Prune Meetings Are All Bpady j3sjHg JH eld; Lead lossom Day Idea; VVfth Valley Flowers' and Five Fuji rlVlarc.o, Sunday and Monday, at Elcinor. til I ? if WKATHKn FORECAST; Generally fair; moderate temperature; gentle variable A Colorado psychologist claims that each kiss shortens one's life three minutes. It this is true then ve know a lot of mono actors who haven't much luture. YH I 1 1 1 1 . . .iiu.iiii . ' -,-- - - .- minimum rivfir 2 K at nioMDltere. 1 I III I ,, , ...... - i li'arr wind, north west. SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 23 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS i.. -.a f - ? im pupils ON HONOR ROLL TO VISIT HERE Parade Scheduled for April 30 of Children Healthy in Mind and Body HARD TEST GIVEN ALL Many lntffeMlnj; Viuis DVPIpol in Tom petition; I-irjir Pro- MHion Ias T.tH ! a Alei on Honor lloll Ahoitt 2(Mit Marion rotinty f-tTiilr-n. normally hf-althy in body :,nt mind, will parad the streets 4,f Salni Satnrday. April 30, ac lorrtinc to plans of County School Smxrintendent Mary L. Fulker- M)D, sponsoring the Itonor roil mm p-t it ion in conjunction with Marion county health demonstra tion. Thse children were selected for iho roll after an examination had lu fii niven them on four points. In onler to qualify, a grade school child had to be mentally normal, nli vi-allv healthy, reasonably co operative in the practice of certain health habits, and satisfactory in Irthaviour and attitude in the si iliool environment and amenable to ordinary school discipline. 1.50O From Out of Town Complete lists of certified chil dren have not yet been received ) Mrs. Fulkerson, but indications ure that about 1500 school chil dren in schools out of Salem will lc Riven places on, the honor list, aad about five hundred from Sa. h nt city schools. The Salem list will be made up about next Wed nesday. ; . A program occupying the entire cay Saturday: will be demoted to the visitinsr pupils. The "Children wiugatber 1'MmxUu snjtateat 1ft m - . jyUMt Saturday morning where r.rr address of welcome will be giv en by Superiatendeht "Tulkerson. Dr. W. H. Brown, director of the health demonstraiton, will give a Fhort talk on health, and Gover l.or I. L. Patterson will deliver the r:ain address.! Each pupil will be given a little button, emblematic of membership en the honor roll, after which a big parade from Commercial to State and back down Court street will be held. Many of the groups will be customed, and si-hool colors ! will be much dis played. At 1 1 o'clock a free matinee will bt fciken to the honor pupils by fContiny4 oo pg 6.) i. l REGARD HANKOW DANGER CENTER M:CRETARV j WlLlini REPLIES TO CRITICISM OF MOVES M.Ndnj; of Defenses There Due to rn-ll'l Conditions He j State WASHINGTON. April 22. . (AP) Hankow is regarded by the navy department as one of the points in China "most susceptible to violence," and for this reason, eif?ht American warships are sta tioned there. I This was disclosed ton ay by Sec retary Wilbur,' who .in a formal tatnient tooik eognirance of pub lished criticism of American naval concentration at the Yangtse river port, where a1 number of war craft of other governments also are based. j "The movement of vessels in Chinese waters." said MrC Wilbur, "are dictated by the demands of the situation' for the protection of American lives, and property. In view of the fact tharHankow is the principal center f American interests on the tipper reaches of the river, and also is the ehlef outlet from Central China, togeth er with the1 reports of Tery un settled conditions existing at that Place business and trade ' at a nandstiH. and over 200,000 un employed a plproachlng '; a stage of """ftn R would seem that j2fltnt 6 the places most fcns 'ye to mob violence." v Kecardlng London unofficial Sports that the 1500 American marines nowi approaching China on the trajigjiort Henderson wonld landed at Hankow, Secretary' Wilbur said jthe movement of the marines was entirely In he hahtfs: of Admiral Williams, at Shang hai, and that no, Indication as to what disposal he -"will make of them has been received at the. P?vy department. " WALKING PAPERS GIVEN CLAMP1TT ClIArLAIVlNVOI.VKO IX WOSI AX'S 'CHARGES REMOVED Ha Story to Sell, He Tolls Inter viewer; Illackmail niwl Jilel Hinted SAN FRANCISCO, April 22. (AP.) Capt. Orville I. Clampitt. aimy chaplain stationed at Van couver Rarracks. Wash., involved in the past year in publicity with two . different women while his wife remained at Vancouver, has been discharged from the service. In making this announcement 1-ere. where the chaplain faced a court martial on charges preferred bv Miss Lucille Swallow of Kansas City, vCol. A. V. Anderson, chief of staff of the Ninth corps area, said orders for Clampitt's dis charge had come here with a batch of confidential papers from the v:iir department at Washington, D. C. Anderson said the discharge bad already beeome effective. Colonel Anderson declined to give out the text of the discharge order. PORTLAND. April 22. (AP.) -Capt. Orville I. Clampitt. dis charged army chaplain of Van couver Rarracks, has a story for sale when he is ready to tell it. This he announced tonight when asked to comment on his dismis sal from the army. "Too busy," he beamed at his interviewer, and pausing a mo ment, continued: "I was cleared of those charges. There are no charges now." Asked what he intended to do further relative to today's order, he spoke of his story. "When I am ready to tell my story, it will be sold," he said. "Why not? It will prove an interesting story, I assure you. I have many documents which are in no one else's possession; secret documents. I have blackmail let ters. I can tell a story of black mail, libel andj, intrigue. There is much that 1 can tell about de tectives, certain ' detectives, and their work. And there are many S?ine "Sl? Twiia infn m v room secret hear- U & Kr X - V J - irgs amazing things." Then " Captain Clampitt, still beaming, dashed into the canvas stable where he' keeps his famous horse, "Red' Head," the star in an equestrienne exhibition here. i FRIENDSHIP REAFFIRMED Cuban reklent and Coolidge-Kx cluuiK CdUrtesH's WASHINGTON. April 2 2. (API The bond of friendship and amity which links the island re public of Cuba with the 'United States was further strengthened today when the presidents of the two countries clasped hands and spoke words of welcome and good will. Arriving in Washington for a fcrtnight American visit, President Machado Called upon President Coolidge to bring a message of friendly feeling from his native land, and as is the enstom be tween sovereign nations, Mr. Cool idge immediately returned the call at the Cnban embassy and re stated the amicable intentions of the United States. ZANIB0NI GETS 30 YEARS Men Who Plotted to Assassinate Mussolini Sentenced ' ROME, April 22. (AP) Tito Zaniboni, former socialist :deputy who admitted defiantly in court that he was guilty of plotting to assassinate Premier Mussolini in 1925, was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment today. General Luigi Capello, who had protested his innocence of the plot throughout the trial which was concluded today, also was sen tenced to 30 years imprisonment, a;s was Luigi Urzello, who is a fug itive from justice;' The other six defendants' re ceived lesser sentences, and one of them, Ezio' Celotti, was acquitted. g: B. S. "HUMILIATEP Ashamed of Xeod tovSoIlejt Sliake ygpeare Fundi in America f NEW YOkK; April u22. (AP) George Bernard Shaw 4,feels un speakably humiliated at the spec tacle of. ' England ' trying to raise moner for Shakespeaf e in" Ameri ea' the playwright cabled - the American 'Shakespeare Foundation today. ' -y-- ' The ' foundation which Js con dnctingV $1,000,000 campaign campaign for the restoration of the ; Shakespeare memorial thea ter'at Strattord-nponiAVon, Sirhleh was destroyed by fire last rear, made' pabHcT the message. r K PRUNE MEETS START TODAY; CALLED Bl H All Lead Up to Session by Committee of One Hundred on June 28 DEFINITE PLAN IN VIEW Paul V. Maris Says Meetings i Callel in Pursuance of Re port by Department of ! Agriculture Editor Statesman: I My attention has been called to ! your editorial of April 22ml, en- ( titled "O. A. C. Activities." In this you compliment the Ore- ! gon Agricultural; college highly, j but at the sanie; time charge us with unwise and untimely action ! in calling a seTies of prune meet- ! iiigs, likewise with dominating I poultry affairs, to the detriment j of the industry, accepting salaries, j emoluments and seats of power on the lime board, when already ; on the public payroll. ; You fiay, "Is It a good thing for j college men to give all aid possible j in organizing every industry in the ; state which promises benefit to ! our people, but their activities I should stop there, absolutely." They do stop there. They have j stopped there, and in the instance of the prune growers' meetings, which are the occasion for the edi torial, we are not going beyond the limits which you prescribe. Your friendliness and fairness en courage the belief that you will give space to a brief reply to your (Continued on page 4.) AUTO LEAPS, TWO KILLED SalmgnX.. Machine Goea liank at OM'c'ont Trail Sun Over Summit RTJFUS, Or., April 22. (AP) William Newmeyer, 35, travel ing salesman of Seattle, and his wife, Julienne New'meyer, 31, were instantly killed here today when the automobile in which they were riding ( crashed off the summit of the Old Oregon Trail highway about a mile west of here and tumbled over and over down the 350 foot sheer embankment into a gully. The two" were thrown clear of the machine In its many somersaults. i The time of7 th'e accident has not been definitely determined but it was placed at about 2 o'clock this .afternoon. The bod ies and the wreck were not dls-covd-ed until 6:30 o'clock. rWiMte'r " mmmmm- ,l"Ui wffi" - vX4i lis BANDITS, POLICE SCORE ONE EACH OfTIVWRY COXTIXUES IX PORT LA XI)! GIRL HELD UP Ofrirers in Vancouver Arrest Men Suspected of Robbing Resort PORTLAND, April 22. (AP) Outlawry struck Portland again today when a lone bandit, at the j point of a revolver, obtained $117 j from a girl cashier in a downtown j office building. ! IJut the police, too, had their in- nine with the announcement of the capture of two of the three gunmen who held up a Chinese resort here Sunday nlgl.t and eV caped with more than SiOOO. The two eunmen In r ustodv were said to be Clifford J. Carr, j also Jie has been rominent in 1 S, and George W. Bickmore, 21. i dramatics. He is a member of ; who were arrested in Vancouver. j Tail Kappa Alpha, national for- H. C. after local detectives hadjensic honorary; Theta Alpha Phi. j traced them to that citv. War- ! national" dramatics honorary; and rants have been issued for them here with bail set at $3,000 each. t Detectives were sent for them to night. Today's holdup took place in the offices of a trust company. Mrs. Dorothy Kirkpatrick. '12 year old cashier who was alone, was forced at the point of a revolver held ny a "foreign looking person" to hand over the money in a tin cash box. The bandit ran from the build ing with the box tucked undar his arm, with the police sirons scream ing in his ears. On the final flight of stairs leading from the buildiu? he dropped the box and the Pioney and checks littered up the stair steps. A bootblack, hearing the ;ingle of the coins and thinking the rob ber was an occupant of the build ing on his, way to the bank, assist ed him in gathering up the loot. The robber placed the money in his hat, stuffed the hat undar his arm, thanked the bootblack for his assistance and presented him with the cashbox, remarking that it perhaps would not be safe .o go through the streets with the box, in view of the numerous robberies in town. While the bandit was ga,theri;r up the cash police had been noti fied of the robbery but the man vanished as they arrived. TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS Total of 02.1 Injured During Pat Week, "Says Report There were two fatalities in Or egon due to industrial accidents during the week ending April 21, according to a report prepared by the state industrial accident com mission yesterday. The victims included John Blum, faller, of Cochran, and James H. Brumette, street worker of Springfield. A total of 623 of the accidents reported to the commission were subject to the workmen's compen sation law. ANOTHER PROMINENT STUMP SPEAKER REDDING ELECTED STUDENT LEADER LOUISE XUXN SELECTED AS SECRETARY IX CLOSE RACE A not lier-' Elect ion Required For Vice-Presidents; Editors Chosen Charles Redding was elected president of the Willamette uni versity student body yesterday when he scored' 226 votes out of j the 2D5 cast. His nearest com jpetitor for the position was Gurnee Flesher, Salem,--who was given M2 votes Redding came to Salem from ! Fort Dodge, Iowa, three years ago. j He is a junior in the law school, j For three years, he has been a I varsity debater and orator, and the Blackstone club, an organi zation of prominent law school students. Louise Nunn, a Salem girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Nunn. 1190-North 19th St., was chosen secretary in a close vote. Miss Nunn received 150, while Margaret Lewis, graduate of Washington high school, Portland was given 13 7. The editorship of the Wallulah, Willamette yearbook, went to to Paul Geddes of Roseburg. who scored enough votes in a three cornered election to get the posi tion. Geddes received 151 of the 2S7 votes cast. He has been ac tive in student body affairs and" this year is a -member of the execu tive committee and manager of May Day. Hugh' McGilvra. of Portland, was unopposed for the position of Collegian editor. He has been connected . with the Collegian staff for three yeartr, and this year is editor of the Wallulah. He (Continued on pas ') BOY SCOUTS TO ENCAMP Casradia on Santiani River i Chos en as Place for Camp ... Bov scouts will encamp this year at Cascadia on the Santiam River, according to Harold D. Ware, Salem scout executive, who has been In charge of the camp for the past three summers. The sum mer will be divided into two per iods, July 9 to 23, and July 23 to August 6. The cost for each per iod will be Sll and will" include trail trips made from, the camp. The annual camp is attended by scouts from Corvallis, Dallas, Sa lem, Jefferson. Mill City, Albany, and other smaller cities, and is un der direction of experienced lead ers. Life guards are on watch at the swimming hole and the tents and eating quarters for the boys are carefully inspected, said Mr. Ware. COOLIDGE ASKS OH TO 1 Five Million Dollars Needed for Relief of 75,000 Home less Refugees TOLL OF DEAD NOW 38 Hundreds Caught In Delta; Many In Trees And On Housetops In Danger Of Drowning; Desolation Great WASHINGTON, April 22. (AP)- The nation was appealed today to contribute $5,000,000 for the relief of thousands stricken by the Mississippi valley floods. A special campaign to raise that amount was decided upon by Red Cross officials after a conference with four members of President Coolidges cabinet, appointed by him to co-ordinate government re lief activities, with those of the Red Cross. Earlier in the day the president issued a proclamation urging contributions to the Red Cross to carry on its work. Extent of federal assistance will be worked out at subsequent con ferences. Officials of the public health service have arranged to hold themselves in readiness for emergencies should disease follow ing in the wake of the floods be come epidemic. 75,00 Homeless MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 22. (APT Thirty eight known dead, upward of 75.0(VO homeless, more than 7500 square miles of lanfl in undated and the crest of the flood still to come. This was the storv the lower Mississippi valley told tonight, and along with these reports- came others of additional breaks in le vees, endangering hundreds of persons .and threatening to add millions of dollars to the already enormous property loss. The number of dead included 19 persons who perished when the government launch Pelican was swamped by a break in the Mississippi river levee at Knowl ton's Point, Ark., while on a res cue mission last night. In his appeal for help for the sufferers. President Coolidge quoted Red Cross officials as say ing that 75,000 was' a conserva (Continued on pap 5.) PRETTY ACTRESS SLAIN Fierce Struggle Indicated; Man fieen Fleeing From Place SAN FRANCISCO, April 22. (AP) Florence Hammond, 25, pretty actress known 'on the stage as "Tiny Thomas, was found shot to death in her apartment here today. An unidentified man who escaped from the scene after threatening tennants with a pistol was pursued 'by the police shot gun, squad as the suspected slay er.1 " -! The apartment bore evidence that a terrific fight took place be fore the slaying. The body of the actress had three bullet wounds and several teeth marks on it. Mrs. E. L. Wilbanks, landlady of the place, told police she heard a commotion in the actress' apart ment and on finding the dor lock ed ran down stairs for assistance As she returned up stairs a man descended. Blood streamed from a wound in the head. As the man neared the bottom of the stairway, . Mrs. Wilbanks shouted to two men entering the hallway to "Stop that man" The fleeing man "covered" them with a pistol, ordered them to step aside and fled to the'street. He escaped pursuers. TRAIN KILLS AGED MAN Canemah Pioneer Fatally Hurt While Crossing Tracks OREGON CITY. April 22. (AP) D. M. Klemson. 70 died from Injuries here tonight after he had been struck by a Southern Pacific train while walking across the railroad, track at Canemah. The' train stopped and the crew hrought the Injured man to a hos pital here. He suffered a broken back, fractured skull, body bruises and Internal Injuries. , Mrs. Klemsen was walking ahead of her husband and had crossed the tracks before the train arrived. . . . ... -;iii-". Klemsen had lived at Canemah for 33 years, NT FLOOD VICTIMS RELIEF OF FLOOD VICTIMS PLANNED LYOR LIVES1-KY CALLS UP OX PEOPLE TO RENDER AID Over 73,000 Made Homeless; Quota For Willamette Dis- -trict f 2.0OO MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION I hereby, appeal to people' of the city " of Salem to respond wholeheartedly when called up on by the Red Cross for contri bution to tihe relief of flood victims in the Mississippi val ley. T. A. Llvesley, Mayor A campaign will be launched immediately in' Salem and sur rounding territory no raise funds for the relief of the 75,000 home less people in the districts de vastated by the Arkansas and Mis sissippi floods, it was-decided at a meeting of the executive com- Imittee of the Willamette district, American Red Cross, last night. The quota set for this district is 2.000. ' . The business part of the city will be divided into sections which will be visited by different work ers for the Red Cross to solicit contributions. Dr. Henry E. Morse was named chairman of the drive. He will appoint his sub-commit-: tees immediately and a persistent effort will be made to . reach -the quota in short order. All churches have been asked to make air especial appeal in serv ices next Sunday. Boy Scouts will be on hand to carry news of re sults at fliese services to the cen tral office-of the drive. Arrangements are also being made to push the drive In other towns and cities of the district, which includes Marion and Polk counties. Q. E. Albin, is district chairman. f CLEMENCY REFUSED MAN Attorneys Make Stirring Appeal To Governor Patterson Governor Patterson yesterday refused to grant executive clem ency in the case of George L. Jennings of Portland, who is un der penitentiary sentence for vio lating the Blue Sky laws. As the result of the governor's refusal to interfere in the case Jennings will be compelled to serve his term of one year in the prison. He will be eligible for parole at the expira tion of 12 months. Records in the office of the -state corporation commissioner show that Jennings said stock in what was known as the Mono Lake project without first secur ing a permit. He was convicted in the circuit court for .Multnomah county and the verdict later was affirmed by the supreme court He aiterwara was granted a re prieve by Governor Patterson. This reprieve expired 'April '14.! Attorneys for Jennings told the governor that they erred in giving advice to. their client, and that there was no criminal intent upon the part . of Jennings to violate the law. It was said that Jen ning's operations netted him sev eral thousand dollars. STOP' DANCE MARATHON Officials Rale Endurance Contest Injurious to Health LOS ANGELES. April 22. (By AP.) -An endurance dance mara thon, started lte yesterday-In an elimination contest for .a , $1000 prize was , halted at noon . today by city health authorities with ten couples still on the floor. After the number of contestants had narrowed from 350 starting couples to the 20 surviving danc ers, the authorities ruled that due to their condition and to 'that of the ventilation in the dance hall, continuation of the contest might prove permanently injurious to the girl participants. " , ; . RADIO SALE HITS SNAG Set in Schoolhonse Not ' Required by JawV Board Informed 1 :. Is a radio set required by law In district schools in Oregon? It sounded Incredible, but resi dents of the Loony school district had heard of the legislature doing queer things and . they weren's cuite sure. - . c"- k h One of the directors, to be on the safe side, consulted Mrs. Mary U. Fnlkerson, county .superinten dent, and found that the legisla ture had not even considered such provision. - The j director ex plained that a ' farmer In the dis trict . had started ' a -i campaign to have af costly radio set in the school, claiming that the state law required It. : Cameramen - Engulfed by Water When Bunker Hill Cliff Blasted Down ; -V 100 SPECTATORS BARELY ESCAPE Tons oLRock and Earth Fall ing Cause Disturbance f , BODIES DISAPPEAR Thirty Thousand Pounds of Powder Set Of f Send Whole ' Face of Cliff ; Downward Into Columbia; Men Swept Away 4 LONGVIEW, Wash., April 22. (AP) Three motion picture cameramen were drowned at Bun ker Hill cliff at Oak Point. 12 miles west of Longview at 3 o'clock today when a mighty wave in i the Columbia river engulfed them as they were griding away at--a -thirty thousand pound pow der blast which lifted the ,entire face of the cliff Into the river. The dead are: , T. G. "Shorty" Jlandolph of the International News Reel, Seattle, connected with, the Posf-Intelli-gencer;. his brother, P. H. Ran dolph, also of Seattle and of the same company, and Arthur Bas sett, 24, of Longview, an amateur cameraman. - Others Narrowly Kscajw ' One hundred people,' standing on the bank a quarter of a mil4 away, had to run for their livei to escape , the wave which threat ened them as well. One woman fainted and had to be dragged to safety. , Mrs. P. H. Randolph was pres ent and had witnessed her , hus band's death. She was taken to Longview. Half a dozen boats were quick ly assembled and tonight . were quickly assembled and tonight were searching -the scene of the tragedy for the bodies. No hope is held that any one of the three men Is still alive. Bassett and his wife lived at Longview., His parents, It Is un derstand, live near Castle Rock. From the meager reports, it ap pears that the mighty blast sent the whole face of the cliff off into the water at the foot of the preci pice. A huge wave, swept to the bank where the cameramen were Working. Before they could move they were swept into the torrent, and amid a maelstrom' of water. rocks, smoke and dust, swirled , (Continue on par l.J SPEAKERS HOLD - COUNTY CONTEST DECLAMATIONS, ORATORICAL ' EFFORTS JUDGED Silverton Pupils Win In Mtrt. - ' - mT - ; School And Upper Grade Divisions - -. SILVERTON, Oregon. April 22. (Special) The Marion county oratorical and declamatory con- testwas held here today for stu dents of three divisions. About three hundred , persons were present. Declamations were given 1 by children in the two lower di visions, i while the high school students gave orations. f Margaret Espy., of Woodburn won first place in division Cthe contest for the first five grades. Helen Murphy, Whiskey Hill. took secondhand Mary Louise Le- Coux, Mt. Angel, third. In Division B for pupils In the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades, Mae Coffey, SUverton. won first: Lulu Lewis, Stayton, second: and William ICee, of Aurora, third. Melvin Webb, Silverton, won first In the oratorical contest of Division A for high school stu dents,." na Weber, Woodburn. took isecond, withi Marjorie Vin cent, Woodburn, third. Judges were Rev. Martin Fere- shetian. Salem; Loren Johcaon. head of the public epeakirsg de partment, Monmouth, and !lrs. Beulah Thornton, also of teon- meuth NormaL.. W. II. Bai::-. president of the county princir' association, acted as chairman.