The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, January 25, 1925, Image 1

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' r 1 '' "T"rl - " ' ' ' "J " ' fc ' - ' - -' : if SALEM, OREGON; SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1925 j i - 1 " -aCE.FiyE-CEKT3 llllllim millim KaV Of Ehnn V Swin rra II TPini ATlinr duzzle adict is ' I IIIUUII lllilULIi - -. ."(. i II r hii u I linr ewuuusseu his 1 pnnT nrnn in nsmmyA ' - - -. t - " ' ' ": rJ" t ft 4 M ' I MIMUmU Surface STREET FIGHT Dry Agent Young, of 'Bloody Williamson' County, Killed In Duel Vith Sheriff At Herrin. KLANSMAFJ PATROL f CHALLENGING PERSONS All Must Giye Password ; National Guard Is Ordered Tq Report Today .... CARBOXDALE, 111., Jan. 24. Headquarters company; of the 1111 sols ' national guard, , under com mand of Major Robert Davis, will leave here 'Immediately for Her rin, III. .... HERRIN, 111., Jan. 24. Klans men are patrolling the streets of Herrin and all roads leading: into the city tonight. All persons are : required: to remain off the streets, and those ton the streets are re quired to give the-password. HERRIN. 111., Jan. 24. S. Glen Young, Ku Klux Klan liquor raid cr, "stormy petrel" of William son county, and famed "man kill er" has met his man. ; After nam' erous spectacular , escapades in hlch he invariably escaped un scathed, the famous liquor raider was shot to death tonight by bis arch-enemy, Ora - Thomas, who himself, fell mortally wounded. Young's first lieutenant, George Forbes, was also, killed. -r '''WvefarT'other " persons were wounded in the melee and five are reported to be In hospitals while others suffered slighter wounds. The affray began in front of the European hotel, and reports dif fer widely as to Just how it start ed. The action itself was so fast and furious that spectators, moat of whom fled from the torrent of bullets, were unable to agree as to which man fell first or what took place. - 4. --. . '--y, : It was reported- that Young had walked the streets during the day as the result of a report that his enemies 6-ere looking for him and that both -Young's 'supporters and partisans of the other side were keyed to a high - pitch , as night came on. About 10 o'clock Young and Thomas met In front of the hotel. Some one fired a shot ap parently from the window pf a building. -;,Thom4s Tan Into the hotel, according to some witness es, and sought refuge behind a cigaf cbUnter. k ; Toung"' aiid several friends ap parently .thinking the shots had been directed at them, followed Thortaf Itato' the hotel and many shot :weTe fired in! rapid succes sion. Deputy Sheriff Thomas, al ter emptying both his revolvers, sank to the floor mortally wound ed while Young and his assistant, Forbes, dropped to the floor of the lobby. ( -. . . - Crowds of people' filled; the 6treets soon after thio shooting but were quickly dispersed, - and; all citizens have been ordered off the streets Thomas died en route to the hospital and his body -Wat taken to an undertaking establish ment, as were tne'bodiea.Qf Young and Forbes. ' 4 4i iir herlff Galligan, - rwhowaa. In Marion at the timerof the sho6t ing, was advised of the affray and was requested by .several xitizens to ask, Tor a company - of militia man to prevent further, outbreaks. ; About 60 shots in all. were fired, witnesses said. Thomas came .to Hcrrln this morning from Marloft to attend the sessions of the Her rin city court. A night session of the court caused him to re main here tonight. 4 Young has been in fleifla ' for several weeks. , He has been liv ft at the Ljrmar hotel and had Just completed-writing an auto biography which be Intended to ha published.;, i V 4 The book H understood to con 'ain an account of his episode in Texas, Oklahoma. Blue Ridge mountains. Virginia and his clean up of Williamson county. ' MEDFX)RD Or., Jan. 24. . Ciena Yon ng. killed toniffet at Herrin. U -fai half brother of Jerry Young and Paul Young oi this city. Jerry4 Young was for merly a student at the University of Oregon. The father owns an orchard tract in this section, and wi una L,una held their long uiicipated rendesvous Saturday, Thier trysting place was a heaven curtained with dusk1 and fringed with roejr clouds. ) j The occasion was a total solar eclipse of suh magnificence ' as humans seldnm nave .seen, f - . j , . i : - '- The chaperones j were : Venus. Jupiter and Mercury, and the tim was 8 - a. m., eastern standard time, as astronomical rumor had whispered it would: be. ,f 4 Ecstatic scientists on 1 earth fr ported it the .most perfectly - exe cuted union.Uie.heavens have por trayed since man began Studying and recording such events! instead of hiding ifrom them ini terror Gleefully they peered cavernous telescopes and through cranked huge cameras, while millions' of other beings stared through old fashioned smoked glass, awed and silent' 4i . '.: 4 i' -. '); ; ; .. ,; One of the trusters some juiid he and , some ealdi she was tfive seconds late, .reckoning by . the astral, calendar of scientists. "But the meeting lost none of ftsjzest or glamor thereby first tryst of - sun for it was the and moon in this segment 'of heavens for '119 years and it will be more than two centuries before they axe there again. . 4 :;4 i . : i : Weather conditions . for obser4 vation . we're 'described aai almost generally perfect throughout: the east, where most of the tiked ob-; servatories and laboratories were located. i ! Hundreds of telescopic .records were made and as many; photo' graphs taken from land,: seal and air. Scientists felt justified in de claring that a huge fund 'of intor- Republican Party. Repudiate U.S. Senator; Fraud ana . : . Deceit Charged I DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. ;24 (By The Asociated Press The republican party of Iowai through the state-tentral committei today officially Repudiated United: States Senator Smith W.! Brookhart: and moved that the seat 'to which he wan elected as republican! candi date last November be declared va cant on grounds Of alleged fraud and 'deceit j .;4" -- J4.1 jg A resolution edopted by the; cen tral copimittee Which luet-b-ete to day "directs the chairman,! B. B. Barnqnist of Fort Dodge toj pre pare a bill of complaint for flRnsT' with the enate, hargjng that Senator Brookhart priori to the November election posed! as a re bubiican nntU it was too late tor the committee to bring out another candidate, then aligned! himselt with the La Follette movement, denounced the republican, naonai; ticket and divorced himself from the, republican party, thereby de ceiving the electors oY Iowa. "The acU of Smith W. brook hart," says tbe resolution infsum-; ming np the charges of the com mittee, "are contrary to honesty; and political, morality and to per mit such acts to staid unchalleng ed would be to put! a premium on; trickery and deceitj and to permit an unscrupulous person to become eleeted to a public office by the use? there of Bioiuii is OUSTED BY EOP r .-' " J' - -"in it r - -'- Decendahts of Scotch Pay Tributes to j 4 1 hlemory of Beloved Poet-Robert Burns One Hundred and Fifty" Gaests Gather For Banquet Last Night; - r .; Highland Fling nd . Bagpipe 3Iusic Arc -" ;r :,i ., - i i h Featured ; - . By AUDKfcP u.i :t :5 r-frr.- " . . . it , One hundred and fifty! members and guests of the1 Salem fBurnsi club and then there were mpre- met last night, at the Marfoii ho tel to celebrate the eve "of the anniversary 4 of ; Robert ffiurnst birth with a banquet and? ajj pro gram of speeches, dances,: toasts, and songs. ' ' " f-4-i 1; J from the kailbrce to the tea and coffee the banquet was a feast spread for the delight of Scotch, and would-be Scotch alike.;; Drt W. C. Kantner asked the ,inoca-j. tion. After the first fino "con reeviaiity o the thing." :Vttliam McGilchrist, Sr..i toastmastfer f the evening called for the ong that called for the real "burr.' No better chorus could have? been given; thaa Vtiie J applause that rang.--. - ' -' ' The Burns' oration. was givtu according to the choice of the com mittee, by Rev. Ward W. lxng, pastor of the First Presbytorian wings Across of the Earth mation undoubtedly had been add ed to their store of general 'and specuic - Knowledge about such mysteries as the content of the sun s corona, the composition of eclipse umbra and penumbra, the explanation of the "jumping J jack- rabbit ; of the moon's t- eclipse shadow, the deflection of light as related to the Einstein theory, the effect, of eclipses upon earth's cli mate and tides and gravity and Its effect upon radio activity, upon earth's magnetic centers, Its ther mometers and Its barometers. " UDservatories at New. iaven, Ithaca Poughkeepsie and Buffalo reported they were notably suc cessful in recording this eclipse. as were others of the 13 fixed sta tions within the 100-mile path of the moon, laid down from Red Lake, Minn., to Nantucket Light Astronomers ascending by air plane to great heights took what they expected would develop into perfect photographs of all' phases of the phenomenon. They said they had 'made the first 'pictures ever obtained' of the moon's 100 mlle circular, shadow as it bound ed across the continent at light ning speed. ' ' 4 j : - - -. Other aviators, j aboard the dirigible Los Angeles, which had maneuvered in the sky all night prior to the eclipse, reported all observations and photography had been a successful.- :? ' r f There were whole regions, how ever, where vagrant clouds and overcast skies brought disappoint ment to scores of scientists and thousands of laymen and the de pressing significance of glower ing twilight in daytime was the only Visible evidence that a ce lestial drama was being enacted COVERill TO S'J Gov. Hartley of Washington To Personally Supervise State Needs OLYMP1A, Wash,. Jan. 24 Governor Roland H Hartley will personally supervise a business survey of state Institutions after the legislature adjourns, it be came known here today, j He plans to make a personal inspection of finances, personal, build Fngs and equipment of the ; state's educa tional, ' charitable, eleemosnary penal and reformatory institutions and tudy their present and future needs. Governor Hartley will not appoint any special survey com mission, but will call In sucli ex pert advisors as are most familiar with the details of the activity un dergoing Inspection. - 44 r Tho "governor intends to devote from three to nine days in abtual residence at each of the large state Institutions including the Univer Washington, Washington sity oi State college and the State 'Ndrmal schools. 4 4 - 4 ' 4 . , .: , .... Several measures before the leg islators are meeting vigorous op position. Among these are the re peal of the Centralia normal Bchool statute, repeal of the one and one half - mill 4 permanent highway levy, creation of a state board tax commission and the enactment of a state budget law. In addition to these is the proposed child labor amendment to the federal constitu tion as scheduled for: senate action Tuesday. only natural for him to have not a few of the Scotchmen of the city. James Smart sang "Soots What Hae Wi' Wallace Bled," with all of a patriot's zealous pas sion, and led the audience, take part in tbe encore they demanded or him. Mrs. W. J. Linfoot, J. R. Muston and Lyman Donald all had part in the music program of the evening, Mr. Muston specializing on much-applauded Lauder num bers. 4'.- : The jubilant bagpipes played forth at the hands of John Charge and Robert Hutcheon,y in their kilts, with Mr. Charge playing the accompaniment for Nettie Hutche on, who did with f vivacity the Highland fling. 4 4 One of . the most appreciative toasts on the program was the one the governor gare. Then Dan Wilson recited freely from the Burns'; poetry to teach hi audi ence the "burr." W. A4 Dalzell, private secretary to Governor Oil LEGISLATURE TO CODER If ISSUES I' Solons Spending: Week-End getting Ready for Battles Anticipated Before Session During Week i f BITTER DEBATES TO ACCOMPANY MEASURES I I Irrigation, Primaryi System i : Normal cShooIs Scraps Loom' Monday will usher i& the. third week of the 33rd session of the Oregon legislature and' before the week .closes, it Is Jexpectd that some of the important measures of ? - i tbe session. will make their initial appearance.' Solons are spending the week end In. girding ; their? respective loins for the coming battles, for the j fortnight session :so far has been in the nature 'of a general warming up process .and vocal cords are just beginning to get in splendid condition fort the strains to which they will be subject In the next four weeks. Rills around which ' the main issues center. should appear before the adjourn ment Friday afternoon or possibly Saturday, this week. I : : - -. --f - !; : !- ; Game Measures) Kxpected Introduction ' of ! several ' fish,' .- is game and port measures are being anticipated while thei committee having the memorial bn the ml-1 gratory game bird f refuge RCtfV fish, came and port measures are designed o take away the appoint ive power of tbe governor in nam ing the commissioners tor the var ious departments and; giving the appointments to the; legislature. j In view of Governor .Pierce's previous statements! he will resist to the last ditch all encroachments upon appointments how rested In the executive department. It is understood that he has been ap proached with a compromise pro posal relative to the! measures but the nature of this s is carefully guarded. i f m i Banks' Bill I&lted Reclamation and j irrigation measures are slated to make an early appearance, . -but whether these will be ready! this week or not is unknown. Senator Banks bill, Introduced into j the senate, asking that the mill levy in school district No. 1, (Multnomah county, passedr the; senate by a narrow margin and is jslated for a fight in the lower house when it comes up for. final passage. Sev eral power project ; measures are slated to be offered! this week bs Senator Joseph while western Ore gon farmers are interested in three bills by, Senator! Brown, ; de signed to stop trespassing.! , ' 4 ; Two proposed changes in the primary election system are being sought, a post-convention plan In troduced as the Mills primary ,law and a pre-convention scheme ad vocated by the Jackson1 county delegation. The entire southern Oregon, delegation I is behind j a measure that calls. for, the appro priation of $175,000 (for the re- establishment of the! old normal school at Ashland while the Polk county delegation is 1 backing an appropriation "Tneasurefor the Oregon State-Normal! school at Monmouth, which wants $72,000 additional funds to those prescrib ed by law. . l i Child Labor Due f: ' 4 J '.,4,ii - Just when the legislature will be asked to ratify j or reject the proposed child labor amendment to the constitution ot the United States will come in for a sched uled flow of oratory is not known, but it is safe to state! that it will not be this week. An early poll of the members indicated that a re jecion of the amendment would carry 2 to 1, but since then sev eral have reconsidered the matter and have flopped to i the other side. An .active campaign has been carried on in Salem in" the interest of the amendment, with Representative W. F.l Woodward. Of ; Portland, appearing before many, and varied audiences. A public hearing will, be held Wed nesday nlgbt In the bouse of rep resentatives, 'nt which time both sides will be given an opportunity tq present Jheir 'view. - MISSES HIS RIDE fl! Obliging ; Sonthem Pacifi Min Holds Train at Wood born -.' i I ' - " , . For Passenger Mental gymnastics by the cross word "puizle method often prove disastrous in more ways than one as indicated by a story told by O. L. Darling, Southern Pacific agent in. Salem, -mlmmm f According to; the story related by the railroad man, a traveler be came so engrossed in: the1 solvine of a cross-word puzzle that he fail ed, to heed the departure 'of train p.a..iz, which was to carry him to Portland. - I'.ju:-, -i ;l!4!!i!l4rM iM -! It was imperative that the man reach Portland in order : that he coma maae connections ior a seat tie train, which was to carry him to eastern points. ;;.:i tflilftjl fti 41 1. ' After, he was, aroused from his cross-word puzzle ; trance he made arrangements for a high-powered car to carry him to Woodburh, af ter telegraphic communications had been- made with the Wood burn officials 61 the Southern Pa cific company to hold the train. ED Quashing Of Indictments Is i Sought; .Walsh Radio l Address, I3 Target j WASHINGtON, Jan. 2 4. Arg ument was not concluded as had been planned I at today's hearing in the District of Columbia su preme court On the i motions of counsel for dward L. jDoheny, Edward L. Doheby. Jr., Albert B. Fall and Harry F. Sinclair. ! for quashing of the indictments grow ing out of the oil lnqniry. Frederick p;Kellogg of; New York; counsel jtor She 4Dohenys ncupied the fepiirt iessioCot the speech last May , of Senator. Walsh of Montana, chief prosecutor- In the oil i investigation while the grand jury was bearing the case. Court recessed until Monday mor ning. Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts,' special)! government counsel.j will reply for the govern ment and Martin Littleton of New York, 'counsel for Sinclair, will dose the argument Mr, Ifellogg contended Senator Walsh was hot only guilty of con tempt o courjb in making the radio speech , but by so doing he vitiated the indictments the grand jury re turned. Gains first Place in Mem- bersfiip i Growth of Pi Gamma Mu,! Hon. Frat. :4ii4'n tt ' Wiilainette; : university ranks first place for membership n the Pi Qamma Mu1, national social sci ence honorary fraternity, which was recently organized, with a membership of -42. j Southwestern university comes second, with To ledo university of jToledo, Ohio, with a membership of 33, in third place.' r " ' ! 4 -; 1.! ' j " 41";'' 4 Over 30 chapters' of the organ ization has been formed since its installation by, social - science workers f in the United' States. Members are selected from groups of social science 1 students, : Who show an aptitude for sociological study and work. -: -1 Many prominent sociologists are members of the honorary frater nity, which, has chapters all over the I United States.; j Prof. S. B. Laughlinj of Willamette university Is one.ot the founders ot the or ganization.! 4 :U 1 1; j. : r"!4.. : -- . ' IS 111! KILLED Examination Of Contents Of Stomach peveals Human : ' ! Hair' and Bones . ; ? WENTCHtTEj Waah., ! Jan. 24 Examination of the stomach of a courar killed four miles north of Qlmaj Okanogan county. Wed-1 nesday, revealed ) that the. animal was the ne which kiled and partly devoured James Fenlhaber, ,17 In December, according to word re ceived; todayi from Okanogan. Tbe stomach was said to have con fined hnaa -hair and bones. ... OIL INQUIRY IS UTII , : .i I . . : !i LOCAL COUEBE WSjT HEAD CAUGHT Ml Marble Head of Caesar, Dug War Department Dredge, t: : -- : K 1'" ? li 4- ' - 4 ; Experts' disagree on the authen ticity of tbe marble head "of Aug ustus Caesar, brought tip from its bed of hard lay in the Hudson River bottom i after lying there a, century or ' morej It waa drawn to; the surface iby ja suction dredge. Some say it is genuine and valuable and place it a few years A E. Others say ttjiajnot worth much even if it is authentic The head, I! '; Taking off Testimony To Resume Monday Night; Records Investigated Added ' Interests to the leglsla- tve Inyestlgatloi of the offif a and activities or iieorge u. uieaver, state prohibition: agent, has- been given by the action taken at the state convention! Of sheriffs in Portland who are avowedly out for the scalp! of the chief dry agent. 4 -' ! -. ( ' . ":' 4 Having been given time to look nver tha rppofdai nnd fnrrfisnond- ence submitted to the special, com mittee in charge of the investiga tion, it is expected that the work of hearing witnesses will get un der way this week, probably Mon day night, when the committee meets again in executive session. C. M. Johnsonj former prosecut ing attorney fori Lane county, Is slated to appear! before the com mittee Monday bight and tell a few stories out of school and not altogether in fator of the prohi bition enforcement officer. . At torney Johnson iwas slated to ap pear before thej committee last week, but was detained In Port land and was nOt able to get to Salem in time; to testify. LaRonda. Pierce, former spec ial agent .working under Cleaver and the governor's office, is also expected -Jto4, ive much ! intorma-; tion. As he failed to work in harmony . with the two depart- j men ts, his testimony win not De; lb favor of the (commissioner. Other witnesses are to be sub-i poened before the committee com-j pletes its investigation and is ready to make a Teport upon its findings; 4 Bees Sting I Otters In ! Fasti Game At tmua ' ! ' m a L M m m k Th Bees stung the Otters by a scoire of 5 to 2 id a fast basketball game at the Salem YMCA yester day. The Bees and the Otters are t . . ---.?! j - - -i - --- clubs organized under the direc tions of! Clarence Oliverj boys' secretary. ' R. Rentfro and Earl Justus are captains of the respec tive teams! " ' ; ' .. ..J;'5i: ;ixiS;:.;i .; ifi '-iJ-J ki i?.. ;.4, &f -4-" r . .4 ' - . - .. -4:mx3zte s - WILL CD Jill Bustle and Confusion Elnable Salem i Chinese to Observe Their New Ye&r "Too mudhnth taw. "o ahoot 'em cracka, Sadly1 Remarks One of . . k .. the Old Residents of Local Chinatown; Old Days 4 "isS 4 Wom fVnltA Vnlav -M- i I ? . 1 " ; ','4'.'. 4i Much bustle and confusion? of preparations for some event of note Was marked in several local restaurants and business offices yesterday. . ; ; I . ;y "Today is New! Year's Day," was the reply to any curious individual who inquired as to the cause .of the carnival appearance of 'the place In question."; ; 4 YeV. New ! Year's day In what remains of : Salem's Chinatown. ! Ten or 12 years ago, there waa nuch burning bt firecrackers, in- cense and New Year's .tokens. Now except In' the 12 or. 13 Chinese h0n3 nd b?f?s -places I3 thl? From Hudson River by 44 May Be 2,000 jVears Old ?0: chipped by the army I 'dredge, has been .placed on exhibition Is t Fifth Avenue art gallery ' in New, York City . by . Christy Lund, who has quit bis job as Quartermaster, on the dredge Raritari, and Nelson N. Bickford,. a uniformed attend ant at the Metropolitajn Museum of Art and also" a sculpiorj to whom Lund took bis lind. I f 4 , Salem Mayor Is Presidency o Elected. To League Of Oregon Cities PORTLAND, Jan,; 24 Twenty five TOregoat jXisfit' ganize the league of Oregon cities, elected 'officers, outlined a legisla tive'program 'and adjourned v to meet again in Portland, next Jan uary. 4' ' 4 - ' - ' ' ; ;: - J. B. Geisy.'mayor of Salem, was elected ' president; A. L. Barbur, commissioner of. . public. ' works, Portland,5 first Vice president; E. B. Parks, mayor of jEugene, sec ond vice president, Charles Cleve land, mayor of Gresham, treasurer. The secretary was -appointed by the president These! officers con stitute the " executive committee which have power;to act between meetings of the league, f . -. : The legislative program adopt ed by the league calls for: Submission of a constitutional amendment guaranteeing to the cities of the state full, control ot their own affairs and : restricting the legislature In interference with the home rule prerogatives of the cities. .' ;4'4 :4 "; 1 -h- ' Defeat of the Banks bill how be fore the legislature,' providing for the circuit court In all cases where' city councils have revoked licehs- "I."-- . i : Defeat of the bond bill which provides for a bond commission to approve alt municipal bond issues. COId Weather Ruins Crops In Walla Walla District WALLA WALLA,! Wash., Jan. 24. About 90 to 93 'per cent of the crop of onions, Cabbage, let tuce and spinach in - the Walla Walla valley waa killed by tho. ex treme cold weather in December, according to an estimate of Wen dell P. Brown, district horticul turist, in a report made, today to Charles I R0bi.ns.0n4 state super-. visor of : horticulture. . Spring seeded onions, it is estimated, may produce a. 60 per cent crop with city, there Is little td Indicate the celebration of an event of so much moment . to nearly ' a. quarter ; of the population o( the globe. . "Too muchum" law, No sheet "em cracka," . sadly . observed one of Salem's oldest Chinese resi dents as he passed the day's greet ing with a friend. J ; . ' i While America and other con tinents discuss the -adoption of a hew calendar, the Chinese are stolidly juggling their; Confucian system Of a year with! 360 days, months of varied length with- a third year of 13 months every trl-annua jKirjod,- i ' . - 4 4 Ift-VN:'--. - i PRESIDED' IS iTiflflUS SLEftiP STATES High Office.; Is Hot "Man Killer Retiring Secretary To President Coolidge Remarks i WORKINGS Of WHITE HOUSE IS D1SSCUSSED v Systematic Office Work Is Held Best for Maintaining Health WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 Eighteen months as secretary to the presi dent have . convinced . C Bascom Slemp that the; presidency is not a man killing office. , 4Mr. Slemp shortly will retire as ! immediate assistant to the presi dent and today discussed informal ly the workings of the presidential office with tbe White House cor respondents who caled on him In a body to present-him with a for mal declaratioh of their regtet over his retirement and with a brief case for use in the practice of law to which he soon will re turn." - j - - . . - "The matter! of matntainance of the health of the president lies in systematic work, relaxation and r est and I think that we have to a certain extent ! found a solution," Mr. Slemp said. ' "I think that ft would be reassurihg for the Am erican people to know that they are not killing their president "The administration of the Of fice for the past . IS months is proof of this.;. Outside of a war period there could - hardly have, been a more difficult time of aim!- liar length for ' a . chief eketutive, with two sessions of congress, tte campaign and a general election. -Yet Mr.1 Coolidge today weight eight pounds more than When he entered the White House afad hli physical condition really Is better. Monument For Davenport Will Arrive Next Week 6ILVERTON, Jan. 24 (Special to the Statesman.) Julius Wolf, ' secretary ot the Homer Davenport memorial rund committee, has re ceived word that the monument for the graye of Homer Davenport wilL be at Silverton next week. SATURDAY IN WASHINGTON The senate passed the army ap propriation bill carrying $332, 180,000. ? : , 4 "V the internal revenue., bureau j, advised taxpayers not to pay more income tax than they owe. r . ' : ' i - '- -- 5 i ?y. 'I " Argument for quashing the, oil indictments were continued in th District ef Columbia court. ' j. . supreme 4- J . President Coolidge reaffirmed his stand in favor of American participation In the world" court." Senator Copeland, New York, told the senate the original treaty ceding to Cuba sovereignty .over the Isle of Pines had been lost v:4 ' i . ; . The hbuse passed a bill to in crease expenditures from 23, 000,000 to $34,000,000 each for the Aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga, j ' I ,' ; ;-... Sworn statements charging mis conduct against Federal English, of the Eastern Illinois district were filed with Speaker Glilett ; f ' - ; Assistant Attorney General Bey tnour told a senate committee the department of justice is Invest!-' gating lines of activity ot tLa " General ElectHe cOmpaAy. -1 - - - Boy. Scouts Will Hold Big Affairs Here 'Sccrt . Harold -Ware. Boy Scout execu tive from Seattle, will be i a. Salem soon to investigate, scout condi tions here and to line up a. pro gram for -the regional director who Is to make a visit in this di?- trict '"; February 3 to February 13 is t be red letter days in R-v Scout camps In Salem. Activities and programs for the easulr.- ye xr are to be outlined and rut acre-? fa very sort Of activity is to t - c Hed on with the purpoa cZ Z . onstrating how a Boy f cc :t ;