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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1929 THfc CAPITAL JOukNAL, SALEM, OREGON PACE THIRTEEN fgTLOCALS "Purely accidental, we agreed - that neither u culpable.' was the notation appended on an accident report blank turned into the police Friday by J. R. Payne, 1920 Church street. Payne and an unidentified motorist collided at South Liberty and Oak streets Friday alternoon For sale, 3 new model Maytag gas engines at hall price, 32S N. Com'l. Phone 2218. 292 Permission to alter a garage at an estimated cost of $100 has been granted Laban Sleeves, 1635 Slate stiaet. Old papers tor aale, 5c per bundle. Capital Journal. At a "church ntgl'.t" meeting of members of the First Methodist congregation Thursday night, re solutions were adopted urging the board of trustees to proceed with the building of a Sunday school temple just as soon as proper fi nancing can be arranged. While no definite time has been set for construction, officials of the church hope to start work next spring. Out they go: All O'Coats at less than wholesale cost. Fullerton's up stair store, 123 North Liberty St. A marriage license has been Is sued to Clarence E. Erkkson, 25. and Mary Miller, 18, both of SU verton. Refinance yum oar Pay monthly Bee P A Biker Liberty & Perry A small tract of something over seven acres of land has been pur chased by the county court for $700 from F. N. Derby, the court killing two birds with one stone in secur ing some timber for future use on the land and also being able to straighten out a right of way on the Pringle market road which will be Improved during the pres ent program. The tract is south of the city on the road leading from Pringle school to the Battle Creek school. Have your party dance at Hill's, no charge; 12th at Leslie. 292 Decree quieting title to real pro perty has been filed in circuit couit in the case of Martha E. Wyckoff against Eleanor P. Crans ton. Roller skating Dreamland, Tues.. ri, Sunday 7 to 10 pm. 291 Decree of divorce has bsen giv en Christina Purcell Jackson from Arthur Jackson. She also had re stored her maiden name of Chris tina Purcell. Old time dance, Crystal Gardens every Wed. and Sat. 292 Order of dismissal has been giv en in circuit court in the case of Gabriel Powder Si Supply com pany against J. Frank Cowden Hard time, old time dance Casltl Han hall, Sat. 25c-50c. 292 In the case of M. Lv . Anderson against J. O. Turner in circuit court return on an attachment has been filed showing seizure or real property in Salem.,. Fruit farms No. 2. Old papers for sale, 5c per bundle. Capital Journal. Order .'ettlng aside an exempt homestead has been filed in pro bate In the mateer of ths estate cf A. L. Fraser for the benefit of toe widow, Llllie Belle Fraser. Modern dance at Mehama Sat. Good peppy music and crowds. 292 Rosctta A. Groce as administra trix of the estate of A. S. Groce has been granted authority by an order in probate to sell personal property belonging to the estate. Be sure to read our used car class ified this issue. Fitzgerald-Shcrwin Motor Co. , M. B. Kromling has been ap pointed administrator of the $2000 estate cf James Kromling. Furs, the gift supreme. New ship ment fur coats, scarfs, collar and calf sets, at unbelievable prices. Al so fur brushes, desirable gifts. Cap ital Fur Shop. 1328 State. 295 Cooked food aale Sat. S. P. office. D. E. club with Mary Cramer gift shop selling out, handmade flowers, etc. 291 Members of the girls' league at the senior high school are Interest ed in the possibility of serving tea each Thursday afternoon after school hours, for both the teachers and the high school students. The members of the league are consid ering the project to rai.se funds for their treasury. For sale, holly and holly wreaths. Walnuts, date and Italian prunes. Phone 212 evenings. O. W. Bean, 595 Center St. 292 Dr. Edith WiUel, osteopathic phy sician, as Oregon B'.dg. Open eve nings. 291 A health clinic for students of the first and fifth grades, as well as scattering cases which teachers con sider needing attention, will be held at the McKlnley school Mon day. Co-ikrJ f.iod sale. War Mothers. 531 Suite St. Sat. Dec. 7. 291 Wrestling tonight. Henry Kuehr.e and Des Anderson. Adm. lo-xrr floor $1; balcony 75c; ladles, children 50c. 291 A group & hlrh a:hol girls have formed a riding class mutch meets each Friday afternoon at. 4 o'clock In the horse show stadium at the fairgrounds. Marie PMton Is In charge of arrangements for the group. Dance nt Sehindler's Sat. Etae leaves terminal $ 45. 293 Each climroom In the McKlnley school and the Leslie school will take up some particular organiza tion to bene If. with their Chrlttma TVlce wor"-, instead of the schools working as a whole, according to plans formed by their teacher's and by the principal of the two schools. Miss Dorothy H. Taylor. Rummage sale by Y. W. C. A. Oamphre Oirls and Girl Scouts, Dec. 6 and 7 at 159 S. High St. ' For rent, six room modem house on North Summer St. Phone 2180 during office hours; 2201J after 6 pan. 292 E. H. Hedrlck, city superintendent of schools at Medford, has written requesting Oeorge W. Hug, Salem school superintendent, to ascertain the sentiment of Salem school teachers concerning the annual meeting of the Oregon State Teach ers' association. The annual meet ing Is generally held during the Christmas vacation, and will be held this year at the Oregon Agricultur al college at Corvallis. While the Salem teachers' council has already gone on record as disapproving of the annual meeting being held dur ing the vacation season, the letter requests that preference for a stated time be set, and that It be ascer tained If the school board would permit the absence of the teachers for a day or so during the regular school term in order to attend the state meeting. Big dance at Hazel- Green Sat. Peppy music. 292 Hartman Bros, big Jewelry event starts Saturday at 9 o'clock. See page three of this issue. 291 The next tsue of the regular monthly news letter by the Com monwealth Foundation of New York city, will contain illustrations of posters made by Marion county children. A request has been re ceived by Dr. Estella Ford Warner, director of Marion county child health demonstration, asking tor the posters. Miss Carlotta Crowley, elementary school supervisor of Sa lem schools, will select two to be used, and one made by Aline Colby of Gervais has already been selected by Dr. Warner. wrestllnir tonight. Henry Kuehne and Des Anderson. Adm. lower floor $1; balcony 75c; ladies, children sue. OIL Demonstration of breakfast paja m&A on livint models Saturday. from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at Howard Cor set Shop. i- The meeting of the Marion coun ty public health association next TliuraHftw nnnn lias been changed from the home of Dr. Estella Ford Warner to that or Mrs. Brazier Small. 795 S. Church street. Mrs. small is nrpAirient of the county association. Those attending will bring their own luncheon, which a hot drink will be furnbhed by the Salem unit. - . . .. Ordinarily prices arc not reduced Just before Christmas but we note an exception in tne Hartman uros. Profit-Sharing event. It has been the policy of this firm for the post eight years to divide their profits with their patrore Just before Christmas. They have quite an ad on paje three. zai Give gifts that grow. Azalea, da phne, cammtllia. ornamental tress, roses. Pearcy Bios. Nursery, 240 N. Lioerty. The .Salem Ministerial associa tion will meet Monday at 10:30 o'clock at the Y. M. C. A. building. Rev. D. J. Howe of the First Chris tian church will conduct the devo tions, and Rev H. C. Stover of Knight Congregational church, will address the association on the sub ject. "Worship Through Music." All ministers of the city are urged to attend. Goldie Macaulay will take ap pointments Saturday, Dec. 7 at Mo del Beauty parlor. zsv Make dates for the midnight pre view at Bligh's Capitol this Friday evening at. 11:30. 291 Prof. MacGruder of Oregon Agri cultural college. wa a speaker at the senior high sch.-wl Thursday when he addressed members of the history and civic classes under J. C. Nelson. Later the professor was the principal speaker at student meeting at Willamette university. Wrestling tonight, Henry Kuehne and Des Anderson. Adm. lower floor $1: balcony 75c; ladles, children 50c. 291 Make dates tor the midnight pre view at Bligh's Capitol this Friday evening at 11:30. 291' The Girls league . at the senior high school will assist the A.ociat- ed Charities in caring for sick and indigent families at Christmas time. During .the Thanksgiving holidays the league took charge of a fam ily, donating food, clothing and a matress. with boys from Mrs. Ellen Filler's room generously assisting. The league will continue to provide for the family during the winter season. Sm ouv Saturday holiday sie clals. Crown Drug Store. 231' Dr. Carl Miller left Salem Fri day to spend the week end in Seat tle on btainejs. Txo automobile reported stolen late Thursday were bter recovered by the palic?. On? of the machines wai owned or Bert L. conn-ft. Lebanon and was stolprr frcm Lib erty and State streets, n.e other machine recovered eirly Friday morning was stolen from Przgy McDowell at 1393 North 18th s:reet. ' S?e oir Satunlay holiday m' cials. Crown Drug Store. 291 A short one act play m ill be ptrt of the entertainment- to be furn ished Friday night by Salem hizh schcot sfudfnts in the lby of the Y. M. C. A. The taking part in the play are Abe Maiiela. Darlow Johnson, Stanley lung, Gertrude wirulow and Kathleen PhetDS. Other numbers on the program in clude a piano aolo by Doris Rosa, vocal solus by Mildred Gordon and Kathleen Phelps, violin solo by DtUbert Jepson and a 10 minute talk by Norman Wirulow on the work of various high school clubs. Edwin Cross, president of the Snik- pon club will preside. Wrestling tonight. Henry Kuehne and Des Anderson. Adm. lower llooc $1; balcony 75c; ladies, children 50c. 291 Members of the Cheme'xetan club are planning a joint "mistletoe" trip with the Mazamas of Portland, the Jauo.t to take place Sunday, Decem ber 15. The two groups will Join forces at Newberg witL the actual walking to start from that place. The distance to be covered on foot will probably be around eight miles. Plenty of mistletoe and Oregon grape is available, scouts report. A similar combined Chemeketan- Mazama trip was made last De cember and was reported a rjecers. Big dance at Hazel Green Sat. Peppy music. 292 Complaint on a note has been filed in circuit court by J. D. Hill against A. O. Bender. Make dates for the midnight pre view at Bligh's Capitol this Friday evening at 11:30. 91 Seth Downer has filed complaint in circuit court against Clarence Downer involving a lien for services rendered. Though married on Independence day. July 4. 1908 at Falls City, Jen nie Wheeler is again seeking Inde pendence by filing suit for divorce against Lindsay Wheeler. She al leges desertion and asks custody of two minor children. O. D. Bower as referee in the case of Ward E. Jacobs against Emma C. Jacobs has reported on sale of property and division of the pro ceeds. Margaret E. Headrick has been named administratrix of the estate of J. McHeadrlck which consists of a war risk insurance policy. Final hearing on the estate of Amanda Guttry has been set for January 7 in probate. Charles L. Ogle as administrator of the estate of W. R. Cooley has filed his final account in probate. The estate of Ida M. Keene has been appraised at $23,064.08 by Leo N. Child". Roxanna Zielie and Bes sie M. Elofson. Allegations that the county court was late In finishing its budget IViis year are refuted in comparison of dates when the work has been com pleted the past several years show ing it was completed December 5 this year, la3t year and In 1924; that in 1927 and 1926 it was finished December 2, only three days earlier and In 1925 and 1923, on December 3, only two days earlier. Work on the budget was also enhanced this year by necessity of meeting addi tional expense items. EPWORTH LEAGUE HOLDS CONVENTION Tl.e intermediate chapters cf the Epworth League of the Salem dis trict will held a two day convention in the First Methodist Episcopal church starting Saturday forenoon, with tl.e registration at 10 a. m. Saturday will be devoted to dis cussion of various problems of the organization. Included In the per sons who will have charge of dif ferent discussion groups will be prof. w. H. Hertzog of Kimoau school of theology; Miss Mildred Marcy, Dallas; C. I. Andrews, con ference director religious education; Miss Luciie Hixon and Miss Mar garet Pro, Willamette university. Delegates attending the conven tion will be given the privileges of tl.e Y. M. C. A. pool Saturday after noon. Sunday, delegates will attend the morning services at the church. They will be addressed by Mrs. Alta M. Gentry of Willamette university. ONLY MONTH MORE FOP. VETS TO ACT Less than one month remains In which veterans of the world war may apply for their adjusted com pensation, the closing date being January 2. 1930 and there are many Marion co-inty veterans among the three-quarters of a million ex-service men eligible yet have failed to take advantage of the offering, ac cording to R. H. Bassett, local at torney and former adjutant of Cap ital post No. . American Legion, who has blanks at his office and is ready to advise ex-service men or their relatives, wl.o are also eligi ble undr several conditions. The compensation averages nearly $1, 000 and may be had for the asking. Time for applying has been ex tended in the past but the govern ment has now placed a final clojlnj date.' Any honorably discharged scldier in any branch of tl.e service alio served more than CO days be tween April 5. 1917 and July 11. IBIS, is eligible, providing servlee bean prior to the signing of the armistice. SENATE INCREASES l SGHEIJOLE Washington (liThe senate Fri day vatr-d several corpprwaior? ln crenw in the wool schedule of the tariff bill, advocated by Chairman Smooth of the finance committee as a result of the senate's increase of the duty on raw wool from 31 to 34 cents a pound before the spe cial sejulon adjourned. The duties were raLed as follows: Scoured wool from 34 to 37 cents a pound; wool on the tr.ln, from 36 to 32 cents a pwna: ort?d on rn.vcl.inia wool from 2 to 35 cents a pound. MESSENGER FOR BANK KILLED BY THREE BANDITS Philadelphia (Ft Cameron Cook, a messenger for the Bank of Phila delphia and Trust company, was shot to death by three men who seized his bank bag containing, it was estimated, $34,000 in cash and checks. The bandit escaped. Cook, who was about 5$ years old, had stepped out of a branch post office at 17th and French streets In the northern part of the city when a man leaped from an auto mobile and pressed a pistol against him and seized the bag. Two other men remained In the car. The rob ber who held the pistol threw the bag In the rear of the car and as he started to climb in Cook attemp ted to-seize hliu. The robber back ed away and fired one shot and Cook fell, a bullet through his head. The bandit then jumped Into the car and the men drove south on 17th street and were aeon lost In the traffic. The scene of the shooting was a cross the street from a public school and hundreds of. children heard the shot. KURTZ HELD TO BE COMPETENT G. P. Kurt, octogenarian owner of atouud $75,000 worth of pro perty and target of a petition by ms son r. a. Kiiru to nave him named an incompetent, was de clared competent In mind and body at a hearing Friday when Judge Siegmund signed an older so de claring. The petitioner. F. A. Kurtz did not appear personally but by Attorneys Ja-ies G. Heltzel and Max Page and a stipulation was entered dsimisslng the proceed ings. In the order of dismissal it also was held that the elder Kurta Is "competent and qualified both In mind and body and Is capable of conducting hi own business af fairs and caring for his property and that the allegations In said petition charging incompetency are without merit and untrue." The order was presented by Ronald Glover for the elder Kurtz, who was accompanied to the county court oy ouicr sons ana a grand son. The elder Kurtz owns a large prune orchard fouth of the city on the river roaj and also Con siderable property In the city of Salem, some close in to the down town district. He is around 85 years of age but appeared rugged and active when in the courtroom Fri day. COMMUNITY AID HELPED CUT BUDGET "Activities of many communities In the county in more and more assisting in tlie care of their own poor was one of the reasons why we were able to cut down $3900 from the poor fund this year to meet other required demands In the county budget," said J udge Siegmund Friday. "In Stayton there have been many successful efforts made to secure money for aioing their own poor, such as socials, and similar affairs and I wish to fay to the credit of that community we get get very lew calls from there lor aid for their poor. Other commun ities have been doing similar things or are starting them. Also such or ganizations as the Associated Charities here have their effect. I can -say efforts in this direction have been increasing and with very good results. XMAS DECORATIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL The senior high school Is making plans to decorate the rooms and building for the holiday seaton, Boys In the high school shop have made frames for wreaths, and Miss I Mabel Robertson, dean of girls at the hi;l: school, will donate the English laurel, for all students who will h?lp in making either wreaths, or garlands during the. home room! period or after school hours, in order not to Interfere with any of the regular class room work. A call Li ako being sent out soliciting all students for cedar, yew, pine, fir, and other evergreens, as well as shrubs with red berries, which will be used in decking the school. Tl.e Junior hlf?h schools and pri mary schools throughout the city also are actively engaged In plan ning Christmas decorations for the various clatsrooms. Both Lincoln, McKlnley and Washington primary departments are promising novel decorations typifying the Christmas f.pirit. FISHER TO DELAY NAMINOSENATOR HarrLsuur j. Pa. (LP) Governor Fisher does not exp?ct to name n appointee to the United States sen ate trom Pennsylvania to fill the varancy caused by the rejection ol William 8. Vare. bolore next week, he announced Kridny. The governor would not lndlcmt; any ponslblltles he had in mind as Vare's surcesor. He said he would not discus pos ftllttles until he received official word from Wahin(ton of the a- riNET TOPIC REA'MNO LENSES. $4.95 Lleglaas Insurance and and thor otigh examination tncl'tded. THOMI'SON-GLliTSCH OITICAI, CO. lift N. Commercial St, BOMB AND ROBBERIES ROUSE CHICAGO COPS Chicago W) For 1? hours, up to Sp.it Thursday, not a crlmt wai reported In Chicago. No holdups, no robberies, no mur der. Nothing. Detectives sat e round, twiddling their thumbs. Po licemen stood on the corners, yawn ing. But at a o'clock the bad men were heard from. There were three rob beries In a row. Not long after ward a ig "can of fruit" (as bombs are sometimes called) exploded on ths south side, and the cops went to work. GUN DUEL WITH POLICE FATAL TO EX-CONVICT Kansas City CTt Robert Belcher, 34, a paroled convict from Califor nia, shot it out with ponce here Friday night and paid with his life. He died in a hospital several hours after he hr.d engaged in a gun duel with two patrolmen who sought to arrest him upon complaint that he had Insulted a former sweetheart in a fit of drunken Jealousy. Two of the gunman's bullets, how ever, found their marks before he fell. E. E. Alexander, w o attempted to befriend the woman. Mrs. Lillian Jesertch, a widow, was shot and dangerously wounded, and J. H. Jenkins, a policeman, was shot In the mouth. Alexander is not expect ed to recover. Angry because Mrs. Jeserlch had refused his attentions, Belcher fol lowed her to V drug store, where Alexander offered to take her home to escape from her unwelcome suit or. Belcher followed the pair and shot Alexander as they reached the woman's apartment. Two hours later, Jenkins and a fellow patrolman, D. B. Lasley, met the gunman, who opened fire, one of his shots striking Jenkins. Lasley tnen emptied his pistol at Belcher, the shots taking effect In bis chest. 2 STATES SEEK Oklahoma City, Okla. (ip Two western state are waging legal bat tle In the chief executive's office here for possession of Tom Vernon, alleced train wrecker and robber whose life's story reads liko the plot of western thrillers he used to make. Vernon was In the Pawnee county jail where he is held on a charge of looting a Southern Pacific train near Saugus, Calif., and robbing the passengers. He also was be lieved to be the man who wrecked and robbed a" Union Pacific train near Cheyene, Wyo. He is wanted by California and Wyoming who. have speeded their legal machinery to gain custody of tne prisoner. A hearing was called by Baxter Taylor, attorney for Governor Hol loway for the two states to present their claims. Extradition papers for Vernon's return to Wyoming were filed with Governor Holloway by Sheriff G. H. Ronsa. The California papers were to ar rive Friday by air mall. TRADING INCREASES New York (LP) Dealings In stocks on the New York produce exchange. tne c:tys newest security market established a new record high Fri day wltl; 518.168 shares changing hands in the five hour session. The previous record high was 367,225 shares traded on Novem ber 28. According to preliminary calcu lations, the Dow Jones and com pany industrial averages advanced 7.57 points to 259.08 and the rail road average 2.27 points to 151.68. Sales for the day In the stock market tola Lied 4,714.800 shares, the largest since November 14. The sales Thursday totalled 4.377,100. Washington IP) The senate In terstate commerce committee Frl day voted a favorable report on the Dill bill to continue the life of the radio commission Indefinitely. The commission will expire December 31, unless further legislation is en acted. The bill was amended by the committee td authorize an appro priation ot $10,000 a year for the employment of a chief engineer as a momlvr of th CDmrruviion s staff. DELICIOUS HEALTHFUL REFRESHING 1el-rfriiireV,lrti "isWUlatM i' ns.nflh M f If II II If I LEADS THE WORLD OREGON TEAM WELCOMED BY MIAMI OFFICIALS Miami, Fla. 0JH Into ths land of Everglades University of Oregon's trans-continental football team roll ed Friday on the same train bear ing the University of Florida's Gat ors for a colorful lntersectloual clash here Saturday. Miami made much of the occasion as Miami usually does for any- tnlng out of the ordinary and Mry or C. H. Heeder led a delegation of civic leaders to welcome both squads. Then the mayor went the full route and declared Saturday a mu nicipal Holiday. 'Oregon-Florida Day" will offic ially dedicate the glistening new Madison Square Garden stadium here with a capacity of about 26.000. The crowd will probably tax the structure to tne limit. The Webfeet came here from Jacksonville, where they had stop ped off en route for practice. The Gators swung aboard the same set of cars after their short trip from Gainesville, and fraternized with their opponents on the way down. RUM R1NGSTERS SENT TO PRISON Portland Ernest K. Specht, 33, and George Mayes, 67, members of the liquor ring headed by Roy Moore, reputed Pacific northwest rum baron now serving a sentence in the McNeil island prison, were sentenced to 18 months each in the same institution Friday. Specht and Mayes, wl.0 turned state's evidence during Moore's trial several months ago, entered pleas of guilty to charges of liquor conspiracy after 12 other alleged members of the Specht-Mayes ring Lad either stood trial or been dis missed. Robert Anderson, jointly indicted with Specht and Mayes, was sent enced to a year at McNeil island and Lester Blrtcl.et, another de fendant, was given six months In the county jail. The arrest of Specht and Mayes and the 12 other defendants fol lowed a two month investigation by federal prohibition officers which led tl.em into small towns of Ore gon and Washington where stills al leged t navf been operated by Specht and Mayes were confis cated. LIONS TOLD ABOUT CORPORATION WORK Failure of a majority of corpora tions can be traced to lack of good management, Mark D, McCa Ulster, state corporation cmomlasiner, told the Lions club in speaking of his department Friday noon. Super vision of building and loan associ ations, with 52 operating In the state. Is one of the main, divisions and through tl.e efforts of the de partment, which has received full cooperation, promoters have prac tically been eliminated in the field. During the last twu years the de partment Kas colleceted $898,000 In fees, as compared with $790,000 for the preceding blennlum while ex penses have increased approximate ly $11,000 for additional auditors and clerical help. Between 350 and 400 foreign corporations make ap plication each year and around 300 permits are cancelled In the similar period. The department passes upon securities aggregating $75, 000,000 and during the two year period rejects applications totaling $20,000,000. Los Angeles 7P Tho University of Southern California announced Friday that the University of Pitts burgh has accepted its Invitation to play the New Year's day game in the Pasadena Rose Bowl. Pittsburgh's acceptance Will bring to the Rose Bowl one of the most powerful gridiron machines of the country which has weathered its season without del eat or tie. bourn- em California, ranked as one of the We-'t's greatest teams, has met defeat twice overwhelm mg.y by the University of California and by one point at the hands of .Notre Dame. Life, Health, Accident, Casually F1KB Al'TOMOmi.E INSURANCE AND SUKirV BONDS R. O. SNEIX1NG . 312 U. 8. Bank Phone 249 "Your Right Stellwe can buv it at HARTMAX'S BIG ,1 K WE LRY EVENT anil save enough to get those catty pump we saw " IN QUALITY AND SALES NEGRO WINS BET BUT DIES SHORTLY AFTER Eldorado. Kas. WV Tom Fason, negro, bet bla week'a wages he could drink a quart of "moonshtna'' without stopping, walk 100 yards without staggering and return. Pel low employes in a filling station accepted his challenge. Tom drank the liquor and walked as ha had wagered. He died a short time later. BOMB BLASTS CHICAGO STORE INJURES SIXTEEN Chicago (tP'--Pr A terrific explo sion, which police said was caused by the most powerful dynamite bomb ever exploded in Chicago, roared through a big southside store and apartment building Thursday, Injuring 16 persons, one possibly fatal, and doing 850,000 damage. Police blamed labor racketeers for the blast but were unable to name the "racket" since tenants of a drugstore, a cleaning and dying es tabllshment or a barber shop might have been the intended victim of the terrorists. Families living In apartments a bove the stores ran screaming to the street as the blast sent shat tered window glass, chunks of plas ter and other debris flying through the rooms. Frank Marcello. 11 year old son of Tony Marcello, the barber, who was in his father's shop, had bis leg broken, his chest and face badly cut and was Injured internally. He was in a critical condition Friday at People's hospital. Physicians said he would lose the sight of one eye, even If he recovered. iviarceiio was cutting tne iiatr oi Frank Ellison when the explosion blew out the front of the shop, cutting and bruising them. Assistant State's Attorney Daniel Covelll was among the injured. He was struck by falling plaster. Oth ers were cut and bruissa by riying debris. KiGH SCHOOL GIRLS SEEK EMPLOYMENT Nineteen young girls at the senior high school are anxious to obtain employment in private homes which will enable them to have board and room and a Imall compensation m order that they may continue their studies, ac-. cording to reports from the office of the dean of girls. Miss Mable Robertson. Two of the girls are in desperate and Immediate need of a situation of this type. This large group of girls include not only those who are In town for the schooling, but also girls who simply have no homes and must earn a living somehow while they secure an education. Miss Robertson ts In charge of the placing of the girls, and any Information or offers should be made through her. Every care is taken of the girls and complete Investigations are made of both the girls and the employer before placing. The girls will work three hours on week days and hatf a day Saturdays, or in any other way in which arrangements may be made. PRESTON CONVICTED FOR SLAYING GIRL Wheaton, HI. Of) John Preston. 28, who testified he could remember nothing of the wild party that ended in the death by strangulation of Agnes Johnson October 12, was con victed Thursday night of her mur der, a verdict calling for the death penalty. Counsel for Preston had not sought acqultal, but asked the Jury to consider Preston's condition as mitigation. Preston claimed he had drunk so much liquor ho had no knowledge of what happened. Miss Johnson waa strangled as she fought against Preston's ad vances. Another girl, Matilda Mur phy, escaped. 3reton is married. far bins IpF Practical and Useful From the World's Beit Knows Manufacturers sack as Community Silver, Ilelsey and FMtoria GKss Westinsbente and Universal Electric Appliances Shop Early, Select Now while Stocks are Complete EDSEL FORD'S NEW 5450,000 YAsCH AGROUND New Bedford. Mass. (UV-Bdsel Fords new MSO.OOO yacht Sialu, launched only test moatn at Na ponset, waa bard aground Friday on a reef near Hen and Chicken lightship about lour miles oil Horse neck beach. Ford was not aboard but Captain Oscar Anderson and a crew of 11 men were taken off the stranded craft by the crew of coast guard patrol boat 287, which had been dis patched to the scene from the base at Woods Hole. Another patrol boat. No, 281, was standing by. The Sialia went aground early Prlday. Her plight was noted by the steamship Oeorge Washington which radioed the coast guard sta tion at Chatham. It, in turn, re layed the message to the Woods Hole base, and the two patrol boats were dispatched. Coast guard officials reported the sea was comparatively calm. While the extent of the damage to the luxurious new yacht could not be determined Immediately, It was be lieved a bole had been stove amid ships. . Ford's yatcht Is 130 feet long with 23 loot beam and 7.9 draft. It Is powered with two Ressmer-Diesel engines capable ot developing 300 horsepower and making possible ft speed of 16 knots. The craft, built to accommodate 28 persona aside from the crtw, has a dining room, living room and lux uriously appointed captain's room and pilot house. TRADE PAPER TELLS OF GAS PLANT HERE With the declaration that Salem new has the most modern gas appli ance salesroom on the Pacific coast, the Oas Age Record, published in New York and the national trade journal for the gas Industry in its current Issue has an entire page given over to Salem and the fast progress made In development of the gas Industry here since the lo cal plant and mains were taken over by the Portland Oas Sc Coke company. The article also carries pictures showing the display room ot the company and covers the situation here generally. SEEK DISCHARGE OF COUNTY AGENT Grants Pass, Ore. (fly-Charged belore the Josephine county com mission with betrayal of trust, fav oritism and Ineffeclcncy, H. B. How ell, for a number of years county agent, Friday was preparing to de fend himself before the county of ficials. Farmers and members of poultry and bulb growers pools have asked his immenlste dismissal. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their sympathy and kindness to us during the Illness and death" of our mother, Mary Taylor. Also special mention for the beau tiful floral tributes. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Hl!l. 29t cfltaugoUuttb Vxmlt nfomiitictrf I ituoor burial IXOVD T. aUODON, Mgr. From 3 B i M