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OREGON
Eight Paces Tc dsy
Generally fair
and continued cold; fresh northerly gales along
Only six more shopping days until Christmas.
This Issue carries many suggestions for practical
gifts. Read, the advertisement they will asslct
you in making up your list. ,
the coast. Tuesday Max. 29; Mm. 17; Hirer 4.6
rising; Rainfall ; none;, Atmosphere cloudy;
Wind north west; Snow on ground, 2 inches. I
, SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1924
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HIGH PRICES
Farm , Products Valued at
Over Nine Billion of Dol
lars; Corn Maintains Rank
as King of Crops
PRICES ARE HIGHEST
IN FIVE YEAR PERIOD
A. Total Producing Acreage Not
as Extensive as f or 1923,
i Report Says
WASHINGTON,-Dec. 16. This
year's 'harvest of important farm
crops, the. highest priced In five,
,! years though'xiot ' the. greatest In
volume of products, was valued at
I 9,47&,02,000 ; today ,by the de
partmen't of agriculture.
Better ? prices than last year
placed , the value 1753, 013,000
higher .than last, year 'when ; the
'total, as revised, was $8,726, 88,
000, and Jl. 663, 882,000 higher
thas 1922 when they aggregated
$7,8l,020,00.' I
: The-J combined acreage of the
principal farm crops was smaller
this year than last, there having
been a total of 355,210,400 acres
as compared with 355,594,730 in
. 1923. , . ,
Potato Crop Large .
. Both. . the spring and winter
crops, were extremely satisfactory
but; com had an unfavorable sea
son. , Cotton,, planted, late, was
affected by drought to some ex
tent, but a fair crop was produced.
A large- crop of potatoes on a
smaller acreage . than in recent
years resulted from unusually
favorable weather.
, Corn. maintained Its rank as
King of, crops and although , pro
duction was 6 00,00 0,0 0 0 less than
Jlait year. Its value was. 1188,000,-
00,of mbrelhanhVIl crop? the
total value of corn was placed at
" $2,405,468,000. - Cotton ranked
second with a total value of
683;274,000, of which $187,225,-
-600- was- the value of Unhand
$196,049,000 the value of seed..
- Hay with a total value for tame
and wild of $1,467,648,000, was
third crop in point of income. :
Wheat ranked fourth - with a
total value for spring and winter
of $1,136,596,000.
FEEBLE-HID
TO SIM MS
Hour-Day : Program, Musical
Numbers, and Big Dinner
areArrariged ;.
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Jv JHieTogfaiii for Cbrj&jnas - at
.. the. state school far . feeble-minded
,Is arranged for four days. The
first day, December 22, Li to be
devoted to an operetta for custod
ian children. .Tuesday visitors and
friends, will be permitted to see an
operetta. ' On Wednesday evening
there will be a picture show for
all children and on Christmas day
there will ibe the distribution of
gifts, candy and nuts.
The operettas to be presented
are the; "Dolls' Lullaby and Fro
lic of the Toys. It "will.be pre
sented by the kindergarten chil
dren. , "The Capture of Santa
Clans" will be presented by ' the
school children. )
For their' Christmas dinner the
inmates i are to be served with
roast goose and all the trimmings.
Hiram Bingham Is Elected
Senator From Connecticut
NEW HAVEN, Con., Dec. ,16.
Governor-elect Hiram Bingham.
- republican, - was elected United
' States senator from Connecticut
today. jHe will fill the vacancy re
suiting, from the death of Frank
B. Brandegee. republican. Bing
ham defeated Hamilton Holt, rtem-
. ocrat, by a good margin with 113
towns out of 169 In the state re
ported Bingham was leading i by
more than 30,000 votes, j J
Thervotes for theBe towns waa
Bingham 84,161; Holt 52.244.
FEED THE BIRDS
This snow came unexpected
ly but even if It had been fore
cast the birds would not have
been prepared for it. , The live
stock ran fe ropsrly taken
care of in an emergency bnt
the only thins to do for the
birds Is to place food outside
for them. Unless this is done
thousands 'will die during! this
storm. -
FEED THE BIRDS!
Drainage Problem Is
V Center of Arguments;
iTwo Factions Contend
Entering objections to the pro
posed drainage district in north
east Salem and adjoining property
outside of the city limits, 166 peo
ple have announced their position
regarding the plan. Eleven spe
cial objections have been filed,
and 153 names are; represented
on, the remonstrance to the pe
tition. The original petition fav
oring the drainage district wai
signed by 171 people.
The objections state the land
will not be beneficially effected
by the operation of the proposed
drainage, district, and. hold that
the -property ! mentioned, in ith
petitions is not a contiguous body
of swamp. The territory in ques
tion la located in the southeastern
section of the' city, and also takes
in property outside of the city
POISDH LIQUOR
oErasiui
Holiday Booze Kills 26; 76
Others in Hospital; 12
Expected to Die
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deaths here from, poison liquor in
the last three days bringing the
total for December io 26, police
headquarters tonight ordered de
tectives and patrolmen stationed
at all the principal ferry slips in,
the city to stem the flow of the
annual Christmas tide of the poi
son.. . ; . -
Besides the 26 dead, 76 per
sons are in Bellevue hospital be
cause of having drunk poison
liquor. Of these 12 are expected
to die and others will lose their
sight. Of the dead two were
women. The . hospital cases in
clude 11 women.
iday bootleg product is being
brought here from New Jersey by
ferry concealed as various kinds
of merchandise. i
Two trucks were seized today
loaded with what the four men In
charge of them described as de
natured alcohol. The men were
held pending chemical analysis of
the liquor. 1
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Appropriation for $208,250
Passes House; Students
on Increase
The interior appropriation bill
was reported, to the senate yes
terday as. passed by the house, ac
cording to a telegram received by
Harwood Hall, superintendent of
the. Salem Indian school at Che-
ma wa, from United States Senat
or Charles . I. McNary.
The bill contains an appropria
tion of $208,250, which Is an in
crease over last year of $9000.
The bill also provides for 850
pupils, an increase of 50 over last
year. " ;.- j ' , " : .
Senator McNary advised that it
was his desire to be helpful in
every possible way.
Stilt
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CUM MEASURE
"The Yankee Four Flusher" Staged
fc by De Molay With Remarkable Success
Third Annual Show Is .Excellent Comedy Drama; Harold Mero
Stands Out in Brilliant Part; Characterization Fine ; I '
By AUDRED BUNCH
Of the drama there was no
Question, and ; the comedy came
mighty close to real life, in speak
ing of the De Molay third annual
show last night at the - Grand
theatre. The play, "Yankee Four
Flusher," a remarkably good com
edy drama in three character
crammed -acts, will be presented
again this evening. The house
last night was more than moder
ately well-filled when the curtain
rose on the Hunter home, the
living room to be exact n an
ordinary evening among people of
ordinary circumstances. i
The entire - play centered a
round the "four-flusher" himself,
Harold Mero taking the part.
His dramatic ease throughout was
commendable, and the audience
will feel Archie, and think Archie,
and breathe Archie for a week,
Archie the braggart the egoist
the unaltered dreamer. ;The part
of Alice, who after the firet act
has become the wife of - Archir
Snyder, was taken by Helen Sells
who adored him from first to last,
and was tte etlll pretty, sister
limits, 1430 acres of which be
longs to the state. A hard fight
is being staged by both factions,
and the rooms of the county court
were crowded by property owners
of the affected area. S
Frank W, Durbin, in filing one
of the specific objections states
that the petition circulated does.
not carry signatures, of 50 per
cent of the owners of ; the con
tiguous swamp land, and that - a
large amount of the territory with
in the proposed drainage district
is high land, and would derive no
benefit- from the plan. He also
objects to' the tact that signatures
of state officers are found on the
petition which, 1 he declares, are
rendered void by an existing stat
ute governing the case. -
Three : Vessels Standing By
to Give Aid; Danger to
Crew Not Known !
SEATTLE, Dec. 16. -Three ves
sels have, gone to the assistance
of the five-masted schooner Bina
ca, reported ashore four miles'
west of the Sekioua river between
Neah and Clallam bays in the
strait of Juan de Fucat the mer
chants exchange of Seattle was In
formed tonight.
The steamship , Willpolo, In
bound from New York for Seattle
and the salvage steamer Homer
have left Port Angeles Wash., for
the seen e of the wreck. The
United States coast guard cutter
HIada departed from Seattle to
aid the other vessels. l " . f j
. The Blanca ' was purchased in
July hy- F Einatosa-ct-Nsw-Yk I
and fitted out as a cannery vessel.
She, left here June 2. for Sawmill
bay,. Alaska, and was returning
to Seattle when she was beached
by a violent gale that swept the
strait. She was said by , marine
officials to have a large stock of
canned fish aboard. The number
in her crew was unknown here.
Messages failed to state if the
crew were safe. i . I ;
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ELECT OFFICERS
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Foreign War Veterans to
Hold Annual Meeting at
Armory Wednesday
The Veterans of Foreign WarSj
will hold their annual election of.
officers at the Armory.. .Wednesr;
day evening, at 8 o'clock. ; Aften
the election an entertainment will
be given and refreshments served.
Those nominated for; the offices
are as follows: Commander, Col.
Carle Abrams; senior vice com
mander, H. B. Garver; junior vice
commander, Dr. George E. Lewis
and Orville Wagoner; quarter
master, B. N. Lee; post advocate,
H. O. Miller and P. J. Kowitz.
All members of ' the post are
urged to attend the meeting.
even in the dress Anna gave her
Anna, the elder, daughter in the
Hunter family, whose-taciturn ancj
exceedingly level-headed husband,
Victor Wilson, mends all of Archi
ie's mistakes for him,-is played
with delighting consistancy and
reserve by Ruth Ross. ' Winifred
Clark played the part of Victor
with strong, and suitable charactr
erization.' Ben, the - son ; of the
Hunter family, at the opening of
the first act is found pounding in,
the cellaj on some radio contrlV
ance, and at the end in the pos
session of a good sized check for
a discovery in the chemical field,
and for which, as for everything
else Archie "struts around taking
the credit. . What might be term
ed minor parts were not at all
minor in their presentation. Theo
dore Krueger took the part of Mr,
Dill who adds to the growing fab
ric of the plot when he stops at
the Hunter home on just two er
rands, both similar, and left the
audience with the impression that
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PAPER SUPPLY
S
SEUT!
Sufficient Pulpwood for Fu
ture Use Only Possible by
Careful Management of
Forest Service
TREE DESTRUCTION MUST
GIVE WAY TO CULTURE
Domestic Requirements Make
Serious Inroads on Na
tional Supply i 1
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. Un
der Intensive forest management,
sufficient pulpwood to meet fu
ture domestic; requirements could
be grown in! this country, "but 'if
our pulp and paper Industry is to
be permanent, forest destruction
must give way to timber culture,"
William B. ' Greely, chief, of the
forest service declared in his an
nual report to the secretary of ag
riculture. Recalling that in 1922; the Un
ited States used .8,000,000,000
tons of paper more than half
the world consumption and that
one million tons of it were Im
ported,. Mr. Greely estimates that
1950 the paper Industry will re
quire : 15,000,000,000 cords of
wood annually. Of the 9,000,000
000 cords of pulp wood used in
this country in 1922, he adds only
5,000,000 cords are grown here.,,
. "The problem Is complicated,"
said the report, which was made
public tonight by concentration, of
the pulp Industry ii the New En
gland, middle Atlantic and lake
states,, with a resultant drain on
forests in those regions. Few
milts are situated in. Alaska, on
the" PacOTc oastf briffsonthem
states which have much larger
supplies of pulp timber.' ;
Pointing out that to grow timn
ber to meet future needs, would
require a. decade, the report de
scribes- the immediate problem as
a need to find enough . timber to
keep the pulp industry going. Con
fidence is expressed, however, that
the advisory committee of pulp
manufacturers appointed last year,
by the secretary of agriculture;
will discover means of alleviating
the shortage. ,
STORM TAKES TOLL
DENVER, Colp Dec. 16.
While still held In the frigid grip
of the season's most severe cold
wave. Montana and the Rocky
mountain' states were taking a
check tonight of the death toll and
property damage.
Ia Montana six deaths were re
ported as being1 attributable to the
cold and snow. At Helena, Mon
tana, four persons lost their lives
in a tram accident, while at Boze
man two children were burned to
death ' while their mother was
Christmas shopping.
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Retroactive Settlement ;
Reached With Engine
Service Workers
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SAN 1 FRANCISCO, Dec. , 16.
The dif ferences b e t w e e n the
Southern Pacific company and its
workers in engine service, which
resulted recently in an overwhelm
ing, vote to strike, have been ami
cably - settled, according , to an
agreement- made public today by
the company.
, .The agreement . will mean a
total wage advance of approxi
mately $500,000 a year on the
Southern Pacific system, the com
pany announced. The new wage
agreement is retroactive to Sep
tember.; 1. ; . ,T w, v i
The company's announceme it
on tha settlement said;
"The meeting of the representa
tives of the brotherhoods of loco
motive engineers and firemen and
enginemen with the management
of the Southern Pacific company,
reached a harmonious conclusion
as to the problems under! discus
sion at 3- p ou, , The agreement
resulted in increases per day of 24
cents for the , men. In, passenger
service 36 cents in freight seryice,
33 cents in , yard, service, and -33
cents for hostlingj service. There
was no .change- made In present
working' rules," .
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FINDS VALUABLES
Examination of Thirteen Canines
' Locate Two Rings They
Had Swallowed
, SPOKANE, Dec 16. (Seventeen
springer spaniel dogs 'from the
kennels owned by Mrs. Chris. Steltz
Just north o Spokane, were exam
ined by X-ray here this afternoon
In an effort to find two valuable
diamond rings which Mrs. Steltz
says she placed in some barley
fed to the dogs.
Mrs. Steltz said she put the
rings in a Jar of barley because of
fear of ' burglars. She said that
on Monday she fed the barley to
the spaniels and forgot about the
rings. After making the discov
ery she declared all efforts to lo
cate the rings failed and as a last
effort she tried the X-ray exami
nations.
One Of the rings was located in
the stomach of a large spaniel and
was recovered through the dog's
mouth. The other ring was not
located but a later search of the
kennels of IS : other dogs was
made and it was found in some
barley, she said.
Thermometer Is Sinking
. And Real Cold Predicted
The thermometer has been fall
ing steadily all day in Salem, was
the report of the weather reporter
here late last night. At 7:30
o'clock. Tuesday morning the tem
perature registered at 29 degrees
above zero and at 7 o'clock last
night it was 17 above. It has been
falling steadily all evening and at
12. o'clock the temperature was
registered between 14 and 15.de-
grees above. There waa every im
dication that the zero point would
be reached before the early morn
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DIBS IN SNOW
LONGVIEW. Wash., Dec. 16.
Ulysses Jackson, 64, was found
dead today in a field two miles
from his home near Ostrander. He
had died of heart disease,- while
seeking strayed stock on a bitter
cold night. Tracks in the snow
showed he had wandered 15 miles
over the hills between- Ostrander
and Kelso.
Cold- Weather Increases
Heed for Statesman Fund
Some Salem Families Without
Food or Bedding; Com
. mittee Selected
The cold weather has empha
sized the 'need for Christmas
good cheer. It is not .The
Statesman's Idea to appeal to
the sympathies, hut it just
wants to make a straight-forward
offer of Its services to dis
tribute neighborly kindness to
poor families who would other
wise be neglected. ' The regular
organized associations are do
ing splendid work and there is
no desire to interfere with
them. ; The desire; is to take an
unoccupied field and bring
Christmas good cheer to fami
lies who otherwise would not
have it. A committee of three
has been selected, whose, names
will be announced shortly, of
representative Salem citizens of
high standing in the commun
ity. ; '
There have been several gifts
of clothing. An unknown
"friend'' contributed a If good
supply of bedding;; Mrs. Pugh,1
a gift of clothing; and Mrs.
Grote, clothing, both gifts be
ing very nice and very useful.
The west side circle of the
Jason Lee church contributed
clothing. B. I. Plummer, 1037
Union street, met the request
for a stove by giving a very
good one.
The Statesman will be glad
to have letters from its friends
telling of cases where neigh
borly helpfulness will, be, appre
ciated. , Nobody will see these
letters- except the- committee
and no, publicity whatever wilt
be given to them. .This is an
opportunity to do a neighborly
act in the spirit of neigh borli
ness which is without display.
yet effective. The following are
the cash contributions to date:
D. A. White ..........$ 5.00
Henry Jaquet ......... 5.00
I. L. McAdami ........ 1.00
Edis Belle Matheson ... 2.00
Ida'Mary Matheson
Daniel J. Fry
Francis Rollow .......
Royal Neighbors of Am
J. I. Ingrey ..........
A Friend
Mrs. J. R. Chapman
A Friend
Tom Kay.
A Friend . ........
Elmo S. White . . .. . .. .
E. A. Rhoten ... .
A Friend .......... i.
W. H. Henderson
V. c. Conner . . . . . . . .
Edw. T. Barber
Mrs. F. H. Strand -. . . t .
Salem Women of KKK. .
A Friend ........
A Friend.. ... - . . . . . . .
Theo. Sampson, ........
F. A. Doerfler ........
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5.00
5.00
2.00
2.00
5.00
5.00
10.00
1.00
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Admiral, Who Biult Czar's Navy, Living Humbly
New York with Daughter Who Works in Shop
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Who for fourteen years directed
most of the construction of - the
imperial Russian navy. Is now In
New Tork with a" daughter who
works for her brother-in-law In a
fashionable woman's shop. Two of
BOSS OUSTER .
reason en
Fish Commissioner Extrava
gant and Bought Liquor,
Governor Says ,
Dr. Thomas Ross, of Portland,
was relieved from the state fish
commission because Gorernor
Pierce has possession' of an affi
davit In which it is stated that the
ousted commissioner purchased
liquor from a policeman in As
toria And - for" andwmg - Bttfayap
gance to enter into the affairs of
the fish commission, according to
a copy of a letter sent to Dr. Ross
yesterday , by Governor Pierce. Dr.
Ross was notified to appear and
show cause Why he should not be
removed from" office, and Decem
ber 22, in the governor's office,
set as the time of appearance.
The letter from Governor Pierce
to Dr., Ross, in part, is as follows:
"As reason for this action, I
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Stiff East Wind Carried Near
Zero Weather; Relief
. Not in Sight
PORTLAND, Or . Dec. 16 Fall
ing temperatures throughout Ore-:
gon- were reported tonight. At
Portland the thermometer, fell to
18 degrees early tonight with a
forecast of 10 degrees above, zero
heforer morning. All western Ore
gon points were" blanketed under
a mantle of snow ranging from
approximately six inches' at Port
land to two inches as far south as
Roseburg. Below zero tempera
tures were in prospect throughout
eastern Oregon.
The low temperatures were felt
more on account of a stiff east
wind.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 16.--The
Pacific states continued in
the grip of stormy - weather to
night from Washington, on the
north to points in northern Cali
fornia and Nevada. In eastern
Washington temperatures o? zero
were accompanied by strong winds
and snow. Slight damage to rail
traffic was caused by a blizzard in
western Washington, while con
siderable shipping was held up due
to gales along the coast.
In the San Francisco bay region
and northern California there were
flurries of snow Intermingled with
rains and winds. In the Santa
Clara, lSan Joaquin and Sacra
mento valleys rain and continued
cool weather was promised for to
morrow by the weather bureau.
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Dec. 16.
-All public schools of the city,
except the Bellingham normal
school, are to be closed tomorrow
on account of cold weather, school
officials announced" tonight.
A temperature ot eight degrees
above zero, was recorded here.
A stage service between Mount
Vernon and Eellingham is to be
started tomorrow to take care of
Interurban patrons while repairs
are being made on the- railroad
lines which were damaged by an
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a New Tork laundry and a third.
bou is a chauffeur in the sam
city. The photograph shows (left
to right) Vera Offeabersv Mra.l
Lydia UtgoQV her sister, and - Ad
miral Offenberc.
Unsuccessful Attempt; Made
to Vote on Veto; Meas
ure at Standstill
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. An-
other unsuccessful attempt was
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made in the senate today to bring
a vote upon President Coolidge's
veto of the postal salary Increase
bill. Those desiring to override
the., veto succeeded by a vote of
51 to 30 inj getting the Issue be
fore the: senate but the parlia
mentary situation prevented a de
cision and the bill went back to
its place- on, tne woie..
The move for immediate con
sideration of. the veto was made
by Senatorj Ashurst, demorcat,
Arizona, , during the hour after
Chairman Sterling of the post
office committee had introduced
a bill proposing Increased postal
rates in line with recommenda
tions by Postmaster General New.
The Arizona senator ohjected to
the second reading, of the Sterling
bill, thus preventing the measure
being referred td a committee.
As a result of today's skirmish
the postal pay situation, is. prac
tically at" a stalemate. Senator.
Ashurst said later. The Sterling
bill cannot be referred to a 'com
mittee for action until routine leg
islation is again in order. I Like
wise, the vetoed measuTe - cannot
be called up in the face of untnl
mous consent agreements giving
right ot way to the Muscle Shoals
bill and then to the Isle of Pines
treaty, until the same opportun
ity is afforded.
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Annual Reunion of Company
M to Be Addressed By
: Chlplain Gilbert "
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The annual reunion and ban
quet of Company M, 162nd in
fantry, will be held tonight at
the Grey Belle, and according to
the plans announced it Is to be one
of the best meetings of the or
ganization. Chaplain W. jS. Gil
bert who was with the regiment
overseas, is to be the main1 speak
er of the occasion. ' j
In addition, the company will
pass in review. After their re
turn from France the company waa
photographed by a cinema . -ma
chine. Consequently, the boys are
able to see
themselves pass in re
reel will be shown at
view. This
the Gray Btlle,
Members I of Company Ii are to
be there with Captain Stoddard,
During the (war the two companies
were very close together and as a
result, close comradeship between
the two organizations resulted.
Otheif features are to be pre
sented at (he meeting! i
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' CALGARY, Alta,, Dec. 16. At
10:30 o'clock tonight the tempera
ture as recorded on, the federal
weather bureau thermometer here
was 44 degrees below zero, the
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DOUBLE m
IWIWG1!
Married Women ia State D z
partments with Hucban3
Also Vorking Drc;w D:v..n
Displeasure
EMPLOY VETERAHS IS
MESSAGE III LETTEHD
Steps Held Necessary to re
lieve Present Uneraploy-
" merit Situation
Married women holJihg- fiawn
Jobs ! in state ''departments ci-l i
stitutiona who have hustat li ct
cupylng . lucratrre posltiona cr. :
are in a position to support u v. :" .
while thousands of ex-servics xr. i
and women are walking the ttrc t
seeking wor of any kind, -era
drawing- down, the executive d -pleasure
of Governor Walter 11.
Pierce. . -
In letters sent to all depart
ment heads and superintendents
or Institutions directly under, t'j
Jurisdiction, Governor Plerco
makes an appeal for a careful con
sideration ot all applicants dur
ing, the present serious unemplcr
ment situation, and suggests that
it would be better to employ mci
and women with a war record if
possible, instead of married von
en whose husbands are capable c
providing for their support. 1
giving consideration to the ex
service men and women and plac
ing them in positions, the sU' 1
can in a measure reward them f r
their services during the war ar
at the- same time- help solve l
unemployment situation. -.
: Letters Are Slalled
Letters sent to departn
heads and superintendents - 1
Governor Pierce are as followir
"Five years ago many tLou
ands of men and women marclic 1
through the streets of Portia r 1
headed by bands and cheered t
throngs of people that lined eltl
er side of the curb! These me 1
and women had sacrificed the';
all and were on their way to tLi
grim and . b-ood-eoaked batt" 1
fields of Frar.ce and other for
eign lands. '
Many Are Jobless j
"Last week more than 500 c?
these same man some in over
alls, others attired in shabtj
overcoats, and all without fundi
again marched through the street 3
of Portland. There were no lunii
at the head of this procession,
neither did they receive tta
. (Co-tlnn-Wi n aaca S)
IN WASHINGTO;:
The bouse considered the nary
appropriation bill.
.' ,
The senate indicated a prefer
ence for " private operation f
Muscle Shoals
i : '
Joseph'W. Mcintosh of Illlnc'i
was nominated as comptroller cf
the currency. '
The national conference n
street and highway traffic ma a
recommendations and adjourned.
An attempt to override Presi
dent Coolidge's veto of the poeiil
pay bill was blocked in the senate.
..
President Coolidge, It was safl
at the White House does not t
lieve an Investigation ot the navy
Is necessary,
..
Representative Crisp of Georth,
a member of the debt commission,
told the house no concrete pro
posal on the French debt bad beea
submitted.
It was indicated at the depart
ment of Justice that the Monta: 1
federal penitentiary , cases mlht
involve & wider department.
i State department officials d -clared
the protest ot soviet for
eign minister, Tchitcberln, on t"
operations of the cutter -Bear
would not be answered.
1 '-'.,-.
TheAmerlcan embassy In Mex
ico" was instructed to tnvestlga i
the shooting of Deputy Sheriff
Joseph Fierros of Webb county,
Texas, near Nuevo Laredo.
The senate campaign expen i
tures Investigating commltfc 1
missed the report of a ":.!;::
dollar republican slush fun i," r
ported to have, been 1 . :
through four .western r-