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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1927)
W"i- H?dgc, at The Elsiniopb Tonight, in "The Judge's Husband," Is a Star, With a Company of Stars The'Lime Plant at Penitentjary Is Catching Up With Orders and Will Keep Ahead of Them Henceforth WEATHER FORECAST: ,Falr and some what warmer: moderate Variable winds; humidity slightly below normal. Maximum temperature yesterday, 59; minimum, 35; river, 5: rainfall, .03 inches; atmosphere, fair; wind, northwest. The American tourist goes to Europe to spend money, but the European tourist comes to. America to deliver lectures nd get paid for ft. Yet they say we are the dollar chasing nation. SEVENTY -SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGONrWEDNESDATMORNINCT, MAY 18, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS MELVILLE FOLK REE US FLOOD REACHES TOWN No Lives Believed Lost; Resi dents Cling to Levees Until Rescued EAST SIDE BANKS HOLD Two Thousand Foot Crevasse Opened; River not to Change Materially for Two Days; 13 Miles Covered NEW ORLEANS, May 17. (AP) Conquering its earthen, man-made barriers, the swollen Atchafalaya fed by the Misslsippi flood waters, today added Melville, La., to the long list of towns that have been inundated during the present flood. Leaving inhabitants viewing the remnants of their town from levee tops as they awaited rescue boats, the waters raced southward and westward to join those flowing through the Bayou Des Glaises breaks which already have spread some forty miles down the valley to Palmetto. Palmetto is approxi mately 50 miles northwest of Ba ton Rouge. Levees Still Hold The east dikes of the Atchafa laya still were holding the waters out of the eight parishes compris ing the "sugar bowl" of Louisiana, located' between the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers. No lives were believed lost at Melville in spite or tne I act tnat the flood tossed up on the town in the early morning hours while many of the residents were still trs, they sought refuge on the 1dvu snil in nnnar flnnra rtf buildings, until boats could reach them. Wide Crevasse Opened Lale today the water had open td a 2000 foot crevasse. Still an other crevasse occurred on the west bank of the Atchafalaya six miles above Melville this after noon but the territory affected al ready was under water. At Mor row the water was rising two feet id day. The weather bureau said that (Cuiitinunl on 1'nge 4.) CRATER GROWLS AT EXCAVATORS VESUVIUS ERUPTION SPEC TACULAR, NOT DANGEROUS Flaming Particles Scattered Abroad; Plctureiue Scene at Night NAPLES. May 17. (AP) A burst of sullen growling with which the volcano of Vesuvius yesterday morning greeted the formal open ing of excavation work into the lava of the buried city of Hercu- laneuiu it as aeveiopea into a iuii fledged minor eruption of spec tacular, ut not menacing propor tions. Awakening after six months of comparative quiescence, the vol cano growled and rumbled, fitful ly puffing a thick column of pink ish white steam to the sky. A correspondent for the Asso ciated Press, standing at the edge of the crater lata .today, saw thousands of chunks of flaming lava being hurled fifty feet out of the central eruptive cone. Every five or ten seconds there was an awe inspiring rumble sounding alternately like the puf fing of a gigantic steam locomotive or the breaking of heavy surf. Until late today it was impos sible to approach the crater be cause flaming particles, after soar lag five hundred feet or more, scattered in all directions, while several eruptive Tents Tecently formed at the southwest base of the crater became active simultan eously. A series of strong earth tremors of local origin were felt a far away s Resina and Torre Annunziata In the environs of Naples. ' The spectacle of the active volcano, last night, which was lighted up by a full moon shim mering over the waters of the ay of Naples, was watched by a great asaemblege. .of Nepolitans gathered in a close packed mass along several " miles of the sea front to witness a. "sea festival" which was presided over by King Victor Emmanuel from the win flew Of the royal palace.-. - SOVIET PROTEST NOTE DELIVERED CONTI X U KD RELATIONSHIP DEPENDS OX ASSURANCES Moscow Government lie ports In tention to Ask Indemnity for Seizure MOSCOW, Russia. May 17. (AP) The soviet government in a note delivered tonight to the British charge d'affaires, in pro test against the recent raid on soviet house in London, declares that the continuance of commer cial relations with Great Britian is possible only on the condition of exact fulfillment of the provi sions of the commercial treaty of 1921, free from violations growing out of inter-party maneuvers and the fantastic beliefs of one minis ter or another. It demands from the British government definite reassurances on this subject, from which it says "necessary conclusions can be made." Furthermore the societ govern ment declares that it reserves the right to make claim for violation by the British government of the agreement for the insult offered thereby and for material losses growing out of the raid. The note points out that soviet interior development is based on a definite economic plan and for eign trade relations and, accord ingly, this plan capnot be allowed to be jeopardized by British do mestic political considerations. "The soviet government," con tinues the note, "has observed with satisfaction the interest in the soviet market evidenced by London, and the soviet economic organization has been more and more trusted by the London banks, in proof of which an agreement was signed a few days ago be tween the Soviets and one of these banks for 10,000,000 pounds. "But a campaign of unheard of hostility, which reached Its culmi nation in the raid on the soviet trade delegation, induces the so viet government, with all the seri ousness and frankness which the grave situation demands, to lay down before the British govern ment the question: Is it willing further to maintain and develop Anglo-Soviet relations or is its in tention to oppose this in the future?" REV. J. W. DE Y0E DIES Pastor of I-lie MethutliHt Church Victim of Asthma Rev. J. Willard De Yoe. 50, pas tor of Leslie Methodist Episcopal church, died at 12:30 this morn ing following an illness . which gradually increased in seriousness from its beginning. May 1. The cause of his death was given as acute asthma. Rev. De Yoe came to Salem in September, 1925, and had firmly established himself in the hearts of his constituents. Previous to his service in Oregon he had held pastorates in Colorado, Kansas and Iowa. He was a graduate of Iowa Wesleyan college and Gar rett Biblical institute, the latter connected with Northwestern uni versity. For several years in his young manhood Rev. De Yoe had attempted to enter the foreign mis sion field but ill health kept him in America as an active minister for more than 2& years.' Besides his wife and son in Sa lem. Rev. pe Yoe is survived by a sister, Mrs. Mary Smith of Mis sion, Texas, who left for Oregon Monday. She will arrive here Fri day. Arrangements for the funeral will probably be announced today. DISCUSSES GOVERNMENT City Managerial System Favored in Address at Luncheon "The good city government is three fold in accomplishment. It is close :to the taxpayers. It is re sponsive to their wishes and must give satisfactory and sufficient public service. I believe that the council-manager form of munici pal government approaches this standard nearer than any other system ' said J. L. Franzen, city manager of Oregon City, in an ad dress to the Salem Kiwanis club yesterday. ! : k Mr. Franzen told club members that the ward system tends toward political log rolling, allows a long series of shifts in dodging respon sibilities and fails to caro for the specialties, involved in a city's ownership. ,,,!'. Duties of a manager were out-1 lUied by the Oregon CHjr, of figial, giving 75 Salem business men a better .idea of ; the f aturc Rovr-m-iacnt to be used in Salen if the ftiieasure passes in the June elec tion. ..--- ' WEATHER ill STILL 5 T K Advises Against Attempts by Three Planes to Cross At lantic Ocean AVIATORS MARK TIME May Get Away Late Today But Prospect Not Bright; Bellan ci Owners and Pilots Settle Difficulties NEW YORK, May 17. (AP) The weather man ecanie almost optimistic late today in his con sideration of atmospheric condi tions in their relation to trans- Atlantic flying. Almost optimistic he became but not quite. "There is a slight turn in the right direction," said cautious ly "but only a fslight one. We have advised against any hop off tomorrow morning." "How about later in the day?" he was asked. "Well, there's a chance," he re plied. "Just a chance. There are indications of gradual clearing, but not strong enough yet to make any definite predictions. We'll wait and see." Aviators All Idle While tie weather man pre pared charts of fog and wind for them the six aviators waiting to hop off .on their great adventure continued tests of their planes, went visiting, or just fretted the time away at the flying field. The three-man crew of the giant three engined Pokker "America" inade two weight tests this morning" and et noon had luncheon with Rodman Wanamak- (Continued ou Pat ) GATES TO ATTEND FETE Dedication of Carniqucz liridge in California to Be Held C. E. (Pop) Gates of Medford, member of the state highway com mission, will represent the state of Oregon at the dedication of the new Carniquez bridge located on the Pacific highway between Crockett and Vallejo, Cal. The dedication ceremonies will be held next Saturday. Governor Patterson was invited to attend the dedication of the bridge but was unable to accept because of other appointments. AS 01 NEW TOR t TUAT'5 WHAT. Jj PAWING THINGS L M . i: l in ui ;. 1, , .. n- i . ' PART IN HOLDUP ON S. P. CLAIMED FREDEN ItERG, ARRESTED AT RENO, TELLS OF CRIME Says He Made Nitroglycerine But DeAutremonts Responsible for Train Attack RENO. Nev., May 17. (AP.) J. W. Fredenberg, brought back to Ueno today from Auburn, Cal.i' to answer a charge of forgery, in a voluntary confession to Sheriff Jlillhouee, said that he was a mem ber of the DeAutremont gang of Southern Oregon, and that he aid ed in the plans for the holdup of a Southern Pacific train near Sis kiyou in October, 1923, as a re sult of which four members of the train crew were killed. Fredenberg, who admits prison terms in Oregon and Washington state prisons, also told the sheriff that he had murdered an ex-convict named Navy Williams at Hilt, Cal., in 1922, and that he had also compelled a man, Jack Mayer, to swallow poison in Spokane some years ago. The .man's story of the mur ders did not sound so good to the sheriff but he was so very famil iar with the Siskiyou affair that Hillhouse today wired his infor mation to Southern Pacific officers and to postoffice authorities with the hope that Fredenberg might have some valuable information. Fredenberg said that it was he who rendered the dynamite in order to make nitro-glycerine for the train robbery, but said he did not actually participate in the train 'robbery as he was laid up at the DeAutremont camp wilh an in jured leg on the day of the at tempt. When the brothers re- (Continued on Pr 3.) TEST WASHINGTON LAW Assignment for Beuefit of Credi tors Under Fire at Meet PORTLAND, May 17. (AP) The Washington state law known"! as the assignment for the benefit of creditors, will be tested in the courts as a result of action taken today by the Pacific Northwest Retail Credit Men's association at the final session of the annual convention here. It is the opin ion of leaders of the association that the law is unconstitutional. A resolution adopted by the as sociation branded the law "both destructive to good credit policy and unfair to debtor and creditor." It was further set forth that the law is being abused by unscrupu lous attorneys. Tnder its provi sions, it was explained, it is pos sible for a man to go into bank ruptcy every ten days. This puts it in conflict with the federal law governing bankruptcies, and the test case is to be tried on that ground. YE SEW, SO SHALL YE STATE MEETING HERE THIS WEEK MASTER PLt'MBERS TO HOLD ANNUAL CONVENTION Sessions AV1I1 Re Held at Chamber of Commerce Friday and Saturday About 200 master plumbers and their wives will meet Friday and Saturday in Salem for the 28th annual Oregon state convention of master plumbers. The sessions all will be held in chamber of com merce rooms. Principal addresses at the con vention will be given by Al G. Wilson, national president, and B. Joe O'Donnell, representative of the national trade extension bu reau. Mr. Wilson, wliose head quarters are in San Francisco, will convey greetings from the nation al association, while Mr. O'Donnell who makes a special trip from Ev ansville, Ind., will discuss the bet terment of sanitary conditions in carryia-g on business. Entertainment of the guests will include a theate rparty at the El sinore, and a visit of inspection to Salem industrial plants. State in stitutions also .will be visited. Among the representatives at the convention from Salem plumb ers will be Theo. M. Barr, a past president of the state association, and J. A. Bernardy. These two men were charter members of the local association which . received recognition from the national as sociation five years before the Ore gon state association was formed, 27 years ago. Officers of the state association are; C. J. Kelly, Portland, presi dent; G. C. Lorenz, Klamath Falls, vice president; Stephen Pollitt, Portland, secretary; T. J. Rowe, Portland, treasurer, and Theo. M. Barr, Salem, past president-direct or. A meeting of these men who constitute the executive commit tee will meet Thursday evening at the Marion hotel. The complete program for the (Continued on Page 4.) SKULL EXHIBIT IN CASE Received at Supreme Court in Insurance Policy Cae The first skull ever offered in evidence in a case appealed to the state supreme court arrived at the offices of the clerk of the court Tuesday. The sk,ull is an exhibit in a suit brought by Bertha E. Lipp of Coos county, who is attempting to rc-, cover on an insurance policy writ ten by the Mututl Life Insurance company. It was said that the skull was introduced in evidence at the trial in the lower court in an effort to establish the identity of.the person who was insured by the defendant corporation. WEEP GOOD RESPONSE 'S GALL FOR HELP - Tickets to Flood Relief Bene fit Sell Themselves, Say Canvassers PROCLAMATION ISSUED Minstrel Show Friday Night To Be Snappy AMair, Well Worth The JHce Asfclo From tiood C'ause Served Touched to the heart by the pathetic plight of the hundreds of thousands of unfortunate Ameri cans whose homes have been de stroyed by the swirling waters' of the swollen Mississippi river in the nation's most stupendous and stag gering disaster, the people of Sa lem are responding eagerly to the clarion call for help which has been sounded by Capital Post No. 9. of the American Legion and are subscribing generously for tickets to the Flood Relief benefit to be presented in the Capitol Theater Friday night. Throughout Tuesday committees of legionnaires visited business establishments in the down-town section of the city, meeting with cordial and sympathetic reception everywhere. "It is no job to sell these tickets," said one, "the main trouble is in reaching everybody who wants them." Proclamation Given So urgent is the need for aid for the flood victims and so vital is the necessity for putting Salem's quota over-the-top that Mayor T. A. LIvesley has' issued an eloquent proclamation in which he presents a plea for every resident of this city to rally to the cause' of hu manity by making certain the sue cess of the Legion's Flood Relief show. Two performances are to be given Friday night, one at 7 and the other at 9 o'clock, the com plete program including a feature picture in addition to the Legion Minstrels. No Reservations Made No seat reservations will be made for either performance, the slogan being "First come first (Continued on page 8.) M'NARY WRITES ARTICLE Farm Relief IUII Explained in Magazine Which Opposed m- The Country Gentleman, Amer ica's largest and .widest circulated farm journal, will carry as its fea ture story in the June issue, an article written by Senator Charles L. McNary on "Handling Wheat Under the McNary-Haugen Bill.' Owned by the Curtis Publishing company of Philadelphia, the Countny Gentleman has been an anti-farm bloc organ being editor ially opposed to the McNary-Hau gen measure, together with its more important fellow. The Satur day Evening Post. The June issue will be devoted to a complete review of the bill. both pro and con, giving the 1,' 400,000 subscribers an authentic statement of both sides of farm legislation, the all important ques tion before the nation today. WOMEN BARELY ESCAPE Tree Uprooted By torm Crashes Through Roof of Cabin PORTLAND, May 17. (AP) Mrs. Lena Weinhof f and Agnes Quimby narrowly escaped death early this morning when a large tree uprooted by the gale that raged along the Columbia, crashed into the one room cabin, in which they were living on the. highway 17, miles east of Portland. v ThA trpa put diuponnllv thrnnph the cabin, missing one of the women by two and a half feet. The ., diminutive cabin was splintered. - STREITENBERGER GUILTY Former Policeman Convicted for Part in Editor's Dcatlt r CANTON. Ohio, May XL AP vi- Floyd Streltenbcrgcr, former Canton- policeman," -'was convicted of first degree murder by a Jury tonight in his trial for complicity In the. assassination of Don R. Mellett, Canton editor. The Jry, recommended mercy, which automatically results in life im N prisonment. ROAD DISTRICTS BOUNDS OPPOSED too Great Ax area ixcluik ei in falls city plan Should Cover Only Section Ilono fited. Highway Coiuuik , slon Rules The state highway commission has disapproved the boundaries of the proposed Falls City-Valsetz highway improvement district, fol lowing a hearing held at Falls City May 14. "The boundaries proposed for the. highway improvement dis trict," reads the findings of tho commission, "include too great an area which could not be served by the road or receive any benefits irom it. If the boundaries were reduced to cover the section bene fited, the valuation would not be uffieient to meet the cost of con struction on the permissible tax basis. Further, the benefits to be derived from the building of the road do not appear to Justify the expense of construction of a through road. "The commission feels that the improvement of the Falls City- Valsetz road is a local matter which should be handled by Polk county and the road districts in the customary way thaUsuch local improvements are handled and financed either by district, county or market road funds." The state highway commission some time ago approved the boun daries for the improvement dis trict, but later granted a rehear ing upon application of various timber, interests. The rehearing was held at Falls City last Sat urday. The district had proposed to construct a road from Falls City to Vaisetz, where it would inter sect with the Roosevelt highway The proposed road' would shorten materially the distance between Willamette valley points and the Newport beach resorts. . COOL WEATHER COMING Rise of Willamette and Colombia to Be Checked, Forecast PORTLAND, May17. (AP) Cool weather following last night's heavy gale is expected to spread over the northwe&t, checking to some extent the rise in the Col umbia and Willamette rivers, Ed ward L. Wells, United. States gov eminent meteorologist, said to day. Yet, while this may prevent the river at Portland from rising much above the flood stage of 15 feet here at this time, it may also serve to increase the danger of nuch higher water during June, Wells thought. ; The drop in the Willamette was noticed today at upstream points. The water al ready accumulated in the , upper tributaries of the Columbia Is ex pected to cause it to continue to rise. Back water from the Columbia will cause the Willamette to reach 15.5 feet Friday, .weather reports say. SAYS MEN SHOULD PAINT Ought Not Be Criticized for Beautif cation, Declared SACRAMENTO, Cal., May 17. (A?) Paint, powder and per fame for the nation's manhood were urged today by Victor L. Schaefer of Oakland, president of the California Pharmaceutical as sociation. In his opening address before the association's convention heretoday. He urged that drug gists do; everything possible "to encourage the use of toilet articles and cosmetics by men." "I wish io ' emphatically con demn the practice of calling men 'sheiks' just because they take pride" in their personal appearance or because they are la tha habit of Using a high grade perfume of delicate fragrance." he said. ! THINK "HUSBAND" FAKE Spokane Wouiao Believes Man in House Is Not Her Spouse SPOKANE, Wash.7May 17. (AP)--"It's a wise child; that knows. Ills father," " and possibly it's a wise' wife who knows .her husband.' ,.- - ' A woman. 45 mother of. a nine year oldV son, . reported lr the po-. lice today- thatt she believes stranger posed as her husband for three rfays in. their home ".here. She said the' boy also felt that tho Inan was jjot his father. - . , The woman said the supposed, stranger looks very much like her husband, wears the same sort of. clothes and lias a very similar VOlce. . - ' I The police are investigating. . DEATH PEfJALTY PAin SWIILIfJRLY BY A. BRDWt JLEE Intrepid Slayer Says Fare well to Warden as Black Hood Is Adjusted STILL CLAIMS INNOCENCE Hopes Trutli WH1 be DiitcloHcd, Condemn! Man Says fu Statement . Before Taken to tho Gallows 1 Seventy-eight, days after the murder of Eston Hooker, 21 year old deputy sheriff of Lane, county. Albert urowmee, convictea auier and ex-convict, climbed the 'steps to the gallows of the state peni tentiary at 8:28 yesterday morn ing and was hanged a minute later. ; Apparently cool and indifferent towards the penalty which he was about to pay, Brownlee called for five newspaper; representatives, who with Sheriff Taylor and Dis trict Attorney Gordon Wells of Lane county, prison guards,-and Rev. Thomas V. Keenan, heard hia final statement. . . Praises Sheriff - Gesticulating with both hands, holding in one a lighted cigarette, Brownlee commenced his offer to the press by shaking hands with Sheriff Taylor, saying, "Here's a real man." .t "I am ready to die for a good cause.' I have no fear of death, as the Catholic church has re ceived my confession and offered baptismal rites. , If a stay of exe cution, .had.. been granted I could . have proven my innocence of tho Eston Hooker murder, but today I die, and can only hope that some (Continued en Pace 4.) BRIGHT FUTURE ; SEEN FOR CHINA jSTROXO' NATION' ' WtLL GIKJW ! OUT OF TURMOIL Sir Howard Ksme Shows Nerd of New Treaties, Recognition I of Rights PORTLAND; May 17. (AP); Dut of (he turmoil now Seething throughout China, will come a strong government, distinctively Chinese and independent; Buchfa government will be welcomed, said. Sir Esme Howard, British ambas sador, to newspaper men here to day after he had been officially welcomed r by Mayor George L. Baker and a citizens' committee. "There is a nationalistic move ment In China which is genuine and which must be recognized as such,' the ambassador continued. "When' the new government has evolved and is sufficiently power ful to afford protection, it will find the other powers ready to co operate." : ; The old treaties, Sir Earn e said, are antiquated and should be dis carded, but not until there is a responsible : government with which new : treaties adapted to modern times can be made. Pending the advent of a strong government Great Britian must protect her nationals and their property in China, for the British have built up holdings through 150 years of industry and effort, Howard said. When the new gov ernment emerges and can -assure responsibility : for the safety of foreigners and their property. Great Britain .will be relieved of this 'task, Sir Esnxe added that he believed that Great Britian and the United States are of the same mind on the situation. ' . x Ualoney vs. Sharkey '. ' " . "Round by round reports on the ring battle Jbe twee Jack Sharkey and : Jim Maloney io Ns wTork, j seml-f Inal encoun ter? Jnb$ selection, of an op ponent for Genov Tunney, will be received over the Associated Press, leased wlra at the States man. f fice . Thursday e venir z Jlcports on tho main event will begin coming in a few mlnutci after, 6 o'clock. , . These returns will bo broad cast 'and bulletined 'it the Statesman office. 'Person w t o Ate unalia to come ior,i.to :: going ..'tyVcallingC 23 a Tier 7 o'clocls '' iz. "' '