Salem?s Second Linon lUi ill lo Gdttino Into Action Rapid gcjiciiii R&WU111WU iviiouiuiiqi y uuwinei, i iviiic riuui wiuiidt rcuu nciru LdVD HIlCclU rui lhc villi ww i wulji ....rT7 -' - y" 1 .-,1 ' ; " . :- ":"""-? " f iSV ijs. J- 'Us I - - ..-iv. -. f --t- . V - - I' ' "'" "" " "- ' " "y ,y . . . - r : ) WEATIIEfR FORECAST: Pair; moder- ate - temperature; moderate northwest f ! win. Maximum temperature yesterday, ll I minfmam. 37: riTert-3,l; atmosphere, f fJear; wlad, -northwest.., I TVmYirtJnflr the kcva to trodnca the latx Is said to hare put 8,000,000 pianos in this i-nimtrv nut of tune. Jt has also caused sev- I erai itraes ,uuw.ww Anericau w I far removed from a concord of sweet sounds. ! Boston Transcript. ,. . SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1927 PRICE FTVH CENTS NR. I. CHI11SS1J WORKER TELLS OF EXPERIENCE Miss Lulu Conover Returns After Seeing Revolution ai First Hand OUTLOOK NOT HOPEFUL TAnht Year Spe-nt by lncnl Worn, an ire Work at Southern Preibyterlan Mission ;v IScrvioc 'arl-l Miss Lulu 7onover arrived home from China oa the Sojithern Pa c ifir train yesterday forenoon, hav ing come by way of Seattle. Sne is now a guest at the home of Mrs. A. Q. Condit. "'",855 Oak street. She is tired from the long trip, but the Fnited States of America looks Rood to her. and especially does Salem, her old home town, seem likp a haven of rest and a place of peace (after the turmoil of the Chinese revolution, some of the din and danger and noise of which she witnessed at Shanghai as she passed tjhrough' ' that city as a refugee and awaited .for the ship that carried her on, her homeward journey. Miss Conover had been in China nearly eight years; to be exact seven years and eight months. r Varied JSxperiences There Miss " ponover served first in Nanking.! then in Shanghai, and s.fterwar(js in. Tientsin and Pe king. For'the; past fopr and a half years she has been In Kiangyin, on the Yangtze river, the great river of that country, about 75 miles from Shanghai. Kiangyin is between Shanghai and Nanking, both of which cities have been much in the news from China in the past few weeks. Kiangyin is in the center of a beautiful coun try; it is in the center of a farm ing district, a country city, with only about 65,000 people; small as Chinese urban-population goes. Her home there was outside the east gate of the wall, for Kiang yin is one of the many walled cities of that country, with a wall that la 1,000 years old, and very interesting. It Is in Kingsu prov ince, th same as Shanghai. In Slission School Miss Conover has been with the Southern Presbyterian mission, in the academy of that school there. It is the James Sprunt academy, tor boys and girls. Mr. Sprunt i.s a cotton mill millionaire of Wil mington. North Carolina. The 1 resbyterian church of Wilming- ( Continued on pair 4.) - PILLAR OF FIRE HIGH OVER CITY UOODEX HTAFFOLDINfl OF 5o FOOT BCILDIXO IIFRXS Home of Elbert If. CJarj- Ablaze; Lives of Firemen and Police Endangered NEW YORK. April 12. (AP) j Like a huge torch that could b 'en lor manv miln thi minor. rrncture between the thirtieth nl thirty-eighth floors of the 559-foot Sherry-Netherlands tow er under construction at Fifty Ninth street and Fifth avenue liurst into flames shortly after 8 o'clock this evening. The fire was in wooden scaf folding atop the completed 30 stories of the structure. Four I jwrms were inrnea in snoriiy alt er the fire was discovered but fire men were handicapped in reach ing the blaze as the equipment was found inadequate for sending any quantity of water to that lieight. In the meantime the flames were fanned by a strong breeze. Lives of firemen, police re serves from nine stations endeav oring to hold thousands of specta tors in check, and even of hun dreds of the front line spectators themselves, : were menaced by showers of ' burning timbers and debris which fell over-an area of several blocks. The home of Elbert Hi Gary, chairman of the board - of direc tors of the United States Steel cor poration, at Fifth avenue and 61st street, was caught under the shower of falling embers, as was the Metropolitan club, Just across 60th street from the burning building. Central Park and the roofs of buildings for a mile around were v lined with spectators. The new building stands at the southern end of Central Park' and on a principal crosstown thoroughfare. which made the elevated blase visible to Broadway's - theater throngs as well as to residents across the East river and In Jer sey across the Hudson! Guests in the Hotel Plaza, just across the f small park, were af forded grand stand seats for the difficult battle waged by the flre- ; men, - . NEW FARM BILL M'NARY'S PLAN OREGON KKX&TOR CONFERS WITH I'REHIDEXT COOLIDGE Recognizes Futility of Re-Submitting Vetoed Measure; ' Is Coming West WASHINGTON, April 12. (AP.) After a number of con ferences with President Coolidge, Chairman MeNary of the senate agriculture committee has decided to draft a compromise farm re lief bill for introduction at the December session of congress. He was co-author of tfie Mc-Nary-Haugen measure which was ve toed by the president late in the last session. The new proposal. Mr. MeNary said, would be de signed to offer real assistance to ngricultnre and at the same time .meet objections of the president to provisions in the original bill. Farm leaders who, have discus sed the agricultural situation with President Coolidge lately say that Ik has expressed a desire to have relief legislation enacted, but is firmly opposed to the equaliza tion fee principle and certain oth er features of the McNary-ifaugen bill. In reaching the decision that it would be best to. work out a com promise, Senator MeNary has now reached the conclusion that in face of presidential opposition the original McNary-Haugen bill would have a slim chance of ever be coming a law. He leaves tomor row for the west and will discuss the situation with various agri cultural leaders and advise them to adopt a spirit of give and take in an effort to'wirk out a legisla tive program that can be carried into effect.; DISCUSS MANAGER PLAN Meeting of Committee to be Held Tonight at State Library City government administration under the proposed council-manager plan will be discussed at a meeting tomorrow night of the special committee recently ap pointed by Mayor Livesley to work out a new system of city govern ment for Salem. ' The meeting will be held at the state library where Miss Cornelia. Marvin, state librarian, has a vast collection of material dealing with the subject J. M. Devers, assist ant attorney general, who made a trip to Astoria last week, will probably be present to give a re port on the managerial form of government in that "ity. One certain phase of the council-manager form wilt be discussed at each meeting of the committee until the com Dieted plan is ready for consideration. LIQUOR CASE APPEALED Peterson Cjiven Sharp Sentence Ity Silverton Justice Alfred M. Peterson of Silverton has appealed to the circuit court following a justice court convic tion for possession of intoxicants and a sentefaee of 60 days in jail plus a $10 fine imposed yester day. Peterson was arrested bv Silver- ton city officers Saturday. April 9, with two pints of liquor in his possession. No positive evidence of liquor sales was offered but the stiff sentence imposed- by the jus tice indicated such action. He pleaded not guilty Inn failed to put up a convincing argument in the trial yesterday. Peterson furnished .the required $500 bail and was released until the ap pealed case is called. ONE MATCH AND SAFETY Salcmites Snowed In; Carefuf To Keep Fire Burning Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Ilaker'of 1950 North Water street returned to Salem on Monday night after an enforced absence of more than a week. Mr. and Mrs. Baker, who have property interests in the Cas cades, left twelve days ago to in spect their holdings. ; : Motoring as far up the MacKen xle as .they were able to go. the Bakers then hired pack-mules for the rest of the trip. Soon after they reached, their destination, snow fell to such an extent they were unable to leave for more than a week. They were imprison ed in their home with only one match, and had to see that the fire in the stove never went out. Mr. Baker is a prospector and trapper. JUSTICE AND BRIDE Hf RE Thomas ' A. 5 McBrkle and Wife Return From Honeymoon - Justice Thomas A. McBride of the state supreme court, and Mrs. McBride, who were married , in Portland recently, arrived. in Sa lem Monday night after : passing their honeymoon at Seaside and other beach resorts. They will make their home on South .Winter street where they will be at home to their many friends : .after May ' .-, v k 4 ; Both Justice and. Mrs. McBride were showered with . congratula tions upon their arrival here, r . WILL GO AHEAD SGHQDL SURVEY Investigation of Cost of Re pairs Ordered at School Board Meeting BUILDING NOT UNSAFE Citizens From Englewood District Attend; Inters Suggest New Building Instead of Reconditioning After extending a hearing to a number of citizens of the Engle wood district, and holding a some what prolonged discussion, the Salem school board last night vot ed fo employ Cuyler Van Patten for the purpose of making a sur vey of the old Washington school to determine what repairs will be necessary to put that building into condition for use once more as a school plant. r The acion was taken in spite of a survey conducted under di rection of Superintendent George W. Hug whioh showed that 107 out of 190 parents who were sent questionnaires voted to have pu pils stay in the schools where they now attend. The survey was made to determine bow many children would be available for attendance at Washington should the build ing once more be utilized. Say Homo Misinformed Several citizens who appeared before the board last night stated that they believed the survey had not been an accurate guage of the sentiment in the district. Some felt that opposition to the re-opening of the school was due to a misconception as to the condition of the building. Many have the impression, it was said, that the school is an usafe structure, little more than a lire trap, whereas a few repairs would make it as safe as any other building. A i petition "carrying several names asking re-opening of the school for. the lower grades was also presented to the board. No one opposing the opening of the (Continued on page 4.) FIRE DESTROYS VESSEL Cannery, Seasons Pack and Warc i house Also Go lp in Smoke HOQDIAM, "Wash.. April 12. (AP) Fire. startfnK in the tug boat of the Grindle Cannery com pany at the mouth of the Queets river today destroyed the cannery plant, two warehouses, the boat and the season's pack which was being made ready for shipment here tomorrow for sale. The pack was valued at 95.000, the boat at 93.500 and the plant represented an, investment of about $50,000. , "-ISS V VOli A6ETTE.R VK v -tLTL ONE MAYBE! Y COUNTIES FIGHT STATE'S DEMAND DISTRICT ATTV. OP DOt'GMS 1IKRE TO DISCUSS i(U Concerned in Marlon County's Case; Suit Not. to Be Filed Soon Any legal action that may be taken by the state to recover from 18 Oregon counties a share of the Oregon & California land grant tax refund will be resisted by the counties, according to Guy Cordon, district attorney of Douglas coun ty and legal adviser for the state land gram association. District Attorney Cordon ar rived in Salem Tuesday and later conferred with members of the Marion county court. The state, through Sam A. Ko zer, secretary of state, and Attor ney General Van Winkle, recently made demand upon the Marion county ofl'icials for approximately 24,000 yf the Sill. 000 which was Marion county's share of the tax refund. District Attorney John Carson of Marion county will assist in the defense. It Mas said that the result of the suit to be filed against Marion county would affect all the coun ties in which the grant lands were located. The tax refund was authorized under an act of con gress signed by President Cool idge in April, 1925. The act provided that the coun ties would receive an amount of money equivalent to their share of the taxes on the lands had they not reverted to the federal gov ernment, t Officials indicated that the legal action against Marion eounty prob ably would not be filed for two weeks. STICKS TO QUEER STORY Contractor Says Forced to Trans Mrt (lUnmeii and Victim PORTLAND. April 12. (AP) After more than 18 hours gril ling by veteran detectives, Fred Holstrora, a contractor, continued tonight to adhere to his story that he had been forced at the point of a gun to take three ganmen, their small arsenal and a sack containing a "human, moving be ing" through Portland into Clark county, Washington, last night. Futhermore, he persisted in keeping to his wild, wierd story when told that members of the harbor patrol, after dragging for nearly eight hours, had been un able to find the sack and its con tents which he had declared he saw the gunmen throw off the bridge into the Oregon slough. Holstrom declares he was waylaid by the gang last night as he -was driving his small truck near Heaverton. and that the three men loaded a machine gun, sever al rifles and revolvers, ammuni tion and cartridge belts, together with a sack, which he believed, contained a man, into his auto mobile, and forced him tov drive from the city. LEAVE IT TO THE RADIO BOARD STATE BUILDING PLAN ATTACKED SUIT MAY BE FILED AOAIXST LOAN FEATURE OF RILL Employers Who Contributed to Accident Insurance Fund Interested Suit to determine whether the state lias authority to borrow funds from the state industrial accident commission for the con struction of a new office building approved by the legislature at its session, probably will be filed in the courts here within the next few1 days. t Announcement of the threat ened suit was made following - a' conference here Tuesday attend ed by James B. Kerr and James Wilson, Portland attorneys. Mr. Wilson represents, the Oregon American Lumber company with offices in Portland. The. law to be attacked author ized the state to borrow from the industrial accident fund 8000, 000, on which the state would pay interest at the rate of 4 4 per cent, it was proposed under the act tn pay interest on the obliga tion and retire the principal through rentals to bo assessed against state departments occupy ing space in the new structure. Employers who contribute to the industrial accident fund were said to be behind the move to de termine the constitutionality of the legislative act. The j architect has been em ployed and plans for the new building are now being prepared. NEW TEACHERS ELECTED Nine Nained for Place In Salem Public School System Nine new teachers for the Sa lem school were, elected last night by the school board upon recom mendation of Superintendent George W. Hug. They are Mar jorie May Stone. Mary Louise WMsecarver, and Ruth Griffith for places In the senior high school: Kay Spaulding as instructor of music in Parrish junior high school; and Mary Lee Scott, Lela Riches King, Grace Hendrickson, Katherine Knox, and Lita Waters, for grade schools. - Blanche Isherwood was reelect ed secretary to Superintendent Hug. Other elections were Vera McCuhe, secretary at Parrish; Grace L. Taylork school nurse, and John W. Marr, trirant officer. GOVERNOR WILL PITCH State's . Chief Executive to Throw First Ball in Portland Governor . Patterson will pitch the first ball at the opening game of the Pacific coast leagle in Port land today. Mayor Baker will be stationed behind the bat. The governor will be accompanied to Portland by Sam A. Kozer. secre tary of state, and a number of other officials. While in Portland Governor Patterson will attend two lunch eons and will speak over the ra dio at night. ! iBILIIY 0FPR1ECB0P NEEDED. SHOWN Report of Federal Investiga tor Heard at Big Meeting Held in City MANY AT CONFERENCE Cooperation Between Growers and Packers Chief Fsscntial; Ad vertising, Better lfr keting Vital Superior products . improved methods of merchandising and ad vertising, but most of all coopera tion among the growers, are: es sentials in the development and successful operation of the prune industry in Oregon and Washing ton, according to a report of the federal department of agriculture submitted to several hundred growers, packers and consumers at a meeting here Tuesday. The report was the, result of an exhaustive investigation of the prune industry cnoducted by Burke H. Critchfield. Chris L. Christenson and Lloyd S. Tenney, representatives of the federal agri cultural department. They were at the meeting and explained in detail the 'major facts and conclu sions contained in the report, Mr. Critchfield is agricultural econ omist of the federal bureau of agricultural economics. Henr Report First Although a number "of the speakers urged that some action looking to the organization of the growers and packers be taken at today's meeting, others insisted that the report should first be considered. The latter suggestion was fa vored and it was decided to hold a series of meetings in the various prune growing sections of Oregon and Washington for the purpose of explaining the report. ... . . Subsequent meetings probably will be held when some kind of a cooperative agreement will be reached. Considerable discussion center ed on the question of advertising. Mr. Christertaon said that while he believed in advertising he was ndt of the opinion that a nation wide .publicity program should be proposed at this time. In lieu of such an advertising campaign he declared that certain consuming centers could be select ed for publicity purposes at a moderate cost to the growers. Mr. Tenney made it plain that it was not the fuuction' of the agri cultural -department to conduct the affairs of any organization or business, but merely to give the facts snd assist the rural toilers in working put their problems. lie said the agricultural department was interested chiefly in the wel fare of the producer and consum er and not the middle man or speculator. "Careful growing and delivery of prunes of a uniform quality are the first essentials in establishing and maintaining an effective mer chandising program," read the government report. , "There also must be a depend able and regularity of supply. As to the latter, the wide variation from year to year iu the size of the crop of northwestern prunes presents difficult marketing problem.1 Uniform quality pro ducts, good pack and dependable servicn in administering the sup ply all help to build and maintain regular trade outlets with mini- Oontirmed on page 4.) ANCIENT GRAVE FOUND Believed to Have Been Erected by Astoria Founders ' ASTORIA, April 12. (AP.) A tombstone believed to have been erected in the graveyard of Fort Astoria soon after it was founded by John Jacob Astor in 1811, was unearthed by workmen here to day. Time 'had worn it so that only small fragments of words could be deciphered. Pioneers here say that the site where it was uncovered was that of the first graveyard in Fort As toria. Several lother old tomb stones . were removed fro mthe same site several years ago and placed in museums. ' The propertyon wb,ich the stone was unearthed was being excavat ed for an addition to the city hall grounds. . - , MURDER SUSPECT HELD Man Believed to bo "Dark Strmng ler" Reported Arrested . K PORTLAND. April 12. (AP.) -A "dark atrangler" suspect whose name wa not divulged, was detained for ' questioning in the county jau sere xonignx. -. - j ; tie was t&Jten into custody; ta connection; with an attempt to sell a watch thbught to hare belonged to Mrs. Florence Monks, strangled to death la&t November la .Seattle. NAME ANDERSON SALEM HI COACH WILL COMTUNEinTES WITH PHYSICAL - DIRECTION Luke Gill Chosen as Assistant; New Mentors Prominent in College Louie Anderson was elected last night hy the school board to the position of head coach to succeed Holils Huntington, resigned. An derson, whose salary will be S2200r .will also retain the posi tion of physical director. .Luke Gill was named as assistant coach at a salary of $1500. During the past year, Anderson has acted as assistant coach to Huntington and his work in build up the program of the physical education ; department is said largely to have influenced his choice as coach in 1925. Ander son was quarterback on the Uni versity of Oregon team which iwarly upset Washington's claim Co the coast championship by playing the Huskies, a spectacu lar game at Seattle. Anderson's field -tactics were responsible for the fine showing Oregon made in this clash. Gill, who will assist Anderson in developing Salem high athletic teams, was all coast half-back several years ago at OAC. Last fall. as. assistant to Coach It. S. Keene, he helped develop the Wil lamette university football men. Gill will assist in physical educa tion work. Anderson was selected from a li.rge list of. applicants for the po-j sitibn. The most prominent con- tender with him for the place was Ramon Dimick, now coach- at Raymond,- Wash., who has produced a number of winning teams at that school. MILL NOW IN OPERATION Progress Noted Dally Looking To ward Big Things in Future Salem's second linen mill is get ting 'into operation. Every .day there is progress; a new machine set to going; ,a new process to wards the making of the finished progress added. There are five spinning ma chines up. Another on the .floor, ready to set up Another due to arrive April 28: I That will make seven.-. . That. wUl complete the full quota oC machinery. The one coming is the last. , . Each machine has 192 spindles. That makes 1344 spindles. Each spindle is capable of turning out a pound of "yarn" in an eight-hour shift.; One machine turned out 80 pounds per spindle on Monday. Pretty good for green hands. They are doing well. Adding Experts There are 118 looms. ,Forty are now hooked up and tried out. Many kinds of looms, to make many kinds of products. Some wide ones . to make table linens. Beautiful patterns. Several of the looms are now making fancy towels. Some mak ing crashes. Some are working on linens for tailors linings. It takes a yard of linen linings for every suit of clothes And there are orders now to take the product of 10 looms, provided the samples come up to standard: which they will. The whole mill might work on linen suit linings, and make only a dent ih the American demand. In just a few days the dye room, will be ready, and the finishing room. There are a dozen or so sewing machines, electrically driv en, for the finishing room. Then there will be shipping, and selling, with marketing or ganization. It is all coming fine. Looking good. And very, very busy. Some more expert help is ar riving, to teach the new hands. But the new hands are doing very, very well. Surprising everybody. OPPOSE WATER OPTION Kiwanians Appoint Committee to , Urge Municipal Purchase The first move in the fight against the sale of Salem's water works to the Federal Water Ser vice corporation was made yester day with the appointment of Fred Erixon as chairman of a commit tee of .Kiwanians to cooperate in definite moves to place the pur chase before the voters of the city. .Erixon made a short -address against the option awarded by the local comnanv tri thB'W.Vnv syndicate ; urging that the , I club take immediate action to rar-rv nn Ltae fight. He was given heavy yyiaue ana me committee will start work at once. If the deal is put over Salem will be only one town of many turning thousands of dollars each month Into the service enrnnrntlnn and it is this result that Mr. Erix on struck at in his address to the Kiwanlatts. .--.'C. The Kiwauis ' cluh has the avowed support " of the Salem Lions dub in backing the pro- poaea action, a majority ot e members of both organizations be lieving that the TOters and proper ty owners ox tne city should hare a chance to rote In June on the now neglected - plans to- purchase the water holdings of the-- local corporation, r - -i - 1 CARLTON HEADS JIASTERS Edmund F. Carlton' of Salem was elected grand master of the Royal and Select Masters at Bend. aisi Almost Entire Population Casualties, According to Meager Reports RECOVER 50 BODIES Five Dead in Oklahoma and ; Arkansas - When Storm Strikes; Vast Property 1 Damage s ' WACO, Texas, April 13 (AP) The News-Tribune early today received reports that 50 bodies had been re covered from wreckage of Rock Springs, Texas, build ings leveled by a ; tornado there last night. 1 SAN" ANTONIO, Tex.,' April 12. -(AP) More than 1?5 nerennd are believed to have lost their uves in a devastating tornado which struck the little town of Rock Springs, county seat of Ed wards county located 120 miles west of San AntrmJn at s ac cording to information reaching uer iwo nours later over an im provised PIBflrpPIIMf Manh.n. ... - ,m.iUVUOiI!l). tarnished one mile east of tho town. Fear Total Greater Meager information Indicated that th total riasH ntH . - " xu.u uiuuub suu nigner when a final check ia madejA relief party left Del Rio over ;the Southern Pacific lines within an hour after news of the storm reached that city- and -doe tors were organizing another re lief party at Uvalde to go to,th striken town. A relief party headed by City Health Officer W. A. King and Fire, Chief J. O. Sarran was des patched from San Antonio. With the. telephone exchange . blowi away an operator at the . Rock Springs lineman to a point one mile east of town and installed a telephone with whleh to maintain communication with the outside world. i . j The first meesage reaching San (Continued oa page 2.) ; : ASSESSMENT LAW TAKEN TO COURT ALTERNATIVE WRIT OF MAN DAMUS ALLOWED IN CASK Circuit Judge Rules After Kupremo Court Declines Jurisdiction , In "L. B. Smith Petition An alternative writ of man damus requiring Sam A. Kozer. secretary of state, to recognize an application for a ballot title for a proposed referendum measure i looking , to the repeal of the so- : called tax assessment law enacted at the last legislature, or to show ' cause before April 15 why he ' should not do so, was grafted in circuit court , here Tuesday by,. Judge L. H. McMahan, to L. B. Smith of Portland, who had first taken the matter up before the supreme court of the state. That body refused to assume Jurisdic tion. 1 n The petition for a writ of man damus was dismissed'- by the su preme .court, without, prejudice, and thus the applicant retained the right to apply for a writ in any other court having jurisdiction. . It was alleged by Mr. Smith that under the constitution of the state all tax measures are subject to referendum, i The application , for a ballot title was refused by ; the secretary of state on the grounds lhat he was an adminis trative officer, and that the law complained of In the proceeding carried the emergency clause and already is in effect. Mr, Smith, charged that in re fusing to accept his petition tho secretary of state had denied him the right of referendum to which, he was entitled under the constitu tion. -: ' ; . -'. The tax assessment law under attack authorized county assessors to demand inrentories of bu3iue i concerns and gare the state tax commission power to correct un fair or unjust assessments 1 county assessors.: -, The- law a copied. in part from the Wash - ton assessment act and was r. : t mended by the state .tax iavc. :i gating committee created . by t' ; 19 2 & legislature. , - Other opinions handed down 1 the cdurt follow: - '; State of Oregon, vs. Ctto llu -sel, appellant; appeal from Do - -las county; bit051 from convict: for vlolation .of prohibition I :v. " (Oocllaued oa. psj 2.) 25 S , '