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I TUP. WRyilKIL Fa h- and wam.er; llfht to heavy frost in the" morning:'" moderate northwester!) winds. - The FUlMmia receive the leased wire report of the AmwUU4 Pr, Ik crMtMi ud aua rtUU re UMriiiioi la lk worm. piucei rivi: o:.t DUMBER OF BERRY CONTRACT SAYS 13 CENTS ON MARKET INQUIRY IN HOOVER NOMINATED . BARS DOWN CLUB LEADER QUITS SERVICE OF STATE . RJ?,,, APPOIXTKIi I.KrtTY OFFICIAL REPORT ON CARRANZA BY YALE STUDENTS - : YKVt.'TlKTII VKAlt """ ft f .... .......... ... ... - .a.......... ..... . 1 - . , . -.- ELECTORATE IS 346,319 --- . RAILROAD DISASTER Mmj.w.s Xtrr LIKELY TO SELL UNI) Kit THAT KIGUUK Representative of Paulhamu Inter ets Enters Into Pact With Grower Near Salens FOR LOWER GRADE FUEL KOKAIP.lt ORKGONIAVH AMK P.X. TKREIs IV I'EPKW OP ItrFPAMl liAIRY AMI POOD OEKICKH Work With ltp rtasesrt of Eriocal fever Eight Years Coovcwllow Sent Is Hoagbt Regular MKriabliraa Convention l II eM With Towwiwnple of Xew Have Attending XEW IIAVEX. Conn- May tl. Statement by Mr. Kozer Shows ; Total of Republi cans, Democrats and nils cellaneous Voters in Oregon PAMPHLETS MAILED TO ALL WHO REGISTER Printing Plant Works Nignt tqd Day Shifts to Grind Out Booklets Olcott Rebukes Senate of Spe cial Session for Failure to s Repeal Act The total registration or voters of all political creeds in Oregon is 346. jls. This figure Is snown in a statement of rcRist ration by conn tie and parties prepared yesterday fcjr Sam ,A.' Kozer, deputy secretary t state. The Republican registration is 221,271 ; Democratic. 93.403. and miscellaneous. 24.243. Miscellane oui embraces. Prohibition. Socialist. progressives and all others than. R publicans and Democrats. (Continued on page 2.) The pi ice of the unsold loganber ries will not likely be. less than !3 cents a pound this year. w. J. Trudgeon. local agent for the Purajlup & Sumner Fruit Can ning company, which is a Pa ulna mil concern, and which has a cannery at Albany, said yesterday that he had inhia pocket a contract for logan berries, just written, at 13 cents a pound or the market. , That is. a minimum of 12 cents a pound guaranteed to the grower, and as much higher a the market may go. if it does feo any higher. Mr. Trudgeon said he was author ized to take ail the contracts for un sold loganberries that he could get at that i rice and guarantee in this territory. Premier Nitti and His Cabinet Hat Resigned HOME. May 1 1. The ministry of which Premier Xitti was the head, has resigned. ' . Premier Xitti has been the object of innumerable, bitter attacks in the past year. The Catholics relented the policy of the Italian government toward the -Socialists as ."excessive ly mild." but it was recognized that Signor Xitti and. his ministers faced an exceptional period of unrest, par ticularly on the part of labor. A few days ago the opinion in parliamentary circles was that Pre mier Xitti was running, the. risk of being overthrown on account of his lenient attitude during, the recent disturbances in northern Italy. Southern Pacific Official Board Takes Testimony and Maker. Tests at Scene of Wreck DISCREPANCY IN TESTIMONY TAKEN Conductor Pilaris and Brake- man Fisch Responsible as Engineer ' - ' " 1 Retiring From Business To put forth one's best efforts is honorable, but to exert them where they will accomplishthe most, is good judgment y' v'yv-'V. Little . . . . ..- let: a Wle i t 'And one of the greatest opportunities to save mon ey: on things that are necessaryto exert yout efforts where they will accomplish the mostwill have passed. To make things exceedingly interesting, as well as prof itable tor our customers, we will give a straight discount on Everything of PORTLAXD. May 11. Mad Con ductor AnMin Pharis and other j members of the crew of Southern Pacific electric train Xo. 124 been alert at their post of duty, the head on collision with the outgoing elec tric passenger train which took a toll of nine killed and many injured, near Bertha station last Sunday morning, would have been averted. This was the tenor of oral testimony strengthened by actual tests today made at the scene of the. tragedy under the direction of the official board of Inquiry. called by the Southern Pacific company to fix the responsibility for the wreck. O. O. Johnson, conductor of the outgoins passenger Xo. 107. gave much of the testimony which tended to fix he responsibility upon the shoulder of Conductor Pharis and Itrakeman r"ich equally with that of the dead engineer. S. K. Wlllett. of the in coming passenger. The conductor and other trainmen. as well as higher Southern Pacific officials, testified that all train or-S ders must be read and .understood ' by every member of the crew. But' in the written depositions of Con-i JuftfA. 'Dk..!. J I. 1. . . . EM. .it. I uunur riiiiu auu in Kr-iuaii r iif u, of train Xo. 124. a discrepancy in statements was found. "I showed the orders to Pisch and he knew we were to meet Xo. 10" at the Itertha. station siding. stated Pharis in hi deposition. 'Xo. I never saw the orders and did .not know what they were." reads the deposition by Brakeman Fisch. "Pharis was in the habit of showing them to me if I was around when he got them, but there were times when I did not know what they were." In the actual tests with the air emergency brakes at the scene of the tragedy today it was apparently shown that had Conductor Pharis applied the conductor's emergency air cord, even after Engineer Wll lett had passed the siding where the trains were to have met. his train could have been brought to a stop before It crashed into the outbound passenger. The taking of oral testimo- will be continued tomorrow. With an oider of business patierend after a regular Republican conven tion. Yale under-graduate tonlgl t held a nurk convention before an au dience r jouo townspeople and nominated" Herbert Hoover for the residency. The vote in the formal ballot way Hoover 1.447. Genertl Wood 1.024. Every detail of a na tional convention was carried out uilh car by the Yale men. (i. G. lt-pVw of Buffalo. X. Y.. a nephew of Chauncey M. Depew. was temporary chairman and the "key note speech" was delivered by K. A. Wood, u!-o of Buffalo. Henry If. Luce, of Shantung. China. was per manent chairman and nominating t-peeche were then called for. Samuel R. Insull. of Chicago, nom inated Governor Ixiwden. of Illinois: liejew nominated Hoover; William H. Whitney of Xew Haven, nominat ed Senator Hiram . Johnson, and J. Knvill of Omaha nominated (Gen eral Wood. The nominating speech es were I'tniied to five rnlnnte each. After tt.-o liallots In which neither candidal had a two-thirds of the votes, it was voted to make a selee- Sealer's Department Suspends Prosecutions and Governor Will Pardon Convicted Per sons If Necessary STATE SAVED FROM CRIPPLED CONDITION Olcott Rebukes Senate of Spe ' cial Session for Failure to . Repeal Act X. C. Maris. ho for eibi years has btn an tod nrt rial rlab worker In the office of the stale s pert a ti fl uent of schools and who Is sow stale club leader, has reigBed. rfferllve May 11. Mr. Marts baa been appoln. ed by J. O. Miekle as chief depaly IS lite offire of the state food sad dairy department in Portland. His successor has not yet been rhusen. Mr. Maris U oa of the RepsVlicaa eaadidaies for delegate to the na tional Republican convention. He is active in the livesiork Industry of iht state and has considerable to do Hb the sucree wf that depart me si si the Oregot, slate fair. Ills home is la Port Ual. President Wilson's Cabinet Gives Mexican Si tuition Only Passing Attention at This Time Casoilne of less gravity than the legal grado of S degrees specific gravity un now lie shipped into the slate. Governor Olcott yesterday made, public a statement intimating that, iihee no branch of the stale government. .e'4p ta. legislative lion by a majority vole and Hoover I branch, has power to suspend las. SHRINE ISA PATROL RST CLASS won. ltr Hoover Poughkepsli. X. Y- May 11. Studen'ii of Vasar college in a mock Republican national contention held here today nominated Herbert Hoo ver .or the presidency on the flrrt ballot by a 3 to 2 margin over Gen eral Iouard Wood, second cltoU-e. 'st'ssa'ssssssssssssassssssssssssasMBssiasa wsssssBBSSBSBBSBBSSBBSSBSSBBsassssBV Not a single reservation. And, hear in mind, many, many lines have already been redueed 20 per eent, IV) per eent, and even as much as "i0 per eent. Think of an additional reduction of 20 per eent ! Many of the low priee would look ridiculous in print. Come early l Clothiers and Shoe Men Cabinet and Rolling Ladders SAM WOMAN PASSES AWAY - f t - Mrs. J. E. Scott Succumbs to Four Weeks' Illness ; Fam ily Well Known . Mrs. Mary Grace Scott, wife of J. E. Scott. Salem business man. died at her home. 1490 Ieslie street at 11:1 o'clock last night after an illness of tour weeks. . She was 5 j years old. Puneral arrangement are to be anneunced later. Airs. Scott was born at IngersolL, Ont.. Canada. She came to Salem in March, 1909. and had lived here since that time. She leaves her hus band, two daughters, one son and among other relatives several broth era and sisters, two of whom live In Salem. The daughters are Mrs. W. II. Adrian of Springfield and Mlas Eva Scott of Saiem. The son ; Harry W. Scott of thia city. Mrs. Fred L. Scott of Salem Is a sister and T. D. Trick of SaJem a brother. Mrs. Scott was a member of the First Methodist church. TO REGULATE SUGAR PROFITS Department of Justice Issues Orders to U. S. District Attorney SPOKAXE. Wash.. May 11. Mar gins of pvflt of sugar sold by wholesalers in the state of Wash ington must not exceed one cent jer pound and for retailers, two cents per pound, according to instructions received tcnigbt at the office of I'nited States District Attorney. F. A. Garrecht from the department of Justice. ' he order declared that profits in excess of the one cent and two cent margins would be considered viola tions of the l.ever act.' and that pro secutions would follow. Five section Men Clothing Cabinets built of quartered oak and plate glass, with Grand Hapids patent pull out hangers. These are i:i feet long with a capacity of about 320 suits. Strictly high grade furniture at a small frac tion of present costs. VT have two of these, each $100.00 Ladders Two 0. A. Milbradt & Co. RollinR ladders wilh ',7 feet of traekj Twelve step type with" track on tipper Jelge and side rollers under base shelf. First class condition.: Each, with half of track... .$1000 All Unsold Fixtures Very Reasonable AH Unsold Shelving at 8c Per Board foot TIMBER FIRE CAUSE OF SUIT GENERAL WOOD AT WASHINGTON Impressions Gained On His Campaign Tour of Half the Country WASHIXGTOX. Mav II. Major General Ieonard Wood, here today for a hurried conference with Sen ator Ixdge of Massachusetts and other Republican leaders, declared that In bis recent trips over half the country he had found no evidence of dangerous unrest. "The unrest we find today." he said, "is the unrest growing out of the industrial situation, with the high cost of living and reallxation that Increased wares do not give all one needs in the face of high prices Present conditions sre due more to our own Indifference. "The people sre more interested In the cost of living than any other thing." be added. General Wood declined to com ment on President Wilson's letter to Oregon Democrats concerning the league of nations. On the qnestion of soldier relief legislation, the general said be did not accept the view that there was a reaction against it. declaring it was more of a question of studying methods. Government Institutes Dam age Proceedings Against . Lumber Co. PORTLAXD. May 11. United States Attorney Lester W. Humph reys received instructions today from Attorney General Palmer to brinx proceeding against the Stanley Smith . Lumber company of Hood River, alleging that -the company permitted a fire to spread from its land Into government timber ad joining without making any attempt to check the blaie. . The action is said to be the first of Its kind Insti tuted by the government against a lumber company. The company is to to be sued for the losa sustained by I the government. It is said. Bathroom Door Jams, Women Scared, They Call Police The police were called on the tele phone late last night by a woman giving the name of Mrs. Vavra. 521 Union street, who said that someone had gone into their bathroom an1 locked the door, and that they were unable to get in. She asked to have a policeman come and Investigate. A policeman was sent at once. He fount that the door was locked anJ that the key would not open It. but Just as he was on the point of forc ing the door he noticed that the latch on th outside of the door had snapped on. When he released th- latch the door readily opened and the officer found no one In the room. 'After quieting the women, who were cadly scared, the officer went back to his heat wondring what othr strange thing would come np in his line of duty. be Vkill Uf- I he power of pardon and remission of fines delegated to bim by the constitution if any vendor of gasoline K convict.! of selling under the lea.il grade. O. P. Iloff. slate treasurer aad state sealer, issued a simultaneous statem-i.t in the effect that the weight and meamres, department will tnpend prosecutions until the sil nation Is relieved. Amy (itisei May Hte Though the weights and measnres department suspends prosecutions It would still be possible for any citl tcn to take action In court, and this Is where the governor's snthority to pardon or to remit fines would be applied. The governor s statement rebukes the sta'e wnste of the special legisla tive session of this year for blocking a repeal of the SC-degree specific gravity law which the governor terms an "absurd statute." "The many telegrams snd phone messages received st this office frost all part of the state Indicate that the shortage of gasoline Is serlons. says Mr. Hoffs statement. "In or der that the Industries or this state shall suffer as Utile Injury ss possi ble under this condition. It becomes necessary for the weights and mea sures department to suspend prose cations where the law governing the test or gasoline Is violated until this situstion is relieved." Mate las llUmed Governor Oleotl's, statement, fol lows: "The gasoline situation In Oregon has reached an acnte crisis through which industries are not only threat ened, but crippled, and there Is an immedia-'e probability of no more gasoline being shipped Into the state. The use cf gasoline, has become o closely linked with every phase of modern life that any serlons curtstl ment of its supply is nothing short ot a catastrophe. The alarming condi tion which exists Is largely dae to the law of the 1917 legislature which prohlbl's the sale or gasoline or less than degre specific gravity. The 1920 legislature had an opportunity to do some constructive work by wip ing ibis ab.nrd statute from the stat ute books and the lower bouse was unanimously in favor of so doing, but in tba senate, by a closely divid ed vote, the amendatory act was killed. As a result the people or the state are lacing a condition which al ready is causing a b-avy loss to business. "This office has been asked to sus pend lb- operation of the law. The executive office, or any other bran"h of the state government except the legislative branch, has no authority under the constitution or otberwUe to suspend the operation of this law When the legislature failed to func tion by repealing or amending the law. avenues for suspending H oper ation were closed until the legisla tive authority again lias an oppor tunity to act. (VMiMitatloa Kate Sit a lion "The constitution of the stat. however, ss a safeguard against sit uations just such as the present one. or to remedy situations where a grave injustice msy have been worked, baa extended to the execu tive office the power to remit fines snd to grant pardons, la the light of such a coastitatlonal provision I have no hesitation In saying that the people of the state should have no cause to fear that their Industries will be crippled and their social wJ being menaced through the operation of a law which has estgrowa its use fulness on the statute books. Fur ther. I tee no reason why the offi cials of the oil compsnles should hes itate to go ahead and import Into the state all of the gasoline necessary to place our Industries aad the opera tion of cars bck on a norma, I basis. "It ' the duty of the executive to see i hat the laws sre enforced. I also conclve it to be his duty to pro tect the people of the state, as far as it lie wltkia his delegated pow ers. agiinst damag or Injury that might be sustained through the workings of some lll-sdvlsed aad unnecessary statute, and that Is Jit what 1 intend to do II the occasion should arise." CoaurfitBlioauklUy Isoabte! Som persons express doabt ss to Captain McAllister's Men Pass Inspection Wben Re viewed by Portlanders CARRANZA HEMMED ' IN ON ALL SIDES Mexican President and Few Loyal Followers Make Last Desperate Stand The marching patrol or the Salens Sbrinerm passed a first class inspec tion when reviewed by officers Irons Al Ksder patrol of Portland at the armory last night aad the Salens pa trol and Its officers were highly commended by the vislliag officials. The Inspecting officers from lortLaad were A. II. Ia. pot estate of Al Ka- der temple; Hal T. Hatchlasoa. first llentensat of Al Kader patrol, aad Harvey Wells, first ceremonial mas ter or At Kader patrol. The Inspection awallfles the Salens patrol for participation la the Sbriae ceremonials and parades when the Imperial conclave comes to Port land In June and the Invitation ta par ticipate was exleaded last night to gether with aa lavltatioa to sec pany Al Kader patrol oa va riots summer excursions. Oae of these probably will be to Crater lake for a ceremonial al that place The Salem patrol has 27 members. The officers are: Captala. Joseph A. McXlllster; first lleateasaC M. L. Meyers; second lieateaaat. Allan A. Hall; quartermaster sergeaau D. W. (Eyre. , WASHINGTON. May II. Official reports lelliag of the overthrew of Presides'. Carraaaa of Metfcro were before Presides t WiUoa aad his eab taet today bat the new ivrs of e vests was understood to have been fjven oaly iwseisg attratiosw lntpatcaes fro ss navy orfVera aavd state departs)! repeeseatatlves all havw Indsraied taws far that aasar- aaces of rroiertloa to Americana and otner vorcigaers aaa beern given y vleterlons leaders of the revoIaOon ary forces aad there was aothlag la the sltaattoa. officials Indicated, that called tor attention by the Washing ton government. The eeioa of recognition of the aew government sptareallv la pro cess of fcrwtatloat la Mexico sway arise so-ra. It w aa. reported today that plaas far asking recognition were Wisg pressed by revolutionary leaders. Baperdreadaasgat Oklahoma la en rowie fro a Xew York to Key West hut reports fro as Captala Loag corn mas si sg the destroyer fere sev distrtbnted aloag the east coast ( Mexico, told aC a disorder. SMALL STORES MADE TARGET P-T Association Asks Council to Restrict Tbem in Resi dence Districts The Parent-Teacher association of the Lincoln school went oa recorl ' with a resolution last night discour aging additional business bowses la the residence districts and recom mending to the city council the pass ing of an ordinance reqairtag the unanimous consent of the property owners within 390 feet of any pro posed business bouse before a per mit be I'vcn for it erect loal The resolution declares "there I" no erjiag need of business houses In the residential districts of the city of Salem and thst on the contrary they detract from the besnly of the City aad are otherwise objectionable to nearby residents." Some cf fhe members branded th small business houses In the resi dence districts as nalsances sad It was asserted that iheir possibilities from the point of view of swecessfal business v mures sre not attractive. There was no dissenting vote on tn resolution. Another anion of the meeting was a solid siand in behalf of the edacs- tional mlllage measures that are t-s be voted os) at the special election, fol. Carl- Abrssus explsined. the VERA CRUZ. May 11. Forces commanded 'by Carranta fonght an all-day battle today against rebel troops aader Generals 11 ill aad T re vino between San Marcos, ta the state of Pnebla. and llaasmaatla. la the state of Tlaxleala, accord !sg to ads tees received here, VERA CRUZ. May 1 1-PresJisit Carraata. who la mak!ag a stand against heavy forces at the village of Sea Marcos. 27 mflea northeast of Pee his. has not yet been dislodged from hla position there by the troops of Cesurals HU1 and Trevtno, vhia are aitemptiag to drive bias from hla stronghold along the railroad, leadinx from A pita co to this city. IlROWN.SVILLtl Tex.. Msy 11 Thst aa agreement assy be reached whereby the revolstionUts vlU.gal. control of Matesnotvs, the last large towa In tMs sect a of Mexico aider control of Presides t Carraata. wan Indicated In reliable so acres In MaXS maree last night. It la said there ta a general desire of army officers ta Maumoros to avoid a conflict ee Iweea the federal troops aad the rev olutionist and It was reported In some qnsners that aa agreement Salsrdsy has been predicted. Ki, PASO. Tci, May tl -With U fate of President I'arraaxa atUl 1 doubt, reports of a few minor es gsgements' bet ween federal aad rebel forces all eg the aortbeasters border of Mexico reached revotauoaary headquarters toalght. Carraata forces at Ashless. Coa aalLa. wee roeted by troopa wader General Antoalo Prnaeda. aad atee the battle a traiaload of wowad! federals wsa sent lo Pied ran Segraa. opposii lis tie Pass. It wan reported. lighting was said to be la progress at Matamoros. opposite BrewaavlUe, Texas, with revoialioatsts atlacklag the towa. Kight hendred laborers aad their families were reported, as . aavlag al Moaxlovsv Co a a II a. blrhjtr Mlnrallnnit mlA Kill mmA Itr lgaiaereJ W. Canto tfmlth presented the mer-1 " mr Its of th- common school bill. After P'too from the sues ace ef Car- the bills had been explained thor- forrea operating la that region. oughlv the chairman a.ked if anv- "aimiur me gresier pan cm atea- i one present who had any objection to the two bills and not aa objectlm was of'eredl A h-ri program wss glv.n by th children of the sciiool in a very ca pable manner. ten a th Ir territory, rwvolstlewsry agents here today began their share) of ike long task, of recowarwetiosv which face a country torn by war for sa entire decade. (Continued on pace 2 ) Basinets Men Are Off to Eugene, Corvallis Today Approximately 10 Salem business men. Including S Cherrians In sal form, will leave Salem over the Ore gon Electric at t:2i ocfock this morning for Eugene on aa eaeareioa at the invitation ef Eugene business men. The primary purpose of the trip I to Inspect the University of Ore ton and become Informed of Its needs with reference to the higher educational millage bill to be voted on May 21. The Eugene cltixens will escort the fslem men about the uni versity buildings snd groands and be their hosts st s noon luncheon. After the lanch hour Eugene citl tens will take the visitor to Cor vallis by automobile where Oregon Agricultural college will be visited. The Salem crowd again will be the ruests at a dinner and will take the C:22 Oregon Electric for Salem ar riving here at 7:4.. BLUEBEARD TO WRITE MEMOIRS Pen to Gire Warning Helpful to Tbose Starting 0a Downward Patb LOS ANGELES. May 11. James P. Watson that Is the name the papers will bear that will commit to San Qseatia penitentiary for life imprisonment the blgamlst-marder-er. Los Angeles county authorities say has confessed to the murder of nine of his score or more of wtves anno seed today from th prison ward of the Los AncsJes county hos pital that he would write his "me moirs." "Mr pea. he said, "may send forth a wamlag which msy be Wlpfnt to many who hare started oa the downward x-iti." 0 t