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PAGE TEN The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, i Oregon, Friday Mornlnj?, March 11, 1932 I FlilflG nn i mm Tcllsu of lyerson ; Slaying, JThird man Expected to ; v 1 Be Arrested Soon THeCall BbarcL By OLIVE M. DOAK 1 ELSINORE - Today Constance Bennett in Lady With a Past." (Continued from page 7) and the other youth In a Portland soft drink place and. there Ripley told: him of an easy "Job np the valley ."The three agreed to come 10 saiem, steal a car, prepare tome nltro-glycerine, so to Sllver- ton and make the robbery Their plans were- carried out. The three men went past Silverton and, towards Silver Creek Falls. according to ' Manning's confes slon. and there late the night of May, 1, before the shooting, shot two .test explosions of nitro-gly cerine. The trio then doubled back to Silverton prepared to rob the Clnb pool hall. : Confronted by Officer Iverson. j they commanded him to raise his: hands; thinking to obtain from him! the key to the Club pool hall and! to leave; one of their-number to watch Iverson while the . safe, was dynamited- Iverson re fused to stick np his hands and the third man. j not Ripley or Manning, according to the latter's sworn statement, shot Iverson. The! trio then fled. They drove the stolen car to Chemawa Four-Corners, crossed the road to reach the River road, went along f it to Champoeg, throwing their two rifles away on the Swan Mill bridge into the pond there. They then drove .jpn to Oregon City, missed Portland by cutting through Estacada to the ! Columbia river highway. At The Dalles, the Chevrolet car was! abandoned, Ripley said. They got across the river into Washing ton land caught a freight train through Pasco to Spokane) Trio Splits up on Reaching Spokane r.IIere the trio split up. Ripley "heading for Seattle) and Manning and: the third man going through into! Montana as far as Missoula. Manning then doubled back across Idaho Into Oregon and came to Portland where he shipped as a - seaman. . Dodele and Burkhart Tuesday recovered both rifles where Man ning said they had been thrown. One, was a .25-.35 calibre gun and the other a .22 calibre rifle, but the Jsatchel which Ripley, In his confession said .had been thrown In the pondj was not located. Both of the guns were found ' to be fully loaded. The bullet which killed Iverson was from a .25 35' gun. ; The empty shell had evidently been taken from the rifle; by the killer and replaced by another oneJ Manning's home was originally in the middle west. The where abouts of his parents are not known. He has no wife. ' Officers ; described . Manning's confession by saying he started j talking almost as soon as he was 1 taken In custody in Portland. Af- i 7 ter he had been removed to the ' (Marion county Jail he told his ! .story in full and later dictated a I ful confession to the court repor I ter with District Attorney John H. I Carson, Deputy Prosecutor Lyle 1 - - J. Page, Sheriff Oscar D. Bower 1 ' and i State Police Officer Dodelle present , The Iverson murder for many weeks baffled the authorities. Luke May,! Seattle criminologist, was! called into conference. ; Robert Ripley finally gave the clue which led to his apprehen sion. He boasted to Paul Krler. now In the state penitentiary tor five; years j on a burglary charge from Washington county, that he knew the details about the Iver son mystery. Krler In turn inform ed a Silverton man who In turn Informed the officers. When a Beach, tor Ripley was then Insti gated, it was discovered he had been sent Ho the Monroe, Wash., reformatory for chicken theft, a crime' committed after the Iver son killing. Officers went to Mon roe and there obtained a confession front Ripley. - ; He is a former-resident of Mar Ion county, living near Chemawa. He had previously been in trouble with, local officers and just 30 days before the Iverson murder had; been paroled from the bench In circuit ! court here after plead ing guilty to a theft. CAPITOL Today Edna May Oliver in Ladles of the Jury." v GRAND Today Eddie Quillan ... "Sweepstakes." In HOLLYWOOD Today Bill Cody and Andy Shnford in "The Montana Kid." Manager Carey and his able as sistant, Al Adolph, at Warner Bros. Elslnore have been about as busy as anybody in town getting ready for Spring Opening. And this is how it all came about. It was decided by Mr. Carey and a . group of. Salem business men that a style show at the El slnore tonight would be a fine thing as one of the grand finale numbers for the Spring Opening program.. , All has gone well, with special scenery made for tne props ror this show of over 100 spring gar ments, both men's and women s clothes. Including sport clothes, formal dress, and street clothes Special lighting, flowers and ap propriate music will add the last word to this display of the best and newest spring fashions. Miss Lilian Black of Des Moines, la., fashion expert, will be on the stage and will talk of styles and point out the newest In the styles on display. The show starts at 9:30 o'clock and will be preceded by -special presentations by L. Carlos Meier, who returns to the Elsinore's grand organ with tonight's Bhow. The organ is a particularly love ly one. It was designed and built under the personal direction of George B. Guthrie, patron saint of the beautiful Elslnore theatre. Its whole construction is such as to make for perfection of sound for the theatre audience. Mr. Meier's performance on this organ won for him many friends when he was formerly a member of the Elsinore staff. It is expected that his welcome will be a warm reception tonight. DEPUn, BUSH REPORTS Building Inspection . Fees And Licenses Covering More Than Expense City Building , Inspector X. C. Bushnell yesterday took Issue with reports published last week to the effect that his department was not paying Its way this year as it had done in the past. The figure of $138.35 given as the February income of the depart ment was -both Incorrect and In complete, he said. The Inspection bureau's books show that Income from permit fees and licenses for January and February this year Increased by 1204.45 over 1931. According to the inspector, all vuch revenues always have accrued to his de partment. With the bureau's expenses last year amounting to $3480 for salaries and $118.85 for office supplies, the average for two months- was $563.32 for salaries and $19.80 for the latter item, making a total of $583.12. Rev enues for January and February of this year amounted to 11, 0&2.30, leaving a balance, on the basis of last year's expenditures. of $499.18. Itemized, the January and Feb ruary Income was: building, plumbing and electrical permits $237.30; plumbing licenses $525; electrical licenses $320. The inspector's salary is guar anteed at $2000 and limited to $3000, according to the bureau's income. A part time assistant re ceives approximately $624 annually. Mr. Bushnell objected to the statement that his department was not paying its way and fur ther pointed to a surplus of $6,- 233.79, accrued in the three years he had been in office. which this winter was transferred Into . the city's general fund. City Treasurer C. O. Rice maintained yesterday that only a part of this amount was surplus and the remainder for payment of ex penses of the inspection bureau II DIES D.F. HERE SINCE 1874 Mickey Mouso 'NOTES Be sure to hear member ot the Mickey Mouse elub entertain over the microphone on the corner ot Court and Liberty tonight as part of . the spring opening pro gram. Those en the program are Joan Frigaard. Bill DeSousa. Jim White, Rita Mae Hill, Robert Kreehter, Lyle Heckfnger, and Ruth Fargo. M. M. C. Lieutenant Lansing of the state traf fie force surely did us all a fa vor by showing us the safety first movie. Don't forget what Lieuten ant, Lansing said about crossing the streets, "Play percentage". M. M. C. Tomorrow the doors will open at 12:15 o'clock as there la going to be a special show for the Mick ey Mice. The show will be brought over from the Capitol. The name of It Is "Ladies of the Jury" good, clean . comedy with the lady you're sure to laugh at, Edna Mae Oliver. M. M. C It was a lot of fun pretending that we were broadcasting from a real station Saturday, wasn't it? The broadcasting set belongs to Willard Moses, and Bradford Lee. M. M. C. Lieutenant Lansing highly com plimented those on the program last Saturday They were Rita Mae Hill, Joan Frigaard, Lyle Hecklneer. and our little friend David Smith Junior. , M. M. C. From Barbara Barnes studio Pauline Zoe Chambers gave song and dance and Audrey Fen ler gave us an impersonation of a doll dancing. M. M. C. If you Mice have noticed there in on eantleman that never miss es a Mickey Mouse matinee, and that's Mr. Talmadge the sage ot Salem. He says he likes tne mat inees very well. M. M. C. That's all I have to tell you this time. So Long. ZOLLIE. . (Continued from page T) All they're Interested about la Al Capone - ao matter what he eould do for anybody la la keep ing him la jail for aa long aa possible.' Capone la un&er sentence to 11 years Imprisonment for failure to pay income taxes on millions made as ruler of Chicago's li quor, gambling and vice. He has been in Cook county jail tour months awaiting; appeal to the higher courts. His statement was made after he was visited by Arthur Bris bane, editorial director of Hearst newspapers, and Harry Read, city editor of the Chicago Evening American. Brisbane said after the conference with Capone, however, that he was not acting as an of ficial representative of authori ties or the Lindbergh family. TREE PLffilNG TO BE FEftTURE TOBftY KE SURE I'D FO UK'S BABY "I never heard L ot such thing," Insisted John W. Ireland, too director.- ; "Aa ostrich lava from on to two - dosea eggs a season, hut each egg Is laid from three to tiro days apart. Queenie bow has gone cut and set some kind ot aa egg-laying record. 1EE-P0IIOEICE R MOVE MUTED JOB PROMOTION IN SALEM RECOGNIZED (Continued from pace 7) entrance to the rich, valleys ot western Oregon and that the lines need the prospective traffic. He estimated the timber stand at about two billion feet while W. H, Thomas, Portland forest engineer. estimated the stand at three bil lion feet. J. H. Dyer, vice-president in charge of Southern Pacific opera tions, testified traffic on the For est Grove branch of his line was light and that his line, too, needed the business. He said the Oregon Electric s proposed extension would virtually parallel the South ern Pacific branch already In op eration. He said his company al ready had started construction of a spur line to reach the mill site, unaware that a permit for the con struetion was necessary. The hearing will continue to morrow. Albany Fighter Suffers Sprain As Autos Crash GENEVA. Mar. 10 (AP) A three-point program for settling the Sino-Japanese conflict adopt ed today by a drafting committee of the League of Nations assem bly was turned over to leaders of the league that they might pre pare themselves for debate at a public session tomorrow. The first resolution in the pro gram proclaimed that no agree ment reached through military pressure would be recognised, ap proximating the position taken by the United States. The second resolution acknow ledged the armistice efforts made by the great powers at Shanghai and requested the powers to assist In maintaining order In the zone to be evacuated by the Japanese. The third resolution provided a committee of 19 to keep a firm grip on the problem. This commit tee would supervise peace-making efforts and would report to the full assembly not later than May 1. Mrs. B Belcher Diesi Mother of Mrs. Sam Kozer Mrs. Barbara Ann Belcher, mother of ; Mrs. Sam A. Koter, died in Portland last Sunday at the age of SI years. Mrs. Belcher had visited; with Mrs. Kozer here many times during the past 30 years, and was known to many Salem people. Besides Mrs. Kozer, she is sur vived by two other daughters, both of Portland, and two sons, J. William Belcher, Portland, and Dan P. Belcher, Astoria. DETAILS OF CRASH liED BY EM Lee TJ. Eyerly. who with Frank Hrubets and E. F. Zimmerman of Salem, and j. W. Reed of Oak land, Calif., were forced Wed nesday night to land their Stln son land cabin 'plane In Saa Fran cisco bay, telegraphed the mu nicipal airport here yesterday that none of the party was In jured. Damage to the 'plane, which he flew from Salem, had not been determined, he said. The forced landing came when the 'plane ran out ot gaa after being circled over the bay dis trict for an hour In search ot the Oakland airport, obscured by fog. The fliers were rescued by the erew of a bay ferry. Eyerly said he would send de tails of the accident In a letter. He was in the south on a bus! ness trip In connection with af fairs of the local aircraft corpo ration bearing his name. and "walla here assisted Dr. JL' A Wrightmaa Sr. in aargicai work. has been selected on hit merits and high standing as the head resident physician for Multnomah hospital for. the next year. At present he Is an Interne at the hospital. Dr. Wrightman Jr. will take ap nla new responsibilities jury 1. Upon his completion he plana to go to the 'Mayo Clinic at Ro chester. Minn to specialize la surgery. Puget Sound to Debate Bearcat Talkers Tonight The College of Puget Sound de bate team wheh defeated Willam ette's debaters at Taeoma recent ly, will be here tonight to meet Willamette again, but this time on the other side of the question. Ray Larky and Roes Knotts will debate the affirmative side ot the question in tonight's debate. The contest will begin at 7:30 and will be held in the Little Theatre of Waller HalL it I "Lady With a Past," now at Warner Bros. Elsinore, is an ultra modern comedy on the sophisti cated side, with just enough ro mance to add dash and flavor. The characters are human and speak brilliant lines which ring true for all their wittiness, the situations are unique and iunusing and the theme is of fundamental appeal. The story relates a society girl's adventurous evolution from wall flower to charmer In international settings. The actiton starts in New York, wnere Venice Mulr, a mem ber of a fashionable younger set, see3 herself passed up by the men who prefer her no more beautiful but gayer girl friends. Popularity continues to elude her until she goes to Paris and falls under the teaching ot a dash ing gigolo, who is none other than Ben Lyon. The cast also Includes David Manners. "The Montana Kid" is the sec ond ot Monogram's series of eight "Bill and Andy" westerns, and the picture is acclaimed by critics as even better than "Dugan of the Badlands," their first co-starring vehicle. Bill Boyd Is the hero of the hour in this picture. David F. Wagner died at his home, 1056 Chemeketa street, Thursday afternoon, at the age of 87. Wagner came here in 1874 from Idaho City, Idaho, where he was employed at the Durrell bank, and he had resided in Salem since that time. At first he was with the Wells Fargo Express company here, later going Into the drygoods business, and finally was with the Capital Improvement company. He had been confined to his home home for the last two years and had been in poor health for 12 years. He was a member of the Royal Arch Masons, of A. F. & A. M. lodge No. 4, and of the Episcopal church. Surviving him are his widow. Emma Wagner; one son, Basil H. Wagner, and one daughter, Miss Nan M. Wagner, ail of baiem. Funeral arrange ments are in the hands ot W. T, Rigdon & .Son, and anouncements will be made later. MMPI1IG M Bank Failures Drop, Hoarding FILED 1TB COURT The Salem Garden club's plan for landscaping the court house lawn yesterday was filed with the county court by Mrs. Nora An derson. Accompanying the plan, which was' drawn by Miss Edith Schryver and Miss Elizabeth Lord, were five petitions bearing nearly 300 signatures of persons be speaking the court's cooperation. Planting ot trees and a hedge and improvement of the lawn are the major points in which is understood to Funeral Parade At Detroit May , Bring NewJRiots DETROIT, Mar. 1 0 ( AP ) Authorities planned tonight to keep close watch on a mass meet ing for unemployed called for to morrow night and on a funeral parade planned Saturday for the four men killed In the riot at the Ford Motor company plant last Monday. Assistant Prosecutor Stephen J. Carey said some of the partici pants in Monday's riot had told of plans for a demonstration in front of Henry Ford's estate in Dearborn. Police said they were informed 10,000 persons would participate in the march to the cemetery. C Continued troro pare 1 up to the hospital. If this idea ot silver birch plantings is carried out in years to come it will be a beautiful effect for the grounds. The Legion Auxiliary plans to carry on the Idea of planting me morial trees, naming them in honoT of outstanding personali ties that have aided In building im either Its own organization or hat f th Leeion. according to ideas exnressed Thursday. Mrs. M. Melchlor will make the dedication speech, and Mrs Frank Waters will give Joyce Kilmer's "Trees". The public Is Invited to attend this ceremony. perhaps the first dedication to be held In memory ot a Bicentennial planting. Fraud is Denied By Foshay Head MINNEAPOLIS. Mar. 10 (AP) Denial of fraud in administra tion of the Foshay enterprises was made today by their founder . Wilbur B. Foshay appearing as a witness in his trial with H. H. Henley on mail fraud charges. growing out of the collapse ot the companies in 1929. Jack Rainwater, Albany prize fighter, while on his way to Van couver, Wash., to participate in a main event rlnjr battle Thurs day night, suffered a sprained ankle and other injuries, when his automobile collided with an other car at the intersection of the Woodburn-Mt. Angel and Pa cific highways near Woodburn. Although Rainwater continued his trip to Vancouver, officials said they did not believe he would be able to fight for sev eral days'. Archie Eddy is Bound Over in Burglary Case Following preliminary hearing in Justice court yesterday morn ing, Archie Eddy, involved in the shooting affray in which Lloyd Eddy was fatally Injured, was bound over to the grand Jury. Charge against Eddy was burglary not in a dwelling. He admitted burglary of the C. M. Roberts grocery store Feb ruary 25, as he was being ques tioned in connection with the murder. Harry Erpelding is held for murder of Lloyd Eddy. VIOLATION OF LAW The recent gasoline price war has caused many retailers to vio late virtually every rule regulat ing the use ot containers, Lester Davis, deputy state fire marshal, declared Thursday. "Many sales of gasoline have been made where wooden contain ers and open vessels were used," Davis continued. "This has result ed In a serious condition, especi ally in eases where the gasoline was not properly protected." Davis said that few people un derstand the peculiarities of gaso line. He advised that gasoline be kept in metallic containers, and that quantities in excesr. of five gallons should be stored in metal drums or barrels. Agents of the state fire mar shal's department are now con ducting an investigation, and pro secutions for violation of the laws regulating the storage of gasoline. may follow, Davis said. Wrightman Advanced As Head Physician SILVERTON, March 10 Dr. Edgar Wrightman. who spent the week-end here with his parents, I back on the Job again. Adv Biggest Ostrich Sets Record ot Two Eggs in Day DETROIT, Mar. -10 (AP) Queenie, the biggest ostrich in j the Detroit coo, outdid herself to day In an effort to bring down the price of eggs ostrich eggs. Queenie had laid two eggs, each weighing more than three pounds, within 30 minutes. Women will love its swift romance . . Men will thrill to it's amazing drama! Meets At Warner Bros. Elsinore Saturday at 1:00 P. M. the plan, M anchuria Axkz y t I wnicn is unaerstooa to be of al IS UIl Lciyi CdoC I preliminary nature to be changed ii aesirea. juost radical oi propos ed changes in appearance of the grounds is that of surrounding the entire square with a low trim med hedge. ' The entrances r to . the court house would be set out with twin oriental sycamores or .linden trees. A low typ tree, holly suggested. wouia oe piacea at each corner of the building. Dotted over the. grounds would be hawthornes , and Portugese laurel and,oneaeh -side of the walk near the war mothers stat ue, a magnolia. "Suggestion that the lawn be spaded up was vetoed. It was sug gested instead that the lawn be weeded, properly fertilized and soil added where needed. Fat-amount's smash bit of the season with ... MARLENE DIETRICH l WASHINGTON, March 10. . (A?) Federal reserve board tig area today showed a . decrease in money hoarding, a steady dlmunl tion In hank failures and an in crease in' the country's gold sup ply. ' Loans to brokers and dealers In New York increased IS7.000.000 to I5S2.000.000. Indicating In creased stock market activity. -- The .activities ot President ; Hoover's anti-hoarding committee were reflected in the I weekly : statement of the- board. The larg est : drop In money la circulation since v President Hoover's - anti hoarding committee were reflect ed in the weekly statement ot the board. The largest drop in money in . : circulation ' since ; president Hoover Inaugurated a drive to call hidden money- into ' use was re- , ported. i ' ,:r . Japan For Loan TOKYO, March 11 (Friday) (AP) A dispatch to the news paper Asahi from Mukden, Man churia, toda ysald the new Man- ehnrian cabinet decided to ask Ja-1 pan for a loan of 20.000,000 yen currently 16,300.000) to meet the first few months expenses until Its financial organization was working. . - - HOOVER SUPPORTED LINCOLN, Nebr., Mar 10 (AP) The executive committee of the Nebraska republican party today pledged itself to support the presidential ' candidacy of Herbert Hoover. . Homo of Sc TaUtles " A Home-Owned Theatre Today A Saturday Mickey Mouse Matinee Saturday 1:30 P. M. A TRULY REMARKABLE WESTERN THRILLER Roars!. JL lUJIUJXA H T7TL- I Howls! One Killed and Another Badly ; 0Hirt:inCfiash MEDFORD. 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