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State FIRST SECTION Pages 1 to 8 mm- f SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, 1922 PRICE: FIVE CENTti v TWO SECTIONS t 14 Pages UL1E) Rao ran I- 'I- i I 'flD&g I RAGE FOR SENATE POST iWithdr wal of Eastern Or eqon Members from Sup port of Upton Apparently Soon to come. DECISIVE MEETING V , SLATED THIS WEEK ' Presentation of I Name of i . Compromise Candidate ; Said to Be Possible t I y j PORTLAND, Ore..,N0T. 25-De- , Vclopmentfl today- In the contest for the presidency of the senate 1 were: "' 1 ' J First That Senator Jay H. Up ton of Crook county hag been elim lnated as a contender. t Second That Senator B. L. fca- dy of Douglas county will in . all probability be eiectea tome omce " f iTJpton Withdrawals Expected I f Several days previous to the en 'trance of Senator GusjMoBer of Multnomah connty Into the Upton A umn an agreement had been en , terea into? wevween !the Unton and - Eddy forces that !iU neither would; accept the rote of i Senator ? Moseri asr a . deciding rac 'j tor, and word received today that Senators Rtt&evd Taylor ot Umatilla ' county and Senator 1 Dennis of Union county had stated they would comply with the agree- ment with ,,Eddy and withdraw I from the Upton group. . I . Meeting This Week I A meeting; of the eastern Oregon I delegation to consider the matter will be held next week, and politi- clans elose to th situation expect f that Senator Kills of Harney Co. "iwill follow Bitnerj Taylor and . I Dennis In withdrawing from the I Upton camp. There may also be one or two of the others who will i ( withdraw. ! i But whether they do or not, the i three are sufficient to eliminate iUnton. With . Moser he had 16 ?Totes -'the necessary number to ; electand the withdrawal of the ! three mentioned eastern Oregon , I senators would reduce his vote to (Continued on pa V i Indian 11 02 Years Old I Is Admirer of tairls I rtFT-T INGHAM. Wash., Not il 25. Alone and unable to speak l English,' Friday" Stikmash,' 102 j vm,m ctivinw Indian, takes 'i ft. J u -v o ' -,, J - plunge in the chilly waters of Frl I day creek at, Bow, near here, er :Lt enr morning, and recommends it if for those who seek the fountain of eternal youth. V Deanite his longeTity, Friday i ' h few ideas of his own. For A' one thinr. he doesn't believe In ' lettlne his hair ret too ions, um ,. rather holds to the present day I "flanner" atvle of head dress, which la characteristic of the In SiSSZ old Stlkine in- dians of ; western Canada, who mi grated to the south, drove the Sulattle Indians before them, and in later years mingled with them la peaceful pursuits. Friday claims-he never has had shoe leather on his feet In all of his 102 years; He has only;rid- l den on a train once In his, .me. when he. had been struck by a 16 A comotlve and was belnt rushed to S a hiwnitni for treatment. The treatment .which the hospital nurse accorded hJm.at this time , h made him a strong admirer of i girls. He is believed to be the I last living memher of his tribe f THE WEATHER OREGON Sunday, fair. LOCAL. WEATHER (Saturday) Maximum temperature," 48. Minimum temperature, 29. River," 1-10 foot below normal level; falling. . , Rainfall, none. Atmosphere, partly: cloudy. Wind,; west. :, Far Wwfbiis $ TRAGEDY FOLLOWS TERRIFIC EXPLOSION CAUSE NOT LEARNED WINNIPEG, Man., Nov. 25. tonight to the' Canadian Press from the Archbishop palace, St. Boniface, that eight persons were missing as a result of a fire which destroyed the college there this morning. Father Bourk stated that four bodies had been recovered but not identified, leaving four still unaccounted for. Asked as to a rumor current that the cause of the fire had Taeen incendiary, Father Bourke refused to commit him self but explained that the fire in; the basement and the college account for a terrific explosion of fire. County Organization Hears of Important Pending State Objective An important meeting of the Marion County Farm bureau, was held Saturday afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce rooms Miss Conrod, of the state bu reau oirice in i-oniana. was present to discuss bureau mat tern from "'.'the' star xromf ot view One of the big things presented was the program of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, that is working with the state Irriga tion congress, the state drain- in coneress and every other helpful, Influential, far-seeing or eanization that can be enustea for a comprehensiTe ' program of better production, better trans location and better collective marketing for everytning pro duced in Oregon. Industrial Unit Objective Thn nlan is an attempt to make Oregon an industrial unit with every prune grower, every saifa and gravel digger, every logger, every farmer, every clerk nt nlain consumer, helping 10 boost the' game of every other person in the state as they do down in California. The local bureau was not asK ed to act at this time. . The mat ter will come before the state bureau In , December. It was pre sented to' the local hoard that all may be advised of the pre tentious program or coiiecu betterment that Is worsing ror the same general object as the farm bureau, but' on collateral lines that would fit well Into the farm bureau plans. Changes Suggested At the state farm "oureau com mittee meeting November 11 in Portland; soma cnanges were sug gested in the by-laws of the or ganization that came up for dis cussion at the Salem meeting Saturday. One was the matter of toning members. There have e n ft.ma overlot In .he mem bership districts, and these are traiahtened out. There are "about 700 -embers in Mar " Inn mnntT on the old basis slight how- There will be some in the districts, ever, as the boundaries are lng readjusted. ? County Convention Cauea , There will be a county con vention December 23 to select Annntv delegates to tne sii J . TXT I metlnrs. Pitney MUier oi burn is the county preBiaeai, . n TTInfr nf Salem. K. X and James Smith of St Paul, county commissioner elect, the county delegate. One thing taken up saiuraay w .i-.Hr.n of dues, to give the hcreau a good fighting fund for m-mrlnz out OI 1 necc"j business plans in collective buy- lne and selling. Of the big state organizations which the Portiana Chamber of Commerce Is plan ning to appeal to rne to the world. 6am crowa o nrealdent of the drain age congress and James Kyle of rnfitd . of the irrigation body; W. D, B. Dodson of the Port- j rtiinw - of Commerce Is the moving spirit ot the organ! FARM BUREAU MEETS IRE sation. Father Bourke announced had started in the music hall J authorities were at a loss to which followed the outbreak 6 SMOKER DATE Another Classy Boeing Card Promised Under Com pany F Auspices Company F. is preparing to .put on another boxing tournament Wednesday night, Dec. 6, that ought to please the cash customers a-plenty. Joe Hoff, who off stage is Phil Phelps", and who Js one of the le gitimate contenders for the eoast featherweight championship, is to be one of the head-liners, against Ad Mackie or Matty Smith, Aus tralian champ. Mackie Head-liner Mackie has been a head-liner in Portland for a long time, and is recognized as one of the fa3teet men in the northwest. He ran into one defeat in the champion ship elimination last week, but he has been a formidable contender at all times. Smith would also be a good man to see in action. He has the goods. Hoff, who has a ranch nar Monitor, was boxing in- structor at Mt. Angel college a year ago, when his boys cleaned up Columbia university of Port land in almost every bout. He is hard and fast and experienced, and being' almost a local boy he ought to draw a crowd. Xeedham Going Strong The semi-wind u p will be a mid dleweight event between Danny Needham of Spokane' and Jack Stanley of Portland. Needham is comparatively new as a profes sional, but he has "been mowing them down regularly, and he looks like a whirlwind. He is to be In Salem for several days and will work out with Bill Hunt, local heavyweight, who Is to meet Bill McDonald of Portland in a four round event. Hunt has the strength and courage, and with a little more fighting skill would be a bad man to go against. He will get some Ot this In his training with Needham. One other preliminary will be staged, the names not yet being definitely agreed upon. A fifth amateur event may also be put on, with a pair of boxing gloves; and a pair of boxing shoes as prizes. Good amateurs who think they would like such a lay-out for a few minutes work, might leave their names with the armory manage ment. - - Portland Lends Hand This event Is being staged through direct arrangements with the boxing commission of Port land. The Portland body will have representatives here, and any one- disqualified for stalling or roughhouse or unsportsmanlike conduct here in Salem, will be likewise disqualified in Portland Portland is recognized as the best boxing city of the coast." largely through the vigorous efforts of the commission to make the sport honest. The affiliation between Salem and Portland will mean that no one who ever hopes to box in Portland, the goal of all the coast boxers, will venture to fake in Slem because of its queering him In the best town of DECEMBER them alL' it ISg1ilh' $ -Wj10Bebs CLEMEN CEAU SEES HARVARD YALE TANGLE Ex-war Premier Gets Big Ovt tion; Thinks Cheering Takes Mind off Main Event NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 2tJ. (By the Associated Press.) The Tiger of France today be came a dycd-in-t'oe-wool football fan. Brushing aside protestations of danger to his health, Clemenceau cut short his stay in Boston where he spoke yesterday and hurrying to New Haven," joined the 77,000 rooters who saw Harvard defeat Yale in their annual clash. At the finish he declared It was "magnificent. "My only criticism," he added. "is that the cheerers make so much noise .and such interesting noise that it takes your mind off the game." The French war premier's spe cial car arrived from Boston at the tail of a football special, shortly after 1 o'clock. Greeted by President James R. Angell ot Yale he motored at once to the Yale bowl and took his seat for the first half on the Harvard side. Few In the crowd knew he was coming, so suddenly had he made his decision, but when he was re cognized he was given a noisy ovation. J Was for Many Years Pronv merit Man in Oregon; Widow Salem Girl John J. Read, formerly of Port land, passed away at his late res idence, 500 North Hill avenue Pasadena. Cal. on Nov. 13. He is survived by his wife (formerly Miss Jessie Beardsley of Salem) and a daugOter, Anne Ophelia Read; a brother, Henry K. Read of Wheatland, Cal., and a sister Mrs. R. F. Walker of Allentown Pa. Mr. Read was born in Ohio on lOctober 22, 1865. With his fam jny he was a resident of Portland j for 25 years, where he was well and favorably known, his sterling qualities endearing him to many friends. He was of Puritan stock, being a descendant of John Read, who came to America with Win throp in 1C30, also of Robert Taft, who settled in Massachusetts in 1678. Deceased , was a member of Washington lodge NTo. 46, A. F. & A. M., and Perfection lodge No. 1, Scottish Rite Masons ot Port land, "and was a son of the Amer ican Revolution. Funeral serv ices were held in Pasadena No vember la. Mrs. A. F. Hofer and Miss Bal lou, formerly of Salem, were with Mrs. Read at the time of Mr. Read's passing. They live not far apart. Mrs. Read was a Salem girl, and she has many friends in Ma rion and Polk counties, and Mr. Read, being for a long time with some of the prominent hotels of Oregon, was known to many peo ple throughout the whole north west. LECTIBS WILL Harding Scheduled to Make Address Before Chau taqua Association WASHINGTON, Nov. 25-Pres ident Harding tentatively has ac cepted an invitation to make an address at a lecturers' conference to be held here December 7, 8 and 9 under the direction of the International Lyceum and Chau tauqua association, of which he is the honorary president. Those in charge of the confer ence said today they hoped to lave the president to speak at the 01 HEAD DIES ; IN CALIFORNIA HEAR PRESIDENT .(Continued on page ). HGHIS GIVE VIEWS ON S. P. CASE Kelley, Calkins, Welch and Blanchard Attack Separ ation Decision of U. S. Supreme Court. CONSOLIDATION SAID GIVING FAIR SERVICE Representatives from Other States all Favor Pres ent Amalgamation WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. Citizens of Utah, California and Oregon succeeded railroad offi cials today on the stand before the interstate commerce commis sion where the Southern Pacific's application to retain control oi the Central Pacific even after a supreme .court decision has or dered separation, is being heard. Present System Favored All the public representatives called teday supported the appli cation, and expressed the opinion that local and general interest in their territory will be benefitted if the commission used its power of, "consolidating -railroads to pre vent the court decision from be coming effective. Spokesmen for the Utah state government, H. W. Prickett and W- W. Armstrong advanced the theory that the Central Pacific, if separated, would become a part of.the Union Pacific system, anS-j leave the state, as Mr. Armstrong phrased It "faced with a eubstan tial monopoly an transportation.' 'H. A. Scrandrett, counsel for the Union Pacific, suggested during cross-examination that in taking this view the witnesses "were taking counsel of their fear." Oregon Men Speak F. A. Summers,' manager of a California association of grain growers; G. H. Kelley, for tlw Portland .Ore., Chamber of Com merce, and W. W. Calkins, E. A Welch and O. S. Blanchard, rep resentatives of other Oregon cities, all attacked the separation decision on the general ground that the breakup of the existing Southern Pacific system would harm Industry and commerce. The tenor of the testimony was that the consolidated railroads are rendering-, fair service at a reasonable rate and conditions might be affected adversely by dismemberment. More to Testify Commissioner Potter inter vened once to ask Mr. Welch if Joint use of facilities by the two railroads after separation would not remove most of the shippers' objections- The witness said he could not tell. A number of etate railroad commissions will be heard on the issue next week. Veteran Railway Pilot Retires After 51 Years WALLA WALLA. Wash., Nov 23. Orlando Godfrey, 71 year- old veteran locomotive engineer cf the Northern Pacific railroad company, will retire to private life on a pension from his com pany November 30, when he drives his engine off the . Walla Walla-Pasco, Wash., run into the local roundhouse. With his retirement Godfrey! will carry with him memories, in his 51 years of experience In the cab of a locomotive, of the time when rifles and ammunition were carried! In the cab of every en gine for protection from the red skins of the old west. . Godfrey began his railroad ser vice as a brakeman on a local run on the Erie line in New York in 1S66, when be was only IS years old. He was made an engi neer, having come west as a wiper and oiler three years before. Since then he has served continuously With various western railsoads. He came to Walla Walla In 1898 to accept service with his present employers and has remained here WOULD STRiNG LABBEE" SAYS WARNING NOTE Friendly Letter Advises Sher- . iff to Warn Men and Treble Guard Around Murderer YAKIMA, Wash. tyr I NOV- 1 Sheriff Pad R. Bear tonight treb- .v. . .1 ... i and took other precautionary measures following receipt today I of a letter of warning bearing on the trial of Claude a. Labbee for c:u.. IUH wngni lasuune. a isucr i5iie "A Friend." read: "I am warning you there is a mob waiting for Labbee to string him up if he doesn't get the limit Warn your officers." The jury got the case late this afternoon. Immediately jSheriff Bear called in keys to the jail and to the tanks and instructed his deputies to be ready for duty at any time. PLAY IS SEEN BY CRITICS "TimothylS Quest" EndorS- ea leSieraay Dy IVIiniS- terS andr EdUCatOrS - V A largely, attended critics' pre view of the Kate Douglas Wiggins 7 play. -Timothy's Quest," was given pr.uay xureuuun v vuC ri,. had an imposing array of delight- ful isitors, inelud ng a number of the Salem ministers. Superln- tendent Hug, Miss Cornelia Mar- vin, state librarian, and County Superintendent Mrs. Mary Fulker- son. The spectators united In endors ing the play as one of the cl-ianest and finest they had- seen, accord ing to Manager Ogden. It depits a fine, wholesome story of child hood, such as would cheer ahy child and would please any grown up. It isn't the shooting, eensa f inn a 1 Vlnt full nt li a f rViioa1 r K aa. capes and villains and violet vlr- tne, but a beautiful story of plain (Continued on page 6) CIO LARGE BUILDING IS NEEDED FOR OFFICES DECLARES MR. KOZER Necessity of a new state office building, to accommo date the numerous state offices and departments that are now, due to congestion, housed in Portland and Salem out side of state buildings, is pointed to by Sam A. Kozer, secre tary of state, in his biennial report as custodian of capitol and supreme court buildings The report is addressed to the state board of control for reference to the legislature. While it i3 eetimated that the 'cost of the structure doubtless would be from $400,000 to $500,000, the report points out that it would save the state annually about $11, 250 that is now paid for office rentals. The location of the proposed building would be in the state-owned park near and just north of the supreme court building. A plan of taxation to cover the amount that would be necessary for construction, whereby the building would not be available for use until 1926, is presented in the report. "It seems not inappropriate at this time, notwithstanding the depressed financial condition," eays the report, "that some steps should be taken towards provid ing the necessary quarters for housing the growing state acti vities. Taxation Plan Presented "With this end in view, it appears to me that the situation can be taken care of by distribu ting the cost of constructing an adequate and appropriate of fice building by providing for the Inclusion of a stated sum in the annual tax levies for a period of, say three years, beginning: with the year 1924. Cost Estimated "A structure sufficient for the needs of the state for a consid erable number of years can un doubtedly be . built for between 8400,000 and 8500,000. It is even possible that it might be built for somewhat less than this FATAL (L4&L0SMKI HDRTSiANY OTHERS -RELIEF IS HURRiD ALBUQUERQUE, N. I killed and more than 30 iniured . --. w jwww a iuvi n eite minf NYv 4 nf tha. AlhniiAiviA rMiii af M.Vh VA"". - x.. .v., ... auvub v nines ihu af temoon, .Virgil Mcknight, "J. auuuuiitcu lumgnt. Thirteen of the injured men que tonight and taken to a hOSDltaL Ono LUIUM;" inigns ana me omers hUrn, nhvs rin ntl A U- - .'j v. : Chamber of Commerce to Feature Musicians, Scotch Songs Are Promised Monday is Willamette day at the Chamber of Commerce, and a iignt any artist to he presented ! The Willamette male quartet Is to sing, and some sololats and in strumentalists are also to he pre sented. One of the fine things that they 1"" l" V""' leat football and basketball player who BQOW8 promlae atnUte hope to have is Joe Nee, a Bear- bot ho has already arrived as a ,lBger of Mgt almeijt Uu fanr. Linden He has made a vonderfnl hlt one or two ih0 ,,.,. 1nvtt .- A.nn ..,, to a attractIon, but the Wlllamette mnalc the etar at. traction. Because Wlllamette is so much a Salem institution, the cnamner of Commerce officers thought it would be a particularly fitting ItltfMo mnlrA t his m -k r IttlMl lu v ci ea i j umucr. i lAiagncri.i.c I music department has a line of musical talent that will make a Icnlarly impressive showing, and the hall promises to be too email to hold all. the dinner appli cants. and grounds. sum if the proposed building was limited to three or four stories and basement, construct' ed with foundation and Walls of sufficient strength to carry three or four additional stories to be added in the future as the neds of the state inquire them. ' "To provide thfs amount a law authorizing the construction cf sueh a building could contain a provision directing that one. third of it be included in the tax levy for each of the years 1924, 1925 and 1926, with the condition that construction work should not begin on the struct rre until the spring of the year 1925, Continuous Construction Pomlble "Under the law providing for the annual tax levies, any mon eys appropriated for specific pur. poses become available on the first, of, the year, in which - the mm wiLL' be WILlflMEITE DAY (Continued co page I) fit Nov. 25. Seven men" were in a r ovnlnalnn in onkr. "r"? Vf9"1?1 P iiui lii ill in fa.sL in niri. inra sales manager of the com- . f Were brmifrhtA AIK..l were suffer nir from vk IE s-t n. . . ' . . ... juoiu men were oemz About six hundred men af em ployed in and, around mines at Madrid and probably one third of that number worked. In the mine where the explosion occurred. One of the injured hroufht here sa)d that the explosion' apparently was confined to one small aecUoa of the mine and that It was. prob able that men In Other parts of the working were unhurt and made their way out successfully. - Officials bt the. coal company said tonight that great : precau tions had beenj taken against dust and gas and that they could not account for the explosldn. .: - . i I ti , - nniiFiTV TruPiirnn hiiii j 1 1 r r n s JSSfflBlE'lttH All SchbbisHT be-Closed While Instructors Attend - ' Annual Institute . An imposing array of edlic tional talent will appear btrt the llarion County Teachers' la stitute , which , convenes, Mondn.i mornjng at the Salem high srh'Hft kuditorium. All the schools vot the county are to be closed tor' the week, covering the Thinks glTlng two-days holiday ; and . the v Institute period of three dayn. - The principal speakers 'will Le " J. A. Churchill, state, superlhttb dent; J. 8. Landers, prw?lehitbf r the state normal school; Dr. i C. O. Doney, Willamette vaivertilj; ' Dr. II. D. Sheldon. University of . Oregont Dr. U. Q. Duback, Cj.A C., Superintendent George Itug of the Salem schools." and Judti) W, M. f Ilushey of the Marion county I court. There will be V number ot valuable professional dlsCtis Is Ions by Marion obunty teacher. MIbs Lena Belie Tartar of Saknt is musical director, and MM. Mary L. Falkerson, connty super intendent of school, is - general director of all. , The program f or Mondsv : fol-' ows: , ' - '' ' ' ' "' 10 a.m. Music, Lena gella Tartar, director; invocation, Uev. W. C. Kantner. f.1- 10:30 a.m. Announcements 10:45 a.m. "The County and Its Children," Judge W. M. Bush y. ' V . 11:15 a.m.-Address, . Superln tendent J. A. Churchill. 1:30 p.m. General session; music, Lena Belle Tartar, director. 2 p.m. Primary "Physical Training," Grace Snook; interme diate (with art dept.); advanced, "Arithmetic," Katherine Arbuth not; high . school, "Some Recent Criticisms of American Educa tion," Dr. H. D. Sheldon; art. "Possible Posters," Alabama. Ben ton. -'.; -v ', 3 p.m. Departments: ' Primary: (with art department); Interned-! iate, "Geograph," Phoebe MeAd-j ami; advanced, 'History," Kath-' erine Arbnthnol; high' school t "Current History," J. C. Nelson; i art, "Development ot Design and Its Application," Alabama Bren-" ton- '.- ,-. 4 p.m. -General cession address -. 'Words." Dr. Carl Gregg Don?y. ' How Would You Spend $50.00 for Christmas? Salem's LearUn? ' Mcrdianli Are - going to help you solve this problem and earn1 the $50.00. For the solution Be Page 3, Second SecUon.. ? ;