HUGE BLAST OF STORE KILLS S One Girl and Three Uexican -": Soldiers Among Those - Losing Lives : fornia. who had ftsabel leyal ta the MexJeaa government la the present revoletlenarr mwmat H had eoaeeatrated troops aad war atale rials at MexkalL from which Ms Soldiers bare made sal lies into the.rebel state of Soaoca. where tier established a federal outpost st-Saa Coals oa the Son era border. Early today taeae trooiM were reported to have at tacked and, taken Mesqelte. Soa- era. sixty miles west of Nogales. rebel headqaarters la Son ora. . Federals and Rebels Approach KarhrOther f Federal eeupatloa of former Mexican lasurgeai headquarters at Esealoa and big- rebel troop move ments south from Jaares towards the Chihuahua front hare Bar rawed the rap between the eoa- tendine armies aad made -immi nent a decisive battle.. f Federal cavalry oecapied Esea loa after a tight with rebel rear guard forees la which, four rebels rrerm hilled aad- two. federals wounded. - Rebel officials at Jaares de clared General Escobar their chief wss "ready to fight near Jimenez. aad vehemently denied that laser cent troops were evacuating the town. 'They prophesied that the major battle of the revolution, woaia oe fought within the next -14 hoars. Federal Air Scosrts TrYl Different Story .Federal air aeoaU reported to General Calles that rebel troops were retreating from Jimenez northwest to Santa Rosalia oa the roote to Chihnahaa City. General Calles thought the federals might eeenor Jimenez without a fight Other rebel chiefs indicated that Escobar might. more a few miles north of Jimenez so that a battle honld not be fought in the town ftrelf. Strict censorship orer all tele graph lines south of Juarez In rebel control bid principal devel opments in the mala revolution ary camp. KnrprVes Acaia Promised by Rebels A aeries of "surprises" for the federals was promised by the rebel toff in Juarez. A rebel attack in ofrenire and a flank attack in the neighborhood of Escalon were forecast among these surprises" which rebels thought would be de cisive. '-New bombing planes were said to hare bean converted or aequir. ' ed by the insurgents. ; General Alraaxan's main force has advanced to Jaral Grande.- a short distance southeast of Es calon. Almaxan expected to be in readiness for aa advance on Jim enez yesterday. ' Federa's were victorious In a ahort fight across the laterna tlpnal line from Sasabe, Art., cap taring a rmall rebel post at Mes quite. which to St miles west of Xogales. Sonbra. The rebel sol diers were driren across the bor. der where a U. S. lmmlgratioa official interned them. STOCKS fiiir ts (Continued From Pas 1.) with the result that" scores of Is sues dropped $1 to tS a share be low their hi;h levels of the day. The New York Federal Reserve bask made no change in its redis count rate. The weekly statement oq brokers loans, issued after the close, proved extremely d 1 s a p pointlng to the "bull forces as it; showed a reduction of only $144,000,000 which' failed to off set the increase of S16C.000.000 the week before. Earlier estimates ot the decline ranced all the way from f 150.000,00a. to f 400.000 000. - ' - . - 'Although the credit aitaatlon wn the dominate Infloenee la the market, two outaide develop meats stimulated- today's recov ery -la prices the announcement that leading- oil executives - had agreed vpoa a cnrtailmeat of pro duction program and rumors, un confirmed but widely regarded as tree. . that negotiations were r la progress whereby R. C. A. Com munications, lac., the new sabs id- is ry of the Radio corporation, would be taken over br the. In ternational. Telephone and Tele graph company which eventually would merge with the Westing- bouse Telegraph com pa ay. Such a consolidation Is now pro hibited by the White acf but it la expected that this will be repealed la order to permit American com panlea to complete with the huge British wireless company, v noBosiiis ' -f CCoatinaed'From Page t.) buildinr aelected br Asabel Bash ar the same as the present insti tution occupies and although the structure has been remodeled the exterior ts the same as that of the -new- building occupied in lift. Tha Iron work: then was pat terned after the . Ijtf 4,4 Tllton baak on First street in Portland. Fart of the building now occupied byahe bank was ased itt the ear lier days for ar Jewelry, at ore and a hardware store but these oceu paacies later f, gave vway to . the "5 ':. Idgers are Interesting; -'" The ledgers of the first day's business reveal interesting ' facta. Charles , R. Bonnell, ,aa , trustee, was tha first ' depositor cutting $50. la coin into tha bank. G. P. Budloog came next with, a 9d deposit; W, J. PoJJey followed call mo MS Legion Commission Gets f i Plans Under Full Steaml - - For 'Best Saleea Legleaaairea fa commis sion assembled, discharged a vol ar cleared the field for coatlBs-tag- intensive effort at a meeting held Thursday , night with Carl Gabrielaoa, count tea1 cbaxrausvi presiding. ... - . Minor and major matters from the question a midnight matinees to the problem of eonventioa fl- aaace. were brought hefora the gafherfag which made ontsfsndtag headway 4a disposing of prelimin ary convention details aad, paiiag the way for the largest conTen tion yet to bo held InGregoa, j Speakers to Tell of Plaaw Speakers from the legion vQ appear before the service dab and similar eoaaaiaalty ergaaisa tloas wkhla the next fortnight ex plaiaiag the eonventioa aad what it will mean to Salem. C. B. Me Cullouxh. in charge of pube re lations, will have charge ot thhi work.;., '--:.;.::'".': - -w- zj. Many, reaerratioaa for the eon ventioa are already la. Jack Elli ott told the eonuaission, the reser vatloaa coming: from as dlstaat points aa Baa Diego, Calif. While Salem hotels have all agre;d to eooperate to the fall la the nut-; ter of accommodations ft least with a $000 i deposit ' aad - the fourth depositor was T. J. Wilson who laid $20S on the counter 'aa his original account- The first day's deposits totalled $140. Gold, in six standard deaom inations. was the accepted me dium of exchange, little silver and less currency being la current use. Such currency as used was sub ject to a universal discount at 25 per cent and . government bonds were exchanged at 81c for a par value of one dollar. The records of tne first day's business reveal that there was $1930 cash in S2t gold pieces on hand. $140 in $10 gold piee- i. $310 in $5 gold pieces and $130 -in $3 denominations. Two and one-half dollar 'pieces were popular, there being- $7(7.50 of that denominatioa in the bank s vaults while 30 pieces ot one dol lar value were kept in the vault the first day. Gold Reserve Hare For scores ot years the gold reserre of the Ladd fc Bush bank was a matter ot comment through out the state. At times aa much as $500,000 la gold would be kept in the vaults when other banks carried little except currency. De mand of the government during the World war cut down the sup ply of gold kept by the bank al though a comparatively large store is kept to the present time. In 1880 Mr. Bush purchased the entire Interest of Mr. Ladd in the institution. Capital of $50,- 000 has been increased to $500. 000 with sarplaa of $100,000. A. X. Bush, son ot the founder, as president of , the institution is ac tive la its management. While tha baas: has only bad two preaideats la it years of history, its cashiers have likewise been few ta namber. John Al bert, whose soa Joseph Albert now heads the trust . departmeat of the bank, was the first cashier. He was followed by Claade Catch, w first vice president of the Central National baak ot Oakland. A. N. Bash, Joe Baumgartner and Will Walton preceded L. P. Al drtch. the present cashier. Keeps Abreast of Tlaaea Ladd St Bush has been noted as a baak which baa kept abreast ot the developmeat of its own com munity. - Increase of deposits to a mark past $$.000,000 haTe brought adequate baa king facil ities for every customer's use. Tet with the development' of the bank, the .history of the in stitution haa been conserved. In carefully protected vaults, every ledger of every day's business of the bank la carefully safe-guarded. In a niche In a wall of the baak reposes the first 'safe need when the bank opened -In 1809. Progress haa' been made bat the mementos of. early days have been nicely retained. - There will be ao special anni versary exercises at the bank today according to Mr. Aldrich. Business 'will be as usuaL- But castomers who ' know ' will recall with gratitude that to years ago this moraine; the firm of Ladd Bush opened a baakinr business in Salem.': Tersely, The Oregon- Ian ot that "day chronicled - the story when it related: "The new Leaking house of 'Ladd tt Bush la Salem waa formally-opened 'to day. r.r'3-'. ;c7- r...;Tr is GIVHJ ADDED ZEST ' (Contintxed From Page 1.) - 2: SO o'clock whea the' signal Is given that will send the thousands ot little folk radag out over th-i closely guarded greenawasd ia search ot Bunaye eggs, which, it should be explained,, are candy eggs, ao aay amouat that a child la likely to tlad wont cause aay digestive damage.'. -Ia order that the smaller child- i E1EGOIM t TODAY -i - lirfrrTi i rt, I nr. .ulauv "tf. thapter Poulr - i -Tbo Diamond Uaster , C03EEDT- mm egrs The New Ever' Conclave 1000 rooms win be needed fa pri vate hemes, Elliott believe. -" -Geateaaeesani Keg Boosted . Ko contract has as rat signed with any concession firm althonxh aararal arawoaltiona hare seea submitted to the convention. Tha . major eatertaiameat f - the tarea days la to be a drum corps competition Friday night with at least It orgaaixationa from all parts but d ex tha atale . nartleipstiag Laces, special athletic events. shows, carnival entertainment aad other foatnye will provide every legionnaire with, a wide raage of eatertaiameat. . -j?" While ao contract baa as yet been signed with a decoratiag firm, oae la to be arranged for by tha commission which wax destg- aato thia form aa official decorat ors for the convention. Salem bus iness men are urged to await can from thia company which will be able to place deeorationa at a Katleial FwhUdty Sanw National publicity wCT be tided for the convention through the American Legioa monthly which wffl pablish a picture of the Oregon eapitol la its Juae Sssae together with material about the Salem peat. ren win hare a "fair show la the contest, a section of the lawn la to bo reserved for those under sev en years old. and aaother section will be for those from seven to twelve. Acovte and Canto Fire GJrle to AsaisC Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls are' auictlag the Lions la handling- the affair. Children finding prize numbers in the packages should leave their names and addresses, and the prize numbers, with the Lions committee. :lrhe:finas taking part in offer- iaa-tprixes are: Harry W. Scott. The Spa, Atlas book store, Fitxgerald-Sherwin Motor company. Miller Mercantile company. Roth's grocery. L W. (Doc) Lewis. Doughton it Sher win, Giese-Powers Furniture com pany, C. F. Breithaupt, Blue Bird confectionery. Zosel's tire shop. A. C. Haar 4b Co, Tyler's drug store, First Na tional bank. Burnett Bros. Jewei- ly. variety store. Patton's book store. Capital drug store. Flake's Petland, Buster Brown shoe store. William . Anderson sport goods store. Red Cross pharmacv. Bn- sicaa. J- C. Perry Drue tomour. Os car D. (Frosty) Olson florist. Nel son at Huat drug store. William GaMsdorf, Steualoff Bros., ine, W. W. Rosebraurh. Hamilton Furniture company. Director's de partmeat store, Sehaefer'a drnr jre, wuuam. itiemeyer drug store. Worth's department store. John J. Rottlo shoe expert. Ken Brown's sport goods store. Doolittle's tire shop. Midret meat market. IL L. Stiff faraiture company. Commercial book store. P- E. P. company. EL r. Coffey (ln- tuuc, j. m. csnxpiey. H. T. Lore, jewcajr. Army ar Outinr store. Bishop's, Montgomery Ward aad company. Fulop's clothiers. Capitol theatre. Western Auto Supply company. Kendall Leaves $50 flOO Estate PORTLAND. Ore.. Mar. If. (AP) Real and personal pro perty rained at not less than $50,- 000 was left by Fred P. KeadalL salmon packer aad chairman ot the stte fish commission. A peti tion for ppolntment of administra tor wss filed in circuit court to day.' A son and two daughters are legal heirs. - "0 Ml M MS OTCED . bBB ' f OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon; Friday Monuaj. UIOZMIJI FflUrJD BU1LTV Jury Recommends Sentence - of Uf e" Jmpriscnraent; iDeQeralicn Long v CCanttaaed Frasa Paga W . soa aad Mao TrazaQ aaraata Miss Traxairs home, i U Durtac aa altercaHon Dickerson suffered: a mortal wound from which-he died four days later. Bryant; durtac tha trial, testified that he and Miss TroxelL a pretty CorvaWa waitresa. vera engaged to be married aad that ha Intend ed to remonstrate Dickerson for taking- Miss Troxen home, Def eatdaat TeQs Of Dmetxh. Immt iTlsamt Aa impedisaeat of speech. Bry- aat testified. preTented aim rrom immediately remonatrauag wica erson. Ha claimed Dickerson was the aggressor aad that tha aeavy toot ban eoaea anaeaoa a mi mrt- oehakad m to death. It waa brought out ta the trial that Miss Tsoxen bad raqaseted Dfekersoa to escort her home be- eaase she feared Bryant, r ... Tk fshblaar waa done with a iuir noivted hatcher knife which Ttrvant tpsltfled WSS tO bO Used on a nlenic The state eoatenaea ijryant pro. yfoualy made threats against Dick erson aad purposely waylaid the girl and her escort. CORVALLIS. Ore.. Mar. It. ipi Tha fart tn the trial of tnu Rrrant. 20. received - the from the court at o o'clock this afternoon aad retired ader eharra of bailiffs to con sider the fata of the defendant charred with stabbing to death Lewis (Hip) Dickerson. Oregon State college grid star and assist ant coach. . .Arguments of the attorneys for fie defense and prosecution occu- . . . . & f piea pracxicauy - nm caun counsel for the defense basing the entire ease of the. claim that Bry ant was engaged to . Mae Troxeil at the time she was being accom panied borne by Dickerson. that ho went ahead ot them intending to remonstrate with Dickerson about going out with his girl and that before words were said. Dick erson became the aggressor forc ing Bryant to use a knife. District Attorney Opens Argmnaenta District Attorney McHenry opened tha arguments for the state which was closed lata this afternoon by an eloquent speech of Special Prosecutor Arthur Clarke who spoke for aa hoar and twenty minutes, touching practi cally every poiat raised la jus tes timony. Clarke declared tha decisioa -of tha case rest oa the Jury's deci sioa oa three poiats: First: whea Bryant got the knife. For what purpose did he get it Did be later act la self defease. Defense Teetiaaony Strowaiy Ridiculed . Clarke charged that the defease case was creative imagiaation and muck of It was not supported by scientific evidence. He ridiculed (the Idea that Bryant waa beat oa r . elUea. vo on PTN a ' r protectiag the honor ot his sweet heart whea aha waa going direct ly ta her Tsomo where there were four aearly grown brothers, some of whom later came and took: her home after tha stabbiag. " Jedge SWpworth ased three taartera -ot'aa hoar ta charging taa Jary. atreaalag tha degree of murder aad pointing oat 'five pos- afbla verdicts T Including' acquittal. Ha told tha Jury salt defense rests larrslr om which waa the aggres sor. Ho espial aad reaeoaable doubt- . warn am is Fuerms udy . Anyone who has aver left his girl .friend hastily at tarea ajn. after strong' parental ainta from the top of the Btaireasa .Trin ap preciate tha amusing aitaatlon ta which Colleen Moors and her lead ing man, Nell HamRtoa, appear ta "Why Bo Good." current at tractJon at the Klsinore "theatre, , "Why Bo Good." a story of a fllrtaUoas modern girl. - revlvea memories of sack occasions, which serve, to make this comedy-drama ana la which the principal coar. aeters are unusually understand able aad human. Miss Moore as a dance-mad pep py girl, of the 1129 model and Hamilton, ure seea la a .romance that m both hamoroas and seri ous. The players are seea in Jazzy night elubs, tn a bungalow on top of n skyscraper, and In the cheap bat homey house of a stellar char acter. ; .' "Why Be Good," will be shown today and tomorrow to be .fol lowed Sunday with Richard Dix fa "Redskin' Paramount's sound color classic, said to be Dix's greatest production to date. "For refreshing and general ex cellence, commend us to the Sla- riansky Royal Russian choir, who made their Shanghai debut at the Embassy theatre last night to a full house and fully Justified all that had been said of them ia ad vance. This Is the decision of a critic in Shanghai who makes a glow ing appreciation of the work of the Russian choir which Is coming to the Elsinore theatre next week. Friday. April 5. Ho continues: "Here is no amateur aggregation hastily gathered together aad medio erely rehearsed, buf a choir of trained voices, anyone of which would please In solo, and certain of which notably a resonant basso that conjures up visions of Me- phlstopheles in Faust, might be heard to advantage la opera." . got LOMXR COUIX DIES QUEBEC. Mar. It- (AP) Sir Looter Goela, Ilenxeaaat-goT- erner of the provlaeo of Quebec, died suddenly late today after two heart attacks. . Ha waa ft years aid. Russian choir is em men PRAISE 8TRIDAY, APRIL 31st On Natural Color) o u no (i tm o H. D. This asotorlat mtHi, r v. aas ChrrterTl.- n. kas P-ldmVa Uiearaa4 EDD. Slarch 29. 1929 SOU) EOIECE. FU6IIT fil!( SET : (Ceathraed from Page U at the solo endnrance record, la one be had to come down when a drrring raindrenched him through a break, la bis wtndsaleld and la another he failed to gain aiUtade r.. Vmww lva A rT tml and had ta set tha plaae down oa thai beach of Long Island sound before the flight was fairly started. Jensen first woa fame whea he came la second to Art Goebel ta the tragic Dole air race from San Fraaelsea to Hawaii, winning; a $10,000 prize aad piloting tha only ship besides Goebers that made the goal. - He made his endurance record In a Bellaaea cabin monoplane with a Wright whirlwind engine owned by an oil company that was sponsoring' the venture. . BlDa ISTJT TOLD AT (Continued from Page L Charles R. Stetter. Cladys Stet ter and Chartine sutler came to their death "from Injuries sus- faiaed aa the resalt of a dynamite exaloaion set off by the deceases Charles R- Stetter, wiia suiaaai aad homicidal IntenL" Wttawases Describe Scene of Tracedy Members of the coroner's Jury were-Fred J. MUler, W. L. Bohn. A. Wlllford. T. J. Hunt. Sr Theo dore Nehl and John Mnir. Dr. A. EL.Schlerhaam at ML Anrek who visited the acene ot tha tragedy together with the Mt. Angel firemen who -extinguished the blaze started by tha. dynamite explosion, told of the conditions found-in the wrecked farmhouse. Sam Stetter, brother of the de ceased farmer, told of the finan cial troubles and lack of work which, he said, were responsible for the letter's despondency. L. D. Lenon. Monitor store pro prietor, related that Charles Stet ter had come to his store about 7:15 o'clock Thursday morning; had paid a small amount, of money oa his account, chatted and Joked with' aaother customer ta . the store, and then purchased nine sticks of dynamite, two cape and 7 ELSINORE I TODAY ; TOMORROW CcZlcen VtyDe4kotU mantyfar tas DUES aacsusataV V" INNIS. of Bend-becauae it makes lay motor ran rcry. firaoolnly' I a-TTaree t asbV IbEaeSlharreaM-.. taorl f I eapoet to 1 AaeoeJated tasttMavafln junyii .. .via BWlvaWUBCl tgjveai ' " ' - - A. Uw had soma stumps to blast. Cbfidresa Prevailed r. To Go Hoaao i wm ifahel Stetter. daughter nf sam Stetter. testified that at S: JO o'clock Tbarsday morning i.-, el called at her father's borne aad induced Chaxline, tha ....mt rir ta nccompaay aim homa. Gladys aad har cousin Glea were oa their way to school, but tha farmer met them-. aad naked Gladya to ga koma arttk ktn ta ret aome cookiea. Glen went aloag, but after reaching the : was siren a cooay tnld ta ro On to schoot. ' Mr . Blirea lold of seeing Charles Stetter and the children eater tie house, the farmer car- ryiag tha sack of dynamue. ana a tew minutes later at heariag the expiosion. ,Ho then told or. what ho toand s after running to the house, the positions of Stetters body aad ot tha fragments of the children's bodies, aad ot am oe ductlona, based on a knowledge ot explosives, as to how thq sui cide and marder waa accom plished. - Ho said that la his opinion Stet ter placed a chair about three feet Inside the door, set tha pail con taining the ' dyaamite aad some Easter eggs beneath It and -then concealing the tact that he light ed the tase, prevailed upon the little glria to ait upon -his knees. $67J45Verdici Wemme Case End PORTLAND. Ore.. Mar. zS. (AP) Judgment for $47,545.80 against D.,V. Walker. E. W. Wick ey and August Wemme and la fa vor of tha alien property custod ian. . Howard Sutherland, was awarded la a verdict returned to day by a Jury In circuit court. . . The suit was brought by Suth erland -against tha three defend ants to recover $48,000. He charg. ed irregular dealings in. the stock of tha- E. Henry, Wemme compaay. "gamblixg stopped ' .AR Grays Harbor' towns have bees closed to gambling by eountr oiiiciais ana pouco of Hoauiam. Aoeraeen ana Montesano. NOW 99 80 Gold MexW r; 10' Whirlwind DMaterp OneDay Only Pri. April 5 fLM J- pack-.! i sverfa aUag eeete and leaurthcaS yowr sootor'sLlc. 7 sa esaitosi 4 CU af wfthi tCeeoJiaav . rar feet at tnse. nn IMl EATS! "ROYAL I ELSINORE - . . . M L I I I I L II I I I. . . ' - - i. iioiiil mi, im ii iijw . W EtfEiiyll TO. 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