SEVENTH -FOUBTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1924 PRICE FIVE -CENTS Y 1 .J v i .1 mum :- BIG DELCHE 10 AVIATORS Fliers 'Arrive in Sitka and " Plan to Remain for a Time Because of UntavoraDie Weather - f ?fyt 1 Pft f)F JOURNEY 450 MILES' TO CORDOVA Flvma Time From Prince Rupert to Territorial City Is Fcjr Hours " -SITKA, Alaska, April 10. (By The Associated Press.) With a storm approaching off the Gulf of Alaska, weather conditions were pronounced tonight asjsuitable for - the continuance "of-the United States army around - the - world flight, scheduled for tomorrow by 21a jor Frederick L. Martin com mander of the aerial squadron. , "We will not leave5 until the feather is better,! declared Ma jor Martin. The date for the next leg of the world Journey, a 475 tnlle aerial jaunt to Cordova, is uncertain,, according to Major Martin. The American ariators landed here today after a 00-mile flight from Prince Rupert, B. C. SITKA. Alaska. April 10. (By The Associated Press) Four of the latest aircruisers of the Uunl ed States army, on a llreumnavi gatloa of the earth, rested tonight In his cly, he eapiol of Alaska, when he United States bought the northern territory from Russia 60 years, ago., ,x. , The machines, under command fo Major Frederick L. Martin, left Prince Rnpert, B. C.) 300 miles to the southeast? at 9:22 this morn ing and arrived here at 12:45 this enerssoa. The flying, time was foar hoars and 25 minutes, there being a clock difference of one bour between Prince Rupert and :tka. ; j The flyers reported their Jour ney, which lay above the inside .passage of mariners, sheltered from the Pacific ocean by the Al exander archipelago, was rough until 60 miles from Sitka. . They pronounced the water here per for landing. SEIEffilU, - BOS LffllCG .Charges and .Counter Charges are Made By I Simpson and White A storm broke. In the state bon ds' commission at a meeting late Wednesday, according to informa tion that leaked but yesterday, as a result of Major !W. I. Simpson's having called for the resignation of E. C.. Hamilton, a field repre sentative "of the commission and who is commander of the national guard company at Dallas. " : :r . In the course of the verbal com lat that followed Simpson prefer red charges jagainst Hamilton and Adjutant General George A. White . : countered by making charges against Simpson. .The trouble started when Gen eral White questloned the author ity of Simpson to call for Hamil ton's resignation or to discharge him without " first preferring charges; before the commission. Tie reason. Simpson had given for asking Hamilton's resignation, as Simpson tells it. was that he had failed . to report regularly as jto his' whereabouts and otherwise had disobeyed instructions. yWhen General White averred that char ges should have been made before the board, Simpson said, then that he would charge Hamilton with , (Continued on page five) THE WEATHER OREGON: Occasional rains on ; Friday; moderate southwest- . . erly winds. . . - - LOCAL, WEATHER (Thursday) - "laxlmum temperature, 62." Minimum temperature, 41. Hiver, 3.S feet; falling. Rainfall' 02 inch. iltmQspher6. ,cioaay.' iaa, souinwest. ' j mim n tit .t ' THURSDAY IN WASHINGTON Sol Bloom, democrat, New York won his fight to retain his seat in the 'house. ' t y. ry - J-'V- 'ly '-y. ".;"?v': ' Secretary Work's advisory com mittee . recommended sweeping changes in reclamation policies. The senate finance committee put over until Saturday consider ation of the soldier bonus bill. ": . A house committee heard testi mony in regard to Secretary Wal lace'sc administration of the pack ers and stock yards act. Secretary Wilbur announced a new policy designed to prevent leases similar to those granted un der former Secretary Denby. Secretary Wilbur and assistant secretary Roosevelt, discussed the navy modernization program, with the house naval committee. Companies connected with the radio industry field denials of un fair; competition methods before the federal trade commission. Chairman Watson of the senate committee investigating the Inter nal revenue bureau introduced a resolution for discharge of the committee. " , . The committee to Investigate the Indictment of Senator Wheel er, democrat, Montana, was ap pointed with Senator Borah, re publican, Idaho, as chairman. y-'y .;;: t , :;..!; J v y:'! ;:y The tax bill was reported by the senate finance committee and Sen ator Simmons, democrat, North Carolina, introduced a substitute for the democrats. : ' '.. Daniel E. Willard of Baltimore Ohio urged, a more complete trial of the transportation act be fore the senate interstate com merce committee. President Coolidge, Secretary Wilbur. Attorney General' Stone, Prohibition Commissioner Haynes. and others spoke before the wo men's" national committee for law enforcement. , . --,:. i:':'Jy ;yv. Senator Gooding, republican. Idaho, asked an investigation of charges that he and his friends were favored by the war finance corporation in loans to livestock interests. The'Daugherty committee ln- quired into circumstances sur rounding the indictment of Sena tor 'Wheeler, democrat, Montana and sent a subcommittee to Wash ington Courthouse, r Ohio. , 284 Ef: in V CLASSES Huge Gain in Activities of As. sociation Is Made in Last Year Two hundred and ninety-four students were enrolled in the 14 classes conducted 'by the educa tional department of the YMCA during 1923-24, a substantial gain over the year T of 1922-23, when but 93 students . were enrolled in four classes and one. class with 35 students in 1922, according to a report prepared for the national YMCA year book by C. A. Kelts, managing secretary and submitted to- the board of directors at their regular meeting Thursday noon at the YMCA. i ; y IThe report was prepared in com pliance with the international year which closed April 1. y .The local YMCA completes its fiscal year's work in September. Classes held this year - were public speaking 3; citizenship 3; English 2; radio; 2; salesmanship, forum,' advertis ing and boys' chorus, one each.. Seven classes are being conducted at present. : 1 In the physical department 410 persons learned to swim, of whom 110 were taught during the swim ming campaign, according to the report, submitted by Robert R. Board man, 'physical , director. . Twenty-five teams were enrolled in the basketball season, with a total of 220 ; players. The city league was composed of seven teams; the Sunday school league of six teams and 12 teams consist ing of YMCA boys. Twelve base ball teams brought out 144 play ers, .with six teams in the city and boys' leagues. In addition daily gymnasium classes were .held' for men, boys, women " and business girls. The older boys life saving corps had 20. with 22 boys in HIED (Continued on page Z, FOUR PERS01S EXPOSED TO STOCKIIIY Quarantine Tightened By 'Washington and Califor nia Cars Kept Out of Northern State SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION CONSIDERED Drastic; Restrictive Rule of Arizona Being Protested By District Affected SAN FRANCISCO, April 10. Isolation of four persons believed to have been exposed to the mal ady, tightening of the quarantine by the state of Washington, protest against the severity of Arizona's restrictive measures, "and discus sion of the! possibility of a special session of the California legisla ture were the outstanding develop ments today in the fight against the foot and mouth disease in the west. ' Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pata and their two children are in the isola tion ward of the Monterey county hospital at Salinas, 'Cal., because J. H. Nichols, county livestock in spector, believes they were exposed to the foot and mouth disease ir San Joaquin county, which they recently left. The United States district at torney at Los Angeles requested the federal department of agricul ture at Washington to obtain an order prohibiting shipment of ani mals and products considered car riers of the disease by parcel post fiom infected counties to non-in fected counties. Several new cases of the disease In various parts of the stale, mostly south of this city, were " reported today, .? but " they were all in territory already known to be affected. Slaughtering of in fected animals also continued to day. ' ...,....;' Cars Stopncd PORTLAND, Or., April 10. More than 100 automobiles have been turned back from the inter state bridge at Vancouver, Wash.. rear here, today by guards placed at the Washington end of the span by U C. Pelton l of the Washing ton state department of dairy and livestock, according to Dr. Clifford Ackley, Washington state veteri narian. . , Under the ''recent ruling by E. J. French, director of agriculture of Washington, on the state's foot and mouth, disease quarantine, no cars oeraing iauiornia piai.es may enter Washington unless they pre sent a certificate ; of fumigation, and no such 'cars may enter the state despite fumigation if they carry dogs, cats or animal pets of any kind. . - SETTLELiEimS Woodburn Man Files as As 1 pirant for Seat, in Legis lative Assembly ; Ralph Settlemeier of Woodburn late yesterday filed with the sec retary df state his declaration as L'El'J C101TE a candidate for the republicaiHtout became afraid that Ona Gar nomination for representative of Marion county in the state legis lature " . 5 Another late filing last ' night Vwas that of Peter Zimmerman of yamnni county ior tne repuDiicau nomination i for representative in congress from the first congress ional district., y f - ' ' Big riigh School Debate Here Next Saturday Night i What is considered the most important debate of the season will be held here Saturday, night when the Salem, high school nega tive teams meets the Eugene high school affirmative in an inter-district debate. The losers of this debate will forfeit the right ; to participate in other inter-district debates' leading up to . the state championship. Benoit McCroskey and ; Edgar Tibbets will represent the local school. The question for the debates is "Resolved, That the policy of fed eral subsidies to the states, accom panied by. federal supervision, should be abandoned," y BUDDY POPPY IS URGED BY GO V. PIERCE Flower Being Sold as Benefit for Disabled Service Men of the World War Governor Pierce today issued a proclamation calling upon the peo ple of Oregon to wear the "'Buddy Poppy" on Memorial day. It is be ing made and sold by disabled service men for the benefit of their disabled comrades.1 The proclama tion follows: "Whereas, The president of the United .States has expressed the hope that in accordance with the custom established ' and officially supported by the Veterans of For ign Wars, the people of the United States shall . wear the poppy on Memorial day to perpetuate and strengthen the national sentiment of obligation to those who served their country in the World wars, and "Whereas, the poppy is being made by disabled service men and the proceeds from the sale thereof are to be nsed to alleviate the con dition of the disabled comrades and their families; ."Now, Therefore. I, Walter MJ Pierce, governor of the state of Oregon, hereby recommend and urge that the citizens of our state give their ' sincere cooperation tt this cause and wear ; the Buddy Poppy on Memorial day to show their gratitude for the sacrifices of those who gave their lives or their health in the defense of our coun try .' ' . - T , . ; insnriE fugitive . : HOT BERT HS Officers Enjoy Merry Chase, But Quarry Is Carpenter Afraid of Klan Hallucinations that he was being pursued by the Ku Klux Klan landed Victor , ItilL. oL Woodland, Wash., in the state hospital Wed nesday afternoon, caused state prison guards, special officers and deputy sheriffs to Bpend the day beating through the brush in search of Bert ("Oregon") Jones, convictwrho escaped from the peni tentiary with five others on March 28, ,and disturbed the peace of mind of several communities. Hill was captured by Warren Edwards, guard a the penitentiary, near Victor Point, about 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Edwards, who recently resigned as city traf fic officer, was wearing the prison badge of' authority for the . first time. , .When questioned at (be sheriff's office, Hill told a pathetic story of persecution. The Ku Kluxers were "mad" at him and were after him . and his daughter. Every where he went he was followed and forced to move. Hill said he believed ,that his wife was not a member of the Klan, but was friendly ; toward them. Regard ing his experiences around Aums ville Hill, replied that "everyone was after me like hell." . -, Hill, who is about 45 years old, was dressed in an old blue serge suit and , was badly in need of a shave.- ' His general appearance, when he walked up to several farmhouses and asked for some thing to eat, gave rise to the be lief he was the missing convict and word was sent to the prison. As a result. Deputy Warden J. W. Lillle was .called out early in the morn ing and with other guards was rushed to the area in which "Jones". was reported as having been seen. 'v After quitting work last Satur day Hill went to Portland, he Baid, son, a Finn and a Ku Kluxer, as ho described' him, was after him, so he came to Salem, staying here; Sunday; night. The next day he went to Albany, but was bothered considerably, and though he had started out for Arizona to work in the mines, be changed his mind and started back home. His re turn trail; carried him up the rail road track and he eventually wandered into the SuWimity-Stay-ton district, moving over around Victor Point Wednesday morning. Nailed boles in his rubber-heeled shoes left prints in the ground that gr'-atly resembled tracks made by shoes stolen from the Aumsville store "by the convicts soon after their escape, lift did not explain how he expectedj to get to. Arizona with but,75 cents in his posses sion. . ; ; , Search of his person brought to light (hls citizenship papers, issued lii Montana in 1904. Hill said he was born )n Finland and belonged, to the carpenters' union, showing a card to substahtiaU his' claim. Hill had been working in a Itre- CoaMnucd on page 2 . PUBLIC MUST OBSERVE LAW, SAYS COOLIDGE Enforcement More' Empha sized Than Observance Comments President WASHINGTON, April 10.- President Coolidge, addressing members of the. women's national committee for ; law enforcement from $ the Bouth portico of White House today told them successful law enforcement depended primar ily on the measure; of public senti ment toi observance of the law. ' "I sometimes wish," ihe presi dent said, "that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement. ; It Is a maxim of our institutions that the government, does not , make the people, but the people make the government. ' That is why a gath ering of this kind is so encourag ing to me." WILL GO AHEAD County Judge Downing Tells of Program Without Ad ditional Expense Marion county will! be able to continue the paving of between 12 and 15 miles of . highway , each year without an additional expense to the taxpayers, ' according ' to County 'Judge W. H. Downing, who spoke at the Thursday luncheon of the Marion-Polk County Realty association. Though the people may not be willing to vote bonds for further developments after the completion of the five-year pro gram this. fal,. the work must con tinue. Judge iDowning said, and with careful management, through moneys received from1 the state market road i bill, state aid and license fees. ; Extension pf the Inarket road 'will be demanded by people in the outlying' districts, he held. - ' ' v . v ',y Pavjng , of. approximately, 25 miles of highway this year over the amount of ; mileage planned for the 1850,000 "bond issue passed five years ago is a feature of build ing that has not been equalled in any other county in the state, and in few other" states, the speaker said, lie told? the realtors that the county was fortunate in hav ing a man like W. J! Culver as roadmaster, who was able to build as good roads as. the average state highways for, a cost of around $15- 000 a mile while the state high ways cost between $25,0 00 and $40,000 a mile.! With the Comple tion of the five-year program this year, 34 roads, selected in the be ginning, will have received bene fits including a total of 100 miles of pavement and 50 miles of ma cadam. '.; . y. ..' . .. . "Good roads are 'essentials and 1 do not classify funds raised for this purpose as a tax but rather as an investment, Judge Downing said. "Good roads have an in fluence upon" the districts. - that they serve, and' farmers along the state highways, are beginning to improve- their properties, clean up private .roads, repair fences and perform other4 tasks." Judge Downing said that he lives 5 miles from Salem, and goes home after office hours every night, returning, in the morning. He farms and attends to his duties at the court house, a thing impos sible in the;old days when it was considered a day's drive to come to Salem froni his farm. He high ly complicated Judge . John H. Scott, president of the realty as sociation, for his work in pioneer ing good roads for Marion county. The county has been fortunate in its judges in the past, the speaker said. Judge Downing admitted that times had changed since he was engaged in the real estate bus IneBs here from 1891 to 1894 not only times ; but methods. Judge John H. Scott told of the opposition to. road building .when he was an ardent advocate of the movement, though no voice was raised against a proposed remodel ing of the court house, which if carried but, would have eliminated many of the objections voiced to day and at about halt the cost. -BAN FAGS FOU UIKLS 4 -As- TUCSONY Ariz., April 10 Uciated women students from 30 western colleges, moeting in con vention here today, adopted a res olution . opposing the smoking . of cigarettes on the campuses, of uni versities by womit students. INSANITY CAl'ST PORTLAND. April 10. insan ity oft the subject of religion was the motive aseribedd by the police following the arrest of Miss Nor mal Hollis, 49, of slaying Mrs. Eva Uradiey. es, her friend, today. m SEITE1CE IN ILL10IS . IN BALANCE Former - Governor of State Slightly Ahead of Senator McCormick for Republican Nomination 140,000 COOLIDGE'S : PRESENT MAJORITY Small's Lead Increases With Returns of Other Precincts McAdoo Unopposed CHICAGO, April 10. (By The Associated Press) The race be tween Former Governor Charles S. Deneen and Senator. Medill Mc Cormick for the republican nom ination for United States Senator tonight still hung in the balance after a day in which Deneen's ad vantage fluctuated from more than 40,000 votes down almost to the 1000 point, only to rise again above where it stood 24 hours earlier. i With 88 of the state's 5668 pre cincts missing, unofficial returns tonight; showed Deneen had 351, 988 votes .and Senator McCormick 349,130, giving the former gov ernor! an advantage of 2858. Supporters of each candidate to night expressed confidence in the outcome. Recount Probable - Senator-McCormick's headquar ters retained counsel to protect his interests which led to reports that a recount would probably be ask ed, regardless of the outcome. ; - In hte other contests for nation al and state offices, today's add! tional returns for the most part merely, piled MP' leads. o too. win, ners. ; ' t , In the . republican presidential preference, President Coolidge, on the basis of 5118 precincts had a lead of more than 119,000 .votes over Senator Johnson with indica tions ; that - the ; 642 missing; pre cincts might increase his advan tage to about 140,000. ;The count stood! Coolidge 459,350; Johnson 339,593. ; y Governor Small's lead ctver State Senator Thurlow G. Essing ton for the republican gubernator jal nomination grew to more than 50,000 on nnofficial returns from 5447 precincts. For democratic presidential pre ference, 3208 precincts gave Wil liam G. McAd6o, unopposed, 116, 374. J An uninstructed democratic delegation to the national conven tion, however, was elected. t . ; ' LOCAL DEBATERS i : lAliratlMWSC Third Consecutive Victory for . Willamette Claimed on Court Issue -Willamette last night added .an other unanimous decision to its 1924 debate record when Robert Notson and Ward Southworth up holding the affirmative of the world court question, won the de cisions of the three judges against Washington State college. The victory last night ; is the third consecutive win for the local debaters. y-Their case was present- ed with unusual clarity and force and gave them their most decisive victory this year. The visiting orators based their argument on the ineffectiveness of the court be cause of its lack of compulsory jurisdiction and the alleged fact that American entrance into the world court made participation in the League of Nations impossible. Bdth objections were effectively answered. ; Willamette will close its debate season here Monday night when Robert Notson and Ralph Emmons will meet the University of South ern California on the .same ques tion. v . The. judges for . the contest Jst night were Prof. Gerrit Dcmmick and Prof. Walt W. Snyder of the University of Oregon.: and Prof. J. F. Brumbaugh of Oregon Agrlr cultural college. Professor Horn ing, coach f the Salem high de baters, acted as chairman. y Fred Weller and Edward Phtnney repre sented Washington State In the de $atev 'Ki-tJBzjkl NI'NARY FILES FOR iNEWfSEf. ATE TERM CHARLES I M'NARY TO FILE TODAY Tax Reduction, Farm Relief, Law Enforcement Includ ed in Platform With "tax reduction, farm, re lief, law enforcement, and Oregon development"- as his campaign slogan. United States Senator Charles L. McNary will today. file with the. secretary of -state his dec laration of candidacy for renomi nation in the May Republican pri mary. Senator McNary is completing his seventh year in the senate, and luring his term of office has ac complished more for Oregon than any other senator in its history. j In fact United States Senator CJeorge H. Moses, Republican leader in the tfenate from New Flampshire, declares that Senator McNary 'has accomplished more luring his tenure in office than 3 ay Wreaterriisehator:" - - Since feenntor McNary entered the senate Oregon hag received ap propriations from the government totaling the giant sum of $30,789, $19. - - - It has received $9,255,762 for Its rivers and harbors, which is $6,560,228 more than Washington received, and $59,617 more than California received during the cor responding period. It has received $9,808,000 , for Its reclamation and power proj ects, which when reduced to an ir rigabale area basis is approxima tely $47 per acre for Oregon, which is $25 per acre more' than Idaho received, $19 per acre more than Washington received, .and $14 per acre more than California received. f it received $11,1 38,107 for, its public roads, forest roads and trails, which is .$1,691,254 more than Washington, received, . and $1,350,962 more . than . Idaho re ceived. . '., ' ' . v during the seven years. Senator McNary has been in -the senate-an appropriation,. of $507,900 for ag riculfuraT reKfif $50,000; for an aeroplane service for forest pro tection, arid $30,000 rof the ex termination of pine beetle. 3 Within the last few days Sena tor McNary also has been success ful in passing in the senate his bill appropriating $50,000 for a forest experiment station to be located in Oregon. ; , . During his term in office Sena tor McNary has. done more for the agricultural, -horticultural, ' and livestock interests than any other loan in the senate. As a leader in the tariff bloc he secured a: pro tective tariff on farm products, in cluding eggs, prunes, walnuts, fil berts, meraschinb 'cherries,, cream, butter,? butter substitutes,- cheese, cheese substitutes, and other com modities. . lie secured appropria tions for experts to make a study of walnut, pear, apple and broc o!H and cranberry industries, ap fropriations for frost stations, and broadcasting of market reports.. He secured an amendment to the war finance act . authorizing the ad vancement of runds to the farmers and livestock men 60 that they could carry their products until they could . be . sold. , He also drafted, introduced, and is now championing the McNary-lIaugen bill. Income Tax Case to Be Argued in Lower Court .Announcement was made by the attorney general's office yesterday that the state income lax case, in which the circuit court held; that the incOme tax law is, invalid as far as it applies to corporations, will be appealed to the-supreme HT Hi JBIjiJSBO . t STEPS Issues Statement But Et,C z Specific Mention of I self as Candidate in f.'::;t Primaries NOT QUITTING WHAT HE ; IS ATTEMPTING TO CO Some of His Advisers nrc Known to Be in Favcr cf Abandoning Campion WASHINGTON, April 10. ator Hiram Johnson, California, t candidate for the" republican presi dential nomination, declared to night In a formal statement that he Is not quitting what he is "at tempting to do politically." Tt;t he defied as an effort to rll th republican party of "corrupt and reactionary' control y ; . : There was no specific mention of his . candidacy n ; his statem e it nor was. there any referent to per sistent reports' that he would at least- curtail his activities In V a remaining states that are to til i delegates, to the republican x -tional convention. . Since his return to Washing; i yesterday,-Senator Johnson Lai conferred with a number of advis ors here. While no formal an nouncement has been made it Ij known that some of them at least, have advised him to abandon tl.3 contest' for the nomination. ROUTE IS FIXED ton DLoeso ! Cars From North to Bo Rout ed Past Chemawa and Down to Keizer Bottom Cherrian scouts spent Thursda5 afternoon in going over the route the Blossom day caravan will tak nejet Sunday... A few minor chang. es were made In the original plana, owing to the condition of the read in a few places. Guides will be stationed at the four-corners where the Pacific highway intersects the Chemawa road, about four miles north cf Salem, at 10 o'clock in the morn ing. The Portland caravan will be directed westward past the Sa lem Indian school at Chemawa and on through. Keizer bottom. At the Keizer schoolhouse the caravan will turn to the south when reach ing the pavement again and return to Salem on the River road. Then it will cross the Willamette river into -Polk county, turning north on the Oak Grove road to the C. T. Prescott orchards, 1 where the caravan will turn around and re turn to Salemv - y Leaving Salem on the second section of the trip shortly after lunch, the caravan will proceed' south on Commercial to the junc tion, of the Liberty road -Pacific highway. The pavement will be followed to the Rosedale district, wheVe , turn to the east will be madeApast the, Friends church and back oV the Pacific highway from Sunnystde. The tulip farm on ths Pacific .highway north of Salem will be visited by the caravan on its' way back to Portland. Salem people who!plan to make tho trip are requested by the committee to observe the general rules, and In - (Continued on page 2) f ROOMS HOUSES f APARTMENTS Each day in the fast-growing city of Salem; many peo ple are confronted with tho problem of moving, 2.1any seek rooms, T others apart ments, and others houses; but the one problem that confronts them all is locat ing the right place. The Oregon Statesman rental ada Illuminate this y problem. . Faehjweek many people fin! a' convenient room, apart ment or house through tLo Statesman rental column. SID