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! - 7 . : , . . . j f f CT2CTOXAXI0H Avarag for Jon, 1924: nr thx orrr or tuxes . and UawaoT la Varioa and Folk OeaatUtf Buuiy only 600S 5403 7 Pilf mad Snmdty ; Averse for six months ending Jan 80, 192J:: , J .. , : I Bandar only ,., .59T4 IMUy nl Banday 6492 Jhe Oregon Statesman T SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MORNING, JULY 24, 1923 r SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR PRICE FIVE CENTS STATUE OF LIBERTY VILL BE GODMOTHER , FOR ALL (OCEAN-BORN SHIPMENT OF NAVY AIRMEN PLI FRUIT AIDED BY RAILROAD LEAVE EUGENE THIS MORNING Squadron of Nine Airplanes en Route to Seattle Will Pass Over Salem TO DETERL1T Western Fruit Express Plan- ned Will Facilitate Send ' ing Commodity East IS NEW TACTICS ARE ADOPTED TOWARD RUHR MODERN MM IS SAID NEED BAPTISTS NOT FAVORABLE TO BETH PLAN WHEAT PR C IV. T t j i t I VI r i f. i i I : $ I I L ! H Liberal Attitude Taken To- f I. , i 1 - ... i nn ot But Apostles' Creed Can not Be Accepted i s .-f . : - ' '- DEFINITION IS GIVEN FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY Considerable Said in World Convention on Capital i and Labor J5TOT.KHOI.M. JnW 23. In a Btatemmt of Bantist nrincinles nH mirno5ujt to nil Christiana and peoples of the world , considered h th Rantis World Alliance to night, an emphatic declaration in favor of all the fundamental prin ciples lot evangelical religion was espouses, tne new resiameni wan reaffirmed as the only authoria tlve Interest 1 of unity issued by tfc nUhniw nf thn And lea n. Com- munion assembled In the Lambeth conference of 1920 was deciinec. TJhornl Polity Declared On, the qaestion of Christian unity the statement declares in part: 1 1 ' i . w hold all who have commun ion with God in our Lord Jesus Christ !a nnr Christian brethren In the work of the Lord, and heirs with us of life etenuL We love their fellowship, and maintain that the spiritual union of all be lievers Is now and ever will be a blessed reality. This spiritual un ion dock not depend on organisa tions, forms or ritual.. It is deep er, higher, broader and more ata M thai an or all externals. All who truly are joined to Christ are our brethren In the common sal- ' . . : . 1 ' . . vn : f t Vl a ration. j wnemer iuej m - Catholic communion, or In a Pro testant jcommunioh.dY In any other' communion, or in no com munion, With air evangelical Christians we rejolee In the com mon basic beliefs; the Incarna tion, the sinless life, the superna tural works, the deity, the vicari ous atonement, and resurrection of Jesus Chrtst( from the dead, bis present reign ; and his coming kingdom, with' its eternal awards to the righteous and unrighte ous." ; i. - i Reasonta for Refusal Among a number of reasons for refusal to accept the Lambeth pro posal was the following, which gives the Baptist position on : creeds: --'(' "-' ' , "We ' cannot agree, however, to the acceptance of the NIcene or Apostle's Creed as a condition of Christian union. While holding the substance of these creeds. Bap tists hare always held that the New Testament Is the sple suffic ient certain and authoriatlYe rule of faith, i Individuals and groups of Baptists do not hesitate to ex ersiee their right as freemen in Christ, to put forth from time to m interpretations of the New Testament In he form of confes sions of. faith. But these are ne Ter authoriatlve in character or binding upon the consciences of others. Any effort to enforce such confessions or eredal state ments would meet with prompt and rigorous opposition by our Baptist people." j Direct ; Relation Belle-red in "There ! are various ways of stating the tundamental Baptist principled the statement contin ued. "If we indicate the source of our'knowledge, are our sufficient And authoriatlve guide In matters of faith and practice. As to the nature of the Christian religilon, l we affirm that it is personal and 1 spiritual. We believe In the dir ect relation, of each individual to ! God. and the right of every one to choose for himself In all matters of faith. , ; 1a Christian's religion begins. In the soul when personal I faith Is exercised in. Jesus Christ, the divine . Redeemer and Lord. As the revealer of God to men and the Mediator of Salvation. Jesus Christ is central for Chris tian faith.! f His will is the supreme law lor. the Christian- He is Lord of conscience, of the individual and of the church. Hence It ex cludes all merely human author ities In religion." Freedom to Teach an4 Preach On the matter of religious liber ty the statement declared: ! "Religious liberty, in Its broad significance,' Impliies the follow ing elements: First, no human (Continued on page six) -OREGON WEATHER Cloudy Tuesday with scattered local thunder storms east - por- Babies Born at Sea Under Foreign Flag While Mother Is Emigrant Will Be Admitted to United States Even Though Quota Is Filled; Curran Not Worried By Any Dismal Old Law NEW, YORK, 'July 23. "Babies born at sea on vessels flying foreign flags wilLbe admitted to the United States despite any-dismal old law," Immigration Commissioner Henry H. Curran said today. The commissioner was led to make this decision because he had two unique cases which called for, a precedent. HIE T Reign oMerror is Created By 17 Who Have Not Yet Been Returned CHESTER. 111., July 23. (By The Associated Press.) Seven teen of the 41 insane convicts who escaped from the state hos nital for the criminal insane af ter assaulting their guards here last night still were at large to night, 23 of the men-having been captured. One man, Joe Jackson, a rnegTO, of Chicago, was slain in! the outbreak. : ,rj'; ; Guards of the Southern Illi nois penitentiary, located near Chester, deputy -sheriffs and the local police recaptured 1 6 - of the men today. Seven were retaken shortly after the delivery last night. . :;" It was reported tonight that several more of the fugitives were surrounded by a posse in a wood ed tract north of here, but the re port could not be verified.; Citizens of the town who are not engaged in the hunt of the madmen, continued to guard their homes with firearms tonight in fear of the escaped prisoners, many of whom had been commit ted to the asylum for murders. Women and children kept off the streets today In terror of pos sible deprecations by ! the con victs1, i j ;- - HOSPITAL FUND IS GIVEN BOOST Oregon. Pulp fit Paper Com- pany said to Have uiven $1000 for Building At a meeting held last night at the Chamber of Commerce plans were made' for continuing the campaign for funds for the Salem hospital. It Is understood that the Oregon Pulp A Paper com pany has given $1,000 for the hospital. ; I ; - r i In checking up names and lo cations, it was found that several residence districts of the city had been overlooked in the work done last week-. These j districts will be covered this week, r All who worked for the hospi tal, last week are requested to meet at the Chamber of Com merce this morning at 8 o'clock. Each captain will be given a num ber of cards, showing the district n which he will work this week. It fa felt that with all captains and associates reporting thia mor- ninr the campaign can be ended by two or three days work. With the special efforts to be maae this week, both T.. B, Kay and ve,A Erlxon. cantatas, are re- nncitlnr their leaders and work ers to be ori hand this morning ; g o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce in order that active work may. begin early In the day. Moore Appoints Manela of Milton to Succeed Thomas H. C. Manela of Milton has been appointed deputy state Insurance commissioner by J Commissioner Will H. Moore.-to succeed J. E. Thomas, who has held the po sition for four years. , .Manela Is a Democrat, and Thomas is re moved by Moore to make way for him.- Thomas was about the last of the Insurance department forne remaining from the . previous ad CONVICTS ELUDING C RE ministration, i Sophie ; Przygon, -s of ,; Poli3b stock, was born to Mrs. Sofia Przygon on July 18 while the steamship lapland was bound for America. Being born on a Brit ish vessel, she came under the 'quota of that country, which was exhausted. Irene Troyanoski, -daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pioto Troyanoski, Poles, who had declared their In tention of becoming Americans, and who were returning from a visit to their1 native land, first taw the light of day on the Bel genland. She was placed under the Belgian quota. 'I looked at those two little babies In their cradles." said Curran, "and when they gripped my fingers and pleaded their cause, why, I didn't need any special . court of inquiry. I Just Baw there was something bigger and finer than any dismal old law and that I could use but one law In settling their case. So I called the law the "high law of inno cence!" : . ; ' ; . . . "Whenever babies, with inten tions of becoming American citi zens, just happen to make them selves known a few days before they see the Statue of . Liberty, why they come in. ? That's all." JOHN WILL NOT California . Senator Pleads Ignorance of Things Here While Abroad NEW YORK. July 23. Sena tor; Hiram Johnson of California, boomed by his friends for the Re publican presidential nomination in 1924, returned today from Eu rope on the Leviathan - and to night was preparing for delivery at a banquet to be given In his honor Wednesday night, a mes sage to the American people on the nation's foreign relations. The senator, who spent !lour and one half months abroad,' re fused to discuss either domestic or foreign politics and declared that on Wednesday night he would set forth ; the attitude "which in my humble opinion. America should adopt towards Europe." im pleading ignorance of first hand information of late develop ments in the political situation, at home Senator Johnson insisted he could make no comment on them, until lie, had a chance to catch, up. He categorically refused to say whether or not he would be a can didate for the Republican nomi nation in 1924, and asserted that his address on s Wednesday would NOT embody any statement on that subject. HHB8T TO HELP DAVENPORT FUI Famous Publisher to Give Support of His Journals s to Memorial . j; " SIL.VERTON, Ore,. July 23. (Special to The Statesman.) The Davenport Memorial associa tion has received word from Wil liam Randolph Hearst that-he Is Fending a contribution and will lend his personal support and the support of ; the Hearst papers i,o the. cause, of erecting a Homer Davenport memorial. Miss Sally Farnum, noted sculptor of New York City, is at work On plans for the memorial to be placed at SilTerton, DISCUSS POLITICS i u WENATCHEE. Wash,; July 23. Disclosure that a company has been organized to handle refrig erator cars on the Great Northern railway and thus facilitate move ment, of fruit east, as made to day by J. C. Roth, head of the transportation department of the Great Northern, when he appear ed in ! an interstate commerce commission hearing on an appli cation for a permit to build a Jline, i the Wenatchee Southern, from! here to Kennewick, Wash. The handling company is called ! the Western Fruit Express. Its stock is to be owned by the Great Northern. "This will give us the advan tages which private car compan ies enjoy In the more prompt re turn r of their cars, as foreign roads are not free to appropriate private-line cars to their own use as they do railroad-owned cars," said Mr. Roth. ASKED' OF HARDING Stand Taken by Cabinet is i Approved by Both Houses of the Legislature MANILA. July 23. (By The Associated Press) Immediate recall of Governor General Leon ard Wood was demanded in a res olution unanimously adopted at a joint meeting of both houses of the legislature here tonight The resolution was addressed to President Harding. " All of the pe.rt.ies participated in the action indorsed the stand taken by the cabinet when 'its members resigned recently. - Governor Wood is In the prov ince of Samor making Inspection of health conditions there. ' SECRECY DELAYS REPLY BY FRANCE British Anticipate Ten Day Wait Before Hearing Answer from Note . LONDON, July 23. (By The Associated Press.) The secrecy agreed upon by the British and French governments concerning the reparation .documents for warded to the allies is being closely maintained . and it is ex pected that another ten days will elapse before any reply is receiv ed from the French government owing, to the delay in the meet ing of Premier Poincare and Pre mier Theunis to consult over the British draft note to Germanny. It bad been arranged to discuss the Ruhr questions in the house of commons Thursday when- the foreign office estimates came up for consideration, but the govern ment, in the belief that such dis cussion at present would not be helpful to the delicate negotia tions has decided to postpone the debate indefinitely. Allean Corey to Undergo ; : Operation on Her Eye Allean Corey, 15-year-old or phan, will undergo an operation at the Salem hospital this morn ing for the purpose of removing a cataract from one of her eyes. She has been afflicted with this ever since she was 7 years old Previous examinations held that she could never recover the full sight, but the operation, it ; is stated, will enable her to have full vision in about a year with the, aid of glasses. Men interested in the case of the girl are paying the expenses, to which the Salem hospital had cooperated to the best of it's abil ity.; The operation Is being per formed by a local physician, who is making no charge for his work and who also modestly requested .that his name be withheld. Two other men are meeting the sub sequent expenses, which the hos pital people have pared to the limit. As ! with 'the surgeon, neither of these men Is seeking any publicity : ., , -J ' WOOD'S RECALL Inter-Allied Rruneland! High Commission Ptans to Throttle German Passive Resistance Policy. tSWEEPING ORDINANCE IS PUT INTO EFFECT Provides Punishment for Blocking Occupational Plans and Orders BERLIN, July 23. (By the Associated, Press) The inter-allied Rhineland high commission has issued a sweeping blanket "or dinance according to press dis patches received here, aiming to throttle the German passive re sistance in the Ruhr and Rhine land. , j- j ' ! The ordinance apparently leaves no loophole, but the Berlin news papers declare it will serve only to stiffen the resistance. If pro vides extreme penalties for par ticipation in propaganda or writ ten or BOken opposition to the prevailing ordinances, . for Inter ference with the ' commission's activities or otherwise organized resistance. Punishment Is provided even in the case of offering a sack of po tatoes as an inducement for hold ing , out against the occupational authorities according' to dis patches. : :!; "There is only one reply to this arrosant assumption of anth- oruy passive .resistance now, more than ever before," says the Lokal Anzelger. ' The Allegemeine Zeitnng says the ordinance vir tually, makes punishable any . ac tion by a German in the occupied areas, ' as "naturally no German would - lend a hand to help the commission." 1 Four. More Columns Dis patched After Assassins; Trouble is Feared MEXICO CITY, July 23. (By The Associated Press.) General Eugenio Martinez, military com mander In the state of Chihauhua announces the capture . by his troops of three men suspected of having participated in the recent assassination of General Francis co Villa. General Martinez re port added that four additional columns of cavalry had been de spatched in pursuit of the assass ins. - ' ! Trouble is feared at Canutillo and federal troops in nearby gar risons have been instructed- to hold themselves In freadlness to act In consequence of threats of revolt by hundreds of Villa's fol lowers because of an attempt by Mrs. Berta; Villa to obtain pos session of the immense hacienda owned by Villa. ' Governor Pierce Signs Baptismal Certificate : ' i SILVERTON. Ore., July 23. (Special to The Statesman.) Governor Pierce spoke j at the Children's day service at the Met hod let church of Silvertoa Sunday morning on the ( subject of "Service." An interesting fea ture of the morning waa the bap tism of. the baby daughter, Phyl lis May J of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Adams. Governor Pierce jacted as one of the sponsors and also signed the I baptismal certificate. Idaho Heat Records are Broken During Week-End .. i -. -:jt ; ,i. WALLACE. Idaho, July 23. Sunday and Monday broke all re cords for heat in Wallace since July' 18. 1918. the Imercury touching 101 degrees on Sunday and 100 Monday. The only day to compare with these figures In the last five years was July 16, 1920, with 100. The tempera ture on July 18, 1918 was 102. No heat prostrations are report ed and clouds promise relief by rain before morning. CAVALRY PURSUES Vitu s sites No Guns or Powder , Pur chased Since 191 V De clares Military Official After Equipment. LARGE APPROPRIATION ASKED FROM CONGRESS Secret Consideration of Amount and Authorization ; Is Now Requested BUENOS AIRES, July 23. ( By i the Associated Press.) President De Alvear today sent to' the senate for secret consider ation a measure requesting auth orization to spend 155,000,000 gold pesos to modernize Tne Ar gentine army, according to La Razon.j "The negative results" in the efforts j to limit South American armaments ; at . the recent Pan American conference and "pur state of being almost disarmed, as .compared with our nearest neighbors," are given by "a high army chief" interviewed by La Razon j as the reasons for Presi dent De Alvear's action. This of ficial s quoted as saying that while the appropriation proposed "naturally seems large, the heads of the government, in view of the South j American military situation.- clearly exposed at Santiago, see themselves obliged to provide for ; everything which will ; guar antee us for the future." "No gun and not e gram of pow der j has been acquired by the army since 1911," the official is. quoted as having added, "and af ter all that has been said at San tiago, jit has been necessary to further determine", the- position of our; country, as compared with the elementary organization of ourt neighbors. It therefore Is up to thej legislature and to congress to guard against disagreeable con tingencies." HARDING WINNER IN SHUFFLEDOARD Fasti Tournament on; Fish ing Trip Scheduled in British Columbia ON j BOARD THE U. S. S. HEN DERSON. WITH PRESIDENT HARDING. July 23. (By Asso ciated; Press.) President Hard ing won his first match today In a : shuffle-board tournament ar ranged aboard the Henderson to while away the time on 3-day. voy age from Sitka. Alaska, to Van couver, B. C. The tournament be gan tins morning with 60 en tries. Including the President and most of the members of his im mediate party. I The tournament rests a decision on; two games out' of three. The president and Roaf. a Seattle news photographer, lost the first game, 35 to 50, won the second, 57; to 44, after a hard fight and easily took the deciding game, 54 to' 20. , .. Mrj Harding passed most of the day working on speeches that, he will deliver in traveling south' on the Pacific coast after landing Thursday at Vancouver, B. C. : . The Henderson left American waters shortly before noon and steamed through Dixon Entrance to the 'Inside Passage off the coast of British Columbia. A stop is to be made near Campbell river, British Columbia, tomorrow for the president to take a short fish ing trip. Attempts are being made to ar range Mr. Harding's itinerary from j Seattle to the Yosemite na tional park so as to provide for a stop at Sacramento. Cal. Noth ing bits been concluded on this point. The present schedule brings the presidential train! in Sacramento before "daylight Sun day. L ! BUILD TELEPHONE LINE i j EUGENE, Ore., July p3. Forty miles of new telephone line are tobe Installed in the Cascade na tional forest, area this summer, according to a report of N. F. MacDuff. supervisor of the Cas cade If district with headjuarters here ; ; EUGENE, Or., July 23. Nine navy airplanes rrived at the municipal aviation field this af ternoon " bound from .San Diego, Cal., to Camp Lewis, Wash., where they will remain for . the next month. The detachment, consisting of 11 officers, eight mechanics and one photographer; form part of the air squadron of the Pacific battle fleet. Two torpedo planes and seven obser vation ships compose the' fleet, under the command of Capt. A. W. Marshall. The naval aviators will map possible landing fields in the north. The planes left Sah Diego last Friday and made the hop from Medford to Eugene today. MARSIIFIELD. Or.. July 23. Lieutenant . Kendall of the San Diego flying squadron, en - route to Seattle got off his course in a fog, early today after leaving Medford, and before he found a rift in the mists. was 40 miles at sea off Coos bay. Patients -. Removed Fro m Damaged Building Must ; Sleep Out of Doors SAN BERNARDINO. Cal., July 23. The removal of 519 patients from the' state hospital for the insane at Patton, near here, was ordered today when it was dis covered that damage to walls of a hospital building by the earth quake last night had rendered the structure unsafe for occu pancy. ; ' , ; Dr. Edwin Wayte, acting super intendent, telegraphed to Sacra mento asking that state engineers be sent to Patton at once to make an inspection. He also asked permission to transfer the pa tients to the state hospital at' Nor walk.. - . .! . - I; Dr. Wayte said he expected many of the patients ordered re. moved today would be obliged to sleep "in the open tonight. There are 2250 patients enrolled at the Institution and there is no room in other wards for those ordered taken out. : j A' hole ten feet square was torn in the north wall of . the building by. the shock. Two wings were affected, one contain ing three wards' occupied by men patients, the other three wards occupied by women. , .' TO C0QU1LLE Local Attorney Establishes Law Offices in Coos County Seat - Grant Corby, who for 18 years practiced law in Salem, has estab lished a law office at Coqullle, Coos county, and he and Mrst Corby will move there In a few days to make their home. - - Mr. Corby was at one time city attorney for Salem! and has been active as a Democratic leader of the community.. He Is requted.to have enjoyed a lucrative business, i Coquille is the county seat of Coos county. Runaway Leper Returned to Louisiana Colony NEW ORLEANS, La., July 23. John R. Early, the truant leper, is back at the leprosarium at Car ville. after his fourth escape from the institution, to visit bis old haunts in Washington. D. C He arrived here tonight from Wash ington under the surveillance of two clerks of the treasury; de partment and was taken to - the colony in an ambulance. .. ! Early travelled in a private drawing room and 'probably none of the passengers on the . train knew that Jhe was aboard. As the train arrived here, the authorities of the leper colony were reached by telephone and an ambulance was sent hero immediately: One of the government employes ac companied Early In the - - ambn- I lance. . -. ! CALFORNJSTg 1 CORDY Open Stand is Taken by American Growers; to Decide on Quantity Ex ported and Costs. WASHINGTON GROWERS APPROVE OF PROGRAM Northwest Men Plan to Sign Up 65 Percent of Ton nage by October 1 J SPOKANE. Wash.. July 23. The American Wheat Growers, as sociated, with headquarters in Minneapolis, plans to sign up 65 percent of the wheat production of 11 states by July 1, 1924, and to create a price-fixing body of farm ers to determine the price of wheat offered for home consump tion, W. J.- Brown, president of the organization, announced here today. The movement will in volve 400,000,000 bushels, or half the normal national production, he said. ' Directors! of the Washington Wheat Growers' association in conference with Mr. Brown ap that they will, seek to sign up 65 percent of the Washington ton nage by October 1 of thia rear- An Intensive campaign Is con- lamnlaf.il : " u.v.blcu, it was announcea, Action : 1 t Demanded 1 In connection with' the state ment that a price-fixing plan was part ef the program of the Ameri can Whiat Growers, associated, Mr. Brown said:! ' ., "The wheat growers' have step ped .lightly until now in the mat ter of price-fixing. Now we boldly proclaim that Is our pur pose. The wheat growers have determined , that they collectively shall put a price tag on the wheat. We aren't savin . nnw what the price should be. Two representatives are to be named from each -of the lPn states, to meet In the" American headquarters In Minneapolis soon in the year as the daw production Is known. They wtt estimate the cost of production; the hazards and the' labor of thf farmer and determine ihn The price-fixing board will deL termme the amount of wheat to be exported' and will offer that , amount on the world market in world competition. A price tag will bet put on the wheat for home consumption." Mr. Brown will attend meAttWira In Seattle and Portland later to outline his plan. Wheat Baying' Campaign Instigated by Chicago OMAHA, Neb.. July 23. An appeal to the nubile to bnr vhnat and flour to raise wheat prices to the farmers and Improve finan cial conditions for them, was made here -today in a statement by John L. Kennedy, Omaha banker. and chairman of a local commit tee of businessmen recently or ganized to further a nation-wide wheat-buying campaign. Adopting the slogan "Buy a thousand or more bushels of wheat or a bag or barrel of flojur," for the' movement, the- committee, throuzh ita chairman's statement asked for, "evfery loyal citizen and every financial, commercial and industrial organization. east, west, north and south" to sup port the campaign. Methods Outlined . . After outlining two proposed methods of aiding the farmer holding of wheat out of the mar ket and the Increasing of demand for actual consumption, the com mittee statement declared the latter to be the preferred solution' of the farmers problem and added:.- . . . . I "The silent of the farmer re quires' pitiless publicity. The pub lie should be made to understand that of late the farmer has been bearing more than his share of life's burdens. We -should bear a, fair share of these burdens. , We cannot all buy a thousand bushels of wheat, but we can buy a bag or barrel of. flour and we can do 11 now." ' Asserting that " we have no more right to expect other coun tries to buy our surplus crops,"!1 the statement added: "that ln the present emergency we must rely chiefly on our home market." CXDEMXED GET RADIO 1 r NEWi YORK, July 23. A radio set will be Installed in the death: at Sins Sing . to give the con demned their last contact with thi outside yorld, ; - j