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ISSUE 01
RUHR 1R K
' Threatened FinanciaLBIOCk-
ad3 Made by Germans to
Be Met by Printing
Presses Is Claim. t
11 VtrinTIOfJ IN ESSEN
t ."INCREASES RAPIDLY nc
;:d Situation S e"
i ii it m I
Light Director Sentenced
to ray i-ine.
It TARIS. Peb. 16. (By The As-
filiated Press.) France is ready
f ,"v-w in agreement with Bel-
f:3in to set het printing presses
t) work turning our uerman
ii, arks for use in the Ruhr if the
. ' ' MX
( in zovernmenc starts m no
w 5SS 7o7 tl occupd
f
the Associated Press was
-farmed tonight on good author
ir.
The original plan to issue an
entirely new uuncutj (uuKt
. i . wn a yawfAft
. th. fMAnres of the Ruhr has
v, -y , tlA
i ren abandoned necause oi tn
r imerous complications , that
? ould arise with two kinds .of
i-.oney tn circulation
; French bankers say they ara
ccsalident that the Germans will
t oblige them to resort to the
6 . . . I
irintinr of marks on their -own
- f ccoant, but if they v do tlie
I rench will proceed to. issue all
! l .e currency needed and willie-
:ire the Geraaa goTerament to
ranor It when the Ruhr occupa
llzn is terminated, it was stated.
, V . " L;ioi of
!I"ieA .47IKTSrr-2
. , VfcT vilie
rces"r. .ed t...
move
was intended to xorestau
the supposed Intention of the
lies to buy . up marks ff or eve,n
ta&l.use in the Ruhr. x
, ESSEN, Feb. 16. (By The As
sociated Press.) Essen was the
' fctorm center today in the Ruhr,
where the friction : between the
French and the Germans has In
creased because of Thursday
Right's shooting ot two French
soldiers by security police in a
cafe brawl, j : ) '
In reUHation for this shoot
ing. General Foamier ordered e
battalion of French infantry; to
" occupy the German police bar
racks The chief ot police was
arrested, all the files and docu-
- "!Ita.AL . har
"the .disarming of the police was
begun. ' -1 .-h
The shooting of the , French
fildlers occurred when eight ot
them, dff l duty,' entered the -cafe.
The waiters refused ,.tov serve
then because of the i .. eoycott
against the JPrenca-rStarted last
Monday night . and fighting im-
mediately began. - g
. A member of the security po-
lice appeared at the door of the
vaie wnen tne Drawi oegan ana
the French contend that he was
the first person to begin, shoot
ing. 'J ' : '
Director: Sentenced ?
- The director of the Essen elec
tric light plant, Herr Buszmann,
as sentenced- by the f French
court martiat at - Bredeney today
: to pay a fine of 5,000.000 marks
for alleged interference with the
: French on Monday after the tak
ing over by the French of the
- neaaquarters of General Coste.
btad of the Industrial mission In
h the Ruhr. "
The director facilitated the cut
; ting off of hotel light when, the
boycott started with the waiters
refusing to serve He lYenelw
, Obergurgomaster s Havenstein,
: of Oherhauaen, who was arrested
; wr .disregarding French orders
also was tried by the Bredeney
lfmrt martial for disregarding
rencn orders. He was convict-!
T (Condoned on page S)
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Saturday fair, ex
cept rain northwest portion.
LOCAL WEATHER v '
(Friday) , I
Matlmum temperature., . ,
mimn temperature. 29.
f2 re- filing.
Rlnfaii, none.
Ataosphere, eloudy.
north. ' : v J
BOOTLEGGERS
FIND UTOPIA,
NEVADA "WET"
Solons and Governor Wrangle
f Over Prohibition Law
i. Meanwhile Liquor Flows
RENO, Nev, Feb. 16. Nevada
Went Into the "wet1 rnlnmn tw
day when the legislature repealed
over, tne governor's veto the ex
isting prohihitlon laws.
At the same time the legisla
ture passed the Whlteley prohi
bition law, adopting the Volstead
law as the law of Nevada, but un
til the governor, signs it, not stated
law will prohibit the liquor traf
fic. Doubt as S to the constitu
tionality of the , Whlteley law,
modeled after the California law.
m i trl. ..-.. V S
J yu wu jib iciu nuu in wet
may be prolonged.
Compromise ! Measure May
uo ueiore senate Accora
ing to Lobby Rumors."
-u "i1
gested Income tax. bills which
hare been before the joint assess
ment .and taxation ) committee
there promises to emerge a com'
promise bill," according to latest
reports in the lobby. ;
" "p"., w,u u
introduced in the senate aa a sub
stitute for hbuae bill 305, passed
by the nouse, and ; will be a pro
gressive tax Increasing by 'one
per cent per thousand up' to six
per cent, with a flat rate on cor
po rations. Corporations are giv
en an exemption1 of .six per .cent
on their capital investments !
UI further reported th.t tt.
exemption on! lndlrlanals 1. set
.r;r'r.",rrr
-
opinion appeared to be that the
time has arrived when aa income
tax In Oregon is a foregone con
clusion.' - . ; ;
Want Ijow Rates ::'.-.
The only recommendations Juq
the committee were that the rates
(Continued on page 8)
INOFFICIAL
iliCITC c
lUriau
John R, Mott Coming to Port-
land in March-rSalem to
Sendruelegates.
John R. Mott, the biggest man
In the YMCA world, is to' visit
Portland, March H'and'lB.on an
inspection tour of -the principal
YMCA's otthe-United States. This
l 'hii onlv Visit in Oregon: : he
mnWa twn tnn In WashinKton.
j a geattie and Tacoma; . one in
i Mahfi. - Boise, and In general, he
hit onlv the high sDOts in the Y
circuit;
Salem is to have the privilege
of sending a few delegates to the
Portland convention. Mr Mott is
to hold no big public meetings;
he devotes all his time and energy
to the Y' investigation, and to the
hearings carried "on within the
association, 'j Admission to , the
hearings, limited as it necessarily
will be, I, rated as a great priv
get in are held to be in great luck.
Only" five delegates are at pres
ent annortioned to Salem, besides
the regular staff; of" the Salem Y.
Secretary Kella plans to take a
squad of active Y workers from
Willamette University . on a - long
tour ' of the ' upper - coast cities,
About in April, as he did last
yeat, Only five were of the squad
of 1922, but as many as nine may
make the tour; this season. They
are to be received at the' YMCA
headquarters in Portland, Tacoma,
Olympia, and Seattle and given a
tull demonstration of every actiT
ity carried on in each association
A number of this year's Willam.
Atfa- vrnrluates are planning to
take un Y work as a' life career
and this Introduction to the prob
lems of city association work I
part of their college course. Two
of last year's class, EVerett Craven
and BenrRickli, ; landed in the
Portland association, following last
year's tour; and have been mak
ing wonderful records; another,
Lester Day. is in the Boston Y,
and doing equally weli,-
BILL REPORT
vnnnm
mi
imun vi
HINDER
PROBES TO
Major General Cronkhite De-
termines to Bring Facts of
n I S etiremetH BeiOre
General Public. ?
SENATE INVESTIGATION
DEMANDED BY COLONEL
President Harding "Misled"
Into Signing Order, Is
Opinion.
WASHINGTON, Fab. 16. By
tne Associated Press.) Revela-
tions wnich "will shock the con-
science of the country" were
promised tonight by Major Gene-
rai Adelbert Cronkhite, war com-
mander of the 80th division, in
his first public statement regard-
mg me circumstances surround-
ing his recent enforced retire-
uv uwW vuc vcuvQ rou oi me i
army. . ;. ' i
Promise RevelatioiM j
Repeating his charge that he
was taken out of ; active service
because of the attention he was
giving, to Investigation of the
death of his son. Major Alexander
P. Cronkhite.0 mvsterionslv Vilid
In 1918 at Camp Lewis, Wash..
the general asserted that in what
i. . m. . . . 11.
uo iau uone, ne was only "per
forming the duty to which I was
assigned by the president." He
had been given no ooDortunltr.
he added, to place the true facts
before the authorities, and con
trary to established regulations,
had been denied even the right
or . appearing before a retiring
Doara. "
me iacis in this whole un
fortunate affair, when they come
to, light," he said, "will shock
5eVoVc.ntr;a
unless something happens to me,
they surely will come to light.'
Investigation f Demanded
The senate Investigation into
the case already! has been re
quested by Jennings C. Wise, who
servea in tne wtn division as a
lieutenant colonel, and by others
of General Cronkhite'a friends
Tonight no decision on the re
quest had been reached by the
senators interested, although ac
tion of a successor to .General
Cronkhite still was being with
held at the request of Senator
Glass, , Democrat, Virginia, in
whoso state the 80 th division
trained. ;
In his statement tonight. Gen
eral Cronkhite - emphasized that
he believed , President Harding
had been "misled" Into- signing
the retirement order and Chat the
grave irregularities" - he charged
in connection with the case of
Major Cronkhite, had taken place
before Secretary Weeks took of-
fiee.
Dallas Lodge Will Hold
Annual Roll Call Monday
DALLAS,' Or., Feb. 16. (Spe
cial to Tne Statesman.) The an
nual roll call of Marmion : lodge
pjo. 96, Knights of Pythias, to be
held 'In their. ' hall next 'Monday
evening promises' to be one of the
biggest' events In ;' Iodgedom' ever
held here. A special program has
been arranged for the evening.
The-; principal speaker win be
Frank T." Wrightman of Salem, a
past grand chancellor ot the or
der in the domain of Oregon. Mr.
Wrightman"! is ' a' fluent speaker.
and 'has? made fraternal talks to
the local lodge on a number of
occasions. In addition to the pro
gram, work "will be put on by
one of the crack drill teams of the
local lodge. After, the lodge bus?
inees has been concluded ; a ban
quet will be held in the Woodman
of the World hall. . ,-.
Polk County Man Fined
for Killing Beavers
SILVERTONV Or.. Feb. 16.
clal - to The Statesman.) Brace
Donaldson, a logger employed by
the: Valsetz Lumber -com pany on
Us holdings in the SHets basin.
was"; arrested by 'Game .Warden
Roy Bremmer of(Salem this week
on a charge "of : having beaver
skins In his possession. Thirty
four hides were found at! Donald
son's placo when : he was placed
under - arrest. The ; man- was
brought to Independence where
his trial was held before R. W,
Baker, justice of the peace. Don
aldson pleaded guilty and was
fined 8100 and costs. The state's
case was handled by J. N. Helger
son, district' attorney. ' .V-
SHOUTIOO
SAL, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1923
EDISON BRAIN
CHILDREN ARE
NOW LOCATED
Forty-five Inventions Found
In History of Naval Board
Few Made Use of.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16. -The 45
inventions of Thomas A. Edison
which he claims were suppressed
SSriSSTS iriol
Daily Eagle announced. Mr. Edl-
8011 .r?c2xs "serted that he
wouia oner no more mveniions to
Che government and termed the
maw n 'oinearf onrnnnt nn"AhA
cause of what happened to hi
brain chlldren durins the w"
consulting board.
the disposition of some of them,
was found in the history of the
naval consulting board by . Lloyd
N. Scott, Six of the 45 were mod
ifications or variations of the
others.
in commentlne on inventions of-
Ifered to the board by the public
the history says that "although
but one device received bv the
board from the public (the ROg
Igles orientafor. designed to train
aviators. In the sense of eauilib-
rium) was put into production, yet
there were several others which
might have had the exigencies of
tne war aemanaea mem. .
ES
QUESTIONERS
Efforts to Prove Confessed
Spy Betrayed His Own
People for Ford, Fail.
CHICAGO. Feb. 16. (By The
Associated Press) Efforts of the
that Albert Bailin, alias Balanow
confessed spy and agent, provoca
s"Js; TSHftiriS:
pie, "the Jewish race" by gath
ering the material on which Hen
ry Ford's magazine, The Dearborn
Independent, based its anti-Jew
ish articles, failed when Balanow
refused to answer questions. The
cross examination wa completed
today. Tomorrow Allen 'O. Mey
ers,! assistant general manager of
the Burns Detective Agency," will
be examined.
Balanow steadfastly declared it
was no business of O. L. Smith,
assistant attorney general of
Michigan, whether, he had or had
(Continued on page 2)
DEBATES WON BY
T
s
Five Points Captured by
Local School Champ
1 ionship Meeti Eugene.
Salem v high school won the
triangular debate with Salem
Wood burn and Oregon City, last
night, by a score of five points;
Oregon City; with four points, ond
Wood burn with three, are auto
matically eliminated from further
competition. s
Salem won the affirmative, here
at home, against Woodburn, by an
unanimous decision. The speak
ers were Benoit JWcCroskey and
Bernice Mulyey. The Salem nega
tive team really won a notable
victory at Woodburn, in getting
even one .point in an unpopular
side of a vital question; no other
negatives won a . pleasant look
from the judges, anywhere. -The
negative speakers were George
Rhoten and Elizabeth Fairchild.
The Oregon City affirmative won
an unanimous victory over Wood-
burn.
The Central Willamette district,
comprising ' Marlon, Clackamas
and Linn counties There were
about 1 eight triangular debates
scheduled in this district, for last
night. The winners will fight it
out for another triangular battle.
and so on down to the ultimate
district championship.' Then, there
are 10 other main districts in the
state,: and' they; will - battle each
other until there are. but two top
liners left. These two teams' are
to meet at Eugene, and tight tor
the state 'championship.;
The scoring 'system calls for one
point for every vote by the judges,
and one extra point for winning
By gelling' thTree votes in Salem,
last night, the affirmative team
thus earned four points ; which
with the one vote at Woodburn.
makes Salem the winner in this
section,. " - '-;
BAIL IN
E
SALEM HI
FUIIN6 BILL
IS
BY SENATORS
Success of British Debt Set
tlement Considered Com
plete Final Vote Is. 70
to 13. '
TWO AMENDMENTS ARE
STILL UNDER DISPUTE
Reduced Interest Is Subject
of Final ' Dedate Oppon
ents Rally.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. Con
grresional approval of the Brit
ish debt funding settlement vir
tually was complete tonight when
the senate .passed the house
funding bill, fhe vote was 70
to; 13.. ' t ... 4; ' -
The bill was returned to the
house for adjustment of amend
ments not relating to the plan for
funding the British debt of S4,-
606,000,000 over a term of 62
years at reduced interest, but
providing tHat "settlements with
other debtor " nations must have
the approval of congress instead
ot the president.
, The opposition consisted of four
Republicans, Senator Borah, Ida
ho; France, Maryland; La Fol-
lette, Wisconsin ; Norris, Nebras
ka; and nine Democrats, Ashurst,
Arizona; Gerry, Rhode Island;
He flin, Alabama; Hitchcock. Ne
braska;. McKellar, 'Tennessee;
Reed, Missouri; ' Trammel, - Flor
ida; Walsh, : Massachusetts and
Walsh, Montana.
Amendments Disputed
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. The
vote was not reached until " after
7 ; o'clock and after a continuous
session of eight hours and a to
tal of four days of debate. . The
bill was passed a week ago today
by the house after one day's dis
cussion and goes to conference
with a certainty of- enactment
before congress adjourns. Chair.
man MeCumber of the , finance
committee, Senator Smoot, Re
publican, Utah, a member of the
finance committee and also of
the allied debt commission and
Senator Williams, Democrat, Mis
sissippi, were appointed as the
conereee for the senate.
Only two important senate
amendments are in dispute' be
tween the senate and "house,
These are the amendment of Sen
ator Robinson, Democrat,! Arkan
sas, providing for 'approval by
congress Instead of the president
of funding agreements with other
nations, and one by Senator Har
ris. Democrat, Georgia, providing
for appointment of three Demo
crats on the allied debt commis
sion. Both were adopted by, the
senate without record votes.
Interest Is Debated
The attacks In final debate
today as well as in previous dis
cession, centered on the reduced
interest provided in the . British
settlement. " This Is three per
cent for the Mrst 10 years and
3 1-2 per cent thereafter. Op
ponents rallied finally upon the
amendment of Senator Hitch
cock. Democrat, Nebraska, pro
posing that Great Britain should
pay th same rates as that paid
by the United States upon Its se
curities, averaged each year.
This was rejected 61 to 21 and
ended the Interest fight.
Legislation Class From
O A C Visits Session
The senior class in legislation
from the Oregon Agricultural
college was in . Salem yesterday
and visited the legislature and
attended some committee meet
ings. Dr. U G. Dubach, pro
fessor of political science was in
charge of the party. They will
remain In Saloon today to attend
sessions of the legislature. '
The class i is organized as a
senate and will, upon Its return
to Corvallis. sit as a senate and
enact legislation. This will be
done before the OAC chamber
or commerce.
Throughout the session the
members of the class have "been
following a -considerable number
of the bills Introduced in the leg.
Ulature. Tftey have, prepared
sme : short bills patterned after
the bills before the legislature,
to be used in their session be
fore the OAC chamber , ''.
In its organization the class
has elected Edward Kimball of
Fail Creek' president: Edith An
derson, i Portland, chief clerk;
Jennie Noreu'e. Bend, calendar
clerk; and John Hall, Portland,
reading clerk.
APPROVED
SHIP MEASURE
GOES BEFORE
SENATE AGAIN
Sidetracked Bil Resumes Its
Place as Unfinished Busi
ness Once More
WASHIn'gTON, Feb.
16. The
administration shipping bill was
returned tonight, to its former
place as the unfinished business
of the " senate after having been
laid aside since early in the week
liiSciliigS-
The restoration of the bin to
its place of advantage was on mo-
tion of Senator Jones, Republican,
Washington; after champions of
the measure had. demonstrated
their superior strength by .voting
down, 3 8 to 30, a motion by Sen
ator Robinson, Democrat. Arkan
sas, to adiourn. - .i
S
Mortuary Chamber of King i
Tutenkhamun Is Opened;
Splendors Amazing.
LUXOR, Egypt, Feb.. 16. (By
the Associated ' Press.) -Opening
of the mortuary chamber In tue
tomb of King Tutenkhamun to
day showed the sarcophagus of
the Pharoah to be still in the
same position in which it was
placed, by his mourners more than
3000 years ago.-
When the exploring scientists
after removing' the 'delicate seals.
broke their way through the ma
sonry of 'the inner chamber door
,they were confronted with splen
dors which, upon the first cursory
examination, ' appear to surpass
even those of the ante chamber
which have held -the interest of
the entire world. .
: Coffin TJndistnrbed
The exploring party, headed by
Howard Carter, exclaimed with
amazement at finding the -center
chamber, which is about 14 feet
square) occupied by "an immense
gilded canopy; richly- inscribed.
The canopy was closed but
there was a door, and the opening
of this revealed Inside what un
doubtedly is Tutenkhamun's cof
fin. ; For the present. however.
this was left undisturbed. . '
, A canopy . jar, which ' probably
contains the heart and other In
ternal organs of the king, was
found inside the canopy.
One feature of the- discovery
in the inner chamber was a mag
nificent statue "of a cat, richly
(Continued on page 6)
FATE UNCERTAIN
Garand-Eddy Bill Indefinite
ly Postponed by Well-
oiled Machine.
The fate ot consolidation ot
state departments at this sob-
s!on of the legislature is as un -
certain as picnic weather, since
the house yesterday afternoon
with a well-oiled machine in -
definitely postponed the Garland-
Eddy consolidation bill.
earlier in the day tne senate
had seized upon the Hall con
solidation bill, on third reading
without recommendation from
the committee, kicked and tossed
it severely for a few minutes
and then indefinitely postponed
It. ' . ' - . ' - .
: The Carkjn . consolidation bill
still jests upon the table in the
house where it has been accum
mulatlng dust since,, yesterday,
when' it was snatched from un
der the on-rusbing hoofs : of the
senate bordea and brought back
to the house.
If the. Carkin bill is taken
from ' the . table ! in the house it
will be for amendment to elim
inate the labor commissioner.
the food and dairy commissioner
and the industrial accident com -
mttilnn Mfrnm honAath Ita 'off Arts.
and this will precipitate a clash.
The nrobabilities are - that the
bill will be left on the table, n
which event there will be no con-
solidation.
The house feels that it. did its
duty when It- introduced and vot
ed favorably on the Carkin bill.
When the senate bill came up for
assignment to committee - in the
house. Representative Brow'nell
moved that . it be indefinitely
postponed and vote carried with
only; tllclt opposition, .
DISCOVERED FIN
I
OH D T I
tusgan mm
found, mm mm
BUTCMW-ISSAVI
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb, 16.
he steamship Tuscan Prince for which intensive, search
"ad been made since she flashed two messages of distress
early yesterday, wasvfouna.tnis
a small rocky island near Village" Point, Vancouver Island,
: "-Li Ac, BOvoW fnYwoYiMsiifP. wrn.
"C1 w ."
huddled cm.tne roCK at tne DOW
Fourteen of the crew of
off the island by the surf boat from the Canadian live savins
station at Barnfield Creek, . Barclay Sound," near the ccr.a
of the wreck. Discovery of the steamship which went asncre
in a srale at l a. m. yesterday wag made by the coast guard
cutter Snohomish which reported tonight, that the rest of
the men (would be taken off the
ICE BOARD
BILL PASSED
Fight Over Measure Is Heat
ed Bitter Arguments
. Are Heard.
After a hard and bitter flgb.t
the senate yesterday passed house
bill 167i which creates a state fi
nance commission and carries the
emergency , - clause. Twelve mem
bers voted ' against it. The hill
was sponsored -by Frank Warre4.
Senator Dennis and Representa
tive" Wo C. North, named ' by the
legislature . two years ago as" a
state audit" commission to ascer
tain the economic condition of the
state. ; . . . - '
Joseph started the attack on
the bilr, declaring the commission
would be a big - political machine
that cpuldf absolutely control the
business' of ! any locality " In : the
iatale, that the legislature would
rue the day it was enacted - and
asserting that "you can almost
See who will be appointed on the
commission.'" - ; '
' Needed, Says Hare
Hare admonished voseph. not to
shy "every time he sees the; form
(Continued on page, 6),
TOO II C01IK
SAYS LION OH
W. W. Rosebraugh Sees
Opportunities for Young
Men of Today.
The
real
Lions club has . developed
orator; right in its own
midst,
in the
person , of W. W.
Rosebraugh. local member.
He
was the principal speaker at the
weekly dinner; Friday, on the
general topic of "Lionism." '
'Too many sleeping or cowardly
souls." he said. "Lionlsm Is the
big thing that wakens and quicK-
lens men,- and gives the mcourage.
I Why,' the young man who ' thinks
that all the opportunities, are ; gone
ls face to face with more and
greater opportunities than there
ever were before in the history of
tne worm.
"To get the soul gf service, Is
the great thing In life. Next to
the' church, is this great order
that- is seeking to find more and
I better ways to help others and
to lift the general level oi man-i
kind One never knows the uoifl;
en Rule until he tries It." as we do
in true Lionlsra." ' "
The Lions are to have a father-
and-son dinner next Friday;
mostly, some other father's sons,
for the Lion's sons are mostly still
at the bottle lor at most the kilted
stage. But they re growing, last;
and one or two ot the Lions even
have sons, already. . in , college.
They are to make a great event of
this man-and-boy meeting, next
I week.
J Misses Fay and Mary Spaulding
Inane tWO delightful dUet'S. ' with
Miss Genevieve Findtey as accom
panist.
Following a meeting or the
board of directors, that endorsed
the movement, the , club voted
unanimously, to support the ' big
S500,000 school bond program,
now pending "in Salem. ; :
Mrs. Alice Dodd, of Willamette
f university, and representing tne
Salem YWCA, presented the cause
ot the TWCA, and urged personal
I support of its financial campaign
that opens next week, ..
FRIGS: FIVE GOTO
1
-(By the Associated PresaV
aiternopn a toiai wrecx
f v TV;"
or ine snip.
the Tuscan Prince were taken
rockjin't
The men on the rock suffered
severely fronW exposure, said dis
patches' received here from the
Snohomish. It was stated In dis
patches from Victoria; ' however.
that the refugees had plenty of
food and water. ;. ;
First news that a vessel . was -
ashore at Village. Point was: taken
to the Canadian; government-tele
graph station at Uclnelet by a Ja
panese fisherman today. The tel
egraph operator sent,: word to the
Wallace Fisheries, at KUdonan,
which, sent its seine boat Nehrst
to. the' scene. Meantime the cas
bpat China Hat of the Goose-Mil-lard
company of San. Mateo has
tened with the, news, to B&mfi&ld
Creek and' Cpxswain Brady soon
had his life boat, under; way.
The Nehmet stood by. until the
arrival of the lifeboat and tia
Snohomish. Thel men were
taken, from the dock by the life
bot in a breeches- buoy and put
aboard, the Nahmnt, in which they '
were conveyed to the Snohon! ."!.
Owing to. darkness Captain CI '.
vers and,' Coxswain Brady agreeJl
that it would, be better to defer
removal of the remaining 29 tnsa
until morning. r , ,f f . ,
Storch is Long One
i i. -,.. T. i L' ' r '; . t-r " ': " '" .
The Tuscan Prince went ashore
in a, driving snowstorm, her off if
cers belieTing -at the, time ttzi
they were south Ot Cape Flattery.
Captain Cbllvers was reporteda
saying that the failure in report
ing her. position when shesent cl
. the distress calls was because ' tt. s
position, wa not known!" Heavy
seas soon put her wireless out cj
commission. ....
v Village Point, . though a busy
place, when salmon fishing is on
in, the spring, is, rarely visited t
this ' time of the year. For 36
houts 'the search for the Tuscan
Prince has been " carried, on by
boats and radio operators. '
The Tuscan Prince, a. Br!t';!i
freight steamer of steel, 420 feet
long, left San Francisco Monday
tor Seattle on a voyage from Ant
werp. She was carrying pig iron
and coke.
A report by way of Victoria was
that' it "was - raining tonight at
VllfagS Point and that there was
a lieavy 'sea 'with a strong wind
blowing from the southeast.
Men's Club Organized
- ; in Silvcrton C Church
SILVBRTON. ' Or.; Feb.' 16.
(Special to - The Statesman.)
Fifty men gathered at Trinity
Church Thursday evening to dis
cuss the organization of a men's
club. "A short program was given
consisting of 'songs by. a
quartet cCmposed of Elmer Jotn
son, Hans Hansen, Arthur Mad
Son and Alfred Jensen; ' selections
by Trinity band and talks by John
Goplerud, M. G. Chindi.;son,; Ellas
Torvend, Lawrence ' Larson, and
Rev. George Henriksen.
Dan Dybsetter was chosen as
chairman, with Harry Larson tern
porarp secretary. It was decided
to hold another meeting the sec
ond Thursday in March for tta
purpose of effecting a. permanent
organization. ' Refreehments tc:j
served Thursday evening wlti
Amos Corhouse presiding in th
kitchen. ' .
Silver Falls Lumbercarnpa
Close Because of Snc
SILVERTON,: Or Feb. 16.
(Special to The Statesman.) Dm
to r the six feet of siiow In tLa
regions of the Silver Falls Tim
ber company camps I the carat 3
have been closed temporarily. It
is said that the milt, which
opened Monday after few weeks
of close-down for repairs, has a
supply of logs on band which will
keep it running until the fir !;
part of March. '
' It is expected that the loe--cr
will, be able to again resume I -ging
in time to prevent any c!o ;
down of the mill because cf !";
of loss-
t