VoptW OREGON
I T r rCli.LwX Generally cloudy; mode
rate i ioiieiirature; imoderate northwest -winds.
Max. 4. Min. 4 2,' River? 3 rising. Rainfall,
uoiw, Atmosphere, part cloudy. Wind northwest.
I.IXKX WT.KK What would 50.000 ares In f; ? f
mean to farmers within the tradin;
Salem? What would a $600,000 linen mill i:. i
tto,SaIem? i Figure lor yourself.
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, . SADEMv-dREGONTUES DAY MORNING, APRIL ;14, 1925
PRICE FIVE C
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GLOSE HHP:
IUIGIDE TRIED
Mrs. Anna Cunningham At
l tempts! i Self L Destruction
(Following Investigation of
i Family Deaths j
SANITARY HEARINGhSET:
GRAND JURY PLAY ACT
Bodies of Husband and Four
Children Exhumed ; Poison
I is Sought I '
CROWN POINT, Ind., April 13
Mrs. Anna Cunningham of Gary,
Ind., whose husband and four of
her children Idled under tnysteri
otis circumstances w I t h i ri six
years,! while another son, David,
Jr., lies in a critical condition from
arsenical poisoning in a Chicago
hospital was I brought here today
and lodged! in a hospital ward at
the county jail. She was placed
under guard 'to prevent a second
attempt at suicide when she tried
to strangle herself to death In a
Chicago hospital yesterday, j
. Sanity I Hearing Set
Iako ii county j authorities 1 an
nounced she "would face a sanity
j. nearing tomorrow afternoon at
flary before a justice of the peace
and two physicians. j " :: j
It .was announced also that-her
case probably; will be placed, be
fore the county grand jury when
it convenes at Crown Point April
2.2.: Hi: jii.;:; i : ' -;i
Meanwhile the bodies of two of
Mrs. Cunningham's sons who were
buried near Valparaiso, Ind., with
the father, another son, a daugh
ter, were exhumed and part of the
vital organs were taken to Chicago
for chemical analysis by the Cook
county authorities,' while'' other
parts were sent to Purdue univer
sity at La Fayette for analysis j
'' 'I: Nervousness Pronounced v
Mrs. Cunningham was weak
when she entered the Jail here and
constantly! bit her lips to restrain
her emotions bat she had no state
ment to make. Answering ques
tions of the' jailer she said she was
a housewife and. was 49 years oldj.
Augus- Bremer, state's attorney
of Lake county, said she came into
the custody of the fndiana authori
ties at 12:20 o'clock today and
could-be held for 48 hours without
Divorced Man Kills Rival and
Takes Own Life; Chi!-
dren Witnesses - i i
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TACOMA; Wash., April
Two men are dead and twos chil
dren fir'' fatherless following a
khooting affray-tonighfj' When a
divorced husband stoftaetl the
home of his former wlfeon' the
first anniversary' of her second
marriage and shot himself after
killing her hunhanrt. f
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I The dead jnen are Fred B. Arn
old of Tacoma and II. A. Winston
S Aberdeen. . ' : !
The killing occurred in the view
Jf several children who were play
ing with Iwanna Winston, 13 in
iron of her home. Shortly be-
ffore 8 o'clock, Winston, the father
of Iwanna and the divorced hus
band of Mrs. Arnold, appeared ind
took Iwanna by the arm. 1 ,
"Leave me alone; I don't want
to see you," the girl is alleged, to
have said, as she jerked away
from her father1 and ran. I ; f
Arnold stepped from the house
and, according to the police, .met
Winston at the foot of the porch
steps. The men faced each other
angrily and Winston accused Arn
old of prejudicing, his children
against him and preventing' Iwan
na and her brother . Horace, 5,
from writing him. " j
A few angry words were spoken
j lit voiiuiiDin kUO w
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II GUI BATTLE
land Winston drew a " pistol from
his pocket and shot Arnold twice
Uhrough the stomach. Arnold
staggered down the walk and fell
lying In the parking strip. '
I Winston stepped around to the
side of the Jiouse as .Mrs. Arnold
tame to the door. He entered the
house by the back door, and, com
mitted suicide in the kitchen. S !
j Seeing her husband lying jby
the curb, Mrs. Arnold called ftp
Iwanna to run for water. J
Iwanna ran to the kitchen for a
(Continue ea paf 8) :
M i ni s t e r i a 1
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PARIS, April, 13 ( ByTJu-Associated
Press )- The ministerial
crisis .is enters ig on the fourth
day and .the only new result of
three Jdays of j consultations be
tween ) President Doumergue and
the most prominent politicians on
the left, parties lias been to put
it squarely up j to the socialists
whether they intend to enter a
cabinet led by Aristide Briand and
assume some I responsibilities-of
government The socialists hold
the balance of power with 104 de
puties in the chamber. ,
M. Iiriand's j maneuvering has
left the socialists no way out; they
muat decide tomorrow and an
nounce exactly ! where they stand.
M. Briand has already., fastened
upon them the responsibility of
upholding the formation of a cabi
net in time of stress with moment
ous problems confronting parlia
ment. J-: . - .;. j:; t
It was expected that M. Briand,
who had been asked by the presi
dent of the republic to form a
cabinet, would give his answer to
day to M." Doumergue. but he en
Tillil TESTING
ISIEfilFF
Holdup of Santa Fe Limited
Reported; T6sts Made for
! Train Crew
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., ApYll
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13. With sirens screaming two
automobiles carrying deputiy. sher
iffs armed with rifles tonight
dashed ; through t the city scatter
ing traffic in bewilderment and
sped on through the night to
Verdemont, nine miles away,
where ft was reported in "a tele
phone call that la Santa Fe train
was being held up.
Ernest Myers,! a service station
proprietor sent in the c,all. Near
his station on the highway para-
lelling the tracks, three men had
secluded an automobile -off the
highway and were piling iron, on
the rails he reported.
! "I'll bet this one gets 'em," one
of the t mysterious figures was
heard to call to his companions.
Myers.' hurriedj to a telephone.
When "the offijcers arrived they
found C.' Reynolds; efficiency en
gineer . for the Santa Fe railway.
Up the track a few .hundred yards
a green flag of a fuse was burning
brightly.
Reynolds, badly frightened at
the sudden approach of the armed
squadi explained that he .was con
ducting efficiency tests merely
seeing how quickly the engineers
on the trains saw the signals and
responded : by "j applying their
brakes. - .
! It was an ef f iency test for
Sheriff Walter Al Shay's office as
his deputies made the nine, miles
In 10 minutes and fO seconds.
SEEIiflliri
fob raavHE
Royal Arch' Masons Elect L'.
; Myers as Grand .Royal
j Captain -
PORTLAND, Qre.. April 13.
John Kollock, of Portland was
elected grand priest of the grandi
chapter of Royal! Arch Masons to
succeed W'ayne j Stannard of
Brownsville, Ore., at the business
session here "today of the 65th an
nual Oregon conclave. Other of
ficers elected were: G. -E. . SwafV
ford, Oregon City, deputy grand
high priest ; -Frank . S. 'Baillie,
grand king; Thomas' ' Simms,
Woodburn, grand .scribe; Frank
J. Miller, Albany, grand treasurer;-
D. R. Cheney, -Forest Grove,
grand secretary; j George Walton,
Klamath Falls, ' grand orator;
E. 'iCorthup, McMinnville, grand
captain;, Milton Li. Meyers, Salem,
grand' royal arch captain; .!.. B.
Stewart, Corvallls, grand master
of the third veil ; j Carl , W." Evert
sen, Marshfleld, irand master; of
the first veil, and Lloyd Scott,
Portland, grand sentinel.
'Ding,' Cartoonist Much " r :
Improved; Recovery Sure
DE3 MOINES, Iowa, April 13.
J. N. "Ding" Darling, cartoonist,
wiyhas been ill with peritonitis,
sat-up in hi? bed -at the hospital
here for the -fourth day ; In suc
cession loday. IIs condition -was
said to be improring jjteadily by
physiciaas.' ,i ' '
BRI
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n
Crisis N
h JRolitics
Not Yet Unravelled
countered such difficulties that he
was impelled to ask for more time,
lie informed the president that he
could not give a definite answer
until tomorrow afternoon at the
earliest -as he Is awaiting the deci
sion of the national council of the
socialist party, regarding their
willingne?a to participate in the
new government. ,
The idea of forming a "48-hour
ministry to present before parlia
ment for its ratification authoriz
ing the Bank of Prance to raise
the legal rate circulation from ,4jl
billion to , 45,000,000,000 francs
which was earnestly discussed
throughout the day has been
abandoned. The Bank of France'
weekly statement on Thursday
next again must show m pre than
forty .three billion paper money
out.
The idea of a 48-hour cabinet
came from M. Robineau,. governor
of the Bank of .France and M. Do
Monzies, finance minister. 'They
both called on .M. Briand today
with the object of winning him
I CantteaMI ea p( 81
OOUESTTflfiE
Corner to Investigate Mc
; Clintock Case to Comply
; 4 With Formality
CHICAGO, April 13. A coro4
ner's jury this week will resume
its inquest. into the death of Wil
liam N. McClintock young mil
lionaire, as the start of final steps
which will precede - the . arraign
ment of William D. Shepherd, Mc
Clintock s foster father, on a
charge of caqsing his death byl
administration of typhoid germs.
The Jury, summoned today by
Coroner Wolff, had little left! to
consider prior to rendition of its
verdict. The importance of the
inquest was discounted by state's'
attorneys in riew of. the murder!
indictment against Shepherd al
ready returned. "I
When the first Inquest is com
pleted another will be held on th
findings of the death of Mrs. Anna
N.'McClintock, "Billy's"; mother,
whose exhumed body was found
to contain a large quantity of mer
cury. Coroner Wolff said.'
Possibility of a third inquest
over the death of Dr. Oscar Olson,
brother of Judge Harry Olson, in
connection with the McClintock In
vestigation awaits the coroner's re
port on the examination of this
body. i
i Test a lror tiolncr ma A a fnilav
r, ; " ,
of , a foreign substance found in
the body of Dr. Olson. The coro
ner was unable to say whether
the substance, might contain ele
ments of poison. ; ',!, j
LIL'DSEY LEffllCG
IiJ flECOU-J VOTE
Margin of Only 48 Ballots is
Retained by Renowned
. Juvenile Judge '
DENVER, April 13. Juvenile
Judge Ben B. Lindsey led JEtoyal
R. Graham, by a margin . of , only
48 votes today when a recount of,
ballots cast last November for ju
venile Judge in Denver's 211 pre
cincts wa3 completed before Dis
trict .Judge Julian 1L Moore.' '
: The recount was made as the re
sult of quo warranto proceedings
instituted by Graham contesting
Lindsey's election; to the Juvenile
bench, which he has occupied' for
24 years. Last November Lindsey
was declared the winner by a 'ma
jority of 11T votes. - j t ...i
The official totals announced to
day -by the court are Lind3ey 44,
569; Graham 44,521. There Jfrere
927 disputed ballots, disposition
of which may be announced to
morrow, j ,.
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0AC Debate Squad Defeated
By Mains University Team
; LEWISTON, Me., April 13.
The -Bates .college debating team,
arguing negatively on the propo
sition: "Resolved, That congress
should have power to overrule a
decision of the supreme court by
a two-thirds vote," defeated Ore
gon State Agricultural tonight.
The decision was a 2 SO. to 99 vote
of the .audience. -
P1T1GSI
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IlllTi
Two Famous Rembrandts
Valued at One Million Dol
lars, Being j Sued 'tor by
Bussian Prince .
NOBLEMAN AT ONETIME
POSSESSOR OF FORTUNE
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Member of Russian Band Who
Killed Rasputin, Plaintiff
at Trial
NEW YORK, April 13. Prince
Felix Yousso-apoff, one-time pos
sessor of a large fortune and
among the most picturesque mem
bers of the exiled Russian aristoc
racy, sat in the supreme court -today
when trial of his suit against
Joseph E. Wldener, Philadelphia
financier and artj collector,' to re
cover two Rembrandt portraits
was opened before Justice Vernon
M. Davis. i
Value J High .
The Rembrandt1 paintings In
dispute,' valued at nearly 1,000,
000 and formerly part , of tthe
1500,000,000 fortune of the.Yous-
soupoff family, are "A Gentleman
With a High Hat,'" and "A Lady
With an Ostrich
Feather."
They naw are
n Mr. Widener8
possession in Philadelphia. :
Outlines of the! two sides of the
controversy by . opposing counsel
which occupied most "of "the day,
showed that the plaintiff contends
the transaction j by which Mr.
Widener acquired jthe paintings
from Prince iYoussoupoff in Aug
ust. 1921, was really a chattel
mortgage, while Mr. Wldener
maintains he bought the pictures
outright, giving the prince the
right, of repurchasing them under
conditions which j he alleges have
not' been fulfilled! j ? .
:- Defendant; Preeent-rif
Former ; Governor Nathaa Ii.
Miller, 'presented! Mr. Wldener's
case, while Clarence J. Shearn,
former Justice i -of ,the "state -su
preme court, f represented the
prince, 1 Mr. Wldener also was in
court. ; ! "j :
Prince Youssoupoff is the ac
credited head of the Russian , band
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TO TOB1D0 ZOI
University of Oregon Man,
Experienced I in Relief i
Work, is Needed
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu
gene,' April 1 34 It Special to The
Statesman) Earl Kilpatrick, dean
of ther University of Oregon exten
sion division, will -leave for the
middle west immediately on a' two
months leave of absence from the
university to serve as a member of
the American Red Cross executive
staff for the rehabilitation of the
great area 1 swept by tornado on
March 18. He was summoned hy
telegraph, and leave -was granted
by- a committee of the board of
regents this morning.
James L. Fleser, vice chairman
of the Red Cross in charge of do
mestic operations, wired Dean Kil
patrick requesting him to report
at St. Louis. The Oregon man Js
(Coptioua en pmt a
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JVIAKING
WB C
1 The .men .who jare putting oyer the second linen .mill in
Salem are making history 1
j They are making Salem the Belfast of North America
And in , Belfast i the linin g industry is responsible for .the
great educational institutions, the. great public; bujldings, the
monuments and memorials and .tablets, the big hotels, and
the employment at a .high average of wages of a million-peo
Pie - 1 ; ;
And Belfast, has to send to foreign countries for 85 per
cent of her raw materials, whereas the Salem district avill
grow them all, with the fields almost in sight of the mills
And Belfast , has: to .sell mostly m foreign jmarkets with
protective duties against her with: tariff rates in her prin
cipal market, the 'United States, running from 30 to 55 s per
cent ad valorem.! Whereas Salem, will have free trade in the
Remains of the XJnited SUtes, fori the finished product. m
1 Linen will make? more wealthy njen and familielin future
Oregon than ny othey ;one;& will keep on adding
Wealth to this state for untold generatioi.4lt comes -from
an annual crop that will be produced every -ear, as Ions .as
crass grows . cr.water runs. : . .j
HIGHEST COURT
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OUSTIiraifi
Authority, of President and
Congress to be Bounded
'M 9 . II. i
ai Hearing ueiore tne bu
. preme Court i
IMPORTANCE OF PROBE
EXPRESSED BY COURT
Portland Postmaster Brings
Test Suit to Determine
Position
WASHINGTON, April 13. ,The
constitutional prerogatives of con
gress and of the executive in the
matter of removal from office of
persons appointed by the president
were submitted today to the arbi
tration of 'the I third coordinate
branch of the government, the bu
premecourt, .-. .1 r , - j '-.
' Portland, Man Sues
A distinguished audience lis
tened to the argument, including
former Justice McKenna who
heard the case in its earlier stages
before it reached its present ' im
portance through intervention of
the senate in a case brought by
the late Frank Sjj Myers, who con
tended that his '.removal as ! post
master of Portland, Ore., in 1920
by President Wilson was Illegal
The case presented directly the
question of the constitutionality
of an act of congress which pro
vides that postmasters of the first,
second and third class can be ap
pointed and ''removed" only with
the advice and consent of the sen
ate. -Myers based his aultf or back
pay on, the contention that his re
moval .was illegal because the
name of his successor was not sub
mitted to the senate until after the
four-year .term; of office had ex-
piredt'"'i ..-.--. .j.'.,, .. ;. , i
'Importanee Stressedr
Recognizing the importance of
the dispute between the executive
and legislative .branches of the
government, the supreme court
granted ' twice . the time usually
allowed for the oral argument of
cases. - Owing to a large numoer
of opinions issued by the court
today, however, the case was not
reached for argument until late in
.the afternoon, and It will be con
cluded tomorrowj
The argument today emphasized
the " contention . that the constitu
tion created certain offices and
delegated to congress the right to
create others. Under this right to
create, it was contended, congress
has the power to impose the con
dition as to tenure, pay, how the
appointments should be made and
how incumbents could be re
moved. '. ' . 'I ' !'i " ;
Consent .of Senate Needed
In delegating to the -president
the right to appoint, the court was
told congress would have the
power to provide
ithat the appolnt-
ments ' should be
effective only
when approved by the.senate, and
could, when It thought expedient,
provide that a person appointed
and confirmed could be removed
only with the consent of the sen
ate.3 --- ' ' - ''
The solicitor 'general will - base
his argument tomorrow on ' the
contention that the constitutional
power of congress extends only to
the ' creation ; of offices and how
they may be filled, but; that the
president .being charged . with the
faithful discharge: of affairs of. the
administration, must have unim
peached -liberty to .remove -those
whose tenure is found detrimental
to the best interests of the gov
ernment.""" " ' ,
HISTORY
Strikes and Lockouts
Justified if Gbmmerce
Not interiereditli
WASHINGTON. April 13.
When labor strikes or lockouts
do ,not; result in - a material re
straint of interstate commerce,
the supreme court held today the
federal: government" is powerless
to intervene. The decision was
handed: down in a' case from San
Francisco, where the industrial as
sociation of that city, the Califor
nia" industrial council and other
organizations . of employers had
been found guilty of violating the
Sherman anti-trust law Mn a fight
for the adoption of the open shop
as opposed to the closed shop
which labor unions had enforced
up to 1921.
As a part of their campaign, the
employers adopted a permit sys
tem Under which supplies could
be obtained by builders who would
agree to join the open shop move
ment.' " -'
The lower court finding that
these permits were required for
the purchase of building ; mater
ials and supplies produced In and
-brought- Trom other' estates into
California, held that there had
FREPJCH POISON
CJ1SE1S BARRED
Suspicion Centers Around
?. Woman; -Six Deaths 0c
- cur in Same Manner
NIMES, France, April 13. Six
mysterious -deaths under almost
identical! circumstances aroused
much speculation among the 6000
inhabitants of the ancient town of
St. Gilles. -
Public -suspicion culminated to
day i in - the arrest of Antoinette
Scierrl. : The police say she con
fessed to have poisoned three per
sons whom she .was attending, as
a -nurse and that she najned Ros-
alieGire aa JteicjajDlUie- The
latter, denies - the accusation. .
Mile. Sclerrt arrived in Saint
Gilles in November. She was at
tending . a . poor woman named
Marie Audourard,,who died in De
cember after terrible sufferings.
Mile. Scierrl then Installed herself
in Mme. Audourard's room with
her brother-in-law, a man named
Rossignol. . j: 'r .-.'..v.-
, On Christmas day Mr. and Mrs.
La Chappelle,' . friend's of . Mile.
Scierrl died .of poison. Their
deaths were attributed to their
having eaten tainted fowl. Ros
signol died in March and Mile.
Scierrl said .he had eaten mussels.
At the end of March Mile.
Scierrl Invited ; two neighbors,
Mme; Martin and Mme.- Boyer to
have coffe with her. Mme. Martin
died next day. Mme. Boyer swal
lowed only a mouthful of the cof
fee because she said afterward It
tasted bitter. Nevertheless," she
was taken - violently ill and has
pot recovered. These two women
had eaten muscles the preceding
evening 1: and ! police suspicions
against Mile.: Scierrl were allayed
until a 'woman to whom she bad
given her child to rear, a Mme.
Gouin died " of symtoms resemb
ling thos of the other cases."
The towns people were furious
and the police saved 'Mme. Scierrl
from lvncninir hv niacin? -her in
prison when she admitted having
murdered the La
Chapellea and
her - brother-in-law,
Rossignol.
The police , assert that Mile.
Scierrl has a morbid .passion . for
Inflicting! suffering. They .ex
pressed belief that; iter alleged
crimes yielded .her nothing, al-
she told them they netted her
francs, r ' ' -
mm segied
FOR 611.1 IL'JUIIIES
Sheriff Declared to Have
-Mistaken Man, for Boot-
. egge,r; Decree Given ;
SPOKANE, Washj., April i3.-
A verdict for $4500! damages" was
awarded in superior court f here
today Mto JLrthur jJahns who 'sued
Sheriff Harry Clark,! Deputy Sher
iff .Harry Thomas and their bonds
men for $5,000 ' for injuries jhe
said he received when Thomas
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snot nira near nere; last uqiooer
when he failed to 1 stop his auto
mobile at the officer's command.
A party bf pff Jeers j was guarding
a highway! with.the expectation of
arresting a suspected moonshiner.;
When Johns . failed to hee4 Hheir
signal to stop, a Jihot-was i fired
after 4ia a'ut&mcMle, hitting him
Ua She Soulier, t , -
been an unlawful restraint of In
terstate cdmmerce. '
The supreme court In an opin
Ion by Justice Sutherland -declar
ed .todays however, that Jt did not
find there had been a substantial
obstruction, of Interstate commerce
sutiicient to constitute a violation
of the $bermau anti-trust law. j
Asserting that the evidence
showed that Jnterference with In
ter-state trade was neither desir
ed nor intended, Justice Suther
land declared' that such building
materials as had been brought ;in-
to the state during the labor dis
pute, had come to rest within the
state and had ceased -to be a part
of interstate commerce. . Consid
ering that the aggregate value iof
the- material brought into th
state, did not exceed a few thous
and dollars in comparison with the
expenditure ; of $100,000,000 or
the construction of buildings dur
Ing the controversy, he said, j a
showing had not been made to
satisfy the j court that there bad
been a conspiracy to restrain inter
state commerce. I
Thousancls 'of Vtsitbrs At
Stracted to Salem District
j Sunday by Annual Event
Sunshine, ;Easter Sundayand a
warm spring day proved too much
of an attraction and thousands of
Oregon and Washington motorists
toured various parts of the Salem
district Sunday as a result qf ad
vertising of the annual Blossom
day. The rain Saturday caused
some offthe blossoms to fall from
the' trees', hut not in sufficient
quantities to spoil the general .'ef
fect. . ....
Ii6ng ITneg of automobiles were
on the highways during the entire
day. Many of the Portland yis
itors came by the main Pacific
highway and' returned by way of
the West r Side route, making a
fine loop trip.. Others swung on
to Albany, across the river to Cor
vallis and , back bopie. The Silver
ton loop trip was not ignored.
Because of the great number of
paved highways it is almost im
possible , to estimate the total
number of visitors, but it is safe
to say that at least 12,000 on t-of-town
people were In the district.
Out through the prune districts
of Liberty and Rosedale, south of
Salem, over the river into the
cherry orchards of Polk county,
and north on the Pacific highway
to the tulip farm, the highways
were thronged' with cars of every
make, type, 'size, age and condi
tion. Yet so 'systematic was the
direction of this immense traffic
under the guidance of Chief Raf
fety of thestate squad and hie
assistants, together with numer
ous Boy Scouts, that there was no
Jam or congestion, and accidents
during tbe -day ' were limited to
two,' both of minor importance. .
State Institutions attracted their
full quota of visitors, many of
these .being Salem people A to
tal of 1 308. registered at the peA-:
itentiary, with an even, greater
number at the state hospital where
the grounds were htghlyt praised.
Both the capitol and the supreme:
court building - were ..kept open ,
during: the .day. ' j '
Sffil DEBATERS
' LOSE AT OO'ST
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Tillamook Girls Get 2 to X
Decision on Negative Side
: ,01 guesuon .
.Salem high schopl's debating
team lost to Tillamook 'high school
last night 'by a 2 .to 1 .decision, ac
cording to,.worl,recelved-from Or
lando .Horning, r coach.. Judges
were three professors frpm the
Monmouth normal school. 1
, Avery Thompson and - Thomas
Childs Represented the Salem;hish
school, taking the affirmative of
tbe question, "Resolved: that the
referendum , is "a desirable feature
of representatLve govennent." " ('
UThe -debate -last,; night -was - the
first to use this question, an J the
first of thef Inter-sectional meet
ings. ABotb JLeans.wera leaders in
their respective districts. iotIi oii
the Tillamook debaters wer g!rl3.
BLOSSOM DAY
DKTHROI
LIS DRIVE
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Ai LuiiibiiinJi.
CqI. Bartram, 'Cznzzn
Flax Expcrtr Is Optimistic
Speaker at Chamber cf
Commerce Fcrum
POSSIBILITIES GREAT
IN WILLAMETTE VALLEY
Much : Study Given Sitnalitn;
Meeting CAlled in PortLind
n Thursday
"The time may come when tho
Willamette valley will be the lar
gest linen manufacturing center of
the world," declared Colonel W. B.
Bartram, of Toronto, before tho
Salem' Chamber of " Commerce,
Monday in explainingihe organi-
zation of the proposed linen mill
in this vicinity. '
'I am convinced after a study of
the conditions in the Willamette
valley that' the industry could be
established here which would em
ploy thousands of people, Bupply
the requirements of as many .mora
and supply linen , products to thn
rest of the world," continued tha
speaker. "r
A jnil operating in Salem wouLl
not have- to compete with other
mills in the United States, as the
proposed mill would be the only
one in the United States, making
the bread and butter lines of
linens directly from the; flax: fibre,
.waa- the contention -of Col. Bar-
cram. - The local mill would be un
der the protection of a tariff that
would enable the mill to under
sell any other product.
Better Than Canada
"After investigation by reliatia
authorities, I find the operatlr t
costs for the mill In the Wlllani
ette valley , would . be the same,
while economic conditions .weal 1
be unchanged; but the efficiency
of the labor would he materially
incfeased, Col.. Bartram ea! .
"Weather, conditions r are harsh ia
Canada, with a winter of ,sc?t
months. As a result the peop'.a
suffer more than here. The agree
able weather! conditions, ,woui4
make the low expenses and a
grjeater efficiency. .
"Starting with the simpler lines
of linens such -as the 'bread And
butter' products, towellngs, and
crashee. it would Jbe possible to de
velop into the manufacture of a
letter grade -as time went on.
"The same linen would cost n
more for production, yet-we -would
be able to undersell, because of the
protective tariff wajl."
In discussing the spirit shown
by .the people pf Salem and the
Willamette valley, the speaker de
clared that Salem had a future bo
ypnd -the wildest dreams -of all.
The spirit manifested by the peo
ple determined the greatness of
their growth. ' , ; "
: Dominion Linens IIxpIainHI
.' In describing the Dominion Lin
ens, Ltd.. -which Is directed by D.
M. Sanson, who is counted to lead
the local project. Col. Bartram
(poke highly. The firm has alwaya
cooperated with him in hi devel
opment of the flax -pulling ma
chine, liven jiowi they .are waiting
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INWACHiriaTOII
-Compulsory arbitration -la -in
dustrial -disputes was held -uncon
stitutional .by the Bupreme coart.
Mrs. Coolid.se Joined a threnrr
of-Washington youngsters In the
annual egg-roiiing on the White
House lawn, . . .
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-The Sherman .anti-trust law wa.i
not violated, the supreme coart
ruled, in the fight for the c; nx
shop In San FrscfTo,
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An Incra li tVe t r riff dutv r ;
Potassium. c,.-.,.:r: ' frori 1'. i
2U cents a r : v. 3 ci-cirrd l
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Plans for. a ncrp . f!" !,t
new type !: 1, from Cai.r.r;,:
to Hawaii r. . . t ! :njcr. vs re ; -
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