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MESSAGE IS FORWARDED
JO PRESIDENT C00UDGE
Bankers Business Men and
j Farmers Adopt Commun
i ity Renortsias Made
COIIVAU.IS, Or.; Jan, 25.
rnanimous indorsement othe Mo-Nary-Haugn.
wheat export corpor
ation bill was one of the features
. of the assembly of the agrfcultural
economic conference here to.day.1
A telegram to President Cool
Idge, Secretary Wallace, Senator
McNaryj and. Representative Hai
gen was sent urging: the adoption
of the plan under, conditions that
will permit the corporation to be
in the market at all times neces
sary to keep the domestic price
level up to the fair' price deter
mined by the corporation, i
y ''Extension, of ; credit for coop
erative marketing and aid for di-
versification yiU . not give quick
enough relief to meet the situa
tion," the -telegram concluded.
i More than 500 bankers, business
men and farmers were present tor
the meetings today. The reports
of the various commodity, groups
'which have been working since
Wednesday, noon were adopted, by
..the general assembly.' ; : . ( j
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Score Is 34 to;1l With Vis-
! itors Leading Through
V out FaMin High "
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. ASHLAND, Or., Jan. 25. (Spe
cial to The Statesman.) The Sa
lem high school basketball team
defeated Ihe team of the Ashland
-high school here tonight by a score
. ; of 34 to li.K Ati, the end of the
I first half- Salem, was leading by
a score of 14 to 8. Fallin of the
Salem team, -was high score man
with 15 to his credit.
' The two. teams-will clash .again
Saturday night in Ashland.
j Eiaht Boys Taken Home
WhemOut After Curfew
Eigh t boys ' under 1 8 years of
age have been taken to their
homes during the last few nights
' for being on the streets after cur
few, according to the police de
partment. Five .were taken home
""last night Including one who
claimed to be 18 years old "all but
. an hour or two." '
! Officer Olsen took the boy bono
nevertheless, and verified the lad's
claim that' he would be 18 years
old, today. No second . offender
. has been, found out after hours, ac
cording . to police officers. The
first , time the offender is taken
home and the parents warned.
The boys brought in last night
were asked if they "had any cigar
ets and all denied possession. It
was found later that a package of
"fags" had been gotten rid of by
one of the boys while in the police
station car on the way to the sta
tion. '.;.,
t The boys taken up range In age
. from eight to 17 years. No girls
nye been picked up yet
WAIUULXT ISSUED
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 25.
I Dr. Kenn Uhls was arrested here
late today on a murder warrant in
eonnectlon with the Wiling of W.
E. Cibbs. "
THE WEATHER
; OREGON: Rain. Saturday;
v strong easterly winds. j
iiOCAIj.WFvTlIEIt -,
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Maximum, temperature, 46.
Minimum temperature, 34.
: River, 3.9,
Raiafall., trace. " j t ,
Atmosphiere, cloudy. -. ' i
"Wind, southwest.: f r ' -
raw
mmm kills 37
Johnson City Miners
Many Dead When Help Reaches Interior of
Sfiaft Ambulance Rushed in From Herrin
to Assist With Rescue Work.
JOHNSTON CITY, Ills.,
dead, six seriously injured
others,, suffered burns about
uisaster occurring here today.
Waiting in the cold outside the mine shaft, relatives and
Workers were enveloped by the dense, black smoke which
turned their faces black as night.
Ambulances from Herrin and Johnston City were lined
up as each figure borne on a stretcher was brought out of the
smoky shaft by means of an elevator. The waiting crowds
pushed forward fearful that some relative irrught be borne
out to them. , '
The silence of the night was broken by the wild shriek of
wives and mothers of the dead men. Organizations rushed
hundreds of sandwiches and, gallons of hojt coffee to the
mine and distributed it freely among the women and chil
dren who had stood'vigil since the explosion occurred.
'- ' ; One man was brought to the
TAX REDUCTIONS
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Ways
and Means Commit
tee to Cut Excises Over
$103,000,000
: WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.
cial to The Statesman. ) -
-(Spe-Reduc-
Uon of excise taxes by the ways
and means " committee Is under
way.
The committee has decided 'to
eliminate or reduce excise taxes
la an amount of over HQ3.000,
000. It has eliminated 130,000,
000 on telegraph and telephone
messages, $10,000,000 on beverr
ages, including fruit uices, $11,
000,000 on candy and $20,000,000
on retail sales of jewelry, but a
manufacturers' tax will he substi
tuted on Jewelry composed of prec
ious metafs and precious stones.
Retail sales taxes on hunting
garments, carpets and rugs,
trunks, valises, purses and pocket
books and other articles have been
eliminated. The committee has
eliminated taxes on movies, etc.,
on admissions under GO rents and
on seating capacity in theaters to
taling $35,000,000. It has reduc
ed taxes on produce sales $3,500,
000 and on bowling and billiards
$1,200,000.
, i It is believed the above action is
final, but other excise taxes will
probably be reduced som e $ 1 6 ,
000,000 in addition to the above.
It is expected that income taxes
will be reduced $200,000,000.
FRIDAY IN
WASHINGTON
The White ' house announced
that President Coolidge regarded
the Teapot Dome evidence as
pointing toward criminal action.
Albert B." Fall remained in se
clusion awaiting his turn on the
witness stand Monday before the
Teapot Dome committee.
J. W. Zevely, attorney for Har
ry "F. Sinclair, testified before the
Teapot Dome committee that Sin
clair loaned Albert B. Fall $25,-
000 in liberty bonds after Fall
had left the cabinet.
The house ways and means
committee agreed upon reductions
in several miscellaneous taxes'.
Secretary Weeks received the
latest Muscle , Shoals offer of
southern power interests while the
house military committee was
holding bearings on the question
The Lehigh valley railroad
committee bfore the ; ; mixed
claims, asserted it had obtained
evidence that the Black Tom ex
plosion was brought about on or
der olhe German government.
Arrangements were completed
for the Immediate calling in
Washington by the president of a
conference of representatives of
interests affected by the acute
economic condition in the north
west to discusg relief action. -
IURES 1 4 IN
ISCOAIi
MINE
Entombed For Hours
Jan. 25. Thirty-seven men are
and badly burned, while eicrht
the hea and body hi the mine
surface by .the rescue teams. His
face and head were sa badly burn-
l it was impossible to idenlify
Htm. Three injured men taken
from the mine earlier in tha day
were taken to tihe -Johnston City
hospital and w3Il recover it is
thought. Fire is known o b3
raging in the entries where the
30 men are entombed.
Throngs of frenzied men, wo
men and children are. gathered at
the entrance to the mine.
Fifteemnen who were trapped
with the dead and injured in the
mine were carried out by rescuers
wiin oareiy a siuicn oi cio'.nin
and slight burns about their bodies
but excepting for their terr'.blo
experience, not otherwise hurt.
When the explosion occurred there
were 375 men in the mine.
The men near the entrances es
caped easily but entries number
9, 10, 11 and 12 locked in the
depths of the cblliery where the
actual explosion took place, were
farthest from a means of escape
and the men there- suffered full
terror of the terrific blast.
JOHNSTON CITY, Ills., Jan. 25.
-Rescue crews were searching
the shaft of the McClintock Coal
mine of the Orerar Clinch Coal
mine company late tonight, fol
lowing a terrific explosion which
took place at 2:40 o'clock this af
ternoon in frantic efforts to lo
cate 40 miners" entombed in the
mine. The crews had succeeded
in bratticing the mjne, allowing
fresh air to reach the entombed
men who are reported still alive
after hours of imprisonment in
the gas filled passages.
450 Men Employed
jWEST FRANKFORT, Ills., Jan.
25. A terrific explosion occurred
in the McClintock mine operated
by the Crerar Clinch Coal com
pany at Johnston City, Ills., in
which 450 miners; were employed,
at 2:40 p. m., this afternoon."
Three hundred and ninety of the
miners were operating on 250
foot level were not affected by the
eiplosion. At thej time of the ex
plosion 60 men were entombed.
FiVe of these were brought to ihe
surface, three of whom were sev
erely burned.
At 6:30 this afternoon 20 men
were reported brought to the sur
face safely without injury. Tele
phone communication was estab
lished wit hthe 30 men left en
tombed in the niifie and they re
ported that there; was no cause
for worry. Frenaied efforts to
free the entombed men were re
ported by mine officials.
JOHNSON CITYi UK. Jan. 25.
Sixty of 450 miners at work in
the McClintock mine at the Crear
Clinch coal company of this city
were entombed at 2T40 o'clock
this afternoon when a mysterious
explosion took place on the mine's
main working level, 250 feet be
low the ground, i '
At 6:30 o'clock tonight, ' five
men had reached the surface, suf
fering "from severe burns on the
head and body. !
At the same time, 20 of the
miners were reported as "coming
up to the surface." i They were un
injured, according i to telephone
communication whjich had been
established between the mine's of
fice and the working level where
the miners were trapped.
At the time of; the explosion,
390 of the miners were engaged
in work in a section of the level
which wasjiot afferted by the ex
plosion, j .
, The 35 men who iwere still trap
ped in1 the level at the time the
detachment of 20 Lwas making
their way to the surface, telephon
ed that none of their number had
sustained any injurlesj
SHELBY WANTS
1924 VERSION
OF JULY BOUT
Promoter Offered $500,000 to
Stage Dempsey-fiiobons
Feud in Montana Town
NKW YORK, Jan. 25.- Shelby,
the little Montana boom towiy
where th Iempsey-Clibbons heavy
weight championship ftelit was
b.'ld last July, and left a train of
rinauehil disaster, has arisen again
from obscurity to offer $5ou.t00
for the 124 version of the lmp-soy-Uihbons
lend.
Tox liickard, who plans to
staee the refurn title 'fight here
(hiring tho first week in June, an
nounced today tie had received
such uu offer on behair of the
Sholby chamber of commerce for
a boui there next July 4. The
promoter hastened to add, how-r-ver.
that he did not view serious
ly the offer which is $200,000 In
excess of the guarantee made
Uempsey a yPur avro and which
the Montana men failed to meet
after a financial struggle that
eclipsed in tensity the ring hat tie
it involved.
"Shelby,", commented Rickard,
"is game anyway."
LHE'S FUNERAL
Body Will Be Placed in Tern,
porary Resting Place at
Red Square Sunday
(By The Associated Frasi)
MOSCOW, Jan. 25. Work was
begun with the aid of dynamite to
break the frozen ground, for a
temporary mausoleum in Red
square in which the body of
Xicolai Lenine will be placed after
the funeral ceremonies Sunday.
The mausoleum will be deep
cellared especially built to pre
serve a uniform temperature, will
be lighted by electricity, and by
means of a mirrored ceiling" the
casket will be visible at all times.
Again today there was a.con-d
tlnuous march of people through
the house of unions to visit the
body of the soviet premier. Up
to tonight the number of those
who passed through the chamber
was placed at almost half a mil
lion. Peasants and workers con
tinue to arrive in the capital from
distant points to swell the long
lines awaiting entrance to the
house of unions.
Two diverging viewpoints have
appeared concernins the ultimate
disposition of the body of Leniue.
The workmen in several factories
have sent a petition to the gov
ernment asking that the body be
placed beneath the ground and
suggesting some arrangement
whereby it always would be vis
ible. Health Commissary Seraash
ko is advocating temporary pre
servation having in view crema
tion later when a special crema
tory is constructed in Moscow, as
an hygienic example to the people.
Cremation is treated by the Rus
sian people generally as heretical,
as is shown by the fact that not a
cremation has taken place in
Moscow.
Bible to Be Quoted on
The Subject of Tobacco
At the "free for all" meeting
tonight Envoy Inman will quote
and give the chapter and verse of
what is said to be the only verse
in the Bible where God approves
of tobacco. He will also tell of
some interesting things that have
transpired in his life.
The meetings are attracting at
tention an l the attendance is on
the increase. Night after night
there are results and the different
subjects that he takes are word
pictures from the battle field of
life. It Is proving the exception
to see the number of young men
who are coming to hear this old
Indian fighter preach the gospel.
His very appearance seem3 to
make his hearers doubt that he is
past "3 years ot age.
The meetings will continue
every night excepting Monday. A
coTdial invitation is extended to
all.
Attorney Denies Physician
. Was Arrested for Murder
KANSAS CITV. Mo.. Jan. 25.
W. S. McClintock of Kansas City,
attorney for Dr. Ken B. Uhls, de
nied late tonight that his client
had been arrested in connection
with the murder of William E.
fiibbs, wealthy Hutchinson. Kan.,
recluse.
McClintock said It had been ar
ranged for Uhls to appear in
Hutchinson, Kansas, Wednesday,
to answer a murder charge filed
against him at Hutchinson today.
STICKERS FOR
AUTOS WILL
BE SALEM AD
Cash pf izea Offered by Cham
ber of Commerce for Itest
Designs Offered
Prizes aggregating $30 are, of
fered by theChamber of Com
merce for the '.best design for a
windshield slicker best advertis
ing Sal-Tin. The only' provisions
are thafr the stickers shall he in
two colors and follow the average
size, five inches by three and one
half inches, either square, oltlonp.
oval or ronnd. The contest closes
'February
Prizes are divided into Miree
classes, $15 for the first, $lt for
the second and $." for the third.
Anyone iu Salem or on the "rural
routes in free to enter a design.
As there.are many students in Sa
lf:tn high school and ; Willamette
university studying art i Is anti
cipated tpat every automobile
that stops in the auto camp over
night will proceed on its wav
with an emblem of the state capi
tal on its windshield.
F
STATUE APRIL 19
Date Set for "Circuit Rider"
Ceremony Numerous
Poems Submitted
Date for the unveiling of the
statue, "The Circuit Rider, on
the capitol grounds has been de
finitely, fixed for Saturday, April
19, at 11 a. ;m., according to pr.
W. W. Youngson of Portland,
chairman of the general commit
tee. The committee on pr&gram for
the dedication met Wednesday in
Portland and arranged tentative
plans. The committee is com
posed of Dr. Youngson, W. B.
Ayer, Leslie Butler, Frank J. Mil
ler and Amedee M. Smith.
The statue, which ia now in
Portland after the vovaze hv shin
through the Panama canal, will
be moved to Salem the, first of
next weeii and kept veiled until
the dedicatory exercises.
Poets who intend to enter the
$100 prize contest for the best
poem on the circuit rider, will
have until February 15 instead of
February 1 in -which to submit
their contributions. Already 140
poems htfvS been submitted. A
committee of musicians has been
named jlo select the best music to
go with the poem.
It. A. Booth had the statue
made and is donating it to the
state. . I'hinister'Proctor is the
sculptor.
Workmen are getting the large
marble and sjranite pieces for the
foundation in place. On the south
side t the stone bears this -inscription:
"Presented to the state of Ore
gon ia reverent and grateful re
membrance of Robert Booth, pio
neer minister of the Oregon coun
try, by his son, Robert A. Booth."
On the north side is this in
scription : . '
"Commemoraiing the labors and
achievement's or the ministers of
the gospel who as circuit riders
became the friends, counsellors
and evangels of the pioneers oh
every American frontier,".
British Labor Leaders
Deny Immediate Action
(By Tie Asoclated Presi)
LONDON, Jan. 25. Although
one of the main planks in the la
bor party's platform during its
rapid rise to power in recent
years has been full recognition of
the Russian sovjet government, it
was made clear in ministerial cir
cles today that the labor cabinet
had not yet taken any formal de
cision for an immediate exchange
of ambassadors. . . T
As far as the officials at the
foreign-office would go today was
to say it wa's the government s in.
tention to reestablish diplomatic
relations with, Moscow as early
a3 was practicable, and that the
machinery to accomplish that end
would soon be set in motion.
Political observers expressed
the opinion that: the British gov
ernment, unlike the Washington
government, will NOT demand in
advance from Russia guarantees
regarding international debts, the
cessation of propaganda, the restor
ation of property and the like.
No Hope of Cessation
f In London Raif Strike
(By Ti AaociaU4 Precs)
LONDON, Jan.; 25.Thre was
not the slightest sign tonight of
any cessation of the Btrika- of the
members of the Associated Soci
ety of Locomotive Engineers .and
Firemen. i " :
DEDICATION 0
SECOND LOAN
IS DISGLOSEB
Zeverly Testifies That Sin
clair Loaned Fall $25,000
in Liberty Bonds on Per
sonal Note
PRESIDENT IS READY
TO TAKE ANY ACTION
Criminal Action Is Hinted at
But Full Inquiry to Be
Completed First
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.
Simultaneously with the disclosure
today in the senate oil inquiry of
another unpaid loan to Former In
terior Secretary Fall, the White
House made known that President
Cooiidge was preparing to take
every action to protect the public
interest and to punish those guilty
of any wrongdoing.
Before the same committee be
fore which E. L. Doheny, Califor
nia oil magnate told yesterday he
had loaned Mr. Fall $100,000 on
his personal note while Fall was
secretary ot the interior J. W- Zev
ely, council to Harry F- Sinclair,
testified today that Mr. Sinclair
had loaned Mr. Fall $25,000 in
liberty bonds on a personal note
three months after he retired from
the cabinet.
Loan Venr Old
As the testimony now stands,
the Doheny loan was made, more
than a year before the Doheny in
terests obtained the lease of the
Elk Hills, Cal., naval reserve,
while Sinclair's loan was made
more than a year after the Sin
clair interests received the lease
of the Teapot Dome, Wyoming re
serve. Developments in the senate in
quiry were discussed today by the
cabinet. .Afterwards the president
was represented officially as re
garding some of the testimony as
nointine to criminal action. The
executive is reluctant to believe
that any one has been guilty ot
any criminal intent, but he feels
that the evidence already adduced
requires legislation and investiga
tion. In the president's ' view, two
questions already are indicated.
One. and the most important, is
the bringing to justice any one
who has dealt with the situation m
any way that is In violation of the
criminal laws; the other is to see
whether the government has suf
fered any inquiries by reason of
the oil reserve leases.
If the leases do not Seem prop
er, action looking to their annul
ment will be taken.
With respect to possible crim
inal phases of the matter, it was
made clear that there was no dis
position to lump at conclusions;
that investigations must be made
hv the nroDer authorities to see
where any criminal action would
lie. It was pointed out that crim
final action could not be stated on
rumors; that substantial evidence
which could be presented to a
grand Jury and at a trial would
be required.
Roosevelt Recalled
Having received evidence orf two
loans to Fall, the senate commit
tee will turn Ms attention next to
a further effort to clear up testi
mony regarding cancelled checks
Of the Hyva corporation a Sin
clair concern for $68,000 and al
leged to have been drawn in favor
of Thomas Johnson, foreman of
Mr. Fall's Ne Mexico ranch.
Archie Roosevelt and G. Dl Wab.1-
berg, Sinclair's secretary will be
recalled tomorrow in this phase
of the inquiry.
But the committee will be di
verted only temporarily from the
$100,000 and $25,000 loans. Mr.
Fall will be asked next Monday to
explain these and other of his
financial transactions.
While Mr. Zevely was telling of
the $25,000 loan' in June, 1923,
the former secretary was secluded
in the Zevely home here under the
care of a physician. He declined
to make any statement; and de
clared he .had made nono regard
ing the Doheny testimony.
'Mr. Zevely testified tnt the Sin
clair loan to Mr. Fall was made
just before the former secretary
sent to Russia to inquire into con
cessions in tne lower Sakhalin
peninsula, in which Mr. Sinclair
had negotiated-with ihe Chita
government. The money was to
be used, lie said, in purchasing
further additions to the Fall ranch
property, but he was unable to say
whether it bad been so used.,
The loan negqtiated through
Mr Zevely who said Mr. Wahl-
" (Continued on page 2)
MOONSHINE
FUMES PROVE
MAN'S DEATH
Still Located in Concrete Well
Proves Fatal to Ice Cut
ter at Yakima
YAKIMA, Jan. 25. Apparently
overcome by fumes from bis still
located in a concrete well, E. O.
Devall, 35, an
found dead on
ice cutter, wan
a pile of corn
mash at the bottom of the well
near White Bluffs yesterday after
being missing since Sunday.
A gas stove and still were found
in the well which was located on
a soldier settlement tract near the
('. A. Whitney ranch. Devall has
a sister living at White Bluffs and
had been there a short time, com
ing from Montana.
Ramsay Macdonald Plans to
Give News of Government
to Newspapers
LONDON, Jan.- 25. (By the
Associated Press) Secret diplom
acy will have no place in the deal;
ings of Great Britain's new pre
mier, Ramsay Macdonald, with
foreign countries.
Mr. Macdonald. intends that "the
public shall be informed of for
eign negotiations whenever,, the
circumstances warrant. He"also
has decided that the newspapers
shall be given a communique af
ter each cabinet session, summar
izing, the subjects discussed or de
cisions taken.
In conversation with the news
papermen today, Mr. Macdonald
said he always would be glad to
receive them when public Interests
demanded or time permitted.
To get better acquainted with
foreign representatives accredited
to Great Britain Mr. Macdonald
this afternoon held an official re
ception at the foreign office, tor
the diplomatic corps. Most of the
ambassadors, including Frank JB.
Kellogg, the American representa
tive never had met the new pre
mier. One of the first acts of the
Macdonald government has been
the decision to remove the bar
rier serected to. protect Downing
street, where the official home of
the premier is situated, during the
unemployment demonstrations
which occurred under the coali
tion government.
Premier Macdonald has itecided
that Lord Parmoor, lord president
of the council, shall be the British
delegate on the eouucll of the
league of nations in succession to
Viscount Cecil of Chelwood.
E
Tells District Attorney's to
Keep House Ulean tor Pro
hibition Officers
PORTLAND, Jan. 25. Time
has modified the old adage that
every man's home Is his castle and
sanctuary, and in the future Ore
gon homes must be kept in such
condition that a visit from one of
the inspectors of the state prohi
bition forces will be welcomed at
any time. Governor Pierce declar
ed in effect tonight at the annual
banquet of the District Attorneys
association of Oregon.
"The laws and customs have
changed vastly since first was an
nounced the right and doctrine
that every man's home was his
castle and sanctuary." the gover
nor stated. "The law clearly
makes it your duty as district at
tornys to cooperate with the pro
hibition commissioner. As a mat
ter of necessity it is a ,secret ser
vice and must and will so remain.
We claim the right to go into any
place in the state at any time as
secret agents and discover, if pos
sible, violations of the law.
"Then we will present our evi
dence to you and it is your oath
bound duty to vigorously .pros
ecute. The prohibition agents are
not going over this state ringing
a school bell, and announcing they
are after bootleggers. Keep your
houses in such order that you will
be Rlad J.o welcome inspectors at
any time."
MEKTlNfi DEFElUtEDf
. WASHINGTON. Jan. 25. Tha
executive session of the house mil
itary committee at which the
question ot summoning. Henry
Ford as a witness in connection
with his otter for Muscle Shoals,
will be determined was deferred
until later tomorrow. - v.v
segret diplomacy
eilEDBIfH
11 PJEBG
MS IN pon
CLI1I323
West Coast Association
Says Last 12 Months. Bus
iness Better.. Than Ever
Before in History . -
JAPANESE REPORT IS
MADE TO CONVENTION
Sentiment Said : to Favor
Construction of New Tokio
Says Committee
SEATTLE, . Jan. " 25. During
the last . 12-months business was
better, and mpre prosperous than
ever . before, according to reports
made j today 1 by members , of the
West Coast Lumbermen's associa
tion who attended the . annual
meeting here today.
Ernest Dolge oi Tacoma was
elected president, ot the associa
tion. Ed Verd of Seattle, Wash
ington vice president; , C. If, Wat
zek of WaunaJOr vIce president;
James H. Printice, v-Belllngham,
treasurer andtRobert , B, Allen,
secretary-manager.
In addition to the. officers the
new trustees named today include:
George Hackett; Vancouver, B.
G.; E. A. Poyaeer Everett; P. F.
Knight, Centralis; Torpe. Babcock,
Hoquiam; Fred t A- i Hart, Ray
mond; W. W. Clark Llnnton and
A. C. Dixon, Eugene. .
"Final production 5 figures of
1923, will show that Western Ore
gon and western .Washington es
tablished a hew manufacturing
record with a cut of more than
925,000,000.000 feet; shipped-iti
cut, furnished Bteady and remun
erative employment,-made abi l
6 per cent, on, Its invested' ipapital,
and -went into the new year vt
unsold stocks 73 per cent jt. nor
mal" Secretary, AUenreported to
fie mill menV.
Th5 lumber ; Industry may loci?
forward with; confidence,, to. In
creased business tbl&jreax,,Colone
K. Griggs of Tacpma. and O. M.
Clark; of. Portland t informed the
members. . Both of the. men re
turned from Japan today on the,
steamship President Grant. v
."The Japanese we saw were op
timistic and light-hearted de
clared Colonel Griggs.; !' "They
were hustling. The impression wo
gained was that though govern
mental action has been aga:nst
the granting of a large budget pro
posed for the rebuilding of Tokio,
sentiment among the people in
favor ot this , project remains
strong. I believe that a start will
be made on the creation of a new
Tokio and that the project will
eventually be carried out,
"We found that there were im
mense quantities' of lumber in Yo
kohama, much ot It had been there
before the earthquake. This
quantity was put ''at 200,000.000
feet with 100,000,000 feet more
on the water, bound for Japan.
System Disorganized
"At present the transportation
system around Tokio and Yoko
hama is disorganized. When
these difficulties are cleared, Ja
pan will absorb large quantities of
Pacific coast lumber, in our opin
ion." ; "' V:; " '".
Transportation is the keystone
of the modern industrial. arch, es
pecially on the Pacific coast de
clared John W. Gorby, assistant
to the president of ths National
Transportation Institute in his ad
dress before the lumbermen at a
banquet tonight.
"One person, in every eight in
this country derives his living di
rectly or Indirectly, from ; some
form of transportation," said Mr.
Gorby. :
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TOO BAD
It is impudence for the
Capital J ournal to shed
crocodile tears because the
Oregon Statesman will
not permit it to run our
business.
Too bad but it will have
to go that way. I
"The Oregon Statesman
has the largest paid cir
culation any paper in Sa
lem ever had. So is wil
ling to have any fair, in
vestigation made to prove.
Our offer, to our evening
contemporary still stands,
r In the mean time we are
getting along very well
without the guiding hand
of the evening editor. ;'
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