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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1928)
; iesfey in His Annual Message Forecasts a Vote by People in May on The Most Important Thins Salem Can fin nt tho Prnt 7W U tn PrAi,lo th oration Form of City Government for Salem Funds for Capacity Operation of Her Linen Mills So-- Weather forecast: Unsettled with rains in west portion; normal temperature; mod erate southerly winds on the coast. Maxi mum temperature-ffsterday 36.' minimum 32. river 12.6. rainfall .3 S, atmosphere cloudy, wtfed south. - mm "Combustion Is thought cause of costly fire" says headline in Salem paper. These, bright reporters will ferret out the truth, no matter how deeply bidden. SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY A, 1928 H i PRICE FIVE CENTS Corp 11 i YANKEE FORGE , imfs fiirmii iNTfl CAMPAIGN Marines Aroused At Losses In Engagements Against Nicaraguans REINFORCEMENTS SENT ariiMMi at Quilali Strengthened .Aft or Capture of City by Amer ican Contingents; Planes Effective BOSTON,. Jan. 3. (AP). Five i:.ivy destroyers at the Boston i,,ivr vard received orders tonight : proceed at once to Hampton Kuads en route to Nicaragua. The .--eis were the J. K. Paulding, oivrton, Putman. McFarland and Surtevant. All prepared to get under way at midnight. The mine sweeper Shawmut was ordered, to leave for Hampton toads tomorrow morning. There it will take on board 33 officers tnd 400 men for Nicaragua. MANAGUA. Nicaragua, Jan. 3. AP) With promised rein forcements from the United States and with a column of marines im mediately sent forward to streng then the garrison at Quilali, now held by U. S. marines and national guardsmen. Colonel Mason Culick is hoDeful of nushing the cam paign against the rebels under for mer liberal General Sandino. to a feuccessful termination. The spirit "of the marines has eo aroused "by the recent en gaaements fought In. the territory i jTdsieh Sandino has well armed ontingents. They a Ire ad ytJn con tact with Americans, nave killed half a dozen marines and wound dl many others. Notwithstanding the (act that the marines who set cut to drive-Sandino out of his hi on fehiff'aV Quilali succeeded in meir iu5,-aarng groups oi reueis have taken refuge in tfie forests and mus be bombed, out. Plane Strabe Rebels With thia object in view sev planes have already wrought much destruction in the rebel ranks. Colonel Gulick declared to day that the marine columns, with airplane support, had "a splendid day" yesterday. The rebels at va rious times during the march of murines to reinforce those who l ad occupied Quilali attempted to concentrate at several strategic points slong the mountainous i rail. They met the marines with gunfire. But immediately planes would sweep overhead, dropping - (Continued on pig 5) 'WHAT WE OWE" TOLD BY IRVINE PORTLAND EDITOR ADDRESS ES W. M. D. AT DINNER M.i, Impendent Upon Forces Which Benign Influence, Declared "We are puny creatures In a v;ist universe," declared B. F. Ir vine, editor of the Oregon Journal in his address "What We Owe," delivered at the monthly dinner of the young men'e dirlson of the Sa: lem Y. M. C. A. Tuesday evening. "If the monstrous forces which sustain our world fail us, we will be destroyed: and we can do noth ing to keep them functioning." Therefore, the speaker conclud ed, there must be a guiding force to which the world is Indebted for its very existence, to say nothing of the many other gifte bestowed upon it and its creatures. v The instlttion of the family the ties that bind husband and wife, parents and - children are the highest of all the gifta wbkh human beings receive, Mr. Irvine .Miea- . ... w. MaJSyBeek riches, as the source of happiness, .and yet the world's reputed richest man, . the elder Rockefeller, has tor material com forts each day only a game of golf, twenty cent worth of food, and; a bed on which to sleep, Mr. Irvine pointed' out. 'and cafe other ex amples of the futility of seeking material success.' -2 -s - "There 1 no, bad Iack-o Pla ters, no trouble -without their i iwuivcowuqjl. me- euiior Qcru. Referring indirectly to hut own blindness, which, his-friends had : counted -a catastrophe. -Jie said. n can almost say it has . been .a blessing.' . .-, ;- , -' - ,"We -fcaa look to nature for the ELIMINATE WAR, AIM OF. TREATY PACT WITH FRANCE WOULD BE FIRST STEP TO PEACE ' All Principal Nations of World to be Issued Joint Invitation to Commit Selves WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. tAP) The formal invitation to France to Join the United States in pro posing to all the principal powers of the world a multilateral treaty containing a declaration "renounc ing war as an instrument of na tional policy" was made public' to day by the state department. I It was forwarded to Paris December 28 as an elaboration of the orig inal "draft pact of perpetual friendship between France and the United States." j "On the same date, the state de partment transmitted a draft treaty to replace the Root arbitra tion treaty with France on its ex piration February 27. It Includes in the preamble a proposed gen eral declaration against resort to war. A copy of this draft has been transmitted to the British and Japanese governments and will be transmitted to every other govern ment with which the United States has a Root arbitration pact. The text of the draft of the revised ar bitration treaty was not made pub lic although the American pro posals it contains are known in general terms. Ambassador Claudel called on Secretary Kelloggrtoday to discuss the various peace treaty proposals. It was said at the embassy.how- ever, that he was still unadvised as to the attitude of the Frencl foreign office on the suggestion from Washington that France and the United States lead the way in a world-wide movement to get all nations committed to the anti-war declaration. The proposal which is In the na ture of a counter-suggestion to the Frencb foreign minister's original plan for a bilateral treaty, against war between France and the Unit ed States, is contained In a note from the state department to the French Ttovernment. The BriandJ draft" pact, it says "prop4Ss.;Vht the two powers should solemnly declare in the name of their re spective peoples that they con demn recourse to war, renounce it Las an instrument of their national policy towards each other and agree that a settlement of disputes arising between them, of whatso ever nature or origin they'may be. shall never be sought by either party except through pacific means." In answer to this suggestion Secretary Kellogg said he had giv en it careful consideration ; and warmly reciprocated for the Amer ican people the lofty sentiments (Contioaed on page 4) PROFESSIONALISM TOPIC Grade Teachers Reek Recognition of Their Calling Serious consideration of ; the problem of elevatlug the grade teacher's calling to the status of a nrofesslon. was given by the class room teachers department of the state teachers' association at its" meeting in Portland last week, it is reported by Miss Mildred Daly of the Highland school here, who was re-elected president of the de oartmenL. Miss Daly la also: sec retary of the-Salem Teachers' as-; soclation. ; Presidents Landers and Cfaur-i chill of the Monmouth and Ash-; land normal schools, respectively, Aiiutisel the academic training necessary to -raise the teacher to' professional standing. ' and Miss Grace, Bridges, formerly president of thei Portland grade teachers' as sociation, emphasized the need of better salary schedules If profes sional recognition is to be attained. The need of an adequate tenure law was also brought out. 1 Miss Julia Spooner, newly elect ed president of tlte state associa tion, wa the principal speaker, her subject being "An Organized Profession Solving Its Own Prob lems." BONDS BRING1 HIGH BID Freeman. Smith uunp .mi f 107.07 for Improvement Paper lAt the highest figure Improve ment bonds have ever commanded In Salem, the . city council, las; sight accepted the Wd e Freeman, Smith ft Camp for the sale or an iHsue-totallJng: $4f ,4S7. The Og ure name was $107,07, almost a dollar higher -than the other bids.; The successful bidder has Salem representitrre. so the bonds will be disposed of locally, an aaaea itraetlT -feature, v - .i ;' Other bids were as follows: Fed eral Securities company, $1M.Q7; Pefrca Fair" " and Oumming. I10i.lt: Atkinson. Jones "ad company 1100.27; Lumbermen's Trust .eorapany,.10.17; . Burr, Conrad. - and - Broom, $10 1.17 i Ladd and Bosh; f 10 1.11. ' sa e """"" CAPTURE IDE Scene. Enacted Near Salmon, Idaho, Reads Like Wild West Fiction THREE KILLED BY BANDIT Posse Sent Out Surrounds . Robert Hamilton in Barn Near First Shooting; Serious Wound Inflicted SALMON. Idaho, Jan. 3. (AP) Robert Hamilton, alleged slayer of three Salmon city officers near here last night, was captured to night by a posse from this city. Hamilton was surrounded in "his refuge near where the shooting oc curred. He was found in a barn about two miles from the scene of the shooting! Hamilton was seriously wounded in trying to escape and it was considered doubtful wheth er he would reach Salmon, In the custody of his captors alive. Hamilton, a forfier- resident of the Big Horn basin, shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Lewis Bancroft. Bill Withington. Jr.. and Leonard P. Cummings, all of this city, in Hamilton's cabin at Tendoy, 30 miles north of here. Regarded as Desperate Hamilton had been in trouble several times in Montana and Ida bo and was regarded by officer: as a desperado. He had been ar rested yesterday on a charge ol robbery. Bancroft deputized two eitiiens. Withing-en and Cum mings to 'assist him in making the arrest. After he had been noti fied that he was under arrest Hamilton asaea mat me omcwre raceompany him to his cabin when be said be wanted to get warmer clothing. The men consented, but no sooner had the party reached Hamilton's cabin than he shot each (Continued on pfe 4) BEGIN S-4 PROBE TODAY Naval Investigation Into Cause of Tragedy Starts BOSTON. Jan. 3. (AP) The naval investigation into the sink ing of the submarine S-4 by the coast guard destroyer Paulding off Provincetown on December 17 with the loss of 40 lives will start here tomorrow. A naval court of innuirv will convene at the Charlestown navy yard at 10 a. m Rear Admiral Richard H. Jack son will preside and will be as sisted by Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer and Captain Joseph V. Oean. Commander Leslie ts. rat- ton will serve as judge advocate LINDY ARRIVES HONDURAN CITY SIX PRETTY GIRLS GREET AIR HERO WITH FLOWERS "SpIriC of St. Louis" Reaches Tegucigalpa at Five Minutes Before Two O'clock TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Jan. 3. -(AP). The famous "Spirit of St. Louis" emerged from dark clouds and misty rain shortly be fore 2 o'clock this afternoon, cir cled over the Honduran capital, sailed to the Tegucigalpa aviation field and landed, exactly In front of the hangar. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh arrived at the field from San Sal vador at 1:55; before landing he circled three times over the field In a graceful evolution. When he stepped out If his vet eran flying machine be was wel comed by President Miguel Pasbar- ahona, Foreign Minister Fausto Davilla. and George T. Summerlln, American minister to Honduras. After the greeting by the offi cials, six pretty girls welcomed him with flowers. The mayor of Teg ucigalpa then-offere& him the key to the city. The American flyer'a first words were "although It was vrery cloudy I had a good view of the charming scenery between her and San Sal vador. This is one of the best ev iation fields I have seen." DESERTS FIVE CHILDREN Mother Appeals to County Court; Complaint Advised A woman who Is the mother of five children appealed to the Mar ion county court yesterday to as sist her in finding her husband, who, she said, deserted hie family the day before Christmas and has not been seen' since. "The five children had their faces glued to the window panes all Christmas day" said the sor rowing mother, "waiting and hop ing for their daddy's return. They were -broken-hearteL,waen he did not come. Christmas was a day of sorrow for us all. I know of no reason for his leaving." The court advised the woman to get out a warrant for his arrest on a charge of desertion and non support. In the meantime the court will see to it that the kid dles do not go hungry. FIRST LADY CELEBRATES Wife of United States President Observes Birthday WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. (AP) Mrs. Coolidge observed her 49th birthday anniversary today by at tending a concert of the New York philharmonic orchestra at the Na tional theater. The President and Mrs. Coolidge had as their guests at luncheor Secretary Kellogg and Ambassador Houghton who will return to his post at London in a few days. HERE GOES! FLOOD FORESEEN ON WILLAMETTE RIVER RISES 8.2 FEET IN TWO -. DAY PERIOD Snow Melting Rapidly as Valley Gets Back to Normal Tern erature Rising 8.2 feet during a period of 48 hours, the Willamette river at Salem had passed the 13 foot mark by midnight last night, and was still going up, promising to develop Into flood stage by this mortlng. Daily readings taken by the lo cal weather observer at 7 p. m. were; as follows: Sunday, 4.3; Monday, 8.9; Tuesday, 12.5. Steadily melting snows throug- out the Willamette valley, combin ed with warm" rains of Monday and Tuesday, were ascribed as the cause of the river's rise. l With a steadily rising temper ature, combined, with the rains and wind which has shifted to the south, weather at Salem is expect ed to hare reached virtually a nor mal status by this evening, fol lowing a cold spell that, continued through most of the past week bringing with it the first snow of the. present winter. The worst of the. snow upon Salem streets bad disappeared yes terday afternoon, although quan tities still remained to cover near ly everything except the tracks along which traffic passed. This snow! was melting steadily, how ever.; Sidewalks remained covered with melting snow yesterday ex cept in a comparatively few cases where the snow had been removed with shovels. The wind, which came from the north to bring the snow with it, had been gradually shifting around until last night the local weather observer reported that it came di rectly from the south. On the pre vious evening It had -come from the southeast. PORTLAND. Jan. 3. (AP) Rains and rapidly rising temper atures today united in a well- pUnned attack on the storm that has held the Pacific northwest in (Continued on pge 5) CLUB MEET POSTPONED Southeast Salem Folk to Hear Gar dening Talk Next Week Owing to the Inability of the expected speaker to attend the regular meeting of the Southeast Salem Improvement club, schedul ed for tonight, has been postponed one week and will be held Wednes day, January 11, it was announc ed by Newell Williams, president. The speaker will be John Kluck gardener of many years' experi ence, who In addition to explain ing beautlfication of gardens and lawns from the practical stand point of local home owners, will give to all present who wish them. cuttings of shrubbery of many va rieties. and explain the care of those shrubs. MANAGER PLAN STILL FAVORED HTSJpiEf City Losing Large Sums Through Poor Financial System, Declared REORGANIZATION URGED Council-Manager Plan May Be Ready For Vote In May; Asks Action on Bridge Con struction Urging a study of city finances with a view to putting the affairs of the city on a more business-like basis, and a continuance of the work on the proposed "council manager" form of government now in the hands of a special com mittee, of which Dr. H. H. Olinger la chairman, Mayor T. A. Livesley last night delivered his annual address to members of the city council. The message in full fol lows: We have come to the halfway point in my administration and yours with gratifying results ac complished toward carrying out the policies upon which we were elected. In our endeavors we have been generously supported by the people of the city, and it is out of thefr cooperation as well as yours that I am encouraged in the con viction that our policies and ac tions have, in the most part, been right and take heart in recom mending to you an undeviating continuance of the policies we have established. Support Appreciated Before sketching for you a few suggestions I have in mind for your serious consideration during the coming year I desire to take this occasion to express to each and all of you my appreciation for the support you have accorded me. and to assure you of the pleasure I have derived from our associa tion. We started the year with an outlined program embracing among its major projects the con struction of a system of perman ent bridges; reconstruction and extension of the city's sewer and drainage systems to adequately cope with the demands placed up on it, and to provide a means of satisfactorily disposing of the city's garbage and refuse. These (Continued on page 5) FIND M0T0RSHIP WRECK Search of Three Weeks Comes to End When Bodies Found CORDOVA. Jan. 3. (AP) A three weeks' search for the 65 foot motorshlp Pioneer has ended with the finding of the bodies of hei two occupants frozen to the beach on Strawberry . Point. 10 miles from ' here. The wreckage of the ship littered the beach. Captain William Taylor and Engineer Harry Hart were running the craft over her regular route to Katalla. 70 miles to the southeast, when they encountered ice floes and heavy" weather which continued lor two weeks. i STATE PATIENT ESCAPES Stacy Williams Removes Screen at Hospital Receiving Ward Stacey Williams, an Inmate of the Oregon state hospital, made his escape from the . institution about 5:30 last evening. He effected his escape by removing a screen from a window on the re ceiving ward. He was committed to- the hospital about, six weeks ago by the county court of Lane county. His home Is in Eugene and is 4S yeans old.. The hospital authorities slated that Willli ms is'not to he regard ed as dangerous. WINTER TERM TO START Registration ta Progress mt Oregon v- State College CORVALLtS, Jan. I. (AP) Winter term registration at Ore gon State Agricultural college was In progress here today with' thou sands of students returning to the campus slippery with, snow and Ice. Sterni conditions throughout the northwest were delaying return somewhat, though eastern Oregon students who drove ears home were :tb only: -ones experiencing real difficulty. A checkup showed a considerable nam ber of -Bew an former students who" were not here for.the flrs torm.'--Clajj wori starts-tomorrow, - ?'r 1 ' t? SEAGRAVE FIRE ENGINE CHOSEN MIXOK1TY liEIOR FROM COM MITTEE FOLLOWED Alderman Duncy and Pat ton Fur nih lire work at Coun cil Session The purchase of a new 100D gallon fire pumper for the city became a major issue at the city council meeting last night when a divided report of the fire and wa ter committee was submitted, and Alderman Hal Patton and W. H. Dancy, signers resectively of the majority and minority reports, en gaged in an oratorical combat which grew into an exchange of personalities. Dancy's report called for ac ceptance of the Seagrave corpora tion bid and was finally adopted over the majority report from Pat ton and Simeral holding out for the Ahrens-Fox machine. The vote to sustain Dancy's report was eight to six. Dancy charged Patton with neg as: ligence of his work on the fire an water committee up until the fire pumper was to be purchased, and then having been aroused to evince sudden interest. "I have attended every meeting Dancy has called," replied Patton. He has called only one since I have been on the committee." Patton declared he had made a close study of all the fire engines offered and that the Ahrens-Fox machine was the best of; the lot. He intimated that the Seagrave corporation had an unusually glib and entertaining salesman. Dancy said Fire Chief Hutton wanted the Seagrave machine and that the Ahrens-Fox pumper was too heavy to bo useful in Salem. Of 256 pumpers in California. 212 of them were of the Seagrave type he said, and have given satisfac tion. Both firms had bid $13,500 but the Seagrave corporation offered two per cent discount for cash. The city recorder was instruct ed to enter into a contract with the successful bidder-for imme diate purchase of the pumper A resolution was also passed in structing the city recorder to ad vertise for bids on a quantity of fire hose. SITE IN POLK PROPOSED Winslow Wants Incinerator Put Entirely Out of County Attorney Walter S. Winslow who made a promise some days ago that he would produce a suit able site for the incinerator which would meet with the objection of no one, said yesterday that be had two sites to present to the special incinerator committee. One of the sites is in Polk coun ty, and the other is near the Southern Pacific railroad track in the vicinity of the state reform school. Both sites. Mr. Winslow said, are available. Several other sites are In pros pect, Mr. Winslow said, in express ing the hope that the council would delay action until they all had been Investigated. Several North Salem citizens were in the council chambers last night expecting a report from the committee which was not forth coming. Chairman Dancy stated that Mr. Winslow had not yet made good his promise to him and that nothing would be done until the sites were brought to his at tention. A petition bearing 308 name) protesting against location of the burner on the Oregon Electric gravel pit w,as read at the council meeting, as was a letter signed by Father Thomas V. Keenan, of SL Vincent de Taul Parish. ' RETAIN WATER FILINGS Codncil Looks to Future IV Mar ion Lake, Santiam Claims - The city council last night voted to retain the city's water, rights on Marlon Lake. and the. little north fork of the ; Santiam In' the event that some day it; might be desired to use them to" supply a municipal ly owned plant. " . ' : 1 ; The matter .came before the council when a , communication from the state engineer was read. ealllng attention to number. of conflicting filings with the sugges tion thatthy-he straightened out. : Aldefmas "Xeneroth.- oae-tlme chairman of the special committee oa , r water applications, -made- strong argument against releasing the. rlghta.hii.thOigh It was. ne cessary . to . 'expend money I to- re? tela them on the ground that .the city would be ,"mng away the water supply, of .future J genera- This city r expended ebott . 1 1 0 0 some years ago to Investigate wa ter lights,, having In mind. at the time- municipally owned plant which should be supplied with monntain wgter V c , f-':'' FRED WILLIS AGAIN ELECTED GITY ATTORNEY Personal Campaign On Part of Mayor Swings Votes i ' To Incumbent ALL OFFICERS RETURNED Heated Discussion Fulls to M terlallze; Roscbraugu, Williams' Oponrnt, Relieved of Im portant Taxks Fred Williams was re-elect e city attorney at the council meet last night by a vote of eight to five, one alderman voting blank. George Thompson, a North Sa lem representative was not in hia chair, so only fourteen votes were cast. All other city officers were chosen to serve again for the en suing year. They are Harry Hutton, fire chief; Frank Minto, police chief; Walter S. Low, streets commis sioner; Myra L. Shank, police ma tron; H. M. Rogers, engineer; and Batty Cooper, sanitary Inspeo tor. Douglas Health Officer The name of Dr. Vernon Doug las will replace that of Dr. Wil liam De Kleine as health officer, at Dr. De Kleine's request. Dr. Douglas does all the health work Tor the city and Dr. De KMbe te!t that the ctiy roll should &o i in dicate. - v The expected Hurry of-chargcs against City Attorney Williams in the council chambers did not ma terialize. Informal gatherings o t the various councilman before the session were held, "however, and opponents of Williams appeared confident that he would be un seated. Mayor Swings Vote Aftej the election, the claim as freely made that last minute personal' pressure on the part of Mayor Livesley in the matter of committee appointments brought about Williams' selection. Ray L. Smith was the only oth- (Csntinued on pige 4) j HICKMAN ENTERS NOT GUILTY PLEA INSANITY CLAIM ADVANCED UPON ARRAIGNMENT Admits Fart of Killing Little Marian Parker and Subse quent Dismemberment LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3. (AP) William Edward Hickman, to day pleaded not guilty to the charges of kidnaping and murder ing Marian Parker, "by reaso ot insanity." He at first pleaded insanity on the murder charge alone, but changed it later to cover both ac cusations. , Asked by the court If he knew the insanity plea was an admis sion of the killing, he replied with a brief "Yes." Superior Judge Carlos Hardy fixed the date of trial as Janu ary 25, at first he named January 24, but when he found that he was consulting a 1927 calendar, he changed -the day. Hickman's attorney, Jerome Walsh, of Kansas City, filed an af fidavit of fact asking for a delay In the plea, but this was denied. Trial Set January 25 -"' Following the taking of the C pleas, Walsh asked for a 85 day continuance before; trial, which la five days over the legal limit in this" state. The Judge ended the ar-' gument by setting Jsnuary;2S.- Hickman- was asked by ilf court If Walsh was his only ster ner and he replied: "Tes, your koBor." v' ? . ..-'.O'' - He spoke only:' twice during the v short session. Throughout he sal beside his lawyer- at the counsel -: table with 'eyes fixed on the floor, Behind him at the rear ol ' courtroom wast the only re"prese-' tatlve of the Parker family, pres i ent. Perry (BUI) Parker, 'step- ! brother ef the slain girt" Toung ; . Parker Appeared to - W under, a se- rer - nervous strain, riveting hta ? eyes alternately on the Judge an the1 prisoner ' ' t"' f ''ComteirtmeX Brings 'Delay There was only one delay from . V the Unto Hlekman was led through heavily guarded corridors to tht ; courtroom until he emerged again on hia way hack'' to the ' county - JaU. 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