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SEVENTY-JIRST YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1921
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
m are lost! mm
ERTY DESTROYED BY COLORADO C LD UD B U RSTS
RESIDENTS DRIVEN FROM HOIKS. LIVESTOCK AMD CROPS ARE LOST IN CATASTROPHE
msm
QQldier Loan Week
mvmim
IHHL UUIUIU
i Hi
1STED IN
SENATE DEBATE
Deficiency of $75,000,000,
However, is Approved As
pt of General Measure
I Of $156,000,000
KENYON EXCORIATES
SHIPPING MANAGEMENT
Salaries Paid Personnel and
- Employes Target of
i Iowa Statesman
WASHINGTON, June- 3. After
bearing denunciation of the ship
ping board for its mismanagement
of th merchant marine by' Sena
tor Kenjron, Republican, Iowa,
ad others, the senate today ap
proved a ?5,000,000 deficiency
appropriation for it, and later
jassed oa the deficiency appro
priation 'bill carrying a total of
1156,000,000 inclusive of the
hipping board Item.
Ia approving the appropriation
the wntte added an amendment,
ef.'ered bt Senator Lenroot, Re-
r puWlcan, Wisconsin, directing the
Dora to sen au wooaen amps oj
October 1 next.
Board Called Wasteful
The board management of the
merchant marine was described by
Senator Kenyon as extravagant,
wasteful, and "reeking with
graft' Other senators also de
nounced ft, but Senator Jones.
Republican. Washington. and
others, while 'saying there had
ima extravagance and waste in
th past argued that the new
board soon to be appointed should
not be! penalized through lack of
funds for mistakes which were
"water over the dam."
Salaries paid shipping board of
ficials and employes vftre the par
ticular) target against which Sen
ator' Kenyon shot his hottest in
vectives. '
Estimating that shjpplng board
operations were resulting In a
diQy loss to the government of
from $500,000 to 11.000,000.
, Senatoij TCenypn declared that
-"aniens these expenses can be
toppedl the American people will
not stand for this thing much
longer. -
Tht Iowa senator's charges
troosedl the. senate so that half a
doiea senators were on their feet
"t the $ame time, either to de
nounce ithe board or to defend It
rto plead for approval of the
7.0O;0OO appropriation, a net
increaw; of $50,000,000 over the
jmonnt; given the board by the
Jonas. The arguments of the lat
wr finally prevailed and the sen-
Ptssed the whole deficiency
. which represenrts an increase
555;O00,OOO over the measure
. Jawd by the house.
91ITE mi
is run
permahent Committee For
independence Day is Ap
pointed at Woodburn
Peclaljto The Statesman.)-At
tZ ho,fI last nignt- P""
eitliens of Woodburn organ
tic 'J'fF'nanent July 4 celebra
mhiittee. b p1rPe of the organization
h t?1?'0 ways and means
iir. ilthe t,ty of Woodburn
6a. ' 7.rate the great national
, 4!UlnK and patriotic wav
eu, 2r' '.Problematic in every
occasw the Importance of th
td-nJ L. Moore wag elert-
rcWent antl John - ,,,,IU
ttoB ml treasurer and eelebra-
febirs Hcad Seyered
s;'n .Cable Loops Neck
a.iram"lus. Ore.. une 3. -
ber8rn "Mn a high line cable
' ,e lJ his beadv
EVERY 30 MINUTES
WILL SEE
ON STREET CORNERS
Soldier Loan Program For Today
2 to 5 p. m. Speeches and music each 30 minutes
on the street corners on State street. Spellbinding Le
gionaires and citizens will deliver addresses.
7 p. rri. Parade and concert by Liberty band.
8 p. m. Mass meeting at State and Liberty streets.
Musical Program.
8:15 p. m. Addresses on street corner by Supreme
Judge Lawrence T. Harris, and Walter Winslow.
The afternoon street speakers who have so far vol
untered are:
James Crawford, Robin Day, Dr. F. L. Pound, Allan
Bynan, Walter Denton, Walter L. Tooze, Sr., Miller Mc
Gilchrist, Lawrence Hofer, Carle Abrams, George A.
White.
The whole-hearted response to
the call of Mayor Halvorsen on
the merchants of Salem to deco
rate their windows in mid-war
fashion has been most gratifying
to all those who stand behind the
soldier loan and bonus act which
is before the people at the special
election Tuesday next.
Trophies on Display
A great number of the mer
chants have made use of the war
trophies brought borne by the
sons of Marlon county and a
crowd before a window today
means a collection of the instru
ments of war used by Fritz, that
Is well worth seeing.
One of the finest collections of
war souvenirs in the west is found
in the central window of the Sa
lem Woolen Mills store. These
trophies are the property of and
were brought home by Colonel
Carle Abrams, then commander
of the 3rd Oregon regiment. Mil
ler's. Smith's Cigar store. Ka
foury's Price's Shoe store. Hau
ser Brothers and many others
have given time and space to call
attention through their well dec
orated windows to soldier loan
week.
IXouftLng Time Today
Flans are complete for today,
the last day of the week. At 2
o'clock ten of the best speakers
available in the city will address
Comes to
PROGRAM
j the people on the corners of State
! street. The speakers will present
! their "reasons why" from truck
j or automobiles every 30 minutes
! during the afternoon. These ad
dresses will not be lengthy haran
gues but will be terse snappy
boiled-down arguments framed
after the fashion of the "four
minute man" talks of the war.
The veterans feel it will be
worth any person's while to take
in one of these discussions. They
hope every hearer will take the
facts and figures home with him
and then talk it over with the
voters of the family Sunday or
Monday.
Loan Feature Accepted
The veterans have declared for
the loan feature of the measure
and in so doing they feel the state
of Oregon will lie benefited at:
well as themselves.
The adoption of the phrase "De
velop Oregon" speaks volumes for
the point of view of the ex-service
man. In 1917 the veterans were
four years younger in years and
many years younger in experience
than they are now. The present
; time finds most of them married
j and each one wanting to own and
j improve his own farm or home.
; I'nder the loan feature of the bill
j each veteran can have his own
; farm or home and pay for it with
(Continued on page 4)
End with
NEGROES HELD
TO BLAME FOR
TROUBLE
Radicals Among Blacks Are
Said to Have Inflamed
Hatred That Caused the
Bloodshed.
CIVIL AUTHORITIES
AGAIN IN CONTROL
Thirty Dead, 400 Wounded,
Property Doss $1,500,
000 is Summary
TI'I.SA. Okla.. June 3. Agita
tion by a few irresponsible ne
proes was blained today for the
part of the negroes in the race
war hce, in statements by sev
ral prominent negroes and police
Commissioner Adklnson.
According to Commissioner Ad
kinson the police were aware that
negro radicals had been at work
for some time. He said that ne
Kro citizens had been warned sev
eral months ago that responsibil
ity for any trouble would rest
upon the negroes.
Weekly MwtlnRs Held.
"We have known about agita
tion in the negro section and Chief
Gustafson and myself headed off
what promised to develop Into a
serious situation a short time
ago," the commissioner said, ad
ding that the negroes had been
hojding weekly meetings.
As the race war excitement
flickered out. the fear which kept
negro leaders silent, was dis
pelled and they told the negroes'
side of the story.
Xcjrro Itunners Out.
O. W. Gurley declared that the
belligerent negroes established
headquarters at a negro newspa
per plant Tuesday evening where
they assembled lar-e quantities
of guns and ammunition. Negro
runners were sent put to rally re
inforcements. Gurley said.
Harney Cleaver, negro peace
officer, said he warned negroes
early Tuesday evening that they
(Continued on page 4)
H WENT
T0VAR
WILL YOU
60 TO THE
P0US
Rousing Street Rallies To-day
SCHOOL ELECTION HERE
IS HANGING IN BALANCE
Whether the S;.!-m school dis
tr'et election can legally be held
on June 20. Us far a.s it prtain
to a tax levy of 10 nulls to pro
duce the $ I 2 ."i.uMo budget fund,
is problemat.cal in the light of an
opinion handed down yesterday lv
Attorney General Van Winkle.
The opinion is an interpreta
tion to the nr w budget law passed
th legislature of this year. It
lays stress on certain forms which
must be distributed by the state
superintendent or schools to tho
county superintendents, and by
the county superintendents to the
districts before they can giv no:
tlce of the fchool meeting for
consideration of the budget and
for levy of taxes by the board.
new budget blank also is included
in these forms.
PorniM Are Ordered
The forms have just been ord
ered by the state superintendent
and will not be ready for distri
bution for some time. Inasmuch
as the new law requires at least
two newspaper publications of the
notice prior to the levying dat.
one not less than 20 days before
and the second not less than 1"
days before, it is now impossible
for such publication, with refer
ence to the Salem school eletion
of June 20. to be made on the
prepared forms of the state de
partment. This is true of most
of the other districts of the state.
In districts where there is no
newspaper o' general circulation
notices must be posted in three
conspicuous places for a period of
20 days.
However, the question arises
whether this applies to a vote by
the people. That portion of the
law which seems to apply to the
case mentions only the levying ot
the tax by the board and says
nothing abou: a vote of the peo
ple. For this reason the Salem
school hoard believe.-, it has ad
hered strictly to the lav. The
board is publishing its notices ac
cording to the time requirement,
but according to the hoard's own
forms. While there appears
be some doubt as to the school
board's action in this apparently
minor respect, the hoard in all
other respects has adhered to the
law. the published l"ct1on notice
also calling the mars meeting
which the new law holds must !'
called in all districts levying tax
es. The preamble to the notice
reads "Notice is hereby givn o
the leeul voters of school district
No. 2 1 of Marion .oiinty. state ofr
Oregon, thai a school meeting anu
election of said district will be
held at the Marion hotel, on Ihe
20th (lav of June. 1921. at -o'clock
in the afternoon and clos
ing at 7 p. m.. to vote on the pro
position of levying a special dis
trict tax '
jeg?l SlllMancc Followed
If the Salem board has: n"t
complied with the letter of the
law in usins its own forms it
doubtlers has complied with try
substance of the law. Fortifi-d tr
the belief that it has followed the
law the school board is expected
to go ahead with the special tax
election.
The entire proceedings with re
lation to the levying of special
taxes bv many school districts in
(rei;on at their annual meeting":
in .lime this year, was pretty well
upset bv the passage of the so-cr-ITed
budget law at the last ses
sion ni the legislature, as inter
preted by Attorney General Van
Winkle, as apnlving to all school
districts regardless of their class.
All lasses A IT -ct ed.
I'nder the new budget law. as
interpreted ;.y J. A. Churchill,
state superintendent of schools,
school districts of any class, when
lewing a special tax. must first
rail together as many taxpayers
there are school directors in
the district and prepare the budg
et together with the amount of
tax it is proposed to levy.
As a result of the new law. Mr.
Churchill said it was his opinion
that niany school districts in Ore
gon contemplating the levying of
a special tax at their annual
meeting in June this year will
have to delay a'tion until such
inir. as thev recivo the 11CW
forms giving notice of the school
meeting, new budiK-t blank, no
1re of mass meeting and other
-nli forms needed to comply
with the budget law. 1 hese
blanks are now being prepared by
the attorney general.
Opinion ImMrtant.
Mr. Churchill said the new
budget law. and subsequent ojpfn
or the attorney general were
very important in that many of
the school districts had published
their budgets and had set their
annual meetings for June. Tlv?
Mate superintendent said it would
ho two or Miree weeks before ho
(Continued on page 4)
1
L AWARD
WW
ETTE EVENT YESTE
Letter awards for winning
places i nuniversity contest activ
ities were made yesterday by the
Willamette athletic committee.
The names are posted at once.
though the sweaters representing
the honors will not be given out
until fall. The names of the
winners are:
iiase Hall: Towner, Irvine.
McKittrick, Page. Davies, H'asler.
Ganzans, Shafer. Dimick, Power.
All but two of these have hereto
fore had places on the team, and
wear their letters with distin.
guished honor.
The ".Newconiets" Are Towner
and Shafer
Track: Irvine, Ford. Fox. Ir
vine has had a place in other
years, but Fox and Ford are new.
Fox is the speedy freshman who
AURORA DIFFICULTY IS
ADIEUT OF
Strong feeling has been stirred
up among the residents of the
Aurora school district over a Dro-
posed change in the boundary
lines of the district. Representa
tives on both sides of the ques
tion filled the county court room
yesterday when the Question was
given a hearing before the school
boundary board, composed of
Judge W. M. Bushey, Mrs. Mary
L. Fulkerson and County Commis
sioner J. T. Hunt. The question
was taken under advisement by
tho court.
liond Issue Starts Trouble
The contention apparently
arose over bonding the district for
$350o lor the purpose of building
a high school building in Aurora,
in order that children in the dis
trict need not go to other districts
JERSEY JUBILEE
IT
Breeders from All Parts Of
State Entertained By
Club Members .
TILLAMOOK. Or.. June 3.
The third Oregon Jersey jubilee
brought together here today a
large number of Jersey breeders
from different parts of the state
or the annual junketing trip. In
cluded in the party were men in
terested in the development of
the agricultural resources of Ore
gon. A feature of the jubilee was
the larue exhibit of young calves
by the Jersey Calf clubs, and th
leading of essays by members of
the calf clubs. The subject was,
"Why the Jersey Cow Is Best for
Tillamook County."
The lirst prize was awarded to
Wesley Tiipin. second to Thelma
Hoover and third to Leah Graves.
III PORTLAND
Local Jobber Price of Cane
. Now $7.50 and Beet
$7.30 Per Sack
PORTLAND. Ore.. June 3.
Following the receipt of informa
tion from San Francisco today
that s'igar refineries had reduced
the price of granulated cane sugar
3 5 cents a hundred pounds, Port
land Jobbers put into effect a sim
ilar reduction here. The new lo
cal price Is $7.50 a sack for" cane
and $7.30 for beet sugar.
TILLAMOOK
SUGAR
OF LETTERS
Hi
made such a wonderful shewing
in the distance runs.
Debate: Girls Myrtle Mason,
Lorelei Hlatchford. Lucile Ti&ker,
Ruby Rosenkranz. fi
Debate: Men Sheldon Saekett,
Bernard Ramsey, Frank Bennett,
Robert Matson.
Some other sure-thing awards
are due from the tennis tourna
ment at Corvallis Friday, iWhen
Noble Moodhe and Hugh Doney
made a complete clean-up of the
O.A.C. tennis players.
Gym Ruins Cleaned Up
A committee of seven able-bod
ied huskies from each college
class, will meet at the old gym
ruins this morning, to clear the
grounds of the unsightly debris
(Continued on page 4)'
COUNT, COURT
to attend high school. The bitter
feeling engendered through?! the
passing of the bond Issue was in
creased, accoretng to evidence
g;iven yesterday, when it become
rumored that the election was not
legally conducted. However the
court stated that it had nothing
l to no with that phase of the Issue
i and would only consider whether
I the district should be divided i
j I'rominent Men Present;?!
Among those present who pe-
i titioned to have the district ; di
vided were Elias Keil, Henry
rcnien, w. w. Irwin, G. W. At
wood and others. They held the
j extra tax levy would add such a
; nurnen tnat many would ne' un
j able to meet it. They therefore
(Continued on page 4)
OF
E
Salem Likely to See Strange
And" Startling Things $
When Fun Begins
Today will be "Dokkie day,r in
Salem, when several hundred tls
iting members of the Dokklo
1 ranch are to come in from all
over the state to be the guests
of the local lodge.
They will have supper at the
iirmory, at o'clock; a parade
and drill exhibition and band con
cert on Church street between
State and Court, and later an in
itiation of half a hundred yrps
at the night session. These tyrbs
are cheering up. for the worst is
yet to come when that initiation
gets under full swing.
The Onkkies are the dramatic
order of the Knights of KorhaB
san. the fun-loving branch of the
Knights of Pythias. Damon and
Pythias certainly never did to
each other what these later broth
ers do to their novitiates who
eomc to them seeking experience
and gelling it in car lots whefe
they hoped to get off with a hand
ful, t
On ihe local committee are 6.
W. Skeels, H. W. Winkler. F. M
P.o.ell. Walter Lennon, George C.
Will, J F. c. Peckenberg and A
II. Levy
Grass Fire Extinguished :
On Fourteenth Street
DOMES
COM
The fire department was calt
ed out last ni::ht about 7 o'clock
to the r.ttu block on North Four
teenth street, to put out a bop
fire of dried grass. Though the
fire looked rather alarming, It is
said that It did not do any dam
age and the firemen were not re
quired to take much action. i
1
PUEBLO PARTLY
BY
Destruction of Homes, Cat
tle and Farms in Lowland
District Estimated at Over
$4,000,000.
HORROR INCREASED
BY SUDDEN FIRES
Bridges Washed Out, Trains
Halted Soldiers Are
Rushed to Duty
DENVER, Colo., June
Four persons dead, two miss
ing; property damage amount
Ing into the hundreds of thou
sands; Pueblo partly inundat
ed and cut off from telephone
communication since 9:30
O'clock; Marshall Lake dam
threatening to break and wipe
out the town of Marshall;
several towns in the north
eastern part of the state -
flooded and without lights And
power; this was the situation
tonight as the result, of cloud
bursts in eastern and central
Colorado.
Vi A rain fall varying from .4
of an inch in Denver to 3 and
4 inches in the northern part
of the state and in the moun
tains, before night had turned
mountain streams into' tor
rents, filled irrigation reser
voirs to the danger mark,
driven scores of people from
their homes and caused an
enormous loss in livestock and
crops. At midnight the rain
was still falling in torrents.
Train service to the north
from Denver was crippled to
night. The Colorado & South
ern railway annulled its night
trains to Wyoming.
(Continued on page 4)
COAST BASEBALL
: OAKLAJtD 7, POETLAKD 4
RAN FKANCIHCO. June 3. Oakland
mirte four ctraicht rictoriet or tort
land today by landinjr on Pil!tt - (or
eight hit and fiva run in lha eighth
inning, thr final arora bin T tc 4.
Winh nitrhed a food, fame for tna Oaka
nntit the final inning, when the narera
toufcd him up for lix hits, aroiiBg
four runs.
W. It. K
rnrtlaii'l 4 l'l O
Oakland 7 14 1
Batttrifs t'illrttp and Fbir; rinn,
Kreidrr and Ko-hl-r.
' FRISCO 9, SALT LAKE 7
."SALT I.AKK CiTY. fun., jne 8
Haii yrmnririro won tht afternoon on m
, rally in the eighth inninr thtt nottiwl
i thi ip m-reri rnn. Th krore via 9 to 7.
j l.errni pitrhrd fine hall until the (Jtn,
Mnmnc out I" natumen, twire retiring
thr I" in mirrnmno in atrike oats.
In tli eiehth the Seala hit three triple,
a iJotlblf and three ainglea. Tbeae, pom
hiiieU with two errora and exreedinglr
:mor defense in the outfield gare them
I h,' rlttory.
, i . R. II. K
San r Kranr j-o 0 11 1
Salt- J.ake 7 13 3
HatteripK Courh and Ainrw: Yelle;
l.i'vorenz. Swarti and Byler, I.ynn.
.SEATTLE, 6, SACRAMENTO 1
S tf.'K A M KNTO, ,lune 3 Although
ontldt ty the Harramento team. Heattle
won ' 5 to 1 today. Sacramento rould
nnt hit itpary with men on haaea. Fire
inrn wern foreed out al the plat. Geary
hit it home- run in the ninth with two
nun tm la.s'k.
K. It. E
S 9 I
1 tl 0
Penner
Seattle .
SjKrafnpiilo
Batteries 'Jeery and Tohin
aii't tlliolt
; ANGELS 7. VERNON 2
I.OH ANOKI.ES. Jun 3. Ua Angelee
.letealnl Vernon 7 to 'i today l.oa An-C-1'
knocked MVOraw out of the tio
in tUe- second inning. Love, who re
pl' d "him, waa ineffective and waa taken
oul to make room for Schneider, who
pitched the remainder of the game.
Ncftneider walked eight men. In the
first linning l-os Anpeles made three nina
nit three ainglra. a dnahle and an error.
The Ticers could not hit Crandall.
5 B. It. K
Vernon; , 2 fl 1
!.os Augelea 7 9 1
Bltlerie MrfJraw, Iere, Schneider
and Hannah: O. f'randalt and Baldwin.
INUNDATED
ST0R1 TERROR
STANDING OE THE CLUBS
? W. I.. Pet.
Kan Francisco .. 39 19 .r72
Sacramento j 36 23 ,fio
Vernott H Bl 27 .584
I-oa Angelee ; 29 27 .818
Heattlav , 80 28 .817
Oakland 27 2 .491
Salt bake 1 JU .4
rortlaitd - a 89 ,J7
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