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1 7 i
Did You Know
thaGtiariCTr to-'Become- a- Great Grapej (bwirig smcr IaniifcteringfOenccr?
The Thousand- DqUqc! flflorlc
Been Passed! in the Red: Gross Drive? fdH Flood Reliefr Finish It -'(Quickly
1
WEATHER FORECAST: Fair and inild;
tl to moderate northwest winds: norm-
The psychology class at the 'University. tof
Chicago haSj succeeded in teaching, a bunch.of
felloe to Turn to Jthe.rightvln.tlpie. it i hoped,
the lesson .can , bo; taught . even : to ; sidewalk
shoppers',- Cleveland Plata Dealer.
!Jl humidity: Sfaxlmum temperature yester
!iav 7"; minimum, 51; river, 5-8; rainfall.'
.04 inches; aimospnere, ciear, wiuu, uonu-
Wt'St. "! , -
JENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
- SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1527
FRICE FIVE CENTS
if.y&
Sip (fite;0il
r
sr .
P0EE FLOODS
4fc
Hundreds Move Out of Dis
trict to Be Inundated to
Save New Orleans
DOUBT PLANS SUCCESS
Half Dozen More Towns Flooded
in -Vrtson Valley; Facility?
lor Iteftuceea lurking;
i Looting Noted
MKMl'IUS. Tenn., April 27.
, Al From the lowlands of
southpaHtcrn Louisiana to the
highlands of central Arkansas and
Tennessee new caravans today
joined tine armies of refugees on
the march in the face of floods or
threats of floods.
Hundreds moved out of St. Ber
nard and Piaquemine parishes,
carrying household and other pos
sessions and abandoned homes and
farms to be deliberately flooded
'j an effort to save new urieana
roni thie wall of water bearing
1 IJQjvn upon it ironi me upper aua-
v - mx
1 issippi valley, j . '
a' li V. Few Possessions Saved
Grim I forces of nature were
compelling elements in the move
liients of those in northern Louisi
ana, the Mississippi delta and
MotrtheastertiArkansas. Many had
time to save some possessions;
others trudged along empty hand
ed, thankful to escape with their
lives.
Army engineers still -Were doubt
ful whether the sacrifices to be
made by the people of southeast'
ern Louisiana, with the breaking
of the levee at Poydras at nooiri
r riaay, ana me loosening oi vast
volumes! of flood ' waters would
save crescent fcity.
?f qij waters frpm the Arkan
'' W' r e more ;town and' vli
lafflf ; Jay, and increased the
fl Tpths at Arkansas City and
othef places where large numbers
of retugeel- were gathered. Hun
dreds who had sought safety in
MeGehee abandoned that how in
uhdated town and marched to
.yontirello where more than' 5,000
homeleHs already were being cared
for.
Although the problem of pro
viding food and shelter, for the
' wugees is a tremendous one, the
Ti3lel Cross, national . guard and
I other relief agencies reported no
e was going hungry or suffering
m want of clothing or shelter.
Across the Mississinni in the
dalta section the flood waters pour
ing mrpugn tne stop's , Landing
break above Greenville, were grad
ually pjishing out the huge lake
in the l(jwer Yazoo valley flooding
"mi a dozen nwrp tnwna flrnri in
iftal jof more than a score now
partily iunder water.
The irefugee situation in. this
section ipresented a most pressing
5.i
WOMEJN "HQfiOES,?
ARRESTED HERE
TIIKKK ,KFT HfSBAXDS AXD
tHlHS BEHIND RElORT
Hiiluil hue on Way to Klamath
I' M Hn 'Jaini Lark of ;
Support' j
H.ivii,K heard that "bumming"
i J?reat life, and filledwith
1 'I'-sirf for jiew thrills, three
-'Hs from Vancouver, Wash., all
Tii'il wir, ni'L-or? nn fiaof (ha
UrllfVue hfitol last . nlrht anrt
Ih. q 0f whom are mothers.
J thpr were . on - the wav to
lam,jth Falls where they expect-
t tind work in the saw. mills.
P"-' girls arrested gave their
Mrs.
Dorothy ' Brown,
If'd lr los West 8th streetj Mrs.
T-raii iteymond,
axed 20. 806
est Kith
street.
and Mrs. . Marie
602 East 18th
19,
treet.
All three "women stated that
'" lutd left their husbands for
,vnt of nroiKi' Kimnort Olr&
l5ru has a two months old baby
'iiri.fhe left in the careot a
leighlMijr in Vancouver. Mrsi Rey-
nd. Raid her husband was. in
Clixrrl hniiuii at. Vncnnpr
h,""ced with desertion from" the
Hny. ! ' ... - --v. ;, v s,.
Mr. tNtftjie Davis. ' whose ,hus-
nd 5dr employe of the S. P.
nt : j : u
.Pi i-"T
f'x months
rn Iff ti in
lfTi,'''" matron that- she.. had :r
hs old f baby which had
the ca rn nf her mother.
trs. KfUth ChiUester, 602 East
Mth street.
A long distance telephone, call
r. Chlttester bv Mrs. Shanks.
j" plke matron, last nixht.
HitPd lhe statement: that Mrs.
avts had uracticallr dcucrttsd her
labv. 4 - - . . t
When (arrested, the women were
'flntlly clad In overalls and shirts.
n ot them had lost a sweater on
highway and, fas.JBhiveriag
EIRSTTHOUSAND
dOLL ARS IfAlSECi
IJSTf OR V1CT1M9 MOOiTIXG
RAPIDLY, SAYS tREPOUT
Kvcr' Kffort U lie Made to lU-arli
f2tOOO QuoUt for Dintritt
Boon
rOver 100,600 homeless along
the Mississippi river and the trib
utaries with- every indication of
many more losing all before the
flood waters recede is the report
coming from the flood areas in the
appeal made (or. help.
"No time in this country's his
tory has such a gigantic and de
vastating flood overtaken its peo
ple and sadder" to relate the devas
tation has not reached Its heights
Now 150,090 axe -homeless and
'this " number' may be added to.
These people must be cared for."
Thus reads a telegram ? received
here yesterday. by Dr. Henry Mor
ris from William Carl Hunt; In
charge of the Western Division of
the Red Cross.
Mr. Hunt - called attention to
the fact that most of these people
have lost everything, homes, cloth
ing, personal property and even
the crops for this year. The re
habilitation will naturally be slow
and the fullest cooperation of
every community is urged in the
telegram.
A total of $1,000.0 6 was report
ed as raised last night on the 2,
000 quota for the Willamette dis
trict, which 'Is corriposed of Polk
and Marion countios. One out
standing contribution was 'a gift of
115 pennies from an elderly lady,
who uad carefully saved them.
Rev. E. H. Shanks, reported an
other $5 as coming from the Bap
tist church.
The, second $500 will be wired
to the division headquarters ioday
by Dr. Morris.
Many places in this district
have not been heard from 'and it
is the wish of those in charge- of
the drive that reports Jbe made
soon now. Every effort is being
made to- secure the quota. The
money is needed badly and needed
now by the flood victims. The
citizens of the nation are coming
ta tne ald of tne flooded areas
Willamette district has its quota
and all should work to raise the
$2,000. Send in cash or checks to
Dx..Llttry E Morris, First Nation
al Bank building, Salem, Oregon.
LINEN OUTLOOK TALKED
Suedling and.Paulus Sieakers at
Portland Chamber Meet -
PORTLAND, Or., April 27.
(AP) Talks on the linen and
prune industries of Oregon were
made by R. O. Snelling of the Ore
gon Mills, Inc., and Robert Paulus
of Paulus & Co., both of Salem,
at. an advertising club luncheon
here today. President E. A. Browa
of the 3alem Advertising club and
20 other members of the organiza
tion attended.
The Oregon Linen Mills will
turn out a finished product, Snell
ing said. All the cost of produc
tion will be paid out in the state.
Twine and thread was already be
ing turned out.' The Oregon linen
mills will turn out about 1&.000
yards of cloth by May 15, he said.
Paulus gave figures showing the
magnitude of the prune industry
and outlined the. cooperative mar
keting plan under which the Port
land chamber of commerce is try
ing to organize growers and pack
ers.
PRISONERS WAGE FIGHT
One
lit Hospital aul Two Rate
Bull Pen as Aftrmath
Facts concerning, the settlement
of personal differences between
four convicts at the state peniten
tlary Saturday were disclosed yes
terday after a lapse of three days,
John Monaco and Frank.Fallon,
victors in the affair, are enjoying
the. pleasures of the bull pen. "Old
Man." Mcintosh, an old. timer a
the prison, is back on his regular
duties with - a slashed., throat re
ceived from Monaco and a prison
er named HIghtower is in the hos
pital with a broken jaw and a
gashed leg. inflicted by Fallon.
The latter used good footwork on
his opponent, not only- fracturing
the Jaw. bone but also skinning
him from kae to ankle.
. Prison officials admitted the re
ports but i 1 told : ? reporters that
scrapes were common occurrences
hardly looked on la the light of
news to outsiders. J
rWlNGl REVOLUTIONIZED
...? -t'-ji i "
New Type1 Bmbing Plan Sucre.
, fully Dewonist rated
r CLEVELAND, April 27.--(AP)
The successful trial flight here to
day of a new type naval -plane, the
largest single-handed, air cooled
bomber in the. world, has render
ed virtually! obsolete all bombing
planes equipped with water-cooled
motors, in the opinion of - Glena
Lv Martin, Cleveland, airplane man
ufacturer, abwhose-plant the new
naval ship was constructed- .. '
Propelled by a Prutt & Whitney
525 horse-power-radial motor, the
giant bomber made a perfect take
off and Boarcd -about for 20 min
ute, landing gracefully.
For the first time In the history
of government aviation the ship
carried a load greater than its own
weight; taking aloft 3704 pounds.
The plane. weighs 3460 pounds.
4 ft
0
Armies Moving on Nanking,
, Whether Friendly or At
tackers, Unknown
CHIANG ISSUES APPEAL
Foreign Cemetery at Kiukiang
Desecrated by, Cantonese
Soldiers; . TciLsiou , at m
Hankow Acute
SHANGHAI. April 27. (AP)
Several armies of varying size are
moving today in different sections
of China. What were supposed
to be northern troops to the num
ber of 80,000 in the neighborhood
of Wuhu, up the Yangtse river
from Nanking are not northerners
but contingents of the, second
fourth, seventh, eighth, 37th and
40th divisions of the nationalists
(Cantonese) heretofore regarded
as neutral or uncertain as between
the Hankow and Nanking govern
ments. Most of these, troops are pro
ceeding down the river to Nanking
but it has not been determined
whether they are on their way to
join or attack Chiang Kai-Shek,
commander of the moderate sec
tion of the Cantonese.
Issues Final Appeal
Chiang has issued a last call on
Hankow, urging those in favor of
the Nanking government to join
him without - delay, and develop
ments are being watched closely
by both aides.
Nothing has been heard for two
days of General Chiang's western
army wnich was reported to be
advancing in Suchowfu from Linh
walkwan, Anhwel province. Con
siderable - forces are also on the
move1 in Hottan. "" "
The North China Daily News
publishes a dispatch from Kiu
kiang that the foreign cemetery
there has been desecrated by na
tionalist troops. Tombstones were
pushed over and broken and much
marble was stolen. From Han
kow comes word of continued ten-
(Continued on Pa are 4.)
WATER PERMIT FILED
Molalla Want 15 Feet Additional
Water for City Use
The town of Molalla has filed
application with the state engin
eer for an appropriation of 15
secnod feet of water from the
north fork of the Molalla river as
an additional water supply for
municipal purposes. Mayor W. T.
Echerd and other Molalla officials
conferred with the state engineer
today regarding the application.
DE AUTRE110NT
TELlIs HISTORY
WORKED FOR FARMER IN AR
KANSAS, SAYS PRISONER
Principal .Job Ke.ping uilholc in
Working Order. Later
Joined Army
MEDFORD, April 27. (AP)
While state anc Gefense attorneys
are busily preparing for the open
ing of the trial of Hugh DeAutre
raont next Monday, the defendant,
one of three brothers charged with
murder: in connection with a mail
train holdup in which four men
were killed, .spends his time quiet
ly in the Jackson county jail at
Jacksonville, near here.
DeAutremont, who was 19 years
of age when the holdup occurred
three and a half years ago. has
told some of his experiences while
state, government and railroad de
tectives were 'searching for him
and' his brothers, Roy ami Ray,
after the. holdup.
In Arkansas he obtained work
on. a farm, owned by. a man named
Adams. There was a largo mud
hole in front of the farm, said
DeAutremont, and part of his
daily work was to fill this mud
hole each morning with water
from a hose.
It was then his job to take a
team and haul out any motor tour
ist who got stuck in the mire. He
said he was kept quite busy at
this, charging each tourist $3 for
the services of himself and team.
"I got sort of tired doing this,
and one day I was standing there
with the. team when I saw a flivver
coming down the road towards
the mud hole," said DeAutremont.
"I waved to the driver to stop.
He was an army officer in uniform.
I warned him of the hole, and vol
unteered to take the wheel and
drive, him safely through the mud
hole. He answered saying "Sure,
jump in I just paid three bucks
to get hauled out of another hole
like this a short ways down the
fOontinaad om pag 4.)
DOBBS TESTIMONY ENDS
Murder Case Will Reach Jury
Early Today; Arguments Left
SEATTLE, April 27. (AP.)
With but the arguments of three
attorneys yet to be made, the case
of Dr. C. C. Dobbs, Kirkland dent
ist, charged with the murder of
IeUtia Whitehall, school girl pa
tient, i3 expected to go to the jury
some time tomorrow.
Taking of testimony closed early
this afternoon and Superior Judge
Charles P. Moriarity read his in
structions to the jury, and Deputy
Prosecutor Ethan Allen Priaer
made his closing argument before
court adjourned this evening.
Lucas -' Kells, assistant defense
counsel, will make the first ad
dress tomorrow morning, being
followed by George H. Crandell,
chief defense ciunsel. Then Pros
ecutor Ewing D. Colvin .will de
liver the final argument.
YIELD NOT TO TEMPTATION
NOTABCE CAREER
ENDED BY DEATH
ALBERT J., IlEVERIDGE, NA
t TION AL FIGURE. DIES
Biographer, Former Senator, was
t "Beginning New Life of
Lincoln"
LVDIANAPOLIS. Ind., April 27.
(AP.) Heedless of a career that
ws nearing its climax, death to
day claimed Albert Jeremiah Bev
eridge, statesman, biographer and
orator.
The heart ailment, symptoms of
which two weeks ago cautioned
against further ovef-exertion in:
preparation of what he hoped
would be his masterpiece "The;
Life of Abraham Lincoln" at
! 6:10 o'clock this morning took its
toll after a period of hopeful re-!
cuperation. Intimate friends had;
not known his illness was serious
Burial will be in Crown Hill,
cemetery in Indianapolis at 2
o'clock Friday afternoon.
Beveridge, whose time since re
tirement from the United .States:
senate in 1911 after 12 years ot
service had been divided between
politics and literary endeavor,
had not been in rugged health for
some time. It was not until April
13, upon returning from a visit tot
Chicago that he called Dr. Williams
Thayer of Johns Hopkins univers-j
ity, and Dr. Charles P. Emersonj
Indianapolis. They prescribed
complete quiet and relaxation for
heart symptoms which they re
garded as alarming but not criti
cal. Obeying orders despite a
restless, energetic nature that
chafed at inactivity, Beveridgej
convalesced rapidly and today's;
relapse came as a surprise. He
was 64 years old.
Beveridge's talents inclined ia
three directions. In writing
statesmanship and oratory,- ho
gained rank alongside - the great
men of each field. Major political
success came when he was com
paratively young and in. the sen
ate, he displayed a grasp of do
mestic and international problems
that, for two decades gave him
the status of a sage1 in the field if
political economy.
He was writing the "Life of Lin-t
coin," with the hope that it would
be comparable with or even supe-
friorno his "Lite of John Marsh4
all," which in 1916 had brought
him pre-eminence as a biographer.
Excellence in oratory was the first
talent in his complex makeup to
assert itself in the swift ascent
from a humble station to national
distinction.
PRUNE CROP NOT HEAVY
Buds In Vancouver. Wash., Dis
trict Damaged by Frost
VANCOUVER, Wash.. April 27j.
(AP.) While no reliable estimate
of the. Clarke county prune crop
can, be made at this time, it is
safe to predict that it will not be
a bumper crop. W. H. Wood, man
ager of the Washington Growers
Packing corporation, believes.
In the Ridgefield, Felidid and
Sara districts the' fruit buds were
killed by the cold weather. In
the Fruit valley district around
Washougal conditions are more
favorable.
G SHAPE:
First . Four. Chapters , Tenta?
tively Approved by. Re
vision Committee
COUNCIL PROVIDED FOR
Parts of Proposed Charter Drafted
First Deal Wth Duties of
Couiicilnien, Mayor and
Business Head
Members of the city government
revision committee got down to
"brass tacks" last night when four
chapters of the proposed charter
for Salem were read and tenta
tively approved With a few minor
suggested revisions.
A sub-committee consisting of
Watson Townsend as chairman,
with U. S. Page and C. E. Albin,
worked out the first section of the
charter which was read last night.
This committee will continue in
the special, work until the con
templated charter is completed.
Another meeting of these three
men will be held early next week.
The first chapter of the draft
states formally the name, boun
daries and powers of the city, and
general provisions under the new
plan.
Chapter two outlines the form
of government. It is to be known
as the "Council-Manager Plan,",
with all discretionary powers of
the city, both legislative and. ex
ecutive', vested in and exercised
by the city council, subject to the
initiative, referendum and recall
powers of the people.. The powers
are to be exercised through the
city manager.
The council will consist of five
(Continued oo Page . . .
DEMAND SHIP'S RELEASE
Panama Government Sends Note
After Legal Opinion Given ,
WASHINGTON, April 27. (By
AP.) The Panaman government
today, in a note presented by Min
ister Alfaro to .the state depart
ment here, demands the immediate
release of the Federalship, seized
off the Pacific coast by the coast
guard. The seizure of the ship
was contrary to existing treaties
and .was outside the jurisdiction
of the United States, the note der
clared. Minister Alfaro received
instructions to present the note
following the , transmission Satur
day to Panama of a state depart
ment report of the circumstances
of the seizure.
This report, according to lega
tion officials, admitted that the
seizure had been made beyond the
jurisdiction of" the United States.
The report also indicated,' it was
stated, that the. state department
believed, that in view of the San
Francisco court decision holding
the seizure illegal, the ship and
its cargo of liquor would have to
be released.
HOSS TO GftEET BUTLER
Several State Officials Plan .. to
Attend Luncheon 1 -
Hal Hoss, private secretary to
Governor Patterson, left for Port
land last night where today he
will welcome ,W.M. Butler, chair
man of the republican national
committee, on behalf of the Ore
gon executive. Governor Patter
son will be unable to go to Port
land because of another appoint
ment. Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state,
and a number of other state of
ficials will attend the luncheon to
be' held in honor of .Mr, 'Butler.
INJURED LEG AMPUTATED
Youth Who, Fell From Cliff Re
covering; After Operation.
NORTH BEND, Or., April 27.
(AP.) Fred Huntington of Ma
pleton, a, student of Eugene high
school, who' fell from the bluffs
of , Hecatav Head, north of Flor-.
ence during the Easter holidays,
underwent, an amputation of his
r(ght leg between the knee and
ankle at a hospital herev His con
dition is said to be favorable.. ,
BASEBALL MAGNATE DIES
Borehert Drops Dead at Banquet
Preceding Season Opening -
.. MILWaIiKEE; Wis.,; April 27.
( AP.)--OttoBorchert. owner of
tho Milwaukee American Associa
tion baseball dub, fell - dead to
night while he, was delivering 1 a
speech at ,a .booster meeting at the
Elks1 club. He was surrounded
by members of the Milwaukee and
officials of the . Toledo clubs,
which were to open the local base?
ball, . season I hertr -tomor ro w . The
game wapstponfdt , .
W. U; JOURNALISTS
SELECT WORKERS
PREPARATIONS MADE TO PUB
LISH SATURDAY STATESMAN
First Time Willamette. University
Class Attempts Work. of.
This Nature
Personnel, of tho , Willamette
university student staff which will
have charge of publishing .'i ho.
Statesman next- Saturday was an
nounced yesterday by Professor
E. C. Richards, instructor of the
class in journalism.. Complete or
ganization of the" students' to care
for every detail in preparation of
news for the issue was made at a
meeting yesterday afternoon.
Adelia Gates, The Dalles,, will
serve as city editor. Herr assist
ants will be Hazel Newhouse and
Margaret Pro. Hugh . McQilvTa,
Portland, will take charpe of the
telegraph news, with Mary Mar
tin, Yakima, as assistau'. tele
graph editor.
Other appointments were: So
ciety editor, Ella Tfeifcfer. Walla
Walla, with Mary ClarifMd, Mary
Lou Aiken, .and iJp-arpia Fairbanks
as assistants; Feature editor,
Thomas Maynard, Vancouver, B.
C.-with Rose Wethovt?',! as assist
ant; and Sports editor, GeorSte
Poor, Hillsboro, Oregon, with
Frank. Van Dyke and Jol-.n-Rus
sell, assistants. V. . H. ('Ri'.son will
be e.i'tor in chief, with Ralph Cur
tis, managing editor.
Reporters who will be assigned
different beats in the city are:
Elizabeth Atkinson. Charles Kauf
man, Irene Breithaupt, Alviaa
Breithaupt, Emily Frazer Brown,
Lydia Chllds. Ann Leunartz, Orma
Mclntyre, Robert Witty, Marie
Messersmith. Beatrice Lockhart,
Gaynelle Beckett, Virginia Merle
Crites. Kenneth MeOrmick. Beat
rice llartung and A'ice IjMi.
This marks the first time. VVil
lametle university journalism
students have attempted the pub
lication, of . an issue of a .regular
daily newspaper. It is a common
practice at many inEtitutions, as
it gives opportunity for actual ex
perience in meeting problems of
newspaper editing, s
"FREE PRESS" WINS OUT
Emerald! Makes Point? Soeolofsky
Named Student Officer
EUGENE, April 27. (AP.)
Donald Beelar, Warrenton, was
elected president of the University
of Oregon student body and Harold
Manguai, Portland, editor of . the
Emerald, student daily newspaper,
in. an election today which was
featured by close race's and upsets
ii. predicted results.
Proposed amendment to. the
constitution which was calculated
to curtail the powers of the editor
of the Emerald was snowed , un
der; by an overwhelming vote of
nearly . 4 to .1. .
Other elections are; Vice pres
ident, Herbert Socolofsky, Salem;
secretary, Vena Gaskill, Beaver
ton; senior men on the student
council. Roland Davis, Portland;
Homer-Dixon Portland, and Ron
ald Robnett. Albany. Senior
women on the student council.
Frances Cherry, Wallowa and Con
stance Roth ot Portland;- execu
tive council, Marian Barnes. Taco-
ma, senior- woman, and "Ronald
McCrelght, Portland, junior man
Mary Benton, San Pedro, Cal.,
was elected editor of the Oregana,
student year-book, and Bob War
er. Portland, was re-elected yell
king.
FULLEN; TRIAL TO OPEN
Albany.. Woman Charged With
First Degree 3Iurder
ALBANY, Or., April 27. ;(AP)
Mrs Anna Fullen, Lyons, Or.,
will go on trial in circuit court
here next week- on a charge of
first degree murder for slaying her
husband, E. H. Fullen, as the re
suit, of, an indictment . returned
here by. the Linn county grand
jury. . . . . - ...-.' ;
Mrs. Fullen is- accused of shoot
ing her( husband, in a , family
quarrel at the. Crolsan ranch near
Gates March 12, Fallen died in
a Salem hospital the following
day. Mrs. Fullen is held in jail
here without bond awaiting trlaL
MODERN. DEPQT; WANTED
ClUaens of Hillsboro Petition
Senrlco Coinmission : X -
1 The public service commission
in letters received from citizens
of Hillsboro . yesterday., was , re
quested to issue an order compelI-
ing the Southern Pacific company
and the Portland.. Astoria, &. pa
cific company to construct a mod
ern depot at the intersection' of
Main and. Range' streets. ' ;
i The letters indicated . that the
Pfesent facilKies'aTe Inadequate
wjth the result that patrops of the
line hav'oi no shelter duting. the
rainy season. .- 1
'-. ; COUPON .-
SPECIAL STATESMAN MATINHE
Th 13 coupon and five-cents .will admit any girl or boy
- . . , under 16 years', of ago to the ' -
x OREGON Til EATER
On BatulflaTTApriL 30, at 10:30 a. m for a special
'" "" showing' of the thrilling picture
. "niD OVERLANI STAGE
fffife
Officials Fear Indignant St
Bernard Residents May
Attempt Damage
TROOPS GUARD
BANK OF RIVER
Civilian Dictatorship Plan
of Herbert Hoover
NAME GOVERNOR
Relief for, City. Believed As
sured by Plan to Make Arti
ficial Break ; Flood Danger -
, Continues to Grow 1
NEW ORLEANS, La., April 27.
(AP) Repeated rumors, of,
plans to dynamite the levees at
various points , along the line Imj- '
low New Orleans and near the St. ;
Bernard side of the city caused
deputies and . national guardsmen,
to be hastily assembled at-Aralt
and in the neighborhood of tho
American Sugar Refinery tonlghr.-
A detachment of national
guardsmen first was sent : to tho
vicinity of the Bugar refinery after
reports had been received , that
irate i trappers from St. , Bernard
planned to dynamite the levee at
that point. . ' 7.
Another report sent Sheriff
Mereaux with a group of deputies
to Arabia several :mlle8 below tht
town of SL-Bernard and -some dis.'
tance down the river from the pro
posed break..
Dictatorship Planned
Louisiana and Newprleahs will
be ruled by a civilian dictator un'
til the Mississippi flood subsides.
Secretary of Commerce Herbert
Hoover decided today; after con
ferring the entire day with th
states' and cities' representative.1
on tho solution of the. river's worst
overflow, in history.
Building h.ia organization along
the Jines he adopted while fighting
famine. and suffering. in Belgium
during the world war and later In
food-injpoverisbed Germany and
Russia. . The commerce secretary
appointed-former Governor. John
M.- Parker as director of the flood
situation In the state. . r
Flyrht Vivid Picture
Hoping that relief to the city
from the tremendous pressure of
the water, yet . to come down tho
Mississippi river was assured. New
(Continued on Pace 5.) .
OVERLAND STAGE A
; AT BIG MATINEE
THEATER AND - STATESMAN
PIX ENTERTAIN.MENT
Special Showing of Thrilling Plc
, turo Arranged for Saturday
Morning J
; "The Overland Stage" will b
at. the, Oregon theater on Saturday.
All girls and boys under 15 years
of age,- who desire a real treat,
should make an effort to attend
the special matinee Saturday
morning at 10:30 o'clock.
. All that is. necessary for every
youngster, to do in order to se
this picture is to clip the matinee
coupon from the Statesman and
present it with five cents at the.
box office of the Oregon .theater.
The hour is 10:30 a. m. and tho
day is : Saturday. . - That means it
will be necessary to get in - line
early. . Tberei will be many. young
sters who desire to see this picture
so, of course, the first in line will
be served first. ,
j It deals with an Important epoch
in American frontier, history; lh
jqining, of .the stags coach 1 in en
from east and west .which wat tho
first "important step toward tho
agricultural and commercial con
quest of the great northwest.
The stirring battles with the In
dians,: the dangers and. dl trie alt ion
encountered, by the .whites, are
graphically shown, with a' pretty
and sincere lovejstory to extend its
appeal to thoso who insist unon
romance of the "personal" kind.
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