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SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR
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FIHtinSiLL
BEB
Dire Picture of .Present Con-
amon or American rroa
ucer Is Painted By Secre
tary Wallace
AGRICULTURE MUST BE '
BETTER UNDERSTOOD
Relationship With E Industry
ana commerce Is Clear
Out of Plumb
WASHINGTON, . Aug., 20.
Thousands of American, farmers
will go bankrupt with wheat sell
Ing at considerably less than cost
Of production. Secretary Wallace
. declared today, while thousands
of others will he able to hold on
by the most grinding economy. If
tbe present plane of prices j of.
commoouieg outer than agricul
tural Is to be maintained, he add
. ed, .then lo hare general prosper-
Ity prices of farm products ; must
be incresaed.'
: , .Eastern railroads could help by
.maintaining - substantial ' reduc
tions in freight rates on agricul
. tural products especlally.if destin
ed tor export. Mr. Wallace assert
ed, pointing out, however, that
until agriculture, Industry and
commerce are brought , into
. more normal . relationship, acute
agricultural problems - will deve'l
- op,' one after the other.
u - Jlelatloaahip Distorted
"The ruinously low , , price of
wheat la not a new agricultural
disease," said ; the secretary In'a
statement. "It is just one more
acute symptom of the general
trouble from which agriculture Is
suffering. The disease Itself is
the distorted relationship between
prices of farm products and pric
es of other commodities.
"The sooner the people engaged
In commerce and Industry frankly
recognize the trouble, the. better
It will be for all of us. The farm-
, er could get along iairly well with
present prices of which he has
'to sell if prices of what he must
buy were down accordingly." But
prices of other things remain high.
;nai is wnat nurts. -
Wages Away Tp
' "Wages .In Industry and on the
rairoaas are almost twice as high
as before the war. . The tales are
-bout twice as high. Freight
rates are from'G tb .75 per cent
higher Metals, building mater
lals of all kinds are from 60 to
100 per cent above pre-war prices.
All of . these are Items In the far
mer's cost of production. Until
a fair relationship la restored be
tween hgrlculturre and Industry
and commerce, the farmer will be
. upset and will have reason to com
plain. ; .ri
, Government jts perplexed j
.TTie presslhg question Is what
can be don e to )iep ' the ;'heat
growers get'1 more nearly the cost
of production for "this ; gear's
crop?' Some urge thai .the gov
ernment ought to .fix a fair price.
That! couJC be done only .by the
government preparing to buy - un
limited quantities at the price
fixed. ' ' ''-Y -y-' .
Others suggest that the govern
ment go intd the market and buy
200.000.0000 bushels of i wheat
and store It on the theory that the
taking off the i market of that
quantity would send the price up
to a fair figure,
v Great Caution Necessary
"I am not hoperul or good re
sults from either of .these plans.
How would the government dis
$offe of the surplus accumulated?
What effect would either action
tare On wheat acreage? What ef
fect would it hare on the acreage
'3 the price of other grains and
cl life stock? ' Would the same
U'ley be adopted lh case of ruin
ously low prices for 'other fartn
I roduc.ta? The wheat situation is
-J enough in all conscience, and
t -rtainly the majority bt pur peo
would' favor any practical
:thod of helping, but we ought
to be reasonably sure - that' the
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THE WEATHER .
OREGON- Tuesday fair ; ex
cept showers southwest portion,
cooler west portion; gentle to
moderate "variable winds. .
LOCAL (Monday)
Temperature, maximum 89.
::ium so." "" ;
HalnfaU, none.
rarer'-r.s. -
Atmosphere, partly loudy.
" '-J. southwest, . -
PURSE WITH :
; 580 MISSING
AFTER JUDE
Stranger Who .Won't Tell! His
Naine Loses AVallet While
Accepting Lift on Road
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A wallet with 485 in cash was
lost last night by a traveler who
had accepted a ride with a pass
ing driver. The money was In
his pocket' and after, he got out
of the car In Salem,' the money
was gone. He said he thought
the purse had worked out of his
pocket while he was In the car. :
The ' stranger, : who withheld
his .name, said he had no means
of felling whd the owner of the
car .might be. : The only descrip
tion he could give of . the' man
was that . he had " a bad scar on
his face. i j - ..
The taan who lost the. money
called at the Sweet Shop on State
street later and said that' he was
entirely without funds and sought
possible information " as to ' who
the drirer of the car might be.
The lose had not been reported
to the police station last night.
Fast Passenger ,on "Katy"
, Line Boarded in Oklaho-
ma at Midnight
OKLAHOMA qit Y,t Okla.. Aug.
2 i. More Ithah .a.' dozen baodits
held""'up southbound1 ' passenger
train.. No. 123 ' on '.eMl&spftrl.
Kansas and Texas ' .railroad "at
Okesa, Okla., south of iBarUeaYijle
shqr'Uy VbeYore "midnight, accord
ing .inesaa'gea received , by tie
filspalchr'ore road'jhre.7 f?
) ;The an4tsppearBd ?wKen the
train .reached ,pkesa at jii:6 ,p.
m. and forced, the train cryw to cjat
6ff .he engine, tender, iaii and
paggage cars, .and proceed about
a' mile south .of i Okesa, according
lo the .Information. t v ;
Paisengers'lwere not molested.
It was reported, the sleeping ears
and chafr ' cars 4elng lelt behind
In Okesa
FfLUCfilllS
EiW RREMEIJ
Unknown fiumber Killed
During New York Fire;
11 Bodies Recovered
HEW YORK, Aug. 21 An un
known number; of firemen were
believed to have been killed early
today when the. roof and one of
the walls of a three-story building
housing the New Plaza dance hall
In Brooklyn collapsed during the
course of a fire Between 25 and
50 fire fighters and number of
civilians were crushed beneath the
tons' of brick And inasbnry. K.'
Ambulances were rushed to jthe
Scene from Brooklyn and ' Man
hattan bringing doctors and a
corps of nurses who assisted In
the rescue work. ; V ' i
The firemen had carried lines
of hose Into the structure and
were fighting the fire under the
glare . of half dozen powerful
searchlights. Without , warning
the ehtir roof I and pne of the
walla crashed, .burying all those
in the building. " : A .number, of
spectators cjose -to the wall were
believed also to have been vic
tims. J , - '- "
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At 3 o'clock eleven bodies had
been dug from the ; ruins. Al
though tome were apparently dead
ail ; were rushed to hospitals in
the " hone that '-Emergency 1 treat-
ttlieht might save their lives.
clipses of Sun and L!bcn
: Will Be Seen Here Soon
A nartikl eclipse of the sun will
nrbbablr be visible in Salem Sep
tember 10 at. aiwnt. noon.' v .
This Is the first solar eclipse to
be visible In the united states, tor
about five years. Solar eclipses
are caused by the passing or the
moon between the sun ana . me
earth. The area of totality .or in
which the sun will be entirely ob-
scurred. includes the greater part
California. The moon's shad
ow willsPas n a southeasterly
direction toward . anor inrougu
Mexico . after traversing an or
California, excepting the extreme
northern pan. i
On August 36 .there wui m u.
partial eclipse or ; the , moon, visi
ble also In America, i nis ecps
will take place soon : after mid
D0ZEW0;
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Ml PLAN OF ;
AP.1ITY TDWAnB
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Commissioners Appointed by
Harding suomit beneme
to Hughes and Later Talk
With Coolidge , -;- !.
..rt-r nrwrai en '
Ut I U I nt tw-tu
bbrUnC. UMntrUU Ol UU I
Question ; of Selecting ; Am
bassadorCHeld In Abey
ance at. Washington ;
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. A
plan designed aa the groundwork
of a new7atruc,tore of friendship
and amity, between ,; the' ; United
States -and ! - Mexico was laid for
mally before, the" "American gov
ernment . today upon v the : return
to Washington !of the .two - com
missioners, appointed by President
Harding togotiateVrapproach
ment with,-.. the- government , of
Opnpral Obrezon. , , ' r . '
' Details of the plan as worked
out by Charles B. Warren and
John Barton Payne : with i their
Mexican colleagues on "the inter
national commission will not be
revealed for the present nor will
responsible officials make any
prediction as to the future course
Of the Washington administration
until there has been a careful
study of : the entire project.
Nevertheless, the steps f already
taken have aroused in official
circles an apparent feeling of con
fidence that : the . long continued
breach between the two republics
of the North American continent
may be closed at last. S
Mr. Warren ' and Mr. ,Payne
called on Secretary Hughes Im
mediately ' after their arrival
from Mexico City and left on his
desk their report of the negoUa
tlons and of - the agreement
reached between the American
and Mexican , commissioners for
settlement of the many Interna
tional claims which have accumu
lated since relations between the
wo capitals were broken. Later
ft the day the two commissioners
were presented by Mr. Hugnes 10
President Coolidge. They will re
main In Washington for the pres
ent to confer at the state depart
ment and the white house ' ever
details of the Mexico City agree
ment. "; V-. . .- ' " r - ?
It Is the general expectation
Chat this study of the report will
rfeguire at least T two weeks. The
president', as : well as Secretary
Hnhe and other officials ef the
atate department! expected to
examine the plan suggested, wna
greatest care, before there Is any
announcement as to whether It
provides, in the opinloa of Wash
ington, a real basis for enduring
friendship between the two coun- j
tries.';: '4 ; 1 ' 9 ". ' ;
- During their discusslens thej
commissioners followed " general
principles laid dpwn "before thet
left Washington, but In the main
they .were given a free hand in
the arrangement ;of details ' with
the understanding that final i de-
riKinns must be made by the
Washington government itself. '
'The two groups of commis
sioners." said Mrk Warren today,
"have agreed on a basis that has
.been found agreeable to the Mexi.
ran covernment. We nope, oi
course, "that" It will be acceptable
to our own." .
Two elalms conventions are
proposed la the plan t to provide
machinery for -setting nnauy ana
on an impartial ; basis all the
question! remaining open on the
resumption of full relations. One
would deal with claims growing
out of the revolution, and the
other with Imlxed claims. ; It ta
assumed that should all other fea
tures of Uie rapproachmeht plan
be found acceptable ' and an
American ambasador named m to
the long vacated post at Mexico
City, the Jtwo conventions could
be concluded and brooght Into
effect without difficulty or delay.
5 Creager Status In Doubt
Before' the death of President
Harding It had been the general
understanding to Washington that
R. B.r Creager . oi San , Antonio,
.Tex., : would be named as ambas
sador when relations were re
sumed. . Whether, President Cool
idge will follow out that plan has
not been ' Indicated in any auth
oritative quarter and apparently
baa not been 'given serious con
sideration by Mr. Cooildge him
self. It .was aald recently at "the
white house that the Question of
selecting an ambassador naturally
would be decided after the larger
question of resuming relations
had been deposed oL
SALEM, OREdON, TUESDAY
WHEN PL ANE
HITS IN SEA
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Craft Carrying G. Ironson,-L.
V' E. King and C. II. Glass
foot Falls at Newport
NEWPORT, Or.. Aug. 20. An
airplane,' , piloted by O. ? Ironson
and carrying L. E. King and j C.
II. Olassfoot of this city as pas
sengers, plunged; into the ocean
off Nye beach here this afternoon
and the three occupants were res
cued by coast guard lite savers
with difficulty after the pUnehad
drifted into the . breakers and
lodged on a reef. ' i 1
; Effort to rescue. the three men
i who clung t0 the wrecked-plane
wnue the sun pounded over mem
were aiso made irom .ine snore-
ward side ' by a member of the
coast guard and two civilians who
swam through the breakers to the
plane, but their brave efforts was
not needed.- as the coast guard
power, boat reached the scene be
fore they could. swim to the plane.
C. H.' Harwood, one, of the men
hAvMin tn thlini thronrh
the u auA-f ' had a ; narrow v escape
when the crew of the power boat
failed'' tn-jw him. an rt left ' the
scene; Harwadd .jWS jrf orced to
lu ,buui c. tic wa uuii
hausted. John Stockton and Lau
rehce McBride were thel others
who ' swam - to the plane. More
than a" thousand persons watched
the rescue from the shore.
Police - Believe Kidnaper
3-Months-0id Tot -Is
j Insane Woman
of
! NEW YORK. Aug. 20. An
emntv babv arriare stood all day
today at the spot In West eigh
teenth street where 13-months-oId
Lillian MoKenaie was kidnaped
Saturday v a It was placed here by
Peter MeKenue In hODelMt tne
kidnanner would relent And ! t
turn' to it Its precious burden
Tonlaht MeKensIe trudled 4t
slowly ' home, still empty, to his
wife who had kept up her coura&B
throueh the day .by washing baby
Lillian's clothes and telling nerself
over and over .again that Lillian
wouldi be back I o wear them. She
recalled hobefullv that ah Uncle
kidnaped from almost the same
spot years agp ,naa open saieiy re
turned.. ' 1.;" -j "
But Lillian Ftill Is mlssinjr and
the hundred detectives ' who de-
Votetf the eptlre day to ai feverish
yarch for ber h.We begun to fear
she if dead. She was delicate and
he" spark of l;f had beeu kept
a her only by Carol ai kdmihlsti'a-
Vioh of a cam.S :cvel ffedd forni-
dk. Although theformula has
hmn TinhUBhi1 hrhailpaA-Jti the
hop that the kidnapper would see
It and take heed, this hope waa
slight. For the ildnapper, the po
lice believe, waa-'a demented wom
an who stole Lillian to satisfy the
mother craving , of her diseased
inlnd. '. . "-'"' -' : ' M ' -
' Aiding the 100 detectives es
pecially .detailed tb search for Lil
lian ate all: of tbe 12,000 police of
the city and J.4.bp0 .taxicab drlv
jers, ' who i have beeu : given a de
scription -i of the woman
and of .the baby. Radio
suspect
stations
also have sent out descriptions
ARE IV0J JOLT
Former Mayor and Appointee
r a a i fv
ot uenerai oqq j ue-
clared Ex-Cony ict j
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MANILA. Aug. 21. (By Asso
ciated PresffiPolitical l circles
were Jarred by a bombshell this
af ternopn . when- Manuel ' jQuezon,
who receoiiy resigned as president
of rthe FhlUppine senate - because
o jhlii .dlffer.euce with" .the 'tapr
IVifmcrfaffi adpraUi; in
n,ounc?d tie bad cabled Ih,e ieci t
tar pX.war hit ayor t9drkiaea
ojr ianiU. ajLely appointed io abat
post by OoyfirnqxenTpitfkkrd
Woad. as an ei-convicl' i i)rom
Blllbad prison. ' ; ' ;
f The Herald issued an ectfa .edi
tion demanding fdttor tally t that
the governor general request & ay
or Rod rlgues'a' resignation. ,
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POPE FIELD. Camp Bragg. N.
C, Aug. 20. Albert Demesquita
of Brooklyn, N. Y., p. Durbam, N.
C, heKrspape,r' publisher j and an
army aviator named Reese were
killed here late 4 this afternoon
When an airplane 'crashed with ,
SaEKPiy
IMORING,-AUGUST 21, 1923
HUE EFFORT
ITSTODAV
Uncle Sam to iMake Most
Audacious Attempt With
, Planes I Starting B o t h
Eastward -and Westward
28.TO-3OH0URSIS
ESTIMATED AS TIME
Only flight Route, Between
: Chicago; and Cheyenne,
Blazed tWith Lights
NEW YORK, Aug.:!. 20. (By
the Associated Press). H.Uncie
Sam tomorrow. Cwlll make his
most audacious . attempt at deliv
ering trans-continental mail In re
cord time.'f -- : ;
Prom New' YpTk a plane will
wing Its way westward, bound lor
San ? Francisco. Trcm Ban 'Fran
cisco a- machine 'wilt speed 'east
ward for NevriYork. Tbe aircraft
will passene another in the cen
ter ;of the continent I f plans carry.
JTor flVe days ihe country' will
have this, aerial express' mall serv
ice. After that ;test,- TJncIe Sam
will.decelde whether daily trans
tppntlnental flights are to -become
mete routine and mall plane serv
ice, from Atlantic to Pacific be
made permanent. - . V .
Winds Cut Time -Westward '
The flying schedule approved
tonight calls for 30 hours elapsed
flying time Son the westward trip
and 28 on j the feastbbund," The
two hours j difference represents
the effect the prevailing western
winds are expected to have on an
airplane at this time of year;
Cleveland, Chicago, Omaha,
Cbeyene, Salt Lake City and Reno
are' the 'principal cities at which
the mail planes will alight to re
fuel or shift pilot and machine
and cargo.' t ; "
The .only night flying will be
between Chicago and Cbeyene.
This piece of the course will be
bljaxed with electric lights, with
Incandescent buoyg and - even
more powerful lighthouses to
guide the pilots through- dark
ness, fog and storm.' -
1 The Schedule '7'
The flying schedule announced
tonight by Postmaster Morgan in
this city ' follows, all time being
standard: ! ' . . ,' ;,
New York; 11 a.m. eastern.
Cleveland, 4 'p.m. eastern.
Chicago,! 7 p.m. central. '
Omaha, jl 2 m. central.
Cheyene; 4:io a.m, mountain.
Salt Lake City, 9 a.m'. monn-
Caln. 1
Rene, 2! 15 p.m. Pacific.
Arrive San Francisco s4:l 5 p.m.
Pacific. - i i . .' ; :.. . ,
Eastbound: ,v. . ...vv,-
Leave San Francisco -6 . a.m
Pacific. :. ! .
Reno, 8;16 a.m. Pacific. L
Salt;' Lake' : City, ; 2:3 -p.m
mountain. (. - a: - ::'.? .
Cheyenne, 6 : 45-pjm. mountain.
Omaha, 1 - a.m. . central;- .- i
Chicago, 5:45 central.
Cleveland, 10:30 :aja: eastern.
Arrive New York 3:13 " p.m.
eastern. !"-:
Ready For Hop-off t
Postmaster- Morgan 'also an
nounced that postage would be; 2
cents an ounce or fraction there
of .'during- the five days' . test.
Only letters specially addressed
"via air mail" would be accepted,
,he said. .:( v.;
Everything was In' readiness to-
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SIX DIE m
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Massachusetts '! Clergyman
and Wife Among Fatali- i
. ties at Nice, France
u -f
NICE, Aug. 2 0-. ( By the Asso
ciated Press). - - The - Reverend
Hiram . Grant Person and .Mrs."
Person of; Newton, Mass.,' Charles
H, C"ray, two women who tiire not
yet . been ' identified and an auto
mobile bus driver were killed; to
ri ay when the bus went over the
parapet of the road leading, from
Nice to Evlan, ahd plunged 300
feei Into the River -Var. ? a
A number . of . other . persona in
the bus-were Injured.' Some of
them were taken to a 'hospital In
Puget ' Thenlera ' and Mhe : re-,
mainder brought-to Nice. " r :. "'
STAB
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ES
MAN WITH
PARSES vON
Frred VAlters, Alade
iirtg in Shaw-B iBy II is Color,
; .Succumbs in New York ;
: NEW .YORK, Aug. 20; Fred
Walters, whose .bright bine skin
had tnade him a ,good .living for
many Jrears inside shows, died . to
day ih ellevue hospital .from
heart disease'. f
! Physicians at the institution
made a .careful .examination of
Walters' body and .discovered to
their amazement that .-not .only
his ;skin but all bis .organs and
tissjies Including brain, heart
and muscles, .were of -the aame
brilliant color. '
"The col0ringi",the doctors an
nounced, ''was due to -'argyrla
and chronic eilver poisoning.'
Some 40 years ago . .Walters Is
said to have worked ,in a mine In
Australia. If this report' Is .cor
rect; t Is probable that while In
the mine -.Walters breathed into
his body nitrate of silver which
turned him blue.' v -
-Walter f fa survived by his
widow ahd a' 6ar-old daughter.
He was an officer in the 17th
regiment, Duke of Cambridge's
Own Lancers,' and saw service In
Indfa ' Iri, maneuvers he was
thrown and his1 horse fell on him.
A .theory ' expiessed. by I European
scientists Was that this fall was
responsible for his coloring. Pro
fessor 7 Verscher of Berlin, after a
thorough examination, said . he
believed the. coloring was caused
by the Opening of a 'small valve
In the heart, caused by the shock
when the . horse fell- on ; Walters'
chest. The valve, - known as the
foramen ovale, was, said to be
damaged so that circulation of
blood waa Impeded and the ven
ous blood mixed with the arterial.
MEETING OF FUIX
mrnt? r
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Will Be tield In Evening at
baiem unamDer ot uom-
merce nuojns
There will be a meeting of the
flax growers bt.the Salem district
on Friday evening, August 24, at
7:30. It will be held at the audi
torium of the Salem Chamber of
Commerce.
, Governor Pierce will be pres
ent, also Warden tSmith of the
penitentiary, Robert. Crawford,
superintendent of the state flax
Industry, and Col. W. B. Bartram,
representing' the Canadian flax
'puller. '
The whole flax industry will be
discussed. In all its phases, and.
what is the most interesting mat-J
ter for the growers, the question
of contracts and acreage for next
year will be taken up. This will
no. doubt bring out a full attend
ance of the farmers who hava
produced or wha. wish 4in the fu
ture to produce tiax. .
The crop that is being brought
In now wUl be twice as lage in
tonnage as. the largest crop grown
in' the Salem district heretofore,:
which was -in. 1920, when 1100
tons was the .production. Prob
ably more than ; twice as large.
Some new machinery has been
added already, and a new thresh
er is now being ordered, which
will save its cost in the saving of
seed, besides expediting the work.
The work will go forward in the
flax plant steadily, but there will
have to be one or two more retting
tanks built by next spring, and
perhaps even more .warehouse
room, besides the big warehouse
now under construction.
So Mr. Crawford and all his
available - forces have their work
cutxmt for them, for'all the busy
days till the 1924 crop is ready to
deliver, and ; it Is hoped that in
time for that crop things will be
speeded up materially, and per
haps a spinning machine added.
The flax puller la still at the
Hobson place , near Turner, and
will work there today. Its opera
tion was delayed last week by the
fact that Mr. Hoke had some priv
ate business that bad to be attend
ed to. -Mr. Hoke Is the expert wno
has charge of the machine.
Lewis Cobb, Lyons Farmer,
Committed Suicide Monday
STAYTON. Or., Aug. .20 -Lewis
Cobb, a rancher near Lyons, shot
himself to death this mofning
about 7 o'clock. lie 4s survived
by his widow, who Was - not at
home, and a son, 15 years old. The
boy had Just gone out to do the
morning chores. His 'father had
told him that in ease - anything
happened a certain letter, should
be sent ' to George Balslger, a
storekeeper at Lyons. .The eon-
tents ot the letter- bare not been
made public Domestic trouble Is
thought to have been .the cause, y
nnn
Commercial Hotel tUnder Fire in Rcsoluticn
Cinders Are Scorched in Remarks cf Aid::
jtnan JRattonLatter Cliallensc Effic'cr.c
tof Eire .Department.
e city council last night unanimously adopted a ro
luwon demanding that Harry Tangemannproprietor of tl
Commercial hotel, .135 South Commercial, should appear r ';
the next meeting of the council and show cause why h;j
license should not be revoked.
. ' Tangemann, according to the resolution, is conductir -his
business in a manner that is a menace to public men: '.
Police records were quoted showing -that he was arrcct; .
while in an intoxicated condition in his rooming house c i
August 19 and was fined for the offenseTon the day fcllo. -ing.
-He will appear before the city council on Tuesday even
ing September, A. , -The resolution declares he is not a pre
person to conduct a rooming house.
PIERCE cms
rinii Jl
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Indication -s That-Governor
Will Tardon Man Who
' Shot-at-Myers
Governor Pierce visited Albert
Jairl at. the Marlon county Jail
last night to consult with the
prisoner regarding a pardon or
parole. jairl was sentenced some
weeks ago for -an assault with
deadly weapon, an attack on
Oliver Myers Of the Spaulding
mills In a dispute following his
discharge from the mill employ.
The shots went wild, and Jair
was arrested and convicted.
Judge Percy R. Kelly, who
lbeard Jthe case, ottered to parole
Jairl if he would leave the county
where" he would be discredited
for future employment, but Jairl
would not accept the offer. Re.
eently, friends- of Jairl revived
the case, taking It up to the gov
ernor..' ': Y.-vV "
Sentiment seems to be practi
cally universal, including Myers
who was the target of Jairl, that
he should be released.
If is understood to be quite
probable that the governor will
follow the earlier offer of the
presiding judge, and the request
of those who have asked for
executive clemency,' though at
present the case is held under ad
visement, following the interview
Jairl was a good soldier in the
Spanish-American and Philippine
Insurrection . wars. Some years
ago he lost an arm in an accident.
and he draws a modest federal
pension. c
DIRECT APOULOS
PoDuiar Musical Leader
Elected at Meeting of Di
rectors Last Night '
Dr. John Sites will again di
rect the musical destinies of, the
Salem .Apollo club, following the
unanimous , vote Of the board of
directors last night at the Cham
ber of Commerce." He haa been
the director for the past three
rears, and the work or me ciu
. ... a.
has been of such high order that
they simply couldn't see or think
of anything else.
.The club win give three con
certs during the coming year, as
of other seasons. The arrange
ment, : however, will be different.
The first; and last concerts, (. In
November and In -May. will each
have some high class imported ar
tists assisting, and the February
concert will be altogether home
talent and a "popular" offering
from first to last. It is probable
that one of the two importations
will be an instrumental offering;
string quartet may be chosen
for the opening-concert,; and a
singer to go with the May pro
gram.
The club will have about , 60
singers, as heretofore, and a com
plete, new line of music will be
chosen..
AIR FLEET ARRIVES
BANGOR. Me.. Aug. 20 The
entire air fleet ,that left Langley
field, Va., at 6 o'clock this morn
ing has arrived here.
SITES j'.GM.J TO
PRICS FIVE CENTO
il ? '.r! .n (
Cinders came In for their star i
of censure when Alderman IY ',
Patton made , a few emphatic ;
marks, in which he stated tY :
they were aa much a nuisance nov
as they ever were, and that tl j
gutters were, tilled to capacity and
the sidewalks kept in a filthy con
dition. He declared that patle
had beenshdwn to the manufac
turers ever the subject for t' i
past year and a half, but that U -a
time had come -when " ""patler.c j
had ceased . to be. a virtue."
Some Admissions &l&le -
Full realization that ,the prr -perity
-of the! city, depended ur
its manufacturing plants, and t!
need , of complete harmony vr r
admitted. - But -these manufactur
ers bad failed to do their t ;- t
relative to the cinders, he decY r
ed. Alderman Patton 'a tciz t
that an ordinance be drafted j : -hibitlng
the use of hog fuel, f -dust
or any other substasca i -less;
these.be. ajaply restra!: :
from polluting the air ty t
quate retainers, was passed ty V
The otherwise dull sesslca
the council was enlivened ty a
verbal tilt between Alderman I':
ton and J Alderman Van T&ti ;
over -the question of the clad, r .
Each defied the other to clib V. ,
chimneys and see if the retalzcrs
were properly installed. " 1Z.
council was divided .concern
Mie vote.
Two Exchange Words
Both Alderman Patton and Al
derman Dancy, recently return el
from their vacations, were mori
than ready for a .discussion, con
sequently when Alderman Pattr i
stated that the .fire departmt: :
was carrying 22 fall time men,
two on vacation, and one hair
time man at a total monthly ex
pense of $2300, he believed tl '
more efficiency on less jncai
could be obtained. He cited V:.i
Corvallls department as his ex
ample. , y' .
Refatatlon of his "declaratl i
was made by Alderman Dane ;,
wbo stated that the Salera cl
partment Is organized Into fc:r
companies and needed every r-::.
Firemen, as do other men, bp- 1
vacations, be said, and provide a
should be- made not' only f:r
these but for due time off dutj.
A cutting down of the present -force
would greatly cut down tba
present high standing of effic
iency,, he concluded. -
May Repair Church
Request that the First Church
of Christ,' Scientist, be permitted
to spend $3000 on repairing ani
slightly altering the external ap
pearance of the building, met
With some opposition and a great
deal of discussion. The buildlu-r,
which Is of frame construction,
lies within the fire limits, and U
subject to stringent regulations.
It was finally decided to have the
situation Investigated by the c!t7
engineer and chairmen ot the firs
and building - committees, who
were given power to act.
Rainfall General About
northwest Is Ir.i.cticn
i '
EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 20.--r.-Y:
the first In a month and a ha!!.
began to fall here at 8 o'clock to
night and It was predicted that It
would last throughout the nI:M.
Foresters say that It will quzzz .4
the few tires that have start. 1 1 1.
the mountains but It is unwelcor .
to farmer who are in the m.l-1 -.
of their grain threshing. :
SPOKANE, Aug. 20. Two r ' -
fall records: were broken here t -
day, according to the Unite! Zt"
weather bureau statioa. r.i:
which began falling Sunday rY
and continued until late ttu : .
ernoOn, "was the .beavic.;t r.
tation in 24 hours In Au ;; . . ;
orded in thg 42 yean cf r