it BreedeieD ib jlVieet Tom District
There Ard pniy Fddr Days Left to Add to the Christmas GHeef Fund arid to Give Food Fdi the IMeddy
WEATHER FORECAST: Rains; fresh
and strong west and northwest winds on
the coast. Maxinium yesterday, 46; mini
mum. 39; river, 7.0; rainfall, .45; atmos
phere, cloudy; wind, southeast.
: . SHOP EARLY: Only four shopping days
remain, before Christmas. ..Dd your shop-i
pins early and avoid the rush. You will
find a, new delight in this early shopping,
and also you'll bring- happiness to the
merchants and the postoffice clerks.
VENTY-SIXTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1926
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SE
W1 v
30IEIEN
ICE ENGULFS
FRAILHGH
Unemployed Men Sing Over
Prospect of Work as
Disaster Occurs
CALLS FOR AID IGNORED
Investigations Started to Discover
IUame for Tragedy and to
Determine If It Might
Hare Been Avoided
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. (AP)
A pitiful platoon of the army of
the unemployed set forth across
the Hudson river today, singing in
high hopes, but evil fortune dog
ged their path and the Icy waters
engulfed them. Of the 62 who
left Manhattan, 30 were known
tonight to hare been drowned,
seven were reported missing and
25 were under medical care for
submersion.
A hundred or more men, white
men and negroes, out of work in
the sadest season of the year to
be without funds, answered a help
wanted advertisement of the Spen-cer-Kellogg
& Sons, Edgewater,
V. J., plant early today at the
95th street pier.
A cold wind blowing off the ice
choked river and this was no
crowd to have fur coats men on
whom fortune had long since
ceased to smile, many of them'
gaunt fellows who asked only a
chance to live and were willing to
work hard for the chance.
They were men of spirit, too,
for instead of cowering in' corners
from the biting wind they stamp
ed about and sang and daneed as
they waited for the launch which
te 'ivertlsement had said would
titf them across the river.
itae launch came, the Linseed
King, a frail 42 footer Of 10" foot
beam. Captain John Rohweider
of Jersey City, called to them to
climb aboard.
"Hurry it up boys," he' said,
' there's two loads here and I've
got to get back for the second
load. I ought to be over there
( Coatianad en pare 7.)
H AUGEN FAVORS
BILL OF M'NARY
FARM RELIEF COMPANION
MEASURE GIVEN HOUSE
Split on Cotton Fee May Draw
South and Mlddlevrest in
Fight
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. (AP)
Terminating 10 days of uncertain
ty as to his attitude ,on newt farm
relief proposals, Chairman Haugen
of the house agriculture commit
tee today endorsed the new Mc
Nary bill and. virtually unchang
ed .introduced it as a companion
measure In the house. His meas
ure, like that of Senator McNary,
republican, Oregon, provides for
an equalization fee on five princi
pal commodities including cotton,
and this is expected to precipitate
a controversy between Haugen and
Representative Fulmer, democrat.
South Carolina, who has intro
duced the McNary bill modified to
exempt application of the fee on
cotton until two years after en
actment. Haugen. who i an Iowa republi
can, described his measure as "the
best thought pf the farm leaders
all over the country," and said
hearings on it would commence
January 6, with prospects of a re
port to the house shortly there
after. "There would be no reason for
drawing out the hearings for
weeks," Haugen said, "because the
subject matter has been developed
so often."
There were indications, however
that the difference of Opinion on
application of the equalization fee
to cotton might draw democrats
and middlewesterri republicans
iy" a serious fight
jnpepresentative Fulmer is unal
Vbly opposed to Immediate ap
plication and Representative As-
well, of Louisiana, ranking demo
crat on the agricultural commit
tee, declared that not One. member"
from . cotton growing sections
would dare to vote for tho bill",
unless cotton is; exempt' for two
i years. . ,t ' .
On the other hand J Haugen, as
.well as some' senate' farm leaders,
consider postponement of the fee
: would amount to a subsidy on cot
Madame Butterfly" Wins
Leading Role Played by Tamaki Muira Who Won Hearts of
People by Her Wonderful Singing, Throughout
Presentation of Opera
BY AUDRED BUNCH
Salem played hostess to a group of great guests last night
when the Manhattan Opera company of New York and the
Pavley Oukrainsky ballet stopped at the Elsinore theatre for
an incomparable engagement. Madame Muira, the peerless
Japanese prima donna, was here; and Andreas Pavley was
here to conduct his gorgeous and tragic ballet.
It was hard to tell at the close of the two-fold performance
who was realy happiest, -the audience or the artists. The
beautiful "Madame Butterfly" in her dressing room down the
COUNCIL PASSES
ZONING STATUTE
400 CITIES MAKE USE OF SIM
ILAR ORDINANCES
Members of Commission Praised
for Excellent Work Done
in Past
The city council last night
passed the zoning ordinance pre
pared by the city zoning commis
sion, after a public hearing at
which only one man voiced pro
test to the ordinance.
The people of Salem are not
yet fully aware of the ordinance's
import, according to the lone ob
jector, who asked that action on
the bill be deferred.
There are now more than 400
cities, with a combined popula
tion of more than 17,000,000
persons that now have such ordi
nances, said Alderman W. W.
Rosebraugh, a member of the
commission, in a brief speech be
fore the vote was taken on the
bill.
"The . city zoning commission
deserves a great deal of praise,
and especially does the president,
Lewis Campbell, deserve it." Mr.
Rosebraugh stated. "These men
have made this law at a cost of
little more than 1 50. This is the
same task Jot which the previous
commission, the one that resigned,
wanted at least 15000. These men
have worked literally day and
night on the job."
Mayor Giesy made a brief
speech In which he seconded the
remarks made by Mr. Rosebraugh.
Mr. Campbell also spoke briefly,
statin gthaf the commission was
not a one man affair, and that the
other members deserved as much
praise or more than he himself
did.
The public hearing last night
was deferred from a meeting a
week ago at which a quorum of
council members was lacking.
N0BILE CENTER OF RIOT
Antl-Facisti Demonstration Held
by SOO in New Jersey
PATTERSON. N. J., Dec. 20.
(AP) An armored car equipped
with riot guns and tear gas bombs
and manned by 25 police reserves
were dispatched to the east high
school tonight when General Urn
berto Nobile, designer of the Norge
the first airship to fly over the
north .pole, became the storm cen
ter of an anti-fascisti demonstra
tion there as he was about to be
gin a speech.
More than 500 persons stormed
the doors of the school and met
with resistance on the part of the
1500 audience, composed princi
pally of Italian-Americans.
YESTERDAY
in Washington
AMoeUtad PreM O
The house voted to restore the
one-cent rate on private postcards.
Senator Heflin of Alabama again
assailed the Harding administra
tion. Senator Harrison of Mississippi
called for an immediate tax re
duction. A
Consideration
ion of tnb
rivers and
harbors bill was
senate.3
continued by the
Cyrus E. Woods, fbrmcr diplo
mat, was, nominated to be an in
terstate Commerce commissioner.
. ; J; '
The senate judiciary committee
was directed to investigate charg
es that a bread trust exists.
-
Repeal pf restrictions otf the
manufacture' of medicinal whiskey
was advocated by Senator Hawes
or Missouri.
- ' ' f . j
'Approval was given " by ; the
house naval committee to the
Butler bill to authorize construc
tion, fif- tH Wghl cxttjserjfe .
of Large Audience
back stairway off stage was bub-
bling with gladness when we
found her busily attacking her
theatrical gloss with cold cream.
Beside her, In his dog-house, fash
ioned like an over-sized lunch-box
was Jiggs, the famous prima
donna's constant companion and
pet. "With that name he is truly
American," we suggested. "Oh,
yes," she answered in her soft,
unaccountably sweet voice. "He
couldn't be a Japanese dog, he
doesn't like rice." Madame Muira
reiterated her one message to Sa
lem, gratitude for much kind
ness, happiness over such a beau
tiful theatre in which to have
played, and love for her own
countrymen who remembered her
so lavishly with flowers.
The opera itself concerns an
American lieutenant; an ambassa
dor to intercede; an immortally
beautiful Chinese maiden. The
American marries the maiden; de
serts her; returns with his Ameri
can wife, and breaks here heart,
so of course there was a great
story to hear. So poigantly beau
tiful was the prima donna's voice
that her story was too real for the
curtain to alter the spell. Stand
ing in her wedding garment at
the window facing the sea on
which her husband was returning,
but not to her, she exemplified all
the pathos that the world has
ever known. Ada Paggi as Su
zuki. Cho - Cho - San's servant,
racked one's heart with the ftene-
(Contiamad on oga 3.)
BANDITS ATTACK RANCH
Several Hundred Horses and
Thousands of Cattle Stolen
DEL RIO. TexaB, Dec. 20.
(AP) The Cleote ranch, 90 miles
from the border, owned by Brit
ish interests, was attacked by
bandits and several hundred
horses and thousands of cattle
were driven away, said reports re
ceived here today.
Soldiers at Villa Acuna, oppo
site Del Rio, and Piedras Negras,
opposite Eagle Pass were active.
Additional troops arrived at Villa
Acuna Monday.
-''' S "
'I' I' V V y nH
MARKET PUS
Ratcliff Discusses Several
Similar Ones Proposed
Some Time Ago
WANTS WORKABLE IDEA
Second Letter Goes to . Heart of
Prune Trouble in State, Co
operative Plan Sought
That Will Work
Salem, Dec, 18, 1926.
Editor Statesman:
Since handing the article yes
terday on a prune price fixing
plan, I have seen the article pub
lished In the Capital Journal
which is W. F. Drager's plan. Be
sides these and the California plan
it is well know among prune men
that Mr. R. H. Kipp of the mar
keting department of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce and Mr. C.
J. Hurd of the marketing depart
ment of OAC have been actively
(Contianad oa pact 4.)
SMITH MURDERED
HEFLIN BELIEVES
ALABAMA SENATOR ASSAILS
HARDING REGEME
Inside Story of Fall-Dohcny Oil
Trial Would "Open Eyes
of Nation"
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (AP)
Unlimbering another attack on
the Harding administration, Sena
tor Heflin, democrat, Alabama,
told the senate today that Attor
ney General Daugherty's friend,
Jess Smith, was murdered "be
cause he knew too much," and
that It would "open the eyes of
the nation" if the inside story of
the recent Fail-Doheny oil con
spiracy acquittal here ever were
told.
Secretary Mellon was pictured
by the Alabaman as receiving
funds collected by Smith from
"brewers and bootleggers" in pay
ment of advances to the Harding
campaign fund. In all, he said,
the treasury secretary advanced
$5,000,000 to the republican na
tional committee and Smith was
delegate to get back $2,000,000
of it from the bootlegger trade
(Continued on pat
DAD'S CHRISTMAS "SOCK!"
RABBIT BREEDERS
TO HOLD MEETING
USE FOR FOOD AND FUR IN
UNITED STATES GROWS
Gathering Scheduled for Tuesday
in Chamber of Commerce
Rooms
Editor, Statesman:
I am prompted at this time to
write you concerning the advance
ment of a comparatively new in
dustry for the Salem district. I
refer to the raising of rabbits for
their meat and fur. I shall only
speak of it briefly here, calling at
tention to the formation of an as
sociation to foster the interests of
the industry in this vicinity. Later
I shall be glad to write a more
lengthy article concerning it more
in detail.
All breeders of rabbits are being
asked to meet at the Salem Cham
ber of Commerce Wednesday, De
cember 22, at 8 p. mi This is the
third meeting of some of the
breeders since the state. We hope
to perfect a working organization
at this time to further the in
terests of the industry in all its
branches. Some 16 or 18 known
breeders have been notified, but
a cordial invitation is extended to
every one interested to attend this
meeting.
The use of rabbits for food and
fur is growing by leaps and bounds
throughout the United States, and
(Continued from page 5.)
GASOLINE PRICE
ADVANCES CENT
STANDARD AND GENERAL STA
TIONS BOOST PRICE
Other Companies Had Not Heard
of Rise at Late Hour
Last Night
The price of gasoline in Stand
ard and General Petroleum sta
tions will be one cent more in
Salem when they open this morn
ing and will conform with a simi
lar boost effective along the coast
today, according to orders re
ceived by the managers last night.
Managers of other oil concerns
up until a late hour had received
no word of an advance and indi
cated that the price would remain
the same until orders were re
ceived. At the time of the cut in gaso
line prices a few months ago all
oil companies made the reduction
during the day and it iB expected
the advance in price will be gen
eral. PORTLAND, Dec. 20 (AP)
The local branches of the Stand
ard Oil company and the General
(Ooatlauad oa pag 8.)
REUS FMOR
U GUDE SITE
I
Final Vote Five to Four With
Pendleton Losing Out,
12 Applications
THREE SITES OFFERED
Selection of Site for New State
Tuberculosis Hospital in Eastern
Oregon Comes Next Week
Following Report
La Grande becomes the home of
the new state normal school ac
cording to a five to four vote of
the board of regents yesterday in
Salem. The decision came follow
ing a tour of 12 towns in the east
ern part of the state by the board
of regents. Many favorable sites
were offered the state by each
town. The new normal school
comes as a result of a measure,
which met the approval of the peo
ple of Oregon at the last election.
The final vote was five to four
in favor of La Grande over Pen
dleton. Those voting for La
Grande as the location were E. E.
Bragg of Salem, J. H. Fuller of
Ashland, Frank Miller of Albany,
Governor Walter Pierce of Salem
and R. R. Turner, state superin
tendent of public instruction. Reg
ents who voted for Pendleton on
the final ballot were W. C. Bryant
of Moro, George A. Hartman of
Pendleton, C. L. Starr of Portland
and Sam A. Kozer, secretary of
state.
The location of the new normal
school was determined through a
process of elimination. There or
iginally were 12 applicants for the
school, of which four were elimin
ated from consideration early in
the meeting. These included Ar
lington, 'Weston, Redmond and
Elgin. There was no discussion
by the regents with relation to the
merits of these applicants. Oxr
the second elimination .ballot La
Grande received nine votes, Mil
ton one vote, Pendleton eight
votes, Bend one vote. Hood River
one vote and The Dalles seven
(Continued on pa-a 7.)
FISH COMPANIES MERGE
Alaska Salmon Canneries Involved
In MiUlon Dollar Deal
SEATTLE, Dec. 20 (AP)
Consolidation of the Baranof and
Franklin Packing companies of
Alaska, representing approximate
ly $1,000,000, with headquarters
here, was announced today Dy Lee
H. Wakefield, following filing of
ineorooration papers at. Olympla,
Wash. Wakefield is to be presi
dent of the concern which will be
known as the Wakefield Fisheries.
The Baranof company has a
plant at Red Bluff bay, and the
Franklin concerp has canneries on
Saw Mill bay of Prince William
sound, Shuyak straits, Izhut bay
and at Seldovia. Wakefield said
the merger will greatly facilitate
handling of business.
STORM, SWEEPS COAST
Bureau Predict Unsettled Weath
er for Western States
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20
(AP) A storm area which
formed during the past 24 hours
as far south as the San Francisco
over the Gulf of Alaska, advanced
bay region tonight. The United
States weather bureau tonight
predicted unsettled weather in the
western states with heavy rains
in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
Nevada' tomorrow.
Fair weather is promised Cali
fornia on Wednesday with gener
ally clearing weather elsewhere.
Southwest storm signals are being
displayed at all stations in Wash
ington and Oregon.
8 INJURED IN COLLISION
California Car and North Bend
Machine Hit Near Eugene
EUGENE Dec. 20 (AP)
Eight persons were injured when
two cars collided on the highway
near Eugene today. E. E. Skip-
worth, wife and two sons and one
daughter of Tulare. CaJ werosin
one car and A.' Fidler and his sis
ter. Mrs. A. Martin, and little ston
of North Bend, Ore,, were in the
other. were , hadly bruised
and: cut but none was seriously
hart, the physicians said. They
were all brought to s hospital in
Eugene,
1
The Statesman
Christmas
Cheef Fiind
Only four days remain in
which to Join forces with
Santa Claus.ln his efforts to
bring Joy arid happiness into
the world. ; The Statesman
and the Salvation Army are
cooperating with Santa Clans1
and every article of food or
clothing contributed and
every cent of m6ney go to
those, who might not receive
anything on Christmas day.
Do not put it off anotbier min-
. ate, bat jodn the Christmas
heer crowd now.
Krerioualy acknowledged .S7ft.50
Vh 2.00
At friend 100
Tbo. Fleming 1.00
A printar : l.OO
A iriend 2.00 '
ONLY FOUR DAYS
REMAIN TO HELP
DOX'tT? IflSSAPPOIXT CHILD
REN OX CHRISTMAS
Clothing and Food Go to Salvation
Army for Distribution
to' Poor
Only four days and Christmas
will be here. On that day there
will be two classes of people. The
first, possessing those things
which bring joy at this season of
the year, will find great pleasure
in the day, while the second class
will be downhearted because they
lack the necessary things to bring
Christmas cheer into their homes.
Those who have plenty aaid think
they are enjoying the day very
much would find greater happi
ness if they would contribute
something to bring Joy to those
who lack in Christmas cheer.
Santa Claua is working day and
night in his eCforts to reach every
one in the community. He enlisted
the aid of The ' Statesman and the
Salvation Army early in the month
and then the Christmas Chaser
fund was started. Those desiring
to give money to this fund should
bring or send it to the Christmas
Cheer editor of The Statesman.
Every cent will be used to make
someone happy on Chrisjtmas day.
Those, who desire to contribute
clothing and food, should leave
such articles with the t Salvation
Army and everything will be given
away to needy families.
The time grows short and the
list of needy people ; and little
yodngsters, who really should re
ceive something, is getting longer
every day. Santa Just. must get
down every chimney, but to do
it he must have your help.
Think of the little kiddies, who
may arise on Christmas morn and
find an empty stocking. Think of
the great disappointment in store
tor them on that morning. Such
things should not be and they
won't if you'll give a little toward
the Christmas Cheer work.
Join the Cheer crowd at once
by sending in a contribution to the
Christmas Cheer fund. '
COURT HEARS ARGUMENT
Removal of .County Seat (o Med
ford Under Question, '
The state supreme court yester
day heard' arguments in manda
mus proceedings filed by citizens
of Medford to compel the county
judge of Jackson county bo issue
a proclamation authorizing the re
moval .of the courthouse from
Jacksonville to Medford.
The voters' of . Jackson county
recently authorized' the change of
location, of the courthouse, but
proceedings later were' filed at
tacking the petitions' for the elec
tion. These petitions subsequent
ly were held to be legal by the su
preme court, 1 '
It wis said', that the county
judge has refdaed to issue the
proclamation hased on the re
turns of the election pending de
termination by the supreme court
of certain legal questions involved
fn ; the courthouse controversy.
CARiOL OfrFErlED THRONfe
Ferdinand Tired "of Wearing, the
Crown; TVante to Abdicate
PARIS," Dec. 20.-i-(AP)King
Ferdinand's prodigal son; Prince
Carol, may go back to Rumania,
to be given tho fatted calf in the
shape pf his. country's throne,
which he renounced last January.
TheTting, sic in hody ahfr tired of
the task of wearing the crown,
wishes to abdicate the"; throne and
have Carol succeed to his scepter.
This wish he made known at a
recent seoret council at Bucharest,
it is learned here on high author-,
ity, ..v:, -
Carol Is taking life east at Neu
illy and has not seized eagerly at
ihis now lavUatjog ia ccjue baclu
llOilfl
POST CHEATED
BY CITY B
Permission! fiVarWetf South
ern Pacific td Vacate Track
on Sduth 12th.
MANY PETITIONS HEARD
Petitions Allowed for Improving
Several Street, School Board'
Deeded' Tract of Land
for City's Use
The city council last night
passed an ordinance permitting
the Southern Pacific to vacate lis
track on South 12th street line.
and to cover the tracks With a
coating of asphalt pavement.
Other ordinances passed includ
ed one for the vacation of an alley
in Block 17, Not) Hill annex, one
creating the post of moving pic
ture censor and giving It to the
police, and another giTing the fire
chief a raise in salary. i
A request of T. A. Livesley that
the council allow a claim for the
cost of a sewer built by the First
National bank to serve its new
building was disallowed, except
the item of $20.50 incurred by the
bank in constructing a catch
basin. ... . ,
A report of the city park hoard
on the financial status of the city
auto park was received and read.
A report of the special commit
tee on investigating a " proposed
purchase of the city -waterworks
was adopted with four-dissenting
votes. The report suggested 'that
the matter be submitted to the
voters at a special election to; fca
held as soon as-possible. '
"Bill ud for first reading last
L night included' ordinances for im
provemerit of Lee street, from
(Continued oa psr-J-) .
WETJEN'S POEM
TAKEN BY POST
WRITER OF SEA. STORIES
gCORES OVER CRITICS
Papers Throughout State Assail
Salem Man for Simpson
Criticism- ' a :
Albert Richard Wet Jen,' Salem
writer who recently called Samuel
Simpson, author of "The Golden
Gated West," a "fourth-rate poet,'
and who has as a result been the
recipient of scores of tirades In
many papers of the" state, yester
day' scored over the -critics '.who
call him" "no poet, when his
poem, "I Wish I'd Been In the
War," was accepted for publica
tion by the Saturday Evening
Post. . ' t -
Criticism of Wet jen f or. his
article on Simpson has been grow
ing more acute each' time it ap
pears afresh, and In Sunday's Ore
gon Journal appears the (follow
ing by Robert Swayze, intimating
that Wetjen knows no more about
Tmntnr than a sjYiirl lm! ' i '
"Albert Richard Wetjen, spin-
ner of yards, has attained more
notoriety for his senseless and un- '
warranted attack on Sam Simpson
as a poet than he will ever attain
through the medium of his .own '
mpdlocrlty- Nearly every paper
in the state has taken a crack, at
Wetjen. not seriously, but as an
object fitlfor; ridicule. The lad
has evidently never spent a sober
The Golden-Gated West, or -e
never would have penned the rot -,
which appeared in ; the' ' Albany
Democrat-Herald several weeks
ago under his name'. The editors
of the paper have righteously re
pudiated the article as something!
that, was slipped over "sqrely" ,on
misplaced trust,. The .boy should
read some elementary book on the
poetic principle, and: then, spendt
several months trying to absorb!
the beauty found in Simpson's
poetry. On every page of that
volume are lines of the sheerest
poetic beauty, . Wetjen will per
haps never be able to comprehend'
it, for he is in all likllhood a poet
aster 'who knows no better than
to rhvme 'scieen" with ' dream.
Of such compact Ignorance Is, the
would-be poet made. ; '
: Wetjen is no novice at poetry,
although he has gained his nation r"
al fame as a writer of sea Stories.
Before he began writing sea tales,
he had several poems published In'
various magazines throughout tho
country, . . ,
" , ' . .....
I.