SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1923 SEVENTY-THIM) YEAR PRICE ITVC CENTS ULUU . . - i i i SAI.EM. OREGON. SUIIUI uuiu'inu, JUL! iss. n MM) - , ' i 1 . ; :--- x - i s s i- i i I: HARDING WILL . M TO BING, I ? CHERRY I1G Salem Booster Organization ,WiH Meet: President of 1 ..United States at Ashland July 27 J . X1UCH EMTERTAIHE.1ENT r IS PLANNED FOR TRIP Dinners, Dancers and Opera ' j Arranged for as Diver . sionsrof Junket t j I pi .1 ' This story mar or mar not be true; bat here It Is. ; i President Harding, having heard i that the , Salem Cherriahs will be in Ashland on the evening of Fri 1 day, July 27, has channged his' f . ' line of travel in order that. he may .' : r give an ' audience ' to the Salem boosting organizations. ' , ). jf This is said to be due to ; the fact , that there is in the whole United! States ' only one real king and that Is King Bing Bill Hamil ton III, third in' the line of de scent with the title of King BILL " ImteQ Jfumber Wanted J , j-? Hence in order to make a fine showing before the president of the United States, strong efforts are being made by the Cherrians 4 , to line up a representative num ber for the trip by auto to south-.- cm Oregon beginning next Thurs day morning at 7 o'clock. " ' And in order to bring the Cher- rians together. King Bing has an nounced tharcan"wTirgd;ltut"to-r morrow morning, ordering all vas 1 s&I Cherrians to report it the Chamber of Commerce on Tues i day 'evening. July 24. at ft: 15 o'clock for the usual Cherrlan . 'dinner. , ; ' ... : ; Announcement Is also made - that Joseph L. McAllister will ac- t company the Cherrians, ' serving in the capacity of captain. 4 ; ' The travels of the Cherrians as planned will, be ma follows: - ' f ' Thurwlay, July 26 Leave Chamber of i Commerce - by auto 7:30 o'clock a. m. Visit 30 minutes in Albany, and 30 4 minutes in Corvallisin each city as guests of the local Chamber of 4 Commerce. : ': Luncheon at Eugene, visiting with members of the Eugene Chamber of Commerce. At Cot tage Grove, visit 30 minutes ar riving at' Roseburg about . 6 o'clock. At the meeting with members of the Roseburg Cham ber of Commerce the . Cherrians will do the entertaining., , I Friday, July fl7 , v : f ' Leave Roseburg 9 o'clock a. m. with luncheon at Grants Pass, where the Salem boosters will be entertained by the Cave Men of Medford anad members of the Chamber, of Commerce. ! , , SThe arrival In Medford Is tim ed for 5 o'clock 'Friday afternoon. It Is at Medford that things will begin to happen in a big way. First of all, the .Cherrians will meet the Ban Francisco and Port land Rotarlans who have a Joint meeting that day. ; i iThen after : becoming acquaint ed with some of the real boosters JUo San 'Francisco and Portland, " "the Cherrians in a body will at- tend the operatic pageant to be glevn tit the Medford fair grounds ' vwheec the comic opera "Iolanthe"' i t i 09 presented. '7 -stuwjay; July 2. : , v Saturday morning the Cher ' rian caravan will leave for Ash land where H fill bo entertained I by a big dinner given at noon by members of the boosting organ I- ' sation known as the Lithians. The Grand - Fits of the , Lithians will . preside with the King Bing. of ) J the1 Cherrians. ' " ' And then to top off with the , real' thing, the Cherrianslwill of ficially call upon PresldentHard jag as his train will pass through (Continued on page. 2.) THE WEATHER Fair Sunday, moderate north- - westerlr winds. I -.-J: - ' LOCAL WEATHER ' Saturday: ..: Maximum Temperature. . . .S4 Ilinlmum ..... i . . . . I -5 r.lver 01 rainfall .-. None ' Atmosphere Clear PLAY FAIR TO HOSPITAL In the interest of justice x and fair play to the Salem Deaconess Hospital, which has' been grossly misrepresented in the recent unpleasant publicity relative to their relations with the wards of Marion County which had been assigned to them, we, the undersigned ministers representing the Ministerial Union of the city of Saleirf, after a careful investi gation of the facts of the case, believe that the public is en titled to the following statement of our convictions: i ; First, that the alleged investigation upon which said un pleasant publicity was based was inadequate and one-sided, and that the information published in such unwarranted fash ion rested upon the unsupported testimony of little girls who at best 'were unfortunates with antecedents and home back ground admittedly bad, while no opportunity whatever was given to the hospital authorities to present their side of the case. jj .. . 'M'-i " ': -f Second, j that County Judge Bushey committed 1 these wards to the Deaconess Hospital in order to shield them from the stigma and possible unfortunate influences that might attach to them in some other institutions to which he might have sent them, and in order to provide them a Christian home and training and discipline that might in some degree overcome the unfortunate influences of their past; and furth ermore, that when he thus committeed them, the Deaconess Hospital assumed toward them virtually the relation-of a parent, with the same rights and duties as to discipline, cor rection, and punishment, that would devolve upon any parent. Third, that the Salem Deaconess Hospital accepted this charge in sincere Christian spirit, with the humanitarian mo tive of providing them; a home, and conferring upon them such benefit in Christian influence and training as they could give ; that they conscientiously sought to live up to their obligation; providing them shelter, clothing, board, school books, etc., as well as patiently seeking to build in them the foundations of Christian character; that in return for this charitable service, they received not one cent of compensa tion from the County, and by no means the equivalent of the expenditure in service rendered - Fourth,' that in the; course the girls, due no doubt to their unfortunate eailier life and upbringing, proved so unmanageable, disobedient, and ven incorrigible, that some measures of correction were absolute ly imperative, not only, for the good of the girls themselves, but for the preservation of the discipline and efficiency of the hosDital itself: but that such anger-orrevenge,-neither -were -they-undul severe-or unrea sonable, but such as Christian parents might administer in similar situations. irl . Fifth, that the charge of ment is entirely unsupported conditions surrounding the Hospital are beyond reproach. Sixth, that we sincerely Christian character and spirit of the good people who are in charge of the Salem Deaconess Hospital, and gladly convey to them our genuine gratitude and appreciation for the philan thropic and; humanitarian service . which they are rendering to our community. T. C. KANTNER, Minister First Congregational Church. fARD WILLIS LONGi Minister First Presbyterian Church. BLAINE Ei KIRKPATRICK, -s ' copai cnurcn. - s HD . Alii 'ASSURED 'tKHTWEK Again will fight fans receive the benefit of the rapid fire service .of the Statesman office Monday night 'when the Tendler-Leonard; title match crowd as rapidly as thetelegraph editor takes the words from the office, i l- The fight begins at 9 o'clock, eastern time making the rst announcement at the Statesman office at 6 o'clock. As has been previously stated, the and not round by round. IHES KALL l( Kare Taken to Koyer Faces During Kavorting in Sun- ' flower Kapital v TOPEKA.! Kaa., July 21 (By The Associated Press). Thous ands of -white-robed Knights of the Ku Klox Klan, in fuU regalia including masks, and tarrying fiery crosses and other symbols of the organization, began a four mile parade :. onKansas l' avenue. the main street through this city and -north ? Topeka, promptly at nine o'clock tonight. - The Klansmen wore masks de ppfte an order Issued by Attorn ey General B.C1 Griffith late this afternoon Chat Sheriff Robert Mi. ler, and Mayor Earl Akers would prevent them from . so doing. The city's police force was busy keep ing great -crowds back to leave enough room ,for; the marchers In the street and no attempt jras mm ran DEACONESS MINISTERS SAY by the girls themselves.; of their relationship some of measures were not adopted in ;y; ..; iy ' brutality and inhuman treat by fact, and that the moral reaffirm our confidence .in the ' -: ; '? Minitpf First Methodist Epis- ; ; - xf . . .- ' :' A 31SVICE- iUP0K: i will be? megaphoned rto the -:". fight is given blow by blow, ' i V v , " ; " pi n IH UATH TlllE Nearly 1000 Acres Ravaged; May Burn for Months " Before Subdued KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. July 2i. fire which broke out yes terday was today 4 ravaging be tween 800 and 1000 acres of re claimed tule land j near ? Lover Klamath Lake and a' large ' force or volunteer fire fighters ware at tempting to check the flames. .The fire Is presumed to have been started by a careless smoker and Is doubly serious in this sec tion as the soil is of I peat forma tion and unless flooded within a few weeks .time may burn to a depth of 40 feet or more, f I f 'A fire in the (Same district last year smouldered for nearly a month and caused .extensive dam SAYS SILVER ALLOCATIONS ME IGNORED Pittman Charges Treasury to Purchase Bul Failed lion to Replace Metal Sold During Wartime GOVERNMENT IS TAKEN OFF MARKET TOO SOON Mining Inrjuitriea-lnjured By Violation of Law, Says Nevada Man WASHINGTON, July 21. Char ges ' that "statements" made to the comptroller general by the treasury ' department in con nection with silver bullion alloca tions, "have been disproved by evidence," were contained in let ters made public today by Sena tor Pittman. democrat. Nevada. The letters disclose that after Under-Secretary Gilbert i had refus ed to re-open the allocation ques tion as requested by the senate committee on gold and silver, the commission made a direct appeal to the comptroller general for a re-hearing. . Holds Officials Guilty Senator Pittman. In discussing the correspondence, said treas ury officials had been "guilty of deliberately Ignoring mandatory features of laws requiring the purchase of silver to replace that sold during the war to Great Bri tainand" the statute Tegulating which could be made of silver bul lion obtained from the melting of uncurrent subsidiary coins.' Evidence taken by the senate commission had proved Senator Pittman asserted that when the treasury department stated to the comptroller general hat It held 10,000.000 fine' ounces of silver obtained from the allocation of standard silver dollars to be used for the emergency coinage of sub sidiary coins during the war. It did not have an ounce of such sil ver. In support of this assertion, the commission submitted to the comptroller general a transcript of testimony of employes tt the mint bureau. Other Mlmw effected Senator Pittman , declared the comptroller general's 1 decision permitted the treasury i depart ment to use 10,000,000 ounces of silver ft had accumulated from the melting of uncurrent 'subsidi ary coins and had taken the gov ernment out of the silver market two months earlier than had been calculatd, and had resulted "In great injury not only to the sil ver mining Industry but also to those engaged In copper, lead and fine mining, who had been able to mine those ores, because of the amounts of silver they found in them. Y.r, iWS TO'EI Widely Known Sheep Flocks of Willamette Valley Visited Two Days Saturday afternoon 'saw the close of the Shropshire caravan, that for two days had been tour ing the Willamette valley to see the famous flocks of this section. About 60 tourists were In average attendance, sometimes more and sometimes less, but all interested and enthusiastic over the sheep business. The caravan broke up at the Thompson Brothers' farm in the Waldo hills district In time for the tourists to get home Sat urday night. Tbe tour proper started Friday morning from the George Arm strong farm near Corvallis, where there are eome excellent Shrops. The OAC stock farm was visited, and a careful comparative study of all the breeds was made. The caravan then visited the Felzer Brothers Shropshire' farm near Albany, probably the largest In western Oregon, and then " took dinner at he St. Francis hotel in SHIP II BROWN BABIES WIN SAILORS; STAY ON ISLE Two Shipwrecked Mariners Prefer Native Beauties to Passage Back Home HONOLULU. July 2t (By the Associated Press.)The charms of two young and beautiful native maidens at Futu, Island of Niua fau, in the South Seas, proved stronger than the call back to civ ilization for two members of the crew of the recently wrecked schooner .Alert, according to the story related by Captain Daniel McDonald, master of the Alert, who arrived here today aboard the Niagara with slx members of his crews .They are on their way to the United States. t , -A sudden squall threw the Alert upon a coral reef off Futu on June 10, Captain McDonald said.' The captain and the crew waited at the place a month for a passing ship to pic themiup. Meanwhile Harry Terry and A. Olson, members of the crew,' fell in love with two native girls and when a rescue ship finally arrived they refused to accompany their shipmates back to civilization . The mariners married the girls, Captain McDonald said and "added: "I don't , blame Terry and Olson, for their, brides are very beauti ful and exceptionally good house wives." '.".. ' The skipper said "ho suffering followed the shipwreck. .The na tives, he said, are very haspitable nd the women, especially the younger ones, are "very beautl- -i- ! mii.iiii.iii j. . COKED n VISIT IT PEI1 Parker i Has Alternative of Working or Remaining 1 in His Cell ; George Parker, sentenced to be hanged Friday. August 31, for the killing of Sheriff Dunlap of Linn county, was given his first chance; for exercise at - the' state penitent tlary at noon Saturday. ,- - Parker had just had hls lunch in his cell. A guard escorted himj to the prison, exit into the rear yard and Informed him of his privileges :; and limitations whfle out of i "murderers' row." Along the walls or lounging on the grass near, the buildings were many com vict laborers taking their noonj day rest. , Parker walked to the center of the yard and rolled a cigarette as he surveyed his surf roundlngs. Then he, walked back and sat down beside another pris oner who looked friendly. " Thef smoked and chatted together! The other man was Dan Caseyl, who Is sentenced to die .by the rope just a week before Parker. - Warden Johnson S. Smith has extended to Parker, as he has to other condemned men, the privii egerpf worklngj outside his .'cell but Inside the yard, it he desires. The only alternative Is to remain in the death celt continuously ex cept at the periods of exercise. The warden told Parker he would not advise him to work until he has recuperated some (or the strength he has lost during his weeks of imprisonment: at' Al bany, but after that he could! work it he wished. Parker said he thought he would go to workj. and promised to obey prison rules strictly. TWOKllN Whirlpool Grips One; Com- panion ura&&eu uuuci m Rescue1 Attempt GRANTS PASS. Or.. July Zl.-f- Two Grants Pass girls,! Miss Julia Abol and Miss Edith Leona Nou be'rt, were drowned t here toda;y while swimming inl the i Rogde river. The two' girls were at ja beach about a hH i mile abote town. Mis Noubert was sucked into a whirlpool and : when she screamed for help Miss Abol went to help, but was also dragged un der. ,Roy E. Johnson, who wis with the girls, attempted to help but was an Inexperienced swimmer CONSERVATIVE READY TO COPE Party Cooperation Hailed With Delight By Congres sional Progressive' Ele ment, Senator Says FARMER AND LABORER HAVE COMMON ENEMY Middleman Profiteer Main Foe; Interests of Each Declared Mutual i CHICAGO. July, 21. (By the Associated Press.) The progres sive element in congress welcomes the statement attributed to Sena tor Moses of .New Hampshire, in Washington yesterday, calling for cooperation of the conservatives of both parties to meet the "men ace of radicalism" and will win when the point comes to issue' at the beginning of the next con gress, Senator Smithf W. Brook hart of Iowa said today. "The Lincoln Republicans and the Jefferson Democrats will be prepared tor a uniting of the tory Republicans and the bourbon Democrats when the next congress convenes, Mr," " Brookhart, wjho passed through Chicago on his way to his home in Washington, Iowa, said. Progressives Organized Commenting on the statement of Senator Moses,..whOi.lschair- man of the Republican senatorial campaign . committee, Mr. Brook hart said that the - progressives were "pretty well organized now" and that they welcomed the pub lic statement . which recognized them to the extent of calling for a combination of conservatives of both parties in order to meet them. Mr. Brookhart denied that the present inclination toward pro gressive tendencies in politics was temporary or that it was confined to the farmers of the west or the middle west. 'I was In iSenator Moses' state last Monday and I found the same' condition ' there among the. farmers ' as exists in the middle west," Senator Brook hart said: . "The farmers never have had a .square deal," he said. "The prices he must pay and the prices he gets arer fixed by the middleman. The one thing which has saved him has been the fact that he got his land from the government for $1.25 an acre and that land has advanced In price from a low value. Now the advance in, the price of land has ended. The price is backward. The' financial (Continued on page six) Letters From a By GEORGE H. GILWES By GEORGE H. GRAVE8. - ROUND XV CANTON HOTEL, Yellowstone Park, Wyo, July 16. Am now in the state of Wyoming, making five states I have been in, and not one of them can compare with Oregon. . Have traveled 230ft miles, no engine trouble and no tire trouble. Old "Tootsie" has worked perfectly. . Better than that; when I put on gasoline this morning I found she had made 223 miles on 10 gallons 22 miles to a gallon, and less than two quarts of cylinder oil in 1,000 miles. Old "Tootsie is sure bet ter than some people think he is.' She sure has been good to me on this, trip. , .".JH At the entrance to Yellowstone park at Gardner, gasoline is 23 cents a - gallon.' but at , tbe iirst station In the park, six miles dis tant, the cost is 40 cents. ! But be sure and do not do as I did; load up before entering, : , Left Old Faithful Inn at 12 p. m. July 15 and traveled 37 miles to Yellowstone lake. This was one-way. travel only, and had my top up. as it was raining as usual. This road was over a steep moun tain grade with sharp turns, j Ar rived at the Lake hotel at 4 p. m. and immediately went to my room and- put on winter under wear and a heavy winter suit. The Lake hotel is the poorest one In .the park, located on 'the WITH RADICALS 1 i ' friends mab srj'i:.: Final Funeral Arrangcincntf for ilcvolationary Leader Are Unknown; Reraain of General Trilla Fcr warded from pOTal;iNo ArrexU Yet Llads b Connection AVlh Ambuscade by Outlaw G CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mexico, July Associated Press.) Governor Eririquez, of Chihuahua, has denied; per mission for the burial of Villa's body In the family crypt here and it is not known what arrangements will be mad 3 for the funeral of the revolutionary leader. Colonel Trilb's body was forwarded from Parral today and was" expected to reach here late tonight. ; 1 Spanish War Veterans Seek rreeaom Tor rnsoner Serving for Killing A full pardon for C. A. Purdln of Portland, doing six years In the. state penitentiary , . for man slaughter. Is sought by ? a com mittee representing Scout . Young Camp, Spanish War veterans, of Portland, who waited upon Got- ernor Pierce Saturday. The gor ernor took the case-under advise ment. - ".- :;v ' purdln was received in the state priaon about 13 months ago for klllinf his former wife and a man when' he fttand them together in a bedroom'. x, . ' " - ( According to the representa tions in the; petition to the gov ernor. Purdin had built a home for his wife in Portland, but soon afterward she sued for divorce. Purdln. became ill and submitted to several operations tor adhes ion' of the bowels and went to California for his health. While there he had a number of let ters from his wife, but she' did ndt Inform him. It is said, that a divorce had . been' granted her. Purdln returned to Portland and found his wife and a man disrob ed in a bed-room of her home. A tighf ensued in which the two were killed. Purdln claimed his wife was killed accidentally. The petition for pardon is Joined In by Judge George Sta pleton, who presided at Purdln's trial, District Attorney1 Myers, Chief of Police Jenkins, and Is supported by' a resolution of the Hillsboro Camp, Spanish War Veterans, and a certificate of the state prison physician. Salem Fight Fan made up for it "by having the best rats. r : " ;' : . ' On the road to the lake a great black bear crossed ' the 1 road ' In front of me.- I stopped and found another and two cubs; but I kept my distance; in fact didn't get out pf the car.v. It was "quiet at the hjotel last night, as usual, "eo another fel low and myself made' for the camp. Something always, doing there, but here It, was somewhat different. : We found the enter tainment was on the side of a hill. Here they had a covered platform and : a piano, the ' seats were on rolled logs, and large camp fire in front of the platform. We all sang, and then the waitresses or the Savage Girle, as they are called, sang all kinds 'of songs. Then they popped corn and passed it around in two large dish pans. Then we came down , to the am usement hall and the girls played and sang on the' veranda. -y :. The following morning we had a thunder storm, something grand 10,500 "feet up in the mountains. It stopped raining and then I drove 15 miles on to the Grand Canyon. Up until this time I had pot seen anything in Yellowstone that I thought was so. wonderful, as far as scenery. was concerned. In fact have just "as good in. Ore gon. But when I set my eyes oh the canyon of the Yellowstone and the Canyon hotel, it was core tbe knockout. - The - Grand Canyon PHI'S PARDO SOUGH! eras v. .1-- GUATAVO CHAVEZ, who ar rived here today, and who was a witness of the assassination of Villa and his companions, says the owner of the house in which, the assassins concealed them selves was also killed by them. Also, he says, they killed one of ' their ."companions suspected o treachery 1 and carried off - his body. No arrests of the men who carried . out the ambuscade have been 'made; '' f-. V; General Martinez, zone com mander, : has left Parral for Can Otillo to take possession of tha Villa ranch. A strict censorship on telegraph ' messages prevalU hereVV ,t - -.'.-. 1 Personal Fend Cause f MEXICO CITY. July' 21. (Dy The Associated Press.) Presi dent Obregpp. intimated his : sus picion that, Francisco .Villa's as sassination was due to a personal feud in' a statement given to tL5 newspaper correspondents this af ternoon, f 'It Is disgraceful that the dag ger and treason are still employ ed." the president declared. "Villa had numerous enemies; It Is pos sible that one of them revenged himself treacherously. I hav not ' received any vadvlce . thai would allow me to express aa opinion of the causes' of the as sassination. It is certain, how ever, that Villa, having teen giv eh guarantees of security by thf government, should have had aa opportunity to enjoy them." . ' Firel From House A supplemental report to Pres ident Obregon f rqm J. Felix Lara, commander of the garrison at Parral, relative to the killing of Villa' says: ; ' .... ,. "The assassins, estimated at be tween seven and nine, waited .far three days in a vacant house at the corner of Benito Juarez and Balbino I Barred o streets from which, they opened fire. V "The dead were Villa, Trillo, Daniel Tamayo, Villa's assistant, lioBario ' Rosales, Villa's chauf feur and an unidentified civilian, who 'unfortunately was present. wo othersi of Villa's escort were wounded. ' '" ' Anto Was Riddled "Forty shots pierced the auto mobile, while Villa rell with nine bullets through his body. The wounded can not identify the as sailants; j they say that Villa died without a chance to fire his fam ous pistols 'It Is believed that the assassins had been 'following Villa for "four or five days from his ranch at Canutillo. : A hun dred shots were fired." -; A telegram to the ' president from the superintendent of Villas hacienda at Cantlllo, begged the president to order the troopa which are proceeding to Canutil lo to be withheld, as the Villls tas at that place are fully capable of guarding the property. : . About a year ogo. Villa declared that he had 1,800 men fully armed upon the hacienda, or within call. Post pf Veterinarian " Again Goes to Lytb Dr. W. H. Lytle. who has com pleted 10 years as state veteri narian, was re-elected at a meet- tag of the state" livestock sanitary board Saturday. He is also sec retary of the board. Walter K. Taylor of Corvalii3 was re-elected president of the board and William Pollman of Baker was elected vice president. Resolutions were adopted re quiring - vaccination for all hG3 exhibited at fairs where the live stock are brought. in fcy toat.fr train. t For trlctly local fairs thn matter of vaccination is left c;- J-Aftka of bjjftutifj- but It (Continued, on, paga six), - an BS4tA U.S.