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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1927)
- Let's Put on a Drive, and Put Over Our Flax and Linen Industries Right; Finish What We Have Starte: The City Budget Committee 4 - Weather forecast t Bala; moderate tem perature; southerly gales on the coast. Max imum temperature yesterday SB, minimum 45, riTer 5.2. rainfall .52, atmosphere cloudy, wind southeast. ' ... . 0W Privutoly it's our guess that Bill Thorn paca ta forfeited aU chances nt ever getting cua of thvso Rhodes scholarships. - According to statistics fust nubllshed ruoat Now Yorkers eat their apples raw. Bat they f try to xcea the rest of the country appleaaucu. SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1927 - PRICE FIVE CENTS itf CHARITIES' .FACE PROSPECT t m More. Destitution Than At Any Time Since Asso ; ciation Organized i FUNDS ENTIRELY LACKING Carnival Fails to Pay, and Finan- rial Drive Delayed -Pending Decision on Community " Cheat, Explained With more destitute people call ing for assistance than ever before in Salem, the Associated Charities is. faced with the necessity of ceas ing operations altogether because of lack of funds. ' , . This organization, formed orig inally by represents Urea of nearly .all of the civic clubs in the city, has made no drive for funds ' in over a year. It sponsored a earn! val In September, but this brought v no revenue because, of rainy wea ther. Awaited Chest Decision Since then, no attempt to raise funds has been started because of the proposal for a community chest, a decision concerning which may be made at a meeting Thurs day night, at the chamber of com merce room, i .. But in the meantime, dozens of rails for help are coming to the headquarters of the Associated Charities, says Harry Levy, pres ident; and he has personally tak n care of some of these requests. but there Is a definite limit- to what one individual can do. Conditions Critical Levy declares that from the calls which have come to him and to the secretary, Mrs. Mae Young, fjs" are more families without employment or funds to -support them In Salem now than there "SNUB": POLLARD MUSSED BY RAIN FAMOUS COMEDIAN FLIVVERS INTO TOWN FOR VISIT lias Grave Confession; Bloustache Isn't Real, Bat Just Film prop" SEARCH KEEPS ON FOR 0 (Coa tinned 5Z S.) SEEK REMOVAL r' ... OF OBJECTIONS BUILDING OF TOWER AWAITS LEGAL OPINION at j Officials Visit County Com missioner, But fjoort Not p, -s in Session r. Members of the city council, headed by Mayor T, A. Livesley, accompanied by Frank Bligh and his attorney, appeared before the county court yesterday in an at tempt to have that -body rescind its action of a few days ago with holding further work on the erec tion of a tower for a Capitol theater aim post on the court house grounds. ' Owing to the fact that County Judge Hunt is still confined to his home by illness and ' the further absence yesterday of Commis sioner Smith, no meeting of the county court body could be held to "hear the protest. Commissioner Porter told the council that as soon as possible the court would get an opinion from h-r dlatrlctJ attorney and would advise them .of what theft: action would fce. ;. - This controTersy i,haii arisen over the "attempt of the Bligh IS -theatre to erect a, sign across State A ySwrtxeet. In dofsr ao one-of A the posts was erected on the .-parking strip between the sidewalk and the curb on the north aldof of State street. The city council gave Its permission for the erection of the sign when first. requested by the theater, : " ' ., ' ... - . At that same time, the TcouBCfI, as a. matter of courtesy, advised; " the county eonrt. lhat'such action wag feeing taken,. but also advised the court ? that " the matter of .-granting this authority waa ; not t within the i Jurisdiction ; of the il i ot)r vcflTt the - I Vity council. For this, reason the i Vounty court ijok-; no nctiott'la JKhe mattersc-i :-..:' ,:" ' Z ll Jr. - Later, however, a protest v; wap q iJile against-the erection of the -ign on court house property and -he opinion - advanced ; that the .-.-rantlna of permission. ; to erect Tatxn was a prerogative of the ourt and not the city council,, ta-- a fCieh as the ground belongs to ajv cgMty uu uvi t The court had gone on the as--umpllon that they had no'Jurts--ictWn eutaide of the sidewalk, "t now appears that th Is a mat- X jJT wherein there Is a difference Syf.Kt opinion and for that reason the "curt aome days ago Issued an or er etoppfss; further work on th 'recjJon tt the sign until such iaa p k Ifcal pinion la. given tyjt 9' CUiriei attorney, la ijr Meantime no farther -orX" carried on with re jari to erection of tie in. . t "Snub" Pollard, of the up-elde down mustache and the comical grimace, waa In town last night. He arrived with Mrs. Pollard In "Lincoln's poor relation" and vis ited for a time with Archie Holt, manager of the Bligh theater. whom he hailed aa an old school friends. "Snub's" stomach was all upset and his famous upper lip bristle decoration a minus quantity when he reached here, all because of the shaking automobile. In fact, the mustache Isn't real, he confided, and easily goes awry or falls off in a shake-up. The slap-stick comedian who acquired fame by his antics In two reel films has been on a vaudeville tour In Canada, and la now on his way to Hollywood to begin pro duction of more mirth provoking movies. ' "Slap-stick comedy Is not out of date" said Snub. "People get Just as great a kick out of it as ever. and when we get a chance to' throw pies, we do it. Canadians, especially, will roar at slap stick." "I discovered myself '- at this game, and when Hal Roach offer ed me a chance to appear In films with Harold Lloyd provided I could furnish myself with an or iginal .make-up, I Jumped at it. I scoured the costume shops. One) day I saw a Kaiser mustache. I changed the color to black, turn ed it up-side down, and there you are." "I'll always keep that mustache. It's my stock in trade. And the s I BLAST AREA Powerful Flood Lights Used By Crews Searching For More Victims - (Continued n pee 7.) GUTHRIE COMING TODAY Reorganization of Local Theater Management Planned Geo. B. Gurthrie, proprietor 9f the Elsinore, Oregon and Grand theaters here, will arrive" in Salem today to reorganize the manage ment of the local playhouses, fol lowing the announcement releas ed yesterday that he arid the West Coast Theaters, Inc., had disolved their connection by mutual con sent. . r No c announcement other than the bare statement that the joint operation of the theaters had been terminated, could be obtained from Ralph AlleQ, manager of the Elsinore, who will remain with the West Coast organizations and will return to Los Angeles. 20 PERSONS IDENTIFIED Large Number Blisslng Thought to be Still Lying: Among Rains; Plans Made 'for: Re I construction Work PITTSBURGH, Nor. 15. (AP) -With the removal tonight of two more 7 bodies from the explosion torn Pittsburgh Clay Pot plant, and the death In a hospital of one of the Injured, the death toll In yesterday's disastrous gas tank ez-j plosion had. reached 26. PITTSBURGH, Not. IB.- (AP) Under the glare of powerful flood lights, the monotonous search for additional victims of yesterday's gas tank explosion went forward tonight in the ruins of the devastated lower north side district. Although hundreds of workmen cleaned up tons of debris during the day, only two more bodies were recovered, bringing : the known death toll to 23. All but three have been Identified. Totals Thought Rising Rescue workers generally, how ever, believed the fatalities would mount when the task of clearing away the Jumbled wreckage of the Pittsburgh Clay Pot company, has been completed McINTOSH HOPS OFF FOR INDIA BRITISH AVIATOR HEADS EAST! FROM' TJPAVON FIELD Attempt Being Made to Establish . "New Record for' Long Dis tance Flight NEGRO BALLOT SEEN AS ISSUE CLAIM ANALOGY BETWEEN AMENDMENTS 15 AND 18 Senator Glass Declares He Can Fa- ' Tor Ignoring One and En . . forcing Other ' TJPAVON, England. Not. 15. (AP) Speeding eastward over sea, mountain, desert and city, two British airmen Captain R. H. Mc intosh and Bert Hlnkler, are at tempting to achieve the first non stop flight to India. Flying in the "Princess Xenla,' the same plane in which he made an unsuccessful effort to span the Atlantic' to the United States early this fall, Captain Mcintosh hopes to establish a new nonstop long distance record, replacing the one made by Clarence D. Chamberlln and Charles A. Levlne on their transatlantic flight to Germany.' The distance between England and Karachi, India, objective of the flight, is more than 4,000 miles, whereas the distance covered by Chamberlln and Levlne has been computed at 3,905 miles. The two fliers took off shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon with 800 gallons of gasoline in their tanks and plenty of provisions for their long air Journey. Weather conditions were excellent when they hopped off In their Fokkerj plane but weather charts showed that they were likely to encounter rain, snow and mists over the con tinent. Beyond that fair weather was predicted. RAIN HEAVIEST OF FALL -83 Inch Recorded in 24 Hours Up to Last Night concern, one of the chief suffer ers In the blast that killed more that a score. Injured 600 others and, caused property damage run- ed that 32 of the. 117 men at work As evidence that the winter sea-, son has set in in earnest, the to tal amount of rainfall during the! 24 hour period that ended at 7 o'clock last night was .83 of an inch, which Is declared by the lo- Officials of that;cai weather observer to be the LAW STUDENTS ORGANIZE Plan Closer Cooperation With Liberal Arts Group at W. U. ' " Organization of students in the Willamette law school for the purpose of sponsoring better "co operation with the liberal arts school will be effected today, ac cording to plans made yesterday. A law student body president will be elected. . - ; The three law classes met yes terday and elected presidents. Joe Do Sousa was chosen to hear the seniors; Ed Goodenough, the juniors; and Ed Stadter, the freshmen. These three men will meet with Dean Hewitt today "to discuss a suitable candidate for student president. ' T " Regular, meetings of the group are planned with supreme court justices and other prominent at torneysfor speakers. Moot court also will be stressed. T ContiBnd oi paga S.) CASEY AWARDED $3,000 Salt Grows Oat of Sale of North Salem Service Station most during any equal : period since laet spring. Yesterday was marked by showers that continued dTfffcst BteadilyieepinjgthfUeeJtil and the gutters filled throughout the day. The level of. the Willamette river at Salem, after having gone down slowly for several days pre-! viously, rose -from 3 to 5.2' feet above normal. ' Mill creek waa' a swirling torrent, by mid afternoon. TODAY'S HOP POSTPONED The case of Casey vs. William son was decided in favor of the plaintiff to the extent of $3060, a Prediction of Bad Weather Cans- Jury-returning a verdict for that! amount at 6:30 last night after a two days' trial in circuit court. The action was based upon fraud, which Williamson was ac cused of having perpetrated through the sale of the Lone Star service station In North Salem to Mr. Casey. Casey contracted to purchase the atation for 120,000, but changed his mind after he had paid about-84000.-: He sued: for $10,000, and recovered 33000. em Flyer to Change Plana SAN FRANCISCO, Not. 15. (AP) After . reconsidering-, the forecast given him by the United States Weather bureau Ob p tain Frederick A. Giles, British avia tor, told Mills field officials late today he would not attempt to fly to Hawaii tomorrow. He announc ed earlier in the day that he would go at 9:30 a. m. tomorrow regardless of the weather. HAMILTON SAID HE OF YOUTH CRASH'S VICTIM LYNCHBURG, Va., Not. 15. (AP) Because the south Is op-; posed to negro suffrage, in the opinion of Senator Glass, demo crat, Virginia, its attitude toward enforcement of the fifteenth amendment dealing with this question and, lta position for the prohibition law and the 18th amendment cannot be declared contradictory. He expressed this view today In a letter to W. H. Stayton, of the association against the Prohibition amendment, who had asked Sen-j ator Glass to answer an editorial In the New York World. It charges inconsistency in the atti tude of the Virginia senator in op- posing the sending of federal agents to Kentucky to supervise the state election there and his ap proval of sending them into the states to enforce the national pro hibition laws. "When a public man protests against sending of federal satraps to supervise state elections, for which there is no sanction of law," said Senator Glass, "It is rather silly to suggest. that such a pro ceeding would have precedent and parallel in sending prohibition agents, under full sanction of the law, to suppress the traffic in liquor." Boy of 16 Left Everett Withi Young Houseman, Moth er Tells Police CAR DECLARED STOLEN Third Member of HI Fated Party Vanishes and Still Missing; ' Believed Escape from Training School WASHINGTON, Not. 15.- (AP) Disclaiming any desire to have the republican national con vention next year confine itself in a law enforcement declaration, to the prohibition amendment, Sen ator Borah of Idaho, declared to day that he would aid any move ment to have the party platform also pledge enforcement of the fourteenth and fifteenth amend-! ments to the constitution. They involve the citizenship and voting rights of negroes. The Idaho senator communicat ed his Tie ws In a. letter to Senator Edge,. -republican. New Jersey, a wet. It. was in reply to certain comments of Mr. Edge on the law enforcement speeches of the Ida- ( Continued a page 7.) STEINB0CK DENIED SITE Lease Revoked When Junk Shop Location Protested II. Stelnbock will not take up junk shop quarters in the build ing next to the funeral parlors on Ferry street between Church and High. . Mrs. Lenta Westacott and Jon athan Bourne yesterday revoked their lease of the building In ques tion to Mr. -Stelnbock, when pro tests, began to pile up against his occupancy of the place. The city yesterday threatened legal action if Mr. Stelnbock per sisted in his efforts to locate there. WONDER WHETHER WE'LL GET A LOOtC-IN? The identity of a youth killed early Tuesday morning In an au tomobile crash near Sublimity was definitely established last night by police, at Everett, Wash., the boy's home. His name was Harold Hamilton, son of Mrs. Ber tha HamiKon of that city. His age was given by his mother as 16. who stated that he left there last week In company with Ralph Houseman on a hike to California, ' No trace has yet been found of the boy who had possession of the ill-fated car who disappeared from the scene of the accident shortly after It happened. The House man boy Is being held by the po lice until the entire affair Is cleared up. Crash Into Pole i The accident occurred shortly before 2 o'clock Tuesday morning when a car containing the three youths left the road and crashed Into a telephone pole. The Ham ilton boy waa taken to Stayton by passing motorists and from there was brought to the Deaconess hos pital In Salem shortly before three o'clock. He died two hours later. ; "The " story told by the House man boy is as follows: He and the Hamilton boy starts (Continued n page 5.) STATE DEFICIT REDUCED Receipt of First Half Taxes Cuts It To About $330,000 Receipt of first half taxes from a number of Oregon counties has reduced the general fund deficit of : the .state to approximately f 3 50.000, acording to a statement prepared by the state treasurer here Tuesday. The statement showed that of the 32,613.103.48 first-half taxes due the state treasurer approxi mately 3943,011.63 has been re mitted. Multnomah county, which pays the largest amount of taxes of any county in the state has re mitted 3444,000. Counties which have remitted beir first-half taxes in full Include- Clatsop, Columbia, Crook. Curry, Hood River, Jackson, Jef ferson, Josephine, Klamath, Mal heur, Morrow, Sherman, Tilla mook and Union. MARINES BATTLE AGAIN! Seven JtebeU Wounded, Six Kill- d In Nicaragua n Fight .MANAGUA, Nov. 15. (AP) Six rebels were killed and seven wounded when; they made two at tacks Sunday upon United States marine corps patrols near La Cruz in .the department of Nueva Seg ovia, according to reports receiv ed,. Jiere .today. There were no marine casualties. The patrols were on reconnais sance and combat duty. The liberal j general, Au gusto Sandino, Is reported to be sending out distress calls for more men aa the marine are gradually dis persing and surrounding the reb el forces.'!.. ' vl'H SHARKEY GETS HOLE IN 1 Local Professional Make Record on Waverly Covree PORTLAND. Nor. 15 (AP)! Graham Sharkey, professional at tha Xllabee Golf elub at Salem, made a hole in one of the Warerly course hare today in I a practice round ' preparatory to the Oregon professional golf tournament here: Thursday, Sharkey holed oat bis te on tht 140 yard sixth 5 - 1 t wr! tut- 4 -. jj 'J j iY linn ir I tffjiiV '; -W '' . ..-S-JT:.' .-;- Cf. r " f - .MAMA wjt. I VATs;'. I VJM . ItA f rKWPAk If; 1 I i AU. ABOUT IT WHErf HuJ A .. . - : .- in.llflll IF tfl -i-i v K ' rh 1 Lin i tt t H I! it 111 lA III) -L-v f ; ' n t;! ' RfiJJ i 11 nil ii ii 11 j ikiii mi 11 i r .1!" il l i . ' . - 3w.i i it i STAGE PERMIT REVOKED Imperial Line Loses Right to Op erate in Oregon ' The public service commission Tuesday revoked the ' permit . of the Imperial Stage line to Operate In the state of Oregon, and cited officials of the company to appear m saiem and show cause why the action . of the commission should not be sustained. . .tie vocation ot tne permit was based on the company's failure to file Its monthly reports, pay its license fees and give adequate ser vice.' . - ; ' Reports received at the offices of the public service commission indicated that " a number of pas ettgers enroute north on one of the company's stages a few days ago, was delayed more : than 24 I hours at Eugene because of inad equate equipment.'. REPUBLIC TALK RIFE, RUMANIA TRIAL OF MilHL MANOILESCU - CREATES FEELTXa . Country Takes Momentary Breath ins Spell After Acquittal of Carol Aldo BUCHAREST. Not. 15. (AP) Rumania, which tor a fortnight has been In a state ot high nerv ous excitement, breathed easier to day with the acquittal of Mlhll ManoUescu, former under secre tary for finance, wha was charged with sharing in a revolutionary plot. The trial has given rise not only to dangerous talk about the es tablishment of a republic, an ab solute dictatorship, and abolition of the dynasty, but undisguised anxiety on the part of the govern ment, which ordered the trial to be terminated as speedly as pos sible. While Premier Bratiano feels that Manollescu's arrest set a warning and example before other politicians who might feel a ten dency to meddle In the dynaetle situation, the fact Is that the trial haa broken wide open again the troublesome question of the claims of former Crown Prince Carol to the throne. More than that. It made Carol and Manollescu heroes in the eyes of many Impressionable and sentimental Rumanians. Heartened and emboldened by Manallescu's acquittal, lead ere ot dissenting political parties now ap pear certain to be more inclined than ever to use the possibility of the prince's return as a means of agitating the otherwise Indifferent peasantry and -the neutral army. Many disinterested persons here, however, feel that no matter how much Carol . may have been ronged by Bratiano, If at all. the nrlnce'8 return would bring social and political chaos at a time when Rumania needs to devote Her energies to staggering financial and economic problems. LIGHTING FID ! LIBRARY EIVEFJ ONmiBFJSE Department Estimates Oth erwise Pared Sharply By - Budget Committee SALARY ADVANCE DENIED WET DEMOCRAT CHOSEN S. Harrison White Elected to Con. gress from Colorado DENVER, Colo., Not. : 1 5. (AP) S. Harrison White, demo crat, was elected congressman from the first congressional dis trict today by a majority of 4,750 votes, polling 32.18 5 votes to his republican opponent, Francis J. Krauss' 27,435, complete returns showed tonight. White made his campaign on a platform favoring modification of the Volstead act while Krauss rah on a "bone dry" platform. The election was held to select a successor to wnuam in. vaue, republican, who died in June. White, the successful candidate, although running on a wet plat form, announced before heaccept ed the nomination that because he favored dry law modification did not necessarily mean that he would support Al Smith for presi dent in 1928. FORENSIC SUCCESS SEEN Willamette's Triumphs Credited To Thorough Study Both the science and the art of public speaking are taught stu dents at Willamette university; ac4i'( -but carrying cording to Dr. John O. Hall, head of the department, who addressed members of the Kiwanls club yes terday, the science of building a speech and 'the art of delivering it. As a result. Willamette was able to take the' coast champl&n- ship in debate, second place in the national peace oratorical contest, and second place in four state or atorical contests last vear. CA good speech must contain the elements of clarity, interest, im pressiveness, belief,: all of which to inspire the nearer to action. He urged KiwanU to. continue their efforts to become able public Speakers. : Change to Smaller Lamps at Every Intersection Provided for; Small Appropriation for Re-numbering Paring department estimates sharply and granting substantial appropriation Increases only for the city library and the lighting system, members of the ways and means committee last night pre pared In tentative form the city budget for the coming year. A cltixene committee will be appoint ed at the next council meeting to consider the figures, and report them back to the council. Salary and maintenance in creases for the police and fire de partments were sought but the requests were denied by the com mittee, and the total expense will remain as last year. At the out set, raises In pay of $10 for pa trolmen and $15 for sergeants had been requested by the police de partment, and the tire department asked for an increase in staff of four men. - , Library Geta Increase The city library was dealt with generously. Instead of the $1660 figure asked by the library for new books, the committee voted $2150, almost three times as much aa the appropriation last year. Salary Increases were raised to the extent of $300, and the mis cellaneous fund was boosted-$60, . Changing from 400 candlepower lamps at every other street inter section to 250 Candlepower lamps at every street Intersection was approved by the-committee and the expense of $6000 more than laet year provided for. - Re-numbering Provided Re-numbering of city streets (Con tinned on para 5.) STUDENTS JUST t CALL IT "STATE" NO. CHANGE IN NAME, BAROM ETER EXPLAINS But the Mooted - Word is There, Editor Claims, and Now Be ing Used - , KING CASE TO BE TRIED MILK INSPECTION PLAN Will Call New Jury fa Suit Against Dr. George R. Yrhre i The case of Mrs. Lyda King ts. Dr. George R. Years If scheduled to get under way in circuit" court thla morning. This case first began- In court here "something oyer, two weeks ago, but came to an abrupt stop when it waa found that members of the Jury had been reading im proper Information about the trial aa published In a Salem afternoon newspaper. - ": " : Mrs, King baaea her action against pr. Vehrs. on the conten tion that he performed an opera tion upon her that waa not author- lied by her, and .which ghe would not hare submitted to If she had known the conditions and the re sults ef the operation. She demands 10,000 damagti. Regulation of Dairies to Be Pro vided By City Council An ordinance ' providing for some modem type of Inspection and regulation ot milk and dairies will be Introduced in the city council at an early date; Several conferences have been held on, the proposed bill, and there are still one- or two ob stacles tn the way, postponing Km Introduction.- The large milk dealers are said to be strongly tn favor of efficient regulation. - - The ordinance will provide for inspections of all milk plants at stated periods,' and testing the milk, to insure the city always a pure supply. .;; . 4 - Tuberculosis and scarlet fever germs are prevalent In unclean milk, and ft Is .fa line vita the campaign, aratnst the diseases that the ordinance will Is Introduced. -While state officials and others seem greatly excited over the nomenclature of the "school at Corvallls," the students there are going about their business just as calmly as ever. To them, there isn't any problem. The student newspaper, .. still styled the "O. A C: Dally Barom- the dateline "Oregon State College," and re ferring to the Institution In the latter feehion, sums up the situ ation as follows: Naturally Governor Patterson knew of no change for the simple reason that there is and has been, no change in the-name of the In stitution. It is merely the result of common student and alumni Usage that has grown up 1n the past several years. To sum the whole thing up neatly, one can draw conclusions from the state ment by Ursel Narver, president of the a8osclated students: "The official name of the insti tution is Oregon State Agricultural college. Use of the term Oregon State college instead ot Oregon Agricultural college has grown among students and alumni more or less spontaneously and has be come' general without any official action on the part of the regents or administration as far as I know, ,"The general tendency through out the country has been to adopt the more concise and Inclusive term of state college. : Thue wo have Penn State, Iowa State, Mich igan State, Montana State, and still . nearer 'home,- Washington State. I can see no disparagement to agriculture in this more as that school Is but one of 10 degree-conferring schools In the college." After : digging all the way through the question, ono ina y well adopt the-attitude of the Ore gon Journal that In this age cf brevity, the lohger word la tt name - agricultural satura!! goes by the board. The Dally E triers!! ef C 5 1" '(Continued a f x 5.)