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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 20. 1928 COLLEGE PLAY CAST CDM1I1G HERE SOOfl "The Show-Off" Will Be Presented By Corvallis Group Thursday Eve D. Palmer Young and Kenneth Lowell of Corvallis were In Salem Monday making final arrange ments for the production of "The Snow Off March 22 at the Capi tol heater. Mr. Young la the di rector of the play and Mr. Lowell, In addition to acting as business manager, plays the part of hard working "Pop" Fisher, Approximately $200 worth of equipment. Including lights and materials for scene construction, was bought by the National Col legiate Players for the production when it was put on in Corvallis last fall. It will be unnecessary to transport all of this since each theater Is supplied with properties some of which can be used. It was for the purpose of checking up on these that Mr. Young and Mr. Lowell made the trip. Although the play was first pro duced several months ago there lias been no "letdown," accord ing to Mr. Young. Rehearsals have been held on an average of three times. a week for the past three weeks, but o!ely for the purpose of keeping alive the spirit. Th play is an all college pro duction, only the finished actors of the National Collegiate Players organization taking part. Tech nically these students would be known as amateurs but many are as good as professionals. In fact members of the Players have done very good work professionally. National Collegiate Players has chapters in all the leading univer sities throughout the United ..tatt-s. Its purpose is to bring to olleges th best possible in .Iram a. to the American heart; that great risks could be taken and great deeds done without thought of pe sonal reward or financial gain and without boasting over the results." Dr. Orestes Ferrera, Cuban am bassador, said that only Colonel Lndbergh "could have made the peoples of the various countres that he visited so fully conscious of the fact that nothing divides the Americas, neither traditions nor ideals nor interests nor as pirations." "By exposing his life under our skies, almont always placid but at times like our souls agitated and stormy," Ambassador Ferrera said: "Colonel Lindbergh proved to the ready intuition of the mass es of the people that the United States have not shut themselves up within the formidable tower of their greatness." 41 DENTAL CLINICS I'XIT ACTIVE IX FEBRUARY; JACKSOX COUXTY AIDED Lien on WILSON'S HID Aviator Receives Medal and $25,000 for Good Will Flight South NEW YORK, Mar. 19 AP) Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh to night received the Woodrow Wil son award, consisting of a mortal and $25,000 for "his services for me rause or international friend ship" during his good will flight to Central and South America. The presentation was made ai a dinner of the Woodrow WUsoi memorial foundation. Colonel Lindbergh was the third recipient of the award which was given in 1924 to Viscount Cecil of Chel wood for his services to the League of Nations and in 1926 to Elihu Root for his part in the in ception of the permanent court of international justice or "world court' John W. Davis, former ambas sador to Great Britain, in an ad dress explained that Lindbergh was selected as a recipient of the award, not as a victorious soldiei nor as a successful diplomat oi statesman nor as a noted pot or orator, but as a "mere individual" who had ' the great fortune to serve peace in most effective ways." The preservation of lasting in ternational peace is as much per conal as a national responsibility. Mr. Davis said. . Suggesting that the preservatior Of peare had been regarded as tor entirely the function or govern ments and officials, he said that Lindbergh has made Internationa' friendshin a personal thi proved by his flights to Pars and L.aun-America that "America wa not a far off country, but a nea neisrnnor or Europe; that couragr and high adventure were.stlll dear mi XL'- TODAY IX "Daredevil's Reward" Thursday evexixg )oAogoJ "THE SHOW OFF" xo raisb is PRICES Dental clinics were held in 41 Marion county schools in Febru ary, according to the report of Dr. Estill Brunk, in charge of the den tal unit of the county health dem onstration unite made public yes terday. This extra large number ot clinics was held in February be cause Dr. Brunk had spent last November and December and also a good part of January in Jackson county. Other activity for February in cluded two educational meetings, at Harmony and Hayesville, and attendance at the meeting of den tal executive committee. Attached to the February report is a summary of activities of the dental unit for the three previous months. The January activities included 617 school children examined; 2 classroom visits for demonstration lessons; four meetings addresses, including one in Eugene and one in southern Oregon; six meetings attended; 11 conferences, includ ing a number with Jackson and Dou?las county doctors and pub lic neaitn oriicers. i Tllf fitinimarv r9 oMipitino fn ' November and December, when Dr. Brunk was in Jackson countv organizing a dental unit there show the following work in the schools: 3 4 classes for demonstra tion lessons. 3 4 57 school children examined, 2011 of whirh had one or more defective teeth; attended primary and intermediate teach ers meeting. Teh organizations in the south ern county were addressed, ap proximately S00 persons hearing the various phases of dental work which he discussed. Conferences! were held with 7 schools and health officials. 11116 WORKERS UOU THEIR DEAD 'Bodies Laid Away Under Piles of Flowers In Santa Clara Valley Tillamook Republican Files for Legislature C. J. Edwards of Tillamook, Monday filed in the office of the secretary of state here his decla ration Of CHTdlr1xi-v fnr (ha jf state senator fo'r the 24th sena torial district, comprising Lincoln, Tillamook, Washington and Yam hill counties. Mr. Kiiant viously served as a member of the egislature. He is a republican. Lake 11. Bechtell nf Prinnii has filed for the republican nom ination for district attornpv n. Crook county. H. H. Weatherspoon of Elgin, Ould serve as a memhr nf thi iower house in the legislature for me ibin representative district, comprising Union county. Mr. Weatherspoon is a republican. Poulus Leaves for Europe To Get His Blushing Bride George Poulus, proprietor o the Rex shine parlors, left earl this morning for Portland where he will board the Shasta limited for New York city. After spend ing a week or so in New York. h will board a steamer for Greec where he will tour for about six months, visiting with friends ant? relative? whom he has not seer for nearly 17 years. He is a na tive of Greece, and received hl. citizenship papers here some time ago. Mr. Poulus has been in busines? in this city for the past 12 years, and la well known In nH .hn,,t alem. He is a personal friend o -ir. it. Hoover and Senator Mt Nary, Oregon congressman, whom he may visit on his return to Se vern after his tour in Europe. He "xpects to return during the last -art of September. 3 Calves Reported Stolen From Farms Close To City Two heifer calves were stolen from the E. A. Dhoten farm near alem Sundav night, and a third from a neighbor's farm. Mr. Rho- en reported. The two were taken from a small pasture near the road, but the neighbor's, calf wa snirited away from the bsrn. where it was tied, and the door had been fastened shut, so that it rould not have departed without human assistance. There ha been something of an epidemic of small stock thieving in the vicinity of Salem recently, it is reported SCOTT WHIPS CHARLES LOS ANGELES. Mar. IS. f AP) Toilers reconstructing the bro ken homes and blasted ranches ol the Santa Clara river valley at Santa Paula today paused In their grief-laden work long enough to pay saddened homage to their dead victims of flood waters and hurllnc debris which crashed down upon them in the dark midnight hours of last Tuesday morning from the burst St. Francis dam. Under the shade of two palm trees, in the hillside Santa Paula cemetery which looks out upon the debris and silt-strewn valley, the bodies of 14 were laid away under piles of flowers which the disaster survivoTs had heaped up on their caskets. The funeral ser vices were held for these few of the 272 bodies now recovered, but was a memorial service to all those who were swept into oblivion. Fifteen hundred persons from all walks of life, and from every section of the 165 mile long val ley, gathered at the simple servi ces. In limousines, by horse and wagon, on mud-begrimed trucks, and on foot, the mourners silently trekked to the cemetery. Virtually every flower of the valley, from hot house triumphs to the wild blossoms the dead had known and loved on their nearby hillsides, decked the 14 caskets. A Catholic priest In the robes of the Franciscan Fathers, a Salva tion Army lassie, a rabbi, several Protestant pastors, and a repre sentative of Aimee Semple Mc pherson's evangelist church, join ed in conducting the services. Fif teen hundred saddened vocies sang their laemnt with "Abide With Me." and "Jesus, Savious, Pi lot Me." Jesus Perez, the lone survivor of his family of 13, cried unashamed throughout the service. Four of his children were in the flower-covered caskets before him. The others are buried, no one snows where, beneath the debris and silt of the flood devastation. An airplane, which ceaselessly had flown the length and breadth of the valley to search out bodies, appeared overhead, silenced its motor and droped a wreath of flowers. decree, and In 1921 the California Cooperative canneries were per mitted to intervene tor the par pose of ha vine ths decee vacated. The Swift and company groups on November S. 1924, had chal lenged the Jurisdiction ot the courts here to enter the decree contending that they could not lawfully be restrained from enter ins into certain line of business, and could not be enjoined from owning stockyard market com panies, stockyard terminal rail roads and newspapers. They ob jected also to being prohibited from using their private cars, branch houses and other distribu tive systems in transporting prod ucts other than meat, from con ducting retail meat markets and from maintaining public cold stor age warehouses except at the stockyards. H I PICKET EADERS quizzed ME 0 E Noted Figures In Industry Will Appear Before Sen ate Committee WASHINGTON. Mar. 19 (AP) Industrial leaders connected .vith the bituminous mining indus try in Pennsylvania and West Vir ginia, such as John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. Charles M. Schwab and R-. B. Mellon, are to be called as wit nesses in the senate committee investigation of the situation in the soft coal fields. Governor Fisher, of Pennsyl vania, also has been- listed for an early appearance. Formal request for the issuance of subpoenas to Rockefeller, senwao ana Mellon, the latter a brother of Secretary Mellon, was made at the conclusion of testi mony taking today by Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, who declared that "those ultimately responsible for the present condi tions should be required to take the stand. The Montanan explained that Rockefeller was named because of his connection with the Consoli dation Coal company of West Vir ginia. The appearance of Charles M. Schwab, he added, will be in his capacity as chairman ot the board of directors of the Bethle hem Steel corporation which oper ates mines In Pennsylvania. Mel- Ion is a director of the Pittsburgh Coal company, which concern has repeatedly been under fire by at torneys for the United Mine Work ers in the present investigation. SUSTAIN IHCTl 1 CM CATPTOL Four Members of Anti- Horthy League Arrested Near White House WASHINGTON, March 19. (AP). Taking their resentment against the preeent Hungarian re gime to the White House, four members of the anti-Horthy league of America, were arrested today while picketing the execu tive mansion in protest against an official Hungarian - delegation calling upon President Coolidge. Apflfth demonstrator was taken into custody for distributing literature. The pickets appeared at one. of the White House entrances bear ing placards accusing specific members of the Hungarian dele gation with "mass murder." with striving to return the Hapsburg dynasty to Hungary, with restor ing the whipping post in that country and generally with repre senting a government violating the ideals and principles of Louis Kossuth, Hungarian hero and lib erator. The delegation had come to the United States to attend the un veiling of a statue of Kossuth in New York on March 15 and had an engagement to see President Coolidge. The pickets contented them selves with displaying their plac-' ards. They were taken to a po lice station on the charge of vio lating a local regulation prohibit ing the unauthorized display of placards on ground under the Jur isdiction of the commissioner of pubwrbuttdings and grounds. At the police station they were re leased after depositing $10 colla teral, the maximum penalty for their offense and ordered to re turn tomorrow for court action. L. M. Presnell Called By Death Late Yesterday or has Just been released from the penitentiary and another barely eacaned the menitentlarr by plead ing the statute of limitations. I resent it." Borah Hurls Denunciation Suminr Borah. Idaho, who has fostered a move to return to Sin clair the $180,000 he care to the republican national committee, told the senate that in his onlnlon there was nothing In history like the disclosures growing out of the senate oil Investigation. "For mere slimy, sordid be trayal of public trust," he de clared, "there is nothing to com part with-it either in the history of this or any other country." The Idaho senator retered to the "little green house on K street" mentioned so often In the early stages of the Teapot Dome inquiry, and said that there was consummated transactions "in vi olation of every principle of de cency and governmental Integ rity." Walsh, Reed Both Speak During a three hour flare up in which more than a dozen senators had their say, the names of some republican presidential candidates were mentioned ana two avowed . - - . i ana ouua iuu candidates for the deniocratlcj tnejr honey nnmfnarlnn Roari nf MlMtmirt Montana openly orchardiats. He ha also a lot of bees five miles oat of Qates. in Linn county. These hare not yet all been enraged. The Mead peo ple have been working on hires for several days. In order to be ready for the beee from California. and for hie own bees. Self Support Soon When the bees coming in antra i m h tA anrar srrup tor six to eight days (longer it It to extra stormy), and then mey wui be self supporting, and more. x?....t oii tha in ooo in each col ony are workers; virgin daughters of toll. Only the ismaie ark. They work themselves to death In about six weeks. They are the original working fools. Mr. Mead sent 10 two pound colonies of bees last year, on April 1st. to the Oregon Agricul tural college, and gave them their little start of sugar syrup, and on July 1st they had made 850 pounds of honey for extraction, over and above their own ample i mini rennlramuitl. And they started with sheets of artificial foundation, but no drawn comb rn PBlla.i They had to provide and build their own cells, of wax. Lindley Murray Presnell, 71, re tired real estate man who has liv ed in this city for the past eight years, passed away last night at his home on Locust avenue. Before coming to Salem Mr. PTeanell lived in Seattle for 31 years, ne is survived by two child ren, both of whom live there. He is also survived by his widow. Jennie R. Presnell of this city. Mr. Presnell lived in Alaska for three years, and in Honolulu for one year. He was a staunch supporter of the Congregational church. nomination Reed of Missouri and Walsh of participated. No voice was raised in defense of the administration for the re publican party's acceptance of the Sinclair contribution. Harrison, democrat, Mississippi, stirred up the row by reviewing the activities of Will H. Hays in managing and financing the Hard ing campaign of 1920. His criti cism of Chairman Nye of the oil committee for his speech in Balti more yesterday brought a counter attack from the young North Da kotan, and before the final word was said. La Follette and Blaine of Wisconsin, Borah of Idaho, Glass of Virginia, Johnson of Cali fornia, Bruce of Maryland they and others got into the tray. Refund Move Debated Much of the debate hinged on Borah's attempt to refund Sin clair's campaign contribution and resulted in the charts from the veteran Idaho senator, defending hla course, that the oil lease con spiracy really was hatched at the republican national convention in 1920 hv a erouD of men "unbe known to the party" and later was consummated in part at the fa mous "little green house on K street," a rendezvous for some of those identified with the Harding administration. LaFollette, one of the republi can irregulars, said it was up to the resDonsible leaders of the re publican party to repudiate the Sinclair contribution. Botn Hoo ver and Charles E. Hughes, he said, had been members of the cabinet when that transaction had been made and neither had con demned it. Coolidge Mentioned He described President Coo- lieht as the chief beneficiary of the Sinclair gift because it "clear ed the decks for the 1924 cam paign," and he asked why the president continued silent. L,a FYir'ptte Raid Mellon knew about the Sinclair bond transaction with Will H. Hays several years ago and had not condemned the deal. Dnrlne the cross fire Robinson of Indiana asserted that the first leases in the naval oil reserves had been approved by the late FranK lin K. Lane, secretary of interior during a part of the Wilson ad ministration. He also brought out that after leaving the cabinet Lane became identified with the Edward L. Doheny oil interests. Herbert Hoover's name was brought into the Rebate by both LaFollette and Harrison. The Mississippi democrat said Hoover was one of three of the cabinet who attended a meeting called by President Coolidee to consider ways of raising the campaign de ficit of 1920. fireproof; U to being made Into button and also ww tools. The lime industry could be.proi ltably expanded to ten times Its present site. Von Eschen sald. al &ough he cautioned hi- audienc. that lime win nut u"" -; for all crops. He condemned Je x... n straw Iffll f practice ' u - - as an almost criminal waste. AIRPORT BOND ELECTION COSTS PROBLEM FACED (Continued from p D j . Kn a mirvev has in- Dee u BOIOHSU, - . dicated that $60,000 will be sut- ficlent to purchase and Improve an airport such as Is desired. The airport will require o-u-one employe, and after a few ye , it will be more than self-sustain ing. he assured the councilm.-: There are now three passentr-r nnM. heeinning operation, a: they will pay fees to the aripon they land here, Mr. mau saia. Fred JL Erixon, George V:. k and Otto Hillman, represent!;:.; the chamber or commerce, i i annir in favor of presenting tin bond issue Question to the voters and predicted that aviation will h(j tha nrinciDal mode of passen-,..! and mail traffic within at least t.lr years. Phil Bayes Goes To Aid of Damsel In Distress Big hearted Phil Bayes comes to the rescue. After the local fighter had watched a young lady try again and again to drive her car from between two others closely parked together, the young fighter boldly walked across the street and otrered assistance. Bayes entered the car, stepped on the gas, and crash, he scored an other knockout. The car took one leap ahead, crashing into the car in front, which killed the. mo tor. "Where's the brakes on this car?" questioned Bayes. "Don't know." was the answer, they re around on the car somewhere." At any rate. In due time the little leather pusher piloted the machine out of the stall, and all was well ever after. TALENT CONTEST PLAN FOR COMMUNITY CLUBS (Continued from pagB 1) ferson, a director. Others attend ing were Henry E. Morris, Frank Doerfler, Verne Mclntyre ana Mrs. Ivan Stewart, all of baiem. Land Dr. Ethel K. Riley, of Hub bard. Thr Am An Asset So the reader may observe that these workers are a big asset, out side of the great benefit of their work irt carrying the pollen on their furry back from flower to flower. They harvest a crop of honey that would otherwise go to waste. They create a large money value. Like gathering gold from the bushes. Like getting the money from the air, as you have seen done in sleight of hand. Like money from home. It should be explained tnat tne bees that did so well at Corvallla had the advantage of the Hungar ian vetch "bloom that is plentiful there. And by the way. It Is growing to be plentiful all over tho sim district. With plenty of this, and of Grimm alfalfa, and the white clovers, we are going 10 bee country. Wo have potentially the greatest bee district in the world. m m MM Y M t m - m m m. MtwodSwnwsmii GONE all too toon are the gay dayi of childhood. Yet you can capture their charm with photographs. Bring the children to our studio, or 'phone us for an appoint ment in your home. RAYON INDUSTRY HERE PROPOSED BY CHEMIST (Continued from page l)t lfornia from Oregon fruit. Pickling fruits i3 another opportunity; a ntart is heine made in treating cherries In this way, and It can be enlarged so that canneries may be kent mine all year, preparing cherries similar to the maraschine product. Glazed fruit is another opportunity which California is monopolizing. The prune bar 4s Jut as good a candy as the fig bar, and ought to be developed to the same ex tend, he added. Caserne or milk is now being used to make innumerable prod ucts, and could so be utilized in this Dre-emlnent dairy country. said Professor Von Escvhen. One nrndnft ia a substantia aimilar to celluloid, but more durable, and c TP i KENNELL-ELLIS Oregon Building HCTPO GRAPHS QUgye JForever HALF MILLION BEES ON WAY TO AID ORCHARDS .(Continned from ptga 1.) work. Last year, Mr.( Mead brought from California' about 300 two pound packages of bees for the pollination of our or chards. Come By Expresa The bees come by express. In each package is a can with eugar, syrup sufficient to feed the beea for eight days. The queen in each package is in a separate cage, so that she may have the odor of the bees she Is to associate with, and so that the worker bees may know their queen. Mr. Mead has a lot of bees of his own. in his apiary near Brunk's Corners. All of his Polk county beee have been engaged by What Is It? It's for you Watch for "13" NOWanewand finer shaving cream VOLET SHAVING CREAM or tni AidoSirop RAZOR ar I C3 33 For men who prize the Valet AutoStrop Razor and the new Valet blades, Valet AutoStrop Shaving Cream will add new ease to theu shaving. To men who use other razors it will prove a revelation. Pearl white, alive and pure, it gives a luxurious Lather. 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Presnell ot Seattle, one brother, Enos Presnell ot Salem, and five grand children. An nouncement of funeral will be made later from the Webb Fun eral Parlors. Large Meat'-, Corporations Lose Appeal To United ' States Court WASHINGTON. Mar. 19. (AP) Swift and company. Arm our and company, Wilson and company, inc., Morris and com pany, and the Cudahy Packing company, composing the big five packers, must hereafter confine their activities strictly to the meat packing Industry, as they agreed to do in a consent decree entered February 27. 1920, when the gov ernment began anti-trust lawsuits against them. That decree was sustained today by the supreme court. The decision restores an injunc tion restraining them from mo nopolizing the meat packing in dustry and from engaging in other Unas ot business, which was sus pended in May. 1925, pending the outcome of proceedings started by Swift and company, and Armour and company to vacate,, the con sent decree. J In 1921 the Southern. Wholesale Grocer association and the: Na tional Wholesale Grocers associa tion were permitted to Intervene to oppose any modification of the AL SMITH NOW LINKED WITH HARRY SINCLAIR (Continued from jf 1.) teered the Information, however, that he has been told that Sinclair was a heavy contributor to Smith's campaign for governor and subse quently was appointed to the rac ing committee. At one point Senator Reed of Missouri, breaking Into the debate, aeked If Robinson, republican, In diana was insinuating that the New York governor had turned any public property of that state over to Sinclair. "I don't know," responded Sen ator Robinson of Indiana. "When anvone saTS ha doesn't know and makes that sort of an insinuation he Is going beyond the rights of the eenate," the Mls sourlan retorted. Charjrea Exchanged Sanatnr Rohinnom of Indiana thf n said That there Is much cir cumstantial evidence to indicate that the governor ot New York can throw light on this situation. Before the thunder oied down, Oanatni oiaaa of Vlrainla. demo crat, arose to vigorously denounce the Indiana senator tor a "oas tardly insinuation" against Frank lin K. Lane, secretary of the in-! terior In the Wilson cabinet, I "Tnr never was a - man who had a cleaner, purer record," said Rlass. who also was a member of ti fitiM( wtth Lain and "to ikl. IfMnllAAllAii rrm from a man in whose state one govern- I YEAR'S GREATEST MELODRAMA! Matinees . Evenings Children . -15c -25c .10c (OREGON mmm LONDON STRING QUARTET THURSDAY, MARCH 22ND Box Of f Ice Notv EVENINGS tZ D iMATINEEQ CHILDREN .JZ 10c ;I2ILSnKfIKiIIS 2 "4 3 k'Wli.'''