Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, February 21, 1927, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextC apital Alomnial CIRCULATION . Dally average distribution for the month endlrg January 31, 1927 RAIN tonight and Tuesday; normal tern perature, freisli southerly winds. 9503 Local: Max., 65; mln.. 43: riv er. 15.1; rain, 1.27; aimoa., cloudy; wind, southwest. Average dally net paid 1055 Mmhrr Aurt t Tlurfao cf ClrruUllnnr FORTY-NINTH YEAR, No. 44 SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1927 PRICE THREE CENTS STANDS flVJS CBNTfl To) 3U U MB mil ml TITHING BILL VOTE EXPECTED BEFOKHT Climax of 42 Days of De liberation with Result so Far in Doubt Another Tobacco Tax In troduced as Substitute Building Bill Up By Harry N Craia The senate reached the climax f its 42 days of deliberation tills afternoon when the governors tithing bill come up for consitlera-1 tion as a special order of business at 2 o'clock with the alignments hanging so loose as to leave the re sult o the debate and roll call in doubt. Opponents of the measure, which would dip Into the funds of the highway commission to the extent of some $115,000 this year, were at noon claiming 13 votes against (he bill, a loss of one since last Friday, while the friends of the ad ministration could only muster 12, leaving 6 still to be decided during the course of the debate. Support ers of the proposal were depend ing upon on opinion of the attor ney general to the effect that the tithe will not apply to the Indus trial accident commission funds and the promise of the governor to (Continued on Pago Nine) $300,000 LOSS DUE TO FLOOD IN MEDFORD Wedford. Or., Feb. 21. WV- Damage estimated at $300,000 was caused yesterday in the upper Rogue river valley by unprece dented flood conditions due to melting snows In the mountain, heavy rains and the release of stor age water In Immigrant dam above Ashland as a precautionary measure against the dam break ing. Five blocks of East Medford lying along Hear creek were flood ed, causing dozens of families to leave their homes and residential streets became raging torrents when the crest of the freed dam waters swept over the lowlands. The southern portion of Med ford was swept by the overflow waters from Griffin creek. Base ments were flooded and the fire rtpniirtment was called to clear the federal building and Medford hotel basement. The crest of the flood came at I o'clock. At 10:30 the rain ceas ed, the sky cleared and this morn lnir Hear creek was back In Its channel. The Southern Pacific ripht of way north and south of this city was endangered by the water and traffic paralyzed. Resumption of service is expected today. In the country districts scores of bridges were washed out and fields under from one to four feet f water. Automobile traffic on the Fa elfic highway in the Siskiyou mountains was halted nnd nni'h bound automobiles held at Red Bluff. Cal.. owing to storm condi tions In northern California. Rogue river overflowed and Is tunning level over the Rny Gold lam. The Bybce bridge district was lake. ua jgSS3SLfc SjS SS " yfr-'-K GOOD EVENING SIPS FOR SUPPER By Don CJpJobo Bully for John John Williamson, the North Sa lem empire builder. Is going to open his new Hollywood theater on our birthday. That lad known how to Ret the people of this town interested. Eddlo DHmars, from down Fair field way, was telling us he has been clipping out our column right along and has an almost complete file from Its beginning. Now, folks, there's a lad that knows hs onions. If Ed keeps that up he Is going to go far In this life and nothing can stop him. Fairfield, we might say. Is one of the paradise spots of the Pacific coast, being where our wife was horn. We ;.h ays did belli ve in a Fairfield and no favors. A Modern Love Missive A Canadian lad writes down to an English girl, "Hello, honey. 111 be down to see you at honey time, and we il have hives together. Say, boy, page the bee inspector no says tne fengiish are a stolid nation t Ralph White went to ITartman1 window the other day and we saw a little gold Cupid in the window bust out into hilarious mirth. Which proves to us what we always heard, that love laughs at lock' smithi. Some of I ho furniture In thl' town goes back lo Ijonis XIV and wunc of It govs back to the Install- incut house. We didn't Intend to say any thing more about valentines this year. Hut we are getting tired of Walt Thompson walking around looking supercilious like, nnd think ing we didn't spot those two com ics lie mailed us. Walt couldn't conceal his tracks not even be hind a valentine, and we lust want ed to let him know he didn't slip anything over on us, with all his foxy, detective ways. We understand some of these dnvs the Statesman 1m figuring on having it Mogfiii iMigo on hogs. Clean and vigorous, as It were. "We notico that Ialoa Smith's ilop. little Sips, named after us, has an absence of tail one might al most say cur tailed. "Too Many Wedding and Too Many Wives" Judge Kelly sentenced Alexan der Campbell to a term in Jail on a charge of polygamy. Far be It from us to criticise our kindly judge, but here was Mr. Campbell, named after the great Alexander, who simply followed In the footsteps of such men as Solo mon, Mohammed, Haroun Al Ras- chid and our own itrigham loung. and then going to jail for it- It's too much us Judge Kelly f Inured when he found out about the extra wife. DO IT NOW. By Stoddard King When 1 am three score years and tt-n. And life has lost Its stress and tension. I'd like, with otlirr aged men. To have a governmental pension. Hut how absurd It Is to wait I mil deeii wrinkles line by brow I think I shall per undo the state To let me have my pension now. Ours Is a rh'i. a prospering land A rou n try full of milk ami noney And I would like some cash on hand Now, when I really need the money. Later, when I am old and bent And when my locks are white as snow. I shall not need a sin ale rent. For 1 shall hate no place to go. If It be granted that my need I siieh that I deserve wMnnre, Then let the checks be sent with snord. And not postponed to some dim distance. I want niv share of public en-h While I am still this side of fifty, Whrn I'm Improvident and rash And not when I am old and thrlf t! Snapshots of Legislators as Sketched at the WILLAMETTE EXPECTED TO T0P25 FEET At Noon River Passed 17 Foot Mark Maximum Expected Tomorrow Santiam Dike Near Jef ferson Breaks Flooding Road Little Damage R Ising five Inches an hour, the Willamette river had passed the 17 foot mark at noon and although reports from upper sections report drop, ' Is expected to reach a maximum of 25 feet by tomorrow night, unless heavy rains continue and send It higher. A total of 1.71; inches of rain is reported by the local weather bupeau for the week end, with 1.27 inches falling over Sunday with more rain predicted. Mill creek Is reported the highest this year. Little damage has re sulted, outside of flooded high ways and basements, although the lowalnds are all submerged. Four years ago the river passed the 30 foot murk. Traffic over the Pacific highway at Jefferson was blocked until noon Monday by water liberated from a dyke placed along the Santiam above the highway bridge which gave way Sunday night. Patrol officers were placed at the bridge to warn motorists and traffic dur- (Contlnued on Pace Ten FLOOD WATER COVERS ROADS ABOUT EUGENE Eugene, Or., Feb. 21. yp) Eu gene was drenched by a record rainfall yesterday, when 2.10 Inches of rain fell In a 24-hour period. The Willamette river was a raging tor rent this morning, the stage of the river being 16.5 feet. It had risen seven feet since Saturday. Residents In the lowlands along the river were forced to leave theh homes as the waters swept down A number of families were maroon ed In the upper rooms of their homes and were being rescued to day by boats. The big dam at Westfir, on the upper Willamette, was reported this morning to have been washed out, but the report could not be verified. A small roadhouse at Judklns Point, on the Pacific highway Just south of here, wan reported washed away. i service station between here nnd Springfield was moved across the highway by the flood water. A grocery store was moved for some distance. The Pacific highway was covered by water on both sides of Eugene, and cars were unable to get through. Alt streets cast of Sixth In Spring. field were reported to be under nearly six Inches of water. Several people spent the early morning hours In trees, waiting for rescue boats. One boatload tipped over and difficulty was experi enced In getting the occupants to dry land. Fifty persons were marooned In the Mohawk district with ten feel of water over the road. The dis trict Is east of Springfield. Boats were operating this morning, bring ing the people out. First White Child Born in America 1004 Was Swede Chicago, Feb. 21 (VP) Conning old Viking sages. Dr. Amandus Johnson, president of the Ameri can Sons and Daughters of Swed en, says he has found records that the first American white child was of Scandinavian origin and was born somewhere in New England nearly six hundred years before Columbus discovered America. The boy was named SnorrI, and was tht, son of Thorfm and Godfrld Karlsefnl, said Dr. Johnson, for mer professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of several books on the Swedes in America. The society of which he Is president Is supporting a movement for the celebration of the 300th anniversary of Swedish settlement In America. In about 1003, Dr. Johnson said the saga showed, Karlsefnl, part Iy descended from a Swedish up lander, fitted out an expedition and sailed from Sweden with his wife nnd some settlers to visit Vlnland, as the Vikings had christened Am erica. He took' ample supplies and cattle, Intending to settle the coun try. After threo years In a little village they fortified on a New England river they returned to Scandinavia. Snorri was born in 1004. COAST GUARD VESSEL LOST WITH CREW Provincetown, Mass., Feb. 21. (JP) Somewhere in the ' churning sea off High Head today were the bodies of six members of the crew of the coast guard patrol boat 208, who lost by a single hour a plucky all night fight against death In one of the wildest north easters that has scourged Cape Cod In nearly 30 years. The boat had been out looking for rum runners. Two bodies were pulled from the raging surf late yesterday, a1 few hours after the craft, dis- abled In motor power and radio,! had been swept to destruction. At five o'clock Saturday after noon the craft was sighted thru, the murk of the blizzard. Flashing blinker lights told observers ashore that the engines had gone dead and its radio was powerless. Soon two destroyers were steam ing to sea from Boston under foic ed draft and with two cutters fol lowing closely. At that time the 238 -Was three miles off shore with two anchors overboard and a tremendous sea running. Crews from three guird stations p.iced the shores with guns and breeches buoys, waiting for the chance to rescue that was never to come. Moonshine Kills Ualc Pittsburgh. Pa., Feb. 21 Moonshine was g.ven as the cause of the death today of Miller Solich, three year old boy, and the serloun illness of his brother, George, sged 6. Coroner W. J. McGregor order ed a rigid Investigation In order to determine where the boys ob tained the liquor. THIS COUPON AND 5 CENTS Will admit any child of 12 years or younger to the speci;il Tuesday morning CAPITAL JOURNAL MATINEE Showing of "Sally of the Sawdust" THE ELSIN0RE, Feb. 22, 10:30 a. m. 17 KILLED BY STORM ALONG EASTCOAST Millions of Dollars Prop erty Damage Caused by Snow and Gale From Maine to Delaware Ships Tossed About Resorts Hit by Waves New York, Feb. 21. (&) Seven' teen deaths and millions of dollars !n property damage were caused by a snow, sleet and wind storm that had abated today after raging in the north and middle Atlantic coast .states for 48 hours. From Maine to Delaware bay, mountainous seas tossed ships about like match boxes, shattered dwellings and swept away piers and board walks. High tides carried waters hundreds of feet Inshore. Snow fell to a depth of two feet In some places while the temperature dropped to 10 degrees below sero. The storm took its heaviest death toll off Provincetown, Mass., where eight coast guardsmen lost their lives when patrol boat 238 was tossed ashore. The boat's entire crew was lost as two destroyers vainly rushed to rescue them. Other deaths attributed to the storm Included five In Pittsburgh, two In Rostnn, one ft South Amboy. (Continued on Pace Nuie U, S. MARINES SEIZE RAILROAD IN NICARAGUA Washington. Feb. 21. (JF) The American governments' determina tion to take a firmer hold on the situation in Nicaragua Is becom ing hourly more apparent. Without officially acknowledg ing any intention to Interfere di rectly between the contending Nlc araguan factions, the state and navy departments have agreed up on a line of procedure which 1 expected generally to interpose se rious obstacles to the Sacasa troops seeking to overthrow the Ameri can .recognized government of President Din. Not only have American marines nnd hluejackets taken over con trol of the vital national railway from Managua, the capital, to Co- rlnto. but the American legation guard at .lanagua has been moved from barracks In town to Loma. the hill fort which dominates the city. The official explanation of the movement of the marines from bar racks opposite the presidential palace to the Loma Is that It was "in order to afford better protec lion to foreign liven snd property.' Capitol By IS NOT VfR- i -5 JU4T 'MTTCE ENDURANCE 8B 8B 88 88 S6 88 88 Of 101 Hours Duration 86 88 88 88 88 88 88 WILL START TOMORROW Chained to Wheel, Albin Prybylek to Drive Continuously to Break World's Record and Win Nurse as Bride. An effort to establish a 101 hour endurance drive rT an automobile without sleep or food save milk, will be made in Salem starting Tuesday (tomorrow) afternoon when Albin Prybylek, world famous driver, starts on what he is determ ined will be 101 hour continuous journey through the streets of this city. Prybyleg's present record now: stands 100 hours and he will at- tempt to break this time by driving 101 ago long hours. Prybylek arrived In this city a fc.w days ago and started whipping himself into shnpe for the ordeal of remaining seated at the wheel BEHEADING OF AGITATORS ENDS CHINESE STRIKE Ry The Associated Press) Cantonese who took Hankow last week, continue steady drive on Shanghai. "TFi-.lrrn rf InrrAr " In Rh fin chill streets which results In summary hehcadlnc of political and l.-.hor acllators by Chinese authorities produces swift decrease In strike activities; the number of those ex ecuted Is vnriously estimated at from zh to no. Marshal Chang Tso-lin, Man- churisn lender, who Is driving through Honan province on me when troops of General Wu-Pei- fu. nominal master oi ine province, disarmed part of Chang's forces and srle ammunition train. Great Britain, in ngreement with i n-a win tianri over th ad ministration of Hankow and Kink ing to the nationalists wno win -- tahlish a special Chinese munici pality. The agreement indicates tnai an ate all forcngn concession at those places Into one municipal uimnu. Ncgiolintions are opuneu uiumk iimiifir iin with the northern government at Peking to apply the principals or. me jiangi-nuw ment throughout China. JUDGE LINDSEY LOSES APPEAL Denver, Colo., Feb. 21 CP) Tin nlca of Judge Ren B. Undscy, founder of the Denver Juvenile court, for a rehearing of the de cision ousting him from his posi tion was denied by the supreme court. Judge Lrrulsey contended he had not been given a chance to present his case properly and ask ed that the supreme rourt recon sider Its recent decision holding him not elected to the office he has been holding because of vot ing Irregularities In one precinct. Pol (cry TriiNt Washington. Feb. 21 (P) The government won in the supreme court today In Its prosecution of the Trenton and 22 other pottery companies under the Sherman in-tl-hiit law. Staff Cartoonist: Murray SfTTltHlltRK ( KT-rC A run Tuf LN01( APIN6 V't-WM C M Trtt t APITtU 3 yAfls AtjO vu AUTO TEST of an automobile for four days and four nights without Bleep. He will live entirely on milk during the entire drive. The test Is one of the most dif ficult ones ever attempted in thin (Continued on Page Seven) UMPQUA REGION PARALYZED BY FLOOD DAMAGE Roseburg, Or., Feb. 21. Floods, more severe than l known for more than 40 years, h ft Douglas county completely para lyzed today. Traffic and commun ication have been destroyed while Itoseburg Is without lights, power or gas. The rainfall up to 6 o'clock this morning, since the beginning of the storm, amounted to i.b'J Inches, while a falling barometer nt the weather bureau station Indi cated a continuance of the storm. The Pacific highway was blocked by high water at Yoncnlla on the, north, while south of town a great i deal of damage was reported. llii;h! water was reported at Winston, five J miles south of Koseburg, while nil of the Dillnrd gnrdens are under water, the residents being forced from their homes to the high ground. The nppronch of the highway bridge Just south of Dlllard was washed out this morning. Four trains nro reported stalled hetween Hoseburg and AsMai.d, while one Is tied up here. The two main tributaries of the Umpo.ua river were running nt ex treme flood stngo this morning, the reading on the North Uinpqua showing 18 feet. A numher of homes along the river In Itoseburp were flooded, while many farms In the lowlands were Inundated, a Kond many acres of broccoli were rcoprted to be washed out or dam agcr by silt so that they will be completely lost. CLOSE WILLAMETTE TO NET FISHERS Ry a vote of 22 to 5, R-'Pi es n- tntlve Lnnergan's bill closing the Willamette river to commercial fishing passed the senate toHay ami It Is now ready for the signature of the governor. The measure was report .-d in this afternoon wit ha d vi.l d report, and a few minutes afterwards It was passed. Krnator Jn'S, of Clackamas, signed the aiivetse re port, nnd also spoke ni;:ilnl It on the floor. Senators Moser nnd Hare chum- ploned the mensiire. I! ; j HEAVY RAINS SEND STREAMS OUTOFBMS Rail and Highway. Traffic at Standstill in Many Parts Western Oregon Rogue, Applegate and Il linois at Highest Stage Many Cities Isolated Portland, Or., Feb. 21. (JP) Raff and highway traffic was virtually at a standstill nnd wire communi cation was seriously crippled In some parts of western Oregon to day, the result of torrential trains during the last 36 hours. The Southern Pacific office here reported this morning that all their wires were out south of Roseburg and that no trains were operating south of that point because of flood conditions. The Rogue, Applegate and Illi nois rivers were at their highest stae in 25 years nnd still rial re when the latest available informa tion came In late last night. A Southern Pacific bridge at Tolo was) washed out and the tracks were covered with water for several miles. Cottage Grove was practically surrounded by flood waters last nipht and the Row river, east of Cottage Grove, had overflowed Its I banks. The coast fork of the Wil lamette river, which flows through Cottage Grove was threatening t overflow. A largo section of the f Continued on Page Seven) t ST. PAUL SEEKS PORTLAND ENTRY VIA NORTHBANK Portland, Or., Feb. 21. ) The Chicago, Milwaukee and fit. Paul railway wants to come to 'ortland. using the Spokane, Port- In nd nnd Seattle rallwny tracl.s. This was stated by H. K. Byram, sident of the Milwaukee "ys i, as a reason why tho Mil waukee receivers nro opposing the K'r of tho Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Spoknne, Portland and Seattle. Ryram come tell the Portland chamber of commerce of the attitude of hiw company toward the consolidation plans. If the proposed merger ot the Northern lines Is permitted, the doors of Tortland will be forever closed to us." said P.yram. "The Milwaukee system Is only one half finished In the northwest. Develop ment was stopped t the outbreak of the war, and It hps been re tarded since the wnr by financial difficulties. "It has been our plan to extend our system to Portland for some time. The situation ns now exists nfftis so ninny restrictions and es pecially In tho building of an en tirely new line Into Portland that mich construction Is almost an Im pooflMMty. "Therefore tho only avenue op'-n fT us to come hero nnd to rivo this city the advantage of our !, OoO miles of railroad Is to rnt r the city over the Spnkune. P-rt-lard and Spittle, by bring grouped with one of the Northern linen. This would afford Portland direct access with the rant over our sys tem." Wade rcp .(Circa- n A" lCTfNO!iAW