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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1928)
t SALEM THEATRES OFFERING SNAPPY SHOWS Tnnnnnnn in Sells Roto Trains Arrive At Dawn For Day Of Activity Here ;,' The Sells Flote Circus will teach here tomorrow ud 1U pro prietors bid patrons eosse to Its entertainment with expectation keved to the Richest point. v This amusement Institution ecmes with the proud realisation that all this season ita throngs of Patrons, limited la number only to ita seating capacity that Itself bigger than eTr before la its nis orr have Invariably united In one grand, swelling chorus of vo ciferous praise and rapt wonaer, Arrive at Dawn t Sooa after dawn tomorrow. It Is etsected. the three long rail road tralna which are required to 'transoort the circus win have reached this city. - The boas eaavasman. and hi followers, will reach the show grounds first and immediately tha work of creating tne canvas city of a day will begin. Twenty sep arate tests com pose the Sciis-Flo- te encampment. v v When the circus opens its gates " at one o'clock tomorrow afternoon the crowds who atop to comment and observe la the menagerie tent, will find S3 dens of rare and cur ious beasts ranged in a great el lipse. Five herds of elephants will awing their greedy trunka Kir ph ants Asoashag There are troupes of elephants that can do anything from tret ting around with each other's tall la their trunk to playing a game el foot -bail and dancing the Jlaek it torn; soloists, duos, trios, quar tettes and compaalea of "human! irds;" acrobats who seem more it home on flying rings and lofty icrisontsl bars than on terra fir-: a; equestriaas and equestrlen f.es. boxing kangaroos, slack wire '-nlkers -who can do a one-step on V, slender cable, and an army of ril-apese performers who are the! at3t accomplished that Sells Flo-i 'la have ever assembled. Tickets msy be purchased in! adance all day tomorrow from a special circus representative at the -Sherman-Clay Music store. rStudent Prince g Is Here Today At Oregon 7: An event that has perhaps done ao-e Man any other to bind to other the destinies of the screen ard the stage was the filming of The Student Prince.' one of the tape's most famous romances, and prthway to fame of Richard Mans field. Dion Bouciccault. and other celebrated footlight stars. The celebrated footlight stars. The widely-read and widely-seen sto ries of the world, was given a pro duction that made new screen his. tery at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, and will be seen today at the Oregon theatre. . Ramon Novarro, hero of "Ben. Bar," pi ays the role of Karl Heln rlch. the unhappy prince. Mans field's role on the stage, and Nor. ma Shearer his pathetic sweet heart Kathie. One of the biggest rana ever assembled snpport them with thousands of people in the crowd scenes, court ceremonies and other spectacular details. En tire towns were built, as well as reproductions of huge German cas Um in the massive tilmization. Laid amid vivid reproductions of the actual scenes of the story. .picturesque characters and tames, majestic castles, and the romantic University of Heidel berg recreated on a huge scale, the new production is one of the big gest in history. v PISTOLS DWffl BUT .1 li vi (Continued from page 1) wards felt in the designated pock et.: and pulled out a "sap" as po tlce call the small leather club leaded at one end. Aa extra piece ,04, leather had been fastened to the handle, and Burke explained Us at the instrument wasn't a wea- pcu at au. out just a aog wmp. "! Burke originally was arrested for forgery, being accused of pass ing a $10 check last Saturday morning on the Shell. Oil com zany's service station at the cor ner of Capitol and Court streets, te check was on a bank In Bel lagham. Wash., snd was in given . n payment for a scrlpbook. He was seen on the street here yester day afternoon by Tex Newby, the attendant on whom he passed the dfpek. Newby followed him around town for nearly an hour, and when Burke left his ear and went Into Ken Brown's athletic goods -store he made a quick search and found Edwards, who made the arrest. ' A woman giving the name of Mrs. George Rhoder, who was with Edwards, is being held. A youth calling himself Wayne Ball ST. who also was In Burke's car nd who said he had been given a ride from Albany, was held for questioning. , . . , Albanians Ask No t Republic. Reporti ROME. Aug SO APV Dis patches to the Stefaul newsgency from Tirana, capital of Albania Wte that the whole population of the city and Its environs joined In manifestation In favorlof chang ing the republic Into a monarchy. 'The dispatches added that the manifestations offered the crown 1q President Ahmed Zogn "as a symbol of gratitudo for the trerv- - rnlere4 to the conn Wi BEHAVES Elsinore Stars .es ;-Ny 1 i Crawford Si fas i Oriental? Feature Picturei Coming To Elsinore Ramon Novarro. here of "The Student Prtnee. -Ben-Hur" and many other famous plays, comes today to the Elsinore theater In his latest screen success, ""Across to Singapore. The new Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer production, di rected by William Nigh, la a dra matic romance of the high seas. laid aboard-the old clipper ship. New England snd the mysterious Orient-.. C-.. Novarro plays a young sailor, one of three- seagoing brothers. who. in an amazing tangle of love and adventure, figures in desper ate runs across the Pacific, mu tiny and other graphical details Incidental, to a charming love story. A notable cast supports the star. Joan Crawford, heroine of "West Point." -Spring Fever and "Twelve Miles Out." to the hero ine of the new sea drama. Ernest Torrence, Edward Connelly'. Fran Currier. James Mason, Dan Wol hetm, Duke Martin. Anna May Wonr and others of note are In J ilia f Much of the picture was taken, aboard the famous old clipper "Narwahl." which sailed for sev eral weeks on a Pacific cruise. during which the sea action, in cluding a terrific storm, a mutiny and an attack by Oriental gang sters and pirates was filmed. The Singapore scenes are elaborate, in cluding a famous resort of sailors In the "melting pot of the Orient," in which practically every nation ality on the face of the earth is seen. "r , The story deals with the love of two brothers for the same girl, and a rivalry that precipitates a tre mendous climax. It was adapted from a sea romance by Ben Ames Williams, famous novelist and Saturday Evening Post auth or. William Nigh, who directed the play, la famous for such produc tions as "Mr. Wu" and "The Fire Brigade. The entire film has been staged on an impressive scale, whole vil lages having been erected for some of the many spectacular scenes. These large and authentic settings add immeasurably to the realism and fascination of the film. . ISClffl ELECTED TO (Continued from page 1) suggestion that the organization be represented be permitted to call attention of the council to future violations of this provision. Mayor Takes Isswe The mayor at this point added a criticism of published but un verified charges against the Ore gon Gravel company and the ma terials It supplied for the Spruce stret sewer line. He said that s thorough investigation . will be made, but predicted that the charges will prove groundless. The ordinance introduced at the last meeting providing for tncreas-' ing the city engineer's salary from $200 to $27$ a month was tabled Ollowlng the statement of Record er Poulsen that It was improperly drawn. The council for a second time refused to allow claims of 10 cents a mile asked -by the bridge en gineer snd his assistant for use of their automobiles. Several mem bers explained their "no" votes or refusal to vote, by saying that 10 cents a mile Is too high. City Not liable Regarding the claim of Jacob Vogt for damages on account of Injuries whieh he said were caused by a defective sidewalk, the city attorney advised the council that the city Is act liable unless offi cials have been notified of the de fect and then Its liability Is lim ited under the charter to $100 The council approved an ar rangement whereby - Mrs. 'Emma Murphy Brown Is to hsve six new cottages built at the municipal camp ground, she to be psid out of rentals. The fire snd water committee was authorised to buy an automo bile for the use of the fire chief. Chairman W. II. Daney explaining that this si necessary now that there are iwo tire stations. Plahs for the bridge on Cross street vrr- f Twelfth will be pre pared b-- bridge engineers In stead o i' Mty engineer, and this bridge ecrt'tt-tteted as part Of the bridge program, following pas sage of a motion by Alderman Watson Townnd ' to this effect. It previously fcd been understood that this could not be done. - , he .bid of the Howard-Cooper corporal ion. oa $ 00 feet, of fire hose was acceotda." ." SALEM SINGER ADMITS HE COULD DO WITHOUT JAZZ Oscar Gengrich Has His Own Ideas Of What Music V. Should Be Sung But Bows Before Public Prejudice - Have you ever talked to Oscar CSagrtca about music, er singing? No matter; perhaps) you've been one of -the. thousands who have gathered at WQlsoa this annum to near one or more of the seat weekly' municipal band concert Oscar Gingrich Is the concert solo ist; be has aeon for several yeai . Waal Mr.- Gengrich thinks about music ts not always consist eat vita what he slags from the concert stand, but the first nui bar he offers each night Is the key to his own musical likes. And each first number. If you'll notice, What Mr. Gingrich thinks number. His first song Is his song, snag to please that part of his hearers who love good music. not good Jazz, Is a standard ballad or operatic who sings because he likes to sad sells cars for a livelihood, must have laaghed st lass. That was aot so many years ago. waea Jazz was first strutting across tha stags. Nov. when modern jazz Is easy to distinguish front-its noisy. crude forerunner, he bears It be cause tt Is better; hot to him. Jazz ia not high typo of music. ' PopvJar Number Next It is Jazz, or a popular number. which the soloist selects for his second sosg. It Is this which pleases the majority of his audi ence. - Tints was when Mr. Gisgrich isg but a readaptatien of the old Indian melodies; a modification of the tom-tom set to music sad called lass, as he expressed iL Mr. Gingrich sees in jazz noth- his selections for the popular numbers Some years ago he started writlag to the 34 leading music bouses asking for titles of popular numbers that have been set to band music. Most of the houses have responded by sending gratituitous copies of the one or two best late songs (which gratui ty, or course, helps sell more cop ies of tha song). This year, he has received more than 40 popular songs, some of which will be sung and some of which are not the fcreenje in Hollywood- By Wade Werner HOLLYWOOD. Cal. (AP) The habit of some motion picture producers, particularly Samuel Goldwyn. of importing many or most of their new film faces from abroad, appears to have caused some deep thinking in Hungary. A circular letter received here from a Budapest concern an nounces that: "To the business of our enter prise we have added the sgency and intermediation of Internation al film-artists, whose deficiency was remarked already since long timee. The custom pursued till now was for the fabrics of films to supply their wanted artists by correspondence snd expensive trawels and researches, and at last ia spite of these heavy expenses have not foundthe type becoming ly tit for their purpose of the part played. "To alleviate this difficult man ner of seeking for the artistes of film shall be the chief task of our enterprise which possess Its inter national relations and acquaintan ces. By onr agencies the kom mandlng fabrique of film could get oa his order the picture of film, the mimicry, the description of the particulars and measures of the wanted artist. By means of fiese ready filmbands. which could quickly find their types wanted. who are fittest for their purpose. Beside The Point What the organizers of this new International casfrng agency over look Is the .fact that by signing a new leading man or woman during "expensive trawels in Europe a producer is assured of enough pub licity to make the new player fair ly well known in the United States before he or she ever reaches Hollywood. For Instance, it is good for a few lines in the aews- ' M . ,nM .v,t decided to import a certain ac tress. Vlt is also a story when the actress departs for the 'Ualted States, and another when she ar rives la New York and expresses -er opinion of American men, pro. 2 'Mtlon. politics or some other sub ject close to the popular heart. It Is once more a story when she leaves New York for Hollywood, and again when she reaches Holly wood. Br this time all the film fans know who she ts. They hare been reading about her in the pa pers for weeks. Too Ooae To Home If. on the other hand, the same girl had been discovered and sign ed here in Hollywood, she would havs been fortunate to have "made the news pages as much as once before appearing. In her first picture. Window Display Week Announced T?. C?-rtv ' A A fUiK1 tn Bowdoln, staUon WNP.to DV Oaiem 1U OiuXjradio station SAFA. operated by Members of the Salem Ad Club were soliciting the coopera tion of local merchants In .'the eomng tall window display 'week yesterday ' The fall opening fea ture, which has been sponsored by the Salem Ad. Club for the past three yesrs. has been set for Wednesdsy, September 12. All merchants are being asked to cooperate and make a special effort to hare attractive windows ror ths occasion. A treasure hunt, special music stunt snd a dance are being planned. j right kind of popular. ' Some of the best ssasfe that has been written; baa been readapted to Jazz, ho pointed oat. deploring the fact, bat not condemning it, as tals makes the better typo of jazz. Thia fact, though. Is one reason. How does Mr. Glngrica make ka la not making strides la good music, This aad the fact that the young artists, after studying- all too short a time, plunge- into Jazz think lag they can conquer the musical world, with, little or no technique. Mr. Gingrich aeUevos the na tional broadcast la a great thing for music, for it plays the good numbers, the higher class mask as wall aa the other thereby keeping tho good before Iks listen ers, givtag them a taetn of It so tho difference between it and the popular may bo readily felt. In his open sir concert work. tho local man comes up against amusing things. For example, wnen a request cornea ror aim. a baritone, to star sopraalc aria for some opera or for aa unheard of song or for one to which there Is no band music And then again. uero are soma mugs aot so amusing; like when he is urged snd finally prevailed upon to slag something that lis knows will bo s flop because tho arrangement Is so low It can not bo heard and it ia a flop. Such was "Romona. which he sang this week. There's no apologizing for such things, or the times when the band and sing er don't "Jibe. Small jsonder at that, when oao knows that there is. no opportunity for them to practice toge ther. or for that matter, insufficient pay for even the band to practice its numbers alone. Rag time cams, raged awhile and died; Jazs burst la. Is under going changes, may possibly get even better, and will eventually give away to something else, which Gengrich hopes will be real music. . . S 0 S MESSAGES BY I (Continued from page 1) Commander MacMillan In his message disclosed plans for the expedition's departure south to morrow and they- will arrive at Wiscasset. Maine, during the r few weeks, following a year in the sub-Arctic area for the field mu seum expedition, which is also co- financed by Frederick Rawson, Chicago capitalist. Anxiety Felt CHICAGO. Aug. 20. (AP- Grave anxiety was felt tonight by the Rockford, Ills., backers of tl.e good will flight from Rockford to Stockholm.- Sweden, of Bert Has sell and Parker Cramer. Tho moat optimistic including relatives of the aviators believed that the fliers, msy have made a forced- landing somewhere in Greenland when they failed to at tain their objective at Mount Ev ans. In this case days might elapse before the two men fought their way to a point where they might communicate with the outside world. Search Launched Steps were taken during the day to search for the airmen when the coast guard cutter Marion, now near the route they were expected to take, was ordered to take up the quest The Marion is off Cspe Chidley snd the radio report from the mennplane "Greater Rock ford. picked up Sunday morning' indicated the plane's position at that time as about 75 mjjes off this cape. " , j The fliers who left Rockford on Thursday after once failing to get away, made the first log of their; journey to Cochrane, Ont, with out Incident, and left Cochran? Saturday on the second 800 mile lap to Mount Evans. Intermittent1 radio reports giving their post ion were heard until 4 o'clock Sunday morning when the signals indicating the position off Cape Chidley were picked up. Machine Falls to Arrive The plane was das at Mount Ev ans a few hours later but did not land and no further word has been heard from it Relatives of the fliers manifested their concern today when Haseell's mother and brother motored from Rockford Co Madisonto ascertain if radio op erators there who had been pick ing up signals had received fur ther word. Hassell's wife last night refused to believe that the plane had fall en, declaring that If P were to hare suffered such a fate, it would have happened earlier in the flighU Today she had no comment to make and secluded herself lr her home at Rockford with her three children. Message Relayed The radiogram from Command er MacMillan was relayed from his jnaipa Brooks, at Calumet city, ltd., a Chicago suburb. Commander MacMillan was re -j quested- by the Associated Press to; ten of toe, area at this time f the. year- whose Hassell - and Cramer might be. The request to MacMil lan was transmitted, by Operator Brooks st C: ft p. m, central atan dard time to the Bowdoin. There, Dr. Longford, a scientist with the expedition took , tho message and rowed a mile to shore to deliver It to the explorer whq thia : year completes his 'ninth tri? around tho Arexia , I ME Coming With Circus Here Is Irene Leogets with hero next Wednesday with, Art Goebel Llies Across Continent In becord Time NEW YORK. Aug. 20. (API -Besting the previous record by almost eight hours. Art Goebel snd Harry Tucker today comple ted a non-stop flight across -the eouatry accomplished at aa ave rage speed of 160 miles an hour. They took off from Los Angel es at 12: OS yesterday afternoon, western standard time (4:00 east- era daylight time) and the wheels of their wasp-motored Lockheed Vega monoplane touched the turf of Curtiss field at 11:04 eastern daylight time this morning, mak ing the time for the 2700 miloa flight just 18 hours and 6t min utes. It was the first son-stop air plane flight from the west coast to tho east, and the time was bet ter by seven hours and 42 min utes than tho previous non-stop transcontinental record, which was established in 1923 by Lieut. John A. Macready and Oakley Kelly, flying from east to west Maugham's Record Broken A year after the Macrcady-Kel- ly flight, Lieut Russell Maugham, made the east-west flight, with, however, five stops for refueling, in far better time than the exist ing non-stop record "but even he was two hours and 50 minutes slower than Goebel and Tucker. When he and Tucker set out from Los Angeles Goebel hoped to reduce tho standing non-stop rec ord of 26 hours and 50 minutes to an even 20 hours, but favoring winds boosted them through the skies so fast that they bettered I DEFENDS SELF T (Continued from page 1) of publicity the next day states that he withdraws his issuance of Mr. White's withdrawal of his withdrawal. Taking up first White's chages dealing with liquor proposals, the governor aaia tnere nad been a "deliberate attempt" to show this his rotes "dealt with a tar great-1! er number of so-called liquor bills thsn in fact they did." He also charged that hte. intent of various proposals had been misrepresent ed, and he recalled that republi can leaders in the legislature fre quently had lined up as he did on them. Gives Reasons For Vote With regard to commercialised vice, the governor referred to his vote against a bill first before the assembly in 1910 which sought to regulate the renting of rooms in hotels and which, he continued, was "unquestionably unconstitu tional and unworkable." "On this bill, and this single bin alone." he declared, "William Allen White would have my wife, my children and my friends be lieve that in my long publie ca reer I was s friend of publie pros titution." ' As for gambling, vti. Smith said all the bills referred to by Mr. White dealt with betting at race tracks. At a regular session, the nominee recalled, he voted with Governor Hughes "against the race tracks." but at a special ses sion later "voted the other way" as a protest against "the unjusti fied sction of the governor in call ing the legislature back into ex traordinary' session after (he mat ter had been fully threshed out and disposed of at the regular ses sion." One other bill listed by Mr. White sought to prevent oral bet- TRAVEL O. E. , $2.20 Portland and Return Tia OREGON ELECTRIC Tickets oa sale Fridays. Satur days or" Sundays; return limit Tuesdays or tsoe Xte&r; is siy Mm lima. Reduced round trip fares be tween all O. E. Ry stations Safe, Dependable Service - O. E. Ry. Train leaves for Port land at 7:05 a.m.. 9:02 a.m. 12:30 p.rai .4;ll win. and 7:4$ p: m.; dally; Observation car) 8:50 p.m.' n "--V't- " for Eugene. 'Junction City. Har riaburg. Corvallla and Albany at 0:49 s-m. (observation car) 12:45 p.m.. 4:03 p.m. ft 8 p.m. For any information abont RAIL TRIPS PHONE 71T OREGON: ELECTRIC RY. AG1S soma of the Elephant actors to be the Sells Floto Circus. even that time by more than an hour. "Goebel, who won tho Dole race to Hawaii, last night was st the controls all tho way across the country. Tucker was financial backer of tho flight and rode as passenger. Shows Effect of Strata) When he stepped from ths plane at Curtiss field, Goebel was so stiff that he stumbled but quickly got control of himself. As soon as Goebel had telephoned his mother In Los Angeles, to tel! her of his ssfe arrival, the flyers no tored to the Garden City hotel for a nap. They were greeted at Curtisa field by only two persons, because It bad been expected that the land ing would be made at Roosevelt field a mile away and the crowd was waiting there. The landing at Curtiss was so unexpected and accomplished so smoothly that the record breaking plane, the Yan kee Doodle, had been taken to Us hangar and the flyers were In their hotel before It became generally known that they were not still In the air. One of the two persons to greet the flyers, was Frank Tichenor. editor of Aero Digest, who is to be their host here. He appointed him- self unofficial timer since no one else was. there to do the work. It was be who stood, watch in hand and noted that it was 11:04 as the Yankee Doodle's wheels skimmed the grass. ting at race tracta. Governor Smith said, adding that "how im possible such a statute was of ad. ministration I need not say. 8-YEAR SEHTEHCB Ross Condit put in his appear ance at the sheriff's office here yesterday afternoon and was formally delivered by the sheriff to the etate penitentiary to begin serving his eight year sentence. This event marked the close of a colorful chapter in local crimi nal annals which began some two years ago with Rise indictmenl on a statutory charge involving his niece. At that time Ross was station agent for the Southern Pacific company and lived at Aumsville. Immediately after his indict ment Ross disappeared and was not captured until last winter, when he was taken into custody in Washington and returned to Sa lem. After numerous legal man euvers and a show of preparing to stand trial, ho entered a plea of guilty and threw himself upon the mercy of the court More le gal maneuvers followed, but early this month George R. Bagley, cir cuit judge for Washington coun ty, gave him his eight year sentence. ATTACKS CDNDET STARTS HIS Bus Crashes Into Heavy Truck At Red Wing, Win nesQta, Yesterday RED WINQ. Minn., Aug. 20. (AP) Trapped in a burning bur, four men were burned to death and six other persons were injur ed, two so severely that they are expected to die, when a passenger bus and a truck collided on , the highway near here today. None of. the dead was Identi fied, as their ' bodies were burned beyond recognition and their per sonal effects were destroyed as tho coach, mired in the ditch, caught fire and was burned to its tram. The bus was bound for Chicago. from Minneapolis. Two of the six persons injured. W. J. Gardner, Minneapolis, and Walter JC Meyer, Wysata. 2 year-old driver of the bus, were so badly burned that physician expressed the belief that they would die. Ten passengers were in the bus. operated by the Interstate Travel bureau with headquarters ia Min neapolis, when it collided on a curve five miles north of here with a state fish hatchery truck, swerved from the road into the ditch and immediately caught fire. Fed by fuel from a broken gas line, the flames enveloped the coach in aa instant aad frustrated all attempts to resch tho hspless f ictima. Even chemical extinguish ers, brought into play by firemen from Red Wing, were ineffective and the firemen were forced to stand helplessly by while the vic tims were virtually cremated. Walter Pickard, a St Paul pu gilist, saved several passengers by pulling them through the window. although he himself suffered a broken arrjj in the crash. Pickard also dragged Meyer from the driver's seat, but not before the latter had been badly burned. Meyer, hysterical and with his clothing in flames, ran about the wreck wildly until Pickard struck him down with a blow in order to roll him in the grass and beat out -the blase. Pickard said he believed that the men trapped in the bus had ' s . . . i . t been knocked unconscious in the collision or subsequent . plun-g? from the road and had no chance to scramble to safety before they were enveloped in flames. This belief was strengthened by the fact that several of the victims could ,be seen through the flame, still upright in their, seats as they were just before the collision oc curred. It was more than two hours af ter the accident occurred before firemen could. remove the charred remains of the victims from the bus. Andrews?- Party Makes Safe Trip PEKING, Aug fO (AP) Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews, noted ex plorer recently returned from a long trip to the Gobi desert, re ceived word today that his camel caravan with tons of fossils had safely passed the brigand area and had reached Kalgan. Doctor An drews is planning to return to New York within a few weeks. em ' sr i i sa i MOW HOLLYWOOD (in ..-"i i1 Piv 1- a III : STARTS Follow the star of romance on one of hb most enthraDinw adrentrars. A glorious pktnne narratire of valiant men of the sea, a slashing-, dashing story of lore and m unity, that sweeps . roa to far parts aad strange scenes. Joan Crawford Ernest Torrence Two shifts are now st work nt tho Leepcr Dome oil well in Lan county snd Mr Brtstoe. the nan ager, now expecta to keep the bi drill moving until oil is uncovere E NQVARR33 ZH In e-rh-ti LU B I TJ-C hqr A METRO-COLDWYN-JMAYE PICTURE use n A stirring drama of royalty, college days and young lore . . . With "The Student Prince" music. 4 Days Starts Today OREGON t m m . ' iMsri MOP Ma 1 - P hw l l!l!!)''li!!'riIM'i! 11 " 1 . iM iim:u:ii;m-i r.i.ii'i'i'n.i.i'i 1 1 nvmieT 11 Fill l TODAY SEE The Star of "Ben Hut" la a New Triumph lii rr. II I '.III v 1- ,W.