Thereto b Special Election June 28, and the Ownership of the City Water Works Wlust BeDecidecJ Then
The Statcsmpn Casts Its Vptp for the Mamc La Creole as Against Hawthorne "'.for Salem-Dallas Highway
WEATHER FORECAST: Fair; rising
temperature in interior; gentle variable
winds. Maximum yesterday. 54; minimum,
25; river, 6.9; rainfall, .12; atmosphere,
clear; wind, northwest.
Two thousand white . Russians . who are ;
stranded in Constantinople must taake up
their minds by August whether they will
join the Russian reds or become Turks.
How would you like to be a white Russian? ;
SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1927
PRICE FIVE CENTS
INCREASE H
- APPEARS SUE
) "
Senator McNary Wires J. fi.
Hogg His Belief Action
Coming Soon
THREE CENTS TOO LOW
Oregon and California Delegations
Working Together; Presi
dent Ma j Act in Matter
After Investigation
Members of the Oregon and
California delegations in congress,
representing the districts where
the balk of the tonnage of sweet
cherries produced in the United
States are grown, and especially
ItoyalAnn (or Napoleon) cherries,
are working together for an in
ciease of 50 per cent in the tariff
duty on cherries, to be brought
about by order of the president,
? after investigation by the United
States tariff commission, working
. under the clauses of the present
V tariff law which provide for what
is termed a nexiDie tana-
Under which the duty on cher
ries may be raised from 2 cents a
pound to 3 cents a pound; that is,
5C per cent, upon a showing that
the duty now provided does not
give adequate protection to Am
erican growers against foreign
competition.
This showing ought to be very
easy, on account of the competi
tion of French; Spanish and Ital
ian cherries, which are sent to this
country in barrels in brine, and
even pitted, to bo worked up into
maraschino cherries.
Three cents a pound, will not be
a high enough duty, but it will be
better than 2 cents a pound.
yt J. G. Hogg, secretary of the Sa
ifp -a Cherry Growers' association,
received yesterday the following
wire from Senator Charles L. Mc
Nary: "Am in daily touch with the tar
i!f commission concerning the
growers' demand for a larger im
port duty on your products. For
(Oontinuad pajta -
PREDICT BIGGER
TWENTY PER CENT INCREASE
INDICATED BY U S REPORT
More Corn, Oats, Spring Wheat to
lie Planted, if Weather
Favorable
PORTLAND, March 18. (AP.)
An increase of 20 per cent in
tac acreage to be devoted to the
potato crop by farmers of Oregon
was indicated in a report issued
today by the Oregon bureau , of
agricultural economics of the U.
S. department of agriculture. The
average increase In potato acre
age throughout the United States
as given as 14.9 per cent."
Next in point of increase in
Oregon over last year is the corn
nop with 9 per cent more acre
age to be planted. All spring
'beat shows an increase of 2 per
"in, while cats remains the same
as last year. The land to be de
voted to barley will be. increased
3 per ent. The only decrease is
shown in the tame hay crop which
will be 2 per cent less than last
year.
"The statement of farmers In
tentions to plant is not a forecast
of the acreage that will actually
b! plauted," the report declares.
"It is simply an indication of
what farmers had in mind to
Plant at the time they made their
reports, compared with the acre
age grown hv them last rear.
"The acreage actually planted
way be larger or smaller than
these early intention reports indi
rate, due to weather conditions,
Price changes, labor supply, and
me effect of the report itself upon
Producers' action. Therefore, the
to be ispued in July Bhould not be
' as tbe intention reports."
YAsillvnfrxT mu to
1AM Substantial increases Jin
potatoes and peanuts; slight
'itMses in corn, spring wheat,
puts and hay. large decreases-In
"sans and flax and moderate re
duction in the acreage of rice,
fTin sorshums and tobacco;-ars
jaaicated by the March 1 planting
, .Uu wt xarmers, as reporiea
r j'y the department.of : agri'
BRIDGE HAZARD,
WARREN CLAIMS
PORTLAND'S TESTIMONY COM
PLETED AT HEARING
Navigation AJbreadjr Difficult, Is
Claim; "Birthright" in
Danger
PORTLAND. March 18. (AP.)
The construction of the propos
ed Longview, Wash.. Rainier, Or.,
toll bridge would not be only an
imprudent more on the part of the
city of Longview, but it would
add a behemoth to the already
large assemblage of navigation
hazards in the Columbia river and
would divest Portland of her
birthright, Frank M. Warren, pres
ident of the Port of Portland, said
today.
Warren's assertions concluded
Portland's argument before Col.
. ... Lester Jones, Thomas H. Mac
Donald and Major R. T. Coiner,
delegates of the United States
secretaries of commerce, agricul
ture, and war, respectively. This
committee has been hearing since
Tuesday morning witnesses that
were brought before it by propon
ents and opponents of the private
tell bridge conditionally fran-
chised by congress January 28,
1627.
Testimony of witnesses called
by Warren and his own plea to
day followed the conclusion of
Portland's case as presented by
Frank L. Sbull and Joseph is.
Teal.
Rebuttal by Wesley Vandercook
of Longview, and W. D. Comer of
Seattle, grantees of the bridge
franchise, will be resumed tomor
row, beginning where testimony
was -dropped at the end of the ses
sion held in Longview yesterday.
Warren H. Ijewis, attorney for the
grantees, said today he expected
to conclude the rebuttal by noon
tomorrow.
Portland would have a popula
tion of only 111,000 if her water
front industries and allied manu
facturing interests both depend
ent UDon her water-borne cora-
nerce were not here. Warren de
clared.
Portland's development is in
separably bound up with her water
transportation, and nothing must
be allowed to happen which would
destroy any of the basic reasons
for this development.
"We have had abundant testi-
monv that navigation is difficult
in the vicinity of this proposed
bridge site, that fog conditions
are bad, that ice floes encounter
the tide and stop there, that the
Cowlitz river ' empties a conflict
ing current into the stream just
above that point.
"Would it be augmenting the
feasibility of navigation to put
across the Columbia there a bridge
which one Dilot and one ship op
erator after another has declared
would be an obstruction?
"When Portland was built there
never was any question as to which
would be the better port Astoria,
nreeon City, or another town.
Portland erew here because it was
a natural radiating point for com
merce. It was the natural place
for a dominant city to grow, and
it still is.
"It seems incongruous, War
rtn concluded, "absolutely incon-
eruons. that we should be here
begging for the retention of our
birthright, threatened by two men
kne to build a private toll
hridr for Drivate gain, and the
doubtful benefit of a local com-
mniiitV."
Portland's nrincipal objection
tn th Lonarview-Rainier bridge.
as expressed at the hearing, is
knxu nnnn th nileeed insunicieni
UUO.U Mrw..
vertical clearance of the main
spans and the insufficient horl
nntal - clearance of the bridge
ni.m as nroDosed in the present
Dlans. This lack of clearance, u
- - . . i .
is said, would not only consiumw
hazard to navigation but would
prevent the larger carriers emer
lng the Portland namor.
two fatal: accidents
Total of GOO People Injured; and
Subject to Compensation
There were two fatalities in the
state of Oregon during the week
nndinr March 17. according to a
report prepared by the state indus
trial commission.'
The victims were George Hinkle,
Sutherlin, highway operator, and
John Olson, Cochran, faller.
A total of 606 of the accidents
reported were Bubject to the pro
visions of the workmen's compen
sation law.
BOY IN J CRY ' FATAL
SEASIDE, Ore.. March 18.
(AP) Internal injuries sustained
Sunday when a giant comber
threw a loe across his body in tbf
surf' off the beach at Seaside
caused the death today of Sheri
wood Easton Huff, 69, who haC
resided in f Seaside for I the paft
wu up
GROUND KEPT
Resolution Suggests City
Use Funds From Camp in
Improving Quarters
OPPOSED TO ANY SALE
Repainting of Sign in Auto Camp
Authorized; Public Market
Suggested as Form or
Community Work
Oonosltion to any move which
may be contemplated to dispose
of the municipal camp ground,
was expressed in a resolution
passed unanimously by the Salen.
Lions club at Friday's luncheon.
The motion was introduced by C.
p. Giesy.
The resolution also suggested
that the city return to the camp
ground in the way of improve
ments any profit which may be
realized, rather than applying the
funds so derived to other uses.
This action was taken in an
ticipation of the opening of the
camD ground early in April, and
following a report that the city
was Dlanning to turn the camp
ever to private individuals.
The greatest opposition was ex
pressed against the idea that the
camp ground site itself might be
sold to private individuals and
thus lost for park purposes.
Salem has never spent any
money to secure parks, and' some
day when property values have
increased to prohibitive figures,
thfi citv will realize its mistake,
especially if this site is allowed to
slip away, it was declared by
Frank Neer.
The Lions club authorized the
renainting of the sign . which it
maintains in the camp ground, a
tign which contains information
(Continued on page 3.)
SHORT CUT TO WRITING
New Method for Short Hand Use
Devised by W. V. Graduate
A short cut to the use of short
hand writing, which is expected to
completely revolutionize existing
methods, has been perfected by
Frank S. Frances, Willamette
graduate of the class of 1915, ac
cording to word received here by
President Carl Gregg Doney of the
university. The plan has been
tried out and has proved success
ful. Mr. Francis at the present
time is part owner of a business
college in Olympia, Wash.
CHARITY, ISN'T THE
VEATCH RESIGNS
FROM FISH JOB
MAKES IT EASY FOR GOVER
NOR TO REMOVE, EXPLAINS
Commission's Difficulties Not Rea
son, Says Chairman; Act
Conies As Surprise
PORTLAND, Mar.. 18. (API
John C. Veatch, Portland, chair
man of the Oregon state fish com
mission, has submitted his resig
nation from the commission to
Governor I. L. Patterson.
Questioned concerning the
move, when it became known to
night, Veatch said he resigned
only to make it easier for the
governor to remove him, should
the executive wish to do so. ;
"I feel that the governor should
have an opportunity to appoint
anyone he desires to the commis
sion,'' Veatch said. He denied
that the recent difficulties of the
commission had anything to do(
with the resignation. J
Veatch was appointed by Govj
ernor Pierce. His term of office'
would have expired June 1 of this
year.
Dismissal from the commission
of Walter T. Eakin, Astoria, and
J. S. Hayes, Bay City, has been
predicted for sometime. Those
close to Governor Patterson have
not intimated the governor would
dismiss Veatch and the resigna-
( Continued on par 4.)
EXPLOSION INJURES MAN
Camera Powder Blows Up On
Photographer in French Shop
Explosion of a one ounce vial
of camera powder severely injured
H. S. Carter. 3 80 North Eighteenth
street, expert photographer and
finisher for Kennell-Ellis studios,
and blew out the plate glass win
dow front of Mme. Buffe's French
Shop in the Masonic building at
8:45 last night.
The French Shop has just been
remodeled and a special photo
grapher had been called for pic
tures to be used in a spring pub
licity campaign. Carter had com
pleted one picture successfully and
in making preparations for addi
tional exposures the powder ex
ploded.
Carter's injuries were quite
painful. He was rushed by the
police to Dr. Vehr's office, where
a compound 1 fractured hand was
set and lacerations dressed. Be
sides the fracture his right hand
was slashed open between the fin
gers and painfully burned.
The most severe wound on Car
ter's face was that beneath his
nose, severing the flesh around the
nostrils from the bone. Numerous
glass punctures tore the flesh on
his face.
Other than the damage to win
dows and rugs, the French Shop's
loss was slight, interfering . little
with their formal opening during
the spring style show next week.
ONLY VIRTUE WHICH SHOULD BEGJN AT HOME
MID WEST STORM
TAKES 25 LIVES
MANY MORE BELIEVED DEAD
AT GREEN FOREST, ARK.
Heavy Property Damage Report
ed There and at Kansas;
Data Meagre
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., March 19.
(AP) Nine persons were killed
In a tornado that struck Denver,
Ark., according to reports reaching
the Daily News here early today.
JOPLIN, Mo., March 19. (AP)
-Sixteen persons are known to
be dead, a dozen or more others
are believed to have perished, and
at least 30 were injured in a tor
nado that swept away or badly
damaged half of the town of Green
Forest, Ark., 100 miles south of
here early last night.
The town was in darkness early
today and work of removing the
dead and injured was progressing
slowly.
Streets are a mass of debris.
Fire broke out in several sec
tions of the city, destroying three
houses and a canning factory.
Motor cars bearing the injured
were having great difficulty in
negotiating the debris in the
streets. Rescue workers did not
anticipate great progress until day
light. A train bearing a number
of injured was on its way to Eu
reka Springs.
The bodies of 16 persons are
In, one church. Other bodies arc
being taken there. The injured
vere taken to a second church
that escaped the ravages of the
storm where they are being given
r rst aid treatment.
The Missouri & North Arkansas
railroad etation, a school and one
bank building were among tbe bus
iness structures wrecked by the
etorni.
All other business buildings of
the squar3 were damaged.
The tornado swept a path abort
three-quarters of a mile wide and
extended for a distance of about
15 miles.
BANK'S BIG SAFE MOVED
Ladd ami Bush's Old Vault Taken
to S. Liberty Street ou Truck
A total of 44,800 pounds on
four wheels moved through the
city Thursday when a Farmer's
Warehouse 2 ton Federal truck
carried Ladd and Bush's old safe
from the bank building to the
warehouse at 280 South Liberty
street, a distance of four blocks.
The safe itself weighed 36,700
pounds, and the additional weight
was due to truck and equipment.
The Salem police, department
furnished a traffic officer to clear
the way for the "Big Parade"
kthrough the downtown streets. The
truck held up under the strain
successfully, although it furnished
plenty of qualms for the driver.
UN ARRIVES
STATE PRISON;
-
SHOWS NO FEAR
Harriet Weatherson Sen
tenced to Six Years on
Embezzlement Charge
ENTERS WITH SMILE
Charge of Loaning Bank's Funds
While Reserve Low May Be
Dropped; Bergman Ar
rived Monday
Smiling affably and betraying
none of the fear or emotion us
ually evinced by women prisoners
entering the institution, Harriet
Weatherson, sentenced yesterday
morning to a six year term, was
received at the Oregon state peni
tentiary shortly after 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
The woman was ' accompanied
here by Sheriff and Mrs. Frank
Taylor of Eugene."
The prisoner and attendants
was met at the depot by Warden
Lillie, and taken immediately to
the penitentiary. Miss Weather
son displayed no emotion, and
chatted freely with Warden Lillie
and other prison officials.
After recording ' the commit
ment papers in the turnkey's of
fice the prisoner was placed in
charge of Mrs. Lulu Phillips, mo
tron of the institution. She then
was taken to the womens quar
ters and "dressed in." Warden
Lillie said that Miss Weatherson
would be assigned to house work
for the present, but later might
be given a clerical, position in the
prison.
Miss Weatherson carried a num
ber of magazines and a small suit
case upon her arrival at the peni
tentiary. She smiled as she was
introduced to Mrs. Phillips, and
shook the hand of Sheriff and
Mrs. Taylor as they were about to
leave the prison. "
The prisoner was attired in an
attractive brown coat, blue tail
ored suit and wore galoshes.
UDon entering the orison gate she
leisurely viewed the exterior of
the institution, and exchanged
smiles with a woman prisoner
who chanced to be peering out of
a window.
Officials said her entry to the
prison had all the appearance of a
visitor rather than a woman un
der six years' sentence for a
felony.
Under the existing laws Miss
Weatherson will be subject to
parole after she has served two
years of her term. The parole
(Continued h page S.)
CLUBS BOYjTHEN SHOT
Ex-Convict Taken After Boy At
tacked With Baseball Bat
DETROIT, March 18. (AP)
Edward Balliard, of Fordson,
Mich., an ex-convict was shot and
probably fatally wounded, here
tonight after he had clubbed and
seriously injured William Trust
man, 11 years old. A description
of the man, believed to have been
demented, j was telegraphed to
Toledo authorities, in the belief
that he may have been the "club
ber," who recently terrorized resi
dents of that place.
The manj who leaped on the
youth as he was passing an alley,
struck the lad with a sawed off
baseball bat, breaking his leg and
otherwise severely mauled him
Police who f answered a call from
a passerby,; came upon . the club
ber in an alley nearby and shot
him as he fled. In addition to
the bat, which was wrapped with
electrical tape, police found two
flashlights, a small iron bar' and
three coils of rope in the man's
clothing. I
FORD'S PLAN OPPOSED
Consolidation of Roads Frowned
on by L C. Commission
WASHINGTON, March 18.r
(AP.t Henry Ford's proposal to
consolidate his railroad properties
into a single corporation eliminat
ing minority stockholders, met to
day with the . disapproval of the
interstate commerce commission." ,
The Detroit & Ifpnton company,
a new corporation of which the
Ford interests are the sole stock
holders, was refused permission to
take -over the Detroit, Toledo &
fronton railroad; in which; Mr.
Ford owns nearly 99 per cent of
the stpcjc, ---4-;v: f.--"-y
SAND AND ROCK
BIDS COMING UE
PORTLAND COMPANY ESTAB
LISHES OFFICE IN SALEM
Dredge Arrives at Sand Bar in
Middle of River Near
Poor Farm
Bids will be opened again for
the sanft and gravel contract at
the city council meeting next Mon
day evening, following the rejec
tion of all bids at the last session
two weeks ago.
At that time, the Portland Sand
& Gravel company was the low
bidder by a substantial margin but
were refused the contract because
of various reasons. When bids
are opened for the next meeting
tbe horizon will be changed, for
the Portland concern has imported
a complete dredge and barge, out
fit and -have announced new
branch offices in this city, putting
them on a par with the Oregon
Gravel and Salem Sand & Gravel
companies.
This move seems to substantiate
the idea that the Portland Sand &
Gravel company is after the con
tract and will bid again, giving
them a stronger hold.
The Portland firm has pur
chased strip of river front near
the county poor, farm, with a sand
bar in the middle of the river. M.
J. Ollis is in charge of the dredge
with a crew of three men. A der
rick and other equipment will be
in place by next week, with the
construction of a short gravel
road to connect the bunkers with
the highway.
According to Ollis, the dredge
will be able to put out 400. cubic
yards of finished gravel each eight
hour shift. He announces that the
firm will continue in business in
this city whether they get the city
contract or not, and that they be
lieve a real future for their firm
awaits them here.
DE AUTREM0NT SILENT
Second Day of Grilling Fails to
Bring Light on Holdup
. SAN FRANCISCO, March 18.
(AP After a second day of re
lentless grilling, postal inspectors
were unable to break the silence
of Hugh De Autremont, so far as
his alleged participation in the
fatal Sisikyou train holdup is con
cerned. Efforts to obtain a confession
from De Autremont or to get any
information that may lead to the
apprehension of . his two brothers
proved futile as the prisoner held
on Alcatraz island, continued to
stand on his constitutional rights
and refused to answer questions
without the advice of his attorney.
Postal inspectors sought chiefly
to gain information as to the
whereabouts of Ray and Roy De
Autremont, accused with Hugh, of
murder in connection with the
train robbery in Oregon in 1923
during which four trainmen were
killed.
VESUVIUS IN ERUPTION
Natives Alarmed, But Tourists
. Thrilled Show Colorful
NAPLES, March 18. (AP)
Mount Vesuvius is in - eruption,
causing some alarm to residents
of the district but putting on a
good show for tourists. Many of
the latter stayed up all last night
to watch the spectacle and today
a party of English and Americans
climbed tbe . slope " and were al
lowed to go into the crater.
The volcano resumed activity
last night to the accompaniment
of a series of light earthquakes
which continued today. The
of flame and smoke and, throwing
crater is belching forth columns
fragments of stone high in the
air, while it keeps up .deep rumb
ling noises. There- has been no
flow of lava and the shape of the
inner cone of the crater has not
changed.- ', , ,
SALEM MEN AT OPENING
Ad Club Members Attend Success-
- ful Event In Portland '
PORTliAND, March 18. (AP)
While ' unwelcome Boreas was
still playing hide and seek with
portions of the northwest and the
east, Portland received the edicts
of a propitious . spring lonight.
with the formal "spring opening
of the stores of the cityV V
; Many, out of town .merchants
and ' visitors - mingled with the
Portland thjongs and with.-them.
took, stock of the new- manner of
things,' of the gay hues of spring
finery,'- compared them wjth the
drab shades of winter wrap and
pronounced them good. T
'. Members of the Salem Ad club
attended the opening, and Eugene
was represented by, delegates, as
were other Talley pointy - '
-1 if.
-DALLAS'
People Living Along 'High
way Frown Upon All .
Commercial Signs
MAY WIDEN PAVEMENT
Meeting at Rickreall Uikinfinou;
Seek Widening of Right of Way
to 80 Feet; Other Improve-
" nients Discussed ,4
There was a great meeting at
Rickreall last night; one that will
mark an epoch in the matter of
the proposed beautiful highway
joining the shire towns of Polk
and Marion counties; the Dallas
Salem highway; or the Hawthorne
highway, or the La Creole high
way. (As between these proposed
names. The Statesman votes for
La Creole, the name of the beau
tiful stream that skirts and' is
crossed by that highway).
The meeting Was presided over
by Oscar Hayter;. prominent Dallas
attorney. Winnie Braden, man
ager of the Dallas chamber of
commerce, was secretary. Tho
meeting was held under the aus
pices of that body and the Salem
chamber of -commerce. It was a
big meeting. "Everybody" wa
there; all the farmers along . thrr
hiphwnv Lnrva i!a1antlin fin.
f--- J m f J Will
Salem and Dallas. Several from
Portland and elsewhere.
. -
Against Commercial Sgns .
One of thA Imnnrtnnt ihfnira warf
a unanimous vote against- bill
boards of all kinds on any ' high
way, and especially along the
Dallas-Salem highway. T,h en every
one present signed a paper to that
effect. The farmers present said
they would throw out all commer.
cial signs on their land- .Tho-W.
Brunk, Brunk's Corners, has al
ready ordered all such signs from
his premises, excepting one. lis
promised a" friend to allow hit
sign to remain, and he is alrcads
(Continued ob par 4.)
V tni mr it 'm
aji&4 a lii i960
bk. m m r.i v mm
PRESIDENT UNABLE TO PRE-
DICT AMOUNT, METHODS c
S500.000.000 Surplus Is Expected
for Present Fiscal
Year
WASHINGTON. 'March 1 8
(AP) -Another tax reduction next
year is possible. President Cool
Idge believes. How far it shall
go, however, and by what methods
it shall be accomplished will , be
left by him to the treasury and the
house ways and means committee
which would frame the bill. .
Mr. Coolidge's view, as dis
closed today at the White House,
is based on. a recent estimate ot
Secretary Mellon that the surplus
for this fiscal year, ending June
30, will probably exceed $500.-.
000.000, one of the largest since
the war. Income tax collections
for the first quarter of this calen
dar year are expected to exceed
those for the first three months a
year ago, when the present law
went into effect, by about $100.
000.000. . , - m ' . ;
cnairman Green already has ar
ranged to have the house ways and
means committee assemble in tho
fall to consider the tax revision..
This plan is in line with sugges
tions recently made by the presi-,
dent to congressional leaders, bat.
he would have the committee wait
until November, a month before
congress convenes, in order to,
gauge more accurately business
conditions and . the state of the
.treasury. -.v.' '?' ' '
Further tax reduction, the presi
dent has been advised, might be
Ollt nf thA niiullnn If Ida,. I.
business slump, which he does not.
foresee, one expert on revenna.
Questions estimating that a 10. per.
cent slump- would wipe out the
prospective treasury surplus. ,
'. Mr. Coolidge feels that reduc
tions could have been made safely .
In; the payments which were due ,
this quarter and in June, fn View.
of the large surplus now in sight.
but he. has no complaint with the,
decision of i senate -and house re--publicans
to apply tho-surplus to
debt reduction. In fact, he feel
this is a wise policy to pursue dur
ing gooa limes wneu iax payments
are cot fceaTiiy iyt,
R0ADIII1
BE'LACHEDLE'