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Newspaper Page TextTRUSTEES DISCUSS TOPIC OF PRESIDENT Matter Expected to Come Up for Consideration at Semi- Annual Meeting in Near Future s r PpAYER ROOM MEETS APPROVAL OF MEMBERS Executive Committee I Also Confirms Appointment of Language Instructor Selection of a president for Wil lamette university may 'be j made at the semi-annual meeting of lhe; entire board of trustees in Salem or Portland some time this month. It was indicated yesterday j at a meeting of the- executive commit tee of the board i which met in Eaten hall. ' . , . i -. Proylding that 1 President Carl; Gregg Doney's health improve? sufficiently to permit his again taking up bis duties as head of the institution, it is probable that he will be named president. If his health is believed such as not to permit him to stand the" strain new - president will be named ' at this time. ' " Doney Still HI President Doney's health: gave way soon after the completion of the million dollar; endowment campaign and from that time on he was in ill health. Last spring the board of trustees granted him a year's leave of i absence to re cover his health, Dr. Doney leav ing Salem about the middle of August for the east. At present Those who have Been Dr. Doney recently write that - his health is improving slowly and In many re spects he has not Improved much since feavmg Salem. He has said nothing indicating that he might the expiration Of his leaye of ab sence. He has sold rail of his household effects .here; Two Are Mentioned Neither the date of ' the semi- annual meeting or . the - definite decision as to where it would be held was reached yesterday, During the absence of President Doney, Dean George H. Alden has been acting as president,; in con- Junction with two other members of the faculty who were named on ft special committee, ' of which Dean Alden Is . chairman, to ad minister the activities of the uni versity, . - - ,; .:- .There has been considerable discussion as td who might be selected by the board of trustees as president in - advent of Presi dent Doney falling to .return to the campus, j Dean Alden, because of his connection with the univer sity over a large a umber ot years! and as acting president, is promi nently mentioned for the position, (Continued on p( 4) mfslToiL OFFICERS BY FIRE Herbert Thomas and Sons Burn Dwelling to Destroy i Evidence of Still ! i Pear that prohibition' officers would find mash and a still in the house U occupied - by i them caused Herbert Thomas and' Ray Thomas, . father and son, to set fire to a four-room dwelling at the mouth of Foley River, 30 miles from : Tillamook, on the night of June 30 last year, ac cording to information unearthed by H. : H. Pomeroy,' agent of the state fire marshall's office. Sher iff Aschim of Tillamqok county and District Attorney Barrick iwere Instrumental in securing the con fession from the father and son. ( The confession tells how a! base-, meat was dug under the dwelling, which was leased te Edward Vogt Daring the night of the fire the owners were tipped that a raid was to, be staged ' on their place, iha they lurried: :to the house, removed the still,, "poured kerosene on the walls and floors and set fire to the bull din g?- - 1- "!'- ' Following .the fire barrels of mash were emptied, the barrels rolled Into the river and the hole In the ground tilled. . The j con fessions- implicate Vogt and Her bert Thomas, another son of Her bert Thomas. Man Reported Missing After Motorbpat Hits: Obstruction in River One than Is mlsslne and 4nntfcii- had a narrow escape from death when a motorboat struck an bb snietlon in , the Willamette river hear West Salem about 8 o'clock last night and capsized. -: Charles Puree!!, of Talbot, the missing man, and P. L. Turnidge were returning from Clear Lake, further up the river where they had been engager in towing logs and logging to some extent, when the accident occurred. The force of the water., which is Unusually great at present due to the high water, hurled Une - frail craft against a partly submerged log. The force of the blow-was suffic ient to crush the boat, which sank immediately throwing the two men into the water. COREY REFUTES E REPORT Public Service Commissioner Points to Long List of Rate Reactions Taking, objoctlcn to remarks made by ; Governor Pierce in his message to the legislature Thurs day, ,ln which he asked that the public service commission be made appointive and hot elective, charg ing that "in hot one single in stance in! 1924 was there a rate reduction' made in the interest of the public'' and that the commis sion was ; the servant of utilities and not the people, H- H.' Corey, a member of the commission, yes terday issued a long statement re futing the allegations made by the governor. ; . ' . ;l Savifigs to subscribers of ap proximately $56,000 annually were made in the rate reduction In telephone . exchange rates; in Albany, f Heppner,, Hermiston Woodburh.Marshfield and' North Bend the statement set forth; In addition 72 farmer lines were ben efited and:a'toUl.ot T0 sub scribers throughout the state re ceived reduced rates. Toll rates between- Portland and Oswego were also reduced, while refunds Of '$5000 were ordered. ' : Included in the activities of the commission i resulting in benefits to- the public claimed by Mr. Corey were reductions of $18,000 annu ally in electric lighting and power rates in II towns of the Willam ette valley; denial of an Increased gas rate; in Salem; redaction of farm product rates , on , .branch lines throughout the state, invol ving an annual savings of $300,- 000 to shippers'; reduction of in trastate rates on . various com modities ; prosecuted cases in be half of : shipper - and secured re duced express rates which become effective ; March 1 ; secured a re duction in rates on wool and mo hair; a 10 per cent reduction en fruits vegetables and produce; reduction m on refrigerator car charges and ordered many exten- tlons tor patrons who had been denied service by utilities. "Telephone rates have increas ed In every state of the union." the report said, : Those - la our neighboring states of Washington. California : and Idaho are now higher than those in Oregon for exchanges ; of comparable slies. There have been no Increase! in the rates mentioned by the gover nor during the past four and one half years with very ihinor exceptions." PIERG Marion County Is Found Especially ; Partial to Twins; Survey Is Made Census Taken By f Cub Reporter'! to Find Iaet Number- of Twins U J ,1b County; Salem District Is Well Represented ; Did yetr fcw, that Marion county was especially favored by ma Man Stork in his allotment ef twlnst Various reports and rum ors have so agitated the cuh re norter that he has begun a survey of the county Jn an endeavor, to find out Just how many pairs of twin there really are in tne couu tr. ' An investigation of the city school census disclosed, the fact that there arei no ..less tnan Z3 pairs of twins between the ages of and 20 in this xllstnct aione. ?rrnr msnv will an investigation of the county school census show? . Where and ' who are the owesi pair of twins in the county? ; - Where and who are the young est pair of twins in the county? If you know any twins in your neighborhood that ydu think - the cub mLght miss, send their names in to the editorial department of The Statesman. The cud wanta 10 be sure that io one la slighted. ThA ffttaiia diidiied only olio family , that' tas been blessed to Taridge was found by, ,W. B. Oerth and Horace Woolley,.! both of West Salem, clinging to some bushes along the edge of the cdr rant,. where he had been hanging for more than a quarter . of an hdur.r: Search was begun immed iately for ' Purcell ; but neither he nor his body could be found. Both banks of the river were searched in an effort to locate the missing toan. ' "' ; . i f ; : y ' - Pureell'a mother, Mrs. Martha Purcell, and his sister. Christina Purcell, both live at Talbot. He Is a nephew of N. S. Nade. who lives south of Salem on the Jeffer Bon road. " ' : v At a. late hour last night his body had hot been located. lIHIAG KILLS 10 CHILDREN Father Clubs to Death Two of His Three Children in Religious Frenzy :- . POTTSTOWN, Penn., Jan. 31. Walter Bingaman, a farmer of Warwick township, near here, while in a religious frenzy today beat to death two of his three children. When policemen broke into the farmhouse they ; found the farmer's father,' George C. Bingaman, 73 years old, also dead. His death. Coroner Russell James of Chester county, said wa prob ably due to excitement and heart disease. 'V"--V) 'K: $ I '1 Toaight Bingaman was in the Chester county jaili violently in sane, the police sdld.. Bingaman's wife was at a neighbors house when the tragedy occurred.' ' Thursday night - according to Mrs. Bingaman, her husband tried to ' convert ' her to his way of thinking In religion; ! An argu ment followed and he tried to stTangleer-SharirAs "urieons- clohs for some time. Friday night her husband ' again attacked her and she fled- tb the house of a neighbor and remained there over night, fearing to return to her home. Today she became alarmed when nobody, wag seen about the farmhouse and authorities at West t(Coalaasd a 8) FLAX FIBRE SOLD TO FJISTEi FIRM Twenty-Five Tons Will Be Delivered in February; 33 Cents Here ...t One of the first large deliveries nf fisT frntn thn state penitentiary will be made in February, accord ing to Warden A. M." Dalrytnple, who has sold 25 tons ot long libre flax to Andrews ft Cook, leading New York City flax merchants. The flax-has sold for as eeais, f. o." bu Salem, and for February delivery . .The sale Is a, sequel to the recent visit of Mr. Cook, who stopped 'off in Salem recently while en route to the Orient. "Word of the sale was teeeivea at the penitentiary Saturday. the extent of twossets of twins. Mr. and Mrs. Reese, who reside at 1529 A street, are these especially fortunate parents, and thej Utile ones are Amy and ' Esther - Reese, aged ,17 nd Luella and Ruth Reese, aged 14. It is .Interesting to note that in this insUnce they are all four girls. When the list has been completed it will Uhe printed in full in these column. Below is given a list of the twins disclosed I by the ; Salem school district's census tor 19 1 4, and their ages:' n " i 7 V Loree and Barbara Barham, age 11.' ' . Franklin and Francis Brlndell, age 4. Doris and Douglas Drager, age 8. . Beatrice and Josephine Evans, age. 9. -f-; - ' i ' June and Jewell Myeri, age , 12. Ruth and Herbert Grant age 5. llary and Ivan Kafoury, age .14. (Contlaaed on pijt 3) . " TAX ROLL FDR BIG UREASE City Levy Establishes High I Record With Gain of 4.6 Mills Over Previous Year's 'Assessment ; RETIREMENT OF BONDS HELPS BOOST FIGURSS Special Taxed in School and Road Districts Contribu- I ting-Factor Taxes for 1925. for the city of Salem, will be the largest on re cord, with a levy of CO. g mills as compared to 4S.9 mills for 1924, It was announced yesterday by County Assessor Cscar Steelham mer. . - ; " ". ; ''': The tax roll for Marion county for 1924 shows an increase over 1928 of more than 8200,000, ac cording to the complete list of the county. In 1924 the amount was $1,817,705, while in the previous year it was $1,610,127, making difference of $207,577. The total tax for city govern ment to be paid by the people of Salem for this year is $212,267, an increase Of more than $14,000 on the 1924 roll. The increase in the tax levy for Salem is explain ed by two reasons. These aVe the exercise of the right to increase the levy 6 percent over last year as provided by tine limitation am endment to the constitution, and the small amount required in pay ing off a part of the bond issue for the city aerial fire truck, amount ing to $1C,000. ' No marked in crease in the cost of city govern ment is shown." V j !' . . A large part of the tax increase in Salem is caused. by the school and county ' taxes. 1 Due to the fact that t was necessary fojred We "apportion of the $500,000 bond issue that was Voted by the electorate of fhe district, and that 10 per cent of the $850,000 road bond issue voted by the county several years ago had to be paid. the school tax was Increased 2.2 mills over lat year, j , Special Taxes Voted Over' $58,209 was voted in special taxes by. the road districts to be paid this year. - Last year $44,309 was assessed.:- School dis tricts voted $356,998. compared to $296,780 for the previous year. coning act DfJ TRAFFIC BILL Ordinance Designed to Pre vent Accidents Near Parnsh Junior-High An ordinance which will prob ably be considered at the meeting Of the city council Monday night is the traffic regulating ordinance, designed to curtail aceldents among children of the J. Paiv risn junior mgn scnooi. If the ordinance passes the city council it will carry provisions that prohibit vehicles from 'stop ping on the east side " of North' Capitol between D and Lambert to discharge or take on passengers. The idea is to eliminate the stop ping of traffic upon the east side of the street in order that there shall be ho vehicles from which children can dart from behind or from the front ot into the path of approaching vehicles. -? The ordinance, will also provide that there shall - he only three places by which . pedestrians can cross the street near the school. One is ' at the intersection of D and Capitol streets, another at a Point " directly;: in front; Of the school house and the last one at the Intersection ot Lambert and Capitol. , t The Ordinance . is designed to regulate traffic In order, that .the accidents to children -j; may - be averted. ' One of the greatest dangers, it Is stated, comes from Children darting from" behind ve hicles that have been brought to a stop. Motorists are not able to bring their machines to a stand still in order to prevent a mishap. OAC FROSil I)sn3 O.UIE CORVALLtS. Or.: Jan.! 31. The Colambla- - uhiversitjr basketball team of Portland defeated .the Or- eg& Asia ffe&hEiea five here to day by a score of 27 U 25. GROUND HOG DUE M ;oN EXPLORATION -. TRIP IN VALLEY Question iArgueil Among Loral Sportmea jut to Whether Shallow Will tie Keen Today is, by virtne of tradition, ground hog day. If the animal comes out 61 his snug quarters beneath the surface ot the ground and sees his shadow he will regard this as an Indica tion that Jwinter is not yet over and wilt return to his; hole and prepare for six weeks more bad weather. - ' If he fails to see his shadow he will be satisfied that winter is really over and:. -stay to welcome the coming of spring. . The weather man says that it will rain today. This may mean a continual downpour or else oc casional showers. It all depends how early, in the day Mr. Ground Hog arises; Be ing Sunday, it is probable that he will come out late in the morn ing and may be out of j doors be tween showers. ' ByimcAiuionY T. A. Livesleys to Turn First ,.tarth With Spade; Pub ! lie Is Invited Ground for ths new $175,000 YMCA building will be broken Monday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock by T.. A. LiTesley, who donated the lot upoa which the new build ing will be constructed. The YMCA will face the south on Court, just west of the Court apartments between North Church and North High. Mr. LiTesley ' took an active part In tne . campaign to proTide funds for; the construction of the building in addition to contribu ting the Bite. Ah Invitation has been extend ed to th public to be present and watch Mr. Wvesley start excava- ting with a spade V ; f completed and ready late in the year. to occupy SALEM HIGH TEAMS III BOTH DEBATES Local Team Defeats Silver ton in Dual Debate By ' Unanimous Vote . In their first meeting of the season the Salem high school won on both ends of their dual debate with Silverton high, by a unani moas rote of the Judges. - The question was: "Resolved, that a-strong third political party would profnote 'tne Interests of good government in the - United States." I : , " , Homer Richards and Thomas Childs were i the Salem high rep resentatives who went to SilVer- ton to uphold the. affirmative side of the question. Avery.Thompson and Margaret Pro won on the negative side, " debating Glenn Parrish and Amos Benson, of the Silverton team, in the Salem high school auditorium. The Jndges at the local f debate were ; Professors Butler, Bowling and Franstein of the state normal school. - - ' 1 Salem high won the state cham- jlonship title last year. Another dual debate will be held with Franklin high of Portland next Saturday. " Small Possibility of New Line Being EstabUsnea Pred W.'.JCarr, transportation manager of the Salem Pulp & Paper Co., : declared that the Northwestern" will be used in the river run between Salem and Portland.! and that there is no serious possibility that another river line will be established on the Willamette river here. It la stated, that the paper com pany wilt continue to back Karr and C. P. Beverl In their attempt to work ip a good rlvar traffic with their company. At the pres ent time most of the freight is furnished by the paper company. Another reason advanceo ior the furthering" of the steamer ser vice here! It is stated, is that the paper company can Becnre 'term inal rates that wttl save several thousand dollars each year if they can have Salem recognized as a port. . . Railroad - charges are cheaper "whera a city Is recog nized as h port, : 1GI0U 10 Herrick and Logan Sign Dawes Protocol After '. .Paris Conference of Allies' Financial Ministersv i R Hi This photograph was made at the close of the conference when tin agreement was signed for. the division of the money Germany pays under the Xiawea plan. Seat ed, left to right, are Ambassador POSTAL RATE Stumbling Block Placed in Way of Rate Increase . Measure in House WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 With the house scheduled to vote Tues day on a resolution to return to the senante the postal pay and rate increase bill on the ground that it infringes on the preroga tlve of the house to initiate rev enue legislation. Representative Longworth, the .republican leader, placed, another stumhling stone In its path . today - by t declariag his opposluon .. to provisions of : the measure as approved ' by the sen ate.. . . -.r- ." Mr. .Longworth calculated that the proposed , rate increases would not raise more than half the mon ey needed ' to absorb the salary advances and he asserted he was opposed to enactment of any bill which did not match salary and rate increases dollar for dollar. This Is In line with the conten tion of President Coolidge who Informed today by Senator Moses, republican. New Hampshire, that the measure would provide $46, 650,000 of the $68,000,000 which It was estimated it would add to the government payroll. A conference will be held Mon day by house republican leaders with a view to determining wheth er the house post office commit tee should report a bill carrying both a salary and a rate provis-r lOn thus bringing the proposal to a vote in the house at an early date.' 1 ; j-'.'' Buildings for Monmouth Normal Requested By Bill An appropriation of $225,000 is asked for by H. B. No. 222, which has been -introduced by the Polk County delegation, which is Beck ing the money to erect and equip two buildings at the Monmouth Normal school. . A class - room building at Monmouth and a high school .building-; at Independence is sought by the delegation. " BILL STALLED Matrimonial Troubles of Charlie and Jack Keep News Gatherers Busy Dempsey Single, and Wanta to Marry Chaplin Said on Brink of tomestlC-Shipwreck; Reports and Rumors Whispered ' ' : LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31. The heavyweight champion of the ring. Jack Dempsey, and the custard pie champion of the screen, Char Re Chaplin, have led news gath erers' ot this section a hectic chase dcring the past 48 hours or so. Dempsey is single, according to hie own admission' wants -to get married and is - attempting to reconcile matrimony with pugil ism. : ' Chaplin Is married and some of his wife's relations Intimate that he might as well be single again. If reports of domestic Infelicity are true. But Chaplin, unuae Dempsey, will not admit anything and his Japanese man servant, will not admit Inquirers past; the front door of the 40-room mansion In Beverly Hilla, near here? DemDsev will talk on; any sub ject preferably marriage, his pos sible retirement ; from the ring without fighting again j arid his next hoot If he does not retire, or Kellogg, who will succeed Secretary of State, Hughes, and M. Herriott,' the French Premier. Standing are M. Clementei, French . Finance Minister, and "Ambassador Myron T. Herrick. - r. - CLEBLIED Letter Denies Baker Acted for Attorney General; Windup Is Expected !.-" George L- Cleaver, state prohlbi tion Commissioner, misrepresented facts when he testified before the legislative investigating , commit tee that Elisha A. - Baker, ; presi dent and attorney of the Anti- Saloon. Ueague, represented the at torney general In connection, with the search of the - British steam ship London Merchant, Attorney GeneralyajiWJhttkla. ha adtlsed Senator S. M. Garland, chairman of the 'committee. Mr. Cleaver tes titled that he was advised and represented by Mr. Baker. "The statement to the : effect that' Mr. Baker represented the attorney general rh that proceed Ings is untrue," Attorney General Van Winkle wrote 1 Senator Gar land. "Neither Mr. Baker nbr any one else represented roe In that matter." i r "Mr. Cleaver called me on the telephone and asked if I- could represent him and I informed him on account of the nature of the proceedings; I could hot the let ter stated. "He asked if he would be' Jus'tified In securing other council and I informed ' him that he-was at liberty to do so. He then asked it it would be all right to secure the services of Mr. Baker I told him so far as I was con cerned It would., but that he would represent him and , not m . No one is authorized to represent the attorney, general's office except when such authority is evidenced in writing. ? ; "I will be. glad to take oath upon the foregoing statement If it is desired, and in any event it is made under my official oath of office," the letter said in closing. Wind-up of the investigation is Anticipated this week following a cpecial hearing in the ' senate chambers Monday night when any one who has facts to present to the 1 committee, either for .''or against the" "present enforcement cf the prohibition law, wilT be listened to by the committee. . if he does not marry soon or both. Chaplin will not talk at all. The result has been a series of complications and a "flood of . . re ports arid rumors.i - U Here are some samples: - . i.'- Chaplin rumors; : Chaplia and his bride are not living together; they are living under the same roof but in separate apartments; they are living , together In the closest harmony; they are discus sing a "financial settlement" with a suggestion of divorce in the offing; Mrs Chaplin's relatives already have prepared a set of financial demands to be served on Chaplin; - no financial settlement had been discussed but a salt for divorce i being prepared. Dempsey rumors; Dempsey is married to Estelle Taylor, film actress; they are not married but they are going to be married to day; they are going to be mar ried May. 20; their wedding Is to (Contlaned a pox 3) LETTER SITES PIERCE FILES SITE BRIEi-V SCHOOL LI Governor Places Compulsory Public School Measure Be fore Supreme Court; Ac tion Is Wanted PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE DECLARED UNPATRIOTIC National Board of Education . Is Desired, .Governor - - Pierce States WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. In support of the Oregon compulsory education law requiringk children between eight and sixteen years of age to attend public schools Gov ernor Pierce today filed in the supreme court a brief in which he contended' the several states possess all governmental powers not surrendered to the federal government." He also contends that under the reserved powers in the state is that permitting regu lation of the education of children 1 In an effort to have set aside an injunction obtained by. the eoclety of sisters of Holy JJames of Jesus and Mary and by the Hill Military Academy restraining the state from enforcing the law, the Ore gon governor in his brief declared nat unless Oregon has the power to enforce the law, "it is hard to assign any limits to the injurious effect, from the standpoint o American patriotism." . , -Unless states have such right, he stated, "children may be taught that their true allegiance is to some country other than the United States; that he claims upon them or the religion to which they belong are superior, to the c?aln3 of the .United 1 States; .that it Is wrong.ta take up arms in defense of the United States; that ,tlia government of this country Is a wicked .tyrannical one; or they may be .intentionally mistaugM as to the true character of the gov ernment.". : Should the Oregon law be heI4 unconstitutional. Governor Pierce atts oat. there Is no legal crinci; le on which any existing public school law in the United States can be upheld. If a state cannot com pel certain children to attend pub lic schools. It cannot comDel anv children ,to do so." The regulation of education is a srbject, the governor argued, oyer which-states have exclusive con trol and with which the federal government has no authority to in. terrere. Should the Oregon law be held unconstitutional. the States, Governor Pierce declares. will he asked to adopt a. constitu tional amendment providlnr for regulation of education by state. Floral Society Re-E!ects ; ; r.irs- tveren Anacrscn Mrs. William" Everett Anderson was reelected resident of tl Salem Floral society at the regular meeting held last night at tia Chamber of Commerce. Other of ficers elected were Harry Pearcy. vice-president, to serve a secor. 1 term and Mrs. Sarah Schwab , as secretary-treasurer.- Edward Cil ingham and Miss Edith Harzari were -naemd directors of the society. ' The - meting was well attend M and much enthusiasm was shor n in the address made by II. Y. Bateman. : SATURDAY Ii WASHIKGTCI Representative Berger, .Wlscoa- sln, ''socialist, assailed the insur gent group in the house as In sistent. . . -; The house decided to vote Tu--- day on the question of return; the postal hill to the senate. - - The Kehdrlck bill to aid sett!; i . on , reclamation rrolects was - - proved by a senate committee. .;.-....-. r - Protest against the Urit! : r . bargo on American potatoes , renewed by the state depart"--. - The house eliminated tte c - - -priation for ta tariff ccr.;-' from the Independent offices I; but another vote v, ::i be tal . The housa ri;ultural cz tee decided to call members t ' : president's agricultural c: sion in hearinga on firra ' tion.