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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1924)
Km 4 V Ten Pages Tcdby v The W eather OREGON , Cloudy, no mm Just twelve more shopping days until Chriatrjs. Save your self time and trouble by reading the advertisements before shopping. ; Do not delay, until the last minute. Do it now. ' change! In temperature: moderate southeast winds, j Wednesday Max. 58; Min. 49; Hiver 5.1 falling; Rainfall none; Atmosphere cloudy; Wind south. - r 3 j. SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS -2 mwm mm i r i iGREATBRITAlW - HW HALT DEBT ; PftlENTPLI England May Demand Debt a Settlement if France Pays llmterf Qtatpc nftifml Circles Uneasy FEW GOVERNMENTS WILL SUGGEST NEGOTIATIONS Statement of Churchill Not Believed Attitude of Eng-'j- ' lish Government . WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-Un-easinesa was aroused in some of ficial circles here by statements attributed today tb Winston Churchill, the chancellor 1 the British .exchequer, that his gov ernment would Insist on propor tionates ; payments to, it on occas ion of a common creditor making J payments to the. United States. The treasury was silent on the .'Churchill remark, but it gave evi dence of surprise at the turn tak en In the events because of a like- llhood that - such a declaration .might cause delay in a prospective f settlement with France. Meetings i between Secretary Mellon and Am k baseador Jusserand, with respect to the French debt, have been wbolly informal and nothing ap . proaching definite terms had been reached, even in that stage it was yindkated an expression from the British of such a character could mean only that; France -would v pause to consider. ; s Story Discounted Officials who would talk about the situation created by the pro nouncement of Churchill were loath to believe that it correctly represented the attitude of the British government. ' The situation, as whole,-bore i decided earmarks of difficulty for thia government in any attempt to reach, "agreements with other dfebtoi nations. , Pew of 5 then! $ would suggest negotiations. In the view of officials here. If they were confronted with the certain knowl edge that Great Britain would step In withi a demand for a set-? ktlement at the same time. , f Another phase of the situation 'which was suggested as the foun dation, for an interallied debt conference- The United States has -steadfastly refused to participate Via meetings of this sort in the past, but some officials looked 4 upon the British chancellor's 3tate mnn t raMBini that another at- . tempt would i be made to induce! fthis government to Join In discus sion of the whole debt subject. ? . Rich Lode Struck During I : Road Work in Victoria x Victoria. b. a, Dec. 10. .Blasting of a new road out of Stewart, B. C, has exposed some of the richest quartz ever found in northern Canada, according to word brought here today by Chas. ilierron Seattle newspaper pub , lisher, who was at: the scene. ; As Asays of the quart! ran $800 a -ton, he said.; Claims have been staked on both sides of the road by men from Stewart and -Hyder. Mr. Herron declared. " - , , -1 TO approve treaty . . THE' HAGUE. Dec. 10. The 'government introduced in parlia ment tonight a bill to give ap proval to the liquor treaty con cluded at. Washington August 22 hetween the United States and the .Netherlands. The treaty is iden tical with the; Anglo-American "treaty. - J': l .-. - WEDNESDAY IN WASHINGTON legislation. The senate devoted another day o Muscle Shoals. Indian Commissioner Burke de- manded an Investigation of charg es filed against him In the house. '9 i .- TVia "Missouri i Pacific railroad mm .ln nnltinrltt tn ntirfhsap Hhe New Orleans,, Texas and.Mex- lico railway. - '- ' A senate commerce bill has been tvoted favorable i report . on the .house bill for government pur chase of the Cape Cod canal. Possibility of revising plans lor .cruising the airship Shenandoah 'to Hawaii for the spring maneuv ers was seen at the navy depart- jnent. , ' ': m Great Britain'8 views on collec tion of American; , war damage claims from"Germany were con tained in a communication, re reived at the state department. . '.- . ! A bill, to adjust postal rates to allow increased postal salaries was drafted at the post office depart ner.t at the request of Senator :tesi'ns of the senate post office Absent Minded Traffic Law Violators Will ; be Brought Back for Trial Hereafter, violaters of the coun ty traffic laws in the Salem dis trict will conduct themselves with a trifle more circumspection. Fail ure to appear in court after an arrest has been made, and time set for appearance, will without doubt result in an added strain upon the motorist's pocketbook. Or if the pocketbook is already in i depleted condition, a Jail sen ence of no slight magnitude is a very possible solution to the mat ter. L.. B. Burtitt of -Portland, was impressed with this policy when he was arraigned yesterday. A month or so ago, Burfitt was arrested: by State Traffic Officer Harry L,. Griffith. He promised to appear m court tne next aay to answer the charges against him. Days and weeka passed and Bur fitt failed to arrive in Salenu Seemingly, the matter had entire ly passed from his mind. . Business engagements were no aoum press ing. Miss Zola BIrdwell. steno grapher in the Justice court, is au thority for the statement that 1TCERI1 Cross Examination Develops Flaws in History of Gov ernment Witness fiHICAGO. Dec. 10. (Br The Associated Press.) Five hours more of intense cross-examination developed several flaws In the story of Elias H. Mortimer, chief government witness In tne jroroes trial, concerning his attempts to nhtain Veterans' bureau hospital contracts through corrupt acts. "That was my recollection at tne time," Mortimer said when con fronted with exhibitions of his tes timony before the senate commit tee which diirered substantially from his direct testimony In the present., trial, f I -don't remem ber." he answered several times daring the day when asked to ex plain to the Jury these apparent inconsistencies in his story. V Mortimer was on the witness stand today for his third day of cross examination in tne trial or Charles R. Forbes, former director nf the Veterans Bureau and John R. ThomDson. CThicaeo and : St. Louis contractor, charged with conspiracy to defraud the govern ment, in hospital construction af terwards during the Forbes ad ministration, i I raTe him- n thousand dollars In Mah anil ha wntlld tiaTA eot more if he haijl left my wife alone" the witness said in answer to a question as to how he paid Forbes his snare of an alleged DriDe. James S. Easby-Smith, chief counsel for Forbes, completing his cross examination at the morning session centered on Mortimer's in dictment in New York, May, 1923. for violation of the Volstead act. and the settlement of the case without a. trial" after Mortimer had exn1a.lnd the circumstances of the indictment to Mrs. Mabel G. Wellebrandt, assistant attorney general in charge of prohibition eases. S Postal Rates May Be Raised Higher WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. A bill to increase and adjust postal rates so as to permit & 168,000,000 ad vance In the pay of postal employ es is being drafted at the post office department at the request of Chairman Sterling of the sen ate postoff ice f ommittee. It is the purpose ot Senator Sterling to present a -measure which will so lower the losses on the handling of various kinds of mail : to meet the pay Increase which President. Coolidge has ve toed, i . SEATTLE HIT BV GALE SEATTLE. Dec. 10.. Miss Blanche Thorn and Fred C. Slber horn, 64, were t severely Injured by automobiles today daring the height of a -43 mile gale that swept over the : city. . iRTKR IS Two of Oregon's Poets Are Present '. for Rotary Authors' Week Program Grace E. Hall and Theodore A. Harper Read Selections From Their Own. Works and Explain. Their Philosophies By AUDRED BUNCH Grace E. Hall of the Oregonian and Theodore A. Harper, whose first book is in amazing. demand, contributed the authors' week pro gram yesterday noon at the Rotary club weekly luncheon at the Mar Ion hotel. ; i ' . Mr. Harper spoke first after the club had sung a "coupla" songs, and all the guests had been properly introduced. He began whimsically with mention of hisr own inquiring nature that at last asked "Why do I ask questions'" for which the Irishman gave him the one satisfactory reply, "Be cause there's "a reason , in every thing." And "the reason In every thing" it is tfiat leads to the nu cleus of Mr. Harper's philosophy which is, namely, that there Is traffic violaters have notoriously weak memories; not one of tnem would remember Addison Sima of Seattle. f . Then the clean-up campaign was inaugurated. Constable De Long, armed with warrants, went to Portland and served one on Burfitt. The case came up yes terday, and Burfitt was assessed a fine of $20, and costs of $15.80. covering the constable's trip to Portland and other expenses in curred In the case. Burfitt was unable to pay the fine, and is now in the county Jail, where he will serve about 20; days unless he is able to raise the money. This Is only! a beginning. ; A number of warrants have been is sued and action is expected on them within a day or two. Look ing at it from a purely financial nnint nf view. It. -would seem that appearing on the day appointed for the hearing has certain advan tages. It returns a fairly large dividend on the investment. Condition to Be Tabulated By Sociologists; Work Takes Threes Months - ! Cooperation of every business man and every organization in Sa lem is asked by the j Willamette university chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, national sociological fratern ity, in Its survey of the city which will get into swing this week. The object of the survey is to tabulate all the conditions existing in Sa lem. The results when finally de termined will be turned over to the city YWCA, which will conduct a course of study for those inter ested in the development -of. Sa lem. ... ?r , : I , . ....,;.:; The survey will be conducted under a series of groups, with a competent leader in charge, and each group will make a compre hensive study of the problems as signed. Population, history of Sa lem, recreation; social agencies, public morals, educational agen cies, transportation, communica tion, vacations, financial resources, housing, community organization and industry and religion are among the things which will be statistically tabulated, i Among those who will hav3 an active part in-1 this survey are Dean George II. Alden, Professor Laughlin, Professor Harding, and Prof. Hertzog of the faculty, and Jennelle Vandevort, Sofie Zarsi dias, Cedric Chang. Percy Ham mond, Juanita Henry, of the col lege of liberal : arts, and Carrie Banford of Kimball college. In order to make the work suc cessful and the results beneficial to the business men and social and educational workers of Salem 25 sociological students will devote the greaterpart of their class time for three months to the effort. Every organization and establish ment in Salem will be called on for assistance, and close cooperation asked so that all details secured and tabulated will be entirely ac curate. .:;.' 1; . ., j ... 1 h Newberg Youth Disappears After Testimony at Trial NEWBERG, i Or., Dec. 10. Ward M. MacMaugh, 23,1 formerly an officer of the Ku Klux Klan here, who testified for the plain tiff In a damage suit brought re cently by Mrsi Edna Cummins against members, of the klan. was being sought today by officers following his disappearance Sun day., - !' . 1 ' The youth vanished after start ing to walk to his home near Laurel, eight miles northeast of Newberg. and has not been seen since. He had been among seve ral who dined Sunday with Mrs. Cummins. some truth in everything that per sists. ' 4 With It obvious that fairy-tales have persisted, their truth, Mr. Harper concluded, is in the simple fact that they combine a familiar setting to the wondrous. And this setting doesn't have to he a castle at all. The city hall or Tom Kay's woolen mill, wll do just as welL ! . ,' -. j: , Grace E. Hall, the second speak er of the luncheon, had her own book "Patchwork" in, her hands as she spoke, and later read from it. Her first book, "Homespun. sold out in 19 months, a fact that proves quite, concisely the worth of a religion like Mrs. ; Hall's which she defined in the one word (Continued on pe S) FARPi1 BUREAU : IS ADJURED: PRAISE GORE Next Secretary of Agricul ture Must Be Man With an Intimate Knowledge of Farm Problems COOPERATIVE PROGRAM MEETS WITH APPROVAL Federation Praise Late Secre- tary Wallace; Urge Tax Reduction CHICAGO, Dec. 10. (By the Associated Press). The American farm bureau federation In resolu tions adopted today, recommended that the next secretary of agricul ture be a man "who not only has intimate knowledge of agricul ture," but also possesses "a broad economic knowledge and a broad business experience with which to meet the - problems confronting agriculture. s President O. E.- Bradfute was authorized to call a-conference of farm leaders "for the purpose of making, not more than thre nomi nations for the consideration of President Coolidge in appointing", a secretary of agriculture when Howard M. Gore . retires next March. Tribute was paid to the work of Mr. Gore and of the late Henry C. Wallace. Other resolutions Indorsed' Pre sident Coolidge's principle "that orderly production and orderly marketing are . indespensible to successful marketing," and also the president's economic program. . Opposition to the proposed child labor amendment was reaffirmed, as was the federation's attitude toward the Muscle . Shoals ques tion. It was urged that a farmer board decide questions of the cost of fertilizer to be manufactured at Muscle Shoals. - .v In dealing with taxes, the fed eration, urged, that the federal ..es tate tax be abolished, that income rather than - consumption be the more heavily taxed, that the gift tax be retained, that tax-free se curities be abolished and that the incomes of banks and their stock holders be taxed. Particular attention was paid in the resolutions to advocacy of continued support of cooperative marketing organizations and it was recommended that a complete cooperative wool marketing pro gram be established. The convention closed today after reelecting O. E. Bradfute of Xenia, Ohio, president. Date Not Yet Set; New Min istry, to Take Over Govern- ment Management BERLIN, Dec. 10. (By the A. P.) The cabinet at a meeting to day decided to resign. The date of its resignation will be fixed by agreement between Chancellor Marx and President Ebert. Unless Ebert requests the Marx Stresemann cabinet to continue in office until after the holidays, it is probable that the affairs of Germany will. In the course of the next week, be entrusted to a new ministry. This would be com posed of bourgeois parties in which the German nationalists, by virtue of . their preponderance of reich stag mandates, will play a de cisive role. i In requiring President Ebert to be relieved of further responsi bility the cabinet explains that it is wholly a minority ministry and is not representative of the party lineup resulting from Sunday's election. GOTO IS III. HELD DOT SERIOUS Veteran Leader of Labor Federation Suffers Attack in Mexico City HW1IT DECIDE TO RESIGN EL PASO, Texas, Dec, 10. American labor leaders who re turned from Mexico City to the United States via El Paso yester day, today said Samuel Gompers, president of the American Feder ation of Labor, was1 ill in Mexico City.' They .denied a report how ever,; that he had to be carried out of a bull ring where a celebra tion was staged last week in honor of visiting labor men. They reported- that physicians In Mexico City and Gompers nurse did not consider his condition critical. R, ANDERSON, : BAIL FORFEITER, , IS PROSECUTOR Vancouver Lawyer Charged With Violating I'M Liquor Law Tries Booae Case Vancouver, B. C, Dec. 10. F. R. Anderson, who forfeited a $10, 000 bond In' San Francisco where he was indicted for alleged con spiracy to violate the United States prohibition laws, appearing today as crown prosecutor against Mrs. Wilhelmina Davis of Alert Bay, declared the laws of British Columbia applying to bootleggers must be upheld. -J Mrs. Davis appealed from a con viction as a bootlegger by a lower court and sentenced to six months in Jail. , , CHANGE LIQUOR LAW VICTORIA, B; C.. 'Dec. 10. There would be no compulsory Jail sentence for a first offense In the sale of liquor In British Col umbia, but fines from $500 to $1000 -would be imposed, with an alternative of a prison sentence of from 6 to 12 months, in an am endment to the liquor act intro duced in the provincial legislature today. - - - . , fWABTTO S Famous Zinovief f Letter Causes Bitter Debate in ' English Parties LONDON, Dee. 10- (By ' the Associated Press) Resumption of debate on the king's address to parliament tonigtft brought out in the . house of commons a revival of (the recent election campaign conflict over the famous Zinovieff letter, which urged revolutionary activity in England. Prime Min ister Baldwin previously had said that the cabinet sub-committee which examined the evidence placed before it in connection with tho letter had - concluded unanl tasnalyt that the document .. was authentic. -i- ;; John R. Clynes, who was lord privy seal in the late MacDonald cabinet, tn the course of a general attack on the program of the gov ernment of Stanley .Baldwin, de manded that the house should be afforded a view of the evidence on which the sub-committee -arrived at its decision regarding the au thenticity of the letter. He said the Zinovieff document did so much to obtain Mr. Baldwin his huge majority in the recent elec tions that the premier ought not to object to an independent inves tigation. I Sir. John Simon, one of the leading liberals In the hoie, lift ed the debate out of the rut of party polemics by raising the ques tion of the Franco-Amtrican debt conversations. Sir John said it would be intolerable if Great Bri tain was to have no say in any re adjustment of the debt question between the United States and France. He wanted to know how far Premier Baldwin regarded these allied djts as assets. GUILTY B COURT Ruthenberg Violator of Syn dicalism Law; Secretary of Worker's, Party LANSING, Mich., Dec. 10. (By the Associated Press ) . Charles E. Ruthenberg, secretary of the workers party of America and prominent member of the com munist party of America, was held guilty of violation of the Michigan syndicalism law by the state su preme court today. He was ori ginally convicted in the Berrien county courts, following his ar rest in the raid of the federal and local offices in the secret conven tion of the communists at Bridge man, Berrien county, in August, 1922. , He- promptly appealed from the decision of the district court and has been at liberty since under bond. Ruthenberg is now in Chi cago. W.VZ. Foster, who was the presidential candidate ot the work ers party in the last election, and Benjamin Gitlow, his running mate, were others among those arrested In, the Berrien raid. Fos ter was tried but the jury dis agreed. ; - Autos Pile Up on Highway Due to Ice; 62 in Tangle LA GRANDE, Or.. Dec. 10. Sixty-two automobiles were piled up in a tangle three miles south of Union in Pyles- canyon today between 9:30 a. m. and' noon, owing to formation of a sheet of ice on the highway in a sudden freeze. Cars applied brakes in vain. The state highway depart ment tarnished a oad of sand at noon ; which , relieted the situa tion. One car with a California license was a total wreck. FTE1EWCE OMIST I STAGE OWNERS. MlEDEilS FOR H LIS Investigation Will Be Asked of Public Service Commis sion in Interests' of Pro tection ! MOVE BY RAILROAD IS DECLARED MENACE Diverting of Funds for Stage Line Held to I be Danger ous Practice Oregon should ' have a law to protect the interests of the auto stage operators, was the- declar ation of John Logan, attorney for the Oregon Auto Stage association who spoke at the Marion hotel last night. Addressing members of the association at their regular banquet he outlined briefly the situation which the stage oper ators are facing today. Funds - from the Spokane Port land & Spokane Railway are be ing diverted to form the Spokane Portland & Seattle Transportation company, which is to operate a stage line between Portland and Astoria, are being unlawfully used was the contention of the speaker. Because of the danger that is aris ing from this move by the rail road, the Oregon Auto . Stage as sociation is presenting a petition to the public service commission calling for an investigation. This petition was fully explained by the speaker. The stage operators are entitled to the sametreatment to prevent unbridled competition as is given operators in other states, was his statement. In closing his address Mr. Logan stated that the railway did not have the right to compete against itself in order to crush out competition.- .; T. A Rat ferty," chief state traf fic officer, Edward . . Ostrander, member-elect o - the - public serf vice commission and Clyde Evans', representative of the- TPA- were in attendance at the meeting. Prof. P. C. Crockett, from the University of Oregon, department of economics, gave a short history of transportation. during the past 120 years. The mistakes of the past were pointed out. Charles Archerd, Salem business man was another of the speakers at the meeting. Music was tarnished by the Grand Theater orchestra. Alleged Bank Robber Held in Seattle; Is Sard to Have Confessed SEATTLE, Dec. 10. Held here on a charge of carrying concealed weapons, W. M. Mayfield, 21, was today identified as Walter Fisher, wanted In Oregon in connection with the robbery of a bank at Me tolius, Or. He ia said to have admitted the Oregon crime. .Mayfield, as he is known here, several days ago was given a six months sentence I in the county jail on a local charge of carrying concealed weapons, and was iden tified as the Oregon bank robber through his prison photographs. Sheriff Bern E. Gord at Madras. Or., has been notified and the prisoner may be turned over to the Oregon officers for trial on the bank charge, Sheriff Matt Starwich declared tonight. . REVOLUTION REPORTED BELGRADE, Dec. 10. A revo lution has broken out in Albania, accord in sr - to rf n pw wTin hnvu reached Jugo-Slavia. The Alban ian premier, Fan S. Noll. Is re ported to have . fled and panic reigns at Tirana, j " . Ml ARRESTED FOR CRIME f OREGON T. A. Livesley's Silent Partner ' - Deserves Credit as Well as He Some of the Mystery Surrounding Success of Prominent Saletn Business JLaa is Revealed by Observing Writer BY ELLA McMUNN For many weeks It has been "T". A. Livesley did this," and "T. A. Livesley did that" and "T. A. Liv esley did the other." And of course It is all right. He did 'em, and since my personal knowledge of Mr. Livesley consists of know ing his name, and that he has a very boyish smile and two freckles on the back of his neck, (at least I think he . is the one with two freckles), you will understand that I do not turn 'the spotlight on him with any thought of trying to oust him from the secure place he holds, (and will forever hold). In the hearts of the Salem people. But I Just wondered if you had ever heard about his "silent part ner, who deserves a whole lot of credit right alongside ot "Tom"! XMAS TREES MAKE APPEARANCE HERE IN BUSINESS AREA Holes In Sidewalks for Flag Dec . orations rtiliwd With " ' Pleasing Effect Downtown Salem is taking on Its holiday attire. Merchants who adopted the un iform flag decoration plan, are finding it easy to cooperate with a general plan to place Christmas trees in the business section. By utilizing the holes in the walks that support the flag-staffs, small trees are set in the sidewalk at eqtial distances. This advantage was pointed out when the cam paign was on for uniform flag dec orations. . Nearly all the stores have ar ranged special Christmas displays in the windows and. suggestions of the season are being used lavishly through the interiors. Christmas is just - two weeks from today. ; y: KILLED IN RAID PASADENA, Cal., Dec. 10. William Leads Halbe, 30 years old chauffeur, was shot and instantly killed in a raid by sheriff's depu ties In a poker game here tonight. Halbe was unarmed, according to Pasadena police. Fifteen alleged participants in the game were ar rested. IE OF DERSH01 Prosecution Introduce Three Wilis and Sheet in Mors Murder Case LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10. -A bed sheet , stained with blood, three ' crudely drawn wills and a number of photographs of the apartment in which Mrs. Theresa Mors, divorced wife of an antique art dealer who is alleged to have met her death at the hands of Norman Selby, alias Kik McCoy, former prize fighter, last August, passed in evidence for the prose cution as the trial proceeded here late today. ;: . . The wills ol McCoy, which he is alleged to haveconfeBsed writing after Mrs. Mors' death- "because he didn't have anything more to live for," were scrawled on card board torn from a breakfast food package. . The first read: "To whom it may concern: I leave all I have tr Mrs. Jennie Thomas. August 12, 1924, Nor man Selby." , ' And the second: "August 13, my apartment, 121 Nottingham, Seventh and Hoover streets, give all to Mrs. Fred Thomas (Jennie Thomas). Norman Selby." The third will, written on the back of cardboard" bearing the second, stated: "Give Mrs. Jen nie Thomas my all, Norman Sel- -: (Continoed on 6) REERSHOF FLAX PROSPECTS Work Among Boys and Girls Clubs at State Fair Is Also Stressed B. C. Miles, manager of the new Salem Unen mill, and T. B. Kay were the principal speakers at the regular monthly meeting of the Marion county hankers at the Gray Belle last night. Both speakers discussed various phases ot the flax industry in the Salem district and 'JMnted out the many benificent effects to be realized. Considerable discussion was held over the work of the Marion county -bankers during the recent state fair. The boys and girls of Marion county do not have an op portunity ib compete at country fairs as other children of the state. As o consequence the Mar ion county bankers organized funds which were used In secur ing prizes for Marion county boys and girls. It was shown that the (Continued a pf S.) Six years ago my mother and I moved to Salem for a little touch of high life. (But "Laws a Mas sey." we were glad to get back home "ifgain. Absolutely nothing going on, there bu the Fin and the Red Cross; and windows plaster ed up with food cards saying you wouldn't eat any bread or meat or sugr . or pie or gasoline or candy or cigarettes during the war, and if your card fell out of the window onto the floor, why a committee always came and hung you before breakfast.) Well, one dreary,, cold, sloppy day, that just made you onder If God hadn't died, there came to oar door each a pathetic little woman; thin and pale and plnch- - (Continued on page S) iR FIVE BJ DIE lEISEfLEF. FALLS ID GiV:' Three Others Probably Fa tally Injured; Wrcclc De clared Worst in History cf fiavat Aviation PLANE TAKES HOSE DIVE WHEN BANK ATTEMPTED Cause May Never Be Known; Men Not Drowned ;But Killed in Crash I SAN DIEGO, CaL, Dec. 1 0. - "v auu cuiisieu lutu at tached to VF squadron No. 2, cf the aircraft squadrons of the tat tle fleet, were killed and three others probably fataJly injure! when the huge twin motored II-l Z type seaplane in which they wero engaged in aerial target practica nose-dived 1200 feet into the e:V fhia Tn r m Inn rr t. j . the worst In the history of naval aviation. The dead: Lieut. Giochino VarinI, pilot cf the ill-fated plane; survived ty widow, Mrs. Minnie May Varla, 17 North Snrlnsr ,tKit -Dane i , Fla.. body recovered.- Lieut. Kilburn H. Roby, assist ant pilot; widow resides in f -i Diego. Body not yet recovered. Lieut. Arthur P.. Thurston, as sistant pilot, mother, Mrs.- C. i:. Thurston, 431 Hayward areaae, Orange, N. J. Body recovered. Fred D. Crueli, aviation .clf-.Z machinist mate, widow resides : a Diego. Body recovered. J. Wieczk, radio man first das.-, mother resides at 309 West Ei-bt1! street, Oswego, N. T. Body rot recovered. Seriously injured: ' Hayter R. Davenport, aviafi-f machinist mate, first -class; r?" v er resides 1003 State street, L: tol, Va. . .. "J' I-"rioknV aviation rtzzif first class; mother, Mrs. Tarr - -MassingilL . Knoxville, Term. R. Pantz, aviation machinist mate, first class; wife, Mrs. La vlna Pautz, San-Diego. Pautx is said ta be sufferiz? from a fracture of the skull aci internal Injuries. Physicians hoi J out little hope for his recovery. Bavenport and Massingill sus tained severe injuries about the head and body and are believed tn ha hnrf Infumili, . o..- say mai mese two men have about an even chance for life. Although aviation officials at North Island believe that the ex- (Continned on pife 5) Farmers' Institute Will Meet in Woodhurn Friday WOODBURN, Dec. 10. The farmers' institute to be held Thursday. Friday and Satnrdav r this week at the armory is the event of the week. The chairman of the committee on arrangements. t-ugene vourtney,, reports a most interesting: nroeram. . Amnntr f numerous - booths will be one wnere sandwiches and coffee will be served to visitors. There will be displays of farm nroducta r i other industries and, besides a uwrcaaoaisa display, tne wood burn - merchants have arranged special bargains each day of the institute. Anv oreanizaHnn fa- siring to entertain will be given me use or the armory. The at tendance promises to be large. . Christmas Fund Growing; Many Families Need Help Ten Dollars Received Today Increases Statesman Fond; (Response Generous One less day until Christmas. Once less opportunity for neigh borly assistance. What is de sired to be done by the Oregon Staetsman fund is to render neighborly kindness to those who quietly but actively need assistance. It is In no sense Charity. It does not take a family that would be eared for otherwise. It is- just simply taking a little kindness to our neighbors in any part of town where they may need It. The fund will be administered by disinterested parties and a full accounting rendered to every contributor so that those who give money can know what good has been done with it. Following are the contributors to date: j . D. A. White . 4 ....... 5.00 Henry Jaquet ......... 5.00 I. L. McAdams 1.C0 Edis Belle Matheaon ... 2. CO Ida Mary Matheson . . . 2.00 Daniel J. Fry . 6.00 Francis Rollow 5.00 Royal Neighbors of Am. 5.00 J. L: Ingrey 2.0 0 A;Friend ......... . . . ' '2. CD Mrs. J. R. Chapman ... . 5.03 A Friend . . . . ... ...... . 5.0 3 Tom Kay....... 10.0 0 Total .$54X0