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FORDS SHOALS
OFFER FLAYED
;B!I11TTEE
.
Republican Members De-
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nounce rronananmsis
and Urge That Public' Be
Given Facts.
OFFER OF $5,000,000
? DECLARED INADEQUATE
Expenditure Already Many
Times More Than Price
Wow Offered
WASHINGTON, June 20.
Eight Republican members of the
house ; military committee today
signed a report, submitted to the
house by Representative JCearns
of Ohio, denouncing Henry Ford's
offer to purchase and lease the
government's project at Muscle
Shoals, "Ala, - Their t action In
creased to tour the number of
reports emanating from the com
mittee and marked anotner di
vision of oplnton among the 21
..-K. aa V '- flnuflAfl tit
Muscle Shoals disposition. ' '
Tho eight membera were Rep
resentative Kearns, Ohio; Morin,
Crago and Ransley, Pennsylvan
ia; Crowther; New York; Hill.
Maryland; Parker, New Jersey
and Frothingham, Massachusetts,
None of the signatories to the
report was .willing for congress
to accept the Ford offer.
AYanta Public Informed
t Tb -Kearns report stressed the
importance tf getting f "to . the
country a clear; fair and unbiased
statement of , tacts" concerning
the Ford proposal, declared that
"wicked" and "paid" propagan
dists . were ''scattering propagan
da throughout the country that la
often void of truth" and attacked
the Ford offer in a way that left
none of its provisions free from
hestile criticism. " r ' V 1
' The report also asserted that
the Alabama " Power company.,
which submitted an offer to de
velop the power projects at-Mus-
fairly with the government" and
was ottering $2.500,000 ' for Its
Interests - In the steam plant at
Gorgas, In accordance with the
terms of the contract . executed
with the war department when
the- plant was erected.- t
.; Plant Was Krected
In another part the report sum
marized the cost prices of the pro
jects which Mr. Ford would pur
chase for ,$5,000,000. A total
expenditure '-of $85,343,296 was
claimed on the Waco Inquiry, the
Gorgas steam plant -and nitrate
plants' No. 1 and 2, while 'the
amount offered was held to be
whollyInadequate."
100-Year Jjaum Attacked
Among the other provisions of
the Ford offer which were attack
ed by the report were those pro
posing a lease of the water pro
jects for 100 - years, that fixing"
the terms of the amortization plan
for repaying the government for
building dam two and three;
that offering $55,000 annually to
the government tor maintenance
and repair of dams; that provid
ing for the mannacture of fertilis
ers during the 100-year lease, and
the failure of the Detroit manu
facturer to agree to pay Interest
on the $17,000,000 already spent
on the Wilson dam.
".Some say that Mr. Ford Is
honest," the report declared, "and
that he has said he wants to make
(fertiliser, and- they are willing
to take him at his word whether
it Is in , the contract or not. What
ther say about Mr. ; Ford is not
. endowed with a perpetual life, al
, though some members of the mil-
Itary affairs - committee would
give him this water power lease
' In perpetuity, i v . ..
"Mr. Ford cannot live through
out any considerable part of the
terms of this water power lease
? hold, and when ha is, gone and
; all, the men that he may have sur-
rounding him will have passed
away we do not know in what un
conscionable hands this plant will
fall and neither does any, man who
: Is living today." ' V 1 t
THE WEATHER
Scattered showers and cooler,
TREMENDOUS CROWD
TURNS
: i
Salem folk turned out in great numbers last -night to
hear the first band concert of. the year which was giYen by
the Salem Cherrian band in Willson park. This will be the
enly concert this week, since the band . will accompany the
Cherrian to Fortland and will not be here Friday, according
to Oscar Steelhammer, director. - - ? I
Return of Ship Holdings to
r Private Interest Serious
ly Needed
"WASHINGTON, June 20.
President Harding tonight gave
formal approval to plans for Re
publican leaders in the house to
bring - the administration ship
subsidy bill to a vote at this ses
sion immediately after 'the tariff
bill had 'been sent to the con
ference by the house.
The - president's position was
stated in a 'letter, to Representa
tive' Mondell of Wyoming, the
Republican leader, which em
bodledl ; also -derailed ' arguments
advanced by Mr. Harding In fa
vor of enactment of the measure
at the present session.
Public Interest will not admit
of a postponement of -decision on
the policy to the next congress or
the approaching short session,
the- president said,) but advantage
will result in a delay, of, a short
' time while house members, par
ticularly many of whom are now
awar from Washington, consult
their constituents. , The subsidy
bill, he declared, is needed to get
the government ship holdings In
to private hands and Into econ
omic usage if for nothing else,
and this question he held "not to
be , prejudiced by the old and
worn-out - ery against the sub
Idy." ; - -- ),
The exact time fixed for voting
on ' the measure, the president
said; in describing his agreeemnt
with house ; leaders, is "approxi
mately such time as house mem
bers will be called In active at
tendance to send the tariff bill to
conference."
lEEflilLY
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Astoria Car Overturns on
Jefferson Road Donald
McComber is Hurt
Three people had narrow es
capes from' death yesterday after
noon on the Salem-Jefferson road
four miles from Jefferson when
the automobile driven by Donald
McComber of Astoria, and in
which his wife and little girl were
riding, turned completely over,
pinning McComber beneath the
ear and inflicting serious braises
and sprains to the woman and
little girl. V
The injured people were freed
from the wrecked car by passing
motorists and taken to Jefferson
where they received medical at
tention.. .,;-''
' Mr. McComber was unable to
tell exactly how the accident oc
curred, but it is thought that he
was driving at a fair rate of speed
and a tire blew out, causing the
machine to turn turtle.
Mr. McComber was the most
seriously injured of the trio, suf
fering a badly wrenched back and
bruises about: the face and body
Mrs. v McComber4 -escaped 5 with
bruises, while the . girl sustained
a lacerated leg.
f Tho McCombers left - Astoria
several days ago ; and : were -on
their way to California. J"
According to' those who viewed
the demolished car and saw the
way Mr. McComher ' was pinned
beneath, death would have been
almost a certainty had the car
been other than a light one. '
It is their,; intention to resume
their journey as soon as their In
juries make travel possible.
OTT0IEAR
Blpj0iRT
' Oscar B. Gingrich was much ap
preciated last night in two solos.
He sang the "March of the Tor
eador" and one popular number,
the latter not well heard because
sung through a megaphone which
caused folks to feel "that now
they heard and now they didn't."
Fountain En joyed
The hundreds of youngsters en.
joyed the fountain which played
for an "unusually long time last
night. The program closed with
"The Star Spangled Banner."
Mr. Gingrich will be soloist for
next Tuesday's concert and tor
several concerts in the Immed
iate future, according to Mr.
Steelhammer. It is planned to
have different soloists during the
summer's concerts, he says and
other, local persons, will be heard.
Personnel of Band ". v
The personnel of the Salem
Cherrian band was given out last
night by Mr. Steelhammer aa fol
lows: - .
Cornets C. F. Pabst, W. H.
&f ills, C. J. Kurth, A. B. ' Arm
priest, E. R. Payne nd G. M.
eager. Clarinets Adolph Born
beck, George Smith, Earl Ander
son, Ernest Derwent, Charles Pop
pa, Roland De Sart. Horns- Lud
wlg : Mickelson, Richard . Ryley,
Jr.,. John Graber, Delbert Gear
heart. ' Baritone C. G. Gray.
Trombones T. C. Walsh, Frank
Zlnn. Bass Richard Ryley, Sr.,
John Steelhammer. Brums David
Tailmadge.A Ralph South wick.
John Graber is manager of the
band.
NRMHGETS
Receipt of , Court Record
Causes Rumor Mathilde's
Father May Again Marry
CHICAGO. June 20. Harold
F. McCprmlck, head of. the execu
tive committee of the Internation
al Harvester, company, today re
ceived an exemplified copy of the
decree of divorce obtained last
January by his wife, Mrs. Edith
Rockefeller McCormick, daughter
of John D. Rockefeller. With the
decree was an exemplified copy of
the record in the case.
The records were delivered
while Mr. McCormick was at the
Wesley Memorial hospital recov
ering from an operation perform
ed a week ago by Dr. Victor D.
Lespinasse, widely known for his
research work in the field of re
juvenation accomplished through
glandular operations. '
Considerable, mystery was
thrown about the securing of the
records, it being pointed out by
the court attaches that the certi
fied copies might be used in other
states or in Europe as documen
tray evidence of the divorce,
should It become necessary. to pro
duce such evidence, as in procur
ing a marriage license. . The re
vived rumors that Mr. McCormick.
who is 51 years old, might be
married soon - to Mme. Ganna
Walska but his attorney, John P.
Wilson, denied that this was the
reason for procuring the record.
At the Wesley hospital, Mr. Mc
Cormick. sitting up in bed, receiv
ed reporters during the afternoon
and talked freely on any subject
except his operation and the fu
ture plans for himself or his 17-year-old-daughter,
Mathllde, who
has announced her intention of
marrying Max Oser, Swiss riding
master and 27 1-2 years her sen-;
ior. ' "h
"And what'a the latest from
Madame 7" a wave of the In
valid's hffnd, stopped the reporter.
The arrival of Mathllde, accom
panied hy Edwin A. Cassels, at
torney for Mr, McCormick recent
ly when Mrs. McCormick sought
to place a legal obstacle ihetore
the marriage of Mathllde and Oser
when Mr. McCormick was appoint-,
ed his daughter, guadlan, brought
the Interview to a close. l -
DECREE
IPSDIP IS ALLEGED; PERVERT IS
! NOT ISSUE IN lllSAiaON GOUWH
r RAIL HPUT IMMEDIATE TRIAL
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Government Operation Will
Not Be Asked, Labor Fed
eration Told at Conven
tion. UNION PROGRAM NOT
GIVEN UP ENTIRELY
Administration Declared to
Be Unfriendly by Union
President
CINCINNATI, June 20. Gov
ernment ownership and operation
of the railroads will not be an
issue in the threatened strike of
1,000,000 shop workers and oth
ers, spokesmen for the rail unions
today told the American Federa
tion of Labor convention which
responded to their request by, a
re-affirmation of the federation's
stand In favor of the adoption of
such a policy.
"The rail unions have not
abandoned the program of public
ownership or grown luke warm or
indifferent." declared William O.
Johnston, president of the machin
ists' union in explaining the re
quest. . . v
"We ask declaration, however
because we have a most unfriend
ly and unsympathetic administra
tion at this time and our enemies
would say if the strike occurs in
the very near future that the fight
was for government ownership, -believe
the strike is inevitable for
there Is, no other way out and we
want the Issue clear-eul. The tsue
is the amelioration &l the wrongs
committed by. the railroads.
Similar pleas by others, who
are the prospective leaders in the
threatened walkout led Max Hayes
of Cleveland to withdraw his mo
tion for a re-declaration of the
government ownership policy. The
motion was injected into the con
vention's work when it for a sec
ond time during the day went on
record as favoring repeal of the
transportation act, in which con
nection it denounced the railroad
labor board for its orders, espe
cially those reducing wages and
changing working conditions.
Consideration of the strike
threat in connection with the res
olution for repeal of the transpor
tation action provoked the only
long discussion of the day's ses
sion which was crowded with busi
ness.
Early in the day the convention
was marked by an oral clash be
tween President John L. Lewis, pf
the United Mine Workers and Jos
eph Lynall, Peoria, trades and la
bor council, when the latter
sought to force consideration of a
resolution congratulating Alexan
der Howat and August Dorchy,
leaders of Kansas miners, for
their stand against the Kansas in
dustrial court. The trouble ended
ith the convention refusing to
act on the resolution, and its ref
erence to the miners' union for
consideration.
In addition to its big program
of work, the convention was
marked by the beginning of a
movement to run Mr. Lewis as a
candidate for president of the fed
eration in opposition to Samuel
Gompers, although Mr. Lewis de
clared he was ''in no sense" a
candidate.
Secretary Weeks Should
Resign Says Capper
TOPEKA, Kan.. June 20.
Senator Capper of Kansas in a
special dispatch received here to
night declares that Secretary of
War. Weeks is out of tune with the
Harding administration and that
if he does not resign, his resigna
tion might very properly be re
quested by the president.
Automobile Bandit Caught
Following Bold Hold-up
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ROSEVILLE, CaL, June 20.
Herbert Lee Carter. 21, automo
bile bandit, was taken Into cus
tody here early tonight after he
had forced an autoist at the point
of a revolver to drive - him here
from Marysville. Carter baa ter
rorized the district between here
and Oroville since .Monday after
noon, forcing several autoistg to
carry him over the highway,' ;
WEST GRANTED
LARGE VERDICT
IN LOBBY CASE
Ex-Governor Awarded $19,
681 Due from Coos County
for Taxes Refunded 1919
SUC.ENE. Or., June 20. Os
wald West, ex-governor of Oregon
was given a verdict by a jury in
the circuit court here this after
noon against Coos county, Ore
gon, in the sum of $19,681
which he claims was due him as a
commission for lobbying before
ccngress at Washington, D. C, in
1919, for a" bill to re-imburse
Cecs county in the sum of $190,
000 as taxes on the southern Ore
gon land grant which had been
turned back to the government.
The, ex-governor offered testi
mony to the effect that he had a
verbal agreement with the coun
ty courts of Coos and Douglas,
that he was to be paid 4 per cent
of the amount refunded to those
counties. The case will be appeal
ed to the supreme court, accord
ing to an announcement of attor
neys for Coos county.
Big Subscriptions Received
from All Committee Has
Been Able to Meet
When the Illahee Country club
was organized in Salem several
years ago, one prominent citizen
refused to join and become a
charter member, declaring he had
neither the time, money, health
nor conveyance to get him to the
golf links.
But later he joined, and since
joining he has found that he has
more time than he ever realized.
He has played golf and become
exceedingly robust, so durned ro
bust in fact that he has found it
easy to make money. He didn't
miss the few hundred that later
he invested in an automobile, and
now drives to the golf links sev
eral times a week.
When he was visited a couple
of days ago by the committee of
club members who are soliciting
for $10000 to Improve the
grounds and club house he didn't
hesitate but wrote out a check
for $200.
The committee reports that it
is being received courteously ev
erywhere and that large subscrip
tions have been signed by all
whom the committee has had op
portunity to meet.
One of the much needed im
provements in the piping of wa
ter to the greens so that grass
greens may be maintained instead
of the present cinder greens. A
cottage is to be built for the
keeper and improvements will be
mado to the club house.
Section of Denver & Rio
Grande Passenger Leaves'
Rails in Colorado
LEADVILLE. Colo., June 20.
Twenty-four persons were in
jured, four seriously today when
the first section of Denver & Rio
Grande Western passenger No. 2,
eastbound, was wrecked at Keel
dar, a small station 10 miles from
Leadville. Spreading rails were
believed to have caused the acci
dent. The scene of the wreck Is
near the foot of Tennessee Pass.
? The train carried many. Shriners
returning from San Francisco, i
i Three Pullman cars and the
dining car turned over, whfle an
other : Pullman also jumped the
track and turned part way over
COUNTRY CLUB
DRIVE SUCCESS
SIB H
IN TRAIN WRECK
LAI G10NG TO
BE DEPORTED
Chinese Alleged to Have At
tacked Benefactor's Wife
in Government's Toils
Scorned by bis fellow country
men in tbe United States and
doomed ' to face ostracism in his
own country for the. rest of his
natural life, Lai Gwong, arrested
here about a week ago, started
on the first lap of his journey
to China last night in charge of
R. P. Bonham. immigration in
spector, who will take Lai to
Portland, from which place he
will be immediately deported.
Husband Trounces Him
The average celestial has little
respect or regard for the laws of
the Caucasian, but seldom are
they known to violate the laws
of their own land or of their own
god?, but LaPQwong respected
neither the laws of this country
or his own when, 10 days ago,
he attempted a criminal assault
upon he pretty little wife pf Lai
Sue, the man who had befriended
him. He was severely beaten by
the husband and later turned over
to the sheriff's office and placed
in the county jaiL
Record Not Good
Investigation on the part of the
immigration authorities disclosed
the fact that Lai Gwong had also
been sought for the past three
years for making unlawful entry
into the United States. The rec
ords of the government showed
that he had been deported In
1907 for a like crime upon a
Chinese woman. He remained In
China for four years and gained
admittance to Canada when that
government permitted the en
trance of Orientals by the pay
ment of a $500 head tax. Three
years later Lai 'paid smugglers
another $200 to bring him into
this country. Since that time he
has been around Salem.
Life of Outcast Awaits
The two crimes against women
of his own race, of which he had
been charged during 10 years,
set a precedent, for nothing of
the like had ever before been
heard of among the Chinese. For
that reason1 he is scorned by all
of his own people, and must live
out his life, isolated In his own
country lest he be brought to
answer to the unwritten law of
his fellow men.
One Man Killed, One
Hurt When Auto Hits Train
EUGENE, Or., June 20. W. A.
Basf!eld, aged 50, of West Spring
field, was killed and Harry
Thompson, of Creswell, was bad
ly injured when an automobile in
which , they were riding and the
rear end of a logging train col
lided at Springfield early today.
Bastield, Thompson and G. R.
Smith,, employes of tbe Booth
Kelly lumber company's mill, on
the night shift, were on their way
back from work when the train,
switching in the yard, backed into
their automobile at a crossing.
Smith jumped from the running
board of the automobile to a flat
ear of the train and escaped in
jury. Alien Women to Have
Same Rights as Men
WASHINGTON, June 20. To
meet conditions which its friends
claimed have been emphasized hy
the women's suffrage amendment,
the house today by a vote of 206
to 96 passed a bill which would
open to alien married women sub
stantially naturalization and citi
zenship rights enjoyed by alien
men. The bill would also permit
American women who. marry for
eigners to retain their citizenship
unless they renounce their alle
giance as do American men who
marry aliens or unless they marry
aliens Ineligible, to United States
citizenship.
LODGED
JAIL
IS L
AND
IKELY
C. A. Sloat, alleged pervert,
and former Oakville school
teacher, was returned to Sa
lem last night from Albany
and placed in the county jail
by Sheriff Oscar Bower to
face six indictments secretly
returned by the Marion coun
ty grand jury last Friday,
charging him with criminal
attacks upon two small girls
of Salem. . - ; f
Sloat was recently arrested
in Albany, charged with like
assaults upon a small girl of
that city, but investigation by
the local sheriffs office satis
fied the Linn county officials
that there was a stronger case
against the former school
teacher in. this county.
The specific charges on
which Sloat will be tried in
the Marion county courts con
sist of one charge of . rape,
two of assault with intent to
commit rape, and three crimes
against nature. ' According to
the authorities, Sloat has con
fessed to the alleged crimes
against the two Salem girls,
the offense beinjr. committed
March 5. - ' t. -X ,r;-
This is not the first time
that" the 'alleged ' pervert has
faced charges of this nature.
It is aid he was convicted
for a similar offense in Ta
coma some years ago, and
that he was arrested and later
acquitted of an assault charge
in McMinnville several months
ago.
? It is possible that the ac
cused man will - be arraigned
immediately as Circuit Judge
Bingham announced recently
that Sloat would be given
juick hearing if returned to
Marion from Linn county. It
was on this provision that
District Attorney Lewelling
of I,inn county relinquished
Sloat to the local officials.'
Should Sloat be convicted
on all six counts against him
it would be. possible to impose
a life sentence upon him, Dis
trict Attorney John H. Car
son has declared. -
Hitch In Counts in Waterford
District Causes Official
Investigation - - .
. DiTBLIN, June 20 The results
of the elections are still incom
plete and final figures in some of
the important constituencies will
not be announced, until Wednes
day. There has been some hitch
at Waterford, which with Tipper-
ary east, forms a constituency of
five peats, and two officials of
the provisional government have
gone there to straighten the mat
ter cut.
The DeValera members whose
seats in the DaU are endangered,
including Charles Burgess, former
minister of defense, and Seamus
Robinson, one of the leaders of
the dissentient section of the er
ror-
The nature of the hitch 1 not
"finitely known but it is expect
ed to cause a postponement of
declaration of the results for pos
sibly 24 hours.
Man and Woman Murdered;
Gunman Escapes In Car
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YAKIMA, Wasbl, June 20. A
woman was killed and her hus
band mortally wounded at Harrah,
a Yakima Indian reservation town
according to a report to the sher
iffs office here by telephone. The
alleged assassin escaped in a high
powered car. The highways leadr
ing from the reservation are heav
ily guarded. Sheriff Pad Bear,
before he left the ' scene of the
killing declared he knew the.Iden
tity of the supposed gunman.
ELECTION
COUNT
DELAYED
FIGHT LEO BY
SENATOR ILS
Move to Upset Early Con
1 Sideration Brings Tcrricf
Battle on Floor of Hcu:;!
Vote 52 to 8.
WALL STREET ACCUSED I
OF BLOCKING MEASUnn
Soldier Relief Measure t:
Follow Tariff Bill; Bit- i
v ter Fight Waged
- WASHINGTON, June 20.Tt!
soldiers' bonus bill was made to
day, by a vote of & 2 to i, the spe
cial order "of business of tho sen
ate immediately after the final
vote on the tariff bill unless it U
disposed of before that time.
Adoption of a motion to th! :
effect9 came after an all day fight,
at the. outset of which an effort
to get the bonus before the sen
ate failed. : Several tenatort gavo
formal notice that they wouU
continue " to press for action cn,
the bonus ahead of the tariff.
J-X move to upset the program,
of the Republican majority call
ing for action first on the tariff
was launched by Senator Walsh.
Democrat, - Massachusetts, who
made a formal motion that the
tariff bill be displaced by the bon
us measure. Senator Watson.
Republican, ; Indiana, moved to
lay this motion on the table and
his motion prevailed Eight Dem
ocrats supported the Watson mo
tion and two Republicans vote !
against it . . .
-With the' announcement of tin
result of this vote, the bonus row
began In earneit and waged for
five hours..- ;'. v -
In offering his motion to dis
place the tariff, Senator Wals,
stated this was the third time that
there had been an effort to post
pone action and "by that meant
kill the bill' He added that Dis
ponents of the legislation 'propose 1
to put me senate on record on th
question.-r ? ,- . f r ; ;
McCnmbor Denies Charge
Denying that there was apur
pose to defeat the bill n.tn
McCumber, Republican, North Da-
aoia, in charge of the legislation,
read to the senate tho resolut!
adopted yesterday, by' the Rc
lican conference and specif, .
that the bonus be made the t
finished business of the senate alt
er action on: the tariff. Ha de
clared that this was assurance
that there wOuld bo definite ac
tion at this session of congress.
Senator Watson of Indiana, cut
off further discussion by his mo
tion to lay the. Walsh motion on
tfct table, but after the roll call,
the storm broke In earnest. Sen
atOr ilObinSAn. namivnt. Arlran.
sas, charged In the course of a
long address that the object of to
day's proceedings was to prevent
passage of the .bonus at this ses
sion; adding that tbe bill was be
ing "mads . the 'football of con
temptible politics."
J ; ' Wall Street Attacked
Senator Heflia, Democrat, Ala
bama, attacked th maiorltr for
delaying action,' v declaring that
Wall street was behind the move
for delay in the hope that the bill
could be killed In the meantime
by a propaganda which the, sena
tor charged was being conducted
by the "war v rich He also at
tacked metropolitan newspapers
opposing the -bonus and declared
that some of the papers In oppo
sition were "subsidized."
, The two Democratic senators
were : attacked . hy Senator Ln
rnotl Renublican. of Wisconsin.
who declared ; that they delayed
final disposition of the bonus bill
by the time they bad taken up In
disensslnr i He . chareed also
that the time was being occupied
for the Dumose of makin some
"political capital out of the situ
ation." : . . --.,: ;, : .: ;;. ';
-. Senator Watson of Indiana then
offered, his motion to make the
bonus the special order of business
after nassaee of the tariff and
Senator Ashurst, Democrat, Arizo
na, iumned into tbe fray with a
demand: that there be an under
standing that once the bonus was
taken uo it should , cot be dis
placed by the ship -eubsidy or any
other bllL. Senator Borah. Repub
lican, Idaho, said he; would ti c .
(Continued on pass 2)