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Jill Make the Eaat School Building Into: a School a Useful arid Distinctive Place ---- - ' ---- -- i r ?T.i -ic f'tii; i Tie Aifictorjr Parade at the Capitol Theatre Todays Is Authoritative, Distinctive, and Screens Real Histot-j; (WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy and un settled, probably occasional rains in 'west portion; moderate southwest winds; normal temperature. Maximum temperature yes terday. 59; minimum, 40; river, 3. 5; no rainfall; atmosphere, partly cloudy; wind. III American' tourists are estimated to leave $1.000,00.0.000 a year in Europe- Evidence again that, - in the words of the old sentl , mental songs, money can't buy lore. New York Evening Post. , mmm mm n .1 southeast. SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS itsrf .- ti ir ,j .ill,. '',. A V D PREPARE TITLE Expected Attack on Assess ment Measure Develops in i; Mandamus Suit LEGAL POINT IMPORTANT 'Assessors May Use Own Discretion it i t - - About Questionnaire, Tax Commission Rales at I Meeting Tuesday The expected legal attack on the jaw which glve3 the state tax commission and county assessors additional authority, developed to day when mandamus proceedings were filed in the state .supreme court by L. B. Smith of Multno mah: county, to compel the secre tary fof state to accept a request for a ballot title to a proposed referendum of the measure. Mr. Smith previously requested the secretary of state to . accept the application for a ballot title, but he refused tn the grounds that he was an administrative officer and that the law under attack car ried the emergency clause and al ready was in operation. The law was known as house bill 72, and was recommended by the state tax investigating committee created at the 1925 legislative assembly. Claims Authority Exceeded ... It was alleged by Mr. Smith in his com plaint- that tax measures are snbject to referendum unaer TO REFER LI the provisions of the constitution and that the legislature, exceeded its authority when it attached the emergency elapse to the law. "I .am , filing this 4 suit," Mr. if!111' idtMfr!lrtln vyfthe T-Ig'ht et refere'ndum as to regulation Is to be denied.". One. paragraph of the complaint setout that Mr. Smith was ready and willing lo circulate the peti tions for, the referendum measure and . have the . procedure complet ed in time for the special election .to be held.June.28. , Assures Real Issue This was done, It was said, to assure the court that the Greater f : Oroenti aRsnriatton. of which Mr. "Smith is secretary, is not merely interested i ntbe moot point of law. but intends to proceed with the referendum. The matter of jurisdiction of the supreme court in the proceed ing will be considered by the jus- ( Con tinned Vrngt 6.) ' . . . ' ' " FAMOUS EDITION OWNED IN SALEM EDITORS HAD THEIR TROUBLE EVEN IN 18TH CENTURY Current Items of Napoleon, Nelson and Washington Enliven Pages The first anniversary issue of tlx; American Farmer and Dutch-i-bs ('unnty Advertiser, published Thursday. May 30. 1799 at Pough koepsie, N. Y., Is now in the pos session of Walter, Barber, Marion lounty deputy sheriff. , . Established May, 1798. the Am erican Farmer flourished for many UcHades before industrialism pushed it away late in the 19th ctntury. ..... With time flying so fast it Is hard to realize the extensive fhanKps periodicals, .have gone through unless suh early sheets a the American Farmer, occa sionally come to life.,, t - . .. . . The question of finance appears to have been the chief cause of orry to the editor and. publisher. John Woods. lie told in his lead ing editorial how it had cost him "115oo to bring up this child of the type, and to continue the publica tion of such, I pray that all hold ers of aepcunts in arrears come to th press for punctual payments.? ho policy of advertising was in its infancy and an fad' was sldcred much in the samel ight fe i hichlv intemstinsr npwa fon- turc. Practically every article adJi n-rtised is now extinct excepting: inose dealing with land, which de- I Btrihed the soil as, "fit for scythe aim plow alike." Five dollars, reward was offered rr tho return or, apprehension of carpenter's apprentice "named Jhn Van Siclen. who had left bis ster. ift .elegant new riding cnir with harness complete was uoug the offers to the public MISSIONARIES LEAVING POSTS WANG ISSUES APPEAL FOR UNITY IX CANTONESE RANKS U. S. Authorities More Concerned With Safety Than With Reparations NEW YORK. April 5. (AP) -An "imperative general with drawal" of missionaries from their posts in north China to coast cities "on account of revolution causing great danger to life," was report ed by. Bishop Lauress J. Birftey of Shanghai in a cable to the Methodist board of foreign mis sions tonight SHANGHAI, April 5. (AP) An appeal for unity within the Cantonese ranks at "this crucial moment" was made- today in a manifesto issued by Cantonese leaders and signed by Wang Ching-Wei, former chairman of the - executive committee of the nationalist (Cantonese) organization,- and Chen Tu-Hsiu, local communist leaders. The manifesto in veiled terms denies that there is a split within the Kuomintang, or republican revolutionary party, which is the political organization of the Can tonese regime. Asserting that the communists within the party ad here to the main Kuomintang principles set forth by the late Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the manifesto as serts that reports of internal fric tion are due to- the activities of counter revolutionaries who are attempting to wreck the national ist movement. One paragraph of the manifesto implies that General Chiang Kai Shek, the Cantonese generalissi mo, who has been at odds for some time with the radical wing of the party, has accepted the will of Hankow, capital of the Cantonese government This paragraph says: J'The military authorities at Shanghai are. now willing to obey tbe-v iBstUomor r tbe eestfal: government and It is now prob able that the. differences and mis understandings .if any, between them wijl eventually be adjusted to the satisfaction of all." The manifesto is generally in terpreted -as an effort by Wang Ching-Wei to prevent 'a split in TELEGRAM SALE URGED Receiver Appointed for Portland Paper;. Operates at Loss PORTLAND. April 5. (,AP) Amedee M. Smith, .Multnomah commissioner, was named receiver of the Portland Telegram today by Circuit Judge Evans. Smith suc ceeds MacDonald Potts, business manager of the Telegram, and W. P. Briggs, trust officer of the Lumbermen's Trust company, who were named temporary receivers March 18. The Telegram will be advertised for sale as soon as the receivership proceedings can be confirmed it was indicated at the hearing held before Judge Evans today. The sale of the paper was urged by George W. Joseph, attorney,, for J. E. Wheeler, owner of the Tele gram. His recommendation, based upon the representation that the newspaper is being operated at a loss of from $17,000 to $29,000 a month, was concurred in informal ly by attorneys representing other creditors. INJURY PROMPTS SUIT H. E. Glpson Files Action Against Man Whose Auto Hit Son Alleging that the . defendent, John WIens, drove in a careless manner on February ,17, 1927, when he ran down Edward G ip so n, eight year old son of II. E. Gipson of Eola while driving his automobile at that place, suit has been filed in circuit court for $10,177, general and .specific damages. According to the complaint, the Gipson, youth received a fractured skull, a ruptured blood vessel in the -ear drum, and internal in juries which have kept him in a hospital and confined to bis home since- the date of the accident. TULLY NEW MODERATOR Local Pastor Named If cad t Willamette Presbytery of EUGENE. April 5. (AP) Rev. Norman K. "fully of Saictn was elected, moderator j --'of the Willamette Presbytery of the Presbyterian ch a rcb, , when that organization convened at Cottage Grove today, f -Rev. .Thomas Rob inson p?. McMInnville is retiring moderator. . About thirty - dele gates are in attendance at 'the A BA1 N ELECTED Early Returns Indicate Plur ality of 70,00D Re publican Choice VOTE UNUSUALLY HEAVY Personal, Religious and Race Issues Cause Interest, But V Election Comparatively Free of Disorder CHICAGO. April 5. CAP.") -William Hae "Big Bill" Thomp son, republican mayor of Chicago from 1915 to 1923, today was elected to that office for the third time. Thompson, who conducted his campaign with a slogan of "Ameri ca First," won over Mayor William E. Dever, democrat incumbent, in one of the bitterest and most close ly contested elections in Chicago's history. Or. John Dill Robertson, who ran as an independent, of fered no serious opposition. On the basis of returns from 2,000 of the city's 2384 precincts, Thompson was returned a winner by upwards of 7d,000 votesi With 384 precincts missing the vote stcod: Thompson, 431,434; Dever, 371,553; Robertson, 43,456. . Vote Breaks Record ' On the basis of the same figures it was indicated that the vote was the heaviest ever cast, upwards of 1,000.000 of Chicago's 1,143,000 voters going to the polls. Despitei the record breaking vote and the injection into the bit- ( Continued on pas 5. PHONES WITH BATH TUBS Ultra Modern Hotel Invites Pat- i ' terson's Patronage An ambitious hotel proprietor at Washington, D. C, has written Governor Patterson that in event he visits the national capital at any time in the near future, he would provide the executive with a room containing ali the modern conveniences at popular prices. - Special mention was made in the letter that all bath rooms in the hotel are equipped with telephone service. . 11 Governor Patterson said that while he did not contemplate a rin to Wanhlnrtnn. t-.n wmtM.nri- rise his more talkative friends of the communication privileges furn ished by the hotel in question. CHICAGO MAYOR i. . . GETTING MORE SOPHISTICATED? IS IT A DISEASE, OR ARE WE JUST this ib nqthin&TN . . ViV tKMlE. M'AXWELI- ..!SS'' V VJJ-kA AN 6. I DROVE THIS . MY! WEEH'TS. Yrr( S CAR CLEAR TO ' V3' firWV YOU SCARED f-p., . - . , -- MEO THIS. PAPER i 1 SHUCK5J THAT'S SAYS THAT AN ENGUStf MAJS- v M I NOTHING- TO WHAT WHH.T 200 MILES At4 7 . S V , YQU CAM Do irM HOUR AN AUTO MOBILE, ' Y AM AlRPLAME ; iiRili I Jlliiiiiil I S APIRO CHARGED WITH BAD FAITH AFFILIATION WITH OPPOSING ORGANIZATIONS HINTED Admission Obtained From Man .Suing Ford, After Lengthy Grilling DETROIT, April 5. (AP) Aaron Sapiro's good faith in the organizing of farmers' coopera tives was assailed today by Sen ator James A.. Reed of Missouri, chief of Henry Ford's counsel In the. Chicago lawyer's $1.000,OdK libel suit against the automobile manufacturer. He asserted Sapiro . had been guilty of improper work as an at torney, that affiliations with op posing organizations "touches on his good faith," and that the in come losses Sapiro traced to arti cles printed in Ford's Dearborn Independent, might have been oc casioned "by his own miscon duct." i Sapiro, under cross examination by the wijy senate veteran, denied repeatedly that he ever had for "one second" represented the United States Grain Growers, Inc., or accepted a fee from them, denying two entries to that ef fect In his office records, but finally admitted that he had ac cepted $750 for legal services. . His admission came after Sen ator Reed had read into the rec ord a long letter written by Sapiro to the pooling committee of the American Farm Bureau federa tion. He said he thought that the letter had been written prior to organization of the United State's Grain Growers but the document revealed that it had been written after that group was organized. "SEX" CAST CONVICTED i ...... . Group Presenting Alleged Im moral Play Found Guilty NEW YORK, April 5 (AP) A Jury In general sessions court late this afternoon found guilty the 22 individuals and one cor poration charged with presenting the play "Sex" a production tend ing to corrupt: the morals of youth. Five hours deliberation were necessary. The 63rd Street Theater corporation, owners of the theater where "Sex" was pro duced and raided by the police, was acquitted. The defendants will be sen tenced April 19. The law pro vides not less than 10 days or more than a year in jail, or not less than $50 or more than $1,000 fine or both, as punishment for each of them. Those convicted were Mae West, the star; her leading man, Barrie O'Neal; 18 other members of the cast, and James A. Timony and Clarence W. Morganstern, man agers of .the, production. COOKING SCHOOL ATTRACTS PEOPLE BUFFET LUNCHEON FEATURE OF OPENING DEMONSTRATION Mrs. McLean to Consider Prepara tion of Typical Family Dinner Today The largest initial crowd that ever greeted an Oreson Statesman cooking school filled the Grand theater yesterday afternoon for the valuable instru '.wn which Mrs. Beth Bailey McLean of the OAC extension service, is offering this week under the? joint auspices of tho Giese-Powera furniture store and this paper. Mrs. McLean featured the buffet luncheon yesterday. She approach ed her problem v-ith the sensible assurance of an actual ncusewife. In fact, the popular salad sandwich leaf, which was the meat dish on the menu, har. been served numer ous times in Mrs. McLean's own home in Hood River. In correctly serving attractive family meals Mrs. McLean has an rble assistant lb her husband, John, who f she "arms" him with the trusty vegetable server, is willing to cope with any dish she prepares. Mrs. McLean devoted attention to the manner in which a guest should be seated; the way the napkin should be handled; second helpings managed; flowers and doilies arranged and even a few pointers on how to maintain the spirit of a true hostess in keeping her guests free of embarrassment. The dining table from yester day's buffet meal w-asT served as a beautiful piece of furniture cen tered with a basket of daffodils and jonquils and a lily for the approaching Easter season. Because Mrs. McLean is an act ual housewife, she took the privil ege of providing her own table lin en exquisite Italian mosaic work in the form of the useful runner set and numerous place doilies. Mrs. McLean is a lover ot beau tiful china and spoke appreciating- rty of the-Tnerntcndency't com bine patterns. "We don't buy (Continued on pje 8.) WOULD BUY BATTLESHIP Suggests State Sell Famous "Ore gon" for scrapping, An enterprising California junk dealer has written a letter to Gov ernor Patterson in which he of fered to purchase the Battleship Oregon and scrap it for its metal. The battleship is now in Portland Harbor where, it is being utilized for exhibit purposes. j Governor Patterson said he would refer the letter to the Bat tleship Oregon commission, which has charge of the craft. The state of Oregon now ap propriates $15,000 a year for the maintenance of the battleship. IIGER PLAN B01OED Study of Governments Found Successful fn Other Cities Suggested START DETAILED STUDY Much Work Remains to Be Done Before New Method of Conduct ing City's Affairs May Be Submitted to Vote The council-manager plan of city government, as a substitute for the council system now in force, was recommended in a re port made last night before the committee appointed by Mayor T. A. Livesley to investigate possibil ities of a change in form of gov ernment for the city of Salem. The meeting was held in the chamber of commerce rooms. The essential features of the plan proposed are a council com posed of preferably five members, elected at large for four year per iods; a city manager appointed by the council with a salary of not to exceed $5000 per year; a mayor to be elected by members of the council from among their own number who will have a vote but no veto; and a council clerk who will act as municipal judge. Research Suggested The report by the special com mittee, composed of Watson Townsend, Harry N. Crain, and Louise Lachmund, was supple mented by a letter from Cornelia Marvin in which it was suggested that no definite plan should be : (Coo tin u eel "on'psge 6.1 . i INTER-COUNTY MEETING Legionnaires From Five Counties to Attend Big Gathering On April 6. 1917, the United States declared war on Germany. On Auril 6, 1927 the Inter-county Council American Legion Depart ment of Oregon for District No. 2 will meet in Dallas. A special) program has been pre pared for tjiis meeting and several problems of importance to every post will be considered. The. Inter-county Council was organized in Salem last December and has for its members the Amer ican Legion posts in District No. 2. This district is composed of five counties. Washington, Yam hill, Tillamook1, Polk and Marion. There were approximately 1850 Legionnaires in this district dur ing the year 1926 and it is hope of the' officials .to bring this mem bership up to the 2000 mark for the year 1927, ZONING-QUESTION FACED Hearing Set for This Afternoon on Dr. Pound's Petition A meeting of the city planning commission will be held this after noon at 5:30 to consider the peti tion of Dr. B. F. Pound for a change of zone on Leslie street, between Liberty and High. Dr. Pound owns lots 11 and 12 In block 15 and wishes to erect a multiple dwelling there. At pres ent, the zone is class one for priv ate residences only. ! Although the required number of taxpayers are on' Dr. Pound's petition, it is . said, a number of them signed the paper not knowing that it would throw the district open to all apartment house builders. A counter petition is be ing circulated. The petitions have been turned over to an abstractor to be checked as to legality of names and the sufficiency of the property repre sented. . . ; : s l LAWS A RENT SOLUTION t -. ij ... . .I . . - Neuner Decries American Prac tice of "Passing the Bark" i'You canft. make people better by passing. additional legislation.? said . , United States Attorney George Nenner of Portland speak ing bcfolre the Salem Klwania club yesterday. I 4.;. .N ' , Americans are-prone to "pass the, buck" of responsibility from one shoulder to the other, accord tag, o the speaker, who decried the cpndiUons of homicide,-, sui cided divorce,'. od j uvenile ,cr Ime now in existence in the country.' I With an .increase of 800 per cent In the nnmber ot office hold ers .over a period of 5years,our crime records have- increased on a HOPE FOR FLYER PAIR ABANDONED CUSHIONS OF PLANE FOUND FLOATING NEAR S. F. PIER Identified as Those of Machine in Which Neher and Schaller Rode SAN FRANCISCO, April 5. (AP) The finding of two air plane cushions floating in - the bay off Pier No. 14 this afternoon, identified as those belonging to the missing air mail plane, gave searchers their first clue as to the fate of the machine, missing since Sunday. No hope is held that the two fliers will be found alive. The cushions were found float ing side by side by employes of a tug and barge company, one of the cushions floating beneath the wharf piling before it could be secured. The other, was fished out of the water ' and rushed to Criss field, where Wesley R. Peck and Grover Tyler, officials of the Pacific Air Transport . company identified it as belonging to the missing plane. In support of the tragic, story told by the cushions, came the re port from T. E. Newton, employe of a construction company today. Newton said he was working in a pile driver early Sunday and saw a plane flying low over the bay. The wives of the;two missing fliers. Pilot Edward Neher and Alfred Schaller, office manager of the company, were not told of finding the cushions nor that of ficials hold no hope for the lives of their husbands. WILL PLEAD FOR DOYLE Judge Who Sentenced Portland Man Asks Conditional Pardon' PORTLAND, April 5. (AP.) District Judge Mears today went to Salem to intercede with Gover nor I. L.- Patterson in behalf, of William Doyle who is serving a yeajguftounty jail Jere .awilr,Kndalr-will continue liquor charge. Judge Mears was to ask for a conditional pardon for Doyle.' , Judge Mears imposed the jail sentence on Doyle 'and-also fined him $3,000 following" thie convic tion on the liquor charge. . The pardon is now sought on the ground that since Doyle was sent to jail he has become ill. Cir cumstances concerning his family affairs are also said to have prompted an attempt to seek his release. 4 .... RICHEST ESKIMO DIES Scpillu Succumbs After Radio Ad vice Kcptf Alive for Days SEATTLE, April 5. (AP.) Science lost its race with death and David Sepillu, Alaska's wealth iest Eskimo, passed away today at his arctic home, on Si. Lawrence island, in the Bering sea. Word of his passing was f re ceived here tonight by Jonathan H. Wagner, -chief of the Alaska division of the United States bu reau of education, frOm T. S. Scup holm, the bureau's representative on the ice-locked island. The agd Eskimo, kept alive a week by radio advice for his treat ment, died while an airplane winged its way across northern waters in an effort to reach the island in time and take him to Nome for an operation. STUDENTS MAY OBJECT Criticism of All for Sins of the Few Not Appreciated That Salem .high . school stu dents wctuld take matters, Into their own hands and pass' resolu tions this week condemning the at titude' of certain citizens regard ing alleged drinking conditions. and urging better prohibition law enforcement in the city, was rum ored yesterday. Just what action will be , taken is not known. A number of prominent students contend that it is unfair for the older people to consider all stu aenis ai iauii, simpiy because a half dozen or so are known to drink, especially when older folk are setting such bad examples themselves. ' LIBERALS ROUTED, CLAIM Victory Is Reported By Federal Forces fa Nicaragua , ' - i , WASHINGTON. April 5. CAP) Complete rout of liberal forces in todays battle with the Soldiers of , President Diaz? was claimed tonight" hy the Nicaragaan legation which based its statement upon special advices from Man agua.'1' ' -r v "The. end of the revolution is at hand," Dr. Alejandro Cesar de clared. "Muy Muy has fallen into the hands of. the Diaz forces and tho revolution army Is In hopeless FISH ARID GAME GOPMSSIOIRS P Governor, Declines .yeatch's v Resignation Reaffirming . Early Reports ; FLEISCHNER RETAINED Patterson Hopes to Remedy Frio tion Now Existing Retweenj' Two Groups by Calling Joint., t Consultation All appointments to both the state fish commission and' the state game commission were an nounced 'here last night by. Gov ernor Patterson, to become ef fective at once. The fish commission, as reor- C. Veatch of Portland, Chris Lein enweber of Astoria and Fred P. Kendall fo Portland. . Mr. Veatch served as a member 'of the state fish commission under the admin istration of ex-Governor Pierce, -but recently submitted his resig- Governor Patterson declined to accept j the. resignation of Mr. Veatch" and -he will continue in office until the expiration of his term on June 1 of this year. ' 1 Mr. Leinenweber will succeed W. T. Eakin of . Astoria, while Jesse Hayes of Bay City will' bo succeeded by Mr. Kendall. Mr. Hayes and Mr. ; Eakin -were re tquested to resign hy Governor Patterson and recently filed their resignations In the executive de--pari-ment. ' Mr. ; Leinenweber' term win expire in June, 1 9 2 S . to serve until June, 1929. One Member . Retained ' I. N. Flelschner of Portland is the only member fo the so-called old game commission to be re tained by Governor Patterson, His term .-will not expire- ante ' February,' 1930.' Matt Corrigan of McMInnville will succeed W. H. Bauer of Corvallls, while Harold Clifford ? of Canyon City whose term expired" in February of this year will be succeeded' by L. A. Wright of Union. James Malbncy of Pendleton will be succeeded by M. A. Lynch of Redmond while Ben Dorris of Eugene will succeed William L. Finley of Jenning'j Lodge. - : - Mr. Kendall whd succeeds Mr. Cpon tinned tt pK;6.) NATION : ENTERED WAR DECADE AGO PATRIOTIC FERVOR AT IEAlv AS CONGRESS DEBATED Principals' in Dramatic Scene Now All Dear; Hostilities a' " Memory ' WASHINGTON, April 5.(AR) A patriotic fervor reincarnating the spirit of 76 gripped' the Am erican people just a decade ago as the nation was moving rapidly Into the great war. -V Woodrow Wilson had summoned congress to Washington in special session, had delivered his dramatic night address asking for a declar ation of hostilities and the senate had approved, the war .resolution. . . And eo It was that ten years ago tonight, the house . was debating the final act to give In the early, morning hours of the morrow its overwhelming, verdict in favor of fighting Germany. ;" 1 . With that action and the subse qaent signing of the resolution on April 6 by President WUson, the United States had taken the de cisive step, one which as ft turned out changed the course of history and helped re-make the map of a large part of the world. Actual' and potential resources which, all told, .probably Jiever ; have -heen equalled by any other nation la the history of the, world were brought Into the. war, under the American flag. ." . i ' . . ; . , ; , . : . . ' ; Jnto the balance - against Cer mapy .were thrown : a navy . in strength and efficiency among thu foremost afloati an army compar attvefy. smalt bu t highly eff icient, batjeed by citizenry, of upwards of twenty millions 'e'apablyo raijjtafy dty; Industrial resoarcea incom parably .the greatest in the world, andlhe moral force of more than one. hundred million Americans. The acts setting In" motion these tremendous forces naturally were accompanied by' stirring eccues. TED meeting. corresponding gcate; I retrain