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! j i. 1 k ) ! I" l r ! i! V I.'. t 1 V SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR . "' " ; ' ' " " - , . ' - .. , i i ...... . . . ,, . ,. , L. .. . i i, .! ...j , I I ' - FAUCES CLASH MBEIBOBE Mellon Declares Bill "Unfor tunate Legislation," Con- gressional Leaders "Ex press Enthusiasm ''LIMITED PUBLICITY" ELICITS OPPOSITIOM Publishing Business Secrets and Too r.!uch Reduction Said to Be Bad WASHINGTON. May 22. Ad ministration forces clashed direct ly today on the pending tax re duction bill, with President Cool ldge's attitude still undetermined. Secretary Mellon of the treas ury said the bill was "a. most un fortunate niece of legislation," At the same, time, republican leaders la congress as well " as spokesmen of most every faction there showed Increased ' enthusiasm for... the measure as It was whipped into final shape and the- conference re- Dort nrenared for final approval A maJoritr exressed both the hope and belief that President Coolidge would, sign the tUlJnlts Preseh form. ..." 1 Secretary Mellon, it Is under stood, dislikes particularly tbe so- called "limited publicity' provis ions of the bill. They require that the name, address and amount of tax paid by all federal taxpayers be made public and that the heart Ings before the proposed board ojj ' tax appeals be c?ea to the. pnbljc. Another more serious complaint, although., the treasury department Is known to have several, is that Ihe bill has carried reductions too Jar and a deficit would result. "Aa'to'tte tatt VjSet3on,""1rP publican leaders declared it was either this lipids 3 r utUeity or full publicity, as once t ad been ap oroved by the senate- . . 7 Referring to the jredleUona.of a treasury deficit under the bill, Chairman Green of the house ways and means' committee declared in. a statement that Instead of a pros pective deficit, the treasury ac tually tacts a surplus for the next fiscal year of $138,000,000 under the new bill. ' . . n explaining further his estimates !( by which it was figured the pend ing bill would not cause a deficit, Mr. Green said that by the end of next fiscal year, "we may expect a further Increase In our receipts due to the natural increase of bus iness and the stimulus afforded by a tax rednctlon ; which fn the fiscal year 1925, although not as large aa i It 1 will be in the fiscal year 1925, will amount to oyer 1400,000,000." Former Postmaster of Staytcn Goes to Jail - Edgar B. Wallers, former post master-at Stay ton, was sentenced to three months Imprisonment' in the county Jail by United States District Judge Bean Wednesday afternoon, upon a. plea p guilty to a charge of having embezzled 11390 of postal funds. The short age was made up the day it was discovered DIRIGIRLE TEST SUCCESSFUL . LAKEHURST. N. J., May 22. The big dirigible Shenandoah, pride of the United States navy, tonight successfully completed its first test-flight since January 16 when the big ship was torn loose from its mooring masts "here dur ing a violent storm. - 1 COOL WEATHER AIDS MISSOULA, Mont May . 22 Cooler weather and scattered rains have been material aids to the fire fighters in district No. 1 of the forest service,! according to re ports reaching headquarters here today. . .. ':- THE VEATHEH OREGON: Cloudy Friday prob ably thunderstorms and 'cool er east portion; moderate westerly winds. . ' LOCAL WEATHER (Thursday) "Maximum temperature, -79. Minimum temperature, 46. Rainfall, none. River, 0; falling.' Atmosphere, partly cloudy. Wind, east. DUER PFJ1DIUG m : IS WM Members of Presidents' Demands Immediate ing School " State BOARD . . . . . ?mum. and Broclcway, to Visit Locations The state board of control nearly half a hundred Portland ! business men representing the. Presidents' Council of Portland civic organizations who swooped down upon the board yesterday and demanded action forthwith in purchasing a site for the new . state training school for boys. ' 7 ' Rhadamanthus Meeting for Oregon to Be Held in r Salem Tomorrow The Yeomen big Rhadamanthus meeting: for' Oregon is to be held at. Salem tomorrow, the program beginning at 1 p. m., and -lasting until midnight. ' ! Prom 1 to 3 p. n. all visiting members are to be driven in autos Over the city in a sight-seeing trip and fare; to be escorted through the state institutions. From 3 o 5 the regular Yeomen exemplified work will be conferred on a large class of candidates by the Salem degree staff and guard team, a thearmory, ,iA.vHn9.H.;FJUI served at the, Gray Selle and al ready 241 seats nave been order ed for the banquet,- " 7 i At 7:20 S. m. a mammoth, pa rade will be had on the streets of Salem. From S to 10 the Rhada manthus. the supreme merit de gree of tbe order will bp conferred on a hundred candidates . at the armory after which the several hundred members will be enter tained in dancing the reniainder of the evening. " A caravan of 2 5. autos loaded wlthf members from Washington and Portland will, leave Portland at JO a. m. for Salem to take part in the affair. State Manager W. L. Hewitt of Washington with all the state officers and several of the, field department will be in tne caravan from Seattle; Tacoma, Centralia and Vancouver, Wash, c Lillian. Fletcher, manager of the Pacific cpasl office of the society at Sacramento and Tbomas Gross of Minneapolis, one of the su preme representatives from Des Moines, la.; will also be In attend ance. : - : i ' ' Mayor Giesy of Salem will de liver the welcome address at the banquet to the visitors. State Manager J.' H; Eselj lor, Oregon; E. E. Feike, state secretary for the Rhadamanthus, of Portland; T. A. Raf ferty of the state traffic de partment; A. : M. palrymple, war den of the penitentiary and the state conclave officers for Oregon, R, R. Mathews of Pprtiana. sor- ren Sorensen of 'Amity, ' Walter Fry of SHverton, E, B. Reeve of North Bend and Irjs Wykoff f Portland will also attend. COUGnLIX WIXS ORATORY EUGENE. Or., May 22. Paul Coughlin of the . University ; of Washington was the winner of the 1100 prise In the tri-state oratori cal contest held tonight at the Unl- yersiy of Oregon. His oration was on the subject of "Justice Slaude Robinson, representing tne uni versity of Oregon, won second place in the .contest with bis speech entitled !.Tbe Open Mind." Everett Ericksoii: of the Univer sity of Idaho spoke on "The Way to Peace,", winning third place in the meet. ' " 1 ' WAITERS STRIKE .SAN FRANCISCO, May 22.- Union waiters of San FTancisco today submitted demands for in creased wages effective June -1 to the' principal hotels and cafes of the city. Virtual disappearance of tips since prohibition was given as the reason lor the demands. Walters employed nine hours a day want 23,50 a day instead of 13. ' ' . ' w mm. GATHER HERE control mm by visitors Council of Civic Clubs Action in State Train Officials, with McKenna was hard-ridden by a group of The conclusion of the meeting was an agreement or tne board or control to ! have another :. look at some of the prospective sites next Monday and Tuesday in company withj at least two members of the delegation here yesterday. James E. Brockway and Coe A. McKenna werei named as. the two." thougp others yaxr go along tl they wish. The concensus of opinion seem- etd to be that the site must be out of sight of the state penitentiary and other state institutions and so . located if possible that the boys! in passing from the school to Salem will not have to pass the other Institutions. : There was much tajk. pt buildingthe school as much as 10 or 12 miles- away from Salem, and possibly as tor away as Woodburn. . , , J Aside, from this, the main ob ject' of the visit, several ipeakers said,! was to get the board to do something, and delay the project no longer, inasmuch as the money has been provided by the legisla ture. )---:. - .!... i ' : .: Governor Pierce promised tbe delegation that building would, be started this summer. v .The most sensational period of the meeting was a brush .between the' gdvernor and "James EI Brock- way of the Social Workers' asso ciation. Brockway was. one of a delegation that several' .months ago passed unanimously in favor of the ; Eldridge farm - north of Salem. The governor declared that the Eldridge farm was the very worst that he has seen, and charged that the delegation, which included both men and women, had not spent 20 minutes examin ing it. The soil, he said, was practically worthless. Brockway said the delegation had not ex amined the soil, expecting to leave that to experts, but had passed on it entirely on the basis of loca tion. , : 1 i- : j The members of the delegation here yesterday were: J. J. Parker, realtor; W. M. Killingsworth, Port land; James E. Brockway, Social Workers association; Will S. Hale, court of domestic relations; T. W. Zimmerman, secretary Northwest Real Estate association; J. A. .Wichman. realtor; L. B.'Symonds, realtor; O. P.- Dekum, realtor; A; R. RJtter, f realtor; I John F. Risley, City club; J. R. Simtiason, Kiwanis club; E. M. Weingate, Ki wanisclub; A. L. Steele, Advertis ing club; Jas. MeCarren, Veterans of Foreign Wars?; Robert W. Oa born, City club: L. D; Bosley, City club; W. W. Elmer, president Or egon" Technical i council Fred W. Jerman, secretary President's council; Edmund Allen . Pierce, prim .minister of Royal' Rosari- ans; Ralph Harris, realtor; O. O. Bletten, realtor; Coe A; McKenna, realtor; John H. Marlels.' realtor; Orrin E; Stanley, American Asso ciation of Engineers; A.i J. Rose, president East Side Business Men's (Continued on page, 2) CRUISER MILWAUKEE, RUSHED TO HONDURAS AS REBELS SIEZE CAPITAL, AND U. S. ENVOY WHO ASKED AID -.--iW.a. " 4 J- .frit .T ' ' S:.."'' ' T'..: ?-W:-..-.--5xM At the request .of .Franklin E. Morales, American Minister to Hon . . lonlln, AnA nf 1( t Boll. ersaad nb oQcers from the MU. waukee were sent from the . port iff Apapala, t? Teuclalya, tt mi- SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY I EE II LID liJ J Off FIRST VISIT American Planes Reach Nip pon for First Time; in His tory of Aviation; Pacific Is Crossed CURIOUS CROWDS FLOCK TO VIEW WORLD FLIERS American Planes in Excel, lent Condition; Wilt Rest and Make Repairs i . KASUMIGAURA. Japan, May 22. (By The Associated Press) Three American army airplanes, having flown across the Pacific for the first time in the history of aviation, tonight nestled a the Japanese naval flying fields here for a week's breathing spell pre paratory to a continuance of their attempt to circumnavigate the globe by air. -.- ,: tv- Great crowds of curious Japan ese from all parts of Japan gather ed about the aviation field' for a glimpse of the sturdy planes and daring airmen who had piloted then! from the United States.: The visiting aviators arrived" here at 5:40 o'clock this afternoon having made the jump from Hitokappu bay, Kuriles 720 miles in 12 hours and 50 minutes flying time. They made one stop of about two hours at Minato for lunch. The Americans and their plane3 were in excellent condition upon their arrival, but it has been de cided to rest a week here. This will give sufficient time . for thorough overhauling of the air craft and also permit the United States army officers to pay a visit to Toklo, which is only 50 mil$i sorth. v ': The visiting fliers will remain at Kasumjgaura tonight and to morrow, going to Toklo Saturday where a series of festivals in their honor will be held. LO COURT PLI OFFERED OY PEPPER Senator Proposes Body Sep- arate From League of Nations Elect Judges WASHINGTON, May 22. A composite plan -for adherence to the court of international Justice with reservatidns was laid before the senate today In a resolution drafted by Senator Pepper, repub lican, Pennsylvania, after two days' of consultation with his col leagues on the foreign relations committee i!- It was referred at once to the committee which is to continue in session tomorrow, probably with the Pepper proposal under discus sion. It provides for modification of the proposal transmitted to the senate . by President Harding : in February 1923 , so as to transfer the' election of judges from the council and - assembly ; of the league, of nations to similar bod es appointed by signatories to the court statute, and proposes also the summoning of a third Hague conference to clarify and codify in. ternational law. -.7" r I v - V . . ... , .j - .w. - .' .:.x:-.i., : .A-.Si.. Honduran capital The American legation' and consular" offices had en flred on. by drunken Midler, oyr whom the Honduran mlnUtry t-ad lost control, :. Many, Isnojent MORNING, MAY 23, 1924 VOLCANO HURLS HUGE BOULDERS LONG DISTANCE Kilwauea Crater Throws Rock ' 1000 Feet in Air, Distance of 600 Feet HILO. T. H May 22. Three explosions occurred today at the Kilauea volcano, which has "een unusually active since early In the month. The latest one came at o'clock this afternoon and lasted 10 minutes. At that time an ex tremely heavy boulder was hurled about 1.000 feet in the air to distance of 600 feet, puring this eruption the thunder and lightning was much more pronounced than heretofore. No earthquakes accompanied the latest explosion. Roy Finch, vol canologist, stationed at the crater, predicted the eruption six hours and two minutes in advance. Al the records which have been kept at the observatory near the vol cano have been removed to Ililo for safety. J , ; There was one heavy and one small explosion at the crater early in the day, both following sharp earthquakes. In .the heaviest one dust and rocks were thrown high into the air. Thunder and lizht- ntng accompanied the disturb ances. ; Bod )ay or 14-Year-uid son ot Wealthy Chicago Family Located in Swamp CHICAGO, May 22. Kidnaped and held for a 210.000 ransom and tourdered' when the kidnapers be lieved their plans 'were about to miscarry, the nude body of Robert Franks,' 14 year old son of Jacob Franka, millionaire Chicago manu f acturer, -was -l ound in a'sKpfimp on the . south side today with the .head crushed and the body strip ped of all means of identification. At the time the body was found the parents, unaware of the fate of their son, were awaiting a visit from the kidnapers in order 'to turn over the money to them, hav ing followed the instructions of the abductors to. the letter. ' even refraining from notifying the po lice. Tonight one of the greatest man hunts in Chicago's ; history was under way with more than 5,- 000 policemen and detectives scouring the city in the search for the slayers. Despite the slim clews it was reported that arrests were imminent.' - - ! - MAY MODIFY BAN . Governor Pierce said yesterday that the quarantine of the state of -Oregon against California pro ducts, due to the foot and mouth disease, may be lifted on June 1 ag it applies to lemons. , oranges. grapefruit, melons and other hard shell products. The governor is being petitioned both by Califor nia and Oregon people to make this modification, and both the governor and State Veterinarian W. Hw Lytle hare it under consid eration. - 'i-'.' .' DENY, CHINESE KILLING NOGOLGS,' Sonora,-Mexico, May 22 Mexican officials . here , to night - discounted unverified re ports, to the effect that 50 Chinese had been slain in clashes with ban dits declared In advices to be me nacing ranch owners south of the international; boundary. j persons were shot down, tnere was much looting and losses estimated at $400,909 were suffered, i prin cipally by British. Chfnssa od Ainerlcan merchants . 1 : - If BOTH SIDES ARE PAT IN COOK STRIKE Picket Continues to Pace to and Fro in Front of White i I nouse on wnicn union Centers Attack MANY OTHER HOUSES - REFUSE TO SIGN UP Opposing Camps Defiant in Labor Flurry -Portland-; ers Expected Picketing was continued Thurs day by the striking, culinary work ers and will be theordgr for to day, it was announced at the Cen tral ' Labor hall last night. No change, in developments or fur ther picketing was announced Two. Portlanders were expected to arrive at noon to Bee ILthey would not be able to straighten out the situation.' Through the aid of other res taurant owners, W. P. George, proprietor ot the White House, the target of . the striking culinary workers, received an extra crew which was put to work to replace the one withdrawn at midnight Wednesday, and business was car ried on as nearly along the old routine as possible. Both sides are standing pat. The strikers say that if Mr. George will adopt an eight-hour day and six-day weeks they will agree to show him a greater prof It on comparative volumes of. bus iness at the end of a month than are possible under present condi tions, i Mr. George mantains that such a system would close him Jn four months. If he' has to go broke he will do so running.his own business,-' Mr. : George main tained yesterday. Three restaurant- owners have! signed the contract with- the cul inary workers' Union. 'These are the Coffee Shop; the Valley Grill and the Terminal, the latter hav ing been , booked 100 per cent Thursday afternoon. ' On the other side are eight ' restaurants which refuse to sign the contract. The parties to this agreement are the Gray Belle, the Spa, Argo ho tel, White House, Home Restau rant, . Electric Restaurant; , the Oyster Loaf and the Royal Cafe teria. t Jack's cafe offered to try out the proposed wage scale and working rules for one month. This offer was rejected by the union and the union card removed from the restaurant. Working hours and not wage conditions, with some exceptions, are the bones of contention. ' - Salem High School Student coay rails to tiect inree " ? -Officers Candidates - for three offices In the Salem high- school student body election- failed to obtain a - -: ..." - : , v - ? majority vote and as a result an other election will be necessary in the near future to decide the offi ces of president of the student body, , athletic manager and, yell leader. , ' - :-. : ' '- Avery Thompson and Edgar Tib- bets will fight it out tor the pres idency; Louis Glrod ? and Clark Jackson for athletic manager, and Gerald Mero and Garland Simpk son for yell leader. ; . ': For the first time in the last three years a girl will be editor ot the Clarion, high school -publica tion, the choice of the student body : falling to Mildred Gilbert. She will be assisted by Jack Min to, who was elected Clarion man ager. ; Helen Marcus was the unani mous' selection for vice president and Helen Campbell for secretary. In addition to a variety of schol astic honors. Miss Campbell is state president of the Girl Re serves. Other officers elected were Le- Roy Grote, forensic manager; Car ver Gould, sergeant at arms and Maude Gwynn, girls' song leader.! Under the - constitution of the student' body, the treasurer is th head of the corjr.K'itLal i2cra:f mcni. '- " nmevoTE is rally SPIRITS FAIL TO APPEAR AT CALL OF; ABER Test Seance Before Circuit Court Proves Unsuccess fulRoom Too Stuffy PORTLAND, May" 22.W. W. Aber, accused of fraud in the prac tice of his profession; of spiritual istic medium, attempted .tonight to give a; satisfactory demonstra tion in circuit court before a jury of his ability to; materialize a spirit but after an hour's effort gave it up, saying, that the' atmos phere of the court; was too stuffy and not'sufficlently harmonious to permit a successful, test, . Aber 'g case came up on appeal from the municipal court, where he had, been convicted under a fraud charge, cn complaint ' of several persons who bad testified that they sat in at one of his se ances, grabbed a supposed spirit switched on the lights and found they were holding Aber himself. Aber's trial will be continued tomorrow.- ; OAUGIIERTY fi J Assistant Tells Committee He Never Had Thought 1 of Corruption WASHINGTON, May 22. An expression of faith in the integrity of Former Attorney General Paugb.erty, built up during three years of association with him as his chief assistant in directing criminal prosecutions, was made before the senate Daugherty in vestigating commiteee today by John Wi H. Crim, now special government attorney in the pros- eeution, -of alleged frauds la .the veterans' bureau. t : ' In an engagingly frank . thr 56- hour discussion of bis association with the former attorney- genera! and the department of justice, Mr. Crim unhesitatingly, gave his opinion that the department was near-collapse, that its espionage and investigation : ought to be "nine-tenths abolished," and ' said that he had resigned because he considered it "not functioning - as well as it might." But he bad never, he declared, had a thought .or suspicion of cor ruption . in connection with Mr. Daugherty. : Woodburn Man Convicted On Booze Selling Charge District Attorney Joh n H. Car son yesterday got a. conviction in justice court of Henry Whitney of Woodburn, who was ".accused of unlawfully selling intoxicating, uquor. vvhitney was arrested May 10 by State Officer Clarence Schoeneman. He .pleaded : not guilty and was given a jury trial yesterday. He will be sentenced Saturday morning. THURSDAYIN WASHINGTON The McNary-Haugen debated in the house. bill was The Wheeler indictment drew the senate into another day of de bate. .-. ' ' It was indicated that Secretary Mellon would recommend a veto of the tax bill. ' . . . . . , President Coolidge advised the national reaction conference which be called. - John W. II. Crim, special assist ant to the attorney, general, de fended the integrity of Harry. M. Daugherty .before the Daugherty committee. . . i Ratification of the liquor treaty with Great Britain was completed at tbejState department and it was declared in force .by-presidential proclamation. ' - Recommendation that the Pittsburgh-plus steel price fixing plan be abolished was made to the fed eral trade' commission in a brief filed by the commission's attorney. . Secretary Wilbur in a report to the house naval committee said the -- comparative; strength- of the rr!i'h: . ' rrvi"n "rul Japanese J i 1 J "1 iroctl-.'T" IDE lEf SG PRICE FIVE CENT. BOOZE W ' eoglisi: Z.. IS Piifii!! "r ' V it Public Announcement c Teaty to Step 'i::!;: !; Liquor Traffic Olf Ce" Made By Hughes AIDS EfJFORCEf'EiJT onl I Ion blllro L:,.-ii Ships Under Critich R: Subject to Search Vil; in One Hcur Limit I WASHINGTON. May 22. formal proclamation putting i effect the new liquor treaty Great Britain was Issued tol:y ' President Coolidge after oxc h of ratifications with Seem Hughes and "Ambassador Ho... representing their respective r ernments. The proclamation ii he form. . of a public anno ment of the treaty which it t put in full. V By the terms of the treaty : will remain In' force one year r. his date and if no notice is serv pd during that year of a dt o modif the pact, it will ccntir. a. force for another, year ar 1 on automatically year by year t til either side should . det ire . modify It. The primary purpose of t: treaty is to curb illicit llqaor tr j : fic along the American coasU a at the same time to remove t: annoyance to British vr- -: '.3 Ing the application of -. .: : : prohibition enforcements t tut to sealed stores of liquors t those vessels while in Ar waters. V ' To accomplish its purrc ?. treaty provides that shi-s . the British V"", t-z - " ' . " uor" siaugglliiz may be r- and seized up to tLs Clzi&z: . the American coasts tLai ' traversed In one hour" ly suspected vessel. '. In cases, however, in t ' the liquor is intended to te veyed to the United State-, :. territories or possessions by a sel. other than the one t and searched," ihe treaty cc ues, It shall be the speed of other vessel and not the ere? the vessel boarded, whic'.i ; determine the distance fr. ..i ; coast at which the rigtt u this article can be exercised. " TACOMA OR IwtlMEn AG.'! . SEATTLE, Wash., May 22. resolution by United States f tor Clarence C. Dill of W ton state to change the nar Mt, Rainier to Mt. Tacoma, v. ; was adopted, by the senata ; 21, was referred today by R . sentative Nicholas J. SIrrctt Oregon, chairman of the 1 public lands committee jto t! United States geographic boar ! i comment and report, sail c : patch to the Seattle Times. 1 action was taken On motion of I presentative John F. Mi:: r Washington. GOOl) KIND -COMING Captain L. S. Anthony of Tct t- land, who will be in charge, an nounces,, the appearance of a 2 3- piece band at the armory Hay 23 at 7:30 o'clock. ?Only Salv ists and their families are : - bers of the band; which li a vation army organization, &: : i of them donate their services. T: program will include patriotic ar. I relfgious selections. Chlldrea un der 12 will be admitted free. Oth erwise the admission will I s 'ZZ cents. At 2:30 in the after r.oc-.i the band will give a concert I : the park at Silverton, and at Z . m. a concert at the state zez'-:::, tiary at the supper hour. " 'Miscellaneous. For Sals : ." A teeming, bustling msr ket place for every tbi as new and .used large and small' useful -ornamental Pleasure givlnjr, Statesman Vc-'; .-A ,.. - : Adr. v.