Bte a 100 Per Cent Citizen, and .Vote; ifote Right Preferably, But However You .Mark' Your Ballot, Voto
Yburigegt Bftur Useful and Active Service Organizations Was 5 Years Old
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WEATHER FORECAST: Fair weather
and rising temperature Tuesday and Wed
nesday; gentle northwest winds. Maximum
temperature yesterday, 78; minimum, 53;
river, 1 foot; atmosphere cloudy; wind,
northwest.
It Is said that most of tn9 TSopnlar songs
about my dear old home In Dixie are writ
ten by Jaziy young gentlemen in New York
who hare never been south "pt Coney
Island.
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SALEM, OREGON. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 28. 1927 -
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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LARGEST SALE
OF FLAX FIBER
IDE
State Plant Announces Sale
of 120,000 Pounds at
j 21 Cents
PRICE ABOVE QUOTATION
Mafwuu-hutetts Firm Tkes Ke-rd
Quantity or Willamette Vl
, ley Product; Industry
Success Seen
r
The largest sale of flax fiber
ever recorded in the United States
was reported here yesterday when
the state penitentiary flax plant
sold to the Stevens Linen company
of Massachusetts 120,000 pounds
of second grade fibre.
- The state received 21 cents per
pound for the product, which was
four cents a pound in excess of the
market quotation for the product
during the past 18 months.
A smaller quantity of first
grade flax fiber recently was sold
by the state at 29 cents per pound.
Th state flax plant is now op
erating at full capacity.
This Shows Progress
This shows progress in the flax
industry here. It is proof of what
has been claimed all along for the
industry, that we can grow and
manufacture a flax fiber here of
such quality as to command com
paratively high prices in its gen
eral classes in the world's mar
kets. Flax fiber Is as staple as cotton
or wool. It is the oldest of all
vegetable fibers.
- j4With the methods now in force
Vf? the prison flax plant, we will
vf able to turn out a higher class
fiber on the average than we have
heretofore been able to offer on
the general markets.
And, with the new machinery in
use and to be installed, and con
templated, we will be able to pro
duce flax fiber and Bell it on the
general markets at a profit.
This will mean a larger acreage
in flax, running up to perhaps
8000 acres for the prison plant.
And it will point the way to ret
ting and scutching plants operat
ed, with improved machinery and
HAWLEY PRAISES
POLICY ON CHINA
OXK OF BRIGHTEST PAGES IX
Ol'It HISTORY," SAl'S
Insistence on Open Door and Na
tional Integrity Akl World
Peace
"One of the brightest pages in
America's history" is this nation's
attitude and activities in insisting,
on the open door and territorial
integrity for China, Congressman
W. C. Hawley declared while out
lining, to an Interested audience
at the chamber of commerce lun
cheon Monday, the present situa
tion in that much misunderstood
country and the significance of
present trouble there. r
Through this policy and the sue-
-t's .which the United States has
had in getting "other nations, es
l ially Great Britain, to second
it. American statesmen have taken
me greatest step toward woria
peace that could ? be' imagined,
Hawley said, for these three na
tions, with the majority of the
world's population, committed to
opposing wars ofyeonquest. can en
force that policy1 on the others.
The Oregon representative told
the history of China's present pre
dicament from its beginning ' in
tradiouaf despotism to the' latest
attempts at a republic which have
degenerated to practically the
tame type of despotism as befpre.
The things wulch the foreign
AJons interested in Chinese
Hie have insisted upon, he ex-
ncd. ate, personal safety and
root ractual," rights for their sub
jects, and these! being impossible
under Chinese rule in its present
Mat us. the foreign concessions and
extra-territoriaJUty have arisen.
At present,-C U'na is governed
by 25 deuoots. each nlottlns with
the other against the other, and
each, making laws in 'the territory
he commands and fighting to- ac
quire control of the Peking gov
ernment and the large revenue
from customs duties, which are
collected by the -foreigners and
turned over intact? Congressman
Hawiev stated.
LIONS OBSERVE
FIFTH BIRTHDAY
l'KAISK FOR ACCOMPLISH
MENTS IX SALKM GIVEN
Lively Entertainment Features
Banquet; John H. Carkin
Is Speaker
The list of things accomplished
by the Salem Lions club during
the five years it has been in ex
istence constitutes a record of
which it may well be proud, de
clared John H. Carkin, former dis
trict attorney at Medford, and
district governor of the Lions' or
ganization, at the celebration of
the fifth birthday of the local den
held in the Marion hotel banquet
room last evening.
The Salem group was the sec
ond in the state to be organized,
and is today one of 1200 clubs
throughout the country having a
total membership of over 50,000,
all having as their motto "Liberty,
intelligence, our nation's safety."
the speaker reminded the group of
over 150 members and guests.
Service for others is the one big
reason for the existence of such a
group, and the man on the street
recognizes this as having been ac
complished by the Lions, Mr. Car
kin concluded, after telling of the
beginning of the movement, and
the ideals which had dominated it
from the beginning.
To Jack Martin and his Fan
cbon & Marco entertainers from
the Elsinore belongs the credit for
most of the lively stunts which
kept the crowd in constant ap
plause. The singing and dancing
of the group of colored artists al
most rivalled Jack's efforts to col
lect fines during the evening. Both
attained a high degree of success.
Other musical numbers on the
program were provided by Stephen
Whit ford, pianist and former
protege of the Portland Lions club,
L (Continued on page 4.)
SHIPS TO BE SCRAPPED
12 Per Cent of Merchant Fleet to
be Sold Under New Plan
WASHINGTON, June 27.
(AP) Close to a million tons of
steel cargo ships, constituting 12
per cent of the government's in
active merchant fleet would be
sold for scrapping under an econ
omy program recommended to the
shipping board by the merchant
fleet corporation.
The proposal, yet to be passed
on by the board, involves the sale
by competitive bidding of 129 ves
sels with a total tonnage of 960,
402, which, if carried out, corpor
atlon officials declare, would save
the government thousands of dol
lars spent annually to keep these
idle ships in a fair state of repair.
WEATHERS0N VALUABLE
Former Florence Bank Cashier in
Charge of Prison Records
. Miss Harriet Weatherson, who
is serving a term of six years for
the part she played jin the rob
bery of the Florence State bank a
few months ago, probably is the
most valuable prisoner in the Ore
gon state penitentiary, according
to Henry Meyers,' superintendent.
Miss Weatherson is a book
keeper, and has been assigned to
the task of revising virtually all
of the permanent records of the
Institution.
During the recent . absence of
Joe Murray, veteran bookkeeper
at the prison. Miss Weatherson
had charge of the bookkeeping
department.
WILL FLY FROM PARIS
Krem-li Commercial Aviator Plans
Atlantic Crows Over
PARIS. June 27. (AP)
Maurice Drouhin, one of France's
leading commercial aviators, who
is planning a Paris-New York
flight; is almost ready for the
attempt, and may start within a
few days.
Flying near Paris, Drouhiu's
plane, a giant Farman, lifted
7,900 kilograms (about 15.400
pounds) satisfactorily. Drouhin
has not yet selected his navigator.
AUTOMOTIVE MEN MEET
Fastest mwlnjr Industry" Holds
Convention at Portland
PORTLAND Ore.. June 27.
(APi Seven ! hundred persons,
delegates and,1 visitors., at the
jsetni-annaal ' convention of "''the
Au tombtiye Eq u ipment association
were gathered here today and set
la motion the summer, meeting of
the men who represent one of
America's ' fastest growing and
most important Industries, ,
JAPANESE LIKE
GREAT BRITAIN
SHIP PROPOSAL
Delegation Informs Gibson
Will Wire Tokyo for New
Instructions
SUDDEN SHIFT SURPRISE
Speculation Rife as to Reason for
Change in Nipponese Stand;
Lower Navy Expendi
tures Attract
GENEVA, Switzerland. June 27.
(AP) Viscount Ishii is under
stood to have visited Hugh S. Gib
son, head of the American dele
gation, late today, and to have
informed him officially that the
Japanese delegation was so im
pressed with the British propos
als to discuss capital ships at the
tri-partite naval, conference that
it had been decided to request
fresh instructions from Tokyo.
Three Oponions Voiced '
Three opinions prevail concern
ing the sudden shift in the Japan
ese attitude. The first is that
Japan has been definitely won over
by the British to a position which
is sturdily opposed by the Amer
icans. The second is that the Japanese
will utilize the question of capital
ships as a lever to obtain Ameri
can consent for an Increased ratio
for Japan in auxiliary warships.
The third is that the Japanese,
seeing the conference in danger
of collapse, wish to find a middle
ground which would permit set
tlement of the Anglo-American
conflict.
In the course of his talk with
the newspaper men. Viscount
I&hli explained that because of the
promise of diminished naval ex
penditure contained in the British
(Contianad on page 4 )
MURDERERS RECEIVED
Klamath Slayers to Be Put to
Work in Lime Plant
Three murderers from Klamath
county were received and "dressed
in" at the Oregon state peniten
tiary here Sunday.
Two of the 6layers, James Gray
son and Frank Clark were sen
tenced to life terms, while George
Way was sent up for seven years.
The three men will be assigned
to employment in the state flax
plant, according to announcement
made by the officials.
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PLAN BARGAINS
SCOPK OF ANNUAL BARGAIN
DAY BIGG KB THAN EVER t
Out-ofVToww and Ixoal Shoppers
Promised Big Opportunities .'
Friday
With the addition of several
more names yesterday afternoon
and evening, the list of Salem mer
chants and business men who will
participate in the tenth annual
Bargain Day to be held Friday and
Saturday of this week, now totals
sixty-six.
The rapidity with which stocks
are dlspossd of and replaced de
termines the profits in the retail
trade, in the opinion of local mer
chants, and ir is with this in view
that arrangements are being made
for Bargain Day. A great many
stocks that have previously been
held higher will be sold to make
room for other stocks coming in,
although fresh stocks and latest
styles have been promised by all
merchants.
Additional reasons for holding atn
annual bargain day He in the in
creased prestige Salem will gain
as a shopping center where good
merchandise may be purchased at
a reasonable figure.
Bargain day will see a renewal
of the opportunities residents
of the city and out-of-town
shoppers enjoyed during the
spring style week, when hundreds
took advantage of the reduced
t rices to save money.
Both the Oregon Statesman and
the Capitol Journal are cooperat
ing with Salem Merchants in ar
ranging for Bargain Day. ,
Merchants participating in the
(Continued on p'aje S)
D'AUTREMONTS AT WORK
Ray and Hoy Become Wheel bar
row Chauffeurs at Lime Plan
Ray, Roy and Hugh D'Autre
mont who were received at the
state penitentiary here last Fri
day to serve life terms for the
slaying of four 'Southern Pacific
trainmen during a holdup of
train No. 13 in Siskiyou tunnel in
October, 1923, Tuesday were
"dressed out" and assigned to em
ployment in the institution.
Ray and Roy D'Autremont were
assigned to the wheelbarrow squad
In connection with the operation
of the state lime plant. Hugh
D'Autremont, whose health was
impaired because of his long in
carceration in the Jacksonville
jail, has been given lighter em
ployment. Officials said he even
tually would be placed at work in
the lime plant.
Henry Meyers, superintendent
of the prison, said the brothers
appeared in good spirits today
and expressed a desire to join the
ether convicts in the yards.
WATCHFUL HOPING
GREAT! DAMAGE, n
DONE BY FLOOD
CLOUDBfJRST CACSESIiOSS OF
NEAR HALF MILLION
Two Eastern Oregon Towns Clean
Mud and Wreckage From
Streets "ll
ARLINGTON, Ore., June 27
(AP) Damage from yesterday's
cloudbursts will amount to be
tween $300.Qs00 and 1350,000 in
Arlington and Weston, the two
towns hardest hit, it was believed
here today, while damage to roads
and railways outside the towns
may increase this figure consider
ably. The report of a new flood
at Weston proved groundless.
This city awoke today to find
itself buried under au avalanche
of mud and debris. Wreckage of
all kinds choked the streets, car
ried there by the wall of water as
it raced through the town.
Automobiles were lodged
apainst buildings and trees. Many
of the cars have not been identi
fied. Household furnishings lined
the ditches and streets.1"
Mud, from six inches to a foot
in depth, lay on the floors of most
of the business houses and men
with shovels and wheel barrows
were put to work cleaning out the
buildings.
The furnishings in some of the
rooming houses in the city were
discovered buried two or three
fret under an avalanche of mud.
The owner of one of these houses
estimated his loss at $3000.
The Vendome hotel, an old
landmark, is virtually a total loss.
The kitchen and rear of the
structure was washed away in the
flood.
The John Day highway was de
stroyed from the city limits of
Arlington to a paint seven miles
out. The Columbia River high
way at both ends of town was
washed out. The water in Its
rush down the canyon, took out
miles of railroad track of the
Condon branch line.
Police are patrolling the strick
en area.
FOUR FACING CHARGES
Held to Grand Jury on Complaint
of Mash Possession
Art Kieper, route 1, Jefferson;
Sanford Smith, Arthur. Gotthardt
and Carl Porter were bound over
to the grand jury yester'day by
justice court, charged with the
unlawful possession of mash, and
bail of $1,000 set for each.
The four were arrested on June
9 by Officer W. T. Barber, and
Keiper and Porter were later re
leased on bail. Porter was re
turned to jail yesterday, however,
to serve a 60-day sentence on the
charge of driving his cr while
intoxicated. He was alio given
a fine of $100.
THREE 1SHIPS
READY FOR HOP
ACROSS PACIFIC
Two Planes at Oakland, One
at Honolulu Scheduled
for Flight Today
CIVILIAN, ARMY RIVALS
Aviators Give Final Tests to Planes
Prior to Big Ocean Jump;
Service 5Ien Plan to
Start 7 A. M."
OAKLAND, Cal., June 27
(AP) Two planes here, and one
in Honolulu, were reported ready
tonight to hop off within the next
few hours on non-stop flights over
liut Lester Maitlahd
the Pacific, between San Francisco
and Honolulu.
3 The giant tri-motored army
Fokker 1 and its smaller silvery
monoplane opponent here, were
expected to take the air from Oak
land's municipal airport early to
morrow,! for flights westward over
the Pacific toward the Hawaiian
Islands, j
Honolulu Flier Ready
Reports received from Honolulu
stated that the specially construct
ed runway on the "barking sands"
near Mana, on the island of Kauai,
was completed for the take-off of
the thircj plane, piloted by Richard
Grace, Who plans to wing east
ward toward the American con
tinent at an early undetermined
hour.
Following an official inspection
for the army by Major-General
Mason Patrick here today of the
plane toj be flown by Lieutenants
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H
STORM PREVENTS HOP
Commander Byrd Delayed . Still
More by Adverse Weather
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y.,
June 27. (AP) The storm that
set this flying field a-wash, Sun
day' morning, and prevented a
take-off of the monoplane "Am
erica," was hanging off the Grand
Banks tonight, an effective bar
rier against starting the flight to
France befpre Wednesday.
"There won't be any take-off
tomorrow morning," Byrd said.
"The way the winds i are now,
they'd cost us ten miles an hour
all the way to New Foundland,
and 15 miles an hour across the
ocean. And the low pressure
though that ruus from New
Foundland 'south to the steamer
lanes, forms an effective barrier.
3 YOUTHS BOUND OVER
Boya Charged With Thefts Placed
Under f 2300 Bond
Curtis Townsend, Adrian Loom is
and Henry Jairl, Salem youths ar
rested recently in connection with
a series of house robberies- which
they -art; said by the police to have
admitted, were yesterday r bound
brer to the grand jury, and bail
set at $2500. They are being held
in the Marlon -county-. Jail. ,
CROSSING DANGER SEEN
Investigation of 'Center Street In-
tersection Ordered
. Investigation of the grade cross
ing of the Oregon Electric tracks,
near the : approach of the Marton
Pol k i co n n ty tit id ge,' -on. Center
street,- a-been- ordered by the
public - service -commission. 4: It
was alleged " that the crossing is
cazardops, '
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MARSHALL GETS
FEDERAL OFFICE
SENIOR MEMBER OF ACCIDENT
COMMISSION RESIGNS
Leaves To.Hgln New Duties As
Deputy Fuf ral Official At
SeattKe
Notice of his appointment as
deputy commissioner in chargti of
administrating the Longshoremen
and Harbor Workers compensa
tion act, passed at the last session
of Congress, was received Monday
by William A. Marshall, who has
been since 1913 a member of the
state industrial accident commis
sion. Mr. Marshall was instructed to'
open offices at Seattle July r
pending receipt of further orders
from the federal employees com
pensation commission at Washing
ton. The district over which Mr
Marshall will have jurisdiction in
cludes both Washington and Ore
gon. The office carries a salary
of $5200 a year and is under civil
service.
Mr. Marshall was first appoint
ed industrial accident commission
er at the time the department was
created in 1913. He has served in
this capacity under rive adminis
trations and has had 11 associates.
His term would have expired Jan
uary 1. 1928.
The law creating the industrial
accident commission provided for
the appointment of three commis
sioners. One of these represented
labor, another the employers and
thethird the state at large. Mr.
Marshall has represented the
workers.
It was said that Mr. Marshall's
promotion to deputy commissioner
under the longshoremen and har
"bor workers act came unsolicited,
rOontinned en Pixe 1.)
CHAUTAUQUA AID ASKED
Program July 20 to 25 to Be Best
Ever Given Here
Support for the annual Salem
Chautauqua, which will be held
July 20 to 25, was urged at the
chamber of commerce luncheon
Monday by Fred J. Tooze, Sr., rep
resenting the local Chautauqua as
sociation. This year for the first time, Mr.
Tooze announced, any surplus
over the cost of the entertainment
will accrue to the Chautauqua as
sociation, to be used in securing
even better attractions for suc
ceeding years.
The program this year will be
one of the best ever presented
here, as all of the numbers are
also showing on the biggest Chau
tauqua of the country, it was de
clared. WALLOWA IN DARKNESS
Flood In Eastern Oregon Fills
Intakes pf Light Company
ENTERPRISE, Ore., June 27.
(AP) All Wallowa valley towns
were In darkness today. The in
take of the Pacific Power and
Light company's plant was com
pletely filled by the freshet in the
east fork of Wallowa river, above
Wallowa lake, as a result of the
heavy rains yesterday and the
power plant was forced to close.
The emergency plant at Joseph
was started, but had run -bnt a
short time when a rock went
through the wheel, wrecking the
plant.
LEAPS FROM PORT HOLE
Woman Passenger on Ocean Liner
Dives From Ship to Death
SAN PEDRO, Cal., June 27.
(AP) A death leap from the port
hole of her cabin, by Miss Cora
L. McAfee, 42, of Portland, "Ore.,
was reported to harbor authori
ties, here, today, by Captain Harry
Gries, master of the Admiral liner
Admiral Pebles arriving here
from Portland. ' -'
Captain Gries said he stopped
the ship as soon as he " was noti
fied that Miss McAtee had leaped
overboard. Boats were lowered
and a two-hour fruitless search
was made.- v
LINDfr GUEST OF MORGAN
Invitation To Magnate .Dining
; Room Extended by Morrow .
NEW YORK. June 27. (AP)
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh
was"th lluncheon guest of . p.
Morgan today, in the private din
ing room" of J. P , Morgan-, com
pany's Wall street offices. v; ;.
; T"he invitation had been extend
ed through Dwight w: Morrow, a
member of the. firm. and former
president of the ahrraft commis
sion, soon after Colonel Lindbergh
arrived In Washington from
France,
TODRIMV
TO POLLS HERE
Light Ballot Predicted for
Entire State at Special
n. ; Election Today ,
ISSUES ALL FINANCIAL
Income Tax,. Limitation Amend
ment Hold Center of Stago
in State Contest; Incin- - 1
erator, Sewer JBonds
Polling Places Today . .
Salem 1- Portable school
house at Washington school
Salem 2 First floor of Bun
galow Christian church, 17th
and Court streets. , . .
Salem 3 Cameron's paint
shop, 21st between Chemeketa
and Center streets.
. Salem 4 Swedish, taber
nacle, Mill and 15th streets.
. Salem 5 Richmond school.
Salem ,6 Yew Park school.
Safem 7 St. Vincent de
Paul school between Highland
and Columbia avenues.
Salem 8 Jason Lee church,
Jefferson and Winter streets.
Salem 9 Baptist church,
Cottage and D streets.'
Salem 10 Basement Salem
Woman's club building, 460
North Cottage street. .
Salem 11 Court house.
Salem 12 Vick Bros., 280
.South" High street.
Salem 13 E. Sherwood's
residence, 787 Cross street.
Salem 14 Store building,
1694 North Commercial street
fealem 15 Hunt Bros, pack
ing company warehouse, 76S
North Front street, .
Salem IB City hall.
Salem 17 Bonesteele Mo
tor company, 470 South Com
mercial street.
Salem 18 Basement of
Friends church, Washington
and Commercial streets. .
' ri'w'XnjxrxruxoJTjirin
Although predictions point to a
light ballot throughout the state, .
and not more than 40 per cent in '
Marion county as a whole, interest'
in the city measures Is expected
to bring out a large ballot In Salem-
both on the city and state
issues. ' Still, as there are no can
didates to be voted for, the vote
cannot be expected to compare
(Continued n pg 4.)
FISH WHEEL LAW
NOT IN CONFLICT
DISTRICT COURT DECLAIIKH
BILI CONSTITUTIONAL J
Appeal To TJV S. Supreme Court
Expected; Many Operator
Represented
PORTLAND, June 27. (AP)
The anti-fish wheel Dill, passed by
the electorate of Oregon, In Nov
ember, is not in conflict with the
constitution of the United States,
nor with the Oregon-Washington
compact governing th,e commercial
fishing on the Columbia river.
A decision to this effect was
handed down in federal district
court, here today, when a motion -for
an Injunction against the oper
ation of the law was denied. Suit
had been filed by P. J. McGowan
and , Sons. Inc., Pacific" county.
Washington, aggainst the state of
Oregon.
A temporary injunction was
granted early in the -case. This
suspended operation of the law
on May I;- the opening of the sea- '
son. : ' . '
. TDe law was placed on the bal
lot In November. It is known as
the "antl-fishwheel law' although
its provisions not onljr bar the
.operation of fish wheels upon all
parts of the Columbia river, but
also-prohibit the maintenance of
drag seines on the Colombia above '
Cascade locks. " . J- '
The 'plaintiff company has for
many years operated, drag seines
in Hood River county. '
The' legislatures of Oregon a r i
Washington, everal years ti?o.
passed similar- legislation govern
ing the exercise "of com mTc Til
fishing , rights :; on the 'Columbia
river-.' and . congress tauricd " ths
Compact providing for concurrent
Jurisdiction in 191. The law wa3
particularly attacked upon the
ground that it violated the pro
visions of this contract.
i The 14th amendment to the C' .-