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7ENTY-THIRD YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1923 j j t
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PRICE FIVE CZIJTS
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H -ge Street Evangelical
.urch toJe-Taken Over
r Community Building;
rst Payment Uz$q
1 L CONSIDERATION
OT5EJ2EXT SATURDAY
Equipment Goes With
i ure-rn ce saia jo
About C5000 '
J 3alem came within the realm
i 'psslbillty last night when the
j,Jling f and trustees of the wo-
I J Ts dab met with, the trusteea
i First ETangelical church
f ln( arranged ifoTt" the sale 61 the
1 t 'crizm Street, Eyancelical church
pe Salem Woman's ( clab
M r pe r property, has been in he
I i.U ot the jETangellcal Jc"hurch
, I '4more-thari 30 years bat the
j J aiding ; , as tit now-, stands was
i iift seren. yejars, ago, according
p. P. ucCracken, president of
j-1 church trustees. The first
i jiaent was 'made on the prop
I ir-last nlghU r . -
fhe UbertyvStreet and Cottage
't et Erangelical charches re-
f j eutly anited a? the First -ETan-elical
chnrchi ReT. C C. Poling
i pastor. Repairs are. being1 made
i the ... Uberiy Street chsrch,
iich wilL be completed by : dct
j er 1. : In the meantime the con-
! eeation will meet In the Cottaee
JS" t r niirrn. .
9j btiilding . la, th .one 1 i
h the Bible school classes
held, tor the Garfield school
1 spring. It has a (lining room
a Attw wmasa 4 Vsn 9AA '
), av. 4 . v s iu wi v , vuou u v yci "
Ad -with- a - complete kitchen
which goes' with' the
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The .Salem Woman's club has
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? k A -n hoping to arrange f or ' the
, rchase of property on which to
f ) i'lild a community . bttilding at
j I piae future time. ;The rrice aslc
1 . for the church was , j;I ven Aas
-"it ;uad 15000." judges of real
ULs values stated last night that
leirrcjerty was-worth iat least
' :e board or the Salem ; Wo-
t' club has called a' meeting
the rtub members tor next Sat
oty, Jaly 7, In the ' proposed
iKIing. 460 Cottage street.';T
The Corrallls Woman's club has
4 a club house for several years
-4 a new c!"b.houe was recently
.c;leted r Ushland. , JOthex
was la OrevS have built or are
-ning to t build,? women's com-.-itr
-or clab building.
'The rlan of the Salem .women
J ,s been to have i building : In
?h!ch women's coayentions "com
Hg to i?ilem -might meet, where
o-jn'a mej'angsi and conferen
t m mTg!;t; td held at the convene
nee of those, meeting. The Sa
m Business and Professional
nmanV club recently offered to
"iperata with the' Salem Wo-
sn's clnb in the purchase and
tHpment of a 'elub house. The
fer of assistance was accepted
V the Yoman's club at that
,ff leers of the Salem Woman's
1 1 h are Mrs.' Seymour , Jones,
- .Identr Krs. ' C K. Spauldlng,
e. preslder.:: Mrs. F. A. Elliott,
lafnnan ; of fha board of - trus-
.; Arrs. C. K. Spauldlng and
, W. E. Anderson, members of
e board of trustees of tffl oulld-
fnnd.
t?
Konjirtpr resigns
TAB.1S. July 1. Roland: W.
jien has resigned as unofficial
presentatlve '. of the United
t'.rs reparations' committee ef
?lre August 1. hare' been
a lor j ecough, he said.
i:::v;EATHEn
and 01 (lenerally fair Sun
' inr iDaeriie wesieny
(SATURDAY) l)
a re. -Max. 8 7. : i;.;:
; t T
fall. none. --here,
clear
B5STE0Y5D
I LOSS OF $50,00
Tavern Famous ior 25 ; Year isTotaI;Los$; JFireBe-i
Iievcd to Have Been Started in Kitchen ; Flames
Spread to Brush on tloustain Side; Special Trams of
Tire-fishters Hashed . to Sceni i '
MILL VALLEY, CaI.J June 30. The tavern on MouM
Tamalpais, near thej summit; a landmark for, a quarter of j a
century, and -at the terminus of one of the World's most
'eturesque and scenic railroads, burned, la te ; today. r It was
valued at approximately $50,000. " '
SIP 0E13 T0 :
CLOSE-TWO DAKS
Both July S and 4 to Be Ob
served 4By Depositories '
in This City :
All" Salem banks will be closed
both July 3 and 4,' according to
announcement by the bankers yes
terday. While It Is not necessary
tor the banks to close July 3 sim
ply because the governor has de
clared a legal . holiday; in Oregon
on that date, the ; bankers con
sider it better tor all concerned
to- close the doors. I ? ; .
The fact that a day is a legal
holiday, though , It might not be
observed by banks and similar in.
stitutlons, gives an additional day
of grace to' persons who hare ob
ligations lanintf due bft that date.
The- officers of the Business
Men's league hare decided not to
ask the stores to close on July
3, which the governor ; has ; pro
claimed a legal, holiday. I s
There will be no ' sessions of
the circuit court on that day and
the "entire court house will be
closed. It is understood the Jus
tice and "the city courts also will
be closed. 1 - . . : "
. Owing to Governor Pierce's
Pierce's proclamation' -declaring
Tuesday, July 3, a holiday, the
naturalization hearing c scheduled
for that time wltf be 'postponed
until' Monday, July l6Jat 10 a. m
The postponement. It' was stated
by U. G. Boyer, county clerk, is
causing .considerable amount of
confusion. One "witness, he said,
was on the way, from1 British Co
lumbia to be present Tuesday.
The court house will be closed
both Tuesday and Wednesday, , In
observance' of Jthe proclamation
and of Ihe Fourth of July.
CECMilllCT
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E. S. McCorrrjick' Not Held
Satisfactory ; By New
School Regime
SILVERTON, Ore., June 30.
(Special ..to ,The Statesman.) At
a , recent meeting of; the: school
board the oltowing resolution was
offered by H.R. Irieh and adopted.
"Resolved, that the , action of
the school board heretofore had
looking - toward the employment
of ,E. S. McCormlck as principal
of ' the ' Sllvertoh' school and the
contract attempted to be entered
into bet'wen said E. 8. McCormlck
and said school board on the 16 th
day. of June, 1923 be and the
same are Aereby cancelled for the
reason that said contract has not
been 1 legally entered Into ; a'f any
legally called or other meeting of
said "school board, and : that! the J
names? oti the members' of aid
school board appearing on said
contract appear, there as acta of1
Individuals and - not as members
of said board, and that said con
tract - has never . been f executed as
required by the 'laws ot. the 'estate
of Oregon: Tvm-r''
"Resolved farther, that the clerk
of this board.be and Jie is hereby
directed to no'tify Raid E. Si McCor-
mickr at bis address as stated in
his application, of said action Of
the board." ' . s -y'u- :j
WA committee was appointed by
Chairman! C. -W. Keene. fbr' the
purpose 'of vinvestlgating and ob-
BY BLAZ
The blase Is reporteu - to have
started in the kitchen and spread
with great1 rapidity. There Is good
water pressure, at the tavern site
and considerable, fire fighting ap
paratus was . at hand, ' but the
flames gained headway : rapidly
and ' spread to the brush" on the
side of the mountain. A train
with 20 fire fighters under Deputy
Town Marshal Al - O'Connor was
sent a p to aid in battling : the
flames and. when it was -reported
that the brush had caught,, a sec
ond train with 40 men under com
mand of District Fire: Warden . E.
B. Gardner was despatched. '
Many Safe-Guarding; Agen
cies Have.Been Obtained :
Jor Contestants. .t.-
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. June SO.
Every safe guarding agency
available will be included in the
outfit each pilot and his aide will
have with hm during the natonal
elimination balloon , race, : wheh
will start from here July 4.
" The equipment, according to of
ficials of the Indianapolis cham
ber of commerce, which Is sponsor
for the contest, win T consist of
guns, f knives; enough food ; and
water to last a week and clothing
sufficient to meet any emergency.
While' the winning . balloon is not
expected to be In the airTlonger
than two Tulghtsf and, three days,
it was said some 5 might come
down' in unfrequented v territory.
The , hazard of' free balloon f ly
ing do. not end. when the bag set
tles to -earth in many instances, it
was declared. : . :
LEADS TO DEATH
Mistake Proves Fatal to Sah
Diego Manr Liquor jreat
. er Confesses 4 ;
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SAN ;DIEGO, Cal.,r Juno SO.
Mistaking a bottle .of a f poison
ous solution fora bottle of whis
key, James E. Mta ton, gave C. W.
Carnea a drink last Saturday and
within a tew' minutes later was
dead,", according to -a - confession
Minton is alleged to have made to
the; police today. : Carnes last Sat
urday: was found sitting . on a
street' curb In .a dying condition
and 'before medical assistance
could arrive he .'died. . 0 1
. Minton and James McMahon,
who were known to '. have been
drinking; with Carnes ' a few ' min
utes before, were placed under
arrest; 'bending an ' Investigation
in the cause of Carnes' death.
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DOG BITES . GIRL; : -
DEMPHEYVIOiE.'lS-.
SUED FOR f20.000
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- v Great Falls, .Mont Jane 80.
JackDempeey's jworrles were
incrrawdl today when twit was
'filed by Alex P. Geranious, of
fireat Falls, who asks.f2O.0OO
damages for , injuries alleged
to have ben received, when his
seven year fId daagbtr wa
bitten; by a dog at the 'Teiiip
ey training camp 'on June 1.
Jack K earns, Dempsey'a nin
4ager, was also' made a defend
ant In the suit.
Die Biwi k
SUtEDIEDUESDAK
FHIELDli DIIK
f RUN PRESS
Death Sentence for Sabot
:ap;c( Decried By. All Ge
rnine;'Seveh Ordered Shot
By;Cburt.WariiaI 1 ' .'
CROSSmGS SUSPENDED
rjOREXT, lVO; WEEKS
Rhineland Commission and
.Allies : Reach Depisiohr
l- JTAdbptPeripies 'Y'i ;
BERLIN, June 30. (Byj the
(Associated Pjresa) France wants
to' drown . In German blood the re
sistance ' on the - Rhine, the! Mo
selle and 'the Ituhr, says' the1 All
Gemlne jZeitung today,' joining in
the 'general storm of indignation
expressed , by ,the German j press
over the sentencing of seven Ger
mans to death for sabotagej by a
French court, martial in Mayence.
i
1 Want an Antwer
i
r , The -, Germans i are .being exe
cuted in an effort, to strangle the
passive resistance, the newspaper
tharges,, but t France will hot be
victorious and "this blood will not
have : flowed In xain." It con
cludes with the quotation: j
: "May some avenger arise from
our ashe." . ii--'.":-f?i'
"The other newspaper comments
in a similar strain, expressing the
convictjon , that these wholesale
death - sentences - must sur,ely
awaken, the outid -werldro the
"monstrosity" of the French -co'
duct In the occupied area. .
Several Sentenced,
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' ; The list of those condemned, as
published 'here, ' follows: - Paul
Sasse, alias SchuetzJ age 23;
Frankfort 'building supervisor;
Frederich Mauerer, 26, Augsburg
watchmaker; George 1 Grube. 23,
Augsburg machinist; -Mai Hahe,
2. Berlin locksmith; C Alfred
Schneider, 18, Reullingen, . do
mestic; WUhelm DryerrEchwaldO
mechanic; Karl Frey, 121, Boden
heim baker. -.'
. A Frankfort merchant named
Lauth, age 62, was sentenced to
life imprisonment and Pete Koeh
ler, 45, a Bodenheim inn keeper,
was I sentenced to five years, im
prisonment. 4 3 FRONTIER BANNED
COBLENZ. 'June : 30. The
Rhineland high commission and
the Belgian-and French military
authorities had decided to suspend
for 15 days, beginning Monday, all
crossings of the frontier -between
the occupied and the unoccupied
territory by Germans, except 4 for
food transportation - and urgent
reasons. . The commission has al
so adopted as its own the Belgian
penalties already Imposed on Duis
burg. Special Deliveries to ; - -
Be More Closely Guarded
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' The postoffice; department will
today inaugurate a more stringent'
system; for the deliveryof special
delivery! letters and : packages.
Hereafter, a receipt Is to be "de
manded, except, in leases that show
a sufficient reason for such a re
cord not being kept, or the prac
tical certainty that! the letter will
fall only into the proper hands,
i While the primary consider
ation' of the special delivery letter
was meant to be speed, the depart
ment has found that in the larger
cities this has been taken advan
tage of at the expense of safety.
It is ja ) fairly common thing if or
a spectelivery' letter to go out.
requesting or demanding -' quick
funds, Ifor some one In need of
money, and the return. If it comes
at all.- is likely to come byi the
same distinctive service. In board?
Ing heuees and hotels in the cities
a clever , snooper could : hardly
guess: wrong in assuming that a
special delivery letter contained
money, and If the right person
weren't there the 'snooper '-'might
prosper by gettin g -; the ; missive
To obviate so many such, losses,
the department ,1s starting to
hedge these - specials wjth . more
rigid restrictions as to . their -de-
liTerZ '
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FREE BEER IS
LINER SLOGAN
FROMWAPLES
Passengersfrbld to Drink Fill
Before Three Mile Limit -v
" Reached! Says .Radio-: -
NEW YORK, June 30
-"Beer
free; drink your fill." f '
Words even as strange as these
stand out oh 4 sign '-that hangs
today in the saloon of the Cesulich
liner, Presldente .Wilson from
Naples, due' to deck tomorrow, ac
cording to wireless messages. '
. The placard was hung' by the
captain, Stuperich, following re
ceipt of a message from New York
managers of the line, Informing
him that the beer n would be con
fiscated when the; 'ship arrived,
and directing that It be done away
with.r - -f i1-' :--)
. :. The ship has 1096 passengers
aboard and " much beer, - Captain
Stuperich tonight sent this mes
sage to New York. ''Consuming
all oeer possible; giving it to pas
sengers gratis. , .But ieven their
capacity is limited, j Will h,ave to
destroy 20 barrels or more before
reaching the"; three-mile llmlt. J
Salem Instructor Thinks
Pupils Stiquld.Haye Sense.:
- :of; "Freedoms.. ,
. UNIVERSITY DFI OREGON,
Eugene. Ore., June 30.-f'Tbe de
sire for discipline on the part of
high school teachers, the desire to
make Btudents "mind" as he ex
pression, is, is not a desire for mor-
J Ml upbuilding abd strengthening
f chacte5:jfcstu4en, but ji Is
Oasea on in luuaauicuiai mca
that, we, want our own . way."
'; This was the. opinion expressed
by 'J. C.': Nelson, principal" of the
Salem .high school in his talk on
''Socialization . Through School
Government,' ' before ' the teach
ers tif the state in tb annual edu
catlcnal conference 'held yesterday
and today o n the Eugene campus.
' "Are we" preparing 'our ' chil
dren, to live in an autocracy," con
tinued ''Mr. ; Nelson; "where they
are ,. forced . Iq , subm It., to . the f rule
of one person? If bo then, we
can have absolute faculty discip
line, but. if they are going to live
In a democracy, then let them have
a chance to express their demo
cratic Ide-t."' 'I ' f -stances
from his own experienc as
Air. Nelson in his talk cited in
a high . school teacher which il
lustrated the success of the prin
ciple, of student government. He
said that it had' been his exper
ience that students - had to have
an outlet for their activities and
that with student government they
used , their energy in J tryln. to
handle their own affairs instead
of thinking, of novel 'ways' whore
by they could break rules, f ;
Mr. Nel son said that he con
sidered keeping up a "robust taith
in the fundamental rightness1 of
young people", th greatest point
of consideration '.t in..' successful
school government on the part of
the faculty and particularly , the
principal. -
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Western Trip Interrupted for
Side Trip, to National
; . - Playground - '; .
YELLOWSTONE Park, Wyo..
June 30. (By j The Associated
Press.)- Yellowstone Park, l one
of the natures wonderlands, was
viewed today by President and
Mrs. Harding as they Interrupted
their, western trip to visit the na-
jtional playgrounds.' j' ;
f VThe chief executive and Mrs.
Harding with members of -their
party rode about 40 miles through
the park' after, arriving eaMy in
the ' day at he aGrdiner Mjnt..
entrance and Jonight they rested
within a stone's throw .. of Old
aithful geyacsr, J j , -
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Kastern ( Babies . Bent
NEW YORK. June SO.i Babies
In New York City have! a better
chance than tftose In a large num
ber of smaller. citles.Ithe Ameri-
Lcan Child Health assfjciatloa de-
ciarea today, . , ,
N SPEAKS
. ! ON DISCIPLINE
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SiDSjlt
ILIIBS
Italian Ship. Passes Quaran
tine With Immigrants at
Midnight;. Wany ym Be
Disappointed 8; 5 ;:
CONTlMEfiTAL QUOTAS
FILL 'AT NOON 5T0D AY
Those Unable "to Enter U. S.
at This Time .Must Wait :
r Another 'Year
NEW YORK. July 1. The Ital
lan liner Presldente Wilson . from
Trieste, with ,776 allena aboard,
was; the first of the waiting fleet
of immigrant carriers to cross the
Imaginary - line 1 at quarantine
shortly after midnight, , standard
time, and gain admittance to the
United States under the new quo
tas of the. restricted Immigration
law. 4 ' ,';- .- '" ;:',: :'
. The French steamer Canada
from !, Piraus, .Greece, , with 949
immigrants aboard, was second.
I ,The Danish steamship Polania
from Libau,' with 741, was third.
The Presldente, Wilson was .of
ficially timed at two minutes after
midnight, : . the- Canada a minute
Uter and the .Tetania at 12; U4.
s r ' Nationalities -jAre Many . -
i Other. ships entered. in the fol
lowing order: rj ;. : . ... ; .
King Alexander,' British froia
Plraues with 5238 . immigrants;
The France,. Freneh from Havre,
SIS; , Stockholm.. Swedish 'Jttom
Gothenburg," 1001; ttleuw Amster
dam, "Dutch. Rot'terham, r 819;
President "- Adams, : United : States,
London,-245; Washington, United
Stktes, Constantinople, 13 Ij The
Aquitania. Brttieh, Southampton;
83. 1
!! I . FROM 42 COUNTRIES
NEW YORK, June 30. Eleven
thousand immigrants from 'forty-
two countries tonight " impatiently
waited ; on 2 4 liners in Gravesend
Bay for the race into quarantine
and admittance to the United
Stotes; ' - - - -- Hi' '- :
A score' more liners' are racing
across the Atlantic t with ! other
thousands of hopeful immigrants
who nust return to the near east
and Asia after spending the sav-
j Ings pf a "1 life - time on the :tive
thousand mile trip, jsacn or two
ships A which ; arrived today- from
Greece had more than' enough pae-
sengers to fill the quota tor that
country. All passengers on f the
ship that comes in second will
have to be returned. !. 1 v i; J
, - Stay on Ship !' j J .' '
The allotments for two contin
ents, Asia and Africa, and I six
countries, Greece, Palestine Tur
key, Syria, Mem el and ' Albania,
will be filled by noon tomorrow,
officials said, and people who have
traveled ; all the way here from
their, distant' homes will have to
return, swithout setting toot on
the mainland. . ?
- Twenty percent of the quota
from each country- will be ac
cepted during ,each: of the; first
five months. After that, if the
annual quota ' ha ben" filled, t no
more may - enter ' until nextf July.
' "ENTER FROM 'NORTH '
: VANCOUVER. B. C, June30
About 300 British, Finns - and
Swedes were leaving here tonight
to enter the United States as paYt
of quotas of Immigrants permitted
beginning at midnight. About 70
percent." of the. would-be immi-t
grants were British. Part of thaee
have been in Canada long enough
to avail themselves -of the free
entry from - this country. ?
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Swedish Company to Build
( Pacific Coast Vessels
"rr'V'X,. j.-l.
STOCKHOLM. June 30. Aa
order for; two passenger motor
ships for 'Pacific, coast service has
teeif placed wfih a Gothenburg
shipyard r by n v American t com-pany,-
The .vessels will be entire
' iy. furnished; and 'completed 2n
Sweden - They ;wllt be. of -3,000
ton's ' each anC.will have a ' speed
of . 1 8 k n ots - iti hour. , ' , :
This, is 'the first '-order .erer
placed ' In .Sweden ' by , American
firms f2 large. ghips9
IfJTTOLfii
wm tins? .
Men .Were Congregated isYa$hroom at Tune of Acci-
Bent; Five! KjJIecl When jFire; Room is Flooded WZi
Veim anditf6tlaierVr
x PHILADELPHIA, June 30. Nine seamen .were serious
ly burned .in an explosion today on the new;scout cruiser
Richmond .'at the ; Philadelphia navy yard. All are in ths
iaval hospital. ' : ,
liLioosy
Growers ,a r e ; Cautioned
Against Allowing Over- t
Ripe Fruit in Crates .
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Because- they did, hot receive
quite enough berries in time tor
proper pre-coollng .before : 'ship
ment the Oregon Loganberry., Ex
change did not start, its first car
of fresh, berries to ' the eastern
market Saturday morning. It goes
this morning. ...
The Exchange wants berries
every day, for fresh shipment- It
wants its yards picked carefully,
so as to pot allow, the, berries to
becometoo ripe and valueless for
shipment.- - They are not only
valueless, but, afe i positive'men
sfco to' the fresh' ftruit- market. A
tooHild. mouldy bSrry.wlll ruin the
trade. Jt is urgedthat every con-
irgea, 1
tributor e consider this ! point.
; Crates and other shipping sup
plies can be obtained at the com
pany t head'quaters,. Bush-Breyman
block, room 4, on. North Commer
cial street. ' ' " - -
The berries on the lowlands are
fully .ready .to, pick, and a vconsid
erable tonnage has been' delivered
to- the canneries already. The
fruit on the hill 'lapds is not so
forward. Some of it will not, he
ready for. picking until next week.
It the-growrs will, keep it picked
carefully, sov that there are no
over-ripe berries, the , . Exchange
can . handle :a" yeryv large tonnage,
according-, to v present Indications
enongh to ' come-, near .saving the
situation for. the .year. : ,
. The; Blumpi .In sugar prices,
while not yet bringing prices back
to a fair, normal,, is .expected , to
make the. market, better for 1h
gans, they being an acid fruiC re
quiring much sugar, and with the
sugar price too high the prudent
housewife will not buylogans In
quantities. ...... . , ". . ; ,
It Is given out from one of the
largest Salem canneries, as corrob
orating I the prediction made In
the Statesman some time ago, that
this' year's cannery pack is like
ly to be .almost f .exclusively ? In
syrup, and in household-sized cans
instead Hot the large No. 10 water
pack style. It is recognized that
if the market is ever to be extend
ed and' made permanent, it, must
be done .. through enlisting the
housekeepers , In , the . loganberry,
by name and by choice. They. al
most never. . buy. the ; larger cans, j
and the only hope to reach them
is through the . quality pack . in
small sizes,' . .There is said to be
a considerable V , quantity of last
year's .water-pack, goods still un
sold, enough to care for all that
precarious trade. , This year's fin
er -crop will . go almost exclusive
ly into the small-can, . household
sizes.:; , 5f--..;:-.! ".
Some logans have been deliv
ered tor local? canneries on a con
tin gen t i price u nderstan din. g. The
canneries take the fruit from theirl
regular -customers, and are, to: pay
the market price ".. when any Such
price is established."' Up to this
time there is no such price agreed
upon. Some have actually paid 5
cents, and others have refused to
buy at i cut-throat prices;' fearing
the effect of such a move: on the
marketi ,' . 2' .' ' v-
, GUARD LOSESPItISONER ;
YAKIMA; -Washaune :30v
After serving as . a; guard for 16
years a Cehalir guard lost his
first pr'--- r erly this morning,
when J
old bo . . .
Lr :r:in, a'IC-year
The cause of the explosion has
not yet been determined, but
some of: tlfe officers at the yard
believed ' It was dte to hydrogea
gas which, leaking into a wash
room Trhere the seamen were con
gregated, : became ignited ar.I
blew. up. '. .The-, washroom la be
neath the - radio- forward, and - It
was believed -the gas leaked froc
auxiliary batteries.
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: .v,-K Ftre' live Lost
. NEWPORT R. L., J une 3 0,
Slve lives were lost aboard the da
stroyer Williamson today througlz
the flooding of the fire room witli
steam and: hot water. iFour c
rr Tnembers' of " the fireroom crew
were seriously injured,, and it ij
reared .that. three ofrtliera ca r.r: " ;
recover.' ; - .. , -
' The, Williamson went out ffc :
thls-'port ; to test torpedoes on t 5 .
tong range outside Narragar ';
Bay; ' 'preparations ' were be... ;
iuade to fire the first torp '
when the .accidentally, closicr
a' ventilator ' cover turned . !
the heated air and filled;the i.
room. v. The pressure caused tl
Tn-;:'-"or .Wow to fly-to 7! c
and the steam and hofc water r !; - :
were broken. "' I 1
SAILOR ts TJISOWTfED
SEATTLE, June 30. , Georr
Lisoutskie of Pittsburg,1 Pa., 21
years old, a seaman of ; the TJC
Idaho' waa 'j 'drowned here today
With (K shipmates LIsontekle 1
a navy cutter .Wnt to a hathic
beach.l 'j About ; 200 f eet'4 from tL 1
water's' edge he "and tow others
jumped "out to. swim ashore. Whe
the others, reached the beach thcr
mlssed Lisoutskie and noticed bin
struggling.- He went down befora
the cutter could, reach him. Hun
dreds of bothers saw the tragedy
wmmz..
CO
Salem Had Star Organlza-
: tion of-Ail Assembled at
; . -American: Lake
i . 1
V Company -.i, - Oregon nation- !
guard returned late - Saturday
flight . from the big annual en
campment at Camp Lewis. TLc
were ' routed : out of bed at 3:2
Saturday morning, packed the'. -duds,
entrained, rode. to Portlac 1
and: paraded, 1700 strong, f :
several miles of. the city street: ,
then got home and were dismiss 1
and on their . way home before
9430.. It was a busy-18-hcur : "
for the huddles.
i They had a wonderful encamp
ment the best; in the whole his
tory of the national guard, ssy
the old-timers. -"The weather ws 1
cold and blustery part of the ec
ion, and horridly hot for the lari'
three days, but It averaged t - iu -tl
fully. Tho company had per
fect health. Every man can 3
home looking 'fit to lick; a . whol 3
flock 'ot' Jack 'Dempseys.' ;' "
1 "The rank and file fared better
than the Officers mess," said 07 v
of the company officers.. - Coi..
pany'Fwasthe'.star organfz-'"-1
of the whole encampment, if ..
accepts the "testimony- of the i -.
spectors and informal ' ' J f
There !. were ; no prices, av -and
"60,no official - verdi '
the Salem . troops had t
class of the whole cam; ,
kitchen, its mesi service, C
racks.. They did as wel ? ' '
.mUltary work, also. s .
" Lieutenant Paul Eurrla -ing
battalibm adjutant dt;
camp, and was detached : j
home... boys.-' jTt corar
under the-charge cf Car
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