State
FIRST SECTION
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f SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, 1922
PRICE: FIVE CENTti v
TWO SECTIONS
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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
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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
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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-
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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. .:
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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.. ? ;