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ngratulations to the 251 Boys ancl Girls Who Last Evening Graduated from the Salem nigh School WefRirtg Capital Is Needed ,tb . m aRe.Saiem ' Secbrfd Lirien f Mill a Solid Paying Concern of Great Benefit WEATHER FORECAST: Unsettled Sat urday and Sunday, probably with local showers north portion and along the coast; mild temperature; moderate winds along the roast, mostly westerly. Maximum tem perature yesterday.. 73; minimum, 49; river, 8.7; atmosphere, cloudy; wind, SW. " We're not .looking fdr5-fha American mar ines In China to bring back" many, war brides: Toieao tuaae. - The levee' system of flood" control seems to" be satisfactory; except In. cases of too much water. Kansas City Star. r r SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 4. 1927 PRICE1 FIVE CENTS Go i i&L: . k v. mlilfsM ftT LIB ILL Will Discuss Plan Next Thursday for Increasing - Working Capital SUBSCRIPTIONS UNPAID Reasons Various; More Funds Needed to Complete; Work Going on Smoothly; Bleach ing Plant Started To formulate a plan for increas ing the working capital of the Ore gon Linen Mills. Inc., a special meeting of the stockholders has been called for next Thursday morning at the company office. About $100.00 will have to be raised if work. id to be continued. Among the suggestions made for raising the money is to give a mortgage on the plant, or to dis pose of more stock. However, it is not definitely known what method will be tried. Fund not Completed Need of the money has arisen through the failure of subscrib ers to pay up on their subscrip tions. Removals, deaths, and cases of bankruptcy account for a part of these failures, but many of the stockholders say they promised purchase1 of Btock under the pro viso that the full quota would be raised, which It was not. A num ber of prominent Portland busi ness men promised local represen tMives JLhat they would-, raise (135,000 fn that city, but fell 8hprtluc6,f0. About .$27,r 0OQ which was pledged in Salem and vicinity has not bees realized tm. I making total of almost W 0 0,rO(rt shy 1r tfttrtaTtlTch f?Work Going Smoothly . wofk at the plant is going along splendidly, according to R. O Snelllng,:tdnsiderlng the fact that it is not yet quite beyond the ex perimental stage. Many of the workers are inexperienced, . but they are learning fast and the qualityof their work is improv ing daily., .About 60 people are employed. 40 of whom are worn va. neginners at mo work are paid $10 per week. Jtsieacning equipment was put into operation yesterday when 4300 . yards of cloth was run through. There are about 20, 000 yards of woven product ready tor bleaching, according to Mr bnelling. This stock has already (Continued am Pag 4.) . . . MOTORSHIP NOME VICTIM OF BLAZE VLAiitSS IJESTROY VKSSEL IX HAKBOR AT ABKKDKKV Two Sterauis of Water Playetl on . . Boat-and Cargo Prove Ineffectual ABERDEEN, Wash., June 3 Jne. motorship City of Nome was being rapidly consumed by fire in Grays Harbor here to night. . The blaze broke out in the en gine room this afternoon as the vessel was preparing to start Tor Australia with a Tull cargo of lumber. Tonight the cargo space of the nhip was a literal furnace, her un derworks had been burned away, and the fire had spread to the dcckload'of lumber. After efforts to fight the flames had been unsucwyjsful, the vessel was towed away from the Stand ard oil dotk here for fear. of ex plosions, and Iwas tied 1 tip .to a dolphin ia the barhdr. , Two streams of water being played' on the flaming ship from a tug were ineffectual, f W I, ' " At 10 , o'clock tonight, the flames appeared .completely out of jtontrol. The blaze had attracted thousands of persons to the water froat." v V .r. " Mariners believed that the tire would rage for hours. j The City of Nome was built at Seattle in, 1919 by the Elliott Ba Shipbuilding company, according to Lloyd's retlstef.J She isjatwln screw wood' Vessel. 245 feet "long and of 47 foot beam. wltb-24JK.t depth of hold: Her net register Is 1 2 8 $ tons: and gross ,2143 tons- - The City f Nemo wa formerly the FJeldland.;andt,latervMthe Semmeltlnd. ;;W. IL Moore. Los Angeies,i3 fcer managing owner. GUARD TRAINING PLAN COMPLETE IDKAIi CONDITION'S TO SUR ROUND CLATSOP CAMP Government Expending f 200,000 for Two Weeks Course, Says White PORTLAND. June 3. (AP) Plans for the coming encampment of the Oregon national guard on Clatsop Plains. June 15 to 29, in clusive indicate the most success ful period of training in the his tory of the guard, according to an announcement made in an address by Brigadier General George A. White at a dinner of 100 national guard officers of Portland and sur rounding towns here tonight. The banquet celebrated the close of this season's officers' school conducted at the local armory, a school which the general declared had been the most successful ever conducted here. The general in his talk outlined plans for the coming encampment and declared it would give the of ficers a chance to handle troops in the field and work out some of the problems in a practical way. He stressed the fact "that the peo ple of the United States are pay ing over $200,000 that the officers and men of the Oregon national guard may have this two weeks training. As a result he declared that the guardsmen owed it to the country to make this fund be money well spent in training men for the first line of defense in case of need. "This is going to be a most suc cessful and beneficial training camp ever held, which I believe it will be, then all must throw them selves into the training activities with enthusiasm," he declared. ' Major Wm. G. Scott, state sur geon of the guard, stressed- the importance of hygiene at the com log encampment. More than 3000 officers and men will participate in the coming period or training according to fig ures compiled at guard headquar Hr '-Thfcj- 'W4l - br-TTO"naf gest number In the history of the state, TELEGRAM BID REJECTED Final Disposal of Portland Paper Up to Acting Trustee PORTLAND. June 3. (AP.) The bid of 5200,000, submitted by the Portland News for the bank rupt property of the Telegram Publishinug company was formal ly rejected today at a hearing be tore A. M. Cannon, referee in bankruptcy. Cannon announced that this action was authorized by practically all creditors of the pub lishing company. Amedee M. Smith, acting trus tee for the company since it came before the courts, was authorized by. an order entered by Cannon to dispose of the property as he saw fit. No restrictions were placed cn this order and Smith can again advertise for bids, sell at public auction or' private sale, as he deoms advisable. The publica tion of the Portland Telegram will not be interrupted. Smith said. YMCA MEETINGS CLOSE Secretary Kells to Visit Friends in Eat Before Returning The largest conference of YMCA workers ever held has just closed its sessions in Chicago, according to a letter received from C. A. Kells, general secretary of the local YMCA, by the staff yester day. Delegates to the number or 1385 were registered, representing all phases f the Association work. Separate conferences were held for each special activity, delegates at tending those which most inter ested them. Mr. Kells has gone to New York, and expects to spend several weeks, visiting -old friends and studying new developments in As sociation work. He is accompan ied by Mrs. Kells and daughter. ACTOR SERIOUSLY ILL John I)rew,s Condition Worse Than At First Apparent . SAN FRANCISCO. June 3. (AP) John, Drew, veteran actor, who became , ill . with arthritis while at Portland, ore., and was obliged to cancel engagements for the present! was suffering from rheumatic fever today and his condition was causing the doctors some worry,! T Physicians said Drew's age, 73 year and his 'efforts to finish his f Pacific , coast tour bad - seriously tapped his strength. Dr. Lawrence Jloff man, after consultation with two other physicians. ; announced that Drew's heart showed no signs or peing arrected, - nut , admitted fears that heart disease would de elop. START IKS H DME ABOARD VESSEL Lindbergh Laden .With Hon ors Never Equaled by One of His Age RECEPTION AWAITS HERE "Man Of The Atlantic" Finds France Still Eager For Sight Of Him; City Of Paris Presents Medal PARIS, June 3. (AP) Cap tain "Charlie" Lindbergh is going home tomorrow. Laden with such honors a-s never before have fallen upon one of his years," the young American aviator," who hopped off . on his epochal New York to Parjs flight just two weeks ago, will again start across the Atlantic this time aboard his own private war ship for a week the USS Mem phis, which wrill carry him straight to a greeting with President Cool idge. His plane, the "Spirit of St. Louis", which served him on his memorable flight, will go with him, crated and carefully stowed away aboard the Memphis. Captivates Paris When he leaves Paris tomorrow for Cherbourg, he will be taking the heart of Paris with him as well as his smile that has capti vated so many thousands, tired as he is. Today he was honored by men of his own stamp flying men by children, soldiers and statesmen, out above all by . the common people. He is a hero who has lasted two weeks, which is a long time in Paris and for that matter most anywhere lse. - When the "man of the Atlantic ias he has been dubbed, dropped through the haze from England this morning, after a flight from (Continued on page 7.) - - THREE ACCIDENTS FATAL Salem Carpenter Listed Among In dustrial CnsiiHlties There were three fatalities in Oregon due to industrial accidents during the week ending June 2, according to a report prepared by the state industrial accident com mission. The victims were Charles And esson. Powers, logger; Matt Ra dich. Aberdeen, Wash., faller, and Charles Steele, Salem, carpenter. There were a total of 602 ac cidents reported. L :- rly l r,ii.utiifr fi JUNE 11 NAMED LINDBERGH DAY DISTINGUISHED FLYlXG CROSS TO BE PKESEXTED Aviator And His Mother Invited To Enjoy White House Hospitality WASHINGTON; June 3. (AP) By designation of President Coolidge Saturday, June 11. is $o be Lindbergh Day in honor of tqe hero of the New York to Par3 flight. Captain Lindbergh will arrive in Washington from Europe on that day to be personally wel comed by the president on behalf of the American people and dec orated" with the highest award of the air service the distinguished flying cross. So that he may be free to do full honor to the "lone eagle" the chief executive has cancelled all engagements for Saturday after noon and has advanced the annual meeting of the business organiza tion of the government from Sat urday nisht to the night before.! The reception of Lindbergh oc cupied much of the attention: of the president and Jiis cabinet to day and afterward it was an nounced that the Missouri Nation al Guard flier would be the honor guest at a cabinet dinner to ! be given Saturday night at the tem porary White House at Du Pont Circle. j . Announcement also was made that the president and Mrs. Cool idge had invited Mrs. Evangeline L. Lindbergh, mother of the avia tor, to be their guest at the White House during the three days Lind bergh will remain in Washington before flying to New York in his plane, the "Spirit of St. Louis." A radiogram also was sent to Lindbergh at Paris requesting him to make his home at the tempor- ( Con tinned on page 8.) CAMP SITE CONSIDERED Cape Lookout Deemed Best L6ca- A tentative site for the YMCA boys' summer camp was inspected Thursday by Bob Boardman, phy sical director, and Loyal Warner, boys' secretary of the local YMCA. They were accompanied on their scouting trip by Basis Delisle and Kelly Moore. The site which seemed most-desirable is located south, of Netarts on Cape Lookout, ft offers plenty of opportunity for clamming, surf bathing and beach exports, with a good camp site and good fresh water. It is accessible by an old road, which, however, cannot be traveled by car. Decision as to the final location of the camp has not yet been made, as there are several places yet to be inspected in the moun- tains which are safd to be ideal j ror camp sues. STILL HOPING TO HATCH IT! LOGGING TRACKS TO BE UTILIZED OREGOX TRUNK TAKES OVER 33 MILES OF TRACK Use of Shevlln-Hixon Line Will Speed Up Linking With Klamath Falls PORTLAND, June 3. (AP) The Morning Oregonian learned today from what it considers "un impeachable authority," that 23 miles of standard gauge railway. owned by the Shevlin-Hixon Lum ber company .south of Bend, will be taken over y the Great Nor thern railway which is sponsoring the Oregon Trunk extension from Bend to Klamath Falls. : This move will bring the line 23 miles nearer Klamath Falls, and will bring nearer by months the day when the first northern line train will enter Klamath Falls. Oregon Trunk engineers said to day that the most difficult con struction between Bend and Klam ath Falls would be-, through the territory traversed by the Shevlin Hixon line. "If the northern line is success ful in negotiating for common user rights over the Southern Pa cific track from Paanina to Klam ath Falls," the article says, "the southern Oregon city is likely to see its first northern line train be fore the end of the present year." The distance between the end of the Shevlin-Hixon line and Pad nina is approximately 45 miles, and it is expected this link will be completed before winter. "The end of the Shevlin-Hixon line," the paper says, "is about a mile from the Oregon Trunk's right of way between Bend and Paunina. There is said to be no particular problem, from a con struction standpoint, in extending the Shevlin-Hixon line to the Ore gon Trunk right of way." The lumber company's line is described as of much better con struction than the average logging railway and practically, no-repair work will "be necessary, it is said. FLOOD DANGER LESSENS Situation in Louisiana Believed Beyond Emergency Stage NEW ORLEANS, June 3.- (AP) With danger of rising waters definitely confined to the extreme lower Atchafalya river basin and refugee work virtually completed in all sections, the flood situation in Louisiana to night was about to pass from the emergency stage into that of re habilitation. Levees at Berwick and Donner, near Morgan City, and about 110 miles west of. New Orleans, still were holding the slowly rising waters. With hasty reinforcement work in progress, little fear was neid ror satety or tne two towns. I , H II lit II fl f T,?o 1 ill II GET DIPLOMAS President J. S. Landers of Oregon Normal Addresses 1927 Class NOBILITY" DESCRIBED Supremacy Today "Must Be Based on Character, Seniors Told; Prizes and Scholarships Announced The 21st annual commencement exercises of Salem high school took place last evening in the armory, which was crowded to capacity. Diplomas were present ed to 251 seniors. The armory was decorated with streamers in pastel shades, with a bank of roses at the back of the platform. The high school orches tra played tho graduation march while the class marched in and took its place in the reserved sec tion at the center of the audi torium. The girls of the class, for the first time in the history (Continued on Page 5.) FIGHT BOOZE SMUGGLING Ieputy Customs Collector to be Stationed at Detroit WASHINGTON, June 3. (By AP.) Prohibition officials moved today to curtail illegal importa tions of liquor 'from Canada and to tighten up enforcement in the United States. An agreement, intended to pre vent smuggling of carload .lots of whiskey and beer across the Can- adian boundary, was reached with customs brokers, and it was de cided to appoint a deputy customs collector at Detroiit whose princi pal job would be to combat licrnor smuggling. This action was taken after one prohibition official, familiar with the situation in the vicinity of De troit, had estimated that during one week that ended May 1, mote than 40,000 cases of liquor were smuggled into and through De troit. Tackling the domestic enforce ment problem, Assistant Secretary Andrews of the treasury, appoint ed Alf Oftedal, who has been chief. prohibition investigator and co ordinator on the Pacific coast, to the position of deputy commission er in charge of enforcement. TAXING POWER AT ISSUE Status Of Municipal Property Out side City Questioned The attorney general has been requested to prepare a legal opinion as to whether the state tax commission has authority under the existing laws to tax the prop erty of municipally owned utilities operated outside of the cities in which they are located. It was said that, such a tax would pro duce a large amount of revenue. Records in the offices of -the state ; tax commission showed that 60 per cent of the utilities are municipally owned, and have been exempted from the pay men of taxes. A legal opinion favorable to the tax commission would affect the water plant owned toy the city of Portland and other similar properties In different parts oik the state, v ' " ' The attorney general has indi at4i that he", would have the opinion completed early next week. ... - " j . INJURED IN ACCIDENT Foreign Secretary's Car Clashes to Avoid Hitting Woman r $ .-fry f .,'.- , li)NDON, iuW'3; (AP)-Sit Austen Chamberlaini British for-elg-secretarV, ".was slightly In jured in an automobile accident tonight while returning , to his home from the ? foreign" office. ' ' Sir I Austen's f lautoomblle was proceeding; J through . Whitehall Square". whefl womati suddenly stepped off the sidewalk In front of the car. Tho chauffeur swerv ed sharply to, avert her and col lided with amld-street safety sone, damaging the car and smash ing most of the glass.; ' . ,'.. : Sir Austen's forehead was cut by, glass and ; one finger was In jured. II was"; taken to West minster Ihospltal where "his head was : bandaged after which ho re turned home, FRESHMAN WEEK PLAN ADVANCED NEW .STUDENTS AT WILLAM ETTE TO ARRIVE EARLY Will Spend Fire Days Receiving Instructions and Learning Environment Freshman week at Willamette university next fall at the begin ning of school is a certainty, ac cording to plans presented to the student body at the chapel service yesterday ;by Professor Herman Clark, chairman of the faculty committee which has been working on the program for the week. Freshmen will be expected . to reach the campus on Friday, Sept. 16, according to the plan worked out. For five days they will un dergo a get-acquainted process, assisted by faculty and upper class advisors, and. talks and conferences conducted by school and student body officials. Registration will not take place until they have had full opportunity to investigate each department of the university. The freshman English classify ing test will be given to the group cn Friday afternoon. Then the class will "be divided into small sections, each section in charge of a faculty member, with upper classmen as assistants: These groups wilt remain as units dur ing the rea of .the week, attend ing conferences with the depart ment heads and generally becom ing familiar with the campus. A recreational program has been ; (Continued Page 5.) CHANNEL NOT TO CHANGE Depth of Columbia Mouth, Now Permanent, Survey Shows PORTLAND, June, 3. (AP.)- Survey of conditions at the -mouth of the Columbia river indicates that4 the river has cut its channel down to a point where It will likely remain, according tb Major L. D. Worsham. in charge of the army engineer corps office at Port land. The surveyors from the en gineer's office found the depths oh the various ranges approximately the same as last year. For many years the spring survey has shown' a continually increasing depth due to the restricting action of the jetties. . : ; t" Where there was once a danger ous bar. impassable for days at a time, there is now 46 feet of water at the lowest tide. This depth prevails for a channel width of ?,000 feet. This width is 500 feet greater than last year's .survey". For a width of 6,000 feet the chan nel is 44 feet deep. "There Is no such thing as bar lett there hasn t been for seve ral years," commented .Major Worsham. "Depth conditions have apparently become stabilized. The channel width is more than ade quate." BOYS' CONCERT COMING Chora to i Give Program . Next Thursday Evening at Capitol, Tickets will be. placed on sale Thursday night by members of the Salem Boys' Chorus for a concert which they will give next Thurs day evening, June 9,. at the Capi tol theater. . During the past few years ; the chorus has raised . over' $1200 for benefit purposes,- none of .which has gone for their own use, says Dr. H. C. Eplejr director of the boys.' They made, the first cash contribution ;. toward tho aew YMCA, and have also purchased a piano which, is used In that build ing. Various organizations and causes have called upon them for assistance, none of. which has been refused.'; . " ; , Because of . the urgent need for music and supplies, the club has planned ' Thursday's concert.' '40 per cenrfcf the proceeds, which are to go to the chorus treasury. OJ. Hull, assistant " director, is "in charge of the ticket sale. -.-T) . Tickets may be 'secured from tho members of the chorus. . 4- DEVICE BRINGS CHARGE Dog And Cat Killer Accused Of ;: Electrical Code VioUUon " J v ! uaaMavi . .... ,, .... . . Portland; -Juno sap)- Because he strung up an electrical device to kill cats and dogs that chanced to, stray; into his yard. R. R. JSchump today faced Municipal Judge Tomlinson on a charge of violation of the city electrical code. The case was put over un til Tuesday on motion of Sen amp's attorney, - . The complaint was obtained by the-state human society after a nelghbor'tf dog had been killed by thecoatriTance, ; BELLtti SHIP, STARTS FLIGi AGRQ5SQCEA Destination . arid ravigation Remain Secret. Until Late Jhis' Morning NON-STOP RECORD PLAN Finally Disclosed That Charles A. Lievine Will Accompany Chamberlln; Berlin Ru mored Destination ROOSEVEIT FIELD, XEW YORK", Juno 1 4. (AP) Cham ber! in and Lev tne hopped off for Europe at 8:03 a. m., daylight saving time. ; ' .. :. : nnnocorpj f Eflm KTatar Vnrlr June 4. (AP)--The Belianca monoDlane .Columbia was taken from its hangar at 4 a.' m.; today preparatory - to a trans-Atlantic , fliRht by Clarence D. Chamberlin to an. unannounced destination. .The Columbia was placed in a Position on the . runway - where Captain Charles A Lindbergh be gan, hia New York , to Paris non stop flight two weeks ago yester day morning.; " Chamberlin finally disciosea that his flight companion would be Charles A. Le vine, managing di rector of , the; qolumhia'VAircraft teorporatioti, maker of. the plane. Levine appeared at the field, but Was not in flying togs. ; . 11 ..IJ V A It,. V. V. W t i;uamuenia suu was Luc uu,- poseof the flight to break all long, distance records ior non-siop flying.' The"' plane already holds the world's endurance record, having stayed In the air . a little more than 61 houra, " The marie which Chamberlin will try to beat 3m Cantaln XJndberdi's a non-s ton flight of .3.670, miles in 33 hours n,na 23 m mutes. I ,' Chamberlin destination, from; nil indications, ts' Berlin. He had not appeared when, the plane lefl its hangar, nor had his companion ior the flight been disclosed. Chamberlain retired shortly jafter midnight - and came to tho runway in a taxi at 5 a. m." -After her husband retired.. Mrs. dhamberlin sat in tho lobby of the hotel' awaiting" the hour for awak ening her husband. ; i l-'WVhen renorters crowded about- Chamberlin to ask ilm questions,' Mrs.- Chamberlin -said; ''Please doon't bother him.- he's taking his life in his hands." . . : The Columbia was estimated to Jiave a cruising radius of more than 4.000 miles. ' Food supplies for. two men were put aboard, also.' 20 gallons of oil. Of the gasoline' 390 gallonos were . in tanks and the rest in five gallon cans. INJUREDMINER'S PLEA NOT FOUND pULLIVAN, WITH LEG BROKEN, " SENDS OUT SOS But If Date Is Correct, It Wasn't ! ricked up for Over: - , ! 14 Blonths 1 BOJSE; Idaho, June 3 (AP)' -Dan Sullivan, a prospector alone in the wilds of Snake river canyon, 100 miles .-above Lewis ton and helpless, with" his. right leg broken ia two places, cast his faith upon the. waters and failed. . ' .Although a message dated April , 2,, 192,5. , may , be the hoar of practical joker Sulli van's", plea for help, written in indelible pencil on cheap paper, the office bt'GovernorBaldridge was today Bdvbtnd that thd flnatinir SOS wax found' by Lauretta Slmras of A1-. derdale, ;:-Wash in a tightly corked bottle on the bank of the Columbia river at Alderdale. ; If the message , is authentic, Sullivan's only means of communi cation failed, as the bottle wa3 found-more than 12 months after was apparently entrusted to tho' mercies of the Snake river. TLa message was slightly blurred, but the following was legible: -j "If anyone should fin4 thi3 bot-' tie rpport to the sheriff of tLe' bounty as I am' an old prospect r and have my right leg broken. 1 ..... two ptaces au ia not acio I j iIp myself. I am about 100 ni: i top the Snake river above L ton 6a. the' left tank -coi" ' ' Stream and artyotio cn .fin i ae I havotan oil canvas p r protection. ' jCome at onco as I , bad condition. Tr one will find thU to yerjr rcspectj paa