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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON. SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 21. 1928
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April 21, 1928
He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now. if He will hare
Him: for He said. I am the Son of Cod. The thieves also, which
were crurified with Him, east the same in his teeth. Matthew -7:
43-44.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
"Official hangings alwavs
large percentage of the people,
orvri .,n.iviri7nfi 9nri w.n.' in
tious ODjectors. ii retaineu,
guilty of cold blooded and premeditated murder.
So writes a neighboring editor commenting on the Willos
and Kelley hanging of yesterday morning at the state peni
tentiary. But we now have that very thing
A Capital punishment for those found guilty of "cold blood
ed and premediated murder." That is, murder in the first
degree. And we have a rather strange experience with this
idea of capital punishment.
There was a movement in the constitutional convention of
1857 for the abolition of capital punishment. It failed. Then
there was a movement to not allow the governor of Oregon to
pardon or commute the sentences of persons convicted of
crime. This! motion was lost by a vote of only 18 to 15.
We had capital punishment in Oregon till Nov. 3, 1914,
when an iniated amendment carried abolishing it. There fol
lowed several horrible murders.
And the legislature of 1920 initiated a new law, which
was carried at the election of May 21, 1920, providing that
conviction for first degree murder should carry the death
penalty, "excepting when the trial jury shall recommend
life imprisonment."
But this provision, plainly written and initiated and in
tended to have capital punishment inflicted in Oregon onlyj
in extreme cases of "cold blooded and premeditated murder,
is of Dracticallv no effect. It
than by its observance" by juries in this state. And this is
true of juries composed partly of women as of those made up
exclusively of men.
There has been a string of convictions of first degree mur
der in Oregon, right down the line, since 1920, and there have
been almost no recommendations by juries of life imprison
Oh, yes; there was one notable case. It was the case of (incidents objected to by her took
Hugh D'Autremont ! That recommendation led to life impris-j p1"- As she scorned his over
6 - , . - , tures, so the story goes, he choked
onment for the twin brothers. nen a second girl attempted to
There was another one. in
Frank Clark, in Klamath county. Just those two.
There may have been another one, but a man in Salem
. a mm I
who keeps track of such matters, on account of his official
position, does not know of
could find only the D'Autremont case.
The conclusion is that the majority of the people of Ore
gon are now evidently in favor of capital punishment, though
they voted to abolish it in 1914, by a majority of 157, with
101,552 for and 100,395 against.
The majority for the law as it now stands was 17,167.
The majority of the people of Oregon do not want capital
punishment inflicted excepting upon persons found guilty of
"cold blooded and premeditated
-. The majority of the people
complete abolition of capital punishment, if they could be as
sured that life imprisonment
for all persons guilty of murder in the first degree ; and per
haps a majority of them would so express themselves at a
plebiscite as to second degree murder
With the pardoning and commuting power resting as at
present, to prevent grave .injustices found by the develop
ment of new evidence not available at first trials.
It might be added as a final word in the case that a great
many people in Oregon who are not in favor of capital pun
ishment in general at all will
of the Willos and Kelley case,
commutation might have had
discipline at the state penitentiary. That is a thing that every
consideration of penology calls
else. There can be no measure
discipline. And no adequate workings of the laws of ref orma
tion, which, according to our Constitution, and of right, is then
main spring of prison servitude.
THE HEART OF HERBERT HOOVER
"There is, to my mind, no economic failure so terrible in its
import as that of a country possessing a surplus of every
necessity of life, with numbers willing and anxious to work
deprived of those necesities. It simply cannot be if our mor
al and economic system is to survive."
Who said that?
Herbert Hoover. The statement shows the heart of Her
bert Hoover
And it shows the sound economic ideas of the man.
The highest duty of statesmanship in the United States is
the abolition of involuntary unemployment. Every person in
this country who is willing to work for self support ought to
have the opportunity to work.
There is enough for all, and to spare. How shall it be pro
vided? How shall involuntary unemployment and conse
quent hunger and distress be abolished in this land of plen
ty?, ;
There are other considerations of statesmanship in the
United States, but none so important, and none so pressing as
this.
Herbert Hoover as president could perhaps not go the
whole way in a term or two terms as president
But that great constructive engineer could go as far in
pointing the way to the solution of this problem as any man
now walking the earth. His record of great accomplishments
go to prove this. . - t
Statesman,
Ralph If. Klatiing. Adartaing Ifanagar
l.ioyd K. htiffier - - Superintendent
W. H. Haodertan, Cin-nlation sfr
K. A. Khot.n - - Lireetoek Miter
W. C. Conner Poaltry Editor
Oregen. at rond rUa matter.
outrage the sensibilities of a
who regard it as abhorrent
m-ineiDle. hence are conseien-f
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is "more honored in its breach
June of last year, in the case of
any other. In fact, he at first
murder."
of this state would vote for the
would mean life imprisonment,
rest content with the outcome
on account of the fact that a
the effect of breaking down of
for, almost above everything
of safety in prisons without
EDITORIALS
OF THE PEOPLE
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ka writ aa eaa aid el tae
pa par oalr. anl ol let ka I get
Uncle Ham PoUoner?
Editor Statesman:
It appears our Unci Samuel
he with the bell crowned hat Is
really a poisoner. Not on of your
low down dog poisoners, but of
the whole country. He has put a
fatal kick in certain brands of
alcohol. Honest men and may be
women imbibe, then shuffle off
aud fall ont of the procession of
the living and are seen no more.
Now this is awful! For shame,
Uncle, why do you do so? He
could say. though. "Well. I put a
skull and crossbones on the killer.
I told them not to use It as a bev
erage, as that is not its purpose.
It belongs in the laboratory and
to the chemists. But notwith
standing if any dry throat must
have it, go ahead. It is probably
as good a way as any to commit
suicide."
Well. yes. Why blame the law
when, a plain warning goes with
il?
The charge is Just a kick
'against prohibition No matter
now si ail(i njust anything
will do.
"You can't
enforce prohlbi-
tion."
A Rood contemporary newspa
per which most of us over here in
West Salem take keeps telling us
this. Weil, it is doing all it can
to not have it enforced, and has
been doing it for years, so it
ought to be satisfied. There are
a dozen or more other prohibition
laws on our statute books that are
not enforced, yet we hear little
against them. Why?
N. J. BOWERS.
West Salem. April 20. 1928.
GIRL RESENTS KILVERTON
YOUTH'S ATTENTIONS
Because he kissed Myra Thomas,
local waitress, and forced other
unwelcome attentions upon her, a
Silverton youth last night lan
guished in the Marion county Jail.
Robert Goetz, Jr., son of the
Silverton superintendent of
schools, was the youth.
Miss Thomas yesterday swore
out a complaint against him.
tery. Arrested and brought Into
justice court Goetz Is said to have
confessed that he did salute the
girl as alleged In the complaint.
The whole matter grows out of
a trip home from a dance here last
Saturday night. It was when Goetz
was taking the girl home in com-
Irtanv with several others that the
.come to the rescue but was struck
by Goetz. According to Goetz'
story he did not strike the other
:girl untll after Bne nad CJLiied him
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several objectionable names
Justice of the Peace Brazier
Small has ordered the case con
tinued for trial.
COUPLE MAKES
ACTOR EFFECTS RECONCILIA
TION WITH WIFE
SAN FRANCISCO. April 20.
(AP) Pat Somerset, actor play
ing here, and his wife, Shelby Den
ison Worrel Somerset who yes
terday filed a separate mainte
nance suit in Loa Angeles, tonight
announced that they had effected
a reconciliation. Mrs. Somerset
arrived here from Los Angeles by
automobile.
Mrs. Somerset said she under
stood process servers were en
route north to serve her husband
with papers In the separate main
tenance suit. Then she decided to
come north and call on him her
self.
"I have seen him play in his
San Francisco vehicle," said Mrs
Somerset. "He does a beautiful
piece of acting. We had a good
talk and decided to drop all the
talk of suits and divorces.
"I do hope I can stop my moth
er from coming to California,"
she added. "She wrote me that
she was leaving Galveston right
away to take charge of my af
fairs." The couple were installed again
In their apartment here. Somer
set agreed that a reconciliation
had been arranged.
"We're both sorry it happened.
but we have made up again and
all is rosy once more," he said.
A. M. Southwick, Resident
In Salem 46 Years. Dies
Albert M. Southwick. SO, con
tractor and architect of this city,
died at his home 1065 Marlon
street yesterday noon. He had lived
in this city for the past 4 C years.
Hs had been 111 for many years.
Southwick served in the Spsnish
American war with the old second
Oregon regiment. He leaves his
wife. Mrs. Clara Southwick; his
mother. Mrs. Helen M. Southwick;
two sisters, Mrs. J. W. Hastings,
of Salem and R. A. Cox, Salt Lake
city; and two brothers. Rolls snd
Ralph, both of this city. Hs was
a member of the Woodmen of the
World lodge. Funeral arrange
ments havs not been completed.
GORDON FIGHTS TONIGHT
SAN FRANCISCO. April 20.-
(AP) "Midget- Mike O'Dowd, of
Colnmbos, Ohio, one of the few
"knockout-potmen" featherweight
fighting today, Ukes on "Sailor
Willis Gordon of Portland. Ore..
in & tsn round bout hers Friday
night. O'Dowd Is fsvored over
the northern boy.
KISSES
KT
DJIRRllw ATTACKS
HEWS PRACTICES
Famous Criminal Lawyer
Addresses Society of
Newspaper Editors
WASHINGTON, April 20.
(AP) After bearing the faults of
journalistic practice as recited by
representatives of the law, medi
cine and ministry, the American
Society of Newspaper Editors in
convention here amended its con
stitution to provide for stringent
action against any member found
guilty "of violation of the code of
professional ethics of the organi
zation." The vote was 18 to 15 and fol
lowed a protracted debate in
which the majority present par
ticipated. The amendment was
sponsored by Willis Abbott, editor
of the Christian Science Monitor,
and Tom Wallace of the Louisville
Times, as opposed to a less force
ful change to the same effect
which had been recommended by
the constitution committee.
The alternative penalties pro
vided by the amendment were cen
sure, suspension or expulsion. In
arguing for it. Abbott said:
"This society should not be left
without any means of protection
against members who may flag
rantly and wilfully offend against
its code of ethics which it had
adopted as part of its fundament
al law."
The society comprises 217
newspaper editors in cities all over
the cuontry of over 50,000 popu
lation.
Clarence Darrow, criminal law
yer, assailed the newspapers on
several points around which he
wound at the same time a con
demnation of the social system in
this country.
"The money-getting itch has
seized the press," he said, "and It
Is certain that the newspapers
look first of all to the advertisers,
saying 'we can't offend them.'
"People say they can't believe
the newspapers," he went on, "but
they do believe them. That the
trouble with them."
Darrow charged that editors
kept a list of "sacred, white ele
phants." or persons and Institu
tions that must not be disparged.
"Of course, I'm not on that list.",
he added.
The lawyer attacked "sensation
alism," saying that Justice is vir
tually Impossible in this country
because the newspaper accounts of
crime determine the guilt of the
accused in outstanding cases "in
the moronic public mind." "We
have the most barbarous criminal
code In the world." he declared.
"Today It's '100 per cent Amer
icanism'." shouted Darrow. "with
D. A. R.'s and everythlnr like
that. Their ancestors were
rebels but they're not." He was
included on the recently published
so-called "blacklist" of the Massa
chusetts chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, now
in convention here.
ober.'psq .(A. and adn adn aod
Charges Advanced by Re
publican State Chairman
Yesterday
COLUMBUS. Ohio. April 20.
(AP) That Willis and Hoover
forces are suspecting each other
of fraud in next Tuesday's presi
dential primary was indicated to
day in a statement issued from
the camp of the latter.
Charges made this week by the
republican state chairman. Fred
W. Warner, that frauds were be
ing contemplated in Cincinnati.
Cleveland and Toledo admitted to
oe Hoover strongholds, were met
oy a counter charge from Thad H
thrown, manager of the Hoover
campaign that "this la only a
smoke screen to afford an excuse
and opportunity for juggling the
returns in localities where the
.ll W m
auu-nwier iorces are most
actllve.
The Hoover campaign managers
construes Chairman Warner's
warning to imply that the Hoover
forces are contemplating retorting
to fraud tactics in the three big
cities and Mr. Brown's statement
was construed as indicating that
Hoover managers are suspecting
similar tactics in districts where
sentiment is strongest for Willis
pledged delegates.
It Is known that both sides sre
most concerned in this respect
with the fate of candidates for
delegates at large.
BROOKS, Apr. 20 (Special)
A very interesting meeting- of
the Brooks Community club was
held at the home of Mrs. Charles
CofTindaffer on Thursday after
noon. April 1.
The usual routine of work was
done and a short business session
was held with the president. Mrs.
Walter Fuller, presiding.
at. mis time plans were dis
cussed and a vote taken in regard
to baying a elab house for the
community the vote was yes.
The following members were
present: Mrs. Geo. Campbell,
Mrs. Al Wood, Mrs. Evans. Mrs.
Archie Bailey, Mrs. Al Nys. Mrs.
Harding. Mrs. Bingham: Mrs. B.
IIP FRAUD SUSPECTED
IN HO PRIMARY
BROOKS COMNUr
CLUB S
AAEETIUC
r. Ramp, Mrs, P. T. Koala. Mra.
Raymond Stanton. Jr- Mrs. Mary
Martin. Mrs. Emma Stnrgis, Mrs
John Leiher, Mrs. George Ramp,
Mrs. Walter Fuller, Mrs. Ralph
8turgia. Miss Ellen Hackstt, Mrs.
Malcolm Ssmp. Mrs. Sylvester
Manning, Mrs. Howard Booster,
Mrs. Alios Barnstt, Mrs. John
Dunlang, Mrs. Virgil Loomis, Mrs
Carl Ashbaugh. Mrs. Charley Stur-
gis. Mrs. WiUard Ramp, Mrs
Howard Ramp, and Misses Edna
Lewler and Hazel Nys.
At the tea hour, Mrs. Archie
Bailey and Mrs. Al Nys assisted
the hostesses in serving light re
freshments. The next meeting will be held
on Thursday, May 3. at the home
of Mrs. Malcolm Ramp, to which
every one is Invited.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sturgis had
as their guests for the week end
their son.-Francis E. Sturgis of
U. of O. and Jim Fruit of Salem.
Orval Shoey is the guest of his
aunt, Mrs. Frank Sturgis, and
family.
Clarita Fuller, the youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Fuller, met with a very painful
accident Wednesday evening, the
handle of the tea kettle breaking
and the hot water scalding her
badly below the knee.
Irene Sturgis has been absent
from school for some time, but is
slowly improving.
Death List Mounts in
Denver Blast as 2 Die
DENVER, COLO.. Apr. 2
(AP) With the death of two of
the injured In a Denver hospital,
the death list In the explosions
and fire today in the paint shop
of the Alexander Industries com
pany at Englewood mounted to
eight tonight.
Twelve employes of the . com
pany were in hospitals here,
many of them It was reported,
critically injured. Six other em
ployes injured in the fire had
been returned to their homes.
Motorship Beulah Long
Overdue; Said Missing
HONOLULU. Apr. 20 (AP)
The motorship Beulah. 1389 tons,
bound from Tonga Island to Fan
ning island has been overdue since
April 5. Anxiety over the fate of
the vessel caused the owners, the
Society Islands company, Ltd., to
list the vessel as missing in
message received today by Brit
ish Consul Phlpps here.
FIGHT TO DRAW
VANCOUVER. B. C, April 20.
(AP) Ritchie King of San
Diego and Vic Foley. Vancouver,
Junior lightweight, fought a fast
ten round draw here tonight in
the main event of a boxing card.
Bits For Breakfast
How big is it
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The Marion county community
club talent contest?
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It is "big enough so that a rep
resentative of the American Ma
gazine will be in Salem to see the
finals on May 11, and to write up
the whole big idea for that maga
zine of immense circulation. That
will give Salem a wonderful
amount of free advertising.
And it is big enough so that the
district manager for Fanchon &
Marco will be In Salem, too, for
the finals. He will be here to ab
sorb the idea, and perhaps to give
the whole thing a once over with
the notion of capturing some of
the talent of this county.
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Ivan Stewart, who first con
ceived the bright idea of the con
test, and Dr. P. O. Riley of Hub
bard, who caught on and helped
put it over, each deserve a medal
of honor. They builded wiser
than they knew. They put Salem
on the map.
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The Elslnore theater has some
thing new for SaTem, the B. & C
Players, stock company, of San
Francisco. Here today, and every
Saturday hereafter.
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Salem had a distinguished visit
or yesterday for an hour, between
stages, in the person of Mrs., Lois
P. Myers, editorial writer of the
Portland Telegram, Her husband,
since deceased, was postmaster of
Portland.' She likes Salem, and
the Salem Idea of boosting and de
velopment snd growth the Slo
gan idea. Mrs. Myers had been
at Corvaills, where she wss enter
tained by the Chi Omega frater
nity, and where she talked to a
group of the students in the clsss
of the department of industrial
journalism, and to an honor fra
ternity of the girl students of
Journalism. Mrs. Myers has been
doing editorial work on the Tele
gram for three years, and has had
msny kind words to say about Sa
lem and the outstanding things
concerning this city.
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If you sre interested in Salem's
growth, you will wsnt to besr the
Ulustrsted Angora goat Industry
lecture, "Flock to Fabric," on
Monday evening at the chamber of
commerce.
PRISON BREAK DEATHS
REPAID AT EXECUTION
(Coatinnad from jag 1)
bang last Friday, April 13. but
due to a telegram from Ksllsys
attorney to Governor Patterson
who at the time was in MarshfJeld,
informing him that five of the su
nrm eourt Justices were ready
as individuals to Tecommend ItJs
Imprisonment, they were granted
a third reprieve for one week. Up
on his return to Salem he wns in
formed by the suprems court Jus-
ttrat ther had not made any
such recommendations and had no
intentions of doing so.
In spits of the fact that he was
swamped with petition for clem
ency, the Governor declared that
hs would not interfere, letting the
law take Us coarse.
SECOND COUNTY CLUBS
CONTEST HUGE SUCCESS
(Oontiaaed from par D
a messing Damons: ana iumu
place wa accorded to the Turner
hitrh school dee club, a mixed
chorus which presented two excel
lent numbers under the direction
of Mrs. piercy. ,
These entertainers took tne
honors and the cash prizes, and
nothing can detract rrom tne
credit due them: but if the writer
were Judging the event, he would
have decided it differently.
Reading Excellent
Frances Fields of Union Hill
presented an unpretentious dii,
and it was familiar to at least
some of those In the audience, be
ing James Whitcomb Riley's "The
Bear Story;" but she gave to it
such vivacity and captivating per
sonality, that it was outstanding
among the numbers on the pro
gram. Judged even from the
standards of professional dramatic
reading, it was almost flawless
and more than that, it was brll
liant.
Then Mr. Broms would rank
second, and third place would be
mighty hard to pick. In addition
to the Mill City and Turner chor
uses, which deserve consideration,
there was the Jefferson entry, the
Melodian orchestra, which caused
Press Watkins, the regular Elsl
nore orchestra leader, some un
easiness lest he and his musicians
might be supplanted; then there
was Harry Keizer of Gates, whose
yodeling, despite the burlesqued
manner in which he chose to pre
vent it. was worth the price of ad
mission itself.
Other numbers included solos
with a Spanish trend, sung by Mrs.
H. E. Russell, of Marion, whose
high notes were especially good;
and the Aumsville pair. Irene
Nance and Mathilda Hlghberger,
who presented some Italian com
edy songs; and Mrs. W. O. Royse
of West Stayton.-in a remarkably
true to life impersonation.
Numbers not in the competi
tion, but none the less excellent,
where the music by the Hubbard
community brass band, and im
promptu songs by William McGH
chrlst, who played his owjn accom
paniments on a tiny but tuneful
accordion.
The program was in charge of
Edgar A. Pierce, banker at Turner
and Aumsville, and was sponsored
by the local Klwanis club, mem
bers of which provided the prizes.
,Word which indicates that this
county wide contest is attracting
national attention because of its
uniqueness and values along the
line of community building, was
received here yesterday when it
was learned that a writer for the
American Magazine will be here
about the time of the final contest,
to prepare an article for that pub
lication, and that representatives
of Fanchon and Marco, Los An
geles producers, will also be on
hand to look over Marion county's
home entertainers.
Judges of last night's contest
were J. Lyman Steed of the Rotary
club, Adolph Nelson of the Kiwan
ians and Henry Crawford of the
Lions club.
The program was opened with
brief talks by Iran Stewart and
Charles Archerd. local men who
are taking particular Interest in
promoting these contests.
Next week the community clubs
south and east of Salem will pre
sent the program, which will be
sponsored by the local Rotary club.
PK0T0GRAPHER BACK
WITH BREMEN STORY
(Continued from page 1)
erwtse the clothes they wore on
their transatlantic flight.
Although the island had near
ly shed Its winter covering of snow
and ice, Fernstrom said that a
solid sheet of Ice still connected
it to the mainland and stretched
out of sight in every direction. On
this ice field the Germans have
marked the flags the limits of the
smoothest landing place.
Difficulties Noted
Fernstrom was not optimistic
about getting the Bremen into po
sition for a take off.
"There is almost a straight drop
of 20 feet from the Island to the
Ice," he said. "The great difflcul
ty in the way of resuming the
flight Is to get the plane down
that sharp Incline. Dr. Cuiainier
has been directing the building of
a ramp of boards for which work
scores of nstlves have volunteer
ed, but I think it will still be a
hszardous Job."
The filers read with Interest the
newspapers brought them by Fern
strom, whickv had long accounts
of their flight. They took the op
portunity to send out msny, mes
sages. Pointing helplessly to the
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THE MORNING ARGUMENT
AUNT HET
By Robert Qulllea
"I didn't aim to have company
for supper, but I throwed a flat
iruu ai a simy uug m me DacK
yard an' hit our speckled rooster."
q-opyrifat. fuuliahera Syndicate.
I
; pile of telegrams which had been
brought from the station at Blanc
Sablon on the mainland, the baron
Jsaid of the operator who alone has
kept them in contact with the out
side world until planes were flown
in, "poor fellow, he has done nobly
but always there are more."
Flight Hazardous
Fernstrom stayed only an hour
and a half on the island for it was
necessary to make a start by day
light. His own experiences in the
successful air dash to be the first
photographer to reach the isolated
spot, almost matched those of the
Bremen in hazards.
Romeo Vachon was the pilot. A
snow covered field was selected
for one forced landing. Just be
fore the plane skimmed the ground
the passengers Baw with horror a
row of fence posts which had been
invisible from the air. Vachon
shouted "hold on and raise your
feet."
There was a crash but the plane
stood upright with a broken post
beneath it. The underf uselage was
ripped and dented but no vital
spot was touched. The propeller
fortunately had been horizontal at
the moment of striking and they
were able to continue their flight.
At other points they met the ex
pected hazards of snow storms and
dense fog that made flight impos
sible.
Receptions Informal
During these enforced waits
they were the guests of whatever
little hamlet they found them
selves in. Fernstrom told of one
such reception.
"We were taken to a large
house. All of the men of the vil
lage sat about the kitchen with its
scoured floors. All smoked pipes,
even boys of 12, and at regular in
tervals spat into the center of the
floor. We talked little.
"Later, there was a dance, first
four men danced a few measures
of some square dance. Then four
women took their place. At no
time did men and women dance
together until the parish priest
nodded his approval, when I
sought a partner."
Fernstrom and his precious film
changed planes at Murray Bay,
Que., early this morning and left
at 6:40 a. m. In a little less than
six hours the film wss landed at
Curtiss Field, New York, an am
phibian plane took it to the Hud
son river near the Paramount lab
oratories and before Fernstrom
reached the city by automobile it
was being shown on a screen and
"still" pictures were being pre
pared for Associated Press.
STATE WINNER IN FISH
WHEEL COURT APPEAL
(Contlnaed from page 1)
In the fishing laws and regulations
of the two states, as applying to
the Columbia river, would be made
without mutual consent.
BEG
189 N. High
&
POOR PA
By Claade Callaa
"My brother Joe's wife is his
second au' he's beginning to sell
on ine property he accumulated
while he w as Ifvin with his first "
)', Coprrifht. 1928. PufclUhera Syndicate.
Washington had not consented,
he declared to the Oregon law
prohibiting fish wheels and drag
seines.
Members of the court said they
could see no basis upon which any
party except Washington could
appeal to the courts to enforce tha
compact.
Van Winkle Presented Victory
Justice VandevtMiter termed th
law a conservation measure, but
the merits of its provisions never
reached the court because of t he
injection of the jurisdiction ques
tion. When McCord took his seat there
was a conference on tlis hLnih.
and Chief Justice Taft told I. H.
Van Winkle, attorney general for
Oregon, that it would not be nec
essary for him to make a reply.
This was taken to mean that
the court will, at an early date,
announce dismissal of appeal for
want of jurisdiction.
Justice Vandeventer was par
ticularly searching in his ques
tions as to the right of the fishing
compact to challenge the validity
of the law on the ground that it
violated the compact, suggesting
that it Eeemed to be strictly In the
interest of preserving fish in the
river. He wanted to know whether
Washington was formally a party
to the proceedings, and, when in
formed that it was not, suggested
that the court seemingly had no
jurisdiction to consider the lone
complaint of the company.
Justice McReynolds shared the
same view, and within a few min
utes after opening of oral argu
ment Chief Justice Taft conferred
with his associates on the bench,
and indicated that the court took
the view that there was presented
no controversy over which it had
jurisdiction.
SINCLAIR'S TRIAL NOW
DRAWING TOWARD END
(Continued from page 1 )
ing a rich man. Hoover ended hU
argument with a plea that Sin
clair be given,1 fair treatment even
if he is a riflh ran. Such treat
ment, the counsel said, would ac
quit him.
Littleton's plea was the most
eloquent of the day and at the
outset he brought smiles to tha
faces of the jurors frequently wlh
the witty barbs he shot at Roberts.
He insisted the Roberts ynes
tion as to why the long deposition
of Fall was not introduced was
answered by the government's own
testimony. Everhart, he said, tes
tifying as a government witness,
had told the true story of the
bond deal and coming from its
own witness it could not be de
nied by the government. This te-
timony, he argued, must be ac
cepted by the jury as the corrert
story, as It was put in by the gov
ernment which knew what Ever
hart would say.
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BufWfttrttVtR. HENDRICKS
Telephone 161