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t 7? A e e 0? ) n It Ml Questions of Submitting Airport Bond Issue and Charter Revisions to People Will fyQiiori Pictures Showing Phases of the Prune Industry, and Other Agricultural "Weather forecast: Occasional rains; colder in east portion; iresn ana strong south to went -winds on the coast. MaxI- . .aum temperature yesterday 47, minimum 40, riTer 13.9. rainfall .IS, atmosphere cloudy, trlnd south. SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR Muff DEATH PUTS POLITICS Tl Sudden Element of Uncer tainty Noted in Presiden tial Campaigns -OBSERVERS ALL AT SEA of Ohio Regarded As Point of Focus For Hoover Anti-Hoover G. O. P. Xom ' nation Drives WASHINGTON. March 31. jrAPJ. Into an already unsettled Political situation, the unexpected death of Senator Willis of Ohio, an avowed republican presidential IT MOIL f j Candidate, has Injected a new ele cismeatot uncertainty. Its effect i V (or the moment, cannot be deter J mined although admittedly it will ifTjftuve a direct bearing on the can- f j as mmmwkmj wa awa , It is possible even that the passing of the Ohio senator from the political scene may become a factor in the contest for the dem ocratic presidential nomination. This would he true however, only tf Governor Donahey appointed Atlee Pomerene to the senate, a Step that appears improbable. At Houston, Pomerene will receive the . "favorite son" votes of the Ohio delegation. V ' Occurs During Crisis The death of Willis came just as the rival campaign managers in both the republican and democrat ic camps were getting their drives for convention delegates well un der way, with the eyes of the re publicans turned chiefly toward Ohio and the democrats awaiting the outcome of the Reed-Walsh-. QmttS fthF In Wliwimiii "nri. manes next; :raes0ay&eena oi Vi March finds only one fifth of the It-cy1,308 repuoiican convention aeie i;" -gates chosen. Many feel that the '7 issue may, be settled' by the state T conventions and primaries in ; April and May; others predict that 'J. jthe outcome will still be a toss V 1 pip "hen the republicans assem ble at Kansas City 10 weeks from Tuesday. Of the 1100 delegate votes in the Houston convention Jess than one sixth have been al lotted. Prophetic Futile ' The total is still too small to jirow any conclusive light on the ' question whether Governor Smith f New York will have the dele- v 4 & afvAnvtlk a win tli, nAmlnA. . L1UU. - dlCU IMD Oil -nuCfc w . Uftical observers here, including those familiar with the Ohio sit uation, professed today to be at (Continued on page 4 1 PRUNE INDUSTRY MOVIES PLANNED DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL TURE TO TAKE VIEWS . Decision Comes in Response to Re quest Through Senator C. L. McXary .. Several weeks ago the Salem chamber of commerce called to the attention of Senator Charles L illcNary. the fact that the depart- ment lot agriculture was sending out stereoptlcon views of agricul ture to be shown throughout the jTJnlted States, but that none of the views were of northwest i'acmc coat farming. Henry R. Crawford of the Ladd ! lib Bush bank also wrote Senator j I y ffcNary, suggesting that the de- fV J artment of agriculture mtght se- t M 1 - jdf cure - some mosi mieresuuK f :? tnres in Oregon 4- On March 16 Senator McNary wired the chamber of commerce that at a. hearing held before the heads of the department of agri culture, attention was called to the fact that no stereoptlcon views had, beentaken of Oregon farming or any ot In farming Industries. Also that he had been assured that! views would be taken of western horticulture Including the Willam ette valley. . Yesterday the following teie- gram was received: JrH. R. Crawford, . "cars Ladd aV Bush,' Bankers, r V' Slm, Oregon. , r ! y,- Alter ssTeral conferences with -. Utrectors f extension work In de- U"t artment f agriculture, I lu .to ." jred that the bureau of econom- artment of agriculture. I am ad i 'ics has a project now, to make a I " a. at m a. lag of prunes, all of wnJch will be made In Oregon and that other jnotlon pictures - will beUken. Please advise a B. Wilsonv secre- site Government Prosecutor Hurls Questions At Fall Former Secretary of Interior Grows Weaker; Heart Stimu lants Administered by Physician As Defendant Grilled by Atlee Pomerene, Former Enemy EL PASO, Texas, Mar. 31. (AP) Albert B. Fall, form er secretary of tfie interior charged with having conspired with Harry F. Sinclair to defraud the government in giving Sinclair a lease to the Teapot Dome oil reserve, today fin ished telling his story of the lease, to be u&ed in Sinclair's defense at his trial in Washington next week. Weakened from a long illness which prevented him going to Washington and standing trial with Sinclair, the former cabinet officer had been on the witness stand more than MARCH LIVES UP TO SUPERSTITION GOES OUT LIKE WILDEST KIND OF AFRICAN LION' Total Rainfall for Month 7.65; Above Normal, Bat Year Still Below Going out like a wild African Lion, the month of March recorded 1.01 inches of rainfall here during the last two days to bring the level of the Willamette river up three feet in 24 hours and make the total amount of rainfall for the month more than twice the regu .ation March allowance. Seven and sixty-five hundredths inches of precipitation is recorded lor the month which came to a close, at midnight last night. The normal precipitation for Salem, according to official weather bur eau statistics, is 3.71 inches for March. Last year 2.65 inches of rain fell during March. During February of this year 1.2 6 inched fell. In January of this year there was Just 4.03 incites of precipita tion at Salem. This brings the total rainfall for the first Ihree months of 192S up to 12.94 inches, just 1.1 inches below normal and 7.66 inches be low the total for January, Febru ary and March for last year. -"; Thevel. of rtne JKjanjeUe river stood at 13. j above normal at 7 o'clock last night, having risen exactly three feet since the same hour Friday evening. By midnight last night It had passed the 14 foot mark and was the highest it has been in 1928. The previous high mark was 13.9 at tained on January 4. The list of official weather bul letins filed here snows that the wind has been blowing from' a southerly direction with practic ally no expections since March 16. (Continued on pge 4.) CROWDS MOURN WILLIS Body to Lie in State in Ohio Wes- leyan Chapel DELAWARE. Ohio, Mar. 31. (AP) The town that acclaimed Senator Frank B. Willis last night as its favorite son candidate for the republican presidential nomin ation, was in mourning tonight, hardly recovered from theshock of his death a Sew minutes before he was to deliver a campaign speech". Plans to have his body lie in state in Gray Chapel of Ohio Wes- leyan university, where death sud denly eliminated him from the contest with Herbert, Hoover for the Ohio delegation to the repub lican national convention, were completed late today. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Gray Chapel with Senator Simon D. Fess and former Congressman Ralph D. Cole, Flndlay, scheduled to deliver funeral orations. Dr. Ot to Scott Brown, pastor of the Ash' bury Methodist Episcopal church, which Senator Willis attended here, will preside at the services which Mrs. Willis has requested to be simple and unpretentious. FILE DANCE RESOLUTION Religions Educators' plea Placed V Before County Court The committee on resolutions of the Marion county council of religious education yesterday filed with the county court Its recently enacted resolution asking that all dance halls throughout the county be discontinued affd that no fur ther dance hall licenses be issued. The resolution was signed by the following , : Rev. L G. Shaw of the Church,! of Christ,.' Stayton. , chairman o the committee; H. B. Carpenter of Salem, route 3, superintendent of the First M. E. Sunday school of Salem Dr.: John M. Cause, prest- - f dent of Kimball school of theology of Salem; Mrs. G. W. Thompson of Salem, route f. Mrs. W. A. Barkus of 1 1 1 S North Winter ftreet, Salem; Mrs. I S. Mocher. 77S 'East Lincoln streets Wood- tor. Mr. Davis IS ecreiary oi ins committee. 12 hours when Daniel Thew Wright, taking the deposition for Sinclair, turned him over to Atlee Pbmerene, special government prosecutor, for cross examination. Fall was able to go through last night's session and again today only through the administration ot heart stimulants by his phys ician. It was at the night session that the former foes, who had matched wits on the senate floor years ago, met again, this time across a li brary table in the spacious home ot Mrs. Fall. Fall, looking forward to the cross examination by his former democratic foe on the floor of the senate, was enlivened by his an ticipation of the mental sparring with Pomerene. It was just like old times on the senate floor, members of the family said, and Mrs. Fall declared that Fall's eagerness to meet former Senator Pomerene across the witness table she believed to be one reason why he had held up so well during the gruelling three days of testifying. Fall, during his testimony con tended that he did not receive a penny from Sinclair for the oil lease, that in fact Sinclair at one juncture ot the negotiations tossed the lease back to him nad that the deal for the interest in the land company was not started, until after the signnig of the Teapot Dome lease. ;,Oddsand ends of the oil and ranch deal were covered in Fall's final direct- examination- before Pomerene plunged into his cross examination. - The government charges that Fall favored Sinclair with information regarding the policy of leasing Teapot Dome, that other possible bidders were discouraged and that the then (Continued on pace 4.) LINDY DENIES WILD YARN Plans for Trip Around WorI Somebody's Brainstorm ST. LOUIS. Mar. 31. (AP) Categorical denial of reports that he contemplated round the world or transpacific flights was made by Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh before his departure today for San Diego. Cal., to receive a new monoplane built for him there. "None of the reports of my plans is true," Colonel Lindbergh said when pressed for a statement. "I have utterly no plans for any flying trip at this time beyond the flight I am now beginning. There have been so many rumors that I ?an't deny them all and I don't in tend to keep on denying rumors In the future. HOME FOR WOMEN PRISONERS NEAR COMPLETION UIMh y. "V,' W. Va. which is more like a home than a prison. Above is the ami oeiow as n uicuruwi inn, Intendent, SALEM. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1928 ADDED INQUIRY ALBERT FALL'S LEASES Further Investigation "Might Put Teapot Dome Scand al To Shame" NYE THROWS OUT HINT Haa No Intention of Introducing Resolution Himself; Ex-Cabinet Member Greets News Sarcastnrally WASHINGTON, Mar. 31. (AP)! The investigation Into the naval oil leases amy be extended by the senate to encompass all oil leases in the public domain and In In dian lands made by Albert B. Fall during his two years of adminis tration of the interior department under President Harding. -j Chairman Nye of the Teapot Dome committee said today that this matter had aroused the inter est of a "number ot legislators as shown by their inquiries as to whether our committee Is going in to that subject." "I would not be surprised if a resolution for such an inquiry is offered inathe senate within a ihort time"' he stated, adding that while he was without information. it was possible that such an' In vestigation "might put the Teapot Dome scandal to shame." -' Work Left in Clear The North Dakota senator made it clear that he had no Intention of introducing such a resolution. but indicated that ; a number of other senators were considering it. He said there had been no sug gestion that the senate investigate the renewal by Secretary Work of (Continaed-oa paf a.) Index of Today's ' News Section One General News 1, 4, 12 Theaters ,.2, 3 Editorial 6 City News 7 Society g, 9 Classified 10-11 Section Two Automotive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Better Homes 6. 7, 8 Section Three Sports 1-2 Radio 3 Features .2, 4 Music Department 4 Veterans' Column 4 Section Four Farming and Industrial. 1, 2, 8 Editorial, Slogan 2 Poultry 3 Slogan. Head Lettuce. ... .4-5 Garden 6-7 Section Five Comics 1-4 1 uro wubiuhuhuum mm imms. MENTION COREY FOR HIGH POST INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM MISSION JOB LOOMS Oregon Public Service Official Said Logical Man; Has Ex perience Receipt of press reports indicat ing that a vacancy may be created on the Interstate commerce com mission within the next few months, when Clyde Aitchison may retire from Us personnel, has caus ed a number of prominent republi cans to mention the name of H. H. Corey, member of the Oregon pub lic service commissioner, as his logical successor. 4t was pointed out that Mr. Cor ey has had many years of experi ence as a public service commis sioner, and is one of the high of ficials in the national association ef railway and public utility com missioners. Mr. Corey has served several terms as chairman of the Oregon public service commission. Reports received here indicated that the residents of those sec tions of the state which have ben efited from the recent railroad de- velopment are anxious to support Mr.. Corey in case he desires to succeed Mr. Aitchison. He would also receive the In dorsement of a large number of prominent men in eastern Oregon, where he made his home for many years before coming to Salem. Mr Corey's term as public com missioner expires on January 1 of next: year. Under a new. law en acted at the last legislative ses sion his successor will be appoint ed by the governor. The office of public service commissioner pre viously was elective. Mr. Corey recently filed for the republican nomination for the of fice of secretary of state, and al ffcdy hasj&nUred upon an active cahalgu. fhls action on the part of JalsoTeyTUUfed If number of his friends to believe that he will not be a candidate for the posi tion now held by Mr. Aitchison. Mr. Aitchison was a member of the original public service com mission in Oregon. He has been located in Washington for a num ber of years. FLYERS START MONDAY Present Indications Point to Take Off Tomorrow BALDONNEL AIRDROME, Irish Free State, Mar. 31. (AP) If Atlantic ocean conditions jus tify, a start of the German air plane Bremen can be attempted Monday morning. This conclusion was reached tonight by author! ties of the Irish Free State air force as the result of a day of bright sunshine and wind which rapidly dried the field here. Baron Huenefeld, backer and supercargo of the projected trip would not indicate definitely how ever, what he intends to do. He and his companions. Captain Her-. j mann Koehl and Arthur Splndler, remained in seclusion at the air drome. living room of an inmates1 cottago j !; tm u - Be Decided by City Council at Monday Meeting Views, Will Be Made Here by U. S. Government mm INCREASED FEE WOULD RESULT FROM S3 BILLS Stallard and Bylander Fail To Provide for Repealing Existing Scale BUSSES EXEMPT, NOTED Attorneys Studying Measures Pro posed For November Vote Find Grave Errors; Bal lot Titles Prepared .instead of reducing license fee? on automobiles to $3, as their au thors intended that they should, the initiative measures sponsored by II. H. Stallard and George By- lander, If approved by the voter at the November election, will add $3 to the existing annual license fee. This was the announcement made here Saturday by attorneys who have made a study of the three Initiative measures now on file in the offices of the secretary of state. These attorneys said that Ma Bylander and Mr. Stal lard apparently had failed to in sert a clause in their measures providing for the repeal of thf existing schedule of automobile license fees. Would Pay Both The attorneys said that, as a result of this omission, both the existing schedule of automobile li cense fees and the S3 license fee provided in the Stallard and By lander measures would be collect ible in case either of them war successful at the polls at the gen eral election. Attorneys also contended tha' passage of the Bylander and Stal lard measures would exempt mo tor busses from payment of the S' seating capacity tax now 'collected by the public service commission Three Bills Filed The first of three initiative mea sures providing for a flat $3 li cense fee for pleasure automobiles was filed by both Mr. Bylander and Mr. Stallard. No attempt ha' been made to secure signatures tr petitions for the initiation of this measure. Then followed the filing separate initiative measures bv Mr. Stallard and Mr. Bylander. It was said that the three measures virtually are Identical in their con struction, and neither of them con tains a repealing clause. The- Individual Bylander and Stallard measures have been re ferred to the attorney general, antf ballot titles already have been prepared. In case sufficient sig natures to the petitions are ob tained, they will go on the ballot at the general election In Novem ber. LOCAL ENTRANTS WIN ALL EVENTS SHS STUDENTS TAKE FIRST IN TYPING, BOOKKEEPING Much. Interest in Contest Spon sored by Junior Chamber of Commerce All of the dozen Salem en trants In the first Marion county typing and bookkeeping contest placed in the judges' awards and established a record which the stu dents will have to work to retain. should the contest become an an nual event, as is anticipated. All bookkeeping honors went to the Salem team, and every first place in typing went to the local high school. Only thrie other schools Silverton, Woodburn and Turner, ranked In the first three places. . The bookkeeping contest went to the Salem Btudents in the fol lowing order: I Dorothy Louise Payne,Llly Nelson, Claudlne Gil lespie and Hazel Roenlcke. Grace Rose and Dorothy Mc Cracken, Salem, fin the first year students typing ! division, placed first and second respectively. In individual work for accuracy. Individual honors in the ad ranced class or j amavear typing were awarded tp Gertrude Oe ti ler,1 first, and Barbara Moberg, second, both ot the Salem team In the amateur typing contest, order ot awards ras: Salem, first. Woodburn, second, and suverton. third. - In the noirice event. Sliver- ton ranked next to Salem and Turner iron third place. Team work awards were also made to Salem, Silrerton and Turner In the order mentioned. : Participation in this first coun ty contest, sponsored by the Junior chamber of commerce of the Sa lem high school, was good, nine of . ,v., i . (0ti a pa GIRL RESERVES SESSION ENDING WILL CLOSE WITH SERVICE AT FIRST M. E. CHURCH Intrrestinir Soe:ikers Heard at Meeting Hero Attended -llj Over ItO This morning at 10:30 o'clock the last gathering for the annual convention of girl reserves, in ses sion here since Friday evening, will be held at the First Methodist church when the approximately 200 reserves gather to hear Dr. W. C. Kantner's sermon. "Pio neers of' the Kingdom." The spe cial train for delegates will leave at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Last night the convention ban quet was held, with the 200 dele gates attired in the white girl re serve uniform seated at banquet tables arranged in the form of a triangle, symbol ot the order. De corations of colored streamers ad ded to the attractiveness. Elolse White of Salem, pres ident of the state girl reserves, In troduced Miss Ethel Cutler, na tional YWCA secretary of relig ious education, who spoke upon "The Greatest Pioneer," pioneer ing being the conference theme this year. Miss Cutler related in cidents ot her recent trip through Palestine, weaving into her talk the life of Christ, who she said dared to be a pioneer, and bringing to the girls a message in keeping with their aspirations and I program. The Pioneer road, she said, is only traveled by the fetri people who dare, and possess for sight and courage. Miss Erma Hardin, Girl Reserve secretary of Portland, led groui singing during the banquet. Ar impressive moment came at the end of the banquet, when afte: singing "Lead on, O King Eter nal," the girls quietly left the bal to the strains of soft music. During the afternoon, the girl: were shown about the city an state-institutions and also tlu Franklin daffodil tract south of the city. Mrs. J. H. Lauterman ! transportation committee chair man, has expressed her thanks to the chamber of commerce, Kiwan is and Lions clubs, Salem Realtor and individuals who kindly loaned (Con tinned on pf .) CREWS, TAYLOR INDICTED True Bill Returned In Tobacco Store Burglary Charge The Marion county grand jury yesterday returned bills against Wallace Crews and Fred" Taylor, charging them with burglary o? George Waters' store house on February 17, and against Chester Horton for stealing a Ford coupe on February 9. Horton was promptly arraigned; entered a plea of guilty, was- sen tenced to one year in the peniten tiary and then paroled to Elmer Cook, his attorney. Crews and Taylor are scheduled to come up for trial at a later date. The grand jury dismissed in dictments against Marie Crews, who insisted that she was not with Wallace Crews and Fred Taylor at the time they are alleged to have committed burglary, and John M. Haugen, who had been bound over on a charge of at tempting to commit a statutory offense. DISTRICT MEETING HELD Community Club Representative iiather at Salem ttetgnut More than 100 persons from various sections in District 4 of the Marion county federation or community clubs met at Salem Heights last night to launch plans for their program to be given at the Elsinore theater May 4? Representatives were on nana from Bethel. Fruitland.'Sunnyside, Fairview and Roberts. Dr. Henry Morris and Frank Doerfler were present represent ing the Salem business men and expressed the opinion that the plan of having community pro grams is highly desirable. A brief program was presented at last nfzht's meeting. Oeorjcr Veall of Roberts gave several read ings. A pair consisting of Mis' Jones and Mr. Pack gave a skit entitled "How She Managed It." Mrs. Ivan Stewart presented two reels of motion pictures. SMITH MOVE UNDER WAY Six Speakers Selected Tentatively For Portland Meet PORTLAND. Mar. 11- (AP) Six tentative speakers were an nounced today by tha Oregon Smith for President association, to appear at the Smith for president dinner here next Thursday night The speakers selected were: J. B. Raley, Pendleton; Bert s. Haney, former member United States ship ping board; George Codding. Med ford. former state rice commander of the American Legion r A. E. Reamee, Medford, attorney: R. R. Turner, Dallas, former state super intendent of schools, and Dexter 'Rice, former mayor of Roseburg. FIVE SECTIONS THIRTY-SIX PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS Question of Submitting Tc Popular Vote To Be De cided Monday Night COMMITTEES FAVORABLE Will Reeomnai Municipal aV Submitted;, ion MattcV-Oom plicated Two of the most important sues which have faced the Salew city council In many months, are coming up for consideration at Monday night's session. Both of these are issues which the counei) may or may not, as it sees fit. re fer to the voters at the elect ion May 1$. They are. first, the bond tu of not to exceed 150.000 for municipal airport, which the Am erican legion, chamber of com merce and other organizations art sponsoring; and second, the re vised charter calling for the council-manager form of munieipa government. Favor Airport Vote Meeting Saturday afternoon, ibe ordinance and ways and mean committees of the council dis cussed the airport bond issue ord inance, and prepared.a.repnrt re commending that If v f the issue be placet v tl: May 18. The matter ol t election was not gone 'Intcf'tbor- jughly, but It was pointed out thai if the charter revision is also vot ed on. there will be little differ ence in the cost, which involve only the matter ot preparing ail mailing voters' pamphlets, election boards must be provided in any case. ' '.'"':-;. No Other "Object ion How this expense was to he lm-t. was apparently the only question raised by councilman when tbe airport ordinance was introduced two weeks ago. The chamber of commerce at that time offered to bear part of the expense if nee sary, the amount to be refunded if the issue carried. r " 1 " ' In two respects the cf vision matter presents at t different aspect. For" L it has never been discussed by 1b council since the present program for changing the plan of govern ment was started by Mayor T. A. Livesley; and nobody knows just what the councilmen think of it. And for another, the question of the legality of voting for utT"1 charter amendment filed at thie time has been raised, the Mat law apparently provides that it le (Continued on pagi 4.) TRADE TRAINING ' GAINS IN STATE INDUSTRIE L EPUCATIO K PROVING 3IORE POPULAR Enrollment Increased This Vear From 4:30 to 1028. Director Reports The state board of vocational education, meeting here Satur day, received a report prepared by O. D. Adams, director of the trad and industrial program of ta state educational department showing a market increase dnriur ' the past year In this wt.r through-out Oregon. In the years 1926 and 1927 tfa total enrollment la the trade anc industrial division was 430, while this year the enrollment has in creased to 1328. While the re port indicated that the bulk of the industrial work centers arous Portland, the. amount of relr bursement Is about evenly dll ed between Portland and the r malnder of the state. ; In the all day classes the et rollment for 1926-27 was 178 i against 218 this year. EvenjL classes have Increased their f; rollment from 42 to 472, well the enrollment la the part lim classes haa Increased from 210 it 638.. -. .-'.'- Carpentry, machinist, general ; trades and related drawing :: ap parently have attracted . the lar gest enrollment in the all day classes. There are 31 in the car pentry class, 36 In general trade. 4 4 hv the' machinist class and 44 in the related drawing class ; A total of 18 personsatf study ing locompM; fffpertenaace v the evening classes. ' ,TJr-f persons are earoUed 4a the I" terlng eoure,; 33 in blue t IPORTBOiS MANAGER PLIJ FACING COUNCIL , . , - 41 v .f t- r v: tary of tie ehamber of commerce." ,r-rr' 'T;; r ;1 :,.. ''I u