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'i'j-- THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING. MAT 4. 1928 i he Oregon Sta tesmAM ALL ARE INTERESTED luaed Daily Exeapt UaaiUr ay ' THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 215 Soota OnonrrcUt Strat, Sai4Ma. Oracaa v K. HaaArieka Irl S..McSrry RalpavC Curtu kaaalla Banc - ' ; Manarar MaDafiBK Editor - City Editor - Sacicty Editor lUIah H. Klatziag. Aa'T.rtlain HiMpr Lloy E. Sttfnar , - 8irtrlUaUW VT. H. HeaJaram. Cirealatiaa Maaafa? E. a. Raotoa . - , Ltveatock Editor W. C. Coaaer - - Ptmltry Editoc Um Or. THA ASSOCIATED ?KSS Tka AsaoeiateU raM U axrlaaivaly entitled ts fie axa ! nabliejda af mil aara. aUapatckea credited to it ar mat atiterwiae credited to paper aad aJae tka laeal Bw published aereia. - 1 I vuatjtsm orncrt , Xmeer Selected Oraroa Xevepapere PaeJlc Coaat 3apraentati.e Daty : Stypec, Iat, Portland, Security BMj.; Saa fr.taeiae., Aharaa Bid.; I Aagatoa, Caaatbar a Coarmerea Bid. Tbomaa J. Clark Ca, Kaw Tork. 123-lta W Slat tJu. Caiear afarqaatto B"d. Baa inns Offica S ar StS Society Editor, . .. .'104 TELETHOXZI . Kates Dept XI or o3 b , Departaweat CUewlatiM Offica.. Entered at the Peat Offica to Satan, Oraeo. at aaeoad ! stattatv u iaoa In the end of the Sabbath, as tt began to dawn toward "5fne first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to rk nnirhr And. behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from Heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. atAttnew zs.i-z. : EDGAR B. PIPER '5 In the passing of Edgar B. Piper in Portland yesterday af ternoon, this country loses one of its outstanding newspaper editors and this state is deprived of the services of one; of its most useful citizens. Mr. Pirjer as a vouncr man 'lived in Salem; attended and graduated from Willamette university. He was a reporter on The Statesman while pursuing his studies. He was city editor after graduation. He went from that position to high places in the newspaper calling at Seattle, San Francisco and Port land, He was reporter, news editor and managing editor of the Oregbnian. Since the death of Harvey W. Scott in; 1910, Mr. Piper had occupied the position of editor in chief of that newspaper. A provision in the will of Henry L. Pittock gave Mr. Piper that position for life, or so long as he should flesire to hold it. ; V ' '" ' --i'V ;:J'1.V Mr. Piper was married in Salem. He considered himself a Salem boy. He was a Salem boy, and such a son as this city had a right to take pride in owning as such. I Mr. Piper was one of the best-students of language Will amette university ever had. His English was next to faultless. He became known at Seattle as one of the most brilliant par agraphists in the country. He had the faculty of seeing the high point of a newspaper story. He was noted the country over for his apt suggestions to the cartoonists of the Oregon ian. He was a newspaper man devoted to his calling and true to the highest ideals of journalism. He was faithful to his trusts and loyal to his friends. These qualities endeared him to thousands. Edgar B. Piper has left his stamp on the progress of the state to which he was devoted. He has left memories that will be fondly cherished by the members of his family and his intimates, and friendships that will be prized throughout the lives of a vast circle of friends. He lived a life of useful endeavor, and when his spirit wing, ed its way to the fields of asphodel beyond the stars he left the world by so much a better place than he found it. : These poor words can express only faintly the feelings of one who was associated with VTed'V Piper in his arly strug gles and ambitions, and who has watched with pride his car eer in an upward course to the high realms of journalistic en tea vorv OUR HIDDEN TALENTS We are again reminded of the happy thought that brought the talent contest of the community clubs of Marion county, by the fourth and last of the original tryouts at the Elsinore theater tonight ' 1 F6f these programs have brought to notice a number of "lights hidden under a bushel" in the outlying districts of this county' '! i y: "'-x- : 'S;P; '." - ; I Disclosed genuis that might have languished unnoticed but for 1 ia. opportunity of discovery. Take the case given public 5f5fl y,;the Portland Journal, which said Iast night: "Seven teen hundred people in the Elsinore theater, Salem, ; were amazed the other night at the performance of an 8-year-old boy who took the honors of the regular Salem community concert. He is Orville Beardsley of the Bethel district.:' He is described as "nothing short of a marvel," with "as much poise and stage presence as a time-hardened concert idol.. . The finals, when the -winners in the four preliminary con tests will be brought into competition for. the major prizes, will come a week from tonight; the" 11th .': And there will be present a representative of the American Magazine and one of the great concert companies; to herald to the world the working out of this unique idea, and to look for possible stage material. It was a great idea, well worked out. It will give Salem and this section a vast.amouht of fine and free advertising. Editor Statesman: . M . " v After reading the contribution-to your editorial column by a friendly critic touching on soil fertility, and particularly in the prune orchard, T am prompted as a friend to the prune growers, to endeavor to keep the ball rolling. We have men growing prunes who in many respects, and in fact generally speaking, are considered smart who are not able to diognose ordinary tree problems. I Knowing that I had. had considerable! experience with prune growing, I was called upon a few years ago to go and view an orhard not far from Salem that was not doing well. After walking a short distance across the orchard with the owner I stopped and remarked that from what I had already seen ! judged that the trouble was with the fertility of the soiL The trees Were young. I suggested that about three forks full of barn yard manure to each tree, covering a period of three years would work wonders for the trees. They were about five years old. Rather reluctantly the owner explain ed that he was .selling his manure to the celery growers. Now these celery growers are Japanese, and this man would hesi tate before admitting that they are as smart in their contact with the soil as he, but they surely are, and smarter. The next season a man took me out to see a prune or chard that he had just bought afwhat he considered a great bargain, and in a way it was. He knew nothing about prune trees, or fruit trees of any kind. He wanted my advice. These j trees needed a very heavy pruning, which; meant an outlay of considerable money. Had the money this man put into prun ing that winter been put ino a series of cover crops previous ly, this heavy pruning and the reducing of the crop could have been prevented and a larger prune grown during the period of covercropping. The party who sold the orchard did so be cause he did not know what the trouhle was. Many orchard men are so "darned" smart that no one can tell them anything, not even the experiment station. Others are "penny wise and pound foolish," like the first man refer red to. ' ' . ' I could discuss this subject at length, a there is much that might be said. I will say, however, that many have become shy of much that is published concerning fertility, as it is propoganda intended to sell commercial fertilizers. Great care should be used in purchasing commercial fertilizers. A fertil lzer the berry grower uses may be too expensive for the prune man. My, home is here and has beeen for thirty-six years. I own property and realize that the value of my property depends very greatly upon the fertility of the soil surrounding this beautiful city of ours, which, by the way, would not remain beautiful very long should the farm land surrounding it lose its icrumjr. ine lemuiy oi our sou is sometning mat not only the farmer and fruit gorwer is interested in, but every wide-awake property owner in the city also. Let the fertility ball keep rolling. EUGENE T. PRESCOTT. 1064 Oak St. Salem, Ore May 3, 1928. II on us WILL RIVE M lira The annaal Jnnlor class play Clrea in connection wlththe May waatnd ' fesUTlties, tni yeAr is "The Passing of the Third Floor Back," which will -be presented this erenlns at the Capitol theater. - This play ha been well recetred in Portland with Forbes Robert son In the title role. The Will amette students iATe Exhibited an ambitions spirit and a fine sense of ralnes la selecting a play of this trpe, difficult but , of , true dramatic merit. The' junior class has been found to be well supplied with dramatic talent, and the play pdomlses to be one of lire interest and the artistic merit which befits this oc casion. " The aueen's court will enter the "royal box" from the stage. The play has been coached by Mrs. Marjorle Walker and Dr. Robert Moulton Gatke. "Tour Salem high school grad uates are included In the cast; Iran White, Jack Mlnto, Esther Lisle and Curtis Reid. Miss Lisle, Reere Betts of ' Ath ena and Dortha Peters of Cheian, Wash., hare the principal roles. Others In the cast are Raymond Derrick of Walla Walla, Georgia Fairbanks of Pensacola. Florida, William Tweedie of Nuchas, W;.f Alice Lane of Portland, Bernice Hackson of Hood Rirer and Louise Llere of Tekoa. Wn. Clarence Emmons of Salem -is business .manager and Ererett Faber of Central Point, stage manager. . SulCERE Tfl BUT E ML. COMBS William Luke Camming was born September 7. 184 S, in Wal worth county, Wisconsin. His par ents Israel Perkins Cummings and Mary PrlseUla Hale, were of Kng lish descent, and were from Springfield, ;j Massachusetts. In 1S5C the family mored to Clark county, Wisconsin, where they en gaged in the lumber business and the nearest school was nine miles from their home. A few years later they mored to Trempealeau coun ty, a farming region, 'where better school prirlleges were at hand. and at the age of IS William en tered GalesriUe unirerslty, then a Methodist school established by peddler erer tried to sell Pa one THE MORNING ARGUMENT AUNTHET By Robert QulUesi "The only reason we don't own elephant is because no female MAY WEEK END TO OPEN AT NOON, WILLAMETTE - AN OREGON SHRINE I ; . (Portland Journal) 1 - Senator McNars bill askscongress to appropriate money, .($300,000) for a memorial building at Champoeg. The Champoeg meeting is a great milestone in history. It ; wasra world event. The 102 men who voted thereon a day in jOMay'85 years ago consummated a more important historical event than that achieved on most of the great battlefields of the world. Champoeg is a place and a name out of a great past. The men there were humble men but courageous spirits and great souls. Their meeting, when 52"ranged themselves on one side and f 50 on the other, was a turning point. It is turning points that make history. " The battle of Tours, one of the decisive battles of the world, wasja turning point. In it Charles Martel threw back the Saracens in their triumphal sweep into Southern Europe and put an end to their dreams of empire in the Northland. Champoeg led the way to the final decision that the Oregon . country was to be pary of the United States and its people, .;' free citizens. ,: ... . : - . . , ; , - 'i -;rv ;.. The Louisiana Purchase by President Jefferson made it a necessary part of a compact unit But the decision hung by a thread. Fifty men voted, against and 52 for the United States. That was only 85 years ago. -; ; v - p s - Champoeg deserves to be a national shrine. Its story should make it a spot that tourists would desire to see. Champoeg is more " and more cherished in Oregon, because it annually tells the annals of a generation of bold spirits, chivalrous i-jen, nob!ewbmen and hardy lives. W Congress ought to pass the McNary bill the birds, blossoming - crocuses, and other spring motifs. Miss Alida Curry, head of the Wlllam ette women's physical education department, la directing this phase of the program. Ball Game at 3 At 3 o'clock, the Pacific unlver slty rarsity nine will meet Wil lamette at Oxford Park for what bids fair to be a close baseball game. The working of Sweetland field this week prevents the hold ing of the game on the campus. The first day of the festival closes with the. presentation of the Junior play, "The Passing of Third Floor Back" at the Capitol theater." The plot of the produc tion concerns a mysterious stran ger who comes to a sordid Eng lish boarding house and trans forms the lives of the disgruntled boarders by his kindly and con structive spirit. The celebration continues over Saturday, with the annual May Morning breakfast from 8 to 10 a. m. at Ghresto L Cottage, as the opening event. At 10 o'clock. Willamette women varsity tennis players will take the courts oppo site Monmouth contestants for a series of two singles and one dou- oies matcnes. iouise Flndley and Pauline Flndley. each play solos and Louise Nonn and Margaret Morehouse pair for the doubles. In the afternoon, the Bearcat men. Ivan White, At; Ha worth, Kenneth Litchfield, and Jack Minton. meet O. S. C. varsity to e;en the score of the last encounter when White alone won from a state school recqueteer. ' - - A new event on the regular MaDay schedule, is the vocal and instrumental concert given by the Willamette conservatory- of music at Waller Hall in the cha pel at 11 a. m. on Saturday. Miss Helen Bridgeman, the varsity song Aueea. is supervising the allalr and the general public is invited. The last halt of the last day is devoted to the Frosh green cap stunt, the Frosh-Sophomore tug-o-war, and a track meet, Llnjleld versus Willamette. The glee club alumni banquet, scheduled for 6 p. m. has been cancelled and Wil lamette Night kt the .Elsinore will conclude the formal program for the week end. The personnel of the queen's court includes, in addition to the queen and her maids; her escort. Kenneth McCormlck of . Salem; Charles Redding, president of the student body; Paul Trueblood, Roseburg; the ; two flower girls. Valerie Karr. daughter of Mr and Mrs. F. W. Karr. . Susanna Shramm. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. , A. Schramm; two. " train hearers. Robert Flndley. son of Mr. and M re. Bay ard Flndley t CorvallU. : And Richard Steeves, son' of Dr." and Mrs Laban Steeves; and a crown hearer. Master David Smith, Junior. . ' :Ti Others who are contributing to the success of the week end are FrankVan Dyke, Med ford, sopho more, manager; Clarence Em mone, manager of the Junior play; Jean White, Portland, man ager of the May morning break fast; and the 25 committee mem bers.who have divided the work and assisted greatly in securing efficiency. ;: CHINESE ARMY CLASHES WITH JAPS; KILL MANY (Con tin aad fram page 1) Tsingtao. It had been reported that the Japanese had reached an agreement with the occupying southern leaders but later word came that the nationalist general was unable to restrain his men who were looting the city promts cuously. Most of the foreigners other than Japanese who were residing In Tslnan were reported several aays . ago as naving removed to the greater safety of Tsingtao. Several American war vessels have assembled at Chefoo on the north side of the Shantung penin sula. The Japanese cabinet today de cided to order a mixed brigade of about 2,000 men from Dairen, Manchuria to Tsingtao, Shantung, at once because of the seriousness of the. situation in Shantung prov ince.. , Serious clashes between Japan- ese-and Chinese troops at Tsinan, were also reported in dispatches to the. Japanese News agency and the war department yesterday. The Spirit of Hope The spirit of Child Health Day Is hope.' -Woman's Home Compan- lon'I ' Judge George Gale. In his 20th year he commenced teaching and was in school work more than 30 years. In 1884 he. was elected su perintendent of schools in Trem pealean county, to which position he was three times re-elected, thjis serving in that capacity light years. v He was 'married to Adelaide Bunn May 1, 1872. To this union nine children were born, two of whom died in Infancy, while four girls and three boys grew to ma turity and helped make a happy home. In the latter Dart of lftss. Mr. Cummings moved with his famUy to Oregon where he pro cured a tract of land, set out a prune orchard and started a home at Shaw, Marion county. He con-j tinned teaching school, and still bad a lively Interest in the polit-l i lcai conditions of the country, aad 'loprnsat, 1928. ftiluUn SradlcaM.. POOR PA By Claude CsdlA 1 Ik r "I "know Ma never wishes I was out of the way, but she was awful blue when she come home after lookin' at that bride's clothes." caprngvJlZS, Jfusliakan Sadaatr.) On life's broad highway faltered not; A Christian, patriot way he trod; Hie modesty no honors sought. uur nomes and churches, courts and schools He loved, and served unselfishlyj And close he walked with God who rules Such Influence lives , eternally. 3alem, Ore., April 20, 1928. MR. L0WDEN LOSES OUT Arkansas Convention Refuses Gire Instructions to LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 3. (AP) A stubborn but futile at- i tempi dj supporxers oi r ranc u 1 Bits For Brealrfsat Community club contest to night S Last of the district talent con tests m ieaaing up to the finals next Friday night. m Henry W. Meyers has present ed to the Salem Y. M. C. A. a fine billiard table. It is being used to its capacity. S They have some new names in T. M. C. A. circles. T'smen's clubs and T'sdom's -circles, for instance. m , The Democrats are evidently to iaxe me plunge to risk being au wet" with Al Smith. S it oeing suggested that the broadcasting of news by radio be substituted for newsoaoers. friend at the writer's elbow sug gests that this might be all right for sporting events, but how would we tell the difference between the proceedings of congress and sta tic? Are you going to contest roar husband's suit for divorce?" Vl T . ... m. iu bit aear, until i find out who it is that he wants to marry." Rodman: Could I have Just one kiss? Gladys I don't cater to the retail trade. ; The oldest bank president is re tiring after 54 years of service. A man who has been savins: "nn that long ought to give his voice a rest. S Store Manager: They say bru- mates have sweeter disrjositions than blondes. Clerk: Well, my wife's been both and I can't see much differ ence. ' ' in iss ne was elected to reore- r V ------- - sent Mari Mn 7kI r,"tlLowden. Hllnols. for the presiden- legislature. and It was said of him"!"'1 J'SSSS! !. f' ... ,u . . .,.' '' delegate at large to the na- ,lVm Li": 7 , t7010,tlonal convention Instructed for ZZLJ "MP- -e actual election of -- - the "big four" at the republican tu Apru, isi 9, ne was appointed state convention here toflar. Three of those., chosen however, are said to have Lowden leanings and the fourth is an avowed sup- PELZ TAKES DRAW as teacher in the Oregon state re form school for boys, and was in that institution four years, teach ing the upper class boys during 'porter of Secretary Herbert Hoo ver. In addition to the three dele gates at large said to favor him, Lowden. picked up a district dele gate today with the election of Ar thur W. Campbell from the stcth tabll8hed homes of their own. district: He was not instructed Here he started the "Square Deaf but is an avowed Lowden man. Keaity company," and continued in that work till the nHn, of wva, Uf3 WA. 1924, when he was stricken with pneumonia, after which he was un the week and conducting the chap el exercises each Sunday. In the autumn of 1907 he moved his family to Salem for high school prirlleges for the youngest son and daughter, the older ones having es- charge. The nurse found Winant dead. Dr. Charles Q. Norris. chief medical examiner, ordered the body removed to the morgue for an autopsy. Scratches were found on Winant's face, but Dr. Norris eaid it was improbable that they haLcaused his death. Winant was 32 years old. RAND GOES TO PORTLAND Justice of Supreme Court Wel comes Today's Inquiry Justice John Rand, of the state supreme , court went to Portlsnd last night where tomorrow he will appear before a committee of lawyers who are investigating cer tain charges, preferred against the supreme .court, by. Senator George Joseph. It was said that the charges made by Joseph were directed particularly at Justice Rand. Jus tice Rand ald he welcomed the invest igatiorxi and would answer any and 4lf questions propounded to him by. members of the com mittee. TACOMA, Wash., May 3. (AP) Petie Miller, Tacoana fea therweight, making his debut as a main eventer, battled Benny Pels. of Portland, to a draw decision in the six-round top bout of the ring card heaa tonight. The match was fast with the verdict dividing the house. . able to carry on the business and was obliged to turn it over to oth ers. He suffered much for four years, yet was always patient and genial, and loved to meet Ms friends who were legion. At the age of 18 he united with the Methodist church and when In health was faithful in attendance at church and Sunday school. He passed from this life April 18, 1928, leaving hie wife, three daughters, Susie Bates, Sibyl Laughlln, Laura Hall; two sons. W. Alson and rthur E. Cum mings. One daughter, Floy Wells and son Carroll preceded him to the eternal! home in' 1915 and 1916. There are also 17 grand children, one brother, two sisters, many relatives and a host of friends left to mourn his loss. A friend wrote the following' lines at his death: Tribute to W. L. Cummings (By : Edna Garfield) A vision have I of noble deeds. Done unpretentious and unaware. By human i exponent of Christian creeds A character noble, deep and rare. i From sturdy home of pioneer. Tet he carved his way to true success; Incapable of thin veneer; His highest aim, the world to -bless. FLYERS RETURN TO N. Y- Crowds Still Cheer Trio, Who Plan Tour of Country Of the five district delegates uk. May s. iArj thus far chosen two are instructed .The fliers of the transatlantic for Lowden. two are avowed Low-jptene Bremen returned to New den supporters but are unlnstruct-! York today after a vi6it to Wash ed and one is for Hoover but un-'ington to find their steps still dog- be Sd by street crowds. The fliers. Baron Von Huene feld. Captain Koehl and Major Fitzmaurlce arrived at Miller field BROKER'S DEATH QUEER on Staten island in a sister ship of their transatlantic plane and instructed, chosen. Two remain to Mysterious Circumstances Cause Police to Investigate were brought to Manhattan on a ei ty-ferry. ; ; . - .-.,- ... : At the hotel where they were the rnpflta nf hnnnr at luncheon at NEW TORK. May 3. (AP) I vA mAPrn.nt, .--ocutlon thov Cornelius R Winant, broker and!found a crowd pollc0 estimated at "l - 6fooo waiting in the street tor a mer Kovernor of New Hampshire.! s,Imp3e of them. IngIde 2,00o bus!- ness men rose to carry . on the died at the Princeton club tonight' as under what police described mysterious circumstances. His brother and a party of friends said they found him ill and called a physician. After giving Winant medicine, the doctor left and called cheers of the crowds without. Many Surgeons, Too The modern pocketbook, like an Inflamed appendix, has a way of being relieved of its polson.-- male nurse to take Woman's Home Companion. A noble figure among men; Responsive heart when Joy was rife. With sympathies like Son of Man's tn human tragedies of life. 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