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CIRCULATION Daily nmp 41itriatioa far Ike Boat ending April SO, 1SS0 6,601 ATira( daily act paid S.18S - Mentor Audit Burets f Circulation. ' FOUNDED 1651 EIGHTIETH YEAR Sales, Oregon, Saturday Morning, May 3, 1930 WEATHER Unsettled today and Sun day; , Occasional thowrnt. Max. temperature Friday 54; Min. 44; River 2.6; Rain .07; Cloudy. No. 32 ON CONF IP5 OMURD EK NSTALLAT ON OF QUEEN SLATED TO Coronation of Katherine I To Be Held in College Gymnasium President Doney to Act as Master of Ceremonies At Crowning Student Killed In Auto Accident On Highway At Eola Clara Morgan Dies Instantly When Auto Over turns Into Ditch; Three Passengers Not Seriously Injured in Mishap Katherine I, the 23 rd queen to reign over the May Day festivities at Willamette, will receive her crown In an impressive coronation ceremony presided over by Dr. Carl Gregg Doney in the gymna sium at 11 o'clock this morning. Gay dances after the fashion of Peter Pan and Wendy will form a festive background for the event. Dr. Doney will act as master of ceremonies and will place the crown. The queen's procession will be led by the heralds, Ronald Craven, Wendell Robinson, Walt er Kaufman and John Crakovicb, who will sing "The Queen Comes." Following the heralds will be the maids of honor, Lillian Scott and Margaret Bolt, and the flower girls, Sally Ann Barr and Beverly Boydston. Queen to Be. Followed 15y Crown Bearer Queen Katherine will then en ter, followed by the crown bearer, Jimmy Tryou, and train bearers, Norman Stone and Richard Page. Fenior girlg as the queen's court will then take their places and Dr. Doney will- give an address of welcome to students and guests. A vocal solo by Lucille Cummings will be followed by the May danc es under the direction of Alida Gale Curry, woman's physical edu cation Instructor. The dance program and those taking part are: - 1. Peter Pan Colo. Mary Allan. Wendy, Lois Jean Rasch. The Children, Lulu Allen, Virginia Holt. Nanna, the big dog, Joe Bilver. 2. Boys' Dance. Alvis Love, leader; Harriet Adams, Elizabeth Clement, Pauline Livesay, Olive and Olivia Jones. Florence Mar shall, Mary Riddell, Clair Wells and Edna Vannice. ? 3. Redskins' Dance, Murriel White, leader; Harriet Arnold, Erma Baker, Doris Clarke, JJeena Hart, Florence Decker, Mildred Miller, Ermal Sanders, Gretchea Mehl, and Helen Simon. Pirate's Dance, Nellie Badley, leader; Amy Fox, Dorothy Rose, Erenda Savage, Sarah Dark., Nao mi Fleet, Marjorie Moser, Hazel Irons, Marie Ledbetter, Marcelie Demytt, Eileen Cochrane, Esther Girod, Rosetta Smith, Lucille Brown, Lucille Fisher, Louisa Sid- well, Hannah Haselton,6ylvIa Du Boise, and Beulah Cramer. 5. Pirate Trio Nellie Badley, Captain Hood; Lillian Beecher, Edith Moranee. Trusties. 6. Wendy Arrives, ols . Jean Rasch. 7. Tinker Bell Rejoices, Mil dred Wampler. Scarf Dance, Mildred Pugh Em mons, leader,, Dora McClain, Ber nice Rlckman, Gertrude Oehler. Mermaid Dance: Dorothy East ridge, leader, Muriel Armitage Estel Chaney, Viola Crozer (Turn to page 2, col. 8) MISS CLARA MORGAN, 22 year old Oregon Normal school student from Jordan Valley, was killed instantly Lfriday afternoon about 3:30"oclock at Eola when the auto mobile in which she was riding with three other Monmouth students turned over in the ditch. The driver, Miss Opal Clester of Eagle Creek, was un hurt and her two sisters, twins, Nola and Vola Clester, the other occupants of the car, suffered only minor injuries. The four girls were on theirs way to Salem to make som 1 T 1 1 1 1 iuu purchases in connection with the May day exercises at the normal school. At the top of the hill Just sout hot Eola a car ap proached from behind; Miss Cles ter pulled out to let .this machine pass and had difficulty in steer- j bagckW0hnTo 8the Tlli Vi Vancouver, Washington, Ep. TU STILL HELD MUSTEK result the car swayed from side to side, then went into the ditch and turned over. Independence Ambulance nst Behind Wm-kjed Car Irvin Baun, proprietor of the Independence ' ambulance, was driving just behind the machine which was wrecked, he being on his way home from Portland with the ambulance after taking a pa tient there. He stopped "the am bulance and rushed to the scene of the wreck. He found the driven pinned be neath the machine and the three other girls lying in the ditch, Miss Morgan already apparently dead. Although she was not beneath the car it had evidently crushed her (Turn to page 2, col.,A) isode May Prove Similar To Lawson Case ROD MURDOCH PLANT STARTS CANNING HERE Machinery and Equipment at New Concern Revelation In Completeness Packing of Rhubarb Will Be Followed Soon by Work . On Gooseberries Prisoners Again Riot at Ohio Prison IMS OFFICIALS HEADS F1TH Mrs Brazier Small was reelect ed president of the Marion coun ty Public Health association at the annual meeting of that body held last night at the Gray Belle. Other officers are Mrs. John H. Ballantyne of Silverton. vice-president; and George H. Bell of Stay ton, treasurer. Selection of a sec retary was left in the hands of the president, who has named Mrs. John Elliott of Salem. Reports from all standing and clinic committees were given, par ticularly outstanding of these be ing Mrs. Ballantyne's report on the May Day link up with health work in Silverton. Dr. Estella Ford Warner spoke on "What the Demonstration Proved," and Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, county health officer, talked on "Future Pro gram," asserting that three things must and will be stressed this year; control of venereal diseases. sanitation and tuberculosis. Mrs. Glendora Blakely of the nursing division of the state board of health and Mrs. Grace Holmes of the tuberculosis divi sion of the board, both of Port land, were present at the meeting. VANCOUVER, Wash., May 2 (AP) Theories of accidental death or a suicide pact in connec tion with the death of Benjamin Northrup, 65, Clark county far mer, and his wife, Mrs. Louise Northrup, 51, wfiose bodies were Mown to bits in a mystery dyna mite blast Wednesday night were discredited by authorities today as they sifted every clue. The blast, which reduced their modest farm borne near Heisson, Wash., to splinters, was witnessed only by Clifford Campbell, 16, chore boy, who was held by Ju venile authorities until a thor ough investigation had been held. Despite severe grilllngs. Camp bell today maintained the story he first told of rising late at night to round up loose cattle was true. Previous the youth told of ficials that Just as he left the house and started down the road toward the cattle, the blast splin tered the house and knocked him down. Sheriff R. E. McCrite, Clark county, said that although the youth told a straight forward story, he wished to clear several statements which the sheriff said apparently conflict ed. The sheriff said that the youth told him be left the house in his fare feet but the authority said an examination of the boy's feet failed to reveal any cuts or bruises which he probably would have suffered on the stony ground. Meanwhile neighbors of the Northrups said they knew of no thing which might lead anyone to place dynamite nnder the cou ple's bedroom and fire It with In tent to murder. On Thursday, May 1, the great cannerv of Reid Murdoch & Co. started operations, with 40 to 50 women and the regular quota oi man power, packing rhubarb. Their slant is the completely rebuilt Institution of the Kings company that was purchased by the Reid Murdoch concern last year, at Front and Market streets. This plant was originally built and operated as a dehydration ouuu but had been Idle for two years, excepting as a warehouse for vari ous concerns. It was operated as a cannery for a couple of seasons by the Paulus Bros, concern, before the latters ecured its new site and fitted it up as a cannery at High and Trade streets. Operations Begun in tsS SSSi cTonce b-iLack of Organization Laid gan operations in Salem with the JQ TfoOSe m CharOe 0T son aa lessee of the West Salem UI110 rnSUM cannery. The heads of the concern having decided upon baiem as a COLUMBUS, May 2. (AP) permanent location tor ineir oper- Negijgence wa3 blamed for the ation3 in the Oregon field, the 0nlo penitentiary fire which took Kings plant was purchased from 320 convicts' lives April 21, in a the original owners, who had Deen rep0rt which was submitted today In litigation for several years. to Gov Cooner bv his inauiry That was near the close of. the board, while at the same time a pacKing season oi last year. report submitted by the state fire Immediately plans were laid for marshal exoressed belief the ori- tne complete reDunamg ana re- ein of tne tire vas incendiary. conditioning of the big plant. Con- Negligence considered in the al- cessions were maae Dy me cuy ieged failure of prison officials to o Lad Says He Killed Purposely Full Details of Cold Blooded Crime Are Told Sheriff Youth SignsvName to Statement Describ ing Slaying NEGLIGENCE HELD T ALLEGED SOVIETS' DOCUMENTS i (Turn to page 10, col. 1) STOCK PRICES SEE DEADLONG I Hoover's Speech and Cut In Rediscount Rate Have no Favorable Effect designate some one to take com mand of the situation arising from the fire inside the prison walls. the inauiry board's report said Negligence caused the delay in opening cell doors behind which the doomed convicts were locked while there was also serious delay in sending in the fire alarm, the report said, despite the prison had no fire apparatus Giving three possible causes for the fire as defective wiring, In cendiarism and spontaneous com bustion, the report said strong cir cumstantial evidence Indicated the fire was started by the temporary wiring in the I and K cell blocks The temporary wiring, while dangerous, was found to be in working order, the marshal's re- By CLAUDE A. JAGGER Asociated Press Financial Editor NEW YORK, May 2 (AP) Stock prices went into a head long decline today, the most pre- nart Bald strpKRinir the incendiar eipitant since early December, as lgm ldea he pointed out that oil fcAovlino -wm available to cn- ' f, s"" riMiIir'l,.,,,!,,,....,.. ulMM,i jltXMPXkJ rf ijfr"'y if in llf" l! rf fe - Jk" -"'"1 1 V! Dale Lavrson. Just 1hsi ).it 15th birthday, at 5 o'clock Friday night confessed to Inspector R H. Craddock and Sheriff J. L. link er in the Pallas county jail thst he shot and killed Mrs. Georpt- A. Dickinson at hr farm hom1 tne miles from Indap?ndonce Wrdnsj day mornine. It was Ju.-t 21 h.uirs hi'icv a coroners Jury !n Indcpemh m e had rpfused to pl.ic any blame on Lawson and tli had irturnr-fl to his father's lmnie in Ponlawd. l!ut fate liMvol rapidly. TbB Dickinson family, renirninc frrw tho Inaucst. dt-ctvorpd tell-tale powdpr marks on the door lPsdinR from the livine room of the bowie into tlie front lull. Autliont were called. The result was a war- rant charging I.awson with frt degree murder and his i!r-.-t. early Friday mornine at hi fa ther's hom in Portland. Youth Kinds His Story Won't Fit C'imi intnccs . Lawson Friday was hurrm! back to th f?ne of the rrimr. Every detail of his tory wa r enact.ed. It was only then, when facts failed to tally that Lawson f.hv he wag cornered, turned an about face and told Inspector Craddock and Sheriff Hooker hl story. Law son's signed confppsJon foilow: "I was working in the garden. While . I was working my wind got to wandering. I thought 1 would like to go some place in a car. I kept thinking about It eml finally I though I would go, 1 Turn to page 2, col. 5 t favorable developments as the re duction from 3 to S per cent In the federal reserve rediscount victs within the prison walls. The marshal withheld other evidence which he said was important as not make it public until after fur ther investigation. MORE FUNDS ASKED FO BOULDER 1 Airplane Is Forced Down Poisoned Grain Scattered Fire Origin Investigated i Bread, Water Given Wife FILTERS MAKE LANDING ROSEBURG. Ore., May 2 ' (AP) An airplane carrying Lleu-1 tenant Earl Wllkins and three passengers from Oakland. Cal., to Portland, where Wilklns' mother is ill, was forced down on the emergency landing field at Myrtle Creek, Ore., near here, today. Because of unusually adverse flying condition throughout southern Oregon, a West Coast Air transport plane from San Francisco to Portland landed here late today. Fof failed to rise and It was believed both planes would be forced to remain here overnight. - WAR WAGED ON RATS BEND. Ore., May 2 (AP) The United tSates biological sur vey today completed scattering poison grain over 8,000 acres of age rat infested grazing land in the upper Deschutes country. More than 1,000 pounds -of pols ned wheat was used la controll ing the infestation of rodents on the Laplne and Davis meadows. L Unnumbered thousands of rata were killed last yeari bat this year's poisoning eclipsed any oth er undertaking In the state. . FIRE'S ORIGIN MYSTERY PRINEVILLE, Ore., May J (AP) Central Oregon authori ties today Investigated the origin of a fire which last night destroy ed the Ed Parker residence on Bear Creek, near hereand caused the death of Ralph Dana. 50, Mll llcan. Ore. .. " Sheriff H. L. Ayers, who went to IsTettlg&ta tie fire, aald he had been told Dunn stopped at the Parker Home for the night. No one else was injured in the blase. NEW YORK, May 2 (AP) Police Commissioner Grover Wha- len today made public documents. variously described as authentic and as forgeries, purporting to give .evidence that the communist international of Moscow was fi nancing riots and strikes in the United States, fomented by emis saries sent, here for the purpose of soviet officials. Photostatic copies of the docu ments, which were seized by New York police, were furnished news- fb SLn ? F.l rke ' d commissioner with a statement iney escapea. th,m ,1Kn. v " Mid fCU W Ilsll shown statements by two prom- PORTLAND. Ore., Mar 2 ",ent Russians in this country who (AP) Mrs. Katherine Snell. were mentioned ln the papers he Portland, among other things, replied only that the documents stated today in her divorce com- were very definite and complete plaint that she was forced to live nd he was "afraid they most on bread and water while her bus- speak for themselves." band. John, furnished himself One of the documents was a with cream and other delicacies, letter on the stationery of Am tar z In addition to this system of I Trading corporation, official pur- starration, Mrs. Snell said her chasing agent for the soviet which husband had been ejected from a l has done millions of dotiara church here because of miscon- I worth of business in this country duct with women of the neighbor- and was signed with the name of hood. G. Grafpen, an Amtorg official. Consolidation of Districts Vetoed DAMAGE DEMANDED PORTLAND, Ore., May 2 (AP) Robert gtickney, San Francisco, stilt dancer for a Paci fic coast vaudeville corner, filed suit today against the Oregon Hippodrome company, operators of a theatre here, for $6S,240 The Oregon conference of the damages. Stlekney alleged he 1 First Evangelical church, ln year was Injured seriously when seme jlr session at Vernonla this week steps at the theatre on which he I end, voted heavily against consol waa donning hia stilts collapsed, ldating the eastern Washington He allegel prior to the accident land Oreron Kvanrelfeal emito. his salary yas $300 a week and ences. according to word phoned that since then he had been un able to work. PROM QUEEN CHOSEN EUGENE. Ore., Mar 2 (AP) Dorothy Teepe, junior in ro mance languages from Portland, has been selected queen of the i hero yesterday morning by J, T. Ulrieh, local man and member of the state board who is in attend ance at the conference. The vote was' 49 against and If for merg ing. Ulrieh also reported that the junior prom to bo held at tho Unl- conference will meet in Salem r.f. r.r rtrernn ui io. ha next year. Rev. and Mrs. A. P was selected from a field of is Layton of Ealem are also attoad- candidates. ing we meeuag. Renewed disorders at the Ohio state penitentiary are reported In the latest press reports despite the most drastic efforts to stamp out the prison insurrection. In the tciepnoto picture above, national guardsmen are shown with guns trained on the prison walls as the convicts attempted a break. Shots from machine guns were fired over the prisoner's heads and only two were wounded. lie low, telephoto shows national guardsmen attempting to put emergency fire hose Lines into White City cell block. Convicts showered firemen with glass ln attempting break. rate and President Hoover's to the cauge of tne blaze He could statement mat me worst oi m business depression is over, bad failed to bolster the market. Selling was In enormous vol ume in the last hour, boosting total sales on the New York stock exchange to approximately 6,000,000 shares, the largest day's turnover since Nov. 13 when the autumn crash touched bot tom with sales of 7,761,450 shares ln a three hour trading period. Mnrn than 2.000.000 shares were dnmned ln the last hour today. 1 WASHINGTON, May 2. (AP) More than two-score issues, in I The initial outlay for construc cludlnr most of the recent popu- tion work on the $165,000,000 lar trading favorites, closed i4 uouiaer canyon aam unaertaaing to $16 a share lower. A few lead- on the Colorado river was re ins industrials were bid up at t quesiea or congress today in a the opening, but a heavy selling j supplemental estimate of $10,- movement soon developed, row- sbu.uvu submitted by president erf ul suDDortinr orders appear- Hoover. ed to have checked the decline by I In order that work may begin early afternoon, and many shares I on the project ln the early fall. rebonnder moderately, but tne house appropriations commit the market turned dull on the I tee prepared to Include the item rise, and several large profes- I in the second deficiency bill to be slonal traders, finding themselves formulated late this month. unable to bid stocks np, launched Secretary Wilbur has advised the president be has negotiated contracts for disposal of power and water which be believes will provide revenue adequate to re imburse the government within 50 years for Its Investment as re quired by the act authorising the construction Commissioner Elwood Meal of the reclamation bureau, who will K n rhitn nt tl.,rn.tni.ttmi Chinese pheasants curiosity mrTmtm t-pII minors Arv tA hrin about scientific and general know- on tne dtnif power plant Md all ledge Is threatening to become a American, canal under the project, serious problem in Salem. Sev- wUblm m few weeks after the ap- erai weeaa ago a pbw " propriation la provided. on experimenting witn eiectncuy. SecreUry Wilbur will advertise flew Into a hick tension wire and I n- km. nr. Mn.t..inn plunged the entire north, end of work. In Tlew of the magnitude the city into aaritness. I of the project, considerable time" raaay nigni mwnw nrohabiv win tu .iinw tnr n. committed suicide in a quest for A .Rt h to.a t i. . e.j ITU VIJ I J ykwv legal KnowieaKe- expected it will require eight tnrougn a piaus iw years to complete construction. tne stuay oi wuuim r, au, iv cal attorney, at his home at 875 Cross street. It dropped dead, I NIGHT GAME PLAYED but Mr. EUls was In doubt, de- DES MOINES. Mar 2 (AP) solte his comprehensive legal I Des Moines tonight won ' the tralnmg, as to wnetner ne mignt nrst regaiariy scheduled night safely make a meal of the pheas-1 baseball game In a class A league ant. 1 defeating Wichita in the inaugur al contest of the Western league season here 13 to . "She Scolded Me," Youth Says Explaining Murder a powerful attack on short, sell ing. Pheasants Get Habit oi Real Curiosity Here MARRIAGE FAILURE SAN FRANCISCO. May 2. (AP) The two months marriage of Dr. Jfyron B. Fractman ot San MAN LEAPS TO DEATH SAN FRANCISCO. May 2 (AP) John Vucasovlch. 3$, So- Francisco, tnd Helen Dean, screen nora, Tuolumne county merchant, actress, came to an end today i leaped 460 feet to his deatn near when Superior Judge John J. Van the municipal airport at Mills Nostrand granted Dr. rractman i neia today in a piaae ne aaa nir an tnnnjment. ' ' ' led for a "Joy ride. . By SHELDON F. SACKETT He lay in the rough bunk of the Polk county Jail, this stem, yet smiling-faced,boy of 15 years, and while his Hps quivered a bit as he answered a flood of questions, there was poise and calm plainly manifest by Dale Lawson Friday night as he told the incidents of his early life and the details of a tragic episode which only Wed nesday swept him Into swift ha tred, then startling vengeance and brought him stark into the hands of the law which may Inflict life time imprisonment or death. Up the winding steps of the new Jail we had gone to meet this lad. The sheriff, the deputy, the newspapermen. What kind of a boy was this, the murderer of the woman' who befriended him? A fiend? A pervert? A social mon strosity, product ot a divided home and ten years of life with out the sympathetic band of a mo ther? One s mind beat a ques- tionalre as we sought our audi ence, the first granted by this murderer, the youngest ln the west If not in the nation. As he lay In that bunk appear ance denied be was a murderer. For his hair was light brown and waved slightly. His eyes were clear, and bright. His face was white, but color came back as we talked. Sensitive Hps he had, Hps which quivered a bit. "per haps because it's cold in this jail but more so because it was only four hours before that the defense of two days had been pried loose and the sordid story of anger and death had been told. Next to the bunk as Dale talked. lay bis clothes, not the rough gar ments of a murder as we are wont to think of those 'who take life, They were school boy's clothes. The white corduroys of an Inde pendence high freshman. A white, striped shirt, with colored arm bands. His face was clean even though pressed again the grimy pillow of a Dallas Jail. Back to eastern Washington went Dale to start the story of his llf e which so quickly Wednes day morning had brought him face to face with the grimmest of tragedies. Quick In his an swers dear in his replies, he an- HI III! swered every question placed be fore him. "I cannot tell yon why I killed Mrs. Dickinson" he replied. I know I could not do such a thing again. I wasn't myself. I don't know who I was or what I was doing." Lawson continued: "I remem ber now that the morning of Wednesday I was working in the garden. I went into the house to talk to Mrs. Dickinson. We had Just recently planted the garden and Mrs. Dickinson scolded me and was cross because she said two rows were crooked." Lawson admitted as he lay in the bunk and the memory of the deed was fresh before him that he became angry. "No. I do not have a habit of losing my temper. You can check with my school teachers on this. But. I went back to the garden and thought the thing over. I thought of the gun in the house. Then it was that the plan of the shooting came to mind." Didn't Know I Killed Her, Youth Declares Earlier ln the day Lawson in his confession toHSnow he enter ed the house, took the gun, left the house, re-entered by the front door, paused momentarily in the hall and then through the partly open door, shot Mrs. Dickinson. "No. I didn't know I had killed her," Lawson said in continuing bis story ln the Jail Friday night. "I did see the body crumple up. I was scared." . Lawson went on to tell how he went from the hallway through the bathroom, where be left the gun, then went up&Jalrs to his room where he hastily changed clothes. Downstairs he came and out the kitchen door to the gar age he went where the Dickinson car stood. This Lawson took and with 71 cents which was all the money be nad he started for poruana. "I figured I was taking the car, yes, I guess you'd call it steal ing it. but I knew I had to get going, he said. "It took 25 cents of my money after leaving the car at Oregon City, bought a street car ticket to oPrtland and then rode ln. going to my father's home." .- t (Turn to page 2, col. t) T YOUNGEST SIB Dale Lawson. mho Fridav nisbt confessed tbe intentional killing oi mrs. ueorge Dickinson near In dependence Wednesday morniny, may be the younyest slayer In Oregon's history, an inquiry that night Indicated. Penitentiary of ficials here could recall but one possible rival for this doubtful honor; Rex Meade who is now in the penitientiary for murder. Young Meade whose case if, similar to that of Lawson in that he killed a man In whose home he had been living, was 15 years old at the time he was convicted in Portland. Lawson is also 15, to that the difference is one of months only. An Inquiry as to whether in view of his extreme youth Law son can be sent to the penitenti ary, provided he Is convicted of murder, was answered by a local attorney who is familiar with criminal law. in the affirmative. Lawson's case is primarily on for the Juvenile court, and if it re mains there the penalty" could be no more severe than commitment to tbe state training school.. That would mean release at the age of 21. However the Judge ot the Ju venile court has authority toMurn the case over to the circuit court in which case his youth would be no protection, insofar as tb law is concerned, from any penal ty the court might impose on an adult for a similar crime. Observance for Memorial Day in City Mapped Out Mrs. Robert P. Budrow of the American Legion A ax illary cemetery committee la isswing a call to relatives of deceased World War veter ans to cooperate in carrying out the usual Memorial Day veterans observances lOO per cent by notifying the committee of all new veter ans' graves ln the local rem eteries this year or of graves that have been overlook tm past years. . It is the desire of the patriotic organizations decorate the grave of every veteran anly only throng cooperation of relatives cft those in- charge be sure of reaching all graves. The committee reports farther that government headstones ordered owk time ago win be here prob ably before Jnly 1, and that aay relative of any war vet eran wishing to apply for one of these should get taj toaca, with th committee-