BffjSIim- :FQEtm&Q: mmsm lVimme$tie U alley iVantGaBem. f - c t i f u AEATHER, FORECAST for Sunday: ,Fair and warmer. Maximum Saturday,. 62; mini :mnm, 43; rlTer, 0.9, rising; -rainfall,-none; 4 VSr-9 Firstf Sectibrif Pages ( 1 8 Three - Sections 22 Pages atmosphere, clear; wind, northwest. L3VEOTY-SIX1H YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, . SEPTEMBER 26, 1926 . ;.t'RICE ! FIVCi CENTS 1 0 TS HIT BY FREEZE New - Low September . Rec ords Set by Thermome ters Throughout State APPLES REPORTED SAFE Blight of -Winter's Blat Incom passed Whole Central West and Mores Gradually Toward Ohio River ;fiftt6re.; Sepuis ( AP) Twelve degrees above zero, the lowest ever recorded In Bend dur ing September, and five degrees colder-than the coldest night of December 1925, was recorded, in Bend last night. Last night's low temperature equalled the lowest pont reacehd . during an of last winter, which was on January 9 HOOD RIVER, Ore,, gept. 25 CAP) Minimum temperature of i 22. degrees was reported from the Odell district , last night, And the mercury depped to 24 at the home of ,1. H. Jeffrey, federal weather observer, on the west side. While Ice. frose to the thickness of fourth to half an inch in various places of the valley, no damage was reported to apples. ItOSEBURG. Ore.. Sent. 25- AP) The temperature of 25 de grees recorded here this morning was the lowest ever experienced I a September, according to the re-' .Port of the U. S. weather bureau 'atatlon. -OTTAGE GROVE, Ore., Sept, 25. (AP) Frosts here Friday and Saturday" mornings' nipped tender vines and tender flowers, bqt was not severe enough to do any great injury. Pendleton. Ore.. Sept. 25. 'AP)Flve Inches of. snow fell in the mountain regions of the Umatilla forest, Wednesday, ac cording to reports received at the national reserve office here today. JSnow. however, melted shortly after falling, and a rising temper ature during the last 48 hours was indicated. YAKIMA, Wash., Sept. 25. (AP) Despite the. three coldest September days the Yakima val ley has. known; local attendance at the state fair, which closed to night was. not lessened; fair of ficials said. -CHICAGO,--Sept. 25. 7(AP) The: blanket of cold weather flung eastward yesterday from the Rock mountains lncompassed. the whole central ' west today' and moved gradually toward the Ohio river valley. Killing frosts Jast ntght In Nebraska, northern Kan sas and parts of tho.Dakotas. and general but less severe Tfrosta. In Iowa. Wisconsin. Minnesota and Illinois gave force to the weather bureau's forecast that Indiana, southern Illinois. Missouri; and perhaps Ohio would 'eel" n tBe low lands tonight, the flight of (Cootinasd on page 4.) Ford Shortens Week EMPLOYES BENEFIT UNDER AUTO MAGNATE'S PLAN HETROrr, Sept J ' 5. ( AP. 1 Henry, Fordrtas inaugurated another, change. in the conduct of his Industries' -as radical -a his anaounceme'nff a $5 eight hour day seemed more than 10 rears ago. ' Official announce ment came today that te Ave Jay week is to be the standari for Ford workers 4 . That this should bo so was his announced;' la tentlon 10 jears agp. when some .tew ae- Jiejrtments of ' his automobile fW ants were put on. such , sC )ifxjAedule. In July of this year a number of shifts were given the nve-diy week, and now as rapidly as possible the fully free Saturday, as well a SuQ-. .da. is"to be gfadfed to all men engaged in the half sv hucUred Aelds of labor controlled - by VoT&.;rj,:.,-3..; . iTtie day, tf td continue at' eight hovrs without overtime. Wages are not to be left o.i a six-day basisi except according fo merit. It is-hoped-that ajl workers wlli f repay i the , e?tr' day of leisure with effort wrr ranting . their being, granted this extra emolument."; . Beet Sugar Factory Here Will Care Farmers of Willamette Valley to Be Asked to Sign Up 8000 Acres; Eugene and Salem Growers Equally Favored, Firm Pays Freight This is the biggest news feature of the year, for Salem and the whole Willamette valley. It is the news of the fact that Salem can have a beet sugar factory, ready for the 1927 crdp, if the Willamette valley will grow 8000 acres of sugar beets, on the right kind of land, under proper cultivation. On this condition, with that acreage signed up on contracts such as are used in all the districts where the company has factories, the Utah-Idaho Sugar company will build a factory in Salem, or will move a factory from some other point, with capacity for processing the beets from REPUBLICANS TO TALK ELECTION CAMPAIGNS BURRIS ADDRESSES MESSAGE f O STATE VOTERS Headquarters Will Be Opened In BUgh Building Next Week Paul F. Burris, chairman of the Marion county republican central committee last night sent forth me ioiiowmg appeal to voters. members of the central committee mjid to republican candidates in dicating that a meeting would probably be called on Wednesday, at the state fair grounds:' . "Our primary law requires a candidate to take the pledge, If I am not nominated, I will not ac cept the nomination or endorse ment of any parry other than the one. in which I am registered.' "Oregon history shows that no man has ever violated that pledge and been elected. If wo do our full duty in the coming election we will administer such a rebuke to party traitors that in future elections disgrunted candidates in the primary election will not become , the tool of the opposing party In the general election. "Our theory of government calls calls for! control by a political par ty, and that In accordance with the provisions of the -party platform laws shall be passed for the reguJ iation of our national -affairs. "This is a repubUcan adminis tration and It will remain In pow er If prosperity continues to in crease as it has during the last five vears. Republican Oregon has. and will have, many things to ask of the republican administration that can only be procured by a regular republican delegation. ? .THow; foolish we would. Tie If because of any laxness on our part we 'should allow a democrat to be elected United States senator from Oregon to antagonize and hamper th4 administration and to split our delegation. Even moreoolish it would be to elect a traitor to his prty, owing allegiance to a group whose platform is 'rule or ruin,' and as a reward for unfaithful ness send. him back to Washington to. further the interests of that group. - - i i - "We anticipate opening head- Quarters next to the new Bligh theater this coming week and will be glad to see you there. We have a liberal supply of cards and post ers for distribution so let us know your wants. (Signed) , Marlon County Republican Committee PAUL F. BURRIS. -Chairman. frit -1 : ; MORE PUPILS ENROLLED SALEM SCHOOLS ANNOUNCE INCREASED ATTENDANCE With 4168 students enrolled in the local, schools, registration at the end of the first week is high er than ever before, and Is nearly 2Q0 greater than that of last .year at this time. The Park school Is the only one having less students than last year. Registration at each school is as follows: Senior high, 1006;. Par rish.. junior high. 909; McKinley junior high, 217; Englewood. 292; Richmond, 259; Lincoln, 357; Garfield. 307; Park. 268; Grant 294; and Highland 259. The. number of students in the ocaf schools at this time In 1925 was 2978. and in 1924 was 2969. OREGON SUSPECT HELD RAY CHARLKH D'ATJTREMONT THOUGHT CAPTURED NEW ORLEANS, ' Sept. 25.- (AP) A man believed to be Ray Charles D'Autremont, one of three brothers sougnt . lor three years or; the dynamiting of a Southern Pacific . mail car in the Siskiyou mountains in Oregon and the slay ing of a mail. clerk, was. arrested by police1 hero tonight ; . "He Is Jjolug. held incommunica do pending further identification. The suspect gave, his name, as George N, Fletcher, 25, and Bald for 1927 Crop that acreage. That is the information given by J. W. Timpson, Washington manager for the Utah-Idaho Sug ar company, yesterday at the of flee of the Salem Chamber of Com merce, which has been. negotiating with his company with this prop osition in view for some time. Under the conditions named, Mr. Timpson said he would recom mend this action to his company, and there was no doubt ir would be ratified. ' In Salem, Not Ucllinghaiu Through the efforts of the Sa lem Chamber of Commerce, a number of farmers of the Salem district grew sugar beets; in trial plots, In 1924 and last year, and the beets grown were shipped to the plant of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company at Bellmgham. Wash, and there processed, with the n suit that it, was shown that tiieru can be grown here, in various types of our soil, a sugar beet with a high enough surcose (sugar) content to justify work ing, them up in a factory. That point, in fact, had been settled ten to fifteen years before the breaking out of the World wr.r. Beets with as high a sugar con tent as 25 per cent hare bse'n grown in the Willamette valley, whereas 12 pe." cent is high enough for a commercial beet, and the University of Louisiana, after elaborate experiments, re cently made the statement that a 10 per cent beet would be com mercially profitable, and, with a high per acre tonnage, would pro duce more sugar to" the acre than the farmers of that state get from their cane. Mr. Timpson believes that the Willamette valley will produce, under proper cultural practices, beets that will go 15 per cent sugar on the average, and 15 tons of beets to the acre. With an 8000 acre crop, of course, there will be many farmers who will grow a much, higher sugar con tent beet, and a much greater tonnage to the acre. In Sixty Mile Circuit The factory at Salem will ac cept contracts with farmers with in a radius of 0 miles on the 50- 50 basis, and put all growers with in that' radius on an equality, as nearly as possible. This means that the -farmer will receive $6 a ton when he delivers bis beets to the factory, or to any (Continued on page 3.) j V TJJV" A KlDMAPPED AMERICAN I A. si V7 JCITIZEM IS MURDERED Ux JH- - BY MZXtCAN BANDITS - -M. TWO DAY 5 LATER S AKlDiTS V fc V IfkZM'ft- ARE tXtCUTCO BY FiRtNCr StiAD Vjp f . P AMERICAN CiTlZEUS -!-7l&iv Cs JT,"' MURDERED EVERY C'O M V J . ,N THE. UNITED SttTES hiQJ) V tflUPtDE&ER I ' OUT ON 'V V? VNNo ' . o THt Same twng .(r JSM- lllv . : . .;;. ; ; ; "i . ' "... 1 ""j i " v i . f; v .... . " . . .. t i . r. - -a- t - '" . f - . - h . GUSHED AS AUTOS HIT, SEVERAL HURT Ruth Burnside, of Salem, on Running Board, Suffers Fractured Limbs CRASH COMES AT 1:30 SUNDAY, HELP RUSHED Flying Glass Cuts Occupants In Both Cars v Vergil Holley's Roadster and Machine Driven by E. R. Droff, of Mount Angel, Col lide on Silverton Road ' Roth Burnside, of Salem, riding on the running board of a road ster driven by Vergil Holley, suf fenrd fractures of the limbs and injuries to the back when she was crushed between the car and one driven by E. R. Droff, of Mount Angel, in a collision on the Silver- ton road one mile and a half north of the state fair grounds at 1:30 o'clock: this morning. Two companions. Earl Ferguson and Bernadine Bently, of Salem, sat besido Holley In the roadster's seat, while Bliss Burnside mas standing on the running .board when the crash came. She shout ed frantically as the collision' be came immenent. An instant later her limbs had been crushed. Am putation, It was feared, would be necessary later. Occupants of the roadster suf fered, minor injuries, while those riding in the Droff car were bad ly cut, Mrs. E. R. Droff being slashed above . the eyes by glass from the windshield and her mother-in-law and her sister were bruised and cut. Two children, also in the Droff car, were unin jured. According, to the story told by Droff this morning, the roadster appeared to bo stopping as it ap proached the intersection. " He declared the motor seemed to be suddenly speeded up and the roadster shot in front of him be fore he could stop. Differing from this, however, is the version told by Vergil Hol ley, driver of the roadster. He declares the Droff car appeared far away as he pulled down upon the corner. He slowed, then be lieving ho had plenty of time' to cross, pushed ahead. He declares the Droff car. hit him amidships, when ho was well Into the high way. BACKWARD MEXICO STAYT0N AWAITS NEWS OF AFTER-PARTY CRASH DOLORES McKTNNON, 14, LIES CRITICALLY ILL Stanley Cieslaek Recovering; V. White Denies Hazing Intent Burdened with sorrow,, students of the Stayton high school are to day anxiously awaiting newp of two classmates Dolores - McKIn non, 14, who lies resting qirietly though in critical condition inva local hospital, and Stanley Cies-r lack, 16, suffering from two brok en legs following an accident, an aftermath of an orderly freshman sophomore reception which brought into many student hearts the first pang of genuine grief. According to the story told by O. V. White, principal of the Stay ton high school, last nighty the inter-class social, which ended at about 10 o'clock Friday night; haS been under faculty supervision and was entirely orderly. Students left as usual, with no sign of dis order or hazing intentionjs. i Four students entered a car driven by Richard. Phillips, 18. a sophombre at Stayton high school, his companions being Miss Kinnon 14, Stanley Cieslack, 16, and Morris Cauthorne, a resident of Linn county. Going for a-drive, the, party was returning to Stayton whenthe car left the West Stayton road, about two miles from Stayton, and crashed into a. telephone pole. The accident, it is understood, occur- ed early Saturday. Miss MKin- nbn suffered five broken ribs and severe bruises, Stanley Cieslack of the Silver Creek district, suffered two broken legs and bruises, Mor ris Cauthorne, a resident of Linn -.ounty was badly cut, while Rich ard Phillips, a sophomore at Stay on high school, escaped serious injury- but is said to have been suffering from heart trouble, ag- srivated by the crash. At the hospital laBt 'night re ports indicated that Miss McKln non's condition is most serious, wiiile Stanley Cieslack was report ed much improved.. , No -attempt is made by the Stay ton high school spokesman to make light of the matter but Prin (Continued on page 4.) YOUNG GROOM RETURNS McMASTER DECLARES "FREE DOM ISN'T SO SWEET" SEATTLE, Sept. 25. (AP) John E. McMaster, 16-year-old bridegroom, escaped from a de tention home in which his father placed him and strolled back again here today. He declared that freedom wasn't so sweet and he was willing to return. McMaster has been held in the home since his return from Oak land, Cal., where he and his 25- year-old bride, eloped. He was ar rested at his father's request. The bride stowed away on the vessel with McMaster. PERILS 43 1EW Rescuers Fighting to Reach 700 Foot Level Before Miners-Starve jr THREE REMOVED, DEAD Victims, Trapped by Cave-in Fri day Noon, Believed Living at Bottom of Iron Mine Shaft j r IRON WOOD, Mich., Sept. 25. JAP). It will take three more days and three more -nights of constant toil to reach the 43 'min ers who have been entombed since Friday: afternoon, 727 feet be neath the eartbjs surface , in the G. Pabst Iron mine, at the present rate of progress. Between the prisoners and res cue .woraers are vz leett oi twist ed steel and, rock choKing the shaft that - leads down! to their eighth level at an angle of 75 de grees. ! Double relays of vaen were working tonight in efight hour shifts, removing the to nts of debris find rock which chokes! the mine Bhaf t and imprisons tne men at the eighth level of tin? 'shaft. Around the mouth of. the mine (Con tinned pn page'g.) SALEM RACER INJURED THREE RIDERS INJURED YAKIMA CYCLE RACE IN YAKIMA, Wash., .Sept.. 25. (AP) Three motorjcycle riders, Bill. Brown, Seattle;. Paul Rama ley," Portland and Cody Evans of Salem were injured, on the Wash ington state fair grounds tract here this afternoon during a 10 mile northwest championship mo torcycle race when the three crashed. The crash was due to Brown's machine collapsing. Ram- aley was rushed to St. Elizabeth's hospital and is still unconscious, Tne other two received only minor injuries. t It is thought. Brown is not seri ously injured, although hospital tttendants are uncertain of his coudition. ,r - MISSIONARIES CAPTIVE THOUSANDS ARE "REPORTED SLAUGHTERED BY BANDITS LONDON, Sept- 2 6 -p ( AP) A Reuter News agency dispatch from Shanghai quotes the newspaper. China Press, as saying that , ban dits slaughtered thousarids of de fenseless inhabitants of Shekichen, Honan. They sacked and burned the city and carried off hundreds of captives, including two women missionaries believed to be a Miss Eponine and , "Mrs. E. ... J. Davies., The .island . mision compound . was totally destroyed, adds the China Press. , REPUBLICAN RALLY HELD I. L. PATTERSON SPEAKS TO PARTY AT EUGENE EUGENE, Ore., Sept, 25 (APJI -I. Xj. Patterson, republican can didate for - governor, and Phil Metschan, - chairman of the state republican. .i central , committee, were ppeakersat the. first meeting today of Lane, county republicans of the present campaign. Plans for an active campaign for Mr. paUerson and for Frederick Stei wer, . candidate f of .United SUtes senator,'were outlined. ' ROMANS: REFUSE RAISE ' - - - . WbRKBIEN f CONTRIBUTE TO BOOSTING URAINSTfiAD ROME. ; Sep C- 5. ( AP ) The official organ of the Faseiat party today announces with great praise that theworkmen in the Fiat fac tory have voluntarily .renounocdj an increase -- in pay m. uruer iu "contribute a their share in the economic struggle toward the re valuation of .the lira.".. . THIEF; GETS JAIL; , TERM STOLEN SAXOPHONES TRACED r THROUGH PAWNSHOP Septr 25-(AP)-T For wstcallng two saxophones here. John -Kltchenor v today was sen tbneed to serve from one to two years In the state penitentiary. The saxophones . had been traced f Autoists Accept Law OFFICERS ARE UNABLE TO CATCH TARDY MOTORISTS Salem's : new one and two t hour parking limitation ordi nance, passed at the last meet ing Of the city council, went Into effect yesterday. .By the ordinance, parking is limited to one hour on 15 downtown blocks and to two hours on 13 blocks adjoining the one hour district. . Salem autoists submitted to the new restrictions in a peace ful and. orderly manner, ap parently, as. no arrests for .over time parking were made by lo cal police officers during the day. , ! EARLY PIONEER dF POLK COUNTY DIES AT DALLAS MRS. SARAH E. NELSON PASS ES AT AGE OF 82 Family Was One of First in Dis trict and Backed Early Enterprisee DALLAS, Ore., Sept. 25. (Special).- Mrs. Sarah E. Nelson, 82, of Independence, Nlied here yesterday morning. She had lived there since 1867 and was a mem ber of one of the first families to settle in" Polk" county. She was born in Lee county. Iowa, in 1845, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zebadiah Henkle, with whom she crossed the plains to Oregon In 1866. She settled near Corvallls and married Abram Nelson of Polk county November 20. 1867. Mrs. Nelson was a member of the Presbyterian- church and of the Independence chapter of - hte Eastern Star. . She is survived by two children, Mrs. Otis Butler and Ross.H. Nelson of Independence; a Sister, Mrs. Etta Walker of In dependence, ' and three, brothers, George Henkle of Los Angeles, James Henkle of Portland, and Amos Henkle of Corvalils. The funeral will be "held at the Keeney chapel in Independence Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in the IOOF ceme tery there. . Mrs. Nelson's husband was one Of the f earliest pioneers of that district, and was a prdmoter.of various enterprises for the better ment of it, such as a railroad to Dallas in the early days. Her son, Ross Nelson,' is owner of the Independence moving picture theater and her daughter, Mrs. Butler, is the wife of a prominent physician of the place. TAX MEMBERS TO -MEET REVISION OF LAWS CONTEM PLATED FOB STATE Members of -the .tax Investiga ting committee created at the 1925 legislature have been called to, meet . in Salem next Tuesday for. the purpose of drafting legla latkm looking, to a revision of the tax laws now in operation in this state. Any - recommendations- or new i laws that may be adopted by the committee will be reported to the legislature when it convenes here early m January of next year. It Fas said-that two , bills al ready r have been approved by n. embers of the. committee. One of these would "provide means for taring intangibles, . while . the other would increase - materially the salaries of county assessors. GASOLINE WAR RUMORED CALIFORNIA COMPANIES AN- NOU1SXE RETAIL CUT LOS ANGELES. SepU ; 25. (AP.) Existence of 'a gasoline price war" . was t Tirtuatly con- j firmed here today when the Union Oil company, first to cut the tr!ce of gasoline a week ago,' aanoune; ed a further reduction of one cent at its' own service stations.' bring ing the new. price, to .16 cents. A cut of. one cent Tto lZy cents also was announced In the whole- rale prjctj to commercial buyers and re-sellers. 1 . . The Associated QU Company an nounced .trom San. Francisco it had mef the first cut; by the Union and would follow any further re-1 ductiocs. ' .1ANY MEXICANS KILLED FLOODS CONTINUE TO EXACT V. HUGE DAMAGE TOLLr - NOCfALES, " Arlz. Sept. 25. (AP) Mexfco City 'despatches to the Herald say: that more thaa;14 persons have. lost their lives -"and property damage estimated at sev eral willfoa" pesos with a total loss of all farm crops for a radius of 300 kilometres has ; been caused by floods in central and southern Guanajuato." r ': y " ' ' Clear Weather Forecast : for Week, With 100.00 r Guests Expected EXHIBITS DOUBLE -SlZfe Every Foot of Housinjr Space Al lotted, Fifth Tent and Extra ( Stalls Placed, Features . . Added -1 i Forecasts of clear weather . for the coming week today raised the hopes of th4 officials 'of the 'Of e- gon state ; fair, which opens . Its 65th annual show to the public next Monday morning, that 'their predictions of a record attendance of 100,000 or more for the week would be attained. At the fairgrounds . everything is in readiness for the opening, or will be by Sunday evening, despite the fact that entries are larger in all departments, and r in some of them double the number of the best former years. Today every foot of space in the exhibit build ings had been allotted, and five big tents to accommodate the over flow had, been erected. The fifth tent, set up yesterday,, was neces sary to house the excess stock show entries and machinery ex hibits, u ;,.; In the, swine and poultry depart ments the closing of the entry (Continued ea ptr 4.) FARMERS USfc STATE ACT EVERY COUNTY IN STATE RE CORDED IN AGREEMENT The extent to which Oregon farmers have., secured protection under the state ..workmen's eon" pensation act . was indicated in .'a statement ' issued here yesterday" showing that on September 22 approximately 2075 agricultural and horticultural operations had taken advantage of the law. , r The statement was Issued b? the state industrial accident com mission wlhlch administers the workmen's compensation law. ; Every county :n the elate was represented. Marlon county was first with 10 farmers protected. Yamhill county with 303 farmers under protection was second, sni Polk county third. Included in the total were 17 large agricul tural operations owned by peoplo living outside of the state. , - ; CANADA NAMES WASSEY. VINCENT MA8SEY IS FAVORED AS MINISTER TO U, U."v OTTAWA, Ont, Sept 25.--(bV AP.) Premier. W- Mackenzie King, who suceeded the Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen in that post to day, tonight sild that tne Hon. Vincent Massey of Toronto is hi:' choice for Canada's first minister plenipotentiary at Washington, j Definite appointment, -however. will not -be made until, after thv prime minister has discussed the matter with the British : govern ment, which he Intends to do when he goes to London next month for the r Imperial conference. Mr. Massey probably will be asked to visit London at the same time. , FAILS TO SWIM CATALIflA NEWFOUNDLAND MAN COL- iarSKS CROSSING C1LWXEL. 4 SAN PEDRO. Cat.; Sept. 25. (AP.) Louis A.- Hennessey cf Newfoundland . collapsed at 4 : 26 p.- m.1 today during his attempt to . swim .the chauner .between CatSlina island and the mainland; a report here -tonight said. He bad been li) the'' water Ave houri ad 40 minutes having, put - oft from Long Point on the island, The report said Hennessey van within pvemiles , of Wilmington; adjoining San. Pedro, when M was taken, from the wa!er, ; ' AVIATOR CROSSES ASI I POLE ' MAKES ROUND : TRIP FROM WARSAW TO TOK O J WARSAW,! Poland. Sept. 25.-J (AP) Captain ' Ortlnski. Tollsti aviator, today completed a round trip flight from Warsaw to Tokyo.5 covering. 14,125 miles. , Ho wa? acompauied by, Sergeant ICubiak, also: of Ui PolUhf a Litlon scr' vice. : . . ' The last lap of 1060 miles from Moscow to Wafnaw was complet to a pawnshop In Tacoma. ed la f fcours ad 15 mJuuka, . . -: V