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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1928)
Salem Chamber of Commerce At Its Noon Luncheon Tomorrow Will Have Presented the Matter of Marking Historic Spots Here Plans to Make the Airport Issue More Definite by Selecting the Proposed Site May Help to Define the Matter in the Voters' Minds State Weather forecast: Fair east and cloudy west portion; rain on the. coast; moderate : temperature; moderate south and south west winds. Maximum temperature 57. minimum At. river 7.9, rainfall 1.3, atmos phere cloudy, wind south. mm FIVE SECTIONS THIRTY-FOUR PAGES 1 SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS i r 1 ni V i 4 V i CHIMIN GRIP OF FA i BITTER STRIFE Nationalist and Northern Armies Warfare Adds to Shantung's Misery RELIEF BADLY NEEDED T!usanl C li i n e h e Reported Housed Miserably In Straw Coops and Dugout; Women Gather leaves For Food SHANGHAI, April 21 (AP) To the horrors of famine in the 6nt-e smiling province of Shan tung has now been added the ecourge of bitter warfare between nationalist and northern armies ith Us center steadily advancing on Tsinan, populous capital of the province. Although authoritative reports concerning the progress of the na- IN iD itionaliet drive toward Peking are lacking, numerous dispatches from I : both Chinese and foreign sources i in Shantung indicate that the na- Etionalists are continuing their ad vance along the Tientsin-Pukow i railway. The nationalists assert that their force hate surrounded and ' Isolated Tsianfu, 3 5 miles south of Tsinan and the fall of the for mer city appears imminent, the northerners withdrawing toward Tsinan. " The dispatch of Japanese troops to Shantung-ls greeted with the bitterest resentment by Chinese here, the Chinese declaring that Japan is infringing on Chinese BovereimtY. Protest - meetings .! hare been held In Hankow, Shang- f?nai and other southern clUea while the Hankow native press is advocating a boycott of Japanese goods. ,t The Nanking government has handed the local Japanese consul .general a strong protest against the sending of Japanese troops to Shantung and it is understood that the Japanese have cent a special courier to Nanking to explain their action. Growing out of the southerner's advance, the nationalists state that the greatest uneasiness ex ists at Tsinan. The populace and nationals of various countries are Mlhing the city for Tientsin and Tsingtao despite the arrival of 500 Japanese marines on April 20 from Tientsin. Several local foreign firms rep resented at Tsinan have been ad- x v is-u mat nui-.'i 1 under way. Virtually all Ameri- can and European residents, main- i ly missionaries, are stated to have departed. (Continued on p( 6) THIS YOUNGSTER CRAVES CIGARS SEATTLE 4-YEAR-OLD CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT WEED Unusual Caae Arouses Controversy Among Doctors; to Examine Youngster SEATTLE, April 21. (AP) An ardent cigar smoker before he has reached his fourth birthday. Freddie Riggs, Seattle youngster. has started a warm controversy among local doctors. The boy's mother. Mrs. Ralph Riggs, explained that when Fred die was a baby he was' weak and nnder-developed and refused to eat. until he chewed on a pipe when he was ten months old. Then I &he began to eat. He cut his teeth . 5 on the same pipe. When he was a .jjr old he began to chew cigars them, not inhaling the smoke. Ki forts to make him leave tobacco alone have resulted in his stop ping eating. Aside from smoking he has one cigar every night he is a normal and healthy child lie will be four next month. ' When the school health depart ment learned of his tobacco crav ing today. Dr. Ira C. Brown made arrangements to examine - the youngster Monday in an effort to solve the enigma. 'I have known many young sters who smoked," Dr. Brown said. -"bat I never knew one to vrtnnr as Freddie. There i a cell change going on In the -youngster which gives him a crav ing for tobacco.: There are, cases on, record where sick folk have benefited -from smoking but they are exceedingly rare. One benefits where a thousand are harmed. I have : had boys four and older smoking and usually It Is their inly shortcoming. THREE KILLED IN BAD STORM HEAVY WIXD AND RAIN SWEEP EAST EH X STATES Village of Atoka, Tenn., Wiped Out; Memphis Damage Esti mated SI, 000,000 MEMPHIS, Tenn.. April 21. (AP) Heavy windstorms, accom panied by rain and lightning swept through parts of six states early today, leaving at least three dead, score injured and extensive prop erty damage. Heaviest damage was reported in west Tennessee, where the storm struck two sections of Memphis and virtually wiped out the village of Atoka, 28 miles to the northward. Arkansas, north Louisiana, north Mississippi, east Texas and west Kentucky also suffered. The wind, which Meteorologist F. W. Brist estimated reached a velocity of 70 miles an hour, de stroyed or badly damaged more than 100 houses in south and eastj Memphis, skipping several blocks, between the two sections and then swept northward to strike Atoka, Tenii., which it" virtually destroyed. Damage in Memphis was estimated at more tha $1, 000.000 by the Evening Appeal. The business section of Atoka, which has a population of between 300 and 400. was wiped out, vir tually every residence wrecked or badly damaged and 25 persona in jured, one fatally. Paul Forber, 13, was killed when his home col lapsed and twp other members of his family were injured, both ser iously. Two men were killed in other sections of the state Several hundred derricks in the south Arkansas and north Louis iana oil fields were reported lev eled by the wind, and many hous es "were unroofed or damaged 21 AUTO DEATHS, MARCH Moat Accidents Caused by Care-! lessnesc. Record , Reveals There were It J persons killed kfid 393 persons Injured in Z3C1 traffic accidents In Oregon during the month of March, according to a report prepared here Saturday by T. A. Raffety. chief inspector for the state motor vehicle depart ment. Nine ot the victims were residents of Portland. Approximately 780 ot the acci dents were due to carelessness on the part of the drivers, while 131 accidents were caused by skid ding. In 427 accidents the ques tion of right of way was at issue. Reckless driving resulted in 90 accident, while 212 accidents were caused by cars passing on the wrong side of the road. In 47 cases drivers were intoxicated. The state officers participated in 216 arrests during the month. with fines aggregating $2913.03. Warnings were issued to 6569 drivers. Delinquent fees collected by the state traffic officers to talled $10,118.61. The officers recovered stolen cars having a resale value of $3825. .They traveled 77,175 miles, visited 3291 towns and cities and parsed 903 days in the field. SINNOTT WITHDRAWING Will Not Ran For Reelection, Due to Court Appointment - Representative N. J. Sinnott. of the second congressional district sent a telegram Friday to Secre tary of State Koier requesting that his name be withdrawn from the republican ballot at the pri mary election. This action on the part of Rep resentative Sinnott followed his recent nomination by President Coolidge and confirmation by the I senate as jubikb mi court of claims. PORTLAND. Apr. 21. (AP) Seven men were prominently mentioned in political circles to day as tentative candidates to suc ceed N. J. Sinnott as representa tive in congress from the second congressional district. They were: Bruce Dennis, news Daoer nublisher of, Klamath Falls; Denton G. Burdick, attorney, Red mond; A. R. Shumway, farmer, Milton: Daniel Boyd, attorney. En terprise; Roy W. Ritner, farmer, Pendleton'; and Walter M. Pierce, former governor. Ritner. Dennis, Burdick and Shumway were in Portland today discussing the matter. STUDENT FOUND GUILTY Port land Youth later Paroled Af ter Sentence .Ow Charge ; PORTLAND; Ore.". April $1- ( AP) .Francis,' Sacchi, 24, pbarr macy student, was eentenced to four years In prison on a moral charge and paroled to his father. Parole was recommended because Sacchi hadrtded officers In a re cent vice cleanup. , NT T JURY VERDICT Millionaire Acquitted Conspiracy Charge on WALSH NON-COMMITTAL Senator Borah Also Has Nothing to Say; Nye Declares "Impos sible to Convict S l.OOO.OOO" United States WASHINGTON, April 21. (AP) Harry F. Sinclair stood free today of charges that he con- spired to defraud the government in the Teapot Dome oil lease. A jury In the District of Columbia supreme court acquitted him, re quiring only three ballots to reach its decision. One of the jurors who withheld hie name, later said not a single vote for conviction was cast by any of the jurymen in the one hour and fifty-nine minutes they considered the case. On the first ballot, he said, eight were for ac quittal and four undevided and on the second ten for acquittal and two undecided. In declarinr S-"-. ; ' of con- . fort- the to " . - rnmem , i "a rlc'. t jury accept? i th p-- ' a govvs uir 1 witt rh&rt,; son-id law Liberty, bond deal t. government chars v i.K- b-u--y. The jju.' uahekl EverhartVe story i s4 Sinclair 'gave Fall $133, . In Liberty bonds for One-third share in the Tres Ritor Cattle and Land company, the Fall ranch' in New Mexico. Ever hart had testified that he had re ceived the bonds from the oil operator and had given them to Fall but insisted they had no con nection with the oil lease. It was a tense moment when word came that the jury was ready to report. .Mrs. Sinclair who for six years has stood beside her hus band as he fought various charges growing out of the oil lease, broke under the strain and began to sob. Sinclair took his place at the counsel table and arose as the jury filed into the court and stood beside the jury box. The calm faces of the jurymen gave not the slightest indication of their ver dict. The court asked if they had reached a verdict and upon an af firmative answer the clerk asked: "What is your verdict, Mr. Fore man! (Continued on pre 0) INDIAN FACES CHARGE Klamath Falls Man to Face First Degree Murder Charge PORTLAND. April 21. (AP). Orville Davis. Klamath Indian. will go on trial Monday in federal district court here on charges of f iret degree murder. Davis is ac cused of having killed Lawrence Walker, a young fellow tribesman on January 2. Walker was killed wfffl an axe on the Klamath reser vation near the town of Beafty. The case will be prosecuted by Forrest E. Littlefleld, assistant United States attorney. W. P. Myers of Klamath Falla will de fend Davis. About 20 Indians from the reservation have been called a witnesses. WIVES OF NOTED mm -- - .J-.' .. ?.. ,. IW. lm Wives of famous Englishmen are content, as a rule, to live in the shadow of their husbands brilliance. 'Here are- four of them Lady Austen Chamberlain (left), Sirs. Stanley Baldwin (center), with her husband; lira. Arnold Bennett (upper right) and Mrs. Radyard Kipling PREPARE PLANS HOSPITAL ANNEX WORK TO 8TART OX NURSES' HOME IX 60 DAYS Board of Control Also Arranges To Build Tuberculosis Base Here Work on the actual construc tion of the new nurses' and em ployes' home at the Oregon state hospital will get under way in about 60 days, it was announced Saturday at the offices of the state board of control. Prepara tion of the site was started sev eral days ago. The plans are now being prepared. The board of control sometime ago decided to defer erection ot the nurses' home because of the unsatisfactory condition of the state's finances. It later devel oped, however, that unless some action was taken to provide addi tional housing accommodations at the hospital the next legislature would be requested to authorize a large appropriation for a new building. Because of this situation mem bers of the board decided that jr would be more economical to erect the nurses home than to attempt construction of a new wing to the main hospital. Reports received by the board of control indicated that upon completion of the. nurses home approximately ICO additional patients could be re ceived at-the hospital. Records in the offices of the board of control show that both the Oregon .state hospital in Salem and the Eastern Oregon slate hos pital at Pendleton will be crowded to capacity within the next year or IS months. It will then be lecessary to consider construction a new hospital, building either :ti Salem or Pendleton. The proposed nurses home will cost approximately $130,000 and will be strictly modern. The board of control also has decided to proceed with the con- Dalles. There was appropriated for the construction of this plant $100,000. Plana for the struc ture are now being prepared, and actual building operation will get under way before Joae 1. Unless hindered by unsatisfactory weath er eondltbns, the tuberculosis hos pital should be ready for occu pancy next fall. Officials said there are now ap proximately 75 tuberculosis pa tients on the waiting 1st. Addi tional units of the hospital prob ably will be constructed as fast as money is available under legis- (Continued on psg 6) Index of Today's News Section One General News. .. 1. 4, 5, 10. 12 Theater -. 2, 3 Editorial 6 City News 7 Society .8-9 Radio . . 11 Section Two Automotive 1, 2, 3. 6 Better Homes 4, 5 Section Three Sport 1. 2 Classified 2-3 Veterans' Column 4 Music Department 4 Section Four Farm and Industrial 1, 6, 7. 8 Editorial 2 Poultry 3 Slogan. Asparagus 4-5 x Section Five Comics 1-4 ENGLISHMEN KEEP FLYERS RELIEF SHIP DELAYED PILOT OF NEW YORK EXPEDI TION TO BREMEN ILL All Supplies Needed at Greenly Island Loaded on Plane for Flight LAKE STE. AGNES, Que., Apr. 21 (AP) Departure of the of the transatlantic monoplane Bremen from ice bound Greenly Island was still further delayed when illness of Floyd Bennett pre vented continuation today of New York City s official relief expedi tion. The giant Ford relief plane piloted by Bennet and Bernt Bal chen arrived tiei rrcm Detroit yesterday and it had been planned to fly it on to Greenly Island to day with all necessary spare parts and supplies for the Bremen. But Bennett was running a fev-; er this morning and it was decided to delay the flight for a day in hope that he would be sufficient ly recovered tomorrow to con tinue. If he should not be another pilot may be substituted, possibly C. A. Schiller who has already made one trip to the island and back. Bennett and Balchen both left sick beds to start on the relief ex pedition and the long flight yes terday through cold and bumpy air did neither of them good. The trip was very rough and all five occupants of the plane showed the strain when they arrived. When the expedition does push in. Major Jam.x Fitzmaurice, the Irish member of the Bremen's crew who came out from the is land with Schiller to arrange for supplies, will return with it to aid in reconditioning the Junkers When the damage done in land ing on the island after the ocean flight is repaired he will fly on to New York with his German com panlons, Baron Von Huenefeld and Captain Herman Koehl AH supplies needed at Greenly Mlsg Herta Jankers, daughter of the German plane manufacturer, ready to be loaded on the Ford air truck as sooh as the relief flight can he continued, Among the supplies are . a propeller. wheeled landing gear, landing skiis. benzol, oil, clothing, smok ing materials and a couple of bottles of German beer. Just how long it might be af ter the relief plane reaches Green ly Island before the Bremen could take-off remained largely a mat ter of conjecture, some optimists believed the repairs could be made in a day and that the hop off would be managed somehow in quick order, but other net-son felt that there might be considerable delay in getting the Bremen into the air after it is patched up. BULGARIA HAS QUAKE Panic Follows Among Stricken Populations of District SOFIA. Bulgaria, April 22. (AP). The district around Phil ippopolis which was shattered by earthquakes early this week was shaken again at noon today. The shock was followed by under ground rumblings which renewed panic among the stricken popula tions of the district. King Boris continues to tour the devastated districts. He spent last " night with the refugees, sleeping in a tent in the public garden ot Philippopolis. ' A gift of $5,000 was received by the government from the Amer ican Red Cross. Premier Liap cheff says that foreign aid is the only effectual help for Bulgaria whose own resources are insuffi cient to cope with the destitution that has resulted from the disas ter. IN BACKGROUND T0P0FW0RLD REACHED MIKE Captain Wilkins Makes 2200 Mile Flight Across Arctic Ice Pack LANDING PLACES EXIST Greater Safety of Transpotar Fligfat Over Transoceanic Flight Between Cont nents Seen in Exploit DETROIT. Apri. 21. CAP) Captain George Hubert Wilkins. veteran arctic1 explorer, and Leu tenant Carl B. Eielson, Alaska pilot, have fown across the "top of the word" from Point Barrow, Alaska, to Spitzbergen. In a brief message to the De troit News today Wiling reported the successful accomplishment of the 2200-mile flight across the Arctic ice pack in these words: "Reached Spitzbergen after twenty and one-half hours flying. One stop five days account bad weather." Later it was learned the stop was at Doedmansoeira (Dead Man's Island) 25 miles from Sval- bard, whence Wilkins sent out his message. The message was dated April 21 and timed .12:31 p. m. It was Wilkins' third attempt to span the arctic wastes anVt word of Its successful culmination came after fear had been ex pressed that he was lost after hav ing left Point Barrow. He - was last heard from at Point Barrow early this month, when his radio sent out a fragmentary message about plans for a take-off shortly. Whether Captain Wilkins ac- tually flew over the north pole was not known. His plans how ever, contemplated a course be tween the pole and the North Am erican contlnenta where he de sired to make scientific observa tions. Word also is awaited whether he and his companion found land in the unexplored area they crossed and whether they were able to observe ocean currents, temperatures and make soundings in the Interest of meteorology The flight of Captain George H. Wilkins and Lieutenent Carl B Eielson across the "top of the world" from Point Barrow to Spitzbergen will mean much to meteorology, A. M. Smith, repre sentative of the Detroit News who accompanied Captain Wilkins on his arctic expedition in 1927, said today, writing of the flight. "The object of the flight as out lined by Wilkins prior to his de parture from Fairbanks March 21. was identical with the project of his two previous attempts at arctic exploration," Smith said. "It was (Continued on" page 61 HISTORIAN WILL ADDRESS GROUP JASON LEE AND CHAMIOKU BARRY'S SUBJECTS Come as Speaker at Chamber of Commerce Monday; Urges Markers Interesting facts about the Ja son Lee mission In Oregon and the Champoeg episode, will be recount ed by J. Neilson Barrr, secretary of the Museum association of Ore gon, at the Salem chamber of commerce luncheon Monday. His address, "Footsteps In the Sands of Time," will deal princi pally, however, with events in "Ore gon even prior to jason uee s ar rival. The Museum association is seek ing to have a museum! established in every community ip the state, and is already distributing loan exhibits to the schoolj Another work in which he is in terested Is that of the "Trail Seek ers," junior historical society of which he Is director. The program includes the placing ot markers for localities of particular histor ical significance. Places already marked In this way Include Fort William, Willamette Stone, Grant's farm end Old Ironside Cabin. Wal lace Post, established in 181Z Is one of the places near Salem at which he . hopes to have one of these' markers. ' Mr. Barry was a charter mem ber of the eastern Washington His torical society, and also holds membership In the American asso ciation Of If useums. American His torical association, Bens of the American Revolution and the Ore gon Historical society. WOULD BE FLIER COMES TO GRIEF PLANE BOUGHT HERE CRASH ES AT OLYMPIA Machine Wrecked But OrviUe Kel gey and Passengers Li: tie Hurt Two weeks ago. a student flyer, named .Orrille Kelsey walked into the Fitzgerald-Sherwin Motur company with another young man, Pete Lexague, and purchased out right a Waco plane of which the local firm had three on hand. The plane was assembled on the local flying field, and the two young pilots started on what they said was to be a "barnstormiae" tour. Both had taken a series of les sons in flyinsr from Tex Rankin. but the lessons had been covered in the briefest time possible and the youths could not boast much flying experience when they left Salem. Since leaving the city, the fly ers have had no end of trouble. About a week ago, they bumped the plane into an automobile parked on the flying field at Olym pia, Washington. The car was bad ly damaged and the owner brought suit against the plane owners. The Olympla court in an opin ion handed down yesterday declar ed that cars should stay on the road where they belong and found in favor of the defendants. As if to celebrate his court vic tory, Kelsey went up in his plane at Olympia yesterday afternoon, and according to reports received here, suddenly dropped 75 feet to the ground. The plane lit on its back and was demolished but without serious injury to Kelsey or his two passengers. Kelsey was accompanied 'by Clarence Springer and his eight year old son Jack, all ot whom were but slightly In jured. Kelsey circled the new Olympia airport and was attempting to land when the plane dropped without warning, overturning Just before it hit the ground. Kelsey was un able to explain the accident. Anyway, the Waco plane that the local concern sold Kelsey. and his companion hut a short while ago is all wrecked. Whether the two men had se cured government pilot permits is not known. Kelsey's home is in Alturas, California, and Lexague lives at Olympia. FRUIT GROWERS ELECT H. R. Jones, Commissioner Candi date, Named President H. R. Jones, prominent frnit grower of the Rosedale district was elected president of the Salem Fruit Growers association at a large and enthusiastic meeting held Saturday afternoon at the chamber of commerce. A. A. Bon ney of the Englewood district was elected secretary and treasurer of the association. Picking prices that were estab lished last year will again prevail this year. For loganberries, straw berries and cherries, the price to be paid this year will be one cent a pound, with a bonus of one cent a pound if the picker stays on the job until the end of the season. This plan worked out verv satis factorily list year. Cards will be printed with the schedule of prices and will be dis tributed at a meeting of the asso ciation to be called early in May. Mr. Jones who will call the next meeting of the association of fruit growers is well known throughout the county and has recently an nounced himself as candidate for county commissioner on the Re publican ticket. CANDIDATES CERTIFIED 272 Republicans and hi rwmn crats Seek Office in Oregon Certification of the arrange ment of names and other informa tion concerning the candidates for election and for nomination at the primary elections in Oregon May 18, was made to the deputy clerks of the state Saturday by 8am A. Kozer. secretary of state. The certification contains the names of the candidates for both the republican and . democratic nominations. It includes the names of 272 republicans and SI democrats who . are seeking pop- c. eiuce. - -v. ' .- -iv t The ballots will be prepared- ax the county clerks, subject to the certification ot candidates receiv ed from the secretary, of state. These ballots shall bei distributed among the various votlag pre cincts by the connty clerks. Th? primary law provides that a candidate may withdraw hla name from the ballot at any time prior to the date ot the election. EYEPfllK AS INDICATION VOTE STRENGTH Political Spotlight Turned Or Ohio, California, and ' Indiana HOOVER RETAINS LEAD Other Republican Candidates Wag ing Stiff Battle for Favor; Smith Far Ahead in Dem ocratic Race WASHINGTON. Apr. 21. i AP With conflicting claims of the strength they will be able to show at the national convention in June, the various presidential candidates and their managers, both repub lican and democratic, are pressing their campaigns for delegates with eyes turned to three important state primaries just ahead in Ohio, Indiana and California. While admittedly none of tbe three will prove a conclusive test, the vote-getting ability of Herbert Hoover will be shown in Ohio Tuesday and in Indiana two weeki later. Sandwiched in between, ea May 1, the democratic primaries in California will give a line the strength of Governor Smith who is in a three cornered contest there with Senators Red and Walsh. The republican convention gets underway at Kansas City seva weeks from Tuesday. Two weeks later. on June 2 tne demo crats assemble at Houston. Te date SS3 republican delegates have been selected, 31 more than the majority of S4S needed for a nom ination. Democratic delegates chos en thus far total 442 with nearly 300 more than that number nec essary for a two thirds noziinatirg majority. On the face of delegates ac tually designated. Hoover holds a lead among the republican .aspir ants, with 233 instructed for hm or generally conceded to him. Low den, the runner-up has 175 on the same basis. Managers for e--h are claiming more than these to tals from among the 112 delegates whose preference has not been publicly disclosed. As for Smith he is far in the lead among the democrats with 301 or 60 more than he polled n the first ballot at Madison Square Garden in 1924. Three opponents, Reed, George and Hitchcock 'Continued on ptft 6) VOTERS REQUIRE MUCH PRINTING 290.0OO PAMPHLETS TO BE ISSUED, SAYS KOZER Mailing Bill Alone Will Total $4000; Will Be Ready Re fore May 7 More than 210.000 pamphlet containing the statements of the republican candidates for the sev eral state and district office aad approximately 80,000 pamphlets containing statements of the dem ocratic candidates for the same offices, will be required to meet the demands of the voters at the primary election, according to an nouncement made by Sam A. Ko zer, secretary of state. The pamphlets are now being printed aad mailing will get un der way Monday. Fourteen separate pamphlets containing statements of republi can candidates and three separate pamphlets containing the state ments of democratic candidate will be printed. The pamphlets range from 12 pages to SO pa?. The largest pamphlet goes to the voters of Multnomah county. Statements were .received by the secretary of state from 91 re publican candidates and nine dem ocratic candidates. Total fees re ceived from the statements aggre gate 14115.' Feea received from filing 273 declarations ef candi dacy of republican candidates and It democratic candidates totalled M33I. J ; The postage on the smaller pamphlets is 1H cents, white e the pamphlets of 24 to 40 page the postage is one cent. For mail ing the 80 page pamphlet the pos tage is two cents. The mailing charges will aggregate 14000. The law requires that these pamphlets shall be distributed mat. less than eight days prior te Dm primary election on May It, 192S. The work probably will be coav pleted prior to May 7. the secre tary of state said. .it-