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SEVENTY-tfOURTfc YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER S 194 price five c:::nv t V, f r V I, v r r " 4 t 3 i i . - ' 31 .' ( jr! i .. M y A V i 9. U i ,H t , I i 1 'J iOOKlRl Central Committee of Iowa 'Decides That Senator Has Withdrawn I From , the Ranks of the G. 0. P. VIGOROUSLY Assails PRESIDE IT COOLIDGE ' I lbcclaraion t ade that At tach Is Inspired By La Foirette Leaders i DE3 MOlNESi Iowa. Oct. 3. (By the -Associated Press). The Iowa republican jjehtral committee today decided that Senator Smith V .Brookhart had ruled himself out pf the republican ranks when he denounced President Cdolidge and Charles O. pawes, republican nominees for. president and Vice president.' The committee : Itself did ot directly! declare Senator Brookhart but of the parly but atated that, his statements of the last few, days Is k, repudiation and a holt from thai republican party. Senator Brookhart, who opened his campaign - for reelection at Emmetsburg today with a rigor ous attack upQ8 President Cool idge; declared 4 that because lie .'was nominated by 200,000 repub lican voters,! it waa he who rep resented ; Ihe republicans of 10 wa ! rather than the present republican organisation which he said was controlled hy "k small group 0t crooked and irresponsible dictat ors set np by ;the non-partisan league of Wall street." v , The committee declared that the .heads of the Lai Follette party in spired Senator Brookharfs action ."for. the malicious purpose 6? at tempting to turn the attention of the Voters from the real issues of this campaign and ..defeat the risht Of the people to elect a president; at the polls," thereby bringing the election ; Into con gress. . ;-'r'. f :,.P7" '" ...-' The state central committee in la StateSisat JfsaffJms its confi dence In the heads of the national ticket and declares "we are proud to stand on the life and record of Calvin Coolidga , against the at tacks of any ' man." " I 'JUDGE PIPES IS .mstice 1uti .Portland Jurist Is Appointed to Succeed Late John McCourt , Governor .Pierce yesterday, an nounced the-appointment of Judge Martin L. Pipe 4 of Portland as a member - tf -the supreme court to succeed the late Judge John Me-Coort-t, v--ij .,:,cV " w Judge Pipes was tot many years circuit judge ini the Roseburg dis trict, hut for a tons time has been located In Portland where he prac tices taw with; his two sons. He is a member of the Republican party though l formerly a I Demo crat, rhaTTng left the lattelr party In lMilVMU- - The ; appointment of Judge Pipes will be only for the three months between new and the first Monday In .Tanuary, there ilieins; no opportunity f or Judge Pipes to get .his m'ame On the, Norember election tatlot should he care to do so. . Judge Percy R. Kelly has filed as an Independent candidate to sticceed Justice McCourt tfalit4undreiipeoliIe,. Wait in Line All flight WASHIGTN,. Oct. S-Uore than' 80-0 persons were in line late tonight In front of the !j ticket booths at Griffith stadium pre pared for ah all night tlgR to he present at 9 o'clock ,, tomorrow morning when p2 5 00 bleacher teats will be put Vlk Bale. t THE 1 OREGON:! Partly cloudy; J alight change In temperature; moderate westerly wlnds.i LOCiL.WEATHER ! ! j I (Friday) Maximum ttemperature, 70 Minimum ;temperature 47 River, -1.2, rising Ralsfall, 08 .. : . 3 . Atmosphere, cloudy ':' Wind, south. AtIERiC ANS (GET CONTROL OF BIG RUSSIAN MINES Rich Concessions of Mangan ese Secured By United States Bankers MOSCOW, Oct. 3, (By the A. P.) After a lively battle for ser- eral months between American, British,. German,: French and Dutch interests for "possession of the rich manganese fields In. the Chicatourl district of Georgia, the largest and most productive in the world, the Americans as represent ed by the banking house of W. A. Harrimon & Co. of New York car ried off the laurels. , . Both the Georgian and Russian governments have accepted their offer, in prin ciple and It remains only to draw up the details of the contract in- TOlving several million dollars and covering a period of 25 years. The contract Ives the Ameri cans the monopoly on the expor tation of manganese from Russia. It will Insure a regular supply of manganese to American steel producers.! Road Between T.larion . And Jefferson Rebuilt Approximately $25,000 will be nut Into Iwork on the road be tween . Marion and Jefferson, ac cording to official announcement made .yesterday, . The six railroad crossings between the two towns will he eliminated. One overhead crossing, the , estimated cost of which Is 110,000, will be con structed. ; It, Is said that the rail road company will put up $12,500 toward the total sum required to rebuild the road. ,, I ; The road as rebuilt, instead of crossing the track six times as at present will keep entirely to the east side, thus improving what has been considered one of the most dangerous pieces of Toad In the state, and npon which there have been several serious accidents dur ing the past few years. . . oas CLOSES lit f President Gives Address at Fort Vayhe FORT WAYN, tnd.. Oct. 3. Charles G. Dawes, republican can didate f or vice president closed Indiana tour , and his third mid western trip with an address here tonight in virhich he characterized the La Follejtte Independent can didacy as an endeavor to drive the shin of state 'from its constitu- tional moorings. . "Don't 'lose your moorings, he advised his audience. "For one hundred and thirty five years the ship of state "has sailed with the constitution as a compass.: It has not sailed by the , wind as the politicians do. jit has made us great, nappy and peaceful coun try. All things depend upon it. , Mr. "Dawes spoke In Terre Haute, Brazil, Limed ale, Craw f ordsvllle, and La Fayette. The La Follette movement movement claimed Mr. Dawes' at tention in all his speeches. "That Is the predoinant, over shadowing - issue in this 'great campaign which is before us the most important qoeston which has been at issue since the civil war," he , said - in his ' speech at Craw rordsvllle. "Upon such people as live here and through this west4 era ; ., section . rests the hope ' of nuond 'government and the cons titution of the United States. Senator IfcTIary Heard j Tn Sifverton Address SILVERTON, Ore., Oct. 3. fSpectal to The Statesman ) . Charles L. McNary, United States senator Tor Oregon, and his bro ther, John . McNary. were "guests of the Sflrerton Chamber of Com merce at. a .luncheon Thursday noon. Following the luncheon A. Q. Steelhammer of Silverton i in troduced Senator McNary and In a short talk, the latter spoke of the potential possibilities of the northwest In general and of the Willamette valley in particular. He spoke of the future when irri gation could be made possible, saying, that with Silver creek pro perly handled the entire valley between Silverton and Salem could he irrigated. Senator Mc Kary also, touched on reforesta tion and remarked . that it was only daring the past few months that ' 'the government had paid much attention to the perpetua tion of timber resources. nmNfi rn id UllUJil 1UUII STAR MOUNDSMEN ONE WHO WILL : v n A 17 1: ?! Reading left to right: Pitchers Jack Bent ley, Claude t Millon. The lastJUns been announced as tlu probable Jonnard, John Watson, Arthur Xehf and Hagh Mc- hurler to start tlie scries against Washington today1. CU1SM Thomas . 'Callagh'an, Spe ' cial Agent, Introduces His Testimony , . . . TACOMA, . Wash . Oct. 3. Major Alexander P. Cronkhite was accidentally slain by , Sergeant Bugler Roland R. Pothier. and Captain Robert Rosenbluth had no connection with, the killing is the opinion of Thomas J. Callaghah, special agent in charge of the Providence, R. I., office of the bureau, of . investigation, depart ment., of justice, during cross examination in federal court this afternoon. '. ..This testimony came as the dra matic conclusion of a day in which a score - of. conflicting statements and confessions of Pothier .con cerning, the death of Major Cronk hite, had been Introduced in, evi dence., by ; James -W. - Osborne of New York, assistant to the. United States . attorney . general, who is prosecuting pothier, for the gov ernment on a charge of murder ing Cronkhite. , ; Rosenbluth Tried Later , y Rosenbluth is also accused of complicity In the, murder and his trial has been set for later this month. f j . . .- , Calaghan took the three con fessions of Pothier, which were introduced yesterday, l as having been made, between the time of his arrest about March 17, 1921, in Rhode Island, and March. 25 of the same year while under, arrest for alleged connection with the major's death. .; ; .. . i Callafchan'a statement declaring that in his opinion Rosenbluth ban not engineered . the : killing . of Cronkhite and that his death wits accidental . came , dnrtng i , cross examination of Maurice A. Lang horne. . : . . . The Special agent had been rigidly questioned by both prose cution, and defense regarding the details of! the confession and the circumstances of their taking. They showed Pothier as Admitting first that he had accidentally shot the major, secondly that he had deliberately shot, him on the or der of Captain Rosenbluth and third that he and Rosenbluth had arranged the killing several days in advance. Makes Mental Plea The defense : maintains j that Pothier is subnormal mentally and that the confessions were the re sult of suggestions planted In his mind by the officers who cross examined him after his arrest. .. Callaghan said in reply to ques tions by Langhorne that he be lieved . that Pothier'a . mentality was below normal and that 'strong er minds coald influence him, but denied that he had suggested ,to the defendant that , the major could have accidentally shot him self in. the manner described at the military "inquest. He declar ed that Pothier impressed him as a liar because he changed his story so often. He asserted In answer to Langhorne's questions that he did not believe Pothier's first confession and Hot all of the third. Coolidge-Dawes Club Formed at Sublimity A Coolidge-Dawes club was or ganized at Sublimity Friday night with the . following elected offic ers: .President, E. f- p. , Benney; vice president, F. A. Zimmerman; secretary, George E. Cover.:. Hal D. Patton and Bert .W. Mac jr of Salem werelhe 8peakr8nj 'Be tween 2 0 0 and 300 persons attended. OF "NENfV JYORK -.GIANTS, INCLUDING ! PROBABLY PITCH IN TODAY'S GAME 4stwijstMIJMJkMIMMM : .'.--.-.i-, V.-.' GOOD WEATHER IS PREDICTED FOR iTHE GAME Official Prophecy Is That Teams yill Have a Fair and Warm Day WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. The weather man; tonight cast his eye to windward and predicted a fair warm ' day t4morrow for the first clash in the i world's series, . Wal ter JohnsonJ. told of the promise of an Indian summer day, said that was 1 all he asked for and would buss his speed ball through with hop to it. . UAZlUe AFFAIR High Schopl Lads File Names With Carson . Others May Be Added , Unwilling to permit three mem bers of their crowd to be the "goats" in the recent alleged haz ing episode In which -k number of high' school j students participated, 1 boya whose names had not yet appeared ln the matter went to the office of John ,H. Carson, dis trict attorney, yesterday and left their names for use In the event of prosecution.. The names ot the following were place on file: John Propp, Claude Fallin, S. Larsen, Robert kitchen, J. Daviee, Cotter Gould, ; Callas . Marsters, Ronald Cray en, Kenneth Wechter Walter. Martin, John Irons, Floyd Seamster, Varner Camtield, Kola McClellan and Louis Girod. In addition to! these the names of ernon PeVry,; Donald Kelley, John Dragef! anil Wesley Ellis ap pear, bringing he ,11st to 19 stu dents, with the probability of others yet to be added. Of this number,;. Perry. Kelley and Drager are suspended prior to a hearing before the school board. Ellis was elsewhere during the hazing, but; admitted to having ridden in one Of the automobiles in which Harry Minto and Jack Spong, the youths hazed, were rid ing for the distance of a block. The school board has been lit erally deluged with requests and demands! that the boys be rein stated. None jot the board mem bers appear to be Intimidated and yesterday stuck fast to their ori ginal Statements that they would do or say nothing until the ac cused stadents had been, given a hearing and that they were pre pared to back Up George W. Hug, superintendent of schools, in any way that: was deeded. ! Two members ot the board. Dr. H. H. Oliager and Curtis Cross are out of town but. are expected to return .today or early Sunday. In this event a special meeting of the board Imaf be held Sunday morningf In order to allow- the hoys to return to school Monday if possible or else to expell them at this time. 1 i Choral Society. Will Be Active at Silverton ' f! r - SILVERTON, Ore;, Oct. 3. (Special, to The Statesman J .The Silverton Choral society will open for its fall ; work on Monday, Oct, 6.j The -meeting will be held at the Christian church and a busi ness meetihg will open the eve ning. At this 'election of officers will take place first. Following the routine business, if time per mits, ,the, members Will practice for a short time. The society la in the possession : ot new. music with which to open the fall prac tice."' f !:" i . - ' t : i : r : : . t : . i i t J- SHOT IH TEXAS Desperate Effort Made to Check Spread of Foot ! and Mouth Disease I HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 3.-f Nearly 1900 cattle,' approximately one fourth of them ; pure blood Brahmas, were shot and killed in three major operations on con'- tiguous pastures 20 miles south of Houston today In a concerted effort to check the spread ot foot and mouth disease In south Texas. Today' waa the seventh which had passed without reports of ad ditional infestation. "Each day without , a break,','. - Dr. Marion Imes, . federal j 1 inspecto.r, said, "means i that we are nearer the point , when we may really have cause to be hopeful." -i v Dr, Imes' office was notified by Washington today that Great Bri tain has -prohibited the-Importation of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, hay and straw from the whole of the United States.1 ; flBE OfiDEB 1BEST Confinement Foliows Conclu sion of Manchurian-So- j; r i 4 viet Agreement j ; i 'i i ' -' ! ' ' .-!.' I J ' i r ' -: I j . TIENTSIN, Oct.! 4. By the A. P.) 7 Following the conclusion of an agreement between Chang Tbq Lin, the Manchurian leader, and the soclet government, M Ostrou moff, the chief engineer of the Chinese Eastern railway,! and M. Gondatti, the chief of the land department of j the railway, have been arrested, j The reason for the arrests are not known. Hi f Chang last year , attempted to take over the control of the land J department. '; j ; i ; ; i ' The Chinese newspapers yester day published the alleged text Of the agreement between Chang and the soviet under which the latter recognizes the Independence bf Manchuria. - j Tj . ; ' i MTLWAUKiB HIGH WINS " i j . . ' ' The Milwoukle high school foot ball team defeated Woodhum 6 to 0 on the Woodbnrn field yes terday afternoon.' - Several ' tries for a goal from field, attempted by Milwaukie, were ; blocked by the Woodhum : forwards. The Woodburn team as a whole, now ever, was rather green and showed the effects of i inexperience. 3 L Casey Jones' Thousand cflniE CIHSE HFFIGILS by Hard Luck at Dayton WILBUR WRIGHT FIELD, Ohio. Oct 3 -(By The Associat ed Press. Hard luck flew with Charles Si (Casey) Jones, Curtiss exhibition company pilot, In the aTiation town j and country club trophy race ol fthe international air races today and a 1,000 prize slipped oat of his hands. I! ! With the race safely won he was within thirty eeetfnds of the home Pylon Wrhen he was forced down hy engfne Trouble. 1 j ;, I The accideBt to Jones trofagt Basil L. Rowe, Albany. N. Y In first and he received the 1 1,000 LAUHiPLtt III IUIID-AIRA Is Declared By Head of U. S. Air Forces to Consti tute a New Chapter in FJy ing History FEAT IS PERFORMED V FROM DIRIGIBLE "Flying Bathtub" With Small Engine Attracts Wide spread Interest f DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 3.- (By The Associated Press.) Charac terized by Major General Mason M. Patrick, chief of the United States air service, as having writ tgpSa new chapter In aviation, a airplane lot the first time in history, was launched in mid-air at Wilbur1 -Wright field today and got awayunaer its own power. TheeVperlment was "carried on with - a Sperry-messenger plane. hooked on underneath the car of the army dirigible TC-S as a stunt for the second day's program of the . international air races. ; l it was intended to ; show primarily how in time of war, dirigibles can transport planes. v The plane; Is hooked on a trapeze and may at tach itself again. . t Setting of a new world's record for model planes, the thrilling last minutes loss of a race by pi lot Charles "Casey" Jones of Gar den City, N.,T and competition between "fliTvers" of the sky were the outstanding points on today's program.,.: .v. . j.: I,... . .Easily of, the first Interest was the race between "the flying bath tub" of Etlenne Dormoy, technical engineer of McCook field and J. M. .Johnson of the Johnson air craft and .Supply company, Day ton, . both powered by motors .of 19.7 horsepower In the Dayton Daily. News light plane contest. J ohnBon won "traveling at an average speed of .64.7 miles an hour. The "bathtub" went around the 25 mile course at the rata, of 60.1 miles an . hour. . Dormcry's plane, , constructed and designed by himself, traveled 60 miles fon a gallon of f gasoline. H i DEMOCRAT ASSAILS HART BROOK- DES MOINES. Iowa. Oct. 3. - (By the' Associated Press). Dan F. Steck, democratic candidate 'for United States senator, in a state ment made public here today de nounced the presidential stand of Smith W. Brookhart in his ,En metsburg address as "dishoiiest and a fraud upon the republican party." , State Will Print Ballots for the La Follette-Wheeler : 1 Ticket i! RALEIGH, N. C Oct. 3. Re versing Its" previous ruling, ; he stati hoard bf elections late today decided to print and distribute In 81 counties the ballots for the La Follette - .Wheeler 'Independent ticket.; In the other. 19 counties of the state the Australian ballot system Is used and the counties print their own ballots. j Dollar iprlze for, speed, j Cyril Caldwell of Cleveland won the first prise of 31,000 for efficiency In f the aviation town and country, club of Detroit trophy race, with a score of 330.8. ; l . Flying at an average speed of 109.85 miles an hour, Lleuteaant D. M. Myers Of PhBlips field won the Dayton chamber ..ot "commerce trophy race, winning. $2,000 In Liberty, bonds. , J., M. Johnson ot the; Johnson. Aircraft and Sup ply company flew his -18.7 horse power airplane tailes an hoar tn lh Dayton DaflJ'.Newa trophy race, winning a 1 2,000 first prize. I ES DAYTON RAG Big FIRST WHITE BOY BORN IN SALEM VISITS George P. Holman of Salt Lake First Saw Light Here Eighty-Two Years AgQ Imagine it yOu can the sensa tion of .visiting 1 a place 82 years after you were born there and you will find yourself in the same position as George P. Holman, of Salk Lake City, the first white boy to have been born In Salem. Mr. Holman : was born here Feb ruary 6, 1842. Not content with this distinc tion,, ha was also the first native born Oregonian to be admitted to the bar, in 1'8?6. and to the legis lature, from Marion : county in 1870. i : V Mr. Holman left Salem 46 years ago, moving to Portland and later to Salt Lake City, where he en gaged in the lumber ; and mining business until he retired several years ago. He now resides . at the Alta club.M 1, ,. Mr. Holman' came to Salem to attend the funeral of the late George F. ftodgers. ; He is an uncle of Joseph H. Albert. ' Mr. Holman Is Spending the time talk ing with the old timers. U. OF W. TODAY Willamette Only Team Play. ing Second Northwest : Conference Game SEATTLE, Oct. 3. Of three Paciric northwest conference foot hall games 'scheduled, for tomor row, Willamette university, which is to play the University of Wash ington .here. Is the. only team to have played a northwest confer ence contest this year. Washing ton State college is to play Pacific college at Pullman and Gonzaga university the University of Idaho at Spokane In the other two con tests,..- . .- i',- , ... Big things were . expected At WUlamette by some football folr lowers here because of holding the University of Oregon to a score less tie last. Saturday, until three of fta star players Mudray, Car ter and Colbum had, been dis qualified by the Willamette facul ty as tney had played four years at McPherson college in Kansas City. . . . :. ... . The University of Montana, an-. otner nortnwest conference team, is to open Its season against Mt. St. Charles college, a non-conference eleven, at Missoula. mum T Willamette vs. University of a a at,.! -- . Washington Comes Today's Program in SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 3.-f Seven of the nine colleges of the Pacific coast conference will play football tomorrow, though the' program contains no Intra-confer-ence games. ' The four-time championship University of California team, which got off to a rather weak start last Saturday when it de feated Santa Clara university 13 to 7P has been! working hard dur ing the week and expects to win more impressively at Berkeley to morrow from St. Mary's college.' California's particular rival, Stanford university, which now has 5 the services of Coach Glenn Warner, of Pittsburg university fame, will be seen in its first col legiate game this season at Palo. Alto, with Occidental college furn ishing the opposition. The Uni versity of Southern California, the team perhaps most feared by. con ference coaches this year, will en-, tertain Pomona. Last Saturday USC began, the season In steam roller fashion, rolling up 78 points against California Tech's 6. ; At Seattle, University of Washington figured high in conference ratings, Will get its! preliminary test against the Willamette university team, which held the University j of Oregon scoreless a week ago. The University of Montana will meet Mount St. Charles at Mis soula. At Pullman, Washington State , college will he host to Pa crflc nnlversity. r The University of Idaho and Gonzaga university will tangle at Spokane. BEIIfiCllTS PlilY W TOPLAY DDm 1 w, VW" CLIIuiJP Series Between Clzr.iz Senators Will Stnrt U. 'Circumstances VS;!::i v Unparalleled GAME ISSUE ECLIF3Z3 CHARGES OF CIIIL:.; Suspicion Hanging Gv:r ; Yorkers' Heads Crc . , J. . From Limc!;:ht WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. 0 The Associated Press.) 1924 , world series betwesa t' Washington Senators, jt. winners for the first-time 'in t' "American league, andfibe I York Giants, National 1? champions for the past four will start tomorrow unl.r cumstances which have L. 1 parallel on the ere of the l- greatest classic. i the straggle, a battle tLat : Ises to bring -two closely t.. wnuiipuio acuon ior ua highest stakes, came tack t j t' limelight after bavins tt 1 scared for; two days hy'.tLa, sational charges of bribery ing -the Giants a.nd cam-.: ; t hflfllflfl'mant r9 pa " the -club,1 Jimmy O'DontU ; Cosy Dolan. Park Will Ce CrowJel Only the physical limits tl -the' Washington park, wLI commodates 37,000 with all t Space utilized, will .'preve; t 1 majority of the cityTs rcpu from yiewing its.herocj ia t opening 'bid for trlumjh. , The hope apparently u-i; In the mlnda of WashinEt;- 1 ' tonight was that Waller Jc their, pitching, idol, .wo bli the aommlt of . his 'rers'r' career of 18 years in cijor 1 baseball, by twirling the C to Victory.; Johnson, tlie LtrD every street urchin and tta r miration of the whole city, , carry, their hopes and fears la 1 powerful right arm. Tension Still Present Behind this high tlda cr , thusiasm, however, the exci: that always precedes .bar title stnrggle, there reria'r unmistakable undercurrent c : 1 sion, growing out of the trc nell-Dolan disclosures. . The : sibie reaction of this fcr r - the two teams take the tW I t morrow was a source of keea'i ulation. The Giant morala, believed has been shaken, . 1 though the players, after . brisk workout in the Ec. : park declared they . woul ? 1 ' the field ready to cast i; thought of. the scandal a-d . unhambered. for thm rmc' Jor crown. The Senators . their. 27 year old pilot, t. Harris, who led the club t. first pennant In the inat year, as manager, also put finishing touches to practice ., an hour's drill this morElw. . . Clanta IXa'ndicap jed The; American league ch&n. : will go into the opening With 'fnll j forces that carried them ta 1 pennant but the Giants mi l ' handicapped by the absent ) their veteran third List Heine Groh, who twisted a : several weeks ago. In V.u. . place will be Freddy Llnirc 18 year old . school boy. tl.il his first year In the majors. There la little to choc : tween the two teams. Washington, credited vLL more powerful pitching staff, speedy and versatile attat vi. be an aggressive foe ui; r. t: hrnilant leadership of Ilirr while the Giants. possessiriT ahly a stronger attack and ing staff that may be unexr , . strong, will rely on tha vc::r- strategy bf their leader, 1! who this year gained 1 pennant victory since IS 04. Ezra Meeker Gets 7. : As Illinois cn Way I RANTOUL, I1U Oct. 3. Meekerr "9 4 year old Orf : i t blazer, on his way Irczi , ter. Wash to Dayton, c: , attend the tntemational t:.- i with LU r'.It, Llett. Cai: : Kelly, landed at CI.il..:: shortly after four o'clc.k f.. . cided to tL3 x.:0Lt t