The-Salem District Is Fiit in North America to Pla -
The Half Way Mark in Red Cross Funds for Flood Sufferers Will Be Passed' Today in Quota for This Dfe
icrally fair, i
lerate tern- j
al: moder- ;
WEATHER FORECAST: Genei
The American is sometimes a strange ani
mal, lie will spend almost a lifetime at homo
making money and thea jo abroad to have
it taken away from him. i
A man can hire a plastic anrgeon to remake
his face but if he wants to remodel his dispo
sition he still has to do it himself, j
hut f-lnuriv along the coast; mode
,. it nre: humidity llw norm;
ale northwest and north winds. Maximum
i . in in rat u re yesterday. '' minimum. 4:
rfv.-r. atmosphere, pal ly cloudy ; wind.
f SKVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
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SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1927
. PRICE FIVE CENTS
mm
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AVIATORS
11 HOURS
OVERDUE
No Authenticated Report of
Whereabouts of Nun-.
gesser and Coli
FOG HEAVY OVER
ATLANTIC COAST
U. S. Government Will Aid in
Search, Announced
FUEL GIVES OUT
Forty Hour Supply Due to Re
Exhausted Late Monday;
Cables From France to
America in Constant Use
XFAV YORK, May 9. (AP.)
With the French trans-Atlantic
plane more than eight hours over
due at 11 "o'clock tonight, prepar-i-1
ions were under way for a search
of the north Atlantic.
There had been no authenti
rattd report up to that hour in
dicating the success or fate of the
; : via tors. -
An unusually heavy fog shroud
ed the coast from sundown, mak
ing the landing' of the fliers diffi
fult and their location from any
shore point doubtful.
(iasolinc Period Ends
NEW YORK. May 9. (AP.)
Two French airmen, who pitted
their war-rfteeled nerves against
the murky terrors of the Atlantic
the storm, were somewhere "on
y-l..te trail" between Paris and New
' York late today, in their trim
it rimied eraft. the "White Bird."
s the 4 0-hour period gasoline
mpnly ended without definite
word as to the fliers' whereabouts.
Whet Iter the aviators. Captains
i harles Nungesser, pilot. and
J-ram-ois Coli. navigator.", were
still in Uie air. floating on the
ocean, or "wrecked upon high waves
or New Fonudland waste lands,
no one could say.
Speculation, indeed, due to the
total absence of positive sighting,
was the "news" of the day. He
ports ranged widely from rumors
ot' seeing the plane off New Found
hind in spotting its glistening
winics over Portland. Maine, and
Boston, Mass.
Fog Prevails
On this side of the Atlantic bad
weather prevailed. Fog, the white
menace to airmen, swelling inland
lroin the Crnnd Ranks early to
day, left clearing weather along
the coast of New Foundland where
( Continued on pa;e 3.)
BRITAIN ADOPTS
WAITING POLICY
X.VNKIXfi OL'TKAQK CARRIED
OWN PI'N'ISHME.XT, STATED
:,enei;( Chang's American Ail
visor J-avcti For China ;
lMuds Chief
LONDON. May 9. (AP) The
tide of events in China has punish
ed the perpetrators of the Nanking
outrages of March 24, more sev
erely and effectively than any
foreign power : could have done.
Sir Austen Chamberlain, foreign
secretary, declared in the house of
common today in announcing that
"re;,j Britain has adopted a new
watchfnl waiting policy in the Far
East. This policy will wait upon
the estahlishmeat of a responsible
government in China with which
the powers can negotiate.
Thus, it is felt, Great Britain
has lined up with the United States
with regard to the method of
Sealing with the Chinese problem.
No riirt her - demands concerning
the Nanking disorders will be
made from London on the nation
alist (Cantonese) authorities.
"Two months ago it seemed as
i.it the nationalists would -sweep
.China from the south to the
r north, said Austen.
"The Nanking outrages checked
this victorious career if they have
not wrecked it altogether."
SEATTLE May 9. (AP) D.
E. Swinehart, military adviser to
General Chang Teo-Lin, Manchur
ian war lord, arrived here tonight
from China enroute to Washington,
I. C. on a harried mission, the
nat ure of which he declined to dis
close.
Swinehart, an American, went
(CvntUiiMd oa. Pff 8.)
CHANGE OF ZONE
PETITION HEARD
ni:gii:sT fob alteration
into t; it ;i: ai.i.owko
Nulling Meets Itefns.il in Asking
r.i Right lo In-tall (las
Primp
Only three minor matters cam"
before the city zoning commission
when the regular meeting was
;illed last night at the city hall.
Chairman I.. P. Campbell was not
present, being out of town on oth
er business.
A petition signed by H. Klin
der. GS!) North Capitol street, and
2S others seeking change of zone
on lots one. two and three in
block S! from the class one resi
dential district to class three bus
iness district was found improper
ly prepared. It was referred to
the signers for more complete in
formation regarding the property
owners within a three hundred
l'eet radius of the affected lots.
A request for permission by Kt
ta N. Savage to alter the barn at
i lie corner of 14th and State and
remodel it to accommodate a
court garage for lo automobiles,
five on a side, was granted. The
petition seeking the concession
was signed by more than T' per
cent of the property owners in
that district.' according to Fred
Williams, city attorney. The barn
is now being used for a garage.
A request from W. B. Nutting
for permission to install a gas
pqmp and a 290 gallon 12-gauge
gas storage tank at 271 Chemek
eta street was disapproved. A mo
tion was also adopted to secure the
removal of the gas pump on High
street in front of the fruit stand,
which has been unused for about
six months.'
NEW HOME TO BE BUILT
Rodgers Paper Company Expand
ing; Announcement letter
There is a rumor that the Rodg
crs Paper company, Salem's whole
sale paper house, is to have a new
home; that the managers of that
concern are niaUng arrangements
to build a very complete ware
house and store room and offices,
modern and complete in every
way. Whils a Statesman reporter was
unsuccessful in getting particu
lars, it may be truthfully said that
there are negotiatirfns going
ahead looking to the arrangements
stated above.
The Kodgcrs Paper company has
for many years been doing a large
business he-re. which of lat.e has
been making a very satisfactory
growth.
FISHWHEEL HEARING DUE
Three Finleial Judges Will Hear
Case Saturday, May 21
PORTLAND. May !). (AP)
Oregon's fishwheel law will be ex
amined in the federal court here
Saturday. May 21. by Judge
Frank 11. Rudkin of San Fran
cisco, of the 1'nited States circuit
court, and Federal Judges Mean
and McNary of .Portland, The
date was changed from May 16
to accommodate Judge Rudkin.
Because the constitutionality of
the law is in issue in the action
brought by fishermen to restrain
the state from enforcing the law,
it Is required that three judges
hear the argument. A temporary
order now restrains the enforce
ment of the new law against the
operation of fishwheels in the
Columbia river.
FLIERS' FATE AWAITED
Portland Man Visiting Here Knew
Missing Aviators
. Many person in Salem were
watching with eager interest for
word of the fate of Captain Nun
gesser and Coll, French aviators
reported lost somewhere on the
Atlantic in their attempt to cross
the ocean by plane; but none was
quite so anxious as F. B. Andrews
of Portland, who is in Salem on
business. Andrews was connected
with the same military organiza
tion as these fliers daring the
World war, and knew them per
sonally. INDIANS, , MEXICANS WAR
Heavy Casualties- Reported in
. YaquUFederal Rattle
N0GAL.ES, Ariz.. May 9. -(AP)
Fighting between Mexican
federals and Yaqui Indians was
reported as occuring this after
noon 8 miles south of the Inter
national border with heavy casu
alties suffered by both sides. Four
automobiles brought wounded in
to Nogales, Sonora, at 4; 30
o'clock.
ELECTRIC CHI
FACED BI GROT
ID RI UR
Jury Finds Both Guilty of
Murder, Deliberating Less
Than Two Hours
CHEERS GREET VERDICT
Mrs. Snider lift rays Emotion
Momentarily, Thcn.llecnvei-s . .
Hauteur; Corset Sales
litan Stoical
NEW YORK. May 0 f AP) -Mrs.
Ruth Brown Snyder, and
Henry Judd Cray, her corset
salesman paramour, are to pay
with their lives for the crime that
snatched them from obscurity and
made them internationally known.
Deliberating less than two
hours, a jury today convicted them
of the murder of Mrs. Snyder's
husband, Albert Snyder, maga
zine art editor.
Death Mandarory . . .
Death sentence is mandatory
for first degree murder, but the
formality of sentence was post
poned until next Monday morning.
Cheers greeted the verdict,
when it was flashed to the crowd
outside Long Island City's su
preme court. Inside the court
the verdict was received in silence.
Neither defendant exhibited any
great emotion, and seemed to be
either too dazed to fully compre
hend its import or only hearing
what they had expected.
When. ;:fter the usual formali
ties, the foreman uttered his "both
guilty of murder in the first de
gree," Mrs. Snyder's blonde head,
professionally dressed for the oc
casion by a hair dresser, jerked
Continued on Page 4.)
WOMAN SERIOUSLY HURT
Automobile Carried a Block When
Hit by Train at Albany
ALRANY, Or., May 19. -CAP)
Mrs. Amy Robinson, wife of a
prominent farmer, and sister of
County Judge Payne, was injured
seriously today whe an automobile
in which she was riding was
struck by the Southern Pacific
Shasta limited train here.
The car in which Mrs. Robinson
was riding with two boys and a
baby, was caught by the engine
and carried a block. The car was
wrecked and the occupants thrown
to the ground. They were taken
to a hospital.
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VM THESl WALLS lPM5l c5S i
li MILITARY W
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RED CROSS FUND
REACHES $1748
WORK OF IMMUNIZING- 500,000
VICTIMS PROGRESSING
Note Saying "Please Accept Wid
uh's Might" Accompanies
$." Check
The Red Cross Mississippi val
ley flood relief fund took a sub-.-tantial
jump yesterday when a
total of $1748.71 was reached.
This, however, is still way short
of the quota of $:;tiMi set for the
Willamette distih-i. according to
lr. Henry .Morris, diretor of the
d rive.,
In the meantime, work of im
munizing from typhoid and small
pox of the ",00,'mhi persons in the
flood area is going on under di
rection of the Ameiicau Red Cross
and allied agencies.
According to latest reports, ad
ditional health workers are being
sent into the field to help speed
up the work of vaccination, not
only in the refugee camps where
more than llio.oon already have
been immunized, but also in flood
ed towns and villages where the
precautionary measure is being
extended to everyone who will
take it. And. under the handicap
of slowly "arriving funds, the needs
of the ::4n,ito0 flood sufferers are
now being cared for.
Among the subscriptions arriv
ing yesterday at the local Red
Cross office was one from a lady
who said. "Please accept a wid
ow's mite." she sent a check
for $r. The Sunday school of the
Court Street Christian church
yesterday sent in $27. 2-". and the
Center Street Methodist church
contributed $15. $i'.."o came in
from the Liberty Sunday school.
EGGERS TO BE DEPORTED
Alleged Hijacker to Face Charges
in Cnnadi.-in Court
SAN FRANCISCO. May 9
( AP) The United States circuit
court of appeals here today or
dered deportation of Milo . Eggers
to Vancouver, - TV T., Id "face
charges of hi-jacking two Cana
dian rum runners three years ago.
The writ of mandate ordering the
deportation was forwarded to Ta
coma. Wash., where Eggers is in
jail.
PROTESTS INTERVENTION
Liberal IreMlent in Nicaragua
Issues Statement
PUERTO CABEZAS. Nicaragua.
May f). i AP. ) -Dr. Juan Sacasa.
president of the liberal govern
ment set lift here, issued a state
ment today protesting against the
continuation of Adolfo Diaz at
Managua as president of Nicaragua
and against the disarming of his
troops by United States marines.
MAKING FRANCE SECURE
JUROR'S ILLNESS
POSTPONES CASE
SHIPMENT OF TRUNK ITfiURES
IN PROSECUTION CASE
Testimony on Drivers License
Connects DeAutremont
With'-Grcen Car
JACKSONVILLE. Or.k May 9.
A P. i -Local physicians, after a
consultation here tonight oh the
condition of S. W. Dunham, juror
in the Hugh DeAutremont murder
trial now in progress here.', de
clared that due to a chronic in
ternal ailniest now in an acute
phase, the juror wo(uld not be able
to resume his place in the jury
box ttntil next week.
It was believed the trial would
be adjourned until next Mondav.
COURT HOUSE. Jacksonville.
Or.'. May H. lAIM The trial of
Hugh DeAutremont. alleged Sis
kiyou tunnel bandit-slayer, ac
cused of the murder of Charles O.
(Coyle) Johnson, came to a tem
porary halt this afternoon wjieu
the court adjourned, owing to the
illness of Juror S. W. Dunham,
::. of Med ford. -
The o-.urt from the bench di
r cted that the adjournment be
taken "until tomorrow morning at
! o'clock, or until such time as
Mr. Dunham is able to resume
his duties."
Dunham was stricken ill Friday
t.ight. and has grown worse as the
trial progressed. His trouble was
diagnosed as gall bladder and
-tomach trouble. He is under the
are of a physician.
Up to the time of adjournment,
l!t witnesses had been on the stand
tor the state, and 50 exhibits in
tioduced and identified.
The morning session of the
court was devoted to testimony
linking Ray and Roy DeAutre-
iniont. twins, and brothers of the
defendant, with the crime, by the
shipment of a trunk from Eugene
to SiIt.er.ton by express, by R. A.
DeAutremont. the purchase from
a Portland concern," of a second-
u600D TIMES PREDICTED
Head of Southern Pacific Sees
I'rospect of tiood Crops
SAN FRANCISCO. May 9.
(Al'i Oood times for railroads
in California and Oregon during
1927 were predicted today by Wil
liam Sproule. president of the
Southern Pacific company- who de
clared that the heavy rains of the
past winter had insured good
crops. Mining activity promisesl
to be normal. Sproule said, with
improved livestock markets.
"The general conclusion ap
pears to be that lf2T while not an
outstanding year of striking pros
perity will prove to be a year of
satisfactory results that indicate
progress," he declared.
SALEM DISTRICT
LEADS AMERICA
Col. W. B. Bartram Has TOO
Pounds of Famous J. W. S.
Seed in Ground
UP AND GROWING WELL
Article in Slogan Number of The
Statesman Brought -Contact
Resulting in Seed Rcing
Obtained Here
The Statesman of Sunday morn
ing contained an Associated Press
cablegram from Belfast. Ireland,
telling of a super flax seed which,
it is said, may make linen as
cheap as cotton goods; a seed de
veloped in experiments conducted
by the Ulster Line Research asso
ciation, cooperating with the Brit
ish and Ulster governments.
The cablegram said the new
offspring of flax is known as
J. V. S. seed, being named for
John W. Stewart, county Antrim
agriculturist who conceived the
idea and developed it.
Ve Have It Xoiv
This is not news to a group of
flax people of the Salem district
who have been keeping close tab
on the developments of this great
industry. Col. VI". B. Bartram. of
the state flax plant, has 100
pounds of the J. W. S. seed in the
ground, and the flax front it is
already about two inches high and
is coming along very well.
Col. Bartram is not confining
his experiments to the J. V. S.
seed, either. He is experimenting
with Saginaw- seed, the strain de
veloped by the United States de
partment o& agriculture and a
considerable acreage of which has
been grown by Owen Thomasson,
son of P. E. Thomasson of the
Turner district. Also, with select
ed Oregon strains of flax seed of
other varieties.
This 100 pounds of J. V. S.
seed is the only sample of any
size that has come to the North
American continent. So the Salem
district is the first in this field,
as usual.
How It Happened
The British government has
been attempting to keep the
T. W. S. flax seed from being ex
ported. The authorities wanted
all of it kept for the benefit of
that country. But a copy of the
last flax Slogan number fell into
the hands of a man on the other
side of the water. He noticed the
article of Col. Bartram in that
number of The Statesman, and
wrote to him. complimenting the
article, and this started a line of
correspondence that has been go
ing on since
Well, any way, Col. Battram
got the 100 pounds-of J. W. S.
(Continued on re 5.J
PLAN CHERRIAN REVIEW
Xeu- Hats May Be Adopted; to
Discuss Proposed Tours
Salem Cherrians will hold their
annual review and regular month
ly meeting tonight at the chamber
of commerce auditorium. Plans
for attendance and participation
in the Portland Rose Festival
June 16. will be discussed.
Adoption of the' new hats will
undoubtedly be approved tonight,
according to -King Ring Olson.
Plans for the annual caravan tour
into southern and central Oregon
will also be discussed tonight.
Bend, Klamath Falls, Ashland,
Medford, Grants Pass and Rose
burg being on the proposed route.
ANCIENT TEMPLE FOUND
Semitic Ruins Xear Jerusalem
Rest Above Older Buildings
JERUSALEM. May 9. (AP)
Mispah expedition under Profes
sor William F.' Bade, American
archaeologist, has discovered an
ancient Semitic temple at Tel-En-Anshem
with remains of still ear
lier buildings underneath. I'. )
Yesterday the staff of lite ex
pedition and friends in, the Mis
sion , at Ramallah held, a service
In the excavated temple. : Jews,
Christians, and Moslems' streamed
up the ancient hill on which the
temple was iouflt, scaled the gi
gantic, wall surrouding ' the- town
and entered in to v the one time
sacred area where the last , prev
ious service ' probably . was , held
more than, 2,0 0 years aco.
FINANCING BODY
ELECT OFFICERS
D. Y. EYRE CHOSEN TO LEAD
NEW ORGANIZATION
Ttonrd of Directors Selected;
Fifty-Five Stockholders
Attend Meet
D. "W. Eyre, president of the
United States national bank, was
elected president of the. Salem In
dustries Financing corporation, at
a meeting held last night for the
purpose of organizing. Henry R.
Crawford, was chosen vice-president,
Sidney B. Elliott, treasurer,
and Donald A. Young, secretary.
The corporation elected C. K.
Spaulding, U. S. Page, Henry R.
Crawford, Curtis Cross. Harry
Hawkins, James Heltzel. H. O.,
White, B. B. Jarman. D. W. Eyte,
S. B. Elliott, and George Graben
horst as the personnel for the
board of directors.
Fifty-five of the sixty-two stock
holders in the corporation were
present at the meeting. Shares in
the firm will be open until 100 or
more have become members. Com
plete sale of stock is expected
within two weeks.
The corporation was formed
some time ago for the. purpose of
encouraging industry and to af
ford opportunity for investment in
local industries that -have "Wen
thoroughly investigated and have
approval of. the board of direc
tors. ,
"With organization of the cor
poration. Salem, it is said, will be
in a position to aid, not only its
own smaller industries that are
now in business, but in securing
the location of other industries.
The firm has already received
applications from two or three
businesses which wish aid in fi
nancing, and is in a position to re
ceive applications from other in
dustries, the merit of which stands
inspection.
SUSPENSION CONSIDERED
Three Linfield Students Caught
Smoking; Ap)cjil Killing -
McMINNVILLE, Ore.; May 9.---(AP)
If the recommendation of
Uie honor council to the faculty
and administration of Linfield
college is accepted; three sophor
mores will be. suspended for the
remainder of the year for smok
ing. It was regarded by those in
touch with college affairs that the
recommendation would be adopt
ed. ;
The accused trio was appre
hended when a history class went
to Champoeg recently. On arrival
there, cigarette aWhes, burnt
matches and other evidence was
found in a car occupied by the
three. students, who have appealed
from the council's decision to the
student body.
Although the student body will
not vote on the appeal until Fri
day, a discussion ensued today at
which three other students openly
admitted smoking In violation of
the rnles of the institution. No
action was taken Jn the cases of
those confessing. One of them is
a son of a professor and another
the son of a trustee. They de
clared one-fourth of the men stu
dents used tobacco while register
ed' at the school.
ENGLISH HEAVILY TAXED
Business l$njxf 20 Per Cent of
Income," Says McGilehrist
Oregon "business men don't
know what it means to pay taxes
as they know, it in England, "Wil
liam McGilchrist, Jr., told mem
bers of the Salem Chamber ' of
Comnverce at the Monday noon
luncheon. ' Englishmen are now
paying 20 per cent of their In
comes to pay" for the World war,
McGilchrist said in the course of
his talk on conditions as he found
them in foreign lands on his re
cent tour aronnd the world.
France is still highly Incensed
at America's attitude on the war
debt, McGilchrist reported, and
treat American tourists according
ly. He stated that traveling in
taxJcabs was cheaper than walk
ing, and strong beverages cheap
er than any water that was fit
to drink, m that strange country.
CHERRIANS FACE REVIEW
Full . Uniform Inspection Het foe
Tonight; Get New Hats
Members of the Salem Cherrians
have been notified to torn out in
full uniform for Inspection r to
night, in anticipation of their par
ticipation in the Rose Festival .pa
rade in Portland June 1. r
i The Cherrians have , ordered
new 'hats,' white in color to har
monize with the rest of their
equipment. '
160MAB
, IN 'WAKE
T-ORMDO
I
i
54- Killed at Poplar Bluff,
Mo., Over 70 in Arkan- t
sas Twisters
TEXAS STORMS
TAKE 32 LIVES
Town of Nevada I Virtually
Destroyed, 16 Dead
MANY HOMELESS
Total of Injures" -Dyer One
Thousand; Property Dam
age Reaches Millions; Re
lief Efforts Follow1 Quickly
(By The Associated press)
The death list in-tornadoes and
storms which have been sweeping
the middlewest since Saturday
atmore than 10 this morning:
more than a thousand injured and
property loss of millions of dol
lars. '
Approximately 4 0 persons were
killed and 100 Injured, when a
tornado mowed through.: the busi
ness area of Poplar Bluff. Mo.,
late yesterday, while more than
70 persons were killed and 300 in
jured in a series of twisters that
shot across Arkansas from the
central southern portion to the
northwestern tip. In addtlon. re-
ports trickling in over !
damaged
lines of communication
of the
torm swept, territory.
added 1 to
the mounting list of deald and J;: -Jured.
. -. -, ',
Storm Follow Storm
The Monday afternoon total of
100 or more dead, added to a
casualty total of 55 killed "Sat
urday night, Sunday and early
yesterday, in Texas, Kansas, Mis
souri and other states, j -
Two separate tornadoes which
swept through northwestern Te
as early Monday caused 22 deaths
at Nevada, Garland, Wolfe City
and Kellogg, injured J50 and
caused a" property damage of it
million. . -,
A dozen were killed and thirty
injured Sunday night when torna
does hit several central and south
ern central Missouri counties,
while ten were killed and thou
sands made homeless' when thj
first of the twisters struck four
Kansas counties Saturday night. '
Poplar BInff lilt
rOPLAR BLUFF, Mo., May 9.
(AP) Approximately 4Q per
sons were killed and 100 injured
in a tornado which swept through
the business section here late to
day.
The tornado destroved virtual.
iy every building in an area four
(Continued oa Pajjs
5.)
GALE HEIGHTENS
FLOOD'S MENACE
WAYKS 1SATTKR I.KVKKS
FIFTr MILE FltiOXT
Hi omw to i Continue, Predict (on ;
-More Refugees Beaching
1 CampM
NEJ ORLEANS, May ft. .
(AP) -The 50 mile levee front
long the Mississippi! between
Baton Rouge and Bayou des Gluing
was battered by choppyj waves to
night as a strong gale lashed the.
flood waters into sudden fury rao
menlarily shifting the point of im
mediate concern from the Bayou
des Glaiza section to the embank
ments along the main stream.
, A prediction , of continued wind'
and stormy weather to accompany
the crest of the flood down the
valley added to threat of the wa
ters as ' they continued: to masa
bout the mouthof Old river b-
fore descending 'Into the lower
valley, either through a breach in
Bayou des Glaias levees1 or down
the maid stream. ; . .
Ramparts along - Bayou dea
Glaiza and the south bank of the
Red river were not affected by tha
sweeping winds today, as they
arove ihe:. water, a wayi from t ...3
levees along that front. Scores or
men worked In that nelshborhou 1.