The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, September 21, 1927, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextlaccUlMerchan ts MaJMPreoMatiaM EnMrMnumny Visitors lat Window Display Opening on Friday i iff!-- j-f! i f. .'-Veatlier forecast: Generally fair; not much change Jn temperature; moderate west and northwest winds on the coast. Maximum temperature" yesterday 74. minimum 52, river minixsltf t rainfall none, atmosphere cloudy,' "wind southwest. A boy in New York was Injured by the ex ploding of a whiskey still in an apartment house. These moonshiners are getting more careless every day. - SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS !s :-t: "ric?ri rt JEM ! ft t t AW 1 1 E. MINISTERS HERE TO M 7:5 TH SESSION Real Work of Conference Opens at 10 a. m. f , Today SEVEN SEEK ADMISSION Hon. Willis C. Hawh-y ami Clar ence True Wilson Principal Speakers Today; Reception Honors Bishop x Conference Frogi-am Today it - 8:3T0a. m. Sacrament Lord's Supper. 10:00 a. m. Conference or ganization. 11:00 a. m.-1 Conference busi ness session 1:30 p. m. Conference busi ness session. 2:30 p. m. Conference com mittee reports. 4:00 p. m. Conference Inspir ational Service. Address by Kev. Ralph S. Cushman, L. i D., Rochester N. Y. 6:00 p. m. Garrett Bible In stitute Banquet at Y. M. C. A. 7:30 p. m. Address by Hon. Willis C. Hawley, member of congress, and Dr. Clarence True Wilson, chairman, board of temperance. Salem yesterday became the headquarters of Oregon Metho dism when about 200 ministers ythered forjthe opening sessions ;the annua) conference. V- "A reception for Bishop and Mrs. William O. Shepard last night ended the day's activities which included conference examinations, a. meeting of the stewards, and an executive session of Bishop Shepard and his four Oregon su perintendents. In the receiving line at the re ception were Governor I. L. Pat terson, Bishop Shepard, Superin tendent D, H. Leach, and other church dignitaries. Governor Patterson extended greetings of the, state in a few brief remarks, and Dr. B. L. Sleeves welcomed tne ministers to (Continued on ps 8) CONGRESS NOT TO MEET EARLY PROPOSALS FOK EXTRA SES SION SIDE-TRACKED foolhlg Reaches Decision After Talking With Leaders of Two Houses WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. (APi Proposals for a special session of congress have been side-tracked by President Cool idge. He also has been advised by re publican leaders here that there is no occasion for a special ses sion of the senate alone, and it was indicated today at the White House that no call for one would be issued. In reaching a definite decision against calling congress into ses sion before the regular convening date in December, Mr. Coolidge has been guided by the advice of Senator Curtis, and Representa tive Tihson, republican leaders of the senate and house, who have told him there would be sufficient time in the regular session con vening in December to enact -pending business. So far as the Mississippi river flood situation is concerned the president understands arrange ments have been made to care for the relief work until January 1. He has been informed by en gineers who are drafting a finrwi ontrol program that they will be ame to report before November ! or later. rywirile some senators had sue- 1 iriolnil .. 1... . . -1 R"-u" Dirauai session of the senate to thrash out the contests oyer the seats of Senator-elect Smith of Illinois and Vare of Pennsylvania, Mr. Coolidge has been advised that the senate will have time to take these cases up and perhaps dispose of them be fdre the Christmas holidays. Sen ate leaders do not expect to get to work on legislation pending ac tion by the house on the tax re duction and appropriation bills in the early part of December. LOCAL STUDENTS HEADW. U. FROSH RAYMOND MILLER CHOSEN' TEM10AR IKKSIIEXT Frances l)e Harpport , Vice Presi dent, Rosalind Van Winkle Secretary Three Salem high school grad uates were accorded the honor of election to offices in the 19 31 Willamette university freshman class, at a special meeting yes terday afternoon. Raymond Miller, a 1926 gradu ate, was chosen temporary chair man. He will hold office two weeks until an election to choose a permanent semester president will be held. Miller has been working during the past year at the George E. Allen hardware store. He was prominent in ath letics and forensics at the local high school. Francis De Harpport, a tennis and basketball man at Salem high, was named vice-president. He will hold office for the entire semes ter. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. DeHarpport, of 605 South 19 Street. The freshmen chose Rosalind Van Winkle, daughter of the at torney general of Oregon, and dean emeritus of the Willamette law school, as secretary. A South Dakota boy, Chester Ring of Huron, was named treas urer. The class meeting followed com pletion of registration of 185 freshmen at the university. Frank VanDyke, of the sophomore class, talked to the new man, and a spirit pf cooperation between the two classes in the pull for a bet ter Willamette was cemented. Registration for upper class men will be held today and in struction will start Thursday mor ning. An enrollment of abost 525 students is expected. Pledging of new men to the var ious fraternities began yesterday afternoon, and most of the quo tas will be filled today. Rooms in Lausanne hall have been assigned to girls w'ho will not live at Sor orities. All freshmen girls must live at the dormitory exepet with special permission from the dean S. P. BUSES BEGIN RUNS Coach Service Started on Willam ette Valley Routes Southern Pacific buses went in to action yesterday all along the Willamette valley. Announce ment that the railway company in tended to enter the bus line busi ness was made some time ago. Buses have been put on in all cases where the railroad has competi tion from the auto carriers and from the appearance of the fleet of fine looking coaches that made their appearance yesterday, the war is on to the teeth. The main run will be between Portland and Ashland. This line parallels the S. P. railroad all the way. The run of next importance is that from Portland to Corval lis, via McMinnville. This is a very heavily traveled route. The company also started service be tween Portland and Oswego. This will compete with the Oregon City bus line. 1100 REGISTER AT S.H.S. Students Come in Slowly; 200 More Expected to Enter Approximately 1100 students had registered at Salem high school when the offices closed Tuesday afternoon. This total is still short about 100 of last year's enrollment. About 200 more are expected tosign up before the end of the week. , Enrollment this year has been markedly slow, only 874 signing up Monday, the first day, as against 899 the first day last year. The fact that summer work began late, and many of the students are still on jobs, is Warned for the slow enrollment. . Instruction will begin this morning. Sometime during the day a student body meeting will he hPld for the purpose or nomi nating representatives on the stu dent council. PLANES MEET TROUBLE Washington and North Dakota Pi lots Forced to Earth ST. PAUL, Sept. 20. (AP) Darkness forced down two class. B planes in the New York-Spokane derby near St. Paul. They were piloted by M. H. McMechan of Yakima, Wash., and Verne I. Rob erts. Fargo, N. D.. who came to the St. Paul airport by an tomo- GERMAN PLA 1 WINES TOWflRO ST 3 Fliers Hope to Reach This Country By Going East Over Orient 0TT0 KOENNECKE LEADS Famous Aviator in Charge of Ma chine Intends to Make America by Way of Pacific; Balked By Atlantic COLOGNE, GERMANY, Sept. 20.- (AP) "The ever readyto start" Captain Otto Koennecke as newspapers have been labelling him, took off in earnest this af ternoon for America by way of the Orient. He hopped off at 2:22 p. m. in his biplane, the Germania, with two companions, after being balk ed for more than five weeks in his long prepared for flight across the Atlantic by unfavorable weather. He now proposes to cheat this by attempting to reach the goal from the other direction. LONDON, Sept. 20. (AP) An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Budapest reports that Cap tain Otto. Koennecke and his plane Germaina passed over Budapest at 8:40 this evening, flying in an easterly direction. (Budapest is approximately 600 miles from Cologne, the starting place of the Germania on its flight to the United States by way of the Orient.) DANCER PUT ON CARPET Aecu.ser of Wallace Beery Called Before district Attorney LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20. (AP). Juanita Montanya, 19-year-old dancer, who last week filed a $1,000,000 suit against Wallace Beery, screen actor, al leging he attacked her, answered a summons to the district attor ney's office today, but refused to answer questions on the ground that it might incriminate her. She was ordered to appear fol lowing Beery's denial of the charges that he was the father of her unborn child. After a short conference with Harold L. Davis, chief deputy district attorney, the girl was turned over to the proba tion office when it was learned that she still was wanted on a pre vious charge of petty larceny and peeking through windows of mo tion picture people in Hollywood. UNITED ATES STATESMAN PREPARED TO GIVE COMPLETE SERVICE ON FIGHT Despite the voluminous publicity that the event has received, ;he sport loving public can scarcely realize that the date for the biggest ring battle of the decade Is less than two days away. Tomorrow evening at 6:45 or 7 o'clock Pacific time (9:45 or 10 p. m. Chicago daylight time). Gene Tunaey, heavyweight cham pion of the world, and Jack Dempsey, former champion, will meet in the ring at Soldiers' Field in the windy city to settle 'the fistic supremacy of the world. Through its Associated Press leased wire, The Oregon States man will receive full blow-by-blow reports of the battle, which will be megaphoned "o the crowd by Stanley Lainson, Salem's most pop ular announcer. Fans will recall vividly that at the time of the recent Demp-sey-Shafkey fight. The Statesman, through the use of a radio set, was able to inform the crowd in front of the office of Dempsey victpry several minutes ahead of any other local news agency., Thursday evening the radio set will be on duty, and the men and women who want to know the result as soon as the victory is de cided, may count on The Statesman to give it to them. Immediately after the fight is over. The Statesman's sport ex tra, carrying a full detailed story of the fight, descriptions of the crowd and sidelights on the epochal event, written by Associated Press correspondent, will be. on the streets. WINDOW DISPLAY OPENING FRIDAY THorSANPS OF VISITORS TO COME HERE FOR EVENT Nearly All Local Merchants Co ojK'rating in Annual Fall Opening Twenty-five to thirty thousand people are expected to congregate in Salem Friday evening for the annual fall window display. In vitations have been sent out to all districts within a radius of 30 miles. Practically all Salem merchants will cooperate in the display. Clothing dealers will show the latest fall fashions. The unveiling of displays which lias been set for 7:30 p. m., will be followed by a big free dance at Crystal Gardens, and a concert by Oscar Steelhammer's Cherrian band. Prizes totalling 5500 or more will be given away on lucky num bers to be found in the different windows. DEMAND SOVIET RECALL French Government Insists Chris tian Rakowsky Return PARIS, Sept. 20. (AP) Le Matin announces that the French government has officially inform ed the Russian Soviet government that the recall of Christian Rak owsky as Soviet ambassador to France is an indispensable condi tion to any negotiations between the two countries for a non-aggression pact. Other conditions laid down by the French government, the paper states are cessation of interference in French internal affairs by So viet agents or the Third Interna tionale, and early, conclusion of negotiations for settlement of the question of the old Russian debts. MY BUDDY! MORROW MADE NEW DIPLOMAT PRESIDENT DRAFTS OLD CLASSMATE INTO SERVICE Member of New York Banking Firm Will be IT. S. Ambas- sador to Mexico WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. (AP) Apparently determined to leave no .stone unturned toward settlement of the Mexican problem before his term expires. President Coolidge disclosed today that he had drafted Dwight W. "Morrow, his friend and college classmate, and a partner in the New York banking firm of J. P. Morgan and company for duty as ambassador to Mexico. The appointment was approved today by the Mexican government and was announced Immediately at the White House. Mr. Morrow will sever his con nections with the Morgan com pany at once. The president ex pects him to take up his duties in Mexico City under recess appoint 'tuent without delay, although the exact date of his departure has not been fixed. He succeeds James R. Sheffield, resigned. That Morrow's selection would meet opposition because of his con nection with the Morgan company which has been closely identified with dealings between American bankers and Mexico on loan prob lems, was recognized at the state department even before the presi dent's decision became known. Chairman Borah of the foreign relations committee which will pass on Mr. Morrow's nomination, said in a formal statement that Mr. Morrow undoubtedly would carry out the policy of the Ameri can government toward Mexico and his opposition or support, of his nomination would turn entire ly on what he regarded as that (Continued on page 8.) ES BATTLEFIELDS American Soldiers Depart on Lonti Pilgrimages to , Historic Graves GAY CELEBRATION LULLS Contest Staged in Which Band From Sioux City, Iowa Wins . Championship For Sixth Sue- cessive Time PARIS. Sept. 20. (AP) Leaving the shouting; and tumult of their convention behind, thou sands of American Legionnaires today reverently set out for the real pilgrimage of their visit to France. Tttey left fox the battle fields of Rbeims, Lilte and Ver dun to visit the graves ot their comrades in arms who Jell in the great upheaval. At the Palais du Trocfadero they bad heard General Pershing and Marshal Foch vaunt their heroic war deeds, and later they solemn ly placed a wreath at the tomb of Lafayette. Later they were the guests of President Doumergue and still Jater enjoyed Marshal Foch's hospitality at a garden party. All these events paved the way for the real purpose; of their visit to France. Graves Viewed! They were here to look upon the little wooden crosses, stand ing row on row, in the former war torn area where their .brothers fought and fell. After all the preliminaries this heartfelt pur ose was accomplished for some (Continued on p'ge 8) FIELD GETS NEW NAME Flying Space Designated Fort of Portland - Airport PORTLAND, Sept. 20. (AP) Portland's flying field was to day officially designated the port of Portland airport. The field, for merly known as the Swan, island airport, was developed by the port of Portland commission in connection with the west channel project. The change In name will become effective immediately. In support of the new title for the field, port commissioners agreed that it not alone fixes the location at Portland but brings out the fac; that it is a port facil ity, available for sea as well as land planes and designates own ership by the port of Portland commission. , LARMER BUILDING BEGUN Four Story Concrete 4 Storage ? Structure to- Cost 940,000 ; : iThe second largest building per mit of the month was taken oat yesterday by D. A. Larmer, who has already commenced construc tion on a four-story concrete stor age building to.be located at 897 North Liberty street, at a cost of about $40,000. s .The new building will have Oregon Electric trackage and will be used for automobile and hop storage in addition to all kinds of dry storage, such as furniture and general household goods. The building is 142x140 in size and will be completed in three months. D." C. Bushnell is the contractor on the job. LONG VIEW MAN KILLED Brakeman In Employ of Lumber Company Falls Under Train 7 iLONG VIEW, Wash.. Sept. 20. (AP) John Reiuch, 46, brake man of the Winlock and Toledo Lumber company's logging road, was killed, when he fell under the wheels of a train .he was working op in the Winlock yards today. His body' was mangled- as he '"was dragged 25 feet. .. " SHOOTS COUNTY JUDGE Wound Thought - Fatal Inflicted During Court Session I OWENSBORO, Ky. Sept. 20. (AP) Judge J. Patton,- 62, county judge of Ohio county, was perhaps fatally wounded when shot by James Johnson,' 4 5, daring a session of the Ohio connty fiscal court in the court house at Hart ford thU affernogji. LEMUR r VISIT FOR DERBY PASSES SALEM TODAY 12 AIRPLANES TO RACE ON WAY OVER CITY Calculations Place Time During Late Forenoon and Early Afternoon Twelve airplanes, winging their way at top speed along the air lane from San Francisco to Port land and on to Spokane, are scheduled , to pass over Salem around noon today. That num ber of machines have been enter ed in the San Francisco-Spokane derby, seven of them being Class B and the remaining five Class A. Although it : was Impossible to determine the exact time when tbe planes would begin flying through this section of the Willamette valley, it was estimated yester day that Salemites who expected to see the leaders in the race should begin watching the skies shortly before 11 a. m. Prepara tions have been made In Portland to begin taking care of the planes from 11 o'clock on. The mach ines will be allowed five minutes each at the Portland air field for refueling. ' , The probability has been point ed out, however, that some of the planes may not be visible from Salem, since they will make no special effort to pass over this city, but will follow whatever routes may seem best to the Indi vidual pilots. The Class B machines will leave San Francisco at one minute Inter vals beginning at 5 a. m. today, and the Class A planes at one min ute intervals starting an hour later. DESPERADOES ARRESTED One Bandit Killed by Officers in Gun Play During Fight TCSCUMBIA. ALA.. Sent. 20. (AP) One man was killeuvJ one was injured and two men are in the county jail as a result, of what officers say was an attempt to rob the Tennesse Valley bank at Cherokee, Ala., today. The dead man is Clyde Trlpett, 30, a farmer from Barton, Ala., one of the alleged bandits; -the in jured, Chief of Police A. E. Hes ter, while the two men in Jail are A. L. Frank, 28, of Montreal, Can ada, and E. R. Smitfi, 22, of Hem Phis. kLOSS DECLARED SEVERE Twenty to Hundred Per Cent of Prune Crop, Ruined by Ra.in VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 20. (AP) Prune growers of Clark county face a loss of from 20 to 100 per cent of the total crop, it has been estimated here, as, a re sult of rain damage to green fruit. W- H. Wood, manager of the Washington Growers' Packing cor poration said that while the loss in weight in some orchards will not exceed 50 1 per cent, the loss in value will'; be much greater be cause of the light weight of the dried prunes. CLASS B FLYER MISSED Gerald Smith Fails to Reach Des tination at Fargo, D. ST. PAUL, MINN., Sept. 21. (AP) Gerald Smith, piloting one of the class B planes in the New York to Spokane air derb r, who left St. Paul at 4:13 o'clo k yes terday afternoon, had not r cached Fargo, N. D., his destlnatioi i early this morning. . Airport officials also exi ressed concern over the failure ol A. M. Banks of Philadelphia, ifcother flier, to reach here f rom "Ciilcago, where he took pff at 11:2T a. m. yesieraay. RUNS AMUCK AT MOVIES Louis Lord Wounds Three In Show House, Assumed Insane SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20. (AP) Suddenly going beserk in a movie theater here tonight, a man giving the name of Louii Lord shot and wounded three men In the theater. Lord was captur ed by police after a cljase through the streets. The authorities as sumed tha he was Insane. ' 1 . : REPUBLICAN LEADS VOTE Early Returns GIt Tfarry 5 lackey ,; Lead of Three to Two PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 20. (AP) Returns from 100 scat tered divisions out of 1 5 1 7 In the city gave Harry A. Maekey, regu lar candidate for, the republican mayoralty nomination 15.604 and J. Hampton Moore, " independent.' 10,507,' W1ILLER LEADS -j BY GO SECONDS AT WIGHT STDP Des Moines and Detroit Flyers Go Nip and Tuck Across Continent MONTANA CITY REACHED K. K. Ballough heads Class A Ma - chines in First Lap to St. Paul, Where All TS'ight Stopover ' Scheduled 4 j Air Derby Summarized Class B, Cross Continent Miller leads Meyers by one minute into Glendive, Mont., after Meyers came from behind to beat Miller into Fargo, N. D. All night stop at Glendive. Class A. Cross-Continent Ballough arrives St. Paul at 2:14 p. m., followed 17 min utes later by Holman, with oth ers trailing behind. All night stop at St. Paul. Non-stop, Cross-Continent begins this morning. All cross continent races from Roosevelt Field, N. Y., to Spokane, Wash. Class B, Coast Leave San Francisco . beginning at 5 o'clock this morning. , . Class A, Coast Leave San Francisco beginning at six o'clock this morning. All coast planes -head north to Portland and then east to Spokane. CHICAGO, Sept. 20.(AP) Scattered throughout ' the north west between Chicago and Glen dive,' Mont., entries in 'the two trans-continental air derbies from New York to Spokane tonight were resting for the final laps be fore them tomorrow. .1 The finish of the second day's dash in the class B derby founrf Leslie Miller of Des Moines, an! C. W. Myers of Detroit at Glen- ' dive, Montana, maintaining theit thrilling fight for first place witl Miller still in the lead. The class A entries, with St. Paul as their first day's goal, were led by E. E. Ballough of Chi cago, and his 69-year-old veteran air passenger. Colonel Charles V. Dickinson, who made the long hop from New York in nine hours and nine minutes; 19 minutes , (Continued on pf .) . ! NON-STOP DERBY TO START TODAY IXTEUXATIOYAL F KATUljE ADDS ' INTEREST TO Royal Windsor of Canada "a Detroiter of United States Compete id ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Sept. 20. (API An IntornjaHn 1 al plane race between Canada ai the United States, starting fro here tomorrow and ending at Sr kane, Wash., on Thursday, w anticipated here today, as the c max of the national air derby I us neia as a feature of the i meet at Spokane. j At least two planes, Duke Sch' ler'g Koyal Windsor, from Wit sor, Ont., and Eddie Stinsons I troiter, were assured of start! in the race, which Is to be a nJ stop one for a first prize of $1 000 and a second prize of $5,0 There Iwa8 possibility late f day. moreover, that two mf competitors would fly in the crl country grind, bringing the tc up to four racers. Officials hi were advised by telegram that lot Jack Hand, flying the mo' Plane Miss Southern Califor from San Diego, would an here late today in preparat for the start of tbe non-stop fir taraosrowEd ward-,MuigAii L tor expert for the Wright Aero nautical company, also received a telegram stating that Glenn J. Romkey, of Lomax, III., would compete. Romkey was reported to have left Lomax. for Roosevelt field this afternoon. Tomorrow's race "promises to be .unique because Stinson, ia striving to beat Schiller will be competing against a plane design ed and built by ' himself. The Royal Windsor, was. designed by Stinson especially for a High t bv Schiller and Phil Wood from Windsor, Canada, to Windsor. England. Tlie , proposed Wind- (C?ntinfd on rap Z,