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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1927)
i i - Wew Growth' dM Iricti , Wteather forecast: p Fair; humidity below X Commander Jlyrd kissed, all the babies at Ver-Sur-Mer according to the - press dis patches. rHe must ie setting into training to run for office. T " f -i i f i " : ' v - : normal; moderate northwest winds along the coaat. Maximum temperature yesterday 74; I minimum "53: -river minus 1.9; atmosphere cloudy; wind northwest. r SEVENTX-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1927 t ?RIGE , , FXVE CENTS Iff' I ft H PJE SELLING AT, JOINT Immediate Signing of Pack ers Contracts Will Be Started by Committee MUST SHOW 90 PER CENT When Required Number Sign, Contracts Will be Blade Per petually Effective; Crawford Says Packers Favorable ;;kPORTl.ANDing.rll: CAP) Disregardinjrthe failure of , Cali fornia' prune growers, and packers io . effect an organization. ' ' the Oregon and southwestern "Wash ington prune growers' , and pack ers' committee of nine today de cided, tor; begin, immediately sign ing with packers contracts which will be put in escrow until the growers' .contracts are signed. The committee met at the chamber of commerce here today. Contract In Escrow . Ninety per tent of the - prune tonnage of the district must be represented on the packers' con tract and all the packers' contracts must, be signed by October 1, 1927, It was decided. The contracts will be put in eacrow until January 1, 1928. ! : ... : If 90 per cent of the prune ton nage of Oregon and. southwestern Washington is not contracted for by the cooperative ly "that time, the contracts wUl "be Void. If 9 0 per cent has been signed, the coii tracts will be. perpetually effect ive, although! withdrawal? may be made after 1929.4-rr " rT. A unanimous decision was made to proceed ;wlth the organization work as outlined "by the com mittee report tathe second grow er conference held at Corvallis July 9 and adopted by that con ference. Packers Said Favorable Henry Crawford of the Ladd and 'Bush bank." ! Salem, chairman of the ' committee of nine, said t all packers are favorable to the completion : of this plan of or ganization. Other members of the committee are: R. K. Esk zidgc, prune grower, Sheridan; ."V J !,: (ContiDaad ea pg S.) SACCO OUTLOOK MUCH BRIGHTER KXCEPTIOXS TO BE HEARD ON WRIT OF ERROR DENIAL i t Next IsI . Battle Scheduled For TncMlay Before Vur State . Justices, t BOSTON. Anjr. 11. (AP) iNjcoia sacco, ana isartoiomeo van strtti tonight were lodged at a more comfortable distance from the execution chamber of state prison than they had been for a week while th.e; way was cleared for a hearing In their defense before the fujl . bench of the Massachusetts Bupreme'court. Ja contrast to last night when they waited in the death cells un til a half-: hour before the time scheduled- for their execution for I the.' word "(which' brought them twelve days' more! of life, tonight they were - resting, in ' obviously better spirits in the Cherry Hill section of the prison. ; In contrast, too, - to the Jlat denials of federal judges, the last pronouncement of the courts yes terday, today gave them assur ance of a hearing in the state su preme court of exceptions to deni al pf a writ of error and also of exceptions to superior court rul ings which barred them from seeking a new tial or stay of sen , tence. M.4 v . VWhat beautiful day!" Sacca exclaimed this noon while crossing the prison yard. " Reviving spirits gave, him strength ta make the trip unassisted and. to climb the stairs to a more cheerful cell than thai which adjoins the death chamber., 'Celestiad ' Madeiras, who shared in . the respite granted by the governor and .his council, 1. The nextJesal baltle. in behalf c 1 Sacco and1 Vaneettl was. schedul ed today for 9: 3t -Tuesday morn leg when the four available justi ces of the supreme court will meet as a full bench to hear the bill PRO SET WALNUT GROWER DECLINES OFFER $47,000 PRICE TURNED DOWN FOR 125 ACRZ3 FARM Blake's Orchard, One of the Best In Valley. Yields JoOO on Some Acres Wm. niake owns a 125 acre farm about six miles below Salem-. It is the farm with the handsome log house on the river road, on the way to Spong's landing. Mr. Blake has on this farm a SO acre walnut orchard. United States Senator Chas. L. McNary and Walter Stolz were visiting this farm yesterday, and they pro nounced the walnut orchard one of the best and most thrifty in the valley. It is near therr own wal nut and filbert and prune orch ards. The walnut varieties of the Blake orchard are mostly Fran quettas. Mayettea and Parisians The trees came into partial bear ing about 1918. They are around 17 to 18 years old. Last year, Mr. Blake got $500 worth of wal nuts to the acre from some of hie trees. They are well setjwith ex cellent appearing nuts this year. Offered 47,00O for Farm Mr. Blake does not know any thing about this news item that Is being written, bnt it is report ed that, not long since, a Seattle mas visiing the Salem district looked over the Blake farm, and inquired if the place "was for sale. Mr. Blake answered that he had not thought of selling it. Pressed to name a. price, Mr. Blake said he might consider $47,000. He did not expect to hear again from his Seattle visit or But a few days after he receiv ed a letter from him, saying he would take the property at the $47,000, and asking if Mr. Blake wanted all cash, or would he pref er half cash and the balance $1 deferred payments? He Kept the Place Mr. Blake refused to take the $47,000. He concluded that ht would rather retain the farm thai have the $47,000. When he came to consider the matter" seriously, he - came to the conclusion that his farm might give him more satisfaction, and perhaps more earning power, than that much money. Mr. Blake runs sheep, mostly, on the balance of his acres. With his orchard and his sheep, he has a full man's job. and he Works, hard; but he is not obliged to employ much help, ft is practic ally a one man farm, the way he operates it. It is likely that, the more he realizes bis love for his home place that he has developed, and the longer he realizes the in creasing money returns from his walnut orchard and his other op erations, the more he will be sat isfied with himself for refusing the offer. PARENTS NOT TO BLAME Declare Unable Care Properly for Child While Traveling ASTORIA, AUG. 11. (AP) Mr and Mrs. Leon Phelps, parents of a child which died at Seaside Tuesday, apparently from starva tion, were released today after an investigation by authorities here failed to indicate any grounds for holding them. -Mr. and Mrs. Phelps, who -left the child' at the Seaside hospital in a dying condition, then went to Wheeler and obtained work. They were - arrested yesterday1 by Tilla mook authorities. . The couple, ; according to Coro ner E. B. Hughes, had made an effort to keep their' three months old child alive, but ha4 been un able to care, for it properly while traveling" about - the country look ing for work. jThe child's moth er" appeared , heartbroken tod'ay when funeral rltEr-were held tar the dead child.. BANK PRESIDENT DIES Portland Financier Was Well Known Throughout ..btate t" PORTLAND. AUG. 11. (AP)- A. L: Mills, president of the First National bank of Portland, died here late? tonight. He had f been suffering front acute heart trouble lor ten 'days. ; Last night he sut fared a relapse after, improvement "bad been noted for several days. Through his activities as pre. Ident of the First National, as vice president ,of the Security Sav ing and Trnst company, and as president of the Oregon Life .In surance company, Mr. Millst had attained a leading position tmonjt the financiers; of; the. 1 northwest Ha was best known as- a financier but (had dlstingufshed himself in Civic' and philanthropic fields of endeavor, having served in the Oregon house, of representative In Us 9jo Uf o( Portland. RS DECIDE TILTIS Aviators Entered in Dole $35,000 Flight Sign Unanimous Agreement - OFFICIALS TO ACQUIESCE Captain James L. Griffin's Plane Crashes Into Waters Of Sah Francisco Bay; Pilots' Vn -hurt, Ship" Smashed AIRPORT, OAKLAND," CAL., Aug. H.APjF Xvfa tors entered in the Dole trans-oceanic flight to Honolulu, scheduled to start on Friday at noon, tonight signed a unanimous consent agreement to postpone the take-off until next Tuesday at noon, Lieutenant Ben H. Wyatt, the navigation test in-, spector announced. While the agreement tonight is not binding on the local commit tee, it was apparent .that it would have the support of federal in spectors who have the last "word in sending away the planes. The local committee has agreed to authorize no entrant, until official approval has been given, by 'the department of commerce inspec tors. . t Only One "Hold Out" Definite postponement seemed assured when Major Livingston Irving, Berkeley entrant, author ized, his signature by proxy to the agreement, 'leaving as a "hold out" only Martin Jensen, Hono lulu's hope. in the race. Jensen .... J,.iP'.,i oa page 2.) WAITERS END MEETINGS Kansas City Selected as Next Year's Convention City PORTLAND, Aug. 11. (AP) Kansas City, Mo., Was selected to day at the convention city for the 1939 meeting of the Hotel and Restaurant Employes association and the Bartenders' International League of America at the close of their convention here today. Carl T. Frederick, Portland, was elected third vice president of the organization, supplanting John W. Conley. Hugo Ernest, San Fran cisco, was elected to replace Frank Johnston of Los Angeles as eighth vice president. All other officers, headed by Edward Flore of Buf falo, NY, president, were re elected. Special notice was devoted by the report committee today to that part denouncing prohibition. FLYE TODEUraCB UN DAT ini s 1 ' 11 w r , ; 1 1 mi t m CAR HITS WAGON THREE INJURED COUPE TURNS OVER IN DITCH ; SERIOUS CUTS RESULT Occupants Taken to Hospital; Horse Driver Hart When Team Runs Away FALLS CITY, AUG. 11. (Speci al) Miss Lucille Hubbard and two small brothers Burton and Francis met with what might have proved a fatal accident about, noon today when the coupe which Miss Hubbard was driving struck the rear of an empty wheat wagon driven by Paul Riley about a mile and a quarter north of Monmouth. The coupe turned over in the ditch, -both" boys were thrown out and were cut and bruised. Bur ton was severely cut over the right eye and across- .the nose Fra,ucis'4 Hp was cut. Miss Hub bard, was, badly shaken and one leg- was bituised, and she is suf fering ifromfnervous ' shock. Mr. Eflf of the Shell Oil com p&nyi Dallas, came along right af ter the 'accident 'and took all three to the Dallas hospital where Dr..;"W.vLr;- Pemberton rendered first aid and put in seven stitch-f es'over Bnrton's right eye and nose. 'All three were " able to come on to their home in Falls City this afternoon. The team driven by Mr. Riley broke from the overturned wag on and ran home. Riley complain ed of injuries -but was able to walk to his home nearby. Damage to the coupe which was towed to the grage at Rjckereall amounts to about $70. CHARLIE TO FIGHT CASE Famous Comedian Will Contest Divorce Suit by Young Wife CHICAGO, Aug. 11. CAP) Charles Chaplin today was enr route to Los Angeles from New York prepared for a "fight to the finish for the sake of my name and the future of my two babies' in the "divorce ' suit " brought by his young wife, Lita Grey Chaplin. HEARING DELAY ASKED Water Users Of Ontario District Want Time To Protest Water users of the Ontario vi cinity have requested the . public service commission to postpone the hearing in connection with proposed new power rates of the Idaho Power company. The hear ing has been set for August 19. Members of the commission in dicated that it would not be pos sible to postpone the hearing, but that it might be continued until a later date in order to give the water users time in which to pre pare their case. The. water users contend that the proposed new power rates are unreasonable and unjust. NOW BRING ON YOUR LIGHTNING! 4a JLjA.11 m W- -wHt.: vSr ' SEEK TO ENJOIN STATE OFFICERS FISHING RIGHTS BELONG TO . PROPERTY, CLAIMED Land Board's Call for Bids on Ac .cretionary Land Declared Illegal I" Attorneys for Alma D. Katz, V":' prominent Portland insurance Jdan, and Louella Ames Gilllson. yesterday filed suit in the circuit otrrt.of Oregon for, Marlon coun t '. against Isaac 14 Patterson and -her members of . the state land iij dined, temporarily from leasing Certai PcrptlrnrV nrm1A nn jibe Columbia river, in: Clatsop I county, for fishing nurnoses. . .. .' ' In 1907, according to the com plaint, the state land board deed ed the plaintiffs a certain tract of land, which has increased until it fs now more than 300 acres In ex tent by reason of the accretion of silt and land from the river, Katx auu iiiuues con tena mac. inis ac cretion? belongs - essentially; to" ho property which they hold; Jand that fishing privileges are vested tne holders of the property for disposal as they shall determine, fso long as state game and fish laws are observed. Fishing rights on the land were granted to one W. E. Tallant, April 21, 1927, according to the complaint, and it is for the pro tection of his interests that action is taken. The state land board, accord ing to the complaint, advertised tor bids on the lease of the fish ing rights along the property of accretion, to have been opened August 9, the court is asked to enjoin the board from accepting the bid of Charles R. Miles, one of the members of the board. Judge McMahan,. in whose de partment action was brought, has not Indicated his course of. action EUGEtyE PASTOR CHOSEN Fattier Q'Hara Named National Secretary for Rural Work EUGENE. Aug. ll.(AP) Rev. Father Edwin V. O'Hara, pastor of St. Mary's church here, has again been named national execu tive secretary of the Catholic ru ral life conference' from which he returned last night, and of which he was chairman. The conference, was held In Lansing, Mich-.. August 1 to 5, more than 200 representatives, from all parts of the United States and some from foreign countries attending. The meeting was held there at the same time as those of the American Country Life as sociation and the International Country Lite" association. More than 2,000 persons were in at tendance at the three meetings. . Father O'Hara is a member of the board of directors of the Am erican Coudtry Life association. En Hfl DONALD AUTO GARAGE BURNS: GARS DA Loss In Building and Equip ment $8,000 Exclusive of Automobiles QUICK WORK SAVES MANY Cause Unknown, but Blaze Started Near Tasta. Rack; Concrete Walls Cut Loss and Save Nearby Buildings Fire last night, shortly before midnisht In the MacDonald Auto company plant at the corner of Ferry and Cottage, did damage to the building and equipment esti mated at around 18,000, and dam axed a number of used cars stored in the building, with a check of the cars required before an esti mate of the loss could be made. A number of new Marmons and Willys-Knight cars in the sales room were removed rirom me building, but one Marmon sedan near the equipment room, where the blaze was hottest, was consid erably damaged. Equipment Destroyed A stock of equipment kept in the eauinment room was com pletely destroyed, with a damage amounting to about $1,500. Several cars stored in the build' ing by private parties were either out at the time of the. fire, or were run out as soon as the doors were oDened. The loss is completely covered hv insurance, according to R. N. MacDonald.. who, with Mrs. E. Wynahs.s! !ewner of - thewgatag and motor sales, company. The cause of the fire was not known at a late hour last night, although the blaze is thought to have started in a Chevrolet be longing to the company, which had been run onto the washing rack during the evening. It was completely destroyed by the flames, which seem to have spread from the car to' the adjacent equipment room. Neighbor Sends Alarm The alarm was sent in to the fire department by R. McNulty, who lives next door to the garage, on Ferry street. Mr. McNulty's room is only a few feet from the garage. -. The owners of the building were reaehed by friends within a few minutes of the sending in of the alarm, and assisted in unlocking the doors before water was put on the fire.. ; The fact that the building is of concrete construction kept ' the damage to a minimum, and saved adjoining buildings. Considerable damage wa,s done to the offices Of the Company, but' valuable papers were kept in afire-proof safe, and were thought to have been saved. The last man said to have been In the building was George Miller, steward at the Elks Temple, who put ' his car In after 11 o'clock, when there was no evidence of fire. . . The large crowd which assem bled within a few minutes after the fire engines, reached the build ing received a thrill when tires on the used cars in the garage started to blow out, from the intense heat. Bounding " like " exploding " Cart ridges. RAILROAD PERMIT ASKED Union Company Would Operate , z. Prom Union To Junction ! vf The Union Railroad of Oregon has filed with the Interstate cpm merce commission at Washington application for ; 'a certificate of public convenience and necessity in connection with the operation of two and one-half miles of' rail road between Union and ' Union Junction- ' The corporation' which seeks to operate the line is capitalized In the amount of 125,000. j Ray Woodburn is president of the cor poration while George T. Cochran is secretary. - ' The line connects with the Oregon-Washington Rail road & iNavJgnomjJanxM Union Junction. ; , 't, ;". "Acopy of the application filed with the Interstate commerce com mission was received at the offices of the public service . commission here Tharsday; The public ser vice' commission was given 20 days Is which to make an appear aacejn b9 mslE- MEDICAL GROUPS MEET HERE SOON ENTERTAlN3fENT PLANNED FOR STATE ASSOCIATION City And County Health Officers, And Nurses To Convene Pre viously "s Plans are being formulate"i.,for the entertainment in Salem of the State Medical society, which meets here September 1, 2, and 3, bring ing medical men here from" all over the state, as well as a num ber of authorities in the field of medicine . who will come from other states.' Dr. W. B. Morse, of Salem, Is president of the so ciety. In conjunction with the meet ing of the medical society, 4 and scheduled for the two days pre vious' to it, three other meetings have been planned which are ex pected to draw many persons in teres ted in the medical field to Salem. Two of these meetings are in stitutions - planned under the di rection of the extension division of the Unverslty of Oregon, one for physicians and one for nurses. Special problems . of these two groups will be taken -up In separ ate sessions, while , many of the lectures will be conducted as joint sessions, attended by both insti tutions. . Many of the instructional staff will serve both Institutes. . This staff includes such authorities as Fred L. Adair, M.D., professor of obstearics and gynecology at the University of Minnesota, Hazel Corbin K.N., director of the mat ernity center association. New York City. I. M. Lupton, M.D., Ira A. Manville, M.D., A. E. Gour deau. M.D., of the University of Oregon Medical school, and Frank E. Brown, M.D., of Salem. . The bther meeting is the annual confeience of city and county of fleers, with addresses by a number of the health workers of the state during the morning sessions , on both days. Afternoon sessions of the , con ference wr1 be held jointly with the sessions of the medical insti tute. HUMANS GET TREATMENT Supposed Tubercular Remedy to be Given Seattle Patients SEATTiLE, Aug. 11. (AP The first official experiments upon human beings with the supposed tuberculosis remedy discovered by Dr. George Kirkpatrick of . Port land, Ore., will be made on tuberc ular patients at the Firlands sani tarium here under' the auspices of,the city health department. This was announced tonight by E. T. Hanley, municipal health commissioner who has received a quantity of the medicine from- Dr. Kirkpatrick. "It is a combination of drugs which could not possibly cause any harmful effect on the human sys tem," the health . commissioner said. , "For that reason we feel justi fied in 'administering it to those patients who wish It." ' i 1 In Portland three tuberculin cows which had been treated with the supposed remedy for three months were slaughtered early this week and passed by a federal inspector as' being free from tu berculosis. WILL TAKE MAIL TO SHIP First' Attempt to. Deliver Letters ; By Airplane Slated WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. ( AP) An attempt to deliver' mail by airplane to the steamship Levia than when 500: miles off the port of New York will be made August 21 during the. next east bound pas sage of thei, liner, 'under "plans an nounced today by Acting Secretary Robinson of the navy. . ? The flight .wlU ; be : made - by Lieutenant. Clarence .H. Schild hauer.. - - This first delivery of mall to a liner at sea will be attempted through cooperation of the post oifice and navy departments and the -.shipping ; board, J(n connec tion with their announced goal to further 'speed up trans-oceanic mail service. ' MT. HOOD AREA CLOSED 23, 68O Acres In National Forest . Tabooed Aceownt Fires . PORTLAND,; Aug. 11. (AP)-i-Effective immediately, and order has been . Issued closing 23.6S0 acres in the Mount Hood National forest to 'use of any kind. Thls order forbids "going or being upon the land. : The area fs on the Barlow creek and Badger creek' watersheds on the-northeast j SGHQQL OFLAIV Prominent Educator from v Corvallis Institution t N; Gets Appointment - :fc VAN WINKLE TO REMAIN New Dean Will Work Out Stand ardization; : Alexander A. ; Vazakas Heads Modern . Language Section ; , r- More. power to the movement inaugurated' last 'spring to make the; Willamette law school one of the best on the Pacific coast was-given yesterday with the an nouncement that Roy'Hewitt.pro fessor of law at Oregon Agricul tural college, and generally prom inent throughout, the state as an educator, had been . appointed Dean of the local institution. At torney General I. H. Van Winkle, present dean, will continue his connection with the ' school as dean emeritus. 1 At the same, time, It was an nounced that Alexander A. Vara kas, of Chicago, had .been named to succeed Gustav Ebsen as head of the modern language depart ment, i Professor Ebsen died re cently. ; . Holds Five Degrees ' Professor Vazakas is the holder of 5 university degrees, from New . York nniverslty, , Columbia unt versity, Unjon Theoloslcal school, -and University of Chicago, where he received his doctorate of phil osophy. He has also studied at Sorbonnel nniversity In.Pafls. Dur-" Ing. the world war; he was decorat. ed by the King of Greece for valor In YMCA work. ' . ' . ' Thb new department head hat fluent command of the Greek, English, German, French, Latin. ." and Spanish languages, and in familiar with many others. Ho is highly recommended by educat ors in the east. , Seek Recognition ; " The matter of bringing the Willamette school up to the- re- ; quirements for membership in the Association of American Law Col- j leges was broached at a board of trustees, meeting last June. Pro fessor, Hewitt, at that. time was discussed as a man who could take ' over the campaign for an (Con tinned a ptf 5.) -.1 FIRE'S ADVANCE HALTED BY RAIN WEARYJIEN Oy FliONT Itii -v- - LAX JOYPVLLY ' V Longest HotySpeU in Tcorde4' Weather History' of North- t t " west Broken PORTLAND, Aug. 1L (AP) Rain the natural ally of the for ests poured from the skies today and overcame the onslaught of the flames. From every forest line where fires have raged through out the week came exclamations of relief from, wearied men. "It's raining!" , the telephone ester from the lookout point in brought the gleeful voice of a for the Mount Baker forest of Wash ington. . And with new energy he and his fellows fought the menac ing Goodell creek fire throughout the day. Other reports of rain tall or of Impending rain poured ' into : the forestry office here to day : from -scattered points of Washington and Oregon. Rain fell generally ovter Jtho Mount Baker forest and the situ ation there was greatly improved. The Storm King fire near Cush raah lake in the Olympic national forest was still burning but it was7 not' spreading. . The only fire reported today to have gained the slightest headway Vas on Vancouver island where high winds had, carried the flames hear Cowichan lake out of con trol and it had spread over moro than 1,000 "acres. ' .One hundred, twenty five men were fighting it.' I' In5 the tarnes district south of Roseburgr 500 acres of pasture land had .burned over today and fifty men and boys - had battled the flames' for five hours before it was brought under control. The West Branch creek, tire on 400 acres In the'Crater national HEWITT HEADS m in' iCcntjaue'4 oa -4