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, CXJtCUZATXOX Avcrac for lUr, ,1923: Sunday nlr - ' ; in thb cmr or fcuxu ,. . j and alaawhar Im Tk" Utrtn and Polk Conntlag ; V Nearly ararybody raa4a " Jhe Oregon Statesman THB HOMB ITEWSPAP ..6040 1.5543 Daily and Saaday , .Tsrs iqr six mgntba an dins April 80. . 1838; .: , , j (Sundays" only' -. - r; ,; , ' . jpit Daily and Sunday J L.L.5502" . . . ' SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR SALEM, OREGON. TUESDAY-MORNING, JUNE 5, 1923 f 1 PRICE FIVE cEirro win --' ; r ! ' - 1 f v : -' ' ' ; -' 1 '"III r . i 1' ' . , . P. 1 i i 1 1 . I li v : c1 .. Y-C ess i; j s-); cr1 1 1 "i r 71 'I i u a 3 POOLRESQRTS ; ARE ISSIED Six Protests 'Before City ; : Council Urged That Li censing of r Guilty Opera-l- tors Be, Discontinued ' PATTON SAYS THEY .FILLr.EED IN CITY At Hereafter Booze May Be De j. stroyed, Whether it Has" , Owner, Or Not ' ' Six vigorous protests against the city continuing to license the pool - halls of C.B. Show William Inglia f, and Otto Klett were filed with the I city council last night, j Most ot i these protests recited that the men had pleaded guilty or been found guflty of violating the ordinances relating to minors lnrpublic pool halls. ; : !,,-.; 't :. r Three protests werje filed y the Christian Endeavor society of the Court Street Christian church; the i Senior Christian : Endeavor of the First Presbyterian " church; the Intermediate Christian Endeavor of the First Presbyterian church; the Highland' Friends church; the Christian Endeavor of the First Congregational i chureh. ' and the Salem Ministerial union. , Early Action Promised these communications were re ceived and placed on file, with the assurance, of Mayor Giesy that they would be acted on at once. . The c mayor especially desired that the press make note of hU Intention to force strict; obedience to. the law regarding minors.' . . i i A -vigorous discussion !; of 1 the whole pool nail matter followed a talk of Alderman Patton, who claimed that the pool hat keepers k are filling a real and inescapably public need in; offering, places for men tq spend j their spare time, were being pestered' by laiy lovtr lsh boys who were on the border land of manhood; big bulks .with whiskers on their; faces and hair" on theirs chests and. hard lines in their countenances,; whose tender age no one could know, or even 'suspect. ... ' ' ' ' ' Patton Is Dubious "I'm glad to see a clean town' he said. "I'd like to' see more speed cops to5 catch the speed fiends whowantoiily; Ylolate ' the laws and endanger everybody's lite. : j: We) f want' to ' clean , up all kinds of flagrant cases; though I don't telieTe that some of these pool hall men have been flagrant ly -violating the laws." ' 1 fr . upon Alderman , patton calling for Chief of Police Blrtchett. the chief stated that a Jury of six hon est men bad convicted one of the accused on the evidence presented and that he had sent word re peatedly to' some 'of the pool' hall men. Insisting on their compliance with the law, but that they1 had done nothing to clean up the situ ation. , n j - '.r- " r. Aldermen Vandevort and: Mar cus insisted, that the conditions are bad. and called for drastic action. But Owing to the absence of City Attorney Hay Smith, no action was taken it thlsmeeting. It: Is un derstood that at, least one citation was to hare been made' to William Ingll, calling ;for an appearance ' to show cause wh'y his license should hot be revoked. " f Booze Ordinance Passed .The council 'passed the fugitive booze ordinance, providing for the destruction of illicit .booze that may be traced down -without, a known owner, j Thef measure was Introduced some weeks ago-Mayor Giesy had it sighed 30 seconds at ter its passage. ' " ' A proposal was made that the old Salem steam fire engine might be sold tb the Hammond Lumber company of MIU City, and the fire comittee was empowered to sell (Continued on page ) the weather OREGON: Fair. LOCAL WEATHER Maxlmumemperature. 82. Mlniraum temperature. 47. River. i4 feet; falling. 'Rainfall; bone. Atmosphere, clear. t , Wind, north. aES LAST'! Liquor Export Houses Being Driven Out of Other Pnv inccs; Believed Responsible for "Tremendous Flood" of Spurious Liquor, in Seattle ; Lack of Proper Equip ment Hampers Prohibition Enforcement Declares Lyle "-SPOKANE, Wash., June of spurious liquor is being offered for sale iri Seattle because rum runners are finding; it more Canada was the declaration here today of Roy p. Lyle,-federals, prohibition director fori Washington, in a newspaper interview. : ALOEnr.l.'uJ CALLED George Thompson's Stand on Lee Davis Case Not - Approved by WCTU i The women of the North Salem WCTU have .taken exception to the stand taken on the Lee Davis . -...- - , ... 4 : -I , -, - I liquor, case by: George Thompson, representative of their ward . o the city council.1 and have sent a lUter to . Mr. Thompson, copies also being sent, ip . the newspa- pers.- Mr. Thompson is asked by the women to do his duty . "lni faithfully upholding and enforc ing the law." The letter is sign ed by Mrs.j iJ, M Presnall pres- ident; Mm Mary I. Stanton.' treasurer.' and Mrs. Delia Wilkin son, secretary It follows: . 1 ,.i "After reading of your action relative to the Davis case in the council" meeting of May 21 we, the undersigned, cannot refrain from entering a, vigorous pror test. . v-; ! '' , ' ' . man .who is called to rej present , us as citizens in our civ ic affairs should not be found voting to protect and uphold the breaking of one of the laws o our state: and inatidn. 'Permit us to quote Federal Officer R. A. Haynes. T t ; 'It la not enough that a manj shall obejr tbe1 law and enjoy the privilfges, and blessings secured to htnr under the law; but it is the duty of the good citizen that be constitute himself, as far as; his 'abilities permit, a guardiaq and a defender of the law. He is! a short-sighted American . who falls to see In the bootlegger of today both the spirit of the an archist and bolshevist.' "And again Mr. 1 Haynes says. 'whatever forces are at .work in this country, to lessen the dignity of ; law; or undermine . authority conferred by law . strike ' at the very heart ot fhe nation "And therefore, we, law abid ing American 'citizens of our fair city, do Implore you, as our re presentative, to discharge your duty in faithfully upholding and euforcing 'the .law. ' "And. be It resolved tnatia copy of this protest be sent , to Mr. Thompson, alderman of fhesev- enth precinct;: and to eacn or me dally papers for publication." TRflin r GOES IIITO DITCH 15 Cars Follow Engine From r N. P. Rails; Victim of -T Accidentjs Dead v MTSWOULA. Mont.. June 4. Andrew M. Getcbell. former may-j or of. Missoula, went down Into a ditch with his engine today when; .ftor Mttlnz an automobile at a crossing 35 miles west of here, fhe'englne jumped the track took 15 cars with ,it. and tor ,un 200 yards 1 of Northern Pacific 1 main line track- f S. . D. Butts, 50, of Stauwood, Was'h was driving his car to ward Missoula when, at the cross ings he was hit. He suffered . a fractured BkniJ which he died within i two hours. OttO Rehfleld, fireman. '- suffered a broken leg Conductor J.' O. Marks and 'Engineer Getchell e& cape! wtth; illjat ajarlcs. m 4. That a "tremendous flood" difficult to-brinfir liquor from . . ' Bootleggers and rum runners of Canada' are "making their last stand', on the British Columbia Washington border, Mr. 1 Lyle said, largely as a 'result of other provinces having driven out the liquor export houses. He said, that both the dominion and pro vincial governments are taking an interest : in stopping the traf Hope that laws will be amend ed . to permit a prohibition ea. forcement officer, to use cOnfis planes in enforcement ' work. -was expressed Dy,air. Lyle, wno-said that at present his men i were hampered "by lack' of " equipment. WIILE n ; SCOME Will ' Be Awarded Boys and I " Girls' Organization By ; Superintendent u- Charters for the , boys I and girls' clubs bit Marlon county have been received at the. county school ' saperintendnt's office. These are given' to'andsrd or ganizations having at "least five members "each. Some of. the clubs have as high as 25 'members. Signatures of the secretary o agriculture, J. A. Churchill,' state superintendent of public instruc tion, Paul V jiarl. .director ot extension, and H. C. V Seymour, state' club leader, aro affixed to each . of these. The charter, U is stated. Is presented In recog nition ' of the club and of its agreement to carry on demon strations in agriculture. and rbo.me economics. i ' Clubs and their local leaders that, have been, awarded the char ters are Labish Center cooking, of Salem, Mamie L. . , Bostrock; Cookery , Gervais. Cecile , : Weig and; . HH school cookery, Mar garet Miller; . Home cookery Jeferson, Mrs. W. L. Freemon; The - Waconda Cookery, Mrs. Lu cille Haraderf The Swelgle cook ery. Miss Beryl Cooper; v Home cookery. Woodvurn, Mae , Bluzf; Cookerey Macleay, Mf ss 1 Lon Vina" Harper;; Cookery, of Salem, Georgia -Albee; Home Cookery, Salem, Mrs. R. S. Van Orsdol,' Home Cookery, Salec, Miss Mabel Martin: Rainbow Sewing, Gervais Lillian L. Kowash; Salem Heights Seweing, Ethel L. McCoy; Tal bot SeWJiig, Jefferson, Mrs. Fred Myeres; The TAT Sewing, Don ald. Margaret Scollard: : Hazel Green school Sewing, Miss.: Vivi an White, and the Eldriedge Sewing, Gervais, Anna M. IGnger. Parker Host to Wallulah Staff at Spa Banquet ("W.'H. raraer orine i-arer- Shrode studio, who did all the photographic .work for the current issue of Wjallulah, 'Willamette university annual, was host at the Spa. last night to the Wallulah staff a,nd a representative, of , next year's Wallulah. Mr. Parker was assisted by Mrs. L. M. Shrode. The Wallulah staff members present were: ; -. . . Fred Patton, manager; - urey Hisev. assistant manager;. Robert (Notson, editor; Miss JRuth Hill; assistant, editor; represenung im art and.Tftrtoua other departments Miss Caroline StoberrMiss; Mary Wells, Miss . Alice .Wells. Miss Ethelyn Yerex,' Don 'Lockwood; renresentlnsr next year's Wallulah, Stanley Biumei; new. manager, CARDINAL IS LarGe crowd Archbishop "Victim "of Assas 1 Sins Jffihile .YJsiting. Mon N r . astery; Near Saragossa SARAGOSSA, June 4 . - ( Bj The Associated Press. -Cardinal SoldeTillay Romero, aged arch bishop of Saragossa was shot and killed while Tisiting a monastery In the vicinity of this city today. The cardinal was seated in a motor car with his , seretary whn attacked by a group of un identified men. The chauffeur was killed and. the secretary se? verely wounded. A search for the assassins is under way. . . CUT-OFF PUfiS Natron Project Headquarters Have Been Established By Engineer PORTLAND, Or., June 4. Final preparations for active con struction ofi the Natron! cutoff are being: undertaken in; Central Oregon this week by two parties of Southern Pacific engineers, ac cording to advice, 'received today by ;E. L. King,; superintendent ot the' Oregon lines. ' Heaedquarteres have been es tablished .between Crscent and Klamath Falls. Th parties are acting under the direction of H. P. Hoey, engineer of the jEugene Oak, Ridge section of the cutoff, and Russell Chase. Both leaders are assistants lo O..W. Boschke. chief engineer. ' " C030IITTEE IS .NAMED WASHINGTON, June , 4. The commlt- shipping board named a tee late today to plan an organiza tion which will operate the gov ernment ... fleet Vto cover Cully world trade routes." . i . ., ' One Hundred and Eighty Students to Receive Di- piomas June lo A class of 180. students will be graduated , from Salem high school at the commencement exercises to be held on Friday night, June 15, the largest class in the history of the. school. The names of those who are to receive diplomas are , Georff Admins. ;DTid Adelpb. l VLux Xdolph. Otto Atbers. ' Ouy Albin. , Bernir Alln. Dorelle Anderson. ' Theodore ABderei. Wesley Antricsn Olive Bernard. Both Bartrnff. lntav Bean(rtner. - lucj Beck. Jsmcs Bennett. (Russell Bentter. Rutk'in Bietchford. Pell Blettner. Albreent Beock. t Helen Borcnerdt. - i ! Mery Bowne. Irrel Bradford. : IJorothjr Brent. Ruby Brennen. . Edith Brotnertoa. (Continued on page 6 JAILS ROSE BURG, Or., June 4.- A fine of $100 and 30 days in JaU was the sentence Imposed ; today on L. K. Vanderbeck of Oakland, Cal.,,who was arrested at Oakland. Or., thla morning while trying to break the,Uthree flag" motorcycle record. Vandemark hailed by A. Rafferty, chief oLthe state mo tor .vehicle department at Jeffer gpa was alleged to nave dashed Ill be fuse iiD rlfORi EJtffliE OF : HORiTIOIil Supreme Court Rule s Against Evasion of Sher man Anti-Trust Law By Interstate-Cornpetitors - AGENCIES MAY GIVE . NEEDED ENLIGHTMENT Scope of Agencies Not Com mented Upon By Linseed .Oil Co., Ruling ; WASHINGTON, June 4. Ex change i of information between business competitors engeged in interstate! commerce, the supreme court ! held today, is unlawful when the ; manifest purpose of the , companies: i to defeat ' the Sherman anti-trust act," withou subjecting' themselves to its pen alties, ill: ij : r l ' The opinion was rendered In a .case brought by the federal gov ernment against b the American Linseed OU company and others The cburt declined, however, to say to r what extent competitors. through a' central 'bureau or an other agency, might go in ex changing trade Information with out violating the. Sherman law. "Opinion 'Given ' Explatnine that the American Linseed : Oil company and other linseed oQ manufacturers had bv contract ' arranged to furnish the Armstrong Bureau of Related In dustrlesj detailed information concerning their affairs, the in formation, to be confidentially circulated among; all , subscribers Justice Reynolds. In' delivering the opinion of the court stated: '"In the absence of a purpose to monopolize or the compulsion that results from contract or agreement, the Individual certain ty may " exercise great freedom, gut concerted action through com bination presents wholly different problems and. Is forbidden wheti lithe .necessary tendency is to de stroy the) kind of competition' to which the public has 'long looked for protection.", ; '. P : Eliminate Selfishness - . f The i evidence f in the . cas brought the court to the conclu; sion thai the purpose of the ar rangenent ; Justice McReynold said, was to "submerge the com petition existing among the sub scribers."; .substitute .. intelligent competition.: or. open- competition', eliminate unintelligent- selfishness and establish "100 per cent con fidence"! U . to. the end he added, ''that the; members might stand out from the, crowd as substantial co-workers under: the. modern co- i, : .4ij. , VVCfallTD UUBiUCIHI 1UCIUWU9. American Share of Loan . ' Jo Austria: Now Floated ;LONDQN. June .r-rFinal ar rangemeats for floating the Amer ican share of the 27,000,000 loan for Austria are, being made here. Mr. Lamont .of J, i P, Morgan and company,) and Montagu C. Norhv ah; governor of the Bank of Eng land, tody reviewed ; the latest first, hand reports brought Crom Vienna by Dr. Zimmerman, the nations high , commissioner ; for Austria. jMr, ;, Norman expressed the highest satisfaction with con ditions ini the country. , ' mm i on and out of sight before Raffer ty could even sound his siren. Of ficers at Eugene and Roseburg were notified and a traffic officer arrested the rider at Oakland. , Vandmark admitted that he was atternptiny to break the 4 7-hour record between the Canadian and Mexican borders." His speed frm Albany ' to' 'Oakland, - averaged 47T-3 miles per fcour, ( " wimm is EUGENE GIRL SENT. TO PEN FOR 2 YEARS Frances Babb, 19, Sentenced For Attempt to Pass Bad Check at J ewelry Store, .: EUGENE, Or.. June 4. Fran ces Babb, 19 -year-old girl, Edger town, Mo., today was Sentenced here to serVe two years in the Ore gon state penitentiary for attempt ing to pass a bad check at a local Jewelry ' store a ' month.' ago.' She pleaded guilty. H. ' W. Travers, with whom she had eloped from her Missouri home: and who was arrested at the same time, is held tot the federal grand Jury on a charge of violating the Mann white slave act. : ? 1 MEMBERS CK even of Class of 1923 Are Accorded Honor By. Wil lamette Faculty j ! jEleven members of the class o lff23 were chosen by the faculty of! Willamette university to mem bership In the Alpha Kappa Nuj honor : fraternity. ' Tjie names were read . at the, chapsl service Monday morning.-They are: jVerne D Bain, Tillamook Mae Beissell, Wenatchee, Wash. : ' Grace Frances Bralnerd, ' Mar shall, Tex. ' Lillian M. Cooper, Pilot Rock, Ore.--; --. Carmen Harwood, Salem., ; Deane E. Hattbn, Milan. Wash, Thelma Mills, -Forest Grove. Rachel Hall . Nelson, Salem. Louise - Rumour, Leavenworth, Wash. , :.: .,. Ruth Smith, Dallas, Or. Alma Rohrer .yinsonv Salem, f The Alpha Kappa Nu frater nity carries , only Its ; own bondr ary Teward, as it maintains no fraternity ''borne or other active existence.' It Is one of the finest honors of the . university, even though ttr carries no emoluments. The names are chosen by the 'fac ulty, after a careful study of the class records of. each candidate. 1. Former Police Officer. Must Do Six Months and Pay -: Fine' of $1100 BluariMonday lt,was Indeed for those who appeared In the. justice court yesterday, and i received sen tences from PJ J. Kunta, justice ot the peace. ' , JTopping the list and setting a record for sentences in liquor law violations, Walter. Johnson, ar rested last, week with a gallon jug oij llquQf in his machine, received a fine be $1000. and was sentenced to servo i six months in the county jail, taking 'up his residence later, ini the day. , In addition he was banded a fine of $100 lu the city police court. - t - 'Two violators of " traffic 1 ordi nances appearea. waiter uenti contributed a $ 2 0 on a charge of speeding, while Fred Meyers was assessed $10. . f For angling ..without a license Frantz Trlenborn was fined $25 . Mrs. Pauline iNeedham, ; arrest ed Saturday ; night and . charged with passing bad. checks, waived hearing and was bound over on $500 ball. t ;.. One civil case received attention that of L. H. McMahan vs.' M. Sherahama, the sum of $200 be ing ordered paid to the plaintiff for personal 'services 'early', last month.- MAN HAS TWO .WIVES SPOKANE, Wash June 4. -George .Foster, art" Indiana aH torney. Is left with two wives by the action 'of- the court' here to day. ; Judge Huneke ; today upheld the action of Judge Llndsley who set aside a divorce decree grant ed to Foster, on the grounds that he bad worked . a .; fraud ,'ori1 the court to obtalningrthe divorce. STATE. BItLIS:fflT LANGUAGE JECIffi Preparations Are Now Under Way to File Suit AttacIH t Oregon Measure Declarei J. P. Kavanauh, cL::i Counsel lor Opponents of iSchool. Law; Stalutz h Held Jo be in Violation to Federal Constitution. 1 WASHINGTON, June 4. State statutes which wou; 1 prohibit the teaching or use of foreign languages in all schools below the eighth grade were declared void by th supreme court, today as an unlawful encroachment upon V. i rights conferred' by the fourteenth' amendment which r. -vides that "no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty pi- property without due. process of law." r SKERSABRIVE rhn rihiiifrprrinii i -- !, , : .- . .'..'".'.: """.':':.. Visitors Find Washington "'v Streets Are Similar to ; ''Burning Sand" WASHINGTON, D. C, June 4, The national capital became today the .playground of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Crowds already on band for the annual convention of the" Imperial : council, : which will - "begin ' formally j tomorrow were augmented hourly : by "new arrivals' from" the north, east, south and west, from Canada and even from such faraway places as Hawaii and Panama, - Alt day and far into the night Pennsylvania ' avenue ' was ' a con fusion of noise and color as each arriving delegation marched to its headquarters .behind 4ts band. Typical Washlnftpn summer weather greeted the visitors and the marchers found that the wide expanse" of .asphalt on . the famous thoroughfare gave back a heat akin to that, of the 'Burning Sands' of a desert. " i A'jresiaent ; uaramg, himself , a noble, had the entire, first floor ot the White House thrown open to the Shriners and the executive, of fices, lobbies and., the ' famous green and red rooms were over run during most of the day. The first formal 1 function . in connection- with the convention waa a banquet and reception glv en tonight by Almas Temple of this city to Imperial Potentate McCandless and his "divan. California Plan Followed By Oregon Cattle Raisers UNION, Or., June 4. Cattle growers of Oregon meeting here In convention - today committed themselves to a program of im mediate relief for the vast ; stock interests and an . ultimate plan which will ' protect them - against serious price slumps such as have affected their very existence dur ing the past year. r I Features of the proposed syste- matlzation in marketing beef cat tle wU embody closer cooperation among the members of the asso ciation and provide for stabilised market prices, to the buyers at stock yards markets. , The proposed plan will follow closely one now. In operation In tbe state of California which was explained in detail by R. M. Ha- gen, secretary of the cattlemen's association; who also represented Fred H. Bixby, president, of the National Livestock association at today's convention. Seattle Mayor's Veto v I ; Over-Ridden By Council SEATTLE June X At the close ot a conference today with Mayor Edwin J. Brown preceding a ses sion of the Seattle city council at which an ordinance, to increase fares oa! the muicipal . street car system to. 10 cents or three rides for a quarter from 5 cents was adopted over the mayor's veto, councilman W. L. Blaine and C B. Fitzgerald declared that 'absc lutely nothing' had been accom plished. The mayor had been ex pected to give at this conference plans to obtain 'a halving of the price of $15,000,000 at which Is the city is buying the system, PORTLAND, Or., June 4, The decision . of the suprer . 3 court of the United-States la holding unconstitutional ' stata flaws forbidding ine use of for eign languages in schools waa in terpreted bf opponents of Vi& Oregon compulsory' publlc scfcocl law ast effecting that measure. , i r j Counsel Comments '' ! J' P. Kavanangh, chief counsf l In, Oregon for'opponentsj of tl,a school lalw, stated, after read I:;; - The 'Associated Press reports o2 the supreme court decision: ' "From tbe dispatches so , fa? received I am convinceed that t . 3 decision in' the One langui j cases just decided profoundly af fects he 1 compulsory put II a school measure In Oregon. I ar i further ' convinced ' ' from tL i latest! expression of the court that It -will declare; the Ores oa. measure unconstitutional. ; "The court appears to lavs held that a 'statute which Inter feres with the right of parents to conrol he education ox their orn children violates; the provtJc -3 of the .federal constitution.' ; , ; WUl File Suit Preparations are being me da to: file a suit attacking the Ore gon compulsory public schccl law, said Kavanaugh, who Is bl eated that the one language ca: i as those decided today are te ' -nically termed, bad .been care! ly watched by Interests wt! !i are planning to attack the Oregon- law.: f" s I The Oregon statute which waa adopted by a referendum at the general , election last , Novemt&r provides that parents or guar dians must send every child over eight. years, and, under 15 '' years of age to public school, with cer tain exceptions. COLOJailElCII 1 is prokdteo ,l,M--r------ - --v' Veteran ;0fficer of National Guard Now Commands 186th Infantry ; Promotion of Lieutenant Col onel Hiram U Welch of Portland to : colonel, wlth assignment t& command the 186th Oregon in fantry, was announced yesterday at national guard headquarters' herel ; The selection was made following an flection by the reg imebtal field' officers and cap tains and an examination by a war department examining board consisting of ! Brigadier General George A. White. Colonel Robert McCleave and 4 the , United States army -and i Major . William G. Scott, of the medical corps, ta- tional guard. - Colonel i Welch has had mere than a quarter century service In the Oregon national guard as an offlcerj and has served from Ore gon In two wars, the Spanish Am erican; and World wars. For i7 years he commanded the famous Oregon field artillery battery and for the past alx months has been la command ot the 186th In fantry! which Is Oregon's newest Infantry regiment. In civil li'o Colonel Welch is assessor of Multnomah county. lie is a prominent member of Scout Young;. camp, Spanish War Vet erans and of the Portland post of the American legion. Adjutant General White .!.T he had no information at tLIj ' time as lo who would be nam to till the vacancy of lleuten:. . colonel of the regiment, as t appointment will be mad U. -. Colonel Welch's nominatlcn ; ccorlnc wlta la?