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FIRST SECTION C PAGES . TWO SECTION'S i 14 Paces . i mm - -wr mf ' - v ir nl t 'i v i i w i s rj i.'i v ui m ' 61 :kxtTkt7i "vkXu . . -1 - KI.KM. Oltl.Goy MMt.V MllKMMi. MAX .to." trt. " riUCi:: 1VI5 CXT EARLY WORK ON HOSPITAL IS PLANNED finance Committee Takes Om Task of Completing Subscriptions for Remain ing Amounts Necessary CONSTRUCTION IS PROBABLE JULY 1 REGULAR EPIDEMIC OF RESIGNATIONS HITS T. V. HAYIF.S I.ATKST TO Ol IT SF.UVH'K COMMISSION Wright. Ktpliart, Clark and Xrlli Seek tU-tlrr 'iniMiivnlioii in Other Lines Gfle Resigns Executive Com mittee Post to Serve on Financial End . T. O. Davies. for nine years rate espen of he public service commis sion, resigiieil Saturday tiecause of ill lu-ulth. Hi place has not bein iiii'Mi. iiavien is regarded as an ex ceptionally capable- rale man. An epidemic of resignations has hit the service commission hard in re rent months, due t the higher com pensation' ihe accountants and en gineers are able to command else where. Kit Wright recently resigned as secretary, and V l Kllis wan anointed ii, his place Saturday. ('. K KepUart. a railway engineer, and W. I). (Mark, a railway and hydrau lic engineer, recently quit the com mission. Another whose resignation is of recf-n' date is Will T viii eieriric and telephone engineer. Ilia place has not been filled. . STAGE SET FOR HEATED CONVENTION Governors Allen of Kansas to Speak for Wood George Walker Seattle Man Represents Poindexter EACH FACTION SURE OF MAJORITY VOTE STATEMENT SHOWS COST OF ROAD BILL SIM OF H.H7JVI IS NPF.NT Milt HTKWAItT AMKXIIMKXT DEACONESS HOSPITAL WORK IS PROGRESSING! f ontHhiitimi Come Front Automo bile Healer ami CltUen All Over State TAFT FLAYS SOLONS WHO 1 ' ''"..;'.. CURB ACTION Authority was yesterday delegated . FSCaO of Sam PnnH I jbj the Salem hospital board io the- . " 11 J financial committee of the board loj rttZZle IO rtlSOn Warden proceed-with completion or the can-j tits tor funds necessary ; to conri struct the new hospital. Only $14, 000 or $15,000 is needed, in addition Oklahoma Strong for Lowden Portion of New Yorkers to Support Hoover to that already subscribed, to war rafit the building committee in goins ahead with' construction, and if the canvass can be completed soo.t tnough, actual construction work will begin about July 1. Rewcr Connection Math. Excavation for the foundation' has already bees done on the Asylum avenue lte. and sewer connections i, already bate been made. Eight or 10 months will be required to com plete the building. It wUl be neces taj for the board to vacate the',Mc- Klnley school building not later thai: Sam Pauff, a Russian, who was committed to the state penitentiary CHICAGO.' May 29. Ielcgatv to the Itepiiblican national convention from all sections of the omnry flocked into Chicago today. A ma jority of the early arrivals were from 'southern rtates and a lar froiu Multnomah county February! Proportion were negroes contesi.ng 19 last to serve up to 10 years fori assault with Intent to rob. was miss ing from the prison at noon Satur day. Cnless he is in hiding within the avails with the intention or get ting away when the opportunity is presented, the authorities believe he escaied in one of the prison motor trucks. These vehicles, however, are carefully searched before they leave me yearas. Fauff is 42 Years olrt IXTOX1CATF.D HOGS. OjREGON CITY, Ore., May 20 spmmner l. ana; n nrnnamv uiih i relinaulsh the buildinr lone- before! u ony roiica, a that date to give the school author! ties ample time to put the interior of the building into condition tor ichoo! purposes. From the time the Krhool Ibuilding" is given up until the new hospital is completed there 111 be ad Salem hospital with the weption of the small building on the hospital site that has been used as a place for contagious cases. It to excellently equipped lor hospital purposes and Is extremely sanitary in I Continued on Pafce 4.) dent of the United States for ten years who has never sought naturali zation, was manufacturing "moon shine" liquor at his farmhouse five miles from here. Internal revenue of ficers yesterday when they raided the placje. gave a quantity of corn mash they found on the place to a brood of hogs on the farm. The porkers be came so intoxicated they could not stand, so the officers arrested Polich. Besides 200 gallons of mash the of ficers found ten gallons of 120 proof liqtior. for eats. The national committees hearin on 137 contests will start Monday and the arrivals but lonholed mem bers of the party's governing body at everv opportunity in an erfort to present advance arguments for their claims. Campaign managers for the an nounced presidential aspirants were perfecting their plans for the actual work in the convention. Shortly af ter Wood headouarters announced I that Governor II. J. Allen of Kansas J had been selected to make the prin .J cipal nominating speech for General Wood, it a announced that Geor.2" 1J 1 1. . . 1 1 I 1 . The mini of $H347 r.S wa expand ed ut" the spoilt I lction f lay 21 in l-hall of the 4 per cent iHtiuifd debt anindiiitnt. according to a iau :tit-nt 1 11 l with the re lary ol sli. by C. C. t'hapman chair man of th. executive rommttte of the OreKitn Hoadn and I lopnient itvMtrivtion. AdTertlvint placed Uu -oo On-gon nespairs at a ct tf S4HN9.4H. made the large! ii-rii or t-xpeuditure. i "TU expnditur-H were from the asM i-ialinn treaiiiry to which subset ilnrs !n all parts of Oregon contributed. Whitrield. Whitcome Co.. c-rtirid public accountant of I'tiriliiud. are making an audit of the campaign leceipth and etpendi Hiies at lhi re)tiet of .ie uiuUHi ation. and Ibis alo will if ti with the secr.iary of tal whn -com pleted. The largest subscriptions recelvel weft- the following- Portland Clear ing House tixyorial ioti. $ioo; Port land Garage it lt'!uiriii-n' asori alion. $:.",; A. S. It'tixon. $4mi. Among other' wibn. rltxrs were ". 1 iLoinpson. president of the anno!-! -i t i . i n 1 i 1 1 . I " 1 a ' ,,...,t ,.. v . i nipiuin, ju; Oswald Wext. 2"; Morninc AMorl an of Atrtia. 2i; lik -view Kxaui- ner, $.. A number of he banka of tb Former President Proves Powerful Satirist in Urging Early Action for League Among Nations TWO ADDRESSES GIVEN Thre-M4.r-) tirirlitr, tll Mll-i. Will IW- Itrwly lU At ltlj IkAlr BE SHOWN WAR HEROES Fr-end and pjlrun are otlac th t;-4lTe the wall ot m lirM t.r if I h- ne koiiim llwapital bmldir.K i.im up Th rMt-rt la-tti nl vltti roorrele floor. r J t.rk ahd runrrete atr table ha . t n lilit'ml lor anine ttri-e Aln I Hie e froOt atpru V made of cit and ll.e ailrr and wrr rn I f:e-lu.ri irr t nll'd TL- la' in-k rj)t-nlrft a4 fll.,Rl.lri !- paa VtF IVBIirilt- IN SALEM YESTERDAY ,b" -ury - jroriiplele.1 Ihe ftrl HM Ike WM-k. if-al lor I hr- w on J t lmr. Iaat I Win4iy tbe rumnilnM w I1 I with a Memorial Daj to be Obserretl hy Large Grk Paxtie--Colonel Carl Abrams Cites Line of Maxell SPECIAL TRIBUTE FOR LOCAL LADS WHO FELL Differences of Senators Shown to be Petty. Wilson Is Rebuked William Howard Tuft i a humor-1 I? I and a wit. In all ht -ar of public life hi w ImIoih ha been n cognued. but he baa not Urn re puted particularly aa a humori.-l He more than a humorist, lie ia - atllt. !n. ld with powerfal logic th,e wliked weapon of ridicule Yet he i buckles while he kill. Hit 1 Yi m ,irlln.. Imnlii MrlffH klM I That is the Taft Hle. a dirtmctive state, farmers, dairymen and liusintKs men and numerous garage! platform and literary style pofweoned and automobile firms alan contrib- bv no other American. uteu. en to perform a similar ofHce for Senator Miles Poindexter of Washington. Thes-e announcements completed the list of principal candidates ex cept Governor Lowden and Herbert Hoover. C. It. Miller, acting secretary of the National committee, was busy ar ranging for the committee meeting Monday. , Will H. Hays, national chairman f Continued on page 41 . II Retiring From Business These Store Rooms Are For Rent. Because parties, who have been negotiating for these rooms, have changed their plans, we are per mitted to remain in the building a little while longer. By this ex tension of time you are privileged to bay any part, or all, of our remaining merchandise on next Tuesday and Wednesday ictly race DAY LABOR PLAN MAY BE METHOD Agricultural College Anxious to Go Ahead with Build ing Work Construction of new buildinca and completion of some already begun will doubtless proceed at Oreron Ac- ricultural college on the day labor plan Instead of by contract aa a re sult of u conference here yeaterday. I'resideat J. Kerr of the collere. nd J. K. Weatherford of Albany. chairman of the board of regents. having conferred with Attorney Gen eral Drown. It will be possible for r construc tion to go ahead, since the higher educational tax act passed by the people May 21 carries with it an ap propriation of approximately SI. 247.- OUO for the three state educational Institutions for the current year. The attorney general will Investigate to ascertain If anything stands in the way of using the day labor method Contractor- admit, they cannot sub mit reasonable bids for the work be cause of the necessity of protecting themselves against any subsequent increase in prices. The construction of a woman's buildinK is contemplated and an en gineering building is to be finished at the agricultural college. The need tor both is said to lie urgent. IIOOIl ItlVKIt MAN SIHMrTS SF.I.P HOOD KIVI'K. Or.. May 29. H. Clay Crawford, forim-r phsical di rector in the hih whool hre. who i under arrei but at lilerty on bonds, charged whh having obialnd money false preten. was found in a hotel here Unlay with a bullet wound in his head and a revolver by his side. Police officials said he had attempted suicide. Crawford Was alleged to have made a previous attempt to kill him self three weks ago at Minneapo lis, following his arres-l on the Howl Uiver charge. At that time he was said to have fired a bullet into hi cheM. Once since his return here Crawford made a sensational escape fiom tail. HAKHKILS CANNOT AGIU'.K No matter how much an article may have been reduced before a fourth, a third or even half of its original price it is yours at one half the marked down price. There is still enough left to make it vworth while your time to come ini This, of course, does not include fixtures. ; Fixtures At Reduced Prices Plate glass cases and counters, tables, display racks, comptograph adding machine, shelving and numerous other articles, many of which are useful for purposes other than stores. We will make at tractive prices on any of them prices that will move them at once. PORTLAND. Or- May 29. lie- tea use union barbers an i ihelr em ployers have been unable to reach an aKreemenl as to detail ol a ne ware scale scheduled to take effect next month, the question will be submitted to the state board of con ciliation comoosed of . F. Wood ward. J. K. Klynn and Otto R. Hart wig, it was announced today. The union barbers asked for a guaranty of 125 a week and per cent of all over 135 while the employers hae offered them 126 a week and so pr cent of all over $t. FltKKH OK CIIAIMJK. J " Willame'te vallev people never jieally discovered .William Howard jTalt until eterdav. ar.d when he I goes away from Salem early today thoe who saw and heard him will regret bi tiit only for one thing--his declaration at the Marion hotel luncheon yesterday that Justice Bur nett would not have a third oppor tunity to vr.te for him for the pres idency. IHffrreMce lagtted I Km a. In hi adc,res to an Immense audi ence at th- armory lat night Mr. Taft laughed down the men who with petty diflerenrcs are blocking the leacue of uatlona. Ills address waft a vigorous defense of the learue In whlrh ne nrcvH irt inn .. . . r: . 7 I go on. he ii reed lie epre- the ) nope mat next .viarrn wi.i usner in a president who wilt not block proarts by petty contention. "May Ood speed the day.' waa his eoocla sion. Kay Article li Nov Vital Mr. Taft rebuked what be railed the "unrvaonable attitude" of Pres ident Wilson In hU position that the league of nations ataada or falls on article ti He declared the league would e 90 per cent efficleot with out the article, aod said that the people of the Cnlied States bad a right to demand that the senators who are disagreeing on reservations Iron out their differences, ratify th peace treaty and adopt the leag-ie of nations covenant. Mr. Taft analysed the league .n its original form, the caue leading up to It inclusion in th peare treaty, and summarized the 14 res ervation that are holding up its Past-age in the failed State aenate He humorously remarked that the eague of nations was not the idea of "a profenaor who became pre! dent or of a prenldent who became professor." His good naturt-d sallier w-re loudly applauded and he chuckled occasionally as he assailed the senators who were alraid of the league, with or without reservation Ntrt Kerltt Ob(ak- He made the prediction that th treaty and the league probably would not be ratified until a new president occupied the White House next March and nw senator were elected to give the neceweary major ity In the aenaie. Mr. Tail's lec ture was an academic survey of the league and th reservations that had been premrnted. He gave the gen eral impression that none of thm should be regarded as nou obnta-cles. "Huring my now long-forgotten administration I made two treaties with Creat Britain and r'rsnoe whereby they agred o submit all their justiciable difference to urief irniiA) la I He trett- I f tlie uik.-r. n. adttr frr ' and friend ! 'ne inteit :r.f feature aL ul it i I the tart th.it ie of the rr fclaier. who Ijitl ttie jri,e bri. ka fr ke lloiirlnr tit : 1 1 wme deeadea act are laying idem now tm the bopnj. Tll iniliitia. rbartffd for do-in- hfr-''i and dearoe tra?niar or, ha in the few years of it ac ilitv and eiuteace arrmptl.bi a wonderful record Thoaad t perscn to whlrh the In. t Halloa baa b-en helpta! ia revalmar healih and tehetins -he na' dltte are thankful for the Chrtstiaa spall Ikat prerail there toward all. w.taout to .fwi, creed or nstianalitf. - i'tiiatng ii ia i i three-i . story .(ruriare ad baeineat wiia, I 1..- Sixty-Seven . Victims From Polk and BUrioa Cecity Died in Recent Conflict niuuem am ialer mii nnoi, I.. ruisina I to erve and beta .after- mg mankind ia a rhn.tlaa spirit. t ir .Mim and ii trTon4-ra Soldier Compensation BUI Passed House Yesterday The oldUr- adln.te.1 ronwtu. lla bill yesterday PA -I tHe Uon of reprewatatlve la rtiairew. ia rluoirg tro.ona.at, fuf rectaroatioa work. It parsed the fwrn rpotf. ed oat by a ub-c-mtrtitt- uf wbKft Co8irmta W. C aw waa chairman I a forma Hon that ih bill Bad pa.d the hwe rjm ia a tel- raph meaxe from Mr. ItawUy. HAIRY IKX INOOUPnitATK itJKTUXD. Or.. May X ra Pr of the Oregon Ikairymea'a I)y p rod acts corporation were filed with the county clerk her today. Tt company la capitalized at t;2.S. Alraa Ii. Kati. F. W. I Jo l and J W. Pomerny ar named at toeorpor-atot. Th Orvgoa Hairy men's Cooper. tie leagw also ftked article here to day, no capital stock beta provided for. although membership fee will be charged. The incorporators ir I. It. Sieigerwald. J. T. Whlttca. Ja cob Lux-her and It. It. Pomeroy. Al ma l Halt aod J. W. Pomeroy. Tribute w.!l b I4 aoUser of ih. coaatry today sad lanstut tv a4 MtrwtM rgaaig. fo hold spevtal aaewwrrrtt -garrta e for the anew w gtte tVerr Uvea foe ibetr roaatry. ity-eew ivtk aa4 Marto e8 ty lada gave tkelr llvew la the rwf world war a ad te tketa aa wetl aa ia victisaa of oer a4ra gtVea, trraaia will b glvtw. ad will W ta, feat rw r tertie wtih CelcoM Carl Arjas actlag aa afTiftf ef lh-a 4r. i karra- la the city wHJ k-oid Me mortal Mnl'ei today a4 all ara askest te avarticipate aaaw tetr appriatloa for tboae who ksve r--a ibir Urea for tklr ewwatry. The follow lag are the uan r thcpfc from Polk aad Marvo rvaaCea who kve satda the ra;retia aaxtV flee. It lacladea killed Ia artkaa. aa welt aa.tao who died o4 woaaoa. aretdeat. or nti la the aa iVo. W llkeJaa K. Atlrr. CVarWo Aaar. C. U. tuiard. ftrnttk BaUard. Caorr turtlstt. tvaa H lU-lrxtf. Era Ileaaett. IU?ea C. tllaka. Jeka C Hradew. Osaar Urwsadar. WCUaai IC Cattoa. Ora K. Caviit. OrVry p. Ckaoa. Moat CkrlMofferaoa). lv L CUrk, C healer Coot. TfeMit Deaa Coa lf. Dr. Croft. RoVtrt Oeakav. Keaaatb CToawaa. Srvau D. D i ala. Alfred iveraeleca. GarrW S. Dwirw. Krwewt CkarW. rr4 Cllat, Carl D. Featoa. MCtoa rprwaas, Jaraoa Cardatr. Uvar4 Cuiata. Ckarlea Gire. MartJa Hartoaa, Oua llayea, Dajsala F. UlS. ItarUa R, Ifoffmaa. Wayaa C J Cagcao IteU Jokaaoa. Roy Jakaao,. Aaarry Jotej. Otia Jowea. Dr. VT. C Kaaf eer. Jacob KrrWr, Baatl KIrwra, K toa A. Xotvtaaa. CUa Utile. Xr Mark. Harry C SUaoa. Jo yar tia. IVeajaaaia MrOaiUad. CUrra A M.aker. ioaepk II. Net gar. Crarott H Nortoa. Robevl V. COOU. Jfrka If. Oite. Wlltlaa. M. Read. Ooorgw SL "V- itoatlaesl Fago . THE STATESMAN'S SUNDAY SERMON By James Elvm in tiik im t;F. or tm 5 i:TTl.E. Wash.. May 29. Jo vargus. one or n armium u ,he organliatlon In I nite.I States district courx nrre Knforce on charge of having conspired tOj rob Northern Pacific railroad bo cars at Auburn. Wash., or merchan dise to th- value of $.0.00. was ordered freed shortly at'er the gov ernment rested its case today. Mo tion for dl3iulssal of the case axalnst Vargus on the ground that the evi dence did not -connect him with the alleged, conspiracy, was unopposed by t'nlted Slates District Attorney R. C. Saunders. Trial ot the rase be gan Tuesday. Hetenae counsel indicated today that motions tor directed verdicts of acquittal In the cases of the 16 other defendants will be presented when court reconvenes May 21. court and abide by the result. I ent them to the senate the bigbeat Ju dicial body in the world and wha happened was a traredy. back so truncated and the White House their own rather couldn't recogniie them They wer made as models, as example that we hoped other nations would fol low and that soon a network ot such treatiea would settle the Iniernatloa aj diiricultie or the world. I did nothing further with them and let the dust accumulate on there In the hope that the senate might chvrte or the people might rhante the sen ate. Instead they changed me. .... Time Ripe Ftr league Mr. Taft reviewed the bUtorr of of the League to Peace, which recommended And find rrr-ated man In aia own mae--;7ih Vete. t chapter Ilea ei At the root and origin of thla ma terial unlter there . a Iiviag con sOous spirit who will aad kaawt and fashions all thing. Reason, the faculty which give us the power U jre for oursrhr. and worship tb faculty that seems to be the th.ng of llnei quality wtthia the per stt In dclariDK that on eery haad one may procure Indications of pur-i-e and IMeltirenre To the un'-lirver the assertion of t;M' image in man i the height of atwurd.ty. He declare. " Man tade titM in the image of man ' He tell us that there ran be no personal a s td. (omaratle and cenelie pj - rholoey ho that there ra nbol be an Immortal one. The anbelteier unhetatingly declares that through- a league of nations, with the ideal iusi iu i nneu r(aies wouia join I'- He said Oreat Mrilain waa courier ing two similar schemes. Hal on and France one. He declared t h' plaln people ot Europe had taken to the Idea and looked forward to such a league. "The league was the result or the demand or these people who had suffered in the war and longed for a permanent peace." Mr. Taft said. 'The peace conference took It up first and Mr. Wilson brought it tack to the I'nlled Stairs and delivered it to the American people. The sen- tt'ontinued on Page 4.) Thr r. ni. ! out the whole of atlror.nmv er. !- - - y - - : w - - r - , rn i m.t in I ii itmni anil rhrmiilit there I. ni liiii of a personal Gl Immorialiiy t I he hlchet po4Bt In superstition, the l-npreanatU citadel of selfish delus u.n. The human oul I only a col lective title for all psychic function o pro'oplasm and the are all deter mined bv physical and chemical pro re e. In the face ,'. urh as.ert.on be lievers cl.ag all 'be more tenaciously to the tboufht of t;d. Freedom and Immortality In the ruot t-rrf re lve aire of the world we find the thought of tod me stronciy en tincbeI than ever. William Jam-.. America' noted philosopher declares "TI.e use of the Absolute ia proven hy the whole rout of human his tory' lxrd Kelvin. tb aoii re nowned amonc rcientlsta declare "That science poit;eljr affirm cre ative rr." If there i no God. Ibea the uai vrre I an awful rhao. splrltaal manifestations are me,alactea. prayer Is a solemn farce, religious as pirations are deluaton. aad ethical atandards are but mockeriea. Then there ran be no demand for royalty of cor. duct and anself ishae of sac rifice and heroism under saffertag. and courage la the face of hardship. Life in Ita higher range become utterly Impossible without the i boa chi of God to part? a&4 ra- aoble. lnBiorta!ity make tka srtrlt kravw wader adversity. epOmiatic. aader hardship, hopefol wader aorraw. IrV umtl;sai over affliction. Ckarartar win arvtv the shock of the grava. We are God ctlldrea aad Cod wIU aever forsake . Jeas Chrtst staad before iVa w or 1 4 a the la whom the Uaaga of God tas Wea perfected. Tow ofiiet tbougkt that rver cam lata tb mi&d of ts a a t tka taoagkt ct omr Creator aad oar God eat mag t. to tb world la karaaa form aad aa dr the limited roaditioaa of hamaal ty as a redemptive ferrw f hatUo th moral e. that affllcta miakla4 and to show how that nil raa kw cofjnered Heartily will eoaa law ihoogkt that Uod t like Ckrirt, lorwa a t'hrtst loved. If maa ioiiumi och value la the !gkt el God. tf such a acr;f:c was made ta tawvrki as that we are mad la the it ago C God. sarely It oaght to be oar klgkeat frit ileg to b Jolted to klm, VW onward aad upward from glory ta) glory aatll we come lata the glary tvf tk Lord. We are thiakieg today of oar aa-cr-l dead Thoao wko kaer tk lKachby' beat, kaow flat tka A sine was maalfewted la klm ta tit corae. kiaia.. aairukaeaa aa4 hi fa th To a medscal officer at Vtrtta I said "Vow hate a hundreds ef tkem d rapta.a. What to goo ta their grtt cfcaraetertstJe?- tjaklr came tk aatwer, "Taalr faitb. ' When f tkj before Ike grave of oir mea at t'haieaa Tklerry. aa4 at Verdaa aad la v arVows aria of Fraace. I was aootked aad Stilled aad rr-egtheaed by the great dv larattoa or the Christ; "I am Ik Reaurrertlo aad tka Ufa lie that Wllevetk ta ma though he were dead, ye." shall k live, for whoeoever Lveth a4 W lieveth la tae shall a ever die.- ttorae day God aaraoao kail W perferted. ftome day evolatioa akall reach It end ta the ferfegg rwapwaoo of mta to Cod. la Ike fall realiaaUam i of Cod lm; la