The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, July 28, 1927, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textw V' 1 r t ' . .Diyb.ir---- Know? TOaSatemls; ihO-entetCQmin School Danger Issued byv State otef: This Should Bb e rel a rick Over D io t r id t i : U1 . ( iff f WEATHER FORECAST: Generally fair; ' high temperatures and low humidity. Max - Imum temperature yesterday, 86; minimum, f 51; river, minus 3; atmosphere, clear; wind, 'north. ' So confident was young Lindbergh that he bought his return ticket' from Europe before he left New York and took It with , "him. How could you stop a gay like that? -J SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR:, i SAfcEJVI, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1927 J PRICE i FIVE - CENTS ; LIFE OR DEATH CRISIS FACING Four Hundred Million Pounds to Be Dumped on Market '. in California 1926 SURPLUS REMAINS Industry's ItuJa Awaits "Unless Slarketlns Plan is Acceptea by OO Per Cent of Protlacers. ...... j . 8s Newspaper ' ."L4fe or death? for the prune industry Is Involved In the suc cess or failure" ' of "the " present moTement for organization of the prune growers sueh la the warn ing Issued by leaders in the' indus try In California, and It applies here equally welC since the condi tions Uhere have an equal effect on the prune marketing problem In Oregon. Insight into thei gravity of the situation Is given in a story pub lished in the. Santa Rosa Repub lican , of July 25, an extract of Which follows ' Big Crop on Way Three sets of figures tell the story of the black, predicament In prunes.. . Coming to harvest right now on California trees, according to most conservative estimates, there., are 4QQ.000.090 . pounds of prunes. 7 In California warehouses there PRUNEGHQWER are 60.000.000 additional pounds of prunes, the carry-over from the 1924 crop. "Last season the ' entire sales totaled only 260,000,000 pounds. . , i , , Market to Collapse "Anyone can see that If the 46d00&000 pounds of prunes ttjowjoB hand and to be barfested dumped on a market which is kipabla of abflprbthg only half that amount. ,that nnleas distribn lion' I controlled ruinous prices" will Result. :'Ther&Is no element of chance, of luck, involved,; It Is a dead certainty! , . "Such dumping Is terrible to contemplate. It: would bring veritable tidal wave of prunes in to the market at one time. It 'AX v 4 7 v t 4 OPINION AWAITED AS T O VACANCY ATTORNEY GENERAL j POINTS TO FEDERAL) PROVISION Requires Special Election; State 'Law of 1020 Said Not. Applicable I: Decision by Governor I. L. Iat- tcrsbn In the 'matter of calling a special election to flli the vacancy caused by the death of Maurice E. C'rumpacker, representative in congress from the third congres sional district, will be. guided by an opinion to be prepared, within the next day or two by the attor ney'Jgeneraf. The governorvasked this opinion in a letter sent Wed readay night. Atloniey . General VanWinkle, io j so-called off-hand opinioos, given out during the past tew days, referred to the federal con stitution which provides specifi cally; that in case of vacancy in tb'e'pfflce of representative in con greaat the governor shall issue writs,of election. . The attorney general also held that an amendment to .the state constitution approved by the vot ers m the general election- in No vember, 1926, does not apply to the t office of representative in ctngress. ...'vj:!' This amendment to- the .state constitution autboriacs the gover nor to fill by appolntnvent vacan- cicada certain state, district, eoun ; tr.and precinct offices. The attor- ney general said that this legisla tion applied only to state offices, and f was not: applicable to the office of representative - In con- substantiation of his .conten ' tjiat the office of repreHenta ' yvve Jn congress Is a federal office the. attorney general referred to an opinion of the United States supreme court which held that an . congress, is a United States elec tion r : : -s-:. Precedent which may-guide the governor in his action is a procla mation - Issued - by ex-Governor George E. Chamberlain calling a special ' election - to select a suc cessor to Representative . Thomas INSTITUTE WILL BREAK RECORDS IMPROVEMENTS MADE THIS YEAR AT FALLS CITY PARK Epworth Leaguers From Many Parts of OreRon to Gather There Monday FALLS CITY. July ' 27. (Spe cial.) The annual encampment of the Epworth Leaguers in the beautiful park joining Falls City on the west has become the big event of the summer to many residents of this city, as well as several hundred earnest young people of the Methodist church in Oregon. Last year saw a larger attend ance than on any former occasion, and it is anticipated that this year's registration of students will pass the 504 mark. In addition, the faculty mem bers, families who come for the recreation as well as study, and those engaged in caring for the delegates will bring the total above a thousand. ,A large additional attendance 1st expected for the closing days. ' Many changes have been made and improvements added to make the .park more comfortable and sanitary, among them a compli ance with the regulations of the state board of health regarding toilets in public camps; an exten sion of the water system through out the camp, with six additional hydrants. About six hundred feet of new pipe .has been laid. Two telephones have been installed, one in the office and one in the dormitory for the commissary department. The -electric lighting is prac tically the same as last year, eight park lights and street lights from Mitchell street up Seventy street up the sidewalk along the line of the park grounds. In the shower baths individual dressing rooms and baths, mirrors, and . a'sihk will add to the com forts of the bathers. It has been arranged to keep the showers open from 5 mm. to-JO p5 m. .' The city has mide some im provement in the street leading to the park, and i one thing which will add to the comfort of motor ists is a . coat of oil which .should hold the dust even with 'heavy traffic. , The Juniors will be .well taken care of this year, a corps of five to take the place ,of the two en gaged With the' kiddies last year insures a good time for the chil dren and more thorough instruc tion. STAGE OPERATORS CITED Ten Oregon Companies' Face Can-, eellation of Permits Operators of-10 stage and truck lines in the state of Oregon have been cited to appear before the public service commission here August 1 aud show cause why their, permits to operate should not be revoked. 4 It was said that th truck and stage operators af fected by. the order have failed to remit their annual license fee. Citations were issued against the following? E. W-; Whetstone, Klamath FalUliiCannon j Beach Transfer, Cannon Beach: i Morris Lowther Truck company. The Dalles; E. R. Crowley,;, Madras; Imperial Auto Stage;Company, Seattle; John Day- Arlington Bus company John Day;' " Donald Bates, Richland; Halfway Transfer, Halfway, and Boring Auto company. Boring.5 BIRGER GIVEN SENTENCE Judge Overrules Motions for New ' 'Trial for Gang .leader BENTON, III., July 27- (AP) --Motions ' for ; new trials for Charles Birger, gang leader. Art Newman and Ray Hyland.. con victed of the murder of Mayor Joe Adams of. West City, 'were over ruled, late'today by Circuit, Judge C B. Miller, who formally passed sentence." fixed by the ijury He net October 15 for the hanging of Birger, The other f two were sentenced to life imprisonment. JURY RETURNS ' VERDICT Seven Defendant Not Guilty; Dte , -agree oivlledger and Jukthh SPOKANE. July 27.(AP- The' Jury in the case 'of i Charles W. Hedger, city commissioner, and eight others 'charged withcon spiracy . to violate the prohibition laws, returned a verdict n federal court of not guilty in the case of seven of the ' defendants and dis agreed on " Hedge r and -Stanley Jukish, alleged -collector of graft money, tonight. ;The verdict was received 'at ;30t W1LL0S KELLEY wm STARTE Numerous Letters Arrive Urging Governor to Com mute Sentences to Life SUCCESS NOT FORESEEN Men Convicted of Murder in Con nection With Prison Break Are Scheduled to Hang August 19; - Comparison Drawn , Letters are arriving at he ex ecutive department In large num bers urging Governor Patterson to commute the death penalties im posed in the cases of James Willos and Ellsworth. Kelley to life im prisonment. Kelley and Willos are under sen tence to be hanged in the state penitentiary here August 19 for the slaying of John Sweeney and Milton Holman, guards, during a break at the prison in August, 1925. Governor Patterson has indi cated that he would take no action in the cases unless new evidence is placed before him. Campaign Widespread Evidence that there is wide spread feeling that the death pen alty. is uniqst jn .toe. .case of . these two men, and that there is a de termined campaign under way in their behalf, has been observed within the last week when numer ous communications . arguing against the death penalty in this case, have been received by The Oregon Statesman. Some of them have been published and others are yet to appear. Most of these appeals hav drawn a comparison between the case of these two men, who dd not actually kill any of the prison guards during the break, with, that of . the D'Autremorft brothers,' who murdered three men in a train holdup, yet were not given the ex treme penalty., Vi 51 : DEPART FOR FUNERAU Congressmen From East Will At tend Rites for Cruuipacker SEATTLE, July CAP) ' ; - . .' .- Congressman Wra'."B.,j Oliver of Alabama: Milton W, S breve ot Pennsylvania ,and Anthony prif f in of NewYorkj'Jeii here,toniBht for Portland, Ore.,' to attend the fu neral of Representative Maurice Ciumpacker of Oregon, Friday. -.-.-,. DANGER OF FIRE WORST IN YEARS HAZARD GREATEST IN NON TIMBERED AREAS, SHOWN Luxuriant Growth of Vegetation and Recent Dry Weather Responsible The combination of- unusually good growing weather in the spring . and hot- weather with low humidity more recently, has cre ated one of the most serious fire hazards in the non-timbered and semi-agricultural and grazing dia tricts of Oregon that the state has faced in many years, according to a statement issued here Thursday by F.t A. Elliott, state forester. "A favorable spring has result ed in a growth of grass and weeds several times more dense than in previous ryears," said the state forester. "The recent hot weather with the corresponding low. hu midity has dried., the vegetation to a state , where ; it represents an acute fire- hazard. The material is so inflamable that a spark will ignite it. "While the damage to such areas through fire might be a nominal one, the real danger lies in the destruction of farm jiropr erty or by such fires spreading into the timbered areas. Build ings and other improvements on untenanted farms where weeds and grass haye been permitted to grow, are almost certain to be de stroyed if fire happens to break out. "All owners of lands on which a hazard exists should take imme diate steps to reduce such, hazard insofar as possible. Weeds and g.r,ass shpuld .be cut and removed wherever adjacent to buildings or other improvements and in case the hazard is very great, furrows should be plowed. "All protection agencies of the state realize the seriousness of the (Continued on page 8.) WILL OPERATE PLANES Bell Line to Inaugurate Air Pas senger Service Soon PORTLAND. July 27. (AP) Plans for development of commer cial aviation in this section were announced here,, today by A T.J Shere, president and general man ager. ot'thaBell Line Air Service, Inc,. Airplane service for carrying passengers a nd- freight .will be started between Portland and As toria, and Seaside, and will be ex tended to points in Washington up the Columbia river and up the Willamette valley. Early next year passenger and express service will be started by the company between Portland and San Francisco, .said Shere. The company plans to. op; erate from the Swan island airport br Portland. ; Shere is also pres-j dent of the Bell lme stages inter state transport company. THE 1928 ROUNDUP EXPENSE ITEMS CUT AS REBUKE CIRCUIT JUDGE DISAPPROVES PART OF REPORT, Extra Compensation Claimed By Koy Nelson Not Justified, RnUng ' In rebuke to public officials who might incline toward lavish expenditure of public, funds en trusted to their keeping. Circuit Judge : L. H. McMaban yesterday issued an order disapproving various expenditures of .Roy Nel son, deputy state superintendent of banks, in connection with - the liquidation of the defunct 'Oregon State Bank at Jefferson. Mr. Nelson was ordered to re turn to the trust funds .of the bank 1113.65 which he paid to himself as compensation in ex cess of the salary of JJ75 a month approved by the court. He , also was directed to return tavthe bank $53.81 of a total Of $836 which he drew from the institution as traveling expenses. The court held that the traveling, expenses should have been charged at-the rate of three cents per mile in stead of eight cents, a mile as set out in the report of the deputy superintendent. The "court further ..disallowed $4.50 expended for binders. Guy N. Hickock, also deputy state su perintendent of banks, was . or dred to return to the Jefferson in stitution $1.85 of fupds expended for meals. The meals were listed at 96 cents each. The court held that $1.50 a day was sufficient for board of officials. In the order the. court found that When the order naming $175 as the monthly salary of Nelson Was filed, the word maintenance was changed to sustenance. In the language of the order "The court at the time of making the order understood that the allow ance of fifty dollars ($50.00) maintenance was for paying the in cidental expenses of the bank-and by no process of reasoning could the court assume that said fifty dollars ($50.00) was intended-as additional compensation beyond the salary allowed to the said ' . ' " (Continued on pige 4) C; L. M'NARY-TO ATTEND Will Represent Senate at Funeral , for ;M. E.- Crumpacker Senator C. L. M'cNary Thursday was selected by the vice president of the United States as a member of a committee of the senate to attend 'the funeral of the late MaurieeiE. Crumpacker which will be held; in Portland Friday arter noon, .-,, jlr. Crumpacker was repre sentative, in congress from the thrd congressional district. He committed suicide in San Fran cisco last Sunday. , BfflD OUTLINES PLAN FOB TRIP TO SOUTH POLE Will Use 2 Monoplanes, One Like Chamberlm's, Other Like "America" WILL ESTABLISH BASE From Camp on Shores of Inlet, Penetration of Polar Wastes Will Be Made by Short Airplane Jumps BOSTON, July 27 (AP) Commander Richard E. Byrd. at his home here today, outlined to the Associated Press his plans and hopes for his scientific, expedition to the south polar regions. There will be two monoplanes be said; one with a single motor similar to the" one Clarence Cham berlin flew from New York to Germany and another with three motors, resembling the America that carried the commander across the Atlantic. Discovery First Contact Discovery harbor, probably will be the first contact he will make with the icy waters of the Antarc tic. Discovery harbor is in the great ice barrier and extends in land five or ten miles. On the west shore Scott, who lost his life returning from the pole after dis covering, that Amundsen had been there just ahead of him, had his base. On the west shore Amund sen set up his camp. "After erecting our portable Oontinoad on p . SEEKS CONGRESS SEAT - r- Resident of Washington, D. C Asks Crurapacker'g Post Tyson Kinsell, who is connect ed with, the United States ship ping board at Washington. Mop day telegraphed Governor Patter son urging that he be appointed representative In congress"" from the third Oregon district to sue ceed Maurice M. Crumpacker. Mr. Kinsell said he previously lived in Portland and would be able to furnish references with relation to his qualifications tor the office. . Governor Patterson said that Mr. Kinsell probably was under the impression that Mr. Cram packer's successor would be ap pointed by the executive depart ment. . The federal constitution provides that he shall be elected dOOD WEATHER AWAITED English Flier and Crew . AH Set For Big Ocean Flight ; 'l SOUTHAMPTON. England, July 2J. (AP) Captain ,F. T. Court ney and the crew with which he hopes to fly to America were still weatherbound tonight.. A pelting rain 'and a snorting gale were raging about their headquarters at caisnoi.- tdb lying uoai wnaw remained housed' today.- The ra dio installation which for a time failed to work t properly, and de- layed their departure, was classed as nerfect. : :' . Tonight all was in Teadiness for ahop-off .as soon aa the weather was announced as favorable. : Faculty member named Marshall , Nunn, Stanford . Grad ' In Knnrri PhillilM 1 1 . ! Prnfaaanr Marshall E. NunOrl frradnata nf Stanford university. p( ; - has been- elected a member, of the WlHametta-nniyersity,- faculty "o succeed Professor ,. Walter . T. Phillips as instructor in . Spanish. Professor Nunn will take lip his dut,iea here this fall. ! Prnf orninr Nunn taueht' Rnanlsh at University of Tennessee two years ago. Last year, he was a member of the faculty at univer- siti of IUinois. ' He is,' .but 25 yearsv of a ige. and 'married.'. x. FfiOHI AGEfT CONFESSES Walter Admits Marder of Chief S Two m Motor Trip - ' :5 S t H AG ERTOWN, Md., J uly 27 ( AP) R. E. Walters a rprohlbf- tipa agent 6f this city, late tonight confessed ta the murder of Hunter R, . Stotler. 5 !e4rwold chief , of agents for this county,, as the two drove in Walters- automobile near Boonaboro lost night,' it . was an no unced - by State's - Attorney - Haf- archaic laws will: get axe LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE TO MEET; ' CONSIDER REPEAL Sections on Books Dealflig With Liquor, Gold Dust to Be Deleted PORTLAND, July 27 (AP) The headsman is sharpening his blade in anticipation of the elimi nation forthright of: aged, infirm and worn out laws on Oregon's statute books:, . - : Today,, the .legislative, committee on, repeal of laws, met here to go into the matter, thoroughly. . The committee consists of L. L. Swan of Linn, county, chairman; J. O Bailey, Multnomah; Loyal M. Gra ham, Washington; Ralph S. Ham ilton, Deschutes, Crook, Jefferson Klamath and Lake, and John H Carkin of Jackson, - . . During the. last session of the legislature the committee succeed ed in eliminating reams and reams of passe statntes. Old: laws which had outlived, their usefulness, laws affecting conditions which no longer exist, were sorted out, de bated and duly proscribed. So eminently satisfactory was the work of the committee on re peal of laws that the house of representatives authorized the speaker to appoint a committee to continue the work and submit its bills for repeal at the session of 1929, The committee, today held its first meeting and a list of 87 laws canle up for .discussion as to their usefulness. The committee voted to repeal several sections having to do with the sale of liquor. As these were regulations necessary in the pre- Volstead days, but not now apply ing, they were marked., for slaughter. . Another section to be recommended for repeal affects the sale of gold dust that is not up to a certain fineness. Proof of license to sell liquors is as dead as a dodo, they argued, so that regulation; : too, is - td be ' deleted from the books.; ... ; . wo definite date has . been named for the next meeting of the committee. PESCRIBES WORLD TOUR Daniel J. Fry Addresses .Capacity crowd at Rotary Daniel J. Fry, Sr., the latest of Salem's globe trotters to return, is a keen observer as well as a successful man of business and a iaitnlul Rotanan. members of the localRotary club and their guests concluded, when Mr. Fry conclud ed; an .interesting apcount of . his travels before a capacity crowd at ine Wednesday noon luncheon. , High lights of the description included, the ingenious manner in which, some tourists gain admit tance, to j sacred temples In the orient' and still save their feet tromr DOSsib'Ie Infection! h aitfolr-' ing adhesive tape on- the bottoms Of them: the usual method tha yarioys . faiths n rf Indfk have f ' . ' - aisposmg oi tneir qead; the thrills which come .to one walkinr h tha Sea of,.Galilee and the Garden of -1 . L. 1 ' . . . .. . uctnieioine,. ana toe raj Manai. ti LINDY'S DAY" MARRED Storm i Eementa - Descend on Al- boay as Crowds Give Acclaim. ALBANY, N, Y., JulyT- f APV-JlaIn: hail r Hehtnln 'nA thund'ef jgreeteLlJolonei, Charlaa A. Lindbergh and the "Spirit of St. Louis?, today. Two thunderstorms marred AI bany's "Lindbergh Day" but tre mendous acclaim from T thousands of - throats offset glowering skies as the youthful "aviator went about the city. v : ; ' - ... ..... . The first storm drenched Quen tin Roosevelt ..field for an hour. before the plane's arrival, and thousands of t automobiles ' that lined the field found the going difficult in the morass of mud Lightning struck , a church near the field and" the fire that follow. ed sent billows of smoke over the field. : E ; ' " ' - SENATOR "BUTLER .HERE Confer With Banking Board; ; Blee Behind Closed Doors . Senator ' R. ' R. Butler , of The Dalles . was " fn Salem Wednesday conferring .with members ,pf the state bauking board -with relation to. the- llqnidatlott of the - French and Company bank? FrankJBram well,x state ; superintendent f of banks; also attended the meeting pf : the' board. 'j?Z '-'.A : The meeting, was held behind closed doors; Members said there was no discussion, relative to re cent; reports that Mr. Bramwell was to rc.si.rn. ; The ,French and Company bank, was .closed by , the state superintendent of banks sev eral year 3 bsJi i ilTISWi agiIl' BY SIR UTEi it V England's Foreign Secretary Denies Wish to Destroy Naval Ratio CECIL1, BRIDGEMAN LEAVE Chamberlain Sees "So Need For Difficulty in Arriving at Temporary, Arrangement . j - j; On Cruisers" -"j LONDON July. 27 CAP) -Hope, that the tangle ' of the Ge-, neva naval' conference ' soon will be unraveled is going in" official -circles In the British capital. This ' is due largely to tbe statements' made In the house of commons to day by Sir ' Austen Chamberlain, secretary' for foreign affairs, out- " lining anew the whole British at titude' toward the parleys and ' containing the declaration f "There ' need be no difficulty in arriving at a temporary arrangement about the immediate picture of cruiser building." 'h Weight Behind Proposals It was this question on which the negotiations stalled last week. . Sir 'Austen appeared in parlia ment soon after W. C. Bridgeman. first lord 'of the ' admiralty, and Viscount Cecil, the chief British delegates to the naval conference, started back for Geneva to reopen the discussions with the American -and Japanese delegates.- The pur pose of the - foreign ' " secretary's statement was 'e to put the full weight of the British government behind j the proposals the British delegates will make. V','V ' i-j.'JL- second -reasoaor' thoatale- -tnent was ' to remove tho misun derstanding which the -British gov-, ernment belieTea . exists . in tho minds of many Americans regard , ing the British aims at Geneva. Although the statement was made at Westminster and neither Amer ica or Americans were mentioned, it was nevertheless admittedly in tended for. the great unseen audi ence of American people, . ' L Denies Charge J The foreign minister informed tha commons that the British gov ernment 1 had been charged even , with- a desire to destroy the prin ciple of sea power equality as bo (Coatinid oa pt .') . bobtlDGE;TS UNBILLED THRILL RUXAWAY TEAM TLUXGEJi WILDLY INTO CROWD ; ' t r- ' ' - ' 1 -x v - i , Cowboys Jlead Charging Uraes. ; lAwayFrom President, Seated j, ', , f J-iir Car ''. ' . CUSTER, S. D., July 27. (AP) Some, thrills not on the program were found today by President and Mrs, Coolidge when they attended the' Gold Discovery Days pageant here and sawaleam of horses run wildly; i through the crowd near themv Later on their return home they were .caught In a heavy rain . storm whih,Xorced very alow trav1- eHng; on the slippery , winding roads down the hills to the state' game-lodge.''. , " It seemed almost miraculous that the runaway horses failed to do any injury as they plunged.' wildly from the clearing where tho pageant was being held on a hill side nar here and dashed straight for the crowd which, surrounded the.fteid.; -' By some chance an opening was found at one place by the: horses and they ran through nhis'paat ithe excited spectators- and rows of automobiles. ' , The, team' had been drawing a . covered wagon across the open air space. Indians attacked the wagon and did their, job so realistically that before any one realized it the horses had broken away, carrying with, them tbe doubletrees of the wagon. : A cowboy beaded tha charging team away from Mr. and .Mrs, . Coolidge who ; were , in an automobile parked behind' a' low fence at the edge of the field. But the horses charged madly on to ward ' the , end ot the field and jthroughl the crowd. Tho pageant, portraying scenes pt the ."days of ,lS74when one of General, Custer's In i.n fi?htcr3 first discovered gold in the sand , of French creek near here, and the kinds of warfare which followed. had held the close attention ot Sir. and Mrs. Coolidge. , I Driving, here In an open car fron . 4