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J PAGSTWO Th OREGON STATESMAN. Solam. Orjon. WdnMd - Homing March IX 1949 Sheds Little new Light on Hospital Triple Slaying Hearing Is to Resume Today Cause of Deaths, Details of Discovery Related ' to Coroner's Jury 81ight new evidence was added "to investigation of the macabre seats of three state hospital in mates garrotted in their beds Sun day night by another patient, at the inquest conducted yesterday on the hospital grounds by County Coroner L. E. Barrick and District Attorney Lyle J. Page. The three victims, found by an attendant at about S a. m. Mon day, were Levi Haggren. 34, Port land; Sol Green, 23. San Fran cisco; and Jack Leavy, 21, Au rora. The inquest will continue today t 9:30 a. m.. Dr. Barrick -indicated last night, when Dr. John Evans, superintendent of the In stitution, and Guy Chambers, at tendant in a ward adjoining that 'In which the crime occurred, will 'offer testimony. -' Belief that death was by as phyxiation, presumably induced by direct strangulation, was ad 'vanced in the inquest by Dr. W. L. .Lidbeck, staff physician who per formed an autopsy on the bodies ; of the three victims. Marks of an apparent struggle ;did not appear on hte bodies of the I men, he said, with the exception of slight depression in the skin of ' Leavy's neck, and a general con traction of the viscera of all three i 'Which might suggest a struggle . receding death. j Ability Questioned ; Lidbeck expressed doubt that any of the nine occupants of the ; dementia praecox ward in which the tragedy occurred would hare r.'been mentally able to formulate and carry out the plan required for the triple murder. ! In this opinion he differed (lightly from Dr. Robert Evans, : hospital physician in charge of ' the ward in which the murders ! occurred, who testified that Wiley t Hill, patient suspected of the ! e r i m ' s authorship, "perhaps" ! was sufficiently competent men tally to perform the deed. J- Indication that Hill might be Implicated in . the affair was drawn from statements by Dr Evans thai, the patient showed fresh scratches on his right arm 'and shoulder and on his left wrist when taken to solitary confine jment in the criminal insane ward louuwing discovery oi me crime, j , Find Broken Glass A piece of broken glass, pre sumably from a windowpane im mediately over the bed of one of the murdered mn, was also found under his pillow, Evans testified. Hill was an active man, of aver age strength, he added. The physician described briefly ''his acquaintance with the affair . from the time when he was called t i:30 a. m. Monday morning by 'hospital authorities until the ar i rival of representatives of the dis ; trict attorney's office two hours later. Irwin Dull, hospital night at tendant who discovered the j oodles during his regular ward i rounds, answered minute ques- tions of District Attorney Page an to his actlvltleg during the t night of the crime. s ho inspected the ward at 10 1 p. m., he said, and found all ajulet. Again at 11 p. m. he sur veyed the nine occupants who I are locked into a room nieasur- lug 14 by 22 feet, and found all i sleeping peacefully. I On his next inspection at 4:30 a. m... however, he said that he found Haggren dead, apparently ' from heart failure or a similar , organic disturbance evidenced by an unusually livid coloration of the face. Calling assistance, he removed Haggren's body to the Institu tion s morgue, he testified, and then on his return to complete his inspection, found the bodies of Leavy and Green in adjacent beds at the opposite end of the room. Testimony of Ira Briggs. V. L. Whatley and Robert Gilstrap, at tendants who assisted Dull in removal of Haggren's body, in- ; Tolred a similar account of the discovery of the crime. Members of the coroner's Jury 1 which Inspected the scene of the slaying and later viewed the bodies of the victims were Her msn Johnston, A. H. Leach. J. M. Hicks, I. M. Doughton, M. L. Meyers and U. S. Page. Others mot Questioned The jury made no attempt to interrogate other occupants of the ward, all of whom are in the advanced stages of mental disintegration. Only one, an In mate named Moses, was be lieved to have witnessed the slaying, and Dr. Evans testified yesterday that this patient was able to give only an incoherent sentence about a "person with a, red bag' who was In the room during the night. He further de nied that a nocturnal struggle had taken place In the room. Governor Charles A. Sprague yesterday expressed doubt that the state board of control, which has supervision over the Institu tion, would undertake a special Investigation or the affair. "There apparently Isn't much to investigate." ho said. "We rec ognise that the hospital Is badly overcrowded and that more at tendants are needed. It Is sur prising that tragedies have been so rare at the institution.' Tho executive added that the hospital Is a tire-trap, and that much of the plant needs rebuild ing. , Welles Talks With British Leaders in London np-.-.r:-.-.Y-- - -.j.-.--.- ..xr;-f- rmmmmm- -- wywi' m-yssssssssssjsssajsM-st Itir-V- K fori i r - 4 i ) la r '" II (nV 2l Sumner Welles President Roosevelt's fact-finding emissary, talked with British leaders In London on war ana peace amis. lie s seen nere at ."o. lO iMwning street. Prime Minister Chamberlain's resi dence. Ift to right: British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax. Welles, Chamberlain, and US Ambassa dor Joseph I. Kennedy. Picture radioed from London to New York. Senator Save Those Glasses! fc-. , ..ki., J United States Senator Robert A, Taft of Ohio. Republican presi dential candidate, lets his glasses slip as he dines with new house member. Representative Frances Bolton of Cleveland, in Washing ton. An enterprising photographer catches the slip. (P. S. Senator Taft caught the glasses in time.) Services Planned For Passion Week Special passion week and reviv al services will start at the Church of the Nazarene next Sunday and continue through April 7. The pastor. Rev. Leo Webster Collar, will be assisted by Dr. T. W. Wil lingham, former president of Oli vet college of Olivet, 111.- Subjects for passion week have been announced as follows: Sun day, "Suffering From Treachers;" Monday, 'The Comfort of the Cross; " Tuesday, "Suffering trom Undeserved Hatred; Wed nesday. "Suffering Because of In Justice;" Thursday. "A Royal Re deemer Weeping" and communion service; Friday, "Suffering Re lieved by Love." Services start at 7 p.m. Easter morning services at 6 a.m. will Include an Easter can lata by a choir of 60 voices di rected by E. Friesen. Professor and Mrs. Elbert Tindley, noted colored singers of Baltimore, Md., will also sing. Farm Loan Bodies Hit Federal Plan (Continued from Page 1.) history, O. G. Swenson, manager of the NFLA division of the bank from Spokane, told the gather ing He described the way in which the bank services the farm loan croups. W. S. Bartlett of Salem discussed collection policies. Kenneth Bayne, president of the horticultural association, who presided over the meeting, con ducted a question box durinr the afternoon session. r Reames Runs, Delegate MEDFORD, March 12 -(P)- Former Senator E. Evan Reames announced his , candidacy today for delegate tor tho democratic national convention from tho first congressional district. Pensioners Drop Initiative Plans (Continued from Page 1.) ed public employes be extended to an citizens was reiterated. Theodore G. Nelson, chairman of the executive committee, said Senator Ronald E. Jones of Mar lon and Lew Wallace of Multno mah cornties and former Repre sentative O. Henry Oleen of Co lumbia ronnty bad been invited to servo on legislative Advisory staff. GOP Vote Strong In First Primary (Continued from page 1) on the Roosevelt slate for eight places as delegates at large had 4911 votes, and the eighth man had 2588. Compared to these figures, Charles A. Burke, pledged to Far ley, headed the non-Roosevelt list with 1818, and James J. O'Reilly, similarly pledged, had 1468. They were followed by Wil fred Chevrette. pledged to Vice President Garner, with 1427, and by Robert H. Sanderson, un pledged but anti-third term, with 1115. In the race for democratic con vention seats in the state's two congressional districts, Roosevelt candidates were unopposed in one instance and leading by large ma jorities in the other, apparently assuring the president an unbrok en list of 12 delegates. One or two breaks appeared possible in the "official" slate put forward by the state democratic commit tee, but those near this goal were Roosevelt men. Senator Bridges led the repub lican ticket with 15,543 votes af ter 169 precincts out of 294 had been tabulated, followed in order by US Senator Tobey with 14,762, Former Senator George H. Moses with 12.017 and Former Gover nor Huntley Spaulding with 11,' 778. Governor Francis Murphy trailed in fifth place. Injuries Prove Fatal PORTLAND. Ore.. March 13.- Sy-P- Alfred Hansen. 54, Spo ne trapshooter who wan in jured In an automobile crash a short time after a Spokane-Portland intercity shoot hers Sunday, died tonight. Mary Rhoads Dies In Hospital Here Mrs. Mary M. Rhoads, widow of J. N. Rhoads, who died in Ta- coma, January 26, died Tuesday at Deaconess hospital. She was formerly a resident of Tacoma, bpringrieid and Ashland. Survivors are a daughter. Mrs. Walter Kestly of Salem; son. Ce cil Rhoads of Tacoma: grand children, Helen and Mary Jane Kestly of Salem and Lyle of Ta coma. Announcements of funeral ar rangements will be made later by the Walker & Howell funeral home. Association Dues Payment Opposed PORTLAND, March 12.-P)-A suit to enjoin Multnomah county from paying $563 to the Associa tion of Oregon Counties started today before Circuit Jndge Alfred P. Dobson. U. G. Walker, plaintiff, charges the payment is illegal because the association does not conduct county business. The $563 Is Multnomah county's share ot the association's If Si expenses. Parole Discussed At Kiwanis Meet McSherry Stresses Duty of Public to Assist in Regeneration "In prison a man is stripped of all the ideals and aspirations which he once had, yet when he goes free again, society expects him to be perfectly reformed and regenerated," Irl McSherry, depu ty director of the state parole board, told members of the Ki wanis club at their regular meet ing yesterday. "Society expects regeneration, yet is unwilling itself to assist in the process," he declared. "The result is a critical attitude toward efforts of parole administrations, and a penalty placed on the re leased man himself." McSherry said that 97 per cent of the persons who go to prison eventually return to society, and emphasized that social duty re quires that some provision be made for their release in advance. Work of the Oregon state Da- role board, the speaker affirmed, has been to study cases of pris oners now incarcerated in state and county prisons at the rate of about 70 monthly, and to assist prisoners after release should they qualify for parole. 138 New Paroles At the first of this year, he stated, parole board supervisors were in monthly contact with 353 persons released from the state prison by executive action. Since June, 133 Individuals have re ceived their liberty out of 434 cases reviewed. Of these 9 9 were provided with Jobs by the board. and the remaining 34 were able to supply employment of their own. McSherry appealed for lay in terest in and support for parole activities as well as crime preven tion campaigns designed to check crime at its source. Prior to the address six mem bers of the Salem club received lapel buttons in recognition of perfect attendance records over a period of years. Those receiving the awards were Dr. Henry Mor ris, for 18 years of perfect atten dance; John Throne, 16 years, part of which was spent with the Roseburg club; Ben Ramseyer, seven years; W. J. Braun, Ralph uooiey and Barney Kenworthy, two years; and Robert Sears and T. H. Tomlinson, one year. Tribute was paid by the club to Chief Justice John L. Rand, a member of Kiwanis since 1917, four years before organization of the Salem club. McLeod Seeks Demo Support Pearson Runs for State Senate; Brown Files, County Treasurer (Continued from page 1) gave as his slogan, "a full day every day vigorously conducting all duties of the office." McLeod, a native of Astoria. came to Salem In 1933 where he went through Salem high school and Willamette university college of law. After he was admitted to the bar in 1938, he spent one year in advanced study at Har vard university before returning to Salem to open his law office In a campaign statement. Mc Leod said: "I have decided to file as a candidate for the democratic nomination for district attorney of Marion county. If elected I will do all in my power to exe cute the duties of this office impartially, honestly and effi ciently. If elected my determina tion will be to furnish the resi dents of Marion county with a vigorous, alert district attorney's office. "My campaign and, if elected. my conduct in office will be based upon these earnest pledges together with another, namely, that I enter this contest and pro pose to leave It without a sin gle covenant with any individual and without an Insincere promise to any group. If elected I will have absolute freedom to act with fairness to all and with firmness in every Instance re quiring resolute action. "I am convinced that a young man can competently perform the duties of this office. "In the belief that the people of Marion county desire an ener getic district attorney's office I enter this contest pledged, if elected, to do my best to render effective service to the residents of Marlon county." Free Honeymoon '51 mm 0 v Engineers Rescue Soldiers on Raft VANCOUVER, Wash., March 12.-(iTV-Two Vancouver barracks soldiers were rescued from a raft Events in Conclave Are " &i-wa Kept Secret; lanner Diet Studying Severe Terms us dodendron. Privates James Mackey and Thomas Sanford were carried Into the current by a squall. They were treated for exposure. Facton Strong (Continued from pago 1) more bombing planes over Fin land. Tho communique, dated noon (2 a.m., PST), showed the Rus sians still were trying to take Vil li uri. Officials said they had no knowledge of a truce a rumor which circulated freely An official announcement was expected tonight or tomorrow to clarify the status of the 104-day old war. It seemed likely that parlia ment, which mast pass on the terms ot any settlement, would hold a secret session either to night or tomorrow. The half-hour air raid alarm. bombers near the capital, passed r7C ' 1 c 11 1 ' Hostilities Will End Today, Plan Soviet Gets Concessions in Treaty Reportedly Made in Moscow (Continued from page 1) This area will form soviet naval- military bases. 5. Part of the Srednl and Br. Enthusiasm Seen, Centennial Dinner (Continued from Page 1) cast a maximum assessment on underwriters for the centennial of 3 0 per cent of the face value of their pledges, and expressed the opinion that excellent possibility existed that no assessment might be necessary at all. That merchants and business men be ready with voluntary pledges was the burden of Riches' address, a proposal endorsed in a prior speech by William L. Phil lips, speaking for merchants and business men in general. Final speech of the evening was an appeal by Dr. Bruce Baxter for adequate support for the celebra tion. "To a great extent," he af firmed, "the citizens of Salem will be judged by the success of the centennial which they promote." The university president declar ed that "Salem must set a stan dard for the celebrations of other cities." Many items on the pro gram, notably the series of pro posed historical and Industrial forums, he described as of serious significance. In his final word. Dr. Baxter appealed that Salem citizens not "drink of the stream" of city his tory, ' and forget its source." Toastmaster for the occasion was Douglas McKay, state senator from Marion county. Tommy Luke of Portland led group singing at the opening and close of the ban quet. Mr. sad Mrs. Phelps Selected as the first ideal couple to enjoy a two-week honeymoon on an Island located off the coast of Tampa, Fla., Newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Phelps of jst. uovis arrive in New York en route to the island. Clinton Moz- ley Washburn, wealthy New Yorker, offers free use of the island for two-week vacations for honeymooners. without a plane being sighted over Helsinki. The Finnish army communique admitted that red army forces bad pushed along the coast northwest of Viipuri, tightening their death grip on the battered city where the first shot of the Finnish war of independence was fired 22 years ago. East of Viipuri on the Karelian Uthmus the Finns reported beat ing back powerful Russian at tacks except near Pall, where the Russians were conceded to have broken through the Finnish de fenses. Teachers Elected By School Board (Continued from page 1) who were reelected and placed un der permanent tenure, are E. A Carleton, Hazel Ardiel, Esther Ar nold, Mary Bany. Elizabeth Deyo, Roy Foster. Ruth O. Fraser, Ce clle Gregory. F. E. Near. Doria weptune, Mary B. Noland, Jean ette Roberts, Jens Svinth. Con stance Weinman, Marjorie White- ly and Jean H. Woodard. Teachers who have completed one and two year periods, who were reelected for one year, are Ruth Brandon. Clifford Bullock, Areiyn carpenter, Edith Fan ning, Bessie Forsythe, Martha B. ox, Lloyd Girod. Blanche Grent zenberg, Margaret Grewell, Car men Gueffroy, Margaret Jones, John Ludvigson, Elphle Pederson, Martha J. Pinson, LaRue Rtch- aras. URoe Trindle. Carolyn G 6. Certain Islands In the Gulf of Finland. 7. A great slice of northeast ern Finland. Including Kuola- Jarvl. 8. A railroad, to be built dur ing 1940, which will link tho White sea within northern Rus sia to the Gulf of Bothnia, west of Finland, the railway bisect ing Finland above her narrow waistline. 9. Free transit for Russian goods across the Petsamo Arctic area from Russia to Norway, duty free. 10. The ridge to maintain tor Flnalsh warships, submarines or warplanes in its Arctic waters, with the exception of small coast guard vessels. An exchange of papers of rat ification of the treaty tg sched uled to take place in Moscow. Third Degree Method Used March 15 Finnish and soviet troops are to begin to withdraw Norris Says FBI Act Disgraceful in Detroit Recruiting Probe, Contended WASHINGTON, March 12-JP)- The federal bureau of investiga tion was accused by Senator Nor ris (Ind-Neb) Monday of using "disgraceful and indefensible third degree methods" in arresting a group of Detroit citizens charged with recruiting for the Spanish loyalist army. "These Detroit cases are only examples," Norris wrote Attorney General Jackson. "They are only illustrations that seem to me to bear out the fact that the FBI needs a strong, restraining hand to keep it in bounds." While expressing confidence In Jackson and lauding his dismissal of charges against the defendants. arrested during the administra tion of Attorney General Murphy, Norris nevertheless requested an "impartial Investigation." Details Are Cited Saying he had talked with one of the defendants and their attor Youthful Business Man Elected Tacoma Mayor TACOMA, March H-CffVHar-ry P. Cain, 34-year-old Tacoma businessman, tonight was elect ed mayor on the basis of unof ficial returns from all of ths city's 131 precincts, defeating Melvin G. Tennant, twice before elected to the post, by a margin of less than 2000 votes. Governor to Call Troops to Block Finishing of Dam OKLAHOMA CITY, March 12. -(P)-uov. teon u. fhilllps an nounced he would declare mar tial law sometime tomorrow at the $20,000,000 Grand River dam in northeastern Oklahoma and send troops to prevent its final completion. The National Guardsmen will establish their rule only over the arch where the last bit of concrete would be poured to enable closing the gates and impounding water. Phillips said he had heard from private sources that final work on the arch was under way. Phillips decided he had reached a stalemate with the Public Works Administration with whom he has been pressing a demand of the state highway department for 1860,000. The sum represents tho state's claim for damages the vast lake would do to roads and bridges in the four counties It would invade. T1?0"' ;ache Yocum. Dorothy ney and had obtained statements V f N. Nieme. Lucille from 11 others. Including one Arant, Caroline Blake, Torhild Brauti. Donald H. Davis. Preston r uougnton. c. C. Goff. Arthur v. Myers. George E. Sargeant. Walter E. Snyder. Mary Steven son ana vernon L. Wlscarson Income Question Deletion Favored WASHINGTON, March 12-fp) -xne campaign to prevent cen sus-lasers from asking citizens about their Incomes gained stuuua toaay wnen the senate commerce committee approved a resolution by Senator Tobey (R urging that the queries be dropped. v nether this would bo done remained in doubt, however woman, Norris charged they were routed from their beds between 4 and 5 a.m., and he added: "The one woman . . . was ar rested while she was in bed, com pelled to dress practically in the presence of four or five FBI men. She feared the men who were taking her away were a gang of kidnapers or hoodlums." A doctor was awakened from his sleep by telephone and was told a man with a ser iously injured patient wanted to see him professionally. . . . In stead, the doctor was placed under arrest and handcuffed. All this happened In the presence of his wife, who was clothed only in her night clothes. . . . She was refused permission to telephone." Bays Counsel Denied ear. tiaroia Hartley . . . was awakened by a loud pounding on the door. ... He asked why they attempted to serve the warrant at this unseemly hour, when he had well-known place of business to their new frontiers, a map of which was appended to the treaty. The treaty was described in the official Moscow communique as one which will "create mu tually stable and mutually peaceful relations." based on precise conditions of "enduring mutual security" especially for the soviet cities of Leningrad. at one end of the Karelian isth mus; Murmansk. In the Arctic and the railroad which connects them. (Actually, its terms gave Rus sia an uncontested clutch on the northern Ualtic. Before she In vaded Finland on November 3 0. Russia had peaceably got stra tegic concessions from Esthonla, Latvia, and Lithuania, but these are nothing as compared to the conditions for Finnish peace. The terms, likewise, are far harsher than the ones which Russia laid down before the Finnish inva sion. (Germany profits by the treaty because she can now hope for real economic help from a Rus sia no longer engaged in war. and can, perhaps, extend her own influence in Scandinavia. Russia also is militarily free to look to her fences on her Balkan Iborder. T-1. . . . . 1 1 1 una western aines anew ail this and made urgent, last minute offers of an expedition ary force of 50,000 men to de fend Finland.) Leaders did not decide at once when the senate might consider wnere ne could be reached at any the Tobev resolution. Kd.. "rae- refused to admit them. k'm . j ine7 broke down the door." Noble, undersecretary of the Th. ,ri.n,.- ' . 5mr censburi' 'o-eT.unVil7u,t before they" went .. " nureau naa no into court, to h intention of abandoning the In quiries unless tho senate acted. baying that it was un to the senate now, Noble added: believe when we nnt these questions in the cenmia and still believe that th rA proper, within our leral nowera and would be of inentlm.hi. alue to any one slncerelv in terested in solving unemployment." The census Is scheduled to bit- gin April 1, and action on the resolution after that data whm nave no effect. into court, to have benefit of coun sel." At about 2 o'clock in the af ternoon, all of these prisoners . . . with the exception of the woman prisoner, were handcuffed togeth er on a chair." Canadian Plane Wrecked, Crew May Be Interned f- ----- - WvffWssw i.iiiiiiMi.iPii!i.piiipilii.ii.a) i , iomw ,m ...i , n f , fill -41 - w , 1 v 'vrvr -iv 1 1 iiiiii ' 1 Following the rre-p of this Canadian Royal Flying sqoadroa plane ta forced ldh.g at Alexandria bay, NY, . the two sligbtly tajared aviator. Pilot A. K. Casmo ad J. DuGsdd. were held 1 by cwrtoma xoea pending a decision by US officials whether they would be interaed or released. A crowd Is shown examining; the wreckage of the plane. Apply Hatch Bill To President Say Purgees of 1938 WASHINGTON. March Presldent Roosevelt's attempted iriy -purge- ot IV Z 6 was re called with bitterness in the sen ate today as three' democrats .com plained that tho Hatch anti-pol- lllcs act Imposed no restrictions on the political activities of the president and his cabinet. Senator Smith of South Caro lina and Bailey ot North Carolina, opponents of the pending propo sal to extend the law to certain state employes, and Senstor Ty dings of Maryland, who has voted with the supporters of the pro posed measure, each raised this point. Both Smith and Tydings were targets of the effort to de feat anti-administration senators in the democratic primaries of 1938. "Why should we curtail the lit tle fellow and leave out the great est political office we are capable of giving a man the chief exec utive of the United States, who uses his office to discredit the faithful members of this body?" Smith demanded. Noveliht Is Candidate PORTLAND. Ore.. March; 12- (P)-Robert Ormond Case, fam ous novelist and short story writ er, announced his candidacy for a Portland school board direct orship today. T. T. Lam MO U Ob.o. D Herbal remedies for ailments jf stomach, liver, kidney, skin blood, glands. & urinary sys em of men A women, 22 year n service. Naturopathic Phyal tans. Ask your neighbors ibout CHAN LAM. DB. CHAN LAII CHINESE MEDICINE CO. l3 H Court St.. corner Liber y. Office open Tueadsy A Sst jrdsy only. 10 am. to 1 p.ra to 7 p m. Consultation, blood pressure A urine tests are free f rhsrgs Henry Ford II to Wed NEW YORK, March 12.-flv- The engagement of Miss Anne McDonnell to Henry Ford II. son of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel Ford of Grosse Points Shores, Mich., was annonncea tonignt. no date tor the wedding has been set. i;t.H- it iMj, ) ' 1 1 :))( GEO GMHIffiB 4 4 X
