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C. I. Lewis, After Observing
Washington Affairs, Says
Oregon Senator Keenest
in Famous Bloc.
INCESSANT WORK IS
. APPRECIATED IN EAST
n .
Policies Declared Conducive
to Prosperity for West
ern Agriculturist
"it would do the people of Ore
son good to know what some ot
the big business men of the east
think of one of their chosen ser
vant' said Prof. C. I." Lewis, re
cently returned, from Washington,
where he attended the national
farm congress called by President
Harding.
"I was talking to' the' biggest
foreign maraschino cherry dealer
in the world," Lewis relates. '
'From, Oregon V he, question
ed. fWhy. that's where that-
cuss Urea - that makes us pay 5
centa more on our Imported cher
ries!,; McNary he's a live - wire,
but look at what he's costing us!'
M 'Yes, but- look what he'a mk
7 mg i for the people of "Oregon,
5 1 where we grow better maraschino
cherries than your ever saw In Eu
rope, X said. , c
j- " 'Put you haven't enough of
them to count.' he' objected.
fTe we have, ana with this
V" McNary protection we're going to
. make it one of the best fruit in-
. dustries in,, the .country,' Itold
him,; And you: should : hare seen
him begin to take notice of what
f that maraschino tariff is going to
do for Oregon and tlm, northwest!
"It Is a fact that no man in the
history of the west has come ln
j to national prominence and. pow
i er more rapidly than Senator Mc-
tfary ct Salem. He la a tower of
strength for the agricultural and
horticultural Interests.
t Trrss JRoys Like McNary
"I appeared- as a witness, and
as a spectator, before the senate
committee on agriculture, that
wai probing Into the needs of the
farmer freights, finance, foreign
markets, everything. He is the
keenest' and the busiest question
er of them all. He knows more
of the farm problems, and he is
Incessantly at Work to master the
subject. The news correspondents
of Washington play ; him , up as
about their best copy for he Is
alwirs dolne something, worth
while, and he la approachable al
ways, on any subject.
Vt Trade Closely Watched r
'Jnat vecentlr. we wanted to
know something: , more about the
.(Continued on page S)
DICTIONARY RUSH
IS REAL DELUGE
The great rush for dictionaries
has started. From early morning
till. late at night yesterday a
ateady stream of people filed In
to ,The" Statesman office, present
ed their three coupons and 98
cents and wtih a very pleasant
mile carried away their New
Universtlles dictionary. Every
body spoken to agreed that the
book: was a wonderful production
and great value for the money.
' A surprising number of people
presented coupons for . the New
Universities Dictionary, saying as
they did so that the 22 supple
mentary dictionaries of special
activities appealed to ' them with
greatest force. In one book, be
sides all. the other aids to study
ing modern English, are special
dictionaries of words used par
ticularly as Amertcaantsms and
In : automobillng, aviation, golf,
baseball, commerce and law, foot
ban, lacrosse, lawn tennis, war,
musIOrpbotogTaphy, polo, wire
less teleeranhy and yachting Be
sides these are dictionaries of
, atomic weights, classical abbrerl
: atlons, foreign wordi and phrases,
form of address, most common
stbbreviations, state, taanses and
laeanJngi ind words of opposite
and like meanings
fcouise Lovely Has Talked So Much
SheThrnks She'll Have Fling at
Politics; Actress Looks at Salem
By MARGUERITK
It Hi not what is
the plot of a movie
which attraciH the
GLEASO.V.
contained in
but the title
public, ac-
cording to Louise Lovely, screen
star, who was in Salem last night
With her own company at the
Grand theater, and who will fill
engagements here again today. A
good wholesome plot with a good
wholesome title goes a begging,
while the blood curdling, sugges
tive title draws the crowd, often
regardless of what is in the plot.
, Miss Lovely is a Sidney. Aus
tralia, girl and has been in dif
ferent forms of dramatic work
ever n'ncp she was nine years old.
She has been in the movies for
four or five years- making her
headquarters at Hollywood. While
She has been in the United States
for six and a half years she has
never been in the eastern part
of the union.
Something Alwuy-. Happens
"Something has always seemed
to happen just when I got ready
to start "east," said Miss Lovely
last night. "Sometimes it has
been a picture which I had to
start.
"My mother lives In Australia
and I hope to return there some
time soon. The moving picture
industry in Australia is not de
veloped far as yet, and the pic
tures made there have not the
universal interest which those
MAY . 4. 5.
CHERRINGO
CHERRIAN BOOSTERS
May 4, 5 and 6 are the dates definitely determined for
the Second Cherrian Cherringo, to be staged by the Salem
Cherrians for the new Salem hospital. The dates and gen
eral details were agreed upon at the executive committee
meeting Friday night. ,
The Cherringo, which is another name for High Jinks or
Mardi Gras or jubilee or centennial or some kind of a general
jollification, is for the purpose of raising funds for the Salem
hospital that is now languishing for lack of money on which
to buifd. It's a labor of love and not of profit, and so the
society feels like going the limit for a worthy charity and
necessity.
While committees were appointed for every department
of the work, they do not at this time wish to let their names
or exact plans become public- A number of attractions,
some of them from abroad, many of them strictly local, are
to be secured, and the committees wish to get these definite
ly .contracted before announcing what they are. A really
elaborate series of attractions, however is promised.
The fair will last for three nights, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights of the first week in May. That is now six
weeks away.
King Bing McGilchrist urges everybody in Salem to mark
these dates down in their books, as "taken," and to make the
Cherringo the main order of business for the week. The
money goes to the hospital fund but the event itself won't
smell of ether and arnica and caster oil. It will be gay with
roses and good times without a single headache or heartache.
KE1IT ROOSEVELT HONG
HI fflCWS WITNESSES
NEW YORK, March 24. Al
compromise account of the pur
ported actions of Tex Rickard
during the day and early nigm or
last November 12. was given to
day by a half dozen witnesses
called to establish an alibi for the
sports promoter against the
charge that on that date he crim
inally assaulted Sarah Scheon-
feld, 15-year-pld school girl. Lpon
this charge superior court Jury
is trying Rickard
Friends and business associates
of the promoter declared that he
worked In his office in Madison
Square Garden through the fore
noon of November 12 and wit
nessed the Penn-Dartmouth foot
ball game at the Polo grounds on
that afternoon. From the game
they said he returned to his office
then went home to dinner and
later visited the Garden again, re
maining there until after 10
o'clock; -
; Girls Chance Assault
Earlier in .the trial Sarah
Schoenf eld and her 1 2-year-old
chum, Nellie Gasko, told the Jury
they met Rickard at the garden
about 3 o'clock that afternoon and
that i he told vthem to be at an
apartment house in West Forty-
B6&By
made in the United States or Eng
land have. They are more ek
tional and Interesting to Austral
ians only.
"Australia has every advant
age for the moving pitture indus
try which California han. The
climate is wonderful, snow Is not
far distant and in addition to
everything else, our twilights are
much longer than here. During
the wonderful twilights pictures
can be 'shot' up to 8 o'clock."
Political Carn'r Is Lure
Miss Loveiy has just finished
a week's run in Portland. She
spoke several times a day while
there, Including several talks be
fore women's clubs and "good
movie-' leagues.
"I have talked so much I think
I shall go into politics," said
Miss Lovely.
The public will have better
I moves jiust as fooh as it wants
jand wHl support them. Miss Lov
ely says. The bigger and strong
er mov'.ng picture concerns are
trying to give the pub.'ic better
pictures in accordance with the
demands of numerous women's
clubs and other organizations, but
this will avail little, the moving
picture star feels, unless they are
careful in not antagonizing the
public.
Miss Lovely offers th's descrip
( Continued on page 3)
6 NAMIED
DATES BY
seventh street that night at 7:30.
Doth girls swore they kept the ap
pointment and Sarah testified
that the alleged assault occurred
that evening.
Today Max D. SUur. Rlckard's
chief counsel, told the Jury It
would be proven that Rickard
had used the basement of the
house as a storage place for his
private liquor stock and that he
had been there only once and
that time solely in connection
with the liquor.
Gambling House Owner
Late this afternoon and tonight
a number of character witnesses
were called in, among them Ker-
mlt Roosevelt, son of the former
president, and Denver S. Dicker
son," who was governor of Nevada
when Rickard staged the Jeffries-
Johnson fight at Reno, and who
knew the promoter years before
when Rickard conducted gambl
ing houses and saloons at Gold-
field and Rawhide, Nev., then
bustling mining towns
Kerflt Roosevelt was subjected
to strenuous quizzing by the pros
ecution. He . said he first met
Rickard in South America 10
years ago and that his family and
(Continued on page C)
4P0WER PAGT
IS PASSED BY
SENATE VOTE
Ratification of Treaty Relat
ing to Pacific Accomplish
ed After Thirty-three Roll
calls of Members.
ALL AMENDMENTS ARE
CAST BY WAYSIDE
Twelve Democrats Answer
in Favor of Pact, Four
Republicans Against
WASHINGTON, March 24
The four-power Pacific treaty, the
center of controversy over ac
complishments of the Washing
ton arms cont'erenc?, was ratified
by the senate todsly with no more
reserve except the "no alliance"
declaration proposed by ths for
eign relations committee and ac J
cepted by President Harding
The final vote of 67 to 27. rep
resenting a margin of four ov?r
the necessary two-thirds, was re
corded after the opponents to rat
ification had made more thau 2
unsuccessful attempts to qualify
senate action by reservation or
amendments distasteful to the ad
ministration. On the deciding roll
call 12 Democrats voted for the
treaty and only four Republicans
opposed it.
Roll Calls XumbeT 33
Dying hard, the irreconcilable,
element which had opposed the
treaty on the ground that it stab
ilizes an alliance between the
United States. Great Britain, .la
pan and France, forced 33 roll
calls during the four and a haH
h6ur session set aside for fina'
action on the resolution of raifi
cation. They made their best
showing on a proposed reserva
tion to invite outside powers into
Pacific "conferences" affecting
their Interests, mustering 36
votes for the proposal to 55 in op
position.
The committee reservation was
accepted in the end by a vote o
90 to 2, two attempts to modify i'
falling by overwhelming majori
ties. It declares that "the Tnitf.
States understands that undr ih
statement in the preamble, or un
der the terms of this treaty, the?
is no commitment to armed forca
no alliance, no obligation to join
in any defense "
Another Flight Todav
Although debate was prohibit
ed during the day's session under
a unanimous consent agreement,
the treaty opponents raised a
point of order in regard to the
declaration accompanying the
treaty but not a part of it and
laid the basis for continuing
their assault tomorrow when the
supplemental treaty defining :n
scope of the four-power Pacific
treaty comes up for consideration
It is the hope of the administra
tion leaders, however, that the
supplemental treaty may be raii
fied and all that pertains to the
four power arrangement cleared
from the senate calendar before
tomorrow night.
Republican Block Solid
Throughout the day's voting a
bloc of 53 Republicans stood sol
idly against all reservation., jnc
amendments except ths "no all'
ance" declaration of the commit
tee. The four Republican irr-coi
cilables. Senator Borah, of Idaho
France of Maryland. Johnson oi
California and LaFollette of Wis
consin were the only members of
their side of the chamber who
voted for qualifying proposals, al
though Senator Norris. Republi
can, of Nebraska, supported sev
eral and Senator Ladd, Republi
can, North Dakota, voted tor one
On the Democratic side there
was less unanimity of aetion. The
23 Democrats who finally voted
against ratification voted to
gether on most roll calls In favor
of amendments and reservations,
but a group of eight or 10 stood
with their party leader. Senator
Underwood of Alabama in opposi
tion to most of the proposed
changes.
In the 3 to 55 vote on the "out
side powers" reservation, how
ever, Senator Underwood's follow
ing reached its minimum strength
on Senator Williams of Mississlpi
and Myers, Montana, joining him
on the Democratic side in opposi
tion to the proposal.
Rule Thrust Aside
Twice dnring the long succes
sion of roll calls, which was wit
nessed by one of the largest gal
lery crowds that ever has attend
ed senate session, opponents of
(Continued on page C)
FRED A. WILLIAMS ANNOUNCES
HE WILL NOT BE CANDIDATE TO
SUCCEED HIMSELF IN PRIMARIES
Fretl A. Williams, member of the public service commis
sion, and its present chairman, will not be a candidate this
year to succeed himself. He so announced last night.
Unjust criticism leveled at the commission because it al
lowed increased car fares in Portland and higher telephone
rates throughout the state, threats of recall, the inadequacy
of the salary paid members of the commission, and the fact
that present agitation against the commission would make
the campaign of this year doubly expensive are the reasons
given by Mr. Williams for not becoming a candidate to suc
ceed himself.
Mr. Williams speaks in scathing terms of the leaders of
the recall agitation whom he calls "political demogogues."
He was elected in 1918, winning out in the Republican pri
mary over Frank J. Miller, then incumbent, using his famous
slogan, "A 6-cent fare is too much for a 5-cent ride." The
terms of Mr. Williams' colleagues on the commission, H. H.
Corey and Fred G. Buchtel, against whom also there has
been recall agitation, do not expire until two years later.
They represent respectively the eastern and the western Ore
gon districts, while Mr. Williams represents the state at
large. Aspirants for Mr. Williams' place are said to be T.
K. Campbell of Portland, former representative of the west
ern Oregon district, who was defeated for re-election by
Buchtel in 1916: a railroad conductor named Thiehoff, also
of Portland ; Frank T. Wrightman and E. T. Bussell, both of
Salem. It is understood there are some others.
CASH NEEDED
FOR CHARITY
DOCTOR SAYS
Ve need at least $600 cash to
carry out the local relief work
that we have in sight for the As
sociated Charities," says Dr. Hen
ry E. Morris.
"This sum will pay up all bills,
carry through till May all the
cases that we know or anticipate,
and bring practically all our
charges up to the good wepili'1
and the opening of spring work
for all who are able to work at
all. By that time, or verv soon
after, there will be jobs for al
most everybody, but until then
we need the money, and the peo
ple we are caring for, desperate
ly need the help.
"We trust that the charities
concert next Wednesday p ht
March 29, will find the armory
crowded. Everything is donated
free lights, fuel, hall, -musical
services, printing. If the hall is
filled, we shall easily realize en
ough to care for all our fl-iancial
needs that can be now anticipat
ed. The tickets haven't sold M
all well, up to the present. We
hope to see every ticket sold he
fore the 'curtain goes up and
then we'll know that these hun
gry and ragged and suffering
people now in our charge will be
surely cared for."
Non-Union Miners May
Join in Big Coal Strike
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 24.
A complete tie-up of the na
tion's entire coal industry hy
200.000 non-union miners, join
ing the solid ranks of a half mil
lion union workers, was the pro
gram adopted tonight by ih gen
eral policy committee of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America for
the nation-wide strike s?t for
April 1.
Py a unanimous vote of its 1 Hi
members, the committee affirmed
the policy of a general suspension
of union workers, which prohibit
ed the consummation of s;ne!e
state agreements, and followed
this by directing district union of
ficials to ask all non-union men
to join the strike. The unanimity
of action late in the day permit
ted a final adjournment ton't
although the committee had plan
ned to continue sessions tomor
row. Discovery of Pistol is
Additional Clew in Case
OLYMPIA, Wash., March 24.
Discovery of a second pistol with
one shell discharged! in the
ticket office of the Fairview dance
hall, near, the place where M. F.
Nogal. taxicab operator was fa
tally shot, was testified to by E.
V. Cooper at the trial here today
of Henderson Riley, charged with
murder. Seven witnesses for the
state testified that the shot which
caused Nogal's death was muffled
and none had seen the flash of
the gun.
"After more than three years
of service on the public service
commission of Oregon 1 have de
cided not to become a candidate
to succeed myself," nays Mr. Wil
liams' statement.
Agitation Rampant
"Several reasons have prompt
ed this decision. To begin with,
there has been much inspired en
ticism and agitation against the
commission for the last four
years. It was precipitated early,
in 1918 when it became incum
bent upon the commission at that
time to increase the car fare oi
the Portland Railway, Light A.
Power company from 0 to 6 cents
and on this issu I was elected.
"Believing the commission's
car fare decision was erroneous
so pronounced it in the course of
my campaign and assumed offic
in the belief that I could equita
bly reduce it, but after fully prob
ing the facts of the case. I found
not only that the decision itseii
was justified, but if the company
was to maintain proper service
for the public and the city el
Portland was to avoid the deplor
able experience of our sister city
Seattle, the fare had to b fur
ther increased.
Political Play Avoids!
"Confronted with the propos
tion of either playing politics ant!
refusing the requested increase or
abiding by my oath of office anil
rendering justice. I chose the lat
ter course and I have no regrets
"A little over a year ago. Th
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company petition the conimissio'.
for an increase in rates. Afte.
most rigid investigation. th com
mission found that the facts war
ranted an increase and according
ly issued an order granting a sub
stantial advance.
"Scarcely had the order been
handed down before a recall
movement was launched by a co
terie of political demagogues as
piring to membership on the com
mission, who by misrepresenta
tion and distortion of facts, suc
ceeded in misleading a goodly
number of honest people to join
the movement.
Ihone Case Rrralled
"Although an appeal to th'3
court.s was open to any and all
citizens objecting to the increas
in rates, the city of Portland de
cided that th wisest course to
pursue was to petition for a re
hearing as it would thereby givn
all interested parties an oppor
tunity to be heard and present
testimony. The commission im
mediately granted a rehearing
but neither the officials nor coun
sel for the city of Portland, nor
othT parties participating, pre
sented facts that would justify t
reversal, and the commission af
ter a session extending over
weeks, had no alternative but re
affirm its original order.
-'Again, recall was sounded by
he same perennial office seekers.
What progress they have made 1
don't know.
Sacrifice Declared Grent
"Finally, my experience in of
fice prompts me to say that the
sacrifice is great and the salary
is inadequate, especially when i!
is taken into account that a com
missioner must every Tour years
go down into his pockets for h
campaign fund. With th- pres
ent agitation against the commis
sion, the campaign in the conv iz
election will be doubly expensive
and I cannot afford it. for I en
terfd upon the commission a poor
man and I leave it a poor mm.
"It is quite true that a re-election
would constitute an lmraed-
(Continued on page 3)
NOT CANDIDATE
FOR RE-ELECTION
FRED A. WILLIAMS'
NEW CRAFT WILL
Captain T.- B. Jones Has Not
Yet Selected Name for
Speedy Boat
It is 15 years since the Grey
Eagle was built, the last boat to
be fabricated at the Spaulding
wharf in Salem. But now an
other in being bnilt. but probably
a lot faster, and a lot more in
teresting. C'apt. T. H. Jones, who largely
built and has commanded the
drey Eagle, is the master mind
on the new tow craft or tug. the
name for hich has not yet been
selected It will bo 3G feet long,
of nine-foot beam, and will draw
about 30 inches of water. It is
a central-well propeller niodejl,
with a 2 5 horse power standard
marine gas engine, and a 28 Inch
steel propeller. It will have oak
ribs, cut from cak trees grown
within ,thf5 dorpomte (limits of
Salem, fir strakin?:, a covered
bow, and a cabin about IS feet
long. The engines alone will cost
about $2 T.fiO, and the total cost
will bo about $ 1000.
The model was furnished by
Captain Graham. ,'4n old-time na
isator and boat bnflder from
Portland. The craft is to be
used largely for handling logs
from the railway dumping sta
tion at Winona, across the Wll
lamette just south of West Sa
lem. The new lannch is oeing built
on a float just below the paper
mill, ready to tip off into the
river when it is ready for service.
It will have real speed lines, and
can traverse the Willamette in
almost any stage of water The
propeller is to be of steel, instead
(Continued on page 3)
WORK
Postoffice Money Order Number A
500,000 Will Be Written During 7,,,
Day; Series Started About 1890
By tonight the Salem postoffice
will have issued its half-millionth
postal money order under tb'
series now running. Up to
Thursday night, the total of 4 98.
927 had been issued, and they
go at the rate of from 50 to 13u
a day.
John Farrar, who has b?en
with the postoffice since 1905.
remembers when the 100.000th
order was written. He has esti
mated that the pressnt seri'U
must have started about 1S90,
though the exact date seems lost
The orders are now going out at
th rate of about 26.000 a year.
They didn't always go so rapidly.
The first 15 years of the present
series, seems to have yielded an
average of only about 6.000 a
year. The first part of that per-
1 iod was probably much smaller.
MIT AT .
MASS MEETING
SEEKS CHANGE
Vote is 39 to 32 in Favor of
Establishing Fourth Class
Postoffice for Trans-River
City.
SPIRITED REPARTEE
HEARD AT MEETING.
Ballot May Not Settle Mat
ters Further Develop
ments Awaited
"We want a postoffice!
If a majority vote is an In
dication, West Salem, half
mile distant neighbor of Sa
lem proper, wants to be placed
upon Uncle Sam's-postal map.
, Nearly a hundred persons
attended 1 a mass meeting '
which was held in the old !'
school building at West Salem
last night. Of those present,
29 were not eligible to vote.
The balloters expressed them- '
selves as follows:
For establishment of a
fourth class postoffice at
West Salem 39.
Against a change from the
present R. F. D. service from
the Salem postof f ice-32. , -
William Patton, of West
Salem, led the fight for the
proposed change.
"Under the present plan, this
city Is merged'wlth fialenv ad far
as postal conveniences ar con
cerned,,r said Mr. Patton. "Our '
mail is addressed to Salem and
outsiders regard us as resident
ot that city. Our postal address
gives little indication or our ac
tual place of residence and It
would take a Sherlock Holmes to
locate any of us."
Repmrte Li Heard
Brisk repartee was exchanged
among the West Salemites, bat
good feeling was evident through
out and the reneral debate did
not bring out any bitter feelings.
Many residents who were pres
ent, declared that the vote did
not settle matters and that the
postoffice change would eventnal ;
ly be wiped off the slate.
Printer HIU Town
How West Salem came to be a.,
candidate for a postoffice Is a
story in Itself and follows:
Once upon a time there was a -printer.
He brought his equip
ment to a little town called West '
Salem, Oregon. This printer cas
ually Inquired It a postoffica
could be established for the
handling of his proposed news
sheet. A few West Salemites be
came interested.
There was an inquiry at the Sa-
lem postoffice. This eventually
echoed back to Washington. D. C.
and after two months of red lap ?
unwinding, there came an answer f
to a question In which not a dozen :'
West Salem residents were inter
ested at the time. ?
Change of Xsmc Xecetwary 1.
Yes. West Salem could securt
a postoffice. It would be a fourth
class postoffice. but It would be ;
a postoffice. There was on stlp-
ulation. West Salem must change
(Continued on page )"
and the latter part higher, than
the term average.
The use of postal money orders
has coma to be the regular meth
od of payment for many men to
pay all their foreign remittances.
Since the war. when many bank :
began to charge for bank checks
going through outsid banks, the
usual charge being 16 cents tor
each check, the postal money or
der has grown in favor. Taxes, -"
mail order store bills that require .
the cash, and many other remit
tances, ara made regularly by
money order that is guaranteed.
There is no repudiation, no dls-"
or loss, and Uncle Sam is getting ,
incount. no possibility of "kiting
to b the biggest money changer
ih the world, through thia meth-
od of transmission that used-to V
be only for very small amounts.
and with great tribulation on tha,
part of the sender.
f