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See? that none render evil for evil onto any man: but ever follow
that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. Rejoice
eTermore. Pray without ceasing. 1 Thess. 5:15-17.
God and
A LENTEN
By the Rev.
yon
i' da
In Jesus' day the scribes taught
ture.
Jesus spoke as though His words were.scripture.
"He taught as one having authority."
To know God is to,speak for Him.
And to know Him does not require the wisdom of the scholar, nor
the learning of the theologian.
God has sometimes hidden Himself from "the wise .and prudent"
"and revealed Himself to the simple-hearted.
TEACH THEM
At a meetincr at the Laberty
ning: the matter of an agricultural course in the Salem high
school was brought up and discussed with much interest, and
& report of the meeting says :
in the Liberty district but in
roundincr the citv are manv farmers who expect to see their
sons return to the farm when
i they would . like-to see inaugurated in the saiem scnoois a
course which would assist them
This is important
' Can you think of anything more important for Salem and
the country surrounding this city?
- - - The great hope in the solid development of this city and
section lies in the growing generation
In the future of the boys and girls who are to carry on
our industries on the land, connected up with our industries
in the city.
Who shall put bounds to the possibilities of this section
pushed forward by vigorous and trained men and women who
understand the, problems we have here and the vast accom
plishments that may be recorded through such massed pro
duction through team work?
Give our boys and girls a vision of what may be done here
in making this the finest example of balanced prosperity in
the world, and train them for the lines of work that are
needed in bringing this scheme of development to full fruition,
and there will be no question concerning the future greatness
of this city and this valley
No question of keeping the boys and girls on the farm, or
at home in the industries and affairs of the city.
Through the generosity of some of her leading people and
others', the new wing of the Salem General hospital is being
.splendidly furnished. This is all commendable It is a com
munity service that makes for comforts that are needed by
suffering humanity; and there is good business in providing
increased and improved hospital facilities here at home.
If we do not take advantage of the opportunity to secure
the water works at a reasonable price, but neglect it through
a" slothful public spirit, the next generation of people here
will have occasion to blame us severely In the developemnt
of Salem into a real city, this is a prime essential.
WASHINGTON DOUBLING BEET ACREAGE
: Facts About Sugar, New
that trade, announces that rtie beet sugar acreage in Wash
ington is to be doubled this year over last year
Which means the Bellingham district, having the only
sugar factory in that state.
It will be remembered that predictions along this line were
made in the Salem district last fall, when the campaign for
acreage for that factory was being carried on here; and that
George Vick of Salem, who went to the Bellingham district to
make an investigation, found all growers satisfied and many
of them preparing to increase their operations.
f -The same thing holds true for this year in Colorado, Uah,
Idaho, Montana, and most of the other sugar producing
states - ' . .
And this is a crop that cannot be overdone in this country.
This will likely be thfecondition permanently, for our home
manufactured beet sugar makes up only about a sixth of our
consumption of sugar. The consumption keeps on increasing
so that the . proportion does not change from year to year,
notwithstanding the building of new mills and the enlarging
of old ones,. and the taking on of new districts for. growing
beets. ?.V'' . ; "
u There js no other one crop that is worth so much in the
general indirect benefits it brings. 7 v ; 1'
The Willamette' valley will not be living up to its oppor
tunities until .it gets sugar factories, and more sugar factor
ies? and slill morei to the extent 0 haying every available
acre ina rotation crop of siigar.bects--- i. ,
I ' - And the acreage . will not be missed, for. it . will so increase
the other Totation crops as to make the beetr- Acreage stand
out as a distinct asset in the
of returns from the other industrieson the land., i
Is there any other industry
be' truthfully said?
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALffM, OREGON -
W. H. Handeraon Circulation M ana gar
Ralph H. JOctiing AdwtiiBf Maaagcr
Frank Jaakoski - Manager Job IVpt.
E. A. Rhotea . - - - LiveMoek Editor
W. C. Coaaar - - - Poultry Editor
W a 1st (M Hiimm MirmIU nt)
gharon Blde Saa Frsaeisco. HigRin
Oregnn. as second elaaa matter.
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MEDITATION
Charles Stelzle
as though they had learned scrip
AGRICULTURE
school house inursciay eve
"It was stated that not only
various farming districts sur-
they leave the high school and
in this line of work."
York, the leading magazine of
"keeping up of the aggregate
on the" land of which this tan
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MAY HELP CHERRY GROWERS
Representative Cole of Iowa
state introduced in the last congress bills to amend section
502 of the tariff act by increasing the import duty on black
strap molasses
The'idea being to encourage the use of corn in the place of
molasses in the making df industrial alcohol
And these members of the federal law making body contend
that this would bring about the use of 47,500,000 bushels of
corn, on the basis of last year's production
Or double the exports of corn from this country
And without necessarily increasing the price to the trade
of industrial alcohol.
These Iowa members of the two houses of congress pro
pose to reintroduce their bills in the congress to convene in
December, and to push them. -
This is only one case of a number where various sections
are calling for revisions of the tariff, up or down, in order to
encourage and build up industries in the United States. It
would seem that there may be enough of them, by combining,
to overturn the idiotic rule against taking up and amending
the tariff a schedule or an item at a time
The rule that requires the whole law or no part of it be
considered for revision, thus disturbing the whole business of
the. country periodically.
This movement may affect beneficially our cherry grow
ers. They will likely get the benefit of the elastic tariff pro
visions for which they are contending through promulgation
by the president but this can
cent a pound duty ; from 2 to 3
And the' duty for adequate
6 cents a pound.
It will be a wonderful thing for the whole country if the
idiotic precedent can thus be broken, and it become a matter
of course that the tariff rates
a 1 1 t t
justice demands, a scneauie or
obviously sensible that it is a wonder the antiquated prece
dent has held for so long a time in a country supposed to be
progressive and enlightened.
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Bit For Breakfast
Speed the movement
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The movement for teaching ag
riculture in the public schools;
and more of the useful trades.
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In the death of Wm. E. Wilson.
Salem loses one of her most use
ful citizens; and a man who was
a good neighbor to all, besides be
ing a kind husband and father.
The architect is employed for
the proposed state office building.
It is sorely needed, and. incident
ally, it will be like adding a new
industry with a big steady pay
roll. S
Everything is about ready to
go. full tilt, at the second Salem
linen mill.
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Once it was good manners for
the host to drink last; now it's
discretion.
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Kolki hMe to hear ; mr troiil-ie. Mn.
Ion't tell thpm. or you'll le a frot;
They've time for low the winner won.
But ogne for liow ihe loser lot. -Kx.
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"The deepest humiliation of a
state is not in the loss of military
prestige or of material resources,
but in the degeneracy of its citi
zens, in the overthrow and scorn
of high ideals." Robert Sharp,
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Some find college work easy be
cause they have wonderful brains,
and some because they have won
derful brawn.
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Pedestrians should be compelled
to wear padded suits. Too many
auto fenders are being dented
these days. News.
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Los Angeles reports that it has
a man who walks and acts like a
monkey.. What a wonderful lead
er for a Jazz band!.
30 AMERICANS STILL
ASHORE THOUGHT SAFE
(Continued from page 1.)
the University of Nanking, 'jcgan
to arrive under Wie guns of the
war vessels early tonight. Wheth
er the entire J20 were comic? oat
vas not definitely etablisfced, but
approximately 20 Ameriearis still
were unaccounted for.
Onr Known Iead
With the death of one American
missionary and the wounding of
an American woman denniteiy re
ported, stories of brutality by uni
formed Cantonese soldiers against
American women, vandalism, out
rages and wanton destruction were
received from; the war torn city.
During the anti-foreign rioting,
the reports said. American women
were subjected to great brutality,
i. many cases their clothing being
partly torn-off by soldiers in uni
form. The known American fatality
ber of the Northern Presbyterian
was the death of Dr. J. E. Wil
liams of Shawnee, Ohio, a mem
mission andrvice president of Nan
king university. -
The wounded American woman,
who was among those arriving at
the waterfront tonight, was a Miss
Moffat t, who had -been shot twice
through the body.f (Anna K Mof
rett of Fort Sheridan. 111., is listed
as being af Nanking. She was sent
to China as a missionary in 1920
by the Presbyterian board of for
eign missions).. ,"- -r.;-, " f
The easing of the situation at
Nanking after the ultimatum is
sued by the American and British
naval commAds there was preced
ed by a day of tejvwyiess. Reports
were received here throughout . the
day .that all of the official and per
sonal property . at the American
consulates was looted or destroyed
by uniformed nationalists. There
is reason to believe that most of
and Senator Stewart of that
give them only a raise of a
cents a pound
protection ought to be at least
may be revised when public
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an item at a time, mat is so
the American houses and missions
in the city were looted and bufned.
It was reported definitely that the
Nanking Theological seminary and
the Hillcrest school, American mis
sion properties, were destroyed bv
Cre.
General Chang Kai-Shek. Can
tonese generalissimo who has been
directing the recent movements of
the nationalist forces leading to
the capture of Shanghai. Nanking
and other cities in the Yangtse
valley from the northerners, has
protested against yesterday's shell
ing by American and British ves
sels of the vicinity of Socony com
pound where foreigners were un
der attack by Chinese forces.
The protest was made to British
Vice Consul Tribe, who is at Nan
king on a mission of investigation.
General Chang declared that he
was taking full responsibility for
the protection of foreigners. It is
stated that Mr. Tribe replied in a
strongly worded communication.
inestioning the value of Chang's
assurances, in iew of the inabil
ity of the Cantonese commanders
on the spot to assert authority
oer the nationalists.
NEW YORK. March 25. (AP.)
fficials of the Presbyterian
board of foreign missions today
had not received word of the death
of Dr. John E. Williams, rite
president of Nanking university,
who was killed in the shelling of
Nanking yesterday.
Dr. Williams was known as a
pioficient Chinese scholar. He
was acting dean of the college of
aits and sciences as well as vice
president of the interdenomina
tional university. He was born in
Shawnee. Ohio, June 11, 1871.
He leaves a brother and sister
in Rutland. Ohio, and another
brother in Shawnee. There .are
aiso four children. They are Anna
Faith, a YWCA woiker in Nan
king; John Richard, believed to
be in Nanking also; Dorothy, a
student at Wellesley college, and
Mary Florence.
PROMINENT MAN DIED
LAST NIGHT IN SALEM
(Continued from page 1.)
Elk, a Rotarian and a Woodman,
and a member of the First Congre
gational church of Salem. He was
a most lovable and companionable
man. making a host of friends in
Salem and throughout this section,
wherever his large business inter
ests extended. There will be no
one who reads this news item who
will not have much more than a
passing regret for the loss of so
fine a citizen and neighbor and
stich a sterling business man: nor
one who will fail to join in sym
pathy for the bereaved family.
The funeral arrangements have
not yet been made. The body is
at the Webb undertaking parlors.
Charges Against Seattle ;
Police Chief Dismissed
SEATTLE, March 25. (AP.)
Charges that WV H. Searing. Set
attle chief of police has unlawfully
accepted compensation from the
police relief fund were dismissed
tcoight by the municipal civil ser
vice commission, on the ground!
thaj. it lacks t he jurisdiction to'
pass .on" them. -. The commission?
aho sustained the dismissal from
the police department of Kenneth
L. .Webb, patrolman who' brought
the charges against Searing, Webb
w as accused of being in a place
where 'liquor was sold. ;fv
The charges against Searing,
which were filed two weeks ago,
specified that he has accepted more
than 2,O0O in the last nine years
aa secretary to the police pension
board, and that in doing so heo
lated municipal ordinances and
civil service regulations. ;
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u. S. PLANE FIRED UPON
rural
Parties in Mcaxagu Dis
claim Responsibility
MANAGUA. Nicaragua, March
25 (AP) A De Haviland plane,
manned by Pilot Campbell of the
United States marine corps, hold
er of the service safe flying cup.
was fired on today while flying
over Sebaco? 15 miles from Mate-
gafpa.
The bullet tore through j
the plane near thegast tank, miss
ing it'by only a few inches.
The conservative froces dis
claim responsibility for the act
and since there are no liberals be
lieved to be in the district, it rs
thought that bandits did the
shooting.
The conservative forces are in
vestigating the incident. ?
GEORGETOWN. British Guin
ea, March lf5.- (AP) Comman
der Francesco De Pinedo. Italian
aviator, who left Para, Brazil this
morning arrived here today at
5:25 p. m.
His next destination is Curacao.
Dutch West Indies.
BANKERS WILL GATHER
Officials From Oregon and Wash
ington to Meet at Taeoma
TACOMA, March 25. (AP)
Bankers and trust officials of Ore
gon and Washington will gather
in Tacoma tomorrow for the an
nual convention of the corporate
fidaciaries of the two states.
There will be morning and after
noon sessions, a luncheon and an
evening banquet.
An address by Winslow Russell,
vice president of the Phoenix Mu
tual Life Insurance company of
Hartford. Conn., on "Life' insur
ance contract settlements and life
insurance trusts." will be a fea
ture of the meeting.
SURPLUS TO BE BIGGER
$400,000,04 M Prediction To
Exceeded, Says Cooiidge
Be
WASHINGTON, March 25.
(.AP) President Cooiidge under
stands the treasury surplus for
this fiscal year will be considerab
ly in excess the $400,000,000
previously estimated. '.
However, the president feels
congress should measure its pros
pective tax reduction by business
conditions next fall which will de
termine the amount of -surplus in
sight for the coming year.
While congressional leaders of
both partie have tenatively map
ped out plans for abolishment of
the remaining war time nuisance
taxes and reduction of the cor
poration levy in the next revenue
bill, neither Mr. Cooiidge nor the
treasury is prepared to announce
any program for tax reduction.
Steel Mill Site Bought
by Eastern Corporation
LOS ANGELES. March 25.
(AP. ) The Times says that it
has learned that the United States
Steel corporation has completed
a deal to take oyer the site of the
Pacific Coast Steel corporation for
a steel plant on the inner channel
at Long Beach harbor and will
start construction soon.
The iron ore and the lime will
come from the mountains of south
ern California and Arizona, and
the coal from Utah."
Formal announcement is expect
ed within the next few days that
the United States Steel corpora
tion has made rrangements with
the' Union Pacific to provide the
coal.
The steel plant site consists of
105 acres of land fronting Long
Beach harbor, the Vemaiftder of
226 acres originally purchased by
the Pacific Coast Steel corporation
syndicate for approximately $2,
000,000. Chaplin Studios Left Out
of Lita's Divorce Action
LOS ANGELES. March 25
(AP) Chaplin Studios, Inc., one
of numerous defendants named in
the divorce suit of Lita Grey Chap
lin against Charles Chaplin, was
dropped from the case today with
the filing of a notice of dismissal
by attorneys for, the film comedi
an's wife.
This action leaves Chaplin as
the only defendant in the suit. .
Today was the last date upon
which an amended complaint' in
the suit involving many defend
ants might be filed.
The application for dismissal by
Mrs. Chaplin's attorneys followed
their indicated intention to force
the suit to speedy termination by
abandoning "complicating techni
calities." The new course, they said, was
adopted in an effort ,to bring
Chaplin, now in New York, to an
swer his wife's charges at as early
date as possible.
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SATURDAY MORNING,
When S. F. Martin of Mary
vUle, Mo., an amateur operating i
station 9CKS, received a message
recently to be relayed through
his station he was somewhat dis-
concerted to note that the address
was simply "In the Arctic. ue
memberinr. however, that the
Canadian government steamship
ntht- was at that time in Arctic
waters, and knowing , also
thi shin had a short' wave
that
radio
outfit on board similar to his own,
he immediately put his set into
operation in an effort to get in
communication with the boat's
operator. After a few hours he
was successful and passed the
message to the Boothlc.
A few days later he was agree
ably surprised to get an acknowl
edgment saying that the message
had been delivered to the proper
party, a Royal Northwest police
man on duty in the Far North,
who in thanking the amateur oper
ator wished to explain that this
message was the second he had
received from home in two years.
WHITE HOUSE WILL
BE CHIIED LITTLE
WASHINGTON (AP) The
traditional appearance of the
White House will be jealously
safeguarded under the plans ap
proved by the fine arts commission
for the extensive repairs and al
terations to be made on the third
floor and roof of the historic man
sion this summer.
It will take a little more than
four months to complete the
changes, and in the meantime the
president and Mrs. Cooiidge, with
tripir assistants and servants, will
have at their disposal the Patter
son mansion fronting on Dupont
Circle, about a mile away.
Complete remodeling of the in
terior of the third floor and con
struction of a new roof are plan
ned, at a cost of $185,000. The
old roof has been on the building
since it was built. Although oc
casionally repaired it has been re
garded as unsafe by engineers for
some time. The new roof will be
more nearly flat than the old one
to permit the raising of the ceil
ings of the outside third floor
rooms, but the change will not be
noticeable because of the high bal
lustrade which tops the outer
walls.
The first two flors of the White
House were modernized during
the Roosevelt administration.
When the work on the third floor
has been completed, it will be ot
fireproof construction and will
provide two suites of guest rooms
Belieionis Toast
Crisp Brown or Rich Gold
-and in your
This high grade appliance beautifully nickeled
for but $6.00 -and you pay '
Only
and also for the next four days we are giving a
handsome silver plated tray and one pound loaf of
tasty Bake-Rite Bread absolutely free with every
toaster purchased . ' .
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MARCH 26, 1927
and servants quarters. Jn all, 16
rooms and seven modern bath
rooms will be available there.
Although certain rooms- In the
old third floor arrangement were
designated as guest rooms, they
have not been used since the Ill
ness of President Wilson, when
they were assigned to his nurses.
The projected alterations, how
ever, are expected to make the
f.ird floor guest suites so attrac
tive that no effort need be made
tcr find accomodations for visitor
on, the other floors.
Trofan Runners Favored
to Defeat Golden Bears
LOS ANGELES. March 25.
( AP) The University of South
ern California's track and field
team, national intercolleglale
champion, ia favored to win tfe
sixteenth annual meet with he
University of California here ' to
morrow, s&d make it four Trtjjan
victories tatwelve for the Be(ars.
Walter Christie's Golden Hears
came south today looking for re
venge from this section for the de
feat handed them last Saturday at
Berkeley by the strong Los Angel
es athletic club squad, and, in the
opinion of Dean Cromweil. Tro
jan coach, may score enough
points to force the-final result to
be dependent upon the ontcome
of the relay. Traditionaa rivalry
between the two may be tihe spark,
to -set southern California over
confidence afire, Cromweal says.
Neither squad has its full
strength for the meet, but the
Bears have the edge.
TOKYO OFFICERS; RESIGN
Speaker and Vice rvesident of
Lower House Wive' Up Posts
TOKYO, March 25 (AP)
Tha speaker and the vice president
of the lower house of the died re
signed today. They held them
selvjps responsible for the disorder
which occurred in the chamber
yesterday.
One member was seriously In
jured in disorders yesterday after
a member accused the'president of
the opposition of misappropriating
secret army funds during the Si
berian campaign. The session was
suspended and scuffles occurred In
the lobby.
EARTH QUAKE INDICATED
Sharp Disturbance Recorded
Georgetown Seismograph
on
WASHINGTON, March 25.
(AP) A very sharp earth dis
turbance was recorded on the
Georgetown university seismo
graph today between 8:21 and
8:51 a. m, reaching its maximum
intensity at 8:40.
The shocks were computed by
Director Tondorf to be 2,800
miles from Washington.
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4 Largest The U-r In World Included
. In pMrchase, Report
NEW YORK. March 25 . ,P)
Purchase of controlling interest
iti the Roxy theater "chain" Wa(
announced by William Fox, motion
picture producer and theater t,wn.
er, nere tonignu
Mr. Fox declined to discing.
purchase price but Bald th. o.ai
r
major e. u. iwuniait-i ai a n
115,000.000 and' said to h,
largest theater in the world,
theater was opened two week
Two other Roxy theaters an
posed here.
Under . the new arrant :
Mr. Fox announced. Major r.
fel will continue his person;:
ervision and direction of th
t heaters.
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Mother of Eight Appeals
to President for Help
GREELEY, Colo., March r,
(AP) Mrs. Wesley Claus, , (
Atteville, Cole., mother of , it
children, who was told that if th
late Tfieodore Roosevelt were
president her family would 1m- aid.
ed, has appealed to PrcMint,
Cooiidge. for assistance.
Her letter to Mr. CooliIp t,(..
came public today when it was
received by the county board (,f
commissioners. From the Whit
House it had gone to th. i;e(j
Cross.
In her letter, sent March io,
Mrs. Clauson 'called attention that
she had eight children, including
triplets. -She mentioned sh had
been advised of Roosevelt's antip
athy for race suicide and that aa
appeal ta him.'' were he in the
White House now, would not I
ignored. She was forced to do
washing, and since she and hr
husband worked long hours, she
could not give proper attention to
her family. One of the triplets
died since the appeal was made.
WABASH OX RAMPAfiK
MOUNT CARMEL, 111
25. (AP) With the Wabash
river here at 23 feet, or seven
feet above flood level, many rM
dents of the lowlands today had
abandoned their homes or had
moved from first to second floors.
Boats were used for transporta
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