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Community Clubs Second Talent Contest at Elsinore Tonight; Programs Are Attracting Deserved Interest and Good Attendance Marion County Council of Parents and Teachers Meeting at Leslie Junior High Saturday , Third Educational Meeting of Wek .4 Weather forecast: Unsettled with rain west and local rains east portions; moder ate temperature; fresh and strong south west and south winds. Maximum temper ature yesterday 51. minimum 39. river ' 7.2. rainfall .56, atmosphere cloudy, wind .southwest. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAYIORNING, APRIL 20, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS CLEANUP IDt II BOOTLE Federal Officers Effect Wholesale Arrests In Quiet Campaign Here WOMEN GET CLEMENCY Sentences Suspended During Good Behavior; Four of Mn Get Jail Terms and Fjnes; Pre vious Offenders , The most extensive cleanup of bootleggers ever staged in this vi cinity came to a climax yesterday when five men and three women were brought into justice court here by federal prohibition offi cers who have been working quiet ly in Marion county for a week. Without exception the defend ants entered pleas of guilty, thus escaping the possibility of prose cution in federal court at Port land. The three women were virtual ly paroled, sentence being sus pended during good behavior with the understanding that on the next offense sentence will be pass ed and enforced on the old charge. Four Given Jail Terms The lit of those taken, with sentences received, is as follows: "Red" Esque, Salem, three months and $500. Victor David. Mount' Angel, three months and $500. Thore L. Feneide, Mount Angel, three months and f 500. Art Lambert, St. Paul, three inontba and S250. Elmer Hansen, Sllverton, $100. The women were Magda Han sen, mother of Elmer Hansen of Silverton, Rose Crate, mother of An utmoeri oi ai. riui, auu Bertha Siebert of St. Paul. Mrs. Siebert, according to the evidence. had merely made up a batch of beer for her husband, who is a log ger. Being of a thrifty disposi tion ehe sold a little on the side. her customers later turning out to be federal officers. Family All Selling Mrs. Rose Crate has another (Continued on paga 4) EXPERIENCE NOT ALL IN TEACHING DR. W. H. BURTON DISCUSSES SUPERVISION PURPOSE Outlined' as Promoting Teacher Growth, Remedying Train ing Iacks The greatest handicap in the teaching profession is the belief, both from within and from with out, that experience la the greatest thing In teaching, said Dr. V. H. Burton, professor of education at the University of Chicago and a recognized authority in the field of supervision of education. In an address in the high school audi torium Thursday afternoon on modern instruction in supervision from the standpoint of both teach er and supervisor. While not discrediting experi ence as an important element in teaching, the speaker made it clear that mere length of service does not alone make one a com petent teacher, but is simply one factor. As he put It. the leacher who has had "twenty years of ex perience," is more apt to have had one year's experience repeated twenty times. Modern supervised teaching is comparatively recent, beginning about 12 years ago. Dr. Burton, reminding his listeners that super visors and administrative func- I IU 113 1 11 LUC m h a uiovtuw, pointed orff that supervision is concerned with the structure, the course of study the pupils, the population and similar aspects. When tbe movement was in the earlier stages. Dr. Fannie W. Dunn said that supervision has for Its aim the improvement of the teaching, position through, first promoting teacher growth, and secondly, remedying the, deficien cies ! ta teachers' traiefng and otherwise helping her to grow, he visitor said. I A. Ul 1U - -j Mr - functions of supervision through which- i the desired end is gained. They were: First, giving assistance to the teacher in the Improvement of her GGERS CONFESS GUILT teaching. Tnis is nest carriea out by visitation and conference and demonstration teaching. Second, going hand In hand with, the first, to help improve the (Coition om x SeZn Community Clubs of Aumsville, Turner, West Stayton, Sublimity, Stayton, Jefferson, Mill City, Marion and Gates Entered; Large Crowd Expected This evening at the Elsinore will be staged the second talent contest of the series being presented by the Marion County Federation of Community clubs. The first program a week ago drew almost a capacity audience, and with the word of its success and general ex cellence well broadcast in the interim, a still larger attend ance is expected tonight. The talent contest is presented in addition to the regular picture program. The feature picture is "The Crowd." SINNOT PLANS ON WITHDRAWAL REQUESTS OPIMOX OX LAST DATE TO GIVE NOTICE Secretary of State In Reply Brings l'p Question ef Resignation In a telegram received by Sec retary of State Sam Kozer Thurs day, Representative N. J. Sinnott of the second Oregon congression al district indicated that he plans to withdraw his name as a candi date for renomination following his appointment, announced Wed nesday, to the federal court of claims. The telegram asked the secre tary of state to confer with the attorney general and inform Mr. Sinnott of the last date on which he may withdraw his name from the primary ballot. Kozer's reply informs Sinnott of the procedure both In event of withdrawal and resignation. He says: "A candidate for nomination for any office may withdraw at any time up to the date of election. To simplify election procedure and permit the congressional commit tee to name a successor in time to have his name certified to county clerks and placed on the ballot I suggest the earliest possible notice to the secretary of state of with drawal, but in an emergency it can be effected in four or five days. This will permit the selec tion of a successor by the con gressional committee of your dis trict for a place on the ballot in lieu of your candidacy. The fore going relates only to the elective term beginning March 5 next. '"To fill the vacancy for the bal ance of your present term, provid ed you contemplate resigning im mediately following your confir mation, your resignation should be submitted to the governor not later than 21 days before May 18, the date of the primary election to as to enable the governor to .all a special election for your (Continued no pge 4) RELIEF PLANE GROOMED Ford Machine to Take Off For Greenly Isle Today DETROIT. Apr. 19 (AP) - A relief plane was groomed to- i night at tbe Ford airport for a take-off at dawn tomorrow to carry supplies and repairs to the trans-Atlantic German plane Bre men, disabled and stranded on Greenly Island in the frozen northlanj. The relief plane, a tri-molo". Ford airship is to be piloted b. Floyd Bennett and Bernt Balctven who were to be accompanied by Thomas Mulroy. and Charles J. V. j Murphy, the latter a represents-; live of the New York World through which the North Ameri can Newspaper Alliance is spon soring the expedition. The filers planned to make a nonstop flight to Murray Bay. Que., and thence to Greenly Is land to deliver parts needed for repairs on the Bremen to enable it to complete its trip to New York City. C. E. MEET READY TO GO Delegates Begin To Arrive At Tbe Dalles for Conference THE DALLES. Ore.. April 19. (AP) Delegates were arriving in The Dalles today for attendance at the annual convention of the Oregon Christian Endeavor so cieties to be. held the remainder of the week. More than 400 young people, representing many prot estant denominations, will attend the convention sessions, : which opened at 7: SO this evening at the civic auditorium. Sightseeing trips to scenic, points' about The Dalles and other entertainment features are planned. . " '- Speaker to appear here will be Rev. Paul Brown of Los Angeles, Rev. E. W. Praetorius of Cleve land. Ohio; Dr. Norman K. Tally of Salem; Rev. Walter Myers of Eugene and others. The conven tion will close Sunday,, The Hubbard community band will play on the downtown streets at 6:45 o'clock this evening, and will present the opening numbers on the community clubs' program, as it did a week ago. Following are tbe communities that will compete tonight, and the numbers they are offering: Aumsville. Irene Nance and Matilda Highberger in Italian comedy numbers. Turner, selections by Turner high glee club. West Stayton, reading by Mrs. Royse. Sublimity, reading by Mrs. Frances Fields. Stayton, vocal solo by A. Broms. Jefferson, selections by Melod ian orchestra. Mill City, skits by high school girls' glee club. Marion, vocal solos by Mrs. H. TE. Russell. Gates, feature by Harry Keiser. CHARLIE BIRGER HANGED Southern Illinois Outlaw Pays Ex treme Penalty BENTON. 111.. Apr. 19 (AP Charlie Birger, southern Illinois outlaw, paid with bis life today for the murder of Mayor Joe Adams hf West City. With a smile on his face. Bir ger was hanged in the yard of the FTanklin county jail in the pres ence of more than K0o persons who crowded into the stockade. It was the last legal hanging in Illinois as the electric chair has been sub stituted for the gallows. Birger was led from his cell at 9:45 a. m. by Sheriff James Prit chard, and seven minutes later deputy sheriffs were moving the crowds toward the exits, shouting '.'It's all over. Move out now." The execution had been sched uled for exactly 10 a. m., but Bir ger told the sheriff to "get it over with." NEW OIL QUIZ LAUNCHED Senator Xorris of Nebraska trainers Resolution In- WASHINGTON. Apr. J9 (AP) Another senate Inquiry into gov ernment oil leases was broached today when Senator Norris, repub lican, of Nebraska, laid before the senate a resolution calling for an investigation into the Salt Creek fields of Wyoming. The resolution, which was re ferred under senate rules to the committee on audit for prelim inary Ktudy, asks that the senate lands committee determine the validity of the leases on the field made during the closing days of the democratic administration and early in the Harding republican regime, and determine also wheth er the lease "'could or should be cancelled." FIST FIGHT CALLED OFF Blond and Brunettes Make Up After Hand to Hand Row POMONA. Cal.. Apr. 19 (AP) Four Pomona girls who settled an argument of blond versus bru nette in bare-fist duel on a hill top today kissed and made up. The reconciliation of the "girl battlers took place in the city jail where the quartet is held pending the raising of $100 to pay dis turbance of the peace fines. The bondes. Nellie Darling and Genevieve Angel, both 18. met the brunettes. Irene Knight and Jac quelln Williams, also 18. on the sagebrush covered hill top by ap pointment and they paired off in two bouts. INDIAN WORKER PASSES Harwood Hall, Superintendent at Cheroawa 10 Tears, Dies Word was received here Thurs day of the death the previous eve ning in Los Angeles of Harwood Hall, former superintendent of tbe U. S. 'Indian Training school at Chemawa. , Nearly two years ago Mr. Hall resigned his position at the Indian school, which he had held for more than 10 years. Poor health was the cause of his departure. He was about 5 years of. age, and bad spent over 40 years In the govern ment Indian service. KELLEY , WILLQS BETRAY LITTLE Scheduled To Hang at 8:30 This Morning; Both Pass Night Quietly PREPARATIONS COMPLETE Few Will Witness Execution; Case Dates Back to Spectacular Break at State Penitentiary On August 12, 1923 Not perceptibly worried any more than they have been at any time in the two and one-half years that they have faced the prospect of death on the gallows, Ellsworth Kelley and James Wil los last night calmly awaited in the death cells at the state peni tentiary, the morning light that will be the last they will view in this mortal existence. Kelley went to bed at his usual time, and lay there apparently resting comfortably. Willos was still sitting up at 11 o'clock, but his actions did not betray any fear or nervousness. Executions at 8:80 At 8:30 this morning one of the two will walk up the steps to tbe gallows in the death chamber, and (Continued on pat 4) MURDER TRIAL STARTS Jury for Sensational Case Astoria Completed At ASTORIA, April 19. (AP) Completion ot the jury to hear the case of George F. Hannula, 22, accused of slaying his 21 year old bride of a year on February 23 last and tbe failure of a state's witness to remember Important bits of evidence with which the county prosecutor expected to clinch cpnviction were the out standing developments in the murder trial here today. Three farmers, two fishermen, a salesman, a sawyer, a retired business man, a civil engineer, a blacksmith, a garage bookkeeper and a gardener comprise the ven ire selected after three panels had been exhausted. Arthur Wilson, state's star wit ness, professed ignorance on near ly every point during his half hour of testimony. "I don't remem ber," and "I don't know," Wilson answered nearly a score o fques-! tions asked by the prosecutor.' Wilson was confined in jail here; for two weeks following the al leged murder as a material wit ness. SIGN DF WORRY FRENCH COLONIES ALL AT PEACE mmmmmtWr. .-v. -.'.?. v.-.-. v...-.' . -Tv. n'.O.V.v.-.-.'.-.- .TSnn- -'i v -cry J y -ri kMfistttBsf Wlth all her far-flung colonies DENOTES FRENCH! POSSCSSIQKS ' ) peare. - In snaadated Syria the Druses hare been quieted and na tives till the fields where their brothers fell. The scene above is near Damasen. Where battle raged in Morocco are now pastures 'ike the French model farm at Meknes (below),, where rattle ln ported from Normandy and Brittany thrive. The map shows French possessions. - . t Peking swayed by martial law NATIONALISTS PUSH ALONG -i WIDE FRO XT IX CHINA Northern Forces Defeated and Fall Back, Stated by Advices ' Leaking Through PEKING, April 20. (AP) With the nationalists in control of Yenchowfu. 75 miles to the south," Edwin F. Stanton. Ameri can consul at Tsinan, Shantung, today advised Americans to leave. Three companies of Japanese infantry were sent to Tsinan this morning from Tientsin. MUKDEN, Manchuria, April 20. (Friday) ( AP) Martial law has been proclaimed In Peking as one of the results of the defeat of the north China forces, say ad vices from the northern capital. The northern army is retreating toward Tsinan and it is believed that city Is in danger of capture. The nationalists are using air planes to attack the northern po sition in Shantung. The above advice from Mukden agrees with dispatches received yesterday from Peking and Shang hai that the nationalists, who re cently opened a drive on Peking, had defeated the north China forc es on a wide front. Shanghai re ported that one northern force of 20,000 men had been utterly rout ed. This resulted in occupation by the nationalists of Tsining. Peking said the nationalists had captured Yenchowfu. about 76 miles south of Tsinan. UTILITY PROBE STARTS PEP Company Officials Asked to Outline Economies Planned . Request was made Thursday by the public service commission to officials of the Portland Electric Power company, that they prepare a statement giving complete de tails concerning economies consid ered possible under" tbe plan of merging. tbeTpropefTies of the Port land Electric Power company and the Northwestern Electric com pany. The letter was signed by Edward Ostrander, as chairman of the pub lic service commission, and was said to have been written In con nection with the ( investigation of electric rates in the city of Port land. "The commission desires this in formation compiled," read Mr. Os trander's letter, "in such a man ner and detail as to enable it to determine what, if any, of the economies may be possible under the existing conditions."' The letter was said to have been based. on recent news items that large savings were possible if the proposed 4 merger were permitted. An election on the question of merging the properties of the two electric corporations was held re cently in Portland, with the result that the proposal was rejected. .-V .., c i-.-r. . France final! r fiMda herself at RIFT LOOMS U IN D.A.R. RANKS I NEW YORK, Apr. 19 (AP) Long Anticipated Fight AtlThe ,ran8 AtIaDtio monplaBe Bre- . - . j men and its German-Irish crew 37th Annual COngreSS twill arrive in XeWYork on Mod- Begins Yesterday 'BLACKLIST' PROTESTED Resolutions Submitted by Kan wis Delegate Expected to be Dis approved During Today's Meet Ing WASHINGTON, Apr. 19 (AP The long expected open rift in'diate landing would be made at the harmony of the 37th continent-' Murray Bay. where a new supply al congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution finally appeared today but with every in dication that it will promptly be squelched tomorrow. The break came when Mrs. St. Omer Roy, delegate from Fort Scott, Kas., and secretary of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, submitted res olutions of protest against the "black listing" of speakers, by some D. A. R. chapters, the alleged "dictation of national policies by the national officers," and the na tional defense program. Later she sought recognition on the floor to bring up the subject but was Ig nored. Considered at Once The resolutions committee will consider the resolutions tomorrow and may report them out to the congress at once. If not reported out by the necessary two thirds vote of the committee they may be ordered out by any delegates. Even their most ardent supporters, however, do not expect favorable action by the congress. Support ot the national officers and policies now under fire was reaffirmed during the day Tir're- (Contiuued on pafc 4) LITTLE TOT FOUND AGAIN Searching Party Finally Reaches Three Year Old Girl SPOKANE, April 19. (AP). Three year old Mary Temple wrj-, safe at home again tonight after having been lost for 21 hours In a heavily wooded mountain region. swept by early spring storms and infested with wild animals. One of the hundred or so searchers thafhad beaten the tim bered slopes in the vicinity of her home, near Newman, 30 miles from here, all morning, recovered her at 1 o'clock this afternoon as he was eating a lunch. "Gimme a cookie," the tot re quested, wandering from the brush. One little shoe was gone, and her cotton dress that had afford ed her protection from a sleet storm that covered the locality during the night, was damp. She still wore a felt hat that ehe put on yesterday afternoon when she went to hunt wild flowers. CRASH AT EUGENE FATAL Reginald Smith Dies Following Wednesday's Accident EUGENE. Apr. 19. (AP) Reginald Smith. University of Ore gon student, died this afternoon at 3:45 in the Eugene hospital as result, of injuries received in a hundred foot fall in an airplane Wednesday evening. The plane dropped nose first after striking an air pocket while making a forc ed landing near the Eugene air port. David Langmack, the pilot, was uninjured. This is the second crash this week in which Langmack has been involved. His plane, the Air King, crashed near Hillsboro April 13. this being the first in 10 years of flying, Langmack states. RURAL DANCES OPPOSED Wood burn Church Asks License Renewals iie Denied The First Presbyterian church of Woodburn yesterday added its voice to that of the Marion county council of religious education when It filed with the Marlon county .court a petition asking ul timate abolition of all dance halls throughout the county except those in cities and towns. The petition asks specifically that no further dance hall licenses be issued and that those now au thorized be not renewed when they expire. It is believed that action on the entire matter will be postponed until some time after May It. BREMEN FLYERS HOP OFF MONDAY LEADER OF TRIP SENDS MES SAGE TO NEW YORK First of Next Week Now Estima ted us Probable Time for Arrival in U. S. i day or Tuesday" if the hopes of the expedition's sponsors are rea lized." "Intend by all means comlnc by Bremen," Baron von Huenefeld telegraphed the North German Lloyd offices here today from Greenly Island. "Plane, thanks to devoted assistance Sustiner and his company (Canadian Trans Continental Airways) soon clear for start. Hope arrive New York Monday or Tuesday. Will tele graph time start; Intermediate landing probable." It was believed the interme- of fuel could b eobtained. Flyer Joshes Correspondent LAKE STE. AGNES, Murray Bay, Quebec, Apr. 19 (AP) Major James Fitzmaurice told an Associated Press correspondent to day that it was derided to send him out to civilization from Greenly Island instead of one of bis German companions on the ocean flight in the Bremen be c'ai e money was the chief need "and they thought I. being an Irishman, might be able to Jolly more out of people." He laughed at bis joke and then turned serious again, and told tbe real reason why he had been selected to go to the outer world. "We didn't flip a coin to dectde it." he said, "commenting on pre vious news despatches, "my com panions agreed that It would be better for me to come because I along could speak English well. Need of Funds Told "What did we need money for? Well, we knew that we would need it to pay for the labor to repair the Bremen. In addition to that, we needed money to buy outfits of clothing. We did not have a clean shirt between us, and of course, fn addition to that we knew we would have to spend money in or der to secure repair parts for the plane." Fitzmaurice said he hoped to have the necessary repair parts for the Bremen shipped down to Greenly Island within 24 hours. "Within three days of the ar rival of the new propeller and other parts." he said. "I expect that the Bremen will be ready to take off for New York City" Fitzmaurice learned for the first time, from the Associated Press correspondent, that the Irish 'Continued on pK 4.) MEET TO FIGHT FEE CUT Good Roads Association Organized At Portland PORTLAND, Apr. 19. (AP) An assembly to be known as the Oregon Good Roads association was organized here tonight with1 the avowed purpose of opposing any initiative measure for radical reduction of the motor vehicle li cense fee that might be on the No vember ballot. The organization urges that "the integrity of the state highway system be preserv ed." John B. Yeon was unanimously elected president of the association and William Duby of Baker was chosen one of the vice presidents. Senator Kiddle of Island City was chairman of tbe organization meet ing. The organization went on rec ord favoring a readjustment of the motor license fees without.imp'airi ing the revenues of the highway department, but it was the general expression that this should not be undertaken until a full and com plete study of tbe question had been made. Men from all sections of the state, and including business men. farmers and stockmen, attended the meeting and pledged coopera tion In the campaign against the proposed Stallard and Bylander measures. RELIGIOUS MEET HELD Congregational Congress Slated at Portland In Fall . PORTLAND. Apr. J. (AP) Tbe first -Pacific slope Congrsga- tional congress will b held in Portland September IS, 19. and 20. Arrangement tor th meeting wsr mad today by a committee of local Congregational pastors. Dr. William . Mlnchin, of Ban Francisco, will be president of the congress. Prominent Congregation al minister and laymen from all parts of the .country will speak. Delegates are expected from Call: f ornla, Washington, Utah. - Idaho, and Oregon, - . , E T TERRIFIC TOLL Scores of Persons Killed Outright As Bulgarian Cities Rocked REPORT HUNDREDS HURT One - Almost Entirely IJeW" fctiovcd; Public Official HuOi to Stricken Areas With Relief Plans SOFIA. Bulgaria April l.- (AP) A population numb w.th despair and fear was pictured to night in reports from, the Phlllp popolis district, visited last ulj;(it by the second shattering aartb quake within a week. AUnuet 100,0 persons are shelter!1 and more than two score it known to have lost their lives. Their homes are in ruins, their possessions gone, their highway broken. Bridges have been tk st roved and railway track twisi-1 awry oa rights of way that have been sunk six feet in spot. The changing face of nature shows wsole hillr? moved and their contours altered. In places uu derground reservoirs have broken through and are spouting wt-r and Basra like miniature geyser. Death Lists Incomplete The dead are uncounted be cause of tbe Interruptions to c4n munlcations 'and the disorganiza tion of local government. But 1 PhiHppopotls there are more trjtjo 20 dead and sixty of the . vu than 100 injured there are In fur ious condition. In five villages near that city 27 persons wer killed and scores injured. Sadavo, seat of a school of agriculture and model farms, was destroyed. Borrisovograd, which suffei severely In the previous quake. again was devastated. In Phllippopolis only the high er parts of the city are habitable. The other sections were crashed into ruin. Earth Still Rocked And the quakes continue. In some sections there have b--n tremors on an average of a Imlf dozen to the hour. Each frt-tb shock has been echoed by fallii wall or chimney or witnessed by fresh cracks In the sturdy struc tures which resisted the earlier at tacks upon their stability. The shocks have been felt reg ularly at Tchlrpan, center of tlat heavy quake of last Saturday hwt the devastation (here has not been increased materially. People throughout the stricken districts are In a state of deplor able destitution. Many have gone insane. Government and charita ble agencies are trying to brii;s order olit of frte chaos, and Kin" Boris is in the field in person. COUNTY COUNCIL MEET SATURDAY ISO EXPECTED TO ATTEkf PARENT-TEACHERS SF.SSIOW Lincoln-McKlnIey-Lelle (irvvr W1U be Host to Ail Day Conference , Nearly 150 persons are expect! to attend the quarterly meetiugtf the Marion County Council of Par ents and Teachers, which convcB at 10 o'clock tomorrow mornina at the Leslie junior high school, with the Llncoln-McKlnley-LesJJ Parent-Teachers association of Sa lem host to other associations of the county. Dr. B. F. Pound Is president of the local group, th only, group in this city. The morning session will be de voted mainly to routine business and reports. Rev. F. DonaW Johnson, pastor of the Le&JV church, will deliver the Invocation., Professor Thomas H. Gentle A Monmouth will deliver the taia address of the day. Dr. EeteU Ford Warner, director of medtca. service of the Marlon county chlW health demonstration, will speak upon "Supervision of Health of School Children." The glee-club of the Aumsvllk school will furnish music, end tw number of the program, a style lhow and exhibition of gymnasluw work, will be contributed Vj pupils of the Leslie school. . Domestic science students of th Junior high school will servt lunch In tbe school cafeteria. Mrs. LaMoine R. Clark, who to. seventh vice president of the state P-TA and in charge of the heajtfc department. Is chairman of tt committee arranging tbe program for the county meeting. .. . . SOUTH EUROP QUAKES