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Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, April 16, 1929
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Elaborate Ceremony Marks
Opening Day; Galleries
All Crowded
Nicholas Longworth, Speak
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Prompt Action
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By FRANCIS MV 8TEPHESON
Associated Press Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, D. C April 5.
(AP) The seventy first con
gress assembled today and quick
ly but ceremoniously organised
for the extraordinary session
tailed by President Hoover to
consider a limit program of farm
relief and tariff revision.
Crowded galleries looked down
as the victors of the November
election took their places but with
the routine formalities out of the
wav adjournment was taken to
await the first message of Presi
dent Hoover to be read tomorrow.
Elected to his third term as
speaker of the house, Nicholas
Longworth of Ohio sounded the
key-note of the republican ma
jority with a plea for enactment
within a month of the farm re
lief, tariff and reappointment
bills. That legislation is enough
at this time, he said.
Spirited Fight Is
Ilclieved In Offing
But behind the quiet of the
opening day in the senate loomed
the prospect of limitless debate
lor the limited administration pro
gram and leadcs of both parties
jwere short on forecasts,
' The senate sanctions no restric
tion on debate and the ever pres
ent prohibition problem, immigra
tion, the financial dispute be
tween the federal reserve board
and Wall Street are among the
subjects listed for discussion, if
not for investigation looking to
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F
IS DECLARED SAFE
d airnlane flying
are not dangerous; it's largely
due to newspaper articles that the
public thinks the contrary is true.
W A. "Scout" Hazelwood told
members of the chamber of com
merce Monday noon. Rather the
profession of airplane flying has
become a safe, satisfactory and
remunerative work while private
ly owned airplanes piloted by their
own owners are fast becoming
prevalent. Hazelwood told cham
ber members.
One traveling man who coverB
the west has found-that he can
maintain his plane for 58 cents
a mile which is less than his or
dinary traveling expense, time
considered, said Hazelwood.
Lee Eyerly. president of the
Eyerly Air Transport company,
was Introduced to the chamber as
president of the trewly organized
company with an authorized cap
italization of $50,000, while C. J.
Jensen, secretary-treasurer, Peter
Jensen, one of the heavy stock
holders In the company, and Emil
Williams, an advanced student,
were also introduced by C. K. Lo
gan who presided at the meeting.
, Fred Williams, city attorney,
said plans were proceeding nicely
for the construction of the muni
cipal airport although he said the
sale of the bonds would be neces
sary before much work could be
started.
Monday
in
Washington
By The Associated Press
Congress met in special ses
sion. Nicholas Longworth of . Ohio
'was elected speaker of the
house.
Chairman Norris of the sen
ate jndiclary committee called'
a meeting to consider Secretary
Mellon's right to continue in
the cabinet.
President Hoover decided
not to send to the senate-until
tomorrow the big batch of nom
inations wnlch are to be sub
mitted. House BIlLNo. 1. the farm
relief measure, was presented
to the house.
v Daughters of American Revo
lution opened their r annual
congress, :?
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I' Ami V. McXatt, national comman
der of the American Legion who
will be welcomed here April 25,
when the local post plans to have
an enrollment of 120O members.
TAX WILL BE
Third Round of Bout Slated
Before County Court;
Hint Compromise
The third and mayhap the clos
ing round in the case of the six
firgt national banks of Marion
county with the county court will
be up for hearing this morning
in county court. It was reported
Monday through attorneys for one
of the banks that several of the
national banks in the county were
willing to settle on the court's
proposal that 35 percent of (he
taxes for 1926, 1927 and 1928 be
paid.
On the other hand, some of the
banks were committed yesterday
to the same position expressed
last Tuesday, namely that they
would constitute the 23.94 per
cent of the taxes assessed in 1926
1927 and 1928 as payment in
full and settle among themselves
the amonut each bank was to pay,
some of the institutions already
having paid all of the 1927 levy
and a share of the 1927 tax.
In this case the county would
not receive any additional tax
money but several of the banks in
the group of six national banks
would receive a rebate from oth
ers in the group.
Dissatisfaction of state banks
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George W. Hug, city school su
perintendent, was re-elected to a
three-year term as president of the
Northwest association of Second
ary and Higher schools at the an
nual meeting held last week in
conjunction with the Inland Em
pire association. Mr. Hug, who be.
gins his second term as president
of the association, was placed in
the field for president of the In
land Empire but withdrew in fa
vor of A. C. Hampton of Astoria.
Hug also served on the resolutions
committee of the group.
The superintendent reported up
on his-return to bis desk here
Monday that the association meet
ing was one of the best in the
history of te group and had the
largest attendance of any meeting.
In addition to delegates from the
Salem teachers' association, other
local educators who attended the
meeting were: .Dean Frank M
Erickson, of Willamette; C. A.
Howard, state superintendent;
Miss Frances Wright and O. E.
Allen, both of the state depart,
ment of vocational education; and
Miss Olive M. Doak, editor . of
Western Education.
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A one-half mile stretch of con
necting road between two county
roads already designated, was ap
proved for addition to the county
road map by the board of viewers
Tuesday when a setretch near the
Silverton-Salem county road at
Pudding river was added to the
roads already designated. The ac
tion of the board of viewers has
not yet been approved by the
county court.
Several weeks, ago a group of
citizens petitioned the court to
add the road to the list already
made up for the county. This fact
coupled with the fact that the
highway Is already Used eonsid
erably were given by the viewers
as the reason for adding the road.
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HOSTILITIES ON
CAMPUS AGAIN
SHAKE COLLEGE
Juniors Capture Two Seniors
in Attempt to Break Up
Annual Flunk Day
Kaufman and Pratt Will be
Left Stranded at Dis
tant City, Report
. The annual hostilities over
"senior flunk day" at Willamette
unlversty broke out anew Monday
night when the 1929 graduating
class started on Its secretly plan
ned outing and the juniors, some
how apprised of the plans, pro
ceeded to spoil It for as many sen
iors as possible by taking them
prisoner and transporting them to
distant points.
At latest reports this morning,
the juniors had captured only two
seniors, Charles Kaufman and
Carol Pratt. Seizing them before
they had joined the main party of
picnickers, the Juniors were re
ported to have transported these
two to Canby, where they will
probably be released after precau
tions are taken to see that they
can't buy transportation back. To
be more specific, the general prac
tice in such cases is to take their
money, if any. away from them.
Seniors Destination
Reported as Neekowin
Most of the seniors reached
their meeting place and started,
near midnight, for their destina
tion which was reported to be
Neskowin.
With the exception of last year,
when the 1928 class made Its get
away without casualties, consider
able fighting, always more or less
friendly-, and numerous kid nap
in gs have attended the departure
of classes on the annual flunk
day. Two years ago several mem
bers of the 1927 class were im
prisoned for a time in the hand
ball room at the Willamette gym
nasium, but they finally joined
the -others of the class.
The record uprising occurred
four years ago when the 1928
class, then sophomores, attempted
an unauthorized "flunk day." The
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Two Babes
Just Alike
Not Twins
Two babies, both boys and both
tipping the scales at exactly eight
pounds, were born Sunday morn
ing at the Bungalow Maternity
home. But that's only half the
tale. Ruth E. Fuson, superintend
ent, consulted both mothers Mon
day to know it they had named
their babies. "Donald Kay," re
sponded Mrs. R. K. Stenson, 1128
Norway street. And "Donald Kay"
said Mrs. J. O. Thompson, 1232
Center street. Neither mother
knew what the other child had
been named, nor do they know
each other. Anyway, Donald Kay
Thompson was born two and a
half hours before Donald Kay
Stenson.
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This Ja an exclusive photo of the
the landing of the explorers three -
drawn alongside the ice a though
Division Head for
Local Water Firm
Is Named Monday
J. T. Delaney, formerly di
vision manager of the Cali
fornia Water Service com
pany at Chico, Calif., was
named, Monday, as division
manager of the Oregon
Washington properties of the
company with headquarters
at Salem. He will succeed J.
W. elwick, vice-president
and division manager of the
company whose resignation
made last week, la effective
Slay 1.
Mr. Delaney Is now engag
ed on special work for the
company but within a short
time he will be in Salem to
take np his new duties.
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VERDICT OF S157S
Plaintiff Gets Considerable
Proportion of Damages
Demanded In Suit
Damages of $1575 were allowed
the plaintiff in the case of Geelan
v s. Eldrledge when the jury
brought In Its report shortly after
9 o'clock Monday night In circuit
court here. The jury was out
four hours.
Geelan's attorneys contended
throughout the case that the for
mer has been grossly underpair
for mint raised by Geelan on a
partnership' arrangement with El
driedge. A judgment of J 29 00
was sought by Geelan, but El
drledge maintained that he had
made sufficient settlement with
the plaintiff. Much of the argu
ment in the case centered about
the amount of mint raised as well
as the agreed upon selling price.
This morning trial of Smith vs.
Engel will be on. Edward J.
Smith, plaintiff holds that he was
unfairly treated by Adam Engel,
apartment house owner, who sum
marily dismissed him after little
more than one year of a three
year contract had expired. Smith
seeks damage of $5,000, while
Engel declares that he, rather
than Smith, has been damaged
since Smith's work as janitor was
highly unsatisfactory and entailed
great loss to Engel.
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MELIUS STATUS
WASHINGTON, April 15.
(AP) The formalities of the
convening of the new congress
hardly had been disposed of today
before steps were taken in the
senate to press for action on the
pending proposal to investigate
the right of Andrew W. Mellon to
continue as secretary of the treas
ury. In line with a resolution- spon
sored by Senator McKellar, demo
crat, Tennessee, at the session
called after the death of the 70th
congress to confirm the Hoover
cabinet, the senate judiciary com
mittee arranged to meet Wednes
day to consider the question.
The resolution asked for a de
termination of whether a cabinet
officer might continue from one
administration to another without
renomiuation.
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Expedition Uses Ice Block for
Byrd expedition Just received ta
motored plane on the ice barrier
it were an ordinary dock. Photos
COUNCIL VOTES
ORDINANCE FOR
CITY'S
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$50,000 Bond Issue Author
ized to. Provide Money
for Landing Field
Protest Against Encroach
ments on Salem Water
Bights Authorized
Steps toward completion of the
city's airport program were taken
Monday night when the city coun
cil passed an ordinance calling
for bids on the $50,000 In bonds
voted last year for establishment
of a municipal landing field.
This was done at the recom
mendation of the airport commit
tee, which filed a general report
on the progress so far made. The
committee also urged that an en
gineer be employed to make a
study of the drainage problem of
the field, and that an investiga
tion be made as to what addi
tional land will be required.
Small Advocates
Starting At Once
Brazier C. Small, secretary of
the joint committee, said he be
lieved the bonds could be sold to
advantage now, but explained that
little expenditure will be neces
sary before that is determined.
If an engineer is employed, it will
be done with the understanding
that payment is to be made after
the bonds are sold.
The council Instructed Fred
Williams, city attorney, to file
with the state engineer and the
federal power commission the pro
test he had prepared against fil
ings of the Northwest Power com
pany which conflict with the city's
filings on certain water supplies
sought as a possible domestic
supply. This includes waters of
the North Santiam, Marion lake,
Marlon Fork, Puzzle creek and
Whitewater creek.
A report was made on the
sewer program to the effect that
the $360,000 bonds so far sold,
with the premium of $6,766, had
all been spent. The city has yet
to sell $200,000 worth of sewer
bonds, but until this is done, it
was agreed that additional peti
tions for sewers, should be tabled.
The engineers in charge of this
work. Cupper & Simpson, were
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Elevator to
Be Built in
Short Order
Bids will be opend this morning
by the county court for the new
elevator to be installed this spring
and summer in the courthouse.
Count Judge Siegmund said Mon
day that he expected the award
would be made when the bids
were opened. It Is the plan of the
court to have the new elevator
shaft built as soon as possible so
the elevator proper can be install
ed at an early date. Many people
have complained In the past
against the long flight of steps
leading to the county offices.
OR
San Francisco and rushed by airmail to Salem. The photograph show
from, the deck of the New York. One notices thai the New York la
copyright- 1920. by the Kxaimner Flntlng Co.
Crop Outlook Here Good
Despite Season Retarded
More Than Three Weeks
Blossom Day Postponed, King Bing Declares
After Inspection of Conditions in
Nearby Sections of Valley
rE season- in this district is three weeks late this year;
but nevertheless the outlook is for a good crop year.
Blossom day, set for next Sunday, will have to be put off
going over a week until April 28, possibly another week un
til May 6, depending on the weather from now on.
C. F. Giese, King Bing of the Cherrians who are the spon
sors of blossom day, was out over the prune orchards on Sun
day. He saw no indications of bloom. He told the reporter
that there will have to be at least six days of sunshine to
bring out the prune blossoms, .which are the determining
factor of blossom day s date.
Blossom day last year was
April 15, and the showing of
the wealth of bloom would
have been better five or six days
earlier. This gives an idea of the
lateness of the present blooming
season.
Same Conditions Are
Found Farther South
The same condition holds for
southern Oregon. Robert Paulus
has a letter of Saturday from Med
ford, where, it says, pear trees
were in full bloom on April 1 last
year, and they were showing
scarcely any bloom on Saturday.
The same letter said the frost
period is about past there, with
no damage, excepting In out of
the way places where there was
no smudging.
For all other fruit crops, the
delay of blossoming here is a fa
vorable thing; but in the case of
prunes and Bartlett pears it may
hinder the nearly 100 per cent
setting of the fruit desired. Mild
weather conditions, however, may
overcome this.
Iiocal Canning Outlook
Is Declared Good
The canning and packing out
look for the Salem district is good
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GETS COVETED JOB
The Salem school student who
will rule over the May Day health
festival May 1 will be selected
from the sixth grade of the Mc
Kinley school, it was announced
Monday following a meeting of
grade and junior high teachers
interested in the pageant to be
presented that day. Lincoln and
McKinley schools had the highest
percentage of honor roll students
according to enrollment, but in
asmuch as Lincoln has no sixth
grade, the honor of choosing the
queen was delegated to McKinley.
Parts for the health pageant,
"The Way to the Land of Health"
were assigned at Monday's meet
ing and work will begin imme
diately. The pageant contains
eight episodes, with several of
these having more than one scene,
thus giving the nine grade schools
and two junior high schools all
ample parts.
The pageant was devised with
several health pageants as a basis
by Miss Carlotta Crowley, elemen
tary supervisor, and Mrs. Grace
S. Wolgamott, director of physical
education In the grades and for
girls, who are directing the May
Day affair.
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LEGION POST JUST
IS SHORT OF GOAL
Membership Drive Must Go
Over Soon, Adjutant
Bassett Says
Raymond Bassett. adjutant for
Captal Post No. 9, got out his pen
cil Monday night.
He poised.it in his right hand
for Just a moment and then add
ed a nice column of figures.
"One thousand, ninety-five and
only 18 more to go" he grinned
as the results were seen.
For Adjutant Bassett and ev
ery other member of the post Is
out to push aside the mark of 1,
112 established last year by the
legion here.
And Bassett was confident in
sistently so that this mark
would go down tonight or tomor
row at the latest.
From the 1112 goal the legion
hopes to push the membership
drive on to a 1200 total by April
25 when National Commander
McNutt reaches here on his tour
of the west. Then he'll have news
of real consequence to tell posts
throughout the country since such
an enrollment will put the Salem
post among the 15 largest in the
United States.'
The roll of honor for the local
posts includes the following
names:
Donald J. Madison, James H.
Madley. M. J. Mahony, Ed L. Ma
honey, J. Mahula, H. G. Maison,
F. E. Mangis, C. R. Manning, J.
W. Marcroft, John C. Marshall,
S. W. Marsters, Carl A. Martin,
Clarence Martin, EJmer A. Martin,
R. H. Martin.
A. R. Mason, Dr. J. O. Mathis,
R. W. Mathis, George C. Matten,
D. B. Maxfield, Edward E. May,
George Maynard, M. J. Melchoir,
R. H. Mercer, Ray D. Meritt,
Clarence Merrick, William Mer
riott, R. A. Meyer, Karl Meyers,
F. A. Miles, Dan S. Miller, Forrest
Miller, Fred Miller, George H.
Miller, Henry O. Miller., Herbert
A. Miller, I. E. Miller. L. A. Miller,
Lawrence C. Miller, Robert
Mills, Waldo O. Mills, H. J. Mi
randa, James H. Mitchell, William
J. Mitchell, Clarence Moffenbier,
C. T. Moffltt. Manfred R. Mohr,
William H. Mohr, G. C. Moir, Er
nest F. Moore, Claude Moore, Hen
ry Moore, Frank M. Moore, Or
ville R. Moore, W. I. Moorman,
Eugene Moshberger, William
Boyd Mott, M. Clifford Moynihan,
Marion Mulkey.
REBEL ARMY SI
FORCED TO BATTLE
MEXICO CITY. AprU 15.
(AP) Government officials be
lieved tonight that federal ad
vances in the state of Sinaloa had
placed the main rebel force on the
west coast in a position at San
Bias where it either would have
to fight or take to the mountains.
While the main federal army
under General Lazaro Cardenas
continues to push steadily north
ward, official announcement was
made today that the only railroad
north of San Bias leading Into
Sonor had been sut by federal
forces landing at Guaymas.
A federal war ship lies in Guay
mas bay with its guns trained on
the Junction of the main lino of
the Southern Pacific of Mexico
and the branch line that runs the
gauntlet there. '
Yankee Steamer
Put Under Fire
LONDON. April 18. (Tues
day) (AP) An exchang tele
graph dispatch from Hongkong
today says . that . the American
steamer Cahu was heavily fired
upon abort Ichang on the Yang
aze river. A Chinese passenger
on an accompanying steamer was
killed and another wounded.
NEW BLOC NOW
IN CONTROL Of
FUTURE POLICY
Bushnell is Elected Building
Inspector as Protest
Against Dictation
Mayor Llvesley Hurls Deli
When Attempt is Made
to Modify Code
Strength of the "indepen
dent party" in the citv coun
cil was thoroughly demon
strated Monday night when
Earl C. Bushnell was elected
building inspector, polling
nine votes to L. L. Jensen's
six. Bushnell's election was
in part a gesture of defiance
against the attempts of out
siders to dictate the council's
policies, although he had the
suppore of numerous persons
prominently associated with
building activity.
This crisis was passed over
without any argument, through
the expedient of declaring all ap
plicants to be nominated and pro
ceeding to ballot. The building
code committee's recommendation
that Mr. Jensen be retained in tbe
office was not brought berore the
council. Mr. Jensen, recently ap
pointed temporarily, had submit
ted his resignation.
Fireworks Start as
Mayor Makes Attack
But the crowd of citizens whi.-h
filled every seat and most of the
standing room in the council
chamber, drawn there by well
founded predictions that there
would be "war," was not disap
pointed. Hostilities broke out suddenly
and without warning when Mayor
T. A. Livesley arose to voire vig
orous protest against an ordinance
introduced by Alderman Chris
Kowitz. the purpose of which was
to modify the building" code re
quirements as to roofs on garages
and similar structures.
"This Is a siam and an insult
to the building code committee."
the mayor said. "It doesn't com
ply with the building code. The
attempt to put it through is an
outright scandal.
Dark Hints Flung
About Pant Kvcnts
"I thought I found some of yon
out today." he added, referring
evidently to the "harmony lunch
eon" to which he had Invited the
councilmen.
Alderman Kowitz rose to pro
test that it was no personal mut
ter, but merely an ordinance
which the council could pass or
not as It saw fit.
T. M. Hicks, on whose proposed
building the ordinance had direct
bearing, was seated just back of
the railing.
"Mr. Hicks, will you tell me
how many members of this coun
cil you visited to talk about this
matter?" the mayor challenged.
HIrks Outlines
Views on Code
Disclaiming any desire to enter
into a dispute, Mr. Hicks announc
ed that how many councilmen he
had visited was none of the may
or's business. He went on to ex
plain that In his opinion, the build
ing code, whcih in its assentlals
had his strong approval, was not
Intended to Increase materially
the cost of construction of build
ings. The requirement sought to
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Ladies and
Gentlemen!
INTRODUCING to The
Statesman family,
three of the best known
comic ensembles in the
United States:
Little Annie Rooney,
TUlie, the Toiler, ,
. Polly and Her Pals.
Each day this staff of
funmakers will perform
for your especial pleas
ure and it will be an
event of each morning to
see what this trio will be
doing.
And in a few more
days, other notables will
join their ranks. We'll
leave it for you to antic
ipate their arrival.
? Other features, too,
are soon to appear, mak
ing, The Statesman the
paper you'll i want to
start the day with in
Salem.