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mm THE WKATIIKU. mm A lac Mtmmia rfiin vav inum .lre report of tbe Associated . n . . I- - t - Wednesday, fair; moderate winds i mostly westerly. ; lless. Ibt greatest and most re liable press association In tbe world. SEVENTIETH YEAR SALEM. OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1921 PRICE: FIVE CENTS FOREIGN TRIP TO ROSEBURG PLANNED BY CHERRIANS AND PERHAPS ON TO THE CALIFORNIA LINE si PROPOSAL TO SHE TRIED TO FOOL CITIZENS OF SALEM COOLIDGE'S AIDE IS FROM OLD BOSTON ALL POUTS TO Junket Proposal Taken Up at Meeting Last Night and Meets Tremendous Acclaim Carl D. Gabrielson Elected Drill Master and Will Guide Boosters in Prize Contests GRAPPLE HERE HEETS FAVOR SPANISH PREMIER t: MURDERED RELATIONS DISGUSSFD RECALL BOARD ( Dato, Leader of Liberal Conservatives, Assassin ated As He Leaves the Chamber at Madrid. OPPOSED WORKING CLASSES AND REFORMS Sympathized With the Allies But; Did Not Like United States LONDON, Mar. 8. The Spanish premier Edouardo Dato, ha been 'assassinated, according to a dis patch to the Eschange Telegraph company from Madrid. Senor Dato was killed Ly re volver shots an he left congress. -' L - MADRID. Mar. 8. Premier Da to was assassinated thia evening while returning from the chamber in a motor; car. He was attacked by several- persons who fired a : number of shots X Withdrawal of American Troops From Rhine Not Considered by War De partment. HARDING AND CABINET MEET FOR FIRST TIME Pan-American Amity is Aim Of President In New Move Mrs. Herbert Clark WASHINGTON March S. As pects of the nation's foreign re lations and problems of adminis trative organization were con- Edouardo Dato wag recognized as one of the most conservative f ih conservatives in Spain. He became leader ot the Liberal-Con arvatlve Dartr. the strongest po- lltlcal group in congress after the disappearance of Canovas. Never a friend of the working classes and opposed to all reforms, Dato acquired the height of his reputa tion for sternness in August, 1917, when he suppressed the workers' movement.; Was Member of House. On several occasions he was Maker ot the house. Besides holding portfolios in various cab inets he was premier several times.: Although apparently of rentle temperament, Dato pos sessed a will of Iron and never discussed a subject with anyone once he had made up bis mind. " lie was born In La Corona, Au gust 12, 1858, and studied law. He passed his final examinations at the are of 19. 1 When he en tered politics he pushed rapidly to ha front, becoming secretary ot .tufa for the interior In 1891 and minister of the same department In 1899. In 1903 Dato became minister cf Justice and in 1907 he was nominated speaker of the house and also became mayor of Madrid. He was first chosen premier in 1913 and again In 1917. in ia .lie. held the portfolio of secretary of state for roreign anairs. arried in his early youth and. was the father of three Chil dren, i . . Date's sympathies throughout the war were on the side of the aiiiesJ For the United States he Is said never to have had any love. He was a monarchist. Thr ifinal assassin of the pre mler was a man on a motorcycle, whn fled. The chauffeur in the automobile in which Premier Dato was riding, also was kiuea. Hamcn Trial Will i Start on Thursday Hoover. who will take her place in the new sidered by President Harding and cabinet circle as the wife of the bis cabinet today at the first secretary or commerce in the j meeting. When the Hoovers came n'":'""u unUUumriii through Salem last fall and re-1 made at the war department that gistered at the Marion hotel. Mrs. jR formulating its policy toward Hoover aisguisea me mine oi ner i . nkIn. -i.,i. ,n. illustrious husband on the hotel the nhlne Bltut,on "is govern register, so c their presence in J went is not now consmering a Salem, Mr. ' Hoover's1 boyhood withdrawal of the American home, would not be detected, troops. It was learned as another The result was that they nearly Etep toward Pan-American amity stole through the city unobserved, the president Is preparing to ask A junket to Rosebur at straw-' berry festival time is being talked up by the Salem Cherrians and was taken up at the meeting of the boosters last iiight. For some years the Cherrians have planned to make the Roweburs trip, but have not yet accomplished it, and this year the intention U stronger than over. Also the plan ij even more am bitious than a trip to Kotfeburg only. It i he Cherrians deckle to visit the Douglas county metrop olis, a majority of them are in fa vor of continuing the junket to the California line, visiting for a t'nio Ml of the eit;e on the road. Whether the proposed trip would 1m by special train or by automo bilo has not been decided, lint it is very probable that the journey wonld be by automobiles. The Cherrians would go in uniform and doubtless wives, sisters, mo thers and sweethearts would go with them. ; Junkc rtiHtomary Event l or years it has been the cus tom of the Cherrians to make an annual trip to some other city of the state. Usually there ha been competition in drills and the Cherrians have been remarkably successful In carrying the first awards. About 60 members were present last night and most of them signified their intention to tuake the trip if 1 is decided to go. Drilling will again be an Im portant feature in Cherrians ac tivity tbla spring and uunimer. At the meeting last night the council of nobles announced that Carl I. Uabrielson had been selected as drill master for the wa.Hon. and the choice was ratified by the Cherrlan body. Captain Cabrlel- hoii has had a lot of military ex perience. Including a hitch in Si beria, and Is competent plus. King King Knowiaml an nounced a special committee of six Cherrians who will aipar in uniform at the Commercial club rooms tonight to assist in receN Ing newcomers who are to be guests of. the club. Symphony I KnppoHetl F. (S. I)eck?lach made an ap peal to the Cherrians to support the Salem Symphony orchestra end asked all those at the meeting to attend the concert at the arm ory, last night after the Cherrlan adjournment. A lr.rge number re sponded by attending. 1 Era 1 01 IB 11 BIOS IS that the senate ratify at once the Colombian treaty. It Is understood that the cab inet took cognizance of the Pan ama-Costa Rica situation and can vassed latest official reports. The next step awaits receipt of a reply I from Panama to the American note. Attention was directed toward I perfection of the cabinet organi- . 1 II- - TY 1 1 I COntraCtS tO be Awarded stood to have told his secretaries Tnrlsv Prirpc- Arp n wanted no hesitation and no JOUdyi rliuea mc I jealousy about any changes of Lower J jurisdiction decided on in the re- ulated. Meetings Once a Week. PORTLAND, March s. -re-i All ten of the department beads I day before an overflow audience present. Tne session lasted more in the court house to read a aei-i" i" u uu t uu uge of bids aubmltted to the state elusion Attorney General Daugh- highway commission lor laying tuun wm& wnu hard surface paving, grading of the president. There was a brief recently located highways and conference between Mr. Harding constructing bridges and railroad and Secretary Hughes before the Crossings In Various parts Ot tne uiucr raumei weiu-wrs arnreu. . state. Awards of contracts will After the meeting an announce be made at the session eommenc- ment from the White House said ing tomorrow at 10 a. m., as It j that the cabinet would be called will require much of the Inter-1 together again Friday and that vening . time for the engineer s I thereafter meetings would be staff to complete tabulation oi neid at least once a week, prob- UESTIOID ATtDMORE. Okla., March 8.--Legal lines began to form tonight .for the battle to begin Thursday In the case of Clara Smith Ham- on, charged with murder in con nection withi the death of Jake L. Hammon. 8. P. Freeline. state attorney general, who! is in charge of the prosecution, arrived today and to- olght conferred with H. H urown soeclal nrosecutor. ' Walter Scott of the. Fort Worth firm of lawvers. retained before Clara Smith's surrender at El Paso, arrived today and said tbe other members of the firm. W. McLean, Jr., would come here to- Statute May be Invalid Be cause of Emergency Clause Attached W00DBU1 FOLK WILL BE CALLED Harry Staben, Suspected in Yoder Case, Lodged in Salem Prison Twelve High School Hoop Teams Arrive in City To morrow For Annual Uni versity Tournament. WILLAMETTE HOST TO VISITING YOUTHS Mix to be Staged by Stud ents After Final Contest Of Saturday I i v ' t . the proposals. Tbe afternoon meeting was given over to hearing what vari ous county delegations had to of fer In the way of choice of loca tion of some highways and on ably Tuesdays. The announcement concerning American troops on the Rhine was made by Secretary Weeks. The administration is understood to have taken into account all the suggestions to co-operate with the elements of the situation in west Plate in meeting cost oi coniem- iern Germany where allied trooos nlated road Work. . I have artranreri tn nfnrra the During the reading ot bids .the J treaty while the American forces state highway engineer, tieroen remained behind M 11 AV...AJ I compared with hU estimates bid- thJa goTerliment.8 attUude l8 . pected soon, wnen the Army ap propriation bill was under con- A serious Question has arisen relating to whether the law en acted by the recent legislature placing an additional tax on gasor line. or the original tax law ap plying to gasoline and dlstlllat) enacted in 1919 would be held valid if they were attacked in court. The reason is the. emergeccy clause which was attached to both bills. Section la of article IX of the State constitution expressly pro vides that "the legislative assem bly shall not declare an emergen cy In act regulating taxation or exemption." This is an amend ment which was adopted by the people at the regular election No vember 5, 1912. sideration Republican leaders in ! congress proceeded on the ex pectation that the American troops would be out of Europe before July 1. The bill failed ol final enactment and must be tak- ders' nrices had "softened." even as much as 40 per cent where steel enters Into construction. The bidding was generally con servative, be said, although some of the proposals indicated that contractors oau u. before July 1. The bill failed of tne aecnne in prices oi iuaien i fl . Ma(.lnw, and labor. . Un UB again Anoiner leaiure uurencu I i ,,a in that theeattle. Tacoma Spo- I Ituatlon ,ge qu9t,OI1 Qf a con- Kane phw u ""Zl gressional resolution to declare ors sougm to unaerom peace with Germany IaaoI navfnv nn tr aitnr flDnarent-l av--o . v . r 9 ly were higher than outside bid ders, whose plants are idle. FLYEIt IS KILLED AN ANTONIO, Tex., March 8. While attempting to glide to a landing field from an altitude of 2000 feet, Walter C. Reams, a fly ing cadet at Kelly Field was killed here this afternoon. . Women Who Earn Big Wages So. 2. rose orxEiit Originator of the Fsmons Kewpie, Who Earn Over f23,0O0 a Year. (Ry International News Servlre) The cute littte Kewpie created by Rose O'Neil has made all Am erica smile. Rose O'Neil. an au thor and a painter, has had forty factories turning out Kewpie dolls for her. Her income from this venture has been sufficient to give her a place among the country s captains of industry. She has mod elled several other popular and unique doll figures and has also Hieti recognition as an au- . l - . . Ithor. CONFESSES TO PART in k i mm Ex-Service Man Says He ' Abducted Arthur l Rust Week Awards Statesman Classified Ad Contest Each week the Statesman will give three cash rewards for the best "stories" about Statesman Classified Ads. The awards will be announc ed each Tuesday morning; 1st reward. 2.50; 2nd re ward, $1.50; 3rd reward, 1.00. Contestants mut see that their "stories" reach the Statesman office before Mon day morning of each week in order to be considered. LaMt Week's Award, i A number of very inter esting "stories" were receiv ed last week, and the judges have decided upon the fol lowing as the winners: 1st reward,' $2.50, .Mr. Nellie Oakes, Spee apart ments. 2nd reward. 11.50, Mat tie Allen. 625 North Win ter street. 3rd reward. $1 00. Lillian Stlne, box 97, R. F. D. 5. The story winning second award is published in full below; the others will be published in future Issues of The Statesman. Watch for them. Twelve high school hoop teams. each champion in its district, will compete in the annual basketball tourLament which will be held to the armory Thursday, Friday and Saturday, under the auspices of Willamette university. Tbe event Is an annual one, at the university. Having presented satisfactory team records to the tournament association, the teams that have been definitely selected by Coach Mathews are as follows: Eugene, from southern Wil lamette valley; Ashland, from southern Oregon; Marshfleld. from southern coast region; Me Mlnnville, from northern coast region; Ralem, Wood bum and Molalla. from northern Willam ette valley: Bend, from central Oregon; and Franklin high school the champions of Pertland. Kcveral Team lromiinc Tbe representative of the south ern Columbia river region will te decided In a contest staged Harry Staben. who was arrest-1 last night between Seaside and ea in rortiand on suspicion inat Astoria. Following - this game coach Matnews win make the be would be able to throw light on the murder of Simon J. Yodes of Woodburn. whose body was found on the Pacific highway near Oervais Sunday morning. was brought to Salem yesterday and is now In the county jail pending a thorough Investigation by the authorities. bile Staben presented an all- final selection. Ileppner will be tne representative from the up per Columbia region. Among those teams which pre sent the most promising records are Franklin high school of. Port land, baker city high school. Ash land high School and 8alem high school. Franklin, the Rose City y.?10 i"ie! contender, backed by a clean city inierscnoiasuc record, win make a strong bid for the state honors Raker city has dropped but one cllned to believe, and also some of the officers in this county, there is a strong feeling against him among the people of Wood burn, some of whom insist that he was seen there Saturday. Staben insists that he had not been in Woodburn for three months. The man who hired Yoder and his car Saturday night about 11 o'clock was seen, it is said, by a large number of persons, and it is believed that If Staben Is tne man some of them will identify him. Today or tomorrow, and perhaps on both days, the Wood burn citizens will Ke brought here to say whether or not they think he is the man who employed Yo der for the fatal drive to Salem. The man who employed Yoder was dressed in khaki, and Staben may be furnished a khaki suit to enable the witness to pass on him more accurately. va J rl vj 7.CUrfc Persons After Public Scrvicd Commissioners' Organize . And File Articles of Incor poration. - TILLAMOOK CREAMERY INTERESTS ACTIVE w President of Coast Fir Lum ber Company Rabidly Demands Removal Edward T. Clark.v of Dost on. Masa. whom Vice-President Cool- id ge has selected to be his pri vate secretary. IIE1 BACKSTOP DIE III SALEM Edwards and Others Come From League to Help Salem Senators TACOMA, March 8. Hugh C Van Amburg, 23, Tacoma youth, possessor of the croIx de guerre and distinguished service cross, was arrested here tonight at the home of his parents as the con fessed kidnaper of Arthur Rust, son of W. R. Rust." Tacoma fin ancier. "I was forced Into It," Van Am burg told a newspaperman to-nia-ht. and intimated that several were connected with the (kidnap ing .although he refused 'to give their names. They lost their nerve." assert ed Van Amburg. "But for that the business would have been car ried through successfully. Van Amburg confessed that be was under the influence of nar cotics the day of the kidnaping. He was being held by the local police tonight on an open charge pending further Investigation by CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Not Giving ClasMifk! Ad Time to Bring Results Cost 9123. E 111 TWO SN E IS KILLINGS Feud Between Alderman And Man He Defeated Is The Cause contest and that was to Pendle ton, and since that time Pendle ton has been removed from the state interscho!astie association, leaving Ilaker with a strong re cord. Salem, losing but one contest, has a deft group of hoop artists that la going to fight to hold tbe state championship in the Cherry city. University I HoM. Ralph Coleman of O. A. C. will be the chief official of the tourn ament, it Is announced by Coach Mathews. Mr. Coleman will be ssisted by members of the Bear cat team. Kvery detail Is being carefully worked out by Cotrh Mtithews and his aides la prepar ation for the Initial whistle that will start the tangles between the interscholastie district cham pions for slate honors. The visiting basketball cohorts will be the guests of tbe students of Willamette university during their stay In Salem. Entertain ment will be provided by tbe lo cal fraternities. After the final hoop contest on Saturday night a mix will be staged In honor of tbe visiting high school men. Some time ago I wished to sell a certain piece of property.. advertised in your paper, but as I had never advertised before. was rather skeptical about the results, so. Instead of giving the ad time. I signed for the property to be sold, and in the meantime here came some readers of the ad and were ready to r-"T ihe price asked, but I had to keep to my contract, which I had Just signed, and lost $125. When, later I wished to sell some chick ens I had more faith In advertis er, and had more buyers than chickens. '. 1 I have become so accustomed CHICAGO. March 8. A reign of lawlessness, declared to have been the outcome of a political feud, which has terrorized one ot the most densely populated wards In the city for weeks, today culmi nated in the assassination of two of Alderman John Powers' politi cal lieutenants. Paul Labriola, a municipal court balltf, was the first victim He was shot from ambush a block from his home Just before noon He fell with nine bullets through his back. Harry Raymond, a cigar store owner, was killed two hours later In his store by two men. Two bui lets pierced his bead and two oth ers his lungs. Both shootings occurred in section known as "death valley' and were ascribed by the police to a feud between Powers' faction and that of Anthony D'Andrea who was defeated by Powers for alderman. The assassins today struck so boldly, taking' care to see that their work was finished, and then disappearing that the police ac cepted the murders as part of a program assassination and took steps to guard men likely to have been marked tor killing. . German Ambassadors Summoned to Berlin BERLIN. March . It is semi officially announced that the Ger man ambassadors at London. Paris and Dmsxels have been iummoned to Berlin. Experts who co-operated In the preparation of th German coun ter proposals met today. Accord ing to the Berlin Zeitung. they will try to find a basis for fresh negotiations, if the allies indicate a desire for a resumption. Edwards, the new catcher who has been signed by tbe Salem Senators for the 1921 baseball season, is expected to arrive in Fal?tn this week, according to Manager Jack Hayes, and Immed iately will begin thawing out for the season. Edwards is known is backstop of more than usual elet ness and big work is expected of him In Salem. He comes from the Northwest league. Hares la rapidly getting his players together. The lineup will be largely the same as last season, but with the addition of several new men to take the places of those who have left the city for big time baseball or who have drifted Into other occupations elsewhere. "Lefty- Schroeder is a certain ty for the Senator club, says Hayes. The husky lefthander was with the Portland club last season and has always given a good account of himself. Anoth er valuable addition to the pitch ing staff will La Farley of Stay ton, who has agreed to come with the Senators. Itlanrbard. first baseman, who j was with Kalem Ihe latter part ot I last season, will be on steady this year. IManrhard waa one cf tbe best stickers seen on tbe local diamond, whether playing with or against Salem. Another Northwest league play er to be with the Senators is Mor ley. an outfielder. The Senators will have the same ball park as was nsed last year, and which Is considered one of the best diamonds la tbe state. namely, the rronnd. at Twelfth and Oxford streets. Manager Hayes needs about $2000 to put the grounds into shape and oth erwise prepare for the season and already has about $800 collected Support from Saiem citizens Is ex. pected to be even better than last year because of the high class of ball that wag furnished last sea sen. Practice will begin April 1 and the season wfll open with Reglna of the Canadian league April IS and 17. Jamaicans Oppose Sale of Island to U. S. ! KINGSTON. Jamaica. Mar. 8. A majority of Jamaicans do not 1 favor the suggested sale of the Island to the United States. As a counter move a resolution was in troduced in the legislature today urging conferedation of the group of the British West Indies with a uniform tariff. L SCHOOL GETS DUILDI1 F. A. Erixon of Salem Suc cessful Bidder on Mon Mouth Structure RFJMOM FARM Kit Hl'ItXED. (Continued on page 5.) BACHELOR TAX WANTED JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. March 8. An annual tax ot $10 on bach elors over 25 years old to be ap plied to the general school fund. Is provided by a bill Introduced In the state senate today. REDMOND. Or.. March 8 George Strixner. Redmond farm er, was severely burned about the hands and face and property val ued at $9000 was destroyed as the result of a fire started by tbe back fire and explosion of a light touring car. Strixner was re pairing the car tn his barn, val Proposals were opened Saturday in Portland for the erection of the F.LECTIOX DATE KTAXDS. Governor Olcott. nnder the law. has no authority to postpone the date of the spe cial election, aa sag jetted by those nrglng the recall of the public service com n.lMion. who would have the election deferred from June ? to some date ia July, so the recall and the special elections could be held sim ultaneously. Should petitions for the recall election be si rued by the necessary number ot names and tiled with the secretary, of state, it would be the duty of Secretary of State Koxer to Usee the call for the recall election. PORTLAND. Mar. 8. Articles of incorporation tor those fight ing the recent telephone rare in crease were signed at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The organized cpposlUon will be knows as the Public Service Recall Committee. Inc. Headquarters has been es tablished in room 729 old Lcm bermens bank bull ding. Fifth and Stark street. The signers of the Incorpora tion applications are those who took part in the organization meeting held yesterday afternoon. At this "meeting temporary offi cers were named to verve astil the committee has bees incorpor ated, at which time permanent officers are to be elected. Th acting officer and other at th preliminary meeting are: R. O. Duncan, chairman; W. E. Richardson, secretary; 'Mrs. J. C. Olbus. treasurer; Mrs. J. E. Dean, John W. Miller. G. E. Er kkson. W. W. Merriara. Sidney Smythe, E. G. Hopsoa. S. H. Sin gleton. W. II. Downing and IL G. KundreL Mrs. Oth us. who is president of the Housewives council. Is in charge ot the quar ters that have been opened In the old Lumbermen bank building. A publicity committee, compos ed of W. W. Meniam. John W. Miller and Robert O. Duncan, was appointed. To t Imitate TVUtioaa. Recall petitions will be printed as soon aa possible. It was stated that these petitions will not have to be circulated In every county, but they must contain the names equal to 25 per cent of votes east at the last election for member of the state supreme court. The law requires that six months must elapse after a public official ha taken office before a recall election can be held. A Fred G. Ruchtel and II. IL Corey went Into office January 1. al though they had btld office prior thereto, each now serving hi tec -ond term, a recall election on them could not be held until duly. The last seeslon of the legisla ture ordered a special election to be held June 7 this year. Mem ber of the committee urring the recall of the public service com missioners will ask tbe governor to postpone the special election until July, at which time the re call election eould also be held at a much ls expense than if it Is conducted singly. Letters of protest agalntt the publie service commission grant ing tbe telephone company the right to Increase its rates In Ore gon $200.00 a month continue to por into the offices of the men taking aa active part la the proposed recall. Lomherraaa Protest. John W. Miller, president of Coast Fir Lumber company of thla city. gav the following state ment yesterday: The recall of the public ser vice commission It in my opinion exactly the right thing. I am for it. and the quicker these men are taken out of office the better it will be all around, as It will show any one now holding, a public office that the publie must be takn into consideration when addition to the girls' dormitory at - , " 1; ,v the normal school at Monmouth. 'la ? JLVZ n lbem llk John v. Bennes. architect. !,.,. .t tvi. ...t.. t The ?ontract was awarded T. A Erixon of Salem, whoae bid was $43,987. There were 12 other bid- tied at t25oft. and in which was! ders. also housed a truck belonrlnr to The building Is to be four tor a brother, Edward, and valued I lea. 105 by 32 feet in dimensions. at 14500. The car noon . which I wltn onca wan ana orainary con yard era cost pin systems and war time, the public were fair In standing for any reasonable In crease for service, but now when everything is on the decline and everyone In business finding it recess ry to take lower price and naturally pay lower wage, tbe Strixner was working, the truck j strnet Ion. The addition will pr-lpuD,Ic terries commlaaion ha the and "barn were atroyed. comnletelr de-1 vlde.dinlnr room and additional! Uvlrrg quarters for the students. (Continued on pare S.) th9 prosecuting attorney.