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s mm YQ)(U) -KM IV That me: the w&ridlQ gpeateoti. IfUQjt-Qmd Muiem SQutitov V . ; 4 Head the Ads Too SEMENTY-FOURTH year SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS QoUem wilt foec Ten Pages Today ' t V 'J :. A A. v ; I V -1 . k k ' ;. ', . J v V -i -4 A Y V A f I Mi a! mUtter op politics The State Land Board on the 9th day of October passed a reso lutlonregardlng the irreducible school" fund. Instead of giving that f-esiolution to the press, It was circulated at state expense. It la full hi bqison, full of venom and beneath! the dignity of state of ficers. The resolution i3 given In full herewith: C WA wtfiKKAS, m me issue oi the Morning uregonian of Wednesday, October 8. 1924, on page seven, the following state ments were made'. 'Both Governor Pierce ind Mr. Myers have inti mated fhat they favor investing the school funds' In bonds, which , would deprive the farmers . of money wt a reasonable cost. It also! is likely, -4t was said, that both the governor and Mr, Myers within the next month will go on record favoring the foreclosure of all mortgages securing loans from the schciol fund in cases where the Interest is delinquent more than a few weeiks. Such a course on the part of i the officials would bank rupt a large number of farmers, It wasald.' NowL whereas, the above state ment is misleading and untrue both in facts as stated and intima tions' conveyed and does by its very nature tend , to unsettle the Invested money of the chool : funds, increase unrest and dis . satisfaction among the borrowers of said school fund and add to the burden of the farmers of Oregon and is by its very nature Injurious , to the beet interests of the most f eacred money of our common wealth, ?the irreducible school fund ; therefore, be it J "Resolved, that we, the mem bers of the State Land Board, duly assembled in special meeting this ninth day of October, 1924, do hereby declare that It is not and at no time has been our purpose to change in any way the char acter of the loans from the irre ducible school fund and that we shall during our term of office continue to loan aid fund to the farmers of Oregon bn their im proved farms in such amounts as shall be properly safeguarded by the security of said farms as of fered to us; and further, be it "Resolved, that we do not and never have contemplated any ac tion looking ; towards the unjust foreclosure-of any properties now covered by our mortgages. That we will extend to the farmers of the state who are now making use of this money every courtesy and consideration compatible with the safety of the fund and the laws of Oregon. That we will give earnest and careful consideration to all requests for extensron of interest and other payments due, realizing 'that the farmers of Oregon are in many cases temporarily embar rassed by economic condition now existing, and that we will in no lease make foreclosures of proper ties covered by state mortgage? until every other means of pro tecting this most sacred fund has been exhausted; furthermore, be It, . . I "Resolved, that we hereby state that In practically every case where foreclosure proceedings have been instituted the proper ties covered by the mortgages are worthless and abandoned, the taxes overdue and foreclosure the only remedy left for us, and that we never have and never will deny to the farmers of Oregon every Opportunity to make good on their loans, but will on the other hand extend to them every aid in keep ing with the safety of the fund Intrusted to our care. "And further, that a copy of this resolution be sent to the press of the state and mailed to each person who la now making use of the money of the school fund or Oregon." In the first place an auditor was employed last spring for the pur pose of making an investigation of the school fund. , It is stated that he never investigated the fi nancial end, contenting himself with going through the files of the office and giving the records of each loan. For this alleged audit the state of Oregon paid 91200 a' sum certainly sufficient to have made a complete audit of all the .affairs of the land loan branch of the state government. That audit was filed under date of June-30th and yet it was held privately until about four weeks before the election when it was handed out cautiously among the friends of the administration. The secretary of state, Sam Kozer, de manded a copy and received it as was his due, but not ttntil about four months after the ' audit was filed. Then he had to fortify him self; for defense against the in nuendo and give to the state. the facts to prevent a spread of the (Continued on pige 6) THE WEATHER OREGON: Generally cloudy; probably rain near the coast; light southerly winds. LOCAL WEATHER i . (Wednesday) Maximum temperature, 71. Minimum temperature, 44. River, -2, stationary.1 Rainfall, none. Atmosphere, clear. Wind, southwest. inn IS UNDER 1Y TO HELP YIA Workers Resume Canvass ing After Re-Organization Dinner Served to Them Wednesday Noon FOUR DIVISIONS TO RAISE $5000 EACH Executive Team Hopes to Report subscription of at Least $20,000 "Forget Morgan and Ford and all those rich fellows who might give you the money to finish your Job of building the Salem "Y." It is your Job; get in and do it, and be proud of yourself. It would be fine if one of them would do it, of course; but it's more fun to do It yourselves to roll up your sleeves, spit on your hands and earn your own salvation. If ybu will stay with your new director, Dillon, you'll win; he never quits; and doesn't believe you will, either.," ; . j. ; . ; ! , ., ' This was I the message of Harry Stone, of the Portland "Y," yiho spoke at the reorganization dinner Wednesday noon. He is Just home from a trip to the east, and he brings a wonderful message of what the "Y" program is doing elsewhere. Waking up to the need of the, "Y" influence in develop ing boys into men, building cam paigns of staggering magnitude are 'being 'carried on in many cities.: Chicago raised $4,000,000; Detroit is starting on a $5,000,000 building campaign. Boise, Idaho, Premium List Available: Boys' and Girls' Depart ment Is Emphasized Premium! lists for the annual Marlon-Polk county corn show to be, staged in the Salem armory November 20, 21 and 22 under the direction of the Chamber of Commerce cooperating with the Marion County Community federa tion,! are being mailed out and are available at the Chamber of Com merce rooms. With the corn show will be an industrial exhibit and a display of English walnuts and filberts. , '. . . Under the rules all corn exhibit ed must be grown by the exhibitor in 1924. Entries wil close at C o'clock Wednesday, Oct. 19, and must be delivered at the armory to A. N. JFulkerBon, president of the federation. There are no en try fees and all premiums will be paid in cash at the Chamber of Commerce the day of the award Because the Brush College com munity has won so many first prizes it has consented not to com pete! this year, but probably will offer a fine display. '. Eight com munities are ' expected to have booths. Last year there were but five communities. Special empha sis. is being placed upon the boys' and girls' club department this year, ; A new classification in the corn department is that devoted to 10 stalks of silage corn, stalks and ears included. Speakers from the Oregon Agri cultural college will talk on sub jects of interest to corn growers in the afternoons while all awards will be made by specialists from the college.! W. H. Baillie, club leader, will be in charge of the boys and girs' exhibits. An 'or chestra and other : music will be offered each night of the show and at 8:30 o'clock there will be a 30-minute address by a promi nent speaker. The premium list is as follows: '; i Community Exhibit For the best community exhibit of vegetables and, home canned vegetables, including corn display in main show: First; $15; second, $10; third, ribbon. Sweepatakra " Best 10 ears .in show, $3; best 50 ears in show, $5; best and most complete individual display, not less than 3; varieties, $10. Boys' and Girls Clab Department . For Boys Ten ears any variety: First $5; second, $4; third, $3; fourth, $2.50; Xifth. $2; sixth, $1; i i (Continued o i "x 2) MI 111 FOR CORN SHOW Candidate for Seat in 1 ! Parliament i ! liADY Ct'RZOX Viscountess Curzon, wife of Lord Curzon, heir to the Earl of Howe, has been called the most beautiful woman in England. She is a candidate for parliament in the! general elections to -; be held this! month. List! Includes One Couple Who Have Been Married for Over 26 Years i Four couples were legally sep arated yesterday by the circuit court of Marion county, with Judge McMahan presiding. I All were by default, the plaintiff fail ing to appear in each case. . Zadie Weimer was divorced from Ralph Weimer, and" allowed to resume her former . name of Zadie Miles. Olga Miller was sep arated from L. P. Miller, given the custody of three minor children. Margaret, Juanita and Qerold. and allowed alimony of $30 per month. Carrie Morarity, alleging cruel and inhuman treatment ( on ' the par of her husband s George Mor arity,! was given the decree she asked. A. J. Anderson was di- a-vorccd from Ruth E. Anderson. He alleged that his wife deserted hint in March, ; 1922T in Mexico. Thq two were married in 1898. Professor Laughlin to ! . Give Lecture Tonight i s -, '- -1.., i i Announcement was made last night that Professor Laughlin of Willamette University will give a steropticon lecture as a part of this evening's church night serv ice at the First Methodist church. The title of the lecture i is "Ex periences in Palestine." ; and he will ohow a large number of pic tures! that be himself took while in the Holy Land. : I ! ! ! The usual supper and social hour will be held from 6:30 until 7:15. i From then until 8:00 o'clock, the time of the lecture, four study, groups will be formed. After! the lecture there will be a half hour of devotional service, led by Dr. Kirkpatrick. TILED WITH CLERK Contains the Names of 230 Property Owners in . u f Northeast Salem ; ! Petitions-relative to. the organi zation of the drainage district in northeast Salem were filed yester day with county clerk U. G. Boyer. Signatures of property owners holding something more than 500 acres over the required fifty per cent of the land in the district appear on the petitions. There are C61G acres of land in the dis trict, and of these approximately 380f) acres are represented by sig natures. There are 230 signatures in all, : , The petitions were filed by Rob ert iSimpson of the engineering firm bf Cupper and Simpson.! Illinois Bank Looted of M I Approximately $4000 i i ; i if EDWARDSVILLE, 111., Oct.1 22. Four men held up the- State Bank! of Bethalto , eigh t miles north of here this afternoon and forced a young woman in charge of the bank and a number of patrons to lie on the floor while they looted, the safe, and drawers of approximately $4,00. The I llPiJ'Wm:'-1i. (ill FOUR DIVORCES GIVEN BY COURT DM IGE PETITION four escaped'in an automokile EXPENDITURES iJESTie IS CONTINUED Small Slims Paid Out to Bring 'Labor Leaders to Washington to Hear Pres ident COolidge MONEY WAS LATER REPAID, STATEMENT Testimony Indicates That $365,000 Was Raised in Pennsylvania WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. Inti mate details of the bringing of labor leadefs j, to Washington to hear President Coolidge in a Laf bor day address; and additional light on methods employed to raise money for ; the conduct of the republican party's, national campaign funcj were furnished to day to the senate campaign inves tigating committee. -' T. V. O' Connor, chairman of the Shipping Board testified that he had arranged to bring the labor leaders j" here and had ad vanced - the . money, ( about $360, to nay their 'hotel and taxicab bills in Washington. The sum, he added, later was repaid to him by Joseph Ryan, vice president of the international longshore's union. Ilei denied that he had discussed the 'matter with either president Coolidge or the presi dent's secretary, C. Bascom Slemp but under Sharp;' cross examinaj tion he staled that he had taken it up with I one White house atj tache. ; I' i' " i " Gnindy Testifies j f - - i Joseph ' R. f Gruncy, wealthy manufacturer of Bristol, Pa., and chairman of the Pennsylvania ways and means committee of the said his organization had raised $365,000 up to today in 53 coun the Pittsburgh district. W. L. Mellon, a relative of Andrew W Mellon, secretary of treasury Is in charge of raising , money in that district, he Said. A' denial of information reach ing Senator Robert La Follette, that he had been named at the recent convention of the American bankers' association at Chicago to head a committee to solicit funds from the bankers of the country to aid the republican na tional or other tickets was made by Edward TI Stotesbury, Phila delphia partner of J. P. Morgan He told of collecting approximat ely $50,000; in Philadelphia for the Grundy: committee of which he is a member. Deny Further Knowledge I Both Stotesbury and Grundy told the committee that they had no knowledge of the collection bf funds for the republican cam paign by any Pennsylvania or can izations except the ways and means committed, the u n i o n league, an bid republican orean ization and: the t manufacturers club. They disclaimed any know ledge of special and indeDenden efforts to raise funds among the bankers and, business men. Assorting that he himself had made no effort to raise camnaicn funds, but loaned his name to the Grundy committee for what it might be worth. Samuel L. Vau clain, president Of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, testified that he had contributed $6,100 of his personal funds. 5 i i ' ' ' t : i' 1 !: Company j Gat e $ 1 0,000 He told also of donating $10 000 of his company's funds to the American i Ecoiiomin i pa ptm through Julius Kruttschnltt, pres ident of the. Southern Pacific rail road, and- in' that connection in sisted that big business interests had a right to eniploy people to influence sentiment as affecting legislation. , ' Mr. Vauclaln told the commit tee ho would not approve of the uso of any of the $10,000 to fight Senator La ; Follette. and added that he was not afraid of La Fol lette; that no "true working man would vote for the Wisconsin sen ator, and -that "ii will not takB more than one bay wagon to carry the La Follette vote." . He alsb suggested a four years recess of congress, saving that President Coolidge, whom he de scribed as a I "good president, could run the country In the mean time. : 4 "Then you don't believe in rep resentatlve government," he ask ed. "Yes, when we. are re pre ented," he rf torted, HOME RUN KING THRUSTS HAND THROUGH GLASS U:ba Ruth Breaks Doof of Automobile When He Sees Klamath River Salmon t- YREKA Cal.L Oct. 22. Her man ' "Babe" Ruth, ! home run king, became so excited while watching the leaping salmon in the Klamath river near here to day, that he thrust his hand through a pane of glass in the door of his automobile, cutting the hand slightly. Upon his ar rival here he had the hand treated by a physican. It is expected that the hand will be healed suf ficiently to permit Ruth keenihs: an engagement to play ball in the ban Francisco bay region Satur day' and Sunday. ' H Ruth surprised a number of the boys of the Yreka grammar school, I who were playing ball, by appearing in their midst un announced. . : jj Sam Meyers, Participant in Robbery and Murder, V Nabbed at Asotin ! LEWISTON. Idaho; Oct. 22.- Sam Myers, the i third: member bf the Craigmont bank robbers who yesterday held up Glade Olson. bookkeeper of the Bank of Voll- mer at Craigmont , and secured $575: and later shot and killed City Traffic Officer Gordon Har ris when they were stopped on a road : entering Lewiston, was ar rested today by; an Asotin posse near Asotin. r Currency , in the amount of $540 was' recovered from the person of Myers. f , Myers stated he was born In Union county, Oregon, and has spent most of his life about La Grande and North Powder., He is 33 years a? age and said he has followed farm work and logging camp jobs. ; t n Myers and the fourth member of the : robber gang abandoned their automobile in the suburbs bf Lewiston last : night and Myers states he has j not seen his com panion since1 they left the car. Chester Marrs and James Marrs were arrested yesterday hear Lew iston shortly after the shooting affray with the Lewiston officers. P. A. Schmidt Is Injured In Automobile Accident P.. A. Schmidt j' a farmer living on route 6, east of Salem was brought to the . Willamette sani tarium early Wednesday morning as a result of an automobile ac cident a mile south of the Four corners on the Cottage farm road. He was brought! to the hospital by Hans Hofstettpr, who found mm wun tne wrecsea car. - It is : presumed that the car was speeding and because of the slippery pavement the auto skia ed off the surface on a curve. So great- was the speed that a tele phone post was: knocked down when the machine struck it and the auto was badly wrecked, arid is almost a total! loss. - The report of theaccident . was made to the police station 2 a. m. Wednesday morning, j f. Schmidt's injuries consisted Of several bad cuts on his face arid head and several cuts on his legs. No . bones were broben. j He Is employed byj the American ex press, company, , H What the Boys , Say of the "Y 19 V" By IVAN WHITE Tho . boys of Salem have piit their faith in' the citizens of this town to get them a new Y. Why do they want this new building? Because in former years it has been a place tor them to congre gate and carry on many activities under the right kind of leadership. A place where they can enjoy themselves in the gym, swimming tank,- and game rooms. But the building where we have enjoyed ourselves has outlived its useful ness and is far inadequate to the needs of our large city. -i If . you want the boys in this city to run on the streets, to be getting constantly into trouble arid finally to become a detriment to this city, don't' support the cam paign.. But, If you want this city to continue along its present lines of progress, to have 4 YMCA thM is a credit to you.i if you want the young people to 'grow into the right kind, pat this campaign over. The boya of gajera leave it to you. Bred SHENANDOAH S EAST i TO NJ HOME Navy Dirigible Passes as Far ! as Texas Without Serious I Mishap Loses Bearings for Half Hour COURSE OF AIRSHIP FOUND AFTER EFFORT Latest Report indicates Bis bee Junction, Arizona Left Behind ; LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22.-yrhe navy dirigible Shenandoah, on hpr return trip from the Pacific coast to Lakehurst, X. J., .passed over Mohawk, ,Ariz., 60 miles east of Yuma at: 5:22 p. mountain time, according to telegraphic ad vices received here by the South ern Pacific. i BISBEE, Ariz., Oct. 23. After hovering over this, vicinity for nearly a half hour, "hunting about" as though lost, the giant naval dirigible Shenandoah was re ported at 12:45 a. m. to be headed toward the Mexican border in the direction of Kaco. I A lpcal private wireless station 'is endeavoring to "tune in" In an effort to determine if the ship Is off her bearings. ''. . 1 : j EL PASO. Texas, Oct. 23. Af ter sailing around in a circle and calling' for wireless locations for about 30 minutes, the US Shen andoah straightened and resumed ber journey east at BIsbee Junc tion, Ariz., at 1 a. m. today, ac cording to information received here by the EI Paso& Southeastern railway dispatcher; Bisbee June tion is about 239 miles west of here. ' ; LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23. At 1:20 a. m. today, mountain time, the Shenandoah was still In the 'vicinity of Bisbee, Ariz., trying to obtain better radio bearings from Fort Bliss, El Paso, according to k dispatch received at the South ern Pacific railway offices here, f DEBATE TRY-OUTS Nineteen Aspirants Turn Out j Wednesday; Eight Get j Another Chance j Two members of the Salem high debate squad have been definitely selected and are assured a berth bn the team. They are Homer BJchards and Avery Thompson who won their positions in a com petitive tryout Wednesday after boon. Nineteen aspirants for de bate honors were in the tryouts and eight of these, besides the wo high point men, are to fee in a second trial next Wednesday afternoon. i Those selected for the second fryout. are Margaret Pro, Leroy Grot. Thomas Childs. Lewis Olm- $tead, Clark Durham, Earl Tomil son, Winston Williams and James Fairchild. The. additional members of yes terday's tryout are Jack Spona; Jydia Childs, Anna Unke, Carl Jlamsdyer, Howard Gill, Kenneth Allen and Teal 'Fanning. - The Salem high debaters, under the coaching of Prof. J. It. Horn ing, won the state championship iast year and are headed to win again this season, if the enthusi asm shown is indicative of results ! The question on which Profess br Horning "is coaching the team Is, "Resolved: That a third strong political party would promote the interests of good government in jthe' United States." Former American Legion f Commander Is Shot Down l GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. Oct. 22 With the words "You broke up tny home" on his . lips. Chedel Simpson, 4 4 years old, fired a bul let today into the left arm of Col John G. Emery, veterau of Cantig- hy, the Argonne and St. Mihiel, and former national commander Of the American legion. The fhootlng was in Emery's real es tate office; where Simpson's 26- ycar-old wife ' is employed as Stenographer. 1 Tonight Colonel Emery is at a jocal hOspllal recuperating frohi his wound, and Simpson, against whom Mrs. Simpson recently filed Suit for dlvoTce. is in a cell charg kd with assaulj with intent to WJL HEAD TWO BOYS SURVIVE CITY BUDGET READY . FOR CONSIDEKATIM 1 AT SPECIAIi ' ESEETli Total. Amount Needed $249,959.28, a Reduction of Nearly 519,000 From Estimated Needs; Of ficial Axe Felt by Several Departments; Take Action Friday Cut and slashed in order to limitation clause, the. city budget, slightly under $250,000, is ready to present tq the citizens budget committee which meets with the city council Friday night. Approximately $19,000 was lopped off' the original requirements submitted by the various departments of the city to the ways and means committee. The official axe fell the heaviest upon he police depart ment, with lother departments receiving less than the amount sought. Members of the ways and means committee, which has worked hours on the budget, are L. J. Simeral, Hal D. Patton and W. H. Dancy. H The citizens committee, each member of the. council and the mayor making a selection, consists of 15 prominent Salem men, and include George Arbuckle, August Huckestein, U. G. Boyer, John Bayne, R. P. Boise, A. H. Moore, W. E. Park, U. G. Holt, H. W. Hale, Dr. E. E. Fisher, Fred A. WU- liams, Earl Race, O. T. Larson, B. Cv-Miles and P. II. Gregory. )' ' ' . . ' ' Actual figures for ' the budget DODOIL SUIT! BEGINS Will Attempt to Show That $100,000 Was Given to Secretary Fall I- LOS ANGELES,. Oct. 22. Testi mony was starteil In the United States district court here today in i. the government suit to cancel the lease and contracts of naval oil reserve ' properties . to the Pan American Petroleum and Trans port company, which E. L. Doheny controlling share holder, lvalues at $100,000,000 and In the alleged conspiracy for granting tof which the government charge Doheny paid $100,000 to Albert B. Fall, secretary of the interior; at that time. j Commander H.'A. Stuirt, USN, formerly officer in charge of the naval fuel oil reserves at Wash ington, the first witness tailed by Owen J. Roberts,! said that. Com mander Stuart was placed on the witness stand, to prove that a dis agreement existed in the navy de partment concerning these leases; that the navy officer had not been in accord 'with the policy and was subsequently removed frorii office. The taking "pf f testimony was preceded by offering of documen tary evidence, including the order of President Taft by which the Elk Hills oil lands! were withdrawn from public., entry;" the executive order by President Harding in 1921 directing that administration of the naval oil reserves be trans ferred to the -department of -the 'interior from the navy department and other documents bearing on . i. . i - - . . t me case. , Speech By President WHI Be Begun at 3:30 Pacific Coast Time i WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. Presi dent Coolidge directed his atten tion mainly today to completing the address ho will deliver here tomorrow night before the eastern division of the -Chamber if Com merce of the United States in which he is expected to bum up his views on government affairs. This will be the: last extended address of the president before election and detailed arrangements have been made to have it radio cast to every section of the coun try. He will start epeaklng about 9:30 o'clock eastern - standard time.; ." ' : '' Among several callers! at the White House toda. were ivilliam Willcox, chairman or the republi-i can national committee lin the" 1903 eampaisn, v ho drew! an en tbutiaslic picture of, the republi can political outlook in New York. Members of the Retail Grocers' association of New England and New. York were also received by the presjinti COOLIDBE FINISHES II ON ADDRESS 7 for 1925 Is Placed at keep it within the 6 per cent ' . - . - - requirements for 1925 are given at 1249, 959.28, which represents a cut of I18.S74.10 from the ori ginal estimate of $268,833.38. Upon first considering ; the re quirements, it was believed that a cut of $25,000 would be necessary to keep the total within the sx per cent limitation law, but $6009 was added to the estimate receipts, which had been quoted too low. The receipts ifor the coming year are estimated at $40,509.67. According to figures made pub lic by Marten Poulsen, city re corder, the police department i3 the greatest loser, being granted $26,100 for salaries, with $33, 600 sought. Originally Chief cf Police, Frank. A. Minto asked for a force of 20 patrolmen,' bat later compromised on 15 men. Othcj expenses of this department art the marshal's salary, of $1800; police matron's salary, $1200; de partmental expenses, $1815, whlcS was cut $550 by the ways aci means committee, and $325 for the expense Incidental to the ctly jail. i The sharp edge of the axe was also felt by the fire department, which was cut from $48,685 tc $45,029, a reduction, of $3656, in cluding the loss of two (firemen. Salaries make up the greater por tion of the expenses of this depart ment. $40,564 going to pay Fire Chief: Buck Hutton, one captain, one engineer, 2 7 firemen with four; vacation firemen. The re mainder of the appropriation is needed for incidental upkeep. ""Another 'department to receive less than asked is the engineering and surveying, which will receive $3000. The cut was $200 here. Lighting expense estimates were reduced' $540 and will be $17,861 (Continued a pc 5) Your Last Chance To Save $9-00 'The Statesman's Great Bargain Offer positively closes at 9 p. m. November 1, 1924, and will not be re newed. It is Now or Never. J What you can now buy for $3.00 will 'cost you $5.00 after November 1. Remit today. USE THIS COUPON The Oregon Statesman, i ! ; Salem, Oregon. Enclosed find $3.00 for one year's subscription to The Morning Statesman at the bargain-day rate. By JIall Only S'ame Address R..R. .Box. This rale applies to renewal as well as new subscribers by mall. Subscriptions start ed when desired.