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White, adjutant - general. tfpmiba federal war de--. partmntat iWiWiigteiLi 'y , ). Tlii infppnatjon cmk aa.soine- thing' of a snrprtsei- national guard!-head naartera" as (no special recmltiagK campaigns - hare been eoadncted although organixations thronghont the state hare;, been enlisting men persistently for the field training -camp next month . TTrstj place in the country has ' Iocs Jbeen the goal of the Oregon n&tionaX gnard. , which has held k first place.'' tik,, relatiTe strength : and efficiency among, j western ; states fejrt thsv past three years, ' and second ;' place" in the entlrt eonntfVl '1 Oregfla . It 3 7 pert cen ; ahead of Its nearest competitor in national i guard derelopment among.-coat states' althongh haW Ihg; Jess; thanLl hlt. thai financial MVVoHTl&em hTt other leading i states far- this- ptxrposer -It ' was j shown by the -comparative table at-ttte adjutant general's office. : y WtKKUjunv Man Conrmander- mepti with headiiusrters'.at Fprtland Is t&e one . teat has .stripped au other regiments In " the " United" States. The regiment ris lha same- one that was, mobilized flrstfor. the, Mexi can " border serrice, and ' in . the "WorW war" was mobilized' anoT on duty before any other regiment was mobilized in the country. The regiment: ta now- under - the eating command of -Lieut. Col. : Eugene ' Uoshberger of Woodbarn. ; list of Captalna - 1 Company commanders -whose re- eruiting activities hare ' brought their regiment to first place are r Company A, McMinnTiUe1 Captain i ! James C. .Shirley; H Company B. -; Portland, : .- Captain Purham D. Hailj Company; C, Eugene, Cap .:! tain Lawrence 'Jensen Company ; ;ater;2 Company- E," Portland Cap- ' , ; tain- Jiarry Hanson;., company . v !Sa!emv, Captain. Pan! Hendricks; Company O, Portland! Captain ; Fred J. Malmie; ' : Company: H, f j Portland. Captain, Fv; Wlegasd; ; amqok. Captain Jacob E. Shearer; . Company L, Dallas, CaptalaE. B. . Hamilton; Company; M, Corrallis, j Captain William :11. EUensburg; eerricei company, - Portland, Cap - ; tain, Raymond M. Connors,! head- i quartert company.-Portland j Cap- . talni James F. Alexander; Ho-witz- er company; Portland, captain ai : Tin ;C.' Baker; . v medical detach ment, Portland; Major WilJlani.C , Scott; " First, battalion , headquar ters! company,; Eugene, ; L4euten ' ant jElwin- H. McCarger; Second battalion : headanarters company, Poitland, ;L4eutenant S.4 Wi llams; - Third ' battalion headquar i ters' company. ' -Woodburn, L4en - tenant lOlirer 8: Olson. , EPISCOPAL. JIELTTCTlXWEa' f ? TACOMA Wash.; May 23. i Election of officers, - when .; two ' Tacoma women won executire positions, tne jBeleetioh , of- Seat- : tie as' the meeting. pUca lor tha I ; 1)2 i con-fentloa 3 and reports on ' vt ' f.a.' Af rhnrrh work vA.wua -: yuwa-oi " brought to an end this afterndon ' the 14th; annual conTentlon i or f the women's auxiliary . of me 1 Episcopal diocese, otOlympIa.' : THE WEATHER' OREGON: Friday, cloudy, probably showers cooler, east portion; moderate westerly I winds. ' i i LOCAL 1 WEATHER r 4 - (Thursday)- i Maximum tempeTatnre 64. , Minimum tempefatttre'D.' ,Rirer 2.3 stationary. Rainfall, , none. . ' Atmosphere partly cloudy. ,Wind, Bouth.. , . . THi sua aifi mmmwss mm : i ' v " r - 1 f .... v . - ,- - . .-- i- " , 111 i tttt m ii' i iwfc. ! mpww m ' i n 1 1 i n n linn t i , . f n r if i . r :i.ff. wi t MEDFORD. Ore . Mav 24.- Portland was elected president women's cli0s here latei today, defeating Mrs. Collins Elkina, of Prineville, 148 to 101. The convention closed following the election. 'v- I ; -v: Other -officers elected were? ' i 1 V First vice president. Miss Grace Chamberlain of Ashland, second vice president, Mrs. Ii. secretary, Mrs. William ; Pallock. or Forest Grove : auditor. Mrs. John H. Albert, of Salem; of : Portland ; directors. Mrs. Mrs., George Cochran of La Grande. k, 4 Following the election and: installing of? new officers, most ofi the delegates began leaving for their homes in vari ous parts of the state, by automobile and train. 1 i IIS BIS OPPOSITION American i Agent Before . Claims Commission Thinks ' Young Man Needed i: WASHINGTON,! May 24. R. C. Morris of New ork, American agent i before the I German-American mixed claims commission, to day tendered , his ; resignation r to President; Harding. Announce ment . was. made I at the v White House that fie was . retiring, "at the insistent call) of this, personal and professional affairs." The resignation, of Morris was the second; among; officials, of the claims commission, within! a week. William BV Day, former associate justice, of the', supreme .court.- re signed several days ' ago- as um pire of the commission r because tlaeU that a younger and strong" ejr. man should be assigned 'to the work., which invoires. the ? settle ment of . claims amounting- to; a billion, and s a half dollars. ; As . h U successor, the president appointed Edwin; P Parker of, Huston. ,Tex who has been .the American mem ber of the commission. To Announce Successor - Mr. Morris 1 since the organiza tion" of ' the commission last Oc tober has been j engaged in pre paring briefs on the claims that the American! gTernment and its citizens hare against Germany as the, result of, war damages, and I has built up a staff to conduct the presentation of claims. This staff now is: functioning so well' that Mr, Morris felt that. he could re turn to his law: practice. In.'New YorkC . . The . . White , House an nouncement of. ' his resignation said it. had. postponed' "until the organisation of the American ag encywas f nlly perfecte'd : In every wayf,, : - ' v-y.? V President Harding is , under stood to be desirous that the work bf ' the commission be ' expedited as? much as possible and conse quently if Is expected that he soon will announce- - the appoln'ment of a successor to ; Mr. Parker as American., commissioner and to Mr. Morris as American agent.- VETKIVISIT Orand' Army- andr Women's 1 Relief Corps Will Addressi , Pupils, Today " Today, May i 25, has been selected-as the time for the annual school . memorial day . conducted by the Grand.; Army of . the Re public, and affiliated 1 societies. Air the I local schools are : to be visited by delegates i from- the Grand Army and the Woman's Relief corps, of Salem. : "In some cases the speakers visit two or more schools; in others, they j go to but' a single school. The hours and 'the places for these patriotic f observances are here given; for the Grand Army ' speakers: ;. J : - ! Senior High! 8:30 - JameB Lisle; D. F. Lane 4 and others. , Grant Htehj 2:30 R. R. Ryan S. ,R. Bond. ('"'' Washington! Jr. High. 2:304-1. Rl Moyer. . Lis X. , Porter. k . . MeKinley .Jr. lllgh' 1:30 j Gideon Stolta and others. U Garfield - School, 1:30 Albert Loughrtdge, '?HarIan; Carnahan, Lincoln School, 1:00 J. o W. SCHOOLS TOBAY . -. ; i i . i ; ' V ' - . i -. t- ! Mrs . Saidie i Orr DunW of of'the State Federationr of .v ,:: E. Bean,- of Eugene; recording treasurer, Mrs G. J. Frankel, William; Bell . of Roseburcr and Nation tacksi Commanding and Domtnatingilnterest President JDeciares WASHINGTON,, May J4.The preamble to the 'constitution- is the, best chart, for the nation's course in; a program of .patriotism and citizenship, President Harding declared today- before, delegates representing 50 , additional agen cies and organizations tot the third annual, conference of tbV Natio nal; American counciU TheL pres ident made a plea' for the re-dedi-. cation of the people to the 'alms or their; government which,, he said would furnish 'the nation. a "commanding and. dominating na tional interest' which had been lacking since the World war. General - Pershing, Frank A. Vanderlip of New York.- president of the ' council; Commissioner, of Education TigertiUt C R. Mann, chairman of the civilian advisory board of the.' army general -staff; Samuel Gompers, president of the American cFederatlon; of Labor, and. a; number of educators' ad dressed the meeting, y ' : h- :y-: " : ' . ; Council Aim OntUaed . . . Hr. ; Vanderlip outlined; the aim of the council as the promoter of education for citizenship ' and pa triotism by co-ordinating the work (Of tbe 50 or more organization members. , . I ,. General Pershing explained 'the organization of'the reserve army which the war-department Is now building-up, and said it .was the best: mainstay of the jiationv. Ne glect oi thee common', defense,' he paid, has been the cause of many (continued . on. page, 2 ) . HfSLV '1 I- Last Minute Delay.in Execu ; tion of Martinez Received By- Warden : . TUCSON, Ariz; May 24V -' A last minute delay in the execution of Manuel Martinez set for five o'clock ; tomorrow mornihg, pc curred late ; today, when Warden Sims of the, state, penitentiary at Florence , was. served .with a writ of j habeas corpus directing to pro duce the body and person of Mar tinez in the superior court of Pin al i county at 9:30 ooiock-Saturday morning.: . ii, i' ;.,,: ': - ;: Martinez 'was 'to hang tomor row for the murder of J. Frank Pearson. y y, Application for the habeas cor pus ;writ' was made by , Robert Qalroz, Mexican consul at Pheo- nix, who: was represented by At torney Robinson of El Paso, Tezf as, according to Warden Sim, the latter declared he would not pro ceed with the execution .unless be received Instructions from the at torney gnerai's office.1 I f ; i ; Earlier today prison officials announced that Martinez had. de clared in a dictated statement that Placido.- SUvas , now serving ai life sentence tor the same crime. took no part in the slaying. i i Pearson and his wife ? were killed in.. bandit raid at Ruby, Ariz., int August. 1921. i Sllvas and Martlne were arrested at th same time, and the latter Impli cated SUras in , a statement made at that time. In his "statement to day: Martine r?rated.decalra 5111 . -y.': - 1 . - , i yy 'y awa IDSt Portland! Minister Protests Action Condemning Doc trines Preached By Harry v Fosdick- QUESTION OF MIXED MARRIAGES' TABLED Pastors Should "Prayerful ly" Consider Roman Cath " olio Knots, Believe ; INDIANAPOLIS, May 2 4.-4 (By Associated. Press.) Sixty . leaders of- the Presbyterian church of the United States filed with the gener al assemgly a protest against the assembly's : action yesterday I in condemning the .doctrines preach ed by; Harry: Emerson Fosdlck in the first; Presbyterian chureh t of New York. , , . ; ;:'.; . .'. I -' An attempt was made by funda mentalists : to vote the protest -out of the record . but! Dr. Charles I Ti Wlshart, thte moderator, ruled' a protest t was admissable. without consent of .the assembly The , assembly completed - Its eight-day : session, and adjourned at 4:16 p. m4 to meet at Grand Rapids, Mich., May 22 of next year.. : , . . v . . ... : . Many Protest Action One of its last official acts was to send down to the Presbyteries for their consideration an. over ture . to amend, the church law to permit .individual Presbyteries',, to sanction the , regular employment of other denominations. . such, as Dr. "Fosdlck who; is a Baptist. While the oreftures. .it.approv ed,' would legalize the employment of Dr. Fosdick end other outsiders In special cases, it will not change yesterday's mandate , to the, First Presbyterian church of New 'York and all other churches, of the de nomination to 8ee that "the doc trine expounded in, their. pulpits conforms to, the . doctrine off the church and ! the -.Westminster1! con fession of faith. ; i Protest against yesterday's' ac tion, was signed by Dr. George Alexander, pastor of the church where" Dr. Fosdick preaches; Nol an R. .Best,', editor: of .the Contin ent,' a church publication; William P.' Merrill . pastor of the famous brick church of New. York; Rev. Martin EC Hardin, student' pastor at Cornell university; , Rev, : Ed ward, 1 B .Pence,- Portland,, Ore.; Rev. James C. Reid, Saa Francis co; Rev. Murray S. .Howland, Buf falo, practically, all of the New York delegates and many others ' i . v Irwin j Appeal Reviewed ' r? The protest, declared the assem bly's , action was based on allega tions of the Philadelphia Presby tery, on condition in the New York Presbytery, whichTwera. "not sub etanilated by-the .evidence-." that the;.', assembly had, condemned without, proper hearing, and .that the . resolution adopted "Reeks to Imppse doctrinal tests other than those- solemnly r agreed upon la. the constitution of our chureh.' The general assembly; spent most of the morning "session today approving the .findings., of - the Ju dicial commission ' the; appellate courts which reviews disputes and trials before the Presbyteries and synods. ' The only .case of wide import ance reviewed : was the appeal t of the Rev. Thomas J, Irwin of Law- ton, Okla.. fronvthe verdiet-of the El Reno Presbytery and the Ok lahoma : Presbytery-, Indefinitely suspending him. from - the ministry on charges of , condnet .unbecom ing a' minister, violation of his ordination vows and violation of church laws. i ; . Mixed Sfarriges Considered 1 The Judicial commission found that the sentence of indefinite suspension which the' report said, Is the ecclesiastical capital, pun ishment" was too severe; and that a reprimand or very limited sue pension' would -have been sufflc! ent. ilt, therefore, recommended and the assembly approved.! that Mr.' Irwin should be restored to membership in the El Reno Pres bytery and given a letter to" any Presbytery to which he might choose . to transfer. Seventy-five overtures from ra- rious Presbyteries on the question of mixed, marriages between Pres- byteriansf and . . Roman V. Catholics were tabled, by" recommendation of the committee and a resolution adopted that Presbyteries and pas tors should "prayerfully "consld er,.ck fndlYidhal case, as -it-1r , FORT WORTH, Tex May 24 The Ku Klux Klan Issue may be injected into the proceedings. Mon day when the trials of 87 oil men indicted on charges; of using the mails to defraud, begin in federal court. The. first case to be heard 13 that of Charles Sherwin, H. H. Schwarz and "General" Robert A. Lee," Indicted in ' connection I with the General Lee Development com pany. It is .estimated that the de fendants may challenge the jury members on; their connection "With the klan organization. ! In XWa case, - the, government ' is preparing to use several Confed erate veterans as witnesses. The government': will 'endeavor to show by Jhem, that they purchased stock- in the company 'because Lee posed as a descendant of General Robert E. ;Lee.. More i than 60 witnesses have been summoned in the ease. The government will en deavor to show that Robert A. Lee Is not a descendant of the South ern general, but at one time was a Janitor at' the state house In Idaho. ; ;;'.-. : . mm is spent Pacific 'Telephone: & Tele graph Co. Makes txten . sive Improvements , A number of important -Improve-? raents in the . line service- of the Pacific. Telephone- & - Telegraph company-; In and; out ..of Salem. aggregating, an - expenditure of about - $75,000,: have been going steadily , forward 4 " for , several nthsasther; combine to taAke the service yery; much bet- ter than it has ever been. . A copper circuit between Salem and .McMinnville, 25 miles,, and , a "phantom'' ; circuit over, this same line, andr to. RIckreall, gives a very, much : better., long-distance communicauon. i ne - paantom cir cult is Coueism applied . to .tele phony. , Two regular circuits are established insulated, but still closely u affiliated that even while both. of these are in use, by in daciion a asable third circuit' can be established by adding only the terminal equipments- This service with- all the 66 miles of new cop per wire, and the additional poles and cross-arms, represents an ex penditure' of about $8000. . The toll service to all the coast towns, ft is said; wilt be greatly Improved by the new installation. i Much new equipment is being installed in the. local office, one Item being a complete' new long distance- testing- apparatus.' . The old testing equipment was install ed in 1905; or18 years ago. nce then the telephone inventors have fairly remade r their jwhole art. The new equipment will be far more effective in . locating gnd remedying-wire troubles. ' : : ii An aggregate of mere than 2, 000 miles of service wire is being tnstalledrin: cables, for) the handl ing of traffic5 la the jcity. This includes - 2 4,00 Q feel of aerial cable, carrying- from 125 to 300 pairs of ; wires, and 5000 feet un derground cable, carrying from 100; to 1200 pairs.:. This work, when completed will relieve; the congestedv districts and provide for future growth. It will require three or four months to complete this . work, which is to cost ap proximately! $50,000. '. i. T One- other-' section - covers, the placing, of r 8300 - feet of aerial cable i on , the Fairgrounds4 road, north' of , Hood street, and' the ire placement of jpart of i jthe 50-pair submarine Cable across the Wil lamette riyer to West Salem, at A cost of $7000.- Other estimates are.- in . preparation for : important extensions j and ; betterments, to keep pace with the rapidly grow ing needs of Salem. ,1 -V WOULil AVOID CCT i; TULSA. Okla.. Marl 24. To avoid a further cut . lii the price of high gravity ; mW-contlnent cruder oil : i of 14 1 operators .i in the. Burbank field of Osage coun ty, Oklahoma,! agreed today.- to shut down and keep closed 279 WeliS ' 'jiT .,.-. it y.:i-- y r OLD INDIAN DLES CENTRA LI A, Wash.. May 24. Mrs.. Lizzie MoXley,L reputed to be 130 years old. the oldest In-' dian on the Oakvilleiireservatlon near. here, died .there last 'night. She was a member of the Will- IESS LEAGUE TO Fake Advertisers, Moochers and Beggars Are Target of j Merchants and Committee is Appointed to tont Them I DownFourth Celebration Not Endorsed Bargain Day to be Passed This Year. . 1, ; ! Fake advertisers,, moochers, agents with various fake plans of advertisinu; are likely hereafter to find pretty rough sledding , in;- Salem, . according to members of thiR Salem Business Men's league who met last night at the Salem Cham ber of Commerce. Presrdeht Millerand Refuses . to Accept Resignation ' of Poincafe PARIS, May 24 (By the As sociated ; Press ) Premier Poln care and his colleagues in the cab inet today submitted their resig nations to? President-. "Millerand but .the pres'dent declined to ac cept them. j : Action of the ministers was. the outcome of the refusal of the sen ate' to proceed with- the trial; of Marcel Cachln and other commun ists charged with illegal acts against the French republic. M, Poincare informed the correspond ents he interpreted the vote in the senate as want of confidence; in the cabinet which made if impos sible for the ministry . to act against communist plots. . Immediately fatter the meeting of the senate, M. Poincare called a council of t ministers. A brief discussion took place and then the premier ' and. his . colleagues pro- ceeded to Elysee Palace to place their" resignations in the hands of the president.' The senate, , sitting as a high court in secret session, voted that It was 1 not a competent body to pass on the Cachln case. The ministry, will remain in office.- - The- vote was . a" surprise. ; . No one was more surprised . than , the ministers, who. after the chamber rose, went home to prepareto at tend a reception at Elysee In hon or Pasteur. . . M. Poincare replied in his opin ion the senate's decision involved the entire cabinet. it-, having Jointly undertaken to -repress com munist activities.- He added that he was about to summon the min isters to decide upon the course to adopt.- .. ; .V v ;"' s li' ' -r ' - ' Seventy to Eighty Suffering From Wounds Received in Bitter Fight GELZENKIRCHEN, May 24 (By .The Associated Press,X Eight persons are dead seven men and one child and : be tween 70' and 80 are suffering from wounds doe to bitter fight ing 'which broke-; out last night In- the town between Commun ists and the defense forces. The trouble had Its origin in , the seizure by tho communists of po lice headquarters in which much destruction was wrought. - The building was then set on fire Tbe, members of the defense force, who were .holding the building; were driven out after hard- fighting, which was resum ed. la the streets. The casualties were about -equally, divided, be tween the- communists and the members of the defense , force The communists today ! are still holding the portion of the police headquarters which was nof ,dam aged- by the, flames. . Negotiations have' -begun ; by the communists ; and . their I sympathizers- with the- burgomaster with: a-view -to . forming a com mission of four to-, take over the task fo policing the city. .REPORTS PIRK NEW YORK, May 24. The British freighter i Cornish t City, reported by- wireless tonight that a serious fire was-burning in her No 4 . hold. The Cornish City arrived late; thls evening from Liverpool : via Philadelphia - and anchored off Stapleton, States Is land. She earned - a general RES GNAT OnS kDT ACCEPTED i The hard sledding will be due to the fact-that members of the league last night unanimously voted to -join the Portland . Ad club. ; thereby ' declaring ; war ' es pecially on fake -and alp kinds of false advertising. ' ; . j ... Investigation- Ordered y SO earnest were members - .'of. the league in ; their fight against unfair advertising; that the pres ident: of ' the league, - William Gahlsdorf, was authorized to ap point a committee of five ; to se cure.: evidence of falsa.- advertis ing and to present - this evidence by which the . Portland. Ad club may; assist In taking legal action. As r moochers and Tarlous shades ; of . beggars are said to have been working the city late ly, members of the league were urged not to only refuse to give, but at- once to report ? all such cases to the policed ........ m There will be no Fourth of July if celebrations In Salem.;, as members.; of . the league feel . in clined to help . neighboring cities, such: as Silrerton. and , Dallas and the.- Marion community by not running a competitive Fourth celebration; in Salem. No Bargain Day Bargain day tor - some time during - July, was also quickly given' a decent burial and.it Jhe recommendations of the league hold good,: the July bargain day will this year be passed O. Ei McAfee, secretary of the league, reported' that . as a result of the questlonaire, regarding closing hours, the-' jewelers of the city ; got! together and agreed te open their stores at 8 o'clock in the morning and close-at. 6 o'clock' except Saturday evenings when 'they will remain open half an hour longer-. Some other lines of retail business were not so fortunate In agreeing on uniform opening and- closing hours, Mr. McAfee reported. Berry ' Picking ; Dismissed .. The propc8ition to dose stores once in! a while to permit- the boss and-the clerks to save the berries .and fruits surrounding Salem did not meet with favor. Reference - was made to last year when stores were closed to isave the berries.; and later reports showed that not only the boBS and his family but ;'; about half the clerks went fishing. - However members, of the league rather favored the proposal that' stores might permit clerks to - leave; oc casionally about 3 ojclock In the afternoon; with ; the understand ing they devoted the - remainder of - daylight to berry picking, ; Memorial : day, next Wednes day, ' will be observed ; by1 closing stores r the entire day, It the motion unanimously passed by the league is observed. It-was the opinion of members that- the day should be regarded as a hol iday. 1 New members received into the league last night were: Dr. Mary Rowland, The; Mlstland Bakery, J. R. . Kennedy. 261 Court,' and Scheelar'Auto Wrecks ing company, 554 Ferry, street During the months of . June, July - and August no monthly meetings of the league will be held..; It was felt by. members present that the board of direc tors' could handle during the summer months such important questions .as cinders, moochers, fake advertising and tk e various ills to which the retail business is heir. --v Defendant: Gets; Verdict In Walla Walla Contest YAKIMA, May 24. A verdict for -the- defendant was returned this morning by a jury in the da mage1 suit brought by C. D Rob inson of Spokane against Reese K B. Brown of-Wapato, involving an agreement over the- transfer ofjan 80-acre tratc near tlarrab. , jhe suit jwas -for $6500.;. Robinsdn traded property in Spokane valued at $24,000 for the tract. He alleg ed thati Brown had .promised to put !n ditehea to drain the ground and the failure to do so resulted I, la, the loss of crops ralueS at the CANCELS It Edict of Supreme Court Fcr- can . Ltmits Excites Ire of Company MANY; RESERVATIONS : DECLARED CANCELLED 1 . i Treasury Indicates Way Has Been Found to Circum- vent Conflicts : ' NEW YORK, May 24. ' T" Spanish Royal Mall , Elcar; ... line," operating between Barcelcr : and New York, has ordered dia ntlnuance of all American sail ings,! Luis Llanso, local agent for the company announced - tonight. The - discontinuance . was- - ordered because1. Of the. recent 'euprena court decision forbidding forelsa vessels from bringing; liquor into American territorial ; limits, ha said. .' Many. Cancel Passage . -j The steamship Prince Deattrua tegul which will sail from Cadiz on May 30 and .Is due In New York June 11, will be the last ship of thet line to touch pete Liana said. All ships will be dlv ered to Havana and Vera Crua after that date, he asserted. ' The company decided to cancel sailings ; because of the conflict1 between American and ' Spanish laws,7 said , Llanso. "The Span ish Jaws fequlre us to carry liq uor for the use' of, the crews, but the American laws forbid us ta bring Jt within its territorial Urn its.) ! The j Prince, Desatrustegul will arrive and leave here dry." ; He indicated, however, that the ship Would proceed to Cuba on its return trip. j It will bring ap proximately 2 Op passengers, hi said; but many f had cancelled pas sage when learnings of the ne: ruling. The company . operates a small fleet, with monthly sailing! for New York. Evade Regulatiott ? WASHINGTON. May. 24. Offi cial promulgation of the new ship liquor regulations hade necessary by the supreme court's recent de cision is expectd soon at the trea sury where-indications were given today that, a way had been found to circumvent international con f lict 1 1 in, laws. The regulations were said; to be on Secretary Mel--. Ion's desk, complete but In a ten- tlve formi awaiting his considera T tion.1 , Treasury spokesmen refused to disclose features of the new rules required pr the : decision , which ibans all. fexcept medicinal "liquor within the three-mile limit" or to reveal how the laws of the United' States and those of foreign coun tries which require hips of their nationals to carry; liquor as 1 crew ! rations?' or . ship ! (j stores were -brought Into harmony. ' 5 " 1 ?t-,;,j Vl.To File Protests r "" ' It; was ascertained definitely that tbe uttoraeys who framed th tentative draft of the regulations: had! given study to the use of the niedlcina exemptions of the Vol?- -stead act, as a means of avoiding a direct conflict with froelgn laws. The! suggestion was made . to the ; lawyerslt was said, that trans fer of the shp stores or crew II qor ration p the custody of the ship doctor might bring It within the i court ruling which has been declared to be the most sweeping ' (Continued-on page 4) Mnr.n nTXlRY The out-J ward and visible sign; of anj inward land spiritual grace. I y EVERY FLAG flying this Memorial Day will be a tribute' to the boys who fought and. fell 'Oyer There." SEE j FLAG ANNOUNCE MENT On page 4. J Mav i . . : ie2unj eueu iSL