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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1927)
Falem Has Now Over 61080 Phoneoi and m Be fore Very Long Have a New Telephone Building haletn.Has a New tacw Weather forecast: v. Unsettled with local rains; moderate temperature, moderate west and southwest winds on the coast.. , Maxi mum temperature yesterday 59, minimum 47, river 3, rainfall .61, atmosphere cloudy, wind west.". -?: . :;r-, ;i-.v mm The fact that a number of Democratic lead ers are insisting on cutting taxes below what the treasury experts call the danger poixl, may mean that the Democrats don't expect to haT to pay the running expenses of the gov ernment even after next year. SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR ' SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS a . - RISE ITIES' ALUES SET ATS13, 0 Natron Cutoff Biggest Item; Mew Power Projects and - Mills Raise Total CAROL AIDE SET FREE I BY COURT M1HIL MAXOILESCTJ AeQCTT- . TED BY 8 OF 5 JUDGES targe Crowd Responds With. Tre- sneadous Cheers as Verdict Wade Public f- COUNTY RATIOS FIXED llarioa Osmb Per" Cent Higher, With mo General Tread Noted Throughout etate; Western - - i VmUm Sees CooamLsslon STATECOLLEOE CHANGED HE ELUSIVE ISSUE t i t - i i Public utilities In Oregon, In creased flS.O0,000 la Talue In the past year, according to the -Valuations estimated by the state tax commission which" reach ; a total of pproximtely $283,000,000 : Ths Talnatlons - of the . steam railroads have . been ' estimated i at! $161,150,000, which is a material Increase over the Talnatlons for: 1921. Electric railroad valua- tions have been estimated at f 3. 825.000. while the Talnatlons off elect rU utilities have been fixed .tentatively at $10,384,000. -The -valuations' of water and gas ntii- JUes is approximately f If, 100, 000 .Railroad Bis; Item Telegraph properties In - the , state hare been r alned at $2. 879,000, with the Talnatlons of so callcC'TotttnUUtiea fixed at $63,- -40,000. J Other utility Talnatlons Include telephone companies S22,-1 640,000, sower companies $2,700,- 000 and express companies $527,- 000. - ;' : ; '" '.. The balk of new ntillty proper t- In Oregon for the year 192" - the : larger part of the if Kiithera Pacific Natron-cutoff one or two power projects and a r.umber. of mills. ; The cost of the Natron cutoff, according ' to fig ares on file in u the office1 of ' the atate tax commission, was approx- " Imately, 20j0fl0.000 ; Follow Fisher's Figures In passing on the property Tal natlons of public ntilitles the state BUCHAREST. Not. 1 5. ( AP) Ml nil Manolleseu , was .acquit ted early this morning by a court martial of fire judges who Toted I to I to set him free. ", Manolleseu was charged with conspiracy to bring former Crown Prince Carol back to Rumania and to restore to him his rights of succession to the throne. The acquittal of the former un der secretary of state was greet ed with tremendous cheers. "This Is the beginning of a sew era of , liberty in Rumania, said Manoilescu. who ; a few : minutes preciously had told the correspon dent of the Associated Press that he expected to be convicted. The court j martial of Carol's friend and' bearer of letters and other documents from the former crown prince to leaders of the var ious parties In Bucharest was the sensation of the-past week. Man oilescu - by his brilliant oratory won the sympathy and support of the Jhousands who svrarmed about the precincts of toe little court room where the proceedings were carried on. More than 100 prom inent lawyers ' hastened to the aid of the accused, man and many of them gave their services at the triaL 4'- ' The prosecutor demanded the full penalty for what" he termed a conspiracy against the state, which would have ; been five -years - imprisonment.- Long after midnight Mattdilescu's pleading for his liberation. One of them. M. Mibalache drew the wrath of the court by declaring. "Our present system Is balanced on the sharp edge of a sword. IH it be the wish of the people. Prince .Carol may, return not only as regent, but as king. . ;1he can stem a rivulet, but not a river. One can repress the wishes of the government, hat not the" will" of the peopha,""" DRY OFFICIALS DEFEND SELVES FEW Trnjjer IN rROHIBTTION . ENFORCEMENT . . Senator Kdwards Contradicted by Deputy Commis&ioaer at ' . ' Washington Said Result of Student and i. Alumni Usage, Without Faculty Action , INVESTIGATION DELAYED Oorernor to Await Next Meeting , of Regents; General Movement oat Foot Amooj Corrallls) ' Vadergraduatea : ,; i . V (CMtia pigs 8.) INTOXICANT? NOT UNLESS SO USED OPINION PREPARED BY VAN WIXKLK ON MOOT POINT Fig Preparation - la Limelight; Prunes May Be Treated in ' Same Way '" When Is a beverage not a bev erage? When nobody drinks it. according to an opinion prepared Monday by I. H. Van Winkle, at torney general of Oregon. If Kadota tigs.' prepared! In pure California wine, Is used as a beverage, Jt would be classified as an Intoxicant, and Its sale In Oregon would be la Ttolatlon t the state prohibition law, says th opinion ,..:'. - If it Is used for legitimate pur poses and is not used as a bever age it would not come under the classification of an intoxicant, and the seller would not be liable for prosecution under the state prohi bition statutes. The opinion- was : sought by George ".Alexander, state prohibl- tion director, after he had receiv- ARRESTED. IN FIRE CASE Large - Hotel " Building Consumed By Flames At Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS. Not.. 14. (AP)y Working on the theory fthat the Gray stone apartment hotel fire here early Sunday morning was of incendiary; origin, police tonight arrested Sonnie Cordon, former; negro janitor at the hotel, on-a Tagraney charge and held him ; under high bond1 The tire resulted in i eight persons being burned to death and 13 injured Cordon i was discharged several weeks ago because of complaints of occupants of apartments that he refused to keep sufficient fire in thev furnaces for heating pur poses, the police' said. ! He is al leged to have told several rest dents of the building that he would get even with them by "burning you out one of these days." Cordon was severely questioned Delecttresaid he denied' being near the building at the time of the fire. BRICKERS MAY BE FOUND Bondsmen May ther Time to Be Granted Futr ' Produce Tbem ' Definite indication has been re ceived that R. W. Brlcker and El len Brlcker, wanted in Salem in ed letters from "Parrott' and com-fcolin6ctloB wItb alleged moonshln pany of Portland, who indicated! in activities, will be produced by that at least one of their clients proposed to market Oregon prunes under a formula similar to 'that used by the manufacturer 'of the tiff", preparation. "Whether Kadota figs, prepared in pure California wine syrup. Is intoxicating, is a question of fact" read (he attorney general's opin ion. The question involved, the attorney general indicated, ; was whether the preparation was rea sonably likely to be used as a bev- yTaidola figs, according to ad '.lsemenU sent out by the man 'ufacturers, is marketed at Stock ton, Calif., and contains . not ' to exceed IX per cent alcohol. The (3tadvertisemenu stress the purity TCand health producing qualities of I the wines in which the figs are I V -prepared. - - The state prohibition director . said he had not yet determined what action he would take under the attorney general's opinion. At - the time the marketing of "Kadota, figs, prepared in pare Calif ernia wine syrup," was first called to the attention jt Oregon officials, large stocks of the prep aration were said to be available In Portland. Publicity given i the preparation was said to hare start ed a ma on the dealers with the tc-uit tiat tho etocks were Quick- their bondsmen within the next week, it was stated late yesterday by Justice of the Peace Brazier Small. .. . ? : . "We hate been advised here that they have a line on them ,and will produce them In a few days" said : udgeL Small. Bondsmen, for the two alleged moonshiners are Frank Berry and Estelle Berry of Portland. Brick ers bond was set at 11000 and that of Ellen Brlcker at S250. Pending f further derelopxnents, time during which the bonds will become forfeited has been extend ed another week. It had already been extended one week, due to expire today, " " - - : . WASHINGTON, (AP) ProhiblUon Nor. 14.- officiala here1 PROHIS GRILLED BY WET SENATOR EDWARD I. EDWARDS OF NEW ' JERSET MAKES CLAIMS Namber of Persons 'Killed by Dry Ajrents Runs la to Thousands ; . Be Says " : NEW YORK, Not. 14. (AP) Senator Edward I. Edwards of tonight disputed the ' statement New Jersey, In an article publlah- " "When Governor Patterson nounced that he would Investigate the practice among students and faculty . ot Oregon's school of higher, technical i knowledge - at Corrallls ot referring to it " as "Oregon State ' College." ; he star ted something that will be hard to finish. It is believed by persons conversant with the facta and mo tives behind the controversy. : since making that announce ment Saturday, the governor has decided to delay t investigation until the next meeong of the reg ents; but he started the hall roll ing, and discussion probably will not subside ; until the matter Is all threshed out,' S j ; t i l Students Take Blame ' A statement now comes from Oresel C. Narrer, president of the associated students of the college. lawyerastjlwJthat use of the new name has grown OUi-ej-Jia.senerai, accept ance by students andTafamnt, anal without any official action by ei ther faculty or regents. He adds: ! "I see no disparagement to ag riculture in this t moTe, as' that school, la but one of the ; ten degree-conferring schools in the eol-: lege'.v-;V.:-I --.H,i--:. Discussion of the issue locally has brought outHhe fact that not all alumni, favor the change. This, it is believed, is confined princi pally to the graduates of the school of agriculture. Graduates of the engineering pharmacy and other departments have been ad vocating 'the change for J aereral yearn.- .. I ;, '- ; The difficulty of deciding the (Ooatinoed b p( ) made by Senator Edwards ot New Jersey, in a magazine article, that the number of persons killed by; dry enforcement officers "must. run into tour figures.1 In the absence of Assistant; Sec retary . Lowman of the treasury and 1 Prohibition - Commissioner Doran. James; E. Jones, deputy commissioner, said no ; accurate figures were arailable as to those killed by all kinds of enforcement agents, but he was certain that the number of killed by federal offi cers "is nothing like a fifth of a thousand - and is more likely around a hundred." - "No records are available here,1 he said, "which would bear out the senator's statement that .the nnm-1 ber killed runs onto four figures." ' Replying to the senator's charge that many of those killed had been shot in- the back," Mr. Jones . re-l called the policy of the enforce ment machine which he drew up personally several years ago and which he said,' is still in force. That policy in effect, he said, is that no prohibition agent should use his gun except to protect his own life.; This, he added, was on the theory that it-was "better to let a bootlegger go rather than kill him, and get him some other time.' TROTSKY ASSASSINATED i Persistent Reports From Sereral Bourses Carry News LONDON. Not. ' 14. (AP)- The Dally Mail's Berlin correspon dent says a report is current that Leon Trotsky, former Soviet war commlsar and now a leader of the oppositionary 'party in Moscow, has been assassinated. ! -. ' ' Messages from Moscow - and Leningrad : give the same report, There has been no confirmation MYSTERY PLANE ON HOP French XluauReports Seeing MaJ ' chine Far Out at SeaJ ed today In the December: issue of the magazine "Plain Talk" esti mated that the toll of lives taken by prohibition agents "must run into four ttguresV - Senator Edwards said that no nation-wide research has been made to establish the accuracy of his estimate, adding "as long as prohibition lasts statistics will nev r eaten up with the number of persons killed by prohibition of fleers, federal, state and munici pal." . : : 200 Killed, Claim The federal men to date," -iie said, "have slain about 200, and I have read the 'depositions from the treasury department showing 162 killings by federal agents. with some 84 other cases where deaths have occurred at the hanOs of local off icera.? Answering the question; how do men die when prohibition ag ent shoot," he wrote, "they die. many of them, in cold blood, shot In the back. "The reports of the treasury de partment .do not, it Is true, ever, say that a Victim was shot in the back, tor it would not look good Dut investigate the court records and see what you find, and I ask you not to accept my word but the words of physicians, men of the community, ,wno ' know that per jury oa such a score, would be in stantly detected." " MagaaBo Makes Claims .Tbe magazine. In an explana- fdTTBW8 aH that "alx months ot .exhaustive:fcirth--"CrS,Jy Harry Love of Washington west into the gathering ot data," tor the article. ' '. . ' Senator Ed waja recounted in detail specific eases ' of several persons "shot in the back.' Among them were the cases of Guy- E- Kr"V YORK, Not. 14. (AP) I Mystery today shrouded tfce iden tity, of ; "white plane Leaded north and -"flying r high." - reported by the liner He de France to have been sighted 250 miles south of Halifax. ' Officials of theFjreceh liner tonight had received no word frora the-ttlTpfvtn-answer to re-lMeadowa orKintbnf""W'.rViC" who quest tor further details. At flying fields near here no plausible explanation of - the plane's presence over the Atlantic could be "offered. It was not be lieved the plane could have been on a transatlantic flight since no transatlantic take-off had been re ported. The lie de France, due here to morrow, wirelessed the Radio Cor poration, of America this morning that she had sighted the plane. . NOTED SINGER DIVORCED Legal Separation Granted Wife of Reinald Werrenrath RENO. NeT.. Not. 14. (AP) Mrs. Ada Werrenrath was today granted a divorce from . Reinald Werrenrath, New York , baritone, and S1S.00Q a year. The custody ot three minor children was divld- howeTer, from any off ical sources, ed between the parents. - TO LINDBERGH BY PRESIDED r Famous American Flying Ace Presented Coveted Hubbard Gold Medal MANY NOTABLES GATHER Honor Places ' Yankee Airman Alongside Commander Robert Peary, Eraeet Shackleton 'and Others. the senator wrote, was shot and killed when he attempted to.throw a pint of whiskey into the river, and Lawrence Wagner, Upper Harford county, Md., farmer, shot in the. back when he ran upon be ing startled ' by . five armed men Jumping suddenly at him. The five Costiaa4 a pats , CHEST PLAN CONSIDERED Meeting; Called at Chamber of Commerce Thursday Eve ' A meeting of the chamber of commerce board of directors has been called for next Thursday ot- ening at eight o'clock to discuss the Community Chest plan for Salem.- ; . The meeting was called at the request of Charles Wiper and Dr. Henry Morris who made brief talks at the luncheon yesterday. 7: WASHINGTON, Not. 14 (AP) The accomplishment of; Charles A. Lindbergh in making the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris brought him to a new pinnacle of honor ; tonight when President Coolldge, in pre- senting him with , the Hubbard medal of the National Geographic! society, eulogised him as a "mod-1 est man, of high and unselfish purpose." ; Lindbergh not only was hon-1 ored with this high award, but had the distinction believed to be an unprecedented- one of be ing introduced to his audience by the president ot (he United States ; Lindbergh Speaks : i Taking the rostrum after the president . had concluded his- pre sentation address, the youthful hero ence more extolled the pos slbilitles of aviation on the sani platform In the Washington audi torium where In May he was the guest of the National Press club after his memorable return from faur5fcna was preseniea wiic more than acoer-2i2l8. tro-i phies and other gifts in tribute his historic flight. . "I want to thank you all for tht great honor bestowed upon me to night." he said. Tfce National Geographic society 'r has aided greatly in exploration of the world desesres utmost credit for their accomplishments." I Applause Accorded t As President Coolldge presented the Hubbard enedal to Lindbergh, applause rang out from a most distinguished gathering ot gov ernment officers and foreign nota bles. Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh watched the homage paid her son with glistening eyes, and around her were sixteeif other airmen and the one gtfT who, encouraged by Lindbergh's example, successfully accomplished a perilous air Jour ney toward the shore of Europe. ; The dignity which has ,been noted in Lindberg's demeanor marked, him J as he listened to praise, from the president for. not I THAT REMINDS ME! I MUST -START REDUCING!" SET-BACK BILL OFFERED AGAIN ZONING COMMISSION MODIFIES CORNER PROVISION Oa Lots- Narrower Than 50 Feet. Smaller Margin to Street . . Liae Aska The set-back ordinance which has been jockeyed back and forth between the city council and the city planning and zoning commis sion for several months will pop up again before the city dads next Monday night. After considerable discussion last night the commission agreed to modify the side line require ment, which met with the opposi tion of Alderman W. H. Dancy and E. B. Grabenhorst when last con sldered. -; ' '- .' - - The commission will now recom mend that the 10 foot requirement still holds good o.n corner lots SO feet or more in ' width; but that rowners of corner lots narrower than Be feet, as originally platted, be required to set back dwellings only IS per cent of the lot's width. The commission s ' : original recommendation was for 10 feet on all lots. This aroused the op-1 position of real estate dealers and their representatives on the coun cil who held that such a require ment would be decidedly, unfair to owners on small corner lots, as it would leave too little a space on which to build, after the eigh( foot space between dwellings had. been complied, with. The bill, even in its modified form, is expected to meet opposi tion of certain councllmen, but it will be pointed out that there are markedly few corner lots in the city which measure 'leer than 50 feet. There are twenty such small ins "Ton Ruratfavenue between Hig5 and VWIotfeF -streets, and a tttvr others scattered. f A suggestion by, the city couocli that the biijt be framed no that the commission might exercise discre tion in certain . eaeea was disap- "Trved by the commission oa the teeth, .out ot the bHt 28 KILLED; 485 HURT Ifl BLAST ATPITTSBURG II World's ; Largest Gas Tcr.I; -Explodes; Whole Streets Heaved Into Air EVERY HOSPITAL FILLED People Ran Screaming from BaQJU lngs Following Greatest Shorn; . In City's History; Toll Mounting . (CoaUaacd 9) 11 KILLED IN EXPLOSION 3 , MORE REBELS KILLED General, Colonel and Majoe Cap- ' tared la Vera. Crax State ;1. MEXICO CITTi Not. 14. (AP) Press . dispatches from Perote, state of Vera Cms, report that three more leaders ot the Arnulfo Gomes rebel groups hare been cap tured - by federal ; troops, court matrtalled and executed. .These men were Valerlo rltula. OctaTlo BJveros and Romulu Hernandes, who styled themselTes respectire- 1t "eeneral. "coloneV t-3 ca- 3 or." );,--'-t.'.--:-,-.--i i t.'-; ' -'- -" , ' C . 'i-JiV. tt?' till mast Occurs Aboard Small Fishing Craft Near Juneau k JUNEAU, Alaska, Nor. 14. i (AP) Eleven persons, including seven children, probably all per Ished when an explosion occurred aboard their fishing craft, appar ently when they were sleeping, it was revealed today, after the find ing of nine unclothed bodies on a beach about fifty miles southwest of here. ; ' .srO' Captain Johnny Albert, an In dian, with his family and wife' parents, all residents of Sitka, left Hooniah a week ago, where he had been for the trolling season, to re turn to Sitka. As the small cra't was in the entrance to Whitestone harbor, between Hooniah and Sit ka, the explosion took place; ap parently entirely destroying the frail gas boat and leaving the un warned family helpless in the Icy waters." - The recovered i bodies were badly discolored, as though from aa explosion. Searchers are seeking for traces of the boat and the two missing persons. - . - """" ' 7 T5r& EXPLOSION j EFFECT FELT PITTSBURGH, Not. 14. (AP) An entire section ot north sWe Pittsburgh lay in ruins tonight and the bodies of 21 persons reel ed in the Allegheny county morgue and seven other bodies were still in the wreckage mute evidence) of one ot the most disastrous ex plosions in the city's history. Death and devastation swept the old Manchester district when a mammoth storage' gas tank ex ploded. . Tonight as hundreds of vie time of the' disaster nursed their Injur ies in hospitals and in other hT ens of refuge supplied by relict agencies, firemen, policemen and volunteers continued the work T exploring the wrecked district In the belief that other b lies would be found in the mass of twitted dAbrts.-'. . Rescue Work Tloes On As nightfall descended unonthe atrkkem 7i,1rt, - rescue erex-teil -eevtrKeBcy lights M vas tare points, -Many of ,th tV-Vr -choked itr ja and taiaHed df a buildings tjfc4ed the';' eK tuts 1 the firemen and tby ifrt-d to dynamite in :i an effort to wo ? a of wrerKape. i;q nfn t - Many - Distant Suburbs of Pitts burgh. Affected by Blast . PITTSBURGH, Not. 14. (AP) The force of today's disastrous gae explosion on the north side was felt in all sections or Pitts burgh and many suburbs. : windows were - snatterea njnjjeas crippled. uomewooa, nine maes irom "Tnei, scene. Mlllvale residents, their homes rocked by the blast, rushed to the, streets, fearing an earth quake. Some far; residents re ported the' force ot the blast was felt as far north as the : Butler county line, 30 miles away. In the Negley avenue district several big plate glass windows were shattered. Bellevue felt the rush of a sent forth by the ter rific explosion. School house win dows were broken In Hailewood. At St. John's hospital. seTeral miles away, a number of student nurses, seated in a class room. were knocked from their chairs. Fifteen minutes later these same nurses were on their way to the scene of the disaster. WIDER STREETS SOUGHT Ckr Planners to ' Confer - With County Court Tonight cortstant watch to prevent lootirjr. flni , . - . . . . . ing was shattered tfcreagrr.ut Pittsburgh dtetrict W tft 1 1 rr.- -: blast. . For a moment jthe ii? h - its breath as buildings rocked and windows crashed. At first It seemed that an earthquake -had gripped the city. Telephone lines were broken and the fire system The city stcod still. waiting and wondering what wad to come next. Then a fire alarm box. in the downtown district on tee Alle- (Catte4 4.) SCHOOLS' RATIO SI 45 PER CHILD MARION COCXTT APPOKTIO. MEXT ANNOUNCED About Halt of Two MCI Tax also Tet to be Sent .Out Among - District " Z0NERS ASK -INCREASE 'Plan to Pnt Secretary on Payroll . And Issue New Bfap . " The planning and toning com mission will seek an amount ot $1500 from the city council to carry oa its work during the com ing- year. ':y':: S':; Seren hundred fif ty dollars will be needed to draw up a new map showing not only the city proper, but the outlying districts in a six mile radius as well. -' . A total of f X0 will be required for salaries, as it is planned to put the commission secretary on a reg ular monthly stipend. : Other amounts indicated are: InTestlga tlons, I1E0, and miscellaneous. 1150. . The commission received an ap propriation cf cnJy 500 tor the present year.' -' Continuing their campaign to give Salem ot the future wide, beautiful streets, members of the city planning and zoning commis sion last night passed a resolution asking the " Marion county court not to accept tor dedication any county road within a six mil ra dius of Salem which does not have a 60 foot right of way. An Informal discussion: of the matter will be held with county commissioners tonight. Zoning commissioners recently voiced a protest to Salem realtors tor platting new sub-divisions In which streets were made harrow to increase the amount ot sale able property.'; - ,--....-.''''-- 4L WILL HAVE BIG MEET Tenth Birthday Anniversary Be Observed Next Year To r PORTLAND. Nor 14. ( AP Thetenth birthday anniversary: of the LiOyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen; universally known as the 4. L, will be celebrated I early next year with a rally at Tacoma, it was decided today at a meeting of directors of the organization here. . - - One of the most important ae tions ot the directors today was the decision to extend 4 L activ ities to . Montana and California. Its sphere in the past has been confined to Idaho, Washington and Oregon. Field men will be sent to lumber regions ot the two other States to interest employes and .December 1, employers in the movement today, yestcrdsy. Funds derived from the perpet ual state school fund will this year be divided among school districts in Marion county on the basis cf $1.45 to each child. in the dletrict of school age, , according to an nouncement made late yesterday from the office of the county su perintendent of scnoojs. . There are 16,173 children ct school age in the county, accord ing to sUtisties " arrived at ty school authorities. Children cf school age are considered as thote between the ages ot four and 13. inclusive. " " ' Division of the' perpetual echocl fund Is made among the districts according to ratios based on t? 3 number of , these children, regar J less of whether or not they are at tending school. There is J t-,-229.88 to be so divided in Marie a county this- year.- Approximately half of the two mill state tax levy also remains io be apportioned among the scbocl districts. The sum of S48.S76.X0 was sent out to the districts Iroca this fund last spring, that amount being estimated ; at about ha!., leaving an equal sum for this t'.l. " There Is aleo a county far,!. amounting to 110 per child c : school age. Each district is grant ed a flat sum of 8100 from tMi fund; after wh!ch the remaindfr f i given out In proportion to t". number of children. Half the t -Ul fund, or about $80,000, t -mains to be sent out to tfce " tricta this fall, ' These funds are all exelusivs t the regular. district scfcccl t. raised by levies within the c trlcts. "; ; Th' money .will he r;t t-t the districts from thst c! county euperlater. !t it vej .