f
REPARATIONS ASKED
FOR NANKING RIOTS
A LE X A N D E R KERENSKY
B rita in . F ra n c e . Ita ly . Japan
and A m erica Send P ro
test Note.
Shanghai. The consul generals of
th e United S tates. G reat B ritain,
F rance, Japan and Italy Monday pre
sented a note to th e C antonese coo- 1
taln ln g th ree dem ands In consequence
of the anti foreign rioting at Nanking
Of March 24.
T h e d em an d s, a s given out by the
RUSSIA TO CLOSE
EMBASSY AT PEKIN
L A. GAUSS
h
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERANNTEREST
Note to N orthern Chinese G ov
e rn m en t P rotests Raid on
S o v ie t Buildings.
B rie f Resum e of H appenings of
the W eek C ollected fo r
O ur R eaders.
Moscow. — Soviet Russia, dem and
ing redress from the Pekin govern
ment tor the raid conducted last week
on buildings attached to the soviet
em bassy in th a t city, has served no
tice on the no rth ern governm ent th at
as a sign of p ro test It will recall its
charge d'affaires in P ekin and its en
tire em bassy staff.
The soviet governm ent, while pos
sessing sufficient technical m eans for
| employing rep ressiv e m easures, the
note says, nev erth eless definitely re
jects the idea of a punitive action.
The note dem ands th at the C hinese
police m ust im m ediately evacuate th e
buildings raid ed ; th at all the a rre ste d
employes of th e em bassy's economic
in stitutions be im m ediately released ;
th at all docum ents taken from the
buildings m ust be returned and th a t
all possessions, money, books and per
sonal property m ust be given gack to
th eir owners.
The soviet n ote was in the n atu re
of a reply to one from the P ekin for
eign office, tran sm itted through the
local charge d ’affaires, sta tin g th a t
under th e protection of the soviet
em bassy com m unists had established
them selves in the Dahl bank, and the
old R ussian barracks, and had plotted
an uprising. The Pekin note declared
th at aa a resu lt of the raid, w eapons
and propaganda and o th e r evidence
had been found proving this intention.
Sixteen hundred baby chicks w ere
burned in a fire which destroyed the
W. Cobb poultry plant n e a r R oseburg
J. J. W alsh has been appoihted
w ater m aster for W allowa county to
succeed A. H. Page, who has resigned.
A —.
B ruce M illard, noting som ething to
be w rong with his car on the F ulton
Canyon road n ear Rufus, got out. and
while hunting a rock to put u n d er
the w heel to hold the car. It ran
through two fences and then plunged
into th e abyss below, a distan ce of
600 f e e t
A fter a tour of Inspection, R. P.
N ew lands, m aintenance engineer for
th e s ta te highw ay departm en t, an
nounced th a t a light, p reserv ativ e
coating of oil would be applied on the
M ount Hood loop highw ay, betw een
Hood R iver and P arkdale, as soon as
rains cease.
V . e
C onstruction of 15 m iles of w ay
trails to connect with existing trail*
Fred Hogg is th e new m arket m as on th e north side of Mount Hood h a s
te r for Oregon City. Mr. Hogg was been planned for this season by 3. C.
C h in ese a u ih o r lt.e s , a re :
appointed to the office following the W alters, chief forest ra n g e r for th a t
F ir s t- Punishm ent of the com m and
section. A forest road to connect th e
resignation of H. W. K anne.
ers and troops r> -ponsible tor the kill
loop road with D ufur will be b u ilt
The
first
shearing
of
sheep
of
any
ing and wounding of foreigners, for
considerable num ber sta rte d a t Pilot this sum m er.
th e Indignities to which o thers were (
O rders were given by O. L aurgaard.
subjected, and for the m aterial dam- I
L. A. Guass, the Am erican consul Rock Ityit week, when th e C unning
P ortland city engineer, to the Pacific
age done.
general in Shanghai, who is looking ham in te re sts clipped 1500 head.
Second—A w ritten apology by the
a fte r Americans caught in the area of
The McCoy A Atwood general mer- Bridge com pany to s ta rt work Imme
com m ander In chief of the C antonese '
j chandise store a t W asco was de- d iately on the >2,000 000 unit of th e
arm ies and a formal prom ise to ab- j Alexander F. Kerensky, head of the
! stroyed in a spectacular fire th a t for L aurgaard w ater-front developm ent
project, following the approval by the
stain from violence ag ain st foreign firs t revolutionary government In Rus
a tim e th reaten ed the en tire city.
w ar dep artm en t of the changes asked
ers' Bveg and interests.
sia, who is visiting in the United
F ire broke out in the boiler room of
in the harb o r line.
Unless the C antonese prove their States.
the boys' training school n ear Salem
Intention to comply w ithout delay, the
The F ebruary rep o rt of th e C lacka
and did >2000 dam age before It was
powers warned th a t they would ba
m as C ounty Cow T esting Association
controlled.
T
he
boys
did
m
ost
of
the
compelled to take such steps as they
shows 521 cows tested, with a 'to ta l
fire fighting.
considered necessary.
average for all cows of 751 pounds of
W ashington. D. C.—Condition of the
P o rtlan d 's 1927 C om m unity C hest
Delivery of the protest wag made
milk containing 31.6 poundç of butter-
w inter w heat crop April 1 w as the
by Sir Sidney Barton, B ritish consul
cam
paign
will
be
staged
during
the
highest of any y ear on th a t d ate since
fat. One hundred cows produced m ore
general, as dean of the consular corps,
week of O ctober 21-28, according to
1921. the d epartm ent of agriculture
than 40 pounds of fat, a depided in
acting as the spokesm an for the
placing it at 84 5 per cent of a norm al, a decision ot w orkers a t a m eeting crease over the previous report.
W ashington, D. C.—The spring su r
American, French. Japanese and Ital
an increase of 2.7 points since Decem held last week.
vey of the agriculture departm ent
A ppropriation of >25,000 for th e pur
ian consul generals.
M em bers of the state board of con chase of fairgrounds, erection of
ber 1 compared with an average de
shows th a t the general level of farm
The C antonese arm ies, checked in
cline of 4.6 points betw een those dates trol approved the site of the new state buildings and holding of a fair h as
wages on April 1 was 166 per cent of
th e ir northw ard advance, now a re ap
tuberculosis hospital a t T he DaUes been made by the Josephine county
in the last ten years.
the pre-war level and practically the
parently threatened on two fronts by
The departm ent issued no forecast and said th a t work would be started court, A site has been selected fo r
sam e as a year ago; but th at farm
advancing northern arm ies.
of indicated production Dor any sta- as soon as possible.
wages a re not n early as high as in
the fair on the Redwood highw ay,
It Is persisten tly reported from
tistica on the acreage abandoned, both
dustrial wages, which are about 231
Due to a surplus of receipts a t e a st about a mile and a half from z G ran ts
Nanking th at M anchurian forces are
of which will be estim ated next month. ern and middle w estern m arkets, the Pass. W ork will be' s ta rte d ''a t once.
per cent o t the pre-war level.
rapidly advancing down the Tlentaln-
The area sown to w inter w heat last broccoli price broke at R oseburg last
High Industrial wages, th e d ep art
Pukow railway, while to the east.
M achinery providing th e final lin k ,
fall was 41,807,000 acres. L ast y e a r’s week, sales being reported at >1.20
General Sun C huan-Fang’s reju v en at m ent states, have apparently acted to
in the chain of production from tow
harvested a re a was 36,913,000 acres and >1 25 f. o. b. Roseburg.
ed arm y is progressing in strength m aintain farm wages a t about last
to the w eaving looms was placed In
and production 626,929,000 bushels.
year's level in the face of an Increase
N early 300 delegates from 33 com operation at the Oregon linen m ills
southw ard along th e Grand canal.
AU im portant w in ter w heat states m unities of both Oregon and W ash
in farm labor supply relative to de
last w-eek. The first spool of the com
mand. P ractically all sections of the
W ashington, D. C.—Any prospect of In the eastern, cen tral and no rth cen ington m et in St. H elens In a session pleted product was turned over to R.
country reported an increase in the im m ediate Philippine independence tral sections showed im provem ent in of associated cham bers of comm erce
C. Snelling, m anager of th é plant,
supply of farm labor relative to de waa killed by P resid en t Coolidge In a conditions since December.
of the low er Colum bia river.
who will preserve it as a souvenir.
In K ansas, th e g re a te st w inter
mand, the larg est d ecreases being in veto of th e proposal of th e insular
A dvent ot spring In K lam ath has The w eaving looms began the m anu
southern states.
legislature for a plebiscite on th e ques w heat producing state, w here 11.962,- been signalised by the re tu rn of g reat facturing of crash tow eling im medi
The farm labor supply was reported tion. The plebiscite bill bad bean ve 000 acres w ere sown last fall, th e de
flocks of m agnificent white pelicans. ately.
W ashington, D. C.—H enry L. Stlm at 90.8 per cent of norm al April 1, toed by Governor-G eneral Wood but partm ent said rainfall had been am The birds have chosen K lam ath lakes
The dairy Industry of Orégôn m ade
ton of New York, form er secretary ot com pared with 91 1 per cent March 1 passed over his veto. The action of ple. except for the w estern third and as th e ir spring and sum m er habitat. a very satisfacto ry show ing in the past,
in
portions
of
the
soft
w
heat
area
In
thia
y
ear
and
89.1
p
er
cent
April
1
Mr. Coolidge definitely shelves It.
war, haa been appointed a special rep
Road crew s on duty In the Des year In point of production', according
The p resid en t sum m arized his rea the southeast, w here rainfall w as ex
resentative of P resident Coolidge to last y ear; farm labor dem and 88 9 per
chutes national forest in th e coming to a statistical report leaded by J.*D.
cent
of
norm
al,
com
pared
with
87.5
cessive.
sons for opposing the m easure as fol
Investigate the N icaraguan situation,
season are to be organized into fire Mickle, Oregon dairy and food com
S ecretary of S tate Kellogg announced and 91.0, and supply of farm labor In lows:
fighting unite, with experienced for m issioner. The b u tte r output of th e
per
cent
of
demand
was
102
5
per
cent,
“The
plebiscite,
u
nder
conditions
a fte r a conference a t the W hite House.
T E L E V IS IO N MADE REAL
est fire-fighters serving as foremen 93 cream eries of the sta te was 24.827,-
provided or, In fact, now possible,
"T he strife and bloodshed going on compared with 104.1 and 98.
W earing of etripes by incorrigible 751 pounds, an increase of Y.056,947
Monthly farm w ages with board, would not accom plish th e stated pur Secretary Hoover’s Image Sent Over
In th a t country Is a m atter of great
prisoner«
In the Oregon sta te peniten pounds ovcf the production ’ In '1926
April
1,
were
reported
a
t
>3453
and
Telephone
W
ire.
pose The re su lt of the vote would
reg ret and the necessity for protect
tlary
has
been
abolished according to The gain in cheese was also large,
w
ithout
board
a
t
>48.47,
compared
be unconvincing.
ing the Interests of our citizens there
New York.—Television, a sc ie n tists’
2,525,793 pounds, the production la s t
“It might create friction and dis dream ever since the telephone was announcem ent m ade by H enry W
and the large In terests of the United with >32.94 and >47.07 Jan u ary 1 this
year being 13,515,716 pounds.
year,
and
>34.38
and
>48.17
April
1
.Meyers,
superintendent
of
the
lnstitu-
tu rb business, slowing down progress Invented half a century ago. became
S tales governm ent Is very g reat,” the
A ppointm ents of m em bers of both
“It m ight be taken to m ean its a p an actu ality when S ecretary of Com tlon.
Kellogg statem ent, announcing Stlm- last year.
S atisfactory progress on a bore the sta te fish com m ission and sta te
proval by th e United S tates or as an m erce H oover spoke over the tele
son's appoL ment. said.
act likely to Influence th e United phone in W ashington and w as seen through N eahkahnie m ountain, which game com m ission w ere announced by
Julian B. Sacasa, N icaraguan rebel
SHO RT N E W S NUGGETS
States.
leader, Is reported by the N icaraguan
as well as heard In the Bell telephone Is being m ade p rep arato ry to con Governor P atterso n recently. The
R eappointm ent of Joseph H. W heel
struction of a tunnel as p art of the new fish com m issioners are John C.
"Finally. I feel th at it should be dis laboratories here.
legation here as about to flee to Mex
er as warden of th e sta te penitentiary approved because it is a p art In the
Ico.
Not only w ere S ecretary Hoover highway along the coast, was reported Veatch of Portland. Ç hrls Lqinenwab-
er of A storia and Frpd P. K endall of
S acasa's revolution Is destined to was announced by the Idaho state agitation I d th e Islands which, by dis and a score of others In W ashington at Tillamook.
couraging cap ital and labor. Is delay seen In New York by telephone wire,
end In "com plete failure,” according board of prison control.
P rune packers and grow ers from Portland. The new game com m ission
T he C anadian national funded debt ing the a rriv al of the day when the but a radio program was broadcast all parts of w estern Oregon and south ers are I. N. F lelschner of P ortland,
to the ’ legation, and unless he flees,
Sacasa haa no altern ativ e but to sur was reduced >35,000,000 last year, Philippines will have overcom e the over the lab o rato ries' experim ental ern W ashington attended a conference M att C orrigan of Corvallis, L. A.
ren d er and throw him self on th e m er leaving a total o u tstanding of >2,480.- m ost obvious p resen t difficulty In the station, and moving likenesses of the held In Salem la st Tuesday, for the W right of Union, M A. Lynch of Red
305,000, according to comm erce d ep art way of Its m aintenance of an unaided perform ers as well as the sound ot purpose of discussing grow ing and mond and Ben D orris of Eugene.
cy of P resident Dias
governm ent.”
The legation statem en t aald Sacasa ment advices.
Action by the state to recover ap
th e ir voices were put on th e a ir and m arketing conditions.
A utomobile accidents w ere respon
baa only a “beaten, retreatin g and de
tra n sfe rre d to a screen in th is city.
R oger W. Morse, for the last four proxim ately >1.349,391 which It allege«
serting force betw een him and the stble for 441 d eaths in 78 large cities W H IT E
years county agent of Morrow county, is Its sh are of the Oregon and Cali
HO USE IN DANGER
oncoming
victorious
governm ent of the United S tates during the four
Eastern Oregon Towns Have Quake. has been selected county agent of fornia land-grant tax refund to 18 Ore
forces" and th at S acasa's exchequer weeks ending March 26, 1927, the de Roof Trues Supports Found to Have
Baker. Or.—Four tow ns in Pine and B aker county to succeed Paul C arpen gon counties, was launched in Salem
partm ent of com m erce reported.
is "totally depleted."
Sunk Out of Place.
E agle valleys reported a series of mild ter, F L. Ballard, sta te leader of coun when Sam A. Kozer, se c retary of
Minority stockholders of the Chica
state, personally made dem and upon
W ashington. D. C.—F e a rs of engi earth q u ak e shocks at intervals S atu r ty agents, has announced.
go. Milwaukee A St. Paul railroad
m em bers of the Marion county court,
Shocks w ere felt at
neers th a t th e W hite H ouse roof was I day m orning
POTASH TRUST CHARGED
F
arm
ere
in
many
eeotione
of
W
al
were denied an Injunction to restrain
In a precarious condition have been Richland, Newbridge, S p arta and Half lowa county are w arring upon ground U. Q. Boyer, county clerk, and D. O.
D rager, county treasu rer, for >24,-
U. 8. G overnment Sues French and the In terests which have purchased confirmed by Its recent rem oval In
squirrels w ith poisoned grain. Those
the road from proceeding with a n
029 41 of the tax refund of >119,>55.56
German Companies.
th e course of reco n struction of the j
who
have
been
poisoning
during
the
W ashington. 1». C —A conspiracy to nounced reorganisation plans.
upper p art of the executive mansion P ilo t of Airplane and Passenger Die past two weeks state th at satisfactory received recently by Marlon county
Fifteen m asked and arm ed men
control and monopolize the potash In
from the federal governm ent.
U ncovering showed th a t th e huge
S eattle, W ash. — Raymond Small, resu lts have been obtained.
dustry of the United States, directed held up four employes of th e Illinois tru sses which held the burden of the v eteran ex-PacIflc ertast airm ail pilot
The m ysterious duck disease w hich
Bobble, nationally known as the col
by German and French producers. Seas W atch Caae com pany plant at Elgin. root had sunk out ot place and were and F rankes Bemrick. a passenger,
lias claimed tens of thousands of gam e
charged In a suit fl'ed In New York I III. ran sack ed th e vault and several actually restin g on the fragile parti i are dead as the result of an airplane lie dog who walked back to th e home birds in the Tule lake and M alheur
of his m aster, O. F. Brazier,- in 811
by th e governm ent. Through rep re sm aller safes and escaped In four tlon walla of th e third floor.
crash a t Ihe Sandpoint naval aviation
lake sections has again broken out,
verton, a fter he had become separated
sentativ es In New York, arranging autom obiles with gold, th e value of
In the opinion of arm y engineers ' field, n ear here.
according to George Tonklng, U nited
from him in Indiana, died in Portland
with American distributing agencies, which may run as high as >16.000.
the roof m ight have caved in a t the
S tates deputy game w arden, who la
after
an
illness
of
several
weeks.
th e governm ent alleges th at the
slightest provocation and It may have
T H E M ARKETS.
on an Inspection of the duck situation.
French and German companies are '
188.94, Oregon Cars Licensed,
P lans were perfected at a meeting Instead of returning north to nest,
continued In place for m any more I
Portland.
dividing the sale of potash to be made
Salem, O r Motor vehicles totaling years, depending on circum stances.
W h eat—Big Bend bluestem , >1 3 6 4 ; in G rants Paes last week of local hundreds of thousands of game b ird s
In this country,
( 188.941 have been licensed In Oregon
hard white, 11 3 3 4 ; federation. >130; poultrym en for the organisation of a are nesting in the low er K lam ath lake
T he com panies also are alleged to j ^or 8927. as against 176.594 in the
soft white, w estern white, >1 30 4 ; Rogue River valley m arketing co and Tule lake areas T he disease, the
Oregon Prison Abolishes Stripes.
have been fixing price* and the gov
l » rlo<' » F"W ago, said a state
hard w inter. >1,3814; n orthern spring, operative, Including the grow ers of nature of which is still a m ystery, 1*
Salem. Or.—Prison stripes, adopt)
ernnient a sserts th at because the - m,'nt Issued by Sam A. Kozer, s c ire
Jackson and Josephine counties.
>1.30; w estern red, 1127.
prevalent am ong th e nesting bird«.
under th e ad m in istration of Ward)
tnlnne of the French and German corn , **r F ot «thte. License fees for 1927
F o u r thousand sacks of certified
H
ay—Alfalfa.
>13013
50
ton;
valley
Lillie ms garb for the "hard boile<
D uring March when baby coyote*,
panlee constitute th e only source* ol |
>5333.031.
Should the
tim othy. >18318 60; eastern Oregon seed potatoes, recently ordered for baby bobcats and baby cougars w ere
m em bers of th e state penitential
a large supply of potash. American reg istratio n s Increase at th e same
farm ers of the county by County
tim othy. >21 321 50.
population, will be taboo under tl
born on all the ridges and slopes and
users are alm ost wholly dependent ratio during the rem ain d er of the
Agent Donaldson, of W allowa county,
B u tte rfa t—46c.
new
adm
in
istratio
n
.
It
was
decided
1
the valleys of Oregon, »he population
year, th e to tal for 1927 would exceed
upon them for th eir supply.
have all been spoken for. The price,
Egg» Ranch, 19024c.
of predatory anim als In the sta te w as
250.000. T h e license fees for 1927 the sta te board of control, followlt
C heese— Tillamook, triplets, 25 4 c ; delivered a t E nterprise, fc >2.70 a lessened 255 by United S tates biologi
a visit of Inspection to the priso
Tim e Allowed Oregon T runk Plan. *Kgregate >«-«00 000 o r >580.000 more
hundred.
loaf. 2614c per lb.
"The
strip
es
simply
set
the
'hai
cal survey hunter». Forty-four of th e
W ashington. D. C.—The Oregon than for 1926.
C attle—Steers, good, >9 25010 15
The lew enacted at the lfc»7 legls >14 coyotes killed, acqordlng to the
boiled' off as heroes In the eyee of tl
T runk railroad has been given until
Hog*—Medium to choice. >10312 25 lalure, authorising refunds of auto monthly report of Stanley O. Jew ett,
less hardened crim inals.” Jim Lewi
April 25 to notify th e In terstate com Naw Oregon Gam« W arden Named.
Sheep—Lambs, medium to choice, mobile license tees paid under th e so
th e new w arden, told th e board
governm ent biologist w ere pup* w hich
Salem.
O
r-
Harold
Clifford
of
Can
m erce commission w hether It will ac
>11.(0014.
control mem bers.
called peddlers act, relates only to were dug out ot th e ir p aren te’ dene.
cept the term s proposed by the yon City was unanim ously elected
Seattle.
comm ercial salesm en
This was the Forty bobcats and one cougar w ere
Southern Pacific railroad for Joint state gam e w arden by the new state
W heat -Soft white, w estern white, substance of a legal opinion prepared
Dry Agents' D rin k * Are Lim ited.
reported killed during the m onth, la
use of th e la tte r's Cascade line Into game comm ission at a special meeting
>13314; hard w inter, >13114; w estern by th e attorney-general recently at
W ashington. D. C.—The answ er
addition, a large num ber of unborn
K lam ath Falls, to g eth er with other in Salem, following a conference with
red, >1 30 4 ; northern spring. >1.334; the request of the secretary of state
coyotes and bobcats w ere dstroyed.
privileges. Including the right to build G overnor P atterso n . The commission the question, "when Is a prohibit!)
Big Bend bluestem . >138; Big Bend
officer
Justified
Io
taking
a
drink
A half-million bees to be used for
Its own extensions within prescribed voted to retain Matt Kyckman as su
A uthorisation of a sale of >125.000
dark northern spring >1.37; Big Bend
the pollination of cherry blossoms In in 1-year bonds waa made at McMinn
lim its.
p erlntendent of h atcheries and Harvey waa glvso officially by A ssistant Se
dark hard w inter. >1 37.
retary Andrews. In charge of tl
the O rchard H eights district of Polk ville by the Pom w isilbh Bi charge a t
Moreland aa chief clerk.
Hay— Alfalfa. >25; tim othy, p. 8 ,
treasu ry 's prohibition policies
It
county were received in Salem recent construction of th e SalmoA Wver-Ol|h
M ilita ry Attache A tksd to Explain.
133
“Only when It Is absolute
ly by H. M Mead, so-called bee king short-cut road to the R oosevglt high
W ashington, D. C Lieutenant Col Portland Departm ent Store Robbed. 'h is
B
utter-
Cream
ery.
45c.
ot the Salem vicinity. Included In the way.
onel Edward Davis, m ilitary attach e at
Portland. O r A daring gang of safe necessary to do to to obtain w iden,
Egg» Ranch. 25 338c.
consignm ent w ere 50 queen bees.
the A m erican em bassy in Mexico City robbers, believed to have num bered of ta le th a t will stand In courb”
P ro p erty taxes In O regon for 193Y,
H ogs —Good. 213.11312 25.
A tale of maddened dairy cows and as extended on th e tax ro lls 'fo r 192«,
I t retu rn in g to W ashington. called at least seven, a fter holding the night
C
attle—
Steers,
choice.
>9
25010.
beef cattle attacking employee of his aggregate >47.9T>.377 52, according to
bark to assist the sta te departm ent In w atchman a captive for alm ost three Lamp W ins Boise Race for Mayo
C heese — Cream bricks, 25 3 26c,
Its Investigation of the m anner In hours Sunday night, robbed the Old»
ranch, of the death of 14 cattle from I i statem en t issued by E arl E. F isher,
Boise, Idaho H erbert F Lamp *i
triplet*. 2«c; loaf. 26c.
w hich confidential em txaay documents W ortman A King d ep artm en t store elected m ayor of Boise by the d ed al,
rabies of mad coyotes attacking his state tax com m lsaloner
The taxe*
Spokane.
found th eir way Into possession of ihi vault or between >3iiJ>00 and >40,006 vote of 4482 to 1617 over Ern O. B
herd, was told at K lam ath Falls by for 1926 totaled >44 97(»48 10. or ap
Hog*- Good. >11 85312
Mexican governm ent.
ind then made th eir escape.
gleson. lacum benL
H M Anderson, ow ner of a 1000 acre proxim ately >3,000.000 less than th o se
C attle Steers, good. >8 75 0 1 .
ran<h tr e e mil»« north of Chiloquin for 1937.
FARM WAGES BELOW
PAY IN INDUSTRIES
FILIPINO FREEDOM
VETOED BY COOLIDGE
STIMSON WILL VIEW
NICARAGUAN AFFAIRS
CONDITION OF WINTER
WHEAT REPORTED GOOD