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Wm encuuixion Averts for Mr. 1932 Kandajr nljr , ' . "", aeio Daily and Sondar - 556 Ararat for ix month ending May SI. ' - 1922 ' Honda? nly , 575 lUy . and Bandar 6369 - or nra cxtt or uizsf a lswfcat te - If artoa aad Flk Oaatiaa Saarty rja4y raaaa 1 Jhe Oregon Statesman txa sou Rvgrarsa SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDXY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1922 PRICE: FIVE CZ2JT3 r rw if - , it - - ,i TO dDWIR Ls) JU V GOAL CHARGES E RECEDING Secretary, Hoover Denies Democratio Senator's As sertion" That EJig Profits Are Permitted. STRIKE IS EXCUSE FOR PROFITEERING Fuel Retailers' Association Fails to Secure Advance for Ton Rate 1 WASHINGTON, Jane 8. Agi tation breaking out On the floor of the senate oyer the administra tion's efforts to keep bituminous coal prices , from climbing daring the strike was met tonight by Sec retary Hoover with ; a statement asserting that "the essential thing about coal prices is that the run away market has. been stopped.1 Except tor "a small percentage of the present producers who hate refused to cooperate," he contend ed, prices have receded from the level reached on May 15 and the public has been protected from a repetition of 1920 conditions. tHacusolon Becomes General Pi-eclpitated by Senator Walsh, Democrat. Massachusetts, who de- j c tared that the public' patience was being exhausted by coal oper ators taking advantage of agree-; ments reached with Mr. Hoover to boost their prices to the retailers, discussion of the tuel situation became general In the senate to day. Senators suggested and bp posed the practicability of govern ment control of the mines as a so- lution of the conditions. - ."Extortion is going on with ap parent ; government -v approval," senator Walsh declared, explain ing, however, that he did not wish to criticise , Mr. Hoover. The lat ter, however, !, be declared "had been fooled by the operators Into approving a maximum fair price of $3.60 a ton for coal at the mines. Senators Misinformed "Some of the ' senators' nave been misinformed,", Mr. Hoover said, "by misleading statements from a smalt group of retail deal ers who object strenuously to any attempt to restrain prices." 5 : ' Mr. Hoover declared that the retailers had advised the same figures to him as they' had to the senators in describing the present coal situation and made public his reply to Homer D. Jones, Chicago, president of the National Retatl Coal Merchants' association, in which he took . Issue with the re tailers' position that an advance of $1.50 a ton for coal to the householder, was warranted as a result of the recent negotiations with operators. ' Retailers Given Credit Assuming from the association's statement that It was opposed to aany governmental policy control ling 'the production or distribu tion of coal, Mr. Hoover expressed the belter that the . association does not wish to cooperate in the prevention of profiteering in this time of emergency," and that "such a change ot view" after re cent promises ot cooperation did not represent the vast majority of retail coal dealers of the country who. are making every effort, he said, to supply : their customers without unusual profits. . Cabinet Member Confident , "By such cooperation," be said, "I feel sure we can save the pub lie from run-away prices such, as we witnessed in 1920, thus saving to them several dollars per ton of more Interest than questions of 25 cents or SO cents." Marcz Accused of Trying To Do Away With Family DALLAS, Ore.. June S. (Spe cial to The Statesman) Jacob Marez. a resident of the west part of Dallas, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Hooker and City Marshal Chase on a charge of attempting to kill Ms family. , Mafo ,bas temporary lapses ot memory, it is said,' and on several occasions , has created a disturb ance In his family. . . ' Tuesday he. was given a hearing before Judge A. B. Robinson and upon examination by the county health officer was found saane b" J released,, ' CONTRACT IS AWARDED TO LOCAL FIRM 8. A. Hughes and W. D. Pugh to Build Old People's Home at Cost of $47,199 A contract was awarded to S. A. Hughes and W. D. Pugh, both of Salem, for the building ot the new Salem Old People's home, for $47,100. This covers the building, complete foundation, plumbing, painting, heating plant all ready to move nto. Work is to begin at once, .and the build ing is to be complete within six months. It will come as a Christ mas! present to the residents in the now over-crowded home. The building, at Sixteenth and Center streets, is to be full two stories, attic and basement, and wilt eventually have room for abdut 60 guests, though the third floor is not to be finished at this time. It will be one of the most complete plants of its kind any where. There are no stairways, but long, Inclined runways, on a one-to-seven grade, that even the old people can negotiate readily, up or down. Every facility for giving comfort, safety, pleasure. to the guets, is to be -provided. ( The older building, at Twelfth and Ferry street, has been over crowded for a - long time, and never was adequately prepared for such service. It will be used, how ever, until the new one is ready. F. A. Legge Is architect of the new structure. Durability of Contract With Association on Trial in Polk ounty -DALLAS, Ore., June 8. (Spa cial to The Statesman) A suit was filed in the circuit court to day by the Pacific Cooperative Poultry Producers' association against P. P. Buhler, a prominent poultry raiser on R.F.D. No. 1 out of this city. , It is alleged In the complaint that Mr. Buhler made a contract with the concern to handle all his eggs and poultry products tor a term of three years' and it Is claimed - that the defendant has been selling to others and there fore has broken his contract. . Another Charge 3Iade Mr. Buhler is also charged With not having lived up to the terms of his contract In that he has been selllg his eggs to private -parties and flatly refuses to do his mar keting through, the association. , The plaintiff claims that in not being able to handle the defen dant's produce the association has been considerably damaged In that it has been denied the profit In the sale of the produce. The as sociation asks the court tor an In junction to prevent Mr, . Buhler from disposing of his produce to others and for a judgment ot 7 cents per doen for all eggs he has sold contrary to the contract and for attorney's fees and conrt costs to the amount of $300. 'Much interest in Case ' The case is being Interestingly watched by Polk county residents as there are several cooperative associations doing business in this section on the same basis as the plaintiff concern and If Mr. Buh ler can win bis case it is estimated that a number of other Polk coun ty farmers and fruit growers will alaso break their contracts. Democratic Party Wins Sweepingly in Manila MANILA. June 7. (By the As sociated Press.)- The Democrat ic "party won sweeping victory In the citr of Manila in yester day's general election, carrying its entire ticket. This " included one member of the senate of the Philippine legislature, two mem bers of the lower house ot that body and the entire city council. This Is the first victory here for the party since the legislature was established. SULPHUR BAINS ELGIN, Ore.,, June 8.7-A de posit of sulphur was seen on the bldewalks here following the etec trt? and rainworm. t Jast nlghtt - j ; 1 , POULTRY IVII1N IS DEFENDANT ROTARY CLUBS TO E NEW LEADER TODAY Four Men Prominent in Or ganization Nominated for International Presidency By Convention. CHAPIN UNOPPOSED FOR TREASURYSHIP Delegations Are Divided Into Groups and Attend Many Dinner Parties LOS ANGELES, June 8. The nomination of officers .occupied the closing hours of today's ses sion of the 13 th annual conven tion of International Rotary clubs being held here. The election Will be held tomorrow. Those nominated for the office- of president were: William C. Coppock of Council Bluffs, la present second rice president; H. J. Lutch R. Stark of Orange, Tex., present third vice president; Ray mond J. Knoeppel, New York, president of the New York Rotary club, and Rymond N. Havens of Kansas City, Mo., former interna tional vice president. Rufus F. Chapln of Chicago, who has held! the office of . treasurer for the past' 10 years, received the nom ination for that office today with out opposition. - Directors Nominated There were seven nominations for. the board of directors from the United States, from which five will be elected. Those nominated were: Robert Patterson of Day ton, Ohio; Ralph E. Bristol of Ogden, tab.; Herbert C. Wilson of Worcester, Mass.; Adolphus R. Talbot of Lincoln, Neb.; Harry B. Craddick of Minneapolis; John A. Turner , of Tampa, Fla., and Ben C. Brown of New Orleans. The director from the Dominion of Canada will be Jeffery Lrdiatt of Calgary, Alta., who received , the nomination without opposition. Alexander Wilkie of Edinburgh, Scotland, present director for Great Britain and Ireland, also was the only nominee tor that office. Board to Name Secretary Under the new constitution adopted at this convention the board of directors will select the vice presidents and secretary gen eral. The reports ot several commit tees and addresses by prominent Rotarians preceded the nomina tions. Several resolutions were adopted today, principally those relating to business organisations. The convention divided Into small erouDs tonight and attended reunion dinner parties designed to permit the discussion of Ro tary work that could not be reacn ed in convention. set for ten Arguments to Be -Heard by Supreme Court on Fam ous Oregon Murder . The murder case of Dr. R. M. Brumfield or Roseburg, now con fined in the state penitentiary un- a 1 dor sentence of death, win oe heard by the supreme court on Friday, June 23, the date having been fixed yesterday, Brumfield was convicted of the murder of Dennis Russell, a Doug las county recluse. Involved in the case are questions of the con stitutionality of the Oregon capi tal punishment law, change of venue, which was overruled by Circuit Judge Bingham of Salem who heard the case at Roseburg, and various assignments of error presented . by Brumfield' s attor neys. Constitutionality of the capital punishment, law was threshed out in the case of Elvle D. Kirby, im plicated in the killing of Sheriff Til Taylor of Pendleton and in that case the, supreme court up held the law. if HIFIEU) CASE ELM BEETLE HERE AGAIN, WAR STARTED One Resident Threatens to Move Away Motor Com pany Comes to Rescue Elm beetles two Inches-deep at the foot of some of the great elms in Salem are a few of the reasons for the Valley Motor company re sponding to the S. O. S. call for long ranse. hi?rh-prensure spray ers. The Motor company has a Bean sprayer, mounted on a. Fordsn tractor, that is about the niftiest bug-killer that ever came down the line. By Invitation, almofct by command of the city council, the owners of the machine afe going to undertake clean uo tie tree-bugs. 1 The outfit is being put in order and will be ready tonight to start the battle. One Salem man said that the elm worms are already driving him out of his home; hefs going to -move away, unless they can find a quick and sure way to exterminate them. The power sprayer, that shoots the deadly hraical spray almost 100 feet, blga enough to reach the tops ot the tallest elms, will get 'era al most like poison gas or liquid fire. Last year, the Valley Motor company loaned the spray outfit to the city, and the official bug killers operated it with notable success in saving hundreds of stately Salem elms. I Employment for Fully 1000 Persons Probable in Sa lem by Monday Barrelled strawberries are al ready being stored away as the "first fruits" of the Oregon Grow ers' cannery and fruit plant on South High street. Active can ning will not begin until Monday, when the growers expect to start with 100 women and girls in the strawberry and gooseberry prep aration room. The canning ma chinery is all there but not yet quite ready to start up, though it will be in order by Monday. Help Wanted at Once Hunt Brothers cannery wants fruit handlers at once. The big factory is ready and running, The new Star Fruit Products can nery, on South Church, is almost ready. The definite announce ment of the opening will probab ly be made today. ' It is a model factory, with everything new and as light as outdoors. Fruit Is Received The rebuilt Oregon Packing company factory on South Twelfth street' is already receiving fruit, and wants help. So is the King's Products company cannery, and the Producers Canning & Pack ing plant on North Commercial. There should be employment tor fully 1000 hands by Monday. Picking Unorganized Picking is not yet any too well organized, it is understood, though the growers themselves and their families will probably dig into the picking harder this year than ever before. Ten Carloads Go Where Only One Went Before A carload of gallon canned wa ter-pack apples that were shipped to New York last fall, from the Falls City Cannery under the con trol of the Oregon Growers' asso ciation, was responsible for an or der tor 10 cars of this year's prod uct. They took those Webfoot ap ples and put them through the third degree, giving them every mean, insolent test they knew. They ate them; they baked them into pies; they fed them to the canaries, they opened the cans and stood around in rows and wondered how anybody on earth could grow or pack such upstand ing fruits. In the end, they be-? lieved it all, and they made a run for the postof fice 'to order more of these wonderful fruits. ' Some of the flattering comments re ceived by the , Oregon Growers over these fine fruits, have their echo in the practical doubling of the canning capacity of the Salem factories this year. CANNERS CALL ! FOR WORKERS NOTE If BE WARD'S ALIBI DURING TRIAL Police Theory of Shooting Near Home is Given Set back by Woman's Story of Auto Crash. YOUTH'S VERSION OF AFFAIR IS SUPPORTED Friends of Ward Tell of Fail ure to Report Accid ent to Police WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., June 8 Discovery of a note on the floor of a machine taken to a garage for a wash served today to lift the curtain of mystery surround ing the card party held in the New Rcchelle home of Walter S. Ward, the night he shot and kill ed Clarence Peters. At the same time the West chester county grand jury re suming its investigation of the case after a day's recess, went in to conference with District Attor ney Weeks over "newspaper re ports of its activities and the ne cessity -for greater secrecy during the inquiry. The Jurors adjourn ed until next Tuesday after ex amining five New Rochelle po licemen. Found by Employe The note was turned over to the county authorities by a gar age employe who said he found the letter, addressed to Mrs. Charles Dubois ot Atlantic High- ands, N. J., in a car belonging to J. Franklin Burke of Scarsdale. connected with a New York wool en firm- According tu Kendall, the note read in part: "Fran was there when it hap pened and left at 10:30. The glass that they found in the driveway was not from Ward's car at all. It came from mine. Walt didn't arrive until, 9: 30 al though Beryl was waiting." Communication was establish ed with Mrs. Alfred H. Hook, who lives across the street from the Wards, and who is a sister of Mrs. Burke. Mrs. Hook's first name, Frances, is abbreviated in to "Fran" by her intimates. Admits Losing Letter Asserting that her sister had ! told her of losing the letter. Mrs. Hook, who said she was one of those who attended the 7ard card party the night of the shoot ing, said that Mrs. Burke referred by "it" to the breaking of the glass in the winshield of her car when It crashed into another on the Ward driveway. Mrs. Dubois, she said, was a close friend, and Mrs. Burke wished to let her know that the broken glass on the drive did not represent the pane which Ward said had been punctured in hfs coupe, in a pis tol battle near the reservoir with Peters and a band of alleged blackmailers. According to Mrs. Hook, her sister had left the Ward home and had neglected to take a wheel lock off before starting her car. This caused it to crash into an other. No Report Made She added that neither she or Mrs. Burke had considered the ac (Continued on page 6) Pickers Are Needed to Save the Strawberry Crop; Report to Race Earl Race, city recorder, and volunteer employment agent and handy man who connects the man with the job for Salem and the whole surrounding country, has call3 for 200 more strawberry pickers than he has More pickers are needed, to save a large part of the strawberry crop, which has come on all at once, owing to warm days and lack of rain. - Men, women and children are needed to pick straw berries; and they are needed now today. Tomorrow or a few days from now will be too late. Many thou sands of dollars worth of strawberries will be lost, if more pickers cannot now, be had, in numbers. Nearly any one can make a hand in strawberry picking. Report to Mr. Race, and he will tell you where you can aerve your city and your country in picking strawberries. SUGAR PRICES ARE RAPIDLY SHOOTING UP PORTLAND. Ore., Jose 8. A 20-cent advance in the price of sugar was announced in the Port land market today following on the heels of the 10-cent rise yes terday and according to refinery advices another 10-cent advance is due tomorrow. Today wholesale dealers are quoting the best grades of cane granulated at $6.55 to $6.70 a sack with the beet product 10 cents under these figures. T CHOSEN AS ELK SPEAKER Program for Fla Day An nounced Exercises to Be in Wilson Park Flag day. June 14, is to, be ob served with appropriate exercises by Salem lodger No. 336, B. P. O. Elks. The parade, led by ( the band, will form at the Elks' temple on Liberty streat not lateor than 7:30 and march to the bajid stand in Willson park, where the exercises will be held! First j will be the regular lodgto ritual,1 for the oc casion, conducted. by the lodge of ficers. Following tbis, Robin Day will givjb a short history of the flag and vloseph. Benjamin, as sistant attorney general, will de liver a eulogy on the Flag. Mrs. Hallie Hingee is to sing "Stars and Stripes,",' and perhaps other patriotic aira . , Judge Joc.n McCourt of the state Bupremje court is the prin cipal speaker. He will talk on the flag and 1 patriotism and civic obligations. 'A ritual closing for the impressive program will end the evening. Alligood Americans are invited and narged to attend. Transatlantic, Flight Finished by portugese BAHIA, BrUil, June 8. (By The Associatetf Press) The Por tuguese aviators, Captains Saca dura and Coutinoh, arrived here safely at 1:15 o'clock this after noon, having Gown in their hydro airplane from Pernambuco where they completed their trans-Atlan tic flight from Lisbon on Monday. KATO IS INVITED TOKIO, June 9. -(By the As- rociated Press.) The council of elder statesmen today decided to recommend thai Admiral Baron Kato be invited to form a new cabinet to succeed the Takahasht ministry which resigned Tuesday. WILL REFUND DEBT WASHINGTON, June 8. Sec retary Mellon expects to refund about one half billion dollars, of the six billion dollars of the gov ernment's short dated debt on June 15, it was said today at the treasury. BOMB ARREST MADE COLUMBUS. Ga., June 8. The first arrest in connection with the recent bomb explosion at the home of Mayor Homer Dimon was made, here today when Sergeant J. G. Kimball, stationed at Fort Ben ning, was taken .In to custody. M'CQUR WRANGLING STAGED BYE OVER Provisions of Soldier Bonus Bill ; Under the soldiers bonus bill as completed yesterday each veteran may select one of the following compensa tion plans: . . 1. Adjusted service pay if his adjusted service credit does not exceed $50. 2 Adjusted service certificate with bank and gov ernment loan provisions. . 3 Vocational training aid. 4 Farm and home aid. 5 -Land settlement aid. WASHINGTON, June 8. The soldiers bonus bill was for mally presented tonight to the senate after a previous effort wjr wiamuaii iutuuiuuer oi me iinance committee to report it at the opening of the session had been blocked by Senator Williams, Democrat of Mississippi. Senator Williams wa3 absent from the senate when Sen ator McCumber presented the measure for the second time, but came into the chamber a few minutes afterward. Thj presentation followed a quorum call. The bill automatically went, to the senate calendar. In attempting to offer the at 11 .a. m., today, Senator McCumber said that Vin thft vrrv icr xuiure i nope to De ame to aay or so ior tne purpose of considering and passing, if pos sible the compensation bill.' , . tfiBfJE Organizing Agent of Federa tion to Be at Commercial Club Saturday It is announced from the head quarters of the state farm bur eau federation at Portland, that an organized agent of the feder ation will be in Salem, at the Commercial club rooms at 2 o'clock Saturday, to perfect the Marion county organization. Much Work Done Considerable work was done in this county during the winter and eatly spring, but the central or ganization was not completed. Marlon county already has a large membership In the federa tion. General Call Issued , All members, present or pros pective, are expected to be wel come at the Saturday organiza tion meting, according to the let ter received at the Commercial club from the federation head quarters. . S IS School -Librarian Named to Succeed Miss Gertrude Morton, Resigned Miss Lucille" Crockett, child dren's .librarian at the Salem public library, has been appoint ed school librarian for the com ing year, according - to an an nouncemeat made . - yesterday. Miss Crockett succeeds Mlsa Ger trude Morton, who resigned be cause of Illness. Miss Florence Pettit will suc ceed Miss Crockett as children's librarian. Miss Helen Robe has been' appointed assistant at the loan desk to succeed Miss Isabel Croisan, who will leave the H brary stilt September 1 6 eon tinue her college work. i, A total of 6.012 books were cir culated from the central xand branch library of the Salem pub lie library during the month ot May, according to the report ot the librarian for the last month. The average daily circulation for the month was 215 books. Miss Flora Case, librarian, left yesterday for her vacation. Miss Crockett is in charge during her absence. , THE WEATHER Friday, cloudy and unsettled. CROCKETT APPOI rjTED DEBATE IKS A1DBAS11 bill soon after Hia spnato wr lay aside the tariff bill for a "In the soldiers' compensation bill," he added, "we hav noth ing but an American bill I hope we shall be able to dispose of it as an ' American measure in the came spirit that we voted tor ap propriation! to carry on the vrar." Would Orre Electorate Chance Senator Underwood, the Dem ocratic leader, expressed the hope that when the bill was called up it would be by a vote of the sen ate ana that unanimous consent for its consideration ' would coj h Mflttaataut ..'(' V I should be very glad. h added, "if the bill went over no til after the elections so that th American people might have an opportunity to voice their senti ment on the subject." injurious, gays Underwood . Senator Underwood said he personally felt that the bonus bill. If passed,, "will not only work injury to the American peo ple, but in the end work an in jury to the men whom it propos es to help." , - - f He estimated the bill would cost anywhere from $4,000,000,- 000 to $7,000,000,000,000 and said H was drawn in such a way that it would have to be paid tor in the future and thus would be come a burden upon the ex-sol- diers t themselves, sj; 'f- Senator McCumber then sought to send, the bill to the senate cal endar under a unanimous consent agreement but Senator Williams, an opponent of the measure, ob jected. Ashurst Shows Heat . Jumping to his feet. Senator A shurst, - Democrat, Arizona, said the "war profiteers' " had been nalA titMlm .l.tm. . ir.lriaf IA mV. ar1 VI.U1. Q.uw w m ernment but that every time it was proposed to compensate the soldiers, objection was made. Urging Senator " McCumber to make a motion to bring the bill before the senate he shouted that the time had come to show pluck and grit, and courage and sand." Senator McCumber explained he was kept from offering any such motion by the gentlemen'! agreement that controversial leg islation would not be called up without advance notice being giv en the senators. , V , Arkaaiuua For Bill Senator Robinson, Democrat, Arkansas, said he wanted it on derstood. that Senator Williams' action did not represent the sen- timem oi ine imwuc aiue the chamber. Informal canvasses of each side have indicated that the bonus legislation, has a substantial ma jority in the senate but whether the amended house bill will be approved is problematical. In any event a long fight on the measure is expected and for that reason some at least of the Re publican leaders are opposed to calling it up until after the tariff bill has been gotten out ot . the way. Report Made Public Before undertaking to present the bill to the senate. Chairman McCumber made public both its text and the accompanying report from the finance committee. Tha (Continued on pa 9 )