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Newspaper Page Text' V til... l I mm X SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 ; I I 1- I .t - . , , SALEM. OREGON. TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 21 '' 1 ! f IESIDEHIT : : ' RSEICHSTAG . t - ' ' ' ' V Ebert Finds German Law makers unable to Come to j Agreement Orders. New rMMM.MM - U r"-.J ounyicaa iu ue runiicu "V ' ' ' - 5 i; I , ' - ', B t .ECTI0NS WILL BE HPi n IM HflRT TIMP . " UIp vMiniStry TO Be Left In Office Until New Body Is Formed BERLIX, Oct. 20. (By the A. P-J. The reichstag was dissolved by President Ebert this evening i .... . ' . . n.er iitiui enorta to construct a botprgeoiao , bloc which; would definitely control a safe majority iln the reichstag. Chancellor Mars "imcaica io rresmfni ejoen ror a 4ecree of dissolution and writs for new elections. ( I The refusal by the democrats to participate in a ministry which pxtended only in the direction of l. r . , ... . w ... nationalists proved a aeciaing Vacorj In the chancellor's decision o abandon his negotiations, espe- piapy as his own , party also was whkh would j drive tne socialists vr;u ictun aiusi glut uati Into opposition 1 ' I Dawes Report Issue 1 As was the case In the spring fampalgn, the Dawes report again wlIL. be the outstanding Issue in the, forthcoming elections, In that Ihe. democrats and clericals will lemand the continuation of Ger- nany's foreign policies along the lines enunciated by the retiring :abinet which were wholly dictat- 3d and shaped by the Issues fOlv"lng around Germany's accept-ling mce and muniment of the Dawes I dan. Iln this both bourgeoise par have tlists. active support of the ,oclal ialii - - Feellnir la Bitter Jest what would be the slogan f Stresemann's people's party and theHerga-Von Tirpitt party can- lot oe loresnaaowea. it 1 oiam rom mo progress 01 me inter-1 irtjr negotiations conducted by hance41or Marx durlhg the past r JrBT"J"ouia aem" ialing with which they charge the ders or the people's party and hioh Is said to consist of a secret romise to Hergt that the nation- lists would be definitely received . to the government and given 'eadtng cabinet posts as a reward or their partial support of the j-. t , . awefl 1 pian waen 11 came up tor tntf acceptance late in August Tlje Ichancellor exhausted every iXpedient at his command In or fer tol avoid new . elections, but he onfn&Jon thrown Into the sit I ation by tresemann s party hrottgh Its espousal of the nation jlistta and its open affront to the 'ociahlsts made further parleys ja possible i The present situation does not SsorVeJtselt Into, a cabinet crisis nA Is altoeether the result of the dstlng party lineup In the reich iig which precludes the forma- I'on of a workable maioritv eov- rnmentj 5 t The Marx-Stresemann ministry ill continue in office until the i iwiy ! elected reichstag produces 8 successor,. ; SHOCK IS FELT SEXTTLE, Oct. 20. An earth- foke. shock of 50 minutes': dura- Mi, which started at 12:03. p. m. Wwig registered on a seismo- j ipfi at, the University of Wash jton. j The tremors were be ,red by Dean Henry Landes of a University to have centered 000 miles south of Seattle II PANIC IS FATAL "LOUISVILLE. ' Ky.. Oct. 20. j e person was trampled to death id 2f others were injured, five taller, to. a panic which followed scotery of fire in a moving pic re theater in Newcastle, Ky., aifht ays a special dispatch to 9 Ccnitier Journal. h i ; f HE WEATHER t 1 ' t 1 Of&GON: Rain, cooler; fresh 'southeasterly winds with gales along"the coast; I J 1-OCAL WEATHER j f (Monday) jljxlmum temperature, 72. ' Ml3JJ"um temperature. 42. Klreri 1.8; stationary. n-'lat11' "none.' ' Hjtwphere. partly cloudy. . idV southwest. .1 EPINARD WILL NOT BE RACER FROM NOW ON Internationally f Famous -: i French Thoroughbred Has Run in His Last Event NEW YORK, Oct. 20. (By The Associated Press.) After disclos Ing refusal of a $300,000 offer for Epinard, a price which sets new record in thoroughbred val- ues. Pierre ; Wertheimer ; an- hOUDced today that his famo"s l - icu.u uuise udu mil ma iuai race an(i would b rtir,i to th ,! J M. Wertheimer did not revea the name of the bidder for Epin ard but t was said, to' be a prora- ent American turfman who be lieves the French track, in spite of four straight defeats in this countrv is one of the greatest thoroughbreds of all time, Epinard came out of his last race at Laurel, Md.; last Saturday with a quarter crack in one of his front feet The injury which occurred during the race, resulted in the horse's finishing fifth in field of seven and j prompted the decision of M. Wertheimer to re tire his star j from further com Detition. The iniurv. h said to- day, was more serious than was at first believed and would pre- elude any further racing by Epin ad, ' here or abroad.' ! . In i . i-k ' . rresiaent neceives Majority of 297 Votes Out of Pos- sible 479 Although the Coolidge adher ents have not been heard from the most frequently on Willamette campus, yet the straw vote taken at' chapel Monday morning gave re-(the GOP candidate the overwhelm majority of 297 votes out of 479. .. The Wisconsin senator pulled down 95 votes,; or about one-fifth of the total vote, while the Bour- bbnites were there 68 strong. The Socialist-Labor candidate, Johns, only drew two votes,' while "Andy numn" iwv. nnniai 17 . jmi.., n. tithnmri. tnnwu. .n,inl tha rpRiilt nf thn vnti . ihn Beniih. Ucan8 met after chaDel and de elded ' that their strength on the being necessary to affiliate with the national i republican party, which has been under consider ation for the past two weeks, and voted to merely maintain I their entity as a local political organi zation! and S after election to merge into the discussion group which will include j all political parties on the campus. This group will meet fori an hour each week for discussion purposes only. r STILIi MORE : WAR SAN SALVADOR, Oct. 20. Six hundred men were j killed and many more were wounded in a battle betweenj the government nd revolutionary forces at Aju- lenque. accoramg to reports re- to ceived here ; from .Tegucigalpa, Honduras. ! i . ' ( The advices added that a gov ernment army is marching toward Ocotepeque in . an attempt to re capture the town, which is in the hands of the rebels. General Fer- rera, leader of the revolution is said to be fleeing toward the Guatemalan frontier. ) ! AVIATOR KILLED WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. En sign William ! A. Engemans of Plemington, N. J. was killed when his seaplane crashed in Pensacola, Fla., bay today. j j ; C00LID6E POPULAR WITH WU STUDENTS Southworth Wins Right to Represent in Coast Speaking Fray Willamette Man Will Be Fitted in tne west At taniord University 1 next Ward Southworth. two year let ter man on the Willamette ! uni versity debating' team, last night took first place In the extempor aneous speaking tryout held in Waller Hall, and won the right to represent the school in the Pacific coast contest to be held at Stan ford university November 11. The general topic for the! tryout) had to do with the power of the United States congress to override acts of I congress. Thirty minutes before the tryout took place the candi dates six In number were given special phases of the general sub- ,Jectt and each, ruirei $2M COUNTY REPUBLICANS ENDORSE SE TO SUCCEED 1' i F. W. Settlemier, of Woodburn, was uriaminouslv nbminat ed for the legislature at a Kepublican central committee talks had been made. Fifty quarters last night. , Because L. H. McMahon. who was recently abDointpdcir cuit judge of Marion and Linn had been nominated for the legislature by the Republicans of the county; the central committee unaminouslv indorsed him as a candidate for the position he now hold4 by appoint ment. Several visiting Republicans meeting. . ; : ; . Famous Leader of YMCA Gives His Endorsement to GOP Candidate WASHINGTON. Oct. 20 Presi dent Coolidge received the en dorsement today of John R. Mott, international general secretary of the YMCA, "who issued a statement after a visit with the president endorsing the la'tter's character and 1 the ideals, . principles and policies for which ha stands. Mr. Mott said hel particularly approved of the foreign policy as laid . down by Mr. Coolidge and the state de partment. I Mr. Coolidge spent1, a rather quiet day at" his office. Secretary Hughes, who has just completed a brief speaking tour through the rmiddle west and New York and was among those calling on him Later In the day he started work on the address he will deliver here Thursday before thej eastern 'di vision or tne chamber or com ... .... 1 merce of the United States. This probably will be the last extended speech the president will make before the election. Satisfaction over the trend of the campaign has been expressed . by Mr. Cool idge but he 3s expected to confer next week with William M. Butler, cnairman or: tne republican na tional committee, on plans to get out the rote; ' LOEfi Father of Murderers' Victim Will Raise Fund to Keep Them in Jail I CHICAGO.IOct. 20. Plans for trust fundi that may ; be used after his death to oppose any ef forts to free "Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb were announced today by Jacob Franks, father of the boy they 1 killed. U "The murderers must never get freedom," he declared. "A lenient governor, a shrewd lawyer, an in different people and their libera tlon would be; the matter of only a short time, unless prevention were made to combat any effort to get them out of Joliet. , j I don t know how long I shall live. Duringlmy life I will fight any move to defeat justice. After my death the trust fund will be available." s , Bearcats Against Best Spellbinders Month ? make his speech on the specific question allotted to him. It fell to Southworth's lot to discuss whether or not! it should be left to the people or to congress to overrule supreme court decisions. Other contestants were Leroy Walker, Paul ; Buckley,; Percy Hammond, Dave McClintock and Dan Taylor. I The Judges were Professor Erickson, coach of men's debate. fProfessor Harding, coach of women's debate,' and Pro fessor Rahskopf, head of the pub lic speaking department of the jfiUauiila FW 3 WDI!E TO FIGHT TLEMIER 1AH0N meeting of the Marion county last night, after a number o members were present at head ; counties byC.overnor Pierce v ; j: . from out of town attended the - & Head of American Federa tion of Labor Urges Sup v port of 3rd Party NEW YORK, Octs 20.-riSamuel Cjompers, president jbf the Amef I can Federation of Labor, address ed a message tonight to organized labor defining the issues upon which he urged its support of the La Follette-Wheeler ticket and de daring it was the first time in the country's history that "such a tre mendous and determined opposi tlon has arisen against the sinister influences that have , controlled our government.". ; The message, issued on Mr Gompers return to the labor fed eration headquarters here after an absence of more than six months will be read, it was said, at every trade union meeting in the couu try and at all political rallies con ducted by organized labor this week. - .;: - :!;' f . "inrougn a remarkable cam paign in 1922," the message said , me non-partisan political cam paign policy of the American Fed eration of Labor was helpful in the election of 170 j members of the present congress which has been more responsible to the wish s of the people than any other in many years. tiut the supreme court and the chief executives for the past four years did arid have maintained a steady trend toward greater and greater reaction, which is so much desired by the privileged few. ; ;j i i Assails Old Parties , "The republican party is owned and controlled by the reactionar tes-by those who in order to give special privileges to the well to do would place heavy ,5 burdens on those least able to bear them. The democratic party Is controlled by the same sinister influences The fact is that Cbolidire and Davis were nominated by the same . . ; (ContinatA on pise 2) ; FORMER RESIDENT CULLED P. H. Raymond, Ex-Bailiff of bupreme Lourt,;L)ics in South Saturday k Word of the death of P. II Raymond, in South Sail Francisco, Calif., Saturday night has been re ceived by R. P. Boise. Mr. Ray mond made his home in Salem for number of years arid was well- known here and in other Will amette valley cities Prior to eaving for the south with bis wife a year ago last December. Mr. Raymond was bailiff of the su preme court from June 2, 1906 to December 1, 1922, when be resign ed. . He was making his. home with a daughter, Mrs. Martin L. Spangler, at the time of his death. : f Mr. Raymond' was at one time postmaster at Albany and I later engaged in the book and station ary business in Portland. He serv ed as deputy post master here un der Edward Hirsch. Had he. lived until the first of February he would have been 77 years old. He wag a member of the First Pres byterian church here and df the Ancient Order of United Work men. Funeral services are being held in .California where Inter ment will take place, -C He is . survived by; his widow. Mro. Edna D. Raymond and two daughters, Mrs. Spangle, of South San Franciscoi and Mrs1. Ethel Boyd, of Santa Monica Calif., and three grand-cjilldrgn, r: FRISCO IS LEFT BEHIND BYTHE NflUV DIRIGIBLE Shenandoah Takes Short Loop Over City On Its Way South Along Pacific Coast From Camp Lewis PERFORMS MANEUVERS OVER THE GOLDEN GATE Huge Airship Is Seen For An Hour As She Approach, es From North ' SANTA BARP.ARA. Cal.; Oct 21. The Shenandoah, appeared over the edge Of this city at 12:40 a. m. apparently flying over the water's, edge. She couldTbe seen plainly in the moonlight and was making fast time. SAX FRANCISCO, Oct. 20.- The navy dirigible Shenandoah looped over San Francisco on her way from the north today, a mos quito fleet of airplanes from Crissey field and a flock of in quiring seagulls following in her airy wake. ( As far as the city was concern ed, she was first spoken off Poin Bonita, six miles to the north, at 2:40 p. rii. For an hour or more before her grea envelope, steel gray against the western sky. could be seen by the thousands of eager watchers on the roofs of buildings and on the streets. Off the golden gate sh4 bent In land and maneuvered for altitude. Over the city proper she flew a a height of 1,000 feet or more, de scribed a wide sml-circle and then dipped into the gathering clouds again, to be quickly lost to view She seemed to be making slow progress, t particularly when she was in tn? oir-Rnore winas 1 inai thrust straight at her. , j. She left a radio greeting for Mayor James Rolph, Jr.. while flying over Uie city, but gave no indication as to the exact route she would follow out of San Fran cisco. It was believed that she would continue along the coast. , T V . i OPENING NEW STORE 1 , SILVERTON. Ore.. Oct. 20. (Special to The Statesman). Z Tasker, who owns what was for merly known as the Bentson store at Silvertoh, has recently rented a building at Mount Angel and is making preparations , to open a store there. Mr. Tasker expects to have the place in readiness for business by the first of November. At present he is installing shelves and counters in the building. Mr. Tasker will have charge of the new store while Mrs. Tasker will remain in charge at Silvcrtoni HELIUM FOR ZR-3 FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 20. Four cars of helium, first to go to the ZR-3, left here this after noon for Lakehurst, N. J. Twenty more cars will (follow this week, It is . stated. Orders to ship j the helium for refillfng tho big dirig ible were received today; from Washington. ; Contractor Imbibes Liquor, Uses Words in Hotel Lobby; Slashes at Rembnstrators Three men were injured, one dangerously, when W. H. Harpsr sub-contractor on the Detroit- Niagara government road, slashed wildly with Tils pocket knife in what observers state was an at tempt to resist being ejected: from the Detroit hotel lobby last Sun day night. Robert Geurian, a. colored log ger, was hurt the most dangerous ly of the three, having a cut on the right side of his neck over !the ugular vein, and continuing across the chest. It is stated that he has better than an even chance to recover. The other wounded men are Harry Christian, proprie tor of the hotel, who was cut under the tight arm and across the chest, and Boone Bowen, who was injured in the head and hand. The cause of all the trouble is said to have been a quantity of moonshine in which (llarpcjr had indulged. Coming into the hotel at Detroit; Jie began to talk in a loud voico, using, words that were not fit to be "heard by the women. several of! whom happened to be itf the lobby. An attempt by Chris tian to subdue the man only, had IJhe jffect o makln hImmore NEW UNITED STATES ZEPPELIN AS ! ! 1 IT PASSED LOW OVER NEW YORK I-! u :l ,1.11 - v y'" tV A" ft k& THE Coming out of ihe early morn ing haze, the giant airship built at the Zeppelin woTks for the U. S. navy received a "noisy welcome as it flew low over New York harbor and then over the city. The shreiking of harbor craft whistles ii' Cannot Raise Seed and Fibre From! Same Crop Declar es! Eastern Expert I Flax pulled at the proper time not only yields to better treatment in the mills, but has at least 25 per cent! greater -value, William D. Andrews, New York flax sner chant and buyer,, told .members of the chamber of commerce at the forum , luncheon Monday, j "Ydii have a gold mine here In Oregpii with the. flax .industry, Mr. Andrews said. "Oregon flax is being sought in every spinning center of the world. ; If the farm ers cati be taught to pull the flax at the proper time they should be paid more for the , product, for proper , pulling keeps the oil in the fiber, making it easier to spin and is one' of the characteristics of good flax," Mr. Andrews said I that the fiber from 'Willamette valley flax was second only to that! from Courtrai, In Belgium, which is the finest In fthe world. In regards to color, the local flax exceeds the Courtrai product, he said. i The trip to the Willamette val ley was in the nature of a gum- shop tHp.P the speaker; said. He intended to look over the country - (Continued oq pga 2) violent.' Then Christian, seeing it his duty as propraetor to main tain quiet ! in the place, attempted to put the' offending' man. out. At this Harper drew a knife from his pocket and assailed Christian. It is hard to sayj what .would have been? the outcome b.f the af fair if Bdone and Geurian, who were in the lobby at, the time, had not comef to the assistance of Christian, jwho Is not a large man. Eventually, after a chair and, a heavy broota had been used with tellinsr effect. Harper, was ren dered unconscious. - : j ' ' -However, upon regaining the use of hist senses Harper left the hotel attd Went to his tent, where he had. been staying with two other men! who were working on the road. He was not apprehend ed until Deputy Shcriq! Smith, dis patched from Stayton in answer to a ihurryjcall sent to- the county sheriff's office, arrived on the scene. Harper at iirsi aiiempia to escape jwlien the ueputy ap proached his tent, but he soon thdught better of it," and submit ted to arrest without a struggle. He was lodged in the county jail at Sales earl esteraa S2IHifia IS IMPORTANT i''?A;5w'' t ry-'-- 4 u a ': i 7 Tnr'TP8' 2 riv. ZR-3 was the signal for the city's tens of thousands to crane neck, and cheer as it passed over the narrow down-town streets or rushed "to house-tops as it continued its course up-t own and toward Lake hurst, N. J. D Doubt Seen As To Whethe Committee's Work Will Be Finished Nov. 4 WASHINGTON". Oct. 20. With a rather formidable array of wit nesses already summoned and still others to be called, members of the special senate committee expressed the opinion today that the investigation of 'campaign ex penditures by the three major po litical; parties, begun last week at Chicago, will be continued right up to election day, November-4, The inquiry will be resumed here tomorrow with the examlna tion of officials of the democratic national committee as to contrl buttons ; to and .expenditures by that organization. Clem Li. Shav er, chairman, and James W, -.Gerard, treasurer, will be the witness. es and they -will be asked . to consent to an arrangement agreed to by the officers of the republican and independent organizations to submit sworn reports as tp their financial affairs as Qf October 20 October 27 and ! November 1. i The committee had Intended to go straight-through with the in quiry Into the charges of Senator Robert M. La Follette that a huge "slush" fund is being raised' by the republican national committee the bankers and the, business in terests generally for use! in behalf of the Coolidge-Dawes ticket Upon his arrival ' here from Chi cago today,; however, Borah was advised by Joseph R. Grundy that he and other witnesses from ': Phila delphia could not-come; here be fore Wednesday. I; : Grundy, who is chairman of the ways andi means committee? ef the republican national committee and who has written appeals to the "citizens of Pennsylvania"- asking for1 "largest possible contribu tions,' will be a principal witness. Senator Caraway, democrat. Ar kansas, said today it was his -pur pose to ascertain by cross exami nation Grundy's business! interests and also as to the truth of the re ports that he was one of the. au thors of the famous schedule K of the Payne-Aldridge tariff; act. Edward T. Stotesbury, Philadel phia banker, and Samuel M,' Vaul- cain, president of the - Baldwin locomotive works, are other Phila delphia witnesses. Senator Borah said subpoenaes had been Issued for them. Nathan . T.. 5 Folwell, treasurer of the Manufacturers' club. Philadelphia, also is to be questioned on the basis of a letter sent by the finance committee of the club to its members soliciting funds for tho republican campaign and, emphasizing what was de clared to be thf in porta nee bt ac cepting a protortive tariff act on the sta'.ut" books. i ' (UliAIX EXPORTS i 1 I WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. Ex ports of grain from the United States last week totaled 13,784. 000 bushels, 1 IS NGTil EXPLOSION 10 GUI TURRET MAKES 110 One Officer and Three Men Killed j Many Hurt Dur ing Target Practice At Norfork, Virginia ACCIDENT OCCURS QN U. S. SCOUT CRUISER Trenton Name of III Fated ! Vessel Which Is Visited 1. By Death WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 p. Ad vised of the accident on board the scout cruiser Trenton off Cape Henry late today 1 In which ' four men, were killed and 18 Injured by an explosion during target practice, Admiral Eberle, chief of naval operations ' and acting sec retary of , the navy sent the fol lowing message to "Admiral Mc Cully commander of Ihe scouting fleet: j "Department deeply regrets ac cident on Trenton and expressea heart-felt sympathy to officers and men of that vessel and to the rel atives of those men who lost their lives or were Injured in the per formance of their duty." The accident was reported to the department by Admiral Mc Cnlly in a message which said: "Powder ignited in forward twin mount. Eighteen or ' more serious casualties; four dead." Admiral McCully, who is on the Wyoming, was advised of the ac cident by Captain E. C. Kalbfus of the Trenton, In a dispatch timed at 4:36 p. m.. and prom ised details when the cruiser reached Hampton Roads, Va. j The Trenton was commission ed about six months ago and had Just returned from Its shakedown cruise around Africa. I i Naval authorities late tonight made public a list of the dead and injured, sent by radio , from the Trenton, but without the home ad dress of the men. j'..' ! . . Dead !l Ensign Henry Clay Drexbra. Rowland Phillip Hanson, Sea man.-" ' j William Alfred Walker, seaman. Bernard Beverly Bryan, seaman second classi r j Critically Burned . Bennett Williams, seaman sec ond class. " ; I George Robert Cholister, boat swain's mate, first class. Franklin B. Jeffery, seaman. Marvin Franklin Seamon, sea man second claga. t Seriously, Xot CrlUcally George Dewitt Lnker, seaman. Joseph Cohen, seaman. ( ' George Joseph Gaf f ney, seaman second class. I 1 Edgar John Ivy, seaman. Arthur James McCormlck. sea- . 3 man. i ' Richard Ellsworth Denker, sea man second class.; . John Upzolino, seaman second class. : J SliffhUy Injured John. Arthur Sedgwick, lieu- tenant junior grade. -. (Continued on paga ) TABOO AT LEGlOi Auxiliary Stages Entertain ment and Feed; Nominate Officers Soon Autumn leaves and flowers pre dominated while hobnail . snoea and! messkits were taboo at Capi tal Post No". 9, American legion. last, night when the American le gion auxiliary provided an enter tainment - and feed for members of the post. - j ! Miss Maxine Myers offered a ballet dance, which w as very pleasing'. She was followed by Mr. Charge. In two bagpipe selec tions. He also played an accom paniment for Miss Hutcheons. who danced the highland fling. Both were in costume. Biddie Bishop contributed two vocal numbers, j Prior to the entertainment me pet, decided to stage a snow tn January and Commander Carl Gabrielson named H. R. IRufe White chairman of a show com mittee. Reports were given on the Armistice day program. Nomination' of officers will oc cupy the members at the next two meetings. The election will b held early in December.