn Lancaster, llo, in Ibc. early sixties, a drcu cams is trvn,
. and ererybody attended all fcttt Bi2y B2. Hs made a resolution then, and iw has kept it, nsrer to let
another child ia that town goffer sjaalarlj; Today he is known at Colonel K2y and every day is circus
day la Lancaster t ot hs has. gradually purchased a large menagerie ef circus -TT Colonel BCl la
shown above. lefV Abore Is 23g Leo, a fast Boa ia Ball's coUecUon, and below, aaalephaat tande&v
coaxfa0$ sigat ia the towa t- " -
TEAGHERS PAf
ILL INCREASE
MORE
RAPIDLY
Board Votes To Add $45
First, Second, Third,
Fifth and Tenth Year
FINANCES SAID BETTER
Greater Incentive to Remain In
District's Service Offered In
structors at Superintend
ent's Suggestion
The oft discussed problem of in
creasing salaries of teachers in
the Salem schools came to partial
eolation In action taken by the
school board last. Bight when it
was voted that the Instructors' pay
should Increase f 45 a year at the
end of their first, secorid, third,
fifth and tenth years of service in
the district. Previously, it has
been raised at the end of the first,
second, third, eighth and 13th
years.
The matter was brought before
the board by Superintendent
George W. Hug. who argued that
this would give the instructors a
goal to work toward and tend to
keep the teaching staff perma
nent. After considerable discus
sion, the board unanimously voted
in favor of the change which
means a $6685 increase In the
yearly payroll for teachers.
Olinger Opposed
Dr. H. H. Olinger, president of
the board of education, did not fa
vor the change, not because he did
not believe in a raise in the teach
ers' salaries, but because the local
schools need 6o much in the line
of equipment and repairs, with no
extra money coming in to finance
any such program.
The wood contract for the city
schools for the coming year was
awarded to the Spaulding Lumber
company. The wood is to be de
livered, to the various schools be
f ore, JLagutt-1, liuordar tolva it
ample- time to dry before it is put
under cover. During the past
years, the . deliveries were not
made until late In the fall, and
consequently the schools were
forced to use wet wood. There
will be a penalty for late delivery.
New Course Talked
There was also a little discus-
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30NNEY TRIAL STARTED
Vfense is That Complainant Use
Harsh WoitL to Wife
A trial of A. A. Bonney for as
sault and battery upon the person
of Herold Toe lie began in jujtice
court-yesterday. It is expected to
be concluded today.
The gist of Bonney's defense as
recited before Justice of the Peace
Brazier Small was that Toelle, a
youth of about 18, used some
harsh language with Bonney's
wife, this language being the in
spiration for an ensuing chastise-
tment.
The alleged assault and battery
took. place on September 25. Toele
swore out the complaint shortly
alter that date.
Both live on route 7, a short
distance east of Salem. ' "
DAY CIRCUS DAY. IN HIS
' . .... r i 1Am J"
CULTURE CENTER
IN SALEM LIKELY
SO SAYS WINIFRED BYRD.
NOTED PIANIST .
Musician Who Will Appear at Cap
itol Theater Addresses W.
U. Chapel
Salem, and for that matter the
entire northwest, has every oppor
tunity to become a center of art
and culture, especially in yiew of
the natural beauty of the sur
roundings here, declared Winifred!
Byrd, noted pianist who is visit-'
ing at her former home here and
who will present a recital at the
Capitol theater Thursday evening
in addressing the Willamette uni
versity students at the chapel ex
ercises Tuesday. Miss Byrd for
merly attended Willamette.
While New York City Is now
the center of -culture in the United
States, artistic careers are at ores
ent especially handicapped ly the
tendency to commercialism Miss
Byrd said. Musicians and . other
artists are given preference more
on the basis of the publicity, fav
orable or unfavorable, that they
have received, than on their real
merit. The radio and the vitaphone
are also at present making life
difficult for artists,' as they keep
people away from the concerts.
Miss Byrd declared that these
factors will in time result in great
er patronage for concerts, but add
ed that conditions' at present are
so stringent that the better class
of musicians are performing in the
motion picture theaters, and even
here their employment is being
curtailed because of a war"4be-
tween these theaters and the
vaudeville houses.
Two things mat must be encour
aged in America are folk music,
community songs and similar pro
grams, so that a nation of musi
cians may be built up; and the
American composers, so that a ty-
ipically American music may be
achieved, Miss Byrd concluded.
PIERCE FAVORS WALSH
Former Oregon Governor Takes
Strong Stand For Montanan
LA GRANDE, March 27 (AP)
Ex-governor Pierce, speaking
before the Union county pomona
grange, declared . emphatically
that he is "first, last and all the
time for Senator Walsh's candi
dacy for president, and I shall
certainly cast my vote for him if
I have an Opportunity to do so in
the primaries."
This was in the nature of a re
ply to a letter written by Oswald
Vest, democratic national- com
nittee man for Oregon, which
iiiesuonea r-ierce ae io me irutn
of rumors that Al Smith's candi
dacy was finding favor in the eyes
of the ex-governor.
WOMAN HERE GETS $5000
Mrs. Thorn O. Ware To Receive
Part of . New York Estate
Mrs. Thora O. Ware, 286 West
Miller street, is to receive $5000
of the estate of her late brother-
in-law, John Herbert Ware, who
died in New York City April 28,
1926, according to word received
here last night. The estate was
filed . for - appraisal yesterday,
showing a net value of 1,12 7,-
703.
HOME TOWN
COAST SECTION
HARD HIT UU
GALE KEEPS IIP
Heavy Rainfall Accompanies
Wind Causing Many
Streams To Rise
SALEM LITTLE INJURED
Willamette Valley Section Passes
Through Storm Without Ser
ious Damage Due to Pro
tected Location
Despite a total of 3.37 inches of
rain during the past eight days
this vicinity was still little dam
aged. by the recent storm that has
caused havoc "in nearly every
other section of the Pacific coast
an Inventory of the situation re
vealed late yesterday.
The level of the Willamette
river rose nearly three feet during
the 24 hour period ending at 7
o'clock last night, but was still
well within its banks at a point
10.5 feet above normal. Reports
from the south indicated that the
river was dropping near its head
waters, which indicated that the
additional rise here would not be
great.
Bridge Damage Feared
Some concern was felt for the
new bridge on South Winter
street, construction work being
crippled by the high water. It
the rains continue it w. feared that
considerable damage may be done.
There were reports yesterday of J
basements being flooded and ther
inconveniences caused by t.te re
cent deluge, but nothing of suffi
ciently serious nature to compare
with damage done outside thi.
protected section of the northwest.
No definite encouragement wa
given out by the weather bureau
to indicate that the end oi tne
storm has arrived.
Northwest Suffers
PORTLAND. Mar. 27. (AP)-
Streams in southern Oregon -and
northern California were running
at flood stage today, but the dam
aee Doint was believed . to have
been passed and surveys as to the
extent of the damage caused by
the recent storm that swept the
coast were begun.
Lakeview. Ore., reported three
day flood condition as the result
of the ddwnpour with the-Nevada.
California and Oregon railroad
tracks washed out in many places
and trains ODerating 16 hours
late. Highways were flooded in
many places and the Lakeview
Klamath. Falls road was badly
damaged between Bly and Beatty.
Water pouring down from the
nearby hills flooded the streets of
Lakeview but no serious damage
was caused. Lowering tempera
tures were declared to be check
ing the spring run off.
Klamath Falls sent word that
the county was slowly recovering
from the effects of one of the
worst rainstorms in recent years.
Telephone lines have been re
paired and power lines were again
carrying their loads.
Basements in the city of Klam
ath Falls were being pumped out
and a slide on the Southern Pa
cific that had held up rail traffic
for hours .was cleared. Hign
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SEEK NEW WATERWAY
Canal Across Nicaragua Wanted
To Connect Two Oceans
WASHINGTON. Mar. 27 (AP)
-A new canal to connect the At
lantic and Pacific was urged to
day by Senator McKellar. demo
crat, Tennessee, in support of his
bill, introduced earlier, calling for
construction" of a canal across
Nicaragua in Central America.
In addition to an immediate ap
propriation of $10,000,000 to be
used in survey work, the measure
would authorise the secretary of
the treasury to borrow $200,000,
000 on ten year redemption cou
pons .to be used In construction of
the canal, which would follow the
San Juan river and the Lake of
Nicaraguan. connecting the Pacific
ocean with the Caribbean sea.
On the senate floor this after
noon, the Tennesseean" declared
that the Panama canal had been
outgrown and that shipping fig
ures', clearly demonstrated the
need of another canal to. shorten
the sea haul between the oceans.
ENDURANCE FLIGHT TRIED
Fourth Attempt Being; Made By
Gene Shank of St. Paol
ST,- PAUL, Mar. 27.CAP)
Gene Shank. St, Paul , aviator,
hopped off tonight on. his fourth
attempt to set a world's endurance
night record.
; He took the air at the St.' Paul
municipal ' airport and easily at
tained altitude with his light ma
chine despite Its load of 14J gal
lons of gasoline.
Shank expects" to refuel from
another plane sOme time tomor
row and. hope to stay' up long
snough to beat -by one hour the
world's mark at 11 scurf II min
utes, now' fcOl If Oanaaa avia
tors. V "
MANY TURN OUT
FOR INITIATION
TOWNSPEOPLE SHOW INTER
EST IN LEGION ACTIVITY
State Commander and Other State
Officers Sieak at Armory
Meeting
Pledging allegiance to "God and
Country," 25 candidates were of
ficially initiated into the member
ship of Capital Post No. 9 of the
American Legion at tne armory
last night before a large gather
ing of Legionnaires, Auxiliary
members and interested townspeo
ple. The initiation ceremony culmin
ated a regular meeting of Capital
Post to which the public had been
invited. The candidates were con
ducted into the hall by the ser-
geant-at-arms and instructed in
freedom. Justice, democracy and
loyalty by the first, vice-comniand-er,
the second vice-commander,
the past commander and the com
mander of Capital Post. The oath
was administered by the chaplain
who also explained the meaning of
the American Legion emblem. The
initiation team was composed of
R. H. Maison, commander; Her
man Brown, first vice-commander;
W. L. Royal, second vice-commander;
Irl S. McSherry, chaplain;
Lyle Dunsmoore, past commander
and Mr. Williams, sergeant-at-arms.
Following th initiation cere
mony George E. Love, stnte com
mander, gave a brief address in
which he complimented Capital'
Post upon the splendid work done
in the past. He spoke briefly oi
.he need for an air port :n Salem
and of the general Leeion nni-
prani throughout the state.
Mayor T. A. Llvesley was also
present and complimented the lo
v-al Post upon the work done for
ihe community. He pledged hi
cooperation in an effort to secure
an adequate airport for Salem
stating that its need here was very
apparent.
x-receuing me initiation cere
mony the regular business affairs
of the Post were conducted and
reports of committees made. Spe
cial attention was called to tb
service work being done and to the
work of the airport committee.
Commander Maison in introduc
ing visitors mentioned the fact
the Capital Post was signally hop
jred m as much as for the first
time during the year the follow
ng four state officials were in at
tendance at a post meeting togeth
er; ueorge E. Love of Eugene,
state commander; Irl S. McSherry
of Salem, state vice-commander;
victor McKenzie of Salem, nation-
al
exeoutive committeeman and
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THUG ATTACKS WOMAN
i-ortianci Months Calmly Watch
Man Take Departure
PORTLAND, Mar. 27. (AP)
Mrs. Opal Kirkwood, wife of Rob
ert J. Kirkwood, Portland sports
man and business man was taken
to a hospital here tonight, in a ser
ious condition after she had been
rescued m ner some by police
trom an unidentified assailant
who escaped. Hysterical and at
times unconscious, Mrs. Kirkwood
was unable to give police any ver
sion or rne attack.
sne was rescued after a tele-4
pnene operator had informed
headquarters that ehe bad heard a
woman scream over thai telenhone
The operator discovered that the
received on the Kirkwood line had
oeen upset, and in attempting to
Kcaie me irouoie, neard a woman
shout: "Send someone please."
Police raced to the house in
time to see a man bare headed
and carrying an overcoat over his
arm, aasn rrom the place and dis
appear.
ELECTION FIGHT LOOMS
H. E. King Conies Out As Candi
date For County Commissioner
The first fight for a Marion
county office to appear this year
loomed up yesterday when H. E.
King of Silverton, route 3, filed as
a candidate for county commis
sioner. - King asks to have put on the
ballot opposite his name the slo
gan "Economy- and Justice to
All."
King's candidacy puts him in
the running as opponent to John
H. Porter, present commissioner
who has filed for reelection. Com
missioner James Smith still has
one more year to serve before his
term expires.
Mr. King Is a farmer' living
hear Victor Point . .
FJRE DAMAGE $500,000
Flames Do Tremendous Ham Ia
v Texas Town Yesterday .
' . i-".
, LUDDOCIC. Texas, Mareb IT.
TAP)w tire .thought to have orl
ginated to a taflor shop at - Sea
graces, 75 miles southwest of bere
m Gaines eonaty , was driven
through practically the entire bvs
laeas district of the town of J500
by a high wind, causing a loss un
officially estimated at f MQ.00Q.
The stores carried practically no
insurance.- . . . .
T r-
CITT OFFICIALS
OFFER $65,000
RE
Charges Flung Back and
Forth But Chicago Bomb
ers Go Unruptured
GANG PROTECTED, CLAIM
Senator Orneen Hurls Accusation
At Political Enemies In St rone
Washington
CHICAGO, Mar. 27. (AP)
Bitter recriminations came tonight
as the aftermath of the bombing
.ast night of tne homes of cnariee
3. Deneen, United States senator,
and Judge John A. Swanson, can
didate for the republican nomina
tion for state's attorney.
Rewards totalling $65,000 were
offered for information leading to x
the arrest and conviction of the
bombers.
From Washington Senator Den
een. head of a strong republican
Taction in Chicago issued a state
ment asserting that "the bombing
f my home is the work of organ
zed and protected criminal class
's of Chicago and Cook county in
vheir desperate effort to retain po
litical control of the city and
:ounty."
At the Swanson home the bomb
xploded just as the judge drove
nto his garage, missing him but
Jamaging the residence. He said
he regarded it as an obvious at
tempt at assassination.
Political Motives Claimed
"There is no doubt that tho
bomb was thrown by those whoso
criminal interests are. -opposing the
.-lection of an enemy e their po
itical alliances'4hjfc, , i..,,.
Robert K. Ocawoi tJi late Xnr
re-election as state's attorney and '
;o-leader with Mayor William Hale
Thompson of a powerful republi
can faction, offered a reward oi
(Continued on paga 8)
FOUR IN FAMILY
WILL GRADUATE
ALL DIFFERKXT AGES, BUT
FINISHING TOGETHER
Albert, Charles, Helen and , Iem
Widlck Among Outstanding;
Students'
WARD FUNDS
The senior class of the Salesa
high school holds-a record untqee
to all its predecessors and which
classes to come will probably finely -
it hard to equal. Among the cjaas
membership are four students
from one family, two brothers an4
two sisters. They are Albert,
Charles. Helen and Lena WidicJt, ,
chUdren of C. F. Widlck; 24lt
Brooks avenue. .'''
Twins, at least?, .Nope- Eaeb '
of the four students Is. of djffer
ent age, Helen being the, youngest c
and Aloert the. oldest. Yet -they
all entered the senior high frosa
Parrlsh junior high school and are "
finishing together.
The two girls are faking the col
lege preparatory course offered by
the school. Lena Is rated among
the best art students, while Helen .
?how8 proficiency In her Englikn
studies, their teachers report.'
Charles and Albert entered the -industrial
art course, but before
their 'senior year decided they
would rather build for the futurs
In a wider fieM than the yocu- -
tional subject offered. -Accord- -
Ingly, they are now studying un
der the general course, and will
have credits almost sufficient for
college entrance, J. C. Nelson.
principal. Bays. ,
One other name, White. aoDeara
four times on the senior roster.
but In this the WIdiek case 1. re
versed, and not one White beara
relation, immediate at least, to -the
other.
The three names .that so domi
nate telephone directories, et eW
tera, have found little favor Ia
this year's class. There are only
two, both boys, who bear the Bar
name Smith. Jones and Brown -are
even less numerous, with one
each. ''".rr,1"5 ' '
There are three who answer tc
the pronounciation Clark, though
one of these Is a Clarke. .
But the Widlck record: Jt U
probably as unique : among otbei
senior classes ot the state for 19 Jt
as It Is In the annals ot the local
school. . , '
Tomorrow Night ;
the Winifred ' ,
Byrd" Concert . 'V
America's pianist - .' ; s
. 8alems own artist. v ' r
! A. few seats loft. Call 9,
BUgb's . Capitol Theater, ia
reservations. "
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