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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
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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
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; 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<ed
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! " ' ; '
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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-
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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 ' . -
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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 . '
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" Argument for quashing the, oil
indictments were continued in th
District ef Columbia
court. ' j.
. supreme
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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
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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.
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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 ;