t . Complete Manufa Q)Salemites Show -1' i Bispo : "Wether forecast s c XUln 1a westy rain chimin to now in east portion; .colder in cast portion; southwest sales on the coast. Maximum temperature yesterday I0r- min im am 27 river 8-2. rainfall none, atmos phere cloudy, wind east. - qfiMzenRi the Aim of Oregon 'Linen 'Mills', Inc.: Success? 'Sm'MM'MfiGss:. siH0$6Fill -Moin World (Widest Tekc: ri ri mm mm Philosophy Is finding; out how many things there are In the world that you can't hare it you want them; and don't want if you eta hare them. Boston Transcript. r2r VENTY-SEVENTH YEAR ' SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 w piinnrnn iirnr. : dmm ntnt 1 1 -TV- 51 ASSURED -"W." - ' . Completion of Financing For Oregon Linen, Mills, f V --Inc., Only Fieed " f.!R. UVESLEY CONFIDENT Suggest! That Spinning Aloi Tie Done Here Doesnl Meet ' With FaTor, In View of Bigger Opportunity s. I i 1 By Ralph Curtis j - The bare fact that Oreson Lin en Mills, Inc.; Is successfully man ufacturing ' and marketing linen yarn, is sufficient evidence that linen doth can be produced just as successfully. If the company's financing is completed so that the weaving , department . can be ade quately equipped and organised. That is the opinion of T. A, Lives- iler, mayor of Salwra and rice pres- laeni oi me unen mm company. The company now hat an. ex- perlenee'l and efficient superinten dent In charge of the spinning de partment, and In R. O. SneiJingit tiaa a capable general manager In charge ot sales promotion ami oth er business details- said Mr Lives ley; hat due to the failure to com plefe faaclng. the directors have never been able 4o turn theft -at tentlon to putting the weaving de partment on a running basis.1 i Wants Entire Process ! ' But Mr, Llvesley does not .'take rery kindly to the suggestion that the plant be made an exclusive spinning factory, selling all of its reluct to be woven in mills in Vi2- of the country, : ' The .real, profits in the linen In dustry re to b tpuhd' ln'weaT- Ing the yarn lBtotlolhMr, Llves ley Is convinced; and even if this were not so, ;he will not be con . tent with onljr a partial maaufac ' turlng process here, when It would be possible and practicable to f build up the" whole industry liere. .-.-T :.. location Advantageous ', yr y . Assurance that linen cloth can , be produced here at a worth vfhile profit, Is seen ty Mr. Uvesley in the fact that the Salem mill la in the center of the only area of, lin en flax production of any Impor tance In thenited States ; "If the machinery and the man agement are . right, there is . no question about the suecesa of the industry he declared, ; - j r Mr. Llvesley recalled the visit . here several months ago of a'man ufacturer from Canada, who stat ed that his firm was able to ;pro- duce linen cloth at a profit when . (OMliBd psf t.) j hi; " : .."- WOULT) RESTORE ATHLETIC FIELD GEORGE GRANNIS SERVICES TODAY SERVICES TO BE HELD IN CHURCH HE -ONCE- SERVED Burial in Lee Mission Ctemetery; - - Held Important ReUgiowe : ' ' -i" K ; ;flce ; ' In the church where he served as pastor for six years, the First Methodist Episcopal church of Sa lem, i funeral ; services for Dr. George ' W.' Orannis . will be held this .afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, in charge of Rev, rred C Taylor, present pastor. and. Dr. D. H. Leeoh, district superintendent. In terment will be In Lee lfiseion cemetery. ' ; " ' : ' ' ' Oeorge W. Grannis was born In Butler county, Pennsylvania Au gust 24. 1847. - His early. life was spent ; In western . Pennsylvania, and at the agj of 19 he enlisted in the 193rd Pennsylvania infan try, and served on provost duty in and about Washington, D. C. dur ing the Civil wax. Shortly after being discharged from the army. Mr, Grannis was ordained minister in the Pitta burgh conference of the Methodist Episcopal church,: and soon moved to Missouri, where he preached for several years. There he was mar ried to Eunice' Barnes, of Rollo. Missouri. j - ! In 1876 Rev. and Mrs. Grannis moved to Oregon, and he was pas tor in various places in Oregon, Idaho, and eastern Washington, later serving as - presiding elder (the office now known? as district superintendent) in the Boise dis trict. ' .;. Rev. Grannis was transferred to Astoria, in 1888 and served as pas tor of the Methodist church there fo three years; then spent "two years as p astor of the Russell Street church, now known ae the Central Methodist church, in Port land. J About 1 892 Rer. Grannis was assigned as pastor of First Church CO OLID EE ITS TO HALT DRAFT 3 FOR 0 TE1 ISSUE SMALLPOX DANGER WARNING THREE MORE CASES IN COUX TY, TWO ADULTS VICTIMS United States President Leaves No Doubt As To, Position Taken : EARLIER EDICT BACKED Silence of. Nearly Four i Months Broken to Direct and Fosltlvo Manner by Interview at . White Honse ; ;' (Con tinned m pa ft t) SEA RELEASES FIFTEEN Lifeboat Rcecnes Blen Who Hare Drifted for" 24 Honrs LONDON, I Nor. It. CAP) Fifteen 'men who had clung' to the wreckage of the Dutch tanker; Georgia - since yesterday - were snatched from death in the raging North Sea tonight by a lifeboat from the coastal town of Cromer. The Georgia, beaten by violent seas, broke la two yesterday. Fif teen of the crew were rescued by a steamer but IB others remained on the forepart ef the ship which was grounded on the Halsboro sands throughput tho day. ' - All of today, lifeboats along the Norfolk coast . battled the waves trying to effect a rescue.' As night fell tho wind and waves subsided somewhat and a crew from Crom er by skillful and bold maneuver ing reached the "wreck and took off the almost exhausted sailors. DROWNED MAN LOCATED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT j FI NANCES SUFFERING, BAH) Fixing np Old Grounds, Building Fence and Grandstand , . ; - . s Considered ' Body Itecovei ed Thcmcht.That of v ;t Washington Tonth Whether the school board shall spend nearly"! 1000 to pat the old ""S, high school ntbleUa geld grand stand into nsaBie conaiuon wui be determinid at the n extern eating of the board, two weeks hence. The natter, was briefly dis cussed at last night's brief meet ing;. - '-' . ';Z,-r"--: iiecaase there are no seating fa efllile t the tlxH school field, stndsats have teen renting Sweet land field, on. which to hold ath letic events, and It has beta neces sary to divide' desirable-dates with Willamette tnniversity. . -. The Question of erecting -a. fence around the hig' school field also is recuTrtnVnIn and it is possi ble that arrangements may . bs made by the school board with the 'atuM body to make such a fence po"i"Tefore the next football he student body will suffer a heavy loss of football .this season, It was resorted to the botxA men- 7 bars. At present, the deficit la neany sioo. An opportunity io make some money at the llarrls barg fame was lost by reason Qf toe fact that the canvas was not erected, and many people saw the f game- without , paying admission. 4 The receipts lor. that game were r-- gT&adstaod was two-thirds filled. Erjrasee were 123. r,c... If the students had a well foacod field of their own, these las " f would ' not " occur, school '. it. ie3bers believe, and games co-'l he scLsluled on cay date a;.:;.--;-:- - ,v;v-:: 1 - r X3NOVIEW, Wash., Nor, 11. (AP) A skeleton clothed In . a bathing suit was found todar by Harry Marston, fisherman, four miles down the I Colombia "river from this townr An attempt will be made to Identify the remains. The bathing suit bore a label "Saxony. -There were two Oil- lags in the lower teeth, of the skulL ;-'. ' Charles Ashton, It, of Lynden. Wash drowned in the lower Co lumbia Hrer Angnst JM Hi body was never recovered- . WASHINGTON, Nor. 2t(AP) In unqualifieil terms President Coolidge let It be known today that the llrst specific attempt to force the republican convention to nominate him as Its candidate next year had incurred his displeasure. Breaking a silence of; nearly four months, the White House dis closed ' the president's views in a sharp criticism of the movement started hv a Boston broker to cir cularize the country by a chain let ter system in. an endeavor to nuild up such a dominant sentiment for Mi. Coolldga that his nomination by the rernblicans would amount to a natloi-wide demands : : Manner DcrisiT In a direct 4nd ppti've manner It was mide known that the presi- dmt disapproved 'he circulation of the petl'ons. tLit be fa'itd to rte that good sou'd ctae from the move and -that !ie hcpnl that their circ:iHtlon wocd discon tinued. This f'rst amplification of what Mr. Coolidge is thinking; In con section with his political future snce his fbmoue Black Hills "do not choose" statement of August Z.i brought forth a situation of constants and contrasts. ' Uke his j fCoatinaad par ) ', DEFICIT ALL WIPED OUT Taxen From Multnomah and Mar lon Pnt State Oat of Debt ' The deficit in the general fund of the state was wiped out here Tuesday f.-Howing receipt of I3B0, 000 taxes from Multnomah coun ty and lllt.OOO from f Marion county, , I - . ' ; 1: '-v - 1 : V -f Approximately f 100,000 of this money will be transferred to the state highway department on No vember 10, to repay a loan. The state treasurer said plenty of money, would be available to meet all ccrernmental j expenses until next April, when it again would be necessary iov create -a deficit. It was estimated that the defleit would reach approximately $1,000,000 by January 1, 1929 Older Persona- More Susceptible : ' Becaase of I sacking : Vaectnationa Further, warning to adults to exercise vigilance against smallpox germs was given out last night by Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, r deputy county health officer, .when three new cases of the disease were re ported to him, two or them aauita. C Mrs.zJWr u Broceau, of 1 6 4 South High street, was found yes-; terdar to be stricken, and later in the day one case was developed in the Ball family at Turner, and Jo seph B. Coin, of Jefferson,; was found to be suffering from the dis ease. : ' ' - i, '. - ' There are now seven cases . of the disease in Marion county, aside from the centralised epidemic at Chemawa Indian school where there are S7 eases. ' No new Infantile paralysis cases have been reported. - ' There is every reason to expect more cases of smallpox. Dr. Doug las said last night, by reason of the tardy discovery of the situa tion at Chemawa. The disease is most likely-to be contracted by adults, as most" of the children were innoculated two years ago. DEATH AWAITS RUtH SNYDER APPEAL OF MURDERESS AND - paramour Denied . Prevlons Announcement Verified; -, Pardon Requested of Oor- Smith ' ALBANY, Nor. JJ. (AP) The execution of Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Oray robabry will be" the week of January 0, Wil liam J. Armstrong, clerk ot the court of appeals said tonight. ; HIGH- SCHOOL NOT PARTY Officials Deny Connection With Advertising Scheme Denial of any connection with an advertising scheme which was being promoted among the bus! ness houses of Salem, yesterday1, was made that afternoon by Prin cipal J. C. Nelson of the , senior high school. 't It was reported that the solicit ors for this scheme,, which was de clared to be for the purpose of ad vertising the Salem-Hood River high school football game Thanks giving day, were spreading the Im pression .that Jt was. unauthorised by ,the high school - and that the --. . .. - ". "it--..'1..1 scoooi was . to Receive pan ox tne proceeds. : -Vv ;-'-V . v Investigations conducted by Principal Nelson - disclosed that some high school students were among the solicitors. Neither Mr. Nelson nor any other official of the high school had any previous knowledge of the plan, nor of any arrangement tor participating in the proceeds. - DAVIS FUNERAL TODAY WiR be Held at 8 O'clock from Rigdon's Mortuary Funeral services for the late George E. Davis, state corporation commissioner, will be held from Rigdon's mortuary here this after noon at S o'clock. Interment ot the body will follow in River View cemetery. ' Services will bo in charge of the Knights Templar. ALJ3ANT, Nor. (AP). Executive clemency on the., part Of' Governor; Smith ' ss ' the only hope tor life now remaining to Mrs. Ruth JBrown' Snyder - and Henry Judd Qray. , Whatever may be the gover nor's intention with respect to the two defendants whose convie tlon of murder in the first degree was sustained by the court of ap peals today, ho one will know un til he makes his decision at the' customary clemency hearing, which probably will be held In the executive chamber a few days be fore the date set for execution. lit has been Governor Smith's policy to be guided by, the court ot appeals decisions, especially when these have been unanimous. Attorneys ' appearing before him in clemency hearings ' have not been permitted to re-try their cases, but hare been instructed to confine their activities to showing reasons for clemency not previously presented to the courts. mwm iTHiitiiit BY RED FLEET Soviet Warships Ready F6 Raids On Wrangel Ves sels In Black' Sea WHOLE NATION 'AROUSED All Larger Boats Fully Armed By j" .Order of Admiralty at Bucha rest ; Passenger liners . Said Pursued Joint Appeal Ixist ALBANY, N. Y., Nor. 22.- (AP). Ruth Snyder, he blonde New York housewife and mother who denied her guilt to the last, and Henry Judd Gray, her mild mannered paramour, who .told freely how they both strangled and beat Albert 'Snyder, Ruth's half sleeping husband to death, to day loit their Joint appeal from sentence of death. ' ' Both' are In the death house at Sing Sing. The date of execution is expected to be set by the court oft appeals' here- ?tomorrow;-If MraY Snyder dies, she will, be the ? . . KIWANIS GLUB TOrELECT Byron Wright and Charles Wiper Nominated for President Byron Wright -and Charles Wiper were nominated r for the presidency of - the . Kiwania club for 1928, at the luncheon yester day. The election will be held two weeks hence. "...-. Other nominations were as fol lows: Adolph Nelson and E. E Bragg, rice president; Frits Slade and William Littleton, treasurer; N. D. Elliott and Rhea Luper, trustee; C C. AUer, Charles Wi per, W. W. Chadwich, Cooke Pat: ton, E. Albln, Dr. C. A. Downs, Byron Wright, and Oliver Myers Four directors will be chosen. - The nominations were 'reported by Judge O. P. Coshow, chairman of the committee, . . - , - , I BI-M-M! THAT SMELLS GOOD!" BRIDE, QR00M BOTH 82 Phile Btewttt sad Mary La Fc4- lette Tahe Out Lleeaeo Salem has' a new married cou ple each of whom Is Just. 12 years of age. - - - ; PhUo Stswart yesterday took out a license from the office of the eounty clerk to marry Vary ... La Follette. Both gave their ages as Just four score years and two. The marriage is her third ven ture and his second. Boto are idents f this city. ! CELERY -EXPORT RECORD h&rae&. From LZUh District Total 600 Carloads : Celery shipments from Marlon county .during. the year 121 hare broken all r serious . records, ac cording to an announcement made here Tuesday. Approximately 500 carloads o! 4 celery already have been shipped from the Lake Lab !sh distrlcV Prices have ranged from J2.B0 to 22.T5 per crate The year's shipments aggregated 12,800 ponnii. , - 77 ZZZ-T ) I. Tt.r' i 1 hi iA BUCHAREST, Nov. 22 (AP) The . reported, sudden appearance on the Black Sea of several Soviet war vessels pushed politics off the front page ot Rumanian news papers today and caused what ap peared a real scare throughout tne country. ! For several days Soviet torneda boats have been reported patroll ing the routes usually followed by Rumanian and foreign mall and passenger steamers, causing the Rumanian admiralty to arm all its larger vessels. The 'purpose of the Soviet ressels Is said to be to capture all vessels formerly be longing to the white Russian Wrangel fleet, but Rumanian ves sels are taking no chances. ' Big Liner Warned ' t The secret police yesterday sent a wireless message to the cap tain of the steamship Rumania, enroute from Constantinople to Constants, warning him that two Russian torpedo boats were cruis ing on the Black Sea intending to capture former Wrangel ressela. r Although the Rumania does not come within this category, the Captain ordered all. itrfct tinguished immediately and star- " speea toward Constanza. The sassenrera ' ial -tti.- uuuumai race at top speed across the Black Sea in comnleta rtart- ness and the otpamor arr'nmi f - hours ahead of time. The pas sengers declared that . the Ru mania was pursued all (h f acrOSS. but thin mnM unt K Mw ii reii fled. ' Marine Details Carried The Steamer n&frnx louring Alexandria. and the steamer Princess Maria, leaving for Con stantinople, today, had detach ments of marines aboard.- The Egyptian Eteamer Keheorche Pa- (Contmne4 en paf 5.) PUBLIC Aib INCREASES $30,000 Kot Enough in Marion County, Court Discovers WILL DETERMINE 6 AND ROYALTIES JOINT MEETING OFr LANI BOARDS SLATED MONDAY IS Concerns Removed 2,741,208 V . Ch. ; Yds. ' From. Columbia ' . -i'-i-In- T 'Years, Stated -Jr To determine ;. the amount ' of royalty that will be demanded by the states ot Oregon and Washing ton for sand removed from the Co lumbia river during the past seven years, a Joint meeting of the land boards of the .two states has been called for next Monday In Salem, according to an announcement yes. leraay. -..rv- . wV-: . V." The action .followed a special meeting of the Oregon state land board to"consider the report of the auditors who .have been - investi gating theibobka of., the various sand and gravel concerns which have been operating on the Co lumbia, river. The report of the auditors showed that the 13 concerns oper ating on the Columbia river had removed from the stream approx imately 2,741,208 cubic yards ot sand, during the past seven years. Sales of sand between the oper ators aggregated 313.644 cubic yards, leaving the net amount of sand removed from the river at 2.427.53.-cublc yards. ..The op erators claim exemption from pay ment of royalty on 579,234 cubic yards of sand on the grounds that this product was used loathe con struction of streets, roads, and other public work. The auditors : explained thatj their conclusions were based on sales, , which were cheeked care fully with the original invoices on file In the offices of the several sand and gravel operators. Based on the royalty fixed by the Oregon state land board for gravel re moved from the navigable streams In this state, the 13 operators on the Columbia river would owe the .Thirty thousand dollsr. for poor relief In Marlon ! county is not sufficient for n resent need The county court took note of this tact yesterday while checking up Items - to be placed In the 1 i a budget-: Last year this amount was set aside for this purpose and more than that amount vm need. ed. A large part of this appropri ation is used np by wjdow'a pen sions. This is a state law and al lows a woman ,$30 for herself and five dollars for each dependent child. ,v - Besides the widows. howTr the court has constant appeals for aid from people who find them selves . by the 'force . of circnm- stances forced to ask for public aid. It baa been, growing worse each year, according to the conntv commissioners. Another consideration' for the new budget Is the matter of in stalling an elevator in the county court housot. Many, people com plain about having to climb : so many sets of stairways getting jto the top floor. " This will probably be done. , The cost will be about 17000. Joseph Daniel Lee Dies at Port land at Age of 79 SLAWDER CASE UMPROVEH Plaintiff PrcraOs in Laer Case' of . November Oowt Term. - The jury returned a" rerdlct in faror of George W. Taylor in the action for slander brought against hina by Nancy Harlan, in circuit court here yesterday.. The plaintiff alleged that on May 18 of this year Taylor made a statement to her In tho presence of others that Implied had moral character and conduct on her part. The statement was false, she.; as serted, and because of it she was damaged in the sum of 15000. for which rhe .demanded Judgment against Taylor." f Taylor, on the other hand, de clared that he had not made the statement. " The Jury apparently bellered-hlm, returning a verdict srhlch ecludea her from receir- tag any damages. ' - The cue was the las one fo ths KorMs.!5er term of rourt. . (Coat!noe4 pace 6.) GERMAN PLANE RETURNS GEES I rniTTTn- IH . a J' l , II it V I W fc8 ! ' : u v m mm ci. Daring British Vcr Ac: : Averts Lonely JDaatJi By : Magnificent Skill COMPLETES THl? J B ACIC TO S AFETL' Graphic Account of Eccap; Reads Like Miracle FULL CARGO LOST Mystery of Disappearance ef Dole - Aviators A Believe-: Solved After Australian Re turns To Land Junkers 3Iachine With. Actress I Aboard Forced Back , HORTA, Island of Fayal, A zores, . Nor. 22. - ( AP) After what appeared to be a favorable start this evening on its long de layed transatlantic flight from the Azores to Newfoundland, the Junkers plane "D-1230 came back to port a few hours later." She was In tow, and -while no exact details of her misadventure are yet' available, it Is supposed that her heavyweight did not permit the continuance of the flight. . In addition to" the crew, LI111 Dillenz, the Austrian actress, was aboard. ; She had flown in - the ptsne frjm Norderney, October 4, and was resolved to finish the overseas Joumey froni Gcimany to the United States, no mat lei how It ended. - . -. PIONEER PASSES AWAY PORTLAND. Nov. 22. (AP) Joseph Daniel Lee, 79, one of Ore gon's oldest and . most prominent native sons, died -.here today after an illness of several months. Mr. Lee was the son of Nicholas and Sara Lee, who came - across the plains to Oregon in 1847 and set tled near the site , of the present town of Monmouth. Mr. Lee was born the following year and later attended the old. pioneer : schoor, La Creole academy at Dallas. He was a member of the first class to be graduated.' For many years he represented Polk county in the state legislature.. M'CALLISTER FAVORED Two Ken Endorsed for Appoint znemt to Snceed Darle Appointment of a successor to the late George E. Davis, state corporation commissioner, who died, here 'Monday, probably will not be announced before ; early next week. This was indicated by Governor Patterson Tuesday. ; , A . number of letters were re ceived at the executive department yesterday urging: the- appointment of Mark McCalllster, deputy state corporation commissioner, w En dorsements also were received for Frank" Wrightman, prominent res ident of this city. FORESTRY- MEET SOON State Board to Convene Here Sat urday to Hear Complaints The sUa forestry board - will hold its annual meeting in Salem Saturday. . The purpose of the meeting la to consider all com plaints that may be filed with the 'jO&rd and outline . the activities of the department for the year 1928. ' . : ' LOS ANGELESl Nor ' 8 8. UP) Captain Frederick A. Giles, British war ace who set out to day from San Francisco in a trans Pacific flight, to Australia In formed the Examiner by telephone tonight that he had been forced back after traveling 500 miles to sea and had landed near the Wil liam Randolph Hearst ranch at San Simeon, Cal. Utterly beyond control, his little trans-Pacific , biplane when 600 miles at sea. went spinning Into rain drenched cross currents ot air and finally turned completl upBlde down, scattering his cham nta roods and his instruments into the ocean below, .Giles said. , Saved By Rare Ability And then, !n what must haver been a magnificent exhibition of skill. Captain Giles turned his" damaged plane right side up again. made a wild guess as to direction and sent her roaring back to the mainland' to make a perfcet and safe landing a mile south of the Hearst ranch at San Simeon, EO miles from San Luis Obispo. "I never expected to make it, he said over- the telephone' from the Hearst ranch tonight. 'jMjr center section .bracing: wires had . snapped; I had dumped mv main gas tanks to lighten the strain on the broken plane and the chances were Just about zero. But luck stayed with me I hit the coast about sixty miles north of where I landed, and had to keep my ship m the air for all of that distance before I finally found a landing place at San Simeon." . Effect of Experience Shown He stopped for breath. Even over the telephone, one could catch; the tremor of nervousness that still remained in that voice after that test -perhaps one of the most ter rifying: experiences any aviator has ever undergone. '- ., "TVell, what "are you going to (Coatiad cm par S.) TROOPS PATROL IN STRIKE AREA NATIONAL GUARDSMEN USED r . TO "QrjBST". MIXERS . LsW. TV. Workmen Decide to 6taso - No Demonstration of Any Description DENVER Colo.. Nov. 22 (AP) The Colorado coal fields, torn By an, I. W. W. strike for pore tLaa fire weeks, were quiet today as national guard troops took'charga of the ; northern Colorado terri tory where' yesterday five strik ers were shot and killed and a, score wounded by state police. Carrying out their plans formed at a mass meeting, ths 'strikers re maining in their homes the llttla coal mining villages of Erie, La fayette and Frederick took cn a deserted look as hardly a r crs-- .i appeared on the streets where for the past few weeks the tain era have gathered dally to i incuts tts strike situation. - A number of . tie ttr,"-. era wounded In yesterday's ixltl?, still were In a serfons eon.-:.tlan hut no new dea-ths were rc-orteJ. Columbine . mine,- wit.- j t!,9 6hootisg . oocurred' hzs I made , headijnarters for C o r -tional guard troops fcnt t-r ? r -paniea have . been seat to mines in the northern f . :! . . None of tho ta&wa C: rr ' mines attenpte-i- to crcn.2 i the ethers til ret tzxls ! -their plans for -resuEifis fc"; ; that -"part of the fl-ls. 1 1 t southern Colorado f ' " ' , mines rr ported cV : workL: f rrr