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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1927)
Salem Has a Good Prospect of Soon Getting Her First Yarn Specialty Willi;: & Braided Thread M ill Theater in the Wbrlcl dr Spo1SHul5pani!Q iviaaame Fvaiich and Her -Manager said the Elsihfbre is the - - - - - WEATHER FORECAST: Unsettled with rate; moderate temperature; strong south and southwest winds on coast. Maximum yesterday. 46; minimum, 38; river, 15.8; rainfall, .12; atmosphere, cloudy; wind, southeast. , Our idea of a .conservative radical.. ls4 a person who merely; touches , the affected spot with his fingers when he seea a fresh paint sign, instead of sitting down, on it- Ohio State JournaL , 0m mm - - VENTY-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS mm HANKOW SLIP FROM BRITISH TO CANTONESE Union Jack Hauled Down From All English Buildings by Nationalists AGITATORS STIR NATIVES American Volunteers Mobilized in Headquarters Adjoining Evacu ated Concession Await Developments LONDON, Jan. 6. (AJ) For the first time since its creation as a little English city on the Yang tse river in 1861, Hankow appears to be slipping from British control into the grip of the Chinese na tionalists. After a night of unre laxed tension, the outgrowth of the anti-British activities in the Y&ngUe river region all. the Brit ish women and children in Han kow were taken aboard vessels for Shanghai, while the 'men of the British concession were concen trated in two buildings. Late despatches from Hankow district indicate that the situation continues most grave, with the local British naval and civil auth orities straining every effort to avert clashes and yielding to the Chinese to an extent which, a few years ago would not have been dreamed of all because it is real ized that the smallest provocative spark might start blazes of uncon trollable nationalist disorder. '' Following upon the action of the British in withdrawing ther marines on Tuesday all the irolunV teer police forces have been dis armed and the' Chinese population left free to circulate at-will in the British quarter. The British are. relying on the pledge of Eugene Chen, the Cantonese foreign min ister, of full responsibility for law a order within the concession, has insisted that the Can- wyjese military forces will be able .T' maintain order in the district wnich the British policed until a few days ago. ptd-rided the Chin ese are not antagofllted. All business in Hankow is at a standstill. The voluntary military organizations of the British com munity have- been taken aboard British warships itt the river and British subjects have been warned not to venture- oh thi streets. "Meantime, the nationalists are tightening theif 4 cpntrol. British , flags on the municipal buildings have been replaced by the Canton ese emblem and all other union jacks have been hauled down. Other reports reaching London are LONGVIEW SPAN BILL Itf HtfUSE OREGON MEN FAUj .TO POST PONE BRIDGE MEASURE S-akr Longworth Overruled After Sustaining Motion of Sinnptt WASHINGTON Jan. 6. -(AP) opponents of the hotly contest ed bill to authorize ' construction r a bridge across the Columbia river at Longview. .Wash-, ; i failed in the house today in, a parliamen tary maneurer designed to post pone action on the measure. Representatives ' Slhnott I and Crumpacker. republicans of Ore gon, sought "to have th' bill; taken irom the calendar o which bridge bills are assigned, and placed on another calendar reserved for mtasures calling for appropria tions. . . . :. The move,, if snecessfol, would have put added barriers in the way of Representatives ''Johnson, re publican, and Hill, democrat, of Washington, and other proponents of the bill who have been -pressing for action. A similar proposal has been passed by the senate, but on several occasions a vote in the house has been blocked. Bills on the calendar to which the Longview measure is now as signed, can be passed by! unani mous consent while bills ion the i her calendar only can be called up by a special rule. Speaker Longworth sustained the Slnnott-Crumpacker motion, but, in announcing his decision. ik'Vf waa made ."with very grave rn i'i K- n t 1 1 va Oarrplt. ! demo a rr its wiMnm. cratic leader, appealed from the decision and .the House wunout a rtcord vote, overruled, the speak er, the first time that one; of Mr; Longworth's decisions has not been sustained.,. H.-? i Longworth held tho.bill on Its face showed that funds would be required, as It provides the war department, mayhpld hearings as to the advisability .of constructing the bridge. I ; Mr. Garrett took the toosition that this was not apparent on the face of the bill and that it should 13 kept on the regular bridgo bill NEW FARM AID BILL PROPOSED CONGRESS HOPES TO BREAK AGRICULTURE DEADLOCK New Measure. Provides Federal Hoard and Financial Ap propriation WASHINGTON. Jan. 6 (AP) A bi-partisan. farm relief bill, sponsored by Senator Curtis of Kansas, the republican floor lead er, and Representative Crisp, dem ocrat, of Georgia, was presented to congress today in an effort to break the long deadlock on agri culture question. It was presented in the senate and house coincident with the re sumption of consideration of farm legislation by the house agricul tural committee which voted to sidetrack discussion of the Mc- Nary-Haugen bill until next Thurs day, and to take up in the mean time the Aswell bill, a measure which omits the provision for an equalization fee on agricultural products with which to handle the surplus crop problem. Both Senator Curtis and Representative- Crisp described their measure as designed to meet ob jections raised against pending proposals. It would provide for a federal farm board and an appro priation of $250,000,000. The duty of the board would be to in sure "reasonable profit over cost of production" on farm commodi ties by declaring an emergency for any crop, when one existed, and permitting cooperatives to buy up the. surplus and hold it. Senator Curtis said his plan embodied proposals which inform al conferences with various sena tors had convinced him included the best features of all the bills now before the agricultural com mittee.: He added, however, that he had not consulted administration-officials concerning it. Both Senator Curtis and. Repre sentative Crisp expressed the hope that their measure would receive non-partisan support, and cement the divergency of views in con gress on farm relief legislation. VMcNary-Haugen? bills of this congress and the last have failed of passage and I see no reason to believe that the form introduced in this session can have any better uccesB than its. predecessors," said Senator Curtis. "Feeling that it is dangerous to permit the next crop season to be entered without any basis of effec tive support of agriculture, I have 1 Don tinned oa pf 4.) SCHOONER BEING SOUGHT ' ' . . i . .y Six Masted Ship Has Been Drifting Helpless for 21 Days VANCOUVER. B. a, Jan. 6. (AP) The salvage vessel- Cape Scott today searched fqr the Am erican six-masted schooner Ore gon Fir, which was reported -in distress in the north Pacific some where off the Queen Charlotte islands. The Prince Charles, Canadian national forest passenger" and freight steamer, rep6rted speak ing to the Oregon Fir January 4, at which time she had been drift ing helplessly for 21 lays. The schooner was towed to sea from Shanghai October 29 and was to have headed for the Colum bia river. The schooner is a product of Portland shipbuilders. TRAIN HITS STREET CAR Four Killed 'ami -17 Injured in Grade Crossing Accident SUPERIOR. Wis., an. 6. (Byr4 AP.) Four persons were killed and 17 injured when a Great Nor thern passenger train hit a trolley car here tonight at a grade cross ing. YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON iuocitUd Prem O Naval reinforcements were or dered to Nicaragua. Consideration of the Lausanne treaty was resumed by the senate. Federal financing of national political campaigns wa3 proposed ly Senator Boran. The house voted to give the navy" another dirigible, but re fused to increase the appropria tion for airplanes. t , Senators Shoppard and Borah joined In an appeal for law observ ance before ;the citizens' commit tee of one thousand. Cyrus E. Woods appeared be fore the senate committee con e'dering his nomination to the in terstate commerce- commission. The .independent offices appror priation bill was reported. to the house; the interior department supply bill wept to the president. ' ' identical finrelief bills were offered as a compromise by Sena tor Curtis pf Kansas, and. Repre sentative Crjsp of Georgia. .-. Decision to go through with an Investigation -'of bribery charges against Senator Gould of Maine was reached by senate cub-com- ROADSARGUING -. V M ) NTRAL OREGON LINES Oregon Trunk and Southern Pacific Cannot Agree j on Joint Use of Track LETTERS MADE PUBLIC Interstate Commerce Commission Invites Oregon Body to Present Views on Conflicting! Projects WASHINGTON, Jan. a. (AP) Correspondence made public today at the interstate commerce com mission indicated that the two major railroad groups conKeinplat ing extension of their lines ip cen tral Oregon have been unable to reach an agreement for coopera tion and joint use. , Commissioner Aitchison, in be half of the commission, invited the Oregon public service confmission to present its views to it, but said the federal commission saw no need for further evidence or argu ment in the matter. The Oregon Trunk railroad, a subsidiary of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, desires to build ' a new line from Bepxi to Klamath Falls, while the Southern Pacific, through its own system and subsidiaries, has parallel con struction in part of the territory. The interstate commerce; com mission, in acting upon the con flicting projects, suggested that the railroads by mutual agreement arrange for joint use of facilities and eliminate duplication. The Oregon Trunk communication said that the Southern Pacific offers of privileges in the joint use of facilities were insufficient and ( Co8tind ub 9a 5. i DEBATEbHEPULE qIvEN Salem High Team to Appear for First (Time on January 29 -Salem high team to appear for first time on January 2d. . The Salem high school debating team wiy meet Hubbard and Ger yais in a triangular debate, the firfct fo Che season, January 29, ac cording tothe debate schedule for the year received here yesterday by J. C Nelson, principal of the high school. The Salem negative team will meet Gervais here, while the af firmative team will meet Hubbard at Hubbard. Edith Starrett and Donald Poujade are affirmative debaters for this meet, while Rob ert Bishop and Isabell Childs are negative. With all the debaters experienc ed. Herman Kehrli. debate coach, is hoping for a championship team this year. OVER WARSHIPSRUSH TO NICARAGUA SIX VESSELS SENT TO EN FORCE AMERICAN FLEET United States Held By Kellogg to Have Vital Interest' in Rebellion WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. AT) - Six additional American war vessels were proceeding tonight or preparing to sail at once to re inforce the squadron already in Nicaraguan waters under com mand of Rear. Admiral Latimer. They carry an expeditionary force of four hundred marines and con sist qf two cruisers, three destroy ers and a submarine tender. Orders for dispatching of this complement of ships and men to Nicaragua were issued by the navy department today without, it was said, any request having been made by Admiral Latimer for re inforcements. The 400 marines are to constitute the legation guard at. Managua, the capital, where it w-as explained they will relieve men from the cruiser Gal veston. At the state department, Secre tary Kellogg was" quoted as un derstanding the steps which the government is taking, incHaoing the permission accorded the TJiaz government in Nicaragua to buy arms in the United States, did not constitute any change in the pol icy of the administration towards its southern neighbor. Some people, it was pointed out at the department, might call it intervention, but it was made clear that while the government had a very vital interest in the civil war in progress in Nicaragua because it jeopardized American interests, there was no intention to depart from the settled policy of seeking to stabilize conditions in- Latin America. Not to have afforded the Diaz government an opportunity to secure arnvs for its defense while permitting its ad versaries, the Sacasa liberals to do so, it was said, would be to re-' verse the policy of years standing MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 6.' (AP) American bluejackets and marines are back in Managua. They came today 160 men from the cruiser Galveston under cotsu- mand of Lieutenant-Commander W. N. Richardson, Jr. and will act as a legation guard. All Man agua is breathing easily for the first time in many months. Coincidentally. Rear Admiral Latimer, in command of the Am- CnntiriT!d on vara 6:) PIERCE ASKED TO TALK Governor on Retiring Will Lecture On Law- Enforcement Governor Pierce, who will re tire from office here next Monday, has been invited to give a series of addresses in California, Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois The first of these addresses will be given in Los Angeles where the governor will speak before a gathering of church workers. His address will deal with law enforcement. THE NEW WATER WAGON "7- COUNTY SCHOOL PAY SCALE OUT SCHEDULE FOR SUPERINTEN DENTS GIVEN IN REPORT Minimum of $2,000 Provided for Heads in all Counties of State But Three The proposed salary schedule for county school superintendents, compiled by a committee headed by Fred Peterson, Klamath coun ty superintendent, was released yesterday. A minimum salary of $2,000 is provided for all counties except three Crook, Klamath and Lincoln. These three counties have what is known as the unit system used by most cities. Under this system only the board of education is e'ective. They employ the super intendent. The state in these three cases has no jurisdiction over salaries. "There is no question but that the raise is justified for every county that I know of," C. A. How- rard, state superintendent of pub lic instruction, declared. "At pres ent there are counties that employ part-time superintendents at a low salary. This is not because they do not need the full-time services of a "superintendent, however. "There is certainly need of an increase. In many places super intendents are getting less pay than their teachers. Though the office is elective, there is no dan ger of incompetent people being elected, for to be a candidate on the ballot one must be a teacher A life certificate is now required ot county superintendents. They have to pass state examinations in all subjects given, or be qualified graduates of a standard university or standard normal school. When the number of school children in a county exceeds a cer tain number the salary is larger. Thus Marion, Lane and Clackamas counties with 15,000 school child ren would pay their superinten dents 82800. These are the larg est salaries except for Multnomah yunty. The minimum requested by county assessors is also $2,000 (Continued on pace 5.) HEXATHL0N TO BE HELD Men's Class at YMCA Till Take I art in anea invents Early in February the men's gymnasium class at the Salem YMCA will begin competition in the hexathlon events,, a program which will continue for a number of weeks, the events being spread out over several class periods, Physical Director R. R. Boardman announces. The events are the 60 yard and 160 yard potato races, the shot put, running high jump, standing broad jump and fence vault. This program is being carried out throughout the YMCA organ izations everywhere, and compar ative records are kept. The boys' classes will be rec orded in the same events during March. SEE ADVANTAGE IN STATE WIDE SCHOOL BOARD Improvement of Entire-System Is Aim of Recom- mendation COMMITTEE REPORTS IN Special Body Created by 1925 Legislature Questions Expe diency of Solons Fix ing Curriculum Providing a body for the public schools of Oregon with the power to adopt means and policies, for improving the whole acioot sys tem both as to methods andcur ricula, was the purpose of the special investigation committee in recommending, in its report re leased Thursday, that a state board of education of seven mem bers be created, to take the- place of the state textbook commission, the board of higher curricula and the state board of education, the report reveals. "We question the expediency of the legislature exercising its un doubted right to prescribe on its own initiative a -course of study for the Oregon schools,", the re port states. The members of the committee were George 11. Alden of Willam ette university, Senatpr .B. L. Eddy of Roseburg and Dr. C. J. Smith of Portland. They were appointed by Governor Pierce, in accordance with an act Of the 1925 legislature. Three of the seven members of the board would be practical edu cators who are actually engaged in the teaching profession. The four other members of the board would be selected from different walks of life. None would be connected in any way with tax supported state educational in stitutions. The board would prescribe the course of study for the grade and the high schools, select the text books used in the schools, super vise private schools., and make and enforce rules and regulations for the improvement of the educa tional system. The state superin tendent of schools would be the executive officer of the board. It was pointed out by the in vestigating committee that the present board of education is com- (Continued on page 2.) THEATER OWNERS UNITE George Guthrie Elected President of New Association PORTLAND. Jan. 6 (AP) The Oregon Theatre association, an organization to protect and further the interests of its mem bers throughout the state, was formed at a meeting of leading Oregon theatre owners Uiere today. George Guthrie of Salem was elected president of the associa tion. The association will announce in about a week the appointment of a spokesman in business mat ters with powers and duties simi lar to those of Will Hays of the motion picture industry and Judge K. M. Landis in baseball. The names of two prominent Portland men and a Medford man are being considered for the post. F-RICE DENIED PERMIT County Court Not to Allow Dance Hall in Klenwood Park" License to oneratp a Hanoo hail in Glenwood park will be denied - A. irice, the county court deJ cided. Price had 12 sienera to his application, but a petition with 1 1 names was presented to the court asking that license be de nied. Those siernine the netitinn re side near the park from the Salem city limits ndrth to .the Keiser school. Another application for a dance hall permit has reached the county court from R. H. Champ; mui Jity, wno operates a dance hall known as Champ's garage at Mehama. The court will license this place, it was said. LAW OBSERVERS MEET Senator Borah Ask Wtfts to "Put Forth Their Platform WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (AP A rallying cry lor law observ ance, coupled with a challenge to all political parties to deviate at their, own peril from, the pathway of prohibition. "aa sounded today and tonight by speakers before the annuar meeting of the" citizens committee of" one thousand, i : Senator Borah of Idaho, one of the republican leaders ot the sen ate," advised those" who believe in "nullification of the. eighteenth amendment to pu t forth - their platform and name their eandi- MANY PIONEERS ATTEND MATINEE NEAR 10O EARLY RESIDENTS GUESTS AT CAPITOL Theatre, Gray Belle, Capitol Mo tors, and Statesman Pro vide Party Nearly 100 Oregon pioneers, residents of the Oregon, country before 1870, had the time of their lives at the Old Pioneer matinee and. tea given by the Capitol thea tre. Gray Belle, Capitol Motors, and The Statesman yesterday afternoon. Pioneers came from all over the city and some even came from the surrounding country to see again the old stirring days of Indian warfare, buffalo hunting, and cow punching, as depicted in "The Flaming Frontier," one of the greatest pictures of pioneer life ever shown on the screen. So popular was the matinee that some pioneers, too feeble tofwalk. came in wheel chairs. All those who were unable to move about by themselves were hot kept from the opportunity to see the picture, thanks to the, generosity of the Capitol Motors management which worked over time carrying the old timers to and from the celebra tion. The Gapitol theatre furnished the best loge seats in the house for the picture, which gave a true and accurate representation of pioneer and frontier life, accord ing' to the verdict of the pioneers, the bejst judges of a picture of the life in which they once took such an active part. The scenes on the screen re called many events of former days to the pioneers, some of whom had lived here from the earliest days, when Oregon was nothing but a vast wilderness, when they fought the redskins and slew the buffalo themselves. Following the show, the pio neers were taken in a body to the Gray Belle, where they had tea and discussed past history of the state for a long time. Most of them said they expected to come back to all such perform ances for many years to come. 3 MURDERERS EXECUTED Young West Indies Negroes Pay Penalty With Lives OSSINING, N. Y., Jan. 6. (AP) Three young West Indies negroes were executed in the elec tric chair at Sing Sing prison late tonight for the killing of William B. Young, 65 year old watchman in a silk robbery in New York City, Feb, 7, 1926. The condemned men were Charles Goldson, 22. Edgar Humes. 22, and George Williams, 26. A fourth negro. Benjamin Bradley, convicted of murder for the same crime, faces death a week from tonight.. The. triple execution tonight was the second one performed within 24 hours by State Executioner Robert Elliott. Elliott, who -serves in the same ca pacity for Massachusetts, New Jer sey and Pennsylvania, put to death three men in Boston early today for the murder of a night watch man, in a car barn holdup. His duties today J?rought him $900, at the rate of $150 for each exe cution. NAVY QETS BIG AIRSHIP Appropriation for Huge Dirigible Forced Through. House WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (AP) "Big- navy" men of the house to-day forced through an appropri ation for aryother huge dirigible for the navy but were unsuccess ful in two other attempts to over ride the wishes of the president end the budget bureau. One of the proposals, sponsored by Representative Vinson of Geor gia, ranking democrat on the naval committee, would have increased by more than $7,000,000 the fund for purchase of new airplanes. It was voted down, 65 to 80", while the other Vinson amendment, to appropriate more than $4,000,000 to provide airplanes for the new carriers Lexington and Saratoga, was losl; without a record vote. 8 LIVES BELIEVED LOST Coast Guardsmen Find Wrecked Fishing Boat on Island VICTORIA, B. C. Jan, 6 (APJ Eight lives are believed lost in the foundering of the seine fishing loat Jessie -Island No. 4, on the west coast of Vancouver island Coast guardsmen found the shin a total-wreck in Pachena bay to day. Two. white persons and six Indians reported aboard' the craft when it left Chemainus for Bark- ley sound December 124 were, not VESSEL CALLSVFpR AID Message Relayed to NaVal: DItI- ,.- s ion by Jap Steamer BOSTON, Jan. 7.-(AP) An SOS call for immediate assistance from the - steamship .Nunidia was relayed to the naval communica tions division of the Charlestown navy yard at 1:10 r o'clock - this morning by. the Japanese" steam ship Taibu Mam.- . The message said the Nunidia was an American llTIJjCE STILL CUIUS -ISSIfiER All Hope for Rescue of Leslie Brownlee Abandoned by Mountaineers ARMY AVIATORS SAFE Heavy Snowfall Adds to-Discour- agement of Men Laboring for Days Seeking Lost Portland Hoy r -: PORTLAND, Jan. 6. (AP.)- All hope for the rescue of Leslie Brownlee, 20, lost on the snow fields of Mount Hood since Satur day, was abandoned tonight when 60 searchers once again returned wearily to Gdverhment Canfp with the report that no trace of the boy had been found, although the mountain had been combed in ail directions from Government Camp to Crater Rock, near the summit. A heavy snowfill this afternoon and tonight added to the discour agement of the men who have labored for days: with little rest and' nourishment!, and increased the conviction that the youth, had met w-ith tragedyi Most of the searchers were dis missed tonight, as It was believed generally that further quest of the boy would prove fruitless., A. faithful few will probably con tinue for several days, but the or ganized search is ended. So inuch. snow between 4 and 50 Inches has fallen onythe mountain that ii ia ueiiuveu mat buuuiu uruwu lee have perished, the! bodywili not be found until 'the snow melts in the spring.1- j The thoroughness with which the mountain add the surrounding territory has been searched has convinced the leaders that Brown lee had fallen at some unknown spot in the deep, soft snow and has been covered by the drifts which have continuously swept over the mountain and the foot hills since Saturday. . ' PENDLETON, j Or., Jan. -Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelly and Capt. John M. Stanley,' army fliers from Pearson field, Vancouver, Wash.,, who made a forced land ing in eastern Oregon when severe storms over the mountains com pelled them to seek a high alti tude, remained here tonight and will continue their flight to Van couver tomorrow. Both are well and their plane was "not injured in landing. ' i.. .. The aviators set out yesterday to try to find Leslie Brownlee, 20 year old Portland youth, who has been lost on Mount Hood since January 1. After circling tho peak, the fliers found themselves in a terrific blizzard; forcing them to climb to avoid It. With their gasoline exhausted j from fighting the storm, the men succeeded in landing in a wheat field. " i- divorces given; WHILE YOU WAIT NEW MARRIAGE CODE IN. RUS SLA PERMITS SEPARATION Thousands of.' Maidens " Besiege Officials Before Lavr Be came Effective MOSCOW, Jan. 6 (AP) Di vorces now are granted in Russia while the applicant waits in line.. ' The new. Russian marriage code permits divorce by the mere ex pressed wish of either party; with out evidence, and ; the soviet li cense bureaus are besieged daily by thousands of men and women seeking - separation.- A11 the' bur eaus have doubled the number of their clerks dealing with unending queues clamoring if or annullment of the marriage ties. -." ' :- w , ' One divorce wair granted today in the record time jot two minutes. i The second party to the union hasj no say in the matter, being simply Informed by the local authorities by letter that he or she is no long er . married. ' - I ' : --' -. Just before "January .'1, when, the new law became effective, thousands of maidens just' below the new legal marriageable age pf 18 besieged the marriage bureaus. ? begging the officials tomarry them to their sweethearts before the Hew year. j p. . ' "' "I hare only seven minutes to spare, pleaded a pretty 16 year old typist, -who - stjood nineteen th In -a line ot: 3i& women,-"and if you don't marry me, I shall have to wait two years more.' . ' , V Although' the clock' was about to strike midnight,' the gallant of ficials' granted her wish and !: left the license bureau on the arm of her youthlul spouse while the. crowds, cheered, .j iiiwiNii in mini iii iMMiiiiir'-iiirrirTTT-- -