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Newspaper Page Textn in Salem Today; tpilafnpjbt;Upiyr8ity jGj.ee Glub iSings at Capitol Theater l pnic Cherry- j riy estigatio WEATHER FORECAST: Fair wilh Hs in tempera urn; hHmidlfy considerable low normal; gentle variable wind, mostly easterly.. Maximum temperature jyeHterdayJ i-l; minimum, river. 3.2: atmosphere. l U-nr; wiiui, north wosTi. j (WEEKLY EDITION) SKVENTY-SIXTII YEAR SALEM, OREGON THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1927 L r ' jtm. , ,1 ri ri - r Our Idea or one ponucai I fTtrf -nHK A AAi a -S s iVY JW S-NN 1xSSs While U the appointment of traific'DoHceinan i lie will Mfflili;'-. mmmmmmmMmmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 1 "' i I 4 TflfiST TillfiHI. LIEUT Some Blossoms Damaged, hut Tree LWd so Heav prop my Norsutfer OTHER PLACES HABDIT Telfir Blow IValt Kft Fniitw; 11.-, T Vr C Vnt Noi nwil " 'rp Kx pofilr MPra-iUlj Aitrrtcn" Ki11oI. FrtiH blossoms in some parts of Marion county wer probably 1amagwl somewhat by too heavy Irost :Tuosclr nisht, growers re-piri-d Welnesday, although It is too -arly yet to tell whether any initial lo?8 in the crop will result Snmf hi ok soma undoubtedly wor "burned," but It was pointed out that there is such ah excess blossoms that no loss may be riisioued. XoHhwcst Suffers 1'ORTLAND, April 20., (AP). -Freezing' temperatures have riValt the. fruit raising districts of ()r Kon and Washington a terrific blow, ll. H. Kipp, manager of the marketing department' of the Portland chamber of commerce was advised today in numerous tt'lecrams. In Washington soft fruit crops wore hit so severely that prelim inary estimates are that only a 25 per cent normal crop may be ex pected. Damage of prunes and apples was said severe. The dam age was. felt especially In the Wal la Walla. Wenatchee, Milton-Free-water and Yakima districts, the telegrams .stated. In Oregon conditions were lit tle better. At Hood River it was estimated that "practically ? all cherries'' were killed by the heavy frost last night. Few orchard 1st s had protection for their fruit. The damage to pears, the hlooms of which are not yet fully : opened, was severe. Apple blooms were not far enough advanced to be injured, it was said, and the dam age to strawberries was negligi ble Columbia Section Hit. R. D. Chatfield, manager of the Mosier Fruit Growers association reported damage to cherries and prunes in his district at 100 per cent. Mid-Columbia asparagus grow ers who were expecting a car ship ment this week were hard hit by tli freeze- Two days culmina tion was lost, in Umatilla connty thousands of acres of sof t Federa- (Continued on pr MEDICAL SCHOOL GIFT ANNOUNCED M .'!, MH I'RKSKN'TKD IV 1K CIKJMTION OF C;HI WORK More Fneililb's for Specialized Re search Work at I'nrtlaiMl to lie Possible PORTLAND, April 20. (AP.) Announcement of a gift of $130, ')i to the University of Oregon medical school here, by the "gen eral education board of the Rocke Mler Foundation, was made to day by Dr. Richard B. Dillehunt, dean of the medical school, and Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president o! the university. " The award was made, it was pointed out, In recog nition of the high standards of work being done by the school. ' Accompanying the' official state ment that the gift had been made by the general education board, va.s a check for $50,000. The re mainder of the' fund ' will be de posited with the state and mada available to the medical. school as it has need for it. . . . , The board made two previous i gifts to the institution, the first lor 1113,000, matching a similar t! appropriation rromMne' state, ior DUE I construction of the building, and lf' another for $50,000 for the ptir- ccane of equipment. , The gifts were made in 1920. , ft may be possible, Dr. Dillehunt said, to increase the personnel of the Multnomah county. hospital by providing three resident .physic ians to take care of the patients and to assist in the Instructions oi the medical students there. Im portant equipment for; the diag nosis of disease will be installed and other equipment for; special- ea research work will - he pro- rided-Xor; ride MISTRIAL SEEMS f INEVITABLE NOW IXTKUVIEW GIVEN BY WOMAN I ' JUROR SETTLES CASfc Sapiro and Attorney Declare Oth- ' or Parts of Fowl Charges 'I;,rnmcnp., DETROIT, April 20. (AP) . Declaration of a mistrial tomor row morning was the inevitable ending for Aaron Sapiro's $1, WOO.ooo HImjI suit against Henry Ford foreseen tonight when Sap hro and his chief of counsel, William- Henry Gallagher, agreed th-at they could not oppose the part of the four point defense mo tion alleging a woman juror had granted a newspaper interview. The other three points, that the juror, . Mrs. Cora Hoffman, mis stated her husband's business, and that she had stated falsely she had no interest in the case, and that Mrs. Hoffman conversed With a "Kid" Miller, Who was al leged to have engaged in conver sation with and to have been on friendly terms with Sapiro were termed by Sapiro and Gallagher, a "perfect frameup." In the affidavit of William Orth, the Ford Motor company employe, who also is related to Mrs. Hoff man, it was asserted that on Sun day evening February 27, last, he heard her say "she hoped she would be chosen for service in the Ford case, and if she was. it would not be very healthy for "Old Man Ford," as she did not like his methods or anything about him." Other arnaavits alleged that while Mrs, Hoffman represented in her preliminary examination that her husband, William Hoff man, was engaged only in the plumbing and heating business, his principal business was oerat ing a public saloon or blind pig. Hoffman, according to the af fidavit of Frank Gervais, a Ford investigator, said on April 19 last that he knew1 about an offer of $10,000 to his wife 6y "Kid" Mil ler and that he had told her that if she could get that amount she could get .$15, 000 just as easily. Several-of the affidavits refer red " to 4 Miller's association with Mrs. Hoffman in the federal build ing corridors off the courtroom, and to of them asserted Sapiro and Miller had locked arms and conversed Intimately and earnest ly in corridors. John Smolar, a Ford detective, swore that he had heard a man "of Jewish caste of countenance" since identified to him as Miller, say to Mrs. Hoffman, "It will be worth thousands of dollars to you if you will do so." EASTERNERS PERSPIRING Mercury Rises to 1 In Sonic Cities; One Prostration NEW. YORK, April 20. (AP) Easterners wiped prespiring fore heads today, discarded wraps and overcoats, watched therm niters register record breaking April 2rt temperatures of from 8 4 to iU degrees in some cities and decided that summer had ousted spring from the calendar. A yfcar ago today the lowest temperature Mere was 31' degrees. The heat wave claimed one pros tration in Elisabeth. N. J. The weather man predicted "fair and colder tonight." Previous record temperatures for April 20 were broken in New York, which had a maximum' of 88 degrees; Springfield, Mass., with 91; Boston and'Philadelphia with 89 and Elizabeth,, N. J.,"90. On the other hand In Binghamj ton. N. Y., reported that tire-mercury began to fall about 4 p. m. and that snow was - expected to morrow. In Buffalo: where the temperature was 77 yesterday it was 37 today. - ' ? r -t - : PORTLAND APPS PPUCE 3 More Employed to Combat i Crhiie Wave; - Loafing Banned. ';, t -zl-- ft - : PORTLAND, April 20. (AP): -Thirty-fire additional police men today were authorized by the city, council for duty at vantage spots -throughout the city to com bat, the crime wave that has bit Portlands I V j . "' At 'the same meeting an emer gency measure was adopted mak ing It unlawful to be on the streets or in automobiles in the city after midnight without a valid - reason. This- will become effective : Imme diately; K " SUFFERS PARALYTIC STROKE . . . t ' SlLVERTON. April' 20. (Spe cial.) Levi C Goplerud suffered a paralytic stroke Tuesday and is reported a.ib'Jns Jn a Teryserl oa condition." - DOZENS SLAIN ATTACK TRAIN Large Force of Bandits or Revolutionaries Kill Guard, Passengers COACHES SET ON FIRE Outrage Is Worst of Many lepre (lalions In Mexico Belie vert Work of Strong Anti Calles Faction ! t. ' MEXICO CITY, April . 20. (AP) -Bet ween 50 and 100 help less passengers were slaughtered by a great torce of revolutionaries or bandits who held up a Guadalajara-Mexico City train last night, after killing the train's en tire escort of 50 soldiers. The bandits drenched the coaches with gasoline and kero sene and set them afire, and as the terrified passengers tried franticaly! to climb out of the windows to escape incineration, they were shot' down. The vslaugh ter took place near Limon, state of Jalisco. No Warning Given , Of recent outrages, this is de clared to have been, the worst in Mexican territory. The attack came almost without warning. Suddenly , the train halted while passing through a desolate terri tory, and the attack, some reports have it. was begun by from 300 to 1000 armed men. They made short work of the military guard; then locked "the doors of the coaches, applied the torch to the oil-soaked wood, and by the light of the flames that instantly shot up. poured savage fusillades into the bodies of the passengers as f Confirmed on pare 7.) NATIONAL BANK CLOSED Bend Institution in Charge Examiner; Beserves Low " of Bend, April 20. (AP) With, W. C. Crowley, national hank ex aminer in charge, the First Na tional bank of Bend remained cloned today. The bank was closed this morning by a resolu tion: of the board of directors. The bank's reserves were depleted, ft was said, and in order to preserve the assets for protection ,of de positors, the action was taken. When the audit, now under way, is completed, a complete statement will be made relative to the future of the bank, it was announced. 1 v 7 GOBS SKIRMISH T WITtl RED HAJS BAND OF 50 REPULSED, LEAVE THREE DEAD ON FIELD Defied Order Prohibiting Fighting Wit bin 2000 VanM t ' Railroad , MANAGUA, Nicaragua. April Ar 20. -(AP) American bluejack ets came into armed conflict this afternoon with a band of fifty men wearing red hat bands and carrying a red flag. After a brte-f engagement the "reds" re treated leaving three dead. There were no casualties among the sailors. fj Defying the orders of the U it ed States prohibiting fight ng within 2000 yards of a railrc id, the band attempted to take he' village of Posoltega. The atta k ing forces were opposed by twefcty four blue jackets. Posoltega'ls near Chichigalpa, where fighting was engaged in last night. One liberal was killed in the fighting at Nagarote. Conservative forces are en training along the railroad in the hope of clearing out teh liberal bands. START SHERIFF RECALL Lawe County Official Under Fire for Veneta Affair EUGENE, April 20. (AP.) Definite plans to recall Frank E. Taylor, Lane county sheriff, were made at a mass meeting at Ven eta tonight when som 400 resi dents of Veneta and Other parts of the county met to bring threats against the sheriff into action. The meeting was called as a re sult of the refusal of Sheriff Tay lor to discharge Van Svarverud, chief deputy. Svarverud was criti cized by Veneta residents for his trip to Los Angeles, started the day after the holdup of the Veneta pool hall when Albert Brownlee shot William Maddaugh, the pro Prietor J. ,.,J.i. Svarverud was in command of the sheriff's office at the time, Taylor being in Alabama. CRUSADER'S yyjFE DYING Family, Hurrying to Deathbed of Mrs. 'Lillian M. Johnson SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., April 20. (AP) Mrs. Lillian M. John son, wife of W. E. ("Fussyfoot") Johnson, the prohibition crusader, is dying in a hospital at Columbus, Ohio,' according to a telegram re ceived today by Clarence T. John son, a son, from his father. Johnson left at once for Colum bus. He said his brother, Clifford. Johnson of Washington, D. C, and his sister, Mrs. Clara M. Walden of Chicago, were also enroute to their mother's' bedside. ' SHERJUAN WAS BIGHT CLAIMS SEATTLE CLEANED UP MAYOR HAS FAILED TO KEEP PROMISES, ALLEGED Sheriff Prepares Another List of Places That Should Bo ' Closed. i ' SEATTLE, April ' 20. (.A P)'. Charging that Mayor Bertha K Landes has failed to fulfill her pre-election promises to "suppress open and flagrant law violations' in Seattle, King County Sheriff Claude G. Bannick declared to night that unless she immediately makes an effort to "clean up the city," he will do so himself. Mayor Landes, who was elected on a reform platform,? has sanc tioned a system of regulation "which covers up the operation of malefactors," the sheriff assert ed. Bannick announced that he was preparing a third list of alleged disorderly places in the city,and that it w'ill be transmitted to the mayor within-'a few days with the request' that the police "act with out delay." Many of the, places on the two previous lists were found to bp unoccupied, the mayor said last week. When informed of Bannick's charges tonight Mrs. Landes said she had no statement to make. Bannick's accusations, in part, were as follows: "The mayor has had ample op portunity since her election to show that she Intends to live up to the promises she made when she opposed Edwin J. Brown for the mayor's, chair. She was elect ed on the strength of these prom ises. ' "Conditions .have improved since here election that is, they have improved on the surface. But the dirt is still there its been pushed under the carpet where no one can see- it without lifting the cover. I've lifted the (Continued oft pa;e 7.) NATIONAL PARK BOOSTED Silver Crek Falls Classed Wonderful Scenic Spot as Representative W. C. Hawley opened his drive yesterday on making Silver Creek Falls a na tional park by appealing to Salem Rotarians for all possible assist ance. Mr. Hawley told the club that it would not be hard to secure an appropriation from congress i It -evefcy Salem organization started working at once toward that end Silver Creek Falls is one of the beauty spots in the state and is acclaimed as the most scenic sec tion of the Willamette valley. If national funds can be secured for improvements Salem will be next door to a wondrous playground". EPIDEMIC ADOS ES El Refugee sCamps Stricken With Disease; More Drown frigs' Reported . WATERS STILL MENACE Efforts to Combat Advancing Water Redoubled; Now Ma drid Being Evacuated with . Buildings Surrounded LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 20, (AP) Six more lives have been added to the toll taken by Arkansas flood waters. " . , Julius Lamb, 3 was drowned when he fell from the. front porch of his home near Truman Into backwater. E. Rainwater, 2 4, was drowned near Morrilltbn. Three negroes are known to be drowned and nine others missing when six skiffs towed by a motor-, boat turned over when the motor stalled just as a levee went out within ten feet of it near" here tonight.' Another negro was drowned near Bradley during the morning. Three families were believed tonight to have drowned on the Flynn plantation in Pulaski coun ty 12 miles east of Little Rock They were warned last night to flee but were said to have re mained in their homes. Neigh bors heard screams later in the night' as the water jcrept Into the homes. j Disease Prevalent Pestilence, riding on the waves or st; Francis river flood, has in vaded Refugee camps -at Wynne and Parkin," Ark., and tonight raore than B00 of the homeless were ill with measles, whooping cough and mumps. Advised of the situation by a Red Cross representative, Gover nor Martineau ' ordered national guard medical ofricers and sfate health board authorities to 'the camps with instructions to estab lish an isolation camp. Arkansas Rlsirfg MEMPHIS, ;. Tenn.,: April 20. (AP) The menace of flpod-dis- fCnBtinnftd on para 7.) MOVIE ACTOR INDICTED Faces Charge of First Degree Murder of 'Ray Raymond LOS ANGELES, April 20. (AP) Paul Kelly, film juvenile, was-indicted for first degree mur der following a grand jury; in vestigation here today of the .death ---of Ray Raymond, musical comedy actor who died yesterday after a beating admittedly admin istered by the screen player. The indictment was voted with in a few moments after Ray mond's widow, Dorothy Mackaye. stage actress had collapsed in, tie grand Jury roiri. She crumpled ia the witness chair after admit ting that she had been with Kel ley a short time before the fatal thrashing.. The actress was' car ried out of the room and medical aid was 'summoned. Physicians had scarcely revived her when the actress learned of the grand Jury's ' action and col lapsed outside the jury roo"m. She struck her head on the tile Door of the corridor and was tempor arily unconscious. " - AGED HERMIT KILLS TWO Beclnse Run Amuck With Rifle, -t' ' Later Killed by Posse" PETALUMA, Cal.. April 20. (AP) Three men died in a reign of . terror here today, when John rallies. 72 year old recluse,- ran antuck with his rifle, shot and killed Mike Theos, ' a cook then barricaded himself , in his house to stand off a posse. The posse was later reinforced by4 a machine squad of national guardsmen and the' bouse was rid dled with bullets. ' Meanwhile an airplane was dispatched to San Francisco for tear gas bombs; res idents fled the neighborhood and automobile traffic over the Red wood highway was I dtoured td avoid the danger zone. -V The battle ended when Failles, routed by the bullets which pene trated his cabin, made a rush out the' back door, shooting as he ran, and killed R. I Raimussen, 60, constable and deputy sheriff; Fail les dropped dead under a-bail of bullets almost the same instant. LQQD ZONE 50 JD00 HOMELESS ' ' ptJETf) pLppDS FOUR MILLION, ACRES INUX- BATED IN SEVEN STATES Loss In Lives And Property Not -'Yet. 'Estimated; Will Last m Tw Weeks (By Associated Ps.) The flood at a glance. . States affected: Arkansas. Mis souri and Mississippi, and to les ser extent Illinois, Kentucky, Ten nessee and Louisiana, Estimated area - inkindated: 4, 000,000 acres or 6,250 square miles. ' '. Estimated homeless: : 50,000 persona. Persons affected: 100,000, dl rectly or indirectly. ' Lives lost: Impossible estimate. more than dozen known dead. Property loss: Not estimated, but far into millions of dollars. Worst sirfferer i Arkansas, with most of its lowlands inundated. Persons homeless In Arkansas: Upward of 20,000. Cities hardest hit: Claredon, Pine Bluff, Little R6ck,and num ber of smaller communities. ! Other results: Epidemic in two Arkansas refugee campS; rail traf fic and -wire communication de moralized; cities cut off from the outside; schools closed and threat ened break? of other levees on major .streams. ' ' Relief measures: American Red Cross; Federal, state and city gov ernment cooperating in rescuing homeless, establishing camps and careing for refugees, f National guard troops, members,: American Legion and "Boy Scouts doing pol ice and guard duty. Outlook: Even higher stages forecast as cloudbursts and heavy rains, principally in Arkansas, ad ded more water to that already In sight. River stages at many places already highest on record. r ; Probable .duration r New Orleans weather bureau estimated from two to' four weeks before . flood waters , will pass that, city " LENGJHY TRIP PLANNEP Uni versify Debaters Will t Circle ' Globe; Take Full Year EUGENE, April 20. (AP) A tentative' schedule has been drawn up for the University of Oregon debate team . which, plans ' to en circle the globe next year, appear ing in all English-speaking coun tries, according to J. K. Horner, debate coach at the university, , the team, which will probably consist of three speakers will meet de baters from the universities of Hawaii at Honolulu, New. Zealand, a"nd five universities in Australia besides several in . Scotland and England. . ! . Tryouts will be held at the uni versity April 30, according to Mr. Horner, -with each candidate mak ing a six minute speech on either side of the question, "Resolved, that democracy is a failnre.V LThree speakers will be selected. with one alternate; Making- this trip will necessitate absence from school next year.. ELEVATOR DISCUSSED Court Investigates Cost of Install lation at Coort Honse ;"- Popular- demand for immediate installment - of an elevator In , the Marion county court house is rap idly increasing, according to Judge J. T. Hunt. The county court has investi gated the advisability of such an Improvement , and , finds ;that a modern 'single shaft' may be con structed at a cost not to exceed 6,000. It would be necessary to keep an operator from 8 to S each day except' Sunday. : - ; -i As a large part of the business In the court house Is done on the second and third' floors and a ma jority of the people who constant ly are compelled: to climb several eights of stairs are advanced in age, the court believes the ex penditure would be a wise one. ' ' Judge Hunt urges, that inter ested taxpayers call at his office on' the second floor to talk the matter over. '..- WILL BLAST AWAY CLIFF 30,000 Pounds of Powder to Re V ! Used -to . Clear Roadway.- - u LONGVIEWr Wash., April 20. --(AP). A single shot of 30,000 pounds of powder to blast out 300 feet of the face of Bunker Hill cliff near Stella, for construction 6t the Ocean Beach highway, will be fired within a few days. Plac ing of the" powder was started. to day. - - The cliff fronts directly on the Columbia river, rising sheer 200 feet front the water. The hot will move snore than 100,000 cu bic yards of rock and the entire face of the cliff will be blown off. CHERRY-TARIFF HEARINGS HERE WILL BE T0D,",V Investigators' -for ; Federal Commission to Arrive in 1 City This Morning FACTS TO BE PRESENTED, Facts on. Cost of Production and Processingto"' Be' Presented IxokIng Toward Adequate Protection 1 Hearings on the cost of produc ing: cherries in the northwest, will be held In Salem today before two representatives of the federal tar iff commission, with' a view, to amassing information which will shed light on whetherUhe protective-tariff on cherries : Imported into the United States must be raised. ; (' - ' These hearings, at 9 and 10 o'clock this forenoon, will not be public meetings, but conferences between the ' tariff commission representatives and. per&ons who are in a position to give them the facts about cherry production cost. See Ropeful Signs This is the Investigation toward which cherry growera have been working for months, and is the first Btep toward what Senator Charles L. McNary believes will be the granting of an Increase which will provide the needed protection temporarily, and -eventually give permanent protection. " . Commenting on - thisjnatter fol lowing" his" arrival home from Washington, Senator MtNary said that: from the indications at var ious conferences of the tariff 'com. mission, he belieVed; the ' recom. mendatioh for an. Increase of onu cent a pound would be-forthcom-ing possibly early in May.' Thij is the maximum increase possible until a new tariff law Is passed: The increase could be ordered by the' president on the commission's recommendation. - The commission's inrestigators, Mr. Lourie and Dr. Connor, will hear separate features of the tes timony with regard to production costs; Dr. Connor that on grow ing,, and Mr, Lourie that on pro cessing. - ' ; ' --: I '" Italy Chief Rival Officers of the Salem Cherry Growers association will: be given a hearing, aa well as local pack- era representatives; and other districts ' in the 'northwest are sending men to furnish" similar figures. ; After these are compiled, the ! tariff cpmmisslon will also have to obtain comparative figures on (Continued on pf 2,) ' CUSTOMS, PROHI FORCES JOINED DRY t ENFORCE3IENT SQUADS PUT UNDER CTVIIi SEBYICI ' Present Agents " Blast' Qualify; Additional Guard of Cot ." Planned - - - PORTLAND, April 0. (AP) W. K. Newell, deputy federal prohibition director, returned to Portland today from Seattle where he was in conference with Roy C. Lile. director for . the Pacific northwest, relative to the placing of the; prohibition service under civil -service and the merging of the prohibiten -unit of the cus toms service with the prohibition department. " The latter change will go into f f ect May . 1 5. ' At p resen t there are eight men serving in tte pro hibition nnlt of the customs ft--vice-under A." E. Burghdnff. TL service ? was created in Aujc 1925 by General Andrews and designed particularly to va f c . the - coast lines, harbors and .or ders. , -. ; ..-.i . - Under the new arrangement a squad from the prohititlen ser vice will he " assigned to thf----duties, i AJie . pronioition eervica placed under citll service c i v,-; i r - -' 1 and all agents are now i.;' application for a rpointr -: i der this regutatisa. . T i plications must ta la t- : and the examiaations era c to be completed tl-rV ? f. r dale; .".'AIJ-.8jer.t3 rv t t. - hibition servica t'ra ura't application, Kewell .:.!. ,Vr the act which placed tM.i r-.n under--civil rfrrlcn fx r was glven-the prfer.t