FREE TICKET, CANDY,
Each' entrant - la today's
pet parade will . receive . a
free, theatre; Uctct and a
bag of candy. Parade starts
at 9:30 a. m. at The States,
man office. -
' THE; WEATHER.
Falftoday, fair and
slightly cooler 8 a a d ay;
.Max. Temp. -Friday -79, Mia.
47, river -2.4 feet, clear,
north wind. .
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No. 167
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RUSSIA II BE
PROPOSED SQOrd
Issue y is Active jn -; Spite
."Of Labor andrLegon -Opposition.
Voiced - .-..i
Extensive, Trade and. Credit
Arrangements Eyed as
f; . -'"Decisive Factors . " ,
.' By.- MARK , ETHRIDGB .. --
(Copyright, by- the Associated
I ' .: Press -1935) - , .
, WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. -CAP)
Despite the opposition of the
American Lesion and the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, -renew
ed this week;' President ' Roosevelt-
has called for a complete
memorandum on the question of
Russian recognition
-In high administration " circles,
It was said the question "Is raov
Ing into advanced stages and the
chances are fifty-fifty"- that - it
will be taken op shortly for dis
position.,, . - --
- It was Indicated, however, that
while the decision, lay with the
president, it was not likely that
the quick and unconditional re
cognition which has been strong
ly urged, would be granted. Upon
able that final action would be
reached through negotiations
covering & number of points of
' difference requiring time to ad
just. ;; The situation at the moment is
this.. -
i Russia ' desires diplomatic re
cognition and credits which would
enable her to make purchases of
goods she needs, amounting, ac
cording to .a figure, glten by M.
Litvinoff, commandea of foreign
affair a at thm 1 jnAnn iinnfi.
ence, to a billion dollars.
America, upon her part, desires
to recognise Russia because hers
is a de facto government and be
cause diplomatic -relations with
her opens tip the way for ' full
and' profitable commercial rela
tions. -' , . . -
CALLED BY DEATH
" Although he had been 111 for
more than two years, the death
early last night of Theodore
Parker, only son of Dr. and Mrs.
B. Earle Parker, brought shock
- and grief to many university and
church, folk here. Ted, as he was
known to his wide list of friends
and acquaintances, had Just-completed
his first year at Willamette
university when he was. suddenly
stricken with a peculiar type of
blood-poisoning- from which he
never fully recovered. He was an
er-member of this - year's senior
class at the local university.
Classmates and professors
characterised him as an unusually
brilliant Individual. During his
one year on the campus he made
a name for hmself through his
work on . the staff of the Col
legian and as one of the founders
of the Sunset brotherhood, only
successful philosophy club in uni
versity circles In recent years.
Members of Coffee House, Wil
lamette writers' club, thought him
gifted with poetic genius.
Besides his father, pastor of
the First Methodist church, - and
his mother, : Ted Is survived by
three sisters, Mrs. Don Evans,
Seattle, , and Carolyn and Mary
Elisabeth " Parker of . Salem.- He
was a member of Alpha Psl Delta
fraternity. Funeral announce
ments will be 1 made later from
W. T. Rigdon & Son mortuary.
'i WASHINGTON, Oct.; -r(AP)
A fruit marketing agreement
for the Pacific northwest was ap
wrnvAd tentatively bv the arricul-
Uural adjustment administration
I today.
Forwarded to shippers for sig
nature, it regulates marketing of
apples, pears, plums and other
tree fruits in Washington, Oregon,
Idaho and Montana. Nine produc
ing' districts are affected.
The marketing; agreement pre-
( hca Tirnratinn to control maxi
mum volume of fruit moved to
market, with the quota for each
' .M.im, tn Via ritaf rlhlltAd imonr
the growers Von an equitable
basis." .
- The control - eommlttee under
the A. A. A. Is to be composed of
trustees of the Northwest Frnit
Industries, Inc., plus representa
tives of non-member shippers.
Nine producing districts will be
affected. - - v ' -,;
Commodity committees wilt be
empowered to net minimum prices,
subject i to approval of Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace, and an
auction' committee will be estab
lished to determine the volume of
fruit to be moved to auction mar
kets daring, a stated period and
the quantity to be sent to each
market.
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When the famous prison ship. La Martin lere, recently sailed from St. Martin-de-Re, France, on her
' yearly trip, to Devil's Island, the French penal settlement, off the coast of Guiana, South America, for
- the first time in her History she carried a capacity load of criminals 673. Not only that, bnt also
; for the first time she will make a second trip in one year with 200 more bad men. Among the desper
adoes in the first shipment was. Guy Davin, the yomig Frenchman convicted of murdering Richard
Wall, an American, for $300. The chances of anyone escaping from Devil's Island are said to be 10O0
to 1 against. For if m convict succeeds in eluding his human guards, he still mast contend with the
fever-ridden swamps, venomous snakes and man-eating sharks that infest the surrounding waters.
MM KELLY; WIFE
WILL PLEAD GUILTY
Kidnap Chief and Others in
Case to be Sentenced
Today, is Program
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 6.
(AP) W District Attorney Her
bert K.Hyde announced tonight
that Kathryn Kelly will plead
guilty along with her husband,
George "Machine Gun" Kelly, to
morrow, thus disposing of the last
of the principals indicted, for the
kidnaping of Charles F. UrscheL
oil millionaire, July 22.
-The announcement followed
conferences with Mrs. Kelly In the
county. Jail late today and came
after James H. Mathers, attorney
for Kelly, had said Kelly would
plead guilty.
Seven others convicted in the
kidnaping also will "come before
Federal Judge Edgar S. Yaught
tomorrow for -sentencing. Among
them are Mrs. Kelly's mother,
Mrs. R. G. Shannon.
After the Kellys change their
pleas of not guilty, made last
Thursday, they will stand for sen
(Turn to Page 2, Col, 1)
Plans to Greet
Drum Corps are
Completed Here
Plans were completed locally
Friday for greeting the Salem
drum corps upon its return, from
the American Legion convention
at Chicago next week. The Salem
drum corps won highest honors in
the drill competition at the con
vention in Portland last year. A
parade and dinner will feature
the program.
'Reports Friday Indicated that
an effort wolud be made to keep
the drum corps intact until after
Armistice day. It previously was
announced that the drum corps
would disband Immediately fol
lowing, its return to Salem.
FERE VICTIMS PLEAD
itrmnii. fre.. Oct. 6. (AP)
Representatives of "timber com
panies that lost valuable stands
of timber in tne toreai ures
which raged in Clatsop county
last - August - appeared before a
special session of the county
equalization board today to plead
for. reduction of assessments on
the basis of tire losses.
The timber operators said that
from 85 to 80 per cent of the
trees on 42,000 acres of land had
been killed by the fires. They
estimated that 50 per cent of
these would be lost - despite Im
mediate efforts to log them out
They asked a 60 per cent reduc
tion in assessed valuation on tim
ber on tire-swept lands. The
equalization board took the mat
ter under advisement and .said a
decision - would be " ' made next
week. . -
YAQUC7A SPAN OKEH
WASHINGTON. Oct. f. (AP)
Plans submitted by the Oregon
state highway commission xor a
bridge across Taqulna bay on the
Oregon coast highway, i were to
day approved by the war depart
ment. , - - - ,
SALESMAN ARRESTED
THE DALLES, Ore., Oct. .
(AP) Prosper Davidson of Rich
land, Ore., and V. L. Pope of
Case Against
Gordon Watt
Is Dismissed
PORTLAND, Oct. . (AP)
Federal Judge McNary today or
dered the dismissal of charges of
using the United States mails to
defraud, contained In a federal In
dictment against Gordon Watt, at
torney. The dismissal order was
on motion of Edwin C. Hicks, as
sistant United States attorney, on
the grounds that .the government
had Insufficient evidence to war
rant conviction or further prose
cution. Watt was convicted in a federal
court trial last April with Dr. B.
F. Giesy of Aurora, president of
the Willamette Valley Mortgage
and Loan company, and Zeno
Schwab, secretary. They were
charged with using the malls to
further a scheme to defraud.
Dr. Giesy and Schwab are serv
ing sentences of 10 months each
in county jail at Hililsboro. Watt
was sentenced to five months and
fined 400. On motion of his at
torney, however, he was granted
a new trial. That trial will not
now be held.
,1
Responsibility
Of Dry States
Told in Report
NEW YORK, Oct. (AP)
The Rockefeller liquor control
study sounded a warning today
that "unless , past experience Is
reversed" the surviving dry states
after adoption of the twenty-first
(repeal) amendment will become
a paradise for bootleggers.
"Operating from there as a
base," the .study said, "the illicit
liquor traffic should not be al
lowed to run cheap, inferior
liquor Into the neighboring wet
states for sale In competition with
the legal,- but perhaps higher
priced, article.'
Tax Reduction Wanted
Bridge Plans ApproTed
Hit-Ron Death Charged
Gets Deer Without Gun
Salt Lake City were held by po
lice here today on a hit-and-run
charge after their automobile, of
ficers said, had struck and killed
Annie Bob, 45, a Celllo Indian.
The accident occurred . before
dawn. The. men are cosmetics
salesmen and were on their way
to Portland.
Police said Pope was driving
the car and that he declared be
did sot know the car hit the
woman. Davidson was asleep. One
headlight of the car was broken
and the radiator was dented. In
dians at Celllo Tillage. where the
woman was struck, said the ear
did not stop. The Indians tele
phoned The Dalles and police
held the men. " -
BUCK HIT BY AUTO
BEND, Ore, Oct. ; (AP)
Claude Post bagged a four-point
buck yesterday without tiring a
shot.
. With C R. Shaw, he was driv
ing north over The Dalles-California
highway toward Bend
when the deer leaped across the
road and was struck by the auto
mobile. The deer was killed and
the car was damaged.
Post and Shaw brought the
deer to Bend, where Dr. J. C.
andevert, member of the state
game commission, advised Post to
put his tag on It. T . . .
GuvDaviu
ROBBERY CHARGES
CAM SUICIDE
Case Against Ledensberger
Revealed; two Others
In Case Arrested
CHICAGO, Oct. 6. (AP)
United States Attorney Dwight H.
Green said tonight that Edgar B.
Ledensberger, prominent night
club operator who killed himself
today, had been named in secret
indictments charging him with
complicity n a f 500,000 mail rob
bery "here last December.
Green made bis statement
shortly after federal authorities
arrested John "Boss" McLaughlin,
minor politician, on reported in
dictments in the same case, and
Sol Stern.
Green added that several other
indictments had been returned
and suppressed. Among those
named, he said, was Clark Richer,
an attorney.
Previously, he said, Joseph
Sans had been arrested and was
not at liberty on $10,000 bond.
He was reported to have been con
nected with the night club as
credit manager.
The prosecutor refused to re
veal the names of the others in
dicted. McLaughlin was arrested on a
bench warrant. Green said his
bond had been set at 150,000.
Green said that there were
eight Indictments pending against
Ledensberger, charging possession
of stolen bonds, and one charging
conspiracy.
TUCUMCARI. N. M., Oct. .
(AP) Bob Brady, one of 11 pris
oners who escaped from the Lan
sing, Kan, prison last Memorial
day, and an unidentified compan
ion, were captured by Sheriff Ira
Allen and Deputy Ed Jackson on
the highway .three miles east of
here early tonight, after Brady
had been seriously wounded. .
The officers found $3500 In $10
and $20 bills In the light coupe
driven by the pair. '
Sheriff Ira Allen said tonight he
believed the man captured with
Brady, Is Wilbur Underbill, also
a Kansas escaped convict Brady's
companion, however, denied he is
Underbill. n
Brady and Underbill were
among the 11 convicts who
escaped from the Kansas prison
at Lansing on Memorial day. Both
have been sought for the machine
gun slaying of 'four officers and
Convict Frank Nash in' Kansas
City June 17.'
Senator Dale ot
Vermont Called
ISLAND POND, Vt Oct
(AP) Porter Hlnman Dale, 6,
senior U. - S. senator from this
state, died at his summer home
In the mountain town of Newark,
near here, late tonight , He was
a republican.
Senator Dale was stricken 111
about a month ago, but had ap
parently recovered, Three days
ago he was stricken with a heart
ailment and was ' ordered to his
bed. t ,:..-
. OOXTRACT AWARDED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. (AP)
Dunn and Bakery Klamath
Falls contractors, have been
awarded the contract for grading
the road around the rim "of Cra
ter Lake park. i ,..
WILBUR IffiElli
CAUGHT, IS BELIEF
TIT ILL AID
Necessity is Stressed in
Resolution Passed by
County Teachers
Mrs. Grace Sehon to Head
Group; Delegates to
. State Meet Na)nel ..;;
' r "immediate , consideration ' of
some plan of taxation that will
meet Imperative needs of our
public schools" was favored in
a resolution' passed by the Ma
rion County teachers' association
in' annual session here yesterday.
Indicating that the interest lay
not in their own salaries espe
cially another resolution, pror
claiming their wish to - cooperate
in economic measures undertaken
bv their various districts and the
offering of unimpaired service,
was also passed by the teachers.
The' business meetings of the
association held in conjunction
with the county institute at the
senior high school building drew
some 550 teachers. Mrs. Grace
Sehon of Central Howell was
elected president of the organiza
tion to succeed Principal Fred D.
Wolf of Salem high school. Ly
man Patton was elected to the
vice-presidency, while U. S. Dot
son of Salem was re-elected sec
retary-treasurer.
Delegates to the meeting of
the Oregon State Teachers' asso
ciation held during the Christmas
vacation each year in Portland
were elected as follows: E. Moore
Neave, Olga Johnson, Mary Cup
per, Lois Reed, -Merritt Davis,
Laura Hale, Beryl Holt, Ethel
Hickey, J. H. Tumbleson and Eu
gene Silke.
Members of the resolutions
committee, which drew up six
resolutions stating the stand of
the county division of -the state
association on matters largely
educational and including the two
aforementioned, included: F e r d
Jones of Gates, ' Burton Dunn of
Woodbnrn, and Eugene . Silks of
Hubbard., ut
The scheduled meeting of the
county principals' association was
postponed because of the full pro
gram of yesterday's institute and
will be held November 2 in Sll
verton. Teachers attending yesterday's
institute reported it as one of the
finest ever staged in the county
with almost every teacher pres
ent and a well-rounded and in
spirational program.
Mrs. McCormick
Acquitted Upon
Murder Charge
NEW YORK, Oct . (AP)
Mrs. Cecelia McCormick, 21-year-old
widow of Andrew McCormick.
was acquitted tonight by a jury
In Kings county court of first
degree murder after more .than
10 hours deliberation.
Mrs. McCormick was accused
of carrying to her gangster-husband,
Andrew McCormick, the re
volver with whieh he killed Keep
er William McConnell, and then
committed suicide in Raymond
street jail on the night of No
vember 20 last.
Late Sports
EUGENE. Oct. f. (AP) The
football teams of Eugene and Cot
tage Grove high schools struggled
through a game here today to
emerge with the score tied at S
to 0. Cottage Grove scored In the
third period after a 55-yard run
had placed the ball on the Eugene
2-yard line. Eugene scored In the
final period by way of a 40-yard
pass.
MODESTO, Calif., Oct
(AP) Coach Amos A 1 o n s o
8taggs College ot Pacific Bengals
defeated Modesto junior college
26 to 0 in a football game here to
night
EVERETT, Wash., Oct $.
(AP) Pat Rellly, 195, Boston,
won two out of three falls from
nosirpj. Wtlann. SAS. TSTlirett. fn a
rough wrestling match' here to
night taking the deciding fall in
the fifth with a body slam.
FOOTBALL SCORES
Colorado Aggies 0, Denver XT.
0, (tie).
Utah 0, University of Califor
nia at- Los Angeles 21.
Dixie University; 0, Texas Tech
tt, ' - ..." - -
Kansas State 20, t Louis 14.
George Washington 17, North
Dakota, TJ. f. , j
Rlpon I, St Thomas (St Paul)
0. - -. -
Washington high 25, Benson
Tecbl 6. - r
. MEMORIAL, COLISEUM, - Los
Angeles, Oct t. (AP) Utah's
crimson clad Utes perennial
Rocky mountain champions ran
into an ambush here tonight as
the ' University ot California at
Los "Angeles football team scored
a 21 to victory; before 15,000
SURGED
Em p I oyment Gain in
Nati
on is
Str ikes Ma i n Worry
Gar Loadings i Increase;
Outlook Better ; Steel Industry Leaders
Asked to Confer With Roosevelt
WASHINGTON, Oct 6.
employment and other
today by semi-official agencies
to remove the Pennsylvania
stacle to the recovery program.
After conferences, with Hugh S. Johnson,, the NRA chief,
on
CSITICAL
SOI
Agriculture Head Asserted
Presumptuous in Asking
Pressure on Court
PORTLAND:' Oct. 6. (AP)
District Judge Mears commented
sharply here today -when he heard
that Max Gehlhar, director ot the ;
state department of agriculture,
had complained to the Portland
chamber of commerce in an effort
to speed trial of cases Involving
purported violations of the new
produce peddlers and dealers' act
in Multnomah county.
Judge Mears has declined to try
the cases pending a decision by
the state supreme court on an in
junction suit attacking the consti
tutionality . of the act.
He described Gehlhar s action
as "very unusual if not contemp
tuous" and an attempt to "call
upon civic bodies to assist In co
ercing court action."
In his letter to the chamber.
Gehlhar said his department is
"having excellent cooperation
from the courts all over the state
except in Portland. The supreme
court, Ge hlhar said, had refused
a restraining order against en
forcement of the law pending the
decision of the appeal. He stated
that the action in Portland is mak
ing It difficult to enforce the law
elsewhere.
- ."This court would be in eon
tempt of the supreme court If ac
tion were taken while the same
case was pending in the supreme
court," Judge Mears said.
(By the Associated Press)
The two leading political par
ties of Great Britain conserva
tive and labor took opposite
views Friday of the long vexing
British problem ot what to do
about India. -
The labor party, meeting at
Hastings, openly demanded the re
lease of Indian political prisoners
in a resolution which criticised
the British policy.
The conservatives, meeting in
Birmingham, dealt the die-hards
ot that group a blow In passing
an amendment which approved
the course. Britain was pursuing.
This includes the withholding an
announcement of what England
Intends to do. until the joint par
liamentary commission which is
drawing up legislation ' tor India
makes a report
Parent-Teacher
Meet Discussed
. Plans for the coming state con
vention of Parent-Teachers" asso
ciations were discussed at a gen
eral committee meeting called
last night at the chamber of com
merce rooms by Dr. B. F. Pound,
president of the Salem P.-T.A.
AH committee heads were asked
to attend the meeting where ap
pointments for convention tasks
were made and the. program out
lined. The state convention will
meet In Salem. October 24 to 27,
In the First Presbyterian church
building.
Line ot March
Foi Big Pet
An absolutely free ticket to, the
Capitol or Els in ore theatre, a. sack
of free candy and a chance at 14
valuable prizes are offered to each
boy or girl entering The Oregon
Statesman pet parade this morn
ing. The parade, postponed tor a
fortnight because of rain, will
form at The Statesman office, 21 S
South Commercial street at 9:30
a. m. The route. of march will he
north, on Commercial to Court,
east on Court to Liberty, south on
Liberty to State and thence' to the
courthouse lawn where judging ot
the pets will take place." ,
Dogs, ponies, eats, rabbits'
these are only a tew of the pets
which can be entered. In addition
there will be prises for the best
decorated bicycle or tricycle, for
the best : costume and tor t the
quaintest -dressed pet 'v
Indications were last night that
the number, of entries in the par
ade would be at least 100. ,
S JUDGE f
PARTIES DISAGREE
IIHPHM
Reported;
Labor Federation Says
( AP) An upward trend in
business indices was reported
as President Roosevelt moved
eoal - steel strike as a major ob
-
5 and Governor Pinchot of Pennsyl
vania," Mr. Jtoosevelt summoned
to the White House tomorrow out
standing spokesmen of the power
ful steel industry.'-' u
Officials, while declining to be
quoted publicly, made no secret
of their anxiety-over the. strikes
In ' the steel-owned bituminous
coal mines and the chief execu
tive was once more represented as
ready to throw the entire influ
ence ot his office behind the de
mand for peace.
From three sources, meanwhile
came reports of a shift toward
better times. They were:
The American Federation of
Labor, in its monthly survey, said
while "the business mood at pres
ent is one of uncertainty," employ
ment was still Increasing, work
hours being shortened and pay
rolls expanded.
The American Railway associa
tion announced loadings of reve
nue freight for the week ended
September 30 were 61,827, an
increase of 9,158 over the preced
ing week and 40,169 over the cor
responding week of last year.
Walter C. Teagle, chairman of
the NRA's Industrial advisory
board, made public a report by
the cotton textile Industry show
ing an Increase In employment ot
145,000 from March to September
and that payrolls had mounted
from S12.800.000 monthly to X27,-
000,000.
Fees Will be Paid Devers
Who Will Hold Checks
Pending Decision
Announcement that the trifck
owners have entered into an
agreement with Governor Meier.
Superintendent Pray of state po
lice and Utilities Commissioner
Thomas for a temporary settle
ment of the truck regulation con
troversy, was made Friday night
by J. M. Devers, attorney for the
state highway commission.
The truck owners, Derers said,
will comply with the terms of the
act not affected by the recent de
cision of Circuit Judge Lewelling
here. They will pay the fees re
quired by the act, by certified
check to Devers, who will hold the
checks until the constitutionality
of the act la decided by the su
preme court.
Devers will then, depending on
the court's ruling, either return
the checks to. the makers or turn
them over to the public utilities
department. His receipt will be
honored by the state police.
Pending definite word from
Governor Meier in response to
Thursday's demand , that he call
off the state police in the P. U. C.
tag battle, A. C. Anderson, presi
dent of the Truck Owners and
Farmers' Protective association,'
late yesterday issued word asking
every member who has 'a truck
without a P. U. C. tag to roll the
truck on the highway Monday
morning and, to continue to oper
ate untlL arrested. .
He estimate this will place
from 1000 to 1300 tagless trucks
on the highway between Portland
(Turn to Page 2, Col. 1)
ALBANY MAN XUJLKD
ALBANY, Ore., Oct 6. (AP)
Lloyd Anderson,' S 4, of Albany
touched a live wire while he was
making repairs on a power line
at Jefferson today and was killed.
His widow and daughter survive.
Announced
Paiade Today
' Adequate police protection has
been arranged by The Statesman.
A number of carrier boys will also
assist in getting the parade under
way. A motorcycle police escort
will head the marchers. -
The candy and tickets win be
distributed, along with the prises,,
after the Judging. The following
are the classes for the entrants
and thq awards In each:
1. Best all around dog Pho
tograph of the owner. . - i.
2. Biggest dog Mickey Mouse
sweater. , - -
S. Smallest dog Mickey Mouse
sweater.
4. -, Smallest pet (other than
dog) Book for boy, cedar chest
for girl. . - "
5. Best decorated wagon or bi
cycleBicycle light
' 6. Best decorated tricycle j
Tricycle horn. ,-
T. Best trained pet . Three
: (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4)
truck mm
n
REACHED
EKOIITIS
QUERIED ABOUT
SALE1 SLAYIi
Stanley Foster Being Held .
At Oakland; Letters
Mention Crimes
Queer Tangle Also Involves
Portland Gang Murder;
Connection Denied :
- OAKLAND, -Calif., n Oct .-
fAPAIthough he denied any "
connection with three sbjylngs in
Oregon of which police said he
had intimated having knowledge,
Stanley Foster was questioned,
closely - by authorities here te '
night
' Foster, arrested for question-1
lng In connection with a petty
theft admitted police -saidr-steal-
ing nine automobiles n-"Oakland
and five in Stockton. . " -
In the hope of clearing up what
they said were conflicting state
ments, police took Miss - Clara
Mars, named by Foster as a friend
into custody for questioning. She
denied any knowledge of Bis al
leged crimes.
Captain of Inspectors B. E. Wall-
man said the Oregon slayings
about wbich Foster was Ques
tioned were the shooting of a
night watchman at Salem, and tba
deaths of Jimmy Walker and June
Rose McLean at St. Helens, Ore.
Foster, police said, told them
his brother, George was killed iai
Oregon and that he knew who
did it and "would take care of
him."
Captain Wallman said Foster
admitted writing letters to him.
two of wnlcn were anonymous and.,
the third unaddressed but found
In the mah's room. The tenor of
which was that the writer had
been a member of a safecracking
gang and was fgoing straight but
feared death at the hands of his
old confederates. '
One letter said if the writer's
body was found the names of the
"Portland murderers" would be
found in his left shoe.. The third
letter, found in the man's room, .
was signed ."George S. Foster.-
Officers said George S. Foster, a
brother of the man held here, had
been shot and killed in Oregon
and that Sidney Foster had as
sumed his name.
The third letter said the writer
left the gang July 21 after hav
ing spent 2ft years In the Oregon
penitentiary, and added:
"I expect disaster to follow. I
was found by the gang, which fol
lowed me and shot me and left
me to die, but I was found by a
bystander who took me home. If
this is found, please report to po
lice and my people in Portland. I
know who killed (three names
scratched out here) in Portland.
They were taken for a ride and'
killed. If this Is found I'll be ea
my last ridel and I'll throw tt
away if they get me."
Officers said they found a taped
area on Foster's body and upon,
removing it discoTered a wound.
PORTLAND, Oct. . (AP)-
Clty detectives and state police
said today that Stanley Foster, 27
held under arrest In Oakland, baa
a long criminal record in Oregon
and was recently released from
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FALL HI BIG
E
SILVERTON, Oct. f One of
the largest affairs ever held at
Sllverten was the fall opening and
NRA celebration held tonight The
evening opened' at 1 o'clock with
the unveiling of windows. At
7:30 the large torch parade was
held. In this all ot tbeMoeal mr- ,
chants and the school children '
took part Close to-100 torches
were carried in the parade.
Following the parade a pre
gram was, given on the platform
built at the intersection of First
the program was Beryl Ottaway,
adn Main streets. Appearing a -
ElfEULV
mi,
violinist accompanied by Mrs. -Ferne
Davenport; Nate's Rhythm
orchestra; Buddy Sewell in a tap
dance; Jean Boles, military taps
Jean Adams, toe dance; Pauline
Zoo Chambers and Buddy Sewell
in an exhibition waits; Oliver Car
penter, banjo and Joe Hasenstakv
xylophone; and Rud Bentson's old
time orchestra. . - .
Rev. C J. Hall was chairman of f
the program committee; Herman
Kramer, acted as master ot cere
monies; Al Cootea was chairman ,
of the general committee onar
rangements, and S. P. Rose is.
sponsored the affair.
'.Cx,
Pair Convicted ?
In Kidnap Case
BUTLER, Ga., Oct' e. (AP)
C. L Davis and W B. Davis to
day were convicted of the kidnap
ing of W. L. Brown, leading Am
ericus, OS., business man, and
sentenced to four to lx years la
prison. -st ,