The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, July 26, 1924, Page 1, Image 1

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Portland j and Salem Busi
ness and Professional
Men Watch Flax Machin
ery in Actual Operation
NEW INDUSTRY HAS
OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK
Prospects of Linen Manufac
turing Plant Here are
Getting Brighter
By C. K. LOGAN x
Doubts that might hive existed
regarding whether or not flax
can be grown successfully in the
Willamette valley were dispelled
yesterday when a party of nearly
100. prominent Portland and Sa
lem business, professional men
and farmers spent the day In the
heart oC the flax growing dis
trict, in celebration of the arrival
and operation of the new flax
pulling machinery that is being in
troduced into Oregon in a large
vay for the first, time. ;
Trucks and wagons were passed
by the cararan, loaded with the
flax fresh from the field and on
its way to the penitentiary, where
it is being handled by the state
flax plant. Empty vehicles, re
turning for other loads, were met.
Nature was kind and offered ideal
conditions for such a visit, the
thermometerj being under 90 der
rees in contrast to the excessive
heat of the previous day.
Machine Proves "Efficiency
. That flax I can be pulled with
machinery instead of the old hand
method was demonstrated, for the
machine observed has already cut
more than 80 acres, handling the
flax as effectively i as rfny binder
and leaving the field ifemarkably
clean, ;pulling from tpe ground
and binding ,tbe bundles with all
the plant that was fit foi market!
An inspection i of ; the , state
prison flax plant was first on the
day's program, all processes be
Ing, in active operation, frdni
bringing the flax from the waref
houses (where it has been stored
during the winter, through the
retting tanks, threshers and baled
as flax tow for use by upholstery
manufacturers. Flax cut by
hinders is utilized in this manner
while that pulled by hand or ma
chinery is kept far its fibre and
ultimate linen manufacture.
Puller Has Record V
From the prison the men were
.taken to the Peter E. Thomasson
farm, about (wo miles southeast of
Turner, located in the center ! of
the largest flax production areas
in the country, where more than
1000 rcres are being harvested a$
rapidly as possible. It was intone
of the fields . belonging to Mr.
.Thomasson that the puller was
operating, one machine In one day
equalling the amount of flax that
could be pulled by hand with 80
pickers. The machine, one ! of
seven in operation in the. district,
has a record of eight acres a day,
and is being operated at a direct
cost o-f $3.65 an acre, exclusive,
however, of team and driver, in
contrast to the $20 an acre cost
of polling by hand. Twelve other
machines hive been sold ih the
district . ! ' i;
' Hear About Flax
' It was here that the visitors
u learned that the average yield per
acre was about two tons, and this
an exceptionally dry year. ! A
short distance from the first, field
was another, also belonging to Mr.
Thomasson. v The flax here was
heavy and a dark green. On July
1 it had not sprouted, but with
the I turning in of a Bmall quan
tity of water, it has reached the
blossom stago in less than a
month. This was pointed to as
an example of what can be done
under irrigation and the necessity
. of some artificial means of water
ing in dry seasons. From. 70 acres
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THE WEATHER
OREGON: Fair in interior;
cloudy near coast Saturday;
somewhat lower temperatures!
in interior; moderate north
west winds. '! .
LOCAL. WEATHER
j " j Friday)
Maximum temperature, 87.
Minimum temperature, 58.
River. 2.3; stationary.
Rainfall, none. . r
Atmosphere, clear. ; : 1
Wind, southwest. V
SAN FRANCISCO, July! 25.
Hijackers were
held responsible
attempt and for
for one murder
an assault on an aged woman and
a young girl in the San Francisco
bay region today. H. J. Ferris,
San Francisco merchant and boot
legger suspect, is suffering 'from
serious bullet wounds as a result
of a supposed" brush with bUack
ersr in the Halfmoon bay region
south of here.: j i I
The aged -woman, Mrs.; Mary
Grabau, 80, owner of the Crum
ranch winery at Llvermore. Ala
meda county, , and Miss Christine
Jung, 18, who lives with her.Vere
attacked by a gang of supposed
hijackers who attempted to enter
the winery. They were, frightened
away, leaving the women, beaten
and semi-conscious, behind them.-
Explosion Buries Workers
Rescue Crews Attempt
ing to Reach Miners
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GATES, Penn., July 25.- Nine
teen men are reported entombed
in the Gates mine v of the jH. C.
Frick Coke company here as the
result of an explosion that occur
red early tonight. Rescue crews
working in three shifts are at
tempting to j reach the men but
doubt was expressed whether their
efforts will be
morning.
successful
before
One hundred andtwenty men
were at work in the' mine at the
time, but only the one section was
affected by the explosion.
The rescue crews encountered
considerable difficulty as a! result
of numerous cave-ins that blocked
their path: It is also feared they
will encounter poisonous gases and
they have been .equipped with
masks. The Frick company has
summoned its rescue cars fjrom the
entire district.
The mine is of the shaft type
and the chamber in which! the en
tombed men were working is lo
cated from a mile and a j half to
two miles back jof the entrance.
Seventy-five men were filled In
the same mine by an explosion in
February, 1922,
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FORCE SHAKEN UP
Chief Finds Officers Deliver-
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Booze. Drinking
With Bootleggers
ASTORIA, Or., July 25. Three
members of the Astoria police
force were discharged today by
City; Manager Kratz on charges of
delivering liquor for bootleggers,
accepting presents from bootleg
ers drinking j with bootleggers,
disobeying orders, and conduct un
becoming officers. j
The officers discharged , were C.
F. Parker, C. E. McGhee and C.
N. Krelscher. . f
Discussing the matter today,
Mr. jKratz said: "I baVe found
that'Police officers have taken bot
tles :of liquor from bootleggers to
deliyer them to customers I have
found that officers hare been
drtokjnp with bootlegger i., not by
way of getting evidence, but so
cially. I have discovered that
they have accepted presents from
known bootleggers. They now
have been removed and alny other
member of the police force engag
ing in similar conduct will be dealt
with in a like manner." : . -
Ku Klux Denied the Use
Of State Fair Grounds
XAKIMA, Wash., July 25.
Use of the state fair grounds here
was today denied the Ku Klux
Klan by Frank H. Gloyd, director
of the department of agriculture,
for: an all-northwest ceremonial
and Initiation on August 91, accord
ing to local klansmen, who said
that other grounds had already
been leased near the city for put
ting on the ceremonial. Several
thousand members of the organ
ization from alt parts of the north
west and Oregon will be here. It
ASTORIA POLC
I liOTfTliiir I rhArriann i-ai,l at ho i I I f ' t. ' v - 4. . I1- ' - 13 I UliUUkU lllliyil
i : .r office here today that while! he " 1 ill vnS7 , ' ! l ViJS 0
Unmistakable Hardening of
Opinion Against Submit
ting to Financier's Dicta
tion Noticed
BRITISH STRIVE FOR t
COMPROMISE MEASURE
Experts, and Observers
Grow Fearful for the Con
i tinuance of Meet
LONDON, July 25. Although
the inter-allied conference marked
time! today, there was observable
tonight an unmistakable harden
ing In the attitude of all of the
delegates against submiting to the
dictation of the international fi
nanciers in f ormulaing a protocol
to launch the Dawes plan.
The French spokesmen in : ex
pressing the views of Premier
Herrlot were more unyielding
than ever toward the surrender of
any rights which France enjoys
under the treaty of Versailles. In
American circles it was stated that
the Dawes plan was of such ini
portance that it could not be Jeop
ardized by the relatively unimport
ant; disputes between the bank
ers and the delegates.
The British continued confidant
that! a compromise would " be
reached on the question of se
curity for. a German loan that will
satisfy both the bankers and the
French politicians.
Among all the experts, observ
ers ; advisers and delegates there
ib a concerted effort to settle th 2
difficulties which have beaet thr
parleys for weeks and which at
times' have seemed to threaten the
very existence of the conference.
Thft afternoon Frank B. Kellogg,
the? American ambassador went so
far; as to say that the problems of
defaults and sanctions . under the
Dawes plan and their relations to
security for the German loan
would not necessarily have to be
settled in. London. This view
however, is not shared by the
other delegations, where it Was
said the iseue the bankers have
injected into the proceedings ""is
paramount and that as soon as It
Is settled the conference can con
sider its work completed.
Despite the delays which have
occurred, the atmosphere of toe
negotiations is described as not
pessimistic, but as of "cautious
confidence" and "restrained con
fidence." Mayor John Hyian of N. Y.
j Not to Run for Governor
LOS ANGELES, , jHly 23.
Mayor John F. Hyian of New York
is not unalterably opposed to run
ning for governor of New York
and may decide to become a can
didate for that office, "if the pro
gressive element in the Btate de
mands it,' -says, the Lq8 Angeles
Examiner.
Mayor Hyian, who arrived in
Los Angeles last night with Mrs.
Hyian and William Randolph
Hearst, publisher, has been paying
little attention to politics since
he! left New York, he told inter
viewers today, but he nevertheless
admitted that it is "not "unlikely"
that he may enter the guberna
torial race.
TO BE OBSERVED
Girl Evangelist Will Address
:Youn esters of Own Age
This Afternoon
Another large crowd greeted
little Uldine Mabelle Utley. 12-year-old
evangelist at the armory
last night, larger than the open
ing night, as word of her appear
ance has spread more and a gen
eral interest is being shown by
the churches.
T"his afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
there will be special children's
services, with the usual night ser
vices at 7:45 o'clock. Miss Utley
will have as her subject, "The Two
Roads" tonight.
Two services will be held Sun
day, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
and the usual hour at night.'
' A special song service is being
held in connection with the serv-
CHILOR
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admitted there wero forest fires in
the state thfre was no doubt
that
the reports had been magnified.
"A brush fire will start,") the
governor said, "andjt immediately
assumes; the proportions of a
for
est fire.i I admit that there have
been serious fires in the state but
I feel that they have been magni
fied." ' j; - .v.'VHf- : !
The j governor said that jthe
state had plenty of men to fight
the fires and did ?; not need
from the federal government.
aid
IS ADOPTED HERE
Organization of Salem Co.
operative Prune Growe
Completed Friday
; Complete organization of j the
Salem Cooperative? Prune Grow
ers local unit to affiliate with the
Northwest Prune exchange, was
effected here Friday afternoon
with the election of a temporary
board of directors,1 officers and a
representative of the state meet
ing of the North Pacific Coopera
tive Prune exchange L Portland
Monday. . v . j
With; 21 growers signing up
yesterday, there are 315 acres
controlled by the local unit. With
other local units, at least 50 per
cent of the northwest prunes' will
be handled by the new exchange.
Officers of the local unit are F.
C. Ewing, president; James P.
Smart,! vice president, and p. A.
Ratcliff, secretary treasurer.' M.
P. Adams was elected delegate to
the state meeting. Other direct
ors ari T. D. Trick, H. II. Vander
vort arid A. E. Cummlngs. j
With1 the completion of the lo
cal unit the following communi
ties will be affiliated. with thej new
exchange: V : ' ; ) - j
Clarke countyj; Wash., Scotts
Mills, Dundee, Forest Grove, yam
hill, Dallas, Salem, Eugene Fruit,
Lane County Prune Growers' and
Sprlngbrook. Crewell, it is jsaid,
may , complete its; organization to
day in time to send a representa
tive to! Portland. All of the com
munities above will be repre
sentcdi r
IS CO0UDGE PLEfl
President Addresses Large
-Audience of Scouts on
: i Organ's Ideals
WASHINGTON, July 25. Rev
erence for nature, for law! and
for God was laid down as the
fundamental of ; Boy Scouthood
and of American institutions by
President Coolidge In an address
delivered tonight at the White
House and transmitted by i tele
phone to a farewell meeting In
New jYork for a group orj Boy
Scouts who will sail tomorrow to
attend an international gathering
of the organization In Copen
hage. I j . ;
Th4 -president bade the scouts
farewell In his capacity as honor
ary president of the American Boy
Scouts, and, enjoined the depart
ing boys to show to the foreign
associates in the scout movement
that they desired to protec and
cherish their own country and
"contribute to the well-being,
right-jthlnking and true-living of
the whole world," j .
"There was no boy scout organ
ization In my boyhood, but every
boy who has the privilege of grow
ing up on a farm learn Instinct
ively jthe three! fundamentals of
scouthood," the president ) said.
"Thej first is a reverence for na
ture. Boys should never losej their
love of the fields and the streams,
the mountains and the plains, the
open places and the forests!.
jEUGEXK MILL BURNS
EUGENE, Or., July 25. -4- The
mill bf the E & B Shingle com
pany at Betzen. near Cushman, on
the lower Siuslaw river, was de
stroyed by fire today. Th loss
is estimated at $40,000, and it is
half Icovered by insurance, f The
dry kiln and all the stock on hand
were burned. The mill was Owned
by' Henry and Carl Bergman,
ban.kjrg of Florence, j
LOCAL I T
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NATURE REVERENCE
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Higher Humidity Helps to
Check Flames, But Con
ditions Still Regarded as
Very Serious
KLAMATH FALLS HAS
MOST SERIOUS BLAZE
1500 Acres of Valuable Pine
hreatened; Other Fires
are Reported
PORTLAND. Or;; July 25. The
Oregon fire situation showed some
improvement today as a result of
a higher degree of humidity than
prevailed - yesterday, but condi
tions -were reported dangerous. '
The- most serious fire reported
today seemed -to be in Klamath
county, where 1 yesterday fire
broke out in the Horsefly moun
tain district near Bly. An unfav
orable wind caused the flames to
leap today beyond check and to
night 'the firef was blazing fierce
ly, after having burned over. 1500
acres of valuable timber. The
fire was said to threaten a large
section of the best yellow pine in
Klamath county, j The fire situa
tion around Detroit was much im
proved today. . The main fire now
seems to be burning on the north
side of; the Breitenbush river near
Berry and is gradually burning
to the river's edge, which will act
as j a
spread.
.barrier against further
Fires Under Control
In the Tumble jlake country it
appears that spot fires are all that
are! burning in unsalable' timber.
Another fire is burning in slash
ings near the workings off the
Siiyerton Lumber! company, north
of Mehama. ( I.
Near Roseburgf the forest ; fire
situation was greatly improved.
Two new fires were reported,! one
at jTyee and another in the Rob
erts mountain district.
Coos county fires were reported
to I be practically! under control,
and that which caused alarm in
the vicinity of Rock Creek has
been checked. L . ,
Fire! which last, night broke out
on! Grizzly mountain near Ash
land, was today controlled by a
crew of 40 men.' v . ;
i ! Wind Saves Alsca :
. A change in th direction of the
wind saved Alsea last night from
forest fires. The. fire burned
through the holdings of the Everr
green Lunjber company and - into
the Griswold tract.
i Bend reported ! that I two forest
fires were visible, one at IJessie
batte, in Brooksi-Scanlon timber.
where the flames were spreading
ovj?r a half mile front, and one-at
Squaw Back ridge; north of Sis
ters, where the jsmoke could be
seen extending high into the air.
PORTLAND CURTAILS WATER
PORTLAND, July 25. As the
result! of a fall in the reserve of
the Portland water supply, due to
the continued dry weather, the
city water department has issued
orders restricting the use of water
for sprinkling purposes to seven
hours a day, ; .
REFUSE TO APPEAR
Leaders I of Railway Em.
ployes Insist That the
BoarcUJas Not Power
CHICAGO. July 25. Chairmen
of railroad employees summoned
before the United States railroad
labor board will not appear; vol
untarily to testify in their wages
and rules, dispute with western
carriers, despite the ruling of the
bbard that ; in assuming", jurisdic
tion it was functioning within' its
power,, Donald R. Richbcrg. coun
sel for the employes said late to
day. ' .
I No court or public' tribunal has
authority to select . witnesses to
testify in -behalf Of a party except
upon the request and with tho
consent of, the party for whom the
evidence is to be presented ', Mr.
Richberg asserted. Consequently,
he added, representatives oT tho
employees will stand on their re
quest to each. carrier for further
direct negotiation
j.i.
LABOR CHAIRMEN
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' Senator Robert M.? La Follette, Progressive candidate for presi
dent, has begun the organization of hfs campaign. ' Among the first
steps he Is takfng is to enlist the support women ' the country over.
The photograph above shows the Wisconsin Senator conferring with
two' of his advisers, Frank Stevens, chairman of the committee of
Forty-eight, and Gilbert E. Roe of New York, a close friend of La
LTBLLiTTETD
Progressive Candidate Pre
pares for a Nation Wide
Mobilization
WASHINGTON, July 25. A
determined effort is to be made to
get women to enlist under the
La Follette-for-president banner.
- Plans for making a nation-wMe
appeal for support were discussed
today by the committee which
will have charge of the La Fol-lette-Wheeler
campaign. As a re
sult Mrs. Mabel. C. Costigan, com
mittee member, was directed to
call a conference of women, to be
held here shortly, with a view to
perfectfng an organization.
Invitations to attend the con
ference will be extended to women
members of various organizations
affiliated with the conference for
progressive : political action which
has thrown its active support to
the La Follette-Wheeler ticket
and to other women; desiring to
attend. j
It is intended at the conference
to organize a large committee to
handle campaign activities among
women and to mobilize women
supporter of Senators La Follette
and Wheeler. The appeal. It is
declared, will be based on the
contention that La Follette, as a
senator, was one of the early
champions of woman suffrage, has
persistently championed the cause
of peace and is making a cam
paign on a "clean government
program." ,! ' ,
FDREST FIRES IRE
REPORTED BETTER
Situation Improving Slowly;
Men Not Lost as Was
First Believed
Late reports from the Bald
Mountain and Lucklamute river
districts are to the effect that
the forest fire damage will not
reach the proportions estimated.
But little green timber has been
burned and the iSpauIding Logging
company's main "i loss 13 sevn
frestles. The camp is entirely out
of danger for the present. Be
cause of the loss of the bridges,
operations will be delayed for a
short while. Walter L. Spaulding
is at the camp estimating the exact
loss.
Reports from Dallas Friday an
nounced the safe return of two
men who were reported as having
been cut off by the fire In the
Bald Mountain district. The first
report said that tour men were
believed to have been hemmed in
by the flames.
v Salem and vicinity was covered
with a heavy pall-of smoke yes
terday and it was almost impos
sible to see any distance. ; This
smoke Is handicapping forest fire
lookouts, irho are unable, to see
aoj report tSt figs fjica
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ff .EARRESTED .
FOR TAR PARTY
Young Woman Is Beaten
and Covered With Feath
ers in Maryland 1
FREDERICK, Md., July 25.
Eight men j and one woman, ar
rested on warrants charging them
with tarring and feathering ; Miss
Dorothy Grandon, 20. of Martins
burg, W. Va., were arraigned be
fore Magistrate Brust tonight and
held for the September grand
jury under $2,000 each. Bail! of
$500 was fixed for Miss-Grandon
as a material witness. . ; :f -
Those arrested are Mrs. Mary
Shank, whom the girl charges
with!; applying the tar and feath
ers; fher husband, Calvin Shank,
her jfather-in-law,' Roma Shank;
Harry Leatherman, Alvey ; Rice,
Arthlir Rice', Arwin Rice, Paul
Grospnickle and Grayson Doub, all
of near- Myersvflle, Md. !- ;
At tho magistrate'Sv hearing
Mrs. Shank admitted applying the
tar and feathers. The other de
fendants declared their only ob
ject was to request "Miss Grandon
to leave the town. They took no
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MOTS ARE
Burns and Arthur, Escaped
July 3, Being Held By
j Ogden Police
Two of the tiiree convicts who
escaped from the prison- brickyard
July 3 have, been picked up in
Ogden, according to word re
ceived Friday by Warden A. M.
Dalrymple. The two are Robert
Burns and; Dale Arthur. The third
member of the gang was William
Anderson, who has not been heard
from. .
Burns was received from .Mar
ion county March 24, 1923. to
serve'! 15 years for assault and
robbery. Arthur was . received
Septrfnbrr 30. 1922. from Clatsop
county, to serve five years for
burgllry. i .' ,
Warden! Dalrymple said yester
day !e .would send one or two
guardf; after the convicts oyer the
week-pnd.
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Joint Murderer Once De
clared for Death Penalty
to Reporter; Leopold Val
ues Life 1
LIFE IMPRISONMENT IS
EXPECTED FROM JUDGE
Youth ; Holds. Crime Not in
i Murder But in Getting
Caught After Act
CHICAGO. July 25. (By The
Associated Press) Nathan Leo
pold, Jr., after his confession to
a part in the kidnaping and mur
der of 14 year old Robert Franks,
held his life dear because he be
lieved he had "Important work to
do for the world."
' Richard Loeb, co-partner In the
crime, believed:" - -J.
"Who -ever committed that
crime-should be strung up."
? The mental reactions of both
youths to the consequences of
their conspiracy were detailed to
day In court. - - j - v '
Leopold, whose life, with that
of Loeb, is at stake In the hear
ing before Chief Justice John R.
Caverly of the criminal court, ex
pressed his sentiment and other
processes of his mind to the police
otflcers who guarded hini after
the first joint confessions-to the
crime. V;
Loeb Reveals Thoughts
Loeb gave his idea of a fit pun
ishment for the act in a con versa
tion with a newspaper reporter be
fore his arrest. He also gave re
porter "tips" on how to trace the
activities of the kidnapers, ascrib
ing his circumspection to the read
ing of detective stores. . ' '
James J. Cortland, a city detec- .
five sergeant, testified to this at
the conclusion of ! the third day's
sessions of the proceedings thlr
afternoon. He reported sentence
that held his auditors close atten
tion. Cortland detailed the con
versations he had with Leopold
in an attempt to learn the motivi
for the crime. : ; - -
"I asked him what defense ht
would offer and Leopold said that
if his folks wanted him to hang
he would plead not guilty and go
4efore a jury which would surely
hang him. He said:
Expected Life Sentence.
"If I plead guilty before a
friendly' Judge I , will get off with
life imprisonment . '.
"He then told me that he be
lieved he had important work to
do for the world.' He said he had
carried along his bird studies to
an advanced stage and thought he
might be able to contribute some
thing through writings and re
search." ;
Gortland also testified that Leo
pold had told him of going to
Sunday school regularly as a child,
and being advanced to the confirm
mktion class. The witness added
that Leopold explained that his ex
treme youth kept him from being
confirmed at that time in the Jew'
Ish faith. j .
" 'I was taught Conscience un
til I was eight years old, Leopold
told me, said Gortland. "'But
after that time I drilled conscience
out of myself. j :
r i Murder Not a Crime
"Leopold alsojsaid: .'Murder Is
not a crime in my code. The crime
in my' code is in being caught.' "
" The detective perpeant also said
that Leopold had no sorrow for
young Franks or the latter's fam
ily. :-: V ' ' ' . -
"I don't give J a dam if they
croak this minute," the defend
ant was quoted by the witness.
Cortland's testimony climaxed
the day's proceedings, which took
the caserInto the realm of mental
reactions ana motives, centering
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