lDUlD V(q)U CZfc9)iy - That Gaffeim Hog a (Bo-oat mm FIRST SECTION Pases 1 to 8 . ..... ; 2TO5CT0;S 12 Pc;: SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 31. 1923 price five crms r v : SI1IRIIG PAYS TRIBUTE TO PATRIOTS Cemeteries Decorated Most Beautifully in Years in ; Reverence For Dead on v Memorial Day .. .. GOVERNOR PIERCE i , sways Audience Thousands of t People Line Streets to Witness Parade : in Early Afternoon " By CHARLES J. LISLS rit was rainy 'day, and cold; : a day for grief and; sadness, a. ( , day - when i the skies wept and i shivered - as for hopes dead and -. faith gone forever; Bat the flags nerer floated more proudly, or lovingly; the crowd was never so lirge, the cemeteries nerer so tenderly and beautifully garnish ed and tended, as on the Memor- i ial day Just closed. - It Is 58 years stlee the great straggle that ve ydrth to ! Me merldaTme to an. end; Jt is 1 - t 65 j years since the first formal observance of the day as na tional holiday. The sting of the t Civil "war griefs . i long dead; eves, the bitterest jstlng of . v the latest straggle is past but the national and personal pride of a : great people tn the achievements . -- of "the past and the promise , of v. . the future, was never so deep as y fr now; never quite so generally ex ? pressed as in this last celebrs tion ot the beautiful holiday, 1 Three Bands Flay i . ' There were three bands in the parade. The reorganized Salem band, a sterling, musicianly or 4 sanitation,, with a state-wide rep i ' station for ; courteous v service ; to the public as well, ms for ability; the Cherrybud 'hand, with, their I: Camlag uniforms -and their Jan v lor enthusiasm and promise;,! and A the band 'from the boys training lichool. that Is getting to play in I real "concert quality. If the short- 1 legged Cherrybud played al 'a parching clip that sober old men rouldn't march to, that was! the men's fault." They tried to march to this rapid-fire time, and to the long-legged men's hand time , and they Vail but tripped thera : selves In, the effort-But the mu sic was good, and more of it than ' , ever before in - Salem, -.. j Scouts Ind Aasfstaace j The Boy Scouts helped greatly In carrying out the parade program,- They5 were the official f messengers and they- did their t work: well. A detachment of 1.0 boys from the Salem TMCA, cap- Ulned by VTkey" White,- did re markably efficient service in ; lin ing up the traffic, in getting the carriages for the Grand . Army and other carriage guests, and in . other parade formation work. -1 'j Auto Service Good". , ; t A delightful featureof the pa-. ; rade was the "section, for. ... the school children, which wu much larger than usual, ; and well Or ganised. The auto i department 1 was especially well care for -this year. lt year there were , hard ly; enough autos provided for; the i Grand' Army" veterans. This year, i there were many more ears than could be used, donated by gener i us people, who live5 under the f- flag that the "old boys,,! helped I to make worth ;whlle to live un . : der.- - . . " -Company F, Oregon , national guard, had detachment ;under arms in ; the parade. They march at a step eurlously different from that of the older soldiers even. the soldiers' of .the. World, war. ' Maybe one feele that after carry ing the fas. of nation around in his cartage belt and on his bayonet, for, months or years at the front. Ihe litUe matter of keeping; atep ia negligSble? Sir Galahad, searching for the -Holy Grail, - didn't say, "Mr Strength is as the atrength of ten, because I aaK9ia rhyme, but "because his heart- was pure." One needs (Continued on page 7.) s THE WEATHER : OREGON: Generally ciouay . Thursday; moderate north- , westerly winds. lOCAIi WEATIlEtl (Wednesday) Maximum temperature, 60. Vlinlmum temperature, 44. . liver. 3.3 feet, rising. . f lalnfall. .11 inch. tmosphere, cloudy. , mnd. south. . j CALIFORNIA OLCOnSOUTH -WITH--FIM BAM POSITION Mi . ,- PORTLAND, Ore., May 30. Ben W. Olcott, ex-governor of Oregon,! has accepted a position withthe credit depart ment of the Bank of Italy of San Francisco, according to word brought to Portland by friends of Mr. Olcott who have been visiting in the south. Mr. Olcott expects to take his family to San Francisco from Salem and will locate perman ently in California, according to present plans. . Before he became secretary of state and later governor, Mr. Olcott was engaged in the banking business in various Oregon cities, including Salem and Astoria.4 ( JUBILEE DfJ FIILIIT Caravan of Jersey Fanciers " to See Marion, Polk and " Unn1 Herds i Jit.. ; I'M .v H .,' The 1923 Oregon Jersey Jubilee caravan Is to take up the last leg of Its annaal' pilgrimage today, starting at 8 o'clock from the Mar ion hotel. ; It will drive first to the famous Meadowview . farm, near Turner, where Mr. Florence Neal has sq many . record cows. From there they! go to the Hanson- Anderson farm, east of Turner, road. i a mile and a half on the Aumsville . Returning to Turner, hey take the llarioa road, and t visit the Stanley Riches farm south of Tur ner. The last place is the famous Pickard brothers' farm, near Mar ion, where they will also see sev eral other. ; neighborhood herds, brought there for convenience to the caravan j , The Pickard cows, with their dozens of unapproach able records. i are expected to be the big sights of the day, though there are a number of -other out standing animals among the herds to be shown forj the day. Basket ; Dinner . Today; At the Marion school grounds.; a basket dinner la to be served. It Is estimated that3000 people will be there and they are prepariag a meat barbecue for that number, along with 125 gallons of ice cream' and other important foods. A program Is to be given after the diifrer, ivdith. vaddre3ses by members from j the L4nn county. the Marlon county and the Polk county .breeders organizations. An address on milk and dairy pro ducts, by Jv D. Mlckel, former state dairy and food commissioner; will b3 one jof the features and Ches ter Mulkey,: president ot the Ore gon' State (Jersey Breeders assoc iation,' will, be on the program: The earavan will break up-following the Marion visit, i. . I ; - Yesterday BusyDay '..Wednesday, I the - caravan left Portland early !' in. the? morning. driving first to the D. C. Howard Jersey farm near Beaverton. The W. C. Williamshrd 'at lerwood, and the herd of K. B. Seeley, at Wilsonville were also On the itin erary. At J noon, the Clackamas county merchants and breeders served a great dinner at the J. H. Flck Jersey farm, 1 near - Aurora. They visited at the J. . H. Fick farm near Woedbnrn and the Hen ry Anderson herd near Mt. AngeL At Silverton a community display of Jersey was made, with six from the boys and girls clubs, and 8 breeders herds represented. : Be cause of the new road being built In that ' section, only a , few took the extra trip out to the Fox bro thers Jersey farm, where they saw some almost impassible new roads but ' some ! wonderful cattle.' ' A meeting that was scheduled : for Salem Wedhesday night was can celled because of the Memorial da exercises. Flowers Are: Scattered in Memory of Wavy Dead . SEATTLE. Wash., : "May 30. While wives' and widows of Civil War veterans sang a memorial song for the dead of the navy bur ied at sea,; Seattle tonight conclud ed its celebration of Decoration day by casting flowers upon the waters of Puget Sound.' ' Senators and congressmen in a party on the army transport, Cam bral enroute to Alaska participated in a parade in the forenoon. . ,A, party that went out on the Des Moines, highway between the city and Tacoma to decorate five trees' planted in honor.of the allies found that a vandal had cut off one dedicated to the French blue devils. It will he replaced. LURES KBIiYA SPRIG By'U Hammer Murderess De clares She Can Prove She Did Not Break Jail HOUSTON. Tex,. May 30. -"I did not break, jail in Ios Angeles: I was kidnaped. And I can prove It to the satisfaction ' of District Atorney Woolwlne. . . , ? Clara Philips. Los Angeles "ti ger woman." made this statement to newspapermen tonight as the Southern Pacific Sunset; limited was between Beaumont and Hous ton. It was evoked by a telegram from Mr. Woolwlne saying Mrs. Phillips by breaking jail following her sentence for the murder of Al berta Meadows, automatically shut herself off .from further appeal. ' According to the prisoner's story, Jesse Carson , came to' her cell in the Los Angeles Jail and sawed the bars. Then, when she objected to fleeing with him. b pointed a revolver at her and told her she had to leave; with hlai. that is was the only way to "right an Injustice Armour Phillips, husband of the international fugitive surprised his relatives by turning up here today. He left by automobile in the after noon, planning-to board the train at Beaumont, but a search by oftt cers failed to locate him In any of the coaches. ' . ) ,t "It the worst comes and Clahi is not granted a new trial, I aim going to ask the authorities to tet me serve her sentence, even If it means death, he had written his mother Mrs. Dan W. Phillips, at Galveston, j TOWNS IMPERILED BY OHO FIDE Millions of Dollars Worth of ' .Timber Lands Are Also ' Being Swept TORONTO. Qnt.. May 30--Flrfes sweeping millions of dollars worh of limber land! threatened the des truction of WAtte Rlrer and Chat leau, e dispatch, received here ttr night sajd.. Residents'ot the for mer town were prepared to flee. The blazing Umber lighted the sky as iar away aa ort wiuiamsi, i , Timber, and ? railway Interests, the message said, were preparing the emergency action - to prevent the spread of fire,, which already , aronnd the wIth a trench 8ho had destroyed , enough u forest to Te wh,ch had been ge n affect the district's pulp and pap- At tBe requeBt of Mrs jTard,ng er mills. vu i I no advance notice had been given Terror-stricken deer and moose t - were running from .the woods. ; I ;i r continued on. pRge V COIliiA PK0JECT; ; BtcoiiieopjGlss SEATTLE, Wash., May 30.A) prediction that no large appropriation for the Columbia Basin irrigation project to water 1,750,000 acres in this state would be made by the 68th congress, meeting next December, was made today by Sena tor A- E. Jones, one of a party; of United States senators and congressmen that arrived here last night on the army trans port Cambrai- and will leave Friday night for a tour bf Alaska. "I believe that the 69th congress will be in the "right frame of mind to provide the funds for the 'reclamation of many waste western: spaces,"; said Senator Jones. -Jit has taken iome time to educate eastern representatives and sena-i tors to-the arid land prcblsms- of the. wester." : COiTB l E WAR UNLIKELY Prayer Uttered at , Memorial Day Address In Arlington Amphitheatre; Applause Greets Words IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY IS HELD AT CEMETERY Overcast Sky Completes Ef fect of Day; Flags Hung In Profusion i WASHINGTON, May 30. - Standlng in Arlington , Memorial cmphitheatre and facing the wood ed slopes where rest; thousands of the war dead of the nation, Presi dent Harding today Uttered a pray er that the United kates "do Us full part toward making war un likely if not impossible." , : . "We have already proved that we. can have less of armament," the president declared. . "Let ua strive for the assurance that wo shall have none of war." ' Scarcely had the applause -frout those assembled in the great na tional - cemetery - tor the annual Memorial day exercises died away when the chief 'executive coupled with his prayer the hope that aaould war again eome to Ameri ca, "we will not alone eaU to ser vice the youth of the land, . but we will draft every resource, every activity, all of wealth, ahd make common cause- of the na tion' preservation," . , ; ; ? ; ' Several, minutes passed before the applause,, which greeted this pronouncement allowed Mr. Hard ing to continue and then he as serted; : i . .. .. , , ;. f "It-will be a more grateful na tion which consecrates all ' lo a common, cause and there will be more to share the gratitude' be stowed. More, there ; will be , a finer - conscience in our war com mitants and that sublimity of the spirit, !which . makes a. people, in vincible.', . z. i:i : . The prayer and the hope were the high points in the president's address delivered exercises which in their jUnpressiveness, and spirit had ajsimilarlty to ceremonies to day inj many parts of the land. The president waa accompanied to Ar lington: by Mrs. Harding, who sat in a box ta bis Jeft during the exercises. , Gathered In the mar ble amphitheatre were ia scattering of survivors ot the Civil war, hun dreds jof veterans of the war with Spain j and many more "of these who participated in ,the World war including ' their' commander in chief, j General ' Pershing. ... 1 j Setting Impressive jThe setting, was as, impressive as the exercises. The amphithea tre was draped' In flags and the hills of Arlington under an over cast sky were In the deep green of springy Just outside the amphi theatre the tomb of the unknown soldier, , was buHed , beneath a mound of flowers, and the presi dent before returning to the White House placed a wreath upon it and stood tor a minute at salute. Mrs.'.Hardlng visited the ceme tery an .hour before the exercises In the amphitheatre and at ser vices! held nnder the' auspices of the disabled American veterans as sisted In the planting of an Ameri can elm, turing over the earth STEALING NOW GIVING WAY TO BOOZE MAKING Fewer, Cases of Cattle Rust ling Reported From Inter ior, Says Veterinarian , Cattle stealing has become an obsolete Interior occupation, ac cording to, reports reaching . here from some of the eastern Qregpn livestock men. This is due, it ia claimed, to the fact that the ma jority rot the thieves- have gone Into . the manufacture of moon shine liquor, for, a . liveUhood. Some also are said to have been engaged j in .the- smuggling in of coyote pelts from "other states to collect the bounty In Oregon. Pelt smuggling and moonshine making, it is said, do not offer the hazards ; that the offenders experienced while rustling cat tle. ' " -. . ; . , BYFAUJHBWIRES Firing Squad Severs Power LinerTGrass Fire Started; . :' Horse Dead j MARTINEZ, Cal., May T0. A horse was killed, a grass tire started and more than 1,000 Uvea endangered here today .when a firing squad.' using ball ammuni tion, fired over : the graves -of the soldier ' dead in a Memorial day ceremony and cut down two elec tric wires, each carrying 11,000 volts., ; . ; -' , K , j. . The wires struck the horse, kill ing it, and feU on many of the hundreds of automobiles parked outside the cemetery. While the tire department was responding to the alarm sent in when the tall grass started tot burn, there was a panic among the automobiles and the 1,000 spectators and many arere1 slightly inlured. v : ? The fall of the wires created such pandemonium among- the spectators that it first appeared as though aeerious panic would fol low. Av cordon of volunteers held the crowd back until the current had been cut off. ; The grass fire was quickly extinguished, jt; How If happened, that ball am munition , instead of blank car tridges was used la the firing had not been ejplalaed early- tonight. : 1 J . f. . 1 . V i " .i , . '.l V .... KIH PLEDGE PEACE SUPPORT Mother's Day and Aid to Veterans Indorsed at National Meetings ATLANTA, Ga. May 30. Kl wanls clubs were pledged' to sup port any constructive movement toward permanent peace, -the observance- of Mother's day to give aid to disabled veterans of the World war In resolution adopted late today by the national con vention of Kiwanis clubs interna tional, j i . In addition to the report of the resolutions committee, the inter national secretary; Fred Park of Chicago and the treasurer, Russell E. Ward of Jackson, Mich., also submitted their annual statements, j With Denver, Colo., assured , of the next convention, there has been little i activity " over the se lection of a meeting place for 1924 but several, cities ' have : started propaganda for the 1925-meeting. These Include Seattle, St. Paul and Norfolk, Va.' . . . Negro Convict ' Captured By Washington Officers WALLA WALLA, Wash.. May 30. Isaae Warren, negro who es caped , from- the Idaho state, peni tentiary May 20. while working at the . f arm; :' was captured : here ; to day by. Sheriff Nelson Green of Dayton, Chief Deputy Ratcliff, I this ceunty and George i Roff ret the local police force in a local billiard haUL - ' . , -; According to officers - making the arrest Warren has been stay ing ; at a Chinese -rooming house for the past three nights. : i He maintained that he' was not- the man wanted by Idaho officials but he has been identified t by. his photograph! and also by. a man that knows him. ; Prison officers will arrive within a few hours to take, him back to serve- the .re mainder of1 his life for murder la the first degree, ; . P1ICISW france does WHSes Entire Nation Pauses and Pays Tribute to the Amer ica Soldiers Who Lie Sleeping Overseas FRENCH ARE THANKED ! BY U. S. AMBASSADOR Herrick Says Acts of Hom age Are Appreciated By Folks Back Home PARISr May 30; (By the, As tilted Press The emblems or France and America were entwin ed today as throughout the nation homage was . paid 'the soldiers from' overseas whoMie in the soil ef the land In wSich they fell dur ing the great war. 1 1 Whether sleeping their last sleep in- the burial grounds ot northern , France, surrounded by fbell-torn fields trom which the f ombre vestiges of war have not yet completely disappeared or rest ing in ; the luxuriant garden of roses called Suresness cemetery on the slopes of Mount Valerien, Overlooking Paris, the Khaki lads Vho gave up their lives in France were not forgotten, The flowers loom j tonight over their morUl remains after the prayers said for the repose of their souls. ! -. ' : ; j Premier Poincare's head was bowed, in tribute to the American dead alt the dedication of a battle memorial in the American church of the; Holy Trinity here and Che eyes ot Marshall Fayolle were Rimmed with tears as he eulogised lis former "doughboys during the services In Suresness cemetery. I All CeterieV virfta H " j: At Lemans, Tours, Romagne in all the cemeteries in which Am- ncan ueaa are ouneu mciam iai ay exercises also were held. Standing on a little mound In aresness cemetery j neiwen. me two plain wooden crosses ; which nark the grawes of two American ioldiers. Marshal Fayolle with suppressed emotion i paid tribute o the "brave American boys who reposed within s'ght of the city they assisted in keeping outside the reaches of the enemy.'- ' I Following the old - soldier of France, Myron T. derrick, the American ambassador paid tri bute to America : and her -fallen sons..; "We. are assembled here," he said, "as we were last year and in the years befbre and j as will others be In the years to come, to do honor, to the men who died. in France in defense of our honor and the world's liberty. ! ; " I. "The rain and the i sunshine have done therr kindly work which loving hearts and hands have com pleted. These flowers ot France tell the dead of our remembrances. Thy ask the i living to be ever mindful of the cause which im pelled - these .; brave men to cross the ocean in all the flush ot hope and youth and lay- down their lives in a distant land. They were intelligent and ot the flower ( Continued on Page 8 ) RESIDENCE. 1STPJO The earwig pest, which has been worrying Portland for the last year or two, has made its appearance in Salem, and just now infests the block; bounded by Commercial, Marion, Liberty and pinion streets,. , : U ir-":7' - f I The detesiTEJ4ag was reported from that district yester day by residents, aiid has .been noticed there for some time. It; is believed the pest jaay'have been dropped from Southern Pacific freight trains passing along the track on Union street, 1 1 f The earwig: is being fought valiantly by the people of the infested,, district'. The state board of horticulture is attempt ing. to organize to fight the pest in Portland, and may include Salem In the campaign. There is a handicap'in the teckcf funds, for the reason that the ways and means committee at the last, session: of the. legislature refused to recognize the earwiff priated, x The into houses and gets into, food, as a; pest and, no specific fund to fight it was appro- earwir, isn't' satisfied to stay outdoors but crawls to gnaw small Tioles in bedding and clothing. ; For the reajson that the; earwig" crawls more closely to thd grdurid; almost dragging its way along, it is considered more mmy inan jn gosicrsacn. mm FSB E SOLVED PIECE" CHICAGO, May 30. Finding a water soaked piece cf cardboard believed to be an order ticket for a fraternity pin, which was found in the sand under the Evanstonj pier nenr the spot . where a skeleton, believed to f be that of Leishtcn Mount,-missing- northwestern 1ntversit student; was found, has started authorities again on a)search that the hope will Lsolve the mysteries surrounding. Mount's disappearance. i After (weeks of investigation which; ended without clear ing the mystery that began, when Mount disappeared follow ing a class? rush nearly two years ago, men from he stetc'a attorney's office began a search through' the sand about where the skeleton was found more than a month ago. . '..!f:r.,-'-.1;..H- For First Time Oregon Proo uct Brings Better Prices Tlan California The cherry growers of the Wll liamette valley are.' Invited and urged to attend a meeting at the Oregon Growers offices, Saturday afternoon' at 2 o'clock, to hear Prof. A. L; Lovett of OAC discuss the cherry maggot and the means for fighting '"it . While the meeting was intended for the Oreon Grow ers especially, the' association is so much' interested . in seeing all cherry .growers do well , this year, that the invitation is extended to everybody. '-"''-'-: The high price 'and the short crop of cherries in the valley this year makes it Important : for all growers to know how to. fight the one greatest - cherry ; pest in this state. . It .has been serious enough in" the past to call for strenuous fighting:, for its eradication. Dur ing a short crop season it would be especially easy, to fight for the benefit of the future years; and the high prices being paid for1 the Wllliamette cherries makes it of vital financial : concern ' to every grower;. ' California Bqatcn '.' ". ' ': ' ' For' the first time since Noah let the cherry worms out of the ark to prey on the crops,, Oregon cherries are bringing more money than the' cherries in California. Usually the California packers, who overshadow and dominate the market, start , the- market with their own cherries 2 cents higher than the Oregon product cad hab it has forced the Oregon growers to acquiesce. This year, the Ore gon growers started: out to make their stuff early, and. Royal Annes have -sold up to 10 -cents a pound. Probably half or more of the. crop, will be sold at 10 cents or better. -' . , - ' ; , ' . This Oregoni price really follow ed the foolish old tradition of a 2-cent reduction from the Cali fornia prices. The Calif ronia as sociation held its fruit up as high as 12 cent v and about 11 cents was its minimum for Royal Annes. But the packers;; even their own trained friends, balked at this price. Wfith the sugar conspiracy (Continued on page 6) , beds and clothinsr. It is "said llijlkiu)yiizi. 'The piece of cardboard bearl::. the name of The Crest company" and an undecipherable number was found after seferal teeth, missing from the skeleton t.al been unearthed. The teeth werp lateriideatifled by a dentist 1 i'i those of Mount's. ' j Authorities believe the card board was dropped by the person or persons who they .feel sure h'l Mount's body away after he JLa.,1 been fatally injured jin - the clas i rush.'. - i '- The condition of tie cardbcarl indicates j that it was left thers & comparatively short time ago an 1 wpuld bear out the theory t'.. '. somebody bad taken it from an other hiding place. ' , Roscoe Conklin Fitch, Haunt' a room mate before his disappear ance has been recalled from LIj home in Ludlngton. Mich., -wher ? he went fatter leaving the schocl recently because of hat he d- ciarea were uixenu asumsi i... i because of testimony he had girea in the case. Be la recalled by tl 3 states attorney's office for further questioning In regard to the c- r 1 and the other, clues which are eail to hare been discovered whlla i'Z' glng under the pier. L OUSTM HEETS I mum niDin ilbi iiuiiii um Thousands of Meiv Are Get ting Ready to Return to Work Next Week DUESSEL.DORP, jjay 30. tE? The Associated Press 1 -The RufcT valley industries which were clew ed down t by ithe stri te of nearly 500.000 workers ere expected ail to be running again next" wee 1c. Thousands or men Ttsumed work today operating the pumps In tha mines and getting the boilers and furnaces keady and toe machinery running In the metal works. -Tha bulje of the workers, It is under stood will be ready ! to resume their wotk when thej plant is In. running order again. v i The violent movement of tia workers, 'led by Cdmiaunlsts, Been suddenly! to have collapsed at th sight of a few Imported policemen who arrived in the district after the French had consented t3 t!.3 reinforcement of the local guar Is and firemen by police forces from the RhIneland; together with tie crease in wages, although the de mands for bonuses were ref jsei. f Most of the Important towns in the ralley, it Is understood, are planning' to reorganize their pclica under the French restrictions, substitutes tor the expelled securl- :disti::3 fl'.g Henry j Wonder of Aurora tlectrocutea vvnen tm :: Mem Tangles (nVircs j , ' ' j' - i Henryi Wonder oC Aurora t, aa Instantlyj- killed: by iclectrocullan yesterday while assUtia? i.i tLa hoisting tof the American flag on the municipal flag pole. Georra Woster received a severs il-:. at the same time and, waa ..v.zl :. a sclous tor-short ti?rie. tat r cur ed .without assistance. tvThe flag, Itr la said, becanin rn tangled sin t electrls w!rl- v : : i Mr. Woster was ea,icaro-rL.. ; i hoistltl and "Wonder.'- wio i: e I nearby, offered h!3 as3!sta---. A wire that extended p t!i3 1 in aome way beca- clirj;-.! . 1 When I Mr. Wosteri revived ft 1 the shock he, liastEnei ta 1 Wondertand called I '?, 1 .. 1 was eatlisct. WonJcr lived t and. has no relatives ia t' '' : it ti fiats, 112 mi ri: ""j-: