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cnumtATioH - 4Trra for scraa mootfca anaio Jaly SI, 1923 : V IN THE CITT 07 SALEM and eluewber la Mirioft and Polk CoantUa Koarlr ararrbody read a The Oregon Statesman tub noun KEWSPA? EH " 8an4ya aaly - -- ; Daily and Sand? " ' -545T SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR . SALEM. OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUSTU8, 1923 . 3 , -' -. "... r - - ' ' . - .,'7' TTTr"T"crtrr n-rvrrci l 1 - . -w a v V . . .. . . . . J . a. j h a a. - i . K.r.iM n ! j . : ' . "' " 1 -r ' " i ' ' C1NI IS HEARD If Tourist Camping Grounds Are Not What They Should Be, They Should Be Made ..' Better, Citizens Say Improvements Would ; Cost Little, Inquiry Shows. The Statesman park story Friday morning has stirred up considerable comment. Some believe that the Salem park is absolutely beyond criticism; some know, it is not; some dp not care; some know nothing whatever of the case, and they may .believe either way, now that the matter .has been called to their attention. j The (Statesman repeated, first, the comment said to come .from hundreds of tourists who had stopped in Salem, or who ,,had investigated and had not stopped, or who had heard others talk of Salem arid took no chances here, but helped spread the, story of "Keep away from Salem." ' Case Honestly vresete . A ' . ' Statesman . representative Trent through the park, in view of these criticisms, not only once, but several times, to analyze the good and the bad. The good things have r been told, and also the bad., Both speak for them Eelves to anyone -who -will visit the place, f or j they stand out, boldly,; unchanged. . It would be worth any Salemite's while to go down' and see" for himself, or herself, whether the tourists' stories,' and the Statesman's in vestigations, are correct. ; It will take no one in Salem as much as an hour to visit the place and walk over every foot of the park, and check up on the things that ire and are not there, according to the ' tourists Indictment. .Entrance Distanesstaa; ', It cannot be denied" tbat , the park: entrance on Oak street is little money to move the office building" orr of the Deaconess hos pital grounds, on which ,lt has trespassed, and put it where ft belongs, right at fthe entrance. It would cost only a little money to , buy enough nose and water 'to keep the place wet down, and. to let grass and some flowers start ed in the street entrance on dither tide of the gate. Probably $25 o spent, with maybe $ 5 or even $10 a year for the water for sub sequent years should make a teh- - thousand t dollar difference' in the first and' last Impression on the tourists. One j touch of beauty 1 would work ' real magic on the 'souls of the visiting, thousands -and It wouldn't cost half a cent -per soul for the installation, or l a mill per soul' per year, for its - subsequent maintenance. As a sociological Investment in adver tising.' this much of the park rev- , tenues properly belongs (to the park. To have thousands of people every year blackguarding- Salem '. to thousands of other people for this $25 failure is a bad,-investment In publicity. .; H Grading Would Pay ' , h It might not cost more than $ 5 0 for at the most $100 to grade prop erly all or most of the park after the rains come and the park is ' empty. This should give at least twice fthe ! possible . nnmbofr . of camp,' and five times as many really good, comfortable camps s there now are on the grounds, exclusive , of the one big, bare V central plaza. The man or worn- i an who doesn't sleep comfortably has an unconquerable gTouch. To spend $100 of the park revenues ; in better sleeping accommodations , and send 10,000 people away hap py ana res iea every year, ought to he easy, and a daty and a Chris tian privilege and a good business investment If th park revenues could pay $800 tor ft water sur vey on the Santiam. , Some new sheet steel tW four in number; have recently i been installed that are much su ; perlor to the older ones. They i are short-piped, however, and sb are sooty for the cook. They are THE WEATHER OREGON: Saturday unsettled and occasionally threaten ing weather Saturday; cooler - east portion. LOCAL. I WEATHER ! (Friday) -Maximum temperature $8. Minimum temperature, esl River, 1.4. Rainfall, none. Wind, west. ' , ' Atnosphere, clear, not covered for use in bad weath er. A little 'more spent on stoves or covered kitchens, and enough tables for ll,' would add tremen dously to the comfort of the travelers. , J Most Travelers Appreciative ;"It is the testimony of some who have observed carefully that there are . some traveling people who look i on .everything they find . away j . from their home as a new Columbus discovery that is theirs by divine right. They steal things from the camps; they hog the tables, the mirrors, every- hing that is either free or hired, ana luej saow laeuueivtMi u yiKr- cisely the ' kind of degenerates tljey are at home. 1 But these are in the very small minority. , Most of the travelers are appreciative of every courtesy shown them, either what ts free or what Is sold to them at a fair rate. If they pay 50 cents lor the use of the camp, they, are entitled to 50 cents worth of service, and to Bpend less" than all their modest reven ues In serving them is'tb deprive them of what is theirs by moral right. , ,. J . Central Hall Needed i A central hall, with books, magazines, 4 writing ' material, is not .too much to offer these visi tors. It wouldn't cost much. The $800 already discussed hasn't been nearly exhausted by the other im provements mentioned. Wouldn't they appreciate it? Wouldn't you? The park revenues make it pos sible; the social needs of man kind make lit desirable; the ad vertising it; would give makes-it a. golden, investment. And it wouldn't cast the local taxpayers a cent it pays for Itself. A few of these little things should double the, park revenues, and make far greater Improvements possible. ; The Salem auto park is honest ly run. It is splendidly located In the heart of the city. It is beautifully shaded. It ought to be a perpetual dream 'in the mem ory of those who travel through Oregon, as the finesr&nost cour teous, -most : hoxniey pjark they found anywhere on their travels. It should be the epitome of . com munity advertising that attracts. It could -be-f or no higher price than spending its own. money, on itself; so little money, that it (Continued on page 8) UUiGE LUMBERS ATBAifl CHERT Miss Lena Belle tartar Con tributes Solos for Enter tainment of Crowd With the prospect of many long weeks I to come when there will be no band concerts. Salem folk wen t! to Willson para: last night in large numbers to .hear the Cberriari band play. Three more concerts will be given thte season according to the terms .of the cky's contract with the band. Miss Lena Belle Tartar sang three solos as part of the evening Program. The summer concert eason has been divided between Miss .Tartar and Oscar Gingrich, each singing in nine of the 18 concerts. , v , - Another concert will be given Tuesday and Friday of next' week &r las one August 28, ae c '-'-ag to present plans. CHOIR SINGER ENDS IT ALL ii NEAR PULPIT Young Denver Electrician Shoots Self t in Temple; -Leaves Farewell Note 1 Jr DENVER. Aug. 17. Standing behind' the pulpit of the Messiah Lutheran . church, J. Carrick Trost, 21. ah electrician and a member of the choir of the church shot himself through the . right temple and died1 almost instantly shortly after ST?o o'clock to night. ; - . : 111 health as a result of an at tack of influenza last winter 1b believed to have heen the cause of his act. ' - . He left a note' saying "God, Al mighty, forgive me. for what ;I am doing. Good-bye, mother, dear, and .God bless you." , t " , As the sound oi the shot rang through . the church the youth's father who had become alarmed at' his absence, broke through the door of the church with police of ficers he had summoned s in a search for his son. ! , J This evening Trost called upon Miss Effie Cline, a school teacher. After leaving her at her home he apparently drove his car : to the church, went- in and killed him-fU- ; ', I .K.".; I . .Ml lOUNEIICE Unrest Leads to Death of Police; Many are Wound ' ed During Clashes , MATENCE. Aug. 17. (By The Associated Press) -Unrest? ' ac companied by rioting, continued throughout the grand duchy of Hesse and clashes" are reported between Communists and police at, Langen, , Russelaheim and Grossgerau, fhree towns on t he right bank of the Rhine, in North eastern Hesse. At Iangen t he revolutionary committee of 'un employed, inL reprisal for the ar rest of six workmen, kidnaped 12 members of the burgeoise and are holding them as hostages. One member of the security police was killed, a number were wound ed and many disarmed in clashes with the unemployed. Several of the latter were wounded. i Salem Man Injured; in U Hospital at Marshfield MARSHFIELD, Or, Aug. 17. Frank Councilman of Salem : was brought to a hospital here Thurs day suffering from a broken foot, broken shoulder and., other injur ies. "An automobile which he was driving went over the grade at Camas mountain on the Coos Bay Rose burg, highway. ; He i blames the driver of .another car he was passing for the accident. ill Mi COHTUE WHEN THE PRICE OF "GAS". -' GOES DOWN OR UP; THUMB NAIL SKETCH TELLS STORY The Standard Oil company makes Salem1 a distributing point'. This company employs directly 25 men in Salem. And the Rocke feller educational foundation gave Willamette university $350, 000, towards its million , and j a quarter, endowment and building fund, besides contributing $17, 500 .a year for three 'or. four or five years, towards the support of me institution. i j So the' Standard Oil ' company Is a Salem institution; or at least near enough to one to be entitled to a decent hearing now, or at any other old time. This com pany is Issuing" a'series of folders on the present price situation. The fourth of the series is under the title, "When the Price of 'Gas' Goes Down or Up." and it j Is worth reading. If is a thumb nail sketch full of : fundamental and everlasting truth. If. is ', as follows:; ? : - - l- i, . Whe' the price of "gas" goes down or up. you wonder why. Every now or t;hen you have ob served , a , change in the price ' of gasoline. It has gone down, or up. For the last three years the changes- there have been si of them during this periodhave all been downward. No doubt you wonder why the change, es pecially if the price goes up. One day a gallon of "gas" costs a cer tain number b cents the next day it is more, or less. Natural ly you wonder why, 4 . 1 S Tl! Completion of Negotiations Results in Junking : of 750,000 Tons of Fighting Craft PACIFIC WAR CLOUDS DISPERSED FOREVER Anglo-Japanese Alliance Al so Terminated; Ceremon ial Pomp Lacking .WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Seated about a table in the state department today, five men re corded the . final approval of the powers for the treaties drafted by the arms conference to end naval competition, terminated ; the Anglo-Japanese alliance and sweep away the war clouds that have hovered for decades over the Pa, cific. ; , It was an epilogue to the Wash ington negotiations at which it had been .planned .to , give ' the place of honor to President Hard ing at whose call the conference assembled; . but instead the for mal deposit of ratifications was performed almost without ' cere mony. ' Secretary Hughes and his col leagues met in the diplomatic re ception room, in the presence of only a handful of spectators, in cluding officials of the depart ment, measesars and' represents; tives of the press. Ambassador Hanihara acted for Japan and the other powers were represented by the charges of their embassies here, H. O. Chilton, for Great Bri taw, Captain -Andre De La Boul aye. for France and Augusto Ros so for Italy. Navy Receives Word . Mr. Hughes sat at the head of the table with the foreign diplo mats .facing each other at - the sides. Without preliminary the secretary stated the, purpose of the gathering and added that at a preliminary meeting in his-office "the ratifications had been ex amined and found complete. . He then " held up a paaer embodying the American ratification - and placed it in the center of the ta ble'. - "I herewith deposit the. ratifi cation of the United States," he sald; ;.. .'t;. "... The. others followed suit, each pronouncing the same formula. Then documents constituting : ' a Tecord of the day and the hour at which the treaties became effect- ( Continued on page 8) Perhaps : you think that the president of the Standard Oil company simply r saya to his col leagues of the board of directors: 'Well, let's raise; the price of gasoline this morning." Not so. No man, nor group of men, no company, nor . group of companies, can "control" the price of gasoline, nor of any other commodity i general use. This is what makes the price of "gas" go. up and ; down; when there is a plentiful supply of gas oline, the price of gasoline drops. When, there is an insufficept sup ply of gasoline, the price ascends. This is hot a j theory. It is. fact. It is history, too, of gasoline and of every commodity in th,e world as far back as htotorygoes. It is economic law, ; unbreakable, ines capable. ' 'The price of crude oil Is the principal factor. . The valn,e of crude fluctuates, rises and falls, In strict accord with the volume the earth yields, related, of course to consumption by the public. There are other factors the cost of producing and transporting oil, of manufacturing and . of marketing these also vary with world conditions, again , obeying the immutable law or supply and demand. . Costs of materials, costs of labor, go up and down: since the Great- War, mostly up, as all the world knows. , 4 Three years , ago I the ' Pacific (Continued on page 4) - - i ' - W 4. I i I ' t I IE HERS Coal Commission Demands That 'Boards Must Reach Wage Agreement Effec tive September First J ... ; CONFERENCES WILL RESUME ON MONDAY Settlement Declared Chief Aim of Operators; Will ! Keep Running NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (By the Associated ; Press.) At the direct demand of the United States coal commission, miners' union offic ials and representatives of mine owners in the anthracite' region today tp go back into . the joint conference to . seek terms for a new wage contract that may be come effective Sept. 1. The whole complicated fabric of the controversy which has sep arated jthe mine operators and the spokesmen for their employes was temporarily set aside by the de cision. i Notwithstanding, coal commission members held, them selves from .expressing an over optimism as' to the prospects of keeping: the anthracite mines runT ning after September 1. , John Hays Hammond, its, chairman, and his associates, it was said, would return to .Washington and report the results attained to President Coolldge. ! . : Three Questions Asked The ' commission early today called In Samuel D. Warriner, chairman of the operators' policy committee and John L. Liewis, president of the United Mine Workers., The two leaders were presented with a letter which pointed out that the public mind "is beginning to - be seriously al armed over the question of wheth er there' is to be another suspen sion of anthracite mining Septem ber i." i . ; . Three questions were asked in the letter', the. first as to whether the operators and miners could teach an agreement fixing terms of a new wage .contract, before September 1, while. the two other were directed to bringing out the attitude of each party on the gen eral f proposition of keeping the mines running after that date, even if the terms of the projected new contract were1 still unsettled. I J f Reply Is Made Mr. Lewis and Mr. Warriner, summoning their associates, soon agreed on the terms of a letter of reply." Jointly the ' miners and operators said they would resume conference at -Atlantic City Mon day and "earnestly endeavor io reach an agreement by September 1." i - i ;!: Falling in such an agreement, the .operators said, they '.would seek! an understanding . that the mines should; be kept running while' the. wage . conference pro ceeded with the terms of its final form to be retroactive to Septem ber 1. The miners asked, that this matter be left to the joint confer ence. The operators further urged, the reply letter said, that the par ties 'to the wage contract negoti ations "agreed to arbitrate re maining parts of the 11 union de mands not otherwise disposed of." But the miners contented them selves toy' stating; this subject to be superseded by the joint action In agreeing to confer. Hornets Force Timbermen To Abandon Operations NELSON.' C, Aug. 17. Hor nets have forced the. cessation of timber, operations In the region around Efie.TB. C. " The principal camp affected is at Fruitvale, which vai forced to close down. The insects net only made condi tions unbearable for .the workers but created a "great accident risk. ritlESTS KMC APE ' HANKOW. . China. ' Aug. 17. (By! the Associated .Press) The Rev. Michael McHugh and the Rev. : Daniel j Ward, Catholic priests who were kidnaped. Thurs- 1 day at Tsaoshih by- Chinese ban dits who looted the town,, have made . their escape. : TOLD TO MAKE USE OF DRUGS AGAIN GRASPS CHINESE RACE Farmers Forced to Cultivate Poppy; Soldiers are Said Paid With Opium SEATTLE, Aug. 17. That China, under pressure of Internal strife, has relapsed deeply into the thraldom of narcotics, is the report brought by the Reverend Dr. H. H. Go wen, professor of Oriental ' languages and literature irr the .University of Washington,' who has just returned from a tour of the Orient. j; 1 "Farmers In many districts have been practically forced-to return to the cultivation of the poppy," aid Dr. Gowen today, "because - the - military governors have assessed their lands on the basis of what they will produce in opium. Military 1 governors in other districts are actually pay ing their soldiers in opium." "Not since 1907 when the pow ers made their first efforts to re lease 'China from narcotics "has the habit of their use been so firmly fixed as now according to 'experts Interviewed by- Dr. Go wen, He said that morphine had been introduced and . was having an effect many times worse than that of opium to which the Chin est had become accustomed.' E Tenant of Building on North Commercial Ordered to . Vacate at Once: .. Some little business curiosity was aroused over a report Friday that the Southern Pacific com pany has served notice to, tenants on its North Commercial street property, that they must find other locations immediately. This property was bought by the Southern Pacific about' 10 years ago, for a central - union depot. It is the block between Center and Marlon streets, on Commercial, and tthfl JStelnbock junk store and a Japanese press ing shop are among the 'build ings' standing thereon. The ' Statesman carried the story. Friday morning, to the ef fect that the new Southern Pacif ic general agent to be stationed in Salem had not been able to find an office location, because ail the stores are full and nobody will sell or divide a lease! It was thought' that this condition might have brought about a determin ation of the Southern Pacific to build it's own headquarters, and to carry out the old plan of "a down-town station for Salem, with a regular swarm of feeder electric lines radiating out from this new hotbed of transporta tion. There is a belief that' this is going to happen though local Southern , Pacific men claim the only notice to vacate was issued to the Stelnbock. sJunk company, that occupies the corner building. This is notoriously the worst look ing building in Salem. It looks so bad that recently the city ig It council fought against issuing a permit for an electric sign, say ing that it was a shame to illu minate such a building at night when merciful darkness ought to hide it from public gaze. The Southern Pacific, which, according to Manager Billngsley of the Salem Southern Pacific Street Car company, has a certain-amount of civic pride, has stood -the old building as long as It dared. Now, says Billingsley, it is ordering the place utterly de stroyed. - The company, according to Mr. Billingsley, has no announced plan for rebuilding, either the Stelnbock corner or the rest ' of the block that has not been dis turbed. The company will, burn up it's rents in the bonfire that destroys the unsightly old rook ery, and sacrifice its cash on the alter of aesthetics. The historic bid t building wlllj soon De no more than smoke and memory. , . FOREST FIRES BAB KELLOGG, Idaho. Aug. 17 Reports from Pine Creek late to day state that forest 'fires in that vicinity which have been-burning for the last week are now at their worst. SOUTH I PACIFIC lr BID HERE DRYING on mm MOUNDS Fort Mac Arthur in Track of Fiery River; Ori gin of Blaze Said Incendiary; Houston, Tex as, Reports Four Million Dolla Oil Fire Loss Caused by Lightning. V SAN PEDRO, Cal., Aug;. 18. The fire in a sump adjoin ing the burning 500,000 barrel tank of the General Petroleum company which subsided shortly after 10 o'clock last ni-ht, flared up again about 12 :3Q o'clock this morning when a gO-inch feed pipe from the tank gave way, releasing several thousand barrels of oil. SAN PEDRO, Cal., Aug. 17 The fire which started early today when a 500,000 barrel tank of the General Petro leum company burst into flames after an explosion, subsided at least temporarily shortly after .10 o'clock tonight after causing damage estimated at $1,000,000 and establishing itself as one of the worst in the history of the oil industry. : Before' subsiding, giving firemen a welcome respite from terrific heat and labor, the burning oil had boiled over into a canyon behind the military reservation of Fort MacArthur) surrounding the barracks and batteries and threatening to engulf the entire post. '. . ; Eventually, the river of, fire flowing down the canyon to the ocean had apparently burned itself out, leaving a smouldering trail of embers, more than & mile long and several hundred yards wide. British Submarine Unable to Withstand Force of Chi nese Storms HONG KONG. Aug. .17 By the Associated Press) One of the most disastrous typhoons in the history of Hong Kong struck here today causing tremendous proper ty loss and, it is feared, many lives. The British submarine l-9 was sunk in the harbor, unable to withstand the force of the storm. Many steamers have been wrecked, the numbers and dam age' not being ascertained as yet. The typhoon was continuing with fury at 1 p. m. today. No estimate can be placed on the number of vessels that have gone down or the lives lost in the storm. FIRE BOSS BLAMED II Attempt to Re-light Lamp Held Cause By Kemmer- ' er Coroner's Jury KEMMERER, Wyo., Aug. 17.' - Kemmerer hel4 the last sad rites today: for tlie 99 ' miners whose lives were snuffed out in the explosion at , Frontier . Mine No. 1 of the Kemmerer Coal com pany last Tuesday. At almost the same time a cor oner's jury returned - a verdict, finding that the blast was the re sult of an attempt by the fire boss in room seven, of the thirteenth entry, to re-llght his safety lamp. ..- With the. arrival of District Judge John' R. .Arnold of Evanr ston here today, the 'payment of compensation to the , survivors, of the blast victims is expected to be. gin at once.' .He will start hearing and passing upon claims of de pendents ' at - once. In accordance with i tie Wyoming ; law relating to workmen's . compensation. : . It has been estimated that with the workmen's compensation fund will be depleted at leaet 9200,:. 000 by the explosion. Temporary aid , is being given widows and orphans since the ex plosion by a . big relief organiza tion, ii comprised? of Kemmerer townspeople and , it will' continue to function until the survivors of the blast victims; all, have been cared f0r. it was announced. ELECTED DEAF, HEAD ATLANTA., Ga., Aug. 17. Ar thur I. Roberts of .Chicago was elected - president' of ' the; Interna tional Association of - the Deaf here! today. HE DISASTER JiSMAflK LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17 That he believed the fire in, the 600, 000 barrel tank' of the General Pe troleum ' company at San. Pedro today was of incendiary origin, was the statement made tonight by J. L. Martin, superintendent of pipe lines for the company. - PORT THREATENED SAN PEDRO, Cal., Aug. 17 The military reservation of Fort McArthur was surrounded by a gulf of flames shortly after 7:30 o'clock' tonight when the hlaze, until then burning over an area of about 10 acres, spilled over in to a canyon to the south, ot the General Petroleum company tanks and encircling the barracks and gun pita ot the fort, escaped into the sea as a peninsula of flames. CAMPEItH IN PATH SAN PEDRO, Cal., Aug. 17 The stream of fire swept rapidly through, the canyon and covering an area about one telle in length and several hundred yards' across, passed within a few ff et of a col ony of campers between Point Fermin and White Point. As it neared the bluffs overlooking the ocean it spread out in fan-shapa and in another- instant the sea wa a time. ONE MAN BURNED SAN PEDRO, Cal., Aug. 17 The half-milUon barrel oil tank of the General Petroleum com pany here, w"hich caught fire from an explosion this morning, be lieved to have been caused by static ignition, boiled ! over the flaming edges ot the cauldron late today and filled the emergency dikes on the hillside' on which it is located with lakes of llcj-'l fire. ; ' In an attempt to save some of the contents of the blazing tank, the : General Petroleum tank steamers La Placentia and Monte bello, were warped alongside their dock at the breakwater, several miles away and started to pump oil from the bottom of the flaming container through the long pipe line' at the rate of a barrel a stroke. t Despite the suddenness of the explosion that started the fire and the magnitude of the 1 column of fire,' only one serious , Injury was reported. Henry ' Hendley, 68, a watchman, was hemmed In by a wall 1 of flames and barely missed death' . when " he dashed to safety with his clothes ablaze. He is In a hospital . with serious burns about the face, arms,- legs and body. TANK FARM MENACED "HOUSTON,- Tex:. Aug. 17. De fying all efforts of fire fighters who have been , battling: the blazes for-nearly 24 hours, flames were raging fiercely late Friday in two huge oil .- storage tanks , of - th - Humble OH and Refining com pany at Webster and a 6,000 bar rel gusher . In the Hull .field, be longing. to the Republic produc tion company. - The fire at dusk Friday wa i threatening the entire farm at Webster. The blaze at Hull, al though , shooting a giant eoluo n of flames many feet In the air, i i not . endangering nearby well. (Continued on y SJL,