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Vomsji Is
Identified
Fingerprint Experts
Announce Victim Is
Mary McCoy
Warrant Issued for
Arrest of Joseph
A. McCoy
i
SACRAMENTO. Calif., March
2. (AP) iDYestigatora of the
taia criminal Identification bu
reau today identified the body of
a woman that of Mary McCoy,
alias Mahalia Horn, alias Mary
Tucker.
Records here told little of the
woman except that she was arrest
ed In Phoenix, Arts.. July S, 1927.
charged with disturbing the peace.
At that time she gate her age as
23 and occupation as housewife.
. Identification was , made by
comparing fingerprint tiles with
akin from her four fingers of the
left hand, remoTed by Sheriff
John W. Runner of Humboldt
connty, preserred in formaldehyde
and sent to the bureau here
The bits of skin were photograph
ed and the pictures compared with
fingerprint files, Clarence C. Mor
rill, superintendent of the bureau
said.
Woman's Peatarea
Correspond to Record
Records here showed the worn
an was born in Maburn, Ark., had
medium chestnut hair, light brown
. eyes, was fire feet X. inches tall
, and weighed 114 pounds.
She was arrested in Phoenix
with Joseph A. McCoy, then 23, a
barber, who subsequently was ar
rested In St. Joseph, Mo., on
white slare charge, but released.
EUREKA. Calif.. March It.
(AP) -A warrant charging mur
der was issued here lata today
azainst Joseph Anthony McCoy,
snsoected by authorities as the
slayer of Mary McCoy, identified
by the state bureau of criminal
Identification as the woman found
Monday secreled'beBWttfHred-
wooa log near ine Keawooa mgn-
way. 60 miles north of Eureka.
Authorities said the description
c McCoy answers that of a. man
seen by William Martell. of Eur
eka. Quarreling with a woman
aear tie scene of the slaying abon
six weeks ago. the time the wom
H an is baUared to hare been killed.
V Report receired - bere state Me-
JCoy was with Mary McCoy in
V Phoehlx, Arts., in 1527.
Report Says Oovple
KoUeedt QoamUos
MarteU ahortly after the body
was found last Monday by two
highway workers told authorities
that ho had seen a young couple
quarreling in an automobile
he was driTlng orer the Redwood.
highway. He stopped, bnt droro
on after being assured by the man
that eTerythlng was "all right.
The description of the body also
corresponded to that of the girl
la the automobile, Martell told
authorities.
.Another report of a man and
young woman haxing difficulty not
far distant from the crime waa
glren 8herlff John W. Ruhner by
Mrs. Edith Rodenberger, owner
a general store at 1'Jamath. Like
Martell ahe made this known the
day following the finding of the
body.
Mrs. Rodenberger said a man
drore ud to her door and yelled
"Hare yon seen a beautiful red
haired, woman anywhere - around
here?' When she replied in the
neratiTe he drore ; away, mum
bling something about her haring
"run away with another nan."
Humboldt officers, until today
occupied mainly with attempts to
Identify the. body,- immediately
turned their attention to an or
ganised hunt for her. suspected
companion. Their interest dropped
with new derelopments in the-at
tempts of three brothers of Mrs.
Gladys Hares Preston, of Red
ding, missing from Redding since
February 9. Until this afternoon
this had seemed the nearest to an
identification of the dead woman.
MOONSHINERS TAKEN
CORVALLIS. March 29 (Spe
eial) Two men were arrested,
and a-150 gallon stm and 1200
gallons of mash captured by state
prohibition officers at daybreak
sear here this morning.
Army Surgeon
Of Murdering Two Wives
DENVER, March 28. (AP)
Department of justice agents to
night began an investigation into
the alleged mysterious death in
California 17 years ago of the
first wife of Major Charles A.
Shepard, army surgeon, accused
Of IMtlinill tla Jl
r kvvuu aywwv m
rort Riley, Kaa., last June. - ;
Tha fir CI....J t.a
- 4ua. Biicyuv im muu
by her brother, James Child of
Needles, Cel., to have died "under
mysterious circumstances while
Shepard was enamored of another
woman."
Childs, who wrote Sardlus 'M,
Brewster, United States district
attorney for Kansas requesting an
inquiry into his sister's death,
was quoted as saying she was
th Dm" while eating
breakfast, and died nine days
:: a. ? -.: kasaBaaMaau. v.-. .
J
tioaally ftmoas jockey wiio,
accordina to the latest rr porta.
Is serionaly considering return
ing to the tracks, gome time
ago he aiuKwnced that he waa
quitting the Jockey game and
would become a horse breeder.
SHDOTS GIRL. SELF
Drunken Rage Leads to Two
Deaths; Neighbor Also
Slightly Hurt
KLAMATH FALLS. ' Ore.,
March 28 (AP) Barricading
himself In a barn loft on his ranch
near Malln, 25 miles southeast
of here, William Simms today
shot and killed his 15-months-old
daughter and committed suicide.
sheriffs deputies here reported.
Simms last night wounded C. Y.
Motody, Klamath Palls, in what
deputies described as a drunken
rage.
Arriring at the Simms ranch
today, officers who were summon
ed by Mrs. Simms and Moody,
heard a rolley of shots In a barn.
Fearing Simms was desperate,
they surrounded the barn and
charged. They met with no resist
ance and found the rancher and
his Infant daughter dead in tlaT
loft. -
' Bums rifle and fire discharged
cartridges lay at his side.
Mrs. Simms - told officers her
husband returned from Malln yes
terday afternoon Intoxicated.' He
started to quarrel, she said, then
seized the baby and ran to the
barn, from where he fired two
shots at Moody's ear as the latter,
a friend of the family, drove up.
Mrs. Simms said she and Moody
fled in his car, but stopped some
distance from the farm to change
a tire. Simms followed on horse
back, shooting Moody In the leg
as he neared the car. Mrs. Simms
and Moody took refuge in a near
by farm house until they could
summon officers.
ELECTS OFFICERS
Frank Cain was elected man
ager and Rufe White, secretary,
of the drum corps of Capital Post
No. 9, American Legion, at a
business meeting held la -connection
with Friday night's regular
practice.
It was decided that two bass
horns would be added to the
corps, an Innovation . entirely
new in the northwest but which
has been tried with success by
some of the other corps against
which" the local group competed
in the national contest.
Twenty-five new recruits . are
turning out for dram corps prac
tices in addition to a number of
the old members. If the remain
ing old members do not Teport
within a abort time their places
will no longer be held open, ft
was indicated; if they do, the
corps will bo enlarged.
PORTLAND MTXXP LOOMS
PORTLAND. March 28 (AP)
John F. Logan, attorney, point
ed out today that If all five mem
bers of the city eonneil are re
called there will be no muneipai
government In Portland- until
Governor A. W. Norblad calls a
special session, of the legislature.
Major r. Shepard, held In Jail
here pending; actios, by thojted
eral grand Jury in Kansas to con
nection wit the charge that he
killed bis second' wife, rigorously
denied there was any mystery to
the California death. He refused
to go into detail, z ' ? -S.
Department of Justice enU
Instituted their inTestlgltlon into
tha naitfnraia. mm at the request
of ' the Kanrrf district attorney
who said he desired runner nuor-
malton relative to SheVaTdS past
in developing the mux Jer aecusa-
The 61 -rear-old army - officer,
.Canadian: by X birth, married
ri v. rMM at Lewlston. .N.
Trt la 1897. Four years after -Aer
death in Ull he married a aec-
mm mm
DRUM CORPS HERE
Suspected
T0.MDR1
HIS SLOWLY
Administrative Policy in Re
gard to Haiti Announced
By President
Diplomatic Relations to Be
Established Gradually
Is Statement
WASHINGTON, March
(AP) President Hoover today
adopted as his administrative pol
icy the gradual withdrawal of the
United States marines' from Haiti
and the substituthh of diplomatic
relations for the present military
commission.
The recommendations of the
Forbes commission to this effect,
which further suggested recogni
tion of a provisional government,
were accepted by the chief execu
tive two months after the appoint
ment of the group to study United
States policy in the Island repub
lic. With the immediate withdraw
al of the marines found Inadvis
able, the commission recommend
ed gradual withdrawal In accord
ance with arrangements to be
made between the two govern
ments and with the advice of the
commandant of the Haitian
garde,
Diplomatic Representative
To Succeed Commissioner
A minister would be assigned
to Haiti to succeed Major General
John H. Russell, American high
commissioner at the expiration of
his tour of duty. Russell's term
is limited by the pleasure of the
president, or by the treaty auth
orising marine occupation, which
lapses in 193C. ,
-Also, under recommendations,
the minister would be charged
with negotiating agreements "pro
viding for less intervention in
Haitian domestic affairs."
The commission recommended
that the detail of naval and mar
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77 DEGREES HERE
Temperature of 77 degrees was
recorded on the official thermom
eter at the airport Friday after
noon, the hottest March tempera
ture recorded here since 1S2I and
within two degrees of the hottest
for any March day alnce weather
records have been kept here. The
temperature Wednesday was 71,
a record for the year at that time.
but Thursday witnessed a higher
mark, 74.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Msrrh
f API Th Tint tost Marrh riav In
the 69 years of weather keeping
here was reported today by the
United States weather bureau
when the merenrv soared to SS
degrees at 3 p. m. in addition' to
setting a new mark for the long
period, it also established a rec
ord for tbe present year.
The highest previous March
reading was on March 2t, 1923,
when a temperature of 82 derrees
L was recorded.
EUGENE, Ore., March 28.
(AP) Today was the warmest
since early last fall, the mercury
climbing to 77 degrees. Only
three times in the past ten years
has a March day been as warm as
today, the local weather observer
said.
MARSHFIELD, Ore., March it.
(AP) The temperature
reached 8C degrees here, today.
BERLIN, Mareh 18 (AP)
Dr. Heinrleh Bruening, new
chancellor of the Relchs, set
about today choosing ministers on
a personal basis and without deal
ing with parties to his efforts to
form a cabinet succeeding that of
Hermann Mueller.
That was demonstrated when
Dr. Bruening offered the minis
try of -agriculture to Martin
Schleld, a nationalist leader who
accepted despite the fact his par
ty earlier declined to participate
in the new government and de
manded dissolution to the Reich
stag an new elections.
I The nationalists decided on
their course of opposition even al
ter their fiery leader. Dr. Hugen
berg, had been asked by Presi
dent Von Hindenburg to give up
opposition at this point for the
country's welfare.
; The president also Instructed
the new chancellor to forget party
petlfogglsg and construct a cab
inet which : above all eouid : put
through- tbe budget and financial
reforms. It was t Iter that confer
ence" that Dr.-Lryenlng offered
the agriculture portfolio to Herr
Sch tele : who hi president of tbe
f:2srsl -farms federation and
stasia high In the regard of ag
riculturists , : -; ." ;:
DAKX CLOSES DOORS '
; K0RTHAMPTON,1 Mass., March
28; i (AP) The Hampshire
County Trust co.. suppenng
shortage of approximately f 286-
k in
bhSf
000, closed us door tooay. ,
Op
ened
By Elaborate Ceremony
President Hoover to Press Golden Key at White
House to Cut Barrier Between Washington
and Oregon; Notables Present
LONGVIEW, Wash., March 28. ( AP) Thousands of per
sons will be here tomorrow to see one of the greatest
bridges ever built opened and a
and Oregon established.
When President Hoover
White House at 2 p. m., a barrier across the center span will
be severed and an American
ongest cantilever span in North America and the highest
o
E BODY
Representatives of. 6 Ore
gon and Washington
Areas on Hand
ASTORIA, Ore., Mareh 28
(AP) Carl Moerck. Aberdeen,
Wash., hotel man, was elected
president of the Coast Empire as
sociation at its organisation
meeting here today. The meeting
was attended by representatives
from six Oregon and Washington
counties.
Other officers named were H.
W. Gauntlet, Newport, Ore., vice
president; and L. R. Merrick, As
toria, secretary.
Tha organisation, formed to
promote highways and tourist
travel over coast highways from
Crescent City, Calif., to Port An
geles, Wash., decided to model
the association on the "divisional
group" plan used by the Redwood
Empire association of California
and to expand Us scope as soon as
the Roosevelt highway In Oregon
and the Ocean Beach highway in
Washington are completed.
The association decided to im
mediately raise 8600 for prelim
inary expenses and to take steps
to incorporate the organization.
It was announced that additional
details will be discussed at a
meetinr or the directors. Izad
whom were elected today, to be
called by the president In the
near future.
About 78 delegates from 25
communities In Clatsop, Tilla
mook and Lincoln counties, Ore
gon, and Grays Harbor, Pacific
and Wanklakum, Washington, at
tended tbe meeting. Oregon state
highway commissioners Robert
Sawyer and Judge C E. Gates
were guests at the meeting, which
ended with a banquet tonight.
L
NEW YORK, March 28
(AP) Accompanied by such bit
ter exchanges by opposing coun
sel that Surrogate James A. Foley
several times protested, an appli
cation was submitted in surrov
gate's court today for a Jury trial
to determine whether Charlotte
Fiscal was the common law wife
of Abraham L. JSrlanger, theatre
magnate who died on March 7.
Surrogate Foley reserved deci
sion on the matter and also on
the submission of an affidavit .by
the. woman's attorney. Max D.
Steuer, in which she said that
on November 3, 1927, in Atlan
tie City, N. J., Erlanger told her
that If there was any doubt about
her status of ? wife, he wished to
remove it at once.
Thereupon, the affidavit said.
ahe put her arms around him and
said, "You are my husband," and
he replied, "you are my wife."
This was three weeks after the
drafting of the will In which Er
langer said he waa unmarried.
Miss Fiscal was not mentioned to
it and the now is teeklng a wi
dow's share in the estimated $75,-
900.000 estate.
If that marriage actually took
puce in new Jersey as ahe claims'
Steuer said, ."she, of course, be
came the wife of Abraham L. Er
langer and accordingly became his
widow on his demise; and this re
lationship revoked the will."
Ivy Richardson
1 4 Salem, Friday
Miss Ivy Richardson died at the
homo of her niece, . Mrs. Ivy
Lemon to' West Salem, Friday at
the. age of 67 years. She is sur
vived by the following brothers
and sisters: --
' Mrs.' Alt Gmiaa; Salem:. Mrs.
May Delamater, Baker; Mrs. Rose
Child, south Gate, .California;
Charles Richardson. South Gate;
and David Richardson, Idaho.
The remaini.are ni.caru 01
RIgdon's mortuary -and : funeral
announcements ;
will be 'i made
later.
nrsnAXD buns amuck
- .NASHVILLE. Tenu., March 28.
(AP) An estranged husband
lata today killed big mother-in-
law, hot his wife and wounded
his father-in-law before' he was
shot down by a 14-year-old broth
er-in-law, , .
COAST EMPin
MARRIAGE ARGUED
BY LEGAL GDUNSE
To Public Today
new link between Washington
presses a golden key m the
flag will be unfurled over the
bridge over navigable water
in the United States except
ing one resting on the high
banks of the Hudson river.
Governors Hartley of Washing
ton, Norblad of Oregon, Young of
California, and Balbridge of Ida
ho. Mayors Rolph of San Francis
co, Edwards of Seattle, and Baker
of Portland, Admiral Zlegemlkler
of the ISth naval district and nu
merous other prominent persons
will assemble on the $8,809,000
bridge when it is christened by
Mrs. J. J. Tynan of San Francis
co, wife of the western vice pres
ident of the Bethlehem Steel com
pany, which furnished steel for
the mammoth structure.
Lowd Noises to Announce
Final Opening of Bridge
When the key is pressed by the
president, bombs and daylight
fireworks, whistles, gongs and si
rens, will notify the throng that
the bridge Is open.
An Oregon procession will then
eross into Longvlew and a Wash
ington caravan will move to Rai
nier. Ore., then circling back,
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2S K. C. CANDIDATES
WILL BE INIT1I1I
Former Local Priest Slated
To Speak; Full Program
v Is Scheduled
lenty-flveeudldatel aruan-
pected to" be initiated into the
Knights of Columbus when all
councils of the county gather at
Miner- nau nere Sunday for a
program and initiation. Speakers
for the evening include Rev. W.
A. Daly, former parish priest in
this city, and Frank J. Lonegran
who will talk on "Knights of Co
lumbus, Past and Future."
The first degree will be put on
at 10:30 o'clock and the second
degree at 1:30 o'clock in the af
ternoon. The 200 visitors will
banquet at the Marlon hotel at
8:30 o'clock.
Besides the two addresses al
ready mentioned, the program
will consist of: music by the Sub
limity lodge orchestra and quar
tet; reading by Jerry Mason; ad
dress on fraternal duty by Frank
Davey; vocal solo by Miss Mar
garet Thompson, with Miss Mar
garet Nathman as accompanist:
A wee bit of fun" by Jack Ken
ney; and selections by Sublimity
orchestra.
BUY FILES
E
Guy O. S'mlth. Salem attorney.
filed Friday afternoon for the re
publican -nomination for circuit
Judge for Marlon and Lane coun
ties. With Judge L, H. McMahan
planning to file early next week,
a race for the circuit Judgshlp
looms tor the months of April and
May.
Smith was born in Salem to
1822 but lived most of his boy
hood years to Polk county, his
parents having a farm near Zena.
Here Smith received his early edu
cation. For seven years he at
tended Willamette university.
graduating from the law school to
1910.
Smith Immediately entered the
practice of law here and has been
constant to his practice for the
last 20 years; Roy F. Shields and
Smith were partners until 1924
when the former took a legal po
sition with the Union Pacille in
Portland.
Smith's slogan will be: "I shall
faithfully perform the duties of a
circuit Judge."
Mr. Smith said Friday that he
would make an aggressive but
moroughiy constructive ' cam
paign. He has never before held
public office and only once has
been a candidate.
Two Portland
Lads Held For
Robbing Station
Theft of an automobile to
Portland and robbery at Gillette's
service station on "the Pacific
highway at the Chemawa four
corners, is charged to Don Anton
and Jean Minke, two - Portland
boys about 17 years old, who were
arrested to ; Salem .; Friday - by
George Edwards, city traffic off U
eer. Ho orertook them at 1 8 ta
and Oxford streets and identified
them' by a description telephoned
to earlier- In the day. They were
turned over, to the Juvenile court.
FOR JOB AS JUDO
Women Invited to
, Oregon Statesmen
Cooking Matinee
Women of Salem and vic
inity are cordially invited to
Head the free Cooking Ma
tinee given at BligVa Capi
tol Theatre April 2, S and 4
tinder the auspices of The
Oregon Statesman. With the
co-operation of the Portland
Gas and Coke company in
struction in cooking with
gas will be given.
The hours are from 9TsO
to 11 a. m.
The instructor will be Eli
sabeth Reger of Portland.
no
n
IS HDTTD TESTIFY
Wet Forces Abandon Hope
Of Obtaining Services of
G. H. Ferguson
WASHINGTON, March 28.
(AP) Disclosures that It would
require diplomatic representa
tions to secure the appearance of
an official of a foreign govern
ment before a congressional com
mittee dimmed tbe hope tonight
of wet 'forces that the testimony
of Premier George H. Ferguson of
Ontario Province, Canada, on gov
ernment liquor control might be
offered In the prohibition hear
ings before the house Judiciary
committee.
In addition, reports from To
ronto indicated that Premier Fer
guson would not accept an invita
tion to testify as a rebuttal wit
ness to the charges of former Pre
mier E. C. Drury, a witness for the
drys that government control was
a failure In Canada. As a conse
quence, the wets, led by Rep. Lin
thicum, democrat of Maryland,
plan to extend the Invitation.
In that connection, F. Scott Mc-
Bride, general superintendent of
the anti-saloon league, in a state
ment tonight, said that the offer
of Premier Ferguson to "try to
com to the rescue of the On
tario liquor sales system" was not
to be unexpected.
Ferguson said his government
would be glad to furnish the Ju
diciary committee with informa
tion regarding the government
liquor control system, and added
that the people of the province
had repudiated the prohibition
policies of former Premier Drury.
PRISON REVOLT IS
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., March
28. (AP) The backbone of the
Missouri prison revolt was be
lieved to hare been broken late
today when a group of 500 con
victs who mutined Wednesday
and Thursday in the dining hall
went meekly to dinner after near
ly SO hours of enforced fasting.
Whereas Wednesday they had
rebelled against the food and
Thursday rioted in the dining
room, today they ate silently and
at a given signal tiled from the
hall with alacrity and In orderly
fashion.
Warden Leslie Rudolph,' who
today. put Into effect strict rules
designed to make the peniten
tiary a "hard boiled" prison, said
the situation now Is completely in
nana ana that he believes the
trouble is over.
Carrying out his edict to rule
with an iron hand, prison guards
wielded their clubs today ai. the
least provocation with the result
that the casualty list of convicts
mounted to 78. most of whom
were treated in the prison hospi
tal for head injuries.
Lata toda yprlson officials
named 22 of the most desperate
convicts to the penitentiary as
ring leaders in the two days of
disorder and sent them to soli
tary confinement to the punish
ment house. Some 20 others also
were in solitary - confinement
pending further investigation.
Prisoner Who
Escaped From
Here Captured
A . 'i - ; " ?
BELLINGHAM, Wash., March
II (AP) John W. Rogers, 80.
a trusty who escaped from the
prison farm of the Oregon state
penitentiary, was arrested here
today by Bellingham police and
two guards from the Oregon In
stitution. : ' ;
With him .were 'arrested , bis
two sons, Elmer. 19, and . Daniel.
24, and' his son-in-law, Lester
Marcu, 21. The. three youth will
be returned to Oregon, the guards
said, to face .'charges of aiding a
prisoner to escape. w" ;
Rogers was serving a sentence
for grand 'larceny.
. WOMEN WASTE FUNDS
' CHICAGO, March 2S. (AJP)--Women
spent 8700,000,000 of the
family payroll on worthless secur
ities last year, Howard B.- Reed,
Pittsburgh financier, said today,,
BELIEVED
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fAbi urrustu
IN U. S. SENATE
Rumors Indicate Hoover Also
Frowns on Latest Idea
At Conference
Experts Continue Efforts to
Reach Final Agreement
At London Meet
WASHINGTON, March 28
(AP) Senate opposition to Am
erican participation in the con
sultative pact proposed at the
London naval parley increased
today, with Senator Swanson, of
Virginia, the ranking democrat
on the foreign relations commit
tee, denouncing R as a "snare and
delusion."
Rumors reached the capltol
that President Hoover had indi
cated his opposition to the con
sultative pact to the American
delegation but there was no con
firmation of this. The silence on
the turn of events at the London
conference continued at the White
Swanson took note of
the reports that the president m
opposed to such a pact and ex
pressed the hope that "he will
adhere to a decision not to enter
into such a pact at the price for
naval agreement."
Opposition Voiced Under
Any Interpretation
He said, "I hope the report
that President Hoover Is opposed
to such a pact is true."
"If the pact means nothing,"
said Senator Swanson, "as con
tended In America, it is a snare
and delusion, giving fancied se
curity to European powers that
the United States has no inten
tion of discharging. If it means
something,- as European nations
believe, It Involves the United
States in political obligations In
Europe, which it would be honor
ably compelled to discharge."
LONDON, March 28 (AP)
While the American delegation to
the London naval conference to
day was busy making clear its
position regarding the proposed
consultative treaty and Mediter
ranean security act, British and
French experts continues! seek'
ing a formula which will satis
fy France's security demands
without increasing Great Britain's
European obligations.
Formal Meetings of
Delegates are Held
Formal conference
today included a talk
meetings
between
Secretary Stimson. Ambassador
Gibson, and Prime Minister Mae-
Donald at No. 10 Downing street.
Foreign Minister Briand. mean
while, visited the foreign office
to continue discussion of the
French security problem with
Arthur Henderson, British for
eign minister.
Tonight, after the lord chancel
lor's reception to the naval dele.
gatiou at the house of lords, Mr.
MacDonald went to Chequers for
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SKOW IS MEASURED
EUGENE, Ore., March 28
(AP) Efforts will be made at
once to get the state highway
commission to use Us rotary plow
on the snow of McKenxle pass to
clear It earlier than usual. It was
announced here today. A party
of skiers from the Eugene cham
ber of commerce, returned today
from a trip over this and the
Santiam pass, reporting deeper
snow on McKenxle than the other
pass. -
"CANDIDATE ANNOUNCES
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore
Mareh 28 (AP) Har
ry D. Bolvln, deputy district at
torney, today announced himself
as a democratic candidate for dis
trict attorney. He la a graduate
of Santa Clara university and was
raised to Klamath county of a
family of pioneer residents. He
was appointed a deputy ever- a
year ago. He Is the third candi
date for the office.
STATE MEET SLATED
EUGENE- Ore., March 28
(AP) Banquets, a Eugene "stu
dent night.'f and- the largest and
probably the last state wide par
ade of the Grand Army of the Re
public and .attendant auxiliaries,
will form parts of the state G. A.
R. convention here June 24 to 28,
it was decided at a preliminary
conference of department organ
isation Jeaoers nere today.
Some of those who . attended
the conference were: Charles Fes
senden; past department; com
mander, G. A. R.. E. L. Buchanan,
senior vice commander and H. R.
McWhorter, all of Salem.
BLOW MAT BE FATAL
ASTORIA, OreA March 28'
(AP)-Joe Dimltroff. . 38. was
struck -and perhap fatally injured
By an unidentified assailant ear
ly today In bis room at a local
hoteL Dimltroff 's skull was frac
tured fa two places by blows from
a revolver wielded by his attack
er, who fled after striking, Diml
troff down. At the hospital Diml
troff told authoritie that a man
had called at his room after mid
night and asked for a bottle of li
quor. Dimltroff said he Inform
ed his visitor that he had none,
whereupon the stranger asked for
a cigarette, and, as Dimltroff was
Hecks In
Darimess
2 Vessels Run Ashore
in Vicinity- of San
Francisco
Steam Schooner, Jap
Tanker, Reported
in Distress
SAN FRANCISCO. March 28
(AP) Two steamers -went
ashore within 100 miles of eaeh
other tonight in a dense fog
which blanketed the central Cali
fornia coast. The Japanese tank
er Rhine Maru grounded near
Point Sur, 100 miles south at
here, while the lumber -schooner
Claremont was beached inside tke-
harbor after striking a rock. The
Rhine Maru, bound to San Fran
cisco from San Pedro, abandoned1
ship and at 10:15 p. m. the erew
was taken aboard the passenger
steamer Humboldt which had
gone to the wrecked tanker's as
sistance. The tanker carried about
SO men and officers.
The Claremont's crew remain
ed aboard the vessel pending
word from the owners. Carryiar
lumber, the Claremont had left
this port for Seattle an hour be
fore she struck the rocks off
Point Bonlta. The master put hi
ship about and succeeded to
beaching her In the sandy shore
of Crissy field. About 40 men
were reported aboard the schoon
er. LOS ANGELES, March 28
(AP) The Rhine Maru aground
off Point Sur near San Francisco,
is a tanker of the "K" line, a
Japanese company, and has a
crew of about 50 men and offic
ers. The Rhine Maru cleared port
from San Pedro at 8 o'clock last
night bound for San Francisco.
Reports said she was aground
five miles below Point Sur. The
coast guard at San Pedro saM
cutters from the San Francisco
station of the coast guard had
left tot . the scene of the wreck.
March iiTArn-
SEATTLE,
Aground off Point Sur, on tbe
coast of southern California, the
Rhine Maru was sending out S.
0. S. calls for Immediate assist
ance, the Seattle harbor radio re
ported here tonight. Tbe steamer,
H. M. Storey, only six miles awy
when she received the distress
signal from the Rhine Maru re
ported she was speeding to tbe
disabled ship's assistance.
The Rhine Maru is a ateel Tea
sel of 6157 tons, 405 feet long,
with beam of 53 feet and depth
of 87 feet. She was built by tbe
Kawasaki Dockyards Company
Ltd., of Kobe In U22. The build
ers are listed fn Lloyds register
as the owners of the ship.
Santiam Pass Is Better
Attorney Race Gets Hot
G. A. R. Meeting Planned
Man's Skull Fractured
reaching for one, suddenly drew av
revolver and struck him on (Be
head.
Some 2500 in currency in Dimi-
troff's pocket was not taken.
NEW BANK REFUSED
ASTORIA. Ore.. March 28 '
(AP) Signers of an application
filed recently with the state bank
ing department for a state charter
for a new bank to Astoria, were
informed today by A. A.'
Schramm.- state superintendent ef ,
banks, that their application had
been denied. No ' explanation ef ,
the . action wa : giren x to -Schramm's
letter to the appli
cants other than that a written'
statement had been prepared: and. -placed
on file to his office. The
letter states "the statement Is net ,
for publication." . : .
HEARINGS SCHEDULED f
PORTLAND. Ore.. March 2J 4
(AP) Among others, Federaa -
Judge Robert Bean Monday- will
hear motions pertaining to , the
suit filed by Mrs. W. J. Rees and,
other saving depositors of the rev ,
solvent Astoria - Savings -bank i
against A. A. Schramm,'? state '
banking superintendent, as true -
tee for the bank, to make saving
depositors preferred claimants to;
the settlement, of the bank a ai--
fairs. One is a petition to make
a list of 284 savings -depositors
parties to- the complaia v white .
the ether Is a motion to dismtes' ,
the bill. The matter involves
nearly $600,900 In assets of tbe
insolvent, bang.
HEART BALM ASKED
' PORTLAND. Ore., March 28
(AP) Samuel E. Cobb, elderly
Portland lumberman, was made
defendant to a 1125.000 damage
suit filed to circuit court here
today by Arden, f B. Smith, rail
road ; engineer.'" Smith charged
that Cobb alienated the affection
of his wife, Goldle B. Smith, and.
tndueed her: to institute a pei
Jured dlTorce suit, which is peek
ing at Oregon City; near here. -
t Cobb, Smith, alleged, gave Mrs.
Smith clothes and other gifts and
frequented her," society , while
Smith was away at work on tbe
railroad. The plaintiff charged
that Cobb spent many hours with
his wife alone at the Smith-residence.
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