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Seven State or District Conventions ;j Will Be Held in Salem Next Year; Seven Chances to Gain Prestige Property Values am Building Activity -o . Weather : forecast: Unsettled, probably local Tains la west and local rains and snows In east portion; normal temperatare mod erate west becoming- south winds on thecoast ana Increasing-: Maximum temperature yes terday 55, minimum 45, river 13.8,' rainfall LIS? atmosphere cloudy, wind northeast. . ; : mm So they had to go to New England to find ont the meaning of "I do not choose." Since when has the .United States become so sec tional that phrases could -be translated only In one particular locality? . t -w VENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS r REALTY u A L UES PlIIEO UPIITH $ LINEN INDUSTRY SALEM SECURES 7TH CONVENTION BEEKEEPKRS STATE ASSOCI r ATIOX ACCEPTS BID ' Construction Work Doomed If Manufacture - Not Put On Sound Basis BUILDINGS WILL EMPTY New Hotels and Business Struc tures Will Fail if Salem Folk Fail to RenoTe Present- Debt on Oregon Mills I By Ralph Curtis Heal estate values . dropped to ruinous levels, all building con struction stopped, office buildings, hotels and apartment houses emp ty. A pleasing; prospect? That doesn't describe Salem at present entirely the reverse markably short space of time aft- er the linen industry-goes on the "XTIKIB, it mil caiaairopoa i visit ed upon this city. It isn't altogether a matter of the payroll, present and pros pec- tire, that is involved in the opera tion or discontinuance of opera tion of Che-Oregon Linen Mills, Inei Progressiveness Noted Cut Salem has .been heralded, during the past few years, aa the most progressiva community in the northwest in the matter of start ing and supporting new; indus tries. It has gained -an enviable and widespread reputation ' along this line; other communities view Salem approvingly, and it mast al- be said, enviously. '.' , , . , -. 3 f Jow suppose the newt reaches these same communities that" "for waat of 115.000 or $20,000 which Salem people were called wpoa to raise, the big linen mill, greatest of all these new industries, went into the hands of a receiver?. Who then could boast of Sa lem's progressiveness and . com munity spirit? Industry Is Basis Where would be the home-seek- 9 r V. t . . A W V ' . . buvutdub properiyt wnere wouia be the builders of homes and ap artment houses, stores and factor ies? Where would be the business people coming to tenant Salem's office buildings? There is no ans wer. ' " - Salem has surpassed all other, cities of its class In the north west in Its building record,- and this has been possible only on the supposition that this city was to become a great flax manufactur ing center. The new hotels, apart ment houses and office buildings have been built on the same basis.'- The foundation will be swept from beneath all this activity, if the linen Industry fails to mater- Dates not Certain; Six Others Due ' to be Entertained Hre In loss One more state convention, in creasing to seven the number of gatherings of major importance that Salem will entertain in 1928, was added Friday when word was received that Ihe Invitation con veyed by the Salem i chamber of commerce ; had been accepted by the Oregon State Beekeepers as sociation, and' that body .would hold Its convention here. The ex act dates have not been set. - Word' that the Beekeepers had selected Salem as their, 1928 meet ing place was received Friday morning from H. A. Scull in, as sistant professor of entomology at Oregon State Agricultural col- lege, who presented the chamber of comerce Invitation. . ' - The recent; increase In the al ready extensive beekeeping activ ity In the Salem vicinity, played an important part in bringing the convention here. . Other state conventions or meet ings of delegates from districts f similar area which Salem will en tertain next year are: - Lions International, district convention. , i . Order of De Molay, sUte con clave; :C ' Oregon state Druggists asso ciation convention. Knights of Pythias, grand lodge of Oregon. ' . . ' , Oregon reclamation congress. A number of , these - meetings have been bronght here through the efforts of the' chamber of com merce, and most of them will hold their sessions In the chamber of commerce auditorium. ; Attitude of TJ. S. Booster Organiz ation Subject of Strong lan guage in Interview as White House CLOSE GRANGE MEETING Resolutions Passed tat Annual National Convention i CLEVELAND, Not. 25. (AP) r-Thenatldn'aT grange " closed Its annual convention here today af ter passing resolutions directed to congress re-af firming its position that the ""export debenture plan is the only sound and workable war to achieve farm relief; favor ing an Increase In the tariff on corn; demanding a tariff commis sion Investigation on wool Imports, and asking appropriations for an extensive program of fundamental research , by the department of agriculture. , - , The farm relief report, woven about the export debenture de signed to give agriculture the same tariff benefits as Industry' was drawn up by a special committee headed by Jesse Newson, master of the Indiana grange. 1 "Farm relief through export de bentures depends neither upon ap propriations nor , special - taxes," the adopted report said. tBy the debenture method farm relief can be attained with administrative simplicity, directness and economy of operation." ' WASHINGTON, Nor. 25 (AP) rReiteration by the chamber of commerce of the United States that the prospective redaction in taxes should reach SiOC.OO.OOO drew caustic and emphatic criti cism today from the White House. No doubt was left that President Coolidge Is decidedly displeased with the chamber's view that there would be no cause for alarm even if a treasury deficit were Incurred. With extraordinary vehemence. it was explained at the ' White House that President Coolidge considers nothing - more t absurd than a suggestion that the govern ment greatly increase Its expendi tures and at the same time reduce taxation.' : Inconsistency Cited iv:.f 1 Officials of the chamber of commerce, it was asserted on Mr. Coolldge's : behalf are trotting around to various government de partments seeking as large expen ditures as possible for -the projects it favors and at the same time clamor for tax reduction far In ex cess of what hoth the treasury and a majority of the house ways and means, committee ha deemed ad visable, ' :. :. : ' It would be better, in the opin ion of Mr. Coolidge, for : the or ganisation to devote its energies to proposals for curbing national expenditures' as by that "1 process only, he believes, can the tax bur den be .lightened. w I ' A The views of the president were disclosed after publication In, to- . (CBtinBc4 oa pr 5.) SCHOOL CENSUS SHOWS GROWTH COUNTY TOTAL. IB, BO CHILD- -REX 733 INCREASE J G2.O0O Requested From Mat Ion Districts For Hlgu School .- vv : Tuitions of There are 18,906 child ren ichool ate in Marion county, j : This figure was made public yesterday "by : Mrs. Mary-" Fulker- soa, county superintendent el schools, and Is based upon com pleU census rolls turned la by all the' school districts in the county. It Includes all children .Hi, the coun ty between the ages of four and 19, Inclusive, regardless of whe ther" orot "they . are attending SchooL : , , ' .' f, The total represents an increase of 73 J children over , last year. .JJThe county school " fund ' has rnhCJxedat lSI,0(Cor flO'to (lund-amouats-'te t0u60, being fixed on the basis of 10 "tents to I each child,;' , A. total of J62.600 wU h re- k guested .for county ; high - school is a . . " m tuiuon, u was announcea tor Aira, Fulkerson, This amount Is to be levied amongr. school ; - districts which . do not have secondary schools, and -will be nsed to pay I "pt Instractlon ol'pupila ho go " outside thplr nwn districts for hign -schcol iasUoxOon, 'irli lery Ja ooads generally, -without xesard tor the number from any , .given district wjtu actually do receive tnatructioa la -other ulistriets, 4- Announcement oi Z apportlon-iacu-t to -the various - gchoI dia lects within tlis county -will ho Xi.ia With'n the j&ext -few days. VERDICT FREES NELSON Wealthy Seattle Clubmen Turned Xiooee by Court Order SEATTLE, Nov. 25. (AP) A directed verdict tonight freed F. Creirh Nelson, wealthy SeatUe clubman and Captain Amory P. Bell, skipper ; of Nelson's yacht aluriel. who - were tried on a charge of manslaughter in' the death of Miss Violet - Maude-' Payne.; young music . and - dance teacher. . !- -A i:: '. V - -Z Miss Payne drowned last sim mer wheni she , ; fell Into ; Lake Union here .while leaving a party aboard the yacht. Nelson and Bell, the 6tate alleged,, stood by and made no effort to save the drown Ins .woman. : .t. .' i, ir In directing the verdict of not guilty,; the court held that the two men were not legally bound to at tempt to rescue Miss Payne. . JAP CREYr LEAVES; SHIP r Freighter Abandoned as Efforts to 4 . : -Free Vessel Fall - " SEATTLE, Nov. 25. (AP) The crew of the Japanese freight er Ten paiiAn Maru. ashore at Co-palis,-Wash-, wm Jeave the Tessel tomorrow morning, Capiain.'John Berry, northrPacifin commandant ot the -United States coast'smard. was advised ttmlght by the cutter Snohomish. "Which Is1 standing by the stricken "vessel. A "breecnes bncry Tigged to the ship ' by . Ihe 'coast - guard "-will be used to take ths 4D-odd anembera of the crew ashore. Efforts 'to . refloat : the Tessel hare been-Abandoned and the craft willlikely lie A total loss. Captain Berry was lnlormed. ' . The boat Is believed to have been turned over lis: SEVERE BUlrJIE UP0NCH1BER Most Bitter Attack of Career Made By United States i President r ; TAX STAND DRAWS FIRE CContimMd o pf 5.) ' ' ! mmmml i i VALLEY CATTLE BOUGHT 60 Head Will be Shipped to Hon. " olulu. Announced P. O. Schattauer of Honolulu has purchased SO head of western Oregon i. cattle - which - will be shipped ; to the Hawaiian i Islands December 1, by way of Portland. The cattle were purchased most ly In Marlon and . Polk,' counties. The total paid for the animals was $15,000, according to Dr. W. H., Lytle, state veterinarian. J ; -- TUBERCULOSIS CURE SUCCESS STRICT TESTS MADE BY UXJ VERSITY SCIENTISTS Two Berkeley Mem, Find 2 of 5 - Cows Completely Well, 8 Much Improved PORTLAND. NOT. 25 (AP) Two of the five condemned tuber cular cows subjected, to the treat ment evolved by the late Dr. E. Pernot under the direction of the city' bureau of health, were en tlrely free" from tuberculosis at the end of the treatment. 'In the other three germs still lurked in one or more of the tissues. - Such are the findings of an of flclal test, made public today by Dr. T. D. Beckwith and Dr. T. Tranm, University - of California scientists, who were selected to conduct the final bacteriological and pathological examinations of the cattle ; following their treat ment and subsequent slaughter. The report was received by Mayor George L. Baker, following more than three months of search by the evidence of tuberculosis in the tissue of the animals used in the test.' " In their report, Drs. Beckwith and Traum reported that in their search for germs they used guinea pigs for innocvlatlon. This meth od, they reported, "furnishes the final and most critical determina tion of the presence of live baltilll of tuberculosis , and by, this meth od our results were determined in duplicate." The cows used in the tests had been previously condemned by gove.unent inspectors. WALNUTS TO BE TOPIC President of Growers Association To Speak. Here Monday The marketing situation with relation to walnuts grown In the Willamette -valley, will be outlined by W. H. Bentley, president of the Western Nut Growers' Association, to members of the Salem chamber of commerce -at Monday's lunch- A number of walnut growers from districts close to Salem are being invited, and the menu will include Franauette walnuts. Da Chilly filberts; and Bercelona fil berts, all grown in Marion county. Mr. Bentley will preside at the sessions of the Western Nut Grow ers association . convention here December 8 and 9. . The conven tion will .be held In the chamber of commerce rooms. PITT-CARD TILT SLATED Invitation to Meet Stanford TJnl- ersity Eleven Accepted ' PITTSBURGH, Nov. 15. (AP) The athletic council of the Uni versity of Pittsburgh today accept ed the invitation for the undefeat ed Pitt football team to meet Ice land Stanford university in the an nual Tournoment of . Roses foot ball game at Pasadena, Cal. . GANGSTERS TRY TO KILL POLICE ATTEMPT MADE UPON LIFE OF . DETECTIVE CHIEF REVOLT William E. O' Conner Marked for Assassination- for t Second Time in Week CHICAGO, Nov. 25.' (AP)- William E. O'Connor, chief of de tectives," who believes a pistol is a better weapon than the j nry in riding Chicago of gangsters, was today, for the second . time -within a week, marked for assassination. .Three men, one of whom had asserted," after an. encounter with the chief: - : "No cop can. take a crack at me and get away with It,' were found loitering outside O'Connor's home School children later said they saw the men hide a bundle be neath the flooring of a portable school building, near O'Connor's residence. The bundle contained three pistols loaded with "dum dum" bullets. ; Since the recent outbreak of a gangster feud here, the detective chief has had a -guard of two de- dectives to and from his home, and these men with O'Connor picked, up the three suspects who declined to talk. O'Connor, at the outset of the bootlegging and gambling flare- up, advised his men to "shoot it out with the : racketeers after wards complimenting an officer Who shot a beer solicitor. . Several days ago one of the first men caught In O'Connor's drag net pulled a pistor out of his pocket as he was being searched in the chief's office.' . O'Connor disarmed' him.. William Clifford, one of. the trio arrested' today, last, month- en gaged in jl pistol duel with detec tives who had gone to arrest him in a hotel. At that time he threat ened O'Connor and other detec tives -ho he said mistreated him. "You've go your pals with you now, Clifford is said to have told O'Connor, "but some time you won't have them and 111 get you for thls. t - t-v M'ELROY BURIAL TODAY Funeral Cortege From Portland -WIH be Met by Band Here Funeral services for Willis E. McElroy; former Salem musician, will be held from the Miller and Tracy ehapel at 20th and Wash ington streets In Portland this forenoon at t:S0 o'clock, and the funeral cortege will come imme diately to Salem, arriving here at 12:30 p. m. ,-. . . The Salem military band will meet the procession at Capitol and Chemeketa streets, and It will go from there to the City View ceme tery, where Mr. McElroy's body will be laid beside that of his wife, who died In 115. : Dr. Poling, of Albany or Dr. Bowman Of Portland will have charge of the services In Portland, and music will be provided by for mer associates of the deceased. - flSH FIZZLES OUT; 8 LEADERS HELD Instigators of Riot At Folsom I Given Bread and Water In Dungeon RIFLES ALL LAID DOWN Convicts Take Initiative and Capi tulate Before Ultimatum Given Them by - Authorities Yesterday " FOLSOM PRISON, CaL, Nov. 25. (AP). Folsom prison's six terror convicts who .yesterday led and drove more than 1.000 des perate criminals Into open revolt against prison administration in an attempted wholesale delivery, but who early today laid down their arms after nine convicts and one guard had been killed ' and four prison officials 'and 27 con victs wounded, tonight began pay lag for their 21 hour siege. Returned to" their cells this morning after they took the initi ative and surrendered before pri son and military officials could hand down the ultimatum worked out during the cold dark hours of the night, and later removed to the dungeon, the six convicts to night were served with a dinner of bread and water, the first thing In the way of food they have had since breakfast at 7:30 o'clock! Thanksgiving morning. " Diet to Continue This will be their fare two meals a day until such time as Warden Court Smith decides they can be returned to worVln the yard and again be allowed to sit down at. the table in the mess hall for the three nieala served fhe men. One of the terms of, the peace ful surrender requested by r the convicts was that they woujd'not be kept on a bread and water diet too long. Warden Smith agreed partly to this' In that he said he probably would serve them one full meal a day while they are in the dungeon, which In reality are ordinary t cells except that they lack artifie-) light which is in- ciuaea in. iu? equipment L me other Individual cells. - , ., - New Riot Feared And while the Insurgents were faring on bread and water the bal ance of the 2,10 prisoners late today eat down to a full ration In RIVER ADVANCES TO FLOOD STAGE REACHES 14 FEET AT XIGT; - NO DAMAGE NOTED Smaller Streams Overflow Banks'; ",; Roads in Other Sections Flooded Staging one of the" most rapid jumps that the river has seen in years, the level of the Willamette at Salem rose to a point 14 feet above normal at about midnight last night. i ; This marks the first time . since last spring that the river here has been in flood stage. A number of small streams have overflowed their banks. ' i ' At 7 o'clock Thursday night. just' before the water began - its rapid rise, the river level stood at only .9 feet above normal. During the 24 hour period end lng at 8 o'clock last night a total" of 1.1 S Inches of rain, the heaviest of the present season, fell at Sa lem. : :. Traffic was reestablished be tween McMInnville and Tillamook at about dusk last night. It was announced by Roy Klein, secretary of the state highway department. The road was blocked all day yes terday due to floods brought on by the heavy rains. , - Traffic was still unable to get through on the -route to Seaside north from Tillamook, according to the latest word received by Mr. Klein last night. ; , - The road between Hebo and Newport was also blocked, a huge slide having completely covered the highway at one point in the vicinity of Schooner Creek and Whale Cove. "Except for this, no particular damage has been done, although the rains have been tremendous," Klein declared. : "Precipitations was particularly heavy in Clatsop, Lincoln and Tillamook counties. There was much more rain there than here." (Contiane ob prng 8) FIREMAN'S HOME BURNS 'TWAS THE MONTH BEFORE CHRISTMAS While Hes Of f Duty; Two Resi dences Destroyed at Night Fire of undetermined origin last night totally destroyed the residence of Lee Cross at 930 El ectric street. The - loss, according to Mr. Cross,' amounts to about $2500 with only $700 insurance. Mr. Cross, who is a member of the city fire department, was off duty last r night ; and ordinarily woutd have been1 at home, but in this particular Instance, had gone with his family to spend the night at his brother's home. - - V When the fire department arriv ed on the scene the house-was a mass of flames, hotb inside and out. Mr, Cross Is of the : opinion that the fire may have started from defective wiring In the at tic Not only the house but all of the family's personal belongings and clothes were In' the fire. The fire occurred at',8:J0.;4.-;T.Vv : While the fire department was busy at the .Cross fire, .another alarm was turned in from a tent house on Portland road on the northern - outskirts of the city. A second detachment' of fire fight tag ! equipment was sent 4 to this tire, but this also -was a total loss by the time the firemen arrived. The firemen did not learn the name of the family who were liv ing there. It was caused -by an ov erheated stove. - - PORTLAND, Nov. 25. (AP) With both the Columbia and Wil lamette rivers rising:, rapidly , to night due to severe rainstorms, the - entire Pacifc northwest pre pared to . reinforce its barriers against overburdened tributaries of the streams. From many points came news of floods, damaged bridges and obstructed roads. At Vancouver, Wash., the Col- HIRE FLOODICC- THAW YEAH AG i J 0 IV PRDSPEG Basements In Southeast and North Parts ofCity Al ready Inundated DRAINS BADLY CLOGGED Mill Creek Water Flows In. ew Causing too Great Biuv den; Rush Cornea Befor - Dredging Finished (Cob tinned n pag 5.) CHINESE DOCTOR GUILTY Brothers Attorneys for Opposing ' Sides in Trial Here J. H. Leon, local Chinese doe- tor, was yesterday found guilty of oractlcinr medicine witnout a in cense when his ease came up In Justice court before Justice of the Peace Brazier small, it was in dicated late yesterday that Leong will probably have the case ap pealed to circuit court. '; Leong was not present In person at the ,.- trial yesterday, but ap peared by his attorney, E. M. Page.. By a coincidence the prose cution was conducted by his broth er, Lyle J. Page. , I Sentence will be pronounced at 10 a. m.-today by Judge SmalL The maximum penalty In such a case Is six months in jail and $500 fine. - ASK PLANE FACILITIES New York. Firm Plans lOO Pas senger Airships, Word COUNTESS VERA BETTER Crisis Pawed; Ttcoovfry JYom : . Heart Sickness SU-ady ; LON'DOX. vNov. 25. (A P) Vera, countess. of Cathcart whe is suffering from - a .heart atten tion, passed the crisis of her ill ness . today and -shows .continued I mproveinent. ;-'( -AZ i ; - The countess had a suaden r liipse :last Saturday : when sh? learned of the death of her form er' jbusband, the Earl of Cathcart, who died after an 'OperaUon , ; : SAN . FRANCISCO. -Nov. 25. A request for a landing field here. adequate . for. an airplane with a wing spread of 210 feet, was tiled here yesterday by the La wson Air craft company Inc. ; said to be building a 100 passenger air liner la New York for coast to coast service. .The request was referred to the San Francisco, board of su pervisors by Frank A. Flynn, su perintendent of the municipal air port, to whom the request was di rected. ; Hangar facilities forthe plane, which was expected to have a length of - 110 feet also were sought. WAR REPORTS DOUBTED Little Credence Given Rumors of Strife In ' UVranla LONDON,, Nov. ; 25.- (AP) Revolutionary activity in Ukraine, accompanied by severe fighting, was announced in dispatches from Bucharest, Rumania,, bt tonight had failed to "receive confirmation from coaUnental "news centers. The report rests entirely on the authority of the Bucharest news papr Dimineaa and since the first dispatch was received 'from Bu charest tat 1 0 : 3 0 this morning. nothing further In regard to the report v came throngh all day, Whether this was due to censor ship could cot be learned here, - With streams In the eltv over flowing their banks In many plae es, and sewers In southeast, Saleni clogged with .water flowing In from Mill creek at some point yet undiscovered by the engineers, the flood situation in certain districts bids fair to equal that of last sea son unless rain stops falling. .t . numerous citizens in soutneast and north- Salem reported yester day that water was standing la their basements almost as deep as at any time, last winter, and com plaints were made that the sewers were unable to carry away the flow. : - ; - - . Creek Flowing In Englneeers made a careful sur vey of the situation in southeast Salem and found two places where water from Mill creek was flow ing directly Into the sewers,' caus ing them to become overburdened. The engineers determined that water was flowing in at still an other point which could not be Im mediately located. The sudden onrush of water came at a: time when the sewet department was dredging oat Pringle creek in southeast Salem with a gasoline dredze.. widening and deepening the channel.' When the high water stopped the work, there was still a block to ro b. fore reaching the point where ths water which breaks out of Mil creek above 25th street and spreads over the flats. Crosses Streets Few complaints were com in from North Salem where the situa tion was not bad. Ditches along Turner road wera running practically full but the A. . . water was not yet crossing the road. If rain continues for an other day. It Is believed that th road will be flooded. Water began to cross South Twelfth street at Wilbur and Cross, sireeis last nignt out not to any alarming extent. These streets were flooded last rear, aa wr Lee and other streets In that sec tion. ". . t i . . ; . - ouiuiwri yesieraar nrenaren to study the flood ' conditions as recommended at the last council meeting. Gauges will ' be set at strategic points. ARTS BALL CETS GOOD RECEPTION HORSEWOMAN DEVOID OI HORSE AND ALSO ATTIRE SOOO People Comprise Enthnslaj- tlc Audience In Dimly Liaht ed Bonding ' . CHICAGO, Nov. 2. (AP (Saturday) -Lady Godlva was a wax dud at the Arts ball tonight. Instead of being re-created In the artistic undrape which had been much advertised, the woman of Coventry was nothing but a shape ly figure In war, with a tioal Wig. --;v-.; w . .. Miss Rosalind HIghtower. De troit artist, who came, here by plane to take the feature role it Lady ; Godiva, was not on the stage. Three - thousand -guests waited until 1:30 this morning to gaze upon the waxen dummy. CHICAGO, Nov. 25. (API- Having determined that an unclad woman riding a white horse con stituted an Improper pageant dij. play, and so for-the sake of the properieties, deciding to omit the horse the Arts ball got under way tonight with 3.000 persons await ing 'enthusiastically the appear ance ;o a horseless horseworaun from -Detroit In the role of Lc .!y Godiva. ' ' ;':. -':-" Miss Rosalind Ilighto, e r ; ' 5 flew from Detroitto Ciilci-o t portray the part of the Kn; He:, gentlewoman who rcis I throTigli covectry, Erc-nt tLe even ing, wondering 'low sLe vr.3 t'!' Z to look" like a rcup nil I l 3elf,;wlth cct cK'a "a r-;"!c ' " steed 'for cou; -tzy. r.:r V : m it tee ia ciarx-o 1 . : t ' : c