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Tvo sEcndiis
SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR
, SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1023
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UITED FROfJT
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rtlinliters: of Three Nations
i Meet in Conference to Def
: cide on German Repara
tion Question
REACH UNDERSTANDING
AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION
Expected German Note Fails
!. to Make Appearance at i 1
Brussels Wednesday rl -
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. BRUSSELS, June 6iCBy I As
sociated Press.) A solid. and ant
ted silled . front by France, Bel
Slum, Great Britain and Italy on
tbe question ot German . repara
tions, with Prance and Belgium
agreed on a policy with regard to
tbe Ruhr, appears to be forecast
in consequence of a meeting here
today between Premier, Poincaire
of France and - Premier Theunis
and: Foreign Minister ? Jaspar . of
Belgium. :-' -V:.-. J-tJ.-:-
A striking feature of the ses
sion,' according to both the French
and Belgians was that way was
left open for Stanley Baldwin, .the
British prime minister to propose
a solution, ehould It proTe impos
sible tc arrange a Joint allied. r
Xlly to-new proposals "Germany Is
expected to make almost immedi
ately on the question ;ot repara
tions. : " ' i
InsistOn rpiymemt
t The Freach. expressed .willing
Bess to meet any reasonable Ger
siani plan In a jrpirlt f concertv
tion jind, aside Irom insisting th'at
fayment from - Germany must
eome before the French : soldiers
march out of the Ruhr. s ! If. Poin
caire 'declared he was ready and
willing - to entertain .. settlement
suggestions f rom . friendly quart
ers. It Is asserted Ahat when the
French premier, made 5 this state
ment, TJr..-Bald win was particular
ly in hi mind.: K s v f
1 The French, with the Belgians
supporting- their viewyptm held
eat for a cessation of German pas
slye resIsUnee as a iafWxible re-
qulrement- before Germany's, new
Offer is examined, but Mr.-Poitt-calre's
attitude om the wbole, eT
ertheless. Is construed "here as de
cidedly uncompromising ihan
heretofore. The two allies, France
and Belgium, f agalh Hat today's
meeting reaffirmed their ; decision
to evacuate, the uhr nly as Gerr
' nny ha paJd.- y I XX 1 !
' X Fears, are Cronndless
f Grave fears had been voiced that
the French and Belgian J view
points would prove irrecoriclllable
but after private talk of more
Jban an hpurhetween M. Poin
caire, M. Theunis and M Jaspar,
rbich was considered . the most
Important feature of the day, it
ras announced officially that "an
understanding had heen reached."
i The meeting of the "board of
board of .directors of the Ruhr
occupation company rUmited, as
'be French premier described to
day's session, proved to be a gen
eral discussion f the reparations
question.
i The new German snote which
tnm thnnfht might arrive In
prussel's today, ailed to make Its
appearance. The premiers, how
ever, were enabled 'to outline
their eventual reply. 1 . 1 , '.-.,
.Belgians Skeptical'
j The Belgians,, while skeptical
as to the accepUblllty of Germ
any's new proposal, expressed the
opinion that' the offer should he
examined and answered. ? Asfthe
liote will be ddressed to all the
klllea, the Belgtens were of the be
lief that It would afford an oppor
tunity to : restore the. allied front
by a loint reply. M. Poincaire
assented to "this.- . .
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Showers Thursday;
cooler exceptnear the xoast;
r moderate westerly winds.
u)vweath;:,(
tweanesaay;
Maximum tempera tare, 86.
Minimum temperature,'
River, lifeet; stationary.
Rainfall, none. -
Atmosphere, clear.
V7ind, north. j
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TO HAVE
. ! SEFORE
Mayor, ui.Portland oh Visit; Emphatic in Denial That
His Town is Any Worse
Uqnor Sitnation; Threats
1
.-; HELENA, Mont., June 6. Attorney General W. D.Ran4
kin was tonight awaiting word from Shelby, Mont., that oft
ficials had begun Jthe ?'clean-up" which lh& attorney general
ordered by telephone today.
BYGRADUATES
Possibility of Private Life
r Pictured at Sacred Heart
, Commencement
VThose only! tail. who end .their
life in darkness, having .let, the
flaming --torch ? of ; spiritual and
mental light go out,". said. Judge
J. P. Kavanaugh of Portland, in
addressing the graduates of Sa
cred Heart academy last night at
tbe 60th annual commencement.
jTelling the story of tbe race oi
the flaming torch won by 'all o'
those who finished with the, light
Still on high he said that one ot
the advantages of life is that ' the
light ; m.y. be relighted should , It
go out and having failed once the
battle may be taken up again; "
. Private- Uf e Coionta ; Jtoeti 4 1
, "Private lives are. more import
ant than public recognition and it
is of .more importance thatthese
young .women graduates should be
good women that they should ge
great women, although they may
easily be both.' '
Judge 'Kavanaugh i was Intro
duced by.(Itev. T..V.Keenan, as
sistant pastor, of ! tSt. Joseph's
church. Rev. Mobs. Arthur Lane
of .'Albany gave ai short talk on
"Jdealst iollowingl the conferring
of the academic; honors on the
eight young women who Jiave com
pleted the work of the academy;
; A feature jot ' tbe commence-
ment- program was the ''Tribute
to Alma Mater" written ,by Mrs.
Gertrude Robinson Ross, a mem
ber of the class ot 1915. It was
giv:eaih',(four parts by members
of the. " class. Cathryn Savage
presented' the protogue; Florence
Smith, the past; ijPanline Patter
son, the present; and .Margaret
Heenan, the future. :'
Interpretative trance, Feature ,
An interpretative dance by tbe
senior, class under tbe -direction
of Mrs. Ralph White opened the
program. 1 Mrs. ; i Horace ay aes
presided at the piano and vM&?y
Schoettle played the violin accom
paniments. A 'piano .'duo was
played by Truth Huston and Ger
aldine . Campbell. : :l y:, , i y:: '.' I '
Members of ithe graduating
class were Mary E. Iorns, Pauline
M. Patterson, Florence L. Smith,
Leonie C Deranleau, Margarlt E.
Heenan, Genevieve E,peranjeau.
Norma M. Maier, and Cathryn
Savage. ; : - ".- '' i "
The senior choral class sang
a group of two numbers jsnd
violin sold by Caludine Gerth and
(Continued. on page 4)
IIERDERT EI i
GETS COOD POST
Former Highway Engineer
named Manager oaiiTor-k
ma Association .
, Herbert Nunn. t former Oregon
state hichway engineer who! re
signed a few weeks' ago, has , neen
selected as manger ot -the Nor
thern California? Contractors, as
sociation, according to word reach-
ine Salem.' His tpadquartera win
be In San Francisco. , :
Mr, Nunn I was chosen , ,from
among about 100 applicants for
the r lace and it Is saldhe .wiU
receive a large salary. - ' , .
iffif
BIG BATftE
;Tnan OUiers leganiing
to Stop Fight Regarded as
- -
- I told them to begin this after-
noon and to keep -at it until the
town had been placed in order,"
Attorney General Rankin declar
ed, supplementing a written state
ment' which he issued Stating
that unless, the laws are obeyed in
Shelby - he would stop the Demp-sey-Gibbons
championship contest
July 4.' " . , ,
The attorney general stated that
while a Montana statute legalizes
glove contests, there Is 'another
law which provides against assem
blages that - will - create a public
nuisance and he said it would be
this law under which he ; would
prfeceed . unless, moral conditions
improved' in hfe oil. city.
PORTLAND. 1 Or., june .--Sweepinl
denial of reports ot law
lessness in Shelby, Mont., were
made by Mayor. Jesse. A. Johnson
of that . city, : who is here today
with Mike Collins of Minneapolis,
one of the promoters of the Demp-sey-Gibbons
: fight. Neither took
seriously a report from Helena of
a thrgat to prevent the holding, of
the championship fight at Shelby
Juiy;i;:.,-;::r.;; r y-
. Shelby ; is. no ; worse in regard
to 'the liquor than any other city,"
said Mayor Johnson to the Asso
ciated Press. 5 . .
"I will say that conditions are
as good' there as In any j of the
westerncities." ;There is drinking
everywhere but there Is, no espec
ial lawlessness in this -respect in
Shelby. )' , . s ;
Mike 1. Collins 1 characterised
threats of stopping the fight as
bunk. . ",
C, W Peterson, Aged, Long
Mr shoreman, Hangs Self
at Cottage Farm2
CirWj Peterson, age, 63 known
at the Cottage, farm, as 'Pete,"
committed suicide late yesterday
afternoon by placing a ; rope
around his neck - and Jumping
from a, window . In one of the
barns, breaking hlsneckj y
When i discovered, shortly be
fore the-, dinner hour, the body
was stilt warm. -Hr. D. R. Ross,
physician . in ..-charge : of r the- -Oot
tage farm. cut , down: the body,
but. all Attempts tit reauscltaton
were unsuccessful.. . . , iy : y ,
As far as can be learned, t Pe
erson";had .o relatives. No cor
resppndence ..pertaining - to him
has. ever, been received A letter
found in: his effects from Herman
Larsen secretary; ot No. 386, In
ternational Longshoresmens' ss
sociaton ,24 g Flanders, Portland,
indicated -he was , a member of
thnt t organization.' Larsen has
been - notified of the ; death, as
was the coroner, who took charge
of the remains. " "'.',";
r Peterson was, committed to the
Cottage farm from Washington
county, pn October 20, 1912. He
was' formerly, a resident near
Beaverton. ' ; - ?
CcnjcraticnrArticlfiS'Are "
Filed t for Albert. Estate
Articles of incorporation of . the
Albert Estate, Incorporated, were
filed with the county Tlerk Wed
nesday, with Joseph H. -Albert
and George Rodger a Incoiv
porators. ; The purpose .of :s the
business Js to buy, sell and deal
in, Tealestate-nndmvestmenta,
Offices will be maintained in 6
lem. ' . " . ''
CaplUl stock was given at
15000, divided into , W0 0 shares
yalued at 1 1 each, Bcaassessabla..
COUNTY JAIL
AGAIN HOME
. FOR CONVICT
Freedom Is Short-Lived for
I Man Whoi Escaped; Three f
j Others Still Have Liberty ' l
; -PASCO. .Wash., - June 5 6. Earl
Devereaux,.wh6 ' escaped yesterday
with three other prisoners from
the .Franklin county jaiT ls again
in custody .after ,tafs than J 4
hours liberty. Devereanx $was
captured east of town late, today
while, waiting to board a freight
train. ' . . "
Word was received from Bur
bank that three men . answering
the description of the other fugi
tives had been 'seen walking east
uar,l.eTy,Btet; a., m: today,, but
no trace of the men has been
found.' : '." 1 ?
Salem Youth in Jail n
Charge of Molesting Girls,
- On Street
.Positive identification' - was
made bv three- eirla-in? the Bolfce
station last night that Paul Mel
tdn, 170 Court Street, : was the
man7 that accosted them on 'the
street the -night before." 'The
names of the girls are heing with
held and they will be called to
appear against. Melton when he Is
arraigned, I ' ,
According to the story told by
the-girls they were walking along
the street : Tuesday night, 1 when
Melton, began to annoy them. He
followed them, obl, a less lighted
thoroughfare, and when they paid.
no attention to himr grabbed one
o, the girl by the cape. She slap
ped his face, and he retaliated by.
striking her, she said-, -'i 1 ,
The girls reported the matter
to the police,, and some time, was
spent seeking him. The 'girls.
were. Instructed- to keep a sharp
look-out, and if they saw him, to
report the f matter. . The girls
saw. Melton and ; reported as in
structed. "f Officers Smart and Ol
son made the. arrest.
Melton fl "booked at police head-
Quarters for' molesting girls .on
the street. He was lodged in the
city iail following -the Identifica
tion by the girls.
COMEUPTBIU
Special Meeting of City
i Council Called to Consid-
j 1 er; Infractions
A special meeting of the city
council has been called for 7: 2Q
thi evening by Mayor J. B. Giesy
for the fturnose of taking up the
question, of .pool room law viola
tionsf - .j
. It, was intimated last night tby
Mayor Giesy; that the licenses of
those -Who. have, already pleaded
guilty, and who have . been; con
victed of infractions of the law
mght possibly be revoked.
SIStlCE
POOL ROOM CASES
TamnvotnVlron hv flip nresence of a larcre man. the son-
in-law of the' family,-a womarr frantically phoned the police
ttirn about 9:30 last uisrht that the lives of several people
were being threatened Dy a crazy man
In resDonse to the call a carload
ot police pCJicers hastened to the
scene, the exact location of which
is hazyia their memory butfplac!'
ed I'somewhere in the hills beyond
the Cottage Farm-", ly y m
! Upon their, arrival thejri found
m York, characterized, as an ex
ceptionally large and din eappear- j
in man, tightly bound In 'a chair,
the -combined - efforts tour
HIE IKS.
" v 1 " ' I -...' t I ' F f i , 1 ' " .. (r . . . ' . - - - ;
BROOK
AS POTENTATE
Conrad V. Dykeman 'WiM
Succeed James McCan
,dles as Leader of Organ
ization for: Next Year
KANSAS CITY SELECTED
FOR 1924 CONVENTION
Divan Is Completed; With
Absence of Coast Men;
-Accidents Mar Day
WASHINGTON," June O.-WThe
shriners,. In - session here t today
selected Kansas City i as their
1124 convention city, and elevat
ed Conrad V, Dykeman of Brook-
tate. succeeding . James S. Mc-
Candlessfof Honolulu. .
Mr.: Dykeman advanced i from
the office of imperial deputy po
tentate, in accordance wtth the
imperial councils custom, and" all
other members of the ; imperial
divan were up one step nearer
the; top. T. Clifford. Ireland of
Peoria,, Ill.y a' former . member, of
the house of representatives, was
elected to-till the vacancy thus
created r fer imperal outer guard,
I DivAn.is ..Choaen
j Imperial TPottntate Dykeman'
divan v includes James,- E. , Chand
ler of Kansas CI ty imperial, de
puty potentate, f s James C . Bur
ger of Penverr Imperial. chief . rab
ban; David W. Crosland'.of. Mont
gomery. AUni ..imperial aaocUt
chief rabban; , Clarence M. Dun
bar; ot PrpvUence, B,: I.,: Imper
ial high ,.priestf . and , prophet',
Frank C Jones of Houston, Tex
as, imperial Oriental guide; Leo
V. . Toungworth i of Los . Angeles,
imperial first ceremonial ,m aster;
Esten ; A. Fletcher of Rochester,
N. V Y., imperial . second , ceremon
ial master; Thomas J. ; Houston
of Chicago, imperial '-marshal;
Eagrl C. Mills of Des Mpines, la.,
Imperial captain, ot. the guards.'
, William S. Brown t ot Pitts
burgh, and Benjamin iW. Rowell
of Boston, respectively, were re
elected imperial L treasurer and
Imperial recorder. ; Sain P. Coch
ran, of Dallas, bishop Frederick
W. Keator' of Tacoma, and Ar
thur W. Chapman! of , Winnipeg,
were, elected members of . the
board of trustees ot the Shriners
hospitals f oir crippled children,
four ot which have been completed,-
with ix more projected.' " ; ;
' Two accidents.: marred the day
One workman was killed and an
other injured; in the Garden of
"Allah" i which1 extends -In front
of the White House, when 'a-truck
collided with a'J repair scaffold.
Ten persons,-., moat of them shrin
ers or visitors here In connection
with the convention, were injur
ed in, a collision at Riverside, Va.t
between, two electrl trans. One
of the cars - was returning to
Washington from Mount Vernon
and the other was elroute there
was a crowd of sight-seers Phy
sicians ! later reported that none
of the injured was In a serious
condition. J - '" i -;
t:
grown men "being necessary -. to
subdue-him. 7 .
- York was placed in a machine
and. brought, back to the ' city,
where ,",he "was . turned over to
Sheriff Bower, who took . him to
the, asylum. ,
- Members of the family, stated
that he had not acted in any pecul
iar manner ' prior to the y epell,
which apparently seized him of a
sudden. The heat of the past two
days was blamed for his actions.'
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SPIRITS LOW
SAYS REPORT
, OF (PRISONERS
Chinese OoIaws Still Give No
: 'Intimations When Cap
Uvea Will Be Released
WASHINGTON, June 6. The
state department announced late
today it had received a 'cable
gram from Jacob uould Scnur
man, American minster at Pek
ing, which said "there: was ' no
definite indication of how long
it would be before Americans and
others still . held by Chinese ban
dits are ' released."
Minister , Schurman reported
that "harmony appears to have
been restored to the bandit camp
and the' captives are not. suffer
ing in health though : they are
getting somewhat low in .spifit.
He also said the international
commission headed by' Brigadier
General Connor: lefet Peking for
Lincheng last, Friday, accompani
ed! by Representative Wain-
wrlght of New York, former as
sistant secretary of war who had
arrived in Peking the day. pre
vious. . -f
Two Delegations From Morth
Part of -County Visit Court
1 : Yesterday-
Early completion of the county
road paving program, was, sought
from the.county court yesterday
when two delegations " appeared,
demanding paved market" road ex
tensions. V '
So eager ere Sllverton .and Mt.
Angel t to have a hard surfaced
road between the two towns that
an oI er was made to take up as
high as 1 2 5;0 00, worth of county
warrants it necessary. The argu
ment was . that a. paving plant
wa already assembled .and that
the road was in excellent shape
for such work. A saving, could 'be
effected. at this time, the delega-j
tion ; declared. Final decision wes
taken under advisement. ' T ,. I
.The other delegation sought a
payed road between Gervais and
St. Paul. ! An a nortion ot this
road is already on the county pav
ing program, it was desired that
the road be completed as" soon' as
possible. . " ' , .
STOiOF EGYPT
IT
Rev. Bruce jGriffirij Student
Pastor From Eugene,
-! jQives ' Address
j Five members were -read Into
the Rotary 'club at -Wednesday's
luncheon. ,Tbe "mew members
were . given ! the Rotary code by
"Parson" J. J. Evans.
Rev; Bruce Griffin, student pas
tor .for the Presbyterian church at
the University of Oregon., was in
troduced by Rotarlan George Hug,
an. old, friend to deliver thejprin
cipal address of the day. Mr. Gif-
f in , has ; had an interesting, story.
His father. jwas for 47 years a mis
sionary .tot Egypt," and he himself
was born there under the star and
crescent.' vThe . 00 0-year pyra
mids and the .marvellous temple
of Karnak and all the wonders of
the Nile valley, are as familiar to
him as the "ball park or the bath
ing , beach - pr the Willamette to
the people 'of i Salem. S
The speaker . used .the fact of
the ; present Egyptian self-government,
sji the starting point. for the
argnmen that . since; 11900, when
the. tide of white supremacy was
at 'its higbest point .In history.
with 90 per, cent of all the people!
unaer. 11s nprajaii control, iae
white power has .been ' slipping
steadily.: The ; Rising Tide Xof
Color," Lathrop ' Stoddard's pro
found1 historical volume, shows
that the white jrace is facing the
: ; -WOOLWIXB RESIGXS
t, . ; ;,:-. . y-- '
LOS ANGELB3, June 6. 1
Thomas Lee Woolwine, district at
torney of Los Angeles county, late
today submitted his resignation to
the board ' of su pervisors. It- was
accepted and -'Asa Keyes, 'chief
deputy district attorney, appointed
to till the vacancy'.
' Pasicep for goumiy
. . , -1 - -. ' ',
OLD RDTABIANS
IffiBI
ilS.KIOMLMCC
Representatives of Manufacturing Ccapany Are lsjirc
Dy rorty toot Jump to
Shortly Before Accident
Field. 1
DAYTON. O.. Jnnp fi,
ible TC-1 .was destroyed by. fire shortly after it was moored
at Wilbur Wright, field at 6 o'clock here tonight. '
4 a tne snip, tne largest of its kind in this country, v.n
destroyed during a, severe electrical storm. .It, came tci-y
ram -aicottf ieia, ill., on a test
King's .Products .Company
rays weeded Price for
V Valley Production .
. X ...... : ..... . ' - , ,
"We have already bourfct a
considerable tonnage .of loganber
ries at ' i cents a oonnd. and we
hope that we shall be able to pay
that mnch for all the berries we
can use "this season," is the inter
esting statement credited to the
iving s. troQucts company agents.
ine. only excuse we shall have
for-paying , less "1" than S cents . is
the selling of the berries to other
buyers fbr less money, so that in
protecting i ourselves ,we shall
have to buy-at-their lower price
for the rest of the' fruit we shall
need." ' .. ' 1
Up to -I he Crowcr -This
eeems to. put it un directly
to the grower to jgay whether he
xs to receive 5 cents, or ; 4 cents,
or 3- cents, for his fruit, accord
ing to the organizers of the big
loganberry , exchange. ;it is the
condition the. farmer has shouted
for and dreamed about: the day
when he could actually i set the
price for his product and have
some of the. buyers actual! v f light
ing to make him stick to It him-
oon - juoieau or - scaooing on nis
union price." Farm orators 1 have
worn leather lungs Into the grave
shouting for the day when the far
mer could name a price for his
own' product and now the day. Is
here and the higher-grade canners
who buy are only afraid that thei
xarmers win t&emselres , cut the
price. ;" . r v . --.- ,
; Someone Weakening y . .
One -Salem canner told the or
ganizing committee of; the logan
berry exchange that he had been
offered - logans for j less than S
cents, showing that somewhere
there is a weak-kneed grower who1
is ready to break the market for
everybody. '-. The canner, however,
did not buy at the cut price. ' One
of the heaviest loganberry canners
of the worjd, here in Salem, in
formed The Staesman-Wednesday
that his company had not thought
a logan. rThe report was current
last year that some of the big can
ners, before signing up for a gen
eral good price, sent out scouts to
see how easy the growers would
be. They found enough of them
ready to play traitor that the price
was established ' at a lower price
than the canners could have paid
with safety and the rest of the
growers' suffered the cut along
With thei price-breakers., v ? ; -;
"'" : Sale Safe So Far 1:y''
; But this year, according to. the
organizers, there seem , to have
been no sales whatever . at less
than the 5-cent basis. .The logans
pre ripening steadily, and they
will soon be i ready for market.
The organizers are workine inces
santly to.get their 600 acres all
Biraeri tin trtr inonrnnratinn kn
they can fill thei new-found fresh
truit and other auxiliary markets.
Reports have been , made, of re
turns much in excess of. any can
nery prices, and. the association
expects tolnvestigate all these
high-priced markets to the limit.
Two Important. logan growers.
whose holdings i aggregate 100
acres, came Into, the association
Wednesday. : They bring the total
of signed, contracted . berries up
within easy sisht of "the 600 acres
required for Incorporation. The
two meetings scheduled for .Inde
pendence tonight and for Quin-
(Continued on page 4)
1 nnpiccri i
rtrrtr?
11 11 I
Ground; Crew Left Z'. :
; on Test Flight Frczi Cccli
.- ;
Tho linitaA cf.fQ. j;.,-.
flighty :
- I "Sergeant Harry. Barnes, Eccti
Field, -.and.' A. iJ.'MaranvllIe," Ak
ron. .Ohio, representatives of tta
Goodyear Rubber company, whlcli
built the ship, were injured wfcea
they jumped 40 feet to th
ground when the big bag catrsLt
fire. " , ; -
. , Barnes ankle .was broken . s nd
his knee sprained. Haranv::i3
suffered a crushed ankle ail a
sprained arm. Both are In hos-I-tals.
' . - -. ,
The ship was flown today ty
crew of ten men commanded
Lieutenant Clyde Kunts.
Lieutenant Kunts and ether
members of the crew left fla ilip
shortly; before jthe accident.; TLa
ship had. been moored to cue c 1
the steel towers when it wai
caught In ; the -Wind and bt:-zz
around, coming In contact Tsiih
another steel post. The ba waa
highly charged with elecvtrlcltr
and the connection with tbe tw
steel towers caused the esx I
and-the fire, it i believed.
The .TCI", was of the same tlz 5
as the C-2-which was desfrcr: ! t;
fire '-at San Antonio. Tex- a. : -.
year, after completing a transcoa-
unentai xught. I
Lightning struck another
kar at Wright field fon!Sht tut
little damage, was caused.!
ci-iw:::
died vestl:: :
Auditor .for . Public Service
Commission Succumbs
r to Short Illness'
Charles F. Hagemann, 51, aud
itor of the public service con
misson, died here, yesterday after
an illness of only a few days.
Funeral .announcements have,
not yet been made. ; j
Mr.. Hagemann was a veteran
of the Spanish-American war and
was the first commander of the
Salem post of the Veterans of
Foreign wars. - j
He is survived by hi widow,
Mildred Hagemann; three sons.
Charles. Frank and Frederick,
all of Salem; two brothers, John
A. of Wisconsin, and Ervact r.f
Mllwaukie, On; and one! sister.
Miss Sophia Hagemann of Sales,
and his mother, Jdrs.1 Louise
Hagemann.
Mr. Hagemann was attending
the University, of Wisconsin
Madison, as a member ofthe sen
ior class, .when the Spanish-Ameri
can war broke out. in the srrfnsr
Of 1898. He Joined a Wisconsin
regiment and saw service in Cuba
and Porto Rico, receiving hia
university diploma without f lay
ing at" f he college halls to take it
at the regular graduation. Ha
came to Gladstone.. Or., 13 years
ago as a public accountant, and
to Salem six jyears ago. . . Ila
marched In the Memorial day par
ade, and on Thursday was one of
the singers at the funeral of tha
late Mrs. 'Selleck of Salem. Ca
Friday he was Uken Hi with a
severe bowel complication tlat
has threatened his ever sinca LIj
army days. Two operations .at tl i
hospital failed to relieve the c : :
dition, and he had to give up tta
long, losing fight.
Mr. Hagemann was mer
of the Masonic order, and cf
Salem Apollo club, besides I
chairman of the board cf r'
stewards and a teacher i.i
Sunday school ', at J---
church.