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'3 i -i it Weather OREGON Rain fresh Ten Pages Today i 7 president Coolidge's annual message to congress first page of second section. Eighteen more shopping days until Christmas. Shop early, wrap carefully and mail early. : to strong southeasterly gales along the coast. Wednesday Ma J 49; Min. 38; River) 6.1 ris ing; -Rainfall .6; Atmosphere cloudy; - Wind east. -.-:- r ' ; ' ; I :.' k SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1924 IPRICE FIVE CENTS SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR i -i- LDH!o) . - A - j V ! c Ln ; . ' - . . - ! ir : : Vi ' w s i I , ' s " k t If V i t ( V J f ii fill TASK IS ' - UP ' i I VI I IL.I-I ' UUl 111. Coolidge Lays Stress on Re duction of, Cost of Nation- ! al Government in Message to Congress TO VETO BILLS. THAT ARE MOT ECONOMICAL Message Deals With Domestic and Foreign Affairs; Economy Is Law WASHINGTON. Dec. 3. Presi dent Coolidge submitted to con gress today a bread program deal ing with domestic and. foreign af fairs - but frankly ' aaid " the chief job for the government was to keep down expenditures. In- the., face of the nsual De cember drive for increased appro priations the executive again made economy his watchword and re minded the congress that the still stood in the gap to resist Increased appropriation bills which woald make future tax reductions impos sible. ... - - While generally endorsing most of .the domestic legislative recom mendations, the president, admin istration leaders at the capital saw little hope of translating many of then Into -law at -this -session. They will be fairly well satisfied If they can get ail of the annual upply .measures through before this congress expires by limitation next March 4. j : i Message Read Deoarting from the custom of recent years, Mr. Coolidge did not deliver his message in person. He transmitted it by messenger and It was read simultaneously In both houses. Senators and representa tives, as well as fairly crowded .galleries gave it close attention. In the senate there was an absence of the. applause which , generally ( Continued a pass 5) TK HELD Oil UQIMCIIKES Alleged Members of Olmsted Ring Are Held to Pace i t Federal Charge . i . , .. ' SEATTLE, Dec. .3. C. S. Greene, reputed to be one of Roy Olmsted's aides ! in coastwide liquor conspiracies, V. P. Smith and Con W easle were arrested here today on charges of violating the Volstead act by federal prohi bition agents In an attempt to round up inspected Olmsted ac comnlices. Federal agents said that Smith ' onerated in the vicinity of Ken- more where Sheriff Matt Starwlch receitly seized a $100,000 liquor cache. Assistant Prohibition Di rector W. M. Whitney declared Smith was a "middle man," Greene an aide to Olmsted, and Weasle a '.bottle merchant," or liquor retailer. DOfSlilUS TO . DE DOUGH ' , " i, "X " - Present Plans Call for Spe- . i m. ..... i. r : ciai unurcn rrograms ' .. . During Winter ' Th first meetinr of the newly nrnnticd Salem bovs chorus will be held Monday night at the YMCA according to an announcement made by Clarence Oliver, secre trv- of thn hova denartment.. ' Plana have been decided unon by the committee. In charge to use as many of the ol fiembers in the reorganization as - jssible. . In ad dition, they plan on securing as many new boy members as pos sible. Dr. H. ,C.Epley nas neen tiatned Instructor and will be as sisted: by - Willamette university Ktndenta. - ; :f ' The chorus plans to present pro3Tams in the diiierent cnurcnes - cf Saleri and to assist m the serv ica Tha orrac'zatlon was sue - ressful last year, and their work v for ,ttm year 13 expected -to - he Eastern Linen Looking Toward Oregon As Site There la on foot another prop osition to build a linen mill 1 ln Oregon; the company owning and operating it to be capitalized at 600.000. and statements hare been made that $300,000 of this has already been taken in the east, jand that a considerable share of the balance has been subscribed by Oregon parties. J. j Sidney Starling, one of the men to be connected with the pro posed new mill, has been in Ore gon 1 several times, and is thor oughly acquainted with the con ditions here. He is a man of genius, an inventor, and has been connected all his life with the spinning and weaving of flax fiber and yarns, and in the perfecting of various machines some of them taking short cats upon which other inventors have long worked and are still working; such men as Henry Ford, for instance.' Mr. Starling spent several weeks CHISEL GLO 0 FORBES CASE All Day Battle Between At torneys Caused by Testi mony of A. C. Crump CHICAGO, Dec. 3. (By Associ ated Press.) The testimony of Arthur C. 1 Crump , of Philadelphia formed, the background for an all day battle of counsel ln the Forbes-Thompson veterans bureau conspiracy trial, i Crump, during the period when Charles R. Forbes was head of the veterans bureau was secretary treasurer of the Pontiac Construction company of Detroit, the firm who got the first veterans bureau hospital contract, the one for the foundations of the Northampton, Mass., hospital buildings.! r-.j ; Both sides, through Crump in troduced a large number of letters telegrams and memoranda. On cross examination. Crump admitted he had refused an inter view two months ago to counsel for Forbes and his co-defendant. a St. Louis contractor being. ad vised by the district attorney at Philadelphia not to give them any information. The Pontiac company It was. brought out, was an open shop subsidiary of the James Black Masonry i and contracting company of St. Louis, Black now dead being a business associate of Thompson. i Crump's testimony ' was taken today with Ellas H. Mortimer, the principal government witness only half way through his story so that he might return home in time for his wife's confinement. Uunder questioning by'John W. H. Crim and Ralph Potter, special assisstants to the attorney gener al. Crump related his part ln fig uring the Pontiac company's bid on the Northampton foundation job, arriving at an estimate of $160,000 with 120 days as time of completion, i He was directed by Thompson, he testified, to make the time 90 days and just a few minutes be fore the bid was taken to the vet- Coattnnd a yaga ) LOCAL RED CROSS Annua! Election Held Wed- I 1 as j-. w. nesaay; New Board, or Directors Is Named C. E. ,Albin' was elected presi dent of the Willamette chapter of the American Red Cross at the annual meeting Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce. Other of ficers elected were E. T. Barnes, first vice president; , Frank E. Neer, second vice president; Mrs. John Rottle, treasurer,: and Rev. Harry W. Johnson secretary. . Members of the board of di rectors will be Father Antony Lalnck of Sublimity; Mrs. J. S. Laners of - Monmouth, Dr. ; A. B. Starbuck, of Dallas. . Mrs. R. E. Kleinsorge of Silverton, and Dr. Henry E. Morris. . Retiring officers of the associ ation are Harry Levy, president; Dr. Henry E. Morris.-first rice president; Hugh D. Mars of Jef ferson, second vice president, and George Arbuckle, secretary. The retiring board of directors Is R. J. Hendricks, Dr. Starbuck, Father La!:ck et.3 lirs. Je-a A. Carson. - AH WILL HEAD Experts' for Big Plant in Salem last summer and he came here direct from Henry Ford's ex perimental works, where . he had spent six weeks. - It is understood, however, that the proposed mill for Oregon is to be built along orthodox lines, using fiber regularly retted and Bcutched. Robert Simpson is another man who is to be connected with the proposed new mill. - He was here, accompanied by his daughter, last summer,- and spent the best part of a day looking over the. situa tion, and was shown through the penitentiary plant.' He is a great florist, with an international rep utation. He introduced some of her popular roses into Oregon. His establishment is at Clifton, N. J., twelve miles off of Broad way, New York city. s A. G. Riach of Portland, who sold a large part of the stock for . (Continued ea p&g 0.) Opportunity Given for Con sideration of New Settle ment by Underwood f WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. The senate paused today in Its consid eration, of the Muscle Shoals prob lem to give President Coolidge and the senators, an opportunity to study the new plan of Senator Underwood, .democrat, Alabama.! When the subject was called up ln the senate at 2 o'clock It was agreed to carry it over until to morrow. - Recess was afterwards taken Instead of adjournment, leaving the issue in its favored position on the senate calendar. ! .No, move toward settlement of the Muscle Shoals question is ex pected by congressional leaders until the president expressed his attitude on the Underwood pro-1 posal. The bill was taken to the White House early today by Sen ator Curtis, the republican leader and Senators McKinley, Illinois, and Pepper, Pennsylvania, repub licans, i The president referred the measure to the war department for a report from military experts and he is expected to make an early announcement of his attitnde ion it to clarify the situation in the senate. . LECTURE TOUT Proceeds to Apply onAmeri- , can War Mother. Monu ment at Court House Final arrangements have been made for the appearance of Tom Skeyhill, who will deliver his fam ous lecture on "Let's Talk About Prosperity," at the Armory to night. This is Skeyhill's second appearance in Salem and he is brought here this time under the auspices of the American War Mothers. h .Tickets can be secured 1 at the Armory beginning at 10 o'clock and at the Patton Bros. Book store and at the Commercial Book! store on North Commercial. Tickets for adults, are 60 cents and children under 12 years of age can secure admittance for 25 cents. .t Net proceeds from the lecture will be nsed by the American War Mothers to pay the balance due on the monument which; they erected on the Marion county court house grounds. At the present time about. s 1500 remains unpaid and they are anxious to close the aeconnt. ' r , Skeyhill, will be escorted from the Marlon hotel to the Armory by a delegation from the various Mar lon county American Legion posts It is planned that all poet com manders will march with him. The Capitol Post bugle and drum corps in escort the party to the Armory, ASKS FOR PEACE ATLANTA, Dec. 3. (By Asso ciated Press. ) A plea for : - the world to unite and abolish war was made , by Sir Willoughby Dickinson, London, former mem ber of parliament, late today at the opening session of the . federal council of church of Christ quad resBlal'Xaeetlsg n,ere.-'"..T v SHOALS FLAW i IS LAID OVER TOM s m TO LARGE LOSS IS SUSTAINED Of MIL SERVICE Reports of Postmaster Gen eral Show Net Loss of Nearly $40,000,000 For Year of 1923 SECOND CLASS MAIL IS CAUSE OF DEFICIT Passage of Salary Increase Bill Is Expected; Will Revise Rates . WASHINGTON, Dec- 3. A net loss of nearly $40,000,000 was sustained by. the government in 1923 In operation of the postal services, it was shown. In an ex pert analysis submitted to the senate today by Postmaster Gen eral New. More than half the excess of gross expenditures over receipts was found to be chargeable against second class mail. embrac ing news and magazines. The report, filed in with a sen ate .resolution' and designed for use in connection with , the bill proposing general " Increases in salary of postal employes, found that only first class mail and pos tal savings were operated at a profit. BUI May. Pass . , tth. friends of Jthe salary in crease bill, vetoed at the last ses- (Continued ea pag 8) EARLY HISTORY of lodge em Justice Burnett. OIdest Mem ber, Speaks at 72nd An niversary Here The early history of Chemeketa lodge No. 1. of the IOOF, was sketched Wednesday night by Jus tice George H. Burnett, oldest living member of the Salem or ganization. More than 250 people were in. attendance at the 72 anni versary of the founding of the lodge, which was celebrated with a homecoming. A program and musical' entertainment, followed by a banquet were the features of the evening. Chemeketa lodge has an unique history. It is noted because it is the oldest lodge and the first one established this side of the Rocky mountains. In addition, the lodge has been bound closely with the early development and history of Oregon. 'Many of the state's most prominent men were members of the lodge. One of the interesting features of the establishment of the lodge In Salem was brought to light by Justice Burnett. The charter of Chemeketa lodge had been sent to Oregon by way of Cape Horn Through some reason the charter was carried to the Sandwich Is lands where it was used to estab lish an organization there. The Salem lodge,; however, procurred an additional' charter, which they have today. Justice Burnett, aside from be ing the oldest living member, is past grand master of the organ ization. , LI LYING OFF COAST Steamers Carrying $650, uou worth of Booze at : San Diego SAN PEDRO. Cal., Dec. 3. Definite: Information' that the steamers Cold Harbor, a Vancouv er vessel of 12.000 tons and the Chief Skugate, a ; large fishing schooner, were lying forty miles Off San Clement a Inland with $500,000 and $150,000 cargoes of holiday liquor, was obtained from Cantain Lucas, commander of the United States coast gnard cutter Tamaroa, which put into port late today ' for minor renairs. The cutters 'Tamaroa and Vaughn. - according . to Cantain Lucas, have been - anchored near the two . liquor . bearing vessels to prevent any landing of intoxicants HOLIDAY DOR OOLIDGE TRIES INNOVATION IN RAILROAD TRIPS Special Train Abandoned; Seta Mark In Economy for Con ; gres9 to Shoot at EN ROUTE TO CHICAGO WITH PRESIDENT COOLIDGE, Cumber land, Md., Dec. 3. By The Asso ciated Press.) An innovation in presidential travel was being tried tonight by Calvin Coolidge. Since the days of Lincoln, it has been the custom of presidents to travel by special train or at least in a private car on the longer trips but Mr. Coolidge tonight was on his way' to Chicago to speak at the international livestock expo sition aboard a regularly schedul ed train, with the same accommo dations that may be obtained by any private citisen at any ticket office. Economy whltU-'Mr. Coolidge, true to his budget message and his annual message to congress has, in effect during the last two days, declared to be , the ,. watch word of his administration is the motive tor the abandonment of the custom. Mr. Coolidge figured he could save approximately Sl, 700 on the trip by eschewing the old methods of travel and decided that such a saving might be taken as an ;- example by departmental heads and bureau jot ficjers and possibly might have an effect on congress as an encouragement to economise. . HY VISITORS Open House at New Salem Hotel Proves Big success; i r r-urnisnings uompieie The New Salem Hotel, occupy ing the entire, uper floor and, part of the lower floor of the recently constructed Hughes building, wai officially, opened last night at the open house sponsored by Frank Bligh, "proprietor of the establish ment. The hotel will he ready for business today. j The new hostelry is, magnifi cently furnished, and no expense has been spared in making it one of the finest hotels possible. Danc ing was enjoyed by the , large crowd of visitors to the music furnished by Mill's 7-piece Oriole's orchestra. Mr. Munson sang two numbers which were well received Seventy rooms, luxuriously fur nisbed with the latest ; hotel im provements, ' and equipped . with every comfort constitute the upper floor of the hotel. Sixty-one rooms have connecting shower or tub baths. The bedsteads, . which are of simon steel, are cleverly wrought giving the appearance of a wood construction and are col ored to match the other furniture ln the room which Is walnut in a dark brown color, j Beds are furnished with Sealy tuftlesa mattresses, superior to any other mattresses on the mar ket. Foot blankets, are of the famous Pendleton wool, and were purchased through the Bishop's clothing store. The! rooms are fur nished with rocking chairs, straight back chairs, writing desks and clothes bureaus, and each , room contains a telephone connected with the central ex change , operated j in the lobby. The chambers are: well heated by steam generated by a furnace in the basement of the building. High grade yielding Wilton rugs. covering the floors, complete the (OonUnaad on pag 2) SPEAKING CONTEST Third Place Goes Jointly to bouthworth of Willamette and Kerr of OAC STANFORD UNIVERSIY, Cal.. Dec. 3.- Stanley A. Weigle of Stanford was awarded' first place In the first annual public speak' ing contest of the newly organized Pacific coast public speaking con ference here tonight. The subject was "The, Power of the United States Supreme Court to. Declare Acts of Congress Unconstitution al." - .William Barber of the Univers ity of Southern California was awarded second place. Third place was awarded Jointly to Ward Southwrth of Willamette univers ity of Salem, and to Robert Kerr of Oregon Agricultural college. Other institutions represented were the University of Oregon. Washington State college and Whitman college of -Washington. HOTEL PLEASES STANFORD WIS I SWINDLER IS CHANGED IN; PLEADS GUILTY Once Blithe Master of Fren zied Finance Now Shabby Wreck; Is Checked in at County Jail TOTAL SENTENCE MAY BE FORTY YEAR TERM Koretz to be Sentenced Sat urday ; Looks Forward to Prison Life ' CHICAGO, Dec. 3. Leo Koretz, a shabby wreck of the blithe mas ter swindler who collected $2,000,- 000 from enthusiastic relatives and friends through his Panama oil bubble," today pleaded guilty to four varieties of swindling. A year, ago to the day from the time the promoter ? of the - Bayano scheme fled .from Chicago with upwards of half a million dollars stuffed in a brief case he stood before the oar of justice, admitted his guilt and laid himself liable to a maximum of 40 years In the penitentiary. - Tonight the man who Out-fin anced financiers and paid divid ends with capital and made capi tal of dividends, checked in at the Cook ' county jail. Tomorrow he win appear in court for sentence ana by Saturday, less than two weeks since his arrest at Halifax, he probably will be in the pen! tentiary at Stateville. Koretz was brought into court during a lull in a murder trial. He appeared before Chief Justice Jacob Hopkins In the same dingy little courtroom made famous a few months ago by the Loeb-Leo- pold murder trial. The promoter wore a shapeless green suit and looked pale and tired, tie licked his lips nervously and f his eyes were everywhere, for in the dense ly packed courtroom were man of his victims, Including his three brothers and a sister. He retained control of his voice, however, and answered clearly when Judge Hop kins inquired what plea he desired to enter. Each of the four indictments contained the four charges of lar ceny, larceny by bailee, embezzle ment, and promotion of a conn dence game. ' To simplify matters three of the counts of each bill were dismissed, leaving four in dictments each charging a partlcu lar variety of swindling. Koretz is, looking forward to the life of the prison.; with something akin to relief,! It was Warned to- JOBS FOR MEMBERS VFW to Establish Employ ment Bureau; Abrams Nominated Commander Col. Carle E. Abrams was no minated; commander of the vet erans of Foreign Wars last night without a dissenting voice. Other officers nominated were Harold Garver, senior vice commander; Dr. G. E. Lewis, junior vice com mander: C. Lee for quartermas' ter; post advocate. Chris Kowitj and Henry O. Miller: chaplain Earl Chitty and Dr. G. Lewis; surgeon, Lloyd Ivle; officer of the day, Ed. Price and W. L. Moor. man and Chris1 Kowltz; trustees Bryan Conley. Chris Kowitz, Bol ton Hamble and Edward Price. The VFW passed a resolution to create an employment bureau for all ex-service men ln Salem: A committee was appointed to register the unemployed ex-serv ice men ln the city and to secure Jobs for them. Every ex-service man who la looking for work, is urged to register with Dr. George E. Lewis. 311 United States Bank building, phone 852. An appeal is to be made to the business men and employers to give special at tention to service men. r December 10 is to be set aside as ex-service men's day and ' a special drive is to be made to se cure employment for those in need. The many demands' that are coming to the veteran officials make it imperative that action of some sort be taken. The employ ment situation la acute in Salem, and a special effort on the part of the ex-servie men to secure jobs for their comrades is to be made, VETEAHS SEEKING FRANCIS ROIXOW icj nwTTJtmTTm? TO SAL gl N NEEDY Total Amount SobHcribed Up To Last Night I Twenty five DoQars ' One subscription lof $5 was yes terday added to The Statesman Christmas Fund. It was handed in by Francis Rollow of 280 Mis sion street. Salem J This makes the fund up to last night $25, according to the ljist below; the money being on deposit In one of the Salem banks, f It is not very long till Christ mas, and the fund should be a great deal larger! There are cases of real need (in Salem that will require assistance till the opening of spring jwork. it some individual, iirm or or ganization will voljunteer to take care of them," in ai suitable place. there will also bej included : sup plies of clothing and food. Will some one volunteer? This Statesman Christmas Fund will be distributed! by a disinter ested committee, of ther committee The members may name an organization or Beveral. organiza tions to make the distribution. It will be up to the committee The contributions to date are: D. A. White . . . :$ 5.00 . . 5.00 . . 1.00 Henry Jaquet T O Iff. A A n Edis Belle Matheson 2.00 2.00 5.00 Ida Mary Matheson' Dantoi J? Fry -.. Franeip Rollow 5.00 Total . . . 1..... . .$25.00 PLANS IDE US Held Unable to Compete With Foreignj Trade on Account of Ships LOS ANGELES. Dec. 3. A sug- gestion to "place id escrow' alt un- used and unsuitable ships of the United States shipping board so that the American merchant marine might be able to carve out its destiny in Its) own way and meet foreign competition with modern vessels, if as one of the outstanding proposals made at the "shiDDlne" session! of the meeting of the western division of the chamber of commerce of the Unit ed 0tajten at its losing meeting here today. The plan was advanced by Ralph J. Chandler, vice! president and General Manager jot the Los An geles steamship company. Mr. Chandler, discussing his plan to place the w ar-built carriers "in escrow to the navy or to other government hands and tied up against a possible future need," declared that It was logical to con sider these vessels! built in the war emergency as warl material, which in the uses of pece and in com petition with the craft of other na tions were "commercially obsolete, clogging the. wheels of progress," of the American merchant marine. He said: "It matters not wheth er the money was spent for cannon and ammunition, pr for means of transportation to carry men and supplies to the scene of war, all hese supplies should properly have been classed as wair .material.' "Let us not forget that while we are lying practicably dormant, the nations with wham we have to compete are actively building the most modern vessels. This condi tion constitutes aj serious menace to American shipping," he added. 1VAL MilTIOKS Secret Reserves Opened by Unauthorized Persons; ; Locks Ar$ Broken SAN DIEGO. al Dec. 3. A complaint that secret reserve am munition magazines at the La Playa naval fuel: base had been opened by unauthorized persons and that a quant! ammunition and ty of small arm .projectiles had been stolen, was jmade to the po lice today by authorities of the eleventh naval district. - The three locks on the maga zines bad leen filed in two and the magazine ddors pried open. It is believed the robbery took place last night. jThe robbery, of ficials assert, was' accomplished by a person or persons thoroughly famiPiar wth the La Playa fuel base, as the location of the maga zines and their contents '. was known to a comparatively few members of the local service col ony. Detectives 1 got fingerprints from the sawed locks. FODIRII 00T0 PILES iliED AS preside;;? B! DIRECTORS Nearly All of ; Stock Sub-1 scribed and Location cf Factory Will be Selected Immediately MACHINERY PURCHASE OCCUPIES DIRECTOR Twine -Plant Representative on Way; Superintendent Already Engaged At a meeting of the stockhold ers of the Miles' Linen company, held last night at the Chamber of Commerce, the following directors were chosen : B. C. Miles, T. B. Kay,. Jams G, Heltzel, George W. Shand and Ross C. -. Miles. The company, was officially organized and by-laws were adopted. ... " Following the adjournment of, the stockholders a meeting of di rectors was called . and the fol lowing officers of the Miles Linen company were elected: B. C. Miles, president; James G. Heltzel, vice president; ' Ross C. Miles, 5;r; tary; T. B. Kayj treasurer. 4 With $150,000 stock of the cz pany all subscribed, excepting a few thousand, the new compass will get down to business at rr.c?. - Twine" Expert CoxnLi A representative of one of til largest twine machinery plant3 In the world left New York. several days ago. As soon as he arrive? In Salem a meeting will be cal! ?! of the board of directors and tta matter of purchasing machinery for immediate shipment will-t taken up. 1 B. C. Miles, president of the new linen company, last night sent a cablegram to his represen tative in England, announcing ths it the company bad been officially organized. A superintendent of the mill, who has spent his life in the linen mills of France and Ire land, wil be engaged for the Sa em plant, along with several ex pert machinists. Will Select Site Options have been taken by Z'r. Miles on several desirable loca tions for the linen mill and within a few days the board of directors will meet to inspect these loca- ( Con tinned on pas 2) WEDNESDAY IN WASHINGTON Several hundred postmasters were nominated by President Coolidge.- ; The senate undertook the task of solving the Muscle Shoala question. President Coolidge submittei his ' annual message to congress, stressing economy. '. President Coolidge left for Chi cago, traveling in a regular Pull man compartment. i Director Hines transmitted to congress, the annual report of the veterans' bureau. Huntington T. Morse, shipping board and emergency fleet cor poration director for Eureope, re signed. ..''.' 1 The French debt was the sub ject of further discussion by Am bassador Jusserand and Secretary Mellon. - '- Announcement was made of tha signing of a treaty with Great Britain for equal rights for Ameri cans in Palestine. f . -President Coolidge held the final breakfast . conference ' with republican senators without in viting Senator La Follette and hU followers. ' Postmaster General New in formed the senate the government is losing money on all postal services except first class raall and postal savings. The District of Columbia su preme court declined to prevent the Internal revenue bureau frcn making tax returns available for public inspection. . ; . - Senate republicans and demo crats adjusted committee s .-' -ments made necessary by cT;s:. . Senator Borah of Idaho beec" Lead of the foreign relations -.-mittee.