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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1924)
Li PBli ' MHL :.;rW-tv-,'::--v.r- C ' UNDER ADVISEMENT ra i Former Salem and Polk .285f!S5iHS&pC$: CjbJf - gonhooi bmupies : . uoouoge campaign ir'-f, , j r -; ; rX.Ca ju 1 1 J ,U! i., -7 T . 1 I- Mr fi'. M S , "i - 2 tZ riv -m ,m r- i f f ' il J . r . "aCn ! TinTTTT IMn . Tan OREGON "Stephen Steps Oat." BLIGH-r-"Back to Yellow Jacket" LIBERTY "Tie That Binds." Zone Grey V Story t i Coming to Grand J - Thursday -Night Thursday the . Grand ; theater will present , another of Zane Grey's great stories of action and adventure la pictures -"The Call of the Canyon' a Paramount pro duction starring:, Richard Dix. Lois Wilson and Marjorie Daw. ;"The Call of the Canyon," la a Zane Grey story, and If the man ner in which It has been- hailed Lsewhere in press reviews ts any erlterion of Its worth, the produc ers have succeeded fully in their expressed efforts to exceetl their portrayal of the other novel, "To the LastMan.'', ' -;V Richard Dix plays the part of a young war Teteran named Glenn KJlbourne ' who returns from Franca to find Carley Burch his sweetheart in the midst of a gay life In New York. Disgusted with the life In the city, Kilbourne leaves Carley to seek . his, health and renew his faith in mankind In the muontains of Arizona. . 'While in Arizona he meets Fib Hutter who falls in love with him. Th la role -Is played by Estelle Taylor.- Kilbourne and FJo are about to be married when Carley Burch arrives In the west ready to give op love of luxury , for her sweetheart. .- . ? $ J "Rough t Sailing." a screaming Fox comedy provides the fun ele ment in the Grand bill' for" the week-end and the 'general enter tainment Is , enhanced tby; the. re organized Grand orchestra. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., made his debut In Salem In "Stephen Steps Out at the Oregon yester day, and will hold the screen there nntll Friday night, when the lat est First National release, "Black Oxen" takes its place. en in Opening I today! "Tbe Tie That Binds," with Barbara Bedford in the lead, will be shown for three days at thei Liberty. . "Back to Yellow Jacket." star ring Roy Stewart and Kathleen Kirkhara, la announced as the feat ured attraction at the Bligh thea ter today. '; ' " ; , This is the screen version of Peter B. Kyne'a stirring story of the same name which appeared in the Cosmopolitan Magazine. an I BED m BY DiflTr SPACES Street Commissioner Low - Says Alleys and Rear ;- Store Lots Are Bad The filthy condition In which many merchants In the down-town district leave the space In the rear of their stores Is not only an In creased fire hazard but also : a detriment to , the ' health of the city, according to Walter 8. Low, city street commissioner. In fact, Mr. Low says, the rear of many stores extending to the paved alley ars In rather deplor able condition from a sanitary point of view due to the fact that the vacant space la made a general dumping ground. .. t. ' Mr. LoW also tays that U ia dif ficult for his department to keep the downtown alleys clean, 1 as autos and delivery trucks are car rying dirt and rubbish from, back of stores into the alleys.;,;. - The city, street cleaning depart - merit has jurisdiction - only on . streets; and alleys and therefore could not help keep sanitary the space back of stores, even If It had th time and equipment. . " ; "If anyone does, not believe this T id condition. exists back of many stores ddWn-town,- Just . let him take a", look," said Mr. " Low. "There will be seen all sorts of iut'c,' rubbish; ashes and almost everything the store has left over, stacked up, not only as an Increased- fire risk, but also as , a . real menace to health.". . , ; , , ; . Miss Phoebe Jory Dies , at Old Home in Rosedale MIss Phoebe A. Jory. 76, died on , the old Jory donation land claina in the Rosedale district early yesterday morning. She- was born Just within the borders of the Oregon territory as . her, parents were coming west with ox teams and coverod 1 wagons ' more than three-quarters of a century ago, Sept. 13, 1847. Her father died in lftOS- at the age of 85 and her mother passed away, in February, 1923, at the age of 95. Miss Jory Is survived by five brothers and slaters. They are John W. Jory, Mattie E. Myers and L. May Jory. all f Salem; . H. D.H Jory of Oliver, B. C, and Mrs. Lizzie C. Swayne of .Cbehalis,, Wash. Miss Jory had been a member of the Methodist church throughout her lite . BASKETBALL I SEATTLE, Jan. 15. In a whirl wind northwest basketball confer ence game! here tonight the 'Uni versity of Washington won Its sec ond contest from the Whitman col lege quintet by a At to 24 score. Calvin Coolldge's name wilt be placed by petition on the ballot of the presidential preferential pri maries. Arrangements for circu lating the petition will be made by I. L. Patterson, state manager for Coolldge, within a short time. Already the Cool id ge campaign is shaping up In this state and Saturday Mr. Patterson announced the appointment of his associates. C. L. Starr will be assistant man ager and secretary, and E. D. Cusick of Albany will be treas urer. Headquarters will be open ed in Portland on February 1.' Circulators Get Nothing The petitions to place the name of Coolldge on the ballot will be circulated' by volunteers. Not a nickel will be paid for obtaining names. The actual circulating will be entrusted, to admirers of Coolldge in each county. It la possible that enough names can be obtained In each county to place Coolldge's name on the bal lot. In other words, Coolldga sentiment Is so strong that it could be filed with the secretary of state 36 times. Patterson's energies and those of his associates will be devoted wholly and exclusively to carrying Oregon for Coolldge. "I will not take any interest in the ' senatorial , contest, nor con cern myself withccandidates for delegates to the nominating con vention, nor with any state of fice," , announced Patterson Sat urday. "There will be no alli ances with anyone. My job Is to see that Oregon goes for Coolldge and therefore I cannot take sides In , the various other contests which will .be going on at the same time. . It has been reported that I will be a candidate for delegate to the convention. , This is an error. I will not be a can didate, have no desire to be one and will have all I can attend to In looking' after the Interests of Coolldge - without being an aspir ant tor a seat in the convention." a Mr. Starr ex-Head of School Mr. Starr, who 13 the assistant manager and secretary, is a resi dent of Portland, an attorney by profession, .who has specialized in taxation matters.- He was at one time secretary of the state tax commission. ' He was formerly school superintendent for Polk county and Is a director of the ' ' 4 8 1' 3 1 T, ""' "'" V ' (Copyright by Harris & wl) WHERE MR. MEUjDN FKESBDES 'J r . All eyes have been on the Treasury department durtng the past two months. Secretary cf the Treas ury Mellon, through his forceful advocacy of tax reduction during the present seeslori j of Congress, has brought tfca public-to a realisation of the fact .that . the government haa been successful in it drive, for economy during- the put thr years. Not only has It lived within the estimates of expenditures, but It'haa also been able to. snow a furplua of receiptf over expenditures. In addition to' directing, the general financial policy of the admlnUtratlon. Mr. Mellon has charge' of the bureaus of Internal Revenue, Customs, rrohlluuon isnxorcement, coast uuara, -uduc ueaim ana many oiner acuvxues oi U Uov- emmant. - -. , .. .. ,. . - - . normal school at Monmouth. Mr. Cusick, the treasurer, was former ly a member of the state senate and recently disposed of his bank ing Interests in Albany. The sec retary and treasurer will tie con nected with headquarters at Port land when not in the field. Prior to the appointment of Cu sick and Starr Saturday, Patter son has been busy , carrying on correspondence and obtaining re ports on sentiment. There are factions in practically every coun ty, but it is the policy of the cam paign manager to get these fac tions together under the Coolldge umbrella and in no case will Manager Pattersontake sides. Following the presidential pri mary the Republican state com mittee will meet to elect a state chairman, the position now occu pied ' by Walter L. Tooze Jr., of McMinnville. Lou's Lochmun'd of Salem Is mentioned as one of the candidates. The selection of a chairman will be important, for the chairman will be nominally if not actively in charge of the presidential campaign In this state. The Republican candidate for United States senator, whe ther he be Charles L. McNary. George L. Baker, K. K. Kubli or someone else, will want to have a "say" In the selection of the state chairman. HOUSE 996 TIME DISCUSSING CUE Not Single Vote Taken "On Proposition Off Rules Re i vision Problem ' . Queer that men should take up a life of crime when there are so many legal ways to be dishonest. Death Is ennobling. Every little fur bearing animal becomes seal when .it dies. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. The house spent five hoars today talk ing about its rules without taking a single vote on any or the dozen or more proposals pending to change them. . For the most part, the discus sion centered on te amendment reported by the rules committee which would set up a new method of discharging, committees from Jurisdiction: over legislation.. De bate indicated that the Democrats and Republican insurgents were inclined to combine to upset th Republican organization's program as they did yesterday to bring about the repeal of jhe Underwood rule which- placed rgid restriction on amendments to revenues' and tariff bills. f Except for those identified with the insurgent group. Republicans who entered into the debate today endorsed the recommendation of the rules committee that at least 150 signatures should be .on pe titions for the discharge of com mittees. Some Republicans how ever said the minimum should be higher, although, they expressed willingness5 to go along with their party leaders. Various insurgents came out for f i a. minimum 4f 1. be number favored by Democratic leaders, In a fiery speech Representative Graham, Republican, Illinois, told the insurgents he was not willing to have any, small group of house members block the legislative pro pram of the mjajorfty. Rules now in effect, he declared, were the result of 140! years of legislative experience, and the house should go slow in entering them. Representative Longworth. the Republican leader and Represen tative Garrett, leader of the Dem ocrats, told the house they hoped there would be a vote tomorrow on the propoTWoh for discharge of Ko effort has been to limit debate. committees made thus far Get Chinese Pheasants , GRANTS PASS, Jan. 15. As a matter of, strengthening the breed ing stock of pheasants at the Ore gon state gatne farms located at Eugene and Corvallis, five crates of Chinese pheasants , were shipped tothe state farm at Eugene Fri. day by the . Oregon State Game commission. These birds are of wild native stpek, trapped in China and shipped tjc the commission di rect from Shanghai on the steam er Pawiet thaU landed at Portland recently froni the Orient. There were 110 biftls In the shipment, being a partrof an order placed by the commission for 200 birds to be held at; the game farms for me purpose pi introducing new blood, into tie state's stock of birds, from which distribution is made .throughout the state. A B. All questions raised in the first battle over the so-called compulsory r-ducation bill, passed by the peo ple at the last election; were taken under advisement by three federal Judges sitting en banc today and 10 days were granted the plaintiffs In which to file briefs.' - The battle over the law occupied the entire day, the morning skir mish being devoted to the motion of the defendant state officers against whom an injunction Is sought to restrain their enforce ment of the. law.. The state offi cers asked that the complaint of the Hill military academy of Port land, be dismissed mnd moved to strike in the case of the action brought by the Society of Holy Names of Jesus and Mary which operates 1,2 schools In the -state and has an enrollment of 2000. The historical setting of the 14th amendment which is the ba sis of the constitutional attack on the state law was discussed much of the early history! of the (United States and the days of the colonies were considered by attorneys in their arguments to the court. " . This afternoon the schools and the state clashed over the pe tition of the schools for an injunc tion to restrain the officers of the state from enforcing what the schools declared to be an Invalid law .and one which practically would put them out of business. The question of ' the Inalienable rights of men as expressed in the declaration of s independence, and the common law of the country, played a large part in arguments of attorneys for both sides. . J.- P. Kavanaugh,' arguing for the plaintiff society, declared it to be the purpose of the state to monopolize education and. said that the right to operate private schools was one of the rights which could not be taken away by statute. He made much of the decision, of the supreme court in the Iowa language case in which the power of the state to prevent the teaching of German . in the schools was denied, and said that If the state could not do this, it implied that it could not prevent the operation of private schools, v John C. Veatch, attorney for the Hill - Military academy, ' declared that the law must have a relation ship to a policy which the state Is competent to adopt and said that the attendance of the public Toasting the tobacco for LUCKY STRIKE costs a fortune but It saves th flavor. schools had increased In the last seven years by 60,8 per cent while those of the-prlvate schools by only 4.1 per cent. " I - Wallace McCamant. for the de fendant state officers. Insisted that the law does . not abolish private, schools nor does it tike away the property of the owners. He said the children who attend the public schools may attend any othrer institution they please after the hours at the public school are over. He said that the word "lib erty", as, used in the 14 th amend ment was never Intended to pre vent legislation of this sort.- . He pointed out that every state has a compulsory education law and that this measure would prevent much class hatred by bringing all classes together.? - Willis S. Moore, representing the attorney beneral said the peo-; pie of the state i had ' declared a new policy and believed that .this , law .would promote ' the general welfare of Its. citizenry and there fore had passed the measure with out malice and. without hatred. 1 GRAND JCItY INDICTS f LOS ANGELES, Jan, 16. The county grand Jury late, today re turned an i indictment 'charging manslaughter against patrolman Chase E. Florer, who shot , and killed 16 year old Ellis Rogers during a raid In a crap game here December 30, last. , ; r?Ti. . I "Jin itii nj mm manaa W) S-!:m HiGh and Chemawa Play Basketball Tonight Salem high school will meet the Cbemawa Indian school In - bas ketball tonight at 7: SO o'clock In the first game between the two institutions to be. played, this sea son. The game , will be played on the Chemawa gymnasium floor and in spite of the five-mile dis tance, it It expected that a fairly good sited irowd fans will at tcatf. The red and ; black will foci the losa of Heentn, who has been HI with the grip and is not expected to don a suit tonight. Both Salem . high achool and Chemawa have met the deaf school quintet, with , scores pointing ,. to as Indian victory tonight The Chemawa team defeated the ,mute aggregation 35 to 6 while Salem was able to beat them 25 to 19. Stiff second team men were given an opportunity s to i get Into the game last week. -. t rV;.i' UU Angel la, getting under way for the season, and. will meet the deaf schotit Friday night. Addi tional games to the original sched ule have been .arranged Includ ing two games with : the OAC Rooks, 'to be played" at Corvallis la,ta next month and two with the North Pacific Dental .college, one in Portland and the other at tone. ; -f -"t ; One nice thing about; being rrouch Is that people won't ask yoj to keep the baby while they mend the movies. ; j Tnrfcr Co. 1 rrrt Thronjrh rrefsht to AQ VaUcy PolaU Daily. f ft3-Effldency-ServIc r , . rortland-7oodbnra 1 s :v Hi Extene Jeff ersoa ' Albany-Monmoatli ; r-nce llonroe ? r I n e f I 1 4 4 K.UU LIBERTY. NOW SHOWING Dramatic Story 66 i 111 no 99 I m mm with Julia Swayne Gordon Barbara Bedford . " and Raymond Hatton . A race for pleasure, all the luxuries dear to a woman's heart, cabarets where drunk en revelers dissipate far into the morning, stunning gowns' that are - the - dernier crl from Paris the easy primrose path! COMING SATURDAY "THE SLAVE OF DESIRE 99 io.fi v- OREGON Star NOW SHOWING Screenland's New In His First Picture Stephen out I 4 DAYS 'srARTlNG ioMOlO ii . i ii ZANE jiKEY S ; j 11 r GREATTOKY 1 ; ' ' mm - v x x v i r . i w. s r rsr s s r . -- .. - ......... . ,, m - xaW A n o t'h ii.r Red-blooded t wvsiW ceimGr"w imwiriumiivy ' r-. -and i.. . - :: t i u i linn : Grand . (n ' f J VWMI faf ? II s: s -xTx. 'l lfii -l;v.lf II He's a Chip Off the Old Block with the Same Smile That Made His Dad Famous Supported by Theodore Roberts STARTING FRIDAY EVE 7 P. M. CORINNE GRIFFITH CONWAY TEARLE in . WW REJUVENATION The atrangert and most fascinating romance ever screened I i. C f- i I ' I i i ! i . - i I i ! X i i. - . ' 'i ft' ' k i HI 1.1 if : i ! J ' I 1 V .' t' VI ft t'fl i 1 .