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MM y Wm&mmmm AU advertising and news ar ticles for the Sunday Automobile section should be in by .Thursday evening. All other Sunday ads ought to be in Friday eTcnlcs. ' The Oregon Statesman Is being offered at greatly reduced pricey during -"Bargain Days." Subscribe or renew now and S-A-V-E. f t t SEVENTY-FOcfiTO YEAR SAIiEMk OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS jV , Ik V 1 ft i i 1 I t LAFOLLETTE OPENS THIRD ! PARTY FIGHT CU p-a. OUCCWI ell l.iaUIoUH OUUCUC Garden Marks Beginning nf finmnainn fnr UnitM c,MA DMuK. CHEERING LASTS FOR N 15 MINUTES' TIME MentlOn Of Wheeler's NamellonSea to Americans and the eth nic DKinno ftfAi( Di.M i mow uiiiiuicai uuioi of Applause NEW i YORK, : Sept. 1 8, Sena4 tor Robert M. La Follette launch ed an offensive ! in his campaigi for j the presidency with 1 an ad! dress tonight to an audience which scene of the recent democratic national convention. He 1 spoke for one hour and a half, for the most part sticking to the prepared text in which he directed an as sault .against the candidates and policies of both; of the old line parties. I I ... j When the independent candidate stepped on the platform, hU flret appearance before an ' audience since he declared' his candidacy more than two months ago he was cheered for! 1ST minutes. As he directed thrusts at his oppon ents he- repeatedly received the approbation of the crowd, half of I whom had paid a fee to gain ad-1 misaion to the vast auditorium. I Senator La Follette read slowly, I fro mthe manuscript with only a I few gestures. -i Once he departed I irom nis text lor a brier extern-1 poraneouar critlcis mof President Coolldge's stand on the postal sal aries bill and utterances regard ing labor. As he did so he lapsed into-his -characteristic.- speaking pose, but in the main he content ed himself with rigorous thrusts of the arm..- . ; " The hall rocked with cheers when Mr. La Follette declared he expected to be ' elected and the mention of the 'name of his run ning mate, Senator Wheeler of Montana, brought a wild burst of applause.-' By the aid' of loud speakers, several thousand per sons' in a park adjoining the audi torium heard La FoiletteV ad- He states that he did not in tend "to be diverted from th dis cussion of the vital economic Is sues of the campaign by the fool lh and preposterous assertions of our opponents that in some way we Its progressives desire to weak en or impair the provisions of the constitution of the tJniti 'Stat.. relating to the federal courts." .. ... ... L . . 1 ; Attacks Both Parties. He made this declaration after assailing the policies and the can didates of the republican and dem ocratic parties which he asserted areas 'alike as two oeas In a nod" and continued:; ,. r f'l propose to keep in the fore - ground of the discussion through - out mis campaign the record of the two old parties In recent years ana the policies inaugurated by tnem under which the railways! ana oiner corporations have made! larger proms man 'ever before In meir peace-time history durlnel wi same jengxn or time wnue la - bor and the -small business men: nave eked out" a bare -existence! and the farmers have been driven into bankruptcy by the hundreds jOf thousands and the loss in value of farm lands and farm products haw exceeded forty billions of dol- lars. " . . "The leaders of both old parties ! naturally desire to escape discus sion of the shameful acts which - V M i . proaucea sucn results' as these. I do not intend that they snail avoid these issues." i i f I Administration Assailed, i j Senator ' ha. Follette discussed the record of i the Han)int.rnnt. I 1 . c, idge administration, the acts; of Conttaaed en pact 6) THE WEATHER! t- OREGON:' Cloudy and cool; probably light rains Friday; strong northwest winds on the coast, probably reaching gale force. f LOCAL WEATHER i, (Thursday) Maximum temperature, 67. Minimum temperature. 45. River. -2.6 feet; falling. Rainfall. .10 Inches. Atosphere, cloudy. ' 1 .Wind northwest.; WALES' PONIES FOR S18.0U0 w Lady Pat Tops the Price List, Selling for Bum of Thirty " Six I Hundred STOSSET, SM. Y., Sept. 18. Seven polo ponies owned by the Prince of Wales and which were m v " a. rwaen in meK international poio amPB v amnne a strine of 44 Ubid at auction today at East Wllllston. Thai prince's ponies nrougnt i,uu. Two ponies ! owned by Lord Wimborn, who) was the ; chief sup porter of the British polo team's trip to this cofentry, but who sail ed before thefopening of the in ternational matches, were sold for a total of $21,000. Of the 44 ponies sold five be- ers to the Bntisn team ? ,.ljlAv Pafihrouirht the hiehest price of all the-prince's string of ponies, being sold to R. H. Hass- ler for J3600 "Jacinto." another of the prlnceip ponies which sold j to Will Rogers for $2100. r Fifteen-Acre Area on Top of Famous Peak Caves in With a Crash ... - S, I DUNSMUIR.I Cal., Sept. 18. Approximately fifteen acres of the southeastern section of the top of Mount Shasta caved in today. causing the collapse of the mud creek canyon, which has recently been overflowing with mud and rock. The walla of the canyon, ! for a distance of. eight miles, j crumbled with- a terrific roar which was ! immediately followed panic ash that hung over the I mountain fop several hours. I As e'duiti cloud appeared to I PIUITifiSTA rise from the jcrater left by thejthe exact amount needed and the cave-in, persons living at Mccioud, Weed and Mount Shagta, and oth- er places at the mountain base reached the Conclusion thatthe ancient peak had burst into erup tion. Many I frightened persons were on the point of exodus this afternoon and their alarm In many instances ha$ not been quieted to night. DISTANCE CUT TO HIPOBT s' .j I RlirVPVl ' f(fr NftW Rniitft. I On-I I . ,. -r. ping Off 32 Miles, to Be Made This rail A new rrnitn to Newnort. snr- Ivevs far which are to be comnlet led this fall if plans work out as 1 expected, will shorten the distance 1 from Salem to that) city by 32 I miles and make it I the nearest beach to this part of the state. J The total distance to Newport by the new route will be 66 miles. against the present 100 mile I routes. vh rhmh nf rimmerrp and 1 Lions club of Toledo are backing the project strongly, and an- nouncement of the plan was made yesterday after a committee from the Toledo Chamber of Commerce had waited! on the Polk . county court at Dallas and obtained a promise that! the survey on the Polk county, side' of jthe Lincoln Polk county boundary would be made this fall. The members of the committee were Ernest 'L Scott, president oft the Toledo chamber; Renis-A. Arnold, merch-t ant and president of the Toledo Lions club.: and Earl Rouse, an other merchant of that city. The proposed new route will be from Salem; to Dallas and then through Falls City, Valsetz. Siletz; Toledo and Ton to Newport. From Salem to Dallas the distance is 15 miles, front Dallas to' Toledo 4 4 miles, and f from Toledo to New port nineties. . , ; j The distance from Toledo to the PolV rnnntf lln, la 9 mild inHl :. . 7 I ' 7. it Is said that all but three miles of this is already completed. 1 In Polk county the road will go along Rock creek Instead of over Chand ler mountain as at present. The bridge under construction over the Yaquina river near Tole do, it la said, will be completed within 60 nays, which will elimi nate two ferries in the road be tween Waldport and Toledo where tolls are now charged. &S ASSISTANT TREASURER WOMAJf IS RAISING FUNDS Bno 'imm mine niMPklRV Mrs. N. B. Harris formerly oi Washington, D. C, is the first woman ever named an assistant treasurer of a political party. She now holds that post with the Democratic National Campaign committee in New " York ' and is aiding former Ambassador James i vv. uerara in raising mnus iur the Davis-Bryan campaign. DATE TO BE SET Directors Meet With Mr, Booth at Noon to Fix i Time for Action Definite date of the opening of the YMCA campaign ' to provide funds for the erection and equip ment of the new building on Court street will be made at a 'special meeting of the division leaders Booth, international secretary,. finance bureau, at the YMCA lo day n0on. All the details such as terms of the pledges will be work ed out at this time as well as the proposed outline of the entire campaign. . Present plans call for three" weeks of preliminary work and then a final drive of one week's duration! for the wind-up of the campaign.' Owing to Mr. Booth being able to return to Salem much sooner than he had anticl- Dated. the - campaign is to be launched about two weeks ahead of the time originally set. The meeting today will be the first of a series tnat wiu De nem irom time to time as the campaign progresses; . Division leaders who will partie ipate in the campaign and direct activities are Robert Paulus, ..i t. George Arbuckle, T. M. Hicks and Allen Kafoury. Members of the finance commit tee are T.f A. Livesley, chairman;; Paul B. Wallace, T. B. KayB. C, wues, wurus urobs hqu jub aiucji - CONVENTION STARTS YAKIMA, Wash.. Sept. 18.-; Delegates j to the annual two-day convention of the Washington State Firemen's association began I arriving today from all towns in the state. Ml iTemorary Officers Elected? Charter Night for Toledo r Is Announced Temporary organization of a Lions club for Independence was effected last night when""iaoh? from Portland, 7ugene, Salem and Toledo met with the Independence prospective clubmen and elected temporary officers. ! The 'temporary officers elected were: President, M. J. ; Butler; vice president; S. B. Ramp secre tary treasurer, W." P.-Harris; tall twister. Fred E. Butt. S' .. . e tion of Lions. About 11 were present from Portland.. Including Robert W. Hodgkinson, president of the Portland club. Eric Merrill or Knn district trnvernnr tended. ' ; : ; ! Announcement was made that charter night for the new Toledo club will be Saturday, October ll. and the following day all the visit? ing Lions will be taken to New port for - a banquet at the beach Hi- ft " i TT- " " I t " in v li x ' I: - 3 1CAC1 HJ KPE OEKTD no su LEGION FAVORS DEFENSES AS ASA Hearty Declaration Is Made in Support of ) Adequate Land and! Sea Forces for United States NATIONAL GUARD AND OTHER UNITS LAUDED Politics Staged in Prepara tion for Today's Election of Officers ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 18.- (By the A?.) -With rousing choruses of "iyes" ; the sixth an nual convention of the American Legion went 0!n record vigorously here today for a navy second to none, an adequate army and other measures of national prepared- ness.' Passage of the universal service Americanism, sol diers' and officer training com panles, the national guard and similar proposals received the en dorsement of jthe convention in a session lasting more than five hours. Condemnation of two de partments of I the 7 United States veterans' bureau and demand for immediate trial ,of Col. C. R. Forbes on the indictment charges In his management of the bureau, contained other resolutions adopt ed. , r : m' ' " " On internal natters the first bit terness of the convention was shown, but when the Issue was turned to one of confidence in National Commander 'John R Quinn, who retires tomorrow, the latter received unanimous and ringing support. Most of the, business of the con ventlon was but of tho way to-1 night, and politics came to the lore as delegates prepared for the election of officers tomorrow and adjournment of the convention. which ywlll nieet in Omaha next year.. r ; - ' ;'' if. . When various ' district delega tions' went into .caucus tonight there was no (well defined expres1 sion concerning the name of the probable successor to Commander Quinn, and here still was talk of "dark horses." - J. J. Drain of 'the District of Columbia and John R. McQuigg of Ohio were the names most fre quently heard in groups in hotel corridors : an4 on street corners, but other names also were report ed under consideration in the ex ecutive caucuses ? under way to night, Methodist Minister Thrown Into County Prison on Murder Charge MOUNT VERNON, 111., Sept. 18. (By The Associated Press.) While the Rev. " Lawrence M. Hight,, Methodist minister of Ina, 12 miles south of here, was being taken to the county jail here to day on a charge of murder issued in connection with the death of Uis wife last Friday, the body of Wilford Sweetln-who died under mysterious circumstances at Ina two monmaj agu, was oeug ex humed In the quafnt little village cemetery of Ina. The arreit of the Rev. Hight was ordered; after a church chem 1st had examined the contents of the stomach of Mrs. Hight-and had repbrted that he had: fpund sufficient poison, in the stomach to cause her death. The death certificate had - given ptomaine poisoning as the cause of the worn an a death.- . fra , ''"It was atl the Instigation of the minister himself that the exam inatlon of the stomach contents was made , He said he believed his wife had heen poisotied by his enemies maae Dy nis war on oooiieggers. Sweetin died two months ago. He was a member of Rev. Hlght's church at the time of his death. The Rev. Hight admitted he was at the Sweetin home during the illness of Sweetin but denied he I f ave the sick man any medicine. NY PUT IK JAIL CLEM L. SHAVER GETS SARCASTIC ABOUT EPISODE Bourbon Chairman States That Coolidge Is Afraid to" Have Wilbur Speak WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. A statement describing ' as a "bit of face-saving' ' explanation that Secretary Wilbur was hastening back to Washington to bring the; budget committee Into line for ample naval appropriations was Issued tonight, by Clem L. Shaver, chairman of the ' democratic na tional committee. Referring to the address the secretary was to have delivered Saturday at j Denver, and others cancelled when he left for Wash ington, Shaver asserted that "nun-' dreds of persons have read the speeches sent put In confidence, and many rumors are afloat as to what they contained," and chal lenged the republicans to release the Denver address asking "can't the republican party stand for the truth as uttered by a. republican cabinet of ficer.'f I "The mesa that has been made by the recall of Secretary of the Navy Wilbur by President Cool idge," said 1 the statement, "is (typical of the bungling of the present administration. This politico-naval expedition has set out to win the Pacific coast for Cool idge but the bombardment was so erratic that it started fires in some quarters, and according to the press emissaries were dispatched to the White House to call off the expedition." - ; ITS ATPElLETOll Roundup Draws 22,000 Peo- i pie on First Day Stiff Contests Seen ; PENDLETON, Ore., Sept. 19.- The Pendleton; roundup won its spurs anew today, proving Its power to attract- and hold a big audience in the face of adverse conditions when a crowd esH mated at 22,000 came and stayed for the first 'day's program, al though a gale roared out of the west all afternoon. Particularly good was the be havior of the outlaw horses in the world's bucking contests. There never was a first day of the show that saw so many world famed riders unseated or disquali fied. 1 ': " Howard Tegland. winner in 1922 of the world's contest at both Cheyenne and Pendleton, had to grab his" halter rope with both hands to save himself from a spill. Dave Whyte.f an equally well known tamer of vicious brutes, was spilled in just three jumps by Phillip . Athton Rollins, Red Pruett was 'disqualified by Winn- mucca when he had to help him self with both hands. F. D. Stud- nick was neatlydusted by the of ferings of Rawlins Gray. It was a day for the outlaws. World Circlers are Greeted at Muskogee MUSKOGEE, Okla Sept. 19. Thunderstorms, with intermittent gusts of 'winds early today, were believed by airmen to jeopardize the chances of the world fliers of taking off later in the day for Dallas. ' ! If Local committees are making arrangements to continue the en tertainment of the visitors. MUSKOGEf3, Okla., Sept. 18. (By The Associated Press.) Ok lahoma was host to the army around the world fliers tonight. After a three hour and fifty-five minute flight from St. Joseph. Mo., this ' afternoon, the three Grant-Douglas cruisers landed at Hat Box field, army airway sta tion, at 5:20 p. m , Central Stand ard time. ' A crowd of 25,000 persons greeted! the -men, bursting into cheem as' the globe encirclers ap peared over the haze to the north, circled the field and landed. Six army planes which had gone put to meet the famous airmen landed after- the last of the Douglas cruisers' had come to earth. K? f The planes probably will take off for Dallas. 2 25 "miles away about 10 a. m. tomorrow. Lieuten ant Smith said tonight. From Dal las they will make an 800 mile hop to El Paso: SO MARRIES 72 NORFOLK. Va.. Sept. 1 S. Jack Edward Griffith. 29. theater organist, and Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Fray, 12f were married today. POLICE CALLED BUT TO CLEAR FRINGE'S PATH Business Is Discontinued on Wall Street While Crowds Gather for Sight of Brit, ish Heir WALES GIVES THEM AN EMBARRASSED SMILE Street Urchin Allowed to "SteaT'Jtide By Clinging 4 to Spare Tire , NEW YORK, Sept. 18. Ameri ca's financial heart, Wall street, skipped a few beats today at sight of the gay young Prince of Wales Seemingly everybody In , the business district dropped all af fairs of finance to have a look at Prince Edward. Police reserves from three stations devoted much effort to make way for the royal visitor to get in and out of the crowds that welcomed him to "tha street." It was another busy day lor chs prince on his third Manhattan visit since he arrived for h s American holiday. The crowded program included luncheon In the buzzing financial district, an In spection of the plant of the American Telephone & Telegraph company, a motor ride through Central park and a baseball game the first' he had ever' seen. News Precedes Him News of the prince's' impending visit had leaked out and when the royal car swung into position be fore sixty Broadway, a hoard of men, women and ' office boys of the nation's money makers swarm ed about. :. . :r'J IwV v The prince stood in the ton neau, lifted his grey hat, smiled a rather embarrassed smile and exerted a series of jerky little bows In acknowledgement. A pathway was finally cleared to the door by police. The prince was whisked up to the 19th floor to the office of the North Ameri can company where he met Har rison Williams,' president of the board, whose luncheon guest he was. Crowds Remain . The crowds did not disperse standing about, to await the prince's return until the reserves arrived and blocked off the neigh boring streets. The prince was taken from the building through a rear entrance and then visited the telephone company s mam ornce. un tue third floor he was shown how transcontinental telephone connec tions are put through. Returning to his car, Wales saw a small boy, a street urcnin squatting on the rim of the ma chine's spare tire. An attendant made for the dirty-faced young ster but -the prince restrained him "Let him stay," he said, smiling And the urchin, grinning widely held his place until the car reached the Chelsea hotel, one time fashionable center of Twenty Third street. Here Wales greeted the members of ' the British ap' prentices club with ?. whom b chatted for several minutes. Then Britain's future king. left for the polo grounds. ; S Reports Indicate That 25 Structures Have Been Completed in 5 Years MEDFORD. Ore., Sept. 18. Reports showing building activi ties and projects through the state were presented today at the annual Oregon conference of the Methodist-Episcopal church. In the last five years 25 building enterprises have been completed it was shown. j R. A. Booth of Eugene, who was honored today by presenta tion of a specially bound copy of a new book, was told that it was presented in token of apprecia tion of the honor conferred upon ministers of . the gospel " by the presentation by Mr. Booth to the state of the statue ''the circuit rider" which was unveiled some time ago at Salem. - - - ';. METHODIST WIG GAIN TARTtWd CRIME CAREER - AT SIX, FORGED' CHECKS FOR BULLION, IS CHARGE Although Aaron Mosheik, known to the federal authorities as "Jim the Penman,' Is only 22 years old, he is alleged to have forged checks forj -mace than a million dollars. With aigang of perhaps fifteen members, he was captured by the federal officers who had been ; .n his trail for the last six years, and is held in Chicago. Mosheik la said to have' been started on his career of crime when he was but six years old; PARTNER DF George R. Christian, of Day and Heaton, Causes Loss of $700,000 NEW YORK, Sept. 18. Defal cation of a trusted partner today threw the old established broker age house of Day and Heaton into involuntary bankruptcy and re sulted in its suspension, from the New York exchange of which it had been a member since 1871 Liabilities of 11.700,000, accord ing to a semi-official" estimate exceeded assets by about ? 700, 000. .. '.. . ;r Troubles of the firm were laid to the disappearance of George R. Christian, who entered Its employ as a clerk 26 years ago and was elevated to a partnership In 19 19. Other partners said they had no knowledge of his whereabouts or the amount involved in bis defal cation. ' i ' - - Christian, it was. learned. left No on his vacation a month ago. irregularity Jin" his accounts was discovered until last week. Most of the Victims Were Married Ten Had Chil dren to Support SUBLET, Wye, Sept. 18. (By The Associated Press.) The offi cial list of the victims of Tues day's disaster In mine No. 5 of the Kemmerer Coal company was Is sued here tonight by P. J. Quealy, president and principal owner of the ill-fated mine.. . It shows that 23 of the 39 vic tims were married, three not list ed as to whether they were mar ried or not, and of the number married, 10 are survived by chil dren In addition to their widows Five bodies were removed from the mine during the day and, de spite the work- of rescue crews, ail efforts to remove the remain ing 12 bodies proved futile. Because of the soft character of the roof of the mine proper addi tional slides occurred throughout the day and as the clean-up crews removed the -, debris? more rock and earth : fell to impede their progress, in view of the delay in removing the remaining bodies, E. W. Holmes, coroner of Lincoln county, announced late today that he would not empanel a coroner s iury untilMonday- afternoon to fix the cause' and blame for the disaster. . Teday relatives of the dead miners thronged the two morgues at Kemmerer, where they claimed their dead and began arranging for funeral services. Plans are being completed here for a'great public memorial service to be held Sunday in the Kemmerer city park." Hero' it was 13 months ago citizens of Kemmerer and Fron tier joined in. a similar service for the 98 men who lost thetir lives In an explosion at Frotier mine vM u ml iff ,. :1 ; - g i ' " ? " " , , , i , v ' ' : f j sli OFFICII! 0 T F.1E ran SHANGHAI IS BE FALIfG Heavy Blows By Kiangcu Forces Have Telling Effect -Defending Troops Bccto Losing Heart REPORTS ARE DENIED BY OFFICERS AT CITY Authorities Persist in Stat: ments That Position Is Stll Strong - (By the Associated Press) Weakened by the repeated ham mering of the Kiangsu forces, supported by the central govern ment of Peking, by a revolt of the third or home "army and by disaf fection in other units, the Cha- kiang defense of Shanghai Is on the verge of collapse. General Lu Hung-Hsiang has " offered to resign the Tuchunship of th9 province and Is reported to ha v left his capital, Hangchow, .I r Shanghai. The troops, part of tli9 third army, stationed at Hacs- chow, are reported to have thrown in their lot with Kiangsu; while others have joined) the Anhwel army, which had J Invaded Che- kiang near Szan south of Tai lake. and still others have gone over to the Fukien army, which, undor Sun Cbuan-Fang, a lieutenant of Wu Pel Fu, has advanced into Chekiang from the south. Kiangsu, taking advantage cf the situation, has launched a ne offensive at LIuho on the Yangtze river, driving towards Woosunr, the possession of which wouli give.it. the virtual iontrol of th port of Shanghai. Refugees are again flocklr.i into Shanghai and the foreign de fense forces have taken precau tions to protect the foreign settle ments. The central government at Pek ing, the hands of which have been strengthened by the collapse cf the Chekiang armies, has formally announced Its intention of sup pressing by lorce Chang Tso-LIn. the Manchurian leader, whose in vasion of Chihll at Chaoyang acl bombing of the Chihir concentra tion point at Shanhaikwan ha3 been accepted as a challenge ta fight. Wu Pei-Fu has been ap pointed commander in chief of tta Peking armies,' with lnstructionj to " start an offensive again -.t Chang. ' ., ": ' . Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the southern leader, who is concentrating his forces at Siuchow in norther t Kwangtung to' support the Che kiang leader, is left in a hopeles3 position with his 'ally admlttins his defeat. SHANGHAI. Spt.; 19. (By the Associated Press).- There is no evidence here this morning of any retreat on the .part of the Che kiang army, which has ben do fending Shanghai against the at tacks of the Kiangsu forces. Nei ther are any changes noted in tne positions of the two armies west of here. The officers at the Luns- wha headquarters of the Chekiang armyare emphatic In their state ments that the revoR of the third army at Hangchow, the Chekians capital, does not mean the utter defeat of Chekiang and express confidence in the loyalty of a con siderable number of the troops re maining within the province. This, they Insist, is particularly true of those which have been en gaged near the. Anhwel border. The officers also deny reports that munitions and supplies are being withdrawn from points along the Shanghai-Nanking rail way west of this city and fro a the Lluho sector on the Yanktzo river. They announce their de termination to continue to hold the lines. Rain Relieves Danger From Forest Fires EUGENE, Or., Sept. 18. Heavy showers of rain in both the Cas cade and Coast mountains today are believed to have extinguished all forest fires in this section, say national forest officials. A la rjre number of small I fires had been burning on the Cascade national forest for several: weeks -and the continued dry -weather made it very difficult to prevent thfr spread. All farm crops have teen gathered and the farmers say tt .' jrs'come the downpour.