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CIRCULATION
Dolly average distribution for the
month ending March 31, 1928.
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FAIR
Tonight and Sunday; southerly
winds.
10,116
Local: Max. 59, Min. 46; river 10
feet; rain .11; . cloudy, southeast
Average dally net paid S607
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FIFTIETH YEAR, No. 96
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAYAPRIL 21, 1928
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JURY ACQUITS SINCLAIR
TWISTER HITS
MY TOWNS
IN SOUTHWEST
Tornado Sweeps From
Texas to Tennessee
Leveling Buildings
50 Homes Damaged at
Memphis Deaths and
Injuries Reported
Texarkana. Ark.. Apr. 21 VP) An
'Ondertermined number ol persons
were Injured, one probably fatally,
and dozens ot buildings were de
stroyed when a tornado swept
tl. rough Index, Ark., and Ogden,
Ark., today.
Mrs. W. L. Johnson, about 45,
suffered injuries which probably
will result In death when me twist
er hurled a tree against her home
at Oadcn.
Many nouses, barns and trees
were blown down or carried away,
and a plantation owner at Index
reported that 10 of his tenants were
homeless and he feared lives had
been lost.
Later reports were that the storm
swept' across Leary, Texas and
Hooks, Texas, west of Texarkana
-before striking the Arkansas com
munities. A church, business build
ings and houses were unroofed at
Hooks, but no loss of life reported.
Memphis Tenn., Apr. 21 (P)
More than 50 houses were damaged,
hundreds of trees were levelled and
many telephones were reported out
of commission as the result of a
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TICKET PLACE
BY COOLIDGE
Washington, April 21 (fPh-Another
Yurlong in the preferential delegate
steeplechase leading to the presi
dential nominating conventions
stood completed today as a result of
yesterday's sweeping political acti
vity. The day seemed to have pro
vided a fitting semi-wlndup for the
feature race on the prc-convention
card next week when states long re
garded as pivotal will run off their
primary races.
The president by letter, Informed
Francis Prescott, chairman of the
Massachusetts republican state com
mittee, that proposal of his name as
a candidate in the primaries in thai
state would be "most embarrassing1
and would tend to "compromise"
him.
"Reports have come to me that
some persons in Massachusetts are
proposing to write my name as a
candidate for president at the pri
maries on April 24,"' the president
wrote. "Such action would be most
embarrassing to mc, and, while ap
preciating the compliment that is
intended, I request that it not be
done."
"My name is being used in other
states in a way that is contrary to
my wishes,"' he continued. "I have
heard that in New York City it has
gone so far as to be claimed such
use is with my tacit consent. In my
own state, to give any countenance
to such a movement would tend to
compromise mc and lend color to the
mis-representations that apparently
are being made in other states.
"I am, therefore, sending you this
public declaration of my position
and requesting that such attempts
be discontinued.
HONORARY DEGREE
FOR CAPL KOEHL
Berlin, Arpil 21 fP) The Bruns
wick institute of technology today
conferred an honorary doctorate of
engineering upon Captain Hermann
Koeht.
About the same time the airplane
"Hermann Koehl" named in honor
of the trans-Atlantic pilot, was
placed In the regular Frankfort-to-
Paris air service, its first flight be
ing scheduled for April 23. It is a
three motor plane of 1,340 horse
power and will make the trip be
tween the two cities in three hours
and 20 minutes.
GOOD EVENING
SIPS FOR SUPPER
By Don Upjohn
CLEARING THE TRACK
"The program was dispensed with
in order to enable the women to
talk," says an item in the Statesman.
Christian Cowitz is a candidte for
alderman from the sixth ward, We
do not object to Christians In the
council, but what for der cow ltz in
der council?
According to the probate records
the Bishop boys took in over - $10,
000 last year and It only cost them
$21.90 to get by. We must write to
their guardian Uncle Clarence and
see just how this Is done. We need
some such system ourselves.
WHAT PAUL JOHNSON MISSED
Portland, April 20 IP) In keep
ing with its policy of not looking
upon the nose when it is thumbed,
the Portland Motion Picture Board
of Censors today ordered the arrest
of Floyd Maxwell, manager of a local
movie theater and a member of the
censor board. The arrest of Maxwell,
who represents theatrical interests
on the censor board, was brought
about by a warrant sworn to by Mrs.
Prank O. Northup, chairman. The
specific charge is that the feature
picture, "Sadie Thompson," con
tained scenes in which actresses and
actors "thumbed their noses at each
other.'1 .
A FRIEND IN NEED
Down at the public market con
fectionery a little chap came in the
other day and purchased a Green
River. After drinking this with
relish, he ordered a strawberry soda
water. While he was tucking this
away another customer ordered a
milk shake. It looked good to the boy
but the price was a little high and
he tried to dicker the lady down to
iu cents. Tins tailed, but the tempta
tion was too strong, and when the
strawberry soda was gone he ordered
the milk shake. He started to drink
with considerable deliberation due to
an already distended stomach. When
about half through he quit, put his
head on his hand and meditated.
"Can't you drink the rest of it?"
the lady asked.
"No," said the boy. "But you leave
it alone. I can find someone who
can.'
So saying he rushed from the
building.-In a few minutes he re
turned with a ragged dirty urchin.
who unimpeded by a previous Green
Kiver and strawberry soda made
short work of the remains.
What financial consideration
passed for the corpse was not
learned.
WORDS AND MUSIC
FIRST SYMPTOMS
By Stoddard King.
The trees put forth their earliest
shoots.
The bush its bashful bud.
And there Is need of rubber boots
To navigate the mud
Sweet spring!
To navigate the mud.
In various kinds of twigs and Hmbs
Flow various kinds of saps,
The weather, to indulge Its whims.
Enjoys a brief relapse
More snow!
Enjoys a brief relapse.
The hopeful gardener receives
A catalogue of seeds,
Abandons reasons, and believes
Two-thirds of what he reads
Poor man!
Two-thirds of what he reads.
Mechanical Voice Speaks
At Banquet Of Society;
Washington, Apr. 21 (VP) A me
chanical voice spoke to the mem
bers of the American Physical so
ciety at its annual dinner last night
after a day devoted to the business
of canvassing recent achievements
in their active field of research.
"Rather!" it said with the exces
sively broad "a" attributed by
American comedians to countrymen
of its creator, Sir Richard Paget,
noted British inventor and physi
cist, who was a guest of the society
and manipulated the device.
"Hello London, are you there?"
asked the device, a little later and
then exclaimed:
"O una, I love you"
Sir Richard explained that his
invention conformed to the laws of
physics as applied naturally in hu
man speech through control by
movement of the tongue and lips,
of the resonance developed In the
mouth of the action of the vocal
cords.
A bellows, operated by the foot,
takes the place of the lungs, and
TERROR GRIPS
QUAKE REGION
OF BULGARIA
More Than 125,000 Fam
ilies Homeless; 800 In
jured; Industries Gone
Political Upheaval Likely
as People Blame Gov
ernment for Quakes
London, April 21, () A Vienna
dispatch to the Daily Express today
said that a political upheaval might
result from the earthquake which
devastated southern Bulgaria.
The people of Philippopolis, in
the center of the stricken district,
hold the government responsible for
the disaster because, for the first
time in Bulgarian history, a session
of parliament was held on Good
Friday, a holy day. The people are
convinced that the catastrophe was
punishment for this Impiety.
Procession of Inhabitants passed
continuously around the outskrlts
of the ruined ; city chanting ex
piatory psalms and calling upon all
to repent their sins.
Sofia, Bulgaria, April 2t(V-More
than 125,000 homeless families in
southeastern Bulgaria today en
dured misery, cold and deprivation
in terror as Intermittent earth
quakes continued to rock the al
ready devastated region.
The government and volunteer
agencies devoted every effort to
tending the more than 850 persons
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FALL DECLARES
ACQUITTAL IS
VINDICATION
Pasadena, Cal., Apr. 21 (IP)
knew that when the ruth came out
there were not 12 jurymen in this
world who could hold either Mr.
Sinclair or myself guilty of the ac
tion with which we were" charged,'
Albert B. Fall, former secretary of
the interior, said today when In
formed by the United Press of the
verdict of the Teapot Dome jury in
Washington.
Fall, recovering here from an ill
ness which prevented him from go
ing to trial with Harry F. Sinclair,
declared the verdict was satisfac
tory In every respect.
"I am glad for Mr. Sinclair's sake,
It will remove a terrible blight from
his life. Needless to say I am de
lighted because of the vindication
of my name.
"Mr. Sinclair's acquittal of the
charge of conspiracy to defraud the
government of the Teapot Dome oil
lands was certain. The facts in the
case, once known, made the verdict
a matter of form. My only regret
is that my physical condition did
not permit me to go to trial with
Mr. Sinclair."
Operated By Bellows
an organ reed serves as the vocal
cords. The function of the mouth
and tnogue is duplicated In several
ways, a cardboard tube may be used,
with the tongue action supplied by
manipulation of a disc fitted on the
end of a rod. Different tones are
obtained when a pinched rubber
tube, moistened tin the Inside, but
skillful hands and fingers applfcd
to the end of the reed makes the
effective substitute for the natural
organs.
The device is the product of a
long study or the physics and me
chanics of the human speech, which
Sir Richard observed, is a combl
nation or two arts the emotional
art of grunting and the Intellectual
art of pantomime to convey ideas
by movement of the tongue and
lips. For example, he called atten
tion to such root words as "up
and "down". In the former the
tongue and chin move upward
while the speaker grunts, while in
enunciating the latter, the panto
mime is reversed.
NOT GUILTY IN
TEAPOT CASE
OFBRIBERY
Jury Holds Money Paid
Fall Not Bribe, But For
Ranch Purchase
Nye Says Case Proves
You Can't Convict a
Million Dollars of Crime
Washington, April 21 MP) Harry
F. Sinclair today was acquitted of
the charge that he conspired to
defraud the government la the
leasing of Teapot Dome.
A jury in the District of Columbia
supreme court accepted his conten
tion that when he paid Albert B.
Fan $233,000 in liberty bonds and
$35,000 in cash it was for a part in
the ranch owned by the former sec
retary of the Interior and was not a
part of a deal through which the
Wyoming naval oil reserve was
turned over to him.
The Jury took the case from Jus
tice Bailey at 10:25 o'clock this
morning and returned Its verdict at
12:24 p. m., being out exactly one
h- ;r and 59 minutes.
Immediately aff'ir theSverdict was
rendered Sinclair authorized this
statement:
"I have felt since the Inception of
the oil cases that I would be ac
quitted of any charge of conspiracy
to defraud the government when the
evidence came before a jury."
Today In the courtroom he was
surrounded by his friends who
poured their congratulations upon
him. Mrs. Sinclair was so deeply
moved that she became hysterical.
When the jury had entered the
courtroom and seated itself the usual
routine was performed by the court
before the justice addressed It.
"Gentlemen of the Jury, have you
reached a verdict?" he asked finally.
"We have, replied the foreman.
"What is your verdict, Mr, Fore
man?" asked the clerk of court.
Not guilty," same the reply as
the courtroom strained forward.
'Oh, good," exclaimed Mrs. Sin
clair as she began to cry.
Friends led her into the corridor
and as soon as Sinclair could force
his way through the crowd he
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OIL PROBERS
CALL STEWART
Washington, April 21 (LP) In hope
of getting at last the real story of
the shady deal of oil men in 1021
the Teapot Dome committee has
recalled Robert W. Stewart of the
Standard Oil company of Indiana to
appear before it April 24, chairman
Nye announced today.
Committee Investigators have as
certained that Stewart deposited in
terest on more than $750,000 of Lib
erty bonds of the same denomina
tion as the mysterious Continental
Trading company bonds, Nye said,
A committee investigator now is
at work in Chicago to ascertain from
records of the Continental and
Commercial Trust company if the
bond coupons check with the known
serial numbers of Continental bonds
The committee now relies upon
this stroke to break the impene
trable barrier of silence and legal
objections which have prevented it
from getting at the facts about the
Continental deal. It knows that
Harry Sinclair, oil magnate, dis
tributed more than $500,000 of the
bonds; that James O'Ncil, oil man
who escaped to Europe, "became
conscience stricken" and turned
back $750,000 of bonds none of
which have been proved to be the
same bonds to this company, and
that Harry M. Blackmcr is in Eu
rope to avoid testifying, claims to
have his $750,000 share in bonds in
a safety vault in New York, the
committee as yet have been unable
to get In the box to see If the Con
tinental bonds are really there.
The total profits of the deal were
something more than $3,030,000,
Divided four ways, it would have
given Sinclair, Blackmcr, O'Ncil and
a fourth man around $770,000 each,
counting interest,
Wilkins Flies
RELIEF PLANE'S
FLIGHT DELAYED
THRU ILLNESS
Lake Ste Agnes, "2uc, April 21
(Canadian Press) Illness of Floyd
Bennett, who Is confine 1 to his bed,
has caused indefinite postponement
of the flight of the Ford plane to
the relief of the Bremen, which had
been scheduled fo today.
Bennett, who wa. co-pilot with
Bemt balchen on 1 3 flight here
from Detroit yesterday developed a
high fever during the night and
was unable to leave his bed this
morning. Both Bennett and Balchen
who have recently undergone ex
tremes of temperatures, have suf
fered from heavy colds.
Should It appear likely that Ben
nett will be unable to fly for some
time, the substitution of C. A.
Duke" Schiller was being con
sidered. Schiller has already made
one round-trip by air to Greenly
Island and brought out Major James
Fitzmaurlcc of the Bremen crew.
KISS PROMISED
POLICE CHIEF
Chief of Police Frank Minto Is
walking on air, somewhat in tre
pidation, however, lest his wife hear
of it.
For yesterday, the amiable chief
law protector received a letter from
a Portland woman saying that if
Mr. Minto would do her a slight
favor, she would, on her next visit
to Salem, ttirow her arms around
him and plant a generous kiss.
This lady wanted the chief to dis
cover the whereabouts of a certain
man hero and send the correct ad
dress to her.
If you will do this for mc, it will
be real sweet of you," end then fol
lowed the promise of reward.
Chief Minto turned the letter over
to Sergeant Thompson with Instruc
tions to forward tho desired In
formation. Thompson is wonderlnj;
now If he should not get the reward
if he does the work.
SINNOTT PULLS OFF
PRIMARY TICKET
A telegram announcing his with
drawal as a candidate for re-nomi
nation as congressman was reec-ived
from Representative N, J. Sinnott
by Sam Koser, secretary of state,
early this afternoon.
In Wooden Plane Over Pole
In a monoplane made entirely of wood, (above) Captain George n.
TVllklns, thu Australian aviator has flown over the Arctio regions from
Port Barrow to Spitsbergen. Tho map shows his bases, Fairbanks and
Fort Barrow and Spitzbcrgcn. On it are traced the previous aerial
voyages of Byrd and Amundsen. The purpose of the flight was the
aerial exploration of the Arctic fpr meteorological bases. ,
Methodists Plan to
Cut From Hymn Book
Airs Of Martial Music
Martial strains of music, such as
'Onward Christian Soldiers" and
words which suggest battle, conflict
and militarism in any way will be
eliminated from the Methodist
church hymn book and psalter, if
steps to be taken at the general
conference of the church in Kan
sas City, starting May 1, are success
ful. Many of the churchmen have
long felt that the nature of somej
songs appearing in me omciai dook
was inconsistent with the professed
purpose to bring about world peace.
Universal peace will be the keynote
of the conference, it is understood.
Oregon delegates to the big Meth
odist gathering will leave next week.
Four of them are Salem residents.
Dr. Carl Gregg Doney, president of
AIRPLANE WINS
AGAINST AUTO
Olvmnia. Wash., April 21. OK
Cars should stay on the road whore
they belong was the answer maae
in court to a suit for (300 filed by
Glen It. Bach of the United States
biological bureau hero against or
ville Kelsey and Pete Lcxague,
Salem, Ore., aviators.
The suit resulted from an accident
between a Waco plane, owned by
tho Oregon men and Bach's car
which was on Olympla's new flying
field.
Refusal of Bach to remove his car
from the flying field caused the col
lision, the aviators contend, and
they asked $300 damages be paid to
them Instead of them paying It to
Bach.
The Fltzgcrald-Sherwin Motor
company, a local concern, sold the
Waco plane to the two youtiis, or
ville Kelsey and Pete Lexaguc, two
weeks ago. They do not live in
Salem. Kelsey is from Alturas, Cal..
and Lcxagucs home Is In Olympia.
Both have Just learned to fly, hav
ing taken lessons from Tex Rankin
in Portland.
The two boys made a few flights
here after purchasing the plane and
left on a "barnstorming" tour.
WILLAMETTE SELLS
HORSE HEAVEN LAND
A tract of land in "Horse Heaven"
of Benton county In eastern Wash
ington owned Jointly by Willamette
university and College of Pugct
Sound was disposed of this week to
p. S. Beem, of Chclbyville, III. The
tract comprised somo 4C4 acres and
sold at about $4 P';r acre.
The deal was handled by Wells
Tallman, a local real - estato man.
About $1000 of the sale price will ac
crue to WlllnmeUo.
The tract was left to the two col
leges several years ago by a Mr.
Amon, who died recently.
More than a half-million dollars
worth of hats wcro Imported into
Egypt in the past 12 months.
Willamette university; Dr. B. L.
Steeves, local physician; and Rev
Thomas Acheson, pastor of Jason
Lee Methodist church, and Dr. D. H.
Leach, district superintendent, who
left this week. Others are Ernest
Peterson, and E. L. Wells, Portland
laymen; Dr. A. L. Howarth, super
intendent of the Portland dlm.net;
Dr. G. W. Gregg, an Ashland layman
and Rev. Sydney Hall, pastor of the
Methodist church &. McMlnnville.
The confereence will occupy a
period of one month and 650 dele
gates will be there representing the
165 organized Methodist groups from
all over the world. The groups claim
a total membership of 5,173,141
Methodists. Various bishops will al-
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3 SENTENCED
AND PAROLED
Three men pleaded guilty to vari
ous crimes before Judge Kelly this
morning, were sentenced to the
penitentiary and paroled from the
bench on recommendation of the
district attorney. All, of the men
appeared under informations filed
by the district attorney.
Mark OIney alias Nark Crandall,
who admitted his true name to be
Mark OIncy Campbell plead guilty
to forging a check for $22.50, was
sentenced to two years in the pen
itentiary and was paroled to his
attorney, Ed K;cch.
Theodore Hansen plead guilty to
larceny from a store, taking $5.10
from the store of J. D. Mack. He
was sentenced to one year In pris
on ond paroled to Warden J. W
Lewis of the penitentiary.
James Darrell Schindler plead
guilty to failing to support his four
year old son Kenneth and was pa
roled to ins attorney, Clarence
Phillips.
Mill City Wins First
Prize In Second Club
Contest, Stayton Second
Nine girls and a stripling came
down from the Santtam country,
40 miles away, with a song and
dance act which won the first
prize for their community, last
night, when the second of tho Fri
day night community club competi
tive entertainments was held on the
stage of the Elslnore.
Firkins the winners- hvrt nttfM
was no easy Job for tho Judges, J.
Lyman Steed of tlw Rotary club,
Adolph Nelson of the Kiwanis club,
and Henry R. Crawford of the
Lions club, but tho colorful cos
tumes, the pep they displayed, and
the originality of their act, won the
$10 prize for tho nine Mill City high
school girls and the boy in their
stunt, Mrs. Ethel Hlckry is tho
ARCTIC FLIER
ENDS TRIP TO
SPIT2BERGFJI
Wilkins Flies From Point
Barrow to Svalbard
Over Polar Regions ;
Forced Down For 5 Days
on Barren Island; Crew
in Fine Health
London, April 21 UPi An Ex
change - Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen says that the newt
paper Politiken has received a mess
age from Svalbard stating that Cap
tain George H. Wilkins, Arctic flier, '
landed near the Svalbard radio sta
tion at 11 o'clock this morning. -
A previous message to Polltiken,
also from Svalbard radio station,
stated that Captain Wilkins flew
from Point Barrow and landed near
Doesmansoelra where bad weather
stopped him for five days. -
Doesmansoelra Is an uninhabited
island on the north sido of Isf jord,
about 25 miles from Svalbard.
The crew of the plane was report
ed in excellent condition.
The arrival of Captain Wilklm
near Svalbard, from Point Barrow,
Alaska, represents the successful
completion ot Captain Wilkins' plan
to lly across the polar regions and
presumably across; the north pole
Itself, , '''i-i"'
The Wilkins plane carried a radio,
but' despite a constant watch by
radio stations, complete silence en
veloped the activities of the expedi
tion from the time that the aviator
was expected to take off from Point
Barrow.
Captain Wilkins, a noted Austra
lian explorer, was accompanied by
Carl B. Eielson, an Alaskan pilot
Svalbard is the name applied to
the entire archipelago of Spitzberg
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FAMILY OF 7
E
Eldorado, Kan.. Apr. 21 (flV
Seven members of the William F.
Overst family were burned to death
at their farm home 20 miles north
west of Eldorado last night. The
bltfze of unknown origin, occurred
about 8 o'clock but the bodies were
not discovered until midnight, as
neighbors who were attracted to
the fire at first believed the family
had left home for the evening.
Owen Overst, 17, was the only
member of the family who escaped
death. He had driven the family
car to Florence to attend a motion
picture show.
The dead: William F. Overst, 45;
Elsie Overst, 41, his wife; five of
their children, Dorothy, 16; Ralph,
14; Hugh, 10; Edith, 8, and Her
bert, 6.
All the bodies were found in the
kitchen.
A coroner's Jury was Impanelled
this morning and an Inquest pro
bably will bo held.
County authorities, preparing to
make a thorough Investigation
faced a mystery as they tried to
discover a possible explanation of
the fire's origin. There was no
gas stove and no oil stove used in
the house, but the home was light
ed by kerosene lamps, they learned
by questioning the only surviving
member of the family.
Mill City glee club director and she
accepted tha prize for them.
Much variety was displayed In
the offerings of the nine community
clubs In the district east and south
of Salem which were scheduled for
competition at tho Elsinore Inst
night. Everything from yodeling to
dancing was contributed by the var
ious clubs ns iwMentiye of the tal
ent found in their communities.
The second prize of $5 went to A,
Broms, the Stayton entrant who,
in a bass voice of unusual beauty,
sang the "b&ndelera" song.
Tho Turner glco club, a group of
25 high school students, under the
direction of Mrs. Earl Pearcy, won
the $2.50 for placing third.
(CoucliKletl oa Putco S, Column 7)"