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i y HtLU VllilUlu : FOR AMERICA f : r ' . . i . ; .- .. I - ' '. i : Flight of Aviators From New ft- York to ; San Diego f in Twenty-Seven Hours Adds to Prestige COMGRATUJLATlOtfS FROM ! ALL POINTS i RECEIVED Lieutenants Lifted or Shoal j ders of Crowd, Thrilled . ' By Flight BAN DIEGO. May? 3. -Hiding I with, the speed of the very wind itself. Lieutenants John A. Mac-1 Ready and Oakley (Lf Kelly, in trepid aviators who Jast Norem bir.. attompted a. nob-stop bcean-td-ocean flight across the United States from San Diego and failed wheat "almost within sight of their Koilv today 1 aceompliahedthat teat, flying from New Torkif to San Diego la lea than 2 T hours and thereby setting a mark which , broHght them perfect flood; of fOttgratnhi.eage fron an ; "Too, hare written a new chap- ttr in the- triumph" of American Tlatkri," tali la'telegratn from President Harding and scores of ether- messages expressed simU lar .enthusiasm oyer the achieve ment of the two young airmen. The great: monoplane, T-jJ land- d at Hockwell field according to j the official timers at 1236:56:25 ' , T r7Ti Etart from Hazelhurst field. Lonzl TsTnt ' 19-se-Tftl m t eastern standard tlme according I td tha same timers'." From tlresel war as a closing feature of the an- "vT ff CQn nual encampment at American PBtd . thA hctnal fWinr tim mi. . . - i . y ,evLta , " " : -T : -r'mT. 1 I distance covered 1 s i Crowd EnteJw-ATrtmr-- 1t 4 .-. -Thero were scenes of wlM ex- j ciiement. at . the. historic Rockwell v field- when Lieutsnaht '51acReady aosed the monoplane down asd landed, .the,' hugo ship 'with consummate ease on' almost the lact spot where he- and Kelly took off In an attempt for New York i on November 4 last. j The crowd, : thriUed by tho Ight of the f beautiful ; ship and t . -deeply what it meant for America's, prestige -in. the air. rrcpt the guards aside lika so : much chaff and with a? wild yen bore, down on Kelly ' and ;34ac- ' Ready. : r-.'.-: I f t I Two air navigators., their faces eplotched with oil and. grease but . wreathed In wide, grins, ere fiirly forced np against the- f usi lags.1 Here they, were lifted on , fte shoulders Ot admirers. ' pre ' eentad -with huge ; bosquets tot flowers the gift of the local Ki f, wan iff ciob and were not let down Mitil the throng had yelled itself hoarse- - :r; ' I - ;. ..-. ' , f : ' xsrm toot irorid - I, v," Major Henry Arnold, com man-1 t aaator Kockweir field and the of i xlcials of the National Aeronaatl . eai associatioB were caught in the v wad rush of the spectators. Major I Arnold ; f inally f ought his way to Mac Ready and; Kerry alge. :'j - "Congratulations,' said the ma- . jor to both men. "It was a mar-1 ; velou flight n we f surely : proud of yon. -.:t : i: : t MaeReady and Kelly said that I minions of the law and local mer they exchanged posjtiens at the j chants Of late waa brought clearly hal eTterr " si t hours except I into the limelight yesterday when r r eroaelaff -nW the j Arozlna rrs; , Tnr tney cnangea ire - fluently. partly so as to rest and! partly so j as ta arrange their achednl. so that MacReady would I sidewalk immediately, and in hand la tho controls In making the I formed all merchants that hence- landing, herev - I; ' . ' The aviators said they would remain here- in- the- hope (of estab - lishing a new world- duration re ord I of at least 4 8 hours. They will , make thatefort some time! this summer. ' They expect to re-1 mala on duty at Rockwelt field until next spring when they plan io go east to prepare lor an at - tempt to fjy aronnd the world. THE WEATHER OREGON: Cloudy Friday wtth i ratnr near the" coast; cooler 1 west portion, v yViJ' vt'' 'f f ! - LOCAL WEATHER I !u ' :X f(Thursday. H Maximum temperature,. 75. 1 Minimum1 temperature, 37. 1 Rtreri 2. feet;; falliig.; Atmosphere, partly cloudy t7ind, northwest. f I TOTON RD UNDER FIRE; RECALL MOVE MADE Request tomes f or Infonnation as to Who MavSi Pa. titions Against Memb--vFVhT missal of Youel and Election Third Monday in June. . A move is on for the recall of two of the members of the school board at Silverton, as an outcome of a factional strife that has been waging there for several months and which has reached its culmination over fhe election of a new city. superintendent and teachers in the high school and the grade schools: . r . M ; J. A. Churchill, state superintendent of schools, yester day waA requested by Silverton persons to furnish, informa tion: as to wha are lesral electors in a rall iplArtirm school board and who may legally sign recall petitions. lie referred the! "Silverton inquiry to Attorney General Van Winkle and received the information desired. 5.."' n GDIiERillSTfl BEUIEVVTHDDPS Executives of Four States and IfigKArmy Men Will N Go to Camp Governors of the states of Ore gon, Washington,' Idaho and Mon tana, lf they accept the invitation. and - high officers of th regular; army and the national guar of the lour states, wilt observe the 1 biggest . .parade and review of troops that has been -held since the LJe This: as announced yes- -imUdaT' oy r dAdjutant General nr - A OThit Th. Hat At thri encampment are from. une jib. 10 20iinhr- i colonel Edgar Sirmyer regular army, who 14 in cnarge or na tional guard affairs for the ninth corps with- headquarters at San Fraadsco. is! now in the state making a study of national guard 1 (continued on page 2) 0 FOR BIG STIR Display of.' Merchandise on Sidewalks Houses iviayor; Attorney Acts The crtr ordinance providing that roods for sale shall not be I displayed on the sidewalk in front of business houses Iff duo to stir ! tm iittl I excitement at -; the meeting of the citycouncil next Monday nighf; from an indies- jtions. One Salem merchant has I already made known-his intention to appear before the council at tfctf time to 'irg repeal, and it is the. understanding that he already Ix&s 1 the strong: support of one alderman 1; The ordinance which ha caused I considerable- friction between- the I Mayor riesy( ordered the deputy lcity ' attorney; to Jnrorm a locai business house that Jt must re- I move goods for sale from the forth no wares might be displayed I over the "borderline." l Prior to' that time thjp police (department liad, been attempting rto enforce . the' ordinance with varying ; succeBS-,, being told that the ordlnancef was practically ob- 1 solete and that they had been f given permission to display goods 1 on the sidewalk, or that the goods had. been "sold," while the ordl nance provided that goods should not be placed on sale on the side . ..According to an ordinance which was repealed in 1921 mer I chanta were allowed to- display goods to an extent of one foot on it I Is claimed,! was abused, goods often being displayed to a dis tance of several feet on' the side walks.. It vu latere repealed and the ; present . ordinance adopted. which provides that no goods sh I be displayed for sals on the side cou C LI IS DUE .SCHOOL CVtM. A,Ar n;i of MdCormick Election According, to . tha i attorney gen eral, any person who is Qualified to vote for as school 'official may sign a recall petitiouj -:, -r -. - negulars Klecters Vote 1 TboHe . qualified; , to . vnte ..for school, officials are the regular electors of a, community who. par ticipate in any of the ordinary elections of county, state or na ttonai orricials. 7 The; property qualification, does not apply. The number of names required on a recall petition is 15 per cent of the number of persons of school age in the district as shown by the most recent census. Recall elections agains t school board can be held only; off the date of the annual sehool election. which In Oregon; is' the third Mon day in ' June. ;T iK' "P' TIimw Cinder Fire. " It said that the Silverton school patron , who are in favor of the recall would like to invoke that privilege; against three mem bers of tha present board, but under the" law only two can be recalled. The five members of the board are Grace 1 Palmer, C. W Keene. John- Widftess. W. O.', Davis and Wilson Bowser.. It is said the recall Is- not aimed at Mrs.' Palmer -or Mr. Keene. - ' , v Stndento Want Vowel - A majority of the members of the- school board, it appears, were elected on platforms of retrench ment, and the financial policy as applied to . election of teachers seems to be Lansing most ot the trouble. Much of the strike cen ters around the refusal of a ma jority of the. board to re-elect B. T. Youel ? as city superintendent and the election In his place of E. S. McCormick. who during the last year has been at Aumsville The students. It is understood favor Youel. ; s Interest Intense. SILVERTON, Ore., MAy 3.-- tSpecial to The Statesman.) The regular monthly : meeting ot the school board held Tuesday eve ning was largely attended by pro testing and debating citizens.' Is said that since Silverton' school board was changed from a three- member to a ..five-member board there has been; considerable con tention among its members 'and that not one. motion has gone by the hoard receiving . unanimous vote. Tha Hi.t m.mhM m.i TtiM - day evening at their usual place! of meeting, that of Superrntendetrt i Youel's office. As a large number of citizens attended, Dr. Keene, a member of the board, moved that tho mH .H4n,,m0 to thu'' auditorium. The motion, received no second and a group of citirens wishing to remain were compelled to stand throughout theithree : . , " (continued on page 2) TEMPUS TODD J IJYOU THE FCLUR WHiCH ADVERTISFD I A BfWV NtW atWWnwuw roR SALC CHEAP ? JT COLLEGE MEN MAY BE HELD ATUNIVERSITY Assistant State's Attorney De- tenrilned to Probe Death j i of; Leighton Mount j CHICAGO, May 3. More than score of students. - former stu dents and one official of North western university were question ed at the office ot ( Robert i. Crewe, state's attorney tonight in an effort to olve the mystery surrounding the finding Monday of the skeleton of Lelghton Mount student at the f University who disappeared after a class rush in September, 1921. Following the demand of tne University trustees and y o u n g Mount's parents ;or a grandjury investigation,: subpoenas were is sued lor several persons, while some 30 students were sent by the university authorities to the state's attorney's office for ques tioning. ' "We are going .to clean up in this investigation and it neces sary, we'll subpoena every stu dent at Northwestern and hold them all summer.' said Thomas Peden, assistant state's.1 attorney lit charge of the Investigation. CALLED! Mass Session at Chamber of Commerce to Protest at T High Prices This .afternoon at 2:30 o'clock housewives from all parts of tho city are expected to meet at the Chamber of Commerce auditor- cum for. the purpose, of determin ing means vrhereby they may join the national movement for a boy? cott on sugar price. Mayor Joha B. Giosy wilt preside. - ; "In all probability,", Mayor Giesy stated yesterday, "an. at tempt will be made to secure the cooperation, of outlying districts so that some sort ot concerted action may ; be determined upon whereby a successful boycott may be inaugurated." . Representatives of a number of organJzartions hare already signi fied their intention of attending the meeting. The SaHem War Mothers are-expected to attend ea masse. Others who are expected to attend ' are the DAR, Women's Belief corps, Salem Woman's club, ' the Rebekahs and Salem Woman's Business and Profe sional club. Gervais and Silverton . Boys are Guests Here A party of 22 boys from the high schools of Silverton and Ger vals came to Salem Thursday, as guests of the county YMCA in one of its educational tours. Secre tary Edwin Socolof sky; met them add piloted them, by arrangement, through a number of the. , state house y departments, the supreme court, the penitentiary, and out to 1 tne Salem tulip farm, i They had S""'' at the Y building, with nme- and a 8Wln in tne f?1- which was a treat to most of the boys. Judges McBride and Harris, in the supreme court, gave them especially interesting talks on history and on the judl- w sysrem. iney xouna several BWC UCp-.wuC..iS Pry i- tractive, among these being the roresiry ana nignway, ana wetgnts and measures departments. Easy Terms WWW; MEETING It l THcRE IT t5"TnOfOU6Hl.T riior v,uo I nwt nunuwu umwnj we If TOW WA5 TO PAT tAM,nK. wl I- ' V hat uisni V umuiMC WOONr. WITH If. ) II. i - I FAW'Tf RMS. HUH? i i ...... is'.. ruAnre vn.i - I j II yjjlNE HUNDRED uoumo '""y II : - v ' It ONE CENT EXTRCj- t Wit A'T r'.'J- ff tl f 1 I !) If i I UWW SENDS OUT POSTER ON MURDER Wobblies Are Urged to Watch Progress of Trial Against -Accused . Gunman 1 ABERDEEN, Wsh., May 3. A handbill distributed this after noon by those engaging in a lum ber strike called April 2 by the Industrial Workers of the World denounced the killing this morn ing of William McKay, a picket, by E. L Green, watchman at the mill of the Bay City Lumber com pany, near here. The handbill waa headlined: i . ': "Bay City gunman murders un armed picket In cold blood." Aber deen seemed quiet this evening and authorities' said that they ex pected no trouble. Jt was announced that an in quest would be held tomorrow morning, and that in the mean time Green would Je held in jail at Montesano,' the seat of Grays Harbor county, without bail. "Kveryone is- urged to watch this t a.se and compare it with .the Centralia .frame-up, ran the hand bill, This was taken to refer to the conviction of several members of the I WW of the murder of four world war veterans: at Centralia, Wash.,- Armistice day, 1919. GIVEN TO T0WI1S Jefferson, ; West Woodburn and Salem Do Not Par ticipate in Fund . The last half of the payment of the 4 mill tax levy for road pur poses were segregated among the towns of the eounty'yesterday ac cording to an order issued by the county court. , All county towns, with the ex ception of Jefferson and West Woodburn and the city of Salem, will participate In the; 94 per' cent of the levy. 1 Rilem levies its own tax, while Jefferson was advanced money by the-'county to aid-it in state highway development and is withholding its share for payment. while West Woodburn has no of fleers and has held- no meetings, thus 'not abiding by Its charter. Following are the "towns and amounts they" will receive: Aumsville, $220.45; Aurora, $289.16: Donald, $f29.68i, Ger- viais, $307.19; Hubbard. $399.23; Mt ; Angel, ; $691.41; St. Paul $105.21; Scotts Mills. $146.57; Silverton;, $2115.95; Sublimity, $108.82; Turner, $317.95; Wood burn. $lo74.22. A total of $6. 405.94 is being distributed, the total. valuation of the "towns af fected, being $3,407,413. Agreement as. to. Hunting Ion's Salary Puzzler to i School Board Whether : Hollls Huntington ; is to remain .another year - as ath letic coach , at Salem high school is a question that ! is now upper most In the minds! of high school students, local supporters of ath letic games and the Salem school board. - i "Huntington is now completing (continued on page 2) Mi MS COACH UESTION NOW UPPERMOST REFUSAL TO G UND OFFER Nature of Contents Not Dis- Incorl nffiiolIw UmAovor wUg6u y.nw.,., No Counter! Proposal IS Presented i RESISTANCE IN RUHR held Prime necessity Schedule of Payments of March 6, 1921 Held Only Basis of Discussion PARIS. May 3.--(By The -As- sociatea rress) --French reply to the German reparations offer is a short terse document; the text of it went forward! to Brussels this evening. It iS an equivocal refusal of Chancellor Cuno'a pro posals. Though the! nature of the contents has not - been disclosed officially it can Tef asserted that the note In no way takes the form ot a counter proposition. Premier Poincarejf. Edlastery M. Letroucquer,M'i Riebel and M. Barthou, collaborated in draw ing up the reply. All agreed that by setting forth a . reparations plan Prance would only fall Into a time worn German, trap where by Germany they believe wasl seeking to induce ' her opponents to make concessions without giv ing any promises herself. ; It is understood the note begins by deJaring the impossibility ot using the German note as a basis for negotiations. In addition to criticising .point by point by j Chancellor Cuno's proposals the reply reaffirms the essential principles of French pol icy with regard to . reparations first ot all and declares that therc can be no negotiations' with Ger many until . the resistance in the Ruhr-organized "by; the Berlin gov ernment Is stopped: '- h, . The Belgian government; wiich was consulted Monday, fully shares this view. The note fur ther makes clear more that evac uation of the Ruhr will he in pro portion to the fulfillment by Ger many of her obligations. . Finally, without f discussing Herr; Cuno's figures, the reply states , that the schedule . ot pay ments ot iMarch 6, 1921 to which Germany i subscribed is the only i basis of discussion which ranee will admit HE Compulsory ' Public School Lat Works Against $10, ; 000,000 Institution. . UGENE, Ore., May 3t(By the Associated Press.) -" Because of the passage by ' the voters last November of the so-called compul sory school, bill, ; compelling all children to go to' the public schools, the . national children's home to be built by the Brother hood of American Yeomen 'may not now be, located in Oregon, said Mark T.'McKee, who heads a party of high officers of the order on a trip ttrough the coast sec tion inspecting proposed sites and who was here yesterday. McKee said that the committee would not have come to Oregon had the members known more of this law on IT TO BUlSTSTt LIEUTENANTS WIN $2 00 ON FLIGHT Wager Made Without Their Knowledge Nets. Them Tidy Sum Both Surprised SAN DIEGO. Cal., May 3. Lieutenants Kelly and MacReady richer by $2,500 each to- night as a . result ot a .wager liihn.t their knowledee on the record - breaking flight today Soon aftet they had arrived here this "telegram, from Major General Mason Patrick, .chief of the air . service, was handed , to them: - Colonel Franklin R Kenney, former executive air service, wins $5,000 on your flight, all of which he tenders' ta you, with his com pliments. " Wire acceptance ' im mediately, Plaza Hotel, - New York." ,. Kelly and MacReady joined In the following reply: " 1 a &f(ia You know ,leu. tenants. TREIID OF PRICES . . , -r i'l l.i PrOVISIOnS, Textiles, Metal and: Naval Stores bnow Declining Tendency NEW YORK, May 3. A slight donward trend of prices for April 4was noted in Bradstreets commodity price index. It re flected some modified view"ot the outlook - for business as a result of the quieting down first visible" lato in March. ? : ' ' Provisions and " textiles exhib ited principal weakness in April but metals and naval stores also showed a declining tendency. In all, . seven groups declined while six advanced, although the ad-; vances In the latter were not Impressive.- . -1" i i The index number of the groups was $13,665, which marked - a lowering in the general level of 2 per cent in April: as against two- hundredths of 1 ' per cent in March. Compared with 1922, the index: number on May 1 of thiis year was 1 6.7. per cent higher and1 the rise from June 1, 1921, tha low point of recent-years, was 28.7 per cent. Compared wii?i February 1, 1920; the pebk point since the war, the. decrease was 34.5 per cent, while compared with August 1, -1914, the index was 56.9 per cent higher. P0LICETE1T0 Ex-Leaguers From Portland Headquarters to Appear" in Salem Sunday. : The Portland police " baseball team will' be in Salem Sunday to play the Senators,, according to announcement by Manager Harry Wenderoth. : The police department team is said to be made up of a number of old league stars, both from' the Pacific Coast league and the ma jor legae3 of the east. It Is con sidered one .of the fast, teams of Portland. ; ' V - r Frink. will probably pitch for the Senators Sunday. - s- Story DOWN FOB APRIL m sns BE GIB TO Special Train From Marsh- --.' field Expected to Bring , First of Visiting-Delega-, tion to Salem i . LINE OF MARCH AND PROGRAM ANNOUNCED Numerous Dinners Provided; Regulations Made to Keep : Streets Safe Saturday is to be wiped clear of ordinary business and political and socialcalendar,' and turned over to theVShrinera. They would have taken It anyhow, if it hadn't been given gracefully. There will fbe enough of them, and they havs. the ambition to make this the greatest ceremonial ever put oh In' the northwest. jProbabiy the first visitors to arrive will . be those filling ' the five special Pullmans from Marsh- raem ana togs uay. vixcf jwni begin to head In from every field and Coos Bay. Then they direction; by train, r by auto, by plane, on foot. Fully 2.000 Shriners are expected;, with their ladies, there may be ' 4,000 or more from outside of "Salem. Ee, sides all the local members caravans-are' coming, up from as far ' as Coqullle. It is understood that GO cars" are coming from that section alone. ' - Will Come Early "All the Shriners are expected to be In by 10 o'clock, to report to the Shrine headquarters at tha ; Marion hotel.- Following this In formal registration, the following program for the day will prevail: 10 a. m. Caravans arrive Mar ion hotel,; Shrine headquarters. 10:30 Business meeting at Masonic temple and election " of candidates. ; ll:15-Candidates report . ja6 armory. ' . 12 " noon Candidates : for tha kShrine, lunch at . Marion hotel. . 1:10 p.. m. Parade forms on Ferry : street5 between armory and hotel. . v V . '". -2:30 p. m.'-i-Second section at armory In charge of Nobles Of tho Willamette valley. : . 2:30 p. m. -Automobile, drives for visiting ladies. - 5:15 p. m. Banquet for all No- (Continued onpape 4)' Want to Sell a House? Try a Statesman Want Ad Results WIU Surprise You ' . . - The . Below Is .ono of the - Want Ads. appearing In today's Statesman , . Classified Columns'. One a Day. Will it be Yours Tomorrow? FOIt SiLE FIVE ROOM BUX ?!ow. ' Lijrl'U, water, good lot, $1250. Terms. II. Brown, 109 S. . Commercial St spstkirs. Phon 659. - . by OCTAVUS ROY COHEIi Illustration ty H. Wactoa Taylor SRIIRE : ' ; - i - . . . - ,