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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1928)
Our Flax and Linen Industries Are Taking oh Larger Favorable Public Attention a$ They Come to Profitable Stages of Operation 1; Weather forecast: Fair bat foe on the ,c&t; rising tempera to re with slightly i lover humidity over the Interior; moder-" 1 ate northwest wind on the coast. Maxi .DBm temperature yesterday 70, minimum 51, river -.1, rainfall none, atmosphere clear, wind northwest. TWO SECTIONS - - - I. - - SIXTEEN PAGES SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 22, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS - I A. C A. H Publicly Declares Opposition to Present Prohibition Provisions POSITION NEVER CHANGED, CLAIM Statement Given Out to New . ork City. Newspaper 0V.S1T lAUWGHlNiG ffWETMlVE if - 4; -rtfePLIES .TO QUIZ C5len Qaestion Presented tyyK; by Reporter Having to do With Stand of Tammany's JP Presidential Aspirant. NEW YORK. Jane 21 (AP) Governor Alfred E. Smith declared tonight he had not altered hit previous stated belief thaj "there should be amendment of the pres ent prohibition provisions." The governor's statement was made in reply to a written que iVlon presented to him by a re port - tt of a local newspaper, as .fol lows: "In view of the Question raiser about Norman Mack's statement, the 'World wishes to know: 'Ho you changed your belief that there shooMoe amendment of the pres ent prohibition provisions?' "r, har not," the governor re4 plied verbally with emphasis on ithe negative. . - v Black Speaks, Then Qualifies " yB-j formal Matemest Issuedat ,yHoirton, early. to4ay, Norman E, v Mack, nationaf; committeeman from New York, had said Gov, Smith "believes if any state de sires a certain alcoholic content of beverage, that state has the righ to determine thai-cWtent" He added that if a state wished to be wet, it should say so. Subsequent ly. Mr. Mack explained the view; were his own. and he did no4 speak for the New York governor -governor Smith was informed here is a report current that, in the event of his nomination a. presidential candidate, he would resign as governor of NeW'Yorl state. "The governor replied: "There Is-nothing to that." Asked if he wonld suggest-th-name of a person for. vice presi dential nominee. Governor Smith replied: "That Is something those boyr will hare to work out down there. Collective Judgment is always the best." Bourbons Await Leader HOUSTON. Texas, June 21 (AP) With many big guns of the party yet to arrive, the last minute drive to line up delegate for and against Gov. Alfred E Smith in next week's democratic convention was. held in abeyance today. . Activity was confined mostly to Informal conferences (CatiB em par 4.) TUBERCULOSIS" MEET CLOSES ATLANTIC Cmr PICKRD FDR NEXT CONTENTION Progress Noted in Methods Used To Cope With Dread Disease Im America T i PORTLAND. June Jl (AP) ' Naming Atlantic City, as next year's convention city, the Nation al Tuberculosis association con cluded its three-day session here today. The association was or ganised 2 5 years ago la the New Jersey city. The J.J9 4neet will be held the week of May 27. Progress is being made in the research - laboratories toward da te smiag the chemical and biolo jJ&tmA of the rtubertmle hac- ; eiins. It -wan reported t today's m meting of 51 the ; pathological sec tiwS. . Papers were read by repre sentatlree of Yale and Cornell uni- ( tr- ersiUes and the Rockefeller InstW t i - tutions, cooperating . with, the na- tlonaL association's ; research pro-"v-- gram.. r'.-i 4 Z YfiS: : V;--. The VonvenUos, .which, closed : ; tonight 'With 3anqoet.to visiting ySfc "physlclahs by the! Oregon, Medical foc,ety;- vras the largest ever . con- 't y ducted ; by; the tuberculosis asso- m ciauon online racuic voasi. ap- registered fort t he three-day Maxwell 's Legal Status ' ' 'rim' . m-w w' - mr ' t atrengtnenea tsy ttecora Original Zoning Ordinance Passed in Same Way as Change to Permit Barbecue Operation, Claimed by Don'Miles, -Attorney for Embattled Hollywood Caterer Strength for the contention that Charles Maxwell's barbe cue restaurant in the Hollywood district is operating legally and that the zone change contemplated by the council when it adopted the report of the zoning commission several weeks ago is already in effect, was given yesterday when Don Miles, attorney for Mr. Maxwell, declared that the original zoning ordinance itself was adopted in exactly the same manner. . The adoption of a committee report and the appointment of a zoning commission are the GRANT DIVORCE TO CAROL'S WIFE HELEN OP GREECE NOW SEP ARATED FROM PRINCE Violation of Sanctity of Marriage .Charged In Courtroom; Abandonment Cited BUCHAREST, Rumania, June 21. (AP). Prince Carol of Ru mania lost his wife. Princess Hel en of Greece, today in a setting as strange as In any of the unusual events which have marked his Graustarkian" career. This setting was a small som ber unadorned courtroom. Neith er Carol nor Helen was present. LUC, - tators. Tbere was no one to say I a gond word for the absent prince! other than a Rumanian lawyer hnm Ironmt.noA. .lmn.t strained to silence. Dr. Rosenthal, brilliant Ruman ian lawyer and legal adviser to (he 'American legation, presented the , indictment against . Carol in ihAfarae of Princess Helen. - He stressed In vigorous terms Carol's "violation" of the sanctity nd dignity of his .. marriage ,.J,o : the , beautiful royal princess in 1921. He charged, too, abandonment of the child king, Mihai. or Michael. Emmanuel . Pantael. the Bu charest lawyer employed by Car ol's Belgian advocate,, Van Las sen, then read a brief defending the disinherited prince, but as Van Lassen, who is debarred by Rumanian law in cases affecting royalty, admitted' to newspaper men before the trial. Carol had no chance. His attorneys were pow erless to surmount the fixed ar bitrary Rumanian laws, which themselves preclude the possibil ity of reconciliation. The court ruled that the cus tody of King Michael had been fixed already as a result of his new kingly station and that it therefore was not subject to al teration. : Princess Helen's action for a divorce was initiated two weeks ago following upon the move re cent .of Prfnee Carol's escapades, I the court's decision would havfs statesman's' Slogan pages bis alleged plotting to regain teteA ,nade up by the countiesUaSa, ,i Rumanian - throne while in Eng land. Carol himself was reported in Brussels with his companion, Mile. Magda Lupesca. FLIGHT RECORD SOUGHT Young Portland Aviator to Make , Attempt Next Sunday PORTLAND. June 21. (AP). James. Rlnehart. youthful Port land flyer, .will leave tomorrow in his American Eagle plane for Sea side, where Sunday e will at tempt to establish an endurance record for planes powered by 90 horsepower stock model OX-5 mo tors. Valentine Gepharu Seat tle,1 secretary of the National Aeronautic society, will be there with a sealed barograph and other instruments necessary to make the flight official.. Gephart will rep resent the Federation Aeronau tique . International and the rec ord he approves will stand as of ficial. . . . t According to Charles T. M. Echols, secretary of the Aero Club of Oregon, there lis no recognized endurance : record for -planes of this type at present and young Rlnehart ban an excellent chance to obtain an International endur- ance mark.:- SAY UOTED ACTOR DYING Robert. Brace ManteiL Well Known Tragedian, Sinking ' ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS. N J..' June 21. (AP). Physicians! said tonight: they held little hope of recovery of Robert Bruce ManV tell. noted tragedian who Is critic ally III . at his horned Bracewood. from a" complication of ailments, which he suffered daring jhew!n- tsfl3 iv-"-f ; - . ' He was obliged to return here abous six weeks ago from a tour in which he .jwas. appearing In Shakespearian . plays. With . him are his wlfeMrs., Genevieve Ham per Man tell, and their son Bruce. only transactions recorded in connection with putting the zoning law Into effect, Mr. Miles said after examining the city's records. Mr. Maxwell is operating his barbecue and according to reports is doing a rushing business, thanks to all the free publicity he has re ceived while the question of open ing: the establishment was before the toning commission and the council. -The latter body tabled the ordi nance which would establish the zone change beyond- a doubt, at Monday's meeting when it was supposed to come up for final aetion. At the last preceding meeting, the commissoln's recom mendation was adopted but the ordinance was not admitted to emergency passage, one council man refusing to agree to a .sus pension of the rules. JUSTICE McBRIDE HURT I Supreme Court Member and Wife Bruised in Auto Accident . , . ' oi im wsw ns prcrae court, cuiiereu iceruons and bruises when an automobile In which he and Mrs. McBride were riding, was crowded off the West Side Pacific highway near Amity late Wednesday. Mrs. Mc Bride was slightly bruised. "The '.-car overturned and was badly, damaged. Justice and Mrs. McBride were - brought, to Salem wnSreWey" wrre attended by a physician. The , accident occurred while Justice and Mrs. McBride were returning to Salem from Walla Walla, Wash., where they were entertained at a college function. Mrs. McBride was at the wheel of the machine. Physicians said Justice McBride would be able to resume his duties later In the week. STATE REVENUES SAME Bank Tax Decision Throws Deficit to Other Properties The recent decision of Judge Bean of the United States district court declaring void the property tax on bank stock, will not affect the state's revenue, according to Earle Fisher, state tax commis sioner. The state tax commissioner said that any deficit created , by reason inreuga an aaauionai tax levy on etfcslasses of property. Reports received by the state tax -commissioner indicated the.'vam..M.i .vt. th one tax Involved in Judge Bean's de cision aggregated approximately $650,000 annually. V i IOWA VILLAGE, HOOVER'S BIRTHPLACE, BASKS IN Went Branch. Iowa, yesterday Hoover. old land marks associated with his boyhood re fast developing-mta-shrines that attract townsmen and tourists TJppef Tight the Republican: nominee's birthplace, one-story frame cottage, but now the kitchen of the house that since has been rebuilt Lower right is Mrs. J. K. Carran. whom Hoover refers to aa hi "sweet-faced, patient teacher.". ? Newt Batter's lunch, room is another, landmark, for) here Is where the "returns" come In. and whose proprietor remarked, that he ones. "licked the Hoover. . Two recent pictures-of Mr. audi Mrs. Hoover are at the left, taken at their present home la California. . , I SB Undertaking is -Largest of Kind Planned for the Salem Section ON NEEDHAM HOP RANCH Writer Predicts These Trees Will Eventually be Worth More to Owner Than the Price of the Entire Farm There is to be undertaken the Needham hop ranch on on Brown's Island, a few miles above Salem, the largest job of grafting walnut trees ever attempted in this part of the country. Brown's Island starts across Willamette slough, opposite the southern sections of Salem. In the summer time it is no island at all. When the Willamette riv er gets a few feet above the sum mer stage, it becomes an island; a body of land entirely surround ed by water. In flood times, the whole of the island is under wa ter; some parts of it under many feet .of water. The island has many fine farms. The winter floods carry over it sand and soil and sediment that render the na turally rich soil still richer with every sueeedlng year. The island was named for a bachelor who lived on it in the fifties. He own ed a large portion of it. His name was Brown. The Walnut Trees All old timers in Salem remem ber "Uncle Billy" Wright, one of the pioneer gardeners of this city, who grewtnd peddled his prod nets; they will remember especial ly the horseradish, which in the later years-he'alwaya had hr his offerings. Mr. Wright is still gar dening, with his son, near Inde pendence, or was up to a very short time ago. Well, "Uncle Billy" Wright owned a part of Brown s Island In the early sixties, about 65 years ago. He set out in a wide circle around his house about 37S east ern black walnut trees and 100 California black walnut trees. He hoped that, when the walnut trees grew up they would form a water break, to protect his house; to keep it from washing away. The walnut trees all grew. They are now 75 to 100 feet high, with wide spread of limb. The house they were to protect has long since gone. Big Grafting Task Mr. Needham has acquired this land, and added It to another farm he owned, and he has now about 134 acres in hops. It Is one of the best hop yards in Oregon -v. nresent dwellinc house on th Nedham farm is on higher Und Bot Mr. Need- HStua avUN ot " on which the walnut trees are growing, from Mark Savage. only r- sleepy Quaker village, today has new meaning in the world. ANOTHER. TRUSTY ESCAPES PRISON FIFTEEN. SEARCH . FOR MAN WHO WALKED AWAY Carl V. Stewart Makes Second Break Under Meyers' Re ' gime, Described Carl V. Stewart, trusty at the Oregon state penitentiary, walked away from a field near the peni tentiary grounds late yesterday af ternoon and 15 special guards sent out to scouf the neighborhood had been unable to locate him up to a late hour last night. The escape is the second in two weeks. Jesse Collins,- another trus ty, walked away two weeks ago md has not been heard from since. These two are the only es capes that have taken place1 since Henry Meyers became superin tendent more than a year ago. At the time of his escape Stew irt was wearing a blue and white striped . shirt and blue overalls. both plainly marked with his number, 9629. Authorities had no hint as to whether the man had any means available of changing to less conspicuous clothing. Stewart was committed to the prison here from Washington county, having been convicted of attempting to kill his father-in law while living at Hillsboro. He was sentenced to serve eight years here. A general description of the man was immediately sent out to various points in the Willamette valley and was broadcast from two radio stations at Portland. The man measures five feet eleven and one half inches in height, has prominent teeth, thi t lips, large blue eyes and medium complexion. There is a small mole on the right side of his cheek near the nose. The end joint of his right middle finger Is badly scar red. SON OF MINER WINNER Carl Albert ot Oklahoma Univer sity Best Orator in U. S. LOS ' ANGELES, June 11. AP)eaytAUsit r freshman at Oklahoma university and the son of a coal miner, tonight won first place in the finals of the fourth annual intercollegiate ora torical contest on the constitution held here. By reason of his victory Albert received a prize of $1500. The others in the finals with their place and prise money were: Herbert Wenlg, Stanford uni versity, second place, $1,000; Al lan Frew, Davidson college, Da vidson, N. C, third, $750; L. F. Lybarger, Jr., Buckrfell univer sity, fourth, $550; William Conley Loyola university, Chicago, III., fifth, $450; Philip Glatfelter. Princeton university, sixth $400; Paul V. Keyser, Jr., Massachus etts Institute of Technology sev enth. $350. VIRGINIA UNINSTRUCTED 24 Votes Taken to Democratic Convention at Houston ROANOKE, Va.. June 21. (AP). The Virginia state dem ocratic convention tonight named an uninstructed delegation to cast the state's 24 votes at the nation al party convention in Houston. CRISIS LOOMS SLAVIA THREiSlDE Peasants Aroused at Death of Member of Parliament at Belgrade CAPITAL APPREHENSIVE Whole Country Quoted As Being Ready to Make Amends For Shooting Tragedy Enacted Among Deputies BELGRADE. Jugo Slavla. June 21. (AP). - Recovering from the first shock of horror over the shooting affray in the Jugo Sla vian parliament yesterday, the en tire nation tonight was ready to make amends for the wild. act of one of its legislators. Standing beside the body of her husband, Mme. Paul Raditch sounded a note which is finding an echo in all quarters. She said: "Let Paul's life be the last sacri fice in the pacification of the Croats and Serbs." It now seems that Raditeh's ef fort to save the life of his uncle. Stefan Raditch, was not in vain. The fiery leader of the peasant party who was wounded before Paul threw himself In front of the assassin, Ratchitch'c revolver, has good chances of recovery. Consequences Feared If Stefan Raditch survives it is hoped that he will use his great influence among the Croatian pea sants to calm the storm of feeling that has arisen among them. If this can be done, serious politics' consequences will be prevented. Much apprehension, however, is felt in government circles, re specting the situation isr Croatia. The fears will not begin to sub side until after the funeral of the victims at Zagreb on Saturday. Riots Take Place There was long and serious ri oting at Zagreb today. A garbled account of the tragedy reached there, indicating that both Paul and Stefan Raditch had been killed. A great wave of anger started and resulted in street dem onstrations. When police tried to disperse the meetings, there was sharp (ConUaaaC on pr 4.) STATE ESCAPEE KILLED Man Run Down and Killed by Train Near Eugene John J. Crosby who escaped from the state hospital here June It, was run down and killed by a southern Pacific train five miles east of Eugene early Thursday, according to a telegram received by hospital officials from the Lane county coroner. Crosby was received at the hos pital from Jackson county. . Mr. Crosby has a sister, Mr. William Fox, residing at Talent. The body will be sent there for burial. HIS GLORY For aa the birthplace of Herbert! RESCUE PARTIES SEEK AMUNDSEN FRENCH GOVERNMENT SENDS WARSHIPS TO AID Group Formed to Bring Nobile and '"Men Back From "Peace Io- ' lated on Ice Floe (Copyright 1028 by the A. P.) KINGS BAT, Spitsbergen, June 21. (AP) Kings Bay, and those assembled here for the rescue of General Umberto Nobile faced a new problem tonight. Three days have passed since Roald Amund- Guilbaud set out rrum Tromeoe,. Norway, for Svalbard, and those three days not one word has come to tell what has happened to them, where they went, where! they are now. I "Where is Amundsen?" was the! question on almost everyone's lips today, and "Does he need help?" J Various conjectures were put! forth here, but the white barren! arctic, which alone knows the an-i awer, gave forth only enigmatical! silence. I Fear for General Nobile has: been allayed greatly since he was lurnisnea wun tooa ana supplies; yesterday by Major Umberto Mad- dalena. His safety until an ice breaker can reach him and bring him back to, civilization is regard ed aa assured. Rescue efforts intended to bring Nobile and the five men with him back to Kings Bay have definitely taken the form now of rescue ef forts for Roald Amundsen, and the remaining members ot the Italla's crew who are not now with Nobile himself. There is a belief here that if Amundsen and Guilbaud succeed ed In reaching Advent bay, Spits bergen, or another base for their operations, they may hare contin ued in search of those seven men still with the Italla's huge gas bag, and that the fact they have not reported their whereabouts may Indicate they are down some where in the area in which those men are to be sought. The search for -Amundsen Is known here to have assumed an International aspect with the die patch of two warships, the cruiser Strassbourg and the dispatch boat, Quentln Roosevelt, by the French government to archipelago to aid. The Strassbroug last was report ed at Cherbourg with the Quen- tin Roosevelt at Oslo. CHERRY FLY NEXT PEST Growers Should Prepare Now to Combat Worm, Says Mote Cherry growers should take im mediate steps to spray against he cherry worm or cherry fly, few of which have made their ap pearance in this section as yet. Such is the warning from Profes sor Mote, authority at Oregon State college, as told to Knight Pearcy. The spray which may be used for this purpose contains -this ra tio of ingredients: two quarts heap molasses, half a pound lead arsenate, and 10 gallons water. Application should be made as won as the fly appears, spraying is much as a quart on the outer leaves of each tree. The flies feed npon this, provided care is exer cized that no foreign substance is nixed with it to antagonise them. The second application should follow about 1 0 days after the first, and the third a week later. Many growers prefer a sturdy hand sprayer for the spread of the poison. Pearcy Brothers, local nursery men, are watching closely for the first appearance of the fly, this season, and will broadcast the knowledge to those who seek It. TRIO SUES FOX COMPANY "Washington ' Development Firm . ' Defendant In S Actions Three actions at law were filed against the Silver Fox Sales and Development company In circuit court here yesterday for. sums ag gregating 23300. F. B. Fargo and his wife brought action for $1800. . LI la Louis Cation," 17, - repre sented by Icy! C. Cation ad guar dian ad litem, sued for $C00. '. IcylC, Cation sued for $900 on his own account. . . -., ;. -' Eaeh' of the actions is similar to, the others and is based merely ' npon the theory of money had and " received, i In other rwords the al legation .is mads that.: the sums listed .were paid the company by ths plaintiffs, and ...the Inference left that no valuable consideration wks;h44. .tot raters & i't-i- -h .VETERAN BANDIT KILLED ri2er-f "Two Oklahoma Bad lien Vies WIUi Boots On lr ?. SEmOLE Oklni June '"if-AP).-C. . Kimes. v father i of ...r :. it. '2.. " pea wniw-si , MCAiesier; - was hof and nied: late ;todar near Bowlegs, an oil town, by Deputy Sheriff Jack Sparks. GOP HGHI FORMALLY Republican National Com mittee Holds Meeting in Hotel at Capita HOOVER, CURTIS BOTH PRESENT -a Hubert Work Selected as Chairman of Group WILLIAMS SECOND Oregon Man Named Vice Presidential Nominee Prom- ises to Outline Pla Public Speech WASHINGTON, June 21. (AP)- The republican national ampalgn was launched today la Washington under the personal supervision of Secretary Hoover ind Senator Curtis, its presi den ial and vice presidential nomine. A group of 24 members of the party's national committee met ihe candidates at the New WU ard, hotel, and in an enthusiastic tnd expeditious session ratified ihe slate of committee ' officers resented to them and authorised .he first steps in the campaign. Hubert Work, secretary of the nteiior, was elected national chairman and announced that his esignation from the cabinet jrould be presented to President Coolidge before the end of the month. To aid him the committee ap proved the selection, as vice chair man, of Ralph E. Williams of. Ore ion; Mrs. Alvin T. Hert of Ken ucky and Daniel SL Pomeroy of Vew Jersey. F. W. Port Secretary Representative Franklin W. Fort, of New Jersey, was elected secretary and Joseph R. Nutt. of Ohio, treasurer. ' Chairman Work announced that the central campaign headquarters, would be opened in Washington but that an eastern headquarters, would be located at a New Tort and a western headquarters at' Chicago. Secretary Work also made pub ic that the committee had teata- .ively arranged for the formal 7.- dfl cation of Secretary Hooi his nomination at his Stanford anlrerslty home in Palo Alt tote , (Coatinacl m pfS 4.) COOUDGE SEEN IN FLSHINO Tfin$? POPULACE . VERT GLAD Bill - DOES NT USX WORMS President Still Wearing Ten Ion Hat Used in .NoHfc Dakota Last Summer SUPERIOR. Wis. " - Juns 21 (API The first definite account: of President Coolldgs fishing showing him wearing ft ten galloi. hat; rubber : boots and a slicker over a khaki ahlrt' and using di mes as bm nait-ootn pussleu an : delighted this town of ardent fish ermen today. ; :' -: ' j ' Mf. Coolidge's 10 .allon felt ha: rtvn 4 SLa a risk nnslsnsnt -nrthCt- the news that he did not as worms tor bait caused much teU" among the easily touched sportlnr sensibilities ot the habitual trent :i Mr. Coolidge's tall hat, apnar ently the same "one he . wore last summer in the Blacks Hills ' South Dakota, was a strange sigh: in the, timber land of this north ern lake 'region.- It caused won derment among guides and work men at : Cedar Island .' lodge saw him wearing' it. sad who ha' prevfnaly only seen such benf ' gear In the movie. ; -Word (ecm"Agmri Of fcra V Fanchon aiicl-rco : j . Three theater coupons nn- iwar again this' week In the ; Green section, for shows tndneW, . . . .... . . . . . - - ftt the. 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