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f ".4 ''e : '' FIRST SECTION SEVENTT-SECOND YEAB. SALEM,: OREGON, SUITOAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1922 PRICE:- 'FIVE CENT3 A 1 III I3; if n J Premier Bonar Law States That British Government Is Willing to Consider Question. , YEAR MORATORIUM FOR GERMANY DESIRED Reparation Conference, Dis couraging at First, Shows More Unity v LONDON, Dec; J. (By the As sociated; Press) ---The clouds that overhung the reparations confer ence last, night .have been partly dispelled ! toy "-today's" proceedings. The lonr premiers,- Bonar . Law, Polncare; Theunys and MassOllnl, held two meetings lasting five hours. There.; was.-nothing.' ap proaching an agreement, nor had any agreement! been expected from one day's deliberations. The chief result Ywaa; something more nearly,, approaching, an under standing ln ther positions of- the two principal nations. Great .Brit ain and, France than had' existed at anyj thno during the ; past tew weeks.. , . ; ... ; . . Want German Moratorium M. Polncare offered in behalf of France acceptance of a two-year's ' moratorium for Germany, provid ed satlstactory : gnarantees are ' forthcoming; these , guarantees embraced measures of economic control of the ;Rhlneland Indus tries and partial ocoupation-ot tho - Ruhr district with a "division, of solders to collett customs on. the coal output. 1i. Poncare did not eonsider this program- would be regarded as , military ' action tgalnst Germany. X-- t':-'"Xt ': t . ;;Prealer 4Bonar,,Law,'a . nsply, nrhlchi amo la "thv afternoon, after M. Polncare'a exposition of France's attitude in-the morning, surprised the- French- because- It ' Indicated 1 that reat 1 Britain might, under satisfactdry condi tion, abandon j the attitude- laid town In the Balfouf 5 note and cancel the French debt ; to Eng ' land..:.: -;; : HWi Cuno Propossi 6i-'j': Mr. Bonar opposition, to .. military measures to,, compel Germany to paj the" reduction of the German Indemnity to approxl- ' niately forty; billion gold marks was discussed f . t Premiers Polncare and Mussol ini were the chief speakers at the '' morning, session. , The "Italian premier is., reported, to have ad- anced some proposals, the nature of which has not yet been reveal ed. .. Karl Bermann .German finan cial expert, arrived today andjre- sented.Chancellojr Cuno's proposal to Premier Bonar Law. The plan la said, to embrice allied partlcl- ' p&tion; la German Industries, inr stead of at external loan.V Amer ican c cancelation of European debts to that country, was, one of the topics touched npon' la. the morning.- ' " j ?.-f ' . s ; V. . Has No Suggestions Tit can be stated on the highest authority that , government has the Washington no, suggestion to make to the allied ; premiers, lit connection with tholr meeting In ' London. - : . ... ' ;, - - American Ambassadors Hough ton and Fletcher and Senator Mc cormick whose presence in .Lon don is referred to In the British press ashavIngsome connection with the conference, all went to .the, British .capital on., their, own "yolltlon. , ...f . ;t (j-.v.f J.i ' The presence In London of the two ambassadors! and Senator. Mc Cormlck Just on the eve W, the 'meeting of the premiers was- sal Ins off lelal quarters to be a-sure ; coincidence. , -1--1 U t 1 t ! i JfAN. WHIPPED, i 0 FORT WORTH; Tex., Dec. ' . Emmet Clarke, an 'ice man, 1 Was seized., at hils -home 1 tonight ' by f a band of unmasked men, ! carried to the oiuUklrta of town and -t severely whlppd. THE WEATHER ' j OREGON: Sunday. rln west; snow east portion. -? LOCAL WEATHER: . (Saturday) Maximum temperature. 44. Minimum temperature, 40. Rlvr. 6.1 feet above normal level. ! .- ' , Rainfall. 1.64 Inch. . - 'Atmosphere, cloudy., Wind;' south. lc , - The.presentfSituatfon:". ' The . workers , in , the Willamette University. Forward Movement are reporting; that the people of Salem rereal a large desire to "Let George'do it." Many seem, to think that the . movement is preordained to succeed and .that they- vril therefore -give as little as possible. Many others have their, sights too low and are sincere in subscrbiing small sums. A few, a remarkable few, decline to show. any interest. v f. Salem has pledged $125,000 to . date toward it3 expecta tion. An equal additional amount, will, not only complete our obligation but probably save the day- ' , ; Southern Oregon is doing remarkably well, and east ern Oregon is making good progress, but Salem and Port land are letting , the lins sag. Portland awaits Salem's evi dence and will match us. v Salem needs to give $125,000 more in ten days. That means several large gifts, many in the thousand class and many more that are smaller. We are not yet whipped; we do not believe we will be, but one comes in with a pledge ability. The situation i3 serious. Aeronautical Forces Com bine in Effort to Locate Missing Lieutenants ; . SAN DIEGO, Cal., Dec. 8. The most, comprehensive aeronautical search instituted by the govern ment since the air forces of -the army and navy combined in ef forts to find Lieutenants Cecil. H. Connelly and. Frank J Waterhouse several years' ago -,in Lower Cali fornia, was put into effect' today In an effolrt to clear up the mys tery; surrounding the- disappear ance, of. Colonel. Francis H. Mar shall' and' Lieutenant Charles U. Wabi'er.-" -V ' -t , No Word Yet .,. . As dusk approached, however, no definite word regarding.' the fate of tho two officers who. left Rockwell field Thursday for Fort Huachuca, Ari., in a- dr Havil Ian plane, with Webber as pilot, had!leen received in San Diego, and, another : day's-; search ; was planned. Arnoon today five de Haviland airplanes, from the twelfth obser vation, squadron stationed, at Fort Bliss, joined the Rockwell Field aircraft forces at Tucson. Before one , Pi m. nine military airplanes, extending in a line 'estimated to be nearly 1 miles wJde, swept southeast 1 from i Estrella, Ariz., where' the, missing plane was re ported seen; and covering the ter ritory that had not yet been cov ered, in the search. ' i : " Forced Tending, Thought " . Reports reaching Rockwell field today convinced officers here that the plane carrying -Colonel Marshall and Lieutenant Webber had made a forced landing in the long- sweep of foothills extending southeast of Estrella,. Fletcher of- Independence- Is v Said'to'Be SlatQdor; Highway Committee , t .:. ; , L- D. Brown, attorney of Dallas Is the latest to loom up as a can diate for appointment on the. state highway- commission when Governor-elect Pierce takes the. wheel of theshlp of .state. , , ' j Brown t Is " a member ; of .an old Democratic family and is said! to be .well enough f ortlfle4,flnanclaI ij that the, time necessary ton, a highway jComnilBsiouer to glve to work of the state without, salary.' would not worry WmV ; i ) Others who have , been men tioned ,f or, the commission are? C. j E. Spence of Oregon City, William Pollman of Baker ahd Cr E." Gates ot Medford, while reports come from , Pendleton that , coterie there is urging E. B. Aldrich edi tor, of the, East Oregonlan, for place on the commission. . ,' D A. Elklns of Eugene, it is said, is a candidate for appointment- on the state industrial acci dent, commission. 'He. Is a' Dem(o crat 'and '' campaigned hard for Pierco. . - 5 ' . -- -','?- D. E. Fetclher of Independence, Polk-eounty representative- In- the legislature. It is said, is to be. ap pointed chairman of '' the roads and highways committee in the f lower .housay If K. Ki Kubli is elected speaker, .which Is an appa rent certainty, - ; : GET OFFICE we are defeated sunless every that will" represent his real ...-"' Salem should know it and Act. After 3 Trials for u Murder ' and One; for Insanity is Adjudged Harmless: LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9. Ar thur . Burch, formerly of Evan ston, 111., had his freedom tonight after standing ' trial' three tiroes for murder and once for insanity. The Juries, on' the murder charge air disagreed and the alienists tat the Insanity hearing did likewise but the weight of expressed belief of the latter was that Bnrch vas sane, or harmless if insane, so h's freedom, was restored, to hira Burch said he ' did not know what be would do. Tried Three Times The action today completed, a long -chapter of .trials all based on the murder of J. Belton Ken nedy, a young broker, who was show- down on- th steps of - his summer cottage in Beverly Glen, about 18 months ago. n Burch' and. Mrs. If adalyAne ? Obenchain I were indicted for the j crime. Burch was tried three times to disagree ments, ' Mrs. Obenchain was tried twlce,i both those, juries also . dis agreeing. Mrs. Obenchain was. recently freed when the. district .attorney. dismissed; the murder indictment. Burch, was held for an - insanity hearing on the pettitlon of his at torney, Paul W. Schenck. VMr. Scbenck and the fRev. W. A. urch, father of Arthur, both tes tified today they believed he was insane, and gava -instances of what, they said were, unusual con duct. ' The alienists who examined him divided on his sanity and judge Bertram A. Weyl, presid ing, held that-the t question seem ed to resolve itself in B arch's favor, and- directed-that be be i t-. , . . ... . - v ; - SIB Mil Jury. Congratulated by Judfee on Decision Termed Just arid Fair GREELEY, Colo., Dec. 9.- Bert J. Loew. was; found guilty by a jury in district court here tonight- ol first degree murder - tor the death of his .sister-in- law, Miss Edna .Fern Skinner of Leroy, III.,- last July 2. , ? Judge Bradtield: congratulated the Jury on (heir verdict.; ; He declared they had brough In a Just and fair finding in the case. , Under, the instructions, given to the Jury Judge Bradtield. this afternoon the verdict of first de gree murder was the only which could, bebrousht , iaXCepJL acr quittal. Sheep;KininqIJ6gs:Arev Causing Damage; ti) Flocks silvert6n.o.jdc s (Special to . The, Statesman.) --It is reported by farmer and sheep raisers in the South tSilvertQB dis trict that sbeep-kllling.dogs have been atf work and doing a great deab of harm recently. Recently the idogs,iiave- moloste4;theL Oocks belonging to E. Comstock and Tt B. Knight It seems that three dogs, have been going In a group, travel iar fromhomej. U la diffi cult to find the owners GUILTY OF IIEIICI Clemenceau Says Every Aim AccompIFshei Expects U. Back With France and. England. : PROCEEDS OF TOUR , 60 TO COLLEGES Final Message Delivered, to Delegation Forum in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 9 (By The Associated Press) Georges Clemenceau, the grizzled French war premier today ended his "formal" speaking mission to America before the Delegation Forum In the Academy ot Music with the broad; intimation that he believed he had accomplished all of. the. three purposes , for which . he forsook his cottage by the sea- in Franco. Of two ot them he evinced no doubt. He was confident he had convinced America: that, France was not. a militaristic nor ah imperialistic, nation. H.e was equally sure he had 'spread, conviction that France .intended to pay her dbt to America not immediately per haps, but ultimately.-. Quotes Harding He quoted 'a paragraph, from President Harding's-' annual-. mes sage . to . congress, yesterday . a an indication that the third point bringing America back , to the side of France and England-- alBok was being accomplished. The paragraph was the presi dent's, comment on the , lour POwerp,act, which the executive said naa, brought, , new con fidence in the maintained peace" and which he suggested "might be . made a model for like as surance, wherever in the world any .common v interests, are con cerned." t - v "I told your chief,"' Clemen ceau continued, "that . when -he pondered on what I had said to him I believed his feeUaSi,-wool(i find "Its way toward, usi and 1 believe it has. But Al don't knqw. what the diplomatists will make oiit."! v Mhdes Vary ' It was; again his "peace mes sage." that Clemencnau . delivered to the representative audience that faced him. In thei gayty dec fe ed aCademy of music. - ! But,, it was a. plea forpeace based on France's Ideals, and these Ideals, he declared France would defend to the last-drop of her blood even t , she had to defend, them alone. ; All the five "formal" addresses he made before were, blended in this last, one. Now her, was the fiery. Tiger flashing defiance against France's enemies; : now the- advocate carefully stating his case: now an old man pleading for his native land that she be not misunderstood. - (-. i ; Several times he was lnterjupt ed by applause. At the . end he was given a long ovation . r Clemenceau plans to spen4 to morrow resting at C reason, on the crest of the picturesque Alr legheny mountains, resuming his Journey Sunday evening Jn. time to reach Chicago Monday morn ing. - Colleges Get Preceed In memory qf his studeat, days in the United States. Georges Clemenceau will give the . pro ceeds -of his lecture tour te? the American field service fund -fellowship In French and American universities. The Tiger tdday so advised . Representative A, ; Piatt Andrew of .Massachusetts wJo orJ canized. and : directed: the v field service., the ageneys through which hundreds of young, Ameri cans gave aid to FranceVbeJor the United States entered, the wajr. 7 ! war. ' ' When the war closed, it was decided that the , names of .' 12 men of - the jfield service,, should J bo perpetuated, by- the creation of a like number of scholar ships, by which young American university men could;, be sent to French universities andi yqung Frenchmen to American univer sities. A total fund of $3,500, 000 is the object, but sotrfar only 1500,000 has been obtained and only 30 scholarships , have been created. Like the Rhodes scholarships, -one of the objects was ' to stimulate friendship' be tween the nations. NAT ON NEEDS HOMSE : SENSE SENATORSAYSl r i j. rt.j. - :i j . ! ucmiuc jt in us iuuuiiuuv ui Things Vrong in Hectic Ex istence of Country CHICAGO, Dec. 9. Radicals, reactionaries, foreign propagan dists, high taxes and government interference with business were blamed, for. America's troubles by former United States Senator Al bert J. Beveridge in an address at the annual banquet of the Indi ana society, here tonight. A "per manent revival of plain horse sense and straight out American Ism," brought about by the"eom moa , action of plain American men and women,' Is-needed; be said, "to meet the situation." Eugene. Men Said to Have Plan to Create Board, of . Five Governors A consolidation bill which would eliminate seven state offi cials and pat five in office, to take .over the functions now performed by the seven is said to be brewing Tor introduction at the coming session, of lbe legislature. This plan, it appears, is being cooked up in Eugene. The de partments that are the. target of the move are the state industrial accident commission, the. state public service commission and tho state labor department. Calls Them Governors . The proposed measure would create a board of five officials, to be known as a board of governors, to take over the work now done by the three accident commission ers, the three service commission ers and; tire one labor commission er. Tha -five', would be appointive Jy the governor of the state. It is rumored., that the primary ob ject back of the measure is to cre atBvBio re. patronage for the state executive and to build up a Ku KluJc machine. The proposed . board .of , govern ors would luveki well. paid, secre tary. 1 It is saids that. Ed. . Turn bull, a newspaper- man of Eugene, is slated for this 'position should the program go through. The three members of tbV pres ent state industrial accident com mission receive salaries of : $2600 a year each, the three public ser vice commissioners receive $4000 a year each, the secretary receives $3000, and the combined, salaries of all officials and employes- in the, department is about $39,000 a year, according to the Oregon Blue Book. ; The state labor commissioner receives $3000 a year and $4730 annually for one deputy, traveling expenses, additional clerk hire, printing and other expenses. . What of the salaries of the pro posed iboard; of ' five governors would be has not been made known. NEGRO LYNCHED MORRILTON. Ark., Dec. 9. Less Smith, negro, who was shot and probably fatally wounded Deputy Sheriff Gran Farish, when he attempted to arrest the negro this afternoon, was taken from Jail and lynched here tonight. HER BILL I in College-bred Waiters Thafs the New Idea ; School to Open In Salem Friday of This Week College-bred waiters yum. yuml Dainty, soft-voiced, cap able lassies to take order, for bam and eggs and serve them so beau tifully that they look like turkeys and truffles; sylph-like, sensible- slippered young women who can make chuck steak seem like por terhouse, and the worst cook's atrocities pass for culinary mar vels That's what the government is going to do for the hotel-eating and; boarding-house-devouring people of Salem. Uncle Samuel inds that "Say it with a smile" hotel fare will be. a good thing for his national digestion. The forgetful, slam-bang waiter and waitress have been simply driving the nation to dyspepsia and ner vous distraction by not knowing the psychology of . hashing , and biscuit-shooting. He's a-going to remedy it at once, through his In dustrial college., i:;X The first course in federal-supervised table-waiting Is really an CULVER FILES (IIP tut w County- Court Follows to Letter Program Outlined Three Yeans Ago When Bonds Were Voted. PAVED MARKET WAYS NOW TOTAL 64 MILES Location of Four Plants Facilitates Construction Operations Three years ago Marion county adopted a five-year market road program, Issuing $850,000 in county bonds to apply on the pro ject. From this sum. and the moneys that were estimated to be raised through regular taxation, the county expected to build ISO miles of good market roads, and keep all the other roads in good running order. The third year ot the program has Just, come to a close, and on Saturday nlglit Roadmaster.W, J. Culver filed his annual report, covering, this third year's work. Prograro Closely, Followed It will ..interest every, taxpayer to know that the original program has, been lived up to.-to the let ter. The roada are not all built, but. the costs for the. year, just closed, show that- the-county is living absolutely within- Its means and standing by Its original cost estimates. It was figured then that the roads would cost $15,000 a mile for grading-and hard sur facing. They have cost that, al most to the cent, the. negligible difference being a saving Instead of a higher coat This is in jthe lace of .the fact that costs have materially: increased- since- the first estimates were made; they were far higher in 1920 and 1921, but even so, the average has fall en inside of the original estimate. That cost of $15,000 a mile for the quality of hard surfaced road built in Marion county is believed to establish a new "low record-t in the west, if; not in the United States. That is, about the finest part of the whole story the best roads built, for the least money. Pavement Totals 64 - Miles The county now has 64 miles of pared market roads, on 31 of. the 34 officially designated market roads in the county that cover 150 miles. Of this, paved road mile age. 24.05 miles was paved this year, from the four county-owned plants . at Salem.. Stay ton, Mt. Angel and Scollard.. - This 24.05 miles of paving this year cost $9159 per mile for the paving alone, exclusive, of the cost of grading and draining. Grading is always done the . year before paving, to have the roadbed thor oughly settled and drained before putting on the hot stuff. The roadbed Is given a, heavy founda tion of rock or coarse gravel be fore the hot top dressing, the un patented "Topeka mix" formula of bitulithic concrete, is laid for a finish. This coating is four inches thick, but tests running back for seven years In Marlon county show that, the road stands up with the best roads laid nn- ( Continued on page ) assured thing for Salem. It be gins Friday of the coming week, and they, are to have two sessions a week until they learn it 'all. There has fof e) long time been a serious shortage of good waiters, and the sometimes poorly served public has been as bad a "wait ex" as the waiters themselves. There is a gracious art in know in ghow to serve a table; an art that can be taught, and learned. It is held by the Smith-Hughes vocational training department, that table-waiting is a real pro fession that Is worth- training for. So the Salem course is to be rtarted. They open for business at the Marion hotel . next Friday , after noon, from 2 until 4 otlocli. One of the big dining establishments or Salem is sending all its helpers. .- jd it is understood that' a num ber ot other than, those now regu larly employed will take the course, to be ready - for sudden calls for trained help in civic emergencies. DECLARES" KU KLUXERS' PUT HIM ON TRIAL William, Allen White, Free But Resentful, at Least . Wanted Parade EMPORIA, Kansas. Dec. The state's case against William. Allen White, Emporia editor, charged . with violating, the Indus, trial court law by placing a pla card in the window of his news paper office, was dismissed this afternoon in district court, Judge W. C. H. Harrls.ipresldlng. . Jdiw White appeared at the court with his attorney. In dismissing the case Judge Harris declared the. rumors aris ing from the state's refusal; to bring the case to, trial had done White an Injustice and the Judge flayed: the administration of .Gov- ernor Henry J. Allen for, the way in which It his. been handled! This case was commenced mauciousiy, or recklessly, without Investigation ot the facts to ascer tstn whether, the prosecution wag JustlfledV the Judge said. White,. In a statement after; the hearing, declared he had- been "Ku Kiuxed,-! and. 'by a court that did not have the guts to pall ouyheir shirt-tail and glre a Ktt Ktux parade.',' Wife of N. J. Ford, Charged nun noumg ws, ueatn, Claims , Deception DETROIT.' Mich; Dec., 9 Charges that she was tricked lato marriage with Ney J. Ford of Dearborn by visions Vgreat wealth, and generosity and that she has been "driven so nearly frantic by. actions of her hus band that at time she suffered loss of memory and responsibility, will be the defense of Mrs.. May Blenn Ford, charged here with plotting her husband's death. 'Claims Jitney Relation ', v Mrs- Ford is in Jail here In lieu of $25,000. She is alleged to have, offered a local detective, who posed as a gunman. $20,000 to .kill Ford and burn the body. The woman told newspapermen ttoday she Intended to tell the Jury -everytnmg about my unhappy married life and let that story be my defense." According to her story. Ford claimed to be a pear relative of Henry Ford, when, If he wag "It would take a genealogist to dis cover it." After he had painted a picture of wealth and luxury, she stated, she was taken to her husband's Dearborn farm to Hyi. "My husband refused to let nie wear good clothes because he feared other men might smile at me," Mrs. Ford said. "He called me 'fat tub' and. spoke to me Ilka he did the heifers on his farm. His brother struck me during quarrel and then followed the di vorce 'bills and an Injunction to drive me from the farm. Detective Pry About i "Ford hired detectives to peek into my apartment. They nearly drove me frantic. I feared I would be kidnaped so I couldn't testify at ;the divorce trial." Mrs. Ford, asked if she went to an apartment here to make an rangements with the supposed gunman to have her husband killed, answered: "I remember nothing, nor could ! any woman so persecuted." . My twin brother, a business man from Fort Wayne, is coming! to help me," the woman said. "We have money, friends, every thing. It will be a great trial."-, Date for the trial has not yet been set. Mrs. Ford entered, plea of not guilty when arraigned on a charge of attempted mur- j der. Heavy Power Lines Are j Being Rebuilt at Dallas DALLAS, Or. Dec. . (Spe cial to .The Statesman.) - The Mountain States Power company has a gang ot men at work here rebuilding . some of the heavy power lines. The number of un sightly poles on Main street has been cut down considerably and where there were formerly five and six poles to the block there are now but three. The polos are to be painted white after .the changing of the wires has' been completed, thus adding,, to thei appearance on the main thorough fares of the city. m- , - Plucky f,!en Gather; to Pin Rebui dtng Visions cf Xity1 Beautiful? Fia-U ? i - Minds. MAXIMUM. LOSS is ! SAlD$t5,000,00Q Insurance 1 Adjusters . oh Jcb to;Talce;Careiof All Fire Claims. - ; ' f ASTORIA. .Ore,. beci 9. (By ihf. Associated Press) Rain, tell from leaden akjea today on , the sodden rains of Astoria's business district helping the firemen to Quench, the' smonldertag rtmnanti of the blase which Triday wipe out the heart off this" century-old clty but neither rain nor the gloomy aspect qaeaeaftd the soMt ol. Astoria's leading tltlxcti wha vigorously attacked the job ot re baWlitationu. f ' t-t-i 1 , - -Shack Town tione The vision .of a felty beautiful to replace 4he one gone up la moke filled the- minds , of the men who gathered to plan the re constrnctlon ; and , to avoid a "aback town? springing up on the ashes, they made provision tor tho erection,; of temporary structure ouuiae the hsrned -area -under permits issued, by-authority ot u committee, which itoolt charca of ine entire local; sitaatioa. . y Ths executive coramlttoe, eom pOSod. Of. officials andVbua!nM. men. , clothed Itself .with' power to handle -not only, relief work and re-construction; Problems but to administer municipal affairs. in eluding. sanitaUon, water- supply n; j?,Qiice..hxotectloa ;uttUl , , such lime as orderly condljlona aroi re eAtahllshsd. . . f .j ' A- v- -. All Arcommodatfd . . The relief work- was wi.li' in hand todav snB wit-K coming from Portland and. aarby towns', there was .no., prospect:. of physical tsaXferlng.,. To provlde. meals for such as could so, htt accommodated In the - .homes , of me ciry, nauonai guard yorc,es to day began serving meaJs. frcm two rolUnf kitchens' In , on ' of . thms buildings f : which i escaped ' the flamea. First meals were s-jrved , this afternoon. : i .. ..;' Insurance adjusters establish ed headquartera la thegrahd Jury, room at ine court house and sent out notices to all firs Sufferers ta end. In their claims. 'N(i ofOclal estimate of the aggregate loss was made, but the general opinion! ot business men who w Emilia r with local conditions was' thai the ' loss would be around $10,000,0 to $12,000,000 with - $15,01)0,000 as a DossiDie maximum. ; t Salem YouthEEswrted;'to? Portend Last Night for Initiation; Work ':' Fifty Salem boys, between FIrTV BOre JOIfJl the ages of 16 and 21 years, went ' u pto Portland Saturday nlahf to be initiated into the De Motr or- : der. the fialem branch of m'aich , is Just now fceing Instituted. 1 Tha De Molay organization i a branch of? the Masonic order, founded by some far-seeing "Big brothers" who. felt that the bora. . ot that age needed something bol ter than the undirected associa-''" tlons of th street. V i . It started at Kansas CAtir. ' knA i; has assumed national proportions almost like the 'flu of a Dosnlar . song or the war spirit; after ' the Lmstunia it is open": for the a boy of Masonic families, or for ' others. who .want comninionthm v and help. It has' an ImoosSna: Continued on page 2.) How Would Yon Spend $50.00 for Christmas? Salem's Leading . Merchantj ... Are going . to help' you ' solve this : problem and earn the $50.00. For 'the 'solution see page Second Section: , , . r
