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r I: -1 i f SdlenrVetcomes Another Cfassofteshmem-Who: Come to Enter the V tl.; theEidhtu-F6urtFzlass to A Reed the Report of f heIirigoti for This.tYear; He Pdys His Mortgage With 1927 1 ' ".r.. .r , .1 . . ....... . " ' Weather forecast: Fair, rising tempera The Tillage smith has now opened an up-to-date filling station and the spreading chestnut tree under which he used to stand is now being used by mother for an open-air tea room. . - ' ", ; ; ture; 'gentle variable winds. Maximum, tem- iperaiure ' yeateraay . i z, minimum it; river minus .2, " raiaf all none, atmosphere . clear. : SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1927 PRICE: FIVE CENTS mm if ) 1f f i FIRST CHURCH REPORT S i AS SUCCESSFUL rS Increase in Membership, Finances and Attendance Noted at Meeting Z.. TAYLOR'S RETURN ASKED 3embers 3fw v Xanilter 1432; Bloneys IUlwed $.18,491; Large Share Goes to Support of Other Institution An increase in membership, fi nances, and attendance was shown by the church, roll and budgets presented at the annual meeting of the First Methodist church. Re ports from the organization, and church staff indicated that the church- Is ia a prosperous condi tion. ReT. Fred C. Taylor was un animously asked to return to the pastorate next year. .The present ' membership is 1, 182 In "residence, and there are 260 non-resident members; 120 people T Joined the church during the year. The Sunday school num bers 1161, Including 250 in the cradle roll and 65 In the home de partment. An average attendance of'750 was had at the church ser vices and 445 at the Sunday school. The Epworth Leagues, La dles Aid, and missionary societi es" are in a flourishing condition. Funds Bunded ; ' Large- 1 The total amount of moneys raised during the year was $38. 491, which included $10,754 to Willamette university, $5,142 to missions benerolences, and $16, 448 to the local church budget of expenses and, improvement?. The ladies aid society reported by Mrs. H. H." Vanderrort, the presi 4 dent, an , amount of over $1200 JLorai&ed dorlns iM year. TJbe W. F. It. S. reported by Mrs. R. V. Hol ; lenberg-an amount of $1216 and the W. H. S. by Mrs. O. A. Ai des, had $1056 to their credit. , The Sunday school and leagues paid over $1000 In their offerings. The 'year showed the addition to the thurch property of the lot on the cast side of the parsonage which is being lawned and parked this week. ?,: Staff Re-Elected " The church budget adopted for next year was $11,691, which goes to pay salaries and running ex- ' j h,-' (Continad on pag 8.) FASTER SERVICE OFFERED BY S. P. CASCADK A XT SH.8TA TO KhV DUCK KUXXIXCr TIME ImproYcd Schedules r on. other Train Announced j- Bus Thirty minutes will be clipped from the schedule of the "Cas cade," the Southern Paclf ic'a de luxe train between Salem and San Francisco beginning September 25th and twenty minutes will be taken off the running time of the "Shasta" on the same date. The "Cascade will make the run via Klamath Falls from Salem to San Fraocteco in 21 hours and fifteen minutes, leaving Salem at 11:47 p. m. and arriving in San Francisco at 9:00 p. m. the fol lowing evening. The "Shasta" will leave Salem at 10:13 a., m. as at present. Another decided Improvement In this schedule is that ' the. "Cas cade will make direet connec tions at Oakland Pier with the "Padre" which is a fast high class train for Los Angeles, enabling passengers to leave Salem, 11:4T p. m. and arrive in Los Angeles the second morning at 9:45. The "Oregonian No. 13 will leave Salem at 11:25 p. m. by way of Medford and Rogue River val ley, arriving in San Francisco at 7:30 a. m. the second morning The "Oregonian" will carry sleep ers for Coos- Day, Southern Ore gon, and a newly established lo cal sleeper, Portland to Roseburg, In addition to through sleepers fpr San Francisco and Sacramento. This car will return Roseburg to Portland on No, 14, leaving Roseburg at 11:45, p. tn. . The "Pelican" No. 3t will leave Salem 3:20 a. m. using the Cascade I. fATfi'ffte through Klamath Falls and making connection with the Ore- X . w a. a - m : i H !uuian macK uuiw tor ban i 1 Francisco." This train Wiir carry ; . -sleepers for Eugene ; and " San . ' Francisco. be clipped off the "West Cdast" the; Los Angeles-Portland flyer, that ' train arriving In Salem at 6:45 a. m. instead of 7:20 a. hi. and making direct connection at Portland for'Puget Sou tul points. The local leaving Salom 11:00 C9Btauf 4- oa . pf a. if FARMS WILL PAY WITH IRRIGATION TVRXKR 3IAX TURNS RAIX DROIS INTO' POf OF GOLD Makes Enough On This Year's Crop to Pay Off Mortgage and liuy Hat Why do not all farmers In the Willamette valley who have the right kind of land and can get wa ter at the right cost Irrigate? That is the biggest question "before the house'" today. It is going to be for a long time. , It will grow increasingly inter rogative till, the prismatic col ors of the rainbow of the evening will paint the veryf sky with an imaginary question point. Sure a3 you were born. Take This Case , Take this case. Bruce Browne of Turner, a very short timt back, could, not have induced a banker in Marion county to loan him a $5 bill on his farm holdings. This year, from this year's crops, he will pay off his mort gage and other indebtedness, and have at least enough left to buy himself a new hat.! What did It? Water. Just water. Irrigation wat ter, from the Santiam ditches. Potatoes! As Is There is being displayed at the Albany fair this week a hill of po tatoes from Bruce Bonne's place 46 potatoes out of one hill! . Yesterday , two hills of potatoes were turned out; cine yielded 17 potatoes, the other ; 21. The har vest of the two hills weighed 14 pounds. There were only two of the 38 potatoes betow the U. S. No. 1 standard; so they were all No. 1 standard, because the allow ance is 6 per cent for under siz ed tubers. A man wanted to dig some of the Bowne potatoes for the culls. He started on the Job and quit. There are no culls. . Mr. Bowne has 35 acres of po tatoes. They will go 200 to 300 hundred pound sacks to the acre, or more. All No. 1. They are ear ly; known to the trade as "Aug ust potatoes. They have sold for the highest prices of the year in a 10 year record for tht United States. Mr. Bowne haa sold a car Costiai n ELECT NEW COMMANDER California Man. Chosen by Accla mation to Head Grand Army GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Sept. 15 (AP)- Eldridge L. Hawk, of Sacramento, Cal., was elected com mander in chief of the rand Army orthe Republic by acclamation to day. This is the first timep that a G. A. R. commander, has been elec ted from the Pacific coast. Denver, Colo., was Chosen as the site of the 1928 encampment. Hawk enlisted April 22. 1861, as a private in Company G, 18th Ohio, and re-enlisted in September in the same regiment, later he or ganized Company F, 114th Ohio, and was made first lieutenant. He was promoted to captain after the. first battle and was. senior captain at the close of the war when he was detailed to assist in mustering out troops at New Orleans after his regiment was discharged. Major eneral John C. Clem, of Washington; D. "C'S, withdrew from the race when , the nominations were made.; leaving the vote for commander between Hawk, John T. Reese, of Broken Bow, N. B., Frank Cole of Jersey City, Patrick Comey, of T.opeka, Kans. and Sam uel Town of Philadelphia. PAYS FOR DISCOURTESY Street Bai!way.Cnrptiay Itefamls Woman's Fare The Salem Street Railways, op erated by the Southern Pacific company, paid for the discourtesy of one of its employee yesterday evening, when a representative of the company refunded to one Mrs. Smith the seven cents she hand ed the conductor of a Chemeketa street bus, af. Liberty and Court streets. " " ; j Mrs. Smith, who has but re cently returned from several months spent in Portland, board nd the bus, thinking It would take her' out on! the 17th and Summer street line.: After: Bhe had ridden a block, she discovered her error, she reported, but the conductor refused to Issue her a transfer. She proceeded : to the city hall where she called up the company. and was given : her fare home Similar' occurrences are said to have been reported from the Cbe meketa street line, TARIFFS MUST BE: FILED Opinion Rendered by Attorney General Van Winkle Yesterday 1 All interstate carriers - are re quired by law to file with the pub lie service ' commission interstate tariffs affecting their Oregon busi ness,1 according to legal opinion prepared by the attorney general here Thursday. : The opinion was requested by the public service commission. - It Was said that? the railroads operating in Oregon had objected to paying the fee required for, the tiling of interstate tariffs,' , . Ml. II. FRESHM EN ARRIVE TODAY: IBB EXPECTED Special Program Arranged to Acquaint New Students With University; PRESIDENT WILL GREET Classifying English Examinations to be Followed by Addresses From Faculty Members, .Student Officers Between 175 and ISO freshmen are expected to arrive on the Wil lamette university campus today and tomorrow to partlcipatae in '.' iW Wa ;':- &r-i X-."- -K t :': Charles Redding activities of Freshmen week prep aratory to registration. After enrollment With the reg istrar, they will meet lni the af ternoon at Waler hal i tufce the English qualifying tests. H In the evening. President Doney will speak to them on "The Universi ty Its History, Customer and (Continued on page 8.) . ROAD FILL WASHED OUT Foundation Thought to be Rock Slides Away; 40 Feet Gone ASTORIA, Sept. 15. fAPU- The location of about 35feet of the Cannon Beach highway will be changed as a result of a slide which this week tore out a fill im mediately south of Humbug Point. The slide carried away about 40 good cubic feet" of earth. The slide revealed that, the base of the fill was not rock, as sup posed, but earth, necessitating a new location. - i LEADING AMERICAN LEGION INVASION OF FRANCE sv.'.-. ' A Sf V i W ; . A i . . ... ..-. ;i 1 Among the leaders of the American. Legion 'Invading France for the organization's convention are these folk, photographed on the'Levlatbaji; 'Leftto right, Charles A- Mills, chef de chemln de fer of the 40 and 8 Legion organization: Howard P. Savage. national commander: of the Legion; James M. MKchell, winner of the American Legion poster competition, with his design "Symbolical Figure of the American Legion"; and Mrs. Adlln Wright -Mcaulay preside of THRONGS HONOR ISADORA DUNCAN BODr WILL BE FORWARDED TO PARIS THIS EVENING Floral Tributes Heaped Before X'otcd American Exponent . of Dance NICE, France, Sept- 15 (AP The body of Isadora Duncan, whose beauty of movement in the classical dances enraptured thou sands, lay motionless in death in her studio In Nice today, sur rounded by hundreds of bouquets and great masses of flowers. Every stage of social life along the'Rlviera, and in many capitals of the world, which recognized her i as an ideal exponent of the dance. was represented by those who sent tokens of sympathy. The chauf feur who. usually drove Miss Dun can's car, brought a vast bouquet that to him represented the earn ings of. a month. The noted dancer was strangled yesterday when one end of a silk scarf she was wearing around her neck,, became entangled in the fiont wheel of her moving auto iaobile. It is planned to send the body to Paris tomorrow evening, a lo cal magistrate having decided this afternoon to waive legal formal ities which would have necessitat ed a visit by the Russian Soviet consul and bis permission for re moval. Mrs. Edesta, who resided with Miss Duncan in Nice, has tak en charge of the body which prob ably will be cremated in Paris and the ashes placed beside her two children, who 'also died in an au tomobile accident. BRIDGE ENGINEER HERE Effort Will lie. Made to Complete Plans Early in October With the arrival in Salem of R. A. Furrow, newly appointed special bridge engineer, an infor nr.al conference between Mayor T. A. Livesley, C. B. McCullough, bridge engineer for the highway department. City Attorney Fred Williams, and Mr. Furrow was held, regarding construction work o:a the South Commercial street bridge. , Att' effort will be made to get plans for ithe bridge completed by early, October so that bids can be culled for and the contract award ed "in time for some progress be fore winter sets in. Mr. Furrow returned to Astor ia, yesterday afternoon where he will arrange to move his family to Salem.' ASKS HIGH ONION TARIFF Senator Borah of Idaho Calls Upon I r. President, Coolidge WASHINGTON Sept. 15. (APj---Iricreased tariffs on onions te protect American producers, es pecially from the products of Spain and Egype? were urged upon President Coolidge today by Sena tor Borah, republican, Idaho. An investigation Into the differ ences In the cost of production has been made by the tariff commis sion, which is expected to submit its reper $o the president in the n;ar future.' J. v t ....... ? f - - c- i l ,. - 1 'a ..... ...... 1 -- I .: : v :::: CONFLICT OVER; TARIFF LOOMS FRANCE AND TJ. 8. , FACE CRISIS IN NEGOTIAIOXS Imports From Here '-, Listed at Twice Rates Quoted Other Countries ' WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (AP) Rejection by France of American proposals for a, most favored na tion commercial treaty to cor rect French tariff discriminations against American goods brought the two governments' to the verge of an open clash today thst, in opinion of some officials, might develop into a tariff war. While the French communica tion declining the offer was not made public, it was said authori tatively at the state department that there will be little delay in formulating the American answer as the tariff act forbids the nego tiation of treaties as to tariffs on any basis but that ef equal treat ment for all nations. . This limita tion upon the powers of the presi dent preventing acceptance of the French counter proposals undoub tedly win -be brought out sharply in the reply Washington officials indicated astonishment that the French for eign office and its technical advis ors were not fully advised as to the provisions of the Ameiican tariff act. The nature of the counter proposal, however, is taken as an indication that they were nat since there could have been no point in suggesting to 'the Washington government a course of action it could not follow with in the law even if It so desired. It also is uncertain whether the French government Is aware of the so-called retaliatory provisions in section 317 of the tariff act upon which the president may impose penalty duties or even absolute embargoes against importations from countries exercising tariff (Continued oa page 4.) STATE TO GET $16,500 New Coach Service to Result " in Increased Revenue The new Southern Paciffe Inter statejbus, service .wliyreturja toj&e, state of Oregon annual mileage taxes aggregating approximately SI 6,500, according to announce ment" made at the offices of the public' service commission, yrhis is in addition to revenues from ve hicle and operators licenses. Members of the commission es timated that the investment in stages and terminals would exceed $250;OOOL: - The principal offices for Oregon will be In Salem. SCALDING WATER FATAL Mervina Merwia Dies After Day and Half in Hospital Mervina Merwin, 9, who was seriously scalded at hte Horst hop ranch Wednesday, and who has been cared for at a local hospital since that time, passed away a few minutes after midnight this morning. . Her death marks the. third fatal hop yard tragedy this week. fv' 'til 4 1 , M i i , . . . 1 , ...... v tfie Amefjcaa Leglog Auxiliary, V THISIR America's Idol of the Air to Appear Here Between 7:30 and 8 a. m. HUNDREDS WILL WAtCH 'We' Leaving Portland at 0:30; Silvery Glint of Wings to Dif- . ferentiate From Flight Manager's Plane Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh will appear above Salem between 7:30 and 8 o'clock this morning, and probably will circle the city. Charles , A. Lindbergh ; . , i '." - - ' ' . His coming will be heralded by one long blast on the fire depart raent's siren, i. The Colonel is also schednled to fly low over Chemawa and. Silver- ton. Superintendent McGregor, of the Indian school, will telephone immediately when "The Spirit" ap pears there so that the siren can warn people of his coming; Manager to. Precede The plane bearing Captain Don aid Keyhoe, department of com merce representative, and flight manager for the Colonel, Will. pre cede that of "the lone pilot by half an hour. It is believed. It- is suggested that people ob serve the" time closely and re mem ber that the wings of "The Spirit" have a very pronounced 1 silvery glint, so as not to confuse the two planes. ' Chamber of Commerce officials, (Oontinuad. oa pK 8) REPORT CREATES PANIC Cotton Prices Take Big Drop After Erroneous Statement :NBW YORK,. Sept. 15. (AP) An erroneous1 report intimating that the department of agriculture predicted' a decline in cotton pric es during the next lew months dis rupted the market on the New York cotton exchange today and actually forced prices down $7.50 per bale. The market fell to & level lower even than that after the break of Tuesday, December contracts reaching a basis of 2 1;3 6 cent a pound, or abont 116.60 a bale below the season's high11 prices of September 8. i The report, published on news tickers attributed to the depart ment the statement that, should present estimates of production be realized the past relationships be tween supply and price prevail;, it was likely prices would decline In the next few months, i .Vf i; ; The department later, explained that 'evidently its statement-! - a month ago, suggesting the possi bility of a reduction in prices at the end of ' the; season ' under cer tain conditions', 'had been- misin terpreted and declared there have been as yet no 'developments ' to wrxrant such an inference.' -;, - FIRE SAID SPONTANEOUS H. Stelubock Nut Yet Informed of Disastrous lllaze Here : V i-r Spontaneous combustion devel oping in old rags and rubber at the rear of the structure .caused the fire which destroyed, J. Stein bock's Capital Bargain House ear ly Thursday morning it la believ ed by that fire department, jAn investigation ; ; probably i will be held 8ometfm&"4his ' wetkiti iMr.-Steinbock;. late last night had not yet returned, from Seat tle. He isvnUrrnrmei of. his lose here unless he 'has read of It. in the lwspajerf4. ' Mm 1 ' v. . : :::. x : f. m V COURT N DEFINES PAPER'S -RIGHTS PRIVILEGE ENDS, WHERE DE FAMATION BEGINS, HELD Expression of ..Opinion in Good Faith and Without Malice Permitted y A newspaper, under : the guise of qualified "privilege, has no right to defame a person or to injure that which is his most valuable property rights a good name, but on the other hand, a. news paper is ,no longer obliged In re ference to matters of public inter est, to speak with bated breath. So reads the opinion of tne Oregon supreme court, written by Justice Belt In reversing tne ae cree of Judge Evans of the Mult nomah county circuit court In, a libel action brought . by A. K. Peck, Marshfield attorney.- The Coos Bay Times Publishing com pany of Marshfield was the de fendant In the circuit court action in which judgments totalling 41, 500 were awarded Peck against the publisher, Peck charged the Times with publishing two alleged libelous editorials in which; Peck was branded dictator of politics in Coos county, and said to have been affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan. The Marshfield attorney de clared the alleged ' libelous arti cles brought him into "public hatred,- contempt and ridicule." "When a man enters the poli tical arena, even though not a candidate," the supreme court opinion said, "he must not be too sensitive about criticism,. There are generally blows to receive as well as to give . . . ." The Coos Bay Times, as a news paper, had the right to make fair comment and criticism, upon the plaintiff's alleged unreliability in political matters matters affecting public interest, and it also was within its province to criticize his advocacy of doctrines which it deemed to be fallacious and in imical, to the public welfare. v "The greatest portion of the ar ticles constitute an attack-upon the Ku Klux Klan and upon Peck by reason of his alleged affilia tion with such organisation. "While Peck was hot a candidate for of- - (Continued o pag 2.) ; : ., CHILD'S LEG FRACTURED Leland Dancev-6, Darts Suddenly In. Front of Auto Leland Dancer, six year old son of Jack Dancer; residing just east of the fairgrounds on the Silver ton road.. Is in a Salem hospital with a broken leg, ag the result of being struck by the car of Mrs. E. A. Skelly, 1745 John street, yesterday. The child darted suddenly from behind a truck-parked on Fair grounds road. Just north of the intersection-' with the Silverton riad. witnesses said, into the path of Mrs. Skelley's car. Upon see ing the child. Mrs. Skelley applied the brakes, and had almost stop ped the machine, she said, when the child ran against It, striking the left, side of the bumper and left head light. Hospital authorities reported his condition: favorable last night. His injuries I were limited to the broken leg and prulses. The acci dent occurred at 10:30 a. m. TRADE COUNCIL MEETS Foreign Trade Expansion Stressed v, at victoria Conference VICTORIA. ' : r? fin 1C (AP) A keynote of international good will was sounded today at tne opening ; session of the fifth annual foreign, trade council which has attracted delegates from a score of nations . . The need for continued amity nmong tne nations bordering on the Pacific was principally empha sized by speakers from the United eaaies ana Canada. ...... : "We are r.ot rnrarn 1n .onn test for division of shipping and iraae," declared William Pigott of Seattle, president of the conn. ell- "Instead we are trying to create new aemands and find new and undeveloped markets. That is what we mean by expansion of icreign traae." MIKE BEST BULLDOGGER Annual Event Won by Contestant - Who IIah Two Ribs Broken " PENDLETON, Ore., Sept. 16, (AP) With two broken ribs and with ; his : body, braced with tape, Mike Hastings today -.made the f&stest time in the bulldogging contest on the second dav'a nro. gram of , the annual ., Pendleton rounaup. The Tibs were broken a few days ago in a rodeo in Washington. First place in the ouuaogging event went to Hast ings with an elapsed time of 19 seconds. Bob Crosby was second with 19.L seconds. ' .... : The parade of Indians was the most spectacular event of the day, with hundreds of the tribesmen of that Cayuse,, Walla Walla and Umatilla tribes nartlclaatin&r in a gorgeously resplendent array, of HUGE liRi.!,l 1- Paris and Other Cities A flutter With Flags as Convention Nears ; ; NATIONAL HOLIDAY SET Business to Stop Throughout Na tion. Monday; f General Icru tng and Others Arrive - . " Cherbourg Today ; ! CHERBOURG, FRANCE, Sept. 1 6.- ( AP ) - ( Friday ) The 1 i ncf Le-riathan bearing General Persh ing and a contingent of American Legionnaires to the legion con vention opening in Paria next week arrived here this morning. PARIS. Sept. 15. f AP) Par is and the Atlantic ports of France were gay "with bunting' and flags tonight ready to welcome tomor row and the next day that great peace-time armada .which brings the American Legion. A dozen ships with thousands of former American soldiers aboard was nearlng the French coast. Tenth Anniversary General John T, Pershing who ten years ago slipped across a sea Infested with submarines and en tered this country then in the mid st of war with a few staff off i- . ers will 'return tomorrow aboard the Leviathan with bands playing and flags flapping In the hree?e. The booming guns of French warships - and the rear of the: motors of the airplanes circling overhead will welcome him' an 1 his companions who were once soldiers in his victort6n! army. . - : nee TIievnbarft? -The Leviathan will alitor 'f v Cherbourg sometime after 3 n. n t tomorrow and during tfce next hours a whole fleet of ships w''l disembark an army of buddies n the shores of France and Belgium. all of them bound for Paris and . the convention which opens Mon day. The steamer Republic whi-h reached ' Cherbourg late tonight and the President Harding which arrives tomorrow morning will land hundreds more of the legion. In a drizzling rain that contin ued throughout the day, Paris workmen finished the Job of deck- fug out the French capital for Its holiday attire. Tonight along the boulevards and the Champs Elys eea and other principal avenuts the tricolor of France and the Stars and Stripes fly side by sida from hundreds of lamp, posts. : -All ef France will have a holi day Monday.. : BANK OFFICIALS . INDICTED AGAIN 23 COUNTS CHARGE CONS PI R- , Acr and oTiikn crisiks Legal Machinery Gets Under Way Against E. Olmstead and J. E. Wheeler PORTLAND, Sept. 13 (AP) A new Indictment containinK T counts and charging . conspirucv and wholesale violation of the na tional banking, act, was returned by the federal grand Jury today against Emery Olmtead, former president of the Northwestern Na tional bank, now defunct, and John E. Wheeler, former presi dent of the .Mccormick Lumber company, insolvent. The new bill contains not only allot the charges set forth in tho original Indictment returned July 20, but is more' detailed, contains additional reports of overt act alleged and is corrected Jn minor' details. , , , As in the first indictment, th grand Jury again charged check kiddlnr activity on the part of the two men. reaching, it id naiil, approximately $11,000,000 ar.-i resulting In a Ioa of $736,514.43 to the bank. The misuse of thi amount of the bank's funds I Placed directly, upon 'the two do fendants by the indlctoient. When the court perm iito-l n order to Issue on Septembfr 6 re ferring the , matter to the 'grand Jury, it was agreed, that 'the f in -000, bond posted by Olftisf rad 1 wjeeler at tht .time of tYeir ar rest on July. 20 should stamS. so they were not. taken into cuslo.ir again today. New bond win hav to be arranged when. they to the present indictment. - whtrh is anticipated within the nxf f,.w days.... v . s; The government first rhsrsr-n In the 55 typewritten p,is4 ,,f r .-. new, Indictment .that a crri r ir exlsted betwptj oinitfar? m, ident -of ' thi .bntik, nn ri -!f as pres id en t o f t h 1 u m W - ( r -