Salem Is a Bulb and Flower Center and the City
eau t if u I and I ncreas ing He r Lead ?
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WEATHER FORECAST: Locally unset
tled Thursday and Friday, probably with,
showers 'ott:tbe coast; mild temperature;
moderate westerly winds. Maximum yester
day, 84; minimum, 54; river. 3 ft., falling;
atmosphere, clear; wind, northwest.
San Small says the democrats are warm
ing up to- beat Coolidge to the - winning
pct,4,Th trouble is that we usually get
Overheated at the convention and have a
chill at the election. Houston ' Post-Dispatch.
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SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1927
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HERE HANDLING
Barreling Under Way at Sev
eral, Including Paulus
Cannery
STORAGE LACK WORRIES
Portland Men ' Report Lack
Space for Barreled Product,
Due to High Water in
Willamette River
Eight Salem canneries and bar
reling plants are running on
strawberries; all of them but one
on these berries exclusively and
most of them to full capacity.
The Hunt cannery is working
about 600 people, canning and
barreling strawberries; 500 of
them women, mostly on hulling
'the berries. About a third of the
berries in this plant are now go
ing into barrels, the rest are being
canned.
The Oregon Packing company
has a force of about 450 working
on strawberries at its Twelfth
street plant. Canning only. Is
doing no barreling.
The producers cooperative can
nery, on North Commercial, is
running full capacity on straw
berries. The same is true of the North
west cannery? also putting some
of the berries into barrels.
The Starr cannery is full hand
ed now, canning strawberries.
Doing no barreling. Mostly Et-
terburgs now. .
The Pacific cooperative. West
Salem, is canning strawberries.
Bud finishing up on the goose
berry crop.
The Paulus plant is. barreling
strawberries; if Will be canning by
the end of the week.' The last
shipments of canning machinery
will arrive today, and it will all
be rapidly put Into shape. : ;WI11
start canning on Etterburg straw
berries. The offices have been
moved to the second floor, in or
der to give ample room on the
first floor for canning and barrel
ing operations.
Baker, Kelly & McLaughlin are
operating a full force in the Salem
barreling plant. Getting a full
supply of strawberries. The same
is true of the plants of this con
cern at Woodburn, Lebanon and
Albany.
A little scare has been occa
sioned here by the fear' of the
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LINDY HOPS OFF
FOR WASHINGTON
11. IKK tiOKS DIRECTLY FROM
THEATRE TO PLANE
After Bu.sy Day. in New York,
Leave to Plait St.
Louis Trip
UO LUNG FIELD, Washington,
June 16. (AP.) Colonel Charles
A. Lindbergh took off from Boi
ling field in his trans-Atlantic
monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis,
for New Yorkat"4:09 a. m. today.
HULLING FIELD, Washington,
June in. (AP) Flying In dark
ness an army pursuit plane from
Mitrhel Held to get his trans
Atlanfic monoplane, " the 8pirlt of
Kt. Louis, Colonel Charles A,
Lindbergh, landed "here at 3M4 a.
m. 'today.
NEW YORK, June 16 ( AP)
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh took
"ft from Mitchell field at 3:45
a. m. today (daylight time) for
Hulling field, Washington, to ob
'fin his plane,' the Spirit ol St.
Louis, which he planned to fly
hark here immediately for his
fight to St. Louis. '
Garbed in a borrowed helmet
and flying suit which covered the
dinner jacket he had been wear
ing through theatrical perform
ances all evening, Lindbergh took
ft in an army plane loaned by
&b commandant-at Mitchell field,
y The hop off was. a complete
surprise even , to members of his
party who only; a few moments
previously left, him when he told
them he was" going direct to his
temporary home in Park avenue.
"NEW YORK. June IB (AP)
New York made the most of Its
opportunity to Idolize Charles A.
Lindbergh today. . r
,. The city had several chances to
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STRAWBERRIES
STATESMEN FEAR
ADVENT OF WAR
PREVENTATIVES STEPS IMPER
ATIVE SAY DIPLOMATS
League Delegates Much Concern
ed at Recent Communist
Activities
( AP)
The Anglo-Soviet break, the assas
sination of the Soviet envoy to
Poland and the southern Europe
impasse involving Jugo-Slavia
and Albania are factors in a sit
uation causing undisguised con
cern to statesmen attending the
League of Nations council meet
ing. Some were reported today to
hold it imperative that preventive
steps be . Instituted at once to
avert an outbreak of war.
The various diplomatic "clouds"
and the danger of giving the im
pression in Moscow that Europe is
forging a united front against
Russia has led to brakes being put
on the original plan to take for
mal collective action denouncing
communistic propaganda abroad.
It is considered likely, however,
that Dr. Casta v Stresemann, the
German foreign minister, will in
form M. Tchitcherin, Soviet for
eign minister, of the high state of
feeling which the activities of the
third international are revoking
through Europe, and warn him in
a friendly manner that it Is re
acting against Russia.
It is understood that Poland,
which has been striving to nego
tiate a pact of non-aggression
with Russia, has been vigorously
emphasizing the unwisdom of an
gering Russia by even any appear
ance of hostility to her.
Poland contends that such an
attitude would only intensify the
Russian national spirit in the
same way as did the military in
terventions at the close of the
great war;
The truth is the foreign minis
ters of the European powers are
finding the communist problem
the hardest and most elusive of
all fo solve. Each of them has
revealed a state of communistic
activity in his own country, and
together they have gone over ways
and means of fighting communism
by methods similar to those used
In their homelands.
LIQUOR BRINGS ARREST
Kilian and Faye Spend Night In
County Jail; Trial Today
Charged with driving a car
while intoxicated, Leo Kilian, of
Salem, was arrested yesterday af
ternoon near Woodburn on the
Pacific highway by state officer
Peterson.
Tom Faye, Salem, who was with
Kilian, when arrested, was also
held for possession of intoxicating
liquor,
Both of them were very much
under the influence of liquor at
the, time of the arrest, the officer
declared.
The-men spent the night in the
county jail, and will tome up be
fore 'Justice of the Peace Brazier
Small today. Bail for Kilian has
been set at $300. and that of Faye
at $100.
Two bottles of liquor were
found in the car when they were
stopped by Peterson, it is said.
SEEK YMCA CAMP SITE
Choice Lies Ret ween Elk Lake,
Near Detroit, and Netarts
The search for a summer boys
camp for the Salem YMCA is be
in' resumed today with the de
parture at 4 o'clock this morning
of a group gding to Elk Lake,
above Detroit, in search of a suit
able campsite.
The party, consisting of Loyal
Warner, boys' 'secretary of the Y,
Harvey Brock, and Charles Ha Re
man, went by car this morning to
Detroit, where they will 7 be joined
by a packer, and will take horses
for the 13 mile trip to the lake.
The choice of campsite now lies
Tjetweeu a "beach, location, near
Ne tarts, and the Elk Lake loca
tion, leaders of the local Y assert.
McGRAW' WILL RETIRE
Manager of Giant to Leave Says
: V tit. Louis Post Dispatch ?
ST. LOUIS, June 15 (AP)
John McGraw, manager of the
New York GianUCwm retire from
active' control .tf i the team after
1928, the St, Louis Post-Dispatch
says It learned ;ln an interview
with , McGraw today.; The news
pa per !"q noted IMrGraw as baying
that Rogers itornsby, former man
ager of the St. Louis , Cardinals
and now captain of the Giants
would succeed him as manager of
the N?w Yorfc'isaR,
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-ASSERTS
Trial Witnesses Show De
Autremonts Near Scene
Week Before Holdup
ARMS EXPERT APPEARS
Craddvx-k Testifies Bullets From
Victim's Body Identical With
Those Found Near
Silvci-ton Tree
JACKSONVILLE, Ore., June 15.
-(AP) Five, witnesses, one who
spoke in Spanish, through an in
terpreter, this afternoon testified
that Hugh .DeAutremont, on trial
for the murder of Charles O.
(Coyle) Johnson, together with
his Jointly accused twin brothers,
Ray and Roy, were in the vicinity
of the Siskiyou tunnel a week be
fore the evening preceding the
holdup in October, 192:5.
Section Worker Testifies
Emanuel Gonzales, a section
worker, unable to speak English,
said that on the evening of Octo
ber 9, 1923, "a short man with a
high forehead and wearing coarse
glasses," stopped him near the
Southern Pacific commissary car
and asked him in the Spanish
language if he had cigars to sell.
All the accused brothers speak
Spanish fluently.
The defendant listened intently
to every word that pjsed between
Gonzales and the interpreter.
Gonzales was unable to identify
Hugh when he rose from his
chair.
Bullets Said Identical
R. L. Craddock of Portland,
Ore., firearms authority, the first
of the experts to be called by the
state, testified that from scienti
fic observations he had made, the
leaden pellets taken from the body
of Johnson, when it was ex
humed April 21, last, were of the
game weight practically, as those
removed from a tree near Silver
ton, Ore., at which it was testified
this morning the DeAutremont
twins fired a month before the
holdup, and that the cartridges
introduced in evidence were ex
ploded by the same firing pin.
20 AT SUMMER SCHOOL
Instruction at Kimball School of
0 Theology Starts Today
Twenty members of the north
west conferences of the Methodist
church registered yesterday to take
work in the summer school which
starts this morning at Kimball
school and lasts for ten days.
Classes will cover work prescribed
by the conference course of study
for admission into full member
ship in the conference.
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Central Press telephoto of Colonel Charles Lindbergh disembarking from the' U. & S. Memphis
MILL DIRECTORS
TO MEET TODAY
WILL DISCUSS PLAN'S FOR
RAISING NEEDED FUND
Linen Manufacture Going Well and
New Markets for Product
Seen
In line with the recent decision
of the stockholders of the Oregon
Linen Mills" Inc., authorizing the
raising pf not to exceed $150,000
for meeting running expenses and
p'aylng present indebtedness, the
board of directors will meet today
to discuss ways and means of rais
ing the required funds, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Just what plan of action will
be followed is hot known. The
first plan suggested was to give;;
a $150,000 first mortgage on theJ
plant, but this plan, it is felt by
some of the directors, is not feas
ible. However, it is believed that
the meeting today will bring forth
a satisfactory plan.
The first linen woven by the
mill Was placed on the local mar
ket last week. According to T. B.
Kay, president of the mill com
pany, the manufacturing end of
the mill has passed beyond the ex
perimental stage. The f machin
ery is working well, employees
have been given a thorough train
ing in its operation, and the linen
produced is of the best, he reports.
Further development depends R
upon the market for the goods,
and upon the securing of suffi
cient working capital.
The market for Oregon linen is
opening up, according to Mr. Kay,
who is also a major stockholder in
the Miles Linen company. Fish
twine made by that concern is suc
cessfully competing with that of
eastern firms, and negotiations are
now being made with a big east
ern firm for a large order of a
special grade of twine.
Several other good orders have
recently been secured from north
west dealers by J. F. Galbraith,
superintendent and sales manager
of the Miles Linen company.
HELD UP SEGONDTlMEf-
Gunman Takes fi.-iO from Port
land Women's Clothing Shop
PORTLAND, June 15. (AP)
For the second time in less
than two months, Berg's women's
wear shop in the court yard of the
Hotel Portland was held up and
robbed by a gunman today. The
circumstances of the holdup, police
announced, were virtually identic
cal with the robliery of the store
on April 19, and it was believed
the holdup was staged by the
same man. Approximately $650
was taken. Five young women
clerks were in the store.
STRANGLER SAID CAUGHT
Man Wanted for Murder of Wom
en Relieved Caught in Canada
WINNIPEG, an.. June 15.
(AP) A man giving his name as
Harry Endsworth, 33, and suspect
ed of being the "strangler" wanted
here and in several I'nited States
cities for the murder of a number
of women, was taken from a
freight train at North Portal,
Sask., today.
LINDBERGH'S ARRIVAL.' IN WASHINGTON
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MT. HOOD CLIMB
PLANS ADVANCED
GUIDE FOR YMCA PARTY TO
ATTEND MEETING TONIGHT
Twenty Local People Register for
Trip Set for Coming
Week End
William Reid, Jr., Portland Ma
nama and mountain guide, will be
the principal speaker tonight at a
meeting in the Y auditorium of
those planning to take the YMCA
Mt. Hood climb over the coming
week end. ,
Plans for the trip, including an
nouncement of equipment and
food necessary tcTTie taken along,
and clothing to be worn, will be
made atXbis time.
Mr. Reid is an experienced
mountaineer, and those In charge
of the group feel that they have
been fortunate in securing his
services as guide.
Twenty persons have j already
registered for'the climbi and it is
expected that the full quota of 30
will be reached before Saturday.
The proup Will leave Salem at
1 o'clock- Saturday, arriving at
Government Camp four lhours
later.
After making final preparations
there, the ascent will be started at
11:30 p. m., so that timberline
may be reached by sunrise.
TCnless storms are encountered.
the summit- will be reached by
noon, Reid expects. The return
trip will be made the afternoon of
the 19th.
The cost of the trip will not ex
ceed 15. local leaders expect.
Transportation will be provided
for those not having cars and each
person making the trip will be ex
pected to carry food for the trip,
wear calked shoes, and carry a
supply of srrease paint. Alpin
stocks for the ascent will be pro
vided at Government Camp.
FARMERS FIGHT HOPPERS
L Damage to Forage Crops Done by
Millions Swarming Insects
KLAMATH FALLS, June 15
(AP) Two hundred, men here
are engaged in a war of poison
and of fire a battle against great
odds in the form of millions of
grasshoppers. The battle is ! eing
waged on the flat, fertile t-racts of
southeastern Tule lake whlere the
destructive insects swarm. The
outcome is yet in doubt.
Swarming out of their hatching
beds like bees out of a hive, the
hordes of insects sweep over
green fields, stripping them bare.
To date, however, the damage has
been confined to forage crops.
WITNESS
DEDICATION
Masons From .All Over Oregon At-J
tend Rites for New Temple
PORTLAND. June 15.
Masons from Portland,
every part of Oregon and
other states gathered here
-(AP)
from
from
today
to witness and to participate in
the dedication of the new $1,000,
000 Masonic temple, constructed
on the block bounded by West
Park, Main, Tenth and Madison
streets.
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FLIERS
BE ALIVE
RT STATES
Unconfirmed Message From
Saguenay River Indicates
Nungesser Found
EXCITEMENT PREVAILS
Timber Company" Fire Wardens
Said to Jtfavet Seen Mysterious
Lights in Region; Search
ers Organized
QUEBtiC, June 15. (AP) A
wave of intense, excitement swept
through this city late today when
a report came in from River Bend,
in the interior of the province,
that the French aviators, Nunges
ser and Coli, had been found.
With incredible swiftness the
report spread, but hope was soon
dispelled whence government of
ficials and lumber companies
could find no confirmation of it.
An employe 4i a large corpora
tion in the dislrict north of Sag
uenay river wjis responsible for
the report whicfi he transmitted in
a telephone meisage to his mother
residing in Qujbec City.
Although Rier Bend is some
what out of thfe area where flares
were reported to have been seen
iSunday night, ft still is in a dis
trict where aviators could have
landed and reijjjained unfound for
weeks. i
InquiriiK Instituted
Immediatelyfthe Quebec author
ities and the lumbermen initiated
searching inqirie3. The Cana
dian railway, elegraph. and tele
phone services issued instructions
to probe all deports to the bot
tom.. Search farties were organ
ized and the idistrict for many
miles around fvill be thoroughly
combed withinfthe next few days.
Word of Nlingesser and Coli
spread with startling swiftness. It
was that they had been found on
the Shipshaw ifver.' a tributary of
the SaguenayJ east by south of
Lake St. John A Madame Blais
of Quebec Citj? was credited with
having had a telephone conversa
tion with herf son, employed at
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PLAN NQ-f COMPLETED
Prune Marketing Committee Meets
But Makeup No Headway
PORTLANdI June 15. (AP)
-The prune mfrketing committee
of 9, preparing sa marketing plan
for the prune Igrowers and pack
ers of Oregonf met here today
without completing a plan suitable
to place before the larger commit
tee of 100. The packers will meet
Wednesday. Jine 22, to fix their
tonnage allotnjents and the com
mittee of 9 wil be called into ses
sion shortly afjer.
Henry Crawfford of Salem is
chairman of thp committee.
4r Eirinc-CesLtrsl Prs vl A-T: t T. wire.
at the Navy Yard. Washington, to
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LITTLE FRED ELLSWORTH
SUFFERS CONCUSSION
Cars Collide Xear Bridge on Peni
tentiary Road; Four Others
Injured
Four persons were injured, one
possibly seriously, yesterday aft
ernoon about 6 o'clock, when cars
driven by Helen Barrett, 2117
State street, and Fred Ellsworth,
West Stayton, collided near the
bridge on the penitentiary road.
Those injured were Helen Bar
rett, driver of one car, "cut about
the ankles, and nose injured.
Fred Ellsworth, "driver of the
other car, fractured rib.
Mrs. Ethel Ellsworth, . minor
cuts on face and body.
Fred Ellsworth, Jr., year old
child, cuts on face, concussion of
the brain, and with the possibility
of a fracture at the base of . the
skull.
The Ellsworths were taken to
the Willamette Sanitarium,. where
X-ray examinations were made to
determine the seriousness of the
injuries. At a late hour last night
they were resting well, according
to Dr. W. E. Prime, who made the
examination.
Miss Barrett's injuries were re
ported as painful, but not serious,
from her home last night, where
she was taken after the accident.
The accident occurred a hun
dred yards west of the bridge
across Mill-creek, on the peniten
tiary road. Ellsworth claims that
Miss Barrett was not watching the
road, and that she crowded him
as he was coming from the oppo
site dire tion, causing a head-on
collision. "
According to Miss Barrett, a
group of boys were coming onto
the road from a swimming hole
below, the bridge, and she was
forced to turn out to keep, from
hitting them.
The Barrett car was badly
sjnashed by the force of the col
lision, t
CHERRIANS TO PARADE
Caravan Leaves for PoHIand Rose
. Festival Early Today
, Undismayed by the prospect of
marching numerous miles with the
temperature possibly up in the
eighties, the Salem Cherrians will
leave for Portland and .the Rose
festival at 8 o'clock thlsYorenoon
in a caravan which will be head
ed hv T. A. Raffetv. chid! of the
state traffic force.
Pherrlan headauarters) have
been established at the Imperial
hotel in Portland, and the mem
bers will gather at West Park
and Market streets in time for the
big floral parade, which starts at
2:30 p. m.
The line of march covers some
65 blocks in addition to the dis
tance across the Burnside bridge,
and the parade will disband at
Grand avenue and 12th street, east
of the Willamette. ' -
BRANCH LINE STARTED
Construction of Alturas-Klaniath
Falls Uoad Begun by 8. P.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 15.
(AP) Construction of a branch
line from Klamath Falls to Alturas
was started today by the Southern
Pacific railway, Paul Shoupe, ex
ecutive vice president of the com
pany, announced.
Shoupe, wiring fron New York,
said: "That we may not be in de
fault under authorization by the
interstate- commerce commission
requiring work to be begun on
the lino between Klamath Falls
and Alturas on or before June 17,
we have commenced construction
today."
LARGE POLICY CARRIED
Lati Clifford Brown lrft $113,-
OOO Polk-y for Beneficiary .
PORTLAND. June-15. (AP)
One of the largest insurance poli
cies ever written In the. Pacific
northwest was one fori J115.000
left by Clifford Brown; wealthy
Salem business . man who waa
drowned accidentally June 8 near
Butedale, B..C, 4125 miles south
of Prince Rupert, on a yachting
expedition to Alaska. ' it became
known here today. '
The policy was , written less
than a year ago and makes the
widow the' beneficiary.
SILVERTON GUARD GOES
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Company I Ijca-res for Camp Clat
sop Early in Morning
SILVERTON, Or.,' June 15.
(Special.) Silverton was all astir
at .3 o'clock this morning ; when
Company I of the Oregon national
ruard "left for Its encampment.
They breakfasted at The Cosy be
COOK GETS
CLAD Hi
FROM DAK0T1S
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tablished at ' Beautiful :
Black Hills Lodge j
NATION'S HEAD WEARYj
Crackling Pino Wood Fire- InJ
Kooms Provide Comfort for
Di.Ntioguihbcd Occupants
Tired by Long Trip ;
KAPID CITY, S. D.. Juno 15
(AP) The summer White Houso
was set up by President Coolidgo
tonight in a mountainous country;
flanked, by the great farming re
gions of the northwest. 1
Somewhat weary from his twoJ
day's journey from Washington,
he came into the Black Hills otj
South Dakota with a hearty weU""
come from its people, anticipating:
two months of relaxation among
pine clad hills and cool mouu .
tain streams.
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Fires Spread Warmth
The purple haze of a western;
twilight was gathering as ' iha(
president and. Mrs. Coolidgj
reached their destination.
Crackling fires of pine wood
ia the numerous fireplaces of the
forty-room state game lodge which,
will house them, took' the chill
from the air and spread warmth.
for its ? distinguished -occupants '
who motored in an open car over
the 32' mile x gravel road from,
Rapid City. " .
The special train carry rag the
president and the "Wmte House
retinue ended its 1900 mile jour
ney at 6:30 p. m., Mountain time,
and soon tit terward Mr; and Mrs: '
Coolidge stepped1 from their car,,
to the lusty cheers of Rapid City's;
inhabitants. ;
Rapid City also welcomed ltd
first presidential, resident with thai
roar of 21 guns, the presidential'
salute, 'from a .cannon brought
down from Fort Meade. I
" President Receives Mayor
As the' motor caravan carrying
the presidential party hastened
through the crowd-lined streets to-
ward the hills, the president re
ceived Mayor Jepson of this city .
and Representative Williamson of
South -Dakota. When they stopped " '
for pictures, an informal reception
line Quickly formed and cityoffi
cials and their wives filed past tq
(Oontlnavd on Pc B.)
FOUR NOMINEES
WILLING TO RUN
ELECTION TO BE 1IELD KhlXTl-
MONDAY AT 1UMP HALL
Annual School Meeting to Be HeliJ
Same Evening at the j
High School '
Four, candidates will contend!
for the, two vacancies on the Sa
lem school; board at the school
election to be held next Monday,
June 20, from 2 to 7 p. m. in
Ramp Memorial hall, at the cor
ner of South Commercial and
Ferry streets. ' : ". ':-
Notices of acceptance of nomN
cation, according to William II.
Burghardt, clerk of the board,
have been filed by L. J.' Simeral,
engineer for the PEP Co., and Dr. ,
II. H. Olinger, dentist, present
members whose terms expire this
year; Frank E. Sherwin, hardware
merchant, and Dr. Henry E. Mor
ris, President of the Morris Opti
cal company.-
The annual school meeting for
district Nd. 24, which is the Salera.
district, will be "held Monday evo
ning, following the election, at 8
o'clock. In the high school build
ing. - 'At this time the reports of
the board of 'directors will be
heard,-and also the report of the
district clerk, and any other busi
ness 'necessary. The board will
also hold an adjourned meeting to
hear the reports of several com
mittees. '
Dr. H. II. dinger Is chairm tri
of the board, and .William IL.
Burghardt Is clerk. '
TOO MANY ADH'
Because ot the crowded con
dition of The Statesman pages
this; morning, several import
ant Slogan articles were left
out. . They will appear to
morrow morning. !
fore leaving.