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FOUMDED ' 1651
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Salem, Oregon, Wednesday .Morning, September 2J. 1931
No. 12J
SMI IIIIIIIIMMM 1M II T Illll aeMw- .1 'iifr.n. mi frt i
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1TED SPEAKER
GIVES DEFENSE
OF PROHIBITION
Wet Claim is Inconsistent
: i Declares ex-'Congress ;
; " . Member Upshaw . ;
Praises Hawley for v Stand
On Moral Questions;
Is 'Hobver Demo'
Before 3 SO people at the First
Methodist church last night Wil-
' 11am D. Upshaw, for eight years a
congressman from Georgia, de
Tended prohlbitlon.T declared the
18th amendment was in the con
stitution to stay and called upon
' good : citizens - to i lend their
strength in its enforcement. ;
"If the money which has heen
-spent ever since prohibition was
Voted to break down its enforce-
: ment had betn used to uphold the
law, America would be so dry we'd
have to prime a man before he
could 8plt Upshaw declared.
"Having prophesied the Uw would
ail.-Jhe wets are doing everything
possible to make prohibition fall."'
. Upshuw denounced Franklin D.
Ilooseveit and; DwJght Morrow as
inconsistent opponents' of "prohi
bition, i ,
c TBoth men declare they dd not
want tha saloon back." he said.
"Both say the 18th amendment
has failed. Yet It ,was the 18th
amendment which cut out of bus
iness 177,797 saloons. By thelt
rery , statement they reveal their
Inconsistency." s
Claims Prohibition :
Law Is Buccess i ; '
The 18th amendment has been
a success in Upshaw's opinion. He
pointed to the fact that in the 11
years since its adoption the United
States has seen an average of one
million new homes built annually.
Savings bank deposits . have In
creased 400 per cent. .
i "In the six weeks I've been on
the coast I've yet to see a drunk
man," Upshaw declared. "Anyone
knows that on one Saturday after
noon in the old days: one saw more
drunks than one sees. now. in six
months." ,--!..
1 Upshaw said he was a"Hooyer
democrat." "The thinking people
of this country are not going to let
a drinking! man into the White
House," Upshaw said. "A woman
from Missouri wrote; me the' other
day complaining about the drouth
and saying that Hoover was to
. blame because he had promised
prosperity. - What'; wrong with
Germany? They have" no- prohi
bition and no Hoover. What's
wrong with England". Surely their
depression cannot be blamed upon
Hoover or upon prohibition?"
'Upshaw said two classes of peo
ple caused trouble ! in congress:
wet democrats and! wet republi
cans. wfl '''''-'."; - v . "r'fi
I i "You can't tell 'em apart," he
I laughed. "They look alike and
I smell the same. Day after day the
i wet leaders in congress' introduce
amendments to bills irrelevant
amendments to keep the "issue
on the front pages of newspapers.
I was a democrat but I: split with
the party when Al Smith was noin
i imated. In 1923 I predicted the de
feat of Smith if he tried to roll
into the White House on a beer
barrel. I was right.' r
i Praises Hawley - i
For Right Stand
Upshaw concluded his remarks
with an appeal ' to mothers and
fathers to protect their children
against the evils of liquor. "Some
time the parents are going to
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SALEM MAN OFFICER
PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 1
(AP); The western foundation
the blind was organized at a meet
ing here tonight. Articles of in
corporation are being prepared by
Attorney Lamar Tooze and will
be filed soon. j '
One purpose of the organization
will be to raise a ; loan fund : to
assist blind persons to get a start
- in business. ' j-
Edward C- Robins, Portland,
was chosen president; Don Smith,
Beaverton, first I vice-president,
and Mark Shoesmlth, Salem, sec
ond vice-president. The first two
are University of Oregon gradu
ates; and the third Is a. student
.there. . ,i . 1 - -
PIONEER IXSTTrTTION
CANBY, Ore.. 'Sept. 1 (AP)
' Organized nearly; 40 years ago,
the Can by Cooperative Cheese
company was dissolved' by the
- stockholders at. a meeting today.
The company's, factory . was .closed'
about ten years ago and the build
ing has been used as a warehouse
since.' ' .
The building was sold to the
. Northwest Bulb, company. Assets,
estimated to amount to about $ 1,-
E00, will be divided among the
COO or more stockholders.'Oeoi'ge
Kbehler. as chairman, appointed
a committee to settle the. com
pany's affairs..
- KIGGS DELAYS MOVE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (AP)
An early decision on location of
the Pacific ..coast breach of the
i A&tlonal soldiers home is expected
Sixteen of Latest'
Type Looms Bought
ForJiiihen
Gilbraith Returns From
- Machines Were Purchased; Installation j .
" To Follow Immediately oh' Arrival
IT1WO carloads of the latest automatic looms for ;weavingf
JL linen products were purchased for the I Salem . Linen
mills by-F. J. Gilbraith. manager, who returned Tuesday
from an eastern trip. The. machinery, is being loaded this
week at the factories of Crompton and Knowles, Providence,
R. I. It will take about 12 ,days for the cars to reach Salem
UNOFFICIAL SPEED
FLVIKG T.linK SET
Lowell Bayles Hcpes Record
Will be Mads in Real
; Test Later in Week
CL.EVEI.AND, Sept.! 1 (AP)
Lowell Bayles, ; dark l haired and
tanned flier from - Springfield,
Mass., tonight had the unofficial
distinction of being the world's
speediest land plane pilot. He
hopes to make the distinction of
ficial later this week.
With the grace of a 20-mile
wind and his tiny Gee Bee low
wing monoplane. Bay lea attained
a speed of 286 miles an hour on a
mile straightaway In a tryout for
the Thompson trophy race at the
national air races today. The
world record Is 278.8.
Flying four! times ' with and
against the wind over the straight
away he averaged 267.342 miles
am hour, more than one mile an
hour better than the American
record of Lieut. Al Willirms, for
mer nay pilot.! To make hh speed
an official record Baylesv a trans
port pilot, will have a barograph
installed in his plane and a three
kilometer course marked off. To
break a record he must top it by
approximately five miles an hour.
f-'The ship lnwhieh Bayles hopes
to break the:record Is stream
lined to the liDiUi shorthand nar
row to catch only a thinSUce of
wind. The wings which are wide
and spread 23 feet from tip to tip,
hang low. "
RABBI FLIES WEST
FOR ILK PARLEY
KANSAS CITY, i Sept. 1 AP)
Delayed in his retwato Port
land. Ore., where 'he is aeting as
arbiter in a milk strike, bi a rail
washout neari WamegojlCans.,
BJabbiv Henry J. BerkotaSMresorV
ed to Ian oil truck and -then att
alrplaiie to be on time for a meet
ing of opposing groups.
-If A plane was dispatched from
Kansas City this morning which
brought him to Kansas City from
his stranded train at Wamego in
time to catch, the plane of a regu
lar passenger line He rode from
the train to the plane on a truck.
! Berkowltz, former rabbi at the
Temple -B'Nai Jehudah here, was
in Ka-asas City to deliver an ad
dress at he dedication last Sun
day! of the Menorah hospital for
which he campaigned as head of a
personal committee.
Group Will Assist Blind
Cheese Firm is Dissolved
1 Home Decision Coming Up
friom the federal board of hospit
alization, "i
This board did not take up the
question at Its last meeting be
cause Rear Admiral a Charles E.
Riggs. surgeon general or tne-navy
was not in thei city. Riggs was a
member of the board committee
which visited Oregon last month
toi view the sites offered.
In a week or; ten days members
of the board iezpect ; to receive
the i committee i report. The hos
pital group, headed by Adminis
trator Hines! of the veterans af
fairs, passed on all : institutional
matters subject! to the approval of
President Hoover.
i ' ONE COMPANY FINED -
PORTLAND, I Ore., Sept. l.
(AP)r-Five out of. six charges of
sellinr misbranded mUk, - rtiea
against Portland i dairies aunng
tha recent milk war. were "con
tinued! for tentence" today in BU
nlclnal court here. The action is
consiaerea lanumouoi tu uiiui-
. . ... A. . A JI.mI.
A 50 fine was assessed on.the
Rlvertiew-Damascus company
which It was said In court, contin
ued to sell misbranded milk after
thei Vbottle-capl shortage" ceased
to exist. The defense of most of
thn comDanies was" that lack of
proper caps caused them to mis
brand milk. -
' t MAN GORED TO DEATH
ASTORIA. Ore:. Sept. 1(AP)
A bull gored Ludwlg Schulbach,
71. to death in his garden in the
Lewis and Clark district late yes
terday. ' Echulbach'a body was
found by.the widow. . ,
Co hip
-
Trip East Where new
uana tnen ine- iooms jwhi oe imme
diately installed, u -
The looms, 1C i in number, are
the most modern that are manu
factured and are most economi
cal in the production of cloth, as
demanded by modern textile man
ufacture. A n-amber of the old
looms have been reeohdiMoned bat
the majority of them . will be
scrapped as obsolete. 1 Some addi
tional new machinery . was also
purchased by GHbrafta ore his trip.
Selling connections for the fin
ished product were also establish
ed by Mr. Gilbraith. He express
ed the opinion last night that the
outlook was- bright for the new
organisation. Samples. .. will ! be
sent the selling agents as soon as
the machinery is : erected and in
running order.
The Miles Linen company, a
separate organisation, which Mr.
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Silken Substance Is Similar
To Rayon but Better
Science Product i
BUFFALO. N. Y.. Sept. 1
(AP)1 The world's first synthet
ic dress goods fibre product of
an - antl-f reeze solution and an
acid made from castor oil and al
kali was revealed - to the Anf$?
lean Chemical society today, -
The new stuff is a silken, aub-
stance, different! from anything
heretofore known, tit's discovery
was announced by Wallace H.
Carotners and Jnlian W. Hill of
the Dupont company.
The scientific report stated that
because, of difficulties still to
overcome this synthetic clothing
Is too" costly for' immediate com
mercial application. It 'was re
ported as the first' peep Into an
industrial development of the fu
ture. . tMi- ! - - -
The differene between 'the new
synthetic dress stuff and the "ar-
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A & hnn vard altfrratlnn fntmd
ItaV way Into Justice court, here
yesterday and will be up for trial
at 11 o'clock this morning when
J. B. Housley wfll present testi
mony to show that, he was at
tacked by Robert Burrows, Tom
Lydan, Andrew . ;-. Burrows and
Mark Lydan, : four Centralis,
Wash., boys who had been work
ing in the Cooper ranch on ; the
east side of the Willamette river
near Independence.
In a complaint filed yesterday,
Housley declared one of the boys
drew a knife on him and a second
struck at him with his fists. The
dispute arose when the youths
complained about tickets received
from the check boss. The latter
took the matter up with Housley.
The youths are said then to have
attacked Housety.
Bail was set at 1250 each late
yesterday by Justice of the Peace
Hayden. None of the lads could
furnish this sum and all were
forced to spend the night in the
county Jail. They deny guilt in
the fight. The lads are about 18
years of age. i
SUSPECT HELD IN
TUKSTALL DEATH
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 1
(AP) Police said they had in
custody tonight the man seen run
ning away from the scene of the
shooting in which Beatrice Tun
staU was fatally wounded ; the
night of June 11.
The man is Lyie Leach, 31. He
was arrested in a downtown card
room. H& was held for the dis
trict attorney's f I office' Under
$1000 bail. j
Harry Emery, Mil Tunstall's
ex-husbaad, was bound over to
the grand Jury on a first degree
murder charge In: connection with
the case. The - case was before
the grand Jury today, a deputy
district attorney said. -
Police say Emery engaged in a
pistol duel with his ex-wife. ' He
was injured superficially i while
she was skat fatally.
' Witnesses told of seeing a man
run away after the shooting' and
the , three-month , search was be
gun, terminating, police say, with
Leach's arrest.
SYNTHETC
DRESS
GOODS
PRODUCED
i OF TAX ISSUES
Decision on Possible Need
J It-
- Of Increase i Withheld
For the Present V
if
4
Both Parties - Hesitant : as
' Elections - Loom but
. Chance Forecast
WASHINGTON, Sept.! 1 (AP)
President Hoover. - is . studying
the nation's, financial outlook and
its vital question, ef increased
taxes. . j - J ,j - -'i
Hopeful of an upturn in business
and a consequent recovery in In
come tat receipts, the administra
tion Is withholding a decision on
how to balance the .budget. ' j .,
' This year's deficit of almost one
billion dollars is being; met hy
bond issues. Bat another equal
or' larger deficit la ' ahead ' next
year. Congressional leaders con
tent the government is getting Its
loans cheaply 3 per cent on long
term issues and far below 2 - per
cent on short term securities. ;
Next year is a campaign year
and neither -republican regulars
nor democrats are desirous of
voting for Increased taxes under
the circumstance. ! .'
However, Secretary Mellon i Is
not so certain that the- present
taxation system, based principally
on fluctuating income J taxes, j is
sufficiently broad for a permanent
revenue-raising system. i
A statement today was that the
$1,100,000,600 -financing program
announced for September IS does
not close the door to adjustment
of the 'present taxation system
based principally on individual
and corporation Incomes. i
MEDICAL SOCIETY: :
PICKS DELEGATES
The TrI-Couinty Medical soci
ety met at the Marlon hotel Tues
day night for a banquet, business
and program meeting. A large
representation of medical men
and women from Marlon, : Polk
and Yamhill counties, were pres
ent. ; ' i
Dr. Banner R. Brooke of Port
land was the speaker of the eve
ning on the subject of proctology.
Dr. Burton Myers of Salem spoke
on the same subject and! Dr. H. J.
Clements of Salem gave a. paper
on the subject of electro-cardiograph.
" '.-''.!
An invitation was received and
accepted by the society j front the
Central Willamette Medical soci
ety to meet with the tatter in
Newport for over the Labor day
holidays. A golf tournament and
general good time is planned.
Delegates elected by; thai Tri
County society . who will attend
the state medical convention to
be held in Eugene the latter part
of October were Dr. W. W. Baum,
and Dr. R. E. Lee Wood. Alter
nates are Dr. Gerald Smith of
Woodburn and Dr. R. E. Klein-
sorge of SHverton. '
Dr. R. E. Lee Wood of Salem",
president of . the society presided
Tuesday night. The meeting will
be in Salem, October 6. j
Slayer of Pair
Pleads Guilty
ROSEBURG, Ore., Sept. 1
(AP) Evidence In the case of
Cecil . Beckley, Douglas county
farmer, who pleaded guilty here
today to indictments charging
first degree murder of: his wife.
Alma Beckley, and his step
daughter, Margaret Clutter, will
be headed by Circuit Judge J. W.
Hamilton without a jury, f The
court made that announcement
after the plea had been : entered
Late Sports
IATMLANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept.
1 (AP) The Midget Wol-gast-Happy
Atherton - mon-title
lO-roond fight scheduled for
Fort Benjamin Harrlso ' to
night vm postponed late today
until tomorrow night j because
of rain. j
NEW HAVEN. Conn,, Sept. 1
HAP) Al Gainer, local negro
light heavyweight. - tonight ' de
feated Bob Oiln of New York,, in
a ten round bout, reversing a de
cision OHn won over him a month
ago. Gainer weighed 17 and
OIrn 172i. ;
SEATTLE, Sept. 1 -(AP)
Steve Savage, Chicago, 210 :
poamtf, , defeated 'Omar xons-
soff. Istanbul, Turkey, 215 I
povsMls, lnf wrestliBjf match
here tonight. Savage took two
falls, sv shoulder stand ia the
fourth round, and a top body :
la the eighth.
TACOMA, Sept. 1 (AP
Marin piestlna, 250 pound Slay
Buffalon the feature of tonight's
grappling card by knocking the
BuCfalo heavy nneonscioas In the
third round with a body slam.
Ganson was unable. to answer the
bell at the atari of the fourth. .
Cupid Flies ori.
. Giant Seaplane:
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Cunld flew, with the riant German
seaplane DO-X on its flight
' from Germany to New York vi
South America, i Romsnw ! on
the air liner was represented by
. Rudolph vOu Clansbruth. ' co
pilot, and his bride, . who ; was
MUs Germany" In the Galves
ton, Texas, heanty pageant two
years i ; ago. . The von Claus
brucha were married tar Ger-
many just prior to the start of
the flight ten months ago. The
bride Joined her .adventurous
x husband In South America and
made the Journey to New York
with him. i
Carl Becker to Face Trial
Following Death of
Tenant Victim
PORTLAND; Ore., Spt. 1.
(AP) -r-A charge of first degree
murderv was . placed against Carl
Becker, 61, following' the death
of John, Carter, 45, here today
of a revolver wound Inflicted yes
terday In . an? argument . over a
small lodging bill ' ,
Carter's dying statement, po
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MOUNTAIN WATER
WILL BE FAVORED
Mayor P M. Gregory will rec
ommend to the .city council next
Tuesday night that Salem secure a
mountain water system. He will
ask that ' an election be - held to
vote upon the; project and that the
citizens of Salem authorise the
council to J'buy or build" a water
distribution system here.
Mayor Gregory said this week
that he did not think the citizens
should bind the council's. freedom
in dealing with- the local water
company. If officials tf the Oregon-Washington
Water Service
company, become : unreasonable,
and ask a price far too high; the
mayor feels the couneil should be
empowered to' proceed with its
own building plan, Ignoring the
present water company.
Mayor Gregory i was asked this
week concerning his views on the
audit of city affairs published this
week. ."I have not had time to
make a thorough study of the au
dit," . Gregory - said. "I cannot
therefore speak advisedly on the
matter. 'However I do feel that
the audit, as I have nad it, re
veals the need of better manage
ment in city affairs. I feel we
must have either! a city manager
or a commission form of govern
ment."
Steiwer Favors
Greater Tax on
Higher Incom es
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 1. j
(AP) Increases in the federal
inheritance tax and the upper
-brackets of the Income . tax were
pictured by United States Senator
Frederick - W. Steiwer today as
the only means the national gov
ernment had of meeting its ob
ligations without working hard
ship on t the average ' man. The
Statement was made In an ; ad
dress before the ' Kiwanis club
here.
In time of stress, he said, the
able and strong must bear' the
burden to . prevent further and
greater disaster through the
turning of the population to dan
gerous doctrines of communism.
State Chamber
! Leaders Called
PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept. 1.
(AP) Ralph S. Hamilton, presi
dent, today called a meeting of the
new.; board ot directors of the
state chamber of commerce for 2
p. m September 24, in Portland.
The board will elect officers and
outllne.ita program for the year, ,
LANDLORD
FACING
MURDER
R6S
jeIeeous
.' ., i ' . - IS - . - . ..- . i, ; .
Vc luminous , Correspondence
M Already I Carried -6n ' j
: Then is Theory r: : -
it."
More Clues are Traced
i Roundup of Possible
in
- 'Agency Victims1 1
, EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 1 (AP)
i Harry F. Powers, held a mur
derer of ? five at Clarksburg, WV
Va spent . some time here- two
years Ago,, it became known today.-
" ! ', - ' -1- I ! .
. When he left his lodging house
he left mall lying around and mat
was recalled today by the', pres
ent owners of -the establishment.
Aliases mentioned In dispatches
were used in his letters, they said,
i They described Powers- to po
lice as "polished, suave and yet
mysterious." He told them he
was In' the secret service, i They
had some suspicions of him at the
time, they said. ; ;
When he left, he said ?he was
jolng to Portland and would re
turn. Later, he sent back for some
money paying he would come back
and repay It. He borrowed about
$8 but i never came back.
LANSING, Mich.. Sept.: 1
(AP)--JAn investigation f of the
American Friendship society .of
Detroitf through which Harry F.
Powers is alleged to hare com
nxunlcaied with the women- he
murdered was ordered by Gover
nor Wilbur M. Bucker today,
i The Alleged matrimonial agency
is incorporated as a non-profit
corporation in Michigan, i r
) CLARKSBURG, W. Va.i Sept. 1
-(AP)i New threads to the web
that Harry F.r Powers . laid
throughout the country to ensnare
the affections of lonely j women
were revealed today .while author
ities soaght to learn whether any
others who corresponded with him
met the) fate that befell Mrs. Asta
Elcher, jot Chicago her three chil
dren, and' Mrs. Dorothy Lemke, of
Worcester, Mass. ; Ml
Another trunk, i containing 50
photographs of women, r-a i; book
containing the birth dates of 100
persons and several firearnisi was
found at the Quiet Dell j i farm
where Powers is . alleged to have
slain Mrs. Elcher, Mrs. Lemke and
the children. ' J : jil i
f The search for more bodies was
abandoned late today, and Sheriff
W. B. Grimm announced - there
would be no more digging pend
ing further investigation j of the
correspondence Powers carried on
with women.
HiLEV TO
HIS FIRST MEETING
1 !. I H. '.
William Hanley. newly appoint
ed state highway ! commissioner,
will sit at his first meeting of the
commission here tomorrow; The
state highway commissioners open
their session at 10 a. m.l at the
statehouse. . Whether the meeting
will be held in the office building
or in the legislative: halls depends
upon the size of the delegations
which will attend, j Several j dele
gations seeking a shortcut road to
the coast from Portland will ap
pear and H. B. VanDuzer, chair
man of the commission, has? set 2
p. m. as the time for a special or
der of business when the delega
tions will make their statements.
i A call .for bids.sonj . a storage
building at LaGrande will' be
asked at the meeting but no bids
will be taken on highway ; con -structlon
work. j j .'
i Because the July meeting ' of
the commission held here! was de
voted largely ,to hearing! delega
tions a great amount of routine
matter carried over from that ses-
i ' i tji !
Hi iLfjy
saon win be disposed of tomorrow. He had hanged, himself. H ,
Playgrounds Winding Jp
Highly Successful Hear
- - A '" ' i :: '. " . - ',
" Since schoolwork and all-day
playing i do not mix. and school
days are approaching a-gallop, ac-
tivlties at the twpi city i i play-
grounds are being wound up this
week. The directors all-concur
Iq saying that the 1931 season has
been a most successful pnej ; At
tendance at the Lincoln! grounds
has averaged from 60 to 80 chil
dren each day who registered,
many came there to iplay who did
not sign, up. A lively interest has
been displayed . by children In -the
14th street field's activities, there
have been no serious accidents,
and the attendance there also has
been excellent. ' ' .
At the 14th street field.' In
North Salem, the basket and mat
work ; dene by the children; was
Judged yesterday. The champion
ship swimming meet will be) stag
ed tomorrow afternoon at s 3 : 4 5
o'clock and field day. Friday with
a program of races and the award
of the season's honors and prizes,
will bring the organized 1 summer
play there to an end. ( 1 !,.
At Lincoln, Liberty and- Myers
streets, the
playground senior.
Approximately $1 0f)0 Taken;
j . Cashier Alone i PlacVBound ; and Placed fn Vzz'M
: Banditsv Escape in car firig brthyvraxd -After , C.'cr
un neaa urop& man wno
Lou Smith,; Arrested by State Officer, Claims he wss
'i Forced o Drivej Holdup men Ayyay in his car but b
; Held Because ms Account FailsUo Tally; Evil Spiri!
Dogs Aurora Fifiancial
j- M V :-i -
A XmOEAi Sept. (Special.) -4 The evil spirit which
XV seems tolbe hqverino; over . Aurora's financial centers
swooped down sharpV at 2:55 o'clock! this afternoon in the
jruisef of a pair of $eggs, who enteted the First National
bank,- bound Kathryn Joehnke, assistant cashier, alone a
the time, axid escapod with around $1000 in currency and
silveri I - f - ' 1 : ' - j-f : ! ; :
i A I third man wh gave his name as Lou Smith and who
is believed to be connected with the robbery as an accomplice
was arrested ai shofcit time afterwar4 by State Policeman
.Webster., - , J 1(m 'M j , ! 1 -
Smith was , run jlown only after ? a heated chase. lie
claimed he Was forced at the point of. a guin to take the ..
robbers I in his car..The gunmen wer riot in! the car when
1 O Smith wis finally halted at Zeek'a
THREE HURT WEN
POLE
Two Women in LosAngeles
RAnnA ; R)l'ah!nA . If pa in
) maiiid tiiuviiiiib ruv in
Salem Hospital
GERVAI3, Sept, 1 Asleep at
the wheel" Tuesday lafternoon
spelledl catastrophe for Epccupants
of a latge car -bearing a California
license! One ofr-the'two xomen re
ceived '.severe-Injuries, ?fhlle the
man, and a second iwojjian wre
shaken- up but not serjusly in
jured. JSTames f none oflthe i)ccu
nants could be. learned mere, the
parties being ;rushed to a Salem I
hospital, ,by the uoian amou
lance, Salem. s "-..;"v-1 .
The I accident occurre3 on the
highway about a mile sad a half
south of Gervals. As near as-the
man could tell, he dropped to
sleep. -The carllurched t4 the op
posite side of the highway, plung
ing Into a telephone pIe. The
pole was moved a full itfeh and a
half. j- ' - '
The car was badly wriked, the
engine being driven bacB through
the body of the machines
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:Dr. C. ' Jjl. Robertson, attending
the two women who are(in a hos
pital here; said one wofnan suf
fered a' badly fractured rist and
a fractured collar bone ; the oth
er woman was badly Cut libout the
face. The man, J. B. True, of" Los
Angeles, was cut on an rm. The
physician Said the injures were
not considered grave, bt that it
would probably be sometime be
fore the woman who waahurt the
worst could leave the hospital. .
iNo report, of, the acc&ent bad
been filed Iwlth the county sheriff
up to a; late hour last ntht. True
is stopping at hotel hre.
: - TRANSIENT SUICIDE
1 PORTLAND Ore., Spt.
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(AP)-Ado!ph - Ansorg 78, a
transient was found ded at his
own hand in this room htire todav.
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baseball championship gmes will
be played this, afternoontfand the
boys' and girls' croquets to urna-
'ments will be. finished either to-
aay or; locuorruw. . uu j-iuhj,
croquet contest between Mhe win
ning boy. and girl, presentation of
SO letter awards and a p&nlc will
conclude activities there.
1 :The results of Judging ihe bas
ket and mat . weaving done
throughout the summer t 14th
street were as follows:
1 Baskets: Older , girls Wallina
Pitts, first; Audrey ScovH, sec
ond; Janet Fryer third. fiouDger
girls Evelyn Hawley, flrsj, made
the only entry.; Although she is
only seven years old, ber basket
would hare. been a.credltto the
older girls' group, the instructors
Mrs. - Vivian Bartholomew declar-
ed.
Mats; Older girls Dorli Mar
ston, 'first; Qnehtin Rueckjr, sec-
ond. Ruecker is a boy 11
years old. . . Younger - glrl& Beu
lah Pederson, first; Xrman Illert,
second; Jean Scovell, thlr.
Mrs. iA. & ( Horstkotte aJted as
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car; crasher
KathrVn jbehnke,J Assisted:
uiocks way
Institutions
. ili- '
pars oeyona i-wingnt f station,
north . of. Canby. ; ;; 1 a; -
The 'robbers, about 22 and' 35
years I oTi age,r wore dark clothes,
but asifle from that no descrip
tion of hem could be given by
M, D. Leabo, local man who' re
ceived; iaj bad scalp wound tn an
attempts to frustrate the theft.
Smith gave a good description ot
each : man after I his arrest, hut
officers discredit thia. State of
ficers took Smith to Salens late
tonight; I - ,' ,
The tkhleves entered the bank
when Miss Joehnke was alone,
ordered 7 her to throw ' up her
hands, and reaching the cage, tied -her
arfrs and fet and ordered
her to Jle flat In the vault. They
scooped :up all currency, and sti
ver In j sight, approximating a
thousand dollars,; and dashed for
the, aldef entrance. ; :. ?
Suspicion Aroused ' ,
When Blinds Drawn ' -
In the, meantime, M. D. Leabo,
sitting in front of the King- bil
Hard parlor across the tracks,
watched ! the yeggs enter the
bank. Shortly he saw the blinds
drawn, ;and grew; suspicious. He
walked p to the bank windows,
and saw -one man scoop! up coin.
At thle' same time John Schwab
bauer had -started- into the bank '
to transact some business, i
Schwabbauerand Labo went
to the door Just as the robbers
started fto make! their getaway.
The robbers ordered- the Aurora
men !lnI;C SChwabbauer went in
while Leabo stayed out and tried
to pull Uhe door , shut. The pair
of .gunmen were too much for
Leabo, who was knocked, down
and hit;(wice with the butt of a
revolver as the . men made for
freedom', J '
- Leabq was cut badly about thai
face and ; head, ' but gave chase.
The robbers ran i to the rear of
the bank. Jumped into a Model
A Fordj oadster the same ma
chine 14 which Smith was later
run dowp. Leabo, chasing elosei
behind but with blood streaming
down his face, was. unable to get
the license number.'1
The) car dashed straight down
the: highway north, crossed, the -bridge
6a the highway and then
tooki thef old road over the MIL
Hubert f Muyles, operator of tbe
Shell service station i near' the
bridge, kook chase at this point,
but lost track of the roadster.
State Pbliceman ' I i j r
Arresta IHmith '" "'.--'' K.
The trail of the; car was picked
up agafjii by the state policeman
near Zlek's park, beyond Twi
light staton, and arrest followed.
Smith: promptly set up an alibi.
He declared he wis fixing bis car
back of 1 the bank building when,
the two-lifien rushed out from thai
bank, fired a bullet through tha
windshield of the jcar and ordered
him to 'et them out of there. No
bullet hid pierced; the windshield
of the car, which gave foundation
to the officer's 'doubt, c ,
Smlthl 'says the! gunmen trav
eled with-him a distance, but quit
him, declaring that bis car waa
too slo'rfj He -says l they held np
another I car and ; doubled back,
heading I toward Salem.
Offlcerg took Smith back ta
the bank, where he took out a
handful ef silver j and turned it
over to ithe cashier. He said the
two men gave It to him for what
he had fne. :j .
Smiths said he knew three men
at the Portland police station,
but no cdnuection with them! had
been established before 9 o'clock.
A rope found in Smith's car waa
like the&pne used) to tie np Miss
Joehnke - . ' t 11
irl Frera Self j , .
In Few Moments i 1
Miss Joehnke was not hurt
and had succeeded in . freeing
her bonds and waa almost to the
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