The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, April 30, 1926, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text. : , : -l - " ' ' - .".'' --.'.'':!-'', -,---. -. : ;r. - - ' ';:' - " v" . - " .- , . m') irfteS ': -. '''iriy riS iFSwm v - - j . - rf" . -V' - . -f -i - Ict: - ' : - SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR ' i I. , : . : ,; t;, , SAIJEIM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 30. 1926 ' . : : : . " ' ' ; SECOND SECTION SIX PAGES f d ' ' "' -Ar;b hudays ; (f it SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR J i I... ; ; i i : : Water Pollution Question Salem Beauty) Spot, Number -1 PtilCEy.fiC.il Important From 3 Angles huge mm InVestigatfon of City's' Water Supply Only One Phase of Dis posal Problem to Be Solred by Administration inl ? lighting Contamination i . . . .v - - . - I EUITE TdDf.V ' h . HI1UIU SPtlliVb X Air Message Received From : Expedition Leader; Now . at Point Barrow iA 1 J . l ATTEMPTS FLIGHT TODAY Wilklns and Eielson, Mot, to Make Attempt to Heath Fair- ; banks; Ask That Detroit er Itemaia jf;' NEW YORK, April 29 ( A.P.) Captain George H, Wilkin, rhci had been reported missing since April 16, sent word bjrradlo to dar that he waa -safe st Point Barrow adranee Wee of th Ie-J troit Arctic expedition. He -will attempt to retnrn in his airplane to the Fairbanks, Alaska, base4 of the expedition perhaps tomorrow, according to dispatches' of j the North American Newspaper Alli ance. Captain Wilklns , message stated that he and his pilot,- Ben E&lson, had reached Point Bar row safely on the same' day they left Fairbanks! with a cargo " ot freight on their third trip for the advance base. No word had been received at Fairbanks , to Indicate their whereabouts. ; ' ,. Since they carried an unasually heavy cargo r. their -trip'was, the most f hazardous ' . they, have , yet made over the perilous 10,000 I foot peaks of the Endlcott monn f.' " tains. i . rr;v ' - Unable- to reach an -altitude of ! y- .more than 9,000 ? feet, the 'fliers I f Mnk trere passage through t J m fa li mountains te a heavy f og. ft.fe Ofcgy,tWWM of'ttitHgleaTea t in time to show ft znonntain . '.. V side ahe4d faani the plane's right ). i landing , wheel missed - a' snow f . ,i bank by inches: -.. Arriving , at Barrow '.they were, . tat off from communication: with the outside world when 'their ra- io failed. They were held r In Barrow because of storms.: : '- " Captain Wilklns, however, "at tempted three times to hop off "for Fairbanks Ibut had to turn back twice because; of a split pro peller and ' once by- low hanging clouds in the Endlcotts. In' a message to Major Thomas .C, Lanphier, second . in command of the expedition, 'Captain WI1- kins advised him not to leave Fairbanks with the three motored Detroiter, until he receives favor able weather reports,' unless the . Alaska, Captain Wilklns plane fails to return. fJ vNFR&dlSqC:Aprite " (A-P.jA wireless message front , the (Company'i ' sUUon ; at Point Barrow, Alaska.; saying that Qap . tain George "TH,; Wilklns -and , his pilot Een Eielsbn, of the Detroit ;" V Arctic expedition . ( were safe at . that point after being missing for , IS days,; was received -today, by ll Llebes f & company, furriers. The -message said; . "WUl need twenty tons ot coali extra as we are using' a quantity keeping the 'motors warm. Wil klns and party are stopping at our station." " .. Liebes says that the motors re ferred5 to are undoubtedly the air plane motors, which must be kept from freezing. : ftf.v The coal will be sent from- here next week; on the steamer Charles Brower, the ompanys Arctic fur carrier, which was 'named . after . the agent at Point Barrow who Coa tinned M ' PSSS . S.) Thtrrsday , In 'Washington , ". The debt commission, accepted Trance's hew funding proposal. farm bloc leaders announced lport of the vHaugea relief Michigan's criminal syndicalism law, was, argued Jn , the supreme court. - ;. " - -; ; ' Senator Edge . challenged drys . to hold a national prohibition 'referendum. -, , , " - J. ' ' - -I ? Secretary Iloovef endorsed lcg i Islatlon to '-Insure '-an adequate . domestic jotash suppiyv . . ; Tte t'H e publishing a radio "cozitrol ' c -J5 tin. Iras ! approved v u s I ;ts commerce i- Pollution , of the source xf Salem's drinking . water, .the Wlilamette river, is the basis of an investigation of the Salem Water, Light & Power company's lines, ordered by the public service ronrrnission following engineers' reports that acids antf refuse from the, Oregon Pulp & Paper company's plant may have been contaminating the river. Members of the state board; of health and the state fish commission have been invited to participate in the hearing to he held in Salem on May 10. Participation of the public APRIL BUILDING TOTAL DWARFS EARLIER LISTS PERMITS FOR 63 HOMES TAK EN OUT THIS MONTH j- 1025: Total ! Placed at $107,425, . 1024 Valuation Set at1 ,7' f 154,700 j A11 previoua home building rec ords "in Salem for the month j , of April -have bees shattered by the record, made during the past month. Permits were1 taken lout for the construction of 53 homes, representing a total investment of $172,225. ; During the .'month of. April, 19 2 5, permits for 34 homes were issued, representing an outlay ot $107,425. In the April of 1924, permits for- 28 homes were taken out, for a total of 2154,700. The total for that month was swelled by the permit taken out for T. A. Liresley 265,000 residence. ; In all 75 permits, representing a total outlay of $321,775, were issued during the , past month. These figures include four store buildings for a total of $74,500. two apartment houses for a total of $45,00, 13 permits for repairs for a total of $16,550, one $12,000 warehouse, and two garages for $1500. f . ; ' , ; Permits lot: the, two Vapartmnt houses and for . flvehomes were taken out Thursday.. - J. H., Ellis was Issued a 'permit to construct an apartment house at 879 North Liberty at a cost of $35,000. f John Williamson took out permit .to build an , apartment house at 950 Hunt street, to cost $10,000. He also took out per mits for' the construction of five one story dwellings, one at 2165 Myrtle avenue at a cost ot $3000, one at 2180 Myrtle for $2500, one at 2020 Myrtle for $3500 and one at 2 19 5 Myrtle at $2000.. URGlES REFORESTATION JARDINE DECLARES TIMBER CROP NEED IS GREAT i , WASHINGTON, April 29. (By Associated Press.) Reforestation as a "paying proposition, especial ly for industries using large quantities of timber, was urged by Secretary of Agricdlture Jar dine upon the advisory committee of the pulp and paper Industry, in session Tiere today. v We nave too much cut over land that we have used or are attempting to use for agriculture when Its natural use is for rais ing 'trees," he said. "Such land might better be used in raising timber, t a crop we are Bhort 0f, than in -producing wheat or corn or some,, other crop we are long of and which we find difficulty jta 'marketing." ' : deforestation, he said, would not only . Increase the value of this land, but would enable wood- using inau8ines to maintain tneir source of raw 'material. CHARGE EMBEZZLEMENT . - - - - i - -9 DEPUTY COUNTY TREASURER - ARRESTED AT HOME . LONGVIEW, Wash., April 29- ( By Associated Press. ) L. i P. Brown," deputy county treasurer, was arrested at hie home in Kala ma, oast- of. here., this afternoon on charges of embezzling $ 1140.40 of. county- funds.'. if, '-t 5 '"'r '' Discovery -of the alleged short ege in J jinds j was .made by state examiners now working in Kelso. The embezzlement, according to n Information filed in superior court, covered a "period from April "25, 25, to March 31. 1926.. It was charged : that Brown- had secured various securities and cashed them at 'intervals.- 1" 'a';' ' - '. M ii i.i i 1 FORMER AGENT SENTENCED PORTLAND, : April 29.-l(ly Associated. Press.) C. J." ijc Knight former federal prohibition agent at Aetoris, was fined $500 and sentenced- to , si ronths In Jail . la feders,L c tirt tcre today after, be had pleaded 'guilty 'to -bp J rating, a' eUU accito ctLgrJiauor law violations contaiaed ia iafor service commission, the state uuaxa ox neaitn ana me nsn com- mission is indicative of the in creased vigilance with which gov ernmental agencies have . been watching the condition of streams, and the outcome of the study will have direct bearing upon three problems faced, by the city admin istration. - A ; 1. , Purity of drinking water. 2. Disposal of . sewage.. 3. Possible re-location of the city dump. ' -l t . . - - While, only - the question ot drinking water" is directly under consideration in the investigation ordered,, invitations ezttended ' to the fish commission, indicate ' that the entire question ; of emptyings into the river will come, up for consideration'. ;, . Yesterday's developments followed-flooding of city, mains on Tuesday when water' became dis colored,, in, portions of town. and foul In taste, though officials de clared scientific tests revealed no impurities, r Water company offici als declared their conviction that the disturbance was the result of a break in one of the two 24-inch suction mains, through which the water is carried under the slough from the island in the river. Investigation of this theory re veals that a break is the probable cause of the discoloration but that pollution - may ; be . responsible for the tasta,. Two years ago a survey resulted, In recommendations that a force pump system be installed. ( Continued , on page 2. ) ANNOUNCE RIVER FUNDS $21,000, SET ASIDE FOR WORK ON UPPER WILXtAMETTE WASHINGTON, April 29. (By Associated Press.) Allotments totaling 245,225,450 for river and harbor improvements during the fiscal year beginning July 1, were announced today -by vthe war de partment. ; . They were provided for In the $50,000,000 lump-sum appropri ation carried in the annual army supply bill, $4,774,550 being re served for contingencies. Tha allotment, for the Columbia and lower Willamette rivers be low Vancouver, Wash., and Port land, is $300,0Q0. Por the Wil lamette above Portland, and for, the Yamhill river, $21,000 is to be alloted. GETTING 500,000 ;GaHon Reservoir Ablaze in Midst of Larg-Uv est Storage Farm ' v ; CROWDS FIGHTING FIRE Standard Oil Company . Throws Their . Force late Work pf Confining Flames to Single Tank BAKERSFIELD, Cal., April 28 (By Associated Press.) Light ning -striking a 600,000; barrel tank of the Standard Oil company, started a fire in the west Kern rVrer field here the largest-stor age farm in California, it. Is said, at 5:30 this evening. .The blaze so far has been -confined to one tank which is in the center of about 6,500,000 barrels' of oiL " The Standard Oil (of Calif or nia) tank, farm is about five miles northwest of Bakersfield. Sixteen underground tanks roofed with asphalt are on the tract.. The fire at present is confined to one tank holding 500,000 barrels of oil. A dense cloud of smoke is visible for miles. Oil company officials' have summoned men from all directions and energetic efforts are being made to confine the flames to the one tank. Earthen dykes are, hast ily being thrown up in an en deavor to stop the, flaming oil from spreading in case the tank boils over. f C. L. Taylor -was an eyewitness o fthe inception of the bie fire. He had been to Fresno to visit the scene of the recent oil strike and was en route from there when the sCorm broke. The first spirals of smoke were seen following a vivid Hash of lightning, he said.- "Then the black smoke came belching out of the great earthen f i , (Continued on page BRIDGE BREAKS, 30 DIE PEDESTRIANS THROWN" INTO FAST MOVING CURRENT MOSCOW, April 29 Thirty persons were drowned" this after noon when a bridge - about 10 miles from Leningrad, collapsed plunging pedestrians into the cur rent. Soldiers rescued twenty of them. Most of the Victims "were peas ant women, bound for the mar IT WHILE THE GETTING'S GOOD 'r ' i f ,vv v. - i l- t - -- sr :z-- . 3 iS v Cornerstone of "Salem's $165,000 ' Young Men's Christian Association Building, numbered-among saiem g nrst oeaniy spots ana conniea a moaei xor similar structures population, will be laid at 2 o'clock today,' Supreme Court Justice Masonic service.-' . - FRENCH WAR DEBT PLANS SETTLED; GET 62 YEARS TOTAL PAYMENT IS TO I BE NEARLY SEVEN BILLION Settlement on Berenger Plan Comes Speedily; Coolidge Gives Approval WASHINGTON, April 29. (By Associated "Press.) Agreement for a settlement of the $4,025", 000,000 French warv debt was reached late today by the Amer ican debt commission and 'Amhas sador Berenger. France's latest offer for a total payment of $6,847,674,000, over a 62 year period was received by the commission early in the after noon and after an hour's consld eratlon it was laid . before Presi- dent -Cooiidgei wht gaveids pv provaL . - ; .The offer exceeded by more than $600,000,000' the best pro posal of the unsuccessful Caillauz mission. of last summer and its acceptance ended more than eight months of almost constant bar gaining between representatives of the two countries.. . The settlement not only con eluded negotiations . with Ameri ca's secon largest war. debtor, but substantially completed the com mission's work of funding the $10,102,000,000 foreign world war debt of this nation. . Only $295,000,000 of this amount re mains unfunded. The end of the long discussions between the two countries came quickly and quietly in marked contrast to the excitement which marked the visit of the Caillaux (Continued on page 2.) l i. --'--I 'i r 1 i -'. . - v ..! i ..'1 'iA y w V 1 h ' ot. -- - '..., . May Day Festivity WithMenPolicingC aeen Myrtle Jensen to Be Crowned at 2 O'Clock, Masquerade Party Set for 7:30, May Morning Breakfast Scheduled for Willamette university students will stage their annual May Day festivities today and of the university congregate o clock this morning. Rolliwill be called,-to make sure.that none are dodging the draft; der of the forenoon m an endeavor, to telean up the campus. Dire hints have circled the to show up and falling to show why, are to swim the mil race at the earliest convenient - At noon a student lunch will be held. To.this all students as well a all friends of the university are invited, the refreshments being gratis. Queen Myrtle Jensen, served by hec maids, JessiePybris. sji fl-Harel Malmstrom, will be duly crowned promptly at 2 o'clock. The west end of Willson park will be the scene of the coronation 'exercises and of the May day dances which will follow immediately Although the costumes for the dances are reported to be "attrac tive and effective," it is understood they are not quite so "revealingly artistic" as those worn. last year, which drew forth some criticism. A masquerade . party will be staged in EUton Hall thJs evening, starting at .7 : 3 0 o'clock, Prizes, announced as "worth winning, will be offered for the most unique costumes The May morning breakfast will bo held from 6 : 3 0 r o'clock until 9:30 o'clock Saturday morning Immediately following the break fast, to be served cafeteria style, there will be a tennis tournament in which both the men's and the women's varsity teams will partici pate. Pacific unlvereitywill sup 1v 4 Via nnnskatHrin ' , I An inter-class traet-nec wtt bel featured;" Saturday arvemoon. The customary varsity naseDaii game had to be curtailed because of lack ot runas; "The Goose Hangs High," Jun ior class play, will 'cay the week end's activities. This will be new in the auditorium of Salem-high school, the Willamette chapel be in declared lacking in staging conveniences. S. P. NETS $2,565,669 REPORT OX INC03IE ffiima OREGON FILED THURSDAY , The Southern1 Pacific company had net operating revenue in the sUte ot .Oregon of $2,565,669.14 during , the year 1925. accoramg to the annual report ot the cor- poratlon Hied In the offices of the public service commission Tnurs- day. - M -. . - , . , - - - , ? The operating revenues w e r e $8.56.07?.!l,- whle the interstate receipts ' apportioned i to i the Ore gon Mines aggregated 210.714,- 875.5 6. Bills uncollectible total ed $964,893.77 leaving operating revenues pt $19,735,849.24. Oper ating expenses ? were $17,17I 180.10.,.- v , -V. CRAWFORD JOINS ' BOARD TAKES APPOINTSIENT AS STATE FAIR BOARD MEJIBER Henry Craw ford field cperative for Ladd Bush, bank," Thursday accepted i the s appointment . as a member -of the Oregon, atte;.fair board to succeed, Wayne nStuart of Albany who has resigned. Oth er members jOf. the' board are 'A. C Marsters- Roseburg; ji. Prank Lynn, Perrydale, Polk . county. Horace Addis, Portlandcd J. r t TB)t.i. ' I I - '!V r .- i '- 'V in Facule coast cities of 30,000 O. P. Coshbw, presiding over the ampus Saturday at 9:30 tomorrow. All men students in front Eaton hall at 7:30 then they will spend the remain rounds that those men failing date, PASS HIGH WAY MS OPEN FIRST CAR OF SEASON REACH- - ES BEXD FR03I ETJGEXE ated Press.)' McKenzie highway is open to (travel, the first ear eom ing acros the pass from" Eugene this afternoon. - The" car, "which left Eugehe this mornine ; at o'clock, arrived at Sisters at 5:30, according to word received here at 6 o'clock, i The car was from-the Johnson" Motor company ' in Eu gene. Eighty-one, miles this side of EugeneJ snow drifts stopped the party . until. 4 vo clock, this after noon when the drift was shoveled out and the car proceeded across to Sisters, arriving an hour and a half later.) . DEBATE JUDGE IS NAMED UNIVERSITY; OF OREGON PRO FESSOR ONE OF THREE pr. E. E. DeCou. head of, the mathematics department .at' .Ore gon univeriBitjf, Is, to serve as one of r three judges at the , Salem, Oregon, end of -the cross-continent debate,; to be held.next Jfridsy evening in ithe Heilig. theatre . ; Dr.. J. ; Gilbert, dean-of , the college ,of jHberalarts of Oregon, was originally selected as judge, bu was forced to decline the in vitation as he had already made an' engagement for the evening, to deliver. a commencement address. -1 RAIL ACTIVITY DENIED CENTRAL OREGON SAID NOT PL.ANNING EXTENSION i PORTLAND, AprU 29. (By (As sociated Pess.) Attention was locusea nere: toaay on ine central Oregon railroad situation through the publication of a report . that tb Oregon Trunk railway was pre paring to .begin .work on the .ex tension which it seeks - to make from, -Bend! to Klamatb ; Falls. President W, F. Turner, of , the Oregon Truink, - denied that ills road had engaged in any such activity.;-;.' Hit-v,? ..in - s -V" ' ' 'f : YOUTH DECLARED KILLER i BOr. IX. Ii CHARGED "wnn BIURDER OF GIRU 0. IRONTONl' Mich AprU f29- jBy -Associated . Press,") Because sbe kicked "his dog last pctober : 6 , after hohad warned her to desist. Roy, Yates;t7 sbot to death .9r year-old Stella Binion, according to-an -atfidatit of her 17-year-old brother -filed today.f Police -have charged Yats with murder. i" ' u-; r t PORTLAND MAN NA5IED T ' COLUM BUS, Ohio, Apr II 29. II. E. PI nminer. Portland,' Ore., building .inspector, waa .elected president of ;the building officials of America at the twelfth "annual :ting of tlie organlzatioa tore upe Masons to Conduct Corner .'" i . i '.('. o - , . V ...... - X ... .-. ,. 1 . stone Laying at Servi? IMA Opening at 2 P.- M. 0. P. C0SH0W TO PRESIDE Public i, Invited to Witness .Cere mony Lasting Half An Hour, Officials Will Move" Into Building Hon.j O.:, P.,; Coshow, Justice of the .Oregon state supreme ; court, will presided this afternoon, at the laying-of the cornerstone for the new YMCA building, located . on tbe,nqrih side ot Court street be tween Chureh' and Cottage streets; Judgo Coshow is taking the place of Judge Percy Kelly, grand mas-, ter of the state lodge if the A. F & A. M. who found that he would be unable to preside as originally planned. . The ceremonies. : start ing promptly at 2 o'clock, will be conducted entirely by 't the state lodge, . : , . . - . Members ot the lodge will meet In the lodge rooms at the Masonic temple at 1:30 o'clock sharp. They 'will march from there to the YMCA building in a body, headed by the Salem : high school band. V The Civic Men's Quartet of this city will render songs in addition to -' the ceremonies presented by J the lodge. Members of the qu&r- J tet are Floyd-Thompson, Leonard Chad wick. Herbert Deal and Roa-f ald'CraTeiuc.VvVwS.-V;.; 'I- , ) yn?tbmvUy Lt o'clock, the lodge will ' commence - Its ceremonies which will be. over In exactly half an- hourA&, jMii)6mitJij;.'J , Tdmorrow the YMCA of f iciaU will move Into the :new building which will' not, however; be open to the. general Tpubllo for about two weeks. It Is the plan of the f board of directors of the local as n sociation . to - have the . building complete Inl-every detail before the grand opening is held, " '"' Today, is the last daring which the present quarters of the asso- ; elation Swill h be used. -Activities as far as members are 'concerned will ,be" suspended until the formal, opening of the new home. - ; Over half -of ; the rubber ' tilh has-been set on the. floor of thi men's lobby, 'it is expected that I this work will be finished at Je&Et by the middle of next week. ; The offices will be In readiness for of ficials tomorrow.. - i PAINT: FOR COURT HOUSE FRY.DRUd' C03IPAN1T " ACCEPTED. BY COL BicU for supplying ina painting-; the-Marion cout house ' here' werev opened county ' court . . Thursday a contract awarded' to the 1 Fry Drug company, low bi J the; Job. Fry will supply t terial for $384.10.,?Hl3 cL only 40 cents below tfca rc deri -, -V - Work on the -building t.-.: Monday morning ar. i t ::i 1 der the supervision tf J. II, nedy. v Two. coats cf t : : 1 2 will? he: given jthe-1. iiMii the, present coat h as been t off washed and t'l cracks The work will be c -; : 1 ; 3. tween. 30 and 40 t . Tho contract f or 1 'zr'. for 2,0 0 0 . pout da It: 50 ; gallons of Lc'.' gallons of raw-Hi-gallons ; of i turr r best of materia ' Seven firms" t::t. contract to fare WILLPAYTi: TOTAL OF 1201 1.;:33;INST f i Governor Tien ed js reprieve to C on February .8,- : 500and;eenl': months' tern .' Iy.'ltor-.'-Ulc-ai liquors Ilr. E - ' Jail, scntenc r. recor- I torr - ; r " -" erf : wa? I. tl3 fi . . ernol is, L-i Cr- 7 - " '-fl-l-v -Jt."l -' . . . . . . . i ....-..-..