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Juily; 27.- (Ht Associated Press.) r Pres ident Harding " returned Irpm his Alaskan1 trip today and In an aq dresa deliTered here reported to the American people that he had found nothing wrong with their - . t.rrltnrir' that there u no hroad -problem of Alaska" and that Alaska fU alt right ana is aomg wei. ; t h not WliflTe Alaska can be forced, or that It should be," h 1 There ia no need of govern n.nt-mtnaeed. federally-pald-for, I hot hoase development. There must be no reckless sacrificing of resources wnicn oajui iw "",u permanent m oraer 10 iuroan Jnto Immediate profit. Where there I possiouny oi d-I terment jn.tne xeaerai macninery of administration.- improvements should and will be effected, But there Is no need for sweeping re- j organizations r it " f "A"" for AiasKana. rm.1 Mn,or.i number of way. in which the de- velopment of the territory ihould be aided. He declared - against ruinuou. oi.. resources ana argeu a uemur ment of Alaska for Alaskans." He recommended more restriction on salmon fishing, the territory's V7 i .fr YnA 3ii greatest Industry and promised fcut " . --V.T-- . & - m .. nw n mm ri 1 ii 1 would extend the present reserva - tin9 mnA their rnlfttlnnaJ ' I RMtriMiona with resnect to I ntiiL.tinn hf thM forests he said. I illillS 1111, HDFiE DFSTATEHDDD might well be lightened. DevelJlty of Washington stadium. Th ,- .wo tim .hd th. normal I nrging ot economic conditions, he ..Km ti. Mwramitot I should do' whatever Is necessary to encourage leasing and Appropriations Xeeded. I ir. Harding were that-generous I appropriations should be made for I road building: that the federal government should be . more : lib eral in encouraging th techni cal, scientific and demonstration work of the agricultural agencies, and that -the government 'should retain ownership and operation of the Alaskan railroad. i "Alaska is destined for uln- is mate statehood." the president jtold hjs audience. , "In a very few! years we can well set oft the fan- handle and a large block of the connecting southeastern. 'Part as I & state. This1, region" now con tains easily " 90 per ; ent of the whole population and of the de Teloped resources. It would be the greatest single Impetus we could possibly give to the right Vlnd of development. As to the Remainder of the territory J I would leave the Alaskans ot the future to decide." Dav Is Bust One. "UT l 1 a i - ifc maj IMS BK1U 11UW, A3 WCI as later that there is no panacea tsr Alaska; largely because Alas ka needs none but also because Alaskan troubles flow from the tame general causes which make troubles elsewhere. The world has ., burned up so much, of Its ! capital tat there is not enongh to go Around. When the stocks of liquid capital are restored, j Alaska will come in , for a better share than ever before has fallen to Its lot, simply because our country. If lt clings to stable ways, will be (Continued on page 1.) r THE WEATfJER : OREGON Fair and continued warm Saturday. j 1 LOCAI WEATHER j (Friday) ' V i Temperature, maximum 89. Temperature, minimum B4. r River, .4. - " " , J ' jC Rainfall, none. atmosphere, clear. 'J .'.v Wind, northwest," " " """i- OREGON TOPS UNION FOR HAVING LOWEST INFANT DEATHRATE State is Healthiest for Raising Babies Says Health As sociation Report; 58 Die out of Every 1000 Born; Washington Second on List With Minnesota Third; Maine and South Carolina NEW YORK. July 27. state foif babies, according to the American Child Health association, in which infant death rates for the lareer cities m of. every 1,000 babies in Oregon's four cities of more tnan 10,000 died during 1922. 4- SEE PHESIOEfJT Train Barely blowed Down SS Harding's "Special : Pnmp Thrnnh Hprp lydrilB H UUgll neitJ Salem has J a perfectly good reason for being peeved at Se- attle.' Seattle i shortened' the 8heulea 8top .of President Har- ding in the Sound city and say- lng good.ye t0 tne presidential party sped it on its way a full three or four hours before he had intended to leave. Leaving early ne of sot nto galem early, oh early tn,9 mornlnr. it waa between 3 and "4 o'clock, and the t?ain barely slowed down why shouldn't Salem be peeved at Seattle? If Seattle people had entertained the president an hU Vr unti the time when he was willfng toj leave them, he would -ive 1 g Salem tje , , rane of reason for a president of the greatest country in the world to arise. , Also it would have been "ier tor Salem folk to arise and aa and see the oresldent. It all happened like this. Se- ;"''tZ"y: t w o - president might deliver an ad dress. The place is the Unlvers- for the entire week to the com Pany putting on me pbm, "Amerlcanus." 1 The manager was "ed to substitute one night and ..JfVLSl e naay nignu iuuitwg w had to come to his . terms, tne manager held out for his contract. have the president speak at tne pageant and thereby increase' tbe (Continued on page 2) Letters From a ; By GEORGE GRAVES ' ;y ,-1;; - iHAPTERxvi;;!;fi p ' (George! H. Graves, writer of the interesting series of letters under the (above caption that have been running in the Statesman for several weeks, has returned to' Salem land is now on the trip to Southed Oregon with 'the Cherrians. However, Mr. Graves will finish hi narrative, of the automobile trip through tne northwest before the letters are concluded.) I - t .'. .- PORTLAND, Or., July 25. I havp never spent a 25 cents piece that has ' come back to ' me in trade, and Joe Albert has them all, but I could not get around It at Yellowstone because when they make chan g6 there they - never give you anything less than a quarter. I found such to be the case. '..'' ':'f: Well, it was a difficult task for me to leave the Canyon hotel at Yellowstone but I decided I had to leave sometime and' it I stayed there and promised to write to any more 1 girls that I was sure to meet, that I would be busy for a month after I arrived home, not doing anything else but writing letters, so I arose one morning at & o'clock to get an early start but then did not; get away until 1 in the afternoon. ; I rolled down the canyon and out the western en trance ad for SO miles I had a magnificent graveled road, land then I ran up against one of those welcome signs we had on the Pa cific highway, for so long. "De tour," and I. sure did detour, tor 25 miles,! over the crookedest road anyone ever drove an auto mobile over, . bumps and , rocks, dust and throagh a dense forest. Finally I was out in the open and was . rolling over hills and prair ies and it was drawing on to 8 SALEM D ON Are Last. . Oregon is the most healthfu figures made public today by 27 states are given. uniy o Washington's nine cities raiked with a fraction of. a baby; more than 58 dying out of every 1.000 Minnesota.'with ll cities of more than 10.000 people, was .third with 60 infant death' per thou sand. ' :-' ' l- !i,-f ' t Illinois. With 44 cities, was 17th while Maine and South Carolina with eight and six cities, respe tively, were . last on the list. Ninety-nine babies out 'of every thousand In the cities of those states died during last year.' ESCAPED CONVICT rarnis TO PEB John Ryan Comes in From Seattle ana Brings nis ' Wife With Him . . Living constantly under the fear of being apprehended proved too much for John Ryan, escaped convict, who returned to the state prison voluntarily yesterday after noon to serve out the remainder of his five-year sentence. Ryan's arrival followed -shortly after a wire from him in Seattle, stating he was on his way to .Salem. He was accompanied by his wife. I am glad to get It off my mind," Ryan declared, upon arriv ing at -the '.prison.. .Ryan staged his second escape from the state prison on July 2 of this year, running away while at the prison farm. He -was re ceived from Multnomah county February 8. 1916, to serve five years for burglary of a dwelling. He 'was successful in evading the guards on September 9, 1917, prison records show, and was at liberty for five years, being re taken and sent to the penitentiary July 14 1922. One year of pris on life v proved : sufficient, and when opportunity presented itself early, this month he took advan tage of the occasion. Ryan's prison number is 7533 Salem Fight Fan o'clock and I did not know where I was; going but finally I landed in a small town called St. Anth ony and there I stayed over night. I ate at a Japanese ' restaurant could not find any. other . kind. Bright and early the - following morning I was off again heading towards home. I was on good roads again, arriving in Pocate lo, Idaho at 2:30. : There I re ceived my mail, the first for two weeks, and a card from the Cher rians, telling me of the trip they were going tot make to southern Oregon. I lost no more time, de ciding right there that I could make It home in time to go with them. The following day I had good roads and I rolled i right along.. Arrived in Twin Falls at 2:30 and here was compelled to .take a rest on account of a terw rible thunder storm. Why, the lightning flashed over the entire length of "Tootsie." After the storm was over 1 decided ; to go pn, and a few miles out of town I found the ground perfectly dry, I rolled into a small town called Mountain Home, only 45 miles from Boise, ! but as I had made 236 miles that day and as I had made it a rule never to travel af ter dark I stayed right there and three other cars did the same because- I did. It was hot the thermometer standing at 104 in the shade. : ' ' ' . The following' morning I found the gravel road as smooth as a floor and - straight : ahead 1 so I made the distance to Boise, 45 miles in an hour and 10 minutes. Some ; beautiful road and ' some pleasure driving, it. j , I found Boise a beautiful city, the prettiest one I had been in. The " location was discovered by the French and when they saw it (Continued on page 8) SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1923 iir PROMOTION BY S. P. RAILROAD Salem Representative ' Be comes District Freight artd Passenger Agent; Head quarters to Remain Here DOWNTOWN OFFICE IS SOON TO BE LOCATED Important Advancements and Creation of New Po sitions Announced A. A. M ckel, who for eiht years has ben local agent Jn Sa lem for the Southern Pacific com pany, is 'promoted to a position a3 district freight and ' passenger ag ent for that company. ; He will have charge of the service on the main line between Woodburn add Albany, of the Corvallls & Eabt-1 n Ktia f mm 111 1 t " " I1UUJ Mill J - H .-.C port, and of the Dallas line. . . n j- it. i " ii ih uuuctsiooq iuai as soon is a tocation can be procured, th Southern pacific company will have In Salem a ' downtown pas senger and freight office, ' with four representatives besides Mr. Mickel in charge to handle the growing, business of the Salem district. . - ' Cr Mr. Mickfel began his railwiy service as a mail carrier' at Ger rafs In June, 1901. and later reived as agent at "Gervais. He was promoted to the Albany of fice and tien to Salem eight years ago. " His . promotion is one o? numher announced yesterday by' the Southern Paciric, Includ ing many of ; the most widely- known men in the company's ser vice.. ' ' " ' r:-' Important promotions and cre ations of new pf f icial positions in the traffic ! ' department of th Southern Pacific have-'befen auth' brized ' by W. M. SprouleC" presl dent, it was announced yesterday by G. W. lUice, " freight traffic manager and Charles S. Fee, pas senger traffic manager, i The changes are effective Aug 1. The raises in of f icial rapk and addition of new officers are in line. It is said, with the company's desire to maintain ' the highest standard of transportation 'serv ice and are made In recognition of the growing importance of Or egon and th northwest territory. John M. Scott, general passen ger agent atj Portland and J. H, Mnlchay, general freight agsnt are promoted to the positions or assistant passenger traffic man ager and assistant freight trar fie manager respectively. Their headquarters! remain in Portland Mr. Scott Is succeeded as general passenger agent at Portland by his assistant! J. A. Ormandy. C. W. Stinger, city . ticket 1 agent. agent, 'takes Ormandy's; place A3 assistant general passenger agent. Mr. Stinger is succeeded by J. A. Hopgood, advertising agent, and Hopgood's place will be filled by H. P. Craig of the general passen ger departmept statfi . Mr, Mui chay Is succeeded as general freight agent at Portland by W. Miller, his assistant liter, -nis asBiviaui. M- Andjrews. district freight passenge agent at Seattle, 1 C; and passenge transferred to Portland as assis ant general freight agent. Trav eling Freight! Agent L. A. Brock : well is prpmoted to district freight agent in Portland. ; The Seattle office I? raised tc the position pf a general agency. C. Taylor, now traveling agent. being placed In charge as general agent. . " j ' f :- - l.-.T.i Spars, district i freight and passenger agent at i Eugene, is transferred to a similar ;po sition at Merced. Cal. He is sue- ceeded by L.- L. Graham, now sta- Ion' agent at Corvallls. Th tee new district freight r-nd passenger agents are appointed in Oregon, as follows: At Salem, A. A. Mickel, now local agent here; at Medford, A. S. Rosebaum, claim agent at Portland; Klamath Falls. J. Miller, who has been' local agent at that city. : Mr. Scott, or "John" Scott, as he is more familiarly knqwn, came to Portland in 1905 as as sistant general passenger agent f the Southern-Union Pacific lines. Hf had been employed for several yearsj as confidential ad viser to J. C.l Stubbs. who was at that time director of traffic for the Union Paciflr-Sonthern Pa cific : . . ; f Mr. Scott became general pas senger agent of the Southern Fa cific at Portland in 1911. His early training in the railroad bus- (Continued on page 8) POLAIBREAKS PROMISES TO COMEDY KING ; , ' - ,- ,j- - . Engagement to Charlie Called Off Five Weeks Ago An nounces Tragedienne f LOS ANGELES, July 27. rola Negri,- motion picture tragedienne, tonight niade the smiling an nouncement that five weeks ago she bad broken her engagement to marry Charlie Chaplin, the IJos Angeles Times will state tonior row V j -: ! ' - - i : "The match Is definitely off " Miss Negri is quoted. '( realized five weeks ago that it was an im possibilityj J Mr. Chaplin is fa charming; fellow. We are till friends. 1 say 'hello' to him. but I realize now I never could iave married him. He is too .tempera mental, as changing as the 'virid. He dramatizes everything, s He experiments In love. '.He hat no quality for matrimony. I ! aim glad it is over, for It was inter fering with my life, my work, f I have great ambitions and I am sure I could not be a great actress as Mrs. Chaplin.! Yes. I atn clad it .is over and I have profiled by the experience.1 L TERM IS ENDED Second Period to Follow at Once Dubach Leaves I for Travels The first term of the Willam ette ; university . summer ' school closed Friday, with the last of the examinations and lectures. The attendance, while not all that had been expected, was nevertheless the largest in the history of Wil lamette- summer school work, and the work generally has been ex ceptionally well done. Registration ; begins . today for ine secona term, ana tne actual class work begins Monday. There ia - no intermission, save the one Saturday, which is a holiday any how. The registration for tbr. second' term is not 'expected to be quite as large, as for the, first session, and not 'quite as wide a range of studied is offered; al though the earnest student can find enough classes to kes him busy practically day. and ' night. ; - The South American hl3tbry and economics class carried on by Or. thibach of OAC came to an end Friday, much to; the regret of those who attended the first term. He made a great hit witlr the Willamette students, with his practical application of theory and practice in politics and busi ness for the southern neighbor of the United States. He and his wife and son left Friday noon for a two months' tour of the middle west; driving through to his old" home in Kansas, and planning to circulate widely through the Sun flower and adjacent states. , The university is to have sevs ral new professors this fall, and a number! of promising candidates are being weighed carefully before the final selection. The list of applicants is especially good, ! r .:. ; FINE RECEPTION five Oregon Towns Visited By boosters on rirst uay ' Out-From Salem ROSEBURGi Or., July 26- (Special to the Statesman) --The Cherrians came saw and conquer ed, western Oregon today, visiting five towns. A rousing reception was given! at each place. ! r The Cherrians arrived in Rose- burg at 6:30 tonight. They, were. met at Winchester by a reception committee, escorted! to the Ump- aua hotel for : a big dinner, in cluding speeches and songs. They paraded the streets, giving a snap py drill and were greeted by thousands. 1 .-' A concert' by the Cherrian band in the new band stand on tne court house lawn was heard by all Roeeburg. An address was given by O. P. Coshow, praising Salem for its' rapid growth, Ita manufac tures and fruit industry, but best of all for its wonderful commun ity spirit, prompting the ! Cher rians to visit other towns. - i ' The Cherrians visited on sched ule Albany. Corvallls. Eugene and Cottage4 Grove, paraded : - the streets, drilled and gave band concerts, j .f-?- ,.: h" ; -r The" Cherrians . leave Friday morning for Grants Pass, They ins C K laref47 atrong ? "JV : OIL FIELDS TO BESHUTOOIJ Endless Flood of Crude Product From California Has: Effect on Middle Western Normal 'Market AUGUST PRODUCTION REDUCED 20 PER CENT Public Urged to Give Assis tance in Conserving Na tion's Resources CHICAGO, July 27 (Ry The Associated Press) Plans for a Bhutdown of refineries in the mid- continent oil fields for the month of August were unanimously ap proved today by representatives of 25 of the largest producing companies In the territory, meet ing here at the call of the Western- Petroleum Refiners' associa tion, The Ameircan OUmens ' as sociation and the National Mark eters association. The refinery capacity of the ter ritory is approximately , 75.0,000 barrels of 'crude daily, e large part of which has been inoperative1 for many weeks because of the end less flood of California crude oil into the normal markets of the mid-continent' producers. r Output Reduced The net result of jthe proposed action, according to a leading sta tistician of the industry would be a reduction in refinery output of approximately 60,000 barrels daily during August, as compared with runs In the last half of July, when the output averaged about 300,000 barrels a day. On this basis it was pointed out, the re duction in the field would amount to approximately' 20 per cent Other estimates of the net result of the Curtailment ran as high as 80000 barrels daily. The runs for the field for the fft-st six months ot 1923 have ranged be tween 300,000 and 320,000 bar rels. . Askp Public Support ; An explanation of the readjust ment In the American oil industry which brought about the actio was offered by President E. W, Marlapd of the Marland Oil com pany, who urged public support of the move as one necessary to conserve the nation's oil resources during the present period of over production. Cosden and company of the Tul sa, whose daily capacity is approx imately 35.000 barrels of crude. is the largest' corporation ' in the list marked for closing. . Only Means of Relief The period of suspended oper ations is lopked to as the only means of relief by the refiners of the Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texass fields, in all of which storage of gasoline have been rap idly mounting for months until "the point of saturatio" is now in sight. In a word, according to Mr. Marland, the situation is due to the tremendous production in the California fields, now turning out well over 800,000 barrels of crude daily agaist approximately 300,000 at about this period last year. 'James Bilyeu Succumbs to Heart Attack After Re tiring Last Night James Bilyeu,. member of the pioneer Oregon family of this name,' died at the state prison clubhouse " about 10:30 o'clock last night from heart failure. He had been a guard at the peniten tiary since last March. Bilyeu was 66 years old. Bilyeu was stricken after he had retired for the ' night, and passed "away before a physician could be summoned. He had been complaining of his heart for some time and had not been in good health prior to the final attack. James Bilyeu is a brother of .Lark Bilyeu, attorney of Eugene, and of the late W. R. Bilyeu. of Albany,' who was one of Linn county's Judges for a number of yeara; .' - -r PRISON GUARD DIES BY mm g TO FRESH ABOARD Uttpr Signed by Mayor Giesy in BchaliolCitizcRi, nd Bouquet of Easter Lilies With Acccmpanyiai llzls Sent Mrs. HardiiigExecutive Told He f.Iutt Ccr.D Back to Oregon. ' V ' Salem however, gi'eete President JIardino; and his estimable first lady of the land this morning thotigh maybe they don't yet know it; " 'r - j ' - . Two baskets of flowers were sent Mrs. Harding by the Salem Floral society and by the Chamber of Commerce, and were put aboard the train early thfe morning. It may be that the president will awaken somewhere down the line,' discover what he's missed, and. order the train 'brought "back to See Salem First before they go any farther,', The letter of dedi cation from the , floral society and the ' mayor's greeting, are here given. " : The letters read : ' ' KILLED Br FAIL Bnds Up Stumps; of Am putated Legs and Hags Train With Overalls MEDFORD, July 27.-r-Charles S. Poster - of; Dunsmuir,? Calif., brakeman on a .Southern Pacific frelghOraln. made a game fight for hisilife today but lost. Both his legs were cut off just above the ' knees when' he fell f rbm a train near Klaraathon, Calif. " t Foster fashioned ' . tourniques from a belt, a leather key thong and handkerchief and fastened them around the stumps of his legs and tightened - them with a lead pencil. Then, taking . a portion of hla overalls, he set it on fire to flag an approaching (train ' which stopped and picked him tip 20 minutes after the accident had happened. - The nervy man was taken to Ilorpbrook. where a doctor was waiting to. attend him and 'was rushed to , Ashland, Ore., the nearest hospital, on a fast en gine. Foster died en route to Ashland. .. ' Some Tourists Ask for Electric Curling Irons "Do your furnish electric curl ing irons and electric Irons?" ' rThis is not an unusual question, according to T. Q. Albert, super intendent of the Salem Auto park. Tourists not only want " tables, tent houses, chairs and every thing else which, they may hap pen to desire, : . ' The wash basins, the wash tubs and everything else which-is mov able' is chained down thaf the tourists who travel, seemingly with the idea of getting all they can, may not profit at the ex pense of Salem. "We have some of the very best kind ' of people . frequent our camp." Mr. Albert says. "But we also have the other kind.. They would take the faucets off the water taps if they, could. - - f "Many tour Lets come-in and are highly indignant because we do not have a table for them. We have 40 fables but when 'we-have 70 camps those 40 do not quite go around. Then there are those who 'hog the tables and some times have two or more before we know about it." PETITIOX DENIED OL.YMPIA; Wash., July 27. The mandamus ' petition of Bert Orcutt, and "Roy Moore, charged with the $35,000 circus robbery at Vancouver, Wash; was denied by the supreme court today. NOTICE TO OUR READERS The Statesman carriers will call to make their monthly collections today. Your newspaper boy is just' starting in business for himself. .This is his. first effort to learn business and his success or failure depends to a considerable extent on your good will and co-operation. 'A pleasant cmila and a cherry word will encourage your boy and help him make a success of this; his first venture in businc-3 life. He will appreciate it and show his good will in any way he can. If your subscription is already paid, ignore this no tice and accept our thanks. - , i - - : STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. PRICE FIVE CENT3 ms mm "President Warren O? Harding. "Care Harding Special. Great Northern Railway company; ' "Dear President Harding: The citizens of Salem tender rt0 you our choicest greetings and good wishes. They have much desired to have you visit the-Capital City of Oregon and to permit us more fittingly to express the sincere ad miration in" which -we hold you, but we forbear even to break your slumber by any1 vocal acclaim. "We feel with the people of the northwest' the - honor you have conferred In seeking closer rela tionship with this great section cf the nationwhich you govern. V'e feeL persuaded- that much . has been discovered that will give you confidence in ' the country's fu ture a citizenship which la mor ally devoted to, legitimate - tasks and vast material resources which highly respond io enterprise. ' "You miss much by not seeiag Salem. It Jstrue tha Salem. is the prettiest, the happiest and the most favored city ' between the seas. Salem has wide - streets, shaded lawns and homes beauti ful without ind-within; a climate compounded by ocean, mountain forest 1 and plain; churches, schools and Willamette nniver sity; industries which serve whera ever cars and ships can go; a peo ple ! of wisdom from every com. monwealth. 4 We are sorry for yo in not seeing' Salem; but "beinf prevented from'doing so,"'yo4 have sufficient reason for anothet journey ' to the coastl "We greet you as our president. We are depending upon you for leadership ' and we follow. We prayi that your Journey may be aafeand that the wisdom of God may be' with you. ' ; "Very; respectfully and sincerely, "Citlxena : of Salem, Oregon "By John B. Giesy, Mayor." The letter from the floral so ciety to Mrs. Harding reads: - ' "Mrs. Warren O.' Harding.' "Dear Madam :' The Floral so ciety of Salem, Oregon, takes pleasure In presenting the accom panying' Easter lilies to you. They Carry their .message of faith and clear-looking,' unobtrusively 'but certainly, and are we think, not ' unfitting flowers' for the' gracious wife of the president. ' Their' sig- niticance lies In that they ' are grown outside by Dr. James .II. Fairchild, of Salem, Or.,' ' from seed furnished by Dr. David Grlf- . fiths, horticulturist of the depart ment of agriculture, Washington, D. . C., and mark' one of two " or three . successful experiments la Oregon to grow "the Easter lily in sach quantities and quality as to point the way to commercial planting., In other words, these Easter lilies indicate an American-grown Easter lily bulb. "Dear Mrs. Harding, the Salem Floral society feels itself privi leged in extending greetings, good bye and best) wishes both to you and the presdent. "The Salem Floral : Society." EUGENE. Ore.. July 27. Pres ident Harding will make a brief, address tomorrow morning . when , - f 'Continued on page 5)