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2 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 1928 DENBY TESTIMONY BARRED BY COURTSEEK "SOLICITOR Case for Defense of Harry Sinclair Drives Ahead ; In Washington WASHINGTON. April 18. fAPk Denied tho t(stimniiT nf one of its important witnesses. Edwin Denby, former secretary of the nary, the defense in the con spiracy trial of Harry P. Sinclair drove ahead today In its effort to show there was nothing corrupt in the leasing of Teapot Dome. Denbjk called to the witness stand, after Captain J. K. Roblson, retired, had been pat through a gruelling cross-examination by Owen J. Roberts, special govern- ment prosecutor, waa not permit ted to tell anything of his actions In the Teapot Dome lease negotia tions. Roberts objected to his tes timony, because Robison had tes tified that Den by had not talked with Fall or eeen him about the lease in any way. After a conference at the bench. Justice Bailey sustained an objec tion to a final question which Martin "W. Littleton, of Sinclair's counsel had asked Denby and he wes excused. Robison'a cross-examination by the prosecutor took the former chief engineer of the nary through .a maze of contradictions of testi mony giren at previous trials and on direct examination, but did not shake his testimony that Denby had first ordered the unit leasing of Teapot Dome. - Roblflon insisted that Denby had made this ruling and it had been transmitted to Fall. The decision, he said, was reached upon his rec ommendation. Through Denby the defense had hoped to elaborate on that testimony on Sinclair's be half. E King Vidor has scored again! The man who made "The Big Parade" for Metro-Gold wyn-May-er last year has made a 'Ibis pa rade -of peace times" in "The Crowd," now playing at the El sinore theater. The grim horrors of war which formed the background of "The Big Parade are lacking in "The Crowd." but there is a back ground of everyday struggle for very existence that is not as spec tacular as war but every bit as interesting. Since Vidor entered the picture Industry years ago it has been his ambition to make a great special production for the millions of picture-goers who form the great middle class of Americans. To depict upon the screen the daily struggle in the uphill battles of life where a man cannot even e sort to arms in his desperation but has to struggle with heart, soul and body against an enemy which never gives way so much as an inch. Vidor has attained his ambition in his new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, "The Crowd." Just as he dwelt on the little bits of human Interest In "The Big Pa rade." he has dwelt upon them again in this great picture of peace, the story of which he wrote. There is no spectacular back ground of pomp no booming of guns, no citations for bravery nor decorations for unusual feats up on the field. But there is the same desperate struggle against an implacable enemy poverty. Every picturegoer can see him se't In the cast not only himself but many of his friends. The picture does not put its reliance upon the great happenings of life but weaves a story of romance and struggle from the little every day occurrences. FINDS YOUTH WELL In a surrey made through a questionnaire of children in sev eral cities, ranging from the sec ond to the sixth 'grade, it was shown that they were better in formed on bootlegging and divorce than on any other subjects ,on which they were questioned, de clared Dr. W. H. Burton, profes sor of education of the University of Chicago in his talk to the Ro tary club at its weekly luncheon Wednesday noon. From 78 to 96 " per cent were -well informed on bootlegging in general while from 4 8 to 60 per cent knew little about the eighteenth amendment. The reason for this, the speaker de clared was that it is catchy, slang end' everyone knows and talks about it. The following information pos-se-'3ed by the youngsters question ed on a subject list, of some 200 ' Items, including basic consceptions of the social, political and indus trial life ranged in the following order: Bootlegging, alimony, sheriff, jurenile court, bail money and jury, rated In this order, The speaker declared that many will outgrow these points of new and others will not and that it is pos sible for the school to remore many 'of the detrimental ideas from their minds. In this surrey It was found that the children from the better homes knew more about general conditions than those who were brought up less carefully. The speaker declared that outside In fluences were mostly responsible for the child obtaining the impres sions of the economic, social, po litical and Industrial conditions about him. and that these were : gained through the newspapers, cartoons and motion pictures with conferences at home as a minor source. This surrey was taken of 10,000 children from erery part of the country, Salem Included as one of . T t.V.ti hv Fir wiw i'""' " . ""- uiuiwn - n v HE I GIVES R FINE FILM FIJS TED ON LIQUOR eral illustration as to how the! children responded and answered the questions asked them. 1! CONNECTION WITH VFW X1EO ll OFFICIALS DE- A man introducing himself as a relief worker from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, has been solic iting funds for the relief of needy veterans' at business bouses in this for the Da?1 fw He has with him what he declares to be a letter signed by Henry O. Miller, rice commander of the VFW post. He is also said to hare attacked the policies and re lief work of the American Legion R. H. Bassett, adjutant of Cap ital Post No. 9. and members of the local VFW hare made a check oa the worker and find that nei ther organization has any record of such man. declaring that all their relief work is carried on quietly. They urge that anyone being risited-by any such repre sentatire. notify them immediate ly so that he may be taken into custody and questioned. The unknown solicitor also de clared that due to the fact that the American Legion were so neg lectful in their relief work, the VFW found it necessary to carry on this work in addition to their own. He has already risited ser f ral business men, who report that he carries a pathetic line about the needy reteran who are being neglected by the American Legion. KHSICK PUTS PORTLAND, April 18. (AP) Al Karasick, the "Russian lion," defeated Sam Clapham, Chicago, wrestler, in two out of three falls here tonight. Clapham took the first fall in 10 minutes two sec onds with a body scissors and a Japanese wristlock. Karasick won the second in 3" minutes with a reverse headlock, and the third in three minutes four seconds with a flying reverse headloclf. They are light heavyweights. CHAIN STORKS PROBED WASHINGTON, April 18. (API. A move to investigate the prartices of chain store organiza tions to determine if they const!-. tute a violation of the federal anti-trust laws was initiated in the house today in a measure intro duced by Representative Stobbs. republican. Massachusetts. LEWIS THROWS McLEOD BOSTON. April 18. (AP). Ed "Strangler"' Lewis defended his heavyweight wrestling cham pionship tonight by throwing Farmer George McLeod of Califor nia with a headlock in 56 minutes. McLeod was dazed after the fall and could not continue. FATHER DIES Dr. Emery H. Ingham, 59. died Tuesday at Portland. He was the father of Mrs. Alton D. Hurley of Salem. Funeral services will be held today. LIN FIELD WINNER MONTREAL, Que.. April 18. (AP). George Fifield, of Toron to, welterweight champion of Can ada, won the decjplon over John ny Morris of Montreal in a 12 round bout here tonight. Fifield weighed 145, Morris 146 Vt. OBITUARY Mitchell Funeral services for J. R. Mit chell, who died at his home near Hayesville on April 17, will be held at the Hayesville church Thursday at 2 p. m. Terwllliger Funeral Home in charge. Van Patten At the residence, 430 South 21st street. Wednesday. April 18, Mrs. Mary A. Van Patten, age 69 years, widow of the late Clarence" Van Patten, mother of Cuyler Van Pat ten and Miss Ruth Van Patten. Funeral services Friday. April 20 at 2 p. m.. from the Rlgdon mor tuary, interment City View ceme tery. Taylor At the residence. 705 N. Liberty! street. Tuesday. April 17. Mrs. Ada Bailey Taylor, age 64 years, sister of Miss Befs E. Bailey and Fred W. Bailey of Salem, aunt of George Elmer Farnsworth of Los Angeles. Funeral services Satur day, April 21. at 3:30 p. m. from the Episcopal church, interment in Cleyrlew cemetery under the direction of Rigdon & Son. Co minings At the residence, 525 N. 14th street. Wednesday, April 18, Wil liam L. Cummings, age 79 years, husband of Mrs. Addie B. Cum mings. father of Mrs. Susie Bates of Lebanon. Mrs. C. W. Laughlin of Astoria. Mrs. Lora Hall of Ven tura. Calif., W. A. and A. E. Cum mings of Salem, brother of G. E. Cummings of Salem, and Mrs. Ida Stone of Texas. Also survived by 17 grandchildren. Mr. Cummings was a member of the First Meth odist church, a resident of Salem and rlclnlty for 35 years, a former member of the city council of Sa lem. The remains are at the Rig don mortuary. Funeral services Saturday, April 21 at 1:30 p. m., from the First Methodist church, interment City View cemetery. Getelman At, a local hospital on April 16, John Getelman. surrired by his sister, Mrs. Arthur Alris of Mont rose, Iowa, and a niece, Mrs. George Smith of Chicago. Fun eral serTices Friday, April 20, at 10 a. m., from the Rigdon mor tuary, interment Lee Mission cem etery. IRISH AVIATOR BACK SOON TO FINISH TRIP (Ooatiaued from page 1) Messages sent from Greenly Island she said, nerer were recelred and othrs sent to the Bremen's crew nerer were delirered. others were . i. . .... . . ou guuica m uausmissivn u 10 o uuuciniuciDiB. ' M she will remain here until the Ispare parts hare been dispatched !to Greenly Island. Flyer Bought Off Fitmaurice's talk to the news paper men who hare been rushed from distant points to this out of the way place, was short and de roid of any thrilling accounts of the Bremen's flight across the At lantic. He answered questions wil lingly, but when he was asked such questions as what weather was encountered on the flight, a representative of a syndicate to whom FUzmaurice'g story had been sold, gently tapped him on the shoulder. Instantly the flier changed the subject and a few minutes later the intenriew was orer. rhimnime was served and toasts were drunk to Fitmaurice, Von Huenefeld, Koehl, Canada and Ireland. "There is not a great deal 1 can say," Fltxmaurice said at the opening of hU short talk. He spoke in a roice more like that of an Englishman of the upper classes, with no trace of the Irish brogue so well known in the United States. Hospitality Appreciated He spoke in glowing terms f the "wonderful treatment" heand his companions received at the hands of the inhabitants of Green ly Island: of their doing all pos sible to aid them, and of the help iven and offered by all with whom he had come in contact. "I hare always been led to be lieve that Ireland Is the home of hospitality." he said, an infectious smile sweeping across his face, "but now I have learned that we triah must come to Canada to learn what hospitality really is." The maior was asked if he couia shed any light on why so many at tempted flights from Europe ended fatally. To this he replied, "We fpl that we have learned some interesting stuff, but I can't tell about it until we have discussed it further." Take Off to be Easy The Ice at Greenly Island i 10 feet thick. Fitzmaurice said, and he expected no difficulty in the Bremen's taking off on wheels. If it becomes necessary to use skids, a second intermediate landing will be made at Lake Ste. Agnes where wheels will replace the skids. "All three of us are most anx ious to reach New York and from now until we get there all our ef forts will be in that direction," he said. He would not make any guess asy to when the Bremen might be expected at New York, other than "as soon as possible." Fitzmaurice 's trip up the St. Lawrence was made in a plane sent to Greenly Island by the Can adian Transcontinental Airways company, which operates an air mail service from Lake St. Agnes to distant points along the lower St. Lawrence river. The plane was piloted by Charles A. (Duke) Schiller, who last year was about to hop off on a flight across the Atlantic when the flight was call ed off. Schiller left here last Sat urday with Dr. Louis Cusinier and a mechanic named Thibault, both of whom are employed by the air ways company. Cusinier and Thi bault remained with the German fliers to give whatever help they could until Fitzmaurice returned. Greeting Not Wild One No wild and enthusiastic recep tion greeted Erin's most widely known ariator as has been accord ed rictors in prerious thrilling av iation exploits. When Fitzmaurice landed to day a handful of French-Canadian sleigh drivers, a few nearby farm ers and their families gathered on the shore of the lake. Officials of the airways company and Fraulein Junkers and about 50 newspaper men, photographers and news reel cameramen com prised the reception party. The reporters and photographers were by far in the majority. They came from Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa. New York, an dBoston. Some ar rived by airplane, others on spe cial trains, still others on regularly scheduled trains, while others were known to have reached Mur ray Bay in a caboose, forced to use this means of transportation when there was no other at the time. SO Comeras Click Fitzmaurice. clad in his air force uniform, over the coat of which was worn a scarlet jacket. stepped from the plane as it came to a stop, and found himself facing a battery of more than 30 cameras. The first person to greet him was Fraulein Junkers. He was then greeted by Louis Coutoure, pres ident, and Robert Cannon, another official of the air ways company. Pictures Rushed Back After Fitzmaurice was photo graphed from all sides, the activi ties of Che cameramen causing him to keep a continual smile on his face, he was taken to the airways office for the conference with Fraulein Junkers. As Fitzmaur ice left the ice corered lake, the engines of nearly half a dozen air planes broke the quiet of the aft ernoon and e few minutes later were speeding toward Montreal and New York with pictures of the arriral. With the planes gone, quiet once more settled down orer Lake St. Agnes, the farmers went to their cottages, while the re porters, their interview with Fitz maurice orer, jumped to their sleds for the 12 mile ride to Mur ray Bay where the nearest tele graph office is situated. CHASE CALLED LIAR IN TEAPOT INQUIRY (Cootiauad from paga 1) of" but had not explained where the funds had come from other than the money which Huston's organizations had recelred Fan Back to Hilles Both Huston and Blair said they had nothing to do with rais ing the party funds in New York city, explaining that Charles D. uoiivuni coramiueeman for New York might be able to throw some light on . contributions made there as he was In charge of the situation during the years va'der consideration 1920 to 1924. During his long stay in the wit ness chair. Chase who was sub poenaed today as a gorernment witness in the Sinclair oil con splracy trial In progress here, was rigorously cross questioned by Senator Walsh of Montana, the committee prosecutor, fianitnr wcvui rtumw, Senator Wagner demo- crat. AW York. anA rfcati-m an Nye. Memory Very Poor At times the witness professed Inability to recall details but under constant hammering from the senators, he did recollect that he knew all about the transac tions Fall had with Doheny and Sinclair. He said he had not in tended to tell the committee when he was here late in 1923, any thing about the Sinclair payment to Fall for a third interest in the Tres Rltos Land and Cattle com pany. When Fall sent Chase to Wash ington to appear on his behalf, the witness said he was instructed to proceed first to Cleveland In n effort to hare Price McKInney of that city, say that he had arranged to loan Fall $100,000. McKInney refused and then Chase came on here and held his conference with Zevely. After McKlnneys refusal, he went on. Fall decided to come to Washington himself, which he did but like his son-in-law, he also "ducked" the committee at that time, and when he finally did ap pear months later he refused to testify on the grounds of possible self incrimination. SINN0TT CHOSEN FOR CLAIMS C0JJRT JUDGE (Continued from paga 1) ating election within such a time that a candidate for -such racancy could not be nominated at such election, either the state, congres sional or county central committee thereof, may nominate a candi date for such racancy upon the call of the chairman of such state, congressional or county commit tee, and the name of the person so nominated for such vacancy shall be certified to the proper officer by the chairman of such commit tee, attested by the secretary thereof V ADMITS MURDER OF HALL AND MRS. MILLS (Continued from paga 1) Mills near here on September 14 1922. Prosecutor Francis L. Bergen of Somerset county, a week ago, re ceived a letter written by Andrew Jenkins, a cell mate of Allen, say ing that the latter had admitted the slaylngs to him. Today that letter was supplemented by a tele gram from Sheriff T. C. Shacklett that a confession had been ob tained from Allen. 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You will like Hoaglin's Hand Soap and White Laundry Com pound, with the clean Naptha odor; they all do. TWO DAYS ONLY April 19 and 20 "Who StoeetJ WoDQQeim99 The True Story of Grace Fleming You Have Read the Story Don't Miss the Picture A Poignant Lesson To Parents THURSDAY MATINEE and NIGHT MEN ONLY POSITIVELY NO CHILDREN ADMITTED Matinees 35c Evenings 35c and 50c fessed to the murders, committed in "is 21." which authorities said was an indication that the prisoner was drawing on his imagination. Another discrepancy pointed to was the naming of "Plume Lane" where the bodies were left. The bodies were found in an unnamed pathway off De Russey's Lane. NEED OF STANDARDS FOR TEACHERS SEEN (Continued from page 1) leave for the instructors was also emphasized. "It takes more knewledge to be an educated person today that it did in the days past." declared Miss Soules, "and for that reason there is a greater need for a broad general culture education on the part of the teacher." Recognition that to attain to the added requirements, the teach er must spend much, both in time and money, the public is slow in understanding, belleres the class room executive. "The public can not put the teacher on a factory basis, expecting her to turn out in piece work fashion so many pupils a year," she said. And because the educational qualifications are be ing and should be made more rigid, the teacher's salary and other inducements should be made proportionately better. It must be borne' in mind that one "Can't buy ava education on the open mar ket." HEAVY QUAKES ROCK BULGARIAN SECTION (Continued from page 1) Phlllppopolls a city of 84.891 population was almost entirely de stroyed by an earthquake. in 1818. Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is a city of 218,120 population. The Tchirpan area was shaken by a nuake last week, but It was of lesser Intensity. Accounts Come In LIMA, Peru. April 18. (AP) Dispatches to "El Commercia," from Macusani state that two travelers have arrived there from Saagaban, with a story of havoc and ruin wrought by earthquakes in that region. The quakes are continuing, they say. and the in habitants of the region are panic stricken, although so far the loss of life has been, miraculously small. The disturbances hare been worst in the Inamurbl region, say the travelers, and woods and fields have been covered by tre mendous landslides. These slides in some cases are reported to have Theatre Intimate Details of the Life of Unfortunates FRIDAY MATINEE , and NIGHT WOMEN ONLY closed the channels of rlrers, cor ered highways and filled up lakes Bits For Breakfast I O Calling for an encore Of the little patches of sunshine of yesterday. ' Greenley island was the most welcome place in the world to go to. but the Bremen flyers will agree that it is a wonderfully fine place to get away from. S S juayor alker of New York, re turning from a Florida trip, says that he caught a whooperee. Don't know what that is, but a man at the writer's elbow says it sounds like it might be an Al Smith dele gate. Handbills hare been distributed In parts of Nicaragua calling on the public to kill all Americans. This is a little hard on our "lib erals" who are supporting Sandi no. But maybe the handbills don't classify them as Americans. A Chicago tourist in France caused a riot by throwing 40,000 francs out of a hotel window into the street. Maybe he thought the general public might as well get the money as the hotel. m When discouraged, consider the honey-bee. It is estimated that a bee travels 43,776 miles to gather just one pound of honey, consist ing of 29.184 drops. Mile on mile the bee she wings, while drop on drop the honey brings; ana so she's busy all the day, and never fools her time away. FRANCISCAN 552 GEARY 8TKEMXz3aa32k SAN rRAMCISCO ONE of San Francisco's better hotel. 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