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it "r- f SALEM'S, INDUSTRIES ! Good roads encourage driving good automobiles Make riding pleasure- There "a re 'many 'good cars' offered for sale In the Classi fied Columns of the Statesman, ; xnursaays. statesman will tell you more -about-the linen and Salem's Industrie general. SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR SALEM; OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS - rr-: - , L C mm 1 - I' If- t V (I DELEGATES INSTRUCTED FOR CUE Idaho Republicans in Con vention Endorse President Elect Thomas National Committeeman GOVERNOR MOORE GIVEN PARTY'S ENDORSEMENT State's Delegation in Con gress Receive Vote of i Meeting'sApproval LEWISTOWN, Idaho. March 25 (By The .Associated Press) Republican, of .Idaho, . through their representatives assembled In delegate contention here today, elected 11 delegates and 11 alter nate delegates to the republican national contention at Cleveland pledged to vote for the nomina tion of President ; Coolidge, -chose John Thomas of Gooding as na tional committeeman, adopted res olutions : endorsing Governor Moore's administration and called for retention of the present Idaho .delegation In congress. Although there was no lack of enthusiasm on the part of delegates, the bus Iness of the contention, as far as ' external appearances went, passed off with utter lack of friction. '' A request on the part of a doz en former service men, headed by Q. Nicholas If ft, of Pocatello, for a resolution voicing endorsement of the pending congressional ad justed compensation measure, was refused by a subcommittee of 10 of the Tesolutions committee and Its sponsers allowed it to rest there, not eten' taking an appeal to the full resolutions body. ',! Confidence Expressed i The change In the national com mitteeman was effected with a like absence of feeling. John W. Hart, for the past 12 years Idaho's' re presentative on the national com mittee announced his retirement and in a brief speech of commen datlon seconding , the nomination of Mr, Thomas. . The latter sound ed what was regarded by man party leaders as the keynote of tbi contention when he oeciarea m a speech of acceptance that "this Is no time for factions. Let's get together and go out and clean up the common enemy." ; The resolutions adopted voiced eorrow at the passing of President Harding and expressed "confidence iH "that silent and tried servant of republicanism, Caltin Coolidge of Massachusetts," whom they de clared to possess "the ability, the experience, the delicacy the single ness of purpose and the public sup port essential to coping with pres ent conditions." -J The reference to the Idaho del egation in congress was stated in these words: "We are confident that the ability of, Senators Borah and Gooding and Representatives Smith and French is such that they can serve fully the Interests of the party and the people of our state in these "trying . times at Washington." ,The tesolutions toiced apprecia tion of "progress toward recon struction and tax relief" by state and national republican - officials and called fjr continued efforts along these lines. They spoke of , present national conditions as fol- lows: " " C '."! 1 '" " v McXary Bill Endorsed . ."We take notice, too, of embar rassments broughtrto the public service by trusted public servants . of our own and .other parties, ; whose acts where improper, we most severely condemn. And we ', feel that these embarassments and these problems call for the conse crated efforts of proved republi can leaders." Another resolution endorsed the McNary-lIaugen bV and called for its Immediate pas- : sage.'. ' ' Delegates elected were: Virst district Ralph S Njelson, Kootenai county; A. J. Dunn Sho . shone. ., V V :- '.J ,-t. Second district J. IL .Peterson, (Continued on page 2) THE WEATHER OREGON: Fair Wednesday; heavjr frosts; moderate north erly winds. - f LOCAL WEATHER . ' - - (Tuesday) Minimum, temperature, 33 Maximum temperature, 57. River, 1.6, stationary. Rainfall, trace. Atmosphere, clear . jr '. Wind, northeast. -. ' ' ' - ' TUESDAY IN WASHINGTON Debate of the Daugherty case occupied the house while the in vestigating committee was in. re cess. A. commission was appointed by President Coolidge to ascertain the best means of conserving the nation's oil supply. The certificate in the senate's contempt procedure against Harry F. Sinclair was forwarded to the district attorney. The senate finance committee laid aside the revenue bill tem porarily to study estimates of costs of the soldier bonus bill. The Austrian and Hungarian governments approved in principle a proposal for creation of a mixed cbm mission to settle war claims. The house irrigation commit tee, decided to ask Governor Hunt of Arizona to testify regarding charges that Secretary Work was flavoring Colorado iu the Boulder Canyon dam matter. ; Secretary Mellon denied having influenced the internal revenue bureau in tax matters and invited? the senate investigating commit tee to examine the accounts of all companies in which he is personal ly interested. The western petroleum refiners corporation and the Sinclair re fining company protested to the Shipping Board against application to Petroleum products of the pre ferential through export rate clause of the merchant marine act. Senator Heflin, democrat, Ala bama, pretested against- the man ner in which the investigation of alleged land frauds in the lower Rio Grande valley In Texas is be ing conducted and threatened to carry his fight to the senate floor. Inquiry into the financial af fairs of Albert B. Fall occupied the senate oil committee. A. resolu tion looking to impeachment of C. Chase, customs collector, at El Paso who refused to testify was adopted by the senate. Chase, It was said, later, had' submitted hi? resignation to the treasury. E -. t LT Mrs, Cornelius Thayer to trect House on North Capitol Street When "Better Homes" week arrites in Salem it will find two expensive homes under construc tion, with the issuing of a build ing permit Tuesday to Mrs. Cor nelius Thayer for the erection of two-story concrete block stucco residence at 255 North Capitol to cost $24,000. The other residence is the fine home of T. A. Livesely now being erected on the heights south of the city at a cost of $65,- 000. Building permits Issued this year show a tendency toward the better type of home, those to cost between $3,000 and $6,000 pre dominating. One residence is be ing erected for Curtis Cross that will cost $15,000 and several are contemplated around the $10,000 class. Man Who Threatened to Do Harm to , Ford Family Held By Prosecutor DETROIT, March 25. Robert M. Tooms, prosecuting attorney to day recommended a warrant charging malicious threats to ex tort in the case of Waslev Simek, under arrest in connection with three letters . which were alleged to have made a demand of $1,- 050,000 from Edsel Ford, presl dent of, the Ford Motor company Mrs. Annie Hladik, arrested with Simek yesterday, was released. According to police, Simek con lesscd that he met with a group of about 20 radicals and .a plan was concocted to obtain money from Ford. He was selected to write the letters he Is, reported to have said, and it was arranged that the -blame was to be placed imnnufiM IiUUU IIUIII H I DEMWBS HELD Htiras Putting Trust in Kipling "He Travels Fastest Who Travels Alone" Fliers Take Air ., AMERICAN AIRCRAFT TO BE PASSES IN ORIENT U. S. Army Squadron Lead Plane to Be Known as "Seattle" CALSHOT, England, March 25 (By the Associated Press). Great Britain entered the air race around the world against America at 12:10 p.m. today, when an am phibian plane manned by a trio of royal air force aviators rose from Southampton water amid an escort r,t land and seaplanes nd turned its glistening nose toward the coast of France. Officially, of course, there isn't any race. Three British fliers of long experience in the air merely wanled to try to fiy around the world "on their own," und the air ministry gave them leave. Offi cially, it is merely a coincidence that a group of American planes happened to be trying to accom plish the same thing at the same time. Unofficially, however, every one in Great Britain who cares any thing about flying looks upon the venture as a race against the American planes which left Cali fornia, flying in the opposite direc tion last week. Plane "On Its Own" With a single plane "n its own" in competition with four American ships, the British are putting their trust in the Kipling phrase "He travels fastest who travels alone.' Squadron leader, A. Stuart Mac Laren, a modest Scotsman of 32 years, who is navigating the plane, is acquainted with his route from here to India, having been the first to make an air voyage be tween the home country and its eastern empire. But from India through the Orient and across the Pacific, Canada and the Atlantic, he will be flying over strange lands and water. MacLaren expects to complete the voyage in four months. In Tokio ho intends to replace the 450 horsepower engine which roared off toward - France this morning, with a new one of the same kind. Another motor and anther plane will await him in Ottawa. The British fliers, rushing coun ter-clockwise around the earth, ex pect to pass the American air ar mada going In the opposite direc tion somewhere in the Orient. SEATTLE, Varch 25. Warned by an Alaskan sourdough that fierce storms and high gales might be encountered by the eight Uited States army globe-encircling avia tors while attempting to cross the north Pacific ocean in April, Major Frederick L. Martin, commander of the squadron, today added a new stopping place to the itin erary. Unimak island, immediately west of the Alaskan peninsula, eas tern Aleutians, and lying between Chignik and Unaiaska, was accept ed as a stopping place following a conference between the aviators and J. R. Nichols,' superintendent cf a cannery on Unimak island. for many years. Original plans called for a 400 mile nonstop flight from Chignik bay on the south shore of the Alaskan peninsula to Unaiaska, eastern Aleutian islands. With data furnished by Mr. Nichols as to weather conditions and possible landing places along the archipelago, the fliers were en abled to make important changes in their maps. Advices received from the war department named the leading plane Seattle; the one piloted by Lieutenant Lowell II. Smith, Chi cago; that flown by Lieutenant Leigh Wade, Boston; and the one piloted by Lieutenant Erik H. Nel son, New Orleans. Miller's Statesman Ad Reproduced in Gotham An advertisement for Miller's department store that appeared In the Diversity edition of The Statesman and that was designed by S. E. Keith, advertising mana ger for. the store, has been repro duced in the current issue of Re tail Ad News, published in New York. Eight times in the last year ..Mr. Keith's . ads' have been reproduced, .and . twice he was FORBID STREETS TO ALL CANINES IN CALIFORNIA Dogs and - Cats Ordered Off Streets By Federal Quar antine Officers SAN FRANCISCO. March 25. Pedestrians and all traffic except that held absolutely necessary were barred today for half a mile on Third street, in this city, past the Miller & Lux stockyards, as one of the quarantine measures put into effect following discovery of the foot and mouth disease in a, herd of hogs shipped here from Merced county. Street cars were permitted to use tracks on Third street, but were forbidden to stop at the stockyards. Police regulations agreed to bjr Dr. Rudolph Snyder, head of the federal forces fighting the disease include an order to householders In the prescribed area to keep dogs and cats off the street and thjt foot gear and truck tires be fumi gated after visiting the stockyards. Police at the Miller & Lux: yards are to be replaced by federal guards, it was said today. No livestock may be shipped out of the six counties in California un der rigid quarantine; dairy and livestock products may be shipped out only under strict federal su pervision and livestock may be moved into the counties only after federal Or state inspection. The rigid quarantine zone to day included San Francisco, Los Angeles, Contra Costa, Merced, Al ameda and Mariposa counties, and parts of Napa and Solano counties. Hope of Farmers a rra Indus trial Workers blogan Used By Delegates ST. PAUL, March 25. With the slogan "the hope of -the farmer and industrial workers," farmer- ! labor party today sent out a call for a national convention here June 17, at which selections as the third party candidates for president and vice president may be expected. Fifty thousand copies of the formal form were printed for dis tribution through the mails to morrow and about 200,000 other copies are biiig printed in leaflet form. Organization of the national gathering it was announced by the committee representing various elements of the party, which is sued the call, wilt be on the fol lowing basis: State federations. central bodies and local organiza tions will be entitled to one del egate each. Any unaffiliated group of 25 in sympathy with the movement may have one delegate. Each state political group with legal standing will have five del egates; without legal standing, one delegate. The call denounces the republi can and democratic parties as equally the instruments of the privileged class in using the got ernmental powers against the farmers and industrial workers. It j asserts that the time has come for farmers and laboring met. to organize a political party "to pre sent a united front against the parties of the privileged class." REPUBLICS FAVORED ATHENS. March 25. (By The Associated Press) The national assembly today passed a resolution in favor of the overthrow of the Glucksburg dynasty and the es tablishment of a Greek republic. THE SALVATION ARMY The time lias arrived when the Salvation Army mast raise ita budgets t-This is in no mn a drive, it fay just, a plain ef fort to raiw aa annual budget. Salem is reaping the benefits of the Salvation . Araiptevery day, and it must depend upon its territory te continue its work. . The Army always has been .financed locally. It does its work locally. It is locally worth ! everal times its cost to- Salem ami Marion county. Rescued liven and redeemed souls testify to the benefits of the Army. Better-citisenship and; higher ideals -testify eloquently , of the efficiency of t his .splend id; org nidation. v . t- Wilt Salem sustain the Sal- ration Army? - We eaa hear a- deafen lag chorus of approval and an irresistible demand that we permit the Army to continue its work in -BaJem. Tinnn ninmi nil in w 1 1 ii i i iiiiiiu Mm r in nuTAn i uallj a CHI REPARATION EXPERTS MAKE GOOD PROGRESS lenary Session of Dawes Committee o Be Held Today in Paris (By The JUiociited Press) PARIS, March 25. The bank ing, budget and ;railway sub-com mittees of the reparations experts made good progress today in draw ing up their reports. They pre pared portions of an additional appendix which will be turned over to the report drafing committee this evening. The latter commit tee will work on these tomorrow and will present their finished raft to the plenary session of the Dawes committee at 5 o'clock to morrow afternoon. The budget land banking committees will have ftheir final sessions Thursday when Dr. HJalmar Schacht, president of the German reichsbank, will be heard for the laBt time by the banking commission. The re do r ted differences be tween the British experts ad the French and Belgians over a mora torium for Germany's finances and industrial economy and which the French and Belgians opposed, ap parently were Ironed out, for, ac cording to information obtained to night, the budget committee took recess until Thursday after a unanimous agreebent had been reached oa' the method of Ger many's payments. It is reported the British experts stretched a point in this respect by agreeing to deliveries in kind by the Reich government along modest dimensions, commensurate h the government's precarious bsltion. . HI STEAMER'S British Ship at Astoria Not f Seriously Damaged When hire Breaks Uut ASTORIA. Or., MarcH 25. Af ter a bard fought battle that con tinued without interruption from 3:30 this morning until early to night the fire on the British steamer, E. D. Kingsley, which had been confined to a shipment of shingles stored In the after part of No. 2, lower hold, was practical ly extinguished. Captain W. C. McXaught, surteyor for the San Francisco board of marine under writers, made a cursory examin ation of the craft this afternoon and said so far as he could deter mine the vessel was not badly damaged aiide from the buckling of a few plates. A survey fill be held later. As much tf the cargo was re moved from No. 2 hold and the fire did not spread to the after part of the craft, where paper was stored, the loss on the cargo will be confined principally to about 1,600,000 shingles and approxi mately 100 tons of pulp badly damaged. DRAWS SENATE FIRE Difference of Two Billions in Estimates Brings Out Opposition WASHINGTON, March 25 The dispute over the cost of the pro posed soldier bonus bill involving a difference of more than $2,000,- 000,000 In estimates of veterans bureau and treasury actuaries drew fire from all sides today as the senate finance committee tem porarily laid aside the revenue bill and attempted to solve the estimates mystery. Representative Green, republi can, Ohio, chairman of the house ways and means committee which framed the bill and Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, democratic mem ber of the finance committee, is sued statements assailing the es timates of Joseph McCoy, treasury actuary. Pointing out a series of "fundamental and-' glaring er rors." Mr. Green declared "the treasury estimates on the cost of the bonus are wrong as usual.' Senator Walsh said the theory on v'liich Mr. McCoy based his esti mates -was "'absurd" and asked If it was "another atempt to jug gle figures on the cost of adjusted compensation bill and to attempt to mislead congress and the peo plei Explaining tho means by which ne arrived at his estimates Mr. ? McCoy told ' the finance com mittee that ' h bad figured the government would have to pay In terest on all. money appropriated for the Insurance policies under wJ m CONTROLLED BONUS BILL COSTS RESIGNATION OF CHASE 154 Son-in-Law of Fall Submit ted it Immediately After Refusing to Testify Before Committee IMPEACHMENT SOUGHT BY SENATE RESOLUTION Conspiring With Former Cabinet Member Charged Vote Unanimous WASHINGTON, March 23. Impeachment of Clarence C. Chase collector of customs at El Paso, son-in-law of Albert B. Fall as Texas, was proposed today by the senate as an off-snot of Its oil In quiry. A resolution presented by Sen ator Walsh, the oil committee prosecutor, and adopted by unan imous vote, charged that Chase had conspired with the former In terior secretary to mislead and deceive "the oil investigators and called upon the house which has the sole power of initiating im peachments, to take such steps as may be appropriate." Later it was made known at the white house that Chase had sub mitted his resignation immediate ly after his refusal yesterday to answer any questions before the oil committte, but that it had not yet been accepted. Senators said the development would have no ef fect on the proposed impeachment pioceedings. When it reached the house, the senate resolution was referred withoui comment to the Judiciary committer which meets tomorrow. Committee, members ''indicated there could be no undue haste. but that some time in the near fu ture a course of action would be recommended to the house. While the senate was deliber ating the Walsh resolution law of ficers of the government began preparations to press a charge of contempt against Harry F. Sin cailr, lessee of Teapot Dome, who also has refused to testify before the oil committee, challenging the authority of congress to compel the attendance of witnesses before its committees. District Attorney Gordon conferred with special oil counsel and Chairman Ladd 'and Senator Walsh and it was indicat ed that an indictment would be asked this week of a grand jury now sitting in the District of Col umbia. The conference took place with in the hours after the formal or der of the senate had been signed by acting President Moses and sent to the district attorney. Should an Indictment be return ed there would be put squarely up to the federal courts the question of the authority of congress and Senator Walsh said that if this were sustained, Sinclair probably would be haled before the bar of the senate for criticism and placed in the custody of the sergeant at arms, until he agreed to answer questions. Today's open session of the com mittee itself was brief and devoid of sensation. M. D. Thatcher, president of the First National bank of Pueblo, Colo., testified to loans of slightly more than $100 000 to Fall's cattle company by the M. D. Thatcher estate company and Senator Walsh commented later that the evidence before the committee shows that Fall has re ceived a total iof $32,000, the source of which has not been dis closed. Thatcher told the committee ar rangements had been made for the estate company to advance $100,- 000 to the cattle company for im provements, but that this sum had been increased by $2,200 through I I an overdraft, which was taken care of in a note. Foregoing a public session to morrow so as to give attention to a number of bills before it, the committee will resume its inquiry Thursday with the examination of Al Jennings, former train rob ber and now evangelist and poli tician revived gossip of oil "deals" at the Chicago republican national convention in 1920. R. IL Wilson, a political leader of Oklahoma who was questioned on the same question, while through Lewis W. Baldwin, pres ident of the Empire Trust com pany the Investigators will seek to. learn more about the $75,000 note which Will H. Hays has stat ed was retired with a contribution $76,000 Slnclalrmade to the re- publicaa natlojalc$mmHteef 1 ESIDENT LEADING JOHNSON II! ; . a . .- . - i ; SOUTH DAKOTA MCI California Senator Lags In First Returns Rrom State-Wide Primary; McMaster Ahead of Sterling Returns From Democratic Contest Still Uncertain. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., filarch 25, (By Associated Press.) Returns from 534 precincts out of 1,740 in the state in yesterday's primary election give for republican presidential preference: President Coolidge 22,275; Senator Johnson 1 9,863. For United States senator, republican, 544 precincts, give Governor W. H. McMaster 22,637; Senator Thomas Sterling 17,318. , SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Press.) President Coolidge was leading Senator Hiram Johnson by nearly 2,500 votes for the republican presidential ; preference in returns available at midnight from -today's statewide primary in South Dakota. ''h;r FOUR MAI BANDITS S Holdup of Postoffice Mes. senger Apparently Care fully Arranged CHICAGO, March 25. Cash to taling between $135,000 and $150,000 in registered mail pouches was snatched from a lone guardian at the Illinois Central station at Harvey, 111., early to day by four bandits who. escaped in an automobile after wrecking truck and engaging in a run ning battle with two men who pur sued them on a m,totrcycle. The bandit'ear was" found 'late- today abandoned on the outskirts of West Hammond. A few miles further west, $4,000 in one dol lar bills and all the registered mail was found intact where the ban dits had ripped open the mall pouches. Postal Inspectors said they believed the bandits had a reserve car in waiting where their machine was abandoned. The holdup apparently had been care fully planned and was faultlessly executed. The bandit car pulled up at the station as William Rus sel, 60 year old postoffice mes senger, transferred the two regis tered pouches containing payrolls for more than 2000 employes of Harvey Industrial plants, from the train to his truck. As the train moved on and Russell climbed to his seat the men stopped him, flourishing pistols, while a sawed off shotgun protruded from their automobile. They seized the pouches, and fled, knocking Rus- sel in the head. FINAL FLASHES I EBERBACH, Baden, March 25. (By the A.P.) Grover C. Berg- doll, the American draft evader, left here this morning for an un announced destination. As he carried considerable luggage, It is generally assumed he is quitting Germany. HAVRE. France. March 25. (By the A.P.) The MacLaren air plane which began its world flight from England today descended near here this afternoon, qWiing to dense fog. INDfANAPOLIS, March 25.- The rank and. file of the United Mine Workers of America ratified the new wage scale agreement,. as suring peace in the bituminous In dustry for three years by an over whelming vote, it was announced here this afternoon. The vote was 16,450 to 26.254. WASHINGTON'. March 25. Un der the caption "what everybody should know about Senator Wheel er and his Montana gang," the re publican national committee news bureau tonight issued a detailed attack on the prosecutor of the Daugherty investigating commlt- tee- . Jt SALT LAKE CITY, March 25. Invitations have been sent to every state veterinary in the mountain and coast region to attend a meet ing to be held in Salt Lake City March 31 for the purpose of for mulating some uniform quarantine system against California livestock it was announced today b the MAKE THE R E COOLIDGE Behind By 2,500 Votes March 25. (By Associated Running almost neck and neck with the president In vote volume. Governor W. H. McMaster was 25Q0 votes ahead of Senator Thos. Sterling for the republican sena toriai nomination at that time and the Sioux Falls Press declared the governor's nomination is assured. These unofficial returns,' received from 301 of the state's 1740 pre- ' cincts, gave the president 15,463 and Johnson 12,632, while 323 precincts gave McMaster 15,739 and Sterling 13,377. ' " ' J Only meager returns had been received on the democratic presi- ; dential preference contest in which William G. McAdoo was opposed ' by a faction seeking to elect aa uninstructed delegation to the' party's national convention. Democratic state headquarters at Huron -declared at midnight that reports received there showed ' McAdoo nas carried the state by a majority of better than .two to one and the entire democratic ma jority ticket" is "named. -v -Each Claim Victories Both Coolidge and Johnson can palgn headquarters issned state- ments at midnight 'claiming vie- -tory, the president's adherent making no mention of majority while the Johnson forces claimed a majority of 10,000. ';; ' SIOUX FALLS, S. D., March 25. (By The Associated Press)- When 256 of the state's 1740 pre cincts had reported unofficially on the republican presidential prefer ence. President Coolidge had a lead of 2260 votes over Senator Hiram Johnson, the count stand ing: Coolidge 12,543; Johnson. 10,283. First return on the democratic . presidential preference were from Watertown where the faction op posed to William G. McAdoo Car ried the city, 201 to 101, Toting for an uninstructed delegation to the New York convention. When 110 of the state's 1740 precincts had reported, according to the un official tabulation made by the Sioux Falls Press, Coolidge had a : lead of 614 votes, the count stand ing: Coolidge 6333; Johnson 5719. The same precincts in the re publican senatorial contest gave McMaster 6589 and Sterling 5712. This vote, the newspaper esti mated, probably- represents one sixth to one-seventh pt the total republican vote polled. .Mississippi for Coolidge JACKSON, Miss., March 25 Two republican state conventions in Mississippi today each selected the state's quota of 12 delegates to the national convention in Clev eland and instructed each delega tion to support President Coolidge. The national convention will face the task of seating one delegation and sending the other home, Spearing Wins NEW ORLEANS, March 25. -3. Zach Spearing. New Orleans at-r torney was nominated in today's democratic primary to congress (Continued on page 2) ; MAN-POWER Behind Oregon's mighty pro gress is the energy, industry and enthusiasm ot its cltixens its MAN-POWER! Furnishing the right kind of man-power, for its factories atd mills, offices and stores, thea ters and hotels, ' ranches and railroads', is one of the many different services performed by OREGON STATESMAN WANT ADS Telephone 23 i""1 the-tpnua bill, ' s ' ft-rttmttrrrrrr KM1M S M - f f M M M M y a.stat.sii XJM-lt -- i