Metfipdist Conference Puts Power of Church Behind Movement for Lee Monument, Memorial and Pageant
Greatest State Fair in ' History of, Oregon Tomorrow Morning Opens Its Gates to Thronging Thousands
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Three Sections 24- Pages
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mum temperature yesterday 1, minimum 53.
.river -1.6 rainfall none, f atmosphere part
cloudy, wind southwest.
SEVENTY SEVENTH YEAR
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DEE1D RIGHT
I t!ilt 'tHK
Empha$j$ $ Often : Wrongly
Placed, Bishop Shepard
Tells Ministers .
VIEWS DIFFER WIDELY
Program Today Includes Sermon
By Bishop at 10:30 and
Jubilee Service Celebra4
' ing Anniversary
Conference Program Today
9:00: a. m. Conference love
feast.
10:30 a. m. Sermon by
Bishop W. O. Shepard.
2:30 p. m.- Jubilee service,
celebrating Diamond anniver
sary of the organization of
the Oregon annual confer
ence: Address" by Rev. John
Parsons.
4:00 p. m. Ordination of
deacons and elders.
6:30 p. m. Epworth League
service.
7:30 p. m. Young people's
service and Epworth League
anniversary. .
"If a man can be a christian and
not give a cent, let's have that
kind of christians," declared
Bishop W. O. Shepard, in calling
ib time members of the Methodist
regon annual conference yester-
"iy, when a memorial inaugu-
fl ting- an intensive . evangelism
iVammirn urn a at filler ri laenftfttnn
sis?
and an argument as to the part
Honey should play in church work,
had been evoked.
: "Let us discuss this matter on
its spiritual merits, not on merits
of money" admonished the
Bishop. He suggested, further
more, that if money has anything
to do with salvation, ministers
should not discuss the matter in
public.
Ministers Disagree
Several of .the ministers felt
that the emphasis shquld be
placed evenly for all practical pur
poses. "Pocketbooks and souls Bhould
be converted simultaneously," de
clared. Rev. J. C. Harrison, pastor
of the?-. Centenary Wilbur church
in Portland. " "It is just as vital
to bring the converts worldly en
dowments to the service of Christ
as it is to wry,them lor Chrjst in
(Continued en pas 8.)
AIRPLANE RACES
REACH PORTLAND
NEARLY 100 MACHINES EX
PECTED IN CONTEST
Royal Windsor Leads Way to City
Airport Today; : Others
This Week
PORTLAND. Sept. 24. (AP)
Thundering down Columbia Gorge
tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday
will come 75 or 100 of America's
fastest planes, with the promise of
bringing Oregon its greatest air
thrill. .
Leading the invasion tomorrow
will be C. A. "Duke" Schiller's
SRnsonTDctroiter monoplane Roy
al Windsor, one of the two planes
eateredT In the New York-Spokane
non-stop race. ' Schiller, accom
panied by Eddie Rohn, mechanic,
and Russell Phinney of Seattle,
will arrive at the port of Portland
airport on Swan island tomorrow
at ,2: 30 p. m.
iArmy, navy, and marine planes,
piloted by some of ' the nation's
most capable fliers, will arrive
Monday. Commercial and private
planes for the most part will race
,42yn Spokane to Portland Tues
t arriving between. 1:30 and 3
V On Wednesday the military and
privately owned, planes', will par
ticipate in a series of races and
stunts at the airport. ' Outstanding
on this program ; will be the stunt
flying of the crack military ships
which held Spokane spectators
breathless during the past week. .
.Prizes aggregatfag $6,000 will
be offered the airmen.
iTwo racesr are scheduled from
Spokane to Portland on Tuesday,
both starting at 11 a. m., with the
planes leaving at one minute in
tegrals from Felt field, Spokane.
CHINAS UNREST
SAID CHALLENGE
TO COURAGE OP MISSIONARY
AND NATIVE CHRISTIAN
1,006 Methodist Workers Now In
. Foreign Fields, Says
Secretary .
"China's state of internal rev
olution is a great challenge to the
courage of the missionary and par
ticularly of the native Christian,"
said Dr. John R. Edwards, of New
York, corresponding secretary,
board of foreign missions Metho
dist Episcopal church. last night
at a session of the Oregon annual
conference 'celebrating the anni
versary of the board.
Rev. A. H. Thompson presided
at the meeting. Dr. W. W. Young
ston. of Rose City park church.
Portland, alsov addressed the
group.
"The board has at this time 1.
066 missionaries in service, in ad
dition to 734 working under the
auspices of the women's foreign
missionary society a total of
1800 men and women who have
left relatives and friends in Amer
ica to take Christ's message to oth
er people," he. Dr. Edwards, de
clared. "Five hundred and forty-four
are in China: 8fi in Japan! mo in
Korea; 44 in the Phillipines; 114
In the Netherlands. Indies, and
Malays; 326 in India and Burma:
160 in Afrira: 183 in Mexico, Cen
tral America, and South America
four in the Maderia Islands; and
23 In Europe.
"The 'Christian community' of
the Methodist church overseas
including members of the church
and baptised children. numbers
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STEINBOCK BOUND OVER
Will Face Grand Jury Probe on
Statutory Charge
Philip Steinbock, Salem second
n$d dealer, was held to the Octo
befrjierm of the Marion countv
ran(rMdrrJ'W!lviv-tro
udge PouTsen: after h fcart ap
peared-and entered a "plea of not
guilty to the charge by a local 17-year-old
girl of an alleged attack
on her in his place of business.
Barney Goldstein, Portland at
torney, represented Steinbock at
the hearing.
Goldstein attacked the girl's
testimony and scouted her state
ment that she was under age.
IDENTIFY KILLED WOMAN
Person Run Down By Automobile
Elizabeth Welsh
PORTLAND, Sept. 24 (AP)
Identity of the woman killed here
last night when she was struck by
an automobile driven by Lloyd E.
Rogers, president of the Rogers
Candy company, was established
today. She was Miss Elizabeth
Welsh of Oswego. She was 55
years old. Identification was made
by a sister from the description of
the accident victim published in
this morning's papers. Rogers
was driving slowly at the time,
he told police. He was not held.
BURNER CONTRACT SOON
Will Be Let at Meeting October
3, Says Committee Head
The eontract for construction
of an Incinerator for Salem will
be let at the regular city council
meeting, Oct. 3, it was announced
yesterday by Alderman Dancy,
chairman of the committee.
The site for the structure, which
will include a smoke stack 30 feet
high, has not yet been announced.
It will take about 90 days to
complete the building, it is be
lieved, after the contractor be
gins work.
LIGHTNING FATAL TO 4
Three Infant Children and One
Soldier Killed in Storm
NOG ALES, Arix., Sept. 24.
(AP) Three infants and a soldier
were killed and 12 persons in
jured .at Bavicora, Sonora. by
lightning Thursday night In a
heavy storm. Hermoslllo advices
to the Herald diacfose. Bavicora
is a small farming community in
Sonora, valley, northern Mexico,
Much" damage was reported done.
EPIDEMIC IN VANCOUVER
County 1 Health Officer Orders
-:' Public 'Schools Closed '
VANCOUVER, Wash.i Sept. 24
-i(AP) Union high school'-and
the grade school on West Mill
Plain have been ' closed by order
of Dr. R. W. Armstrong, connty
health officer, who reported that
two cases of Infantile paralysis
had been found i the district. .
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IOC T Q! nipT SALEM, QREGqN,jSyp4Y MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1927.
Will
EElllL
W. T Rlgdon Leads Effort
to Perpetuate Mission
ary's Name and Deeds
MINISTERS VISIT GRAVE
Methodist Conference Will Con
duct Campaign; Pageant De
picting Early Life in Oregon
Also Planned
Jason Lee teamster, carpen
ter, tailor, cook, minister of the
gospel, and father of American
civilization in Oregon will not
be an unknown figure when the
pages of history, hundreds of
years hence, are written.
A definite movement to provide
a monument for the eminent Ore
gon pioneer, launched in a reso
lution recently passed by the Ore
gon annual conference in session
here, received added Impetus yes
terady with the announcement
that W. T. Rigdon. local mortician
would give $300 toward the proj
ect if sufficient funds to complete
it would be available by 1934.
The announcement was made at
the Lee Mission cemetery follow
ing a pilgrimage of ministers and
laymen of the Methodist church
to the grave of the pioneer mis
sionary. The offer was accepted by Dr.
W. XV. Youngson. president of the
conference historical society, and
the conference secretary was in
structed to place Mr. Rigdon's
name at the head of a subscrip
tion list for which other names
will be solicited, -
Plans for a pageant depicting
early life of Oregon, and the hard
ships endured by Its founders, col
lection of old records, and crea-
Index of Today's
News
First Section
Theaters page 2
Editorial page 4
News Briefs page 5
Sports pages 6. 7
Second Section
Feature News . . . .pages 1, 6, 8
Society pages 2, 3
Comics page 4
Pictorial ...page 4
Churches page 5
Classified pages 6, 7
Third Section
Automotive pages 1-4, 8
Building News pages 5, 6
WE'LL MEET YOU
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STATE FAIR OPENS TOMORROW;
- FIRST DAY'S PROGRAM IN FULL
Morning. Program
9 a. m. Formal opening of Oregon state fair.
9:30 a. m. Judging starts in
10 a. m. Concert by American
of administration building.
10:30 a. m.- Free attractions on grounds near educational
building.
11a. m. Boys' and girls' club
ing for photograph and instructions.
11 :30 a. m. Viewing of exhibits in all departments of state fair,
12 noon Concert by fife and
Republic. .......
Afternoon
1:30 p. m. Automobile races
some or most famous pilots in the
Auto push ball games between Canadian team from New "West
minster, B. C. and American team from Minneapolis between the
racing events.
2 p. m. Canning demonstrations between boys' and girls' club
teams.
2:30 p. m. Inspection of exhibits in boys' and girls' club de
partments. 4 p. m. Free attractions on grounds near educational building
Night Program
7:30 p. m. Horse show opens
oy American Legion band of Sheridan.
8 p. m. Opening of shqws
wmie way.
AUDITION TEST
WINNERS NAMED
GENEVIEVE HOWARD A N I
EDWARD FISHER SELECTED
Will Compete in State Contest
Scheduled at Portland
October 6 and 7
Genevieve Howard of Sheridan,
who is studying voice in Salem,
and Edward Fisher, son of Earl
L. Fisher, state tax commissioner,
were the winners of the Atwater
Kent audition contest held at the
Y. M. C. A. auditorium here Sat
urday evening. Young Fisher is
a student at the University of
Oregon.
These two winners in the wo
men's and men's classes respec
tively, will go to Portland October
6 and 7 to compete in the state
tryout, which will be broadcast
over the radio.
The contest was held before an.
audience of 300 people- at the T;
and the decision was rendered by
a committee oi ten persons pre
viously chosen, after the commit
tee had considered the votes
turned in by the persons in the
audience. Fifteen young people
competed.
Mrs. Walter A. Denton was
chairman of the local committee
in charge of the contest. F. G.
Deckebach was chairman of the
advisory committee which selec
ted the winners, and he made the
announcements relative to the
purpose and rules of the contest.
AL SAYS NOTHING
NEW YORK, Sept. 24. ( AP)
Governor Alfred Smith had no
comment' to make today on the
resolution endorsing hini for the
democratic nomination for presi
dent, adopted at a conference of
western democrats at Ogden. Ut
ah. AT THE OREGON STATE
J3
Iff I
all livestock divisions of state fair.
Legion band of Sheridan in front
exhibitors assemble at club build
drum corps of Grand Army of the
Program
on Lone Oak track, featuring
west.
in stadium. Music to be furnished
and carnival attractions on great
BLACKMAIL PLOT
AGAINST WOMAN
POLICEMAN' DETAILED TO
GUARD MRS. R. D. INMAN
Portland Social leader Receives
Threats Dcfttautling Large
Sums
PORTLAND, Sept. 24. (AP)
Blackmail letters demanding
first $100, and then $1,000, and
containing dangerous threats,
were received by Mrs. R. D. In-
man. prominent and wealthy so
cial leader of Portland, during a
short period following the arrest
In San Francisco, of Floyd Glotz
bach, her former chauffeur, on a
charge of forging Mrs. Inman's
name to a check for $5,000.
Police admitted knowledge of
the letters following continued
questioning by newspapers today,
and declared the reason the case
had not previously been revealed
was that they had "been awaiting
advices from San Francisco to de
termine if by aay possibility
there could have been a connec
tion between' the sending of the
notes and the arrest of Glotzbach,
former husband of Madame Mat
zenhauer, opera star.
This possibility, they now be
iieve, is remote.
Glotzbach will go on trial in
circuit court, here Monday to an
swer the forgery charge. Prose
cution has been brought by an in
surance company which indemni
fied the losses of Mrs. Inman, and
by a bank, the victims of the al
leged fqrgery.
The first letter was sent to
Mrs. Inman on either July 20 or
21. The sum of $100 was de
manded. The letter was turned
over to the postmaster here who
refused to comment today other
han to say the letter was "very
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FAIR! LET'S CO!
7 y 'fWM
MiATIONAL
PEACE PLEADED
BEFORE LEAGUE
Gustav Streseman Declares
Germany Has Led in
Disarmament Move
Military Preparations Inevitably
Breed Insecurity, Speaker In
sists; Plans Submitted
to Assembly
GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 24.
(AP) Germany once regard
ed as the greatest "military power
in the world is now disarmed and
calmly waits for her neighbors to
do likewise, Dr. Gustav Strese
mann, the German foreign secre
tary, declared tonight in a plea
from the rostrum at the assembly
of the League of Nations for the
speeding up of preparations for an
international conference for reduc
tion of armaments.
Hitting at former enemies in the
great war, he continued by citing
an incident of a citizen who ap
peared among a peaceful crowd in
the ancient Roman forum armed
to the teeth and who, when justi
tying his arms on the ground that
he feared he might be attacked.
was asked "Who gave you leave
to be so afraid?"
Armaments Held Threat
Dr. Stresemann insisted that
armaments could not and should
not form the basis of security, ar
guing that their inevitable effect
was a threat to other nations. Im
piormg tne delegates of more
than fifty nations to tnot shake the
faith of mankind that a better fu
ture will follow the dark days of
the war, he assented that the
Leagae of Nations could not en-
(Continued on pwire 8.)
SHEEP SHIPPED RUSSIA
6 Carloads Thoroughbreds Start
Across Couttinent
PORTLAND, Sepit. 24. (AP)
Six carloads of i thoroughbred
sheep left Portland today for New
York where, they will be shipped
to Russia. They were purchased
by the Russian government to be
used in stocking its ' experimental
stations. This shipment is said
to be the largest of Uts kind In the
history of Oregon's sheep Indus
try. x
Two cars were loaded with
Hampshires from . the Frank
Brown and Son farm of Carlton
Another car contained Shrop-
shires from the Htenry Ranch
company, of KichQeld, Wash.,
and from Thompson Brothers, Sa
lem. The other three carloads
were of Rambouillet ewes from
the Baldwin Sheep cbmpany, of
Madras, Oregon.
The Soviet will sell the lambs
from these thoroughbred ewes to
the farmers of Russia, offering
them at much less, it is said, than
the prices' they paid to Oregon
sheepmen.
DRUMMERS ON PROGRAM
Activities of Legion Post to Fea
ture Chamber Luncheon
Of unusual interest among the
programs at the Salem Chamber
of Commerce this year, is the one
nnounced for tomorrow noon, in
which the activities of Capital
Post, No. 9, American Legion,
will be featured.
Speakers will include Brazier
Small, discussing "Post Activ
ities," and Carl D. Gabrielson,
whose suhject will be "The Fa
mous Drum Corps of Capital Post
No. 9."
Several members of the drum
corps as many as tne cnaraoer
uditorium will hold ; without
bursting when they get in action
will give a demonstration of
the corps proficiency, according
the -announcement made by
President U. S. Page of the cham
ber.! : - -;.v
Association.
Vaudeville " v
'" Has : been- playing at Bligh's
Capitol Theater each Friday for
the past ix weeks &nd "will con
tinue to play there each Fri
day. ; , S. -';s;j
Through Jan eirror the !Asso
ciatroh Vaudeville cut was- deed
in the Elstaore theater ad -la
the Statesman 'Saturday morn
ing. The; jemr f was entirely
our faulK'aniJ rwe regret "the
mistake. ' ,
THE QREGON STATESMAN.
ELSIE SWEETIN
GIVEN FREEDOM
WOMAN LIBERATED BY JURY
ON FIRST BALLOT
Action Final Episode in Sensa
tional Murder Case With
L. M. Hight
MOUNT VERNON, HI., Sept.
24 (AP) Mrs. Elsie Sweetin
was a free and happy woman to
night and the jury in. her second
trial for the poison murder of
her husband, Wilford, a coal min
er, answered her dramatic plea,
"give me death or send me back
to my children," by acquitting her
this afternoon on the first ballot
The jury took only five minutes
to decide the 35 year old widow
deserved freedom after three trou
bled years Bpent in penitentiary
and jail.
"I don't think I'll rturn to Ina
to live," she said.
"My life in the future will be
devoted to my sons. I am going
to put all three through school
They are all I have to -live for
now. I must educate them and
there is little for me to do in Ina."
While Mrs. Sweetin was cele
brating the verdict at the home of
her mother near Ina tonight, her
former pastor and admirer, Law
rence M. HJght, was back in his
cell at Chester prison. .They were
co-defendants in the first trial.
Convicted .on Christmas eve,
1924. Hight was sentenced to
serve life and Mrs. Sweetin 35
years. But Mrs. Sweetin continued
her fight for freedom "and won a
new trial from the supreme court
on the ground that she should
have been tried separately.
Sweetin and Mrs. Hight died
within two months of each other,
under similar circumstances. Gos
sip over their deaths and the
friendship of Hight and Mrs. Swee
tin led to their arrest. Hight con
fessed and then induced Mrs
Sweetin to share in his confes
sions.
OFFICE iVILL BE FILLED
Successor to Late George W. Rid
dle to be Chosen Soon
Selection of a successor to
George W. Riddle, commandant of
the Old Soldiers' home, who died
recently, probably will be an
nounced following a meeting of
the state board of control to be
held here this week.
Members of the board said
there were six applicants for the
position. These include Oscar
Hull of Salem, Sam Starmer of
Roseburg, James Renshall and
Byron E. Sheffield of Portland,
Robert S. Huston of Eugene, and
F. M. Compton of Sutherlin.
With the: exception of Mr. Shef
field, who is a veteran of the Civil
War, all of the applicants partic
ipated in the Spanish-American
conflict. Mr. Starmer is sheriff of
Douglas county and was a candi
date for the office of state prohi
bition commissioner.
Mr.' Riddle was appointed com
mandant during the Pierce admin
istration, and has held the position
for a number of years. Members
of the board of control said the
home" never was conducted more
efficiently than under i te fcud
anceof Mr. Riddle.
W. U. ENROLLMENT 513
Women Slightly in Majority; 50
Transfers Noted
A total of 513 students are now
enrolled at Willamette, university,
of which 269 are women, and 244
men. There may be a few more
come in early next week.
Forty six of the stdents are en
rolled in the law school, three wo
men and 43 men. : ' .
Four foreign students are reg
istered, two from the Philippine
Islands, and one each from China
and Korea.
Among the students are six In
dians entered from Chemawa In
dian school, four boys," and' two
girls. ' :
Fifty of the students are trans
fers from. . other colleges, : mostly
from University of Oregon. Ore
gon Agricultural college, and Mon
mouth normal school.
SEVERE QUAKE, CRIMEA
1 1 1 4
Many Buildings Damaged, Report
I Vrvm -Moscow; Russia
MOSCOW, Sept 24.YAPV.-1a-
Another earthquake occurred In
the Crimea today. .The greatest
shocks were felt near Sebaslopol
and Yelta where they lasted for
several" seconds'. Buildings:' that
had : been damaged in the "previ
ous earthquake at ' Sebastopol
were further Injured and some
demolished.- itfew persons were
hurt seriously there. The road
was blocked near Orcnda by a
Iaud;Ude. -Jl '
PRICE FIVE CENTS
OREGON STATE
FAIR TO
Agricultural Exhibits Already
Placed, Livestock Arriv-
Ing Early
EVENTS BEGIN AT 9 A. M.
Auto Races, With Celebrated
Drivers Entered, Feature First
Day; Exhibits Exceed All
Past Record i
With virtually all of the coun-.
ty and agricultural exhibits on
the grounds and , livestock arriv
ing hourly by train and truck, ev
erything will be ready for inspec
tracting attention is that featur
gon state fair open to the public
at nine o'clock Monday morning.
For the first time In the his
tory of the Oregon state fair au
tomobile races will feature thai
first afternoon programme.
These events will be held on Lone
Oak track, and some tew time
records were predicted. Included
among the pilots of the racing
cars are such racing celebrities a
Ray Lampkln, Howell Wilcox, Ir
win Hoffman, 'Barney McKenna.
Phil Scbaeffer, Ray Dashbuch and
"Sonny Day.
Horse Show Feature
Entries .received at the office
of the secretary Ind-cate that this
year's horse show will far excell
all previous events of its hind held
in this state. '
Virtnally every western state
will be represented in tre hir?
show events., while C-n::'3a wi'l
send soma of its finest sliow sto''lr.:
Among "thy prile animal In tM
horse show will be two entries by
Aaron Frank of Portland. Then
horses recently were, purchased
abroad at a cost of approximately
28,000. .: . ,
Exhibit Set Record I
The agricultural exhibits prob
ably will he more numerous than
1ND
AY10RN
at any fair held in Oregon in ri--
cent years. Twenty-six of the 3fl
counties in the state will be repre
sented and these do not iDdtuIq
the exhibits of the boys and girls
clubs. Canada also will have an
fCoatlnnaa on pc 1.).
MOVIE COMPANY
IN DIFFICULTIES
AUTHORlTms CHARGE VTO
. LATIOX OF LAWS
Declare Conspiracy Under
Way
to Distribute Fight
Films Illegally
CHICAGO. SeDt. 24 fAPV
A general' conspiracy to distribute
throughout the country Tunney
Dempsey and Dempsey-Sharker
fight films was seen "bv authori
ties here today following seizure
of slx reels of the championship
match1 as they were about1 to be
taken out of the state by airplane.
United States attorneys declared
they would look to the grand Jury
to handle the . affair, Oscar R.
Luhring, assistant attorney n.
eral, intimating he expected a
number of indictments. v
Five of the six reels seized vera .
released by Federal Judge James
A. Wilkerson who ordered one
film showing the entire fight, im
pounded. Henry Sonenshine,
president of Goodart company of
New York which took the pictures,
was held to the grand Jury on a
nominal" bond, charged with vio
lation of . the federal transporta
tion act,-r :- V
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His attorneys argued the- law
was meant to keep films from be
ing transported from one state to
another when they would, have a
degrading effect on people. Sonen
shine, when arrested, said he was
about to take the ' picture's to
Canada, and Judge AVilkerson de
clared that as far as he was "concerned-it'
was air right to send
films there as long as they-were
not dropped off on the . way in ,
thia country. I ' .
-The Judge said be was Hill nn-
ing oy airplane aver, and not
through, states. . .
While agents of the
of justice were 'making every ef
fort to prevent interstate Shipment
of the films, the full ten ronnd
screen version; of the battle be
tween Tunney and Dempsey was
being shown in New York Cy, it
was. "ported,-