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The Salem Canners in Their Research Departments Are Making Great Contributions to the Industry Here for the Goodof All of Us rie People of Aurora in Establishing Their Pickle Factory Have Made a Most Valuable Contribution to Our Useful Industries leather Forecast: Cloudy on the coast: fSiln the" Interior Sunday; normal tem peratures and normal humidity; moderate nortfejund northwest winds. Maximum temperature yesterday 82, minimum 52, rlrer .1, rainfall none, atmosphere clear, wind" northwest. mm TWO SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS I Of m ; EXPERT CHEMISTS CONSTAKTLY ' STUDYING CANNING OPERATIONS jlEKINEM IMPROVEMENTS Fruits, Vegetables, Run to Thousands LONG PERIODS COVERED 13,000 Cans In One Salem Plant Under Inspection, Some of Them j 15 Years Old; Classmate i of Hoover in Charge The Statesman of Tuesday last 1 had a reference to the constant ex perimentation of the Salem can ners, seeking ways to better pre pare our fruits and -vegetables for r the areat consuming public which they serve, scattered over the ooniry and extending to tire other Gantries of the world. ?4ty here deserves more extended mention. Its importance warrants much praise. There was casual mention In the reference of Tues- , da ft paper to an experiment in canning Black "Republican cher ries at the Twelfth street cannery of the Oregon Packing company. This was brought about accident ally. The reporter noticed a few crates of these cherries at the plant of the company, in one of the receiving rooms. Inquiry was ; made of one of the men employed in this' work concerning these I cherries, for the reporter knew this company ordinarily packs only the Roal Ann variety or type of cherry at its Salem cannery. The answer was that the Black Repub lican cherries were for the "guy" or the "gink," or some such appel lation, who was fussing with ex periments in the back end of the tannery. The answer being in a &fj&e of careless contempt. Q This Led to Inquiry This contemptuous remark Is responsiDie ior i uo screen lue reader Is perusing. The reporter sensed a big news stery. it the "guy" in the back of the cannery would talk. He would; a little; guardedly. Naturally. The "guy" has a great deal to do; nights and days of un ceasing toil. But he has not a great deal to say. There may not be much to say about a great many of thoxperlments, ever. But some one of them, any one of them, may lead to information of much value to the Salem "district; to the men " on the land and the people in the city and the surrounding towns. It may lead to larger market out lets for our fruits and vegetables - to thousands of additional acres put to profitable use, and to ad ditional thousands of people em ployed in our packing plants, and indirectly. Kse "guy" In this case is A. C. fVtichardson, graduate of Stanford vniverslty. He knows Herbert rSpover; worked with him. But (Uontinura on pace . SINGrlS PLEASE TENT AUDIENCES CATHEDRAL CHOIR ADMIR ABLY TRAINED Clark Concert Company and Gran ville Jones Attractions for Today One of the most perfectly bal anced and blended singing organ izations in existence, each member a soloist of unusual ability, the Cathedral choir found it a simple f matter to delight the Saturday ev ening Chautauqua audience as' it had already pleased the afternoon f 'Some of the best chorus num- .Vejs were "The Holy City" and ssary". Due to an accident near Hood River on the way to Salem Satur day morning, the chorus was un able to present the full light op era "Pinafore" in costume as had ; been announced, but many of the - solo and chorus numbers from this work of Gilbert and Sullivan were ' admirably presented, and in addi tion, some specialties that were not sJdded In the regular pro ' gran? lo make up for the lack of V the' scenery and costumes. H. W.- D. Toley, director of the choir;and Miss Eljeen Hansen, reader, proved -,to be excellent specialty entertainers. The group jsjio presented several numbers from -r'Rose 'Marie, and closed with; Soosa's 'Stars and Stripes " TarvrvTs . l 5 -j-': ' '. v The "Clark concert company will :Jb" the attract o;' this afternoon. 'sTwlll also a. i ar la the even ing In -Jl Mus.c an's Holiday in Spain". This will precede Gran- Tiny Pup Fasts 14 Days Aboard Sealed Freight SPOKANE, July 7. (AP) Fourteen days ago a freight car loaded with automobiles was sealed In Detroit, Mich. To day the car was opened here. Sitting in the front seat of one of the cars, lean and gaunt, and apparently having lived with out food or water during the entire trip, a little dog was found by workmen. The pup, said to be a de scendant of a fox terrier and other breeds of dogs, offered no resistance when he was picked up by one of the work men. He couldn't even growl an appreciation of their kind ness, for he was too weak. SEEK RIDDANCE UNSAFE SELLING REPRESENTATIVES CONFER ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION No Information Available Until Present Investigation Completed A step In the direction of legis lating "wild-cat" promotions schemes out of the state of Oregon was taken here ytsterday when proposed legislation to that end was discussed by a conference of state officials, representatives of the state corporation department Reports submitted at the meet ing indicated that a large number of questionable stock selling schemes have been promoted in Oregon during the past few years with the result that investors have lost large amounts of money. In a few instances the promoters have been arrested and prosecut ed. . State officials said no Informa tion would be given out regarding the plans of the conferees until such time as investigations now in progress have been completed. The investigations will be con ducted by committees already ap pointed. It was indicated that state cor poration department officials would draft a number of amend ments to the Blue Sky law. These amendments, if approved, will have the effect of strengthening the present statutes and make the misrepresentation of securities a serious offense. FLIGHT TO ROME LOOMS Italian Flyer Expected To Take Off From New York Soon ROOSEVELT, FIELD, N. Y.. July 7 (AP) Hurried prepara tions today convinced the Long Island flying colony that the long awaited flight to Rome of Captain Cesare Sabelll in the monoplane Roma, was imminent. No an nouncement came from the crew who are with the plane in Hart ford, Conn., and nothing official could be said here. A quantity of special high test gasoline was brought to the field today and more, sufficient for a transoceanic flight, was ordered delivered this evening. Food was ordered prepared tonight, weather charts were rushed from New York and strenuous efforts were made all day to obtain detailed reports from ships at sea. Ob servers pointed out that condi tions, generally favor an attempt at this time. Less than an hour of flying would bring the Roma to the start ing line here and the supplies could be loaded during the night for an early morning hop off. ANOTHER BOURBON QUITS Woman Who Supported Wilson and McAdoo Backs Hoover LONG BEACH, Cal.. July 7. (AP) Nellie Hall Root, ardent Ijnpporter of Wilson and McAdoo -tid prominent in national politics. today announced her resignation from the vice presidency of the; Southern California League of Women voters to enter the cam paign for Herbert Hoover, in fiery denunciation of Al Smith as the . Tammany candidate. Mrs; Root first became nationally fan mous as the bead of the Woodrow Wilson - Independent ' league In lilt, and In ltS4 was so ardent In support of McAdoo at the na tional convention that William Allen White dubbed her, the "mother of the deadlock." 291 MEN DROWN AS SHIP SINKS CHILEAN TRANSPORT GOES DOWN IN BAY OP ARAUCO Captain of Vessel Kills Self On Realization That 80 Passen gers Must Die SANTIAGO, Chile, July 7. (AP) Two hundred and ninety one lives were lost when the trans port Angamos sank today in the Bay of Arauco, according to in formation given out tonight by the ministry of marines. Eighty of the victims were passengers. Only four members of the crew were saved, according to early re ports of the accident. The cap tain committed suicide on the bridge of the vessel. Wireless dispatches tonight said that the cruiser Zenteno and the destroyer Williams arrived at the scene of the disaster, which is south of Lebu, off the southern coast of the republic, but had found no wreckage of the vessel. Other ships are being sent to the locality. Details of the catastrophe, be yond the bare announcement of its happening by the naval min istry, are almost entirely lacking. The steamship Tarapaca re ported today that laet night at 8:40 it Intercepted weak radio signals from the transport stat ing that it was in an extremely difficult position but there was no explanation. The Tarapaca re dio man said he believed the weakness of the signals indicated a storm which has raged for two days in that vicinity had disman tled the main set forcing use of an auxiliary apparatus. Among the 80 passengers on the ship, which was bound north ward from the Straits of Magel lan, were many women and chil dren. The suicide of Captain Corbetta Ismael Suarez is said to have taken place when he real ized he was without power to save these. The boat had a crew of 215 men and with the 80 passengers there were 295 aboard. The four who were saved were said on the marine ministry's bulletin to be conscripts. DEMOCRATS OPPOSE AL Own Party Not to be Deserted, Bourbons Declare ASHEVILLE. N. C, July 7. (AP). Preservation of the ideals and unity of southern democracy and not the creation of a third party will be the aim of the con ference of dry democrats to be held in Asheville July 18 and 19, said an official statement issued here today by Bishop James Can non, Jr., of the Methodist Epis copal church. South, and Dr. Ar thur J. Barton of Atlanta, a Bap tist. The two men were here making final preparations for the meeting. The goal fixed will be reached by the election of dry democratic senatorial, congressional and state nominees and by the defeat of the "wet Tammany candidate for president, Alfred E. Smith," the statement said. ' "No third party move is con templated," it continued, "nor are southern democrats to be ask ed to become republicans." SMITH BURNED IN EFFIGY Birmingham, Alabama, Paper Publishes Kn Klux Affair BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 7 (AP) The Birmingham News to morrow will say that an effigy of Governor Alfred E. Smith, demo cratic presidential ,nominee. was hung by members of the Wahou ma, Ala., klavern of the Ku Klux Klan, several days ago. More than 200 persons were In the party that was addressed by klansmen who denounced "steam roller tactics" at the Houston convention. NEW PICKLE FACTORY This is a front view of the proceasinsr building of the Aurora Pickle actdry, showing the force of employes on Friday. Started only a year ago, this enterprise has been a success from the start and is now on a basis of $100,000 annual output, which may double in the present year. See the slogan pages. FALLS IN GREEK FUTURES HIP BUT HE'S LUCKY Dudley Hoekstra Drops 20 Feet; Barely Escapes Drowning, Report TRAFFIC OFFICER HURT Elwin Van De Walker Thrown on Head from Motorcycle When Brakes Lock ; Taken to Hos pital Unconscious Lying In the Salem hospital with a fractured hip, Dudley Hoekstra, 1475 North Commercial street, yet has reason this morn ing to thank kind fortune that saved him from a worse fate. On his way to the Terminal Ice and Cold Storage company plant last night just before midnight, Hoekstra fell from the bridge on North Front street Into Mill creek. Just how he happened to fall was not reported. The hip was fractured when he struck the bottom of the creek, but rescuers reported that had he fallen Just a few feet farther on, he would have drowned, as he was just on the edge of deep water with that Injury. Workers Hear Cries Then again, Hoekstra was for tunate in that the fall left him conscious and able to call out for help, as otherwise he would have lain there helpless, possibly until morning. Workers at the storage plant heard bis cries and went to his rescue, and he was taken to the hospital In a Golden ambu lance. Another unusual accident Sat urday night caused Elwin Van De Walker, state traffic officer, to be brought unconscious to the Wil lamette Sanitarium, where it was thought for a time that he was critically injured. Investigation proved, however, after he regained consciousness, that he was not se riously hurt. Not Struck by Car Van De Walker was picked up from the highway about a mile north of the city limits, and it was rumored that he had been side swiped by a hit and run driver. When he became able to talk, he stated that there had been no car (Continued on page 4.) ROCKEFELLER NEARS 90 World's Best Known Philanthro pist Passes 89 Years TARRYTOWN, Pa., July 7 (AP) Surrounded by his chil dren and grand children, John D. Rockefeller tonight celebrated the 89th anniversary of his birth at his Pocantico Hill estate. He will not be 89 until tomor row but fire birthday dinner was ordered for tonight so that the regular Sunday routine might not be disturbed. The oil man issued a brief birth day statement saying that he was in the best of health and telling how he obtained restful sleep. "I do not permit myself," the statement read, "to look at a timepiece after retiring at night or before arising in the morning and I find it adds very much tc the restfulness of the night's sleep." During the day a compilation was made public at the Rockefel ler offices in New York showing that ' since 1910 Rockefeller has given away $443,832,(44 in ten contributions. The largest gif was $182,704,624 to the Rocke feller Foundation. All the gifts' were to church, ed ucational or scientific Institutions.., PROGRAM ANNOUNCED BY STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION The 39th annual convention of the Oregon State Phar maceutical association will open here tomorrow morning at 8:30 o'clock. The committee arranging the program has an nounced that all speeches will be limited to 20 minutes. Prises will be awarded the first 25 members to attend each of the meetings. The program, subject to some possible changes, has been announced by Secretary Frank S. Ward as follows: For the opening day, Monday, July 9, J. C. Perry and William Kelmeyer will act as chairmen. 8:30 a. m. Business session; meeting called to order by President L. B. Ferguson; address of welcome. Mayor T. A. Livesley; response by first vice-president, 8. A. Matthieu; sing ing, led by Andrew J. Byrne; applications for memberships; reading of minutes; appointment of committees; president's ad dress; report of secretary; report of treasurer; reading of com munications. Address, "Thermometers, How They are made and How to Sell Them," by S. F. Worswick of the Taylor Instrument Companies. Round table discussions. Adjournment will be taken at 12:30 p. m. for luncheon. Gov ernor Patterson will address the convention in the afternoon, after a brief song period led by Andrew J. Byrne, R. W. Reder, of Vancouver, Wash., whose drug store recently suffered total destruction by fire and who made a remarkable recovery, will speak on the subject, "Education by Conflagration," followed by general discussion. The formal program for the remainder of the afternoon will be; "Pharmaceutical Education and Organization," by E. F. Kelly, secretary of the American Pharmaceutical Association, "Merchandising for Retail Druggists," by Samuel L. Antonow, of Chicago; round table discussion. The formal banquet of the sessions will be held at 7 p. m., with a program of addresses following the dinner, concluding with the president's ball at the Marion Hotel. Chairmen of the day for Tuesday, the 10th, will be J. H. Wil lett and I. W. Lewis. The forenoon session will be called to or der at 8:30 a. m., and'after the usual formalities the report of the committee to which the president's address has been referred will be received. Other committee reports will be submitted, as follows: Daniel J. Fry, Jr., chairman of the council committee; Linn E. Jones, chairman of the legislative committee; E. E. Magee, chairman of the trade interests committee; Adolph Ziefle, chairman of the papers and queries committee; Frank Nau, chairman of the membership committee. Addresses will fol low, Including; "National Legislation Affecting Retail Drug gists," by F. R. Peterson, past president of the N. A. R. D.; an other by Dean C. W. Johnson, president of the A. Ph. A.; and a talk on "Debits," by E. G. Leihy, of the Blumauer-Frank Drug Company. Round table discussion will follow the subjects out lined by the speakers. There will be a report on the School of Pharmacy at Oregon State College by Dean A. Ziefle, of Cor vallis. After luncheon the business program will include: "Practical Salesmanship," 8. E. Worswick of the Taylor Instrument Com panies; round table discussion; "The Modern Trend in Phar macy," A. O. Mickelsen, North Pacific College; "The Oregon State Pharmaceutical Association Loan Fund," John F. Allen, treasurer, Corvallis; round table discussion' address by Dr. j! A. Llaville, assistant prohibition administrator. Entertainment and dancing, which will begin at 9 p. m., will be held by courtesy of the Blumauer-Frank Drug Company of Portland. The sessions will come to a close Wednesday. Unfinished business will be taken up In the forenoon, after which the schedule is: "The Story of Antivenin,". a motion picture of poisonous snakes and the making of serum for the treatment of snake bite, sponsored by the Antivenin Institute of America to be given by E. F. Clark, of Portland. Report of nominating committee. Election of officers. Installation of officers Presen tation of past president's badge. Unfinished business Adjourn ment of session. The members will get together at luncheon at 1 p m and W.,l1ube?.nlertaJlned from 2 'clo on with a program of sports at the Illahee Country club. Sailors Tell Amundsen Men Aboard Vessel Near Bear Island Declare They Witnessed Object Resembling Airplane as it Fell to Surface of Water; Doubt Cast on Report (Copyright 1928 By tho A. P.) KINGS BAY. Spitzbergen, July 7 (AP) A clue to the fate of Roald Amundson and the five men who accompanied him In the French seaplane in search of miss ing members of the Nobile expedi tion, came to light today. Laborers of the Great Northern Coal com pany, en route from Norway to Advent Ray, said that on June 18 when their vessel, the Ingerflre, was off Bear Island, they saw a dark object dropping from the sky into the sea. The distance was so great that they could not make out just what it was and they thought nothing further of the incident, until their arrival, when they heard other workmen discussing the disappear ance of Amundsen's plane. The big machine would have been in the neighborhood of Bear Island at about "the time the men men tioned. Skipper Skeptical Captain Wistlng of the steam ship Quest was pessimistic when he wis told of tne laboror's story. Anxiety is being felt by the Italian rescue forces for Captain ora, commander of a party of AN jinists who have been exploring AT AURORA SUCCESS Of Seeing Drop Into Sea the north coast for traces of the three members of the Nobile party who left the ice floe camp on May 20. The captain has been absent from his party more than a week. He had been warned in a note dropped by Lieut. Luetzow Holm, Norwegian aviator, not to attempt a foot crossing of the sea of ice between him and the Nbbile refu gees near Foyn island. Members of the captain's party said that he started despite this advice and an other sledge party found a note from him at Cape Brun saying he was proceeding toward Foyn Is land and relating Lieut. Holm's warning. " Captain Sora carried very little food and arctic experts said his lone attempt was against all arc tic experience. Coast Patrolled STOCKHOLM. July 7 (AP) The leader of the Swedish expedi; tion at Spitzbergen has forwarded information that the Swedish planes have patrolled the whole coast of Northeast land without finding trace of the three men of the Nobile party headed by the Swedish scientist, Malmgren. Anx- (Contiooed on pare 0) l - 1 ' T HOOVER CAMPAIGN PLANS GET UNDER WAY; EXTENSIVE DRIVE ILL BE IDE BY REPUBLICANS RESIGNS POST HERBERT HOOVER HOOVER TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION Appointment of Good wa aa- PRESIDEXT COOLIDGE RE-,nounced by Work of the republl-CEIVES- COMMUNICATION (can national committee after Good " talked with Hoover. It ended 'gossip that Good, who was one t Commerce Secretary Quits Place Hoover's chief lieutenants in the In Cabinet to be Free to Wage Campaign SUPERIOR, Wis., July 7. (AP). President Coolidge re- ceived In the mails today the res- ignation from the cabinet of Sec - retary Hoover of the commerce department. Mr. Coolidge has not yet accepted the resignation, which becomes effective at the Ichief executive's pleasure. In reply to a separate commun- ication from the republican presi - dentlal nominee, Coolidge Invited Hoover by telegram to stop off as his guest at the summer White House on his way west next week. No definite information was available as to when Hoover would reach here but preparations are being made for his arrival around July 15 or 16. The length of his stay at Cedar Island lodge - will denenrl nnon Tumif artance- ments but in no case is It thought " kely to be long. Although the letter of reslgna-i tion was formal in character, Mr.j Hoover was reported here as hav-i ing explained hie reasons for re signing in a separate communica tion to Mr. Coolidge for the pur-j pose oi presemiDB ins rt?syei-vi n1 t dtojinootno' nhaoafl ftf f hp I . , , . . " . ., .,...v, Hoover was represented nere as; undesirious of embarrassing the administration in any way by his activities as republican presiden tial candidate. He was said, how ever, to be willing to continue in his present capacity If Mr. Cool idge should wish to retain him in the cabinet. Progress was reported in Mr. Coolidge's endeavors to f ind a new secretary of the interior to succeed Dr. Work. Several names (Continued on pace BREMEN FLYERS PEEVED Visit to Former Kaiser Thought to Cause Cool Welcome COLOGNE, Germany, July 7. (AP). So piqued were the Bre men trans-Atlantic, flyers. Captain Koehl and Baron von Huenefeld with the frigid reception accorded them here upon their arrival from Doom this afternoon that they announced they would leave early tomorrow for Dortmunt without waiting to attend the receptions planned for them later in the day. A lone alderman greeted them officially when they landed at the airdrome here, but the enthusias tic cheers of a large crowd made ud in a measure for the lack of official warmth. They had been on a visit to the former kaieer, William Hohenzollern, and it was believed that the scanty notice given them by the authorities on their arrival had something to do with resentment in certain circles on their trip to Doom. NORBLAD CORRALS VOTES Claims More Than Enough To As sure Presidency of Senate Gavels will be pounded fn the two houses of the state legislature by Senator A. W. Norblad of As toria and XL S. Hamilton of Bead next winter, it was apparent here Saturday from the, statement of Senator Norblad,' while on a visit in Salem, that he had pledges of 21 votes for the presidency of the (-senate. Sixteen -rotes are required 'Representative Hamilton re cently claimed SI votes, five more than necessary to elect him speak er of the hone. . Organization Moulded Into Final Shape by Commerce Secretary GOOD TO LEAD IN WEST Hubert Work Announces Appoint ment After Conference With G. O. P. Presidential Nom inee at Washington WASHINGTON", July 7. ( AP) Herbert Hoover moulded into shape today the organization on which he will rely in his campaign for the presidency. James W. Good, former repre sentative from Iowa, was defi nitely announced as head of the western campaign, and then Hoo ver's campaign manager, Hubert Work went into conference on -the eastern situation. ' pre-con vention fight, would not participate in the election orpan- , ization. Good announced he would opes headquarters In Chicago "very soon," he intimated his delay in accepting the managership was idue to his desire to return to his law firm in Chicago, Eyes Farm Votes "There must be legislation." lie declared after leaving Hoover's office, "to make ample provision for the adjustment of the faun j problem. The west is republican and believes in protection and knows that the principle of the protective tariff miwu be applied to the settlement of the faim problem. " As for details of a farm bill and the republican plans for farm re lief Good went no further. With his resignation in the 1 I t i I iu. ""us "l rr"'uei" v.uouuKe nu ! nis organization taxing aetinite .shape. Hoover was about early to- aay to pick a aerinite nour ior leaving for his home in Palo Alto, Cal., where he will recerve official notification of his nomination. Sometime next week is the near est date now on his calendar for the departure. 1 ...... I I.' . . f a in .'intuit: Chairman Work announced to- i night that no separate eastern or- ite e ('ontiiuiJ on pace i I SMITH'S DRIVE ALSO STARTING NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COM MITTEE MEETS SOON Bourbon Group to Gather on Wd nesday of This Week to Set Up Machinery NEW YORK, July 7 ( AP) -During the coming week the ma chinery be set up for the pres idential campaign of Governor Al fred E. Smith. Wednesday the national com mittee holds its first meeting for selection of a chairman and other business Both Governor Smith and bis and his running mate. Senator Joseph T. Robinson, wlll- J attend, and it is generally expect- ed when that meeting adjourns the strategy of the campaign will have been definitely settled. It is believed that the gover nor will, in a large measure, dic tate this strategy and that the na tional committee will function chiefly in devising ways and means rather than in originating plans of battle. -The governor returned to Al bany today after a one day trip to Delaware to attend the funeral of William Raskob. son of John J. Raskob, chairman of the financial committee of General Motors, and a close friend. Tuesday he will come to New York and Wednesday will thresh out with the national committee details of the campaign. Despite the reticence of the governor, It has been learned that he will suggest to the committee an eight week's campaign, during which he will deliver not more than two speeches in any one week. He will tell them that he wants the speeches given at strategic points about the country nd that they should all be broadcast on national radio hookap. Each speech will "be different but all will dear with matters close te the Interests of the "common man," little emphasis being laic) on foreign relations or matters of complicated finance.