r1 9 CI Fact and I'Sur eSy r GO n Circulation for the Oregon Statesman average for the month Of AprlL U2il i;; , t ' Dally and : Sunday ......... 337 Sunday Only . -f. . . .. .70O0 TODAY TEN PAGES SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS. 9 r- . I 1 VI "V T i -: " . FREE I'JH EELEH FIB CHARGES r OF BRIBE ACT iter.tana Senator Is Exoner- cted Dv Senate commit ' tea -From Indictment of Receiving Money . 5- STERLING MAY SUBMIT .A MINORITY FINDING tiainteins Committee Was to i Pass cn Whether Charge ; was "Frame-Up" WASHINGTON, May 14. Senator Barton K. Wheeler, democrat, Montana, la wnouy" exoneraiea in, a- majority report filed today In the senate by Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, cnairman 01 tne .HMur inmmlttM which investi gated charges, that Wheeler ac cepted a, fee from Gordon Camp tell, Montana oil operator, i to prosecute oil land claims before the interior department after his election to jthe senate. The , vote li the committee was 4 to 1. Sen- lican,-Oregon,' and Swanaon, Vir ginia and Caraway, Arkansas, dm- ocraia signea us nwjuruj tcyun., trt -Eerttsr terllnst republican, Eauth. Dakota, reserred the right to submit separata views. He ex acts to do this soon and mean time, said he did not assume to I S3 upon the guilt or innocence " ct Senator Wheeler. The charges iaTestl gated by the ccamittea previously , had been cida tie basis for an indictment returned against Senator. Wheeler by a federal grand Jury in his "t.-a of that Indictment la the re- jcrt-nor was mere rezerence 10 tfce activities in- Montana of Blair Ccan, who testified he had been of the .republican national com mittee and - gathered information nred in obtaining the indictment aratnst Wheeler. . The majority report held that tie committee was authorised to lr litre Into the sole Question of whether E?sator Wheeler agreed to receive or had received money fzf prosecuting, claims before - a government department In viola fsund that he "neither received nor accepted nor agreed to receive er accent any compensation what eter, directly or Indirectly, for any e rvice rendered, or to be render- t !f or for another in relation to ary proceeding before any feder al department. Moreover, the committee -held tin . "la its opinion Senator TTteeler "was careful to have it ixown and understood from the bf Sinning that his services as an attorney for Gordon Campbell, or klj interests, were to be confined exclusively to matters in litigation In the state courts of Montana and crly the letter but the spirit of .the law." Senator Sterling, who took the lead in cross examining witnesses before the committee cald he bad a definite conception of the func tions of the committee than did tie other i members; that la his pigment the investigators were t:t to undertake to pass upon either the guilt or innocence of whether the grand jury was justi fied in returning the Indictment on the evidence presented to It. and whether the indictment was iu result 01 m irameup. Department of justice officials declined to comment on the report or to indicate what, if any, effect tl!s might hare upon- their plans to bring the senator to trial. A warrant already has been served on him and he has furnished bond lor his appearance for trial. THE WEATHER OREGON: Fair and continued ; warm. Thursday; moderate j; northwesterly winds. " j ; LOCAL WEATHER1 , ? v ; (Wednesday) iTaximum temperature, 72. Minim nm temperature, 50. , River, 1.2 ieet: stationary. HainfilL linn ' . f 2 Atnc'rhere. clear.'" ' - - J , lad, northwest. ' ' 111 iiKSES mm: Li b Large Amount of Hay Flames at Institution iantly and Save Other Property -Cause of Blaze Not Known - .Six horses at the boys' training school were burned to death in a fire about 6 o'clock last night that destroyed one of the barns. Prompt action upon the part of the boys saved five of the animals, which were driven through the flames to safety. In addition 35 tons of hay, 300 bushels of grain, $250 worth of implements and all the harness was consumed. L, M. Gilbert, superintendent, was high in his praise regarding the fire-fighting ability of his charges. : h Smoke was seen pouring from the roof of the barn just as supper was finished. Officers and inmates rushed to the scene but were forced to confine their activity toward pre venting the spread of the blaze to the dairy barns. Both of the fire extinguishers , mounted play, supplemented Jby those f the cottage farm. Had the wind been in any other direction but northeast, other buildings would have been destroyed. , , The barn was built about been made for the last 10 years to have it replaced. Props were used on the south side to prevent it from toppling over. The barn was about 300 yards south of the main school building.;:.- ;.v:. '. : j :-" - ? ,;" Coming at . this time of year, the school is hard hit by the loss of the horses, Superintendent Gilbert said last night. He was unable to give an estimate of the loss and would not offer a conjecture as to how the fire started. 0 ES HOTH DEBATED Senate Devotes Session to Proposed Modification of Commerce Act , WASHINGTON. May 14 Trans portation rate questions came to the front today at both ends of the capitol. The senate devoted its entire session to debating the proposed modification of the long and short haul section of the in terstate commerce account,' while in the house the rate-making sec tion of ! the transportation act came under attack. Continued discussion in the sen ate for the second day of the pro posal to attach the Gooding long and short haul bill to the pending army appropriation measure as a "rider" brought an open charge of a filibuster and when a recess was taken proponents of the legislation refused to enter into any agree ment to limit debate. Senator Gooding asserted the policy.; of the railroads in their violations" of the long and short haul clause had' prevented the de velopment of western states and was "un-American." His views were endorsed by Sen ators Oddle, republican, Nevada', and Dill, democrat, Washington. Senator Brookhart, republican, Iowa, declared freight charges could be reduced one billion dol lar annually without reducing the labor items In the cost of opera tion by eliminating $400,000,000 in charges on "water capitaliza tion," $300,000,000 "now added annually as unearned increment and" $300,000,000 represented as annual charges u on stocks and bonds "in excess of 5 per cent. which Is all that should be al lowed.".: . ' .. PIERCE SPEAKS Oil BETTER El Governor to Give Main Ad- dress on Program at Bar ' ton Home Tonight Governor Pierce will be ' the speaker at the Better Homes pro gram at the F. S. Barton home on North Capitol street tonight. His subject will be "Better Homes Must Be Had if American Institu tions Are to Endure." Music will be furnished by Prof. John. R. Sites. . -- j ' - SEX DEATH , CONFIRMED HONG KONQ. May 15. (By the AP.) The death of pr.' Sun Tat Sen. the leader of the recalci trant .south" China government waa confirmed yesterday." . - ATEQU 07S. SCHOOL and Grain Go Up In Inmates Fight. Val School is Hard Hit. on wheels were called into refm the tubercular hospital and 40 years ago and efforts have JAP BILL SURE Immigration Measure Ready for President's Signature By End pf Week . WASHINGTON, May 14. Pres ident Coolldge was Informed auth oritatively today that the immi gration bill, fixing July 1, 1924, as the effective date of Japanese exclusion in all probability would be ready for his signature i this Leaders of both parties in the house Vera understood to have reported at a White House con ference that so large a majority of that , body was in favor of the conference report now drawn that when it was presented tomorrow the opposition would be perfunc tory. At the same time the presi dent was told the report would be presented to the senate as soon as acted upon at the other end of the capital end that the outlook was for Immediate adoption. The White House conference was attended by Representatives Longworth, Ohio . and Garrett, Tennessee, the republican and democratic leaders; Chairman Snell of the rules committee and Representative Garner, " Texas, ranking democrat on the ways and means committee. While the legislative situation generally was discussed,, the pres ident was understood to have em phasized his continued interest in the immigration problem, his In quiries being directed toward de termining beyond question the im possibility of further efforts to ob tain , a compromise on the exclu sion date. : : The concensus of opinion among leaders of that body was that the confereea had stretched a point in agreeing to reconsider their first report and . that no further con sideration along that line could be had. Even It this obstacle could be passed the resulting com promise was held certain to meet with- a decided rejection when pre sented to the house. : 1 Billy Sunday Improved On Trip to Rochester CHICAGO, May 14. Feeling better than for ten days past, ac cording to his physician, the Rev. William , A. (Billy) Sunday, left here tonight on the ' last leg of his Journey from Memnbls. where be was taken ill with kidney trou ble Sunday to Rochester,' Minn.; where he will undergo treatment. The noted evangelist," together with "Ma" Sunday and other members of the party who came from. Memphis, left in the same special car in which v they, came from the south at 8 o'clock. The .acute features of Mr. Sun day's illness have about disappear ed since ha reacaelChicago, bis doctor said. . TOBECiRED IS HEARD Bf 4, Epley's Musical Youngsters Do Choir Service Last Night at Deniarest vival Service I fe- THE EMPTY HOUSE IS EVANGELIST'S THEME Parade of Those Interested in Meetings to Be Held in City Tonight Seventy-five members of the Sa lem Boys chorus, with Dr. H. C. Epley as, their leader, appeared as a special choir for the Demar- est tabernacle meeting last night, and gave the 4000 people In the audience a. real treat. , ;They hare been singing every week . at the YMCA and have come up to real singing ability and enthusiasm. The audience gave them a burst of applause for their excellent ren dition of "I'll Stand By Until the Morning." . . The boys are to give a special concert at the ' tabernacle build ing, the night of May 20, the pro ceeds to go towards the paying of a boys' secretary for the. city YMCA. As there" is no overhead expense, the full amount to be re ceived goes directly to the gift fund. Director Demarest of the evangelistic party gave a very ur gent' invitation, to the people of Salem, to help out in . this ' fine charity, as well as to get a bar gain in real music. - -.', - Evangelist Mrs.: Demarest has been suffering from a severe cold,1 so that she felt obliged to call off the women's meeting at the tabernacle set for Friday after noon.. r. But because-U?e--wbinw.ot Salem have been so earnest in their attendance and interest, she countermanded the announcement that she would not speak, and now the meeting is to go ahead as planned. ' f , : i This evening at 7:30 there is to be a great parade of the people who have been deeply Interested In the- evangelistic' campaign. They wiU form in front of the First Methodist church at 6:45, and will march down State to High, then north to Court, then west to Commercial, and then back up State street. It is ex pected that at least 1000 people will be In the parade., i The young .. people's organiza tions have been fully perfected, with Douglas Wilkinson and Vil burn Swafford as president and secretary of the boys group, and Esther Lisle and EIRae Maxwell as president and secretary of the girls' group. The young' people will hold one or two street ser vices before the evangelistic ser ies closes. Mrs. Demarest gave a strong, practical sermon based on the par able of the unclean, spirit that, after having been cast out of man, returned with seven other devils and took possession of the man to make him worse than ever before. , "That man must have cast ont this spirit In his own power, and then he was so puffed up with pride that he couldn't, help mak ing room for all the other devils of the human mind to come back and take possession," said the speaker. She pointed out that the parable was drawn from real life. It represented the. state of , man who "saves" himself by his own efforts, and becomes so proud and self-righteous over his own efforts in reforming himself tbat while he may escape the one evil he opens the door, to a host of others. "My mother . once said, - In one of her evangelistic services,' that the trouble with today Is that man wants Christianity without a cnrist, reformation without re demption, heaven without hell; a comfortable religion without any trouble between right and wrong. Men . want a comfortable God to do their bidding, who can be dis missed when he is not wanted." The evangrelist pictured so many millions of smug homes that keep one fine room upstairs for God, and they inyite him ln aad tell him they're glad to see him and they hope he'll enjoy it after they have cleared out the evil pictures and the nasty books .and tbe cards in the bureau drawer and the smelly bottle' in the closet. 'But, liord well we'd rather that you don't come down to breakfast with the family; we don't have tjme for prayers, and we quarrel PEOPLE (Continued on page 4) METHODISTS : OPPOSE ALL AID IN WAR Church as an Organization Will Not Assist in Future Military. Combat , SPRINGFIELD. Mass.. May 14. Refusal of the Methodist church to take part In war will be recom mended to the Methodist Episcopal general conference by the standing committee on the state of the church, that committee voted to day, 76 to 37. . An amendment to except wars fought . for self de fense or the defense of humanity, was tabled by a vote of 59 to 41. The resolution condemned war. urged the United States to 'con duct a peace campaign of educa tion and enter, the world court 3nd "an association of nations," it con cluded. "While. recognizing the freedom of the individual member .to fol low his own -conscience but re membering that the .church Is the visible expression of Christ to the world, we as an organization sep arate ourselves from war and take no part In its promotion." FORTH! SEDIOUSLr IIUDT Victor Strode Receives Frac tured Skull When Auto mobile Skids Victor Strode. 27,- received , a fractured skull and Harry Dupuy, his companion, severe face 'lacer ations and body bruises when the automobile driven by Strode was reduced to a pile of Junk in an automobile wreck on the Pacific highway near Brooks about 8 o'clock Wednesday morning. The men were taken to the Willamette sanitarium. Fear was expressed concerning the recovery of Strode, but it was reported from the hos pital last night that he was better and It was believed he would re cover. ' ;"-' The men were traveling toward Salem in a nigh powered automo bile which 4 crashed ' into ' ah em bankment when it failed to nego tiate a curve about two miles north of Brooks. The scene of the accident was visited by State Traffic Of fleer Griffith, who said that skid marks on the pavement were visible for nearly 300 feet. He estimated that the automobile must have been traveling at least SO miles an hour. Dupuy said yesterday that they were not go ing more than 35 miles an hour. The machine first left the pave ment on the right side of the road, according to . Griffith, but later swerved to the other side of the highway . and crashed .into the bank. J ' ' ' ' . ; While both men are from Port land, Dupuy was formerly asso ciated with the Coryallis creamery and is well-known In Salem. Montana Forest Fires . Reported Very Serious MISSOULA. Mont., May v 14. With receipt of reports of two large fires on the Flathead forest and of four blazes hitherto not re ported from the Pend O'Reille for est, the fire situation for district No. 1 loomed more serious today. A complete report of the Pend O'Reille forest fires was received in a letter this afternoon 'giving the status of eight blazes on the forest and one of 600 acres in pri vate timber. None of these was reported under control, but spread ing before a high wind in dry ter ritory. . GIESY ALWAYS f. Mayor John B. Giesy is always on the job He has missed but three meetings of the city council in four years, as alderman and mayor; and then only when unavoidably absent from the city. ; He is on the job day and night; no day is too stormy, no night too dark to prevent him from responding when duty calls,; for the good of the service; for the good of the city, .'''' To this testimonial of faithful service, every member of the city's force will give hearty - assent, for Mayor Giesy works with every department, and he works in har mony with them all. He takes and gives advice. He con sults with every one who can help Salem or its city govern ment, in the interest of law, enforcement in the interest of a better, more progressive and prosperous and cleaner Without sparing himself in any particular, without withholding any moment of his time. Mayor Giesy is al ways on the job. ; He thinks of his forces and of his city first he thinks of himself last. That is the kind of a mayor Salem now has. That is I the kind of a mayor the people,, every last man and woman of them, ; would say they wanted, - if " every one realized the absolute truthfulness of the above I ' Fur every word of it is true. - ; 1 1 ; iJOURIBT OF CDNGHESS JUNE 1 Move Is Made to End Ses sion in Time for Party Conventions in June; Pos sibility Doubtful BOTH PARTY LEADERS : FAVORING THE MOVE Demand for Immediate Ac tion on Needed Legisla tion May. Prevent WASHINGTON, May 14. Ad journment of congress by June 7 Is the goaf toward which the dem ocratic and republican ' organiza tions In both the house and sen ate are striving President Coolldge was told today by a' group of house leaders. They expressed confid ence that the legislative program would be in shape to permit a getaway despite increasing talk, particularly in the senate,, that this is a remote possibility. ' During a. White House confer ence Representative Garrett, the democratic leader, and Represen tative Qarner, Texas, ranking dem ocrat on the ways and means committee, agreed to do their ut most to bring about adjournment before , the June political conven tions. . ' - The president was informed that senate leaders, democrats as well as republicans, were in sympathy with the June 7 adjournment pro gram and were hopeful that it could be carried through. It was admitted, however, that demand is growing tor action on certain leg islative proposals and that, a last minute hitch in plans "might keep congress in session through most, if. not all, of the summer. In the senate several senators declared Henry Ford's offer for Muscle Shoals must be put-to a vote at, this session, while Chair man Norria of the senate agri culture committee asserted he saw little prospect of a windup early in June. r Tentative plans of house repub lican leaders for the remainder of the session call for action on a variety of miscellaneous bills and for action on the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill, the postal salary measure and the McFadden bill to amend the national bank and fed eral reserve acts. Mr. Longworth said that while an opportunity would be given the house to pass on the merits of the McNary-Haugen proposal, which would set up a corporation to Belt surplus farm products abroad, this In no way obligated the republican leadership to support the meas ure. ; Leaders of the farm bloc however, declare they are satisfied with this arrangement. The postal bill will be taken up despite unofficial Indications that the president may disapprove it unless it carries a revenue pro ducing provision to cover the ex pendltures authorized In salary increases. One of the bills which probably will be considered by the house before the end of the week is one to authorize an appropriation of $6,500,000 for additional hospital facilities for war veterans. ON THE JOB CARSON'S RECORD SHOWN IN LETTER TO PRESBYTERIANS The following letter of en dorsement for District Attor ney John H. Carson was senV to all members of the Pres-, byterian c h u r e h In Salem yesterday by. A. Fl Marcus, and S. E. Pur v I n e, members of. the police com mittee of the city council and both of whom are members of the First Presbyterian church. Salem. Or., May 13, 1924. Dear Friend: ' : As members of Police Committee o'f Salem council ' and of the First Presbyterian church, we want to call your attention to the excellent record made by District At torney Carson in assisting,, our' department In law Inr forcement and urge you to . support his. candidacy for re- , election. ' . - : f - It is our. experience that ' boot-leggers spare no ex- pense in defending ' them selves. They employ the best legal talent and a prosecut ing officer, to be successful,, must have a Jot of experience ' and ability. AVe believe Mr. Carson's record shows - him' to be eminently fitted for this position and he has al ways handled all cases we; have turned over to him - In an entirely satisfactory man ner, having actually won sev- : eral cases for us that we had expected to lose. . " .' "' ' Wfr know his stand on pro-' hibition enforcement and ; unquestionably commend, it., ". Respectfully, A. F. MARCUS -' S. E. PURVINE. mmm II iUHI Salem People Sue to Recov. er Funds Invested in Pro posed Project Twenty-eight subscribers took stock in the Capital apartments, an enterprise floated by Warren Armington and Carl Llnde, arch! tect, have brought suit against the apartment' company to recover money they have' subscribed and to enjoin Llnde from collecting 14500 for alleged services as an architect and who is threatening to take possession of the property. A receiver ' is also asked to take charge .of' arrears and to dispose of funds and property placed un der court order. The complaint sets - forth that Armington and ' Llnde conceived the idea of a $150,000 7 2-room apartment at Court" and Capitol and took an option on the proper ty for .$19,000. - Plans and photo graphs of the proposed building caused the plaintiffs to invest in the enterprise. " Representations as to costs are held untrue in the complaint, which states that the building could not be erected from the plans for less, than $225,000. Plaintiffs in the case against the Capital Apartment" company are Jennie B- Thielsen, B. - C. Miles, W. M. Hamilton, A. M. Hansen, Gideon Stolz, W. T. Stolz, Minnie Peterson, Thomas B. Kay, Homer H. Smith, W. E. Wilson, E. D Thielsen, Lloyd RIgdon, Theo M. Barr, W. B. Morse, C H. Robert son, Henry Lee.jJ. W. Howard, Eleanor R. Lamport, J. G. Heltzel, F. S. Barton, F. E. Halik, C. S. Hamilton, J. R. Kennedy, Robert Hutcheon, Jehu Oliver, Rebecca G. Matthews, C. Van Patten and C. Van Patten,' Jr. w r The senate oil "committee tenta tively closed its hearings. . . Details of campaign expendi tures were considered by the sen ate Mayfleld ' committee. . - A compromise -farm relief bill was Introduced by Senator Smith, Democrat, South Carolina. : -f '- : Further steps were taken by the administration to obtain post ponements of Japanese 'exclusion. . . - ; The revenue bill conferees dis posed of a number of non-controversial amendments 'voted in by the senate. ; " . - -' Secretary Hughes declared to be "absolutely - false" the ..state ment that he had anything to do with the sale of the : steairshlp Martha Washington to Its former owners,- , LlEDEFEillU WEDNESDAY IN WASHINGTON SIDE! lITIi I'ETO flilBDOUSOin Message of Disapprove! Is Expected in Hcuco Tc !ay cr Friday Time Will Ex pire Friday DRAIN ON TREASURY IS ' REASON FOR DISFAV0H Cost of Measure Over Year Period Would r.! . to$5,700,000,000 WASHINGTON. May 14. Pres ident Coolldge today began pre paring the message he will fTid to the house in explanation cf hi. veto of the soldier bonus till. While no official announcement has been made that Mr.-Cooli2s9 will veto lhe measure, . persons close to the executive make to at tempt to coieear'bis iotentions. j vThe' president's message may ta sent to the'house 'tombrrow or it may be delayed until Friday.. ' The; ten-day period during which he may act on the bill will expire at midnight Friday. The message is expected to c'ta the drain the measure would im pose on the treasury. . Birectc? Lord. of the bodget, in a report to the president along with re ports from the treasury depart ment and the 'veterans bureau ia understood to have presented aa estimate that the bill would cost $152,000,000 the first year, $14S, 000,000 for cash and insur payments, and $6,500,000 for ad ministration. The treasury In Its report la tm ders)od to have presented an es timate as to the total cost of ti.3 measure, figuring this cert t 15, 700,000,000 over a 60-yc2r j 1 1 I. The vetefans' bureau report tiealf merely with administrative rroTli lons of the measure. : - DISIlOPDEFlDEil . J31..LC Adoption of "Free Morel : Life of France" Held Worse Than Dnnkin; irr WASHINGTON. May 14. Tes timony before the house Judiciary committee today at hearings on pending bills to legalize 2.75 per cent beer was momentarily divert ed to the question of present-day American morals . when Eisiop James Cannon, Jr., of the Metho dist Episcopal church, toll tfca committee he thought there was "more Immorality than driakiss among the younger generation. . "An alarming and inexplicable attitude,"-the bishop asserted "has developed among women toward morals, and things. are done now which would not have been toler ated several years ago. . Bishop Cannon declared the "free moral life of France" had made its Impression on American morals. and that the young men who served overseas during the war had been different since their return " '.: " Harry S. Warner, general sec retary, of the Intercollegiate pro hibition association testified tfc at "students of 1924 certainly are not. drinking more than students of past years and they do not fa vor, modification of the law." Such drinking as is, found, he said, "is jspectacular, exceptional asd gains undue publicity.- Rents High? Buy a Home. Thrifty people are realizing that wealth, comes from savins and investing. It rents rise, they save by investing in their awn home. NOW la the time to save. - Buy a home on a rent paying payment plan. Read the REAL ESTATE of- ferings today on the Classified 1 page. .You can iind real-ia-f vestments in our "Own Your Home" column every day. Oregon Stntec: I