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MM -0-9 rl FIRST SECTION Pcses 1 to 8 TYOSECTWnS 14 Paes SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR salem, Oregon; SUNDAY morning, may g, 1923 PRICE FIVE CE2JT3 UUU . ; . I "i ' ''.-'';:'.: ": - : '4 d 1 - 'x ;('. ' x ) 1 1; fi VIS if SALEM DF1 SATURDAY , ( More Persons at, Dinner in. Traclio" 1 Building m Than Ever Sat Down: at One Meal in State's History SALEM HOSPITALITY WILL CONTINUE TODAY J" Parada Spendid Affaf r; Neo- phytes Number 144 ; Who They Are . There were , 10,000 automobiles on the street of SUm Saturday according to the count of pie state traffic officer.. - ' 1 r - v There were at least 75J 0 Shrin ra and their families; perhaps a lot more; but that many were coasted at once.' - I The biggest sit-down dinner In the history of Oregon was served ijv the TragHo bnildlng -Saturday eTenlng; 230q people dined at one time, and they; hardly ,wated a minute for their service.: But pat from - all these who were fed In the one place, were! at least 3,000 who were aerred as the Shrine guests at thechihes and the ; hotels, and ;many foiind 'lt conTenient t or hnsiness reasons, to eo to the resfaurants,or with Ralm friends, or even to drive' home before the evening ineal. Decorations Are Gorgeous The finest ecorations In the history of the Oregon Shrine, out aide the international, conclave at Portland three' jearh .agof.f greeted the:visiting Shriners.-.: yv .f'V The biggest and th'elMeredest and the happiest Jftnnch of neo phvt'es that ever crawled 1 and fought and Jbegged their ay into theShrine I In JOregon; w)ai dte their "making- from th Salem ceremonial. ;:. --,' , !. : The f iaest weather that ever lay( out H doors, markedj a ' new record for weather behavior for any great event In the WlIl4metre valley; The.: weather sod was in-effaMy-Wnd--V-U.:' ; V They thought the Ceremonial would be all over Saturday; night: but it Isn't. Instead, there will be several thou Band Bhriaers left in i the city this mornlngt tired but happy Shriners, glad tot accept the hospitality of Salem, anxious to see more of the wonderful dream city that" has captivated them with its hospitality. I The committee wants a. lot of autos at 9:30 this morning; hundreds, thousand ot autoS, to take the visitors one over the city and'conn try. It is the day xiglnatly set for "Blossom day! Most bt theL blossoms are gone, but the coun try still live, and tbv Bhirlnert from abroad want to see t alt The original obligation: tof show "em . around for : Bloesom da r still stands; The call Is urgent, insist eat HI for these mile oi Salem au lem auto .to serve - the' ! city's guests. Don't "wait; don't phone; j come on .with your car, at t ; S 0, and the committee will find )a load f enthusiastic guests. j ' The Ceremonial itself had pass ed into history moat of tt 1 a dark secret within the lodge walls and the walls are dumb and the victims are -speechless and the perpetrators are sworn to secrecy. Uut ; ihe oulslde - trappings of Shrine royalty , have , interested thousands who don't sthow why Is a Shrine, or where they got It. i The parade at 1:30 was a (splen did novelty. In that it started ex actly on time. It f was imany blocks long. There was the won : derfu.1 Al Kader band, the jChan ; ters, the brilliantly garbed atrol, -the officers in carriages, the long line of common Shriners, and the (Continued on page 3 THEViEATHER OREGON: u : moderate FaV Sunday; westerly .winds. ,l&aiuraay; i Haxiraufo temperature, 83. Minimum temperature, 4f . Klver, 2.7 feet stationary. Xo rainfall.' : -Atmosphere, elear. ' ' Wind, northwest. , Saturday was the highest temperature yet 'recorded this year; the ' next highest 82 degrees, "being back In March. j- i , " 1 VOTED BY RESIDEMS i : ; of Auburn district By a vote of 35 to, 41 the Auburn school district, just east of Salelm yesterday voted to bond in the suni of $5000 for the purpose of erecting and equipping a new two-room school building. The election ia- said to have been very warm ly contested throughout, bringing out practically a 100 per cent vote ofthe qualified electors in the district. i h Hr Tentative plans for the new building, which it is hoped to' have ready for occupancy in time for the next school term, call for a rripdern two-room affair so constructed that it can be thrown into one large room for assembly : purposes. . ; The Auburn district at the present time contains the largest enrollment of all one-room schools'in Marion county, according td Mrs.; Mary Fulkerson, cauntyschool superinten dent, with; an enrollment of 59 at the present time which is larger than many of the two-room schools now have. 1 IS CHARGED i -- a Joseph Leiter Is Accused of Mismanagement of $100f 000,000 Estate CHICAGO Maji 5.-Charges of mismanagement of the $100,000, OOa.estate of the late David Z. Leiter, fbrmerpartner of Mar shall Field, (were made today, ta court by a infilled against Jos eph Leiter, famed for his reputed wheat "corner" - which cost ; him more than; f 5, 000,000. ' The chargest involving a sum estimated" at jmor than $1 ,000f 000 were made by Lary Marguer it'Byd6,-r widow. o he sEarl of Suffolk, who before her marriage waa i Marguerite eLlter, a sister of Joseph,, if The .bill asks that the management of the Leiter es- tate be take from., the hands of the former rheat king. Trustee Crowded Out ; Lady Hyde charges that she, as one of the trustees of the es tate, was ! 'crowded but" by the two other trustees, Mrs. Nancy Lathrop Carver Campbell, of San ta aBrbara Cal, a daughter ot the late Levi Z-l Leiter, and Mr. Lei- ter. ; (Fifteen i other he-firs, most of them residents of England, are named In -the,, bill. : Lady Hyde charged v that : her brotbr has engaged in extensive farming in Clear Creek and Plat ter valleys and' suffered heavy losses there; I In the purchase of stock of the Universal Fuel com pany, she alleges, there was a failure to account for In the. 'man ner . required by the wlU, for 3982.000. p ;:i -r : . - Leiter gained fame from his plunge la hja. . wheat .market in 1898, He )egan buying wheat secretly as early as April, 1897, wfiea the price ? was around .3 3 cents. At one time he had, 1 00,000 bushels of cash, wheat and his foldings altogetner were I around 4 0,0 03,000 bushels Judge Issues Decree in Nixon Against Brown .et ai That the pkintif f has o equity in the property of ;Eva Nixon, which be was purchasing on con tract but later defaulted i on, was the sense of '.adjudgment handed down . by Judge George 5Q. Bing ham in the circuit court yester day in" the case of Eva Nixon vs. J. A. Brown and Guy O, Smith. The original -complaint filed by the plaintiff, alleged that. the prop erty which consisted of several lots In , .High land Annex addition was owned 1 originally by Martha Patei who, June, o 1920, con tracted to sm them to the de(endr ants for ; tha sum ' of $70, pi which' $lb was to be paid down and the balance at the rat of $10 per month' until'' paid. - - , - ' Payments Were satisfactory, for four or five month, then, became . 'Because toda yis the original date set for, "'Blossom day," -and (Continued on rag 3) liOilIIED TD HOLD 10 Governor Directs Smith to Be " More Cautious to Avoid1 : " Escapes - . Governor Pierce last night ad dressed, a letter to Warden John son S. imith. of the state peniten tiary directing him . to use great er cautloa,to prevent the escape of trusties fronVlhe-psieon. The letter is the result of a number of trusties walking awy from the wood camp near, Marion and other ' ' outside- places In recent weekaj . 7' -j r 'f; fff The governor's letter backs up the -warden, in - his policy of eco- nomy which has caused the ; la t- ter to use manyr trusties outside, but' he adds that th penitentiary was built to keep criminals away from society. "It Is, of course,-my policy to save all .money possible ' at , the penitentiary.' says the. letter. ' I want the Inmates of that institu tion ; to work. : I want them to work so far as ' possible and ad visable in pursuits that will! af ford sufficient revenue to ' help pay for- the prisoner's keep, i It is my hope to make the peniten tiary as nearly serf-sustaining as possible. . , ? However,. I- have not forgot ten that the penitentiary was built to keep crihflnals away from society. It is after all a prison in which men sent there are to be kept."; Although, I am not great ly exercised over the1 few escapes thai have been! made, rlt is" my judgment that it is necessary i for the warden to use xreater caution to the end that further"" escapes will b elimittated: ' ;f f ? therefore, direct you'tq take Immediately f whatever .measures are necessary to prevent ; further escapes from the' Oregon' penlten- ttlary."- -'-T-i-l. -:.:- so advertised through the state in connection with the Shrine cere- monlal, thousands ot the Shriner iresttors are staying over today; to BOO Salem, and . the surrounding country. ( . - . A thousand automobiles , are asked for, this morning at 9; 30 o'clock,-to report at the r Marion hotel, to take visitors out through the Salem country and acquaint them with Us' beautytand utility and charm. ' i7:7:-i iM- -'';DoAH-walt for,initlation into the Shrlne.order; don't - wait lo phone for orders. ; Don't wait for. any thing t but ; f or approximately the hour of 9: 30,. or a little .earlier, and come and help show- these vis itorsS hat they came to see-r-the most i beautiful city in the west, and J the most ; hospltable-people anywhere. - ; ' ( j This morning, 9 : 3 0 ; 1 0 0 0 iCr, Fords or what not; a smile from every driver, Ior,very guest. ! AVERS HE DIDN'T HIT Governor Denies Statements Made By Two Newspapers ! Relative to Purchase, of Oregon i Securities SIGNED DENIAL MADE 1 BY OTHER MEMBERS Hof f, Marshall antf Sever 0e clare Executive IsMis ! represented tf3overnbr Pierce, upon his rei turn from southwest coast count i . .! . . ties last night, issued a statement denying that he said, at meeting of the. state bond .commission. that Oregon school, bonds were lacking in value and would. never be paid. , ; In support of his statement,' the goveiilflf also obtained a".' state ment from O. P. Hoff, state treas urer, and W. A. Marshall,' acci dent commissioner, the other two members of. the bond commission and also signed by D. S. Sever, secretary 'ot conxmiasfon who declare that the governor did not make thf 8tatmenl about ; Pre gon schjqol ;bo4s; attrt holed to him'; by eertata newfiaers. The governor conceded that the! fa?or ed the purchase of liberty1- bond with . the ! state . fqf-l i I f'Twp Qregon pafera,'? says the governor's Statement; "have print ed statements: to the effect that I have said at. bond coinmbssioai hearing that v Oregon- ; school bond were lacking , in ; value. 1 hats never made any such atate ment at bond hearings or any where else. ; "-v ; It la. true that I favored the purchase of liberty bonds with funds of the. Industrial aecldent commission rather than - the ' pur chase of school bonds. . I still take that stand, but hot for the reason that , there is any lack of value in the school bonds. ' Any tate ment to the effect that; I have said that Oregon school "bonds would not be paid are wholly and entirely false. . . ; v 1 ( :) "In proof of my statement. submit the following paper signed by the other bond, commlsfioner and- the secretary of the commis sion.. -f..: .r- ' : "The following statement print ed In the Salem CapitaJ Journal and the PortjandT Telegram has been brougnt to my attention. "At a meeting of the tate bond commission today, Gov erndr Pierce for, the ;. second, ; time placed himselC square ly on record otficlally as op posing the purchase, of; Ore-'. gon echoot 1 and ; municipal bonds or. other securities v with ! state! funds stating i that he believed they were poo r invesinj en ts and . th at the state Iwa - so ; hopelessly in debt thit-tltejs -suld nev- er be paid; r. ; ' -, I "'I have1 attended each mat ing of the bend commission mce (Continued on page 3) Archie Holt of Salem Files Amended Complaint :- : : 1 -1 ' - ! V An amended ' complaint In tie case of Atchle Holt asarnst It. Knntz was filed by the plaintiff in the circuit court yesterday; On October 3 ff, 1922, the new complaint . - alleges, the. plaintiff was operating a Biilck ear on" the Pacific, highway ' near, Parjow bi a southerly t direction whit the defendant,', who was;, operating a 13-ton truck, was: proceeding in a ndrtherly f direction. The de fendant was operating In a care- less and negligent manner- at an excessive i rate? of speed, it Is as serted, and. at th lime of th ae-j cldent was oneratlng on 'the! wrong side of the road-" Behind5 the truck was -a trailer which It Is claimed by the: plaintiff; was swerving! from side to. side. The two machines hit, wlthlh result that the car owned. by the plain tiff, which , was valued at ,11000, was so wrecked that - It wa ; im possible toi get more . than $200 for It. The cost of salvaging am ounted to $30. . The plaintiff de mands judgment against . .the de Bi fendant for damage Incurred In the sum ot $$30. ? '- rf WALLYREID FOUND BEST LIKED STAR Late Motion. Picture Player Topped All in Popularity With N. Y. Students ?'EW. .TOltKb iMayv'5 Wallace Reid, who" died recently in Cal ifornia, ', wasj the ' most popular motion picture player, male or fe male, among high school students according to a report made put lic today by j Clarence Arthur rerry of; the j Russell l-Sage foun dation,' and ' chairman of the na tional committee for better films of New York; ' . j v MaryPIckfbrd, jftrra Tal rnadgei and Conftant. Talmadge are the favorite actresses, with Rudolph! Valentino and Douglas Fairbanks following Reid in male popularity. : !;lfltb, the glrfs, Rich ard Barthelmes ran ahead ot Fairbanks: . I , .' i Mr. Perry said It had taken a year to tabulate answers " receiv ed from 17,000 boys and 20.000 jea. irom lv.oyo noys ana au.wuv girl, ! jUgh schools of -7 6 cities and towns In various parts of the country. . , ..('- .j ;, .. .i,,. . According to. the returns, high school boy f attend movies on. the average ; of , 1,23 fttlmea a week while the girl 'go 1.05 times, j s State Bar Association Moves to Make Five-Year Train ing Necessary PORTLAND, Or ." May 5 The initial step to make the legal pro fession in Oregon one entirely, ot college graduates, was taken by the j State Bar association at - its first ' convention j session: As the culmination: of a "move to raise the standards of their profession the lawyers ' endorsed a memor ial to the . supreme court asking that five' years of academic train ing be made one of the requisites for admittance to the bar.' , Fred V. Wilson of The Dalles was named president ot -the as sociation; Albert Bridgeway was re-elected secretary"; and Hall S. Lusk, re-elected treasurer. R. W. Montague, W. M.' Davis, J. Roy Riley,? George Wilbur and O. D. Eby were named' as the executive Committee. . " Vice presidents elected were Frank W.i Calkins, G. F. Skip worth. Percy R. Kelly,! George w. Stapleton, J. U. Campbell, Gilbert W. Phelps, R. R. Butler, Gustav Anderson; "Dalton Biggs, J. W, Knowlesi D. R Parker, Harry Ml Belt, D. Vi KuykendalU J. iM. Bathcelder, T.E." J. DuffyT-Qeorge R. Bagley and .James E. Em kin. . .-- i i : IS - TWICE IflKEO Another League Files Com pleted Petitions Kozer Has Problem . ; : Whether two identical referen dum measures against the ' state income tax act passed by the 1923 legislature shall be printed in the voters, pamphlet andbn the bal lot for the specla.1 election in Ore gon next INovemberi-ls a problem now before Secretary of State Ko. zer and which he will refer to At torney. General Van Winkle Tor directions as to procedure! This developed Saturday when the State Income! Tax Referen-leag-uo filed wlti the secretary completed referendum pietitlons containing lO.BOol names. Earlier in the week the Oregon Just Tax league also ' filed completed peti tions lo' invoke the . referendum on the "measure, and these have been approved and filed by Secre tary Koter. The petitions receive ed Saturday will be held pending an opinion from .the attorney, gen eral, .the object being if possible to avoid duplicating the measure in the pamphlet and 'on (be bait lot. ' , , tf '- COLLEGE iFEREfDUM SOL 1 W. y. HELD WET VICTORY Repeal of State Enforcement Code Said to Make Task of Federal Officers More Difficult ' ! SERIOUS BLOW SEEN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT Supreme Court Edict Likely to Lead to Diplomatic Ex ; changes, r Belief WASHINGTON May though Prohibition Commissioner Haynes declared " today ' there would be no let down in prohibi tion enforcement in New York state, the' general, view here- was that the action of the New York legislature in repealing the state enforcement-code'would make far more difficult the task of federal forces. " - - :- Mr. Hynes' view was that' the action of the legislature would mean only that the federal govern ment would have to provide in the largest measure possible' agencle; J4 to make up the loss 'of "whatever cooperation may have been provid ed , by ' the state." tie said suffi cient funds were, available to in crease the field force., but indicat ed, that a' survey to determine upon the' jextent of the increase would await an actual withdrawal of the state forces upon the Sign ing of the; repeal act by Governor Smith. ' - 'j f ' r; Court. Edict Phase ; A' chief concern of enforcement officers was that with the state border : patrol withdrawn, i the if'rum fleet" which fias been ac tive off" the New York and New Jersey coast, might transfer their operations to Canadian waters in the hope of finding easy access for their cargoes into New York; across the international border, j Meantime another phase of the prohibition question- the supreme court ban 'on. bringing, liquor into American waters is regarded as likely to become a subject of dip lomatic exchanges. French" Am bassador Jusserand discussed this subject with Secretary Hughes to day at the state department, but with what n'sult did not appear. The embassies of all ot the for eign governments still were .with out Instructions today. ' Plans Drafted NEW YORK. Slay S. Federal enforcement officials in New York, facing' the ; necessity of drying up the state ; unaided if Governor Smith affixes the expected guber natorial signature to the! bill re pealing the Mullan-Gage state en forcement act, today began draft ing plans for spreading their at tenuated lines over the territory which has been largely covered for them by state and municipal forces. 7 7 'J: -' ' - ' . . ' Palmer Cani leld, enforcement director; for New York state, said be had about 300 men at his command- to; cover the entire state, including the; Canadian border, bow largely: patrolled against rum runner by Mate police. He. expect ed assistance from Washington for a great increase in his force, . but declared lie; expected the police to go on aiding in prohibition v en forcement . as far ? as they were able. - - vi : -r , . . - "While the repeal, of. the Mul-lan-qage law is a serious blow. to enforcement, because it will make U appear that New York Is seced ing ; from the union, the police, nevertheless, are .compelled .when they see a violation of the law to make arrests and turn their pris oners ever to the federal authori ties," he declared. ; - . v New Greek Letter Frat Is Installed at U of 0 CUGENE, Ore.. May 5 The 13th women's Greek .letter frater nity: on ;the University, of Oregon Campus was Installed this after noon. It is the Alpha Sigma chap ter" of the Alpha Qmicron PI. The national organlratlori was found ed at JBarnard' college at Colum bia' university. New York Janu ary ?, 1 8at; Mrs. Lucille Curtis English, district superintendent of 'Portland and active members from the University of Washington at-; tended, , - ' fflffiMBE ARE LOCATED, S5?3! MW .Will .MfflHOE rU-'-C - i:,M,V - -i ! 'i ' TRINIDAD, Colo., May o.--Three bodies had been re covered and seven checked as missing in the explosion which wrecked the north stope of? the Southwestern mine of tha Rocky Mountain Fuel company at Southwestern camp, near Aguilar arly tonight which increased the number, of men entombed by the explosion to the original figure of 10. Bodies taken out by the rescue crews late today were cf two Greeks, .John Konistakis and John Soiipaginis. : At 10:25 tonight the third body was recovered from th3 slope of the Southwestern mine. Seven other men are mis sing. It was stated at the Jnine office that the remaining bodies may not be located tonight owing to the great amount of wreckage. : r' . i s . Reorts from the mine said tta bERIUiSTO ftPPEAL CASE Legality of French Com mander's 0 r d e r Ques tioned in Higher Court WERDEN, . May G The Ger man directors of , the Krupp works plan to. carry the case to the highest, court of appeal in France.. if they are convinced by the present court- martial tt was announced ': today by their Swiss attorney,: M. Morlaud, chief conn sel for the defense. , The, appeal he said, would be based on inter national law and, would raise the question of the 'legality of the French commander's order, which the Germans are charged with vi olating. ' The appeal also would contend that the French have no right in the Ruhr,; and will plead, as in the present trial, that the 1i ire tors are not criminally responsi ble for the acta of the Krupp workmen. " The defendants ap parently ' are hopeful that' they will' have a better chance on ap peal, should the court martial find them gulJAy, than the Thys- sen. whose conviction at Mayence was quickly confirmed by the high court of Cassas. ' i - : - :; V-: Case; to Continue y :. , ' ' M. Morlaud whom' the Germ ana regard as -the highest Swiss authority; on International law will be reinforced tn such appeal by Dr, Grimm of counsel for the defense which pleaded for Thys sen : he is professor of Interna tional law, at Muenster. The court-martial's progress on" the second day of the" trial indicated that tha case would con tinue until Wednesday without the holding of-a" Sunday session The prosecution; tried - to bringl put the menacing; attitude of the workmen, prior to the firing by (Continued on Page 8) TPIELO GASE III D5 OF JURY Defense - Does Mot -Cohsu- "mate. One Hour All Told; Night Session Held- : VANCOUVER. Wash,, May. 5. i Tbje fate - JfGeorge Jdwar Whitfield, charged with the mur der of 1 1 ' year old Anna Nosko, was given into the hands of the Jury tonight after a brief derense, Wliich tfslde from tbe exajrjin ation of nr. -W.: E. Cass, a-local physician, who . of e red expert tes timony regarding ther possibility of distinguishing human from an imal blood, did not consume an hour all toUK - night session ot court was held In order to-,. com plete, the argument by : opposing counsel. - No attempt was made by the defense to account for the accus ed youth's movements on the day of the murder, the entire testi mony offered having to do with the credibility of the state's wit nesses. -The deIen,aant took. tne stand today and , testified , that statements made by A. Rpy Moore, alleged circus, bandit ; re garding i.a , reputed confession of the murder, by Whitfield in tne Clarke county Jail were false. belief is strengthened by condi tions .encountered by the bescue crews that all in the mine have perished. Several of he rescuer were overcome, with. gas. .That the explosion was Caused by a set-off of gas was stated at ihe mine office, j The north slope was badly wrecked. . Between 4 and 70 men are normally employ ed in the mine on regular wort Ing dkys but' today was an 113 day and only 12 ' men were la Ihe workings cleaning up soma load.- ; - ' Hampered by huge heaps ot wreckage in the; north slope of the . soubtwestern- mine ' of that Rocky Mountain Fuel company, near Agullar, rescue men were to night struggling to reach . iaa bodies of seven - men - entombei either dead or alive by the explos ion that swept through the slor early this : morning. At 11:25 o'clock tonight the bodies of threo Greeks had been recovered and seven more were; numberd. as mis. sing bringing the total of tha pes. slble dead to 10. It was the first disaster in the Trinidad coal fields since arch 19, of last year, Rescue crews of the United States bureau of mines, aided by crews from nearby camps in th Agullar district and from Colo rado Fuel and Iron "company camps were engaged tonight 13 the task of exploring the wrecks 3 stope.. A statement issued at tfct Southwestern mine office sail that the rescue work was makins good progress but that no mora bodies bad been sighted. suann m killed mm: Cornelius Froland, Employe - - - a nil s ii lot Lumber win, r-atauy Injured J SILVERTON, ' Or., May n. . s(Special to The Statesman) Cor nelius Froland, 1 21, was killed here late, today when he was run down by a wood truck at the mill o'f the Silver Falls Timber com pany. ! ' 1 .Froland, who iwas employed at the mill, wasleavlng rthe gate after working hours, when hewa hit by the truck, knocked dowit and crushed.- i Ho was rushed to nvmnTt ' Ttnnrvital -wtiprft lia . j.. v mr died .10 minutes later. . Froland was a native of Nor way and came . to Silverton about two years, ago. ; Two. sisters live in- Montana, and air other , rela tives are in Norway, lie lived at the C. J. ' Ro&heim home in . Silverton.- i rt WAIiT TO SELL ACREAGE f Try a Statesman Want Ad The Result .Will: Surprise You ' - i t Below la orfe tt the Want Ads. appearing in today's Statesman 'Classified -Columns. One aDayi Wmitb Ycas Temcrrcv? SPEClJlI-ao ACRES OS PAVED read, improved; tlio 5 cr, ira- fi"- proTei.' Priced riEht; gnod lo eatlonk. 109 South ConucerciL Pks 559. .'