CIRCULATION
I LA 1
Daily average distribution for
moDtn ending April 30, 1827
9736
Average daily net Dold 9287
Mmbf Audit nurenu ot Circulation I
FORTY-EIGHTH YEAR,
PAVING BIDS
INCOMPLETE
Accurate Check with City
Cost on Same Projects
About Same
No Action Toward Let
ting Contracts to be
Taken Until Check Made
Reports that contractors' bids on
17 city street pavinjr projects, onened
by the louncil at its last meeting
and rei erred to the street Improve
ment committee to be canvassed and
compared with pacing costs of work
done by the municipal plant, run
from lOand 12 per cent higher than
city plant costs are without founda
tion or authority, according to Al
derman Watson Townsend, chair
man of the street committee, who is
cc -piling the relative figures for
comparison.
"Comparison of the average price
of the work quoted by the bidders
with the average city price on all
paving for last year the bids of the
i ntractors do run about that much
higher when the 5 per cent addition
al for engineering and supervision
work is added. But such a compari
son indicates nothing.
MAKES CLOSH CHECK
"The only accurate comparison to
be obtained is through comparing
each of the jobs on which bids were
received with Jobs done by the city
plant In the same zones and where
grading and paving yardages were
approximately the same. Where I'
have completed such comparisons
the figures show that the bids and
the city's cost price are about the
same."
As snon as Tnwnsenrl has enmn'pfc.
c . his compilation of comparative
costs Mayor Livesley will call the
street improvement and ways and
means committees together to con
sider the bids.
When that has been done those of
the contrac'ors who do not figure in
the low bids will be given an oppor
tunity to pull down their good faith
(Continued on paite t'.ehti
NEW TERMINAL
Work of rebuilding and remodel
ftig the new Terminal hotel in the
Eerby building at High and Court
streets and on adjoining property
on High street will start Eome time
during June, according to Harry
Hawkins of Hawkins & Roberts, who
states that plans are now getting
Along well toward completion. The
plans are being drawn by Knighton
& Howell of Portland.
Work on the building will probably
start as soon as the new building on
Liberty street for the Burrell serv
ice station is completed. This will
permit the Burrell people to vacate
the building on High street on which
a structure will be erected to hook
onto the Derby building and becomes
a part of it.
It Is possible, if the stores are not
out on the ground floor of the Der
by building by that time, that the
roof will be torn off from the pres
ent Derby building and work started
In the upper part of It.
As near as can be learned nothing
definite has yet been decided as to
where the Western Auto Supply and
American Express company will
move to and their leases run up to
October l.
'Macon, Miss., May 21. UP) A con
cession that he killed C. T. Edwards,
young farmer of Clifton, Miss., Sun
day night, brought the wrath of a
mob of 350 to 500 men upon Dan
Anderson, 32, nerro, yesterday. His
body was riddled with bullets (n a
dismal swamp near the Alabama
line, after he had been forcibly tak
en from Sheriff T. B. Adams of
Nokubee county, who had gone to
Tuscaloosa, Ala., for the prisoner.
Anderson was arrested at Elrod.
Ala. He had fled there after slay
ing Edwards. The sheriff had been
nofled there woltid be no mob vio
lence If the negro was brought back
and given a speedy trial by law. He
went for the prisoner. The mob
waited until the party had crossed
the Mississippi line, then surround
ed the sheriffs car and with gun
leveled at all ocupants, took the
negro.
L
Capita
the
No. 121
GOOD EVENING
SIPS FOR SUPPER
By Don Cpjubn
As we drove up in front of a Com
mercial street barber shop to park
yesterday, a sprightly young thing
was passing by and three barbers
were arrayed in the window. Below
them in the window was the well
known barbers' sign, "It Pay's to
L.OOK wen,
As our eyes followed those of the
barbers we were compelled to agree
that It surely paid to look well
in mis particular case, anyway.
This prize fighting game Is getting
to be a lily-like affair. Yesterday
in the middle of the Sharkey-Ma-loney
fight, the referee suspended
the go for & short time while he
pulled down Sharkey's tights, saying
tney were too nign.
We recommend to Frank Minto
that he put a prize fight referee or
two on the police force and station
tnem at tne mam corners oi our
town.
If no one else is going to thank
Mrs. Tiffany and Prank Blich for
letting the Legion minstrels use their
nne tneater iree oi cnarge, we arc
going to right now. That kind act is
surely going to put a lot of biscuits
into the mouths of stricken women
and children
Incidentally the Legion boys put
on a fine minstrel and we will make
them all sore but one by remarking
that about 1200 Salem maids must
have been heart stricken when they
found out that Greek god, Karl
Hinges, Is married
But cheer uo. Girls. Karl has a
little Karl coming on who. is going
to maKe tne oia man iook use an
ogre.
Our traveling agent and walking
delegate, Ike Patterson, we see Is
still trotting about the state.
As a traveling anient Ike has Walt
Pierce looking like a snail
Regardless of the fact that Ike
told the people when he got on the
job he would stay home and tend to
business
Now Walt is out against the in
come tax and Ike is for it and all
the world's a muddle-
But neither one of them can
keep Salem from having a million
people-
Now that the Statesman has set
that goal.
The clumbers in convention here
passed a resolution for running wa
ter In every house
And the Statesman for still water
in the Willamette-
Yes, all the world's a muddle.
ASK ME NO MORE
By Stoddard ting
(With all necessarv anolocles.)
Ask me no more; Kentucky may not
be
The leading state In growth of win
ter wncai,
Nor the Rhode Island flagship of
the fleet.
But what, O questioner, Is that to
tne?
Ask me no more.
Ask me no more; I do not know, or
care
When the last emperor of Japan
was born;
I am Indifferent toward the Mat-
tcrnorn
And reck not what It Is, or why,
or wh era-
Ask me no more.
Ask me no more; it docs not matter,
now,
Which of the muses rules the chorlc
aancc.
And the mean rainfall of southwes
tern l-rance
I shall endeavor to forget, somehow.
Ask me no more.
Ask me no more; the dates of
Shakesneare's nlavs
Other; may write on paper, but
not i:
Shall not disturb my nights or fill
mv ciavs
Ask mc no more.
Ask tne no more; the son? that
Pinpa sanr
Let other penrlls diligently note,
I.ct them set down the epfes Homer
wrote,
But 1 dear heart, I do not give a
nans.
Ask mo no more.
JulwlsMul
Engineer Loses Life As
Log-Laden Cars Crash
Into Engine On Grade
Silvcrton, Or., May 21. Clifford
LaMcar, logging locomotive engi
neer, Is dead and Clara King lies
seriously Injured In the Sllverton
hospital today as the result of a
loqslng train runaway on the tracks
of the Silver Falls Timber company
below camp 15 and about 26 miles
from Sllverton on the Santlam slope,
about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
LaMcar was buried under four car
loads of logs and It took two hours to
dig him out. Doctors say that death
came instantaneously. Miss King.
whom LaMcar grabbed and lumned
with, was thrown clear but was In
jured In the fall. Pour other oas-
sengers. Including one woman, on
CREW OF 25
RESCUED FROM
WRECKED SHIP
Breeches Buoy Takes off
all Aboard Indiana Har
bor Grounded on Reef
1500 Feet of Line Used in
Rescue Work Steam
er to be Abandoned
San Francisco, May 21. (Af
ter more than 48 hours on a surf
battered and rock torn steamer,
barred from the California shore
by a quarter of a mile of treacher
ous, tossing water, the last of the
crew of 25 of the freighter Indiana
Harbor, which grounded on a reef
at midnight Wednesday off Punta
Gorda, Humboldt county, reached
land early today.
Captain A, Anderson and his ra
dio operator were the last to leave
the ship.
The rescue of the captain and
crew, in the face of constant men
ace by rough water, was carried on
all through the night. The first men
were taken ashore about 7:15 p. m
and the captain and radio operator
took their "wet huggy ride" as the
sailors call a trip in a breeches buoy,
shortly alter midnight. Previously
the crew of the Indiana Harbor got
a light line ashore by fastening It
to an improvised raft and paying It
out carefully as the waves washed
(Continued on potto eight)
BRIDGE REPORT
DECIDED ON
Washington. May 21. (JP) Final
decision as to specifications which
should be required in construction
of the Longview, Wash., bridge was
reached today by representatives of
the secretaries of war, commerce and
agriculture, who were designated by
special legislation to supervise plans
lor the structure.
Pending submission of their re
port to the cabict members details
of the specifications arc being with
held.
The report will be submitted bv
e. Lester Jones and Major R. T.
Coiner, of the army engineer corps
representing the secretaries of com
merce and war, and Dr, H. B. Hum
phreys, of the bureau of public
roads, representing the secretary of
agriculture.
They reached their conclusions as
to requirements for the brldgo at a
final meeting today after going over
the transcript of testimony taken
at a hearing in Portland and Long-
view some time ago. None of the of
ficials today would say whether the
specifications they recommended
differed materially from those pro
posed dv me Builders.
It is expected that the report will
be given to the cabinet members
early next week, and it may be made
public at that time.
DP. JUAN SACASA
GOES INTO EXILE
Managua, Kic, May 21. (JP) Dr.
Juan Sacasa, head of the liberal
regime which opposes the conserva
tion government under General
Adolfo Diaz, left Puerto Cabazas in
a sloop yesterday accompanied by
his entire cabinet.
the engine heading a train of 15
cars of logs, jumped safely.
The tragedy began with the ef
forts of the crew of Shay engine No.
3 from camp ' to put a derailed
car back on the track between the
engine and the string ot laden cars.
LaMear, regularly engineer on No.
103, was sent up to help with the
Job.
In some manner the brakes on
the fifteen cars loosened and the
heavy train came hurtling dofl-n the
steep grade into the engine. Four
cars were ditched but the train crew
and the passengers Jumped before
the collision.
Miss King Is unable today to give
(Continued dd put siihw
1
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1927
vJmI IS
RIVER CUTTING
NEW CHANNEL
TO THE GULF
Possibility that Missis
sippi is Changing Course
Through Atchafalaya
Pointe Coupee in Danger
100,000 Residents Af
fected if Break Occurs
New Orleans, La., May 21.
i wo tnousana men were battling in
a downpour or rain today at Mc-
Crea on the east bank of the Atcha
falaya to hold back the water. The
current was threatening the em
bankments protecting two million
acres and 107,000 persons in Louis
iana's "sugar bowl."
Great chunks of the embankment
were swept away from time to time.
out each time the men had antici
pated the slough and the water came
against new ramparts.
New Orleans, La., May 31. (Im
possibility that the Mississippi river
might be changing its course so that
in the future the stream would run
to the Gulf of Mexico through the
Atchaiaiaya basin, occupied river
engineers here today.
The opinion that this might hap-
pn was expressed by Major John
uotwais alter a survey of the situa
tion at Melville. George Schoen-
berger. chief state engineer and John
Klorer, New Orleun. levee board en
gineer, said they believed it impos
sible. However, D. C. Wadill, fed
eral engineer in charge of the lower
river, said that all that was keep the
mighty current from cutting a new
and shorter channel to the gulf was
a pair of stone sills, built In the bed
of the Atchafalaya in 1896. Whether
these would hold against the ter
rific force of the current was prob
lematical, he believed.
Refugees continued to pour out
of Pointe Coupee parish as a result
of a warning Issued by John M.
Parker, state relief director. A cre
vasse In the levees in Pointe Coupee
would inundate about two million
acres, the last of the fertile "sugar
bowl" and affect about 100,000 per
sons. The danger zone is from 130
to 150 miles above New Orleans on
the west side of the Mississippi.
while the evacuation was under
way a force of 2500 men who worked
all last night were fighting desper
ately to save the levee at McCrea,
10 miles below the point where the
Atchafalaya joins Old river.
Bend, Or.. May "21 .(?) Depar
ture of a crew of workmen to es
tablish a construction camp, and ar
rival of four more cars of railroad
construction equipment, making six
hero in all, were developments in
preparation here for beginning con
struction of the Oregon Trunk's ex
tension to Klamath Falls. It was
believed here that a Camp would
be located near LaPine or Crescent.
Kenneth D. Hauser, of the Hauser
Construction company, arrived here
yesterday and was non-committal
when asked whether his company
had been awarded contract for con
struction of the railroad.
COOLIDGE WIRES
CONGRATULATIONS
Washington, May 21. President
Coolidge in a congratulatory cable
gram to be delivered to Charles A.
Lindbergh in Paris told the trans
Atlantic flier that the "American
people rejoice with me at the bril
liant termination of your heroic
flight."
MOTHER RELIEVED
WHEN SON LANDS
Detroit, Mich., May 21. (IP)
"That's all that matters." In these
words Mrs. Evangeline Lodge Lind
bergh, mother of Captain Charles
Lindbergh, expressed her relief when
informed that her intrepid son had
arrived safely at LeBourget flying
neid, France, after an epochal flight
from New York.
BIGAMIST SENTENCED
Grants Pass., Or., May 21. (Pt
Oeorge E. Reinhart of this city ha--;
been sentenced to serve two years In
the state penitentiary, following his
plea of guilty to a charge of bigamy.
He was arrested In Coqullle about a
month ago.
Scouts Demonstrate Training
W. olographs of the feature events at the annual Boy Scout field rally hM W$Jn$i
Salem today (1 A first aia crew has Bill llndstrom bandaged from head io too ' and n astwtcher
as a demonstration. The crew from left, Horace Stewart, Maxcy la.irfor,l, and Chuch Bernard (3)
.se""ip!""'ea . From left, Lynn Hcfce, troop 4; George Forgard and Frank
cTpencd the i toZ V3l-ZuBOmlT ,,r"d",11 M0.u,t "Sscmb"' c"11 hls "" Frank Jlr!l troo 6,
opened the rally at JO o'clock. (4) Troop 2 scaling the wall. (5) A rare sight in scoutdom Is six
SStadl TTanJ t 1 fTJS,? ? .K ,6i. I0'". MrrJ 21 MIUo" "'"" ' Mora" S1art, 4; Bill
rrind e, 1, and Paul Laffcrly, 4. (U) Italph Ennor, troop 4, In the water-boiling contest. (7) Ardrey Ban-
ing it ouUthe lug o."war. 8""'tC" MM"- "" 3'0U knt"V how" (8) Tro'"' 2 (,ctt tZZZ".
25,000 GATHER
TO GREET FLIER
AT LEBOURGET
Flying Field. LeBoumet. France.
May 21 (Pi The flying field at
LeBourget tonight was ready to re
ceive Captain Charles -A. Lindberch
The sky at 8:45 p. m. was ulmost
ciear, alter a late afternoon rain,
and the American seemed assured
of a fine safe landing. The wind
had fallen considerably during the
evening.
There were at least 25.000 nersons
on the field and nearby grounds
uue tonignt.
At the same time, the aerial auth
oritlcs began sending up flures in
order to show Captain Lindbergh
as soon as he comes within sight, the
locauon oi tno landing Held.
Excitement was at lover heicM
when It was reported that the Spirit
of St. Louis had flown over Cher
bourg. American flags fluttered from the
entrance of the administration
building at the field here tonight
and English was heard quite as
much as the French. Two planes
were maae rcauy to take photo
graphers out to meet Captain Lind
bergh as soon as he was reported
off the French coast to try to film
him on the way to LeBourget.
Shortly after 6 o'clock tonight two
hugs vans arrived at the field and
workmen busied themselves setting
up ngnis ana cameras.
The crowd on the field was so
large that the police could not hold
them and there was some doubt
whether the aviator would be able
to land so densely were they pack
ed. NEW YORK PLANS
BIG CELEBRATION
New York, Mav 21. P1 New
York will officially boirin Its cpIp-
bratlon of Captain Lindberch's
flight when the Associated Press
flashes Mayor Walker at cltv hall
that the flier has landed In Paris.
The mayor said he would communi
cate with departments where
whistles were available and he urged
mac omciai news oi Llnaberg s suc
cess be ushered in with fitting
salvos.
When definite news that Lind
bergh had landed safely at LeBour
get was transmitted to radio stations,
the police department, the mayor's
office and various other places by
tne Associated Press, a deafening
roar arose from whistles, throats and
various noise making instruments .
The scenes along Broadway by this
time had Increased In color; flaps
were waving from office bufldigs,
stores were decorated with bunting
and along the streets was heard the
shout "He made it 1 coming from
thousand? nt people.
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Troop 4 Salem
Boy Scouts Lead
At Field Rally
At 1:30 this afternoon troop 4, Sa
lem, was leading in the annual Boy
Scout field rally on Willamette
fields. Scouts from every nearby,
city were present, including Corval
lis, Albany, Dallas, Woodburn, Sil
vcrton and Mill City.
The first aid contest was won by
trcop 4, Salem, with Chemawa see
on and troop 6, Salem, third. In
the troop camp inspection troop 2,
Salem, was first; troop 6, second,
and troop 1, third. The wall scal
ing contest was won by troop 4, who
beat troop 2 by a mater of seconds.
Troop 1 was third.
The scoring by points at the time
of going to press was troop 4, 70;
troop 2, 55; troop 0. 30; troop 1, 20,
and Chemawa 20. The selected
troop at the Salem Indian school
were very effective. They came to
the rally prepared to give the other
troops a good run in the special
drill event that will close the pro
gram and In the O'Grady drill.
THOUSANDS WATCH
NEWS OF FLIGHT
Paris, May 21 (P) Thousands of
persons gathered in the Place De
L'Opera tonight and watched a huge
electric sign on which appeared
news of the progress of Captain
Charles A. Lindbergh, American pi
lot. It took a force of more than 100
policemen to clear a way for traffic
through the district when the sign
flashed coniirmatory messages that
Captain Lindbergh had been sight
ed over Ireland.
if. :4S
5 Sandwiches Taken By
"Lucky" Lindbergh To See
Him Through to Paris
New York, May 21. (P) Like a
i -,a..d for a day's picnic "Lucky"
Lindbergh took five sandwiches to
see him through to Paris.
B. T. Mahoncy, the 20 year old
president of the Ryan air lines,
builders of his plane, the Spirit of
St. Louis, today told of the young
flier's food supply.
"He Is carrying two ham sand
wiches, two roast beef sandwiches
and one hard boiled egg sandwich
I had to press the last one on him
He said lour would be enough.
"He carried two canteens of water,
about four miarts In all, but no cof
fee or li:iuar. I had a thermos bot
tle li'lcd with coffee, but he refus
PRICE THREE
mm
In Rally Here
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FOR KELLEY
Appealing for executive clemency
for Ellsworth Keiley, sentenced to
be hanged, Mrs. Margaret Murray,
mother of the notorious Tom Mur
ray, has written to Governor Pat
terson. Kelly and Murray were par
tlcipants in the state prison break
in August, 1924, in which Guards
John Sweeney and J. M. Holman
and the convict, Oregon Jones, were
killed. After he had been captured
and sentenced to death Murray com
mlttcd suicide in his cell. Keiley and
James Willos are under sentence of
death.
In her letter Mrs. Murray says she
understands that Willos is to escape
the gallows on a technicality, but
this apparently is an error, Inas
much as the United Slates supremo
court, lias tnrown out both the Kei
ley and the Willos cases on grounds
that no federal questions are In
volved. Because Harney county, the larg
est county in Oregon, is maintaining
its jail to care for only one pris
oner, Lee Karpcnter ,an appeal has
come tq Governor Patterson to free
Karpcnter and save the county Its
jail expense. Karpcnter is doing
time for bootlegging. He has serv
ed six months and is now serving
additional time In lieu of paying a
$500 fine. Karpenter s case was pre
sented to the governor yesterday by
Pat Donegan, an attorney of Burns.
Til. DEN DEFEATED
St. Cloud, France, May 21. WP)
Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon
defeated William T. Tilden and
Francis T. Hunter in the doubles of
the Franco-American lawn tennis
tournament today, 4-8, 6-2, G-2.
ed to take it. He never drinks or
smokes."
As reserve rations he took small
cakes of highly concentrated food
suificient for one week. The plane
had a device for making water out
of tli j moi'itme of one's breath.
"We were anxious for him to take
i .ore food and v.e tried to talk htm
into It before he took off," said Ma
honey, "but he laughed and said
w iat he already had would la.st him
a month. He carried no life nre-
..I'.ers and no parachute, and so far
as i Know lie carried no special in
surance. The plane Is not Insured
He carried two flares which could
be used as a signal for aid In the
event of a forced landing.
rafter :ta '
CLOUDY
tonight. Sunday fair. Warmer.
Qentle variable winds.
Local: Max., 58; min., 46; river,
4.1; rain, .01; wind, aouthwest,
cloudy.
CENTS STHNTDV'Nr8.viNDo.!:S"
YOUNG FLIER
ciucunuxTinu
HU IDHII
UN MIVAL
Lindbergh Lands Safe! :
at 10:21 Completing
Non-Stop Fliqht to Park
Passes OverIreland ant
England Late in Da
Over 2 Hours Ahead
LeBourget Field, France, May 21.
Captain Charles A. Lind
bergh, American aviator,- landed
here safely tonight completing' bis
non-stop flight from New York to
Paris.
His plane, the Spirit of St. Louis.
came down on the field at 10:21 p.
in., rans time arriving about two
and a half hours ahead of his
schedule.
Lindbergh came over LeBoureet
flying high, slightly to the east of
the field. He circled twice slowly
then settled down 200 yards west of
the main building.
lie made a safe landlnr. headed
due west ..Ith the ground lights
nasneci on mm. The crowd of 25,-
000 gave a great roar and rushed for
v ard.
Dozens of persons were sweat off
their feet In the wild excitement to
reach the wonderful American.
The crowds surged around Llnd
burgh's plane before he could get
out or the cockpit. A few minutes
before the long aviator reached (lie
ground, the American ambassador,
Myron T, Hcrrlck, arrived, witness
ing his descent from the administra
tion building.
The plane was hauled in front of
the building. The daring youth was
lifted out and carried shoulder high
Into the open where he was enthu
siastically acclaimed and cheered for
20 minutes.
Time of flight, 33 hours, 29 min
utes. Paris, May 21. UP) An airplane
believed to bo Captain Lindbergh
was sighted approaching the Le
Bourget flying field at 10 o clock to
night.
The crowd burst into cheers even
before the plane could be definitely
identified.
At ten minutes after ten the lights
were trying to locate the plane
which was circling the lower end of
the field. The crowd was in a tre
mendous uproar and the police were
having utmost duticulty in keeping
them from the danger zone.
New York, May 21. iP) Lucky
Charles Lindbergh was zooming over
the last tew miles of his pioneering
flight to Paris late today, success
with its accompanying fame and
fortune practically in his grasp.
At 3:30 o clock, Eastern daylight
time, ho had spanned the occon,
passed over Ireland and England,
crossed the English channel and was
above the coast of France, in the
country of his dreams at last.
At that hour lie passed above
(Continued no imrce nevrni
New York, May 21. UP) An ap
peal fro mthe supreme court deci
sion vacating the injunction grant
ed him against the Columbia Alr
c aft corporation was contemplated
by Lloyd BcrUiud In his fight to re
main a member of the crew of the
Bella nca monoplane Columbia. Su
preme court Justice May in Brook
lyn lifted the injunction that had
held the Columbia from starting on
its projected flight to Paris.
Plans for an appeal were disclosed
by Bertaud shortly after sudden
preparations for a start of the Bel
lanca for Paris this morning were
cancelled because of high wind con
ditions In the North Atlantic.
Clarence D. Chaml :rlain, pilot
of the craft, said a start wou'd bo
made early tomorrow morning If
weather conditions permit.
FUNERAL SERVICES
EXPLOSION VICTIMS
Bath. Mich., May 21. uVt Funer
al services for the remainder of the
victims of Wednesdays school house
explosion here, which cost 44 lives
and resulted in injuries to 41 per
sons, were held today, while offi
cials continue to marshal evidence
to be presented at the inquest set
lor Monday.
Captain Oscar Olander, of the
state department or safety, an
njunced his department was satis
fled that Andrew Kchoe, demented
farmer, accomplished his maniacal
deed without an accomplice.