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DIS AGREAGE
IS SIGH) UP
DY OOQSTERS
Growers Determined That
fcoganberrie Shall flot be
Scld . at , Less. Than Five
- Cents This Season
IMPETUS IS GIVEN ;:
PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
Organization Committed of
j Five Producers of County
!" Is1 Appointed r ,
n
"As" far as known, no loganber-
Tles hare been sold" in the willam
tie Taller (his year -tor less, than
' the general -price agreement of S
cents- a pound fixed through the
Oregon -Loganberry Growers Co-
Qper&Ufe' TEtcTtangte' association.
Much off the' tonnage was held un
der the "gentlemen's agreement'
of the early, loose association, and
many critics said they would nev
er stlck-j.. But they- hare, down to
the last berry, and, it promises to
be 6 cents: all the season, or noth
ing. ' ' -- ' , 1
; JUg Acreage Signs Up .
At a big ' growers', meeting held
at the Chamber of Commerce Sat
urday afternoon, -a larger, num
ber of growers attended than t
an other similar meeting in the
history; of the industry. A defin
ite ' program and Cfon tract- were
presented, and several bundraft
Area, of . berries .were signed up
to be governed by the association
mlesi v- A straight marketing or
ganization i Is j proposed. . .It does
not' platf actually to handle or
process the be fries. : It will sell
fruit in any and - every, kind ' of
market; I however- fresh v fruit,
evaporated fruit, fruit for canning
or fruit for juice, and it will ,ad
vertise the loganberry in-s rery
possible.- or probable markef. the
growers contracting to pay one
tenth of a cent abound for the
advertising fund.. ': ' , : -s.;; '
Packers Reluctant
At an informal meeting with Sa
lem cancers Friday evening. ! prac
tically every local cannery being
represented the packers did not
warm up to the proposal to stand
part of the expense for an adver
tising campaign.! Only one com
pany, the King's Products: com
pany, expressed its readiness, off
hand,: to make such an agreement.
The growers, however, 'irlll not
waVer In their belief thai a' wider
market must1 be secured, and they
'will tax themselves fo .find this
The organisation contract, fol
lows some of the same lines as the
Oregon, Growers' contract, save
that 4t is not .manufacturing cor
poration in the remotest sense. An
organisation committee was nam
- ed. J. S. Marshall, O. J. Vincent,
A. . IT. Chapman, IL, H: Mumford
and -Dan. Murphy, all of Marion
county, to sign up growers for
the big organisation. '
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Convict Hides in Wagonload
t of Flax and Is Hauled
Out of Yards .
lee" Jackson, serving on a 12
year sentence for assault ' and
robbery committed in Lane coun
ty,; escaped-from the state pen
itentiary yesterday", by hiding In
a wagon-load of waste flax fiber.
iWben the wagon drora. out of
the prison yard Jackson went
with-it. Guards are on his trait,
lie . had served three -years.
fits
CAPE
v THEyTHER , .
OREGON Clearing, wester,
ly winds.
' LOCAL WEATIIER ' ,
- (Saturday)
Maximum -;- - 5
Minimum - - - - - - - r f - 45
IllTer, stationary. - . 2.2
Rainfall - - - - - - - - -i2
Atmosphere - - - - Cloudy
r:inl - . - - - - South
BOYS WADING
IN RESERVOIR
ARE DROWNED
Heroic Rescue Attempted By
. Young Swimmer But Weight
of Bodies Too Much
BILLINGS,; Mont.. May 26
Despite heroic efforts on the part
of; George Matteson, 11 to eare
the lives of two of his companions,
Francis Cline? aged 8 and Wayne
Meinecke, 9. ,th two boys were
drowned in an irrigation reserrolr
about six miles north of Billings
this afternoon. - . ' ; .. ' . .'l
The boys had been wadins when
they stepped Into the water about
4Q feet deep; Young . Matheson
dired In when he obserred their
peril but ' their ; combined weight
was too great ,and' he barely es
caped drowning' himself! ' All the"
youths reside' here. ' The bodies
were fecbrered. ;
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Pasha andVenizelos Shake
Hands and Come to Terms;
Session Dramatic ;
LAUSANNE" May z.vi ' (By
The : Associated; Preaa-i flPeae
Instead ot war In the Near East
was the welcome result of a
dramatic session of the Laus
.n" eonferenM held todaV at
Ouehy Chateau to ' settle the
Turco-Greek (reparation contro
versy Complete agreement was
reached. ; and. as this was the
only" remaining problem between
the Greeks andi the Turks., bos
Ulltles which .-ft. was; feared
might-.inTolTe, the Balkan coun-
triest hare beent ayerted. ,
The United States. I through
Joseph C. Grew the : minister; to
Switzerland, played an import
ant part in the settlement. Mr.
Grews efforts lor peace which
continued throughout the night
end today are regarded by the
conference! delegates jas haying
helped considerably in preparing
the way xor -tne agreement too
Kuropean powers t hare been
seeking for: a fortnight. V
Greece Owee Indemnity
The essential : points t in today's
agreement are r Greece admits
that she owes indemnity to Tur
key, while Turkey renounces en
forcement of, payments: the two
powers agree to rectification of
the boundary between Eastern
and' western Thrace, and to the
restoration ot ships seized from
one another since the armistice;
the Turks agree to waive indem
nity In riew of Greece's precar
ious financial j condition and
Greece consents tp the cession to
Turkey' of Karagatch and the
railroad i from Karagatch to the
Bulgarian frontier.
Delegates Shake - Hands
The meeting ! today began in
the.samo atmosph.ere" as nttend-ed-
tbre collapse of the previous
conference Febzruafy -4. Th
principal delegates, notable sir
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Telegran jto McNary Indi
cates rresiaenx way roi-j-
low Original' Plan
' - United States Senator Charles
L. .McNary yesterday received ; d
telegram from George B. Christ
ian. Jr.. privates secretary to Pre
ident Harding, 1 indicating Ahat
the president may adhere to his
originally announced plan, to sal
froni Portland. Or., on July a for
Alaska, Instead of ! sailing from
Seattle.- ; " - - -; - ' .
" Some time agoi it was announc
ed that the president would
speak in Portland on July 4. and
sail from there for j Alaska- the
following day. i Later it . was re
ported that i he would go from
Portland to Seattle and sail from
that portf also returning to Seat
tle after the! Alaska visit. .: :
ii Senator McNary, after return
ing to - Oregon. . few days ago,
took up the matter with the pres
ident by telegrapW and ' the re
ply , received j yesterday states
that5 arrangements 'are still in
definite', but that there are In
dications' that f the president will
sail from Portland. J ...
Senator McNary Is endeavor
ing to have the president stop' in
Salm for aa address,
AVERTED
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K POUD
BRIGANDS
If!
FIGHT WITH
ER1EF1T
Net Drawn By Tien's Troops
Grows Tighter and Fatali
ties Already ) Reported
Among Soldiers j
jCONQUJEST MAY ENHANCE
t PRISON ERSf I LIVES; SAY
Politics and Not 1 Banditry
Held to Have Been Be
? hind Train Hold-up
- PEKING, May l (By The
Associated Press.? -- Mtachi,ne
guns and rifles tonight are at
tempting to force the release of
14 1 foreigners, -. Including six Americans,-held
by Chinese bandits
in the bills above Uncheng.
u For three weeks crowds of of
ficial negotiators . have ; labored
in ram to rree tne captives woo
were IddaaDe'd from the ' Shano
hai-Pekln g express .May 6 ; .
'Now- the- mountain ' paths of
the home - district- of ; Cotif ucious,
China' KTateat 4sa'ire' that for
days has been- filled with run
ners! carrying terms back: and
forth between Faotzuku fortress
and the negotiators' belovr are
being' put- to -other ses.- s - -Old
Tien . Chung-Tu. - - Tuchun
or - military -' governor of -' Shan
tungV is i having feist-way) and
three brigades of his I troops,
with machine ' Suns' snd two
scouting airplane, . have plunged
into the hill defiles to "dig the
bandits otrt.T ' 5 ::Ql
Already the soldiers have had
two" brushes with, the outfawa,
with fatalities on both sides, r
Hold is Tightening;
Ceneral Tien ' has! thrown ' tlr
troops In a. wide - circle about tha
bandit hotbed and he la grad
ually , tightening his ? strangle
hold; cutting , W0" outlaws', com
munlcations " and hoping - finally
to isolate the gang that is hold
ing the 14 foreigners. 1
rar.above the clouds in the
mountain prison, a crisis ' Is be
lieved to be approaching. The
outlaws are said to be eager to
make terms, but they fear the
promises . of Peking. . Also, they
know General Tien,, who l haa s;
refutation for separating tb'
heads of brigands from their
bodies. ):'
In what they declare is a final
affar tn rnmA tt tn tCTeement.
ttfe brigands yesterday sent out
a spokesman, accompanied by i J.
B. PowelIr of Shanghai, one of
tha American: erlsoners. i Hither
to, all overtures have failed ow-
Ing to ; tne jtianapers aemanu
that any agreement with the
Chinese officials must have ah
official foreign guarantor.! t
The captives j themselves; are
reported to be generally In .good
health, except the Italian million
aire attorney, OJ D. Musso, who
Is suffering from, an injured leg.
Their clothing Is poor, living
conditions in their. prison are
bad and food Is none too plen-
tiful, but IB spuey oi ail, i vney
are said to be I standing : the
strain well.
Politics:. Behind Holdup ! t .
Rhind the' Chinese lines iat
Tn Chwantf is a military , com
mission of foreign officers, headj-
ed by Brigadier General wnmra
D. Connor of the! American army
which is Investigating measures
beinz taken by the Chinese gov
ernment for the release of the
prisoners. '
The movement of jOops to-
: Vio. nntlawK retreat fol-
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lowed" on the heels, of -Statements
In diplomatic-circles that It had
been definitely established j that
politics and: not ordinary ( ban
ditry . was behind the holdup ;i ot
the. express near . Suchow three
weeks ago. It was : freely i inti
mated that one political faction.
hoping to embarrass' another,
had Instigated the; raid. 1 It was
hinted further that v the diplo
matic corps wasTconsiderIn'g tak
ing, steps to seise' the real and
personal 'property of certain;. higb
official plotters in an effort to
force action out of the Peking
government. - , ; ViV !
a m.'- foreien military drive
on the outlaw stronghold, it Is;
generally believed in ; re King ana
Tientsin; belief hlch the csp
tlvesthemselves have expressed,
thatsuht action would , enhance
the danger of y the prisoners'
death at the hands of their cap
tor. ; -''V.y-i; I
Tension les Now f ;
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Tientsin point out that . there i
(Continued oaf pao 7.)
. .SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING; MAY 27, 1923
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WHERE 73 PERSONS, 41 ' CHILDREN, PERISHED
Ruins of the school house
the presentation of a school play, causing a stampede and,;the
entire -families.; , ' . i : j
GREAT ORATORIO ;
WELL PRESEfnED
Salem: and Monmouth Singers-
Score Triumphs So
loists Delight Throng i
Like the villagers of yore, Sa.
letn folk, gathered . laet l night to
hear "it's ' own- sing the story
written ' by the master musician.
Haydn.. Once again -men and wo-
men, mostly women,- Joined "their
voices in telling the story of the
'year the opening buds, the.sun-
slKne," ripening grains' and fruits,
the harvest time and the year
setting sun -Haydn's, "The Sea
sons.', i - ; j tw: :, 't -J -
Thd few men in the nearly 400
sinters' were almost' lost. ,Those
who vera there were mostly from
the membership of the Apollo club
and WhUe few in numbers brought
to' the ; chorus' the weight' ot ex
perience. The. Monmouth chorus,
nearly 150 strong, boasted of four
men's voices. With their director,
Miss Helen. I. Moore, .the visitors
were . introduced at the beginning
of the program.
The oraiorio was beautifully
presented, and; the chorus,' orches
tral and Director John R. Sites
worked -in apparent perfect har
m on yi? while ' the soloists won re
peated applause from the. audi
ence in the crowded' armory. Mrs.
Jane . Burns , Albert, singing in
splendid volce charmed anewrher
many admirers. Her voice was a
delight in the solo and duet num
bers and bell-like in Its clarity for
the' recitative numbers.
McMillan Mulr, baritone solo
1st, , made a , decided hit with the
audience who recalled. hint several
times. His yoice is 1 smooth ; and
full and he sings easily. " He Is
not so well known in Salem 'as
Mrs. Albert and John Claire Mon
telth,ibut his singinc won him a
place with' all who heard him.
Mr. Monteith, singing in his old
form, dellfhted all. He did specif
ally good work in the recitative
numbers. :;' "' - 'A . -:':
The work" of tbe:.'chorus is con
sidered especially remarkable since
the two choruses, Salem and Mon
mouth, . ; practiced ; together jonly
once, 4 Friday,' and yet gave a re
markable display , of team' work
last night.
; Miss Ruttt Bedford was accom
panist for thft horu and soloists.
and j the Salem Symphony orches
tra did splendid work with the
chorus numbers. Dr..i, John . R.
Sites directed the chorus in his
characteristic masterful way.
The presentation of this oratorio
completes .the second annual May
festival In Salem. 'A' group of
prominent Salem men and' women
last year ' laid the foundation on
which the; work-has 'been car
ried on. To bring ; tb Salem' the
best in music was the expressed
wish of the committee. 'The Cre
ation" and. "The Seasons," two of
the biggest tora'torlcs: of i air time,
are the result of its efforts. . k
Among the '-women who have
given Snore thrtthe usual amount
of time are Mrs. Lawrence. T. Har
ris, Mrs, W. Carlton mltb, Mrs.
E. E,Fisher, Mrs. Frank Zinn and
Miss Elizabeth Putnam, '
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at Cleveland, S. C, in which seventy-three persons died when
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BYCOV
Wade H; Malone of CorvaHIs twas yesterday appointed
by Crovernor, Pierce as a member of the state highwayi com
mission ,to( succeed R. A. Booth of Eugene, who resigns. Mr.
Malone will assume the duties of the office Monday at a meet,
ing of the highway. commission in Portland le was former
ly Benton county judge and is; considered a practical road
man.1 He is a Democrat. L J '
. The appointment of a successor to Mr. Booth narrowed
down to two, Malone and! D. H. Norton of Coquille, said to
have had the backing of Senator Charles Hall of Marshf ield.
F VE SPECIAL
TRAINS GOING
Complete Arrangements For
Transporting National v
. . Guard to Camp
Five " special! trains will take
the Oregon national guard to
camps , of field instruction the
last half of - June, according to
detailed schedules for the move
ment issued by George A. White,
adjutant; general of the state.
The schedules,' made up under
special authority of the quarter
master general of the arm'yv show
in detail the rail movement of
every unit and provide sleeping
car trains for use of ; citizen-soldiers
wha 'have to travel over
night In order to reach Camps.
' ; .Sleepers FWm South ' ; '
. National, guara units . from
southern Oregon points; except
coast artillery, will come north
to Portland on. sleepers attached
to 'regular trains and on arrival
Portland will join with. Willam
ette valley organizations in spe
clal trains thai wilt run" from
the Union ; depot to Camp Lewis;
Troops that will come north the
night of June 13 include Infan
try units f rm Medford, Roseburg
Cottage Grove ' and Eugene. Sev
eral Willamette yalley units wil.t
move to Portland the late after
noon: ot June 15 .and ' spend the
night' In the Multnomah county
armory. : These units are those
from Corvallls, : Dallas and Mc
Mlnnvllle. 1 ' 1
Stop at Ashland v
The . coast -artillery batallion
will . have its own . special train
on the movement south to Fort
Barry. I The coast artillery j or
ganizations from Salem, Albany J
Newport.' Toledo and Marsh field
will move south on sleepers at
tached to regular trains and will
be consolidated ' Into a special
train at Ashland where the bat
talion will spend the day of
June 13 'attending a big celebra
tion that is being staged"In Ash
land". 1 The artillery will leave
Ashland on Its own train at 5 : 15
p. m.' of June 13 with' the right
of way south'. , , ' " t
Sfove North June 18 i. '
Movement of guardsmen north
t Continued pn Page 8).
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death of men, women and children m some cases obliterating
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I0PIER
Mil PIERCE
The other two members of the
highway- commission are Will
iam H. ruby ot Baker and Henry
B. Van Duzer of Portland. Both
are appointees of Governor 'pierce,
the personnel of the commission
having changed entirely since Mr.
Pierce took . office last January.
: RcsignatioiM Voluntary.'
The resignations ' of all the old
members - were voluntary, though
governor Piercer wns not In ac
cord with their policies and doubt
less would: have made changes
had they not resigned. However,
regardless . of , the fact that Mr.
Booth's resignation : was in the
hands of; the governor within a
few days after Governor " Pierce
took office, . , the governor asked
him to remain for a few months
for the. good of the service.!
Booth has been on the com
mission About five years and is
now chairman. The new commis
sion 'will organize Monday. Who
will be chairman is conjectural.
Malone will- represent western
Oregon, Duby eastern Oregon and
Van Duzer Multnomah county.
Changes Rumored
There are rumors that the new
commission will make ' some Im
portant changes in the highwiay
department. One prediction is
that they will do . away with the
office of secretary as a separate
office and turn the .duties of the
office over to the department at
torney, who, at the present time
Is J. M. Dovers. ! , i
Aged Invalid Dies at ,
Salem Old Peoples Home
. Mrs. Elinor. F. Selleck, one of
the patient sufferers In the Old
People's home of Salem, , died
Uaturday, , following a fall from
her chair a week ago in which
she was badly injured. She has
been an invalid for many i years,
and confined to her chair. She
was born in Ifhaca, New York, 82
years ago, and more thtm 60 years
ago was a parishioner of Rev. Dr.
James Lisle of Salem, in Iowa, be
fore he started off to the Civil
war.; Her sister, Mrs. M. A. Cun
ningham, who was with Mrs. Sel
leck here In the Salem home has
been' an invhlid and unable to
walk or help herself for 44 years.
She is now 73 years of age. The
two patient women have been so
uncomplaining and helpful , of
spirit to the Home, In their long
years of af riictlon, that the pas
sing of either Is more of a Joss
than many a - strong. Active per
son, ,
IN FIRE PANIC
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a" lamp fell on the stage during
Attended College in Salem
; Wife Daughter of Lafe"
W. H. Holmes.
WASHINGTON. May 28.Bert
K. Haney, of Portland, Ore-, was
appointed by President Harding
jtOdaxJto , be a membeTi: of the
shipping- board. HewillVsucceed
former; Senator Chamberlain, of
the- uame state, who ; recently re
signed, effective June 30. - "i
Bert E. Haney Is a prominent
Portland attorney. - and - former
United States district attorney for
Oregon. " - , ' ' '
j The appointment of Haney fol
lowed the united appeal of -both
Democratic and Republican lead
ers in the state, coupled with the
recommenditions, of commercial
and shipping interests and civic
organizations.
Haney is a Democrat.
' Haney is a native of Oregon and
was born at Lafayette, Yamhill
county, April 10, 1879. .,' He At
tended Willamette university for
three years' and for the next three
years taught school in Willam
ette valley districts.
In September, 1901, he entered
the law school of the University of
Oregon, then located in Portland,
and in 1903 was admitted to the
Oregon bar.'; : " . '
In June,. 1904, then District At
torney John Manning - named
Kkiney -a deputy district attorney
for Multnomah county and it was
in this office that he first attract
ed state wide attention as a law
yer, when he successfully -defend
ed the minimum wage, and child
welfare laws agplnst attack lhv the
local courts.
In 1908 Haney formed a' part
nership with George W. Joseph
which .continued for ' ten years,
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LAYS CDIERSTOI
Geor G. Brown, Grand Mas--ter,
Lays Stone for New
; "Hospital in Portland
PORTLAND, Or., May 26.
Amid a vaet throng of Masons,
many in uniforms of high degree,
George Ol Brown of Salem,, grand
master of Oregon; this afternoon
laid the corner stone of. the hos
pital for crippled children, being
erected here by the Ancient Arabic
Order of Nobles, of the Mystic
Shrine. ; - 'r:. - ..- - -
The 'chief address was delivered
by Bishop Frederick W. Keator of
Tacoma,.Wash., a member of the
national board in . charge ot
Shrine hospitals. He was one of
the trustees who selected the
Portland site and he has been a
member of the national board
ever ' since the hospital movement
had its beginning ill Portland dur
ing the 1920 session of the Mystic
Shrine Imperial council.
SALEM
HIGH
MSO
;, V PRICE FIVE CENTS
IDD;
FOR Ml G'i'u
fOTTira;,'
Start on Construction cf Fic.v
Athlelia Building at V71I
- lamette to Be Accom
panied By; Ceremony
-mH '
COST OF BUILDING
TO BE ABOUT $75,C:3
Early : ; Beginning , A
Completion By Opening
of
Coming Year
Work will actually besia on t: 3
new Williimette cymnaslum Tue
day afternoon at 4 o'clock, U i
the s breaking of tha . first-grc .
will be turned intq a ciemortl j
ceremonial. ;; i , .
The fuli' contract, is, not yet ac
tually Vlet However, enough Is
known-, from the building cor
mlttee meeting In' Portland Satur
day, about Just what the contract
conditions will be, that Presii:-t
Doney announces the .starting cl
work . with . definite assurance j
that there will be.no let-up until
the building Is completed.
. . Special, Bids Asked s
" Separate bids were called for, ta
cover various specialties; ligttir.T.
heating, plumbing, - paintingi ar I
other items. , The . best' of tt j
are to bei assembled; Mpnday er. i
defiptely 'let! The main buildir z,
without the swimming pool,. i3 ta
cost bout S6b.0G0, -accordiE j a
the best revised figures turr 1 1 ; z
on , Saturday. The heating e: I
other work, will coBt about J 15, c : )
It. might te possible that the I c : r 1
will employ a competent ovgrse r
nd be:its oven contractor. It
has been believed that, this cc ' i
be-done -with & saving ci.se ve 1
thousand 'dollars, though- it is r t
yet demosstrated that such, a f -Ing
could be made, and the matt il
ls not definitely decided. .
Bigger Than Laosanne
The new Williamette gymr. ,
ium vIll ibe an important bu.. "
ing., Lausanne hall looks like a
big structure, but a new gymi
iirm , will j be EQ per cent lar .
ft will have -a' frontage of 1
feet, and depth of 104 feet. 1. 3
gymnasium floor will be 114 1 ,
74 feet id the clear, with a galle ry
on one side and a seating cap a
ty of 1500 or more. for basketball
games, j- v -w- j v
One of; the reductions from tha
first bid price comes through tLi
substitution of wooden for steel
roof construction. This reduces
the cost about $3,000, and the
ficiency iot at alL Some other
details of construction have been
revised, but the ( building los
nothing pi its size or quality cr
conveniences. . , - . . . v .
-v - : I - '. ." , - -Operation
Certain
It Is definitely assured throui
President Doney thatXho contract,
making will be completed so that
the dedicatory work of - ground
breaking' can begin Tuesday at 4
o'clock. '
. The structure should be com
plpted byf the opening of the open
ing of tha next college year in tlie
falU
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CITIEXSHIP REFUSED '
SPOKANE, Wash., May 26.
Federal Judge J. Stanley Websfer
refused citizenship -to Chris John
son here! today on the showing
that he Recently was convicted of
bootlegging by the federal courts
and also had been divorced by his
wife for (cruelty. '
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