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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1923)
cibcuxaxioa t Avarac r Jn. 1923: ,' SaatUj' only 6001 THv nd Suaday 5402 ra for' iz months ending Jan 30. 1923: ik tecs crrr or tuLUE-t ; , ad aUawnar la ' f : Ifarlon aad Polk Ooantlat '' -Haariy Tarybody nds ' Jhe Oregon Statesman: " TECS EOMX KXWStASta gnadaya only . 5974 Daily anj Sunday 5492 ric- SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1923 ac- - i ..-r - PRTfTR PI V M rTRTTTTl ffa - ' - - - ' 1 ' " ' - - - ' 1 . BT8 1DEDT0 1 FOR HOSPITAL One Big Subscription Count ed Twice on Previous day Leads to Error in Total . Estimate ' OPTIMISTIC NOTE IS SOUNDED AT LUNCHEON Presence of Shirkers in City, ' However, Makes Cam- v. ' : paign Work Hard , - Nearly one-halt of the neces sary $35,000 to complete the Sa lem hospital was announced Tues day noon at the luncheon of the , Kiwanis club and workers Inter- i . . ' m ' a eiru in ine noapuai enterprise. It was explained at the meeting that the reports previously had . over-estimated the amount reced ed by the solicitors owing; to the fact that one Contribution . of $3000, had been counted twice. Additional subscriptions announc- -i edi yesterday were for $4938. bringing the! total to approximate- ly $16,000, 1 - Some Shirkers Found "Many of those approached for contributions are inclined Co shirk their responsibility." declared Tom Kay, who was called upon to help "pep. up" the gathering. "These say they "hare contributed while so-and-so who Is. able Co - give so much more has only come ' . across for . . . . . Each i person ) should do his duty regardless' of what others should give. If It were not for the fact that we have public spirited men and women we would hare no public institu tions today. Great credit should be given those who are devoting their , time soliciting. These should receiVe credit and not con demnation for their enterprise. They are undertaking to do some ; thing for the city, to make the tity go and grow to make it a de - slrable place In which to lire." Likes To Stick Around RrukaVlnar f fh tnnl nf "atick- in around," Colonel Hofer' de 1 clared that hospital or no hospi tal, he liked to stick around, and that he hoped he would ' nerer hare to adorn the hospital. "If you want 'to stick around for a long period of years, cultl : Tate mother earth," he said. "Keep out of doors. There's no thing like it to build one self." Young business men were told how they could make a success of life, the speaker urging them to break away from a salary or wage and to strike; out In business for themselves. j , ' 'i','. ' "Get into something you can build up for yourself," was his advice "and make a place in the world. Do something that every- one else is not doing, and keep away from competition." . . ' Wallace Optimistic ' Paul Wallace, la: a few words. . declared himself to be pUmlstle oyer the outlook and that he felt assured the quota would be filled bv Thursday noon. f : Workers and ; those' willing to work,, were urged to' be at the Chamber of Commerce roomi promptly at 8 o'clock this morn ing. The turn out Tuesday morn la r. It was stated. was rather weak in numbers. ."Fred Brown was the lucky sev e&th, and drew a pair of cuff links for the attendance Dr4ze. ai aj4 Ma T 4 DtA The luncheon was concluded with a short musical prlgram, par ticipated In by all present. 'Workers Determined Workers who are giving their time In order that funds may be secured Co complete the Salem hospital are keeping on the Job with a determination that Indi cates that every citizen in the ctfy will be given .an opportunity to help or go on record as against the hospital movement. 4 Wlfh scarcely half of the re quired amount raised during the first two- days of the . campaign. (Continued on page 3.) THE WEATHER OREGON: Cooler; probably showers Thursday.!- - LOCAL WEATHER Maximum temperature. 75. Minimum temperature 57. Rainfall, none. -. River, .4. f Atmosphere, partly cloudy. Wind, west. TEXASPOLICE NOW AWAITING 500 WOBBLIES IWW to Quit Los Angeles for Port Arthur; Three Mem bers Slain, Report LOS ANGELES. July 17. Tae evacuation of the harbor district by roving members of the Indus trial Workers .of the World was ordereS today by six 'raest.engors from the' IWW headquarters In San Francisco, who. according to the police, spreadWuch instruc tions all along the water front. ; The footloose members, j estl taated 'at! 500'. were 'ordered to make their way' Ms quickly as' pos sible' lb' Pot 'Arthur; Texais were, according to the messengers; three IWW "recently were killed, the po lice stated. !t I'- PORT ARTHUR, Tex., July 17. --Let 'em !conie; we'll lake car of them." said Chief of Police W. Covington tonight when shown the dispatch from Los Angeles stating footloose ' IWW were ' ordered to Port Arthur as the result of the killing of three' members of the iww. : v !;;':r r : ''No IWW have been slain here that I know of." said the chief, "and whilef I don't helieve they are coming. I we'll 'take' care of them the best way we know' how. If it should happen that they do come in any considerable numbers. I think we will find something for them to do, . ''' " " "There are . many chores to be done In Port Arthur, and I guess the IWW can be made to do them." .-..4 ,K Continuation Will Assure Election', Declares U S. Senator Brookhart NEW YORK. July 17. (By the Associated Press.) Senator S. W. Brookhart of Iowa, back from a 10 weeks! Burvey of agricultural conditions in Europe, today as serted that the election to the sen ate of Magnus Johnson of Minne sota was a warning to tlje Repub lican, bosses that something was about to happen in the political situation of the United States. Senator Brookhart, a Republi can who was elected with the sup port of the farmer-labor' bloc to the seat previously held by Sena tor William S. Kenyon in his f irsi public statement since his j return to the. United States, touched on the political situation. j Asserting that he" had read only three of the speeches which Presi dent Harding has delivered on his tour, Mr. Brookhart said: "I should think that about these three more speeches like would elect Henry Ford Jty about ten million majority if the presi dent Is a candidate. It is time the Republican party was looking for a candidate who will fight tor the common people and against Wall Street. Someone like Judge Kenyon should 4e drafted for this purpose.' ; A- I Elsewhere In his statement tne senator declared that the Russian soviet government : was ' second in stability J only ; to that of tne United States, and that Kus3ia soon would be making inroads up on the grain markets of this couu- RIDDLED Br 1L N. P. Yellowstone Park pc cial ! Runs Afoul siHard Storm in Montana BILLINGS, Mont., July 17. The Yellowstone Park comet, the NP park special arrived j here to day 11 j hours late and yrlth the windows on the north side batter ed in by hail as the result f en countering a' cloudburst and hall bombardment at Forsythe Mon day night. So shattered were the two dlaers and three Cody cars that they were left fiere" to be re-a-lazed by a local glass house. Even the cinder screens were rtd AA ai by ammunition. ' The colled glass ventilator windows in the" roofs were also smashed. Damage to the track at Forsythe held up the train. MARK SHIPMENT SEIZED FRANKFORTON. July5 17 A shipment of 27,000,1)00,000 marks 1 has been 'selted f by - the French occupation force while in transit north of Elthville. near ' - ; j , , ; ' . MiyenceB ; DURING WILD POLITICAL 111 Resignation of State Cabinet and Council Officials Is Accepted By Governor General -Wood j I NTER YEf JTI0 It POLICY f ; J DESCRIBED BY FILIPINO Complaint States Authority of Department Heads Was Disregarded M MANILA. July 17. (By - the Associated' Press) -The political war- between Gbvel-hor General Wood and 'Filipino officials reached a ' climax f oday when the cabinet and Council' of the state tendered their resignations 7 fend General Wood accepted them. Ray Conley, ' United States se cret service agent, over whom a political controversy has been con ducted, also resigned. Conley bad been charged with bribery dr- iginally. An investigation, f fol lowed and he was cleared. J. P. Laurel, secretary ' of the Interior, resigned in protest' at the execu tive's action.' Mayor Fernadlz of Manila followed suit and official circles were filled with rumors that the entire cabinet inteaded fo Join the walkout, with the ex ception of VIce-Governor GUmore. Fight Is Promised ; The governor general has hot accepted the' Laurel and - Fernadlz resignation. If he does, said a Fil ipino high official there will be a fght to a finish to test the powers of Governer General Wood. "We have observed for some time that It ' la your policy and desire "as governor General to intervene and control, even to the .smallest de tails, our government, both insu lar and local, in utter disregard of the authority and responsibility of the department heads and other officials concerned," the officials said in tendering their resigna tions. ? :-1 r Says; Laws Violated j "This policy recently 'culminat ed in an unfortunate incident which shook t'o its foundation the public, opinion : of the country when you, by undue interference with the powers and jurisdiction of the secretary of the interior and the mayor of Manila, reinstat ed a member of trfe secret service of the city who had been" legally suspended from office and ' whose resignation you subsequently, ac cepted on your own Initiative. "And, to make matters worse, you took this action without hear ing the proper officials. "This series of acts constitutes clear Violation of the fundament al law of the land-and other legal provisions, especially those of act 2803, section 2247 of the adminis trative code." JURY INCOMPLETE More Albany Talesmen Will Be Examined; 99 Called in. Proceedings ALBANY, Or... July 17. The jury for the trlai of George Park er, alleged murderer of Sheriff W. J. Dunlap had not yet : been entirely completed late today end examination: of talesmen will be continued tomorrow. A total of 98 jurors, have been examined. : The state has used all of its peremptory challenges but one and the defense all but two.' Six Colorado Murderers - Are Paroled By Governor DENVER! Colo., July IT Six men serving life terms in the Col orado penitentiary for first de gree murder-one , of whom or iginally was sentenced to death but was saved by a commutation by Governor Shafroth will be pa roled as the result of conference late today between Governor W. E. Sweet, Thomas J. Tynan, war den of the penitentiary and Henry Babb, Denver attorney and 'for mer member of. the pardon board. In addition, to the six "lifers" the governor, included one person con victed of statutory rape and. one convicted -of manslaughter: in his lUt-of paroles. .j HER TRIAL DISAPPOINTED BY ELECTION j Johnson's Victory in Minne sota Fails to Bring -Comment; Chief Declares Vot- ' ers Have Spoken VISIT TO HAWAII IS ' V DECLARED IMPOSSIBLE Invitation - Pleases i Execu tive; Mrs.; Hardintr Re ported Much Better . CURRY. Alaska. July 17. (By the Associated Press.) News "of the ' election of Magnus Johnsou, f armeV-labor f candidate, to , the sfetaate froto Minnesota oyer Gov ernor 'lreus:was Wceived-by Pres ident Harding this 'morning when hf special train on the Alaska railroad was stopped , here ,Klov breakfast. i . i The chief executive read, the As sociated Press dispatch," saying Governor Preu's had conceded his dereat and giving returns from about half of the state, but "he would make .no comment for pub lication on the grounds that the voters'-of ..'Minnesota had spoken n.-ifi anv statement from the Dresi- dent would b'eufiseVmly.' ' Own View Apparent It was obvious ' that the presi dent wai greatly disappointed. Other members of the party who might be regarded as reflecting the views of the executive were inclined to the view that Governor Preus brought about j the present situation t through his refusal 'to make an ad interim appointment of a senator. f- 'i -'-v. ' Mrs.1 Harding's .condition wa& fen (I kttendine Dhyslclans to day to be improved after a ret yesterday and a conifprtabla nifot on the trainw No medicine is be ing given her, the doctors being careful only that she remained, ou the train this morning when tb. party had breakfast at the Curry hotel. First Lady Needs Rest" It was held to be Inadvisable that she make the 300-mile auto mobile trip from Fairbanks over the Richardson trail because t ot her condition of fatigue and In view of her need of rest, and in addition to prepare her , for a strenuous program on the return to the states. There U. no indication, the doc tors say, that her condition will Interfere with the program ahead of the party or that the tour through the states, the Panama canal and Porto Rico would be shortened on her account. ; HAWAIIAN TRIP REFUSED ABOARD PRESIDENT HARD ING'S SPECIAL, Alaska Railroa.1, July 17. (By the Associate? press) President Harding, al though appreciative of an invita tion extended by t Governor: Far rington and the, legislature of Ha wail to visit the island there be fore completing a tour which has taken him 500 miles into Alaska, considers it is impossible to ac cept. , The invitation was laid efore the chief executive today by Sec retary of the Interior Work while Mr. and Mrs. Harding were travel ing fiouthward over the govern ment's Alaska railroad. Would Delay Return, A trip to Hawaii would delay the president's return to .Wash ington by two or three weeks, whereas he considers that his tour as -at present arranged and on which he left the capital June 20. will keep him away from his desk longer than he desires. Accord ing to the existing itinerary Mr. and Mrs. Harding will arrive at Washington August 29, reaching New Ytfrk the day before that. Will Cont'nne VoyaRe Mrs; .Harding spent today rest ing and was described as feel In gr much better than yesterday, when the president told an audience in Fairbanks that she had been 'so worn out by the activities occa sioned by the hospitality of Alas ka that she had been compelled to go to bed. ' It was expected that she wonld get a good night's rest tonight oa the navy transport Henderson, which the party was to board i at i Anchorage, and that this rest would be continued tomorrow on the 300-mile voyage around thf, Kenai Peninsula to Seward. Ad ditional rest in Seward, the presi dent hopes, will : restore , her to normal.':.: The Henderson Is to leave - Se ward Thursday for Valdez. I l . BOY SCOUTS SHED ALL CARES AND ENJOY CAMP LIFE AT KANOHW AHKE LAKES, N. Y. i ' i nr , fSr. . "rl --s. 1 - , The most popular pastime at Kauohwahke Lakes, N. Y., is chow time. Above Is shown a, bunch ready to make a dive for flapjacks. Harvey A. Gordon, director of the camp, has under his care more than 18,060 boys in the summer vacation period. Mortimer L. Schiff announces from his Oyster Bay home that he has given $48, 000 for the extension -6f the work of the Boy Scouts of America, in compliance with his offer made Jast year to duplicate $6,000 con tributions to the movement in any one of the 1 2 ( regions lntowMch the United States is divided for FUX PULLED IT Community Generally Is Rip- ening blovvly, Making Good Fiber and Seed The flax puller was yesterday equipped with its eight horse pow er gasoline engine for bindingjthc bundles, and generally adjusted for the work It is expected to per form. . - , Late yesterday the machine was; moved to the A. E. Bradley farm , a mile and a half south of Aumsl ville, on the road iqj 'Stayton where there Is a field j pf "flax real dy to puIL, It Is expected to coin mence its season's run today. I There are ten more flax pullf ing machines being 'assembled ih Portland, apd they will be ad justed according to the results o;f the experimental workt of this first machine. ' . ' ' ; , . Mostly Ripening Slowly Most of the flax is ripenin slowly. A number of the grow ers in the Aumsville and Turner districts are employing a few men pulling flax by hand, in order to keep them in their neighborhoods, In1, case they may( be' needed ijn case the machines do not accom plish all that is expected of then. But the slow ripening of the flax will give the men with the machines a chance to work thetu out, without Injury to the flak. There will be no need for feverish haste for ten dayB yet', according to the judgment of Robert Craw ford, superintendent of the peni tentiary flax plant', who made a trip through the fields yesterday, He says the 6low ripening of the flax will make a better fiber, also better seed. The-coof weather is Ideal for flax like that of Ire land and Belgium. Spaniard Hurls "Bull"; Resigns Governor Post MADRID, July 17. The gover nor of Valencia, Senor Baillo, to day arrived in Madrid and tender ed his resignation. . . ' ( The action was taken in confie auence of the governor havipg been denounced in the chamber of deputies on Monday by one of the deputies, who Informed the gov ernment that the governor recent ly took the part of a matador in a bull fight and killed hia bull in such a splendid manner that he was given an ovation by .the spec tators. It ,was asserted that the governor used an assumed name la the hull ring BRADLEY PLACE :t.'-...: : I'.: "' -'v-: Scout work. Eignt or the 12 rer gions have met the offer, and Mr. Schiff has sent checks to the pro- "WASP v LEMONADE BRINGS DEATH TO 1 MAN IN VICTORIA Victoria, B. C.f July 17. A sting of a wasp in the throat of R. S. Vickers, a carpenter of Zanich, near here, caused his death ' to day. The wasp flew into a glass as Vickers was about to drink lemonade, and went down his throat with.? the draught. '. The sting caused the throat to swell, causing ; Vickers 'to strangle to death. Resignation Accepted; No Question of Harmony in Bureau Involved 1 ! ; FOR pLAND, Or., July 17. An nouncement of the .resignation of George Mansfield, president of the Oregon Farm Bureau feder ation and of, Its acceptance, were ma,do today by the members of the executive committee of the bureau Flans for a complete re organization of the bureau have been made and a coll has been is sued by the executive body Tor a general meeting for the director ate July -3, to work out the dif ferent program. . Mr, Mansfield's resignation, ac cording to the statement issued by the executive committee, was occasioned by the inability of the president to, devote to his office the time which he felt that it re quired. There is- no breach of harmony in the bureau on this point, it is declared, and while Mr. Mansfield, who has held the position for the past three years, retires from active charge, he will continue to be Identified with the work of the orpaniaztlon. St. Louis Street Cars Suspending Operations ST. LOUIS. Mo., July 18. A general tieup of the street car ser vice loomed up early this morning following the strike at midnight of the union electrical workers employed by the United Railways company, owing to the rejection of their demands for an increase in 'wages.. At an early hour this morning it was learned that the street car lines serving' St. Louis county already had suspended operations. Mansfield quits farm federation per authorities, He expressed the hope that other' regions . would soon meet the offer. ' v- ' 1 1 Three Distinct: Corporations Demanded By Atty. . General Daugherty WASHINGTON, July 17, (By Associated Press.) Attorney Gen eral Daugherty today filed a peti tion In the, federal district court at St. Paul, Minn., demanding sep aration .of the International Haft Tester company into at least three distinct corporations, with : sep arate ' owners, .stockholders 'and officials. V. -; Unless steps are taken to ef fect a real dissolution the petition said, the monopolistic' control ex erted by the defendants will in crease and the vision of complete monopoly which the organizers of the, company had in 1902 will be completely realized, "to the detri ment of the farmers of the coun try in their purchase of farm ma chinery." .' ; ' The action of the attorney gen eral was, taken after prolonged conferences among' government of ficials and follows the line sug gested by the federal, trade com mission in a report to the sen ate in 1920. ' ' " HOSPITAL PATIENT S Walla Walla Man Is in Ser ious Condition From Fraoas Early Today . .WALLA WALLA, Wash.. July IS.- Fred Preston, said tohava formerly been a taxi driver here, is in-the Walla Walla hospitU seriously stabbed, and E. H. LeeK, a ' patient at the United Stales Veterans hospital, is in : the city jail, held ' 'on an open charge, awaiting the outcome of Preston's wounds. Leek' was charged . by those- who saw the .fracas with having stabbed" Preston here to night, charges that Mr. and Mrs. Preston robbed him of 75. '".Leek vas under the influence of liquor when arrested, officers state. i Leek was out from the hospital, authorities in charge there stated, on an evening pass. - : WYOMING HEAT. FATAL SHERIDAN, Wyo., July 17. One heat prostration' today mark ed the hottest day of the summer here. The mercury registered 98 degrees at 2 p. m, " t u iducctcd nnpinto? I II II 1 1 U I I I II I llul illu imillLU I LI! UUIIULIIII ORDERED DISSOLVED TABBING EASTER T TO BE SIGHED HEXTTUESOaV Oil Concessions Play Import- CT , ant Roles in Reaching Fin-! I al Agreements at Laus anne Conference TURKEY WILL DECIDE ON ECONOMIC POLICY; World Will Be Satisfied With Generosity Shown, De- dares, Ismet v, LAUSANNE, July 17. (By tl Associated- Press.) A closir scene In the Near East conference was enacted tonight at Oucl. ;- Chateau; the entire text of t: treaty was examined and arran men ts were mafde for Its forr.:.; signature July 24. . ' - ..Tonight's scene was remarkabla in -I that numerous matters oa which the various parties had -net succeeded In reaching an accord were under consideration. It was a night of reservations, which in cluded, notably, reservation ty the United States and Great Brit- f ain concerning the validity of the British-Turkish petroleum com pany, concessions, which conflict with the rights accorded in tha ChesterL concession for unknown , oil riches In the Mosul area. Petroleum Battle Staged The silent battle between tha ' United States and England over ' oil cofltessions which had domin- atcd-the conference in the last few days, became an open contest j-- tonight whn Sir Horace Rumboli.j after protesting Turkey's refusal. Mb ratify the British concession ia , the treaty, declared that it see in el ; JjerJ - Jmccrtain on what grour. I th American eovernment wisbejf to intervene between; the"-Turkish government and the Turkish re-; troleum company. . : Sir Horace made this statement - after Joseph C. Grew had said tno. American government was gratl-! tied that a way had been found, to solve the difficult question of ! concessions and that he took It i for granted that the protocol af-, fecting the French. Railroad com-1 (Continued on page six) JOHN'S LET is oe if Final Tally of Vote of State : Expected-to Be Million . ' . ' and a Half ; ; ST. PAUU Minn.. July 17. (By Associated Press.) Tabula tion Of unofficial returns fron Monday's special United Satcs senatorial election in Minnesota closed tonight with Mangus" JoLn-i son, i farmer-laborlte, apparentlj assured of a plurality around 85,-j 000 Totes. 0 i When reports from 2,913 of t-i; state's 3,520 precincts had been! counted, Johnson' had a lead of; 74,612 over XJovernor J. A. O. Preus, republican, while James A. Carley, democratic, continued a poor thiird The count stood;; Johnson 259,582; Preus 184,970;; Carley 17,976. In the unreport-; ed 607 precincts scattered throujj nearly 60 of the state's 87 co-j-i-i ties! .there remain enough volts: to bring the final count probata, to a few thousand more than a; half million votes. These are principally rural precincts adralt-j tedly favorable' to Johnson in tl aggregate. ., ; -. ( 'Analysis ' of the vote , Mondays shows that Preus apparently car- rledfonly 12 counties. Any at- tempt to designate accurately U whys and -wherefores for the out-, come of the election meet with ia-j numerable complications. : For 1 -stance, many said there were der ocratlc desertions to the Johnr. ' standard, but observers point c that the vote Johnson polled lie -. day did not equal that he receir- ' in , the 1922 election when Pre defeated him in the gubernatcr; ' race. The.-stay-at-homes may ti "figured largely In the outcon-.c, some political leaders said, for while the vote probably total' r 500,000, there are 800,000 el' '. ble voters in the state. But &n attempt to designate to whic party the non-voters belong r ; would be sheer guesswork, tl leaders saj. .. '- me- ;nn bm. of jm- jthe rrri3 lie I it a K .r -...