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Thte Is Kational Music Weeft, arid "Safcrrf WfrrOfisie FCTrf fWany Appropriate wasrs; Also it fs" Edfg (TJg ' WBAtYikrVoRCAkT: Unsettled wttK orca-sional rains; moderate temperature; temperature ytcruayt &; minimnm, ;s; river, 4.i, rainfall, .0: atmospherp, clou- ujr; wuiu(.iHiuiu. - .. : . . . . ; . :y; y-,,- ' f Mr'- 1W' " r'-f s " : v U : ft ' t '!;, I uccuuns rages' i ' I . .-. .. . j.'. ..... t H..- , -i ' -.4 SEVENTEVENTH YEAl IN RilQ TALK "Most Dangerous Flood in Nation's- Kistdr H Tells Listeners 200,000 PEOPLE RUINED Six Milium Aeren FIocildt rrop- ThoiLtiumr smt iir Pcrir 'At' Floodod llomw MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 30. (APJi Desolation wrought by 'the meat dangerous flood our country has ever known in its history" was pktured for .the na tion tonight in a radio address by Herbert Hoover, secretary of com-. merce, who just had completed a week's survey of the swollen Miss I.slppi river from. Memphis to New Orleans as the personal re presentative of Tresldent Cool- idge. Before he faced the microphone over which he painted the dreary picture, Secretary Hoover, joined with Major General Edgar. Jadwln, chief of .the army'senginjeers jn a statement that t stronger;, wider and higher levees afforded the only hope for relief from future floods. Reforestation, flood con trol works, in the upper ireachei of the river . and other -ideas pre tented for controlling Father of Waters was held unfeasible. Many St ill In 'Danger 'Ruin to 200,000 persons, 6.- 100,000 acres flooded, f 200,000, 100 damage, thousands still cling ing to their homes where upper jTtdlng to be removed in boats and Established - in great , camps on higher ground and yet other thou sandsf camped ,upoq.brokeq Jevees was a view of tHe disaster given by Mr. Hoover over the radio; , "In the miles f river below Vifkaburg which, ha v not. yet been reached by- the crest of the flood the battle to control breaks In the levees is still on," he said. "The question in the mind of very man . in these. -districts to night is. "will the levees hold agaJnst the approaching crest?" He pictured thousands of men "strung mile upon mile working In long strings, like ants, piling ' the leyees higher and higher," and added that while important . leypeg.haTe been held. against, the water enemy, "what the result of the fight may b no one known." "Rut if our engineers should fail in their work at any section to hold the lines, the forces of relief are tonight mobilized for Instant action at every point," he said. "J am confident that we shall have little loss of life even if the worst comes, yet we would have I (Coatiaa4 oft Hit 6.) SALEM SINGERS TAKE 4 FIRSTS i HlC.n SCHOOI-. CHOItUSKS WIN' HTATR yvIDE HONORS JoephhtoAllert Ijeali In Solo Work; Robert Alexander Second" - FOREST GROVE, Ore., April 30. (AP) Franklin high school of Portland won' the grand sweep stakes in the fourth annual high school music tournament held at Pacific university 4 today by secur ing the largest aggregate number of points in allvents. In addition. Franklin won the sweepstakes for class A high schools. Forest Grove high school i won the ';- class JJ sweepstakes, and Turner", ten miles south of ' Salem; won the class (J sweepstakes and the Pa cific university cup. In the class A large mixed chor uses,. Salem high school placed first, as it did In the small mixed - choruses division. ' Salem also won the girls' glee club event and the boys glee club, and placed Tl second in the girls'-quartet 'num ber. - In the solo events, Ralph Rich ards, Franklin high, won In the pianoforte division, and Robert Alexander. Salem, was second. In the girls' low voice, Josephine Al bert of Salem was first, and Thel jjiu Davis, Salem, second. 1 the class B dilrslon for large mixed choruses, Oregon City won first prize and Forest. Grove econd. : ; STORIES OF OLD TIlESTOAEAR . CHAMBKR OF CO.WMRUCE TO 8F.RVK AH l,VSCHVAt HST Attntlon to Ro fallal fo ComiiiK Foniuler' Day Celebration May 7 The fourth annual Champoeg luncheon will be observed Monday noon by the Salem chamber ot commerce, when the program will bo devoted to'stories of the olden times and when thre will be pres ent many of tho old timers who bav"o lived in Salm for the past 70 years. In fact, while it in expected that the regular members of the cham ber of commerce will attend as usual, them will bo many guests who can qualify under the: reKtric tion that guests he limited to. those who have actually lived in Salem for the past 70 years. Judge P. H. D'Arcy, who har, taken more interest in making a state park out of the original Champoeg grouAds than any other man, will deliver the address on "Champoeg" in Song and Poetry." Judge IVArcy will also introduce each of the pioneer guests. M. L. Jones of Brooks will serve as pre siding officer. The following are among those who have actually lived in Salem 70 years or more: Mrs. E. M. Vandevorti resident of Salem 74 years, 267 S. Church; Mrs. M. C. Byrd, aged 82 years, mother of Dr. W. H. Byrd. 791 N. Front;. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Har riett, liyed near Salem 74 years, 605 Union; Mr. and Mrs. Abner Lewis, born near Salem in 184 6. son of Reuben Lewis who attend ed the Champoeg meeting in 1S43. 1525 State; Mrs. E. C. Small, res ident of Salem 74 years; Mrs Catherine Pugh, resident of Salem 73 years, member of the Salem chamber of commerce oldest mem ber; J. . N. Sharp, in Salem 76 years; Mrs. Violetta Johnson,' 72 years in Salem; Mrs. Melinda Wade, lived in Salem 76 years, 852 N. Liberty; J. A. Baker, lived in Salem 77 years, 1491 S. Com mercial; J. B. Skaife, lived here Mrs. Mary Prultt, in city 75 years; Mrs. Si. R.'Macy, 193 Miller; Lem uel Hobson, ISO Owens Btrcet, res ident here 72 years; Ben Qesner, 76 years in Salem, R. F. D.; Mrs. A. H. Farrar, born in. 1850, 260 N. Cottage; Mrs. S. A. Smith, 1025 N. Church; Sarah R. Rodgers, 211 S. 18th; Mrs. Lizzie Smith, 359 Center: Sarah E. Woodington, 850 Saginaw; W. T. Rigdon, here since 1850, 299 N. Winter; Mrs. Ardellia Rlngo, here since 1848, 1235 Broadway; Mrs. Helen Hayes, here since 1853; Mrs. M. E. Herren, here since 1852, 315 (Continued on pag 7.) ARMY RAISES $103.93 Kettles to Re Plax-ed on Streets Monday; Drive Goes On Three kettles placed on down town street corners today netted the local Salvation Army 1103.93 in their drive for funds for Miss issippi flood sufferers. "A splen did response in a few short hours. considering, what Salem citizens have already done In this direct tion," said Ensign Pitt who has charge ot the local work. "We will continue with our ket tles on the streets for another day or so. to : maite sure mat every thing hag been done which can be done. Back in the. flooded areas, our - own workers will continue their activities in relief work with characteristic efficiency and valor. therefore 1 feel that we should zo the limit here in doing what we can." Several donors came personally to the Army hall to place their gifts In official hands one an old man past 70. The Army kettles will appear on the same corners again Monday. . TAKE SECOND IN TYPING Salem High Entries First in Ac curacy t State Contest -CORVALLIS, April 30. (AP) -r-Salem high school placed second in the fifth annual state high school typing contest here-; today with an average of , 60.44 words a minute- tot 15 minutes with only 1.7 5 .errors. The second prize was a cup and a banner.! The Salem entries a Uo won the honor award for the. smallest average of errors of all teams contesting. Eileen Gibson ot Salem was third, among the individual con-, tesunts with.au average, of .72.6 words a minute. EugenA high ;! school won" first place -with an average: ot 63.01 words a minute and 14 'errors. winning the state cup and a ban ner, ' ; ' ; SIS Governor and Superintend ent Speak at Armory Dur ing Brief Program PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR Distinctive Banner and Uniforms -ifark Various Schools; (Yen lit of County Children v March Proudly The cream of Marion county children marched proudly down State streetvyesterday In the par ade of honor roll students spon sored by the county superintend ent of schools in cooperation with the Marion county health demon stration. Banners and flags, indi cative of the different sections from where the children came, were much in evidence and added to the color of the group. It was the first parade 6f its kind west of the Rocky mountains. Governors. L. Patterson and state superintendent .of instruc tion, c. A. Howard, rode in the parade immediately behind the high school band, and an Ameri can Legion color bearer. Then came two cars containing county officials, including County Super intendent Mary L. Fulkerson and City Superintendent George W. Hug. The 2200 followed, grouped m districts. Donald honor roll students, as members of district No. 1, occu- ( Coo tinned on Pfe 4.) COUKlTY TEACHERS ELECT Mrs. Carl Specht Silverton Chosen, as President At a meetinrheldat the Cham ber of Commerce Saturday after noon, Mrs. Carl Specht of Silver tp,n wag elected president of the Marion County Teachers associa tion, succeeding .O. V. White of Stayton whose term of office had expired! , j Other officers elected were Mrs. N. E Abbott o Salem, vice president and Mrs. R. L. Wright of Liberty, secretary and treasur er. Delegates attending voted J50 to help in defraying the expenses of the newly elected president to attend the national meeting of parent-teachers, to be held at Oak land on May 21. r were So,Nn j&sr 1 1 TO HAVE A j V 5N- i lovely picnic I If fei fCA children! SftBEM( OREGON, SUNDAY GOVERNOR URGES CITIZENS TO ACT ATTEXTIOV CALLED TO' THOU SANDS OF HOMELESS Asks All to Give ns Liberally as Possible to Red Cross Campaign Governor Patterson, in a pro clamation issued here yesterday, rged the citizens of Oregon to contribute liberally for the relief of the Mississippi flood victims. "Devastating floods in the low er Mississippi valley have made homeless a great number of peo ple with a consequent loss of life and property, to the extent that national relief measures are re quired to meet the emergency," read the governor's proclamation. "The American Red Cross is conducting throughout the coun try a campaign for funds for the relief of tho stricken area, and these funds are leing solicited in the Mfate of Oregon to an amount (Continued on page 7.) MAY BASKET DELIVERED Governor of Utah Sends Flowers and Invitation Here Governor I. L. Patterson last nisht received the most unusual invitation ever appearing at the state mansion when a handsome May-basket appearing from out of the thin air was found on the door knob of the governor's mansion. Xestled among the flowers was an invitation from Governor George H. Dorn of Utah asking Governor Patterson to attend the opening of ZIon National Park in Utah on June 1. This Is the nation's newest na tional park, says Governor Dorn'a invitation, and one that was vis ited by former President Warren G Harding in 1923. It is also one of the nation's most colorful. Var iously described as everything from a mixture of the colors of blood, fire and snow to the more prosaic statement that it is VYose mite done in oils." MMysrifahrouds th appearanee hot the basket on the front door of the governor's mansion, but of its genuineness there is no doubt. Handsomely engraved, the invita tion bears at its top a replica of the great seal of the state of Utah in gold. It calls attention to the fact that the nation's newest play ground is to open for its third con secutive year as a national park and cordially invites Governor Patterson to attend the . opening ceremonies at Zion Park Lodge. Every other governor in the United States received one of the May basket greetings frontf Gov ernor Dorn. Governor Patterson has not announced whether or not the invitation will "be accepted. IF IT DOESNT RAIN MORNING, MAY 1, 1927 tlNIFORM PICKING PRICES PROBLEM MKKTrXf! CALLKD SATTRDAY RY LOCAL" CHAMBER Xn Discussion Coming on Market Prices of Berries anil Fruits For Thi Year Due to the fact that many grow era were not only inconvenienced nut lost money last year when pickers drifted from place to place, efforts will bo made this yeaT to establish a uniform pick Ing price for strawberries, cherries and loganberries. At the request of many gTow ers, the Salem chamber of com meroo nas called a meeting for next Saturday aflernoon, when all growers are invited to attend to discuss the problem of uniform picking prices. The call sent out is. as follows In order to get an expresmnn o opinion from growers as to svha shall be paid for pickers this com lug season, you are invited to at tend a meeting to be held at the Salem Chamber of Commerce, Sat urday afternoon, May 7,. at o'clock. Last year growers met with quite a good deal ot trouble due to tne various prices paid for picking. . This not only caused dis satisfaction among pickers but also caused loss to many growers The meeting is called to discuss prices to be paid pickers only There will be no discussion as to the market price paid for berries and fruits. . Many growers have asked the chamber of commerce to call this meeting, in order that you and others may discuss this very im portant subject. Tell your neighbors to come. Very truly yours, U. S. Page, president. SalemChamber of Com merce. 160.000 FISH PLANTED Sportsmen Urged to Pass Up Mill Creek During Season Aitnougn tne nsntng season opened April 15, according to (schedule, very few fish, have been T". . . . " - - ft taken out thus far, and most of those from Mill creek. With hopes of building up Mill creek as a favorite stream for valley sportsmen, the Salem Red & Gun cluli, cooperating with the Etate fish commission, placed in this stream 160.000 six-inch east ern brook trout this year. East ern brook trout are considered to be 'the most rapid growing strain of game fish in Oregon wat ers, and members of the club felt that by 1928 Mill creek would be well stocked for fishermen. In order to preserve this plant ing of trdnt. the club urges that sportsmen pass up Mill creek this year as the 'best insurance for success next season. .1 H ii i i . -- - .. . DEMEiNT UN BELIEVED Ray Located in Philippine Province Say Postoff ice Authorities HUGH'S TRIAL TO OPEN iTisoner Seems Jaunty, Sleeps Well; Now Preparing lo Make Good Appearance in Courtroom PORTLAND, April 30. (AP.) Kay UeAutremont, wanted in con nection with the Siskiyou train holdup and murder of October 11, i.J,. and brother of Hugh Dc Antremont who goes on trial at Jacksonville Monday charged wiih participation in the crime, was thought tonight to be under ar- resf in the province of Leyte, Philippine islands, according to postofTice authorities. Ray's twin brother, Roy. is also sought. Uiddiford, postoffice inspec tor in charge of the Pacific north west division, with headquarters at Spokane, who was in Portland today sen route to Med ford for the trial of Hugh, submitted that some 10 days ago he had received a prepaid cable from a point; soma .00 miles from Manila, which read: "Have Ray DeAutremont. Come quick and shadow him.' Arrest Reported Riddiford at once communicat ed with Charles E. Kaine, postal inspector in charge at San Fran Cisco and he in turn forwarded the report to. army officials at Manila, with the request that the information be turned over, to the Philippine constabulary. The re port that an arrest had been, made, received today, was the first re suit of ithls cable sent to Riddi ford that the. postal inspectors have heard . of, and .they are still without official confirmation. 'The man arrested , . gave the name of John Wainwright; the re port here said. MEDFORD, April 30. (AP.) Fred Smith of Eugene, counsel for Hugh DeAutremont, informed tonight of the reported detention In the Philippines of Ray DeAutre mont, said that "it was unlikely that the new development would have any effect upon the trial of (Continued on pr 8.) 75 MINERS ENTOMBED Two Killed by Explosion; Rescue Workers Forced Rack" FAIRMONT, W. Va.. April 30. tAP) Seveuty-five miners were entombed in the New Eng land Fuel and Transportation company mine at Everettsville, ate today when a tremendous ex plosion wrecked the main entry and the tipple. The force of the blast was so great that two men. working on the tipple were killed and 15 others injured. One mirt er escaped alive. from the workings onurny aner- ine Blast came shooting from the shaft mouth, a rescue crew equipped with hel mets went into the smoke-filled pit. They went but a short dis tance and were forced to retreat to the surface by the heavy smoke and gase. They were unable to determine the fate of any of the men trapped in the workings. $T1 7,692 TURNED OVER Sources of Funds Enumerated by cieric or Land Board The state land department turn ed over to the state treasurer dur ing the month of April a total of ? 117,6 9 2.7 7, according to a report prepared here yesterday by George G. Brown, clerk of the state land board. ;The following items were In cluded in the turnovers: Common 'school fund principal, payments on loans, 1 3,87 1.60; cdmmon school road principal. In come sources, $4682.75; common Uhpol fund interest, $32,442.26; agricultural " college fund princi pal, payments on loansj ' $ 6 57 Si agricultural college fund interest, $1359.36; university fund inter est.: $964; rural credits loan fund principal, $2070.56;ruraS credit!? reserve , fund Interest $4182.0 AIR. Burbank trust fund inter- est,t $58.50; Apperson, principal. $1,000, and Apperson interest $486.67. tu,1:. . iOER ilST NEW OIL BOOM BELIEVED NEAR WEL1V NEAR EUGENE SHOWS SIGNS OP PAYING, REPORT Drill Down 30CO Feet, Gas Pres sure High; Experienced Men In Charge t We may be on tho verge of the biggest boom that ever struck the Willamette valley- a wild oil boom. Here is the setting The drill was, a day or two ago. down 3060 feet in what the men behind the proposition thing is an Oil Wt'll n mtla onnth rt Cmma The.log of the well shows, of course, various formations all the way down, the same as such a long a long hole in the ground would show in any section but in this hole oil indications have been struck at various levels, and gas, too, and coal. lint they are now boring through a very hard black lime formation, and the gas pressure Is increasing every . foot. They are now carrying zsoo feet, of water in the hole to allow the drilling to proceed against the gas pres- sure. Old Oil Men Roring The men who are doing the boring are Reeves brothers, with r ZTy T ' cnaIrman Oow 30 years' experience m th rait. r r l Patterson, henorary fornia and Oklahoma oil fields, and they say they are within a few feet 'of a big oil flow; just thai same as they have experienced in boring in California and Oklaho ma, j The company doing the boring is tne Guarantee Oil company. J. A. BocKers, manager, with stock-; holders all over this part of the country. Some in Salem. Thev1 (Continued on page 6.) aNTULK'b UMILU UALLtD Little Girl Cause of Family Strife, Widow-Defendant Says NEW YORK, April 30. (AP) Added to the list of prospective witnesses in the Snyder-Gray trial which resumes Monday In the name of a cnUdiwho. hv being born a.rirl Instead of the boy her father desire, so provoked blck- ering that it kded Inly TSe disappointed father was mur- dered. t TTratn . . j . -uuo year OlCl oaugU- I ter of Mrs. Ruth Brown Snyder J co-defendant with Henrv Jndd Gray in; their. trial for the mur uer 01 Aioert Snyder, magazine art eaitor slain in his Queens Vil. lage home March 20, will take the stand in her mother's defense. Monday, it was announced today by Edgar F. Hazelton. chief of counsel for Mrs cn.. - T Lorraine was an 'unwanted child. Mrs. Snyder testified. Al- bert Snyder had wanted aboy." I When th ntw mi V. was angry. Thev n,,ai.i , na uurn SB I quarreled of- ten' anout her. and the rhiid whose birth she looked forward to as a means of restoring her to her nusDands affectionss, caused bit 1 c n a. .ur.-,n, someumcs lasting for weeKS. DRY AGENT WOUNDS MAN Smith, Paroled Prisoner, Winged by Amy When He Runs McMINNVILLE. Ore., April 30. (AP) William W. Smith, par oled prisoner from McNeil's Island, is in a hospital here ser iously Injured as : a result of wounas received here whetr he was shot by Raymond Amy. state prohibition agent. Smith was shot when raiding officers sur prised mm and his companions at one or tne largest stills ever un covered in Yamhill countv. ! : Smith broke away and surted jo run -wnen he was downed by a ouot irom Amy's nn Am I this first shot was fired in the I Were tie-U- G' SPy lot on Lib alr. A second one hit. the fleeine I Tij ' 'bt Court" and Chemek- ueiuwjuie ngnt shoulder. At the hospital it was found that uom 01 nts. legs were paralyzed GOAL NOT YET REACHED Total of $1209.14 in Hood Relief I Quota Attained At, total of $1299.14 has been reached in the drive for rnnt under the direction of the Red lross IOr the relief nt anttm 1. I. th-:-wtWrU-l-""?" I --r jrouey 1100a. Tne UtlT dUl- ffr,i The fund WM au" nv ?rda3r moTniaS by ..a totitributioii from att Mfllsfof iro9K "-' - I ,The drive will continue, accord- inr to Drr Henrr Morris, nntil tha I l ned. A special re- quest U mud? to those pUnning I io conH-iouie. not to delay but tola end the subscription in i immed iately.. PRICE FIVE CENTS iTIllISiC PHOEBE RnriRRinprl ilrnr- nilimiMULU IILAW Local Branch of Teachers' Association in-Charge of Seven Day Event CITIZENS TO COOPERATE Portland Junior Symphony Or- cfiewtrft Id'Ap'ppnr at EteinnW on Saturday Even Ing as Final Event ; '.i Today, Sunday May 1. marks the beginning of National Music Week In Salem, with the local branch of the Oregon Music Teachers as sociation In Hlnvt .haMi'.r .i.. seven-dav festival ! I . . , , . , i .kJPonsoring body includes: "Y, CooIIdge, rman: flavor t a Livesley, honorary city chairman - ; i.iuuem l-evy. Dresldpnr- me louowing Important com muiee Mrs. Walter A nM chairman. Miss Frances Virginia Melton, Mrs. Bertha Junk DaH, nnJ lit.- w ' "u -uiss ievy A large number There are: the American Associa- . , 1 vtutri J wmcn -.Mrs. George W. m. i- president;, Chemeketa ohntB . 1 ri,enters or American "wumuun, or which Mrs. T MoineClark la regent; the Salem Woman's club, of which Mrs. C, S I namiltoa Is president; the Sajem Cosiness- and Professional Tvm. em's .dub,: of which Miss Edna Purdy. Is president; thJ c,i. Arts League, of which Mrst Wm.; r,.f0.: 18 .P'wMentj the wsSr' Wlth- GeoT1 rili v 8 pres-dent: the SaIetQ' SSW9' WH Man?n Sr" tbe Sf U lub' of "hlch i atL Newmyer is nresMnnt. mtata vnj - - HwaJd f. 01, Wch J. IL ."!"d 18 superintendent; Wll4 Carl Gregg Done v: Sayta tto.- I Academy: C h a m a. w ti i " - r " f IUUM1I school. James H. McGregor, super-" "UUt!al; Ur. an(1 Mpg Ruthyn; Yiicl 'Jul A A aiTecton' cIt SrSi C-A- Ke seerev .baien Chamber of Com- ui ucjr, musical moron rlu n t, wiwon as 8ev kTiV ' """VJ- ub.. George Ar Z .vbim cm ; Jviwania , " , ' t. 1 11 U , U"""ecjfe, president: Lions cln i rr.. -rr . . - - &cott, president: Real uciauon of which J. rj. Oberer ia nnuMan. n . band; the churches? i!hrr,. 1 schools; theaters, and the fdllow'- SALES FORECAST MORE BUILDINGS SmPLEY PROPERTY OV MR :ERTY PURCHASED BY CRUSH Addition to Srensloff Block Plan ned 1 Will Rays ."Grease Spot" Site 1 ; ; Real estate transactions I ing immediate expenditure of $60 000 with the prospect of i'n. ter-million,. more In constructio 1 projects were closed Saturday t W. H-Grabenhorst &. Col, real tors. - . ' ,A ui";r mciuaea in the dsi eta streets sold to Curtia Cross for reported consideration of $4o - 000, and the lot on South Liberty street, occupied by the aivaa Spot, sold to Gedrger C: Will tm $20,000... Cross'ii newly acquired nronertv adjoining the Steusloff block t s a Liberty street frontage of 82 's leet wnlh, according , to1 reports, will be cbmblned with the nresPTif Steusloff blockiinto an outstand Ihg project. Cross announced ( - . ..- rw" lo" ine Proposed bus: !- tng will be at least two tnr , Iih rncted1 ".T.a dlt,on ot several more stori-, wrdir to later demand fo , , ti, . . - .r 1 , 01 Mr, will's Ik .m vT'1' ..uo" aftW ht.s vl ":..' announs tiok The Greise Spot let h : frontage of 87 feet and fi!r- 165 ;feet to thr alley. rorc; to be a Tery deslrahle ho!:.:- - .-. i . - " : . tx . ' ' ' : ,