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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1927)
Presbyterians Will Erect $125,000 Church Building; Religion Is Keeping Pace. With Industrn in Salem 7 7 r. ?.-;.. . v -r-.-.-.fc-. v ,- . -v,i WEATHER-FORECAST: Falr, tempera ture aboTB' normal; -humidity - below-normal; moderate northwest winds along' the cdasti Maximum- temperature , here yesterday 9; minimum. ?;, river, minus 1.09; .atmosphere, clear; wind,. northwest. . . I Some fellows1 never-pem to learn4 t hat the popularity ot Mr. Coolldge far pretty good evi dence that the American people like a man who., doesn't talk ,too much. Des Moines .Register, j , , , . : i ?- , i I . -y.r'. ,:, ' - - - - ' t ir . u i. Li SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1927 1 - 1 PRICE FIVE CENTS NON-STOP RACE STORM BEATEN NO TRACE FOUND I TRIAL ATTORNEY BONDS VAL HOP YIELD GUT PRIZES OFFERED OF BOYS,. AGE 12 ASKS CLEMENCY BY HEAT 10FF F 815,000 PUT UP FOR CROSS COXTIN'EXT HOP SEARCH FOR NELSON BAILEY, SILVERTON FUTILE WILL R. KIXG APPEARS- IN KELLEY- WILLOS CASE ' . ' 100,000 BALE ; EStDLTE RE DUCED TO 80.000 " New Feature- Expected to Enhance Interest in Spokane Air Derby STILL H Started Toward Salem With w lerj Youth Saturday; Family Worried Files' Letter Showing Testimony Not Placed Before Supreme Court This Still Higher Than 1926 II v Crop Qualitr to be Good Indicated 9 L SET Oil! RETURN QUESTION STILL HOLDS UP WORK h FROM OIL ND OEM 4 i ft 1. t 1 Sevente'en- Men and One Woman Slated to Leave for Hawaii Today PILOTS HIGHLY NERVOUS Air i Tense as Rumors of Van- daiiam- Yot About Field ; . ' Two' Planes to Be Guard ed With Shotguns MUNICIPAL. AIRPORT.. OAK LAND, Cal., tAug. 15. (AP) Seventeen ,mn and one woman. Miss Mildred Doran. a Michigan school teacher, who quit - the class room f to fly to Honolulu, expect 1 o- race out of Oakland airport tomorrow afternoon and cruiee over the Pacific for approximate ly 22- hours over a 2400 mile course to Oahu, principal island in Hawaii,' for the 135,000 in prizes , offered by t Jamee Dole of Honolulu. The winner of the race will receive 25,00, and the sec ond finisher $10,00?. , War Ace Qualifies. ; The last qualifier,. Captain William- P. Erwln Texas' dis tinguished war ace, passed the navigation tests at 2: 35 . p. m. today, giving him the last starting place in the line. The starters and the order of take-off down the long runway was' as follows: 1 Bennett' Griffin, pilot; Al Henley, .navigator,': piloting the monoplane' 'Oklahoma'' , from Bartlesville; Okla: .- 2 Norman Goddard, San Diego, pilot, and Lieutenant Kenneth C. Hawkins; Sanf JDiegoV navtga tor. flylngvthe fjmorioplane, "El ( Eneanto.' . , .' 3 -Livingstone Irving, Berkeley, war ace Hying alone in a mono plane purchased hy - fellow em ployes of the Pacific Paraftine Faint company. t 4 -Jack Frost, New York, pilot, flying the San Francisco Exam iner's entry,; the fQ olden Eagle," a cigar shaped monoplane, with Gordon Scott of Santa Monica in the navigator's cabin.- , &Lj.:"Ar Pedlar; Flint. - Mich.. pilot. . with Lieutenant Vilas R. Knope, San Diego, flying the Miss Doran biplane,; -christened afteT (Oontisnd- ;pf DANGEROUS FIRE AT SPIRIT LAKE CRFAV OF 5 31KN FlC.HTIXC. ONE SPRKAIHNa HIZK X Forest Conflagration In Ore gon; Seven. Some Skrtous. to Xovlb LONQVIEW. WASH.. AUG. 15. :" (APJ The forest fire, situa tion at Spirit Lake was classifeld as "dangerous tonight br forest ers, one particularly" large fire 1 was'' being fought by a crew of 65 men.. The humidity; wag consid erably higher than yesterday. 4l tttyc. small brush" fires were- s burn ins: in Cowlitz county causing a hazy atmospheric condition, but no dan geroas fires were reported although -every,- , lookout Station was manned and all patrols were t-arerultv checked by . state arfd lumber-company rangers. PORTLAND. AUG.' IS. (AP) Only seven forest fires, six in the Columbia forest and one In the Olympic forest, were burning in the Pacific northwest-tonight; jre-! .ports to the United States district forester's office a!L None was burning in Oregon. . ., . The seven, however, we're cabs ins: forest service officials' mote than ordinary concern and addi-S tlonal men were being called to fight the flames. More than 4fr fire fighters already are on duty In the Columbia forest where the 4 fires. centered in the : old ' Ya- colt . barn, ;8to"bbornly $ were re- r sistinv. all efforts to halt them. C yi. Granger.' district forester in - charee' of the work,?reported that ; inostjbf'theflres'were under par- r Ual control.-. .. .,. The latest Teport from the fire front in the Olympic forest. where a blase burning . in the Storm King country, near . Lake Cash- man, was to the etfeet that it ad been making bur lit tie5 headway Thirty three men were on i' duty there, . r - , SPOKANE, WASH.; Aug. 15. (AP) Prizes of 115,000 for a non-stop airplane race from New Yrk to Spokane in September, open to machines of all types, were announced here tonight by tie National Air Derby association of this city. The prises, to be divided be tween the first and second en trants to arrive, with $10,000 for first and $5,000 for second, are in addition to $48,250 in prizes of fered by the association for win ners in the National Air Derbies from New York and San' Francisco to Spokane, and the National Air Derbies from New York and San Francisco to Spokane, and the Na tional Air Races here. The non-stop race is to be held the week of September 19. during which the; derbies and air races are to be contested. Decision to stage the non-stop race as an edded feature to the air derbies and races was reached late this afternoon at a meeting of the association executive com mittee. Final rules and regulations for the race will be drawn up to morrow and sent to prospective entrants throughout the United States it was announced. "Addition of the non-stop race to the srreat aviation program to be staged at the Spokane airport, L September 21 to 25, opens a field for entrants flying the largest and fastest airplanes manufactured la the country, which were not eligi ble in other races." Major- John T. Fancher, managing director ot the National Air Derby associa tion, Spokane, stated tonight. "Every type of airplane manu- (Coitlntd'c pf .) ASPIRANTS TO BE EYED 1928 Crop of Candidates to Be Topic at Dry League Meet WARSAW. Ind., Aug. 15. (AP) -Aspirants for political office in the 1928 primaries and election are expected to come under the scrutiny of the executive commit tee of the National Anti-Saloon League- which, gathered here to day for conferences to lasi through Thursday. Dr E. S. Shumaker, superin tendent of the Indiana Anti-Sal oon league, who recently was sen tenced to serve sixty days on tbe state farm for contempt of the Indiana supreme court, is a mis- icr of the executive- commlU3i. And it is ejected ht Shumaker case will resolve considerable a1 ten tion . Dr. Shumaker is scheduled f. deliver one of the addresses o welcome (o the dry workers wh -,ib coming to attend the con vention of the world league a- a.nst alehofsm. li.;L begins for mal sessions Thursday and runs Into next week. TRAIN SERVICE HALTED Washouts Follow" Heavy Rain ; Fall Totals'Teit Inched HUTCHISON, KAS.'. Aug. 15. r APiTraln service In western Kansas was demoralized today by washouts due to recent heavy ram fall. -... - The Rock Island ad Missouri Pacific used the Santa Fer tracks Saturday and yesterday until a ahout west ' of Dodge Oity caused cessation of tbrough ser vice to Colorado. The main line of the Santa- e is not-being used because of a washout near Great Bend. Ser vice is possible., over the Kinsley cutoff between Hutcmnson ana Dodge City. ( 4 Th$ shn? was? shining . & noon tcaay Tere after nearly two inches mnm of rain had fallen during the-morning swelling the; August total to date to almost 10 mcnes SALEM W0M W I MURED Mrs. Dorothy Oglesby Cut-, About Face: Other Car Flits PORTlJlNDr-AUG 15- (API -Cuts about the. ; face wre re ceived by i Mrs. Dorotny uiesDy orfalem"tadaj'n"avcottl6n be- IvMau automobile In which she was riding and another . macnine which' departed hastily ' after the , O, C. Oglesby and Mike Lewis. tbe-litter1 driver, ot : the car in which. Mr.' Ofclesby was 1 riding. escaped i Injury.' Mrs. Oglesby had her wonndsdressetfftt the emergency hospitals t ' ' Koehle and Loose Back at Dessau; Edzard , and Risticz Also Fail BATTLE FOG 22 HOURS Kuropa Damaged in Descent and May Not be Ready to Resume Soon ; Pilots Determined to Succeed Later : DESSAU, Germany, Aug. 15. (AP) Beaten, but sua grimly determined to conquer the Atlan tic, the four sturdy Qerman air men who hopped off fromDessau late yesterday afternoon In an at tempt to achieve first honors for a westward air passage, tonight were back at their starting point after defying storm and lightning in a heroic effort to reach their goal. The pilots, Herman Koehle and Friedrich Loose, after a nerve racking 22 hour battle with storm and fog which carried them beyond the west coast of Ireland, diopped in on Dessau in theif monoplane Bremen almost unob served at a time when hope was still high that they were speeding across the Atlantic to the Ameri can coast. Land at Bremen At almost the same hour, their flying comrades Cornelius Edzard and Johann Risticz of the mono plane Europa, which only recently fCoBtinnd oq PC 8.) iJEACH TRAFFIC- HhAVY Highway Detriment Count Shows Travel NotV" at Peak Traffic between Willamette Valley .points and the beaches is heavier this year than ever before, according to official counts of ve hicles made by representatives of the state highway department. The vehicle traffic reached Its peak for the 1927 season during the past two weeks. The heavy travel was expected to continue vntil early in September. SCENES FROM GREAT QUAKE IN KANSU PROVINCE 3 ff - It. o - at- . : . jtw. y mr J- ? 4$ ft?' - ixr ---iff ;-: , there are tne first prctures to arrive in. the United Stales of the great earthquake that . shook Kansu province, in 'the Interior o! China, - in May,, destroying entire cities1 .and1 causlag V death 'loss estimated at 100, 000 persons. Top photo ehoWs the -ruins -of -a 'mission at Liangchowfu," where ' or phaned children are heing cared for."by priests ' and slsterc '- To'thW right rescue workers gre shown among the rulns;;"at Liangchowi'one of .thecltles where the most damage waa done, and 'below' ia a group' of "mlsBtonaries among ihe ruins at Lenchow, , , ' SILVERTON, ORE.. Aug. 15 (Special) Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Bailey of Silverton are nearly frantic over the disappearance of their son. Nelson Bailey. Nelson, who is twelve years old, spent last week at Newberg visit ing his cousin, Herbert Reynolds, who is the same age as Nelson. The last heard of the two boys was Saturday afternoon when they had asked someone in what way Salem could most easily - be reached. They were advised to catch a bread wagon going from Newberg to Salem. Whether or not the boys left in this manner was not ascer tained. They were wearing overalls and carrying blankets when'last seen. Parents of both boys spent all day Sunday searching for them Lut found no trace of them. Niether of the boys had any money when they left, according to the parents. RAINIER RECALL CARRIES Campaign to Oust Officers of Oregon City Successful RAINIER, Ore., Aug. 15. (AP) A practically complete count late tonight of today's re call election, indicated that Mayor A. E. Veatfh, together with Val Knauf and E. P. Haugeberg, coun cilmen, had been recalled from of fice. The vote at 11:30 o'clock gave 219 ballots for Veatch's re call and' 14 6 against the move; Knauf, Yes 216, No 146; Hauge berg, Yes 220, No 143. Interest at the issues at stake ran high as shown by the fact that 446 votes were cast out of a total registration of 539 and of this number it was estimated that from 30 to 40 had moved away. Shortly after the polls closed Mayor Veatch predicted that the recall as far as he was concerned at least, would carry 229 to 217. The' mayor does- not acknowledge defeat even if the recall is suc cessful and proposed to contest the election on three grounds: ( 1 ) The changing of the elec tion date; 2) The failure to pub lish the notice of the election in the Rainier newspaper; (3) The functioning of ah election board that he declares is illegal. tiit 1 , iJvtVrf FI -i ' 'A? ?"J J-Vi - Tx it v. J' 't ? f ... i 1 L c I ' .r r - "ilf 3- , 1 , ' Urging commutation to life imprisonment of .the death sen tence under which James' Willos snd Ellsworth Kelley are schedul ed to be hanged here Friday, Will R. King, attorney who represent ed them at the time of their trial here on charges ;of slaying John Sweeney and Milton Holman, guards, during a prison break at the state penitentiary In August, 1925, appeared before Governor Patterson here Monday. Mr. King based his plea for ex ecutive clemency on the cdnten tion that the slaying of the two guards was not premeditated. He also presented a letfer to Gover 'nor Patterson indicating that at torneys employed to represent Willos and Kelley in the United States supreme court had neglect ed to file briefs setting out the testimony given at the tima of the trials. In addition to personal appeals Governor Patterson has received many letters requesting clemency for the convicts. Most of the writers indicated that they were opposed to capital punishment. Governor Patterson has indi cated that he would not interfere with the sentences imposed by the courts. Kelley and Willos are scheduled to be hanged in the ex ecution chamber of the prison here early Friday morning. An unus ually large number -of persons have reouested Invitations to wit ness the hangings, officials said. Tom Murray, who also was con victed of first-degree murder in connection with the break, com mitted suicide by banging himself in a death cell. Bert (Oregon) Jones, fourth member of the gang involved in the break, was ' shot and killed by prison gnards as he scaled the institution wall. POTATO SURVEY MADE State Market Ajrent Leaves Today to Make fbrvestigatlon 1 Seymour Jones, state 'market agent, will leave here today for Klamath Falls where he will In vestigate the potato situation. Re ports received at the offices of the state market agent indicated that more than 100 cars of potatoes would be shipped out oj Klamath county this year. This Is a marked increase over the potato produc tion in 1926. t . . 'i is - 4"i v.-T - j: - fir'i,fi,i 'r ,-- n- - Council s Postpones Opening Qf Bids for Incinerator Pending Opinion WILL EMPLOY ENGINEERS Highway Department May be Au thorized to Draw Plans for Bridges; May Not Build ' Until Next Spring ; Programs for the construction of new bridges, incinerator and drainage systems struck tempo rary snags at last night's meeting of the Salem city council. Members of the conncil made it plain that they are in favor of ex pediting matters as rapidly as possible, but insisted that pending receipt of an opinion from a Port land law firm as to the validity of bonds voted at the last city election, the city should not be definitely committed to. an ex penditure of funds for the pur poses imileated by the voters. An opinion is expected by the time the council holds its next' meeting which will be September 6, it was stated last night. . Postpone Bid Opening- Although last night's meeting was the time set for opening of bids for construction of the new city incinerator, . a motion was made by Councilman Dancy and carried by the council to postpone the date until the next meeting. This will "give other firms an op portunity to enter bids, some who (Continued on page 8.) PARK VISIT RUMORED President SXid to be Planning Journey to Yellowstone RAPID CITY, s: D., AUG. 15.- AP) Although official confirma tion is lacking it is understood that President Coolidge has de cided to make a four to six day trip through Yellowstone Nation al park next week. A group of railroad officials has been in Rapid City with an itinerary which calls for the en trance of the president into the park at Gardiner, Wyo. The trip was said to have been scheduled to begin from the Black Hills next Sunday. It was known some weeks ago that a request was sent out from the Black Hills; next Sunday. It was known some weeks ago that a request was sent out from the summer White House for lit erature on the Yellowstone but later it was declared that Mr. coolidge then had no plans fpr the trip to the park. 96 DEGREES RECORDED wj IJogree, Temperature Appar ently ont After Altitude Record 'i After a few days of moderation. toe temperature seemed on its way toward, another attempt ; to break the altitude -record. Monday w&en It ros to 9 degrees. Local people suffered even more yester day than they. did in-the previous not spell, when the-heat redord was broken. ,. Lack of movement In. the atmosphere was blamed, - .r. . PORTLAND. AUG. 15 AP) -tThe thermometer wet to the 94 degree mark here today, and no lmroedlate'rellef from the pro longed warm weather period is in sight, meteorologists said tonight. ESCAPE IN .HOTEL FIRE Sn of Local Woman at Hartsook l . Iui When It' Barned ' i j Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Schomaker, son and daughter-in-law of Mrs. Olive S. Schomaker of 1298 South Cpmmerda.M street. "'. Salem, . were more fortunate than some of he other guests at the Hartsook Inn, $100,000 Resort hotel In the Red wood I forest district of California when it burned to the ground re-centlyv-f . . - , :,-r'j Mr.? and Mrs. Schomaker awoke etrly : and ' were : able to escape from the - building, with , part of their clothlBg, r but "many - of the guests were unable to save any thing but their skins, according to word received by the local wo man. ; - Oregon, which means the Salem district mostly, will not have a 100.000 bale yeild of hOps this year.- to which total tonnage earlier indications, pointed. Reason, too much hot weather. BuJ there will likely be a yield of around 80.000 bales, against about 76,000 bales for last year. Another thing. There will be a high quality. crop of hops har vested, in case the 'right kind of weather shall prevail from now on. The right kind , of weather will mean weather without much rain or foggy weather from now on till the hops are all picked; that is, tilt about the middle of next - month. Too much rain or damp weather would mean moldy bops, reducing the ' quality, be cause ' the vines were badly in rested with lice early in the season before, the hot days came to help get rid of the vermin. A Big crop of Fuggle There is a big crop of -fu'ggles hops, the early varety, and pick ing has already begun on the fug gles hops. In the big Brown's Island yard of fuggles belonging to Frank Needham and Bud Btutesman, one of the largest of that yarlety In the valley, pick ing was commenced yesterday. In the yards around Harrisburg, all or nearly all of them, ot t ha. early variety, picking is going on. The fuggles hops will have the big gest yield in the history of the industry in this district. It will be at least 10.000 bales, and of ex cellent quality. The opening hop prices are low. Contract and - spot offerings' for the new crop, around Salem, are IS cents a pound and up." In the Harrisburg district, 19 cents for spot fuggles hops is being freely offered. ' - - ' r t, "What -willbe the later price of hops?" the reporter Inquired of a leading Salem dealer yesterday. Reply: "If I knew I would make a lot of money." . HV added that climatic conditions from now on will have a good deal to do with It. The quality will have a lot to do with it. With favorable weather, the quality will be the highest for years. TRAFFIC CHANGE LIKELY Stop Signs May be Eliminated on Church; Ordinance up Carrying the emergency, clause, a blU for "an ordinance was intro duced at last night's meeting of the Salem city council which If carried will have the effect of re moving the stop signs from Church street adjoining Court street on the north and State street on the south. The bill was passed for first and second readings without comment last night and will come up for final passage at the next meeting of the ' council, which Is : scheduled for September 6. If It passes at that time it will Ko into immediate effect; and au tos going south on Church street will not be required to. stop when entering Court, and will not' be required to stop when entering State street from the isouthV-i - on the opposite sides of th two 'streets the ston reru-.(lnn. will remain In effect as at the pres ent time.: Cara proceeding; along Church and approachfne - ? Cnnrt treet from the sbuth or' 'State street from the north, would ' be required to. come to a full stopNo other stop signs n ; the city will to -affected - by the' ordinance if it HIGHWAY TOUR PLANNED At.l 1m: ' -i'V ""fu,UCTi" . vnimiwJoii;: Other Officials iTttcMke Trip ' Members of the state blT.'.o. coramission. accompanied by Gov- our s -erson.i Justices O. P Coshew and J. Liian i ..-" Oregon supreme, court and other of f icialv. Will leave here Wednes day, night for Southern and West ern i Oregon; wherev they' wllli fn- .nnmner of highways now under, construction. , . s - $3k- : jv.Leaving.ir Rosebnrr morning-, the ; party f wm go ' to Reeasport and? then tot nnrnM They,, later will gtf to' Marsh field K,puie eacn, , enrry ,-eonntyi i and thence over the Redwood hiehwav to Grants PasaiaThe of fieiabt will return here- next Monday; .v ;i V. The trip will be .made by- an to mobile with the exception ot be tween tRoseburr. and . Reedsnort. which wUI be toade by ralL ' - ' -! "i Bids- on Structure Costing i Approximately $125,000 To Be Opened Today START IN SEPTEMBER Beanty to be Feature of Edifice to Rise at Comer of Winter and Cbemeketa; Auditorium j P ' W1U Seat OOO Bids are to Je opened, today for the construction of the new $126. 000 , First Presbyterian church which is to rise soon on the prop erty at' the northeast corner, of Winter and Cbemeketa streets. It was announced yesterday. Plans for the buildings have been drawn by Maurice White house, Portland architect. Build ing work, it is expected, will be started about the first of Septem- berv"- ' " -.-..:'. , If -Will Accommodate COO The new church is expected to be one of the most beautiful struc tures of its kind Jn the city, being of brick, In a colonial atyle. The main auditorium -will seat 600, and has its main entrance on Wlni ter street, facing westi The rear bf the building will be an educa tional building; of three stories, which will house the - Sunday school and 1 other activities for young people. -. ; Separate rooms for each depart ment of .the Sunday school will ba provided Jn the educational' build.' Ing, so j that . the most ,"moders methods rot religious . edncatioi may be worked out there. . . f The equipment of the main and. Itorlum of the ehorch wlU'incIudv a target pipe organ which4 will b one ofthe best in;th city, it is said.'1-, j 'r.tz -:;; ..!" Plans Long Conslderetl ' Plans for the - construction of this new building have been un der way since November, 1924. 'hen the first part of 'the money tor the project was raised. Two other : campaigns to raise funds were held, with the result - that pledges have now been secured. payable within five years, enough to cover the cost of the church. , The first plant for the new building were worked out during the pastorate of Rer. Ward WHlis Long,' who left Salem two years ago to accept a pastorate in Los Angeles. After the arrival of Rev. Norman K Tully the work was continued, with its culmina- (Contlnaed pg S.) FLORIDA COAST HIT BY STORM TOWN OP CARABELlE devas. tat nv vrETtfR cjat.ti One Negro Killed j : , Namber In Jurcd; Communlcat ion ' Broken Down TALLAHASSEE, FI.X;, Aug. 1.1. ' (AP) -A negro was killed and several persons injured when wind of- cyclonic proportions struck parabelle, on the gulf late today. according to advices received here tonight. 'i ,U . J...;.' " Meagre ireoprte' received by the local office of the Western Union Telegraph company, and the Sea hoard Air Llna Railway here that 'the high winds demolished a "brick building in the centar of the town and several other buildings were down.." ! ,', . iW'-v Communication with Carabello was broken at about 9 o'clock. Carabelle 'a fishing town of some 15tj0 persons Is located In ' Franklyn county, la northern Flor ida, situated near the mouth of New river. At Panacea, a resort about 25 miles north of . Carabelle, nothing of the storm has been heard. , FromXopchoppy came the only word of the storm when the West ern . Union lines held up long enough for the transmission of telegrams. , The messages indicat ed, it was said, that there had been considerable; damage and ' that several persons had been in jured; and a negro killed, Apalachicola reports said that there bad been considerable dam age at Carabelle' and that a num ber of persons had been Injured fcy flying glass. ..There were no re ports of fatalities, however. ri