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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1927)
Mew State Office Building Schools arid Build Up a Be Teach Agriculture arid More Trades in Our Public alanced frbsiieritj - WEATHER FORECAST: Generally fair; f rusts over east portion; moderate north and northwest winds on the. coast. Maxi mum temperature yesterday, 56;' minimum, 35; river 4.8 stationary; no rainfall; at mosphere, cloudy; wind, northwest. - Dr. Kellogg says that the tarrn;of'the future will contain no livestock only nuts and beans. This is going to be line tor the squirrels. ' , The Architect Msg Been Empl Prop ... . .. . ft m rY'W i I SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR 10 AMERICANS STILLASHORE Changed Attitude of Canton ese Gives Hope of Safety for Refugees WARNINGS" EFFECTIVE 120 Missionaries Reach War Ves sels After Two Days and a Night of Terror; Shell ing Protested SHANGHAI, March 26, (Satur day.) (By AP.) A check-up from all accounts which Md reach ed Shanghai up to 10 o'clock this morning Indicated that 30 Ameri cans were still unaccounted (or at Nanking. It was impossible to tell their fate. Hopes of ultimate res cue of those alive, however, were brighter as the Cantonese leader had changed his attitude under the threat of another Anglo-American bombardment. Reassuring messages received from Nanking this morning indi cate that the Americans still ashore after Thursday's anti-foreign outbreaks are now reaching the protection of the United States warships in the Tangtse river. Warnings Heeded The calatary effect of the "final warnings" of Rear . Admiral H. H. Hough, which was tantamount to an ultimatum that the Cantcnese positions in the city would be bom barded unless the foreigners were escorted td safety, became appar ent last night' when 120 jaisslon aries, besieged for two days and a night of terror in the compound of Nanking university, began to reach the war Tesaejst.-. They had traversed the six miles ptweea the university and the "docks through a hostili population without military protection and were not molested. Believed on Ships It is confidently hoped that all this group have been taken safely aboard the ships, bnt no definite news as to this had been received early this morning. SHANGHAI, March 25. ( AP.) The vigorous threat by the Am erican and British naval command that Cantonese positions at' Nan king would be bombarded unless foreigners stlM beleaguered in the city were escorted to safety, to night was followed by the safe ap pearance of the first of the Ameri cans on the waterfront. The vanguard of the 120 Amer icans, who had taken refuge in (Cotimu4 oa pmg 4.) OREGON PEOPLE IN DANGER ZONE THREE FROM PORTLAND LIST ED AS NEAR NANKING . S. Hicks Of Independence At Shanghai; Home Anxiety For Safety PORTLAND, March 25. (AP) The names of three more Ore goniaiis who are in the lot and strife torn Nanking district were added today to the list previously reported. These were Dr. Mary F. Brenton, formerly of Eugene,1 and well known in Methodist church circles here; her daughter, Dr. Helen Brenton Pryor, and tfie daughter's husband, Roy J. Pryor. Dr. Mary Brenton and her daugh tcrare medical missionaries, and Pryor is principal of a mission school in Nanking. ' Other Oregon persons known to be in the Shanghai and Nanking war area are: - ' U. S. Harkson. son" of Henry Harkson, Danish consul in Port land, manager of the Shanghai branch of the Ilenningsen Broth ers' produce company; Mrs. U. S. Harkson, daughter of A. P, Hen ningsen. Portland; Arthur Hen- ?ingsen. son of A". Pi ilenningsen nd assistant manager of the tAanghai branch; r Mrs. -Arthur Mecnlngsen; W. S. Hicks, Inde pendence; William P. Merrick; Tortland. manager of iHe Shang hai building corporation and rep resentative of the company in Shanghai ; Mrs. Edna . Whipple Oish, missionary lii Nanking,' bt Portland; Miss Maude Whipple, Portland, missionary at Nanking and Calvin Hirsch, Portland, newspaperman. "i ,"' No immediate alarm is felt fof Jhe &afety of these Oregonians ex aept.for those in the Nanking Jiclnlty. about '-"whom there is BANDIT SUSPECT BROUGHT NORTH 1 - - DE AUTREMONT ON WAY TO OREGON WITH SHERIFF Shows No Emotion When Indict ment Read; Mother Comes on Same Train SAN FRANCISCO, March 25. (AP) Hugh De Autremont, charged with murder in connec tion with the Siskiyou train rob bery of 1923, left San Francisco tonight for Medford, Ore., in cus tody of Sheriff G. Jennings of Jackson county, Oregon. With the arrival earlier in the day of Sheriff Jennings. De Autre mont was released to civil authori ties, taken from Alcatraz army prison and was sent on his way to face trial for the murder of four trainmen in the desperate holdup attempt of nearly four years ago. On the same train, but in a dif ferent car. was his mother. Mrs. Belie be Autremont. who came here several days ago from her home in New Mexico. Although the charge against him means the gallows if proved, De Autremont, though slight of figure, only smiled when Sheriff Jennings formally read the ac cusation against him. There was not even a suggestion of flinch ing. De Autremont has been Ques tioned daily since his return from Manila a week ago, but it is un derstood that he has consistently declined to give any information concerning the train robbery or the whereabouts of his two ac cused brdthers, Roy and Ray. LONG RESIDENT SUICIDES Anderson Came To Salem From Iowa When Four Years Old Swallowing two ounces of car bolic acid caused the death of George Anderson, 59, at his home here early yesterday morning. Anderson Wai7dhg time reef dent of the city, coming here from Iowa in 1871. For the past few months he had not enjoyed good health and his act 1s attributed to despondency over such a condi tion. According to Mrs. Anderson, her husband swallowed the poison while she was attempting to call his brother. She immediately cal led a physician, but death resulted in a few minutes. Besides his wife, Anderson is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Dewey Allen of Salem; three sisters, Mrs. W. L. Simeral of Sa lem; Mrs. F. S. 'Bowers of Silver ton, and Mrs. Robert Flohrer of Burlington, Iowa; and one broth er, Sol F. of Salem. Funeral services will be held from Weob's funeral parlors Mon day afternoon at 1:30 with Rev. E. H. Shanks officiating. Inter ment will be in the Mount Hope cemetery. SCOTCH LORE FEATURED Over 330 People Attend YMCA Lobby Program Last Night Attracting 350 people, the larg est crowd ever assembled in the lobby, a program featuring local people in Scotch songs, centered around a historical theme present ed by William McGilchrist. was eiven last night at the YMCA. So los by Mrs. Harry Harms were par ticularly applauded by the audi ence. ' The next lobby program will be given Wednesday evening instead of" Friday, and will feature ad vanced pupils of Miss Beatrice Shelton in a piano music concert. - i : : . NAM PA WOMAN KILLED Mrs. Emery Meets Instant Death When Auto Capsizes ONTARIO, Or;. March 25. (AP) Mrs." Martha C. Emery, 29, of Nampa, Idaho, was instant ly killed this morning nine miles south of Ontario on the John Day highway when ' the. car tn which she was riding turned completely over. The car was traveling at a high rate of speed when it passed a load of hay a ehort distance from the spot from where it over turned. - t ' " ' ' ' PORTLAND HAS MEASLES Epidemic In Mild Form Reported; , Over 40O Canes Listed PORTLAND. March 25. (AP) An epidemic bf measles' has broken out here between 400 and 500 cases ' of the disease - have r been reported to the city health officer. Seventy-five cases have" been "re ported in the past three days. '2r today. 31 yesterday and .22 Wed nesday. ' ? ......... ...' . . The disease visited Portland, in 1 imm'ri EPORTS FORD N DIRECT PLOT AGAINST SAPIR Miller, Author of Book About Millionaire Manufacturer, Testifies RECALLS CONVERSATION Editor Cameron Maintains to the End of Lengthy Stay on Stand That He Alone Was Re sponsible for Stories DETROIT, March 25. (By The Associated Press.) A new reel in the long serial "Aaron Sapiro against Henry Ford for $1,000, 000." was run off in federal court today and the motor car manufac turer was represented for the first time as plotting directly against Sapiro the individual, internation ally known Jewish organizer of farmers cooperative organizations. To the very last William J. Cameron, editor of the Ford owned Dearborn Independent, ve hicle of the alleged libelous ar ticles, which Sapiro contends dam aged his reputation and circum scribed his activities, maintained he alone was responsble for the Independents articles and policy. Author New Witness A moment arter Cameron left the stand, after six days there, Ford was put in a new light, how ever, by James Martin Miller, au thor of an authorized edition of "The Amazing Story of Henry Ford." "When was the first time you came to Detroit to interview Mr. ( -. - fCoattnaed oh pftge . TREASURER SENT CHECK Outstanding Highway Indebtedness Reduced Considerably The state treasurer yesterday sent to New York City a check in the amount of $1,535.86.1.32 cov ering highway bond principal in the aggregate of $700,000 and interest. The payment is due April 1. It was reported by the state treasurer that the outstanding highway indebtedness was reduced by this payment from $36,066,750 to $35,366,750. Another check in the amount of $539,279 will be forwarded to New York City within the next few days to cover interest pay ments due April 1 on world war veterans state aid bonds. , .. . , . ASK US ANOTHER ! jmLZ , 1 mm ,1, rrr u . , mw r " " m ' 1 "" 111 HI-"" " ' 'SS? ' ? mi Ipiiif SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MEN IN INDUSTRY IN THREE GROUPS PLENTY OF ROOM AT TOP SAYS LUNCHEON SPEAKER Excellent Program Enjoyed at In dustrial Management Class -Meet "Men in industry fall naturally Into three classes namely: those who need to be told what to do, how to do it, and to be checked up afterward; those who need no checking up; and those who, given a general policy, are able to fig ure out their own duties," de clared A. J. Bales, general man ager of the Pacific coast biscuit Co.", in an address before the In dustrial Management class which banqueted last night at the YMCA. "Compensation is meted out in inverse ratio to a man's ability to do his own thinking," continued Mr. Bales. "There Is plenty of room at the top for a man of in itiative, and industry is constantly searching for those who can bear up under responsibility. The bot tom is the only place which is crowded." Mr. Bales stated that there are three "M's" in industry money, men, and machinery and that all are necessary elements in any in dustry, and without industry civi lization would perish. Hence, he said, proper correlation of these factors Is the problem of business management. Other features of the program were piano solos by C. Alexander, and vocal solos by James Smart. Professor R. C. Coleman of the Oregon Agricultural college fac ulty, who is in charge of the indus trial management class here, ex pressed appreciation for the sup port Riven by the YMCA in spon soring the class. VALUABLE CARS BURNED Lincoln and Packard Belonging to Hofers Damaged in Fire Two valuable automobiles, one a brand new Lincoln belonging to R. M. Hofer and the other a Packard owned by Col. E. Hofer, were practically destroyed in a fire at the garage used by both at rear of their homes on Sout'i Commercial, shortly before 2 o'clock this morning. The garage was gutted, but the principal loss was to the cars. The cause of the fire is un known. It was reported from the R. M. Hofer home that no one had been In the building Friday. The fire department made a speedy trip, but the building wa? a mass of flames before the alarm was turned in, and there was no chance to get the cars out until the blaze was extinguished. MORNING, MARCH 26, 1927 ARCTIC PLANES SEEK NEW LAND )ETROIT NEWS-WILKINS EX PEDITION TAKES OFF Point Barrow First Objective; Initial Flight to be 600 Miles Long FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 25. (AP.) In three airplanes, the Detroit News-Wi!kins Arctic ex pedition today hopped off for Point Barrow to begin its attempts to find land in the unexplored area north of Alaska. The flrBt plane to leave on the 550-mile journey was the one- ob tained from the Fairbanks Air plane corporation when the Alas kan, one of the expedition's three planes, broke a landing ski during a test flight. It left at 10 o'clock this morning and carried Joe Cros son. pilot, and A. M. Smith, cor respondent of the Detroit News. Two hours later the plane was reported at Wiseman, nearly half way between Fairbanks and Point Barrow. Plans called for it JQ await the arrival of the others at Wiseman before continuing to Bar row. Shortly after noon the other two planes, the Detroit News No. 1 and No. 2. hopped off. The Detroit News No. 1 was piloted by Alger Graham and carried Howard Ma son, radio operator, as a passen ger. Lieutenant Carl B. Eielsen and Capt. George H. Wilkins, leader of the expedition, were on board the third plane. The voyage to Barrow was ex pected to take about seven hours. After leaving Wiseman, the three planes will cross the Brooks range of mountains at an altitude of 3,000 to 10,000 feet and then head across the trackless tundra which slopes toward the Arctic. Captain Wilkins announced that the expedition will stay at Barrow at least a month before returning to Fairbanks. He plans to make the initial flight of 600 miles into the Arctic as soon as practicable and then venture even farther to ward the pole if the first voyage is successful. FIRE QUICKLY PUT OUT Oil Flung From Pine Calls for Prompt Department Work Fire which broke out near the furnaces below the boiler house at the Oregon Pulp & Paper com pany mill early last night was ex tinguished quickly by the city fire department before causing any great damage. Oil flung from a broken fuel line became enflamed before at tendants could reach the valves, necessitating giving the laram. Work went on in the mill without interruption and very few em ployes were aware of any trouble. Two lines of high pressure hose were put in place but only one was put into use. Three trucks answered the call. WILSON RIVER TOLL HIGHWAY ES TO FORE Application Filed for Certifi cate of Necessity and Convenience GOVERNOR VETOES BILL Hearing To Be Held Soon By State Highway Commission; Timber Now Bottled Up Says Report The Wilson River Toll road came to the front again yesterday when an application for a certi ficate of necessity and convenience for the construction of the high way was filed in the public service commission's offices. This peti tion, which sets forth reasons for the construction of the proposed. road, was filed by the -Wilson. River Toll road company. Harold Blake is serving as president ot the company and other incorpora tors are Jay Bowerman of Port land, secretary; and W. Carpenter.. At the recent session of the. legislature a bill was approved authorizing the state highway commission to construct and oper ate the Wilson River toll road, which was estimated to coat ap proximately $2,500,000. The bill later was vetoed by Governor Pat terson, and the veto was sustained by the legislature. The bill was introduced in the legislature by the Multnomah and Washington county delegations. The proposed toll road would extend from the Glenwood post office In Washington to a point within five miles of Tillamook. It would shorten the distance be tween Portland and the Tillamook, beaches approximately 37 miles. Route Through Mountains "The route of the .proposed road," read the application for a certificate of convenience and nec essity, "is through the coast mountains. It would be a scenic route which would rebound to the credit of Oregon generally and to the territory affected particularly. It would result in tourists and visitors traversing the said tre ritory, thereby securing an ap preciation of the state's resources. "The last two regular sessions of the Oregon legislature have by substantial majorities in practical effect favorably passed upon the necessity and convenience of a hard surface road substantially the route proposed to be occupied by the road of your petitioner. "No railroad or electric line or other public utility now serves the same community as would be served by the road of your peti tioner, nor is there any reasonable prospect or understanding that anyone other than your petitioner will within a reasonable time ade- community which your petitioner ( Continued on pare S.V COSMETICIANS ORGANIZE Operators From Eight Shops Af. filiated in Organization Salem cosmeticians have com pleted their organization plans under the name of Salem Cosme ticians association, connected with the national association of hair dressers. Operators from eight prominent shops have affiliated, and officers were elected at the meeting this week. They are Mrs. Emma Haley of Miller's, president; H. A. Bovell of the Model Beauty Shop, vice president; Mrs. Irene Scott of the Marinello.' secretary, and Mrs. Mary Hill of the Elite parlors, treasurer. The organization plans to coop erate in producing a better quality service at regulated prices and to make- it possible for outside In struction to be Placed available for each member. TWO FATALLY INJURED Commission - Receive Report on I 547 Accidents During Week There;' were, two fatalities doe to industrial accidents in Oregon during the week ending March 24, according to a - report prepared here yesterday-by the state Indus trial accident commission: The vlctira Were! Parul Johnson, Portland; taller; and Miles ' Lip pert; Klamath falls," lineman." ? ; There were 547' accidents re ported to1 the commlsslon 'during th week, all of which -were sub ject to the provisions of the work men8c6mpensatioii law, ' "mm. COM PROlViiNENT MAN DIED LAST NIGHT "W. E. WILSON, HEAD OF SA ! LEM BRICK & TIIE COMPANY Popular Business Man Came to This City In 1909; III for Year Wm. E. Wilson, well known and popular Salem business man and citizen, head of the Salem Brick & Tile company, passed away at 8:30 last evening at. the Salem general hospital, where he was subjected to an operation last Sat urday. Mr. Wilson had been con fined to his home at 1237 Court street for the past year, a good deal of the time bedfast, and but at intervals his condition showing hopeful signs of improvement. Mr. Wilson was 64 years of age. He was born November 8, 1862, id Michigan. His early life was spent in Iowa, where he was a traveling .man, out of Des Moines. He was afterwards in the drug business in Ruthvern, Iowa. He then went to Boulder, Colorado, where he was engaged in mining. He came to Oregon in 1909. In January, 1910, he bought an inter est in what became the Salem Brick & Tile company, being at first associated with Otto Hansen and Clias. Constable. After the death ol Mr. Hansen, Mr. Wilson bought out most ot the other in terests in the concern, which has since been under his management, in association with F. E. Neer, his fion-in-law. At Des Moines, Iowa, 89 years ago, he married Miss Jessie M c Grew, who survives him. There .are three children, Mrs. F. E. Neer of Salem, Mrs. J. C. Leedy, now of Roseburg, where Mr. Leedy is county agent of Douglas coun ty, and Ensign Ralph E. Wilson, United States navy, now stationed at New London, Conn. There are three sisters and one brother in Iowa. Mr. Wilson was a Mason, an (Oontini C00LIDGE KEEPS WATCH Officer Surprised to Hear Presi dent's Voice on Phone WASHINGTON, March 25. (AP) President Coolidge, mani festing deep concern over the safety of American lives In China, tonight personally talked over the telephone with the watch officer at the navy department's com munication center and inquired if any late dispatches had been re ceived. Informed that nothing had been received, the president requested that any despatches received from American naval commanders in Chinese water be transmitted at once to the White House. The watch officer, whose name the navy refuses to give out, in answering one of the many calls at the department, first recog nized Secretary Wilbur's voice over the wire. The secretary asked if any word had been re- reiverl and whan tnld fhr YtuA Deen none, requested that the wire be held a moment. Then to the surprise Of the of ficer, President Coolidge talked with him in person. COUNTER CLAIM FILED Wldtney Says Wbman Married at Time Mentionel in Suit NEW YORK, March 25. (AP) Evan Burroughs Fontaine, dancer, today was directed by the appehi late division of the state supreme court -to answer affirmative de fenses set up by Cornelius Van- derbllt Whitney against her suit for $1,000,000 damages based Ott the alleged breach of a marriage promise and to establish the pa ternity of her child. - The defense contentions by Whitney are that Miss -Fontaine was married lat the time of the al leged promise of marriage and thkt a prior action brought by hef in the California courts was dis missed on its merits.' ' . '. 1 " In the California action "Whit ney contended that1 Miss Fontaine was the wife of Sterling L. Adair at" the time shef alleged he pro posed marriage to her. TYPING SCORES LACKING Results of Salem-Eagen High School Contest in Doubt a. EUGENE, March 25 .(AP.3 Salem and Eugene high school typ ing students met here this after noon in a typing contest prelimin ary to the state contest to be held at Corvallis latcr , - i" Scores were not available today as papers have not -yet been cor rected. Salem team members Were late in arriving Id Edgsne and tBe contest was Hoi started until-late this afternoon. - PRICE FIVE CENTS: IRK ON STATE iisii , r . W. C. Knighton. Selected as Architect by State Board of Control COST TO BE $600,000 Patterson Requests ' losing - of Wnverly; Kay Waats New Structure N. or Supreme Court Bulldlns The state board of control yes terday employed W. C. Knighton, a Portland architect, to draw plans and specifications for the new state office building. This structure is to be erected in Sa lem during the present year and will cost about 600,000. The funds needed for the con struction of the building were ap propriated by the last legislature under a plan which eventually will defray the cost of the project without expense to the taxpayers. Under this plan the state will bor row $600,000 from the industrial accident fund which vlll draw in terest at the rate bt 4 Vi per cent. . Rentals assessed against the state departments and commissions oo cupying space in the new "building will take care of tho interest on the investment and eventually re tire the principal. J Location Suggested The initial step In the construe tioh program was to instruct the architect" to make a study.oftb capital grounds in connection with: the erection of the office strue-' ture andjjfuAure expansion. . It was suggested that the new build ing be located between the' pre-, ent capital structure and the supreme court unit but this was opposed by T. B. Kay irtate treas urer. He skid thirir thfrfblan was adopted it would be necessary to flo away with many? of 'the trees and much of the shrubbery' on the capital groands. It-Mves Mr. Kays contention that the new building should be located on the vacant property adjoining the bu- preme court building. "'"' Sam . A. ' Koter, secretary of . state, Btreased the cbhtention that in erecting the new office build ing the officials should not lose; sight of future development, Rough sketches of the proposed new office building will be pre pared by Mr. Knighton within the (Continued on ptf 8.) . . SEEKING STUDY. i: of Agriculture NELSON BELIEVES COUltSK WOULD BE THEORETICAL Meeting Held At JJberty gcttob'I J For Discussion Question; . No Action -1 "The inauguration of an' agHi : cultural course In Salem high school would be impracticable," . Professor J. C. Nelsbn, principal stated yesterday, la commenting upon a discussion t; Liberty school house Thursday nigHt la which such an addition to the cur''1 riculum was recommended. order properly to teach sucb' a course, acreage of land would be ' required for demonstration pur poses, else, the instruction would be purely theoretical and of little1-' value to the student. This we do not have." : - v At the Liberty meetlhg'it'was stated that fidt only fn The' Liberty district but In various farming d,is- tHcts siirrdunainr tie city; there . la a demand for some Instruction1 in the high school which Will bene- fit the boys and girls who plan to Btay With farming when Ibey graduate; General policies wilctt' may be put Into practice oh ihV farms from where 'the students3 come is what is desired. It was' said.-' '- " - - ' . J i . The ' meeting' at1 Liberty schoolv ! was called for rthe purpose of dis-5' cussing the possible establishment1 ot a fotir year high school in that ; section. ' County superintendent Fulkerson was at the meeting and gate data on the question of oper ation costs." taxes',- and ' general , facts on both Sides of the question. No" definite expression one way oeS the other was given. - V, " '""J: U : The 1 matter , ot tfansportatlon ' trtct td Salem was discussed, but fcbtnirix- definite was " developed. ? It Is possible that some workable'; plan will be pat into effect before BUI TDBESI