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8 . 1 i' THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1921 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON NAVY HOSPITAL SHIR BEST THAT MONEY CAN BUY. LATEST PHOTOGRAPH OF YALE'S NEW PRESIDDTT; In Comfort and Convenience, I With out a Rival jn Any Navy in the World. IS . - i: Veerans 6f Foreign Wars j;ek to Bring State En- Decrease in Population Of State Prisons Result, Say Officials i campment to iSalem DELEGATES ! I ARE ELECTED PROHIBITION 'Ann JVL .k-,jiiih ,j tmm mi, mjim r imTHTb '..ite-K..:.-...n. ... r, 1 1 1 , 1, i-. , 1,1,,? - i ',r, ' ' I "f " r ' '1 5 I- . a iT . tl f (( r it ' t CREDITED tjferrf nil. - I I :. . I T . I Z-!i -v I tiipBERSHIP INCREASED Twjr Temporary Officers 1 Decline to Serve and Successors Chosen - ii , . ! -, The new Salem Veterans organ. , ron' tne yetern, of Foreign ; Waar. at its' regular meeting in thaiarmory last night elected the permanent officer for the ensu ing;;! year, selected delegates for thefsmeellng in Portland to fonu fc sfjite departmtnt, and instruc ts! thai delegates to Invite the new dejartmen to fiol its :iiat de pafjment encampment in Saleir. It yaa also announced that tn delegates would tut a r-andi,!a' tntft the field for the honor u first department command r. Th ofifcers electee were the tenporarjr officers wihich helped to organize the po-t. with the ex ception or .quartermaster for whfch position Col. Carle Abrams defined to serve longer on ar roitnt of -lack of time, and K. A. Robins of the state public serv corftiriloston vlras flwtfd. w K. Lab also withdrew for ehania'j. In favor or Fred P. Robr rtson I . UMt of Oriirern "the complete Hat of officers is s jWllows: Commander. G. P. Hagreman; en6r Vice commander. Allan Joiej; Junior vice commander,' MaMt.R.-Skiff. Jr.: trmtees. Hen-. , w r). M'lder, A. E."Pomeroy, Al- ian;arsojt; cnaplaln, Fred K. Kf ttfrtfcon: adjutant. Bryan Cor Uyp quartermaster, R. a. Robins: : Officer of the day. Guy Yoan; eerjjeant major P. X. Anderson: urierrdaster sergeant, Theo J. Conrio. . in orfor was read from nation al fteatiquarters carting a meeuns in -rtiantf for May 9 for the for mation of a state department. Ungates were elected, one Tor v-acii IS members, and the fnllow frtgjiwere eected: Carle A bra ms. Henry O. Miller, E. AC Robins and Bryiin Conley.;- Commander C. F. iiafgeman fs also a delegate. 55 More Members Wanted .An effort will be made to brln as Hiany members aa possible in to, t-ne organization at, the nets meting, April 23, and also to br'nk the 35 who have already nad8 application, o the 'meeting to i initiated, in'order that the rarest possible number voting "Helates be sent to the Portland ' meting. ' ,. v I -,, . Arccmmltee'ccl8tlngrbirif?b Milr, R. E. Potneroy and Al'an Carijfon. wasselected 'toprovldo vaa tttractiv program for that JeneVW.SX.f Vailter, I; I Will. Jumrj at Carnival gi-OKANE.- Wash.,iADrll S oafh Fred' Dohler of-Wanhinr- ton State college at Pullman an , honiiced here recently that Eldon ' Jeutt), cracjt pola vaulfer of the Ichojul will participate tn the Penn relay carnival, to be held in Phil adelphia this month. . Jine wlir vault , against some of the best athletes In the country t thee; meet, according to Mr. Hohjfer.. Jenne .was a member of the SfJnlted States .Olympic track tears, last summer, . ; Remember' that our classified d ,epartmast Is here to serve T priceless old Faster found again. r 1L BfSNibi . ; ; . ::-' JUL I --;' i 'sTrN .i: A y A -"1'rinrw mm m ... s unwiU be wot buck to Italy The n Vn,. f .1 - rund . an taIIao irujuand art collector. P11 1 ri Tom, !$-- A " ' " ii ' 1 - ' II . Tbe United States bosjital ship Relief is the most complete andhe finest In the world. It was recently cemmierioned and is now with the Atlantic Fleet. The centre picture is a broadside view of the craft On the right is one of the wards, snowing some of tbe COO cotnfortuble swinging beds. A comer of the ship's pharmacy is also shown, and is tbe complete drug store follj equipped. Expense was disregarded in the making of the new ship, and it is equal to any institution ashore in facilities, comfort and convenience. ES Standard Oil .-Announces Plan to Make Woikmen Shareholders ' no -i c SAN FUAMiCO, April 6 , i ne .ian.iar.i ui; company oi t ail- lornia annoMiiced toniptit that if plan by which emp.oves will be ea t t!ed to purchase capital tto k of the corporat.-on will in- put into opt ration .Juy I. l!2l. t ) continin' j for five' years. The stockholders authorized the plan at the.r an- i nual ineel.'n last month. For each dollar deposited bv an employe It oin his pay by means of deduction from t oniipuiiy will depoait fifty cent to h!s credit, shares of stock being bought at the market pr ce from fund, the com pun announced. The stock will be held in the nam" of a trustee, dividends being added to the employes' depnsot for the purchase of additional utock. On April 30, 1926. at the end of five years, the stock will be turned over to the employe. Sunday Amusements Not Aimed at by W.C.T.U. SEATTLE. April C. Miss Marv Brown, president of the Western Washington W. C. T. F. today de nied recent newspaper reports that her ornahization is planning a campaign for leg slation to place the ban on Sundav amusements and the use of tobacco. "Ottr district act Titles conform with those of the national orjrjm. fcatlon and no legislative cam paign is in prospect." said Mis Brown. "We are interested as we have been for several decades, in better Sabbath observance " Al. Sommers, Portland Box er, Matched For Event On Program ' HELENA. Mont., April The anuual convention nt 8. he Montana Stockcrowent asuociaf inn cheduled to be held in Helena April 19 and 20 promises to le " ft h hifRMt ever held by the organization, according to lo cal cattlt'tmn. and delegates are ;y;-f sS'.&i V. -wSvvJI l " 'Vt I VV"-' I mm ST0CKBJ1IL MEET THIS MOfllTH : ' w wwnn .MiiHlMiammgt U. S. S. Relief, wonder floating hotpitul recently commn$ioned Atlantic Fleet. vpn ied i j- 1 1 1 a 1 1 parts of the ! nori li w vfi. Spia'.fis srhcduled to ad(iress '. the .convention include Governor i llo of Molilalia: Mayor John I Irytirfili of Helena; lr. F. K Marshall, of Salt l.ak? (' ty. .e- j italv National Wuol Growers' j association: J. H. IStirke. rhaii- ! man livestock commission ( j i V0"'; A J -"v"?rA;7!; , .lost! l ln W f x i - -.-1 j I hl'tPil ' j The closing nKht o' the con vent ion a boxing show will be ! s'atfed for tiie visitors. Clonie ! Tait. Pac.fic 'coast welterweight I al), A Vomers oi Portlaud. Ore.. I h:iVe matched lo biX 1 roundsl and a gei.ii-final bout of ; , rollll(ls lo ,,e urranged for. i . State Bests in Case Against Federal Agents PPOKAN'K, Wash.. The prosecution in April 6. the case of John G. Montgomery and W. C. , pay ny means of Vest, federal prohibition officers j tne 1j2l baseball season will take f .ryral1- h -charged with manslaughter la con- i place tomorrow with a game be sit fifty cent to nection with the fatal shooting at ; ,.. Oakl.-nul .ind Salt l.aVc The Keller. Wash., last May of hrnest Kmley. rested its case late today ; after TO witnesses had been ex- j . ' Tl a 9 i f r Ltd w II trr ahofiH t a 111 III -k . 411c; urifiioc dii fcv j with its case at the opening of i coutt tomorrow. 12 ARE Conspiracy for Smuggling Aliens into U.'S. Is Charged SEATTLE. Wash.. April 6. Twelve Japanese, indicted by a federal" grand 'Jury last November on a charge of conspiracy to smuggle aliens into the United States, were arraigned for trial in the United States court here today. Of the original number ar rested, one died and another es caped to Japan. Federal agents said a freshly caulked place on the stern of the steamship Alabama llaru led to the discovery of the stowaways bidden in the machinery housing It ts alleged the men were agents for a smuggling ring operating in the United States and Japan. Defendants Plead Not Guilty in Lovett Case WARSAW. Ind.. April 6. Pleas of not gu Ity to the indict ment charging them with the mur der of 20-year-old Leroy Lovett of Elkhart, Ind.. were entered toda by Mrs. Lydia Decker and her sons. Fred, Virgil and Calvin Decker. Judge Royce announced that tbe case would probably be set for irial within two weeks. Snow Five Feet Deep In Blue Mountains LA T5RANDE. Ore , April fi. The first automobile over the Hlue Mountains this season arrived here this morn nn. The partv. beaded by Bob Sinclair and Ed Sch'ILnfc, started from Pendleton errly yesterday. They made their way through despite five feet of snow. Thev advised tourists to wait about three weeks. Montana's First Brewery Used as Boy Scout Camp RUTTK. Mont.. At.ril 6.-A11 that remain of Montana's first brewery. built in ISGO, in the town of Highlands, is a on story 10? cabin, which Is now used by the Hoy Scouts of I'.utie as a sum mer camp. The town of High- 1 lands enjoyed but brief prosper ity during the early Montana boom days. Gilbert Named Again As University Regent Governor Olcott announced yes terday that he will reappoint Wil liam S. Gilbert of Astoria as a member of the beard of regents of the University of Oiegon. Mr. Gilbert s term expires April 15. Mr. Gilbert is nastor of the Pres byterian church at Astoria and as a charlain in the l2nd Unit ed States in antry during the war. He is state commander of the American legion. Sailing of Wenatchee Awaits Arrival cf Wood SEATTLE. Wash.. April 6. The sailing of the steamship Wen atchee on her maiden voyage in th Sesttle-Far East service. wmi01 ,al 11 a' m- Saturday U1 bo delayed until 5 p. m. to JAPANESE ARRAIGNED lit and aitignsd to tht await the arrhal of Major General lcoiiurd U urn and his staff from rfan ! ran cisco. en ' route to the Pnil ppines. it was announced to lay. ilen-ral Wood and h;s party ate expe: ted to teach here at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. TWO yl'.XKKS AUK KKLT .lOI.I'.KOOK. Ariz.. April Two ili-liti.-l earthii3ke shocks w re felt li-ie late today, of about seconds duration. The first shock was marked, but the sec ond seemed lo taper off. traveling Irom cast to west. The only dainate rpport?d was the shtftteiing of a large plate class window in a local cafe. Salt Lake Baseball Season Opens Today SALT LAKE CITY. April S. With clear skies prom sed for Thursday the formal opening of b;illeri(.s w,;n t6 Bromoley and Byler for Salt Lake, and Arlett and MiUe for Oakland. , TANKER IS D.VMAGED PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. April . The battleship Connecticut, out ward bound for Culebra. side swiped the tanker H. C. Folger In the Delaware river today. Thei battleship sustained no damage and proceeded. The tanker was slightly damaged. CHARLES BEACHES Ll'CERXE ' 1 LONDON. April C. Former Emperor Charles arrived at Lu cerne about 11 o'clock tonight, accoiding to a Zurich dispatch to ihe Exchange Telegraph. He was accompanied hy the former Zita, who met him at Huchs. Charles appeared exhausted. Legislative Program is Map ped Out for Special Session WASHINGTON. April 6. A program for legislation to farm ers is to be mapped out next week by the senate and bouse agricul tural committees in co-operation with representatives of national agricultural associations. Senator Capper of Kansas said today it was hoped to evolve an agrarian legislation budget on wta'ch all Isierests would agree. Prospective features of the far mers' legislation, according to Senator Capper and others in clude: The Fordney emergency tariff bill; a bill for co-operat.ve mar ket ng by fa'rtiiers; a law to reg ulate future trading in agricul tural products; the packer control bill; a biil for standardization of weiahts and measures and govern ment regulation of cold storae. PICKS MAN TO EAUS FIGURE II) PROPOSED LAWS Ve Tf" r . 7: . ty - It r- -T " ' i r . ii XV til . A-r y "I V:W i-t-.Ajfi. .Vl.sJ lit ' y ii A,rj Gar,en "'nnaper of tbe Chicago Ojrr3 Company, will continue to manure ihe compaiiv for n not Or e;ir. nben be mill turn everything over to her successor, Ujui be hu tireadj selecled, and bo wiU be a man. f cneo wins WATER P010 New, York Man Makes Re cord of 3 Minutes In Swimming Race CHICAGO. April G. The na tional water polo championship of the Amateur Athletic union will Ocome to Chicago this year as the result of the defeat tonight in the preliminary matches of the Olym pic club or SanFranciseo team, present champions, and the New York athlet e club sextet. The Illi nois athletic club team defeated the westerners, 7 io 4. and the the Chicago athletic association 7 to 3. The Illinois A. C. and Chicago A. A. teams will meat in the finals tomorrow nijjht. Teams from both coasts will play for third place. An American record of three minutes flat was made in the Na t oDal A. A. U. swimming cham pionships after the polo games, when Steve Ruddy or the New York A. C. clidped one second off the old mark for the 220-yard breast stroke. The World's record of 1:29 1-5 for the women's open 100-yard breast stroke was equalled by Miss Edna O'Connell of the I. A. C. Lane Fruit Districts Not Damaged by Frost EUGENE, Or.. April 6. A'. htough the temperature reached 29 degrees this morning reports from the fruit districts of Lane county Indicate that there was but little damage to the fruit crop. J. O. Holt, manager of the Eugene Fruit Growers' associa tion, made a personal inspection of a number of orchards and says he failed to find any indication of serious injury to the fruit bnds SEDITION CHARGED. VANCOUVER. It, C. April 6. O. T. Grattan Esmonde, alleged Sinn Fein agent, must stand trial here on a charge of sedition un der which he was arrested yes tordav. Mayor R. H. Gale an nounced tonipht. Efforts to secure the release of Esmonde. from the charge, with permission to leave tonight -for New York, failed when Mayor Gale declared he would press the case against Esmonde. "I don't suppose you keep any thing to civilized as dog biscuits in this one-horse, run-down jay own. do vou?" the tourist cus tomer snarled. - "Oh, yes, stranger," the village merchant responded pleasantly "Quit" a,' few folks like you come through irom the city, and we aim to have everything called for nave em jn a Dag or eat em here?" Country Gentleman. Read The Classified Ads. SUCCEED HER. - flr rc:yyii :: V -r fr;fy M OHIO REPORTS INCREASE High Wages and Shortage Of Labor Is Also Mentioned CHICAGO, April 6. Decrease in the" total population of state prisons In the middle and south western states is attributed in part to prohibition by a number of state prison authorities. Other reasons noted Included high wages and shortage of labor, the indeterminate sentence and the merit system. The falling off for 16 states, as noted in reports col lected here by the Associated Press, amounted 'on December 1, 1920, to nearly an eighth of the total on December 1, 1914. - lo commenting on the de crease in states where It occurred more prison officials named pro hibition than any other single reason. Several citing industrial conditions, gave this cause great er weight than prohibition. From one of the states that re ported an increase, Ohfo, the warden of the state penitentiary reported he did not believe that prohibition bad decreased crime. The decrease in prisoners was not uniform, but took place in nine states,, where 'the total de crease wiped out an increase in Six states and showed a net de crease for the entire 16, one re maining stationary. New features in the character of crime and criminals were noted by several state officials. "I believe that there has been a general decrease in the prison population of the country." said Henry Town, warden of the Wis consin state prison at Waupun "This can be attributed in part to-'the restricted sale of intoxicat ing liquor and also to the fact that labor has been scarce and high wages have been paid. "We do not get as many petit offenders as formerly, but the crimes committed are of a much more serious nature. I believe it is also true that a great many of these serious crimes are being commftted and tha offenders are not being caught. I think you can sum up the situation by say ing that petit crime has de creased and a more serious form of crime has taken its place and greatly increased, and that the percentage of arrests for the more serious crimes is much less than the arrests formerly for petit crimes." Prohibition was said by Down er Mullin. secretary of the Min nesota state, board of control, to be one of the principal reasons for the decrease in number of in mates In the Minnesota state prison at Stillwater. John T. Burkett, secretary of the Arkan Fas penitentiary commission, gave the passage and enforcement of prohibition laws credit for the decrease there in the number of I state convicts. Officials of the Kentucky pris ons, where the greatest drop in the 16 states was noted, said that the-decline there was due In large part to the unprecedented period of employment and high wages probablv more than to prohibi tion. They said they did not ex pect their prison population to stav at its low point for long. In Ohio, Warden Thomas said that the main reason why the state penitentiary population had not decreased in tha last few years was the Indeterminate sen tence. It holds prisoners longer, he said: Another reason given by Warden Thomas was that Ohio police were more active than those in some other states and were bringing in more criminals. "The reformer claims it is Dro- niDition that reduces our prison pofAulation," wrote J. R. Jordan, chftf clerk, criming record de partment, Texas state penitenti ary. "They alto claim that since prohibition has been in effect 'crime has decreased fH per cent." Of course, they do not expect any one that Is informed to believe them, but it serves their purpose to fool the people a part of the time." In Missouri. William R. Paint er, chairman of the state prison Doard, said that prohibition was one cause of the decrease. In num ber of, prisoners and that crime had diminished noticeably along with prohibition. Mr. Painter said that the merit system imder which prisoners are given a chance to reduce their sentences by good behavior, had operated likewise to cut down the state prison population. BIG INSTITUTB Enrollment of 500 Should Be Limit Says College President ROSTOX, April c When a liberal arts college reaches an en rollment of 500 it ought to stop and organize a new college Unit, ith penarata faculty, and a dean independent of the other, in the opinion of President Lemuel H. Murlin of Boston university. His statement was made In connection with the action of several col- A TOO AGIST 'yj 5 f ' W - : w$p 1 I . : 7 : 2 t ; v " i "ti . v'"i-- jL i ' S&'lL - t'i Wjl )' L-.y.'.y. if... . r. i ,; ii i r 2i" : ,(,, i4 Dr. James Angell recently xnadetls first rlslt to the ani rersltj In New Haven since he was appointed chltt Mr. AngeTJ wHJ take op bis new duties and hopes to put Tale far abore ant f t ..... Si: - nnJversi tj In existence. ; V leges in limitrng the number of students. , ' ''My conception of i the Ijdeal lib eral arts college is one having a faculty of 50 and a student body of not more than ft 00," said President Murlin. "When the numbers exceed these tbe organi zation is too "large, and it would be better to divide It into units. Separate colleges ought to be es tablished, with separate facuMisL and deans acting independently ot each other. "Such a development, which savors somewhat of; the English university system, will, in my opinion, never become widespread in this country, ihowever, al though a few American universi ties are tending toward the Eng lish tutorial system. , "This theory does not apply to the colleges of commerce or bus iness administration, which have different problems i than do thy liberal arts colleges." The tendency toward great in creases in student enrollment Is practically over, in President Murlin's opinion. . ' "The interest of tbe college of ficials will focus on :the entering class in the fall of 1923," Said President Murlin. 'jit is doubt ful if the enrollnTeat will then show anything but the norma! in crease. There will iprobably be a reduction rather Ithan an in crease in the entering classes all over the country. "The abnormal increases in enrollment during the past three years nave been due to the delay f1 I" education of hun dd!of young. n-hy the war and the general prosperity. Then, too. tbe efficiency of the college' graduate in the war has caused a widespread appreciation of the benefits of a college leducation. -'It is improbable that the great Increases will be sustained, f do not anticipate iax large in creases in the next i three yearrt is in the last three; The "high eak of the rush to, the collepes was reached in the fall of 1919, and we shall have to wait until this class rradtiates la. 1923 to s"t what the normal student enroli- ments of the colU'M-jr'will be in the future."' PERSHING'S NEPHEW A BRIDEGROOM. vr 1 II"'"' m . ,...,.MZH . i , ;yy ;i , 11 T " j "5?, ,ir-"N s! II i tVf :-,' HT- it's -f Frank Edwin Tersbing and his bride, who was Mary Janl Oatcault, daughter of Richard Outcault, the world tonoml 1 artist, photographed h they were learing the church In wbicli they were wedded to go on their honeymoon. The brfdecrooa I h the nephew oX General rershing. VJV i ,4lii''-5: I fly LitM: Ml INJURED Thousands of Refugees Find Shelter in Temples and , ; School Houses ' TOKIO, April C. A big fbo which broke out today Jn the Asa- -kusa section of Tokio was brought unuef "co3trol this afternoon after firernent bad torn down a ring of houses around the affected dis trict.!: Firemen were aided, by 3000 members of the police force and troops and gendarmes. A number of children were injurel as threjr fl6d from a burning school , house, Tonight a thousand refugees ,, are quartered in the Asakusa park, lithe tsmplea and school housei; Active relief of the iaf ferers of the district is under way. : ).':, TOKlO, April 6. Fire whicl; broke, out In the Asakusa sectioa of Tokio at 8:30 m. was still -pre4ing at 2 p. m. Fifty per- ' sons nave been injured, 1708 housei i have been ' destroyed, among them eight temples, a school house and a police station. i ' i . Soldier Who Lost Both Legs Elected Treasurer QUtNCY, 111.. April 6. Charles Hildeiirant, soldier of the Argon ne. who lost both his legs7 in ac tion, t as today elected city treas urer by tbe biggest vote ever given any candidate in Quincy. Teacher Unselfishness is vol untarily doing without things we need. J Give a living example. Tontiliif Pa. Ife goes without batli w bin he needs it. Dallas News. Ii: 111 TWO FIRE 1 I 1 Pi