Returns from Election in 234
Towns at Late Hour Show
Wets Behind by About
8000 Votes Women Suf
frage Amendment Ahead.
OHIO THROWS HER HAT
n IN PROHIBITION RING
State Says Gloomy ' Farewell
to John BarleycornSa-
, loons Close Early Rather
Than Pay Heavy License.
DALLAS, Tex.j May. 2 3.- At 1 a.
m. "returns, far from complete, show
the ' result of yesterday's general
election on constitutional amend
ments for prohibition and women
suffrage still in doubt, but with the
vote for both measures still In- the
lead. Figures.from 234 towns give
For, prohibition 47,795 against 39,-
981; for woman
suffrage 47,164;
against 43,563.
EL PAFO AGAINST BILL
EL PASO, Tex., May 24. In the
city of: El Paso the state-wide pro
hibition amendment was defeated,
the Vote being: j
Against prohibition 1,932; for
1.045. . I '
The woman suffrage amendment
carried, the vote being 1,699 for and
. 1,224 against.' t- -v---
. TUESDAY IS IAST DAY
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 24. Ohio
tonight threw her hat into the prohi
biten ring. Although constitutional
prohibition does riot become effect
ive until next Tuesday, all but 1U3 of
the 5.600 saloons In the state quit
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M H .ustrous Sfe A 1 I
L
ightsome
Excellent qualities at greatly reduced prices
and fight on the verge of the greatest Silk
" ; Season ever anticipated. :
j In the first lot we Kave wonderful novrltios in
i hamlsoine plaids and stripes, 'Qfin. wid, i
Slehd id qualities. Also Satiii Linings
. in plain slialesf j good serviceable
- materials at the small
price ofj yjyd
$ll35
Tlain Taffetas in nianV .
and mdi night hluej and
of our best Fancies
prints all :JG inches
of 40 inch Crepes cie cnuie in
good range of
the reduced
$ 1
A Large Accumulation of Silk Remnants to
Clean Up at I
HALF
fcVL V 'W1
MISS GIBBARD
IS PRESIDENT
Salem Young Woman Elect
ed eHad of Girls Suncjay
School Conference
J; ' i ; . j '
Miss CatherynGiobard,- of Salem,
was yeststrday "ejected' t? the presi
dency of She Western .Oregon Girls'
omenco ot Sunday;. Schools and
Marie Horard and Faith Jones, both
of . Portland were elected viee-Dresi-
dent and secretary respectively, i
Yesterday was a full day for th
young wbnieu, , commehcins at
9 o'clock iwith a business ' meetine.
Among thlose who made short talks
were Julia Gromoff. Gertrude Lan-
ninsr, Faith Jones. Mina Ward. Cath-
cryn Gibliard, Mrs. Ma.-v E. Faw-
cett. Mrs. Hurlburt, and rMiss Ger
trude EakSr. -conducted short discus
sions on topics of interest to the
girls. - I ' '
A 11:4." the girls fathered on the'
state hou? steps for the conferences!
ntA4'n.A f.ll 1 - . . - l
viiiuit; !iiweu, uy a nicnie inncn
in tha Rush pasture. After a short
business meeting the gi "Is adjourned
to the Chhsto halls o'n 'the univrr-
ify rtmpjs for a frolic planned bv
the "Y" iirls of. the college. Miss
Looney, of O. A. C. gave an address
on the re iV,it Idaho conference. ;
Last night greetings were extended
to the conference by Rev. Harold
Humbert, secretary of the Oregon
State Sunday School association, and
Mrs F. Ni Rogers, direct-ess. snoke
to the 'girls, on ."Aircastles," A
playlet, 'Thanksgiving Ann," by
four young women of. Salem high
"dniol V3R presented. Mi'3s Hazel
C, Fishwood. instructors in Eng'is"
at the hih; school, directed the" play;
Today's nrogram follows:'
SUM Y1 , tY TVEXTY-FIFTIi;
Mom fn?; - ; . T: '.
Girls visit church schools of pref
erence.
; Afternoon
. 2:00. Conference farewell sing;
2:15 Special music, i : t
2:30 Address: Mrs. W. E. Wright.
230 Music.
3:00 "Impressions and ' Expres
sions." 1 1 'l j
3:20 Goodbyes. ,
CLOSING SERVICE
Standing; hand in hand we pledge
our loyalty to God and girlhood: I
We look; upward to receive help
from above; y
. We look , to one another to re
ceive inspiration.
The.tielthat binds is: Our wish
through this loyalty to lift .up higher
ideals for jgirls and boys: - 1
: Sing: Blest be the tie! that binds
,' Our hearts in Christian lqve.
The fellowship of . kindred minds.
Is like, to, that above. .! T ;
President! We turn our face out
ward now to look for service.. j
Romansf 13: T. "Let '.j every, soul
be subject: (unto the higher powers.
For there is no power but of God."
(shades, including Mack
with tliciit go soine of-
in
tnpcsv" planls and
wide. Also a line
colors all
at
price, of
.65
PRICE.
Prices a
!i
PASSENGERS
OF VIRGINIA
Old Bay Line Steamer Goes
Up in Flames Off Mouth of
Potomac River at Early
Hour.
THRILLING RESCUES i I
EFFECTED BY CREW
Captain Badly Burned' When
He Refuses i to Leave'
I Vessel Early
, BALTIMORE, Md., May 24. Sev
eral of the 1D6 passengers on the Old
Ray line steamer Virgina, burned at
1 o'clock this morning in the Chesa?
peake bay off the mouth of the Po
tomac river, were injured but none
lost their lives. There were many
thrilling rescues made by members of
the crew of the burning vessel and
officers and members of the crew of
the Chesapeake liner City of Norfolk
which was close to the Virginia when
the fire occurred. ' ,
Mrs. E. I Newberry, of Baltimore, ,
and Captain W. G. Lane, of the Vir
ginia.! were the most seriously in
jured. Mrs. Newberry was hurt
when a life boat fell and Captain:
Lane is suffering from bad 'burns.
' 1 Risk'rew Carried !
The Virginia was bound from Bal-i
timore for Old Point and Norfolk,
Va. She carried in addition .to pas
sengers, a crew of 82, , all but three
of whom were colored deck hands
who have been accounted for. The
steamer's passenger list was lost.
Captain Lane, master or the Old
Bay liner, stayed with his boat to
the last and was so badly burned that
on his arrival he went at once to a
hospital. ' , .
' Captain Lane, Major C. D.' David
son, of Camp Meade, 'who was go
ing to; Newport News arid a laborer
were, the last persons to leave the
stricken ship, i t
j Skin is mistered
These three! men stayed until the
fire got so hot their hand3 and faces
were- j blistered. Major Davidson
was picked upr by a life boat.
Within 13 minutes after the blaze
burst forth on' the Virginia the men
on the; City of Norfolk could hear the
cries for help floating up to them
from thejlwater. The boats, of the
two vessels picked up all they could
find. .) .': ' . 'j ,
The- weather was clear and the
seas colm, otherwise the rescuer3
would; have been able to do but lit
tle toward saving those persons who
had to jump into the water. Two life
boats filled with' passengers capsized.
CREWS GIVEN CREDIT J
NEW YORK, May 24 Hut for the
splendid seamanship the crews of the
several rescue. ships there would have
been a heavy loss of life as a result
of the! burning ot the Old Hay lier
Virginia in Chesapeake bay last
night, James A. Wilder, chief sea
scout if the Hoy Scouts of America.
one ofl.the survivors, declared today.
Sir. Vfilder was taken aboard the
steamship Florida.
It was fortunate Mr. Wilder said
that the fire S broke' out at a time
when he Virginia was due to meet
Chesapeake boats bound in the oppo
site direction. ! Mr. Wilder safd the
men from the Florida and other ves
sels saved the entire company aboard
the Virginia wilh the possible, ex
ceptiort of several firemen. . The Vir
ginia's officers and crew, he declared
exhtliitjed great presence of mind
and the passengers were calm.
A large group of naval officers
and men did brilliant work assisting
in thej rescues Mr, Wilder said.
CHURCH DRIVE
WEARING CLOSE
f
Twenty-five Million Needed;
Northwest Methodists
Pass Quotas
rORTLANDf Or .-May' 24. (Spe
cial t The; Statesman) Twenty
five, million dollars remained to be
raised itonight; on the $105,000,000
Methodist centenari- fund. The na
tional total reported to Portland was
$79,206. 000, while the northwest
had contributed $1.714.216 or 73
per cent of its quota.
Thiif northwest Methodism may
make the campaign rather a success
than 'a failure. Frank C. Jackson,
campaign director, appealed yester
day to jrvry one of the 132 churches
which jhad completed their quotas
to rais an additional 20 per , cent
of their subscription ; tomorrow.
when the drive closes.
Within 30 minutes, the first
churchiof Vancouver, Wash:. or? of
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RESCUED
I Boyish Hero Stowaway I
On Transport Just in I
New York from France !
NEW YORK, May , 24. On
board the transport Agamem
non, which landed today, as a
stowaway was Leon Roberts, H
years old; who followed the al
lied armies for four years. Re-"
turning home 'from school one
day In 1914. he found his home
in , Lens destroyed by a bomb,
dropped froni a German air
plane. All the members of Lis
family had been kilted and he
followed a French regiment un
til its commander ordered htm
to leave, fearing he might be
.injured.
Ieon then attached himself
to British units, frequently car
rying water and cigarettes to
the men in the front line
trenches. When the Americans
arrived, Leon joined the 165th
infantry and during an engage
ment was wounded in the neck.
After getting out of the hospi
tal he attached himself to the
341st artillery.
SENATOR URGES
OREGON TO USE
AIRPLANE MAIL
,
Speedy .Action Required De
clares McNary. in Letter
k to Mayor Albin
' - Y in i
FOREST PATROL NEEDED
Government Departments
Anxious to Cooperate With
Cities and States
Declariag that speedy action on
the pa.t of the citizen3 of Oregon
is necessary if the citizens and the
Btate at large desire to adopt aerial
rrtail service and forest fire patrol
and asserting his faith in the prac
ticability ' of th service. Senator
Charles L. MeNary. has written to
Masor C. E. Albin.
The senator declares that the va
rious government departments are
anxioua to co-operate with cities and
municipalities in the establishment
of the service. Hj gives the meth
ods of procedure and requirements
Mayor Albin is giving the matter
very careful consideration before
taking action on it. The letter fol-
lowsxf;
' "I am very much iaterested in the
subject of areonautics s particular
ly applied to mail service and fire
protection and it is my confident
belief that these governmental agen
cies may be Installed, provided the
municipalities of Oregon desire to
cooperate with the federal govern
ment tn the establishment of land
,ing fields. ,
,"Oa aeveral occasions this spring
I have presented to the war depart
ment, air service, and the depart
ment of agricultures, forestry dlvi
sion, the practicability of employing t
airplanes and dirigibles in the pre-
ventjon of - forest fires and every
citizen of our state knows the an
nual los3 suffered by the devastat
ing force of forest fires a.id that an
ageaty calculated to reduce this loss
is worthy of public consideration and
the , necessary effort to invoke its
use. ' , '
Practicability Ik-numst rated
"The practicability ot aerial mail
service has been demonstrated by
the postoffice department and this
service is being extended into many
municipalities of the couatry.
"The .way to, encourage the early
installation of this servire is for the
cities in a given community or in
the state or along a proposed route
to establisn facilities for the opera
tion of aircraft.
" "I ami informed by Colonel Milton
F. Davis of the air service of the
United States army that his division
and the postoffice department will
cooperate fully in establishine mu
nicipal Janding fields. The general
specifications for a proper landing
field may be stated aa follows:
(a) (Tho location of the field
should be such that transportation
to and from the heart of the city
will not' ordinarily take lodger than
half a a hour.
; (b) Tho fields should be pitnat
ed adjacent to a good highway and
:be near to the fcity car lines.
(c) It should have public ser
!vico utilities, such as ebj-ctrie light,
water supply and sewerage.
fd) The field should permit of
Expansion.
j (e) It should not be in a po
sition whre it Is likely to be hut
in by future building operations,
j f The nrinimum i,tze of any
field' 'should be such as to allow
a '600 yard runway in every direc
tion, with .10 interfering obstacles.
fg' The field should i be square
tor rectangular. - .
Ch) A circle 100 feet in diameter
with a tiand 3. feet wide has pvovtn
liost effective,
(i) The ground should le smooth
nd firm; under all weather condi
tions. !.
(j) - All lasdine fields should be
fre? from surrounding obstacles,
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PROHIBITION
FIGHT GETS
IN MOTION
Foreign Delegates on Way to
U. S. Capital Where At
tempt Will Be Made to
Spread Sentiment
NEW YORK MEETING
PETITIONS CONGRESS
Voters of Washington Wfll
Decide by Referendum
Validity of Measure
CHICAGO. May 24. On the way
to Washington. D. C. where on
June 4 an effort will be made to
coordinate temperance organizations
for world wide prohibition, a party
of foreign opponents of alcohol ar
rived here today to attend a meet-1
mg tomorrow wnen national leaders
or prontDitlon win protest against I
removal of the July 1 ban acainst I
light wines nad beer as recommend
ed to congress by President Wilson.!
The foreign visitors are obtaining
first hand views of the operation of
prohibition laws in "dry" states and
counties and also are observing sa
loon operation In "wet" communi
ties.
Among those who have arrived
or are expected, were Dr. C. W.
Salceby, of London, authority on the
medical side of alcohol; Dr. Robert
Herod, of the International Tempr-
ance' Bureau of Switzerland; Rev.
Canon Masterman. honorary secre
tary of the United Kingdom alli
ance; Rev. R. R. Hammond, presi
dent of the Australian alliance pro
hibition council and Larson Ledet
of Denmark, editor of a temperance
publication.
Dr. Howard H. Russell of Wester
ville. Ohio, founder of the Anti-Saloon
league, also arrived and an
nounced that today was the league's
26th birthdav, having been founded
May 24, 1893.
ItK-sOLt'TIOVS A1K)ITKI
NEW YOAK. May '24. Resolu
tions urging congress to refrain from
enactment of laws to make effective
the prohibition amendment to the
constitution until its constitutional!
ty had been tested in the supreme
court of the United States, were
adopted by a large crowd at a masj
meeting held in Madison Square Gar
den tonight, under the auspices of
the Association opposed to National
Prohibition.
The resolutions also called on con
gress to icpoal befo-.B July 1 "all
tContinued on Page 3
HAWKER IS BELIEVED TO HAVE
BEEN IN MID-OCEAN WHEN HIS
PLANE PLUNGED INTO ATLANTIC
Vessel Reports Picking Up
Stray. Wireless Message
Reply to Signal
ST. JOHNS. N. F.. May 21. Helief
that Harry G. Hawker, Australian
airman, succeeded in reaching mid
ocean lefore his Sopwith biplane
plunged into the fea. was strength
ened tonight when the steamer Glen
devon, arriving from London, re
ported having picked up a wireless
message from the steamship Surga
early Monday morning in which the
Suraga gave her position, apparent
ly in reply to a signal from an air
plane. The Suraga was then at i 3
degrees 2S minutes north latitude,
and 30 degrees west longitude, the
same position from which the cable
ship Fatadiiy reported to london
that she had sighted a red light of an
arplane early Monday.
The Glendevon's captain said on
his arrival here that from the Sur
aga's message he deduced an airplane
on the course which Hawker would
have followed in his attempted flight
Trom New Foundland to Ireland, had
signalled for her position and sur
face wind.
At the time, 1:20 a. m. Monday,
the Glendevon was 20, miles rroni the
Surara and saw nothing of plane or
signals. The Glendevon. according
to her Ior, encountered a strong
northeast gale Monday on tho course
over which it is believed Hawker had
flown.
The Glendevon aNo reported pick
ing up a message from an unidenti
fied vessel to the effect that a Sop
wit h biplane had been seen to disap
pear la the fog at position for which
MAY DECIDES TO
JOIN IN PARADE
Colonel of 162nd Infantry
Fought Over by Rival Fac
tions in Portland
PORTLAND, Or.. May 24 Atter
being waited on by rival factions, one
of which desired that he keep oat of
the coming Memorial day parade
here and the other of which desired
that he head It. Colonel John L. May.
former commander of the lC2nd in
fantry and now adjutant general of
Oregon, said late today that he had
decided to march.
: The objection to Colonel May's ap
pearance at the 'head oft the troops
was made by certain mothers and
other women relatives of; soldiers of
the 163rd infantry, who ajleged that
he had treated his men inconsiderate
ly while in France. Of titers of I he
G. A. R. and the Spanish-American
War veterans urged him to head the
parade.
Aviator Climbs Across
Ladder Between Planes
ATLANTIC CITY. X. J.I Mar 24.
.Lieutenant On.ar Locklear. for-
merly with the ir service of the
mid to be the flrt in the annals of
n!uc. of catching a dangling rope
ladder from a secool airplane and
climbing into the craft" from which
it" hung. The feat was done at 'an
altitude of 2.300 feet. He has leaped
from one plane to another in the air
before, but never made an ascent
from one plane to another.
The performance was one of the
features of the day's flying events
held here in connctlon with the
pan-American Aeronautical conven
tion. VETERAN MAJOR
WILL LECTURE
Jack Hamilton, With Bride
Rescued from Huns, Here
Next Week
Major Jack Hamilton, veteran of
three wars, .who holds more military
honors tnan any man in Oregon, will
give his famous lecture in person at
Ye Liberty theatre next Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings. Mrs. .Hamil
ton, whom he married ATter he and
some other brother English officers
had rescued her and several other
women from a group of German of
ficers in a convent in 113, will ap
pear with him.
i
only the longitude of 19 degrees was
given.
The Glendevon brought here the
Vimy Bomber in which Alcock will
attempt his trans-Atlantic flight.
Colonel Hughes Says Tillamook Railroad Is' Mentioned
in Bible, and Mrs. Crawford Almost fats Skids Under
Doughty Auctioneer When She Comes Back With Verses
Col. J. W. Hughes of Forest Grove
is a live ttock auctioneer. He is
lesides a fine fellow and well liked
by the Je:sey breeders and all other
bn-edcrs of this section.
'He was with the Jertey men in
all their jubilee pilgrimage of last
week.
He was called upon to respond to
a toast at the Salem Commercial
club doijgs of Wednesday nisht, the
subject iKing. -Why HobUeln milk
makes better cheese than Jersey
milk." or somethit-g t- that effect.
Colonel Hughr:i got away with it
very well, ror he Is fjuick ou the
trlgcer for repartee, and hard to
floor.
But in the courae of his remarks
he referred to the fin rheese that
had been presented to the excursion
party by the Jersey dairymen of Til
lamook county through Mrs, Ros
v-iioiu, oi imamrooK. nerseii a
leading dairyman's wife.
tColonel Hughes said the Tillamook
railroad was mentiojed In the Ilible
when it was written in Genesis that
God created all creeping things, that
inTine pat tho Tillamook . cheese
was properly acM in its tortuous
jourmys market by boat, and that
proper aging was an Important item.
But. hince the railnad was built
the cheese goes oat by rail, he aatd.
nu me King goes on just the same
Uiine slow raovinr trains
Immediately after Colonel Hnghes
naa taken his seat. Mrs. Crawford
pretending anger, and taking off her
ilOSY
filOTE
FORM
Plan for ! Memorial Observ
ance, Completed Service
. at Cemetery and on Water;
. Paradej and Exercises on
Program.
ARNOLD IIS MARSHAL IN
CHARGE OF CEREMONIES
" . r c .
Procession to Have Four Di
visions jHeaded by Gover-
norVeterans . of Three
Wars to Participate.
Complete lans for the observance
of .Memorial ilay. May 39, were made
and announced at a tneetiag of repre
sentatives of the various patriotic,
military ar.d?fraternal organizations,
held in th city hall lan sight.
There will pe the services at tb.9
cemetery in the morning and ia the
aftemooa a parade and exerrlses ia
which all the organizations will par
ticipate will j be a feature.
J. H. Arnold, former command ?r
or Hal HHbajrd Camp. No. 5. United
Spaniih WarAeterans, has been chos
en marshal f the day and he will
be assisted 4 by Walter Spauldlne, .
representing 1 the veterans of the
world war, JTarry Wendeoth. rep
resenting theiEtkt. aad a member of
the Cherrian who has not yet been
chosen. i ' ' ' ' r ' "
9
Services '.tor Honored Dead.
The observance In the juorning
will be infofmal. the Grand Array
of the Republic, the Women's Re
lief corps, and" thy Ladies of the
Grand Armyiofthe Republic, gains
to the cemeteYr in automobiles. They
will "mjeet af the armory at 9:30.
Citizens are asked by the committee
to loan thei machine to take the
veterans and, their auxiliaries to th
services. I , ' v . -
The water? service In memory of
those wh 5 bjUe met their death at
sea. will be held at the Interounty
bridge at 1:30 p. m.. Only the or
ganization participating in the scr- '
vice will be permitted on the bridm
because o' tRe maximum load limi
tation of the) st'-ucture.
Parade at 2:30 1 31.
The first division of the parade
will form on t Marion street at Mar
ion square, aciag east. The sec
ond division jrlll fornr on Front
street at the siar faring aonth. the
third division will f jrm on Comjuer
ci.l street faring south and the
fourth division will form on Union
street facing east. The parade will
form at 2 p. :- m. and will'movs
promplly at S:3ft o'clock.-
Leading the procession will be the .
Salem bajd. then in order will bt
. (Continued on Page 3)
coat as she-marched down toward
him between Jhe tables, recited com:
verses, aboutlas fellows:
The hoot owf said to the whlnDoar-
wlll. ;
You can t 4ing nothing and yoa
won t Rep still;
I should think
ytu'd notice that
It would! be
Polite lo kectf still and listea to me
i
Said the whlppoorwill to the old hoot
owl, i
"You ileep all day and at night you
prowl;
Yoa show yoa r Ignorance quite com
plete iJisiurtin tbe mnslc I make
sweet." j
BO
And so it is with man and bird.'
Each thinks his voice should sure'be
heard; I , . . v
And they alrt any or us ha much
more skfll
Than the tld Jioot owl and the whip
poorwlll4 1 f
After Mrs. Crawford had finished
the first verse, the crowd was ch r-
lag her, ant whea she concluded
it was agreed that she bad almost
"floored" thej doughty ao tionevr.
He explained, thit it wm all pre
arranged. VH iMj-i Cravford de
nies this. . i ' ,
It should ie exrdaincd that Mrs.
Crawford is by natire. if not by
training .(perhaps loth). something '
of an crfoentl&nist. and that sbe pat'"
lot. of forie into the recital of
the vcrsea.
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