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.... . . .-. . No matter, whether It's a house, " a ' tube of toothpaste, a washing machine or a pedigreed pup you saVe, wony.'tlme and money whn you .know what you want. How ..ti- TODAYS 1 TEN PAGES snan juu snow? ueaa tne aas. , r f I SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1924 -. - , -- - - . , -7 T ' t J - - - - 1 . ' i ... rrr i It "smSght . , . ; " 1 1 ... j Everything , at Willamette Gymnasium Ready for ! Whistle From Referee tiaipn uoieman ENTERTAINMENT IS PLANNED FOR VISITORS Only One Entry Is Team That .- Participated1 in Event v v0ne Year Ago " 1 - t , TOURXAAIKNT. AVIN p -f ' A- i i , u . ; , , , RoseTurg..t. ,,...1917 i Salem,, .-i, 1918 : ' Lincoln ( Portland ) .... 1 9 1 9 ; Salem 1920' Pranklia Portland) 1921 Ashland ...... I ... 1922 1 TTnlvonaitir Ill.k K .T; ? ? ? ...1924 t i ; Everything is set fOT the whistle ot Referee Coleman to open the . eighth annual basket ball tour na ' ment tonight at 7: 30. on the Wil i j lamette gymnasium f ldorV The Initial contest ot the series will be II played, between Independence and Pilot Rock, to: eliminate the odd I team from the. tournament After j tonight's - game eight teams will enter the preliminaries on an equal j footing.. , i' ' " :' f f Campus All Agog - i ' ' The Willamette campus' is ago? .with excitement in preparation for thentertainment of the. nine f teams, .which ;will be. the ; guests ' of the uniyersity- for three days. 1 1 The teams are to be entertained ' at. the fiTelocal fraternity houses. l . The gymnasium floor, which is one j ot the; finest, of lt kind In the northwest, has been put. Into es ceuent snape ior;.uie strenuous play of the week, and- alt arranged inenta baTe,. keen. mad to handle , the large, crowd which' are ex i pected to attend the tournament. The entire north side of .the gym- accommodation . of season, ticket f I holders, while the students will r occupy the bleachers on the south I side. Special , sections have ajso , been marked off for the rooters of J nearby schools which hare . asked ' resenratlona. . All Kntnrm in With the selection, of St, Helens to represent district J and Mc- Uhm rni Af th nin teams which ar ta enter the tournament Is complete. The teams and. the dls- ivtiviv wm.i. . -r r District IJLa Grande; district 2. Pilot Rock: district 3. Bend; dlsr- A XfmA tnrA rifatrlct 5. NOrth , , 1-1 . . m.v .w. . - 7, Independence; district 8; Mc MinnTille, and district 9, St, Hel ens. V- ' " .;,. . .. ., : ' Coaches and teams from Pilot Rock, Bend, North Bend and Med- ford had arrlted in town last nignt and, will work out on tho Wlllam- itm rVmniltllTn floor this ' mOIH ette ermnaaluin floor this morn IngT The other four teams are ex pected to put In appearance early today;i-'. ii- ; Jtoty.Three)' Playew Her Sixty-three players compose the nine teams that have been selected to represent their respectiTe dts tricts. The riTilege of playing in the; tournament was wpn by-tbe4e teams in. contests with over 135 hleh nehool teams of the state. tA 'A sigaiflcant,fact is that Medford . is tjie only team represented whifh participated 'in the play last year. ' Salem high, iwhich haa had S team I in the, tournament every year np to the present, .was eliminated. -by , 'a technical ruling of -the . sUte hoard ot control. " y: The winner in tonignt s game, together with the other ? seven teams will be matched in the pre liminaries which will be played Ft-lda afternoon and night.. North Bend will play AlcMinnvtlle, and Eugene wui, meet di. ";"u morrow afternoon. Friday night ' (Continued on page 3) JHE WEATHER . ; -a ;"; OREGON: ? . P a 1 r Thursday, moderate northwesterly winds. i r LOCAL WEATHER ' (Wednesday) i llaxlmum temperature, 64. Minima nv temperature, it. Rlrer, 2.1; falling. RalnfalU none. Atmosphere, part cloudy, -Wind, northwest.'. - - ' PLAN; GOOPERATIVE IMKEfNG GROUP Practical Steps for Welding of Oregon Fruit f Interest Into One Cohesive Whole for Pro4 fitable Merchandising oiaie conference vaatnerea in roruana PORTLAND, Ore., March 12. Practical steps for weld ing Oregon, prune interests into one cohesive whole for profit able marketing of the product and saving of the industry was taken here today when a conference of growers of the state gathered arid discussed ways and .means. . ; A motion prevailed that all get behind the reorganization of : the; Oregon growers' association into the Oregon cooper ative prune growers association that will handle the crop of Oregon prune growers and market it to the best advantage. The-next step is the organization of the prune growing district. The first attempt will be made at Yamhill, Ore., to morrow. - -: Willamette Co-Eds Success .fut Both Here and at - Tacoma Last Night ; ; The Willamette women's debate teams, scored , decisive victories over the College, of. Puget Sound women at both ends of a dual de bate last night on the question: "Resolved, That the French forces of occupation should immediately evacuate r,the Ruhr valley." Five out of a possible six judges' deci sions were secured by the Willa mette co-eds. Elaine Clower and Nadie Stray er, upholding the affirmative of the question-were victorious by a unanimous decision on the home platform . over i Dorothy Wallace and Marlon, Gynn on the negative for the northern school. At the same time.. -Elaine Oberg and Esther Moyer upholding the nega tive for Willamette. won a 2 to 1 verdict over; the, Puget Sound af firmative at Tacoma; . On the jocal -platform the battle was 'waged skillfully by both teams. M43S Wallace . and. Miss Gynn were very able speakers and handled, their material In a clever fashion. The weight Sf the strong affirmative constructive case over threw their contentions in. - the mtpda. of the Judges, . however. The affirmative based its case on three major , points: That, the French occupation ot the Ruhr had been a financial failure; , that France's designs were imperialis tic rather than to collect repara tions,, and finally that the Dawes plan of payment of , reparations should be substituted for occupa tion. (Upon the establishment of the latter polnt.the. debate hinged. . The-Judges of the local debate were J. C ; Nelson, principal , of Salem high school; J. M. Devera, attorney foe the state highway de partment, and .Miss Mlrpafc Blair of the state library. r ; The. Willamette negative team, which Is now l. In ,, Tacoma, will make the trip to Vancouver, B. C, where it Is to meet the women of the University of British Columbia in the,' final debate of the,'year. This debate- is being widely her alded, at the Canadian university as the , first local I International women's debate. A . The . question will be the. same as that used in the debates with College ot Puget Sound. Through Train Service Pos sible Following Knocking Out of Span PORTLAND, Ore., March 12. The Southern Pacific's Coos Bay branch line, put out of commis sion ; last Friday- night, 'was Te opened for through train service today. " The ' lumber, : carrying schooner Martha . Buehner , knocked out a span next -to -the' draw span and made it .necessary to build a, tem porary span on piling until - the steel structure can be replaced. , The break was across an arm of the' bay between v North Bend and Marshtield, ' ' : PRUNE MEN of Product Taken by Silverton Pays Lavish Trib ute to Albert Larson and Leslie Goodier 4 SILVERTON, Ore., March 12. Funerals-of-' Albert -Larson and Leslie Goodierheld here today, are believed -to have been the largest ever held in Silverton. The two young men, 21 and 19 years old respectively, were instantly killed when an airplane in which they were flying crashed to the earth here yesterday. All business houses in the city were closed between 2 and 3:30 o'clock, the period of the funerals. At 3 o'clock an. airplane from Portland circled over the city and dropped three "flOrar vreaths at the-. Silverton cemetery. ' On these were inscribed "To a comrade of the Oregon -Aviators." The air plane returned to Portland with out landing. , The funeral of Leslie Goodier was held first, at the Jack & Eck man chapeL The -chapel was crowded, and hundreds were turned away.rf Edwin T. Hamre read the funeral, service of the Christian Science church and interment was In the Silverton cemetery. Goodier Was a membet; of the Silverton company of the Oregon national guard.' and. the company was out in a. body. Also the members1 of the, Silverton high school class of 1922 ot which he was a member attended in a body. He is survived by, his father. Smith Goodfer, and bis grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L Courlie. ' -The Larson funeral was1 held at St. Johns church at 3 o'clock, with Rer. , IL: Rogen of i Monitor con ducting1 '.the service. It is said that the floral tributes were more profuse than ever seen at a funeral in . Silverton, Albert Larson was born in . Seattle in 1903 lie .is survived by two brothers, Eric and Louis . Larson... and ' three sisters, Mrs.. Gertrude Calhan of Los An geles, Mrs- Bertha Andahl of Se attle and. Miss Ella Larson ot Sil verton.' Interment was in the Miller cemetery. , , - . , Marion Bankers Postpone Election Until April 9 - Completing the'. first 12 months of its organization the "Marion County Bankers,: association met last night for the regular meeting at' the Gray Belle. Dinner, was followed by a business , meeting but the election of of fleers, '.which was scheduled for this meeting, was 'postponed because . of the small attendance of member bank era, T. B. Kay, former state trea surer and a member of the state legislature, was a speaker, at the meeting last night. i The membership of the associa tion includes, every one of the 24 banks In Marion county. Joseph Keber of Mt Angel is president and Joseph if. Albert or the First National bank of Salem i Is secre tary. ''The next: meeting will be held-April , :' FonniTons ! "?lir Hiii y s !'? - DiraMWPlAIl - - - - WEDNESDAY IN WASHINGTON The senate ordered an Inquiry into the administration of. the bureau ot internal revenue. Former Senator W. S. Kenyon of Iowa, it was disclosed, is under consideration for secretary of the navy, , . a House leaders refused to bring up the resolution providing for a 25 pr cent cut in taxes .this yer. The senate paugherty investi gating committee oipned its bear ing with Roxie SUnson of Colura- I bus; Ohio, as the first wllnsa. The, house ways and means committee made public Its plans for insurance policies as a feature of the bonus bill. " . , Secretary Mellon told thp spn ate finance committee that the revenue bill pasae"y the nous.. must be revised to prevent trea sury deficit. The army appropriation bill w.s reported to the house carrying 1326,224,993 and calling for the maintenance of the army for an other year at its present strength, . Congressional investigations of bribery rumors affecting members of congress was ordered by the bouKe, with Representative Bur ton,, republican, ObJo, as head of the investigating cHnmittee. Edward P. McLean told the oil committee his assertion that he had loaped Albert IJ. fall $100. 00ft in. casn wfli made at Fall's request, adding that ho had no Interest in the Sinclair and Do heny oil companies. EO. j it: U CABINET POSIT! ' " t .... Former Senator' From Iowa ! Will Give President 1 Answer Today. WASHINGTON, March 12. William S. Kenyon, former sena tor from Iowa and now a federal circuit judge, has been offered the naval secretaryship by Presi dent Coolidge. He will give his answer to the president probably tomorrow, , j Considered first for the post of attorney general In event of re tirement of Harry M. Daughertyy I Judge Kenyon. was asked to come to Washington, and .arriving last night, went direct - to , the .White House. During a. two, hour 'con ference with Mr. Coolidge he was tendered "the 'navy, appointment and is. understood ;to have asked that he be given, until tomorrow to decide. -j He refused to discuss the mat ter tonight. BODY RECOVERED j LONGWIEW, Wash., March 12. The body of Mrs., Emma Deere aged r?oman who mysteriously disappeared last August, was dis covered today under a pile of logs about 50 feet .from the road near Carroll's point. LOAN MADE I NEW YORK, March 12. Es tablishment of a banking credit of not less than $100,000,000 In fa vor of the Bank of France has been arranged. ( In answer to an inquiry of the writer of the Slogan pages of The Statesman, information was receiv ed at this office yesterday after noon that the King's Food Pro ducts company will be in the mar ket for strlngless beans this year. What tonuage is not yet known, as President Clark of . the company is in the east, but announcement as to requirements in the matter of quality will be given out soon. , It was. given out at the same time that the Salem plant, both canning and dehydrating, will be fully operated the. coming season aiK it is to be presumed that this will be true also of the plant at The Dalles. This will be heartening news to a large number of people, especial ly to hundreds of men on the land in the Salem district. There are rumors that there will be some enlargements in the cannery plants In Salem for 1924 run, and, there Is a, prospect that the West Salem; dryer will have cannery machinery and equipment added. v . KENYON IS OFFER Divorced Wife of Attorney General's Confidante, J. W. Smith, Tells of Sup posed Intrigues.; . PRIZE FIGHT PICTURES REPUTED MONEY MAKER Roxie Stinson . Gives Story Composed of Inferences and Charges WASHINGTON. March 12.--Vith an amazing tale, replete with insinuations, inferences and char ges, the senate committee investi gation of Attorney General Daugh erty got under way today. Roxie Stinson of Columbus, Ohio, divorced wife of Jesse W. Smith of Washington courthouse, confidante of the attorney general who committed suicide in the lat ter's apartments her a year ago was the only witness., . . . Motion Picture involved From ljebjind the crumpled, folds of a tear soaked handkerchief she told a sensational story that rang ed from stock transactions to mo tion pictures ot tbe Carpentier Dempsey fight, all of which she insisted were connected with prof Its for her late husband and the attorney general. Specifically, Miss Stinson testi fied thau Smith had given her 25 shares of White Motors stock, which was a part of what "they" had obtained without any cost; that.. Smithtold her we" looked forward, to profits approximating $130,000 if it could be arranged to- exhibit the motion pictures of the Carpentier-Dempsey : fight; Rhat .Smith had eoute into jpoeses I sum oi. an. amuum oi me block of the Pure Oil company of Ohio and that Smith, proprietor of a small town, store in. Ohio, worth approximately $175,000 when he came, to, Washington in 1921, soon increased his fortune to approxi mately $250,000. . . "We", and f.Tiey" Did. It -' All this. Miss Stinson said was done by "we'!, and 'they and she persisted that, the second man ot tha.combinatlon always was Attor ney General, Daugher ty, because, she declared, la all their confi dences Smith never A meant any body elan, and that furthermore when , he did, he mentioned the person specifically by name. Having .gone two nights with out sleep. she said she had exacted a promise from Senator, Wheeler, democrat, .Montana, , the commit tee's, prosecutor, to keep her on the stand only, an hour today. She will return and finish her story if . possible , tomorrow. She was just getting down to questioning about 'a mysterious green house on K street," when the committee let her off. Senator Wheeler had a row with Paul Hpwland, Mr. Daugherty's chief counsel; sparks flew from both sides of the. table, and Sen ator Wheeler launched into a fus illade of questioning in which the questions and answers flew so fast and covered so wide a ground, that a roomful of veteran newspaper correspondents couldn't keep up with tbe proceedings. To Have Papers Today Smith told her, Miss Stinson said of many transactions in which Mr. Daugherty's nawie was not men tioned specifically. She profe3sed inability to state from whom or I tor what service stock, was receiv ed, but promised tomorrow upon arrival of papers from Ohio, to support her testimony with docu mentary evidence. The committee also subpoenaed Columbus stock brokers' records and teiegranjs to and from Smith. , ! When Mr. Howland sought to (Continued on page 2) ? WELL PAID M. R. Mathews, has been running a small want ad. in ' the Statesman for . the last four .days and during this time he has secured 3. Jobs directly through this adver tising, one for $37, one for $75 and one for $35, making a total $147. He states that ' b "Is "now : thoroughly con-f vlnced that Statesman ads. bring big returns and is go ing to use them all the time. This Is only one ot the many reports that come to 1 the attention of the States- man ' daily of results ob- tained through advertising. MAYOR BAKER MUNCHES! CAMPAIGN FOR SENATOR a! SPEECH , -A. r i- if . , ... f. - -; -GEORGE Eldon Hutchinson Gives Self Up to Authorities in Umatilla County PENDLETON. Or. March 12 Eldon HuVjhinson. altered slaver Of his wife, Olive Hutchinson, at their home in Kelso, Wash., on the morning of February 4, whose arrest was caused today when he was caught on the ranch of his father, E. E. Hutchinson, near Pilot Rock, Or., spent the day in the county jail here waiting for Officers from Kelso to rorne for him. , He admitted to T. S. Buffing ton, deputy sheriff, and Price Re- cob, federal officer, that he killed bis wife and claims that he was nnder the influence of a "spell" at the time that caused him to be only partly cognizant of what he was doing, Jthe officers declared. BEND, dr., March 12. In his flight from the law, Eldon Hutch inBon, alleged slayer of hiH wife at Kelso, Wash., performed a feat believed to never have been equal led before when he crossed the McKenzie pass of the Cascade mountains from Eugene in a sin gle day in the dead of winter. Giving the name of Allen Carl ton, the same as that under which he secured employment with R. C. Andru8, Deschutes county rancher, Hutchinson reached Bend on Feb ruary 15. He said that he was from California and that he was in search of a brother whom he be lieved to be somewhere in central Oregon. Today's developments at Pilot Rock and information secured from Andrus established clearly the identity of the mountaineer as that of the alleged murderer. Eldon Hutchinson, or Allen Carlton as he called himself while in Deschutes county, was employ ed by R. . C. Andrus on his ranch near Redmond for about 20 days, leaving Monday of this week for Pendleton. A short time after he went to work he began telling Andrus about something that was troubl ing him, and hinting that he had committed some desperate act. He Spent much of his spare time read ing the Bible and talked about re ligion. Finally Hutchinson said he. j-ould have to go to Pendleton on business. Andrus needed him on the, ranch and tried- to persuade him to stay until he could get an other man, but Hutchinson left on Monday, . . .- . . , . :j, .. w 1 I SALEM t ij BAKER- 17 YEflB OLD BOY IS FOUND GUILTY Jury in.Lane County Returns vercnct,oi Manslaughter Against Youth EUGENE. Ore., March 12 The circuit court jury tonight at ten o'clock returned a verdict of manslaughter in the trial of James Palmer, 17, of Cottage Grove, In dicted on a charge of murder in the second degree, in slaying Ralph Lammers, 20, also of that place, on the night of January 10. Lammers was Ktabbed to death by Palmer after a quarrel between the two. Palmer had called Lam mers a vile name, according to the testimony, and Lammers chal lenged him to fight but he re fused. Later, as Palmer was walking to his home south of Cottage Grove. Lammers and a companion overtook him in an automobile, it was stated by wit nesses, and Lammers attacked him. Palmer defended himself with a pocket knife and stabbed his assailant several times in tbe breast. Lammers died several hours later. Self defense was Palmer's plea at tbe trial. I Salem and West Side Firms Consolidate Imlah and Pugh Retire Consolidation of the West Side Gravel company and- the Salem Sand & Gravel company is under way.' There will be no changes, in the policies", of either company, the only difference in the opera tion of either to be the retirement of James Imlah and David Pugh. of the West Side Gravel company. Offices will be. retained on, the west side and the plant operated as in the past; "All employes will be retained. Though the merger is effected it will not mean that the Salem Sand & Gravel company will have a monopoly upon the business, for the Oregon Gravel company, will remain a competitor. Owners of . the Salem Sand & Gravel company are the Spanlding interests, Joseph - H. Albert , and Paul B.: Wallace, i The consolida tion deal is heing handled by W. H. Orabenhorst ic Co., Salem real estate 'firm, t SID ID GOMEL COMPANIES UNIT Ik' LASTlIfflTi I ' - c ' ' J .-' . ; i5- v 1 ffeed Seen for Legislation to? i Develop Oreoon Stand ' Taken for Law Enforce. ment, Restricted Jmmisra; i tion and Soldier,: Welfare j Mayor George Xf Baker of Portland' launched his active' carhpaign as i& .cOndidate for ; the Republican nomination! for ; the Unitpd States senate in an address at the Grand theatre! last : night. ; ' The mayor.-ex I plained that he chose , Salem as 'the place to fire his open- ; ing guns because it is the cap- itai of the; fap$z.L::Zr't The -lower floor and balcony of i the theater were practically filled by -theaudlenee thar;heard"Ur;4 1 BakeltiQugA'thewerk&noC t crowded, and ome were eated li ; the gallery. , To Judge from the applause accorded the speaker, it . was np a Baker audience. While mayor;a address dealt, mainly , ; with .the heed lot' Oregon, in the I way of national legislation, he was ' ' flren.v applause that, . really; ; ap-' i proached enrhus'iasm'when'be an- nounced- his stand on the auhjects I of xninnigratlon; and care of ex-V soldiers. Mayor Baker made no personal '. references -to hU opponents. "' Jfe . f did this ImpUedly however In' i branding some of the present ac tivity at Washington' as ?'pre-elec-f tion flurry." II contrasted Ore , goa with .Idaho, f Washington! aa'd . . California which, he averred, had . far outstripped Oregon inpfocur-.- ing needed legislation. ' ; t " ' t iWhlle discusslnaf. Oreton devel- i opn.nt Mr. Baker; mentioned - at : some length the flax Industry de- daring- that instead of 4000 acres Marion. epunty. should! yield-150.- 000j acres ot .flax,uaJ)et m :the -r world, which, he eald. -woniA make the population of the connty nw.er wjnntwav.or aii thtf mt of the . state, (combinL l? r . j vo tuujwii oi stale oe.. , veflopment,' Mr. .- Baker dwelt ai dme: length oa lawfenforcament declaring . himself . tfmnri i. .. vor of prohibition. Questions nolA touched upon in, hia address, hi promised to, take up na tholcnnf. paign progresses. ; He f said he t would, discuss. ; jhe creatlonrf . federal departmnt of education to 1 assist- "Jn the great task of Am organizing our great alien ponn. -laWon the qnesUon. of creating-' a department of mines mA mt I ils, and the adontinn -nr is for protection., of Oregon Indus- ' tries and products,,; , Prior to ,the, address the Royal 5 ROBarian flnartef of Portland sang 1 several selection and wa 5vigor- , ously applauded. ' J - Mayor Baker's adtrooa' VAifs: la full: v . r-f r-i--tv v..-.f v -' In opening' my Campaign' for the republican, norainaton, - for tnited states senator from Oregon I wish to. lay before the good peo ple assembled here tonight' a gen eral outline of my plans, .purposes and bellers.' It win W Impossible to deal fully witi,1 eVery. subject and Issue that, wU.be a part of the .-..(,U.ul uunng.ine .course of the next itwo . months, subjects I which majr be somewhat slighted . tonight wli he gone into; fnny.? My purpose in the, campaign. Ja f not tdmake any Statement orVn i i promise that I do not believe can - i be fulfilled or accomplished,,; Idle! f promises for . the purpose ;of oh- talning votes is one "of ; the curses of our present political system and ; the candidate who deliberately makes promises he knows he can- t not fulfill or whomakei etate--ments that do ' not 'coincide wlth, ' his attitude and his' actions in the . past, should be eliminated befora he starts. And the man who! fails to fulfill his pledges to the. public after election should be recalled. ;. Idle ; promlsei'l or Inslncer; aUte ments are;-the "most abominable sort "of hypocracy. " "s ' The foundation of wtny platform, is to be the upbuilding ot Oregon. ' I : believe: in Oregon . and I ;know; Oregon,' and .... tan' tea the Jposak ' bilities, and I can see the past ne gleet With the United States sen atorf from Oregon . rests j great deal as far as state, developments Is concerned, I shall contend and shall endeavor to prove during the course of this campaign that Ore- w gan haa no$ received ' "what has , been due Oregon front the federal, government, .due to the fact that Oregon has not fonght for herself., at the proper tlnre and In the prop er place and . !n:: tha proper njanl4'" ner.. - A--- ,:t:- r - '.v I. shall contend that while Idaho " and California! and Washington . and our other sister states-hava'-been' forging ahead, obtaining con' lJCoatlAUed Qijpfi 11 ".' j ; Q