; First Talent Concert of Rural Community Clubs Will Be Held Tonight at the Elsinore Theater; Attractive and Novel Features
tTke People of Salem Do Not Show Sufficient Interest in the Community Club Idea to Make the Adoption of It Practicable Here
Weather forecast: Generally fair; frost
over the east portlno at night; moderate
west and northwest winds. Maximum
temperature yesterday; 1, minimum 4t,
rirer 5., rainfall .Ql, atmosphere cloudy,
wind northwest.
TWO SECTIONS
SIXTEEN PAGES
I
SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
AIRPLANE
HITS RAIN
AND WIND
Stiff Gale Reported In Path
of Bremen As It Wings
Its Way West
DUE TO ARRIVE
AT NOON TODAY
No
Word Heard from
-Aviators Al( Night
TEW YORK WAITS
Preparations Made To Wei
come German Flyers; Anxi
ety Felt As Good Weather
Gives Way To Storms
NEW YORK. Friday, April 10.
(API A chill pall of Bilence en
veloped the fate of the Junker
niane Bremen ana ner crew 01
r -three at the beginning of the sec
. ond day since she took oft from
.p Baldonnel field, Ireland.
"No reoort from any sources
' ; y- was the only reply available for
anxious Inquirers from shortly af-
ter 2 o'clock eastern time yester
day morning, when the silver
hued ship flickered for a moment
in the view of Irish civic guards
i at Slynehead, most westerly point
' on Connaugbt.
Nona of the 24 ships plowing
; the north Atlantic routes had re
t ported sighting the Bremen, al-
though radio stations up and down
the coast' were on the alert
I . throughout yesterday and last
Vsight,,;;
f y, . i it, . ., i.
vf twith a rainy gale Mowing to
ff H lavard Its path from the west, the
Junkers monoplane Bremen which
left Ireland early yesterday morn
ing with a three-man German
Irish crew was due to fly over the
North American coast in the hours
before dawn today.
After waiting two weeks in Ireland-
for favorable weather the
Bremen took off at 12:38 o'clock
Eastern Standard time yesterday
morning and headed for New
i York undaunted by the fate that
has befallen every previous at
I temnt to fly the north Atlantic
from east to west in an airplane.
Three other planes have made the
attempt but none succeeded and
(Continued on pl 3)
BELIEVE PLANE
NEARING COAST
.COMPUTATIONS MADE OF BRE
MEN'S PROGRESS
German Machine May Reach New
AyJiYork Between 2:30 and :SO
Eastern Time
: BALDONNEL,.Irish Free State.
April 12. (AP) The Junkers
monoplane Bremen, which hopped
off 'from 'this 'field today for New
York, wae supposedly 1,400 miles
west of Ireland and only 500 miles
pff Newfoundland at 10:30
o'clock p. m. lonight. This was
according to a special summary
iatade for the Associated Press by
'the Baldonnel -air-authorities.
I: They figured thafCaptain Her
rmann Koehl, German ace, and
iColo'hel -James Kttamaurioe, Irish
'aviator, co-pilots of the Bremen,
should see the lights of New
foundland at 5:30 a. m., Irish
'time, or 12:30 a. m. eastern time,
and they pictured .these two in the
coekpitglvlng the news to Baron
;Gunther Von Huenefeld". promoter
"of the flight, who sits behind them
fn the cabin pumping on tor me
motor.
The fact that the plane naa noi
been reported since it cleared the
1 w!t coast of Ireland two hours
MXier the start causea
hrf Baldonnel authorities Were
;much pleased with weather condi
tions and were putting tneir laun
In the powerful motor of the
plane.
? They said that if all goes well
the flyers should reach Mltchel
field on Long Island at C:30 p. m..
New York tlma tomorrow. This
allows four hour for errors in
navigation ao the Bremen may
land any time between 2:30 p. m.,
and :30 p. m.
- The calculations were baaed on
&n average. speed of, 95 mile an
hour, Conditions-were reported
4i improving toward Newfound
land" with the wind changing to
luse northeast. ;rThis would be
. most favorable to the adventurers
as -it would- drlTe? them toward
iNew-Tork. The sky : off New
igoundland was reported as cloudy
but visibility was good and there
aa only occasional sleet or rain.
Summing up. the Iriah authorl-
Mestsald the entire sueeeas of the
forts seemed to depend on the
"f f engine and they were highly optl
j mlfttlc
WEATHER GETS
CLEAR ON COAST
STORMS SUBSIDE AT ST.
JOHN'S, NEWrXJUNDLAND
Gale Raging Out at Sea Already
Passed at Place Where Flyers
Due to Pass
(By the Associated Press
Fair weather was forecast for
early today at the western end of
the long route the German mono
plane Bremen bound for "Mltchel
Field or Heaven" traveled. If all
went well with the big ship dur
ing the night.
Rain squalls and low hanging
clouds off Newfoundland gave
way late last niga..
A fog off Halifax had lifted and
the plane, after bucking adverse
winds on the last lap of her flight
from Ireland, should pass New
foundland in fairly favorable
weather.
Officials at Baldonnel field,
where the Bremen took off at
5:38 a. m. Irish time on Wednes
day, figured the ship should sight
Newfoundland at 12:30 a. m.,
eastern time, narrvng mishaps.
The fact that the Bremen had
not been reported since it cleared
the west coast of Ireland two
hours after the take-off caused no
anxiety at the Baldonnel field.
II. Kimball of the United States
bureau, aaid there had been no
developments during the night to
alter his earlier forecast that the
plane would strike considerable
wind resistance on the last few
hundred miles of the trip. Off St.
Johns. N. F., he said, there wj
good visibility lasting but indie:
tions were that rain would con
before morning.
A southeast wind veered to tl
southwest and put over the Grate
Banks northwest winds prevailed
and the temperature around freez
lng. If the Bremen maiptalned a
true course, he said. It was prob
able that he would strike etorms
weeDlnc seaward, one starting in
mid-ocean and the other blowing
north from Nantucket.
ST. JOHNS, N. F.. April 12.
(Continued on nf 3)
FLYER SENDS MESSAGE
Aviator Express Long Standing
, Ambition To, Cross Sea
B ALDONNKL
AIRDROME,
Irish Free State, April 12. (AP)
-Before Colonel James Flts-
maurlce's fellow officers rushed
him "off to bed for a few hours
sleep last night, the aviator game
the Associated Press a special mes
sage regarding bis flight.
"Tell them," he said, "that lor
several years as chief of the Soar
stat air corps It has been my am
bition to make the east-west At
lantic crossing in the interests of
advancement of science and avia
tion. "Here in the Irish Free State
we have watched the progress of
aviation in the United States with
admiration. If it should fall to
me to be able to contribute some
thing to the fund of human know
ledge and experience which will
eventually conquer the air. I
shall be very proud.
"It is needless to mention how
deeply I appreciate the generosity
of Baron Huenefeld in inviting me
to make the Atlantic flight with
him and the honor I feel in acting
as co-pilot with 'Captain Koehl.
I believe the Bremen represents
the best science can produce in a
machine for Atlantic crossing.
"I hare never been in America
but I am looking forward to an;
American welcome to a Saorstat
air man Friday afternoon."
ASTORIA CANNERY BURNS
Nearly $100,000 Damage Done;
Cause of Fire Not Known
ASTORIA. April 12 (AP)
Fire . of undetermined origin
caused damage estimated at be
tween $75,000 and $100,000. to
the Burke Packing company can
nery and cold storage plant here
shortly after (.o'clock tonight. Of
ficials said ;loss was covered by
insurance.
- Loss of the plant Is the more
keenly felt because of the near
ness of the operning of the com
mercial fishing season. May 1.
Many improvements had been
made on the building, officials
said, to care for the increase in
business.
An explosion of an ammonia
tank which scattered, glass for a
block around showered more than
300 persons watching the spec
tacular blaze, injured two firemen
and C. A. Murphy, chief of police.
They were given first aid.
Fifty members of the crew of
the coast guard cutter Algonquin
were detailed "to assist firemen
when other .wooden . structures
nearby were threatened.
J, M. D0UGAN PASSES ON
Prominent Portland Contractor
Dies of Heart Attack
PORTLAND, Apr. 12. (AP)
J. M. Dougan. prominent building
contractor, died today in hia auto
mobile as be was being : driven
from his home to his office. He
died before his chauffeur could
aid him. Death was due torn heart
attack. Dougan was 85 years old.
He formed the firm of Dougan
and Chrlstman 20 years ago and
that firm, with offices in Seattle
and Portland,, handled some of
the most Imporvant construction
Jobs In the Pacific northwest. -.
IT S
ITS APPROVAL
ON FARM BILL
UcNary-Haugen Measure
Sent To House for Pas
sage At Early Date
EQUALIZATION FEE LEFT
Feature Objected to by President
I'ooJklge Not Removed as So-
Ions Vote Favorably by
S3 to 28
WASHINGTON, April 12.
(AP). The McNary-Haugen farm
relief bill, carrying features which
caused President Coolidge to veto
it a year ago, was passed tonight
by the senate and sent to the
house which also Is expected to
approve It at an early date.
The vote was S3 to 23, as com
pared to the 47 to 39 vote at the
last session. While this Is more
than the two thirds majority
which would be required to over
ride a veto it was regarded as
I nKtfni that with the full mem
a two thirds ma
obtained. UlUi
.res ..
.. . - u y the i
K ,. ij propo
to Ci ! Of th
so 3 w . . 'n
product' i'
A direct sho
sentiment on ti.
was provided by au
ate
fee
ent by
Senator Sackett. repul,ica,n, Ken
tucky, proposing elimination of
that provision of the biU
The proposal was rejected, 46
to 31, after two hours of vigorous
debate dnring which Senator Mc
Nary. : republican, Oregon, In
charge of the bill made an elo
quent plea for enactment of the
bill in the form the representa
tives of farmers' organizations re
quested. Before coming to the final vote
on the bill itself, the senate re
jected. 4 to S, a substitute by
Senator Brookhart, republican,
Iowa, which could have provided
for a direct government subsidy
up to 1600,000,000 to meet losses
incurred by farmers in marketing
their surplus crops.
Many Vote BUadly
The five supporting this mea
sure were Blaine. Borah, and
Brookhart, republicans, and Bay
ard and Blease, democrats. This
vote came while a. number of sen
ators were absent from the cham
ber and as they came straggling in
several voted for the Brookhart
proposal only to change their vote
later after they discovered their
error.
Since congressional action on
the McNary-Haugen bill admitted
ly is playing its part in the pre-
(Continued on page 3)
NEW MOTOR CAR BUILT
German Anto Works on
Same
Principle as Rocket
FRANKFdRT-ON-THE - MAIN.
Germany, Apr. 12.-r-(AP) A mo
tor car equipped with a gas tur
bine operating 'on the principle of
a rocket, was tried out on an au
tomobile track near Russelsbelm
today. After the teet. which de
veloped a speed of 2 milea an
hour, eight seconds from the start.
the Frankfort-Opel motor company
claimed that the car will easily
break all automobile speed
records.
! The machine was constructed
on the plan evolved by Max Valler
who originated the fantastic flyer
from his Idea of shooting a rocket
into space. The &ams generated
from combustion of fuel oil and
formed a fiery comet-like tall as
the machine swept by.
After four trials in an automo
bile an attempt is to be made to
build a railway car that will beat
speed records. Ultimately the mo
tor company plans a cosmos air
ship that they believe will reach
hitherto unattainable altitudes.
HABERLY CALLED SANE
Examination Made Yesterday ;
i Actions Bald Hysteria
W. J. Haberly. who made two
apparent attempts to end his own
life, when questioned by officers
concerning tfe origin of a fire
which destroyed his barn several
weeks ago. and who finally admit
ted setting the fire himself. Is not
insane.
This was the decision reached
yesterday by-Dr. LJF. Grifnth of
the state hospital staff following
an examination or Haberly at the
sal era general hosoltal where
Haberly la being kept,
The man has severe fits of hys
teria, the doctor asserted, but Is
perfectly sane. . The; assumption
has been made that It was during
these hysterical fits that Haberly
fled from two officers and plunged
Into the mlllrace on South Church
street, end later In his hotel room
slashed his wrists and throat He
was rapidly improving last night.
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1928
FIND FOUR GIRLS
ON" BATTLESHIPS
SCANDAL DEVELOPS IN SOUTH
ATLANTIC FLEET
United States Naval Court Pro
ceedings Loom When Stow
a ways Are Discovered
WASHINGTON, April 12.
(AP). Courts of inquiry have
been ordered as a result of the
discovery yesterday of four girl
stowaways on board vessels of the
south Atlantic fleet.
Naval authorities have declared
they were Informed that only four
girls were found, but a report
from Key West announced that
four girls were landed there, and
St. Petersburg, Fla., police said
they had information that Alberta
Pool, a 1 year old high school
girl of St. Petersburg, had been
put off the destroyer Billingsley
at Mayport. Fla.
The names of the four girls
landed at Key West were given in
the report from that place as Billy
Lacer, Rose McGuire, Flossie Rice
and Ramilda Avary. Navy author
ities said the girls landed in Key
West were from New Orleans.
A telegram to Rear Admiral
Frank K. Clark, commanding the
scouting fleet, destroyer force,
that a St. Petersburg girl was
aboard the destroyer BUlingsley,
led to a search of that ship. Miss
Pool was, found, the Billingsley
was ordered to pnt Into Mayport
and the rest of the fleet was
searched. Advices reaching the
navy department were that a girl
was found on each of three ships.
the light cruiser Concord, the de
stroyer Sands and the destroyer
Repairship Dobbins. These ves
(Continued on ,pag 8)
SEEK ACCESS TO BOOKS
Seaside Bank Depositors File Man
damus Against Schramm
G. M. Grimes and others, repre
senting the stockholders and de
positors of the defunct First State
Ban of Seaside, filed mandamus
proceedings Thursday in the su
preme court to compel A. A.
Sehramm, state superintendent of
banks, to allow ny approved
stockholder or depositor to ' ex
amine the records, books asd flies
at the institution. . ; -
Plaintiffs allege that since the
closing of the bank September 21.
192T, the state superintendent ef
banks has refused to give out any
definite or accurate Information
regarding the condition of the In
stitution. It was said that this secrecy on i
the part or the superintendent of
banks have resulted in a flood of
rumors, suspicions and grave ac
cusations. The writ, which was
signed by Chief Justice Rand, was
made returnable April 26.
CULBERTS0N WEDS AGAIN
Owner of New Salem Hotel Also
Out for Election
PORTLAND, Ore.. Apr. 12 -r-
(AP) W. C. Culbertson, owner
of four Oregon hotels, today an
nounced his marriage on Easter
Sunday to Miss Charlotte Bowen
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
C. Bowen of Bellingham. Vash.
Following this announcement.
Culbertson said he had decided to
be a candidate for the nomination
for the house of representatives
from the third congressional dis
trict on the Democratic ticket.
Culbertson is owner of the Sew
ard and Cornelius hotels here, one
at Salem, and one at Corvallis. He
also owns a newspaper at Canby.
AIR LINE LINKS
-H-r:-W':-..::.vi.-.s.Si-i.
V
Air mail service beginning
. SMoa CAixtM ssv x'yv T- ' mr i
and New Orleans will aave one to three daya on letters between
Dixie and the npper Atlantic seaboard and will nave the way for a
line clear to Mexico City. Above fts one of the planes to be need on
the New York-Atlanta line by the company headed by H. E. Pitealrn
(right). The map shows the route and the operating or project
ed links.
UN BOUND
ROBBED OF $20
Home of Miss Theresa Am
fold, 82, Entered At 8:30
Thursday Eve
RUSE GAINS ADMITTANCE
Large Sums Previously Kept In
House, Related, But Recently
Transferred to Bank; lie
script ion Lacking
uainmg admittance through a
ruse, two unidentified thugs at
tacked Miss Theresa Arnold. 82
in her home at 393 North Church
street about 8:30 o'clock last
night,' bound and gagged her and
then completely ransacked theJ
house, taking $20 which was the
only money on the premises.
Hearing a knock at the door,
Miss Arnold, who lives alone, cau
tiously asked, before opening the
door, who was there. A man's
voice answered, saying that he had
a message from Father Buck,
Catholic priest.
Description Lacking
Immediately upon opening the
door she was seized by the two
men, who threw her to the floor.
tied her hands and feet tightly
with a strong cord, and bound a
towel over her mouth. This was
tied so tightly that it cut into the
woman s Hps, causing mem io
bleed. The, towil alpo covered her
eyes, so that sne as unaDie io
give any deecriptlon of the roo-
bees. After having her wen tiea.
they demanded that she give them
money, but she1 declared that all
she had was 320 which she had re
ceived in the afternoon for room
rent.
'Continued on ptf 3)
CHEST PLAN DELAYED
Only Three Orga alia tions Respond
To Meeting can ?
Although Invitations had been
sent by the chamber of commerce
to six organizations that mignt ne
micrcSACU 1 II IS, fJUJJUUl UU'ij vuvoisu iu-iviciudv i uiiui vv ivr avivu J
nly three sent representatlTes torenicago ror the quotation eom-
the meeting held last evening.
Announcement had been made
in the newspapers of the meeting
stating that all who were Interest
ed were invitefl to attend. Only
the Y. M. C. A., the Associated
Charities, and the Y. W. C. A. were
epresented
George F. Vlck. president of
he Chamber of Commerce pre
sided as chairman. As so few at
tended, Mr. Vick announced that
-io further calls would be made by
he chamber to develop interest
n the chest plan unless additional
interest was shown
However, as the chamber of
commerce had promised last fall
to assist in organizing the com
munity chest movement should
there be a proper Interest, the
chamber will send to Detroit and
Cleveland for Information and
will hold Itself in readiness to call
mother meeting if organizations
nterested in a chest so express
themselves.
DIXIE AND EAST
' " ,
May 1 between New York, Atlanta
"
TALENT CONTEST
JUDGES CHOSEN
FIRST OF NOVEL ENTERTAIN
MENTS, ELSINORE TONIGHT
Community club throughout Coun
ty Competing In Four Dis
trict Events
Judges for the first talent con
test of Marion county community
clubs, scheduled for this evening
at the Elsinore theater, were an
nounced yesterday as follows:
Representing the Rotary club.
C. E. Wilson; for the Kiwania
club, Ed Schunke; for the Lions,
W. W. Rosebraugb.
This group of judges will select
the two best talent offerings from
among those presented tonight,
these two to be repeated in the
county finals May 11.
The contest this evening will be
between entertainers representing
the Keizer, Hayesville, Parkers
vllle. Middle Grove. North Howell.
Waconda, Hasel Green and Labieh
Center communities. '
Tonight's contests , will be the
first of four, the clubs entered to
night being included in district
No. 1 of the county federation of
community clubs. The program
will be in charge of State Senator
Lloyd T. Reynolds, who has prom
ised that the talent presentations
will follow promptly after the first
showing of the motion picture pro
gram. The clubs represented are com
peting for cash prizes, and also
are to receive a share of the pro
ceeds, this money to be devoted to
carrying on the boys' and girls'
club work in the various commun
ities. i Judges representing other local
organizations than those repre
sented tonight, will be selected for
the later contests.
CONSTRUCT NEW TICKER
Speedier Apparatus Found Needed
at Walt Street Mart
N'EW YORK, Apr. 12. ( AP)
A hew and speedier stock ticker
capable of handling 7 million
spare days on the stock market.
is ready for the' test of actual
service, the New York quotation
company announced today
The new Instrument which In
laboratory tests developed a speed
of 500 characters per minute as
compared with the 300 per minute
speed of the present machine has
been demonstrated to the ex
change board of governors and
will now be scheduled to rigorous
teste in service under the worst
conditions. The machine was de
veloped and made by the Mork-
rum-Klelnsehmidt Corporation of
pany, which as a subsidiary of the
stock exchange operated the tick
er service.
ORATORS VIE AT ALBANY
Ten Schools of Higher Education
to be Represented
ALBANY. Ore., April 12.
(AP). Representatives of 10
Oregon colleges and universities
will compete here tomorrow for
four prizes In two divisions at the
annual Oregon peace oratorical
contest. Dr. C. W. Greene will
preside. .
Competing institutions will be
the Oregon State college. Univer
sity of Oregon, Pacific college,
Pacific university, Linfield col
lege, Willamette university, Ore
gon Normal school, Eugene Bible
university and the Southern Ore
gon Normal school.
Subjects of the orations will be
"A Peace Conscience:" "The
Truth, the Light and the Way
"Peace by International Honor;"
"Our Destiny;" "Stone Moun
tain:" "The Guerdon of 'Peace;'
"The Inevitable;" "The Footprint
of Death;" and "Statues that Ob
scure."
In the extemporaneous division,
rThe Influence of the Press" will
be the subject. .
35 ROUND TRIPS DAILY
Bus Lines Plan Augmented Sched-
nle Beginning April 21
Under new operating schedules
filed in the offices of the public
service commission by the South
ern Pacific Transport company
and the Pacific Stages. Inc., stag
es, will make 35 round trips daily
between Portland and Hillsboro
and Forest Grove.
The Southern Pacific Trans
port company schedule provides
for 11 trips from Portland to For
est Grove daily and 10 trips be
tween Forest Grove and Port
land.
The new schedules. If approved
by the public service commission,
will become effective April 21.
MRS. COOLIDGE RETURNS
Third Visit Completed With Moth.
er. Who Is Better
NORTHAMPTON. Mass., Apr.
12. (AP) Mrs. Calvin Coolidge,
wife of the president, left for
Washington ' at 7:25 o'clock to
night, ending the third visit she
has made here since last January
to see her aged 'mother, Mrs. Le
mira Goodhue, who Is ill at the
Dickinson hospital.
A statement Issued by Lieuten
ant-Commander Joel T. Boone of
the White House medical staff
said that Mrs. Goodhne's condition
was such as to warrant Mrs. Coo-,
lidge's return to Washington, for
the present
ELEVENTH HOUR STAY
GIVEN WMOS, KELLEY
CLEMENC YHOPE SEEN
ApT 5?ze? and Betray Little Emotion
When Word of Reprieve Brought; Govern
or Patterson Grants Week's Delay in Tele
gram from Marshfield; Watch Maintained
SUPREME COURT MEMBERS WILL
RECOMMEND COMMUTATION, WORD
So Reports Bradle Ewers, Willos Attorney, In Wiring State
Executive; Later Confirmed, But Chief Justice Empha
sizes Opinion Will Be Given Only As Individuals; Respite
Just Before Day of Execution Second of its Kind for Mn
Convicted of Guards Murder In Connection with Spec
tacular Prison Break
THOMPSON GETS
PRISON RELEASE
kJli
EMBEXZLER OF STATE FUNDS
MUST LEAVE OREGON
Conditional Pardon Granted After
Serving Three and One
Half Years
Clarence Thompson Thursday
received a conditional pardon
from Governor Patterson after
serving three and one-half years
of a nine years sentence in the
state penitentiary for the embez
zlement of funds from the state
treasury department.
Under the terms of the condi
tional pardon Thompson must re
main outside of the state. The con
ditional pardon was recommended
by the state parole board. His min
imum term, under the parole law,
expired Wednesday.
Thompson was employed as
cashier in the state treasury de
partment during the administra
tions of the late O. P. Hoff and
Jefferson Meyers. Officials alleged
that he appropriated approximate
ly 15000 of state funds.
Following his original arrest he
was sentenced to a term of seven
years, and his previous parole was
revoked.
Prison officials said that Thomp
son intended to locate In the state
of Washington. He Bared several
hundred dollars during his Incar
ceration.
Thompson's wife, who was a Sa
lem girl, obtained a divorce from
her husband a few months after
he entered the prison.
WOMEN ASK DRY PLANK
Action Taken by Way of Reply to
Stand of Wets
CHICAGO. April 12. (AP)
As a reprisal to the action of the
national affairs committee of the
national Republican club of New
York yesterday in adopting a res
olution calling for an anti-dry
plank in the G. O. P. platform, the
national Woman's Christian Tem
perance union today issued a
statement saying the republicans
would lose the fall election if the
party heeded the dictate of the
resolution.
"If the national Republican
club sends Nicholas Murray But
ler to Kansas City to present its
views, that outstanding anti-prohl-
bltionist will be flanked by sev
eral million republican women
who want the 18th amendment re
tained and enforced," the state
ment read. "If the republican
party adopts a prohibition repeal
plank it will lose the next elec
tion along with several million
women voters.
LUMBER SAID PLENTIFUL
Competitors of Industry Make
False Statements, Claim
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Apr.
12. (AP) "There Is no scarcity
of lumber." said Ben S. Woodhead,
first vice president of the National
American Wholesale Lumber asso
ciation now in convention here,
'but there are plenty ot rumors
to the contrary probably given
birth by competitors in substitute
building materials. It is also said
that there is no good lumber to
be had, whereas lumbermen can
get all the best quality lumber
that nature has ever produced.
Such statements are vicious and
malicious lies. They, the lumber
men, can get the best if they want
to pay for it"
COOLIDGE SENDS WORD
Expression of Sympathy Forward
ed te Italian JUac
WASHINGTON, Apr. 12 (AP)
President Coolidge extended to
the king of Italy today his sympa
thy upon the loss of life at the Mi
lan national fair, wbere-4 4 people
were killed by' an explosion just
prior to the King's visit He add
ed that he wished to assure the
king of his relief at his majesty's
escape. ;t-;-i.,'i..s;-v.-
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Thoroughly, resigned to the fas
which awaited them in less tfiaa
Liurt Mam Willos and
worth Kelley were appare.rfy
dated for the moment and J-
Y'ai- no mot,a 2ortly after
6.30 o clock last night when wr
was brought to them in the death
fhlV the 8t,te Penitentiary,
that Governor I. L. Patterson fa
grnHe, R rteDrfeve ot one week
This order came in a telegram
from Mr. Patterson at Marshfie'd
and was taken to the prison hy
Miss Beatrice Walton. actinK
retary to the governor.
Comments Brief
After recovering from their hm
wilderment at thte unexpected
news, the two men who wr
scheduled to hang at 8:30 thh
uiornmg ror their part In the May
ing of Milton Holman and John
Sweeney, guards, during a prison"
.v ?kJn AuUfll. 1925. declare
that they were pleased, but had
little more to say. For the prn
ent. they will remain In the cell
set apart for condemned men. and
the death watch will be contin
ued, prison officials announced.
That this reprieve gives the
men a definite hope for com
mutation of their sentences to rife
imprisonment, was Indicated here
last night when it was reports
that the order was issued after
Governor Patterson had receive a"
telegram from Bradley Ewers, at-
torney for Willos, In which be rfs-
ciarea that five members of the
state supreme court would rerem
mend as Individuals, if requested
by the governor, that the death
sentences be commuted to life Im
prisonment. Reports received at
the executive department also in
dicated that Governor -Patterse
had talked with Chief Justfc
Rand of the state supreme court
regarding the cases over the tele
phone. Appeals to Justice
In his telegram to Governor
Patterson, Mr. Ewers said he ap
peared before the supreme court
Thursday requesting that they
recommend commutation of Wlllss-?
and Kelley's sentences.
"There were present five Judg
es, including the chief Justice."
read Mr. Ewers' telegrsm.
"After a discussion I was in
formed that on account of the -preme
court being the head of ens
of the departments of our state
government they did not desire te
encroach upon the executive de
partment But that if you. as
governor, would request them fcr
a recommendation they wowld
recommend to you that the sen
tences of the two men be ceiw
muted to life Imprisonment In the
state penitentiary.
. (Continues on ptf 3
DAM BUILDERS
HELD AT FAULT
LOS ANGELES CORONER!
JURY RETURNS VERDICT
Error In Engineer's Judgment and
Wrong Public Policy Cne
of Catastrophe
LOS ANGELES. April 12.
(AP).- The coroner's Jury inves
tigating the death of the St. Fran
cis dam victims late today brought
in a verdict stating that the vic
tims came to their deaths from the
breaking of the dam which was
due to defective foundations. The
Jury recommended that no crim
inal action be taken.
Two errors constituted the
cause of the collapse of the reser
voir arch, the verdict stated. One
of these was an engineer's errer
in Judgment in determining the
character of the foundation aad
In deciding upon the type of dass
to be built there. J;The other, the
Jurors decided wss sn error In re
gard to fundamental policy con
cerning public safety.
Responsibility for the error i
engineering judgment rests upon
the Los Angeles bureau of water
works and supply and the chlsf
engineer thereof, the verdict stat
ed. Responsibility for the error hs
public policy was general, it con
tinued. .
The collapse of the dam was
the logical result of conditions
that the citizenship has allowed se
develop and continue, the Jurere -declared
in connection with the
asserted error of policy relating
to public safety. -