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The Weir Oregon Statesman. Salem Oregon, Wednesday Morning, January 23, 1929 Inquiry Conducted by Sena tor Steiwer nd" Com mittee N ears Close . WASHINGTON. Jan. 21 (AP) ; The presidential primary ram. ! paira cost the fifteen candidates in the tw omajor parties 1894,096 and' It was money legitimately i spent In the opinion of the senate , campaign funds Investigation com ' mittee. Chairman Steiwer of the com- .mittee submitted the reoort to the : senate reeling only with the pre. convention cam palm - and he in i eluded a recommendation from thp committee for legislature to "safe guard against., possible future abuses in primary campaigns and In. conrentlon contests." J Hoorer Spends Most r Herbert Hoover reported the largest . amount with " pre-eonven-tlon expenditure) placed at 1396. 2 S 4. 18.' Alfred Smith who won the . . . . i . -, largest spender In the primaries. ; the committee putting, his expens. es at $162,622.53. ',' i Prank O. Lowden who made a . determined fight for the republl I ran nomination was third In line In expenditures with 187.415 97 : , and the late Senator Frank Willie - of Ohio, was fourth with expenses I The committee reported $75, ,24.51 was spent in the primaries which it was unable to allot to any Quiz Not Completed The inauiry of the committee iuiu lua camjjai(u i tun presidential campaign has not yet been completed. No hearings what, ever hare 'been held on this and "' 1 its present intention- to rely on the campaign reports submitted by the national committees of the rufous political parties. The reports of, the candidates in the primary campaign with the receipts ltated first and then the expenditures follow: Republicans: Herbert Hoover, tSft.151.93. $395,254.18: Chas. nrtis $12,255. $11,539.67: Chas. Dawes $579.60. $579.50; orge G. Norris, nothlnx. $6,282; .Tias O. Watson. $35,831. $.16. 76; Frank O. Lowden $100 tB2.34. $87,416.97: Frank Willis 52.987.T7. $66,884.52 and Guy D. Ooff. nothing. $2,979.66. Democrats: Alfred E. Smith, $142,248.96. $152,622.53; Walter F.. George, nothing. $115; Cordell Hull $1,845. $1,845: Thomas J. Walsh $1,257. $2,199.95; James A. Reed $51,481.64, $52,9626. and Atlee Pomerens, nothing, $100. PRISON SHOOTIBGS i hstigiid LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22. CAP) Grand jury Inrestigation to show how John Hawkins, con vict, obtained "the pistol - with which he started a gun battle in an elerator cage in which he was killed and Deputy Sheriff A. R. Jones, seriously wounded here to day was asked by the county board of superrlsora after the shooting, Hawkins was handcuffed to Robert "Zeke" Hayes, a fellow conrlct. They were being returned .o. their cells after they had ap peared In a superior court room o hare robbery and other cases .gainst them continued. " Deputy IbertTf Tom Rlggtns said Haw tins suddenly . Jabbed a gun igainst. his ribs and snapped: "Drop this elerator- and don't. ou guys move. John Pope, negro eierator boy, cade a more which drew Haw- sins attention and Hlgglna rushed "the gun upward, ie aald. The sh6otlcg began, wtth both ieputy sheriffs firing. Hawkins ras hit by fire bullets. Deputy fones -was shot through, the neck rod body. Hayes received a wound n the chest and Hlgglnstmd Pope reaped with slight hurts and bul let damaged clothing. Sheriff "William I. Traeger be gan a search for a woman who had met JiawkJns at the train when lie uoarded it from San Quentin pen- ten-tiary last October, bellering he might know how Hawkins got the gun. It had been the pro perty of a turnkey in the Jail here. Hawkins and Hays, who had erred numbers of Jail terms, had been sent to San Quentin for rob bing a jewelry store messenger in San Francisco. Officers here said they had wounded a policeman in making an escape at St. Louis two years ago. By ROE FULKERSON u ylCSTORYOr GIRL WHO MADE MEN LIKE HER by Central Pr AwoetetMCnrel 61 Tl KINGS e T T I E READ THIS FIRST: i At I hica school alnmni daaea Batty Brows finds kartell anaUraetira t men. A eonaaltatioa with her another ad her (rteaa Lois makes her feel that her lack of attraction it physical. She determines to lean dancing- to make herself more rraeefnl. She gets her father s approval and her aaother'a reluctant consent, but Qeorre Harris, the boy next door, thcr Hghy disapprove. (SOW CO OX WITH THE STOKT) ' . CHAPTER VI " . The dance recital was in the ballroom of a large hotel. When Betty arrired the ball was packed with the friends and relatires of the performers. It was a fash ionably dressed audience; as Bet ty walked down the aisle behind the usher she smiled, repeating her little rhyme in tune to her steps. . The ticket Lois had given her orchestra played the overture and then the prologue was recited by a pretty girl attired as a page. The curtain went back, showing the stage empty aare for a: piece of maure snk in its center. 1 A breeze stirred the potted palms, rnnatling their fronds. It caught the edge of the ailk. -send ing it -flattering upward, reread ing the reclining body of a pretty girl, who yawned and caught Its edge as it floated away. She rose gracefully. In time to the music, she began a slow dance, the tempo of which in creased until she seemed to float with the scarf. It wared In uni son with her morements, j some times high flung and at others twined around her supple body. Behind her 20 other girls drifted in, their pastel-tinted scarfs forming a background for the pretty solo dancer. Betty was carried away with the beauty and LONDON. Jan. 22. (AP) Three kings of Afghanistan one present and two past- are gather ing their forces for a new strug gle for the throne of that turbu lent country. The difficulties of communication hare giren rise to sinister rumors of what is hap pening in the dynastic struggle but according, to adrices received at Peshawar and Delhi in India, the- situation does not appear to hare changed greatly in the past lew days "the waterboy" before his foree. ful seizure of the title of king, is still in control of Kabul while the deposed Amanullah seems to be strengthening his hold in the Kan dahar region. Inayatullah, the ivnlucky kng for three days, is on the way to join his brother at Kandahar. A struggle for supremacy be tween Kabul- and Kandahar is in prospect. Reports reaching Mos cow from Herat were that large bodies of troops from, Kandahar and Ghazni regions are concen trating at Ghazni and Ammanul lah will lead these forces in an at tempt to regain his throne. It is added that ' Kabul is suffering from pillage and a shortage of food with complete stagnation of trade. There are many indications that Ammanullah and his brother may still count upon considerable sup- Ilablbullah, who was called port in the country. grace 6T1t, and Joined heartily in the applause which followed this opening number. A curtain near the front ot the stage dropped, tearing room for a girl, who sang a song In a too shrill roice but made up for -vocal deficiencies by finishing with a clog dance. Betty thought her father would enjoy it, for the girl's feet, were lightning llke. and noisy enough to please a trap drummer. 'The program specified' that en cores were not permitted. After receiring her well-earned applause the clogger retired and the cur tain rose behind her to show a cabaret scene. : Around tables were seated pupils not dancing in this scene. The setting was ar ranged to giro opportunity tor the solo dancers and opened with a llrely dancing chorus which did a pretty soft shoe number. Then the spotlight, played oa a earner of. .the stage and Betty got her first riew of her, friend Lois. She was dressed as a wood sprite. A garland ot leaves around her loins and another across 4sr chest constituted her costume. As .V. Am-m. V nf that - "igpftrkilng; he siippec stage a muscular boy came tromKe of hbj BMt. ma anpoBua win, mm cvnuius was much the same as hers, lear- ing his splendidly dereloped body almost bare. The program titled the dance, "The Pursuit" With turning gesture, the "boy danced toward her; with coy morements she eraded him, while she lured him on. Sereral times she slipped be tween his outstretched hands. Then he caught her, throwing her high, where she posed lightly in his arms. "He tossed her aside to dance away alone. She followed until he turned, then leaped Into his arms. Catching her, he put his hand to the middle of her back and held her abore his head, steadying her with' the other hand grasping her ankle". Burst after burst of applause greeted the rarlous figures of this adagio number. When the boy finally walked off the stage with Lois draped orer his arm. the show was stopped until they came back. To Betty the dance was abso lutely charming. She began to understand the lure Lois had for men. She had learned gesture, posturing, ' expression, and to use her hands gracefully. No awk ward girl could hope to Imitate her unless systematically trained to grace. Betty was shocked at Lois' cos tume, or rather lack of it. Not only was she too tall erer to at tempt such dancing, but Betty felt ' she could nerer appear in public with such absence ot cloth lnf. ; r"' - V Two bos did a clog; then the stage was again, darkened and the spotlight turned to one side. Into the light cam a .dark girl whose body was eridently pow dered to make It darker. Her torso was bare sare for a spangled brassiere, but a Idng full skirt corered her from hips down. Her morements could not be called dancing. They, were more a panther-like glide, her bare feet seeming' to slip along the floor. To an Oriental air of strange min orsshe took the center of the stage, and began a motion which could only be called undulation. It commenced with her uplifted hands, followed her arms and her body to the hips. She began to turn slowly. The weighted skirt swung wide and at last stood out straight from her hips, . tearing her graceful and shapely legs bare. Betty - was uncertain whether she was more shocked or delight ed. There was something wild and pdnritire about the dance. She was fascinated. Her atten tion was direrted by a man who sat next to her. Half audibly a long sibilant sound came from Ills lips. It started la a low pitch and rose gradually higher. Ummmmmmmh!" he exclaimed. His lips were parted, his eyes kliag; he slipped forward to Betty pulled away as far as she coud get to the other side ot her seat. Turning again to watcn me Nautch dancer she found her plea sure had gone. The next number on the pro gram before intermission was a ballet of toe dancers which Betty did not enjoy. The seeming effort required to dance thus took from the dancing whaterer beauty it had for her. She was sorry for Salem Applauds The First ALL TALKING OUT DOOR DRAMA "IN OLD ARIZONA" I i u Warner Baxter, and EdmuBd Lowe, Vltaphone Vaude- 1 rill Acts. Feature! I . tarts at 2:30, 4:50.LJ 7:00, 9:10 the girls and glad when tie dance ended and they were reliered ; of strain. ' - f-", '': ' . When the curtain ffnt down on the first half of the recital, tn dlrlduals la the audience began to risit back and forth. Lou came to where Betty sat to ask If she would ot like to go back stage and watch from there. Lois had no other solos, and had studied too long to dance with the less experienced girls la the chorus. ! Behind -the seenes was happy ui.n.t Coantllv iart ring QJn- nA v.-a ota thorn renairlna each TJlA UUI fsl v - r other's make-up. a worried stage manager checking ana oraerms them here and there and scene shifters pushing dancers out oi their way. In erery open space girls were doing kicks and back bends to limber up. One small girl amused Betty more than the rest by turning cart smi ur rapt wheel in a slow. solemn way, as though it were a punishment inflicted on her by some higher power. While one number was on, the stage manager arranged the one to follow it. Once Betty got in the way and was pushed aside as though she was a piece of scenery. Lois told her who the rarlous people were and explained j each ri&nce as it went on. Finally she asked, "Do you like It?" ! "I liked it except tne uneniai Hnra" answered BettT. "Some how I thought that was rulgar." "Blah!" cried Lois. VThat dance is a wow! It makes 'em sit up and take notice!" "So I saw." i Lois saw disapproral in Betty's face. . J nAtrvt If a dance 1 r.r, ,; and eet wy wV it. That girl Is pre narlng for a atage career. That 11 im knock the cash cus tomers for a row of ash cans. I thought your dance was wonderful." " , .,-rr. Tm hniit for- adagio. I wish I bad a decent partner. That Doy is - - - , . VTL v aren't working lo aim " " v 7 ... together. He goi iunny ox and twice as dumb. . I thought he danced mceiy. witiao vnu were the real attraction in the dance. "That's what my cheer leaders say I" replied Loi. complacently. UI18 lauig iui,iv. the students on and off the stage had a noitceable grace of more- . tvai fianta oven the oose nicui.. m. - of their fingers anQ the set of their heads were dwuuihi. v..o mn inrlw either. 9WIQSU LLf . when they stood or sat or when In morement. This alone would justify her in using osnaag. 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