SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1924
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:;i DF SENATORS
t More People Crowd Into Polo
Grounds Than Ever Before
v Hectic Struggle Won By
Score of 6-4
.TOTAL OF 29 PLAYERS
v USED DURING THE GAME
Frank.. Frisch. . Makes His
Mark as Outstanding
Player of the Day
NEW YORK, Oct. 6. (By As
sociated PressO Out . of on of
the -wildest baseball maelstroms
that any world's series has ever
Witnessed, the. New York Giants
emerged Victorious-! today j over
Washington in the third game and
gained a commanding edge n the
'1924 championship struggle. ,
. Fought .out on new battlefield
before the greatest crowd that ever
IfJocked.io, the; Polo grounds, lair
'of the four time National league
Champions, the Giants won by a
margin of 6 to 4. but the outcome
.was in doubt until the final play
In the ninth inning when the Sen-
. ators were checked only after
staging a typically spectacular f in-
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' '''7.y RaDy in. Ninth
! - Three, runs behind going Into
the ninth! after a luckless battle
'against heavy odds,' the Senators
fecored one run and had, the bases
fall with only, one out when "Long
John" Watson, , the third ' Giant
pitcher of the inning stopped the
; rally and saved the game for the
'IXcGraw .men. j This was the cli
'naz to a game that, though spark
ling at times with the most bril
liant sort of play was also largely
; 'of eandlot character, punctuated
; -with loose work, missed opportuni
ties' and marked by the most in
effective exhibition Of twirling any
series , contest i has- witnessed -"in
years. In a "parade of the wood
en pitchers i four nioundsmen
iwere . called into the ' hectic fray
iby each of ( the .rival managers
'while the rush! ot other reserves
'produced, a total of 29 combatants
.before th smoke of battle had
f cleared ; away. ! The Giants lead
'log, from the rtart but never put
I of danger, won because they were
? steadier displayed the more ef
fective punch when It was need
ed, and at critical moments put up
' formidable defensive barrier in
j which Frank. Frisch... playing one
of the most spectacular games of
' his career, was the outstanding
figure, : .. rf - -J- .
1 : Game Fight Blade ! -I
The Senators fought gamely and
f they were always threatening bat
f the; American ; champions played
against heavy odd after losing the
I services of their veteran shortstop;
I Roger Pecklnpaugb. : bulwark of
the 'teams great Infield and bat
ftlng hero of yesterday's victory,
j P eckinpaugh, pulling a "Charley
; horse in running oat an infield
grounder in the second inning was
i forced to retire and Washington's
makeshift inner defense, after
i that, wa wobbly. ;
i I But.Pecfc's mishap which. Man
jager Harria said tbnlght was not
i serious,1 and probably would not
tkeep him out. tomorrow, was only
one of the several - factors that
' produced the Senator's downfall
and damaged their prospects qf
; gaining their firs world cham
pionship., In the crisis', the team's
pitching staff collapsed, its attack
; felt down in the pinches with two
' costly mlsplays, one by the usual-
ly reliable Harris and another by
Miller,, substituting at third base
; ori Bluege who had moved over
to fill Peck's shoes at short, fig
ured in the reversal.
Crowd of 50.000
- The , Senators fought their los
ing; battle before a record break
: Ing crowd of close' to 50,000 that
cheered them j with enthusiasm
scarcely less than that of the home
.crowd that saw. the two opening
games in Washington. ,
The- Giants making their first
appearance before their metropoli
tan followers' since the cloud of
scandal enshrouded them, were
noisily received by the crowd
! (Cuttnmd, ea pags Ti
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Party cloudy; slight'
, changes in temperature; mod-'
erate westerly winds, i
LOCAL WEATHER-
, ) (Monday v'. j
Maximum temperature, 75. i
Minimum temperature, 40.
River, 1.4; falling. ;
RalnfalL none.- v
Atmosphere, clear. t
Wind, northwest.
EDUCATOR OF
HEAVYWEIGHTS
TEACHES DAVIS
Jim Cullen, Who Trains His
Pupils to Knock 'Em Oat,
Hired By Bourbon '
-ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 6 Jim
Cullen.' physical trainer of heavy-1
weight fighters, : joined the John
W. Davis official party when it
left New York City today, to help
the democratic candidate put
"knockout, punches' in his battle
for the presidency."
It was the first time that Mr.
Davis has recognized the need for
such physical treatment since the
campaign started and It is under
stood he will keep Cullen with
him until after the big fight on
November 4. J i , ;
"He shows the need Of physical
Instruction," Cullen said of Mr.
Davis. . , .1
Strange Boat Attacks. C us
toms Launch in Effort to
Take Seized Cargo
VICTORIA, j B. C.,; Oct. 6.
Creeping up on the Dominion cus
toms launch Winimac which cap
tured the American launch Eva
B and 700 cases of liquor Sunday,
a strange craft fired upon the
vessel and attempted to wrest its
seized cargo in Ganges harbor,
near here, last night. The Wine
mac returned the fire and the al
leged hijacking vessel fled and
was lost in the darkness. Both
boats were badly riddled with bul
lets, j ,. .
TRIILOOffi
Father of Cronkhite, Alleged
Murdered Officer, to Be
One Witness
TACOMA. Wash., Oct. 8. The
federal government; which is try
ing to prove to a jury of 12 men
in United 1 States district ' court
here,! that Roland Pothier. mur
dered Major Alexander Cronkhite
on the Camp Lewis military re
servation in 1 1 1 8 is expected to
reach' the climax of its case this
week. ": 'j'.,! ! !
i Major General Adalbert Cronk
hite. father of thV young officer
who met such a mysterious death,
will : be one of the government
witnesses during the week, and
two others of , major Importance
are Dr. Otto Schultre and ; Wil
liam A. Jones of New York City.
They reached Tacoma today. Dr.
Schultze is a noted medical au
thority on homicides and he has
assisted in j various celebrated
cases 1 in the east.. Mr. Jones is
an authority on ballistics, and on
small arms. ' .- -
DtJ Schultze, according to the
docket file in the office of United
States Marshal E. B. Benn, will
receive $250 a day from the gov
ernment, while Mr. Jones will be
paid $75 a day. The pay will
start tfrom the time they leave
New York City and will end when
they have returned there. Both
men I testified before the grand
jury here that Indicted Pothier
and Robert Rosenbluth for the
murder of Major Cronkhite.
GIBBONS TO FIGHT READ
BELLAIRE. Ohio. Oct. 6 -
Tommy Gibbons, St. Paul, has
been I matched ; to box Wild Bill
Read, Columbus, Ohio, heavy
weight, 10 rounds here Friday
night. I
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TOfTMOETO
RECAPTURE LIQUOR
crax of
Will. Face Barnes, New 1 ,
York, in Today's Clash
; NEW YORK, Oct. 6. (By As
sociated Press.) Mogridge, vet
eran Washington left hander, and
Barnes, youthful Giant right hand
er, will pitch the fourth contest of
the world series, Harris and Mc
Graw, the rival . managers', an
nounced in today's game.
If the Giants; win -again Man
ager Harris will 1 call on Walter
Johnson to ' make the last ditch
stand of the -Senators in the fifth
game. Sure, "I can em," John
son said when asked if he thought
he could upset McG raw's team in
fcff ?c9nd fUempt, .rtBu Nejf,
Mil. SHOT
Q 111 1 11 10llOIl
IT PORTLAND
Spaniard Slays Former
Friend in Plain -Sight of
Many Passers-By Con
fession Made
VICTIM WAS FORMER
WIFE OF FIREMAN
Murderer Pursued and Cap
tured By Citizens Who
Witness Tragedy ;
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 6. In
plain view of scores ot persons,
Cecilio Cuenllas, a Spaniard, shot
and instantly killed Mrs. Clara
Peterson,; divorced wife of a Port
land fireman, eh the porch of her
home here today." . : I 1
Cuenllas, pursued by two citi
zens was I overtaken, seized and
then turned over to the police.
He was held in jail on a charge
of first degree murder. He made
a complete confession.
The dead woman also was Span
ish., She and the slayer, had been
friends, according to his story.
There was no jealousy, no quarrel.
Ceunllas said that the woman was
attempting to poison him and that
was the reason that he killed
her. y
ALLARE BACK .
ACTIOil DROPPED
By Agreement Suspension Is
Withdrawn and Boys Re
enter School
It was a tempest in a teapot af
ter all. A gopd deal of excitement
was stirred up over the alleged
hazing, but after everybody had
cooled off it was decided that it
wasi just a foolish . high school
prank and was let go at that. All
action was withdrawn and all the
boys were admitted to school yes
terday morning. Superintendent
Hug stated that he would call the
boys to his office and insist that
they remain out ot such things in'
the future. The student body
also will take action, and with
united support hazing -will be
eliminated . from the city schools
without doing injury to anybody.
It is a. very happy solution of
what looked like a sensational
case. . . ' . ? i s i
COAL BIIXER KILLED
, ELLENSBURG, Wash.; Ocl. 6.
. Frank Clemens, a coal miner
of Cle Elum, Wash., was killed
yesterpay when his automqfbilte
stalled on a Northern Pacific rail
way track near here.
t WILL BABCOCK DIES ,
. William Pr Babcock, well known
In Salem, passed away at a local
hospital at 1 o'clock this morning.
Details, including funeral an
nouncements, will be given later.
RAINS ARE FATAL
ST. THOMAS,: Virgin Islands,
Oct. (.-Ten lives are reported to
have been lost at Dominica, Lee
ward Islands, West Indies, yes
terday, when ; .torrential rains
caused the Roseau river to over
flow. The town was flooded with
four feet of water. Estates in the
Roeseau valley suffered heavily.1
HILL LEAVES SPOKANE
SPOKANE, Oct. 6. Cong
ressman Sam B. Hill after spend
ing Sunday in Spokane left today
for a week's speaking trip in the
Stephens county. He had nine
engagements.
t-5 r
;e, wasiunffion, :.,
who defeated the veteran Senator
ace in the opening game, will
work for the Giants Wednesday. :'
"We've had other reverses this
season and I guess we can come
back after this, "Bucky" Harris.
Washington mnager, said. "Peck-
inpaugh bad to leave the game
because of a charley-horse, and
that handicapped us some, but I
think he'll be back tomorrow." i
Manager "McGraw of the Giants
gave credit for the victory to the
defensive play of Frisch. i
"But the pitching was rotten.'
EZRA MEEKER
MAKES HOP TO
WASHINGTON
Army Plane Completes Trip
From Seattle, Spending
Just 24 Honrs in Air
- WASHINGTON Oct. 9; The
army plane in which Lieutenant
Kelly and Ezra Meeker. 94 year
old resident of Seattle, retraced
the westward trail he followed, In
pioneer days, arrived in Washing
ton late . today, having made the
flight between Vancouver, and
Washington In it hours actual
flying- time.
McAdoo Restsj From 3
Seriofis Operation
BALTIMORE, Oct. 6. William
Gibbs McAdoo, former secretary
ui iub ireassurjf, ,'wub repurieu uy
his physician tonight to be resting
very comfortably following an
operation performed today at
Johns Hopkins hospital for the
removal of gravel from the
bladder. I t f
2000 STRIKERS
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Many Injured in Conflict
Caused By Attempt to
Hold Meet In Hall
PATTERSON, IC J J., Oct. 6.
Refused permission to meet .In
Turn hall tonight.! 200 striking
silk workers led by two young
women, sisters, waving American
flags, marched tq: the city hall and
engaged in a battle with squads
of police officers When ordered
to disperse: A spore of men were
injured and 13 arrests were made.
Clubs were usted promiscuously
In the fighting and It was half an
hour before the police could sub
due the crowd f men and wom
en. "!.'...' : ---'i'
NEW YORK GHUBGH
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Action Comes as- Climax of
Long C6njroVersy By
! BaptistlOfficials
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. NEW YORKj Oct. 6. The
Presbytery of 3ew York received
today but delayed 'action on the
resignation of the Rev. Dr. Harry
Emerson Fosdck,! the Baptist
preacher of modernist ideas, who
for five years has held an assist
ant ministership in the First
Presbyterian chfrch of this city.
7 The resignation was ;Dr. Fos
dlck's answer to the request of
the Presbytery that, in accordance
with a ruling of the general as
sembly five months ago, he should
renounce his Baptist membership
and become a Presbyterian or re
linquish his association with the
local church. ' j ' j ;:.,--1:t
j That it had been tendered was
made known In! statements issued
today by Dr. j Edgar Whitaker
Work, chairman of the special
committee of ; the local Presbytery
designated to deal' with the Fos
dick case. fThe-e was set for the
text of the judicial communication
of the general Assembly at Grand
Rapids,. MJch..i last May 28; a
formal noticiatn Dr. Work sent
Rev. Dr. ' Fosdick last September
1, and the pastor's reply, datsd
today. I " f ...
In declining to become a Pres
byterian, ReV. Dr. Fosdick wroe
that he was not moved by denomi
national " reasons, for he had no
sectarian loyalties. He was con
vinced, however,' that he would be
guilty of "moral surrender ajid
a "violation of conscience" if he
subscribed Ho he confession of
faith "after two years of vehe
ment personal attack from a pow-
errui section of the Presbyterian
church." 1 ? , , ,
"In answer' t this proposal," be
wrote, "I must in all honesty set
my long standing and assured con
viction that ceedal subscription
to ancient confessions of faith is a
practice dangerous to the welfare
of the church and the integrity of
inuiviauai ponscience.
For him to forsake the Baptist
church for the Presbyterian would
encourage a return of a denomi
national 'closed shop." " It would
"suggest a retrograde sectarian
movement; it Would be to agree
with an attitude which I radically
disagree, to fall In with a deno
minational spirit which I regret
and deplore. ; - - ,
"I must4 not do what for me
would be a disingenuous and fic
titlous thing. under the guise of
tikiaf solfaa VoTrst" hf wrpje
FOSDICK fiESIGiiS
GARRIES FIGHT
INTO SEATTLE
Accuses Secretary, Work of
Approving Secret Agree
t mentj Between J. P. Mor
gan and United States
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
HEATEDLY ATTACKED
Alleged Pact Exhibited
Claim Made That Off i
cials Tried Secrecy
, v. in cam
paign speech, to a Seattle' audience
tonight,- Senator Wheeler, Inde
pendent r- vice presidential candi
date, charged that there had been,
with? Interior Secretary Works' 'ap
provnl, "a secret contract entered
into between J. P: Morgan's Alas
ka Steamship company, on the one
hand , and ' the government-owned
Alaska , railroad on the. otheit,
which fixed divisions of, freight
rates between the two concerns on
joint shipments. He exhibited a
copy of . the contract,' which, he
said. Senator La Follette, inde
pendent presidential . candidate,
had been unable to obtain from
Secretary Work.
He also assailed President Cool
Id ge in a prepared-in-advance text
hich recited an account of bank-
ng transactions In state funds
hen the president was governor
f Massachusetts. . i - '
e Relates Details
Senator 'La Follette one year
and a half ago asked Secretary
Work to furnish him' with a copy
of - each and every contract en
tered Into between the govern
ment , railroad and the Alaska
Steamship company and the Pa
cific Steamship company," Sena
for. Wheeler, said. . "I have Secre
tary Work's reply. There were
enclosed. copies of three important
and imperfectly Irregular business
contracts.; Secretary Work ' no
doubt believed ho had disposed of
Senator La Follette. j
"I am how holding up for your
view the"-contract ' which , Senator
La Follette wished to see and
which he has seen despite Secre
tary Work's misleading letter. It
Is a secret agreement as to the
Joint rates on freight shipped by
the, Morgan Steamship lines, and
the government railroad betweeni
the ports ot Seattle and Tacoma,
and points on the government
railroad, j -Why should a govern
ment railroad make a secret rate
agreement with anybody? (
' Motives Assailed
"How can one justify the grant
ing, of shop concessions to a big
and rich and powerful business
Combination as against its smaller
competitors? Here is a combina
tion, trying to obtain a monopoly
over the resources ot Alaska; In
stead ot seeking to break It up the
government enters Into a secret
pact to assist it. That Is the
meaning of the contract which
Secretary Work endeavored to hide
from Senator La Follette." : j ,
Attorney, General Rustgaard of
Alaska,' Senator Wheeler proceed
ed, obtained the copy of the con
tract, and a letter declaring, that
It "was not for general publican
tion NOR for the public," whiles
he read a paragraph from the ex-
hibited document which said "the
Alaskan engineering commission
and the steamship companies will
treat all division arrange
ments as confidential and promul
gate the information to interested
employes only." ! 1 ; ?
Concluding this subject he. said
that one of the first steps pro
posed by the independent ticket
candidates , was "the breaking of
this unfair, illegal hold of the
Morgan-Guggenheim group upon
the land and water transportation
of Alaska. , " j -:V-Attacks
Coolidgo
"I ask your close attention to
the following ' facts," he' proceed
ed. - "In 1920 Calvin Coolidge wak
governor of Massachusetts. Joseph
C. Allen was state bank examiner
and Fred Burrell was state
treasurer. Max Mitchell was pres
ident of the Cosmopolitan Trust
company of Boston which fialed
September 25 of that year, caus
ing losses to over 22,000 deposit
ors." Under the Massachusetts
law the . deposits of state funds
In any one bank must not be more
than 40 pet1 cent fit the bank's
capital stock. A lawsuit resulted.
State Treasurer Burrell testified
as follows:
" 'That about I a. m on a spring
day; ot 19.2.6 Max Mitchell, presi
dent, of the .bank; called him oh
the: telephone, saying that unless
he received money , ; from seme
source before , the bank opening
Jha$ day th j bgak; yrynli 0 brok.
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WOULD CREATE
FEDERAL BALL
! COMMISSION
Sol Bloom Congressman From
New York, Will Attempt
I to Create Law
A
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.--Repre-sentative
Sol Bloom of New York
announced tonight that he would
introduce at the next session ot
congress a bill under which base
ball would be governed by a fed
eral commission. 1 - ; t
I'Baseball is a matter of inter
state commerce,' he said. "The
two major leagues and most of the
minor leagues are Interstate af
fairs. Baseball magnates recog
nized the demand for some sort of
super-regulation when Judge Lan
dis was chosen as czar, but the
game is too big for one man con-.
trQl."
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Voters to Receive 'Ditch Cov
ering Amendment at Gen-
eral Election
Reconsidering the action taken
atf a special meeting last Satur
day, night, the city council revers
ed itself last night and voted to
submit to the voters at the gen
eral election an amendment to the
ciy charter giving the council
power to compel owners and leas
ees, of artificial waterways ta cov
etf these courses with a perman
ent construction,' under the di
rection of the ; council. Three
more sections were added to -the
original ordinance upon request of
Alderman Patton. The question
of reconsideration was brought up
bjf Alderman ' Galloway, who cast
a negative vote last week. Cover
ing of the ditches that may be dug
inf connection with the drainage
wprk In the - southeast portion of
ye city will lie with the dlscre-H
tion of the council. j
f Another , effort to re-establish
freight service on the -Willamette
Is; being made by the Inland Water
Transportation company, which
obtained permission to use the end
of Court and a lease- on city prop
erty lying between. Water and the
river, bank. I According to Charles
F Shaw, ; president of the com
pany, work on the docks will start
a soon as a boat and construc
tion crew now at Longview, Wash.,
can reach, the city. The boat will
run on alternate days during the
trial period and dally service j if
I necessary. No passengers will be
KiJ I Tf .nl.t.J nut tk,f
water competition gives the ICC
power to grant lower freight rates
on the railroad,, thus' proving! a
benefit to the city. The resolu
tion covering the matter waa
adopted.
I A vast quantity of routine bus
iness occupied the council. An
ordinance recently introduced gov
erning slingshots, firecrackers
guns, false fire alarms, brush and
bonfires, with an amendment
"without the consent of the may
or or the chief of the fire depart
ment" was passed. Violation pro
vides a fine not to exceed $100 .or
20 days in jail or both. '
Other business under this head
ing included a i petition ot John
L- Gatliff for a jitney bus service
serving the residents of the east
and southeast sections ot Salem,
smarting at State and High, which
was referred; permission to erect
a sign , underneath the Bligh
theater sign on State calling at
tention to the location of head
quarters for Jefferson Myers, can
didate for state' treasurer; reim
bursement of Mrs. C, O. Rice for
injuries received when she fell
qver a defective place in the side
Walk In front of 372 North Win
ter on June 15, the city being
responsible morally though not
legally; that the dogs belonging
to R. J. O'Leary, at South High
and Rural were a private but not
public nuisance and. that the city
would take no action; the need of
in electric light at Eighteenth and
Chemeketa, a dangeroues corner
tor motorists; instructions to the
light committee to investigate con
ditions with the view of improve
ments; request 'from Mrs. R. I.
Wilkerson. 580 North Liberty, for
light at North High and union
r North Liberty and Union and
the acceptance of a premium of
$ 1 0 1 7. 3 6 o f f ered by t he Lumber
mans' Trust company, of Portland,
for 125,434.12 worth of street im
provement bonds, the company be
ing the only one to submit a bid.
The street , committee reported
that residents who compalned of
the cost of pavement on North Cot
tage from D to North Mill creek
was' cxhorbllant had no .grounds
far their complaint a3 the paving
pas completed for $166.15 less
than the estimated cost and .the
residents should have remonstrate
ed against this before th work
beguile . ..
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vacancy m cc
Possibility Arises That Two Jude3 cf Sci?.
Name May Preside Over This Judicial DL
trict Albany Man Believed Slated f cr Ap
pointment by Governor Pierce
L. H. McMahan, attorney of Salem, has let it be knerrr.
that he will be a candidate for the circuit court judgeship f cr
the Marion-Liinn county district to fill the vacancy caused I.
the death of Judge George G. Bingham. It is too late
Mr. McMahan to get his name orr the official ballot and i:
will be necessary for his supporters to write in his name c :
the ballot, a method that is fully -legal, and precedent f c r
which was set in the election .of Judge Alfred S. Bennett cf
The Dalles ,to the supreme court and later the election c !
Judge George M. Brown to the-supreme court.
To become a candidate for the circuit judgship it x;'. 1
be necessary for.McMahan to withdraw as a candidate fcr t! 2
legislature. It is said the county Republican central commii
tee can nominate his successor as a candidate for the lesrl .:
lature, and if the committee acts soon enough, can get ti 3
name printed on the ballot. -
' The death of Judge i
TOLERATION
CLUB FORMED
Fifty Protestants and Fifty
Catholics Get Together
at Utica. N. Y. ;
s UTICA. N. Oct. 6. (By The
Associated Press.) With a view
to fostering patriotic ideals and "a
spirit of: .toleration j in economics,
politics and religion' 50 protes
tanta, nearly all members of the
Masonic order and a like number
of Catholics the majority affiliat
mettonight for formal organiza
tion of the .Hamilton Jefferson as
sociation announced as a "non-sectarian
and non-partisan", group,
ed with the Knights of Columbus,
, Gathered at a dinner here, the
charter members ot the associa
tion all leading , business men of
Utica.. heard the aims and objects
of the organization outlined by
leaders In each of the two frater
nal bodies, and summed up in the
principal address of the evening by
Eilhu Root, formerly United States
secretary of state, i ' .1
President Coolidge Acts as
Presiding Officer Hun
d reds Present
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. With
President Coolidge as its presiding
officer, the fourth annual Red
Cross convention opened today, at
tended by hundreds of chapter del
egates from all parts of the coun
try. As honorary president of -the
Red Cross Mr. Coolidge was the
first speaker and in his address
commended the organization and
its work. , . ,;.::' I . "
Among the other speakers waa
Brigaier General Frank T.' Hines.
director of, the veterans' bureau
who explained r what steps have
been or are being- taken . to pro
mote the welfare of America's
veterans. 1 Many of the recommen
dations passed at previous Red
Cross conventions for the benefit
ot veterans, he said, had been put
into effect either by congression
al legislation or by the veterans
bureau itself.
ORIOLES WIN
. BALTIMORE, Oct.. 6. (By The
Associated Press) By walking a-way-
with today's game, ,10 to 1,
the- Orioles of the International
league left St. Paul today leading
in the world series, 3 to 1.
WALES LEAVES OCTOBER J
. NEW YORK, Oct;,. 5,-r-The
Prince of Wales intends to depart
for England from thia country on
thai White Staf liner Olympic Oc
tober . 25, according to an an
noancemeat made today by of fl
Cials of the line., who safd they
received - this Information -from
Sir Harry . Armstrong, the British
consul general here.
OPEN OIL n
cross coinio;
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and the announcement by I" .
McMahan that he will be a can
didate to succeed to the otiin
makes ji possible that two" Tuf i
McMahan : may preside over ; ti j
circuit court in this district. Jud3
Percy R. Kelly," the other Judr ,
is a candidate Xor . the. suprer i
bench to succeed the late JustL 3
John McCourt, and is vertual' r
certain of election, which .wi 1
create, another, vacancy on t" 3
local circuit .bench. A. K. Mcll -han
ot Albany, who is not a re' -tlva
of the Salem .lawyer, is loc -ed
' upon, as the probable, chel
of .Governor Pierce for that, v -cancy.
" He is a good Deiaocr: t
and a close friend of the governc
having, assisted , in drafting t! 3
Etate; Income; tax act. .-.
Also $he governor .will tars 1 1
appointment to. make to sncce 1
Judge , Bingham; for the . ttr
months between now. and the tl. :
of the year. If he appoints frc 1
Marion county he no doubt w! !
appoint a Republican, since law
yers of the Democratic faith a : 1
few.., This appointment; was c
pected last night but .was defer
ed by the governor, and may 1 1
some time today. , There is a
possibility that he might be per
suaded to appoint L. H. McMahs?.,
which Would give the candidal
added prestige in the election.
However, this possibility
looms: As the secretary of et: ' 3
now proposes to 'have the ballt
arranged there are two candidates
for the supreme bench to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation
of Justice Lawrence T. Harris.
iney are o. r. coshow, Democrat
and incumbent by appointment of
the governor, and H. H. Belt cf
Dallas; and there is one candidate
to fill tha -varan fv ran nail tw tha.
death of Justice McCourt. TL:
is Judge Percy R. Kelly. This
arrangement makes certain tha
election of Kelly and makes ctr?
tain a vacancy to fill on the cir
cuit bench. ..
But a mandamus suit was tiled
in the supreme court yesterday
ty Dr. C. J. Smith, chairman cf
the Democratic state central com
mittee, which seeks to compel the
secretary of state to place in one
group on the ballot all the three
candidates for the supreme court,
with instructions to the voters to
vote for two of them. This move
is made in the Interests of Justice
Coshow by. the Democratic party.
Should it prevail there Is a chance
that Judge Kelly might be the
losing candidate, in which evest
event there would be no second
vacancy - oiv the circuit bench la
this ' district. The speculation i3
that Governor Pierce might ap
point the Albany McMahan to fill
the vacancy caused by Judge
Bingham's death rather than take
the chance of not having a second
vacancy to fill. ; -.
Should the governor appoint
McMahan of Albany he doubtless
would become a candidate against
McMahan of Salem. '
Councils! Agriculture
Drops Coolidga Rcqu::t
CHICAGO, Oct. 6. The execu
tive committee -ot the Amerlci;x
council of agriculture meet!.- -hero
today,-voted to withdraw i 3
request to. President Coolidse fcr
the appointment of an agricultural
commission by the secretary r f
agriculture. The council torn:!'
tee said the request was mada la t
J o'y anI in his speech of accr -
anceroc-the republican -rresfd...,-tial
nomination, I'rciident Co '
idge said that laveFt'Tat!
committee wouli La srpc'tei I !
haa taken no action. Members r
the committee expressed dl 1 .
faction with ttie drhty.