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Did You know i hat Sun-the Center of a Cucumber Induotpy Thot Rlay Be Expanded to Huge Size? Oregon Packing Co. Canned WEATHER FORECAST: Somewhat unsettled; moderate northwest and west wlnds on the coast; maximum temperature 'yesterday 76; minimum 49; riTer .1; wind 'southwest; atmosphere part cloudyj A baby hippopotamus IS Coming' from Liberia as.a present for President Coolidge but we doubt' whether Mrs. Coolidge will -stand for having this pet around the house very long. . . i - i SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS ft OPEN FOUR DAY SESSIONS HERE President's Address on Pro gram This Morning; Gov ernor to Welcome BANQUET DANCE TONIGHT Instruct! tp Professional - Discus, eions Feature AH Business Meet Ings; Public Lecture Friday Night With a registration somewhat under that expected on the lirst day, but with many more delegates - expected - during the next three days, the 20th annual convention of the Oregon Chiropractic asso ciation got under way yesterday for what promises to be one of the busiest conventions yet held here. The activities for today ' are : many and varied, with a welcom ing speech by Governor I. L. Pat- terson, postponed from yesterday, opening the morning session at 9 after the invocation by Rev. C. E. Ward. " President on Program Following the governor's wel come. Dr. Roy A; Peebles, of Port land, will deliver the president's address to the convention in which he will outline the progress made by the association during the past year,? and point out improvements ' for the future. Other j addresses during the morning session will be on "In- f antile Paralysis, by Dr.' J. E. Long; Of Salem, and 'The Differ ential: Diagnosis of the Common Tubal Disorders," by Dr. N. S. C. Checkos, M. D., who is dean of the Pacific Chiropractic college in Portland. , Music for the. morning " session will; be provided by.' Miss Marian Boyle .and ansa Joan Evans. ' , " The practitioners will meet at i the Elks Temple dining room for L luncheon at. 12-oaocJt.hen, Dr. p B. F. Mulkey of Portland will speak on "Physicians and the So called Irregular! Physicians." Rev. Father Back will offer an invoca tion, i; At 2 p. m. the sessions will ' again resume at the chamber of commerce rooms, convention head- 7 quarters, when a demonstration of chiropractic technique will be given. Dr. O. G. Fisher, of Port land, will demonstrate cervical , treatment. Dr. Miles D. Warren, (Cob tinned on Puce 5.) r - COUNCIL URGED TO -SPEED WORK RELIEF OF DRAINAGE SITUA TIOX ASKED BY CLUB Southeast Salem Want Fire Sta tion Located East of S. P. V Railroad Tracks Going on record as approving all the measures passed at the re cent city election, the Richmond Improvement club, or rather the Southeast Salem Improvement club, as the organization Is now called, since its amalgamation with two other precincts in .south east Salem, last night voted to present resolutions to the city council asking for certain defin ite action by that body in carrying out the work approved by the Voters. The resolution to be-presented at the next meeting of the city council favors immediate action toward the relief of the drainage and sewer conditions In the city In general, and southeast Salem In particular, with a request that whatever is done be of a perman ent nature. ' .The resolution also requests the 1 locating of one of the new -fire sub-stations at some point east of the Southern Pacific tracks at 12th street, so that trains cannot block fire relief, as they have done at times in the past. Attention of the council is also called to the fact that there la only one fire hy drant near Richmond school, and r this one serves a territory of six ', blocks. , Recommendation is also made that the city purchase the new tn f clnerator at once, and -get it Into operation if possible before state ;f air. , , :' . v-v-' JAJ Members of the; district living Jfl Oxford street;, between 14th i i nnd ' 22nd streets.- resorted that $1 the street there is Impassable, and . "ST- i t. frniimt van 11 act a tnr renal r work had not yet been neeaea. J Considerable ..: enthusiam was evidenced at the meeting of the club, and a motion to discontinue : nf the summer was unanimously roiea aown. adoui o'were prw- sent last night. - VFnilowlnr tha business session of the club, a social meeting was (CDtiau4 on pagSvS.) ! RENFRO DEFIES STEALING BANDS ADMITS BEIXO IX SALEM, DI RECTS OFFICER TO IXKT Most of Stntetmian Equipment Stolen Sunday Returned With Prisoner Jack Renfro, itinerant news paper pressman, apprehended at Longview, Wash., Tuesday when he tried to sell 60 linotype space bands stolen from the Oregon Statesman Sunday, to C. P. McVey, of the Longview Daily ."y'ews, was returned to Salem last night, and is now in the Marion county jail awaiting preliminary hearing. Renfro waived extradition when Deputy Sheriff Rurghardt, accom panied by-two men from the Ore gon Statesman staff. sought custody of him from Chief of Po lice H. VV. Jackson of Longview yesterday morning. Renfro at first denied that he had stolen 120 space bands and twelve -numbering machines and other- articles, even when the numbering machines which were in his possession, were identified. He told of buying them in Canada, though later changed his story, saying he bought them in Tacoma. Suddenly, when about 15 miles south of Liongview on She return trip to Salem. Renfro stated that other numbering machines ana space bands were in a suitcase in a Kelso restaurant. The party turned back and obtained the loot, which included printers rules, type sticks, glasses, and other articles used in printing shops. In Kelsio they met Fred Bow man, prohibition officer, and James F. Thomsen, police inspec tor at Vancouver, Wash., who stated that Renfro had, through a ruse, disposed of two number ing machines to a woman real es tate dealer in Vancouver, obtain ing $5 for them. Later Keniro confessed having been in Salem Sunday morning, the officers said, and admitted knowledge that the articles had been stolen, although he declared a boy who was traveling with him had stolen thefn while he was cooking breakfast unger a South- ( Continued on pf S.) SEEK AVIATOR'S BODY Williams' Fatal Crash Mars Send off For MaJtland Party HONOLULU, T. H., July 6. (AP) The naval tug Sunnadin was sent this afternoon to the ocean area off Fort DeRussey to endeavor to recover the body of Lieutenant Charles It. Williams, who dropped into the sea with his plane this noon, while he was circling with other army aviators over the liner Maui, on which Lieutenants Lester J. Maitland and Albert Hengenberger were de parting for the mainland. A navy plane, which alighted on the surface of the water im mediately after the fatal accident to Lieutenant Williams, picked up a tire from his plane and a piece of wing, the only evidence that he had disappeared beneath the sea. SAYS CHILD THREATENED Husband Drew Knife on Daugh ter Charges Mrs. Cornwell That her husband at one time drew a jack knife from bis pocket, opened it, and threatened to cut the heart out of her little daugh ter is charged in a divorce suit instituted in circuit court by Cora Cornwell against Jack Cornwell. The two were married June 13, 1919, and have four children. Cruel and inhuman treatment has characterized Cornwell's treat ment nf her since their marriage. Mrs. Cornwall states, and support of herself and children has been inadequate. HAIL STORM DAMAGES Clinton, Iowa, Experiences Its Most Severe Downpour CLINTON, '1' Iowa., July 6. (AP) Damage, as yet unestimat- ed, but which is believed will amount: to thousands of dollars, was suffered ?by this city and vi oinitv in a hail and rain and wind storm, which struck here shortly before 7 o'clock tonignt. The bail was the most; severe ever seen here. The stones, fully an inch in diameter, battered holes through windows in both the residential and business districts. Crops suffered heavily, It Is Be lieved, i AUT0M0BILIST KILLED Car Said Knocked from Ashland- Klamath raus nignway KLAMATH FALLS, July 6. (AP) Robert Shaw If , of Cres cent City, Cal., was killed today when his. automobile plunged off the Aashland-Klamath Falls high wav and rolled over three times down a steep embankment; Thom as Ducey, Shaw's companion, re ceived slight injuries. Ducey saia their, car was, knocked from the highway . when , an . automobile driven by J. C. Sweeney, Olene, hit their bub cap. An inquest will be held, . , f BOSHfffllllT STILL ATPEAK Logans, Cherries and Rasp berries Volume Large; Lamberts Start Late 24 HOUR BASIS PLANNED Reports fit Ring Sales in Big Cit ies Received; Oregon Packing Company Now Employing 750 People There was almost as great a rush of fruit to the Salem canner ies and pac-1rln houses yesterday as the day before. Everything in the way of seasonable fruits came. Strawberries are shading off in quantity, but a lot of them came, and some will be coming for a week and a half yet. or longer: especially from the Silver Creek Falls district. At the Canneries At the Hunt cannery loganber ries came in increasing quantities, strawberries in smaller volume, and cherries in big quantities. It is likely that this cannery will soon run the whole 24 hours. The West Salem cannery is run ning on strawberries (will likely get the last today), loganberries, Royal Ann and Montmorency cher ries, and red and black raspber ries. Going strong. The Producers cannery is run ning everything, but strong on Royal Anns and logans. The Northwest is on cherries. loganberries and raspberries. Full handed. The Oregon Packing company is working on the full line of fruits. Working about 750 people. Busier than ever. Using the 13th street cannery for preparing fruit. Getting in a good sized tonnage of strawberries yet. The-Starr cannery is on logans and strawberries in plentiful sup- ' y Continued on pe 3. ) U. PRESIDENT LEAVES Dr. Arnold B. Hall To Attend Pacific Relations Institute EUGENE. July 6. (AP) Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president of the University of Oregon, left to day for San Francisco on the first leg of his journey, which is to car ry him to the Institute of Pacific Relations convention at Honolulu, July 10 to 22. Dr. Hall is attending the con clave as an expert on oriental and occidental social problems, and is one of the group that is. to work out a special program to be in force until the next meeting of the body in two years. ANOTHER LITTLE BOY Om mm . n i i in irr- r n -nr -Tr rm i L TWO VACANCIES SEEM IMMINENT APPOINTMENT OF PROHIBI. TIOX HEAD PREDICTED Sawyer Slated For Place On High way Commission, Says Oregon ian PORTLAND, Ore., July 6. (AP) The Morning Oregonfan will say tomorrow that two im portant appointments "are about to be made" by Governor I. L. Pat terson. "One will be a new state high way commissioner and the ether will be the state prohibition com missioner," the paper says, adding that there also will be a circuit judgeship to fill in "the immediate future." The article continues: "William Duby, of Baker, chair man of the state highway com mission, is to send in his resigna tion to the governor, to take effect at the pleasure of the governor. When the governor receives this resignation he wilt make an ap pointment to fill the vacancy so as to head off an influx of aspirants. "It appears to be the general opinion that Governor Patterson has in mind selecting Robert W. Sawyer, editor and publisher -of the Bend Bulletin, and judge of Deschut5 county." "Regarding the state prohibi tion commissioner, William S. Levens, Democratic incumbent, is ready to resign when the governor wishes him to, and the governor is said to contemplate making the change in this office about July 15. George Alexander, former sheriff of Washington county, is to receive the job, according to ad vices." AUTO ACCIDENT FATAL Sawmill Employe Falls From Run ning Board; Concussion EUGENE. Ore., July 6. (AP) Ike Barker, 55, of Mapleton, who has been employed at the W. H. Dandy sawmill, near Junction City, died at the Pacific Christian hospital at 1:30 o'clock today, fol lowing an automobile accident on Lake Creek. According to the meager de tails obtainable here. Barker was riding on the running board of a car somewhere in the vicinity, and either attempted to get off or fell off the moving machine. The fall resulted in concussion oj the brain. 3 MORE DIE FROM HEAT Chicago Experiences 90 Iegrees, With Hotter Forecast CHICAGO, . July 6. (AP) Three deaths were attributed to night to a new heat wave which struck Chicago today and sent the mercury up to the 90 mark at 4 o'clock. Tomorrow will be warm and fair, and the temperature may be higher than today, the weather bureau indicated. WHO WON'T PLAY UNLESS WANTS TO BOND-PROPOSAL ACTION DELAYED CANVASS OF VOTES IN ELEC TION NOT YET FINISHED Test Case To Deride Validity Of Money Amendments May Be Invited Because of delay in canvassing the votes in the recent special election, the result was not pro claimed by Mayor T. A. Llvesley at the city council meeting last night. As a result the movement for in auguration of the bridge building program 5 contemplated nnder the $350,000 bond issue was not started, as had been planned. Re ports from committees in charge of the sewer program and the in cinerator problem were not made, preliminary plans not yet having been completed. Opinion is divided as to the legality of the bond proposals which did not receive a two-thirds vote in the election. In spite of the fact that prominent bond at torneys have expressed opinions that simple, majorities are suf ficient to make these amendments effective, a test case probably will be invited so that there will be no hitch in the sale of the bonds. Action will be held in abeyance until results of the election have been proclaimed by the Mayor, at the next council meeting. OPPOSES ALL "BELIEFS Preachers and Philosophers Equal ly Ignored, Declared PORTLAND, Ore., July 6. (AP) With the statement that ministers and philosophers are all equal in their "intense ignorance" and that reasoning might better start with the world, already created, than with God, Dr. Wil liam Savery, University of Wash ington professor, injected a note neither theological nor orthodox, into the 14th annual Pacific coast theological conference, which opened at the First Presbyterian ihun-h today. "When an individual in the ab sence of evidence says that certain beliefs are true, he; shows an ab sence of moral discipline, a certain sort of licentiousness which the human race must get Tld" of if it is to advance." the professor said. "Heaven, hell, archangels, demons, may be fantastic, whimsical, beau tiful, sublime, but in the absence of evidence. I will put them all in the same realm with the fairies I will not believe in them." REPORT PROBABLE DEATH Prominent Steamship Man Be lieved Drowned In Paget Sound SEATTLE, July 6. (AP) Probable drowning of H. Seldon Brown, 3 5, manager of the Swayne and Hoyt Steamship agency, here, was reported to police, late to day, by two companions who had narrow escapes from death at the same time. HE CAN PLAY WHAT HE BUS ORDINANCE Verbal - Battle Precipitated by Attorney for Auto Tran sit Interests REVENUE PURPOSE, PLEA Fee Would Be Confiscatory, Logan States; Tax Already Paid to State; Williams Takes Exception, Others Aid A verbal battle of some heat and duration was precipitated over a discussion of the proposed bus regulation ordinance last night at a meeting of the city council. Principals In the flow of words were John F. Logan, representing state bus interests, and Fred A. Williams, city attorney. Alder man Hal Patton and Ellis Purvine contributed. Believing that the ordinance was to come up for final passage last night, Logan and other trans portation vehicle representatives made a special trip to Salem to ap pear against the bill. Under the circumstances, the courtesy of the floor was extended to them. Not Regulative, Claim ' Attorney Logan made a very ex haustive argument against the or dinance in which he stressed his opinion that it was unconstitution al in that it di dnot qualify as a regulatory measure but as a meas ure of prvilege for purpose of rev enue raising. The $10 charge per vehicle, he said, was entirely out of propor tion to the cost of regulation which he interpreted to mean cler ical expense of registration only. If Salem should De permitted to enact such legislation, all other incorporated towns could follow Cutinued on iage 8) GENERAL FUND REDUCED Treasury Will Be Depleted When Fees Go Back to Counties There was a total of $6,173,434 of state funds on hand on July 1, according to a report compiled by State Treasurer Kay. Of this amount $1,402,842.52 was credited to the. general fund of the state; $3,106,009.16 to the highway fund; $636,336.57. to the soldiers bonus fund; $372,236.47 to the common school fund; $233,454.88 to the industrial accident fund. Included in the general fund as shown in this report are $791, 467.99 of automobile registration fees which will be apportioned September 1, leaving only $611, 3 74.52 in this fund with which, to gether with between $300,000 and $350,000 in insurance, corporation and miscellaneous to run the state. SCOUTS TO GO SATURDAY :Vi Signed up for First Two Weeks Period at Summer Camp About 35 Boy Scots will leave Saturday, July 9, for the summer camp, it was announced Wednes day by Harold Ware,, local scout executive. All those leaving on that,, day for Cascadia must report with bag gage at the armory at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. Ware announc ed. The first contingent at the camp will remain tfrere two weeks, most of them returning home July 23 although a few .will re main with the second contingent, which goes .to camp at that time. P0ULTRYMEN OPEN MEET Address on Egg Production and Problem Features Sessions CORVALLIS. July 6. (AP) The fifth annual convention of the Oregon Ponltrymen's association opened here today with a program that has attracted poultrymen from southern California, Oregon and northern Washington. - Addresses on egg production, electric lighting In poultry houses, and poultry disease problems, oc cupied the sessions today. Tonight a talk was given by Dr. E. V. Mc Collum, neuttrUion specialist from Johns Hopkins university. WOMAN PLANS FLIGHT Bin. Gladys Roy Expects To Hop , . Off For .Rome Soon . ;, CLEVELAND, O., July . (AP) Miss Gladys- Roy, famous stunt' flier and parachute jumper, announced here : tonight that she expects to make trans-Atlantic flight from-New York 'to Rome with ner co-pilot. Lieutenant Del mar IX Snyder, who Is associated with, her In the stunt flying game. CURTAIN FALLING FOR JOHN DREW RETAINS CHEERFULNESS; "jrST ANOTHER ACT" Poisons Prevailing Against Re markable Vitality of Famous Actor SAN .FRlANCISCO. July . (AP) The curtain on the stage of life was descending slowly, but without a halt, before John Drew today, and physicians attending the noted actor, declared they feared he would not live to the end of the next 48 hours. "He has lost a great deal of ground during the past few hours," Dr. Lawrence Hoffman said today. "Though he retains consciousness, the progress of septic poisons through his body have weakened him considerably and only his wonderful vitality has enabled him to survive as long as he has. Through it ail, Mr. Drew has been conscious and cheerful. Re ports from the sick room told of his keen interest in the newa of the day. of pleasure derived from receiving telegrams from friends in all parts of the world; and of his oft-repeated declaration that "this is but another act and I am playing my part." . ..t . A daughter; Louise. Deveraux, and her husband. Jack Deveraux, have been constantly by the bed side of the actor. No others, out side of physicians and nurses were pernitted to talk with Mr. Drew. A nephew, John BaTrymore, cam here from his Hollywood home, when Mr. Drew was first taken ill and was expected to be here some time today or tomorrow should the Mr. Drew arrived here! as a member of the company playing "Trelawny of the Wells," but was unable to appear on the stage. He had been forced to cancel engage ments in Portland because of the illness, but expected to be able to continue with his acting in San Francisco. The vitality of the 73-year-old patient has been regarded by phy sicians as remarkable. They claim ed that the, average person would probably have succumbed follow ing the first of his, several relap ses. REYNOLDS ISSUES CALL Second Session of Prune Growers' Slated for Saturday CORVALLIS. Ore., July 6. tAP) The second session of the prune growers' convention will, be held Saturday and Senator Lloyd T. Reynolds of Salem,, general chairman, has issued ' a call for those Interested to meet there for the purpose of adopting a market ing plan for the Industry. At that time the' committee of nine growers and packers, engag ed during the past month in work ing out contract details, will make its report to the general conven tion of representatives from, one Washington ' and nine Oregon counties. MAN STILL ENTOMBED Steam Shovels Busy Removing Rock And Earth From Slide MARSHFIELD. Ore., July 6 (AP) Entombed since this morn ing when he was shot off from the world by a large rock and earth slide in a tunnel In which be was working, Ben Bennettson tonight was still confined In the earth, al though.' steam .shovels were being employed - and the f nil ' crew of workmen at the Hauser construc tion camp on Coos river, was using every means to release him; ' TORNADO STRIKES IOWA Farm Property ..Destroyed; One . : Person Killed, Nine Injured ? MOUNT PLEASANT, Ia-V July S.(Apj A tornado accompan ied by wind and hall swept across Henry : connty tonight, :, slashing the corn and small gratns. destroy lng farm property and causing the death- of ' one person ' and the' in jury fof nine others. 4 , ; - - stf-vy Si I ED W WITMES, Support American Argument for 1 Low Limitation and , Minimum Tonnage : SURPRISE MOVE SHAKES BRITISH Dramatic New Angle Given to Tri-Partite Conference S A I T O SUGGESTS Startling Announcement Made at Admiral's ; Tea Party ; Modifications Asked But No Difficulty Seen U GENEVA, Switzerland, July. 6. (AP) -Suddenly'.intervening in the Anglo-American difficulty i over cruiser tonnage, Japan to night not only supported the Am erican contention for a low limita tion, but insisted that world In terests would best be served by ad hering! to the . original- minimum figures of the United States of 250,000 tons.. Even British self-control was shaken by this unexpected, whole- " hearted advocacy of the American position, which was made at an informal "meeting.- The British plenipotentiaries seemed ; to - b stunned for a moment; then W. C Bridgeman,-first lord of the ad miralty, i8 understood to have de clared' "These .flgures are Im possible as a basis of discussion.' ' New Anglo Presented ' ' . This development has in a dra- . matlc way given a new angle to the tri-partite naval conference, and means that Great Britain now must convince Japan ' and the United States that a high cruiser tonnage upward of 600,000 tons, is justifiable. It ,may mean in-' creasing chances of failure of the conference, for any treaty of Gen eva must have Great Britain's ap proval and the British are under- , (Contiaoea on psga s.) CANNING VOLUME FIGURES LISTED FRUIT SEASON PAYROLL OVER MILLION', SAYS PAULUS Carryover Stocks In Some , Lines Worry, But Prospects Good, ; ; Stated ' " The, smallest of JSalem's can neries ' turns out more canned cherries in a season than the- en tire state of California, it was mentioned by Robert C Paulus of the Paulus Brothers cannery In a talk at the Rotary club luncheon Wednesday noon, In which he out lined the extent of the canning in-, d us try. here and the season's pros pects on various fruits. The' canneries here turned out 1.100,0-00 cases of fruit last year, Paulus stated, a greater , produc tion by volume than that of the Columbia river salmon canneries. The! canning and picking pay roll for fruit in the Salem district is over ;. 11,000,000 annually, Paulus reported, and the eight Sa lem canneries turn out about one sixth 'of the ' northwest's i canned fruit volume. " The cold pack of fruits Is also a growing Industry, and despite.". the present- orerpack? on straw berries, the price situation prom ises to adjust Itself later, as there will probably be a corresponding short pack on raspberries. : The canneries are facing a dif ficult' situation this year, due to the fact that.they were unable to sell In-advance more than about 20 per ' cent, t whereas last year they had sold. 85 per cent of their pack in advance. This is especial ly troublesome . for t the smaller canneries in the outlying districts. ; as the banks there are chary of financing cannery Operations when : they are not certain what the mar ket will be, Paulus-explained. . ' 'Gooseberries 'are Just -winning; their. , way .1aack on the market after several years of poor demand due to the unfortunate use of a spray which ate away the inner coating of ' the cans,- the speaker reminded his hearers. ' ! ' ''"While 'sugar barreled strawber- r ries may be low in price because oC the overpack; canaea strawner rles will not face the same fate be cause the crop of Ettersburgs, a variety which cans - without dis integrating, was light. The black- i : - (Cntinil 4.) j t i - i J-' ' ' ' - ' . - - i " ' -t - ' , , ' - ' ' 1 -: - - ' ' - - 1 ' - ' - ; H