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fcr today, Friday doody;!
Mar. Temp. Wednesday 71,
Mid. , rirer 4 feet,
southerly wlnda. ;
' JTet paid, daUy, Sunday $739 f
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Witnesses After Robinson
Are .Stock Purchasers;
, Agree on Promises
JUOge ' WaiKer, KUies I aiKS
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DALLAS. April i 13 (Special)
Examination oL witnesses in toe
case ot the state against JTrank
Keller, Jr prcgressed more rap-
Idly daring the sessions Wednes
day. When the- court opened : at
9: SO Wednesday morning. George
Robinson of Portland, one of the
original officers, was still on the
stand with frank Lonergan, ds-
fonaA attorney. condactlnK the
cross-examination. Robinson seem-
ca mors crtia w. ""w"""-
in regard to his activities in sell-
Inr "Westerner" stock in Jackson
and Josephine counties than he
was during his testimony yester
day.
Charles Goodwin, representing
the state corporation commission,
testified that 121 agents and
salesmen were licensed to sell Em
pire stock in Oregon. .
The next state witness, called
was Harley H. Richardson, a mer
chant at La Grande, who testified
that he had purchased two snares I
ot Empire stock from C'J.'. Keller, I
a salesman. Richardson stated
that he had paid $25 cash and I
. glren a SO day note for the other I
S25 which was required as a down I
payment. He stated that he visit
ed the offices of the corporation in
Portland and that the salesman
had suggested that he become a
regional director of the company.
He declined this offer but did eon
sent to write a letter of recnm-
!nla,"?"
Idea supposed to be behind the
Empire Holding. corporation,
Statements Made
By Agenta Admitted
Shortly - after Richardson took
the stand, . Lonergan objected to
the state's use of testimony re
garding the statements of sales
men and agents of the company.
The question Was argued out De-
fore the Judge lust prior to and
following the noon recess. Judge
Walker finally ruled that the ase
of such testimony was to be per
mitted and Richardson resumed
his testimony.
Will G. Barrow, a service ta
tlon operator from Marshfield,
told of purchasing 30 shares of
the Empire stock. He paid 8750 in
cash for these shares and "gave a
note. for the balance of the $20,-
000. Barrow also told of the
statements made to him by" the
salesman regarding the salaries of
officers and .what was being done
with the money. Oscar Hayter con
ducted the cross-examination and
succeeded In getting the witness
to admit some baslness in regard
(Turn to page 2, col. 1)
Little Objection
To Closing Fire
Stations Noted
Publie sentiment expressed this
week to Chris J. Kowlts, alder
man, is not adverse to the tem
porary-closing of subsidiary fire
stations In east, south and north
Salem, i Kowlts reported yester
day. The majority ot citizens who
have expressed their views, Kow
lts said, declare that reduction In
city expenditures cannot come nn-
, less major slashes are made in
some departments.
r Kowlts said some of the fire
men had protested against the re
duction while a few citizens said
they thought It was too bad to
reduce fire protection In the var
ious parts of town. The matter of
closing the. stations for -the rest
of the year introduced last conn -
cil meeting by Kowlts; comes out
from committee next Monday
night for action by the aldermen.
, SUCCEEDS PTNNERT1" -;
' ALBANY, . Ore - April IS
(AP) Rex Putnam, superin
tendent ot schools at Redmond,
for the past nine - year, 1 has
been appointed superintendent '
of Albany schools. He sncceeds
G. E. Finnerty, resigned. - " ,
.Putnam is gradaate of the.
University of Oregon and . has :
taught school at Salem, Spring
' field and Tacoma as well as at
Redmond. He coached athletics ;
at Salem high school at one
time. -v,i'. ' "; 4 5"'v' ?
. SEARCH CONTINUES - .
MEDFORD, Ore..- April IS
(AP) Woodsmen searching the
dead : Indian country jiear . Ash
land for. the bodIes of Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin C. rBrown today re
ported finding letters belonging
to Mrs. Brown. The. letters were
found at a place where an at
tempt had been made , to build a
fire, -'.'.j' -; -i X
The Browns disappeared iar-
png a blizzard last January 11.
Will Pose for Pictures Under Orchard Blooms
v In new Linen Uniforms Today; Route
-'- to be Same as Last Year
IF Old Sol forgets his peeve of yesterday and shine3 upon
the Salem distrct with any decree of enthusiasm today.
a few Cherrians wiU don' their
irum oaiem iiax, u you
out into the lands of pure white
the official 1932 Salem Blossom
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HEAR RIPLEY PLEfi
Arraiflnment Will PronanlV
i '
oe wexi oaiui uay; nuw
In County Bastile
Arraignment of Robert Ripley
1 one of the alleged murderers
of James Iverson, Silverton night
policeman, will probably take
place here next Saturday. Walter
Lampkin, clerk of the circuit
from Judge Fred W. Wilson of
The Dalles that he would prob-
ably be here Saturday to near
Ripley's plea. The judge has been
assigned by the state supreme
court to hear the case,
Ripley is now in the county
Jail here. He was released from
the reformatory at Monroe, Wash.
last Saturday by Governor Hart
ley on an executive parole which
will be revoked if' Ripley is freed
here after his trial on the first-
S"der charge pendin8
Judge Howard K. Zimmerman
of St. Helens sent word yesterday
to Lamkin that he would, be here
the week of April 25 to hear cases
all that week. Lamkin set the fol
lowing tentative docket yester
day for Zimmerman:
ierman:
Oooeh. action for
Gosaer vs.
damages, April 25.
Graves vs. Gooch. action for
damages, April 28.
Kennedy vs. Mercer, action for
money, April 27.
Mollencop vs. City of Salem, ac-1
tion for damages, April 28.
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EUGENE. Ore., April IS
CAP) Manufacturers and busi-t
ness men of the upper Wlllam-1
ette valley today told Major Oscar I
i Kuents, United States district en-1
xineer. what canalization ot the I
Willamette river would mean tot
them. Major Kuentx waa here to I
hold one of a series of hearings
on the nronosed canalization. I
Shippers of lumber, concrete, I
iron and steel and other commod
ltles told the engineers that the
differential In freight rates in
favor of cities with water trans
portation Is a handicap in their
business and that industry and
business in this part of the state
would be greatly benefited by
canalization.
The speakers at the hearing
told stories of industries which.
they said, had been kept out of
Eugene and other points in the
upper valley by high rail freight
rates."
Protection ot the river, bank
1DI
and flood control also was
ramd. Valor Knents said flood
control was not under his juris
diction and . suggested that the
matter be taken op with Oregon's
1 congressional delegation. He add
led. however, that canalization of
I the river would relieve the flood
1 menace to some extent.
Pntnam Gets Albany Job
Trace, of Browns Found
Mott Talks at Medford
; ' Matches Fatal to Child
v DISCUSSES RACKETS
MEDFORD, ' Ore., -April 13
(AP) -r- James W. Mott, state
corporation commissioner, ad
dressed a luncheon club 'here to
day In tne course of his., cam
paign , for nomination for repre
sentative In congress.
. Mott discussed "Rackets and
Racketeers" and alleged that
racketeers In Oregon in the past
have robbed "the investing pub
lic of this state" of approximately
120,000,080. -.l-ij-y
BFRNS CAUSE . DEATH
r PORTLAND. Ore.: April IS
(AP) Ava Gabriel. 5, died at
Portland r hospital ? today . irom
burns -' suffered v at her -.home
March 28, hospital attendants re -
nortea to nouee. - ' ;
The child was nlavlng with a
box of matches and accidentally
set fire to the box. The flames
ignited her clothes, ' .y
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DISCUSSED
spiffy new linerf uniforms
piease; ana me tnemseives
blossoms', there to pose for
tnemseives
Day pictures.
For Sunday is- Blossom Day,
and almost erer since Blossom
Day began a Cherrian and 8alem
tradition in 1914, this trip of a
Cherrian Tangnard Into the hills
for picture and route-marking
purposes has been a prelude to
the event. -
Final details will be worked
out at a meeting of the Cherrian
Council of Nobles, called for the
Gray Belle this .noon by King
BIng Gns Hixson.
Already the king blng has an
nounced that a custom slighted
we past lew years will be re-
Tired this year, when ears will
be at .the chamber of commerce
from until S o'clock to take
visitors who have no means of
travel over the route.
The route this year will bo the
same - as a year ago. and Is as
follows:
Across the Marion-Polk bridge,
the tulip farms, looping back
(Turn to page 2, col. 2)
Communist Hand Is Seen in
Affairs; Find Railway
Is Heavily Mined
eAiflrlV?"
'SfifffTl"-.
against the neir Manchurian
Mp. Henry Pn-Yl was.ln-
d tea ted in Manchuria and in north
China dispatches today.
Dispatches from Harbin said
that throughout the northwest
nn rt nf Hetlnnckl&nar nrovlnce
Korean and Chinese communists
were assisting reoeiiious troops
against the Manchoukuo forces.
Service on the Chinese eastern
railway east of Harbin was stop
ped with the discovery that var
ious sections ot the line were un
derlaid with explosives, the dis
patches 'added.
General Mah Chan-Shan the
i Chinese hero of the Nonnl river
battle against the Japanese last
' fall, later alleged to have become
a "puppet" fn the Japanese ad-
vised Manchoukuo government
and , called a traitor In Chinese
circles, today was reported to
nave said ne intended opposing
tne new regime.
Meanwhile' a difficult situation
arose from the league commission I
as the Japanese assessor attached
to the commission was reported to I
have warned Dr. Wellington Koo,
Chinese assessor, that if the lat
ter entered Manchuria, he " was
j likely to be exposed to personal
danger.
FIFTY IMPERILED
III SEHftlE FIRE
SEATTLE. Anr. IS fAPl-
I - - . -
IflOllE LOOMS IIJ
JBIRI1 SI11E
i:r:.rJl:rr yesterday was that of Rev;
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V' . .V "j.i .vutvusB
vmit. yvi : uuuiji
nouse nere ute tooay. - -
miik . . . . v w 1
mui vsove cut uu iuiuuku
tne ouuaing. riremen set tneir
l.i J . 1 JM .U- .
wiucn up iu wuuisiii va wa Luy
floor , and brought' down Mrs.
Grace French and A. - Warren.
Two other persons climbed down
ladders by themselves to escape
from smoke filled rooms.
Later one of the woman ten
ants, Mrs. Addle Mead, 85, was
arrested and held on an. open
charge after she . had admitted,
police said, having started; the
tire by falling asleep while smok
ing' In bed. ' 1
The tire was controlled within
. ,r. . "r. v..r,.
section of the. five section build
ing.
Hint of Russian
Hand in Train's
Wreck is Heard
TOKYO, April 14-(Thursday)
-(AP) Dispatches from Har
bin, Manchuria, in several Japan
ese newspapers hinted ominously
today : of sovle re-onsibility ; in
tne wrecs: oi .a.- Japanese .iroop
train ear Harbin Tuesday xdght
. They . described the bitterness
of the Japanese army la north
1 Manchuria against ."a certain
but the cause ot the
wreck. In which two officers and
12 men were killed and more
than 50 Injured, remained a mys -
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Convention Closes: Grand
Commander Officers
Are Given Places 1
Next Season EXDected
to!
da fn Drtr4Uri. ciu
WV III 1 WtilCUIUf r UfU
400 at Convention
The 46th state convention of
the York Rite Masonic bodies
came to a close Wednesday after
noon with the installation of of
ficers for . grand commandery.
Knights Templars. Edward L.
Wleder, former deputy grand
commander was" Installed as grand
commander to succeed Norman L.
Crout of Portland.
Other officers to be Installed
were John K. Kollock of Port
land as deputy grand command
er; Herbert L. Toney of McMlnn-M
Tille, generalissimo; Lloyd L.
Scott. Portland, grand captain
general; Carl W.JCvertsen. Marsh-
field, grand senior warden; Olaf
Laurgaard, .Portland, grand jun
ior warden; John B. Cleland,
Portland, re-elected gTand treas
urer; D. Rufus Cheney. Portland,
re-elected grand recorder.
Appointive officers made known
were W. W. Toungson, Portland,
E. grand prelate; Edwin O. Pot
ter, Eugene, E. grand standard
bearer; J. Alton Thompson. Bend,
E. grand sword bearer; Milton H.
Sanford. Astoria. E. grand ward
er; Rex W. Davis, Salem, E.
grand captain of guard.
Following the installation of
Mr. Welder, Walter Wlnslow of
Salem, representing the DeMolay
eommandery of Salem of whleh
Mr. Welder Is a member, present-
tribute from the Jocal group.
The address of John Campbell
of Seattle, Junior grand warden
of the grand encampment of the
United States, - representative of
the grand master, and an eulogy
of David P. Mason, past grand
tiTerby JndVe Percy
K"r m'ked high points In
eiciinr
"Vi"
The grand lodge has been in
I V
- uj .vwb J . . I
sons and a group ot about SO
wives of Masons. The delegates
came from all parts of the state.
I Is expected that the next ses
sion of the three bodies will be
held In Portland where the grand
chapter voted to hold Its next
meeting in April of 193 S. No def
inite action was taken.
BENE LEADERS
IE
Report of the nominating com
mittee named yesterday is ex
pected to be the feature of today's
business session ot, the Northwest I
wazarene cnurcn conference, in
conclave at the church here until t
sunaay nignc
On the committee is J. E. Bates.
district superintendent of Port-1
land; Rev. Fletcher Galloway of
the host church; A. a Metcalfe
of Vancouver, B. C: Donnell J.
Smith, First church, Portland; R.
M. Parks, First church, Seattle;
A. G. Crockett, Calvary church.
Portland; and A. J. Schocke,
Frst church, Vancouver.
J. 8. Maddox of Monroe-was
yesterday appointed musical dl-
rector of the day sessions ot the
assembly, and Dr. A. C Dixon of
Grants Pass, assembly treasurer.
i juuvui ui uwraiwi
Among the Interesting reports
u. urown or Seattle, chairman
,ot ino auioncai. committee. Dr.
a. r. Reynolds, general superln-
itendent ot Ohio, brought the Wed-J
knesdar mornlnr addres. At.
IIB'Z.
1 nA. nnrrk w..vif.
I -
ary from India talked last night.
Friday Doesn't ;
Intend to Come
Two Days Early
LOS -ANGELES. Aurll IS
, V. ' 1 "a.aT was'scneo-
ub , appear oeiore juage Al-
irea x-aonessa loaav to answer !
t "lllc T1"Qa D.ul rna.aT Qian
wnvo on weunesaay, so uie couni
V?wk, -..
Wednesday?"
And the clerk said, maybe
factiously, "Friday will be here
In a couple of days. But the
judge was In no mood for joking
ana nr issued a bench warrant!
for Friday because It was Wed -
orauj ua mere was no xnaay.
- so : n - reaaiiy can oe . seen.
though impossible It seems,- that
if Friday had come on Wednes-
aay out j-wny - nnng mat np
I again.
I erVrf McKAY TO TALK
i Douglas McKay, president of
t the Salem chamber ot commerce
J and candidate tor mayor, will ad-
dsesa the members of the - Fra-
I ternis elub at their meeting tonight
at 8:80, at the Spa. He has not as
iyet announced the subject of his
uik. v '-Vr,
orai
SESSION
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KeoncIl-EllU Photo.
EDWJLRD L. WEIDER
HUP ISMED
Gregory Calls Meet; Some
Opposition to Divided
Effort Develops
At the eall of Mayor. P. M.
Greeory. men Interested in Im
provement of the Pacific high
way between Salem ana poruana
met at the chamber of commerce
. t nlnt to organlze a tempor-
ary "East Side Wghway Improver.
ment Club." Of those present.
eight were from the Hollywood
district and eight, who termed
from Salem, Woodburn and Mil-
waukie. .
While no final action was tak
en to create the new organization,
a second meeting was called to be
held. at the chamber of commerce
here on Tuesday, April 28.
Toward the close of the meet-
of, the Salem-
Itl IT.
Pacific Highway assocUUon. an-
nouneed that he had not partlcl-1
pated In any formal action con
cerning the proposed club and
added:, "We have a better organi
sation In the Salem branch of. the
Oregon Pacific Highway associa
tion. It seems Just here In Salem
that we are divided."
Purposes of New
Groan Outlined
The 4 proposed set-up which
j would more or less duplicate the
the Oregon Pacific Highway
sociatlon. Is as follows:
An "East Side Highway Im
provement Club" with member
ship representative of towns and
cities between Harrisburg and
East Portland, seeking the fol
lowing:
"First, permanent construction
and maintenance ot the Paclfle I
highway from Junction City to
Jai roniana via uregon v;iiy on
the present alignment;
-econa. reim present angn-
I ment through cities and towns.
except lor elimination 01 danger-
I ons curves;
Thlrd. bridges ot four-lane
width;
"Four, nnder-dralnage in place
of present ditches;
'Five, provision for keeping the
highway open daring periods of
construction.
At the start of the meeting.
Mayor Gregory was delegated to
I serve as temporary chairman and
1 C. A. Gies as secretary.
Continuing their local drive to
ferret out automobiles having de
fective brakes, 'dty and state po
lice' yesterday arrested five more.
motorists. ,
Cited to appear - in municipal
court on the defective brake
charge were the following:' F. R.
Bailey, S2S South Winter street:
Carl - Spencer, .1145 Norway
gtreet; E. D. Cooke of Scatts
MfllS; A. : J. Arnett, -2263 State
. tr... n ntit...
1145 North ISth street.
I yiTe motorists were fined " 31
each when they pleaded guilty to
this charge before Judge Mark
Poulsen yesterday: A. M. Brown.
D. 8. McCarroI, George Dalley and
W. S. Sedore.
W' . " 1
Jing y OUnty? TO
Issue Warrants
' SEATTLE, Apr. 13 (AP)
Unprecedented outlays for county
welfare , relief were blamed In
part tonight by County Auditor
George A. Grant In announcing
hat King county will go on -a
warrant- basis on Thursday.
He revealed he had been nego
tiating with banks to accept the
I warrants but declined to reveal
the- rate of Interest that would
-y-.Ti be paid.
iren
FOR POffl . BRAKES
Evidence i of Intrigue With
Many "Go-Betweens" In
r Deal now Appears
One oLRansom Bills Found
But Tracing Impossible
As Trail is "Cold"
HOPEWELL, N. J., April IS -
(AP) The 72 year-old "Jatsle"
of th Lindbergh case rode an
elevated train and a motor car in
auest of new contacts .with the
kidnapers today whlle police fol-1
lowed the trail ot one of the bills
he used In a futile $50,000 ran
som payment. -
Still -confident of bis ability to
negotiate further with the abd ac
tors, the retired educator, D. John
F. Condon, appeared and disap
peared from his New York home
with amazing rapidity.
A strange incident wnicn oc
curred in front of Dr. Condon's
home about 8 o'clock tonight
heightened the belief that exten
sive efforts, involving numerous
"go-betweens" were being made
to conduct renewed communica
tion with the kidnapers.
Mysterious Visitor
At Condon's Home
A closed car bearing a carefully
dressed middle aged, bespectacled
man -parked opposite the Condon
home after maneuvering about
with Its lights cut off. The occu
pant, apparently nervous, crossed
the street and walked past the ed-
netor's residence after hesitating
several times. A few steps farther
at the street corner he met anoth
er man and an exchange of papers
took place.
The first man also made several
notes on a piece ot paper. He then
j retraced his steps and rang the
door bell at the Condon home.
speaking briefly with Dr. Con
don's friend and bodysruard. Al
Reich, one time boxer. He en
tered his car and drove away
while the man he met at the cor
ner entered another car and de-
Meantime, a New York house-
Juw "B,BB mvu 01 Limuuwin
led her to check the numbers on
her husband's currency, gave au
thorities a new clue to pursue.
Mrs. David Isaacs found that a
$20 bill her husband had obtained
at a branch bank bore one of the
numbers announced by the treas
ury. Officials ot the bank were
able to say only that the bill came
to them either Monday, April 4 or
the following day. A formal state
ment confirmed this afternoon i
.M(na was paia aiur
aT. April 2. -
ELECTRIC COMPANY
ED
PORTLAND. Ore.. April IS.
(AP) A formal objection to a
contract between the Northwest -
ern Electric company and the
Electric Bond ft Share company
was entered in the record today
by Charles M. Thomas, Oregon
public utilities commissioner, who
is conducting a hearing here look
ing; toward downward revision ot
the north western's rate structure.
The contract between the two
companies, testimony revealed.
provides for certain supervisory
services on the part of the Elec
tric Bond A Share company for
which approximately 1.5 per cent
of the gross earnings : of the
Northwestern are paid annually.
Thomas said he regarded these
services as superfluous In nature
and the contract itself "null and
void.'
Last year payments under the
contract amounted to 854.81s
and in 1828 they ran as high as
887,000, C R. Lester, chief en -
gineer for the commissioner, tes
tified.
LARGE 'SEDAN STOLEN
Lewis D. Griffith. 1468 Court
street, reported to police head-
mm t AMa - 1m b4 mIV A Altai Via la
AUAva bcaaj mikui iua ia aaw v
sedan, license 703-371, had been
stolen from High street and Fawk
avenue.'4
Legionnaires:
CONTRACT OPPOS
'-Victory ' Radio Program
Capital post No. 9 ot the Amer
ican Legion will -meet x Monday j
night at o'clock at which time
every American' Legion post . in
the United States will .be la ses
sion to celebrate the membership
drive and to listen, to the nation
al radio rvictory v Membership
Broadcast.-:;-fy.-.- , " :
The broadcast will begin at 7
o'clock - and -.all members . ot 7 re
cent standing. even If they have
not paid their dues, are invited
to attend, stated R. H. Bassett.v:
The - program tor the meeting
includes a pot" lack supper, at
o'clock, the national radio broad
cast at 7 o'clock, and at t o'clock
the regular business meetings of
the American Legion - and of the
Auxiliary will be held.
Offers to Give
Wife and Son as
Lindy Hostages
I
NEW YORK. April IS (AP)
Paul Rlasq, 28, Brooklyn avi
ator, announced tonight ne would
deliver his own wife and seven-
teeft-months-old son, Paul, Jr to
the kidnapers of the Lindbergh
baby as hostages for thessafe de-
livery of ransom
Rlxzo said he made his unique
proposal with the "full approval
of my wife, with whont I have
lived happily for four years."
"I'm a father," said Rltoo, -and
I know how Lindbergh feels."
lit SLR RIOTED
li "
m a
Brings First Tears to Eyes
Of Mother; Prosecution
Rests Case Today
HONOLULU. April 18 (AP)
The Icy reserve of Mfs. Gran
ville Fortescue broke and melted
into tears today as the f prosecu-
tlon drew the name of hir daugh-
ter into the Joseph Kahafcawai
lynching ease and produced evi
dence that a shot had been heard
in or near her home about the
time the young Hawaiian was
killed. ; -
- First the society matron gave
way to her emotions when the
prosecution hinted that Mrs. Mas-
sie, victim of an 'asserted attack
by Kahahawa, and tour other
men, may have been a pooslble
accomplice In the lynching.
Again Mrs. Fortescue controlled
(Turn to page 2 coL S)
OKLAHOMA CITY, April
(AP) A prolonged rows between
Governor W. H. Murray, and
Lieut. Governor Robert Burns
over Burns' order halting all
work on a state sub-penitentiary
project appeared probable to
night.
With the governor g rushing
home from a cancelled speaking
tour In Oregon, Burns announced
that It Murray countermands his
order, he will renew It "next
time I am acting governor.
Burns ordered construction at
the prison site to cease when he
received -an opinion from Attor
ney General J. Berry Kins:, hold
line expenditures by the board ot
I affairs on the project Illegal.
1 "The legality of the ease prob-
I ably win be tested by some tax
I payer," Barns said. "If Governor
I Murray countermands my oner,
I X will not do anything as ueuten-
ant governor, bnt I win pursue
the same course when I; am act
ing governor, it the governor
leaves the state again."
Don, Why Don't
You Buy Folks
MRS
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MEDFORD. Ore.. April 1-
tral Point was burglarized use
night but it railed to create mucn
of A.stlr among the natives. The
I store. has been robbed i twice a
year, on the average, for the past
lo years. ' I
Last night 84 in cash, some
cigarettes, snuff and provisions
were stolen.
The Faber store fa conducted
by the father and brother of. Don
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J university athlete. The
brother.
I Everettf Is a Willamette gradu-
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Will- Hear
On Monday night guest speak
each group. Deputy Commander
Alex Barry and Deputy Adjutant
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rvaVr Yr Sntbr . Small
will go from Salem to Woodburn
to be the sneaker there.!' t
At the present time tie mem -
TmnMi r ti ijkrinn nhct hitre.
while not clear up to SUndard.
Is slightly abovei 100. A vital accident near Teioeaset loaay. -MM.-
i. hin- mrrnA t I Mrs. Dalton died la an mcu-
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- Monday" meeting wili be held
at - the - rraternai . temnia ana in
Juu... .. . .v
cal : sntertainmenL will also : be
offered.
Departs From Promise
Not to Oppose cr
Aid Candidate
Lukewarm Reception
Given Proposal to
Cancel Debts
WASHINGTON. April 1S-(AP)
Modifying his previous state
ment that he would not eneese
or favor any candidate for tke
democratic presidential Tmrtifat
Uon before the national
Hon. Alfred E. Smith tonight
hurled a direct challenge to tfce
aspirations , of the democratic
party's leading candldate-Fmnk-lin
D. Roosevelt.
Speaking as titular head of the
party before thousands gathered
at a Jefferson day banquet In the
Wlllard hotel, the 1828 nominee
Quoted from Roosevelt's recent
radio address without referring to
him by name and said:
"I will take off my coat ea4
vest and fight to the bitter end
any candidate who persists fn any
demogogic appeal to the messes
of the working people of this
country to destroy themselves by
setting class against class and
rich against poor."
Roosevelt Absent;
Accorded AppUnse
Roosevelt, who is now far In
the lead for the nomination wtta
218 pledged and claimed tole
rates, could not attend the rHy,
out nia name, with most AT the
other prominent members of the
party, was cheered as Chairmea
John J. Raskob mentioned them
one by one.
Roosevelt came in for apphMM
when Raskob read a teletraai
from him expressing- regret ve
could not be here and saying toa-
empioyment and economy ereV-
lems required his attention At Al
bany at this time.
Smith was applauded fre
quently, but his proposal that
the United States "forget" the
foreign debts due us for 20 yemrt
with a 25 per cent credit allow
ed meanwhile on the grdss velee
or products purchase from A aver
lea. received only a few scattered
nandciaps.
Virginian Saneats
Policy om Dry Law
Former Governor Harrr F.
Byrd of Virginia preceded Smith
in the speech-making and csssed
a stir among the more than ft
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UTAH POLICE WATn-
M'Eii'SBE
PORTLAND. Ore, April IS
(AP) Portland police detective
tonight informed Salt Lake Ctty
police where they can find Artkwr
Norse. alias Arthur MeKee.
sought since Mareh 7. 1120, for
the robbery of the Industrial loea '
office In Salt Lake City.
McKee Is In the Oregon state
penitentiary serving, a sentei
tor assault and robbery. He wi
arrested here February 2. 1881,
after he had held p a shoe store.
Tonight while Detective Ray 82.
Sims was checking over old cir
culars In the detective bureau he
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Plant Trees at
Hospital Today
Salem' chapter, American War
tnitim wm imi ina nl&Btler
lM-.nnt4M n- .,, e.im nHMii
j hota! lawn this afternoon At
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2:30 o'clock when two trees gfr
to the hospital by the chapter wW
be set... :-. ....
Mrs. F." L. Waters, president ef
the local chapter, will make the
presentation and"' Mrs. Mabel
Lockwood wOl assist. Recognition
ot the gift will be made by Mrs,
Mildred Lenolre. general superin
tendent of the hoepltaL v'
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Viaduct Railing
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J LA GRANDE. Ore, April 13
(AP) Mr. and Mrs. James Da
Uon of North Powder were Injarsc
I fataRv and their' son, Wiley, wan
I seriously hurt ta an automobll
. lance which was taking her to the
I Hot Lake Sanatorium and her bus-
I nana eaea uw
I ton Is exnected to? recover,
r Titm mv ATtvtm. , lr . th ' older
I man; crashed into the guar! rU
tag of a highway viaduct.
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