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''f'i:"-;---:'.;' ; ? i f SALEM; QREGOfJ, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1923 4 : ; L j 1 : v -; , '"fe "PRICE 'FIVE CEI PET SAYS y B HE WILL GIVE IIP POSITION American i Ambassador .to Great Britain Plans to Re sign But Will Not Reveal Time A?3ASSAD0ft FLARES : UP AT QUESTIONS "!:presentative Sure He- Is ' American But Not Sure He Is Not a Fool I v NEW YORK, May 1 1 . fGeorge 'Tarrey,' American ambassador t to .rwt Britain, came home today rt the steamship George Wash r.gton Cor a vacation, and answer , ! barrage of questions by news ; apeq-men -with, such ; dipiomatlc pkraea that he left theln still wondering; -what was the panswer to reports that he has resigned, or plans to resign to - handle the 1924 campaign for President Tflar iingfs renomlnatlon . and jre-elec-tn! - ' "I haTe heard nothing about re ports," was his first answer. "Will you flatly deny that yon raVecome"fi6mS' td'"reslg?;h rasosked, .p- . t ' y.;fj:.- "I have come home o A lave. I cm going to. Peacham tbe Ver mont home town ,he s put jion the front pages recently in an Address ia which he- said everybody in Peacham had British ancestors 'and I hope' to -go fishing.' : ""Will you - make a categorical lenial of tha rujmor?" '. ' ' Will RdRn , 1 do not see any ; reason for !oia.g so, he retorted. J The cross-examiners veered off i a other topics, to return iudden 'j to the reaignatlon business. -Yes, I am going to resign." :.he ambassador replied.-' f'All of iiyj tredec3ssoiisye!3Pgnea save r ne. and he died. Yes, I shall resign." - ' :' :, - "When?"" 'r. -' -. ;,'!- " "l am not prepared to say." i !: c j m Fooi,;--.i:. i.; I Another high spotr in th ihteV- riew was his anlwer when ;the re porters told him the legislatures of Massachusetts and New York iad been called' on to act on res clations demanding his. recall be cause of alleged pro-British attt- "I am an American but I am not a damned looV he jflared. Then laughingly; "I can guaran tee thef irst part of my answer, but- I am not so .sure abtjut 'the second cart." i J 11 , ' Colonel Haryer said he wonld remain; in New York for fa few Cays before going to WasJkingtou to report to Secretary Hugte and President Harding. After that, he added hei would CO to Peacham for a rest. hanohai Cafe Proonetor i Arrested; Has No License Jang Sing.i pfprietor-of the 5!hinrhi rnf wajt arrested yes terday by Officer Thompson for ODeratlnr his! DiaCC OI UUHiueaa ? without n rltr license. 1 i According ! to .an ordinance passed by the1 city council.! an op erating : license, costinis $i. mut be i nrortirpd hv owners off public Places, i The 1 attorney '.fo Jung Sltsg argued with the city attorney, who had ordered the cafe 5closed, that Sing knew nothing of the re quirements. The case will ibe con sidered further today. "I - uiTmrca rnvrwnv ROffitBElV. NEW YOltKi May 11. IfoWlng employes of the Osterraoor company, mattress manufacturers, at bay, three ; armed bandits: today T-TjhKo,! tUa- roamirer of iSISOO. They escaped in an automobile, a vAilntiarttrs In their flight. t-h-i- I ' ; ' YUCUICATI4FR I OREGON Generally cloudy ;. Saturday. LOCAL, WEATFIER Minimum temperature, : River 4.4, feet, stationary. Rainfall None. I Atmosphere Partly cloudy. Wind North. -1 WIT CAPIWE IN NO IE TO. URGES COIPlANGE I- TIEN TSIN China: Ma v. MajorRoland Pinger. USA. one the Suchow -baiidit train raid, Driganas stronghold urgently the outlaw a terms and imploring that government troops be withdrawn. ( First, of May Day Exercises at Willamette Attract Large Attendance The crowning iof the May nuoen. wiith the attendant 1 festivities arked the first day of the May day week end at Willamette uni versity yesterday.1 - - ' A string orchestra furnished music for the various festivities., Miss 'Estherf 5Parounagtan 11 : was crowned Queen pt the May by Dr. Carl Gregg Doaey, president of Willamette university. A number of special dances were presented by the young women of the uni versity following the coronation and just before the Maypole dance. Solo Danc Attractive The Butterfly I dance was one bf fche ' dances I attracting f particular attention. Elsie Hop Lee danced the' solo part of- this dance and won much applause. Four . other university girls assisted..; . A group of girls in old-fashioned g o w n a ' and ; panteiets danced around the Maypole ' and wound the rainbow colors round the pole; Miss Kathleen Iialtaut sang "Just AwOl A-Fashloned Garden." while the -"Md-fashiohed" girls, with quaint 'shade ' ihats, circled the space . before' thi entrance"1 of itha queen Cl asses tismlsspd. University classes were dismissed yesterday! and "students and facufc- tfr spent th day on tne. campus to entertain; the guests' and attend the various festivities. The Junior class play. 1 "Come Out 'i of the Kitchen," was given last night .' A'lnncheon was served '.yester-. day on the campus, to which; all high school seniors were' invited, Th guests included " all of the seniors from Salem high school and many front- other towns. Oregon Farms Send Many Youths to High scnoois Out of a total of 32.382 pupils attending' standard high schools In Oregon, 911 - boys and 5318 girls or a total of "10,227, come from the farm according to fg nM that liavei been tabulated by J. a: Churchill state superinten dent of schoolji.- From Incorpor ated towns come 10,504 bays and 1Z.UVX giria, ur a : iuwi wi j 595. :j Mr. Churtihi'il obtained the sta tistics through questionnaires sent out to the standard high schools. All of the hlgl schools in Oregon recognized by 1 the department of educatfon 'are 'standard; since all must meet thelrequirements of the state board education for stan dardization.' I ':"V- t QUEEN ESTHER GIVE N C R 0 IV TJ Mil I. MID : : GUI BY SUPERIOR COURT 11 - trial Workers of the World were found guilty of felony today and nine others acquitted by a jury in the superior bourt which deliberated since yesterday morning closing a trial which started January nwe. Those convicted were Aiireu jvonn, criminal syiiui-ixoui , tt.v.a4 AXTViifo and Paul Wnrp. on charcres of ronsoiracv to commit criminal were B. Jonansen, reier tiusuca, ajcui8c nuu".., ." land, A. Nelson, Alfred Olsen, Ray Guthrie A: Ross and J. U Dehoog. n - ' : . . . . ! IPADERS 12. (Bv Asaociatpd Press. of the cantive nassensrers of has sent out a letter from he recommending compliance with It is declared the bandits havo refused ' to treat with "the com-! mander of the troops surrounding the stronghold because thef chief tain of the outlaws and the army officers have a. blood enmity. The commander is "said to have exe-j coted -the brother of the bandiij chief . who, , himself was a bandit leader. .. Negotiations are declared to be proceeding somewhat halt ingly with a Kiangsu general and, It the brigands demands for troop withdrawal are carried out, it is believed that prisoners will "soon be freed.' ' ' : ; , , Chinese prisoners; who have es4 caped, fj e said to ,jhave recog nized among, the bandit j leaderl fornier officers of General j Chans Ching-Yao, governor of the' pro vince of Hunan In 1920 when th Rev. Y. A. Reimert, ah American; mifsl6nnry. ; was.V murdered hyj troops there. At that time the American legation demanded that Chang be; held Ircspohslhle for the crime. ' r ,;;:..; ; ., " The bandits are said -to havo wrecked the Shanghai-Peking ex press as a last rrsort to throw off the government; troopj that wefe pressing tnem too cicseiy. Would Resign. ' I SHANGHAI, May 11. (By the Assocffated "Press. ) Tien Chunjg Yu, Imilltary go'vernor of ' Shan tung province, today asked parmiaj-j sion of the central government to resign , his ofHce as self-punishi-ment for his 'negligence in not avoiding tne' recent holdup of the Shanghai-Peklhg express and the kidnapping of a number of foreign passengers. '( The governor, however! . asked for the privilege of continuing his efforts - for the freedom' of the captives. ' '; i , - . j The bandit chieftain who con trols the destiny of the kidnapped victims is said to be named , Sun. Mei-Lun and he styles his: follow- ers :the "reconstrucuve , seu-goy-erninent army of China." f i ,) The chieftain admits that his motive for the train holdup was moneys but he also hoped it would force the withdrawal of the gov ernment troops which had been harrassing him. i 1 'j ' '- TIENTSIN May 12. -(By the Associated Press) The two young sons of Majors Pinger and Allen Roland..' Jr.".'. and Robert. Jr. recently' released by the -Suchow train bandits who are still holding their fathers captive, arrived here today and1 were enthusiastfc over their -adventure." J;V l;fl The American youths , wearing Chinese clothing and -apparently none the worse for their experi ences fwith the" daring outlaws, were met by their mothers.1 There was a touching reunion. ''; '? The boys declared ' that they had become prime favorites with the brigands Who "treated, them well. - 1 ' ' i : VETERAN DEAI . Thorpe ileid, a Confederate veter of the Civil war, who was judge of the s superior court or Sndhomish county, this state, from 186S to 1890; died here today. Before com ing to Washington he was on the bench in Nashville. Tenn. lie was 78 years old. . ' j ' f ; iy of f mm. Pnnr mernhprs of the Indus- . . - . syndicalism. The nine acquitted ESCAPED CONS STILL EVADE ALL OFFICERS Burt and Walton,. Life Term ers From San Queritin Thought Now in North SPOKANE. Wash., May' 11. Peace officers throughout the United States and Canada. are be ing warned to watch for S P. Burt and Thomas Walton, said-to be escaped life termers from San Quentih penitentiary, California, where they were sent for murder Burt is believed by Sheriff Long to be the man who shot Deputy Sheriff Dick Cashatt here recent ly. . V- . : - - y Authorities believe the two men escaped Into Canada after (the shooting of Cashatt: ; i Miss Gladys Homer of Spokane had leaped from the car of a man with whom she had been riding and Cashatt was sent; out to ar rest the man. He was shot while making the arrest. Both, Cashatt and Miss Homer are , recovering from their injuries. y . According to. the police records, Burt' and Walton escaped fom the California prison last January 24. Identification was ) made through the Pacific Coast; Automobile con ference, San Francisco. Cherries Will Be Bumper Crop and Strawberries , Up to Normal Mark Strawberries will be ripe with in a -week up at Estacada, accord ing to Earl Pearcy otf the Oregon Growers, who visited that favored This comes close to-a, record for early ruftage in Oregon, it i believed. It has been predicted that all fruit, would be earlier this year than usual, but this is precocity that had not been count ed oii. . It will make some af the frulft, handlers' step lively to handle the, stuff. j ,s The Growers .have regular fruit ; r'eorts". from all over the western art of the state and their cro (figures are always reckoned as Qt especial value. This, year, it appears that most of thye fults will -be 'earlier than usual ever-' where. ' ' ' . ' ' - ?4tt is too early to say deirinitely wbat any particular fruit crop Is going to be.' The reports, how ever indicate a general shortage of loganberries. The proportion of shortage is undetermined. The hbfr' dry season of 1922 checked and stunted the' growth of the vines so-r that there Is not suffi cient cane ; growth to i support a bumoer rop. Even if the tines could! j be. Irrigated this year it would not make a crog tor 1923. as the shortage Is due to the poor growthj . bj ,f ruit-beartng vines last year, though irrigation In 1923 could produce luxuriant canes for 1924. ' .';.; 1 -Cherries are reorted up to a bumper crop In some sections. In others the yield will not be' excep tional.. Everywhere it promises to be good, enough to ; be a won derfully, profitable crop. j 'Strawberries promise to be at iast' no to normal, and probably even, better than that. ; They took like the great1 money crop for; the year, at this stage at tJieir growth. " llEf BERRIES SOBIi TO BE RIPE Home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Green Is Destroyed What was once a home valued at approximately $300ft was a mass, of ruins yesterday morning. When Mr. and Mrs. A Green of 500 Turner street retired Thurs day night their home was in its usual order, but when they awoke shortly before 2 o'clock In tho morning it was a mass of flames and they were barely able to make their escape from the building.) ; A switch engine crew bpera ting near' by first 'discovered; the fire. They turned in the alarm but the house was enveloped in flames before the engines arrived. Both Mr. and." Mrs;. Green were at a lofts to account for the origin of the firealthough a neighbor said that as he was passing the homt about 1:30 he saw a man sneak away from the house. ' l" j The building was insured for $1000.. but nothing was carried on the contents. The loss above In surance Is placed at $3,000. v i -".. j. . . . !!k BETTER CLASS ISiSftTED Club Federation Protests at One-Story Structures in Business District ; That r Cannot Be Enlarged '.M ' ' -; HOSPITAL SITUATION .. UNDER DISCUSSION Rat and Garbage Nuisance and Neater Curb-Lines Other Subjects Rats," hospitals, a community cliib building, playgrounds,; chari ties, the prohibition'; of one-story buildings, the lining up of all new residences in one glorious mathe matical line equidistant from "the curb, and the welcoming of two new cljibs.; to membership, were a few of tie 'subjects! discussed at the, Salem Federation of clubs meeting Friday night at the Cham ber of Commerce 1"-" Committee Named. The community club building project had been discussed at a previous meetingLast' night seven committeemen! were named to pre sent the matter to the various af filiated ictubs for their opion and suggestion: Pascal Traglio, Dr. E. E. ijFisiner, Allen Kafoury; J. C. Perry, Mrs. John Carson, Mrs. La moine (Clark; and. Walter E. Kirk. They will report back to the Fed eration , the sentiment they find in the individual clubs.. , v ." Allen Kaloury made a partial re port or the consolidation and uni fication of public charities. The full report will be made later. ?: . J K . , - Better'Buildings Favored It was the sense of ths meeting that .the time has come for the en forcement; of rigid! building re strictions prohibiting , the con struction j of ' down-town business buildings of; only one story that cannotl be added to and built higher. ' The net result of the ohe story buildings unduly scattering the business section, at a heavy cost to the whole city; because of the extension ot seryice lines of all kinds. Is held to be so serious as to cal lor Immediate attention. An other suggestion nia4e,was that of establishing a distance for resi dence j buildings from the curb line, and prohibiting the 'hetero genous; planting of houses in unar tistlc medlay all the way from the front street to the back alley. Rats and Garbage The rat question, and the dis posal of the city garbage was dis cussed; wjth, held noses; It Is really a subject, to be approached only with a nose muffler or a bad cold. The club appointed a committee: Howard .Zinger, Mrs.,. F. S. Barton and- P. B Fulierton, to investigate what other cities . do about rats 'and, garbage disposal, and see what they could recommend for Salem J j, ', j- . ; . . , . In discussing the, Salem hospital matter, it seemed the pretty gen eral opinion that some new form of handling the hospital might be necessary if the hospital is to be f inishridThe members felt that an impasse had been : reached,' that could inot well be, overcome with out a reorganization.: The plan for reorganization was not brought up for vote, or even discussion.: ' ."V. . ..I,'--' ; Playftrounds Questfon l"p ; A playgrounds committee, Mrs John Harbison Allen Kafouryi and Ej. R.J Chastain, willvgo over the plans outlined by the YMCA for handling the playground .this year, and make 'a tentative appprT tionment ot the estimated cost, S00,!lhatrach of the affiliated cluls Bhould hear, i : Last year the playgrounds cost about $750,- but but miost of this was construction and. material work, that does not have to: be reneated this year.rlt was, shown 'that the total attend ance last year was more than 4.0 0 0 0 : lor 2 cents oer ' 7 person for each day attended, i This year with the same attendance, and the present estimated costs, the chil dren would go four days fora nickle. ; : , ' ' . J- ,,Twd new clubs, the Bqy Scouts and the Presbyterian Men's club, were I received j into membership. and 16 clubs were represented in the session, ".;-;..? :j. ALL ESSEN SHUTS DOWN a TO PROTEST Conviction" of Baron, Krupp ; von Bohlen Is Cause for. I Industrial Holiday ESSEN, May 11. Essen was like a deserted city today. All the stores, factories and public utilities .were shut down from 1 1 a.. m; until 4 p. m, in protest against the conviction of Baron Krupp yon Bohlen' and other of ficials of the Krupp works by a French court, martial. There was not even a policeman on the streets. -"- ; ' I' i The Krupp directors - opposed the demonstration, it is under stood; but the workmen ' insisted upon lit.- so the Krupp works and all the other' plants were closed. J Rates and Tariffs Discussed When Railway. Men Meet at Chamber . f 1 ' A year ago the Southern PaciM ic railroad Instituted a post-gTad-nat'e "school for its passenger agents; sending out some compe-j tent proressora to explain tneir tariffs and all the little quirks and turns of ticket-making. ' It was-so good that-it is being done; again this year on a larger scale. Last night, three 'dozen agents,- ticket clips and general traffic men from all the railroad points Tietween Woodburn . and Tangent met In . Salem to talk overj the rate question that will soon be uppermdst in the public mind. The summer tourist rates go into effect shortly, and the big exodus is expected. The' agents ars getting4 ready, for It. -. J. A. Ormandy, assistant gener al passenger agent of ' Portland, was the official In charge" of the school. Agents were present from Tangent, Woodburn, Silyert'on, Mt: Angel, Dallas, Independence, Monmouth, Corvallls. Turner "Jef ferson. Marian, Chemawa, Gervais, Falls City, Mill City, West Stayton and Scio. . i - Two lines of instruction were presented; The local joint rates. covering service over other roads, and the Pacific northwest passen ger tables, covering the round trips for the special summer rates to all parts of the country. 0 - Questions were asked and an swered, covering all' the important points that -might be a bit hazy in .(Con tinned on. page 7.) SOUTHERfJ PACIFIC AGE TS ASSEMBLE RUSSIA WELIG TO- MEET WITH;E0RCE,5SCm MOSCOW, May 11. (By government does not desire a is willing to confer with that country; butit carmot accept such an ultimatum as that contained in Lord CurzoR's recent note, said M. Ganetsky, a deputy minister of foreign affairs, in a speech'at a meeting here today. . . , The meeting passed a resolution protesting against the British note and declaring that Russia is ready, if necessary to meet with f armed force any nation which endeavors to infringe upon its independence. v Ganetsky . was . speaking . at 4a meeting or the , Moscow council of trades unions which had been spe cially summoned ! to : discuss, the British note. "Our attitude, toward England remains the same," declared Ganetsky, "but th attitude of England .has bectoraei In fm leal. Regarding ' Great Britain's note, we cannot ,accept; siich an ultima tum. We want , no break Iwith England, nor do . we; desire our relationship complicated. " r RnssCa 2Vot Ruhr t We say to England, let. us talk the! matter over but don't dictate. But i England wants us to, go verbank (stake; all), all Russia will say Is that Russia Is against those Whcwant to enslave er.' : A1 resolution passed by the meet ing: pro test3 against the note of Great Britain, .fit says Russia is able to give a isnfficiently digni fied reply to; it, but Jf necessary she will be ready to respond with armed force. to all those who try VICIOUS JOTES II SCANDAL C (P HOME NEW YORK, May 11. Existence iri this city of a vicious band of well-to-do clubmen who have specialized for ycers in sending to wealthy and socially: prominent persona scur rilous letters attacking their relatives and friends, was en closed today byt District Attorney. Banton today after news of the indictment of (Jeorge Maxwell, president of the Amer ican Society of i. Composers, Authors and . Publishers, had leaked out. r . . ; .. ; : . U. S. Omaha ; Makes Trip From Honolulu to San Francisco in3 Days SAN FRANCISCO. May 11. The United , Stales S. S. Omaha shattered the "cruisingrecord be tween Honolulu and .San Francis co upon its . arrival , here today. When she passed through the Golden Gate her official time .was recorded as 75 hours and J 11 min utes from the time, the cruiser weighed anchor in Honolulu har bor. t ;'.' -! .. .'' . , The mail carried by the cruiser, which Is, en route to Washington, in an effort to break the mail de livery record between f the two points, was placed aboard a fast train for. Reno, Nev., from whenjeh It will be sent by rail and air to Washington. Gool Time Made ! ' The Omaha covered the distance between Diamond Head point in Honolulu harbor to the San Fran cisco lightship. 2013. mjles,-. in three days, three : hours and 40 minutes with an average speed of! 27.76 knots an hour, said to be the fastest ocean trip ever made. During the last 24 hours the Omaha did 29 knots continuously. Officers of .the-ship said in this run ".the Omaha broke all endur ance speed records for ships, iu cludb ig one by the Mauretanta of 26.64 knot's an hour. .The Omaha had 11 boilers' in commission and used only six of them. ' ', The cruiser's engines can de velop. 126,000 horsepower which it was said exceeded by only one other boat In the world; a British cruiser.- ; ': ' " iEATBRITAI. Associated Press.) The soviet break with Great Britain and - . ft to infringe upon her independence."-. i . r . "Let England and all. the boug. geois countries know . that Rus sla is not the. Ruhr," the resolu tlon concluded. , - v. It was : learned -tonight that Leonid Krassin. the bolshevik commissar of foreign trade and commerce, wilf go by airplane to England; ' MOSCOW. May ..11. (By the Associated Press.) The 'assassin ation of MV Vorovsky, the soviet representative at Lausanne,' com ing on top of the British note and the feeling in Russia that Marshal Foch's " visit to ; Poland miglit mean another" International com bine ; against the soviet regime, created a profound impression In Russian official circles. - ' The public was aotified of the death bf Vorovsky and the wound ing ot his colleagues by newspa' per extras which are rarely Issued In Moscow. ' : USUI FD,1 A HFD I U t o9 .miuhj-.mi. 4 . Activities of the. band; Batten said, have resulted .in one or mora suicides, the , disruption of zt least nine homes and the' incar ceration ,tn prime ; Insane tY lums or the banishmen t of seve ral persons .whose families wera misled by,' the circumstantial ma ture of the .stories concerning them. . ;t ' ' . ' ' ; The district attorney's office El ready has obtained possessloa c" 157 of the" scurrilous letters, ari more than 100 persons have fceea questioned by the grand f.Jcry whlcTt indtcted "Maxwen and wfci c.x still Js petnrgheld: for "further de velopments. A.(number ot wit nesses whose . stories ' Mr. "' Bantca was. eager! to jay before the rrada Jury haya .'departed, f or . the Ber mudas and " other- foreign place. unwilllngr to "face the public! if Mieir . conuecuon , wun tne ca would ' be' sure to bring. : . I!r. Ban to n, said ' h e . feared' 1 p ubl I c 1 i r givett thei matter today, , de;:.3 nis errorts to keep ;it secret, woull result in the : departure of otter wlthessesJ ' ' Aspersions Cast, ohri.rjtrew hag! received, a'. I ti ter (basting aspersions on lira. Albert Gallatin of this city. llrs. Enrico' Caruso received one ct- tacklng in. the most scurrilous wcy a half dozen of her closest friends. Thomas ;L GrJdlcr received or a attacking; a relative In such a vicious, manner that hia- health, was; broken and he died a short time later. Among those abcat whom - letters were . written . wera Mrs. John B. Stetson and Mrs. L. R. Page of Philadelphia. Some of the letters bore faka return addresses giving the names of such I persons as Charles It. Billings, '.'vice president of the Guaranty .Trust company, and Wil liam Butler Duncan. Steps, Mr, Ban ton said, already have-been made to secure extra dition of Maxwell who is in Eu rope. - :- -.; HOP CASE STARTO jTiicoiiUEnj.L'. Hop Men From AH Taris cf United States, in Attend- ance ai inai VANCOUVER, B. C. May 11. Trial of a suit of E. Clements Horst, who declared on the' stand that he was the largest' dealer in hops In :tho world, against T. A. Livesley& Co.; headed by T A. LlvjBSley of Salem, Or.; opened here today before Juf tlce- D. A. McDonald. Horst claims $86,003 damages! on 'the allegation that the Livesley concern refused 600, 000 pounds of hops In 1922. " The defendant alleged that the hops were not up to specifications and put In a counter claim of $126,004 for money' advanced. The plaintiff asserted that , the real reason' for rejection of the hops was1 a sudden drop In the price. ' - " .'7 Hop men are here fro in all ths Pacific coast of the United" States to i attend ""the trial, which r is' x pected to be' a long one." , Fire Wipes Out Half of . . Little Town of Sist BEND. Or., Mar 11. Whila practically the ; entire populailca of the little- town, ot Sisters, Or., on the east approach -to tie Mo Kenzie pass, was In Redmond at tending the annual central Oregon track meet, fire today broke out in an abandoned garage and wled out half the- business section be fore it could be stopped.. Crcn- taneons i combustion of cd-scake rags Is. blamed for the conflagra tion.; i : , The loss was estimated at 'I