The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, May 30, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextIll CTRCUXATIOJf ATrr tor April, 1923 j . Bna4sy oaly Dally aid Sudy - 5502 ' Avartz for aix Mentha anding April SO. 123: 8oa4ajra .. , . , j Daily and Sunday .5908 - 5489 'M I lTl 1 Ss sss J''W - 1 r1w7 fl ' l-.rl ' " in nra'trrrr ra fit 1 V r, X v,;v ; ; 1 !-V---i YYyy y v , the HOMg KswsgApra SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR 1 -11 IfJIESEUILT Hammer Murderess Talks Freely and Asserts She Is v Back to Establish Her ln- nocence. - WILL RETURN SLAYER TO LOS ANGELES TODAY Con vbtfon Declared 'Trame Up" -New Evidence Ob--;- taihed. Is' Report NEW ORLEANS'.!,!- M.M - (Cy Associated Press.) Clara Phillips, who escaped from Jail , In Los -Anjreles last December aft er her conviction t the-murder of Mrs. Alberta ileadows, returned to this eountrv todar from- Hon duras' in the custody of California officers and tonight , was. resting in : the '-Orleans - parish : house of i detention, preparatory to starting tomorrow- the s journey t o the racmc coast, v y-, The former cborusx gtrl who stepped from the liner Copan was not - the; Clara pnuiips orieanians hare expected to see. They were prepared for a woman desperate , over .her re-capture after one of the most sensational escapes erer accomplished in this country. In stead, she seemed to be in buoy rami. ilLIIIUM. ant spirits and lost little time In telling "newspapermen ; that she : . was returning home voluntarily to establish' her Innocence and thjat 'she was confident this end would be accomplished." - Answers" Jfany. Questions Mrs. Phillips, attired In a brown crepe de chine dress and becoming hat to match, was on deck as the Copan drew - Into her pier, sur , rounded t by -her sister. Miss Etta Hay Jackson. Under Sheriff Eu gene Biscailuse of Los Angeles, -Mrs. Biscailuse ad lputy Hun ter. - She looked a the hundreds ' f curiosity seekers on the pier apparently with littlenterest" and when newspapermen and . photog raphers hoarded the Teasel with the customs officials she did not hesitate to pose for Innumerable photographs.; ; She was subjected immediately to a barrage ; or; Questions but tlisuaUnse- : and x hperintendent Moloney of the local police de partment, ended the Interrogation by announcing that she would be permitted to receive reporters at police headauarters. Mrsi Phillips die not make the Journey from the pier to headquartera ; in a Po lice patrol. Instead,, Superinten dent Moloney placed his personal car at the disposal of the Cali fornia Officer and his prisoner. r, ; . l Talks '. Freely .. The prisoner talked freely with -reporters buttwas careful not to say anything that might tend to hamper her fight " for freedom.' . At the time of her escape she was la? Jail pending, theoutedme of an appeal . Jaf ter she" had v re celred a sentence of ten .years to life Imprisonment. Mrs. Meadows was beaten to death with a ham mer and Mr. PhiUips waa con victed, largely on the e'Tldenee of Miss Peggy Caff ee. In stating that shea return ! Ing home Tolunterily. to fight for i her name, honor and "freedom 1 In the right way." Mrs. Phillips was"emphatic tn asserting her tn nocenee and equally emphaUc In ' her statement lhat Peggy Caff ee t was the slayer ot Mrs. i Meadows. She said that, had she told all of i her story at her trial she would have been acquitted She main tained alienee on the adrice of her attorney, however, she said, and Hs a result only one side, that- 61 ' the prosecution, waa told. " ; She charged that her c6nTiction was 'a "frame op' and thatshe had obtained sufficient new evidenee to prove v it. ' Asked if Imetf r women were Implicated she de clined to answer. 4 t , New Evidence Ready The new evidence she Bald, was (Continued, on page 3) THEVEATHER OREGON: 7ednesday 'unset-? tied with showers: tresh, southwesterly winds. .. . . ' LOCAL 'VVpATirEIl r , j v-v; , (Tuesday) Maximum , ternreratnre, 59. J Mlnlniun tenperatur.: 48. v River, 2. ttzl. stationary. ; Rainfall. ;3X i-ciea... ; Atmosphere, claJy." ! Wind, souta. SI1MJ0 SlAffii His . SILVER CREEK, N. Y., May' 29. The report; from Washington that one of Silver; Creek's businesstnenwith a modest pi Ant? employing about 25 men had made a bid of 'one billion dollars for the shipping board merchant fleet set this village agog today. John W. Slack, the bidder, has been re garded as a substantial businessman, with a profitable in dustry, but no one here could understand how he could swing so stupendous a deal. t . I ' . ' ; Mr. Slack was reticent about his plan. He confirmed Washington I dispatches regarding "the of f err "to : Chairman Lasker but that was as far as he -would go. Asked as to his plans for financings the deal and whether he; represented others in the proposal, Mr. Slack said:. ? " ' U iti -i f Nothing to say about that just now. -I have always made good on my obligations and I will make good on this." i ' Mr. Slack is . president of .the Columbia Postal Supply company which makes and leases master stamp canceling machines and sells , adding machines, , on the . side. . He has two small plants here. He also does a job printing business and Mssues a little monthly paper in connection 'with his business.. -:- v ; r; -, ? soi Valuable :. ProDertv Taken Over By Willamette Girls Organization 1 The Alpha'1 pht Alpha sorority. Willamette university, Is to have one of the - finest club homes in Salem, following a-4 deal . made Tuesday through the D. D. Soco- lofsky agencyii -ii..t-:j. i-. . t : This is the IX W. Eyre home at Twelfth and Oak streets, on the Twelfth' street car Une and only two blocks from the Southern Pa cific depot, i It f Is-5 -seven r blocks fromi the university iwlth a splen did north frontage, aad is consid ered one - oft the most - attractive homes In Salenn : Mri Eyre has lived" there f of the past four years, but desiring to build1 a new home on Fairmount-hill, he consented to part -with the "property. iv-Hi It Is understood that the Alphas are the first of the Willamette sor orities to "-own- their own - home. Two of the other 'sororities have delightful tomes, ; Hut they ? are not" held as wne t Several of the men's 'fraternities have- their own domiciles,' that are being paid for out of th Tegular revenues. I r. n II Franchell '& PareliuV -Suc cessful i BiddersWork ; - Starts Thursday, Franchell life Parellus of Port land, are the successful bidders on the Willamette gymnasium, nd have been awarded the contracti Including the plumbing, lighting; heating, and everything essentia to i the completed building. The price will be approximately 75,- 000. ;- -..-; i-iO , . ; - ! The contractors are -to begin work on Thursday morning, with a lull, iorce,! ana prueuw work steadny ttntil the building is finished.: The contract calls for completion ! within 120 days. which will be only nine after the opening of the fall term of uni versity work. Freshman registra tion begins September 17, but ac tual instruction does not begin un-' til September 20, and the lzo-aay clause - would call for completion of the gym on the 29th." : ! -: Ground-breaking ceremonies were held on the campus "Tuesday afternoon; There will be only one day's 4 intermission) between this ceremony and ;the actual begin ning of construction. .. About 400 Interested' guests were present. representing; the alumni, the citi zens of Salem and of the ouisiae sute, thetarulty, the official board,- and ithe students. The student sang- a, number, of coif lege songsl C. P. Bishop spoke for Hte people of Salem, Harold n&kin for the Willamette alumni, Fred Patton.; student-body presi dent, -for the: students; A. A. Xe ror the board of v trustees, and BishonW A. Eiepard of Portland, for the outside. He. gave the prtn: Kimt address, a tribute to the founders of the nnirersity and the working out of .their golden dreams, and a prophecy I of the i n bu s 0. VJ. EYRE HOME GOMCT: S1ET timcw uninn I Ull Ull IU1UII1 CCortizu2d on pagaO) STUDETlTSPuTflrJ BIG III6U Days of Forty-Nine Are Bur lesqued By High'bchool Masqueraders i-i ' Several hundred, high school students turned themselves loose last nighty In their annual high jinks program at. the high. school building. .The event this year was "The i Days I of Forty-Nine' .-and they ' had ; everything f that tte wis lurijr-mners -ever; qreanteu nnn.sjf tne diplomatic corps .who li to lot , that they ; didn't. Mexican hidalogs, South Sea , island canni bals, f Chinese mandarins . and ladles, - corsairB, court ladies (In dians, . plain and fancy iminers, and overalled laborers- and ban dits and sheriffs, cluttered ap the halls and shot blank sheila ; and yelled like -a -Chinese New jTear or a Slippery Gulch Fourth- -of Uuly. Some "excellent t costuming; was done, and a number of clever bur lesque -acts were - staged - in the various recitation rooms.' ; , - ITlICETJirJ IDAHO PollcerBe1Ieve Sam 'Shaft' In volved In Athena, Ore., ir Ban1 Robbery - ASOTIN,- ' Wash:,- jMay 2 9 . Sheriff "Wayne DeZoaa of Asotin county today arrived from - Nez Perce, Idaho, with Sam Scott, who was arrested at Sraigmont, Ida., Sunday afternoon 'by Sheriff I A. W, Mitchell of Lewis county, the Idaho . of f lcera acting . on Informa tion furnished by the Asotin coun ty , authorities who suspect . Scot of being, connected with burglary of the -Spekker . & ;!Wegner store here last December. M :; t Scott, who Was arrested Tin ta shack he had built in the Crag mont garbage dump, and who bad with him at the time soap, candles and a flashlight coveredrJwith black cloth, is suspected of having at one time been connected with a' gang of burglars who were re cently convicted 1 in .the "United States district -court at Moscow of the breaking of the. Orofino post off ice . and - are thought to , have been responsible -for Jiank robber ies at Athena, Or, Starhuck and Auburn Wash and of the Lapwal, Idaho, Indian agency during the last winter, T ' cott was known to have lived tn Lewiston. Idaho, ,witb. Sam Rose, one of the men .now under sentence. - Mike Conway and Jim Woodson twere also ; given 7 years in plfion for the Orofino robbery '! . ".;:.. Suspension of Silver ! ' Purchases Is Ordered WASHINGTON May 29. An- oouncemetKt was made F 'by? ne treasury te&lght of . a auspenslon of -silver p krehaaea under the Pitt man net natiL it can -be determin ed definitely whether--the esti mates r of f f era -already acoepted hexceed sthw ta00.O00O00 ounces which the law authorised the ot eromeat ti bny- '"' 1 ' jS ROBBED SUSPECT -SALEMRKGONAVEDNESDAY- MORNINd: MAY 36,1523 n ; i i , '; 't-s nr- i-k rnnflAlh H 1LIIDb Terms Laid Down . Bv .Shan tung Jrain Robbers ire Cabled to State Depart ment By Schurman SITUATION TAKES n 0 NEW HOPEFUL TURN Chinese Military Authorities and Outlaw Leaders are - ' Negotiating .: , WASHINGTON, May 29. Spe cific terms of the Chinese bandits for the release of Americans and other foreigners still "held captive were cabled -to tha atatei.; depart ment tod ay by Minister ' Schur man at Peking who said that the bandit leaders had reiterated thelf five demands to the Chinese off! ctals on the night of May 26. The terms were aa follows: , i withdrawal of soldiers. .2 Central government to fur-? nlsh ' the bandits' regularly wlth food and clothing. ; -a 'J - v .3 3 Ten thousand' bandits In the south western district ta be form ed into four. mixed brigades under the director general of the central government which should furnish arms and ammunition 4. The central government to pay six months In advance, also arrears of pay hot to exceed a to tal of six months pay. ' , -, , 5 Upon the consent of the cen tral, government 'to- the :, above terms an agreement to be drawn up before' the central . government and the bandit chiefs to be Bignea ln-tne pre8ence of a representatlvX act as guarantor of. the proper exe cution, of the agreement. The announcement issued by the state 'denartmeht made "no com ment upon these ,terma . - 1 - V "J-Nevr'Tnrn Seen -, PEKING, May 29. (By the As sociated Press) Chinese military authorities and "representatives of the Shantung bandits who kid naped. a number 5 of foreigners from the Shanghai-Peking express" May '6 "are "participating in direct negotiations for the Telease of the captives, according to advices re ceived .today by the foreign lega tions here. . '. '-'";' -I' This new and" hopeful turn of affairs Is considered significant in official quarters tn Peking and the departure of the International mil itary commission, of investigation for Tsaochwang has been ' post poned un til-Thursday..! .. The commission,1 headed , by Brigadier General W. D.1 Connor, American commander at Tientsin, had Intended leaving today, but the foreign diplomats - considered It advisable in ;view nf the nego tiations now progressing, - to ,re f rain from 'injecting any new ele ment into the situation and thus Jeopardising the- pour parlers. It is understood also that Marshal Tsoakuri' and 'General Wn Pel-Fa,' Tnilitary ehlef s efrthe Chihli party,' were: opposed to the --presence of the commission at Tsaochwang on the-ground that it might interfere with the- 'conferences now being carried-on there. t Civil War Songs to Be ; . Played By Mr. Hawley I , Oganlst W. C. Hawley baa pre pared a Memorial day concert to eb given "tonight at the Oregon,' at 8 : 4 5. following the first big feature film, that can readilyTanlk as a concert event. The program is In three parts, the first "toeing RachmaninoBffs , Prelude. In G Minor; the second a group of CiT-; il war songs; and the last a series of echoes from, the .world war. j : The Civil imT ' memory I jsongs f Jrottp A-4Maryland -My Mary latod tNelIle Cray," ''Carry Me back to Old Virglnny." Croup Bt "BatUe Hymu i of the Republic," "Tramp. Tramp. Tramp Soys are Marehlng." -'Tenting On the Old Camp Ground,.' J ; The World war music comprises: Group - A Marseniaise;wk "TIp perary.'V - CSroup . j B "Smiles. "Keep the Home -Fires Burning," "There's A Long,- Long Trail." ti,t -v ? 1 - -EFFICIEINCir3kIAN QUITS 1 : OLYMPIA. Wash.; t May i M.-i A. J. Hoskln, i examiner for the department of efficiency, who waa reading clerk in the house -la the last . legislat Ire ' -session. - baa Te signed. effective July 1, to become office manager for -.-a & PortVand loan company, it -was announced today. t -f. - FRESHMEN Ai: STANFORD, TO . RIDEmVARS VPftll- Against if Amendment : uannin g AuiomoDues; ti- Portland iHan President , s t an f o;r:d university Cal., May 2 9. A " proposed amendment to the constltdtion of the student body forbidding low er class students from ' bringing automobiles i on the campus and discouraging the ownership and use otherwise; of automobiles: b such studenta was. defeated ito day by a vote of 721 to 426. Th use of the automobiles on :th campus and elsewhere has bee campaigned against by the Stanj ford press -club - on - the ground that, they were a distracting : inr fluence. I ' . Jn. the same, election "A. ' R, Masters,; Portland, Or., president of the senior class waa "elected president of , the -student " bodrl He opposed J. C. McHess of Ash land, Ohio.,! , t .. .., ...... . , . , FOB TILE SOLDIERS ' lit '..jf "7, . ." j."?. iisi r '; 1 The decorating committee of the. GAR has worked bard to find all soldiers' graves and to decorate .them appropriately.--They ;may I have 'missed' some. Flags, 'and markers- will be i on hand at the Grand Army circle in the .' cemetery - r today,.- and friends of soldierdead will be welcome to them, for marking and decorating purposes.- - Those who are - to furnish autos for the. old soldiers will please be on hand at the arm ory at 9 . o'clock this forenoon. First Steps Taken Yesterday to Perfect Organization i: in: the. Valley Hardware 'dealers from . all,' np and down ; the WHIiamette vnUey; from Tortland- to Eugene, met in Salem Tuesday ..to. talk over their business relationships. ;They plan to -form in district organization covering the implement and hard ware Healers, along the lines of the-resent state - organisation -of the Mine- nature, but -localized to meet-their1 especial needs.: . r.i? ; ; j? Dalers were ipreant from Eu gene, f Forest Grove, Albany, . Sil-verton,.-and most of the important- tewns over the whole valley, Tbey did -not perfect the organiza tion at this time, but will, await the return of A. Jamison, of Mc Minnville, prealdept of; the state association, who ; Is going, to j4he national hardware dealers' ; con vention in Virginia, In June. I He la expected to. 4rlag. back enough workable. ? organization ! material, fQr the meeting in September to start the' new WUllamette valley assentation off in, good shape.' ; s- ' : i ehih The Growers-Wifl Have Large Gathering at the T Sweegle School House i There will be a large meeting of loganberry, growers f at - the Sweegle schoolhouse this ere nlng, which will be the assembly point for the Fruitland, Middle- grove and 'Auburn districts. . H - I: Every grower in 'that whole section is expected to 'be present and to dl his part in 'patting ithe new 'selling organization across. Turner High School to . ; . ; . Put on Farce-Comedy .''i-'hl.'Mi' -i.'r:.' -hi The senior class of : the Turner high : school, will stage - Sheldon Parmer's famous play "Safety First, 'at .theihigh , school audi torium i Friday night, June 1. This production Is said to out class Harld ' : Lloyd'a spectacular f Safety ; Last." i 11 is m American farce-comedy 'with i unusual situ ations," and the best of humor. ' : Tbm leads In the play are enact ed by Dorsey Gray, LaVernel Mil ler, Olga tfath and- Rnth Drager. Miss Naomi -Ruaner Is directing thn .'production, U " ' ft ) ? j ., - -As one . of the features' of the evening- a ' stunt wCl be iven . In which the memere of the high school ' faculty i will participate. ! IBElEfl . GATHER M LCGfJJB TO MEET TQiI GHT ..1 . : .,'. ." a . It r-r- ' : : - ririE police s i GO' TO IHR ST1EZ0B , - ' ... - r i German Off icials Welcome Coming of Trained Men at Bochum and Other Cities in District SOVIETS DISAPPEAR t UPON THEIR ARRIVAL Little Trouble Expected Now That Reinforcements i Have Been Sent ESSEN, May 9. (By the As sociated Press.) The arrival of trained police at Bochum and at other strike zones In 'the Ruhr today was - welcomed by j the Gerr man-officials as being certain - to liquidate- the unrest among the large numbers of workmen now on strike. The. officials predicted that , there now -would be little more trouble from the "reds Sixty-fivei police from Duessel dorf were sent into Bochum to re lnforce the -i firemen - and white guards who since Friday night had been besieged. In the headquarters of the firemen: On the arrival of the policemen there was a rapid disappearance of all i the wearers of red armlets. " ---: - I ' ; Guards Reinforced i'w'M -The local, guards and firemen at several towns in the Ruhr have been relnforced-by. police -from the Rhineland . under . an ; agreement with the various .. French L com manders. .The German' officials express the belief that the situa tion now will take on the aspect of an ordinary strike and that the reign .of ?terror; attributed to the communist ' -element, - In ""which nearly 50 persons have been killed will come to an end.-r The casual ties In Bochum, according,, to the Germans, -have- been 18 persons killedand many wounded in the three days of fighting. : One Killed, Two Injured When Machine Is Wrecked SPOKANE, Wash., MajJ Z. B. Dortch,' former Spokane resi dent, now of Los Angelesf was in stantly killed In an automobile ac cident between Sprague and Ritz. ville late this afternoon, according to -reports made to' the .Spokane emergency hospital. : Mrs. Dortch and a small daugh ter were seriously injored. , The family; was motoring, from Los Angeles to visit brothers, O. E. and A. M. Dortch, Spokane bak ers here. The tear waa .wrecked In going over a bank. Details are lacking. . ' is . : i . SF TUNKE7L. . REPAIRED REDDING, Cal., May 29. Un interrupted train service between San Francisco and Portland was re-established near Coram today with the completion of the track around the- tunnel which was burned out -recently. "All freight embargoes have been lifted. Baby Sparrows First Patients in , New Salem Hospital ; Plasterers ; JZeiuse to Disturb jTiny Birdies When the -plasterers started on their work at the Salem hospital last week they found several places -where . in . setting, up the hollow tile; for Inside partitions. little pieces had been broken of f of the - tlles leaving , bird-size openings - into the cool-warm. Termin-proof, cat-proof Interior.' A number; of mother sparrows. with - wise maternal foresight, had chosen, these hollow tile openings for their front doors and the -in terior of their home. The "cheeping-of the little birds down. In side the walls, attracted the plas terers. i f The popular conception of a plasterers Is! a Juggernaut who rides rough-shod over the quiver ing world at $12 a day. But these plasterers were working on a hospital, a. monument to mercy and kindness and charity that -is the greatest thing In all the world. It they ever were hard-hearted. they couldn't be working for a hospital, even on a contract that did not count on sparrows as legit imate excuses. ' r They left the openings, and passed on to the other parts of the Job, until Uhe' little birdies shall grow big and strong and Gt -away on thelr own wings. Then, they wui go back and doc tor up the : holes and the next Jimfli, tafias a 7: WASHINGTON, Hay 29. IT high winds sprin- up : ; will be difficult to. prevent a widespread; and destructive con flagration in the Superior, National Forest in Northeastern Minnesota, where forest fires are "spreading beyond oc troi," reports received late today by the forest service slat :. The forest service said it had been inarmed 60 men v;crc fighting the fire and that many more were hurrying to tl.: scene to lend assistance. ." : j..' ... Many fires, it was 'stated, have been reported "cut"': the forests. Conditions it was addeji, "are dry tnd ex tremely hazardous.' Police Officers and Scouts Guard'StreetChildren Cared For - Church - street, between Court and State, x where the reviewing -ed laijomeux ; s.apo)- ioj purjs rade is to w be ; located. ; will, ?L be roped off and - guarded "by police officers and , Boy Scouts, It' was announced by the committee last night,, . :.t.:, .- . 1 Ferry I street.' -between Liberty and Church, where the school children are to meet their par ents .after- the . parade, , also will be roped off to stake this easier. . The formation - of the parade will be as follows: Led by police -escort.' ' Military , section. '. Grand marshal and staff. Colors and guard. ' . Salem Elks' band. Company F, Oregon national guard, .' - J -. ' ,. Grand Army of the Republic, escourted by the Sons of Veter ans. Ladies' Auxiliary to the Sons pf Veterans, Daughters of Veter ans. Woman's Relief corps - and the Ladies of GAR. : ' ,-x Spanish-American Waa. veter ans and their ladies' auxiliary: The Veterans of Foreign Wars. The Salvation Army. - , Knights of Columbus. Fraternal section. ! ' Cherrybud band.'i -? - - ' The Salem' Cherrlans and oth er fraternal organizations. , School - sectlonur V k . , Boys training school band and cadetsi . , " . . " - Willamette university. " 4 Salem high' school. ; Salem grade ,schools.X v Salem 4 Junior-' high- -schools - Washington,- Grant and McKlnley. The route of the parade is Mar- Ion -square to Commercial, Com mercial' to Court, Court to Church,, south on Church to State west -on State to Commercial, south on Commercial to FerryJ east on Ferry to the state armory where the exercises will be held Immediately -following -" the pa rade. .1 crop of . birds will have to ' find homes.' . 1 H The very first patients in the new hospital,: are these nameless little -sparrows; waifs, wastrels perhaps- but they are given the sublime touch of mercy. The lit tle sparrow babies are to go out in absolute safety, guarded by a host of .stalwart men. . - The ma ternity -ward 'will have other pa tients, other little blue-eyed, flaxen-haired babies that look out upon a wonderful world of pro tection and love; but the little feathered - Infants get the very first treatment of the great hospi tal dedicated to. the saving Jot lives nad the alleviation of an guish and suffering. The hospital association urgent ly needs the payment of a number of the -pledges.' already overdue, on which the .present plastering contract : waa predicated, t - If : all the money already promised were paid , in, the hospital would i,vbe near to Independence. It : is ur gently "requested that all who know themselves to be indebted to the association send In their remittances. The hospital has languished shamefacedly, pitifully, scandalously, for lack of funds. It would ; take only a . - little more money to put it in the clear, and set the whole splendid service to work.' - - i -. . : . . - TO OE PROTECTED PRICE FIVE CZ17IZ (tDHlnrn',". !' i ST. PAUL, Minn., May 29. Hopes fo . an ; early rain, -wbea storm .clouds overcast . the c' 7 through the north woods conntrj this ; afternoon were - offset-17 a steadily increasing iwind ti; i brought new dangers In c:v 7 quarters j where ? forest fires c. 3 burning ( according to rercr'3 reaching the office or Elate Pcr ester. ,W. T. Cox tonisht, . J ; Assistant ' Ranger JLlnd, .calll z from: Moose Lake this afternec-, declared that the fires la tia swamp around. Red Top wera tl 3 worst be- bad. ever seen. . j . The swamps are wet, he report- ed, but are covered with a Le 7 coating of dry-vegetation tiroara which the fires run at expre-i train speeds Most of the fire 3 la this vicinity start' from haas ot : r ditch bant Cires which have te .1 smoldering' in the peat t sis I r the last two or three weeis. BBIHFSFEj doses le; : Industrialist's' Guarantei -HeldAid to-Cuno Ra , pa j-ation Program BERLIN, May 29. (By tia As sociated press.) With the r-' Hcai,ion of the official text of ti Industrialists' guarantee proposal to the government, criticisra cj their program -has become co-. siderably I modified and alari section of; the press I3 Incline i t: view the league's platform a3 r. teriaUy tontributlng to the repar ations solution sought by Chancel lor' Cuno. f wnue tne editorial coan-eria le tt assume that' the present drart does not represent the extent t3 which the-1 Industrialists aad tt 3 financial Progress and agrs.ri: interests finally v wiU be: presse J into active service by the cover -ment, there is a cxarked ; concur rence on the part of tie to-rcs ' 1 Journals that the "prerequisitea" designated In the industrialists statement ! as a condition of their participation In the gold guaran tees,. are wholly warranted In its light of the past. conduct of tie reparations by Germany and tta entente, j . : , "We are heartily tired of pour ing gold values Into a barrel with out a bottom," the Kreuz Z'.:tur declares, n connection with its demand tiat an fend-be made t3 temporizing policies of reparations and the .system of periodical as sessments Theretofore pursued." Neither the United Eaciallt3 nor the powerful federation c! labor nnions have indicated yet their official attitude to tie in dustrialists' program and confine their present criticism to a prompt rejection of any attempts to abol ish the eight-hour day. About Stx Hundred Vill " Be Graduated Frcm Crcd :z Between five and six hundred grammar school students through out the county are expected to Le eraduated this vear. sccordlae to Mrs. Mary L. Fulkefbon,. county Superintendent of schools. To date Just 393 diplomas have been issued to pupils who have already passed. In this group are included those who took the II-y examinations and whose schoc 1 1 have already closed. An addition al 200 students are expected trt take . the eighth' grade examina tions in June, which will bring; tba final list i of graduates clo-3 ta 600. I In addition to. these, 25 cr SO will probably be added, reprcrert Ing students who transferred frcra other counties and whose craf t in the - particular county , 're;: whence they came, fcava r;t r 1 ; : been secured, i Due to the fact that cc' schools vary about cna.Eionfi ! . spring and summer closing c , complete and acrarata I graduates f will not . be sya;: 7 until tho tniddl3 cf Ju: :.