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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1927)
orrow At Corvallis, Designed to Stabilise That industry for This State Many Experimental Plats Will Definite Results on Flax Growing Methods for The Salem District Mr. Coolidge called at the Washington zoo the other day to take a look at the two lion cubs presented to Mm by an admirer. We hare a suspicion that he stepped around to the elephant's quarters, too, for a peek at the far famed political 1 emblem. Des Moines Register. 1 WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy in interior; foggy on the coast: normal temperature; moderate northwest winds on coast. Maximum temperature yesterday. 68; minimum, 39; river, 3.5; atmosphere, clear; wind west. V. I Prune Meetings Today and mm SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR siissEi IN THREE FOLD y C. A. Howard Gives Address at Memorial Day Program at Armory SPECIAL SERVICES HELD "Patriotism Is Devotion to a Prin ciple Embodied in a Nation1 Declared Speaker at Large Meeting "Patriotism is devotion to a principle embodied in a nation," declared C. A. Howard, superin tendent of public instruction, who delivered the chief address at the Armory Memorial exercises yes terday afternoon. "It flourishes in self-sacrifice and acts of self devotion.' "It was this sentiment that drew these members of the Grand Army of the Republic away from their homes in a period of increasing prosperity to take up arms to keep this nation one; it was this senti ment that impelled the men of ninety-eight to answer the call of President McKinley and remove from the Island of Cuba, a condi tion that had become an affront to Tur national dignity and an of fense to the nostrils of the world. It was this sentiment that brought three million American men to arms ten years ago, that America might take her stand with the free nations of the world against imperial aggression. Highest Type Needed "It is patriotism of the highest ype that is needed today to repel ' tide of cynicism toward demo ' ! Icy and to answer open expres sions of doubt as to the proved stability of the American form of government. "The patriotism of this day must divest itself of the assump tion that the ultimate has been reached in human progress and in human happiness. It must recog nize the problems of democracy yet unsolved, and humbly set its hand to their solution. It must brine itself to realize that doubt hs to the success of a democratic form of government may be ef fectively answered, not by suppres sion of the doubt, nor by persecu tion of the doubter, but by per- ( Continued on ge 8.) KENTUCKY FLOOD CAUSES DEATHS NINE KNOWN VK7IMS; CIXHJD IU RST DISASTROUS Water Sweeping Down Big Sandy Valley Cause Huge Loss of Property PAINTSVILLE. Ky.. May 30. t-W') The highest headwaters in forty years were sweeping down the Hig Sandy valley tonight, leav ing nine known dead and unesti mattMl property damage in their wake. Rainstorms of cloud burst pro portions struck southeastern Ken tucky last night, and continued ff,r 1 1 hours. By three o'clock his morning small mountain fi reams were torrents and persons were fleeing from their homes or eteking refuge in the uper stories. With houses washed away, railroad- tracks submerged or gone, .lines of communication disrupted, the storm damage probably will ""'nit into the thousands of dol lar. The stormswept mountains are sparsely settled, probably ac counting for a small loss of life, although unconfirmed reports told of additional deaths. Six persons lost their lives at Koxana, Letcher county when the cloudburst sent mountain streams )of their banks and trapped Jtavcral families in their homes. yjThe victims were trying to reaeh (V place of safefv when thev wore. drowned. None of the bodies has been recovered. One man was re ported drowned at Elsiecoal. Persons in the lowlands down the valley were moving out tonight as reports told of the flood waters sweeping down the mountains to ward their homes.' Fleming and Neon, in Letcher county, and namerous towns in Floyd and Johusoa counties, ou the Big Bandy, were hard hit. , ,' Another storm struck Morehead, Rowan county, some seven, miles west of here and did extensive property damage.- ASPECT T STUDENT CRUISE FOUND PLEASANT ROBERT STORY, FORMERLY HERE, WRITES OF TRIP Visits hi Many Places Too Hurried, Declared; . Countries Hospitable A few details in the manage ment of the Universitytcruise on the steamer Ryndam were a bit unsatisfactory, hut aside from that it was a wonderful cruise, accord ing to Robert Story, former Wil lamette student and president of the student body, in a letter to Sa lem friends. Story lives in Wolf Creek where he conducts a store with his father. All the countries gave the stu dents splendid receiptions. said Story. Endeavoring to have time enough at sea for classes, yet take in so many countries, caused the time in many of the ports to be unite limited, and the sightseeing hurried. Consequently, the cruise took on the aspect of one recep tion after another. Hawaii, one of the finest pos sessions of the United States, has made a great accomplishment in the education of the various na tionalities represented there, be lieves Story. All of them are eager to become United States citizens. In Japan, six of the university party including Story made a suc cessful climb of Mount Fujiyama, but with scant food and little water. In China, Story said, he had a pleasant visit with Leland Chap in, another former - Willamette student, who is a faculty member of Canton Christian college. Siam showed the cruisers a "royal" time, declared Story. The King and Queen gave special di rections for entertainment. That country is seldom touched by tourists, and so the party had the opportunity to see one of the great rice - producing countries quite free from outside influences. Germany, possibly more so than any of the other continental Eur opean countries, endeavored to give their best in food, in friend liness, in music and in opportun ity to observe conditions, said Story. The steamer arrived in New York early in May, but Story has 1 remained in the Kast to visit friends in New York and Boston before coming west. FRANCE OBSERVES DAY Cordiality Resulting From Lind buigh'w Visit .Noticeable PARIS, May 30. (AP) America's Memorial Day was ob served at the American cemeteries in France, the small villages and even Paris itself, with the ardor of the two peoples stronger even than in the years immediately after the armistice, with which Captain Lindbergh's flight may have had something to do. Although the American ambas sador, Myron T. Herrick. speaking at Suresnes, did not mention the American flier, the prefect of the of the Meuse department, at the cemetery at Romagne Sons Mont faucon, where 2.1.000 Americans lie in the largest burial ground, recalled the fact that every ccor ner of France was vibrating with Lindbergh's jump across the ocean, which had brought nearer two sister republics. BLACK HILLS SELECTED President Iccides on Camp Site; I'lcwxant Summer Planned HURON S. D., May 30. (AP) Word that President Coolidge has definitely decided to spend his summer vacation in the Black Hills of South Dakota was received here today from Everett Sanders, secretary to tho president. Mr. Sanders, replying to a mes sage of inquiry from Goorge Wright, chairman of the rcpublic aa slate central committee. Mid the president was "looking for ward to a most satisfactory sum mer." The telegram cleared up any doubt that the president would go to the .state game lodge near Kapid City. FOUR WOUNDED IN RIOT Officers Fir.- Into Mob Seeking Life of Confessed Stayer TAMPA. Kla.. May Su. ( At I An unidentified woman and three men were wounded 'tonight when officers fired into a mob trying to batter an entrance through a brick wall into the Hillsborough county jail where they sought B.. F. Lev inc. con fessed slayer of five members of a family of seven. unoi wins ANAPOLIS RAGE CLASSIC Georae Souders. Product of Dirt Tracks, Wins $30,- 000 in Prizes DEV0RE TAKES SECOND Three Serious Accidents 'Feature the 300-Mile Event; Batten Sticks to Flaming Car; Kohlert Injured By CHARLES W. DUNKLET Associated Press Sports Editor. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., May 3J. (AP) George Souders, shy, un assuming, unknown, from Lafay ette, Ind.. became somebody in the business of auto mobile racing to day. Souders, a for mer student at Pur due univer sity, driving his first major event, won the fifteenth annual 500-milo grind at the In dianapolis motor speedway before i record-breaking crowd of 145.000 spectators. Sou ders victory was spec tacular bo cause he did not figure to have n any more chance t r win than Ftaf M'JZ&V-ttf Nelson. Drives Fnll Distance This 27-year-old youth from the sticks, driving the entire distance without relief and making only two quick stops, piloted his tiny racer, painted a dusty shade of gray, 200 perilous trips around (Continued on Page 2.) SURF TRAGEDY AVERTED Life Guard Pulls Canoeist Out of j Rreakers at Seaside SEASIDE. Ore., May 30.- (API Week-end crowds at the j beach here saw tragedy narrowly averted Sunday when Paul Huede pohl, Portland life saver, pulled Leonard Hutchinson of Seaside out of the breakers at the mouth of the Xecanicum river here after HuUhinson's canoe had over turned. Hutchison had been canoeing in tbo river and decided to go out into the surf at the river mouth. Carried out by the swift current, he was into the breakers before ho realized it, he saids afterwards, and the canoe turned over as he was attempting to turn it around. Boys on the shore saw Hutchi son disappear and called Huede pohl, who plunged in and landed Hutchison with the aid of spectators. X, jlT'iWiliWHnl. .-V.-.'. -. .-. ::vv. .. .-..-.:. s f ' , " ft 5 STEAM SHOVELS BREAK MOUNTAIN PASS BLOCKADES; CLEAR WINTER'S SNOW FROM COLORADO HIGHWAYS : ?! A ill v. ' mi -K-jiIj Mouuljiu Motorists, Fliirtns. Left Clearing; a Colorado highway buried in s n o w. Right Tourists passing through "Snow Tunnel' on Fall River Road, Rocky Moun- ; tain National Park. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY RED CROSS MAN VICTIM OF AIR EARL KILPATRICK, REHAIJIL- ' ITATION CHIEF, KILLED Lieut. Gregory, Pilot, Escapes Un hurt; Were on Flood Relief Work BATON ROUGE, La., May 30. ap Eari Kiipatrick, chief of rehabilitation of the American Red Cross, was killed when the seaplane UP-15 in which he was a passenger enroute from Memphis to New Orleans, crashed in a field at Ilohen, 40 miles south of here late today. Lieutenant Joe Greg ory, naval aviator, piloting the plane, was unhurt. Lieutenant Gregory was quoted :is saying that the piano "slipped" from under hint and went into a nose dive, crashing into the field. Lieut. Gregory was uninjured, and proceeded to New Orleans in an automobile. Mr. Kiipatrick was killed in stantly, according to persons who rushed to the crashed plane. The body was held at the scene of the accident until the coroner could view it after which it will be brought here. A. R. Sheppard, director of Red Cross activities in Iberville parish, went to the scene of the crash. Mr. Kiipatrick, who had been directing Red Cross work from Memphis was enroute to New Or leans for a conference on recon struction work of the flood devast ated Mississippi valley. Lieut. Gregory was stationed at ! Pensacola, Fla. PORTLAND, Ore.. May HO. (AP) Earl Kiipatrick, killed to day in an airplane accident at Hohen, La., was formerly director of the extension division of the (Continued on Paste 2.) BALLOON RACE STARTS Fifteen Participate in Tryout for Bennett Cup Team AKRON, Ohio, May .",0. (AP) Fifteen silver bags soared away to the northeast late today in the national elimination race that wfll determine the American ballooning champion and the per sonnel of a team to reDresent this nation in the international Gor- don Bennett cup race next Septem ber. It was a great start completed just twenty minutes ahead of schedule, and the sun came from behind a mass of threatening clouds to see the pilots off. Scarce ly a gust of wind was blowing over the field. If the weather reports received at the field before race time were borne out, the silken bags were in danger of encountering several electrical storms, unless they were flown at an altitude of about B.00O feet. Thunder-storms were prevalent in this region all during the afternoon. Off to the northeast the aerial parade started its journey through charted air currents. Tomorrow night all of the bags will have landed, it was believed. A close contest was the prediction of race officials. ;'. V-'"-:-":-" F'V '. '-""S ' : :- if : .-.. s :- r MORNING, MAY 31, 1927 SLAYER OF TWO , DIES IN SALEM CONFESSION MADE AFTER BE IXG SEXT TO HOSPITAL Bcebe III For Some Time And Death Expected; Sent Here In 1921 Carson Beebe, 30, slayer of John Painter and his son of Linn county in the fall of 1921, died at the Oregon state hospital last night. Officials said the body would be cremated at the institu tion. The bodies of Mr. Painter and his son were found under some brush a short distance from their home and Beebe later was arrest ed charged with the double murder. flie was living at the Painter home at the time. Heebe was indicted on a charge of first degree murder and subsequently was tried in the circuit court at Albany. The jury found that he was insane and he .was committed to the state hospital by the trial judge. After be in;,' at the state hospital for a few weeks Reebe confessed that hefki!led Painter and his son in hope that he might obtain a team of horses and a ranch owned by the victims. He testified previ ously at the trial that the elder' Painter killed his son during a quarrel and then committed suicide. State hospital officials said tha't Heebe-was feeble-minded. He had been ill for several weeks and his death was not expected. MANGUM'S BODY FOUND University Student Rody Making Plans for Funeral EUGENE, May 30. (AP) The body of Harold Mangum. edi tor-elect of the Emerald, Univer sity of Oregon student body paper who drowned in the Willamette river two weeks ago today, was found by children playing at the municipal automobile park this afternoon. The body had floated about a mile from the place where the canoe in which Mangum was riding over turned. Plans are being made by lead ers of the university student body to take charge of funeral services here. Mangum. in addition to be ing prominent in university and city journalism, was a member of the varsity football team last fall GOOD WILL SHIP HERE German Vessel Making Tour of World Knters Columbia ASTORIA, May 30. (AP) The German good-will ship, the auxiliary schooner Vaterland, now making a tour of the world, en tered the Columbia river tonight with all sails set and passed up the river. The vessel was due here this morning, but was de layed coming up the coast from San Francisco. The Vaterland is commanded by Count Felix von Luchner, fam ous during the war days as com mander of the German sea raider Seeadler. The Vaterland carries exhibits of German mercantile products. - .... ?f . I - & ' ' V ' 1 , - i , '"' 1 I NATION HONORS WAR'S 1TI1S WITH C00LI0GE America May Maintain New Position in World by Ob serving Law, Told RESPECT LIVING, ADVICE Possibility of Exerting Moral Force Shown by President in Address at Arlington National Cemetery WASHINGTON, May 30. (AP) America's war dead were hon ored today by President Coolidge on. behalf of the nation and with the nation. As in past years Mr. Coolidge attended the Memorial day exer cises at Arlington National ceme tery given under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic, offering "the affectionate garlands of honor and acclaim," for the soldier dead of all wars and plac ing a wreath of lilies on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Respects Living In the marble amphitheatre which was unprotected from rain threatening clouds overhead tho president spoke to-the as sembled representative of patriotic organizations, calling upon the na tion to give its respect to the living defenders of America along with "reverence for the dead." He dedicated the armed forces of the United States to the preservation of peace. Mr. Coolidge pictured the na tion in a new position in world af fairs and he warned that it should give attention to law observance if it is to maintain this position and its own institutions. "We can be a iVJoral force In the world," he said. "Only to the ex (Continued on Pace 4.) TWELVE DEAD IN STORM Rain, Wind, Hall and Lightning Tako Toll in Southland BRISTOL, VA.-TENN., May 30 AL') iweive persons are known to have been ' killed, more than a score are reported missing. a number injured and property damage to the extent of approxi mately a million dollars in a series of rain, wind, hail and electric storms that swept parts of Ken tucky, Tennessee and Virginia late last night and early today. Houses were washed away and buildings were undermined by bt reams, swelled beyond their banks by heavy rains; earth slides blocked highways and railroads in some sections; lines of com munication were destroyed, and more thansixty houses in widely scattered areas were reported to have been either blown down or damaged severely by winds of cyclonic violence. Crops also suf fered serious damage. CHARGES FOLLOW DEATH Youth Victim of Drugstore Gin; Conspiracy Alleged CHICAGO, May 30. (AP) Charges of murder, conspiracy to murder and violation of the pro hibition law have followed In the wake of the death of John Harper, 21, who died Saturday night after drinking gin bought from a drug store. Matthew McAnany, druggist. and his clerks. Matthew Raftree, John Day and Howard McNeil, today were charged with prohibi tion act violations. Lloyd McBain, in whose rooms the party was started, was charged with conspiracy, as were two other companions of Harper. Daniel Baldwin,' one of . the par ticipants in the drinking bout; re mained in a serious condition after having been taken unconscious to a hospital. . ' . CHILD RECOVERS JEWELS Platinum Bar Ket With 'S fLt monds Picked Up lit- Store ' PORTLAND. May 30. fAP) A platinua- tar pin set with 6 diamondsand valued at $1,750, was recovered Ip falem early Sun day morn ins insurance ad juster after it had been lost 1n a downtown store, hero Thy Mrs. Hamilton F. Corbctt. ii The; pUr; wa j found ? by the se?en . year old daughter of D A.' Sears of Salem who picked It .up on the" store floor "where- It was being walked over hy hundreds. . PARADE HONORS SOLDIER HEROES MARTIAL SOUNDS OF DRUM AND BUGLES HEARD AGAIN Soldiers of Three Wars March Proudly; Pay Tribute to Fallen Heroes Martial sounds of the bugle and the drum were heard on Salem streets yesterday afternoon as men once more marched in com memoration of the nation's heroic dead. . I Falling Into step behind the Salem Military band came the first vanguard of the marchers.' With Colonel Carle Abrams, grand marshal, and his staff with reserve officers taking the lead, members of company F, coast artillery de partment, and of the medical corps and company L, Oregon National Guard, completed the first section. Veterans of tbe- Civil war in automobiles, escorted by Sons of Veterans, 'in command of B. F. Pound, headed the section of the parade. Tho aged Grand Army members bowed proudly, as ap plause broke out along the route c: the parade. Only about twenty of these heroes were in line yes terday, although 'there are abort forty of them yet living in Salem: That the ranks are thinning is in dicated by the fact that ten years ago there wcw 1G0. Following the vets came the W. R. C, Ladies of the G. A. R. and War Mothers in automobiles, Spanish war veterans and auxili ary, American Legion and auxil iary, auxiliary Sons of Veterans and Daughters of Veterans. Tho American Legion drum corps in their gay uniforms provided the music. Civic and fraternal organiza tions chiefly made up the third f Continued on Paf 3.) PRUNE MEETING TO OPEN lOO Growers And 1GO Packers Gather At Corvallis Today , CORVALLIS. May 30 (AP) The convention of 100 prune growers to be augmented by an additional 100 packers and rep resentatives, will open a two day session here tomorrow when dele gates will be called to order by. Paul V. Maris, director of the ex tension service of Oregon Agri cultural -college. Five gronps of committees will meet tomorrow and on Wednesday a general assembly .will hear the reports. A program to deal with the problem of the dried prune in dustry of the Pacific northwest will occupy the attention of the assembly. ' Most interest will be focused on the organization and marketing committee, in which It is deemed certain a clash will occurr between those advocating the Parker of California plan, and those In favor of exclusive grower cooperative marketing associations. Nine Oregon counties and Clark county, Washington, will be rep resented. Counties participating are Lane, Benton, Douglas. Polk, Yamhill, Washington. Clackamas, Marion and Linn. "SUGAR BOWL" COVERED Rut Water In Atchafalnya Basin Receding, lte Report NEW ORLEANS, May 30. (AP) With more than 350 square miles pf the "sugar bowl" parishes already covered, the flow from the McCrae crevasso in the east bank levees of tho Atchafal aya river was diminishing tonight as a sand bar settled outside of the opening. The McCrae crevasse is approximately 120 miles north-r west of New Orleans and on the west side of the rver. . . ' The New Orleans weather bur eau reported that changes in the water level in Point Coupee parish Indicated that the flow from the breach was insufficient to main tain flood levels set up In the first two or three days following the break in the dykes. - " C TRY TO hOB NEWSPAPER Burglars Enter Office t;MrMiuit- ville. Frightened Away McMINNVILLE. Or., May 3et (AP)--Two burglars, evidently amateurs knocked off the handle and 'combination tof : thei safest la, the business office of the Teler phone-Register ; here: early thjs morning,, but were' frightened away , before they, obtained en trance to the safe. : Russell Mul len, Lin field college cenlor,' heard a noise In the of tic 3 he passed the 'baildtng and .1 the night watchman. r fled before the officer " PRICE FIVE CENTS Bfoffi Services Conducted at Lee Mission Cemetery by Local L Ministers KIMBALL SCHOOL PLANS Dr. ilainniond Principal "Speaker; Burial Ground Hero Holds Remains of Many Early Church Leaders ' "Jason Lee, an itinerant minis ter " are the opening words of an epitaph at the Lee cemetery which marks the grave of one of the most illustrious men connected with tne early history of Oregon. The grave is situated with others in a "diamond-square" inclosure as it is called by old timers. - Near this enclosure yesterday. gathered Salem ministers ana otn- ers to noia commemoration ser vices for their fellow-workers who havo died during the last eighty years, many of whom are bnried in the Lee Mission cemetery. Dr. Hammond Speaker The services were conducted un der the auspices of the Kimball School of Theology. Dr. E. S. Hammond gave "the principal ad dress. Then there were songs and prayer, and a list of the ministers and their wives resting In the cemetery was read. The Lee Mission cemetery Is runique in that It probably con tains a greater, number of minis ters and missionaries . and their families In proportion t6 Its size than any other cemetery in the United States. Anna - Maria Pitman Lee, first wife of Jason Lee, , probably was. the first person to he buried in the cemetery. Sho was first hurled , at the Mission farm, but later her remains .were disinterred and placed in the cemetery. Lee's sec ond wife, Lucy Thompson Lee, also lies in the Inclosure. Lee's Remains There Jason Lee, who died in Stan- stead, Canada, March 12, 1845, was buried there but In 1906, his remains were shipped to Salem and placed in. the inclosure with his family. The original slab -which marked his grave there was sent aiong anu is me one now seen over his mound. The letter ing, has become faded, and the marble, after 81 years shows signs of deterioration.' A movement to secure a new.y stone for the grave and to pu( tho old slab into a case where it will be protected from the element and yet be visible, is being launch ed. Previous to the services at the cemetery, a short service was held by the Circuit Rider statue on tbe Capitol grounds. W. T. Rigdoa . Continued oa PkZ 4.) . r- XI MT. HOOD CLIMB PLANNED BY YM MANY SALEM PEOPLE SIGNIXQ UP; REID LEADER Jane 18 and 1I Dates Set; Pre liminary Meet hie to Do Held Soon ' I Many Salem climbers are sign- TTrnH rlinih annnanrAi) hv t ha Si. lent YMCA. The climb will bo held Jnne 18 to 19, and will bo . conducted by Wiliam Reid, Jr., a prominent' Maaama of Portland. According to present plans, the party will leave Salem Saturday afternoon, reaching Government Camp by 5:30 that day. After a dinner and a ro3t at tho . hotel, tho climbers will begin the ascent about 11:30 p. m. so as to reach the timber; line in time to take full advantage of the morning snow conditions and the beauty of the mountain 'with' the rising sun coming! through a sea of clouds. , A stop of thirty minutes will bo piade at the timber line. The sum mit 'will bo' "reached early in ' the forenoon," it i3 believed. , An interesting- pot which wilt come In for' attention : Is Crater Rock,' i0)6 tect rbetoW tbe sum mit. "Steamy sulphur fumes and hot rocks here give evidence of tho . time When Hood was In. a voka:- ..- A meeting wifl be held sooa ; ,t which time definite plans for t:,. mountain climb. will be .'dtecu: :.. ..I, i. t I t