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IsPaia Kiither Burbaihk Judge Ben Lindsey Pays Sincere Worker of Plant Kingdom; Earbank " Was Most Contented 'fllan in ! : SANTA ROSA,Cai., April .13. (By Associated Press.) Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver, who has transplanted many !a drooping- human tendril r6m the sour soil of the streets and brought it, to .the, fruition. o a, fine citizensrup inline sunshine of affection and understanding, is here today to pay tribute at the simple, bier: of another wonder worker ; for human kind, Luther Burbank. .-. : :- , n m i JaThe kindly Judge, , who changes the nature ot the little human 'plants, and the kindly field-worker, and philosopher who- baa drawn .new flora from the soil bl his Sondma fields, were friends. of . years standing; drawn together -' through" a kinship In growing things, plant and human. - While the judge conversed with his frieads in hashed tones . men were busy in the gardens across the ' way 'dinning ; a grave in the shade of a, Lebanon cedar.'; Out on ' the- highway that , fronts the garden a throng of the curious watched some 'with - hats 'doffed and 'heads bowed in the strong April sun. ; , . Tomorrow when the sun is dying out behind, the . hills, toward the coast, the body of Lather B urban k attended by the Denver judge, the widow and close friends, will be borne across the wide highway to that grave and deposited there without, requiem prayer, for he Long Illness Fatal , ' , fr. r-' -.ST-.-: : a: - . ' i " ; : :!f Ji I' t - f " 4k .Luther Burbank world-famed horticulturist, died at his home in Santa Kosa at 121 13 -o'clock this morning. This picture of him in his. gardens is believed to have been the last taken before his fatal illness. - .The gardens have-been used by him for experimentation for 50 years. -His modest home is seen BURBAlJK DIES: LIFE REM -, -i - Dislinulshed Scientist in Plant World Dies at 12:30 'vrV"" T0!8 doming LON G ILLN ESS IS FATAL Nervous KxhanstioB Complicated By Heart Attack; Wife and : . Relatives Are at ' Bedside SANTA ROSA; CaL, April 11. (By Associated Press.) LutheT Burbank, noted horticulturist died at his home here this morning after an illness of two weeks: ; The. end came at 12:13. a. m. "Sea Flea" to .. -. ; ...... .. . t ' .5 f -"'ft. : v : - v a new type of speed boat;: known .as Khe'mnbp)ane;'wm'tnakre P.u"Z ItT:,.. -T 3lark of . Respect to Wonder- World, Judge Says was no believer in the literal hereafter.- ' ' i " ' : "Burbank was the -world's most contented man," Judge Lindsey said. "Jle had .more real satis faction and joy from his work than any other human being." Referring to the religious con troversy that . recently swept around Burbank, Judge Lindsey said: . t , , "It is a pretty pass when a man cannet air his opinions and views without a flood of criticism such as befell Burbank. We are living in an age of intolerance and fan aticism approaching savagery. What the country needs is brave men who will withstand such criti cism. Burbank was one of the greatest prophets of his time." to Plant Wizard "': i in the background. . The end came quietly after a which did not grow hopeless until yesterday. The aged , scientist put up a valiant battle and was victor ious in several cases when gastro intestinal complications and hi coughing tested his failing strength. A few weeks : ago Burbank created comment throughout the country by declaring that "as a scientist I cannot help but feel that all .religions are on a' totter ing foundation.'.' He also repeat ed former assertions that he was "an Infidel in the true sense of the word." Most of the comment was in opposition to the horticulturist's statement, a group of Chicago clergymen branding his remarks as "unscientific" and "nonsense," while Chauncey M. Depew, in New York, said he regretted "sincerely that such a prominent man as Mr. Burbank ! should adopt this atti tude, as It is contrary to the senti ment of ninety-nine per cent of the' American people today." Appearing in tne pulpit of the First Congregational 'church in Try to Set Transatlantic Record - ;' uc Va- "e wiU start San', Francisco, Burbank declared he had renominated"! himself an "infidel", so as to cause' people to think, '--Mi v -. . 'e ' "I reiterate: The religion ol most people is .what jther; would like;sito,believe, ,nofc whatthey do believe' and very few-stop: to ex amine its foundation," he .said. ' "The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to , me. The ravings of Insanity; supersti tion gone to seed. I don't' want to have anything. toudo with. such a God. I arx a lover, of men and Christ as a man and his work, and all things that hetp humanity but, nevertheless, just as he was . an infidel then, I am an infidel today. "I prefer, and claim the right to worship the , infinite everlasting almighty God, of this vast universe as revealed to . us gradually step by . step by the demonstrable truths of our savior science. "Do you think- Christ or Mo hammed, Confucious, Baal or even the gods of ancient mythology are dead? Not so. Do you think Per icles, Marcus Aurelius, Moses, Shakespeare, Spinoza, Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Empedocles, Hum boldt, Darwin, Tolstoi, Franklin. Emerson are dead? No.. Their very personality lives and will live forever in our lives and all of those" who follow us. All of them are with us today. No one lives who is not influenced more or less by these great ones according to the capacity of the. cup of knowl edge which they bring to their ever-flowing fountains to be filled. "All 'plants, animals and men are already in eternity traveling across the face of time, whence we know not, whither who is able to say. Let us have one world at a time and let us make the journey one of joy to our fellow passen gers and just , as convenient and happy for them as we can and trust the rest as we trust life. "Let us read the Bible withoutJ the ill-fitting colored spectacles of theology , just as we read, other books, using our own judgment and reason, listening to the voice within not to the noisy babble without." Following this, the naturalist claimed he had the power to cure the ill by the "laying on of hands." "Why, many years ago my near est neighbor, was dying," he was quoted as saying. '.'Four doctors had given him up. He sent for me and I went to his bedside.. He told me 'I am going to die to night. I told him 'you are going to get well. Tomorrow morning I will see you at your wood pile as usual. He was there the next morning. That is only one of so many cases.". . Asserting the '.'power", was not supernatural, he added : 'And bear in mind that .1 will not allow, the afflicted to be brought to me; I can not have my door thronged with patients. X am far too busy to take on any more work than I have now on hand." Grade Crossings at Four teenth and Oak, and in West Salem Scheduled Hates and service of the Amer ican Railway -Express company will be considered at a hearing to be held in Salem , next . Thursday. The hearing was ordered by the public service commission. Other hearings set by the commission Tuesday follow: Salem, April 19, investigation of condition of grade crossing at Fourteenth and Oak streets in the city of Salem. April 19, Salem; application for. grade crossings, in West Salem. April 22, Portland; complaint of Huber commercial club against PSL&P company. April 23, Portland; arbitration of demurrage charges involving Hicks Lumber company and Ore gon-Washington Railroad &. Navi gation company. May 5, Portland; oral argument on application for grade crossing in Washington county. May 5, Portland; Icing rs ; . i - - A an attempt to cross the Atlantic from Marseilles and bead for HEARING DATES SET DlfSEIIVIGEIOUP GESYTO SEEK rJSHDNQR fiJayor Will File Today or To morrow Jon Lower Legis lative House FRED T00ZE ENDORSED Labor Council .Passe- Resolation; J. L. Patterson Ffles tor Re- i publican Nomination as - . Governor . . . . . John B. Giesy, mayor of Salem, will today or tomorrow file for the lower-house of the legislature, submitting his name to. go on the republican ballot for the May 21 primaries. 4 . He has been urged to this action from various sections of the coun ty, and by his Salem friends, be cause of the fact that he is famil iar with the affairs of his state and county, on account of his long connection with the state indus trial accident .commission, for years on the road, , and later in charge of the correspondence part of one of the divisions.' . He has also been urged from different sections of Salem to stand for reelection as mayor, on account of the principles of econ omy and law enforcement and gen eral efficient service in the city's affairs for which he has stood. But he has concluded that four years in this service is all that ought to be expected. r This will leave T. A. Livesley and Earl Race as the only candi dates . for mayor in the May pri maries, which will conclude the issue, unless another candidate shall appear and no one have a majority of the votes. Then the two highest would try for -the con clusion in the November election. Unanimously endorsing Fred J. Tooze, candidate for republican nomination as state superintend ent of schools, the International Union of Steam and Operating En gineers, local number 879, of Sa lem, on Monday evening, and the Salem Labor Council, on Tues day, passed the following resolu tion: ,"Fred J. Tooze,. candidate for nomination for state superintend ent of public instruction in tne May primary having always shown in the press, in the legislature, in public address anl elsewhere gen uine interest in the welfare of those , engaged in Industry; "And, being thoroughly qualm ed by educational training, exper ience and character for the offici of. superintendent of public in struction; "And .. possessing t h o r o u g n knowledge of all current educa tional issues and definite policies concerning them which mean the best possible opportunities for all citizens youth and adults -o the state; "Therefore, be it resolved that we hereby endorse and support tbo said Fred J. Tooze for nomination and election." The endorsement came without solicitation by the candidate. ; Reduce taxes by reducing the cost of government is one of the outstanding planks in the plat form of I. L. Patterson, candidate for governor, who filed his decla ration of candidacy in the offices of .the secretary of stsito here Wed nesday. Mr. Patterson is a repub lican. . Mr. Patterson's platform reads' Reduce taxes by reducing co&t of .government. . . . i Every dollar in taxes paid to retsrn the taxpayer a dollar in pert ice. - ' i Make governor the budge t-mak-, ing- official. . Receipts from government land less expenses belong to the peo ple of Oregon. ,Place penitentiary under board of control. Make board of control parole board, fewer pardons. Enforcement of prohibition by officials who believe in enforcing law. . Hasten construction of Roose velt highway. . Conservative road constructs Adjust automobile licenses. , Op pose peddlers' .license applying to traveling salesmen. . Adequate provision for retiring bonds. Issue no-free tax bonds. Fish and game commission function for people and not av political machines. Play fair with ex-service men. : Maintain high standard of pub lic : schools and Institutions of higher learning. , Mr." Patterson - requested that the following slogan be printed after Ha name on the official ballot- . .. .. , ''Will devote all my time to the state business, not to politics." Other candidates who filed dec larations of candidacy here Wed nesday follow: ; t Harry E. Tucker, Albany, re publican ; candidate - for represen tative in the legislature for the second district, comprising Linn county. AM U NDSEN SHIP LEAVES DITUGIBLE OK FIRST LEO OF , VOYAGE, TO ARCTIC i OSLO. 1 April ,14. (AP) The dirigible : Norge started .for Len ingrad atv 1:10 o'clock this morn ing. ; t:. v.T.-. i ". : ' . i OSLO. , Norway, April 14 (AP) The dirigible Norge 6 the Amundsen-Ellsworth polar expe dition, made ast.to her mooring mast hero at 3 : 15 this aternoon after an uneventful flight . from Pulham,- England " The yNorge started on; this journey shortly before midnight last night. . . .The city was agrog with excite ment. - The weather waa beauti ful, somewhat misty in the mom. btgbut. clear by noon, with, bright HERrllWCHECKSlLISTJOF DEAD; ELECTION FEARED FACTIONAL STRIFE MAY COME - TO HEAD ON TUESDAY Precaution; Taken for Coming Election; JO Killed Since February, 1024 t HERRIN, 111.. ; April Hi (By Associated s Press.) Tallying on death's scoreboard the results of the sixth inning of its civil war, Herrin viewed with foreboding to day - an approaching city election next Tuesday, and appealed to mil itary force to remain, in control of the city until the vote is taken. A county and state primary yesterday-was the " occasion of a re newal of the factional strife which had been dormant since thousands of residents of the community "got religion" in a revival meeting 11 raontns ago, and six men died in a gun battle in front of a voting place at the- Masonic hall. While Mayor Marshall McCor mick was Appealing to 'national guard officers to keep militiamen in the city " until next Tuesday's municipal election is over. Coroner George Bell of Williamson county,' reached the scene and called an Inquest for Friday over the corpses of the slain yesterday. - Each faction the klan group and the anti-klan force has three dead in the latest episode of Her rin's long tragedy, and 19 have died in the civil war since Febru ary, 1924. Yesterday's shooting marked the sixth time the factions had "shot it out" in 26 months. Of the 19 fatalities, ten victims haye been klansmen and nine anti klansmen. Bitter enmities arising out of liquor raids led by the late S. Glenn Young more than two years ago are blamed specifically by friends of the klan victims for the shooting. Mayor McCormick called the mo tive" revenge on the part of boot leggers and others." Mrs. Ben Sizemore, widow of one of the slain klansmen and an eye witness, .said the assailants avowedly, intended to kill John Ford, former police chief, and re ported cyclops of the Herrin klan, whose brother is one of the dead. Ford has declined to talk until he faces the coroner's jury. Arlo O. Boswell, state's attorney and a klansman, said the shootings were purely for the purpose of intimi dating voters," and declared they would not have happened "if. the mayor, chief of police and sheriff had done their duty." Oren Coleman, the candidate en dorsed by the klan, was nominated for sheriff by the republicans with a large plurality over six oppon ents. He is a former school teach er and a war veteran. It was believed tonight that the guardsmen, in Herrin for the eighth time In four years, will re main for another week, and con sideration is being given to Mayor McCormick's plea that a few guardsmen be posted indefinitely in the town. The mayor expressed the. belief that neither faction would fife upon a uniformed faol dierr ? The .mayor told today of refus ing, early yesterday, offers cf dep uty sheriffs from Sheriff George Galligan; avowed anti-klansman. He feared, he said, that the send ing of deputies would "add fuel to the fire,'.' and Galligan agreed. No arrests had been made tonight and none are hi prospect pending fthe coroner's inquest. The mayor's version of the trou ble at the Smith garage, which was preceded and is believed to have ied to the Masonic hall shooting, said: "Things seemed orderly until about 2:30 p. m., when Joe Brash er, going home, started past the Smith garage and was seized by a man at the garage and badly beat en. Some shots were fired from the garage, according to reports, and deputy sheriffs moved in the direction of the garage and were met by heavy firing, which they re turned and then went back to their headquarters at the European ho tel." ; Sheriff Gallgan, however, said he had deputized nobody to serve as a special sheriff at the Herrin polls and declared he knew none of the dead anti-klansmen except one, who had been in the county jail. INJUNCTION PLEA IS HIT 11 " i CITY ATTORNEY HOLDS AP , PRAISAL CAN" BE MADE City Attorney Fred Williams in his brief in the T. E. Waldorf vs. city case declares that Waldorf cannot demand injunction for bidding, the city's paying Stevens and Koon for the survey of the Salem Water and Power . com pany's plant unless hecan show that the 'payment would increase his taxes, . . "It la just as reasonable to sup pose." .declares Williams, "that the plaintiff would be benefitted by the survey as it is to suppose that he would be damaged by it." . The only issue, as Williams sees it, is whether or not the city baa a legal right to enter into the contract with the enginers tor the survey. WILL SING FOR OREGON WILLAMETTE GIRL NAMED BY ,! GOVERNOR IX CHORUS 1 1 Miss Gladys Mclntyre of Salem arid a student at Willamette .uni versity has been selectedby Gov ernor Walter M. Pierce as one of .Oregon's singers - at the Sesqui Centennial in Philadelphia on July 4. Approximately 260 sing ers from Oregon, wlH participate in the ceremonies, according to announcement made at the execu tive department.'. " , ". '. . ' Miss Mclntyre is a member of the senior class at the university. From th time 5 of her ' freshman yearshe has been a member of Ihe Willamette-Jiniversltyladies' glee club, and has been featured aj a soloist on the club's tours. ANDREWS GIVES. MEM BOOZE Grand Marshal of Prohibi tion Forces 'Testifies at Senate Hearing DISCUSS SALE OF BEER Andrews of Opinion That Sale of Non-intoxicting Beer Would Improve Prohibition Conditions WASHINGTON, April 14. (AP) An opinion that the sale of non-intoxicating beer under the strictest sort of government control would improve conditions under prohibition was drawn from assistant Secretary Andrews of the treasury today by the wets during testimony by the senate liquor committee. On the stand for another two hours, the -official in charge of federal prohibition enforcement would not commit himself on the sale of light wines because he was not prepared to say that non- intoxicating wines could be pro duced. Contending for consumption of beer only in the home or in high class hotels and restaurants, Gen eral Andrews declared that the sale of beer in saloons would be disastrous' to nrohibition en forcement as the saloons could be used as blinds for the dispensing of hard liquors. He conceded there was a ereat deal of distilling in private homes and agreed with Senator Reed. democrat, Missouri, the one wet member of the committee that this must lead to a breaking down of the morals of families so en gaged. The grand marshal of the Drohi- bition forces thought this whole situation was one calling for in tense study. He also agreed with his wet questioners that as long as his forces dried un the snurpps ot commercial supply, distilling in the home probably would increase. Before General Andrews left the stand he took issue with the statement recently given to the committee by District Attorney Buckner, of New York, that 60,-' 000,000 gallons of alcohol is di verted to bootleggers yearly. Our best figures are that dur ing last year from 13.000.000 to 15,000,000 gallons were diverted," he said. " I think Mr. Bickner'a statement was based o nerroneous information and also on lack of information." After Mr. Andrews left the stand the treasury sent to con gress a supplemental estimate of 12,293,000 to carry on prohibi tion enforcement next year with an explanation that when the orig inal estimate was submitted th new organization set for enforce ment naa not begun to function iuiiy. Prohibition also got into tho senate debate during the day, sen ator Borah, republican, Idaho, ar guing that the efforts to modify the dry laws were in reality an attempt to modify the constitu tion without the sanction of the people. At one point his declaration about assaults on the constitution was applauded vigorously both by senators and spectators, with Sen ator Sheppard, democrat, Texas, an ardent dry, leading the dem onstration. After. Senator. Borah . had rnn. eluded Senator Edge,, republican. xew jersey, one of the wet lead ers, replied that there was no as sault on the constitution, simply a movement for that which the con stitution permits liquor non-intoxicating in fact. With Senator Reed taking the lead in a vigorous and nt times humorous examination of General Andrews and with a captured il licit still on exhibit in the room the committee session today prov ed one of the most colorful in the week and a half of the wets pre sentation of their case. Regarding modification of the Volstead act to permit non-intoxicating beer as proposed by Sen ator Edge, the assistant secretary Briiain:andiU.iS:jnMaTjn PF r. j t V f il. t 5 V fjr Another.wr between "Britain and U, S is.beteg. fought ,n,v Chicago court roomjr here -Coontcsa ; : lof Suffolk and an array of titled heir are endeavoring .to prove mismanagement charges: agimt. the - WntbroUer,!k Jo-ph-LeiteT, who i.trjutee $WfiQQJDQO estate left by his father, Levi Leiter ' seii-maac man. v Airs, kahm lampocii oi Aonaon, anotner suter of Ht tbc,aIlegation.l Photos UkjnJLi jourlroogubow Countcsa of ;SutToi - i An Voters at Several ,Vonnda by Bullets; Ballot Boxes Are Stolen by. Gunmen; Hundreds of Police Are Rushed to West t Sitje Precincts to Restore Order CTtTfO. A fin Arn-ii 1 CRv A ssnciated Press') Shootings. sluggingsi balloti box trfef ts and terrorizing of election pre cinct workers by Chicago gangsters featured today's prir-y here. r. . . . .. ." ."" Disorder in one west side ward became so pronounced late in the day that hundreds of extra policemenrvere dispatched there after nearly a score of reports of violence were received from nearly evejy polling place in the ward within two hours before the polls closed. . , , r-v ;V ' One man was shot and seriously injured Dy . a policeman proved a hesitant fit not a reluct ant witness. Julian Codman, counsel for the.wfets tookup that phase of , the inquiry and Senator Reed interposed to completer General Andrews insisted on.it being made perfectly clear, that beer was tp be under government manufacture anc distinctly with no drinking on ttye premises and no saloons j of any kind. With all those stipulations agreed upon by the wets he gave his opinion that such sale would aid in improving conditions.! . - The crowd which again packed the hearing room appeared to get its greatest enjoyment, out of the scene staged as Senator Reed, standing hehind the huge com mittee table, became the lecturer and General Andrews the student in varying' degrees of art of dis tilling. I I Senator ;Reed declared at the outset that manufacture of liquor was' less difficult than making bread. General Andrews agreed with him and conceded that his description; of distilling methods were accurate. Then he produced a drawing of an Oregon) still furnished him by the marines. Andrews followed his explanation of it and at the conclusion said hej would file the drawing far future reference. "It may be useful to you," Reed said, "when youj back into the ser vice and have no) 'smelly' Butler to supervise you General Andrews joined in the laughter that greeted this obser vation, i YMCA FUIITUAE C. S, Hamiltoti Co. Unloads Car, Hauling Articles to Building A large car o;f furniture was received Tuesda by the C. S. Hamilton j Furniture Co., and hauled to; the new YMCA build ing. j It consisted of j fine overstuffed furniture for the reception rooms, desks and writing tables, apd fur niture for about 40 dormitory rooms. .Also tbjere were rugs, carpets and linoleum for various parts of the building. This car contained practically all of the! furniture for the build ing except for a few items which were purchased from other local firms. The contractors are push ing the work and the building should be ready; for occupancy soon. DRY LEADERS MAKE TOUR NEWELt AND jLEVEXS START TRIP OF INSPECTION PORTLAND, Associated Press. April 13. (By W. K. Newell, deputy fderar prohibition direc tor for. Oregon and .W. S. Levens, state prohibition director, are on a tour of inspection through cen tral andi southWestern Oregon. They plan to gof south from (The and Klamath Dalles to Bend Falls. Most of tte cities of south western Oregon will then be visit ed before they return to Portland. i: :::. : - r - W : 7 RUES SALEM aiitiits Terrorize Chicago Polls factional fight and was set upon by both sides in the controversy. - One of the bold est ballot, box thefts occurrea in the 24 th ward, scene of disturb ances throughout the .' day when 12 armed men in three automo biles,, entered a polling , place, forced the occupants into another room and scooped UP all the bal lots in sight and fled. Later elec tion officials said most Of the bal lots were blanks. Almost simul taneously seven armed gangsters raided., another precinct in the same ward and took all the ballot tOXB. ;. In another outbreak, earlier in the day, a policeman was severely beaten while trying to quell a dis order in a polling place. A balmy spring day aided in bringing out what election officials considered as a heavy vote for an off year primary election although .it wa believed not more than half, of Cook county's nearly 1,200,000 registered voters had gone to the polls. ' . ; Late in the day several election officials and watchers' in various precincts had been reported kid naped and spirited away by bands of gangsters as they, were prepar ing to count the ballots. Several arrests were made when it was charged that voters were duplicating their ballots, first vot ing in one ward, then -going to another and voting under the name of some registered , voter who had not put in an appear ance. ! Prospects for Business Good All Over the Whole State, of Oregon 'A Frank Bramwell. state bank ex aminer, has recently been in every important district of Oregon, . in the line of his duties. He said yesterday that the crop prospects in all lines in every part of the state are brighter than ever be fore. He says the wheat growers of Umatilla and Morrow counties feel that their crop is already made. It is weeks earlier than usual, and much of it wilt soon be heading out.. It looks fine; has a good, healthy color. .-v - The same general conditions as to all kinds of crops prevails throughout the state. ,. If even fair prices prevail, and the narrests turn out as wen as the outlook indicates, Mr. Bram well says Oregon ought at the end of the present year to be fairly "sitting on the world.".- All of which will make his job easier,, for such a condition would put the banks of the state gener ally in good condition. RESIGNATION DEMANDED LOS ANGELES, April 4. (By Associated Press.) Resignation from his post as pastor of tho First English Lutheran church of kLos Angeles by May 15 or sum mary dismissal by October 15, was the sentence imposed today upon . Rev. William; S,' Dysinger, convicted yesterday by a church trial board on 'charges of in subordination and conduct contra ry to church regulations. Letter, is defending him against, aB4Mrs.,Cm)beO (kft) wjtji NIU. FINIS D OUTLOOK ' ZZZ o" ' I , - " 1 s I .... ;. 4 V. y&. ' - x ii s . . I i ... ' : -V j