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1 r DID YOU KNOW That Salem Is the Crude Drug Center of Oregon and That She May Increase mm The Statesman recelres the leafed wire report of the Associated Press, the greatest and most rtv liable press association In the world. WKATlf Kit OREGON' Thursday fair; mod erate westerly winds. SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1921 PRICE : FIVE CENTS , ln fc State in ltu Varied Reports Received Concerning Prune &r-o9 ' COLONEL BOND OPENS FIRE TO Petition Asks Simeral to Run for School Board, REPEL ATTACKING FORCE WHEN ATTENTION IS ftTTRACTED TO SCHOOL RAGE With Two Members to Elect, 5 Labor Leader, Attorney ; and Incumbents May Try For Positions. AUCTION TO TAKES PLACE ON JUNE 7th 1, . Half Hundred Head of Thor oughbred Jerseys to be Sold at State Fair Grounds TERMS OF OLINGER AND WHITE CONCLUDE i Shields and Olinger Men tioned, Simeral Petitions Already Out Speculation, as to possible can didates for places on the board of directors of the Salem schools is being Indulged In as the time for the annual ichool election draws near and wlt,h It the terms of two members of the board are ended. Three men, all of them prominent in public affairs, are either understood to be consider ing entering the race or are be ing boosted by their friends, al though as yet it is not known that any one of the three has folly announced his candidacy for a 'place.. ' r The election will bo on some 'date la Jane. Ollngcr May Rub Again Among those who arei being talked of for the places are L. J. Simeral, president of the Salem Trades and Labor ; Council. Roy T. Shields, a Salem attorney, and Dr. H. H. Olinger. who may be a candidate to succeed himself, it Is thought. ; Mr. Simeral, whose activities .hare been considerable in ward ing off local labor troubles and who has been largely responsible for .the amicable settlement or -many disputes between laborers ; and employers, is the candidate of labor and of a large number of friends. Several petitions are be ing circulated nominating Mr. V Simeral.- Mr. Shields Is one of the lead ing attorneys of the city and a member of the law firm of Smith A Shields. He is considered one . of the best legal authorities and 1 has been prominent in local pub- :- lie affairs. Dr, H H. Olinger was elected a member of the board about a Tear and a half ago to fill the .unexpired term of Chauncey Bish op. who moved to Pendleton. He is also prominent in all civic af 'fairs. , ; ' Three Hold Orel i Besides Dr. Olinger the other , member of the. board whose term or office expires this year is Har T O. White, who has served throughout the last two terms of otnee, Mr. White is chairman of ; the board. It is not know wheth- ,er ne will be a candidate for re ; election. Members of the board who will , e carried over for the next. Uy Trtos of longest service on the Jrd Mr. Halvorsen is next in for the chairmanship. An auction sale of half a hun dred thoroughbred registered Jer sey cattle will take place at the state fair grounds June V. ac cording to announcement yesterday. Dr. J. E. Reedy, who operates a cattle exchange business at Til lamook, will bring 25 head to sale, and another 2o at least come in from other points in th- Willamette valley. Among the animals will be the blood strains of St. Mawes, I'p rlght'a Chief, Rosaire Olga Ladd and others. All are heavy pro ducers and good individual-. This will practically be the first time that sales have taken place out of Tillamook. Hereto fore Tillamook has been a buying section. The dairymen there are determined to build up their herd to the best possible and make for their cattle the same reputa tion they have for their cheese. Several herds are now on official test. BREAD PRICE WILL STAY UP AND RISE IN FLOUR RESULTS FROM WHEAT BOOM PORTLAND, Or., May 1. Liberal Rains in the wheat markets during the past 10 days have not only wiped out all prospects for lower bread prices for the time being but have resulted in a boost in the wholesale price of flour, bakers an nounced today. Portland millers announced a 40c advance in family pa tents this morning to $8.fi0 a barrel. At this price a 19-pound sack will retail around $2.10. Bakers' flour was increased 50 cents a barrel and will now cost the bread makers from $6.50 to $7. i : , E linen bll yp EXT WEEK TOURNAMENT TEAM PICKED BY GOLFERS GROSS STERHLITZ THREATENED !rst Matches in Three-Cornered Meet at Eugene Sunday SEEM MEPHS PLl TO ATTEND iT Members of the tea roto repre sent Salem in the three-cornered golf tournament with Eugene and t'o.rvallis which starts Sunday at Eugene were selected yesterday from the handicap scores of the golf players of the Illahee club. Sunday the three teams will play at Kugene. the following Sunday hern in Salem and May 22 at Cor vallis. A handsome silver cup is the trophy for the meet, which if won three times in succession, be comes permanent property of the winning team. Representing Salem are Ercel Kay. Dr. H. H. Olinger. Arthur Hutchason. J. II. Farrar, Dr. I.. K. ir:ffith. F. D. Thielscn. O. C. Uicke. P. H. Vorce. C. M. Cox. A. A. Keene. E. L. Baker, George G. Drown. The local players are urging all of the members of the club who can possibly make the trip to Eu gene Sunday to do so. MILLIONS LEFT TO ACTRESS HIE GATHERING HI Tariff Measure is Slated for Final Action in Senate On Wednesday . The ninth annual convention of Hon. the ninth annr.a. P.nyers' th" Pacific Northwest Merchants' I week, inaugurated by t U mauu- WASIIINGTON, May 4. Final action in the senate by next Wed nesday on the emergency tariff and anti-dumping bill probable tonight after day's discussion. Opponents stated that they would complete their arguments by that date. Senator association Is to convene in Port 'and August 1 to 6. according to information reaching Salem mer chants, and mary of the local re tailers are planning to attend. The importance of this conven tion is growing year by year. It is expected that this .year's gath ering will include delegates from Wyoming. Montana. Colorado, Alaska and from other far distant points, while the attendance from Oregon. Washington and Idaho will be much greater than any frcturers and jobbers of Oregon, will be held. The comniittea has arranged on?' of the most elabor ate series of entertainments in the history of the organization, in cluding a "high Jinks" for the men and theater parties fir the women. In addition there will he river excursions and trips about the city and its environs. The committee has arranged with Portland jobbers and manu facturers to refund the railroad and Pullman fare of any merch n.oviniia rpa r 1 11 .i I' 1 n r- h V the I . ...... .1 . I. i.nv(.ntirtn - , K ' . . j . , . r, . , u 1 : I dlirnunm I i I mil i i u vnii ""'"'inumber of letters recevd by the j the f irst i rmmllo In rhari'i" nf the nr-' inrmliers or me association aunng hose aggregate purchases from rangements. In connection with the convt n-1 1 lie convention exceed $5Ht. SSrhSr" bJSJlaTi I Can Anyone Take Advantage of a Plumber? Treasurer Hoff Dubious And Tells 'Em So at Board Meet he had no objection to the plan. Senator Hitchcock. Democrat. Nebraska, assailed the bill, charg ing that Its currency conversion provision would "penalize" Am erican consumers. He inquired frequently of Republican senators how they reconciled that phase with their party declarations for a lowered living cost. The alter native bases of assessing duties fixed by the bill would mean an additional "tax" on the consum- r. he asserted. Mr. McCumber said that In the last analysis, the consumer al ways pays tne Dill, wnemer ine tax" be assessed directly or in the form of a tariff. The emergency measure, he contended, was no more suscep tible to this charge than any othc tax or tariff bill drawn. Is it possible for anyone to take through the "peddling" of bids advantage of a nlumher? State ! which he declared destroys com ..... , . .t petition and disregards quality of ... workmanship. The stat- treasurer as Ken m , The boanJ -awarded to F. A question yesterday when repre- j Krixon of Salem th contract t sentatives of nlunibinc. heating ' construct a large feed barn n .,. ,fanrc n,,nMr. f,r fan of thetate hospi " " , ital for the insane. A. A. Siewert ed before the state board of con- Salm . Wos;t Kidder at tioi ana asuea me noara in aaopi rs20ft. hut he is nn.il.le to build UNREST PREVAILS PARIS. May 4. Unrest ft ill II- J T inn no O Tr t 1 t or tne nouns m wiw-vu .MUnif IIIB aii.i f "i v.- .,,,,1 I I I tit r 1MU dispatches today. a policy of direct dealing with the contractors when their work is needed on state buildings, in stead of following the present policy whereby the contractors work under sub-contracts with general contractors. The board took the subject under advise ment. 'PitMline" ( harg.il. The Portland Association of and Piping Contractors and th Oregon Elcctri-al (on- Dealers wen- repre- ITTl MM n Oregon Men in Congress to Assist in Studying Jap anese Question 1 ..... war . - ; s-, - . ; ; v tL I . 1 : " 'i' ' ',:. vf :.. i I is Poles Bring Up Light Flejd Pieces and Reply and En glishman Says he is Un able to Hold Out. INSURGENTS SEIZE INDUSTRIAL REGION German Ambassador Says i Effort is To Take Upper ; Silesia by Force I bv D. ('. Uushlight and s ian z i on i b ts put on Drill sh nni- -rge W. Kendal. ,s speaker, forms and fired into the crowd. t'ther members wotp present. Mr Assassinations and other aeM of i Ku.shhcht charc.x the P-neral violence are said to be continuing. 'contractors w.th sharp p'-'Cticc JBEHBERS OF GERMAN CABINET QUIT AND COALITION IS PENDING the barn In time for storage of the summer hay crop Erixon'. hid was $xr.7.-. to which a inall amount was added yesterday when seme minor changes in the plans were made. Erixon guarantees to liavo the barn finished in time for storace of the hay crop which will !) about June 20. Fund Not Plentiful. K S. Tillincrlinst. snprint--n- lent of (!) stat' :chool for tlu 1ch!. informed the hoard that it would be ncesyary for him to lror..- with caution to keep with in tin- appropriation allowed him I y th- lccislaturo for the pr.'h.'JH t'i.'-'nii iu in . Should xpon'- cmi- t t mi up at the r 'i t of the Um jniontii he r-or'tod lie would li,iv .! deficit of about $H,ooo at the 1 1 ml of t lie liienniiiiu. WASHINGTON, May 1 An nouncement of an executive com mittee of members of congress from western states to co-operate in action on measures dealing with Japanese immigration and land ownership was mad? today ly Representative Johnson, Cali fornia, who recently was chosen chairman of the joint conference or the congressional representa tives of those states. Senator McNary and Represen tative Sinnott of Oregon are mem- Lers of the executive committee which consists of one senator and , nn representative from each of the western states Many on List. Other members are: Arizona -Senator Ashurst. Rep resentative lleydang. Colorado Senator Phipps. Rep resentative Timbrlake. Idaho Senator Borah, Repre sentative Smith. ' Montana Senator Walsh, Rep resentative McCormick Nebraska Senator Norris. Nevada Senator Pittman, Rep resentative Arentz. New Mexico Senator Jones, Representative MfSntoya. Oklahoma Senator llerrald, Repres'.'iitative McClintic. Texas Has Place. Texas Senator Shppard, Re presentative darner. I'tah r Senator King, Represen tative leat herwood. Washington Senator Poindex ter. ltepreseiitat ivA Miller. The entile California delega tion will be a committee of the v hole, m tinr a: a unit with th--? i 11 ARROLL M'COMAS. an actress performing in "Miss Lulu Betts, has been left the fortune of the late Howard J. Flannery, a leading young business man of Pittsburg. According to;;Miss Mc Comas. she knew Flannery for several years, having met him dur ing his college career at Harvard. They were firm friends, she asserts, and she was engaged to marry him. Flannery wis an ath lete of the university several years ago. The value of Flannerj's estate is not known at present. Sj: c COITION OF FRUIT DIFFERS Some Growers Say Italian Prunes Hard Hit, Others Are Optimistic Senator Crane"s Estate Totals Eight Millions hi - I NEW YORK. May 4. Former Senator W. Murray Crane Ot Massachusetts who dieji October DROP MAY BE NATURAL 1929. left a personal fcstate of $8,800,000, it was distlosed to day in an appraisal by tithe depu ty state c omptroller. Hfs holdings in New York included half a mil lion dollars In liberty btads. Legacies varying fronv J50.00O to $r.0f0 were bequeathed to 1 institutions in Massachusetts and New York in a total of 117 bene ficiaries, i- OPPELN, Upper Sflesa, ! May 4. (By The Associated j Press Colonel Bond, Bntih j control officer at Gross Streh- ! litz, reported to British hed- : quarters here tonight that he j opened, artillery fire on 2,000 I to 3000 Poles attempting. to I occupy the city. The Poles brought up light field pieces and were replying. Colonel Bond, who has ap proximately 200 Italian trodps also reported that he probably could not hold out long. ; j . A British sergeant major has been mortally wounded. A crowd of Germans attacked a Pole in Crrpeln and'beat hirA fco death.. In " Kattowitz crowds are parading the streets but there is no fighting. Gennaa Ambassador Protests. LONDON. May 4 Dr. Sthamer, German ambassador here present ed a note tonight to the foreign office protesting against the Po lish coup in Upper Silesia as an apparently concerted effort to take the province by force and re fusing all responsibility for the situation and Its conaequenceaV The note has been communicat ed to the other allied goYern ments. It declares that by the ac tion ot Irresponsible Polish agents and provacateurs a strike b.as been engineered in Upper Silesia through the whole mining and In dustrial areas, terrorizing the wUling workers and preTentlng them from carrying out their tasks, -while Polish sokols land armed bands cover the country as far as Ratibor. Insurrection Pro-Arranged . The organized destruction ot railways and bridges, It Is assert ed, shows a pre-arranged plan for T Continued on page 8) Weeks Fears for Keizer Bot tom Judgment Gener ally is Withheld exeeut i v e rr:iion emu m itte'j arl.-es. whenever Opinion varies as to the prob able damage suffered by the prune nop throtiKh the rather unusual i weather conditions. Information t leaned from prominent prune K rowers In the county would tend SCORES IN COAST BASEBALL Wilie. rf. Mm baker, ss. Kearns, ss. . . Cooper, rf. Miller. If Knight. Jb. . White, fb. . . Pinelli. 3b. . . Koehler. c. . Kranse. p. . . Columbia Basin Rates j Are Effective June 20 Varney Returns With Man s ; BERLIN, May 1. The Gcr tman cabinet resigned Uxlay. was Labor, Rraun. Reverend Dr. von prospective ultimatum I pper Silei;i aaln was of frioti. disturbances. v The farmed July 25, 1020. It fol lows: - Chancellor, Konstantin Feb renbach. VlCA rVa nrAllAP mini j ,t justice, Carl Heine. Minister of foreign affairs, Vr. Walter Simons. Finance. Dr. Wirth. : Interior, Ucrr'Koch. ; Defense, Herr Gessler. V ,ransPort. General Grocner Food, Andres Hermes, j Posts and telegraphs, Joah ann Geiaberts. Jcpnotnics, Herr Scholz. Jeasury, Herr Von Raumer Commerce, Herr Scholl. arul u hil r- ' Poth Previd. nt KLei t and tin , Two Ar -rlflil. I reicbsla leaders I.elo-itin to the IXJNIKJX. May ' The P.ei lin J coalition parties a.li-o had ex- j correspondent of the Indon pressed their beli-f that the re-j Tunes understands Chancellor . tir-ment of the cabinet would ! , ivhrenhach and Foreign Minister i rnly mine movemnu i.iiiHrtn, Simons have resigned, but that I and Captured in Pittsburg tariffx under the interstate coni- ,. nuti'h oiuinissloti ruiiiiK in the P M Varnev state parole of- Columb-.a hasin rat,, case will be ! f,r..r . oh..'l..t1 In return ' effective .June 20 unless shipping 'last nlcht from Pitlnburg. Pa., 'ntercsts of Tucet Sound or As-; I with William Graham, who was!,or,4 "urreofl in causing suMen-. r..,,-.!,..! fr,, fi, ttJf rnii.. sion throuch court action, said the rest of th" cabinet remain . He also s.ivs that the siiCKestior. Of Ir. Stamer as new foreign minister has been dropped at Dr. Stamer's reouet. i It is believed in Iterlin Ir sjrtistav Strsemann. leader of th People's party, will be the new chancellor, and that Mr Mayer, ambassador at Paris. 'will be tie new foreign minister. ; iiKKLIN. May Chancellor Kehrenhacli and members of ht-: cabinet rec-ntly declared they did rot propose retiring when C.er rr,any was faring grave complica tions liktly to result from the one which would produce needless confusion at home, aii'l incident illy create a bad impres s.on abroad. Socialists Stand Aloof Tlie majorit) So.iaMrts are 1 nnvious fer nart icii.nt ion in tiar last December. Graham was nentenred from Multnomah county lo do from two t.i seven years for forgery. After beini: parole.l he werfit to Henton county where he is said to have forged several checks at Corvallls. He escaped from the state and two weeks apo was located in Pittsburg. Graham was active in various j w;iv while in the prl.-on and was no' i .me of the leadine characters in tlv i (n,, prison minstrel show last fall. railroad officials here today. TANKKK I .-A I HKI POIITLAM). Ore.. May 4 The 12."M-ton lank steamer Hwif liKht was launched today from the ways of the Northwest Bridge and Iron company here. The Hwift llKht is the sixth of a fleet rf seven similar vessels lxHng V"''1 here for, the Swiftsure Oil pany to five the opinion that as in pre vious years, that the size of the Totals l'.Ul prune crop will differ ac cording to localities. Luther J. Chapin is inclined tiRourK, rf. take a very optimistic view of thej Ktuk 2h. situation and contend that every spring according to reports, the prune crop is ruined several times but Just the same when the sum mer advances the weight ot the fruit on the branches requires that the trees receive support. Shedding Held Natural. Mr. Chapin is of the belief that weather conditionfs have little or nothing to doi with the falling off or the fruit and that a heavy shed ding was to be expected when the bloom had been as (hick as this spring. However, Mr. Chapin said he had not made a thorough sur vey of crop conditions and was planning to do so within a few davs and could then speak with I Oakland AB. R. H. 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 (i (t 3 0 o 3 .1 3 3 2B. 3B.BB.SO.SH. SB.P.O. A. E. 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (I 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 o 1 0 0 0 2 o i i: 2 4 3 8 1 Portland AB. R. H. 2B. 3B.BB.SO.SH. SB.P.O. A. E. ! Wolfer. If j Cox. cf . . . I Poole, lb. . j Puller. 31). i young, ss. . ! Fisher, c. . Kallio. p ! Johnson, p. I Paton ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 o 1 0 0 lO 0 0 by innings- Tot." If Score Oakland -k Portland P? Hatted for Kallio in, fifth. 0 0 tf" 18 12 1 1 W. S. '. IJKATS WHITMAN t out-1 i,..ar trnn'lml? of conditions. It was with considerable mis- tha S. II Van Trump. t OAKLAND 3. POKTLAIiil 1 roKTI.ANK. r . Mr 4 j4rklnrt l.fK't 'ttrn in m gt,Wir whi-h a. .all.lt a tll- II1 Of ft' lth inn:'iir on .-. i.'int of rni Vjltt ' hit over Krus tx-a'l in tW fonili .orrd to m. n rt1 ti- . or'l lIr 01 hi tl and Hntlr k irror. Whit' iJot w 1. 1.- f.ir rortlnrt' rtffrsl i'mher ltrr luiimc out hit going jo eond HANK I5ATKS I T. r.ew cabinet, and it i? beli-vel that the task of constructing th" new government will acain (!' ; voive on the coalition block, com-j I,(tNIf)N. Mav A. A Copenha j rising clericals, the German peo- : i.en d'-pateh to the l.f.e.don Tinier pie's party, denmerata and llaar- Uivs Mie national bank rate there ian t opk's patty. ' was reduced today fiom 7 to ; tj Viitually th entire cabinet at- per rent. tended today ses&icn on thl- j lit.... nn forelrn relations, at : STfCKHOLM. May 4 The Xa- which the Silesian nitnation wasltional bank rate was reduced to- j Missionaries succeeded in lday frern .7 to 6J. per sent, li?8 oyjl i3S Korgs civinc rountv horticultnral Inspector, tz- n a id tbro rormf nti(iBonrt' . ... , ,t.. I,n fofireil ! h'l lonowing an oui. ..oudsob-ire"- PULLMAN. Wash . May 4 )nss 0f tnp Italian prune crop. Washington Stale college won its ar,j tfnt ronditions were such s fourth straight conference gamei e ....edingly unfavf.rable to today at l.asebaM i.y easily ueieai-, , ht he tfrmpd anythin in vv niimn cunrsi', iu The Cougars annexed six runs in the third inning, batting Carver all over the lot. Ruley'a only bad inning was the first when the push- discussed by Dr. Siiuoiis. near au average crop. Week Is Gloomy. When asked -what percentage of the Italian prune crop he con- Kl!i". who an tourhed up .tor eight 1 hiu in the fifth 1 ;1B. H. E. 0HtUn-t ; 4i s I J Portland p 7 1 I c( ltd pnd ith on iniront cf rm) j Itjitt'Tn-s Kriiitr nil Koehler; Kallio, Johnson and Baker. tCpntinncd pn asa 81 A5GEU 10. SALT ZJUtS S LOS ANGELES. May 4. Salt Lake fir a weird fieldins detnnnatntioB to- dar and Ia Ane-lea won. 10 t V2. Tha ilpsaJ cliothad IA taM t 1M tHUSAA inninir. arorinc: three rnna on two a id 1 m and oar error. In the eighth two fctto and three nunelara i-rontet for two more Angl talbea. L t B. H. K. j Salt hake -. ... 3 S T I Lo. Angelea .... - 10 18 H Batteries l(rren . and Lynn; AM- ridge and Htaoage ' J VEEKOK 4. 8EATTIX S t ' SEATTLE. Waah, Vsy 4. Toemofi ' ' woo the oecond Kama of the aeriea hro ! today hy rosautent kitting, after ioamg . a first inning lead to Seattle ia Iho : aixth and oming bark with mill in th aeventh and ninth, to a fiaal aeoro ot 4 to :. Both .lacob and bhellenbaek pitched tight ball. 1 R. H. . ' Vernon I 11 4 f Seattle S 10 Batteriea 8bllenbck and Haaasa; . f Jacobs and Adaraa. . i - fWraniemto at Saa f raaciaco ttaii Wl ----- r - y. i ad