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pqMI. ''off:foGtioPr!lo tidbcJQi up for focr GcbopcJ 'ZLjo;j .or 1 3 L v. Wpathar PREGON f T VC i Generally cloudy; n 7 - SJLLEU WILL. PUT IT OYEIt The necessary amount will be subscribed for tLe linen mill. Anyone desiring stock " had tetter harry as it looks like the amount wanted would be oversubscribed. vj T - VC lJ. 0. WJL i Generally cloudy; mode- rate temepraturo; moderate northwest winds P Max. 64, Min. 42. Hirer 3.9 rising. ! Rainfall none, Atmosphere,: part cloudy, wind nortnwesi. -1- -if 5 SEVENTY-FI FTH YEAR i 4- SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1925 f . PRICE FIVE CZ2H3 Si! -7- 'n 7 R1TY 0 BHI.il OUST IS ISSUE ; , - .; v i"i I? -jt'ili'ljij :'i ' losing . Arguments in Myers Case T Declares Work) or , Nation's . Executive ' Must i oe unnanmereu i i r . - STRANGLING OR POWER BY CONGRESS SCORED Unrestrained Action Said be Necessary for Efficiency , to WASHINGTON, i April 14.-4-A picture of the White House With a "to let" sign huh? out. as dratvn in the supreme court' to1 day by Solicitor General Beck In cos ing his argument In the (Myers case I through which :. the j pr si- I dent's right to remove a postmas ter without obtaining the senate's consent, has been challenged. i! Hack Pay Wanted 'ii solicitor general presented president's position" as oppos- r ?y the senate tnrougn benator THfl PR i jf K'r .Pennsylvania in the cdn y oversy resulting from the ap- . peal of the estate of Frank S. JMy- ci ,-, which is Ruingj for back p iy on the conention that his remov al atj postmaster at Portland was illegal. , :, I Cojngress should not be perm: t ted, J.ir.iBeck declared, Jto "pla;e 1he )re8ldent in a straight-jacke by encroaching upon his preroga tive to remove government office holders, There are 800,000. suqh employes and the president, he argued, should be unhampered jn his right to remove any or all of them. 1 - ' Pi r I; WoulI Impair Work j Mr. Beck held it highly esseh flan fn the proper administratiopi of the government that the presi dent j should be unrestrained conressj in exercising, this rlgh If deprived of " It, he contende l the work of the president would be so impaired and be renderei eo Ineffective that It would jbe well !to close thn Whifo Ttniisei I Insisting that the constitute l Wended to create a "strong es- ive," be protested agaimt 1 gressional despotism," deciai ; I' that unions thei court jntei-'-" it ' r ,he executive power might irately j bo strangled by con- lHrnsc Sums Case Emphasizing that;; the present struggle was not , between the president and the senate, but bej tween the legislative! and! execuj- tlve branches, Senator Pepper, In closing hi argument begun yes terday, assorted the ponstitutiona;! duty of the president' to sec that the laws arc faithfully executed! included a mandate .to .respect those; made by congresH creating off ices and prescribing the con- a it ions i under which ! they , should bo filled. Employes' iof the gor- ernment are not servants : of the president, the senator declared. uBi are representayTes ot me pea PLOT TO TA ' ; CAPITAL FAILS Group of Army Men Thrown ! into Prison as Result of ! ! Conspiracy , J BOGOTA. Colombia prU M.j (By the! Associated Press.) A coup d'etat was frustrated Sunday when a group of, army offlclali who planned to taipl jpossesstoa of the p'ee and the government were . arrested anil j thrown Into prison. , . . i r . . . The consplrabofy j purposed . to take advantage of i the absence of President Nell Ospina from th capital. , . k " Ther president had been on A visit, to various departments of the republic but' he suddenly rei tnmd snaay and the arrest and 5 rfintinempnt of several army of fial and gome young . of fleers 4 lower grades stationed in th .capital followed., . J,! . ; f , . i I An Investigation i was framed!- -ately began in asrortatn tha ram; ificatlons of the plot In the coun-l try outside of Bogota: The news-i papers express the belief that the movements extendi thrb'uslioul the army by reason of tbo fact , 3 I ?! HE Political C r i s France Declared to ' be Worst in History ; PARIS, April 14. (By the As sociated Press.)-! France is in the throes? of one of. .the worst crises in the " history of the third repub lic. Politically, j economically and financially there is a widely di vergent current; of opinion : be tween the chamber and senate. It now has become an open conflict, and this underlies all the present difficulties; j ; The I dissolution of parliament, which a few days ago was men tioned! only in whispers, is the rallying call of all discontents and is being openly! discussed in the lobbies of the chamber and the senate.' ., ; ' j; j Confusion reigns supreme in French' political! affairs, but the French: nation refuses to get ruf fled. The economic, situation in volving the status of. the franc in the world's exchange market re mains Unchanged. Who, is to (become premier to succeed M. JIerriot, is by no means certain Paul .PaiAleve, president TOPIC OF MEET Unloading of Products at Be ginning of Season Rap ped by Jardine WASHINGTON. April 14.-M)ne of the greatest problems which has ever faced American Agriculture i - - - has resulted from dumping large volumes: of farm products on the market during ! the ' first few i i r - months j after (harvest, Secretary Jardine .declared tonight in an ad dress before the agricultural de partment's field, agents charged with enforcement of the United States wareftourg mnt,' r-J" - The field men are in conference here in an effort to adopt uniform methods for .enforcement of the act which deals with the storage of , cotton grain wool, tobacco. peanuts potatoes, broom corn, dried fruits and maple and cane syrup. , j "The United States warehouse act," the secretary explained. gives farmers of this country a handy vehicle i to use in bringing about a more even-distribution ot their products! ' The big purpose of the act is tp develop a form of warehouse receipts which would be acceptable generally to bankers as security on loans for products storage. The secretary warned the field agents to maintain diligence in their inspection of warehouse and examination of plants -so that the present good standing of the ware house receipts! with bankers will be continued. I . . . ..- " ? SHIPS ARE READY FOB HIT AH Hawaiian Maneuvers to be Held by Massed Army and Navy Concentration ill IV, ... SAN FRANCISCO, April 14. The cruiser Seattle, flagship of the uuiiuu omies i tit?i, weiguea an chor today fof. Hawaiian waters, where she, will; act as umpire ship for ! the! forthcoming Joint army and navy ; maneuvers. Admiral Robert E, Coontz, commander in chief of the , fleet, was on the bridge; of, the I Seattle , when she put- to sea., !t; j . ; 1 The remainder of. the fleet will leave tomorrow morning and If Is expected; thai ( it .wilt be three hours atj least: be?op the. ast ves set passes through the Golden Gate. : intrj :i;i iK'r" - ; With Admiral Coontz are Major General -John L. Hines, chief of staff; Major G-eneral Wendell C. Neville; USMC.. and thb other members of the' umpire boardap pointed for the maneuvers. ; j ' The fleet will maintain an even speed which will be the speed of its slowest vessels, and on this ac count Is not expected "to reach the maneuver area before the end of the week. 1 KILLER IS EXECUTED , HANOVER. Germany, April 15. (By The Associated Press. ) - Fritz Ifaarmann, the Ideal butche who- way sentenced to death last wfnter for' having "killed a large number of men and boys, was be headed aj-e o'clock; thl? morning. i sin of the chamber, is the latest un willing candidate for the premier ship. ' - r j -'!". ' ir Albert Sarraut has refused the task of cabinet making' and Aris- tide Briand, who is undesirable) to the socialists, has followed suit. tM. De Monxie. the present finance minister, and M. Renault, may; be summoned by President Doumer- gue, but who ever assumes charge of French political direction, the French public feels that its insti tutioas will be restored : if the Bank of France can present an honest legal bank . statement on Thursday. . s t i The situation tonight remains exactly like that it created by- the defeat of the Herriot government M. Briand, after temporizing ' for several days awaiting the decis ion of the socialists as to whether they would collaborate with him and his government, finally an nounced tonight, after the official Lrefusal of the socialists bad been made, public that, he would no longer attempt to form-a cabinet WORRY BOARD Chief Problem for South Sa lem is Question of Loca tion Declares dinger Discussion of the location of the future schools of the city occupied part of ' the time of the school board last night. Dr. Floyd Utter and Dr. C. A. Downs, representing the Parent-Teacher associations of south Salem, appeared to discus3 the problem that Is before them.' It was pointed out that the pres ent high Bchool was almost filled .jo. Rapacity., jmdLJtfrat within to years would be filled to overflow ing, and other accommodations must be secured. : ; . "The real problem of the day in securing a new school for , south Salem is in the location," declared Dr. H. H. Olinger. Find the loca tion and solve the problem, was the contention of the board mem bers. ' : . ; Wood contracts were opened and after consideration referred to the supply committee for comparison before the contracts were awarded- ; -:.. i .;:! ; L. J. Simeral reported the com pleted alterations of the ; lower floor of the Washington school which is being opened up with the view of securing an. occupant as caretaker, j . : -f- Edgar A. Tibbets, representing the Associated Student body of the high school stated that the stu dents were ready to furnish $600 for use In constructing and im proving the athletic field.,; An ad ditional sum would be realized from the 1924 class, if was stated, but part of-the money, must be UBed in constructing a monument of some sort. : I'M The circus, which is'fo vlstt ??a. lem in the future, is to use the school grounds near the Parrish school, it was declared. An assistant principal is to be employed at Parrish junior high while the secretaries to the prin cipals and to the superintendent of schools are to secure a raise in salary, it Was brought out at the meeting. A map -showing the locatiou of the students In the city is to be constructed and used in tile afrairs of the school board, it was decided last night. Portland Woman Named to Head Foreign Missionary i S BATTLE j April 14. Mrs. A. R. McLean of Portland, was elect ed president of the Columbia branch of the women's foreign missionary society Methodist Kpiscopal church at the opening of tho organization's mid-year con ference .here today.; ; More than 300 women delegates from Wash ington, Oregon, . Idaho and Mon tana attended. Oregon Aggie Debate Team Wins from Eastern Squad , :! -;. i . . CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 14. Oregon Agricultural college won from the Massachusetts in stitute of technology In a debate here tonight. . The visitors up held the affirmative of the prop osition: "That congress should be empowered to overrldo decis ions of the supreme court which declare such action unconstitutional," SCHOOL SITES CHEMIST SAYS DEATH CAUSED BY POISON Sufficient Mercury to Cause Deatn inrren uays is un covered in Body of Mrs McClintock OFFICIAL REPORT IS HANDED TO CORONER Possibility of Mercury Being Administered; As Medicine Denied is. CHICAGO, evidence that April 14. Direct Mrs. Emma Nelson McClintock, mother of William Nelson McClintock, millionaire or phan, died of imercurial poisoning was contained .today in the offi cial report of j Dr. j William D. Mc Nally, coronet's chemist who ex amined the disinterred body of the woman who died ;16 years ago. Shepherd Held William Di. Shepherd, young McClintock's principal heir, for murder in foster father and is under indictment connection with the youth's death from typhoid fever last December it became alleged that Shepherd inqculated McClin tock with typhoid cerms. Dr. Mc Nally in his jreport of Mrs. Mc Clintock's death, said that suffi cient mercury! had been found to cause death within 10 days and added that "the amounts found preclude the possibility of its hav ing been administered as medi cine.";- -V- I : I '. , - ' '--... Probe Continued Further investigation of Mrs McClintock's death has temporar ily shifted to Texas, where in 1909 she was treated for an illness from which she had! not fully recovered at the time of her death.- Galveston authorities have been aBked to question Dr. William C. Fisher, who was practicing there in 1909, if he attended Mrs. Mc- tnd what he prescribed for her. Physicians who attend ed her after she returned to Chi cago to die have said they pre scribed no mercury. "' " The coroner's jury later this week will resume Jits Inquiry into the death of William McClintock, son of Mrs. McClintock, as the fin al step preceding the arraignment of William D. jshepherd, his foster father, on a charge of killing him with typhoid germs. Woman Chokes Child to Death and Ends Own Life PORTLAND, April 14. Mrs. Klnu Oki, 30 year old Japanese woman, her mind broken as a re sult of illness, choked her three months old baby to death," then strangled herself to death at her home here' today,: the police an nounced after! an investigation. The bodies were found by the woman's - husband, police. : l'3 ' I ' : : who called the DAILY PliUNGB HALTED PORT ANGELES. April 14. A 45-year custom of! taking a dally plunge " in Port Arigeles may was halted here todajr . when It. A. Muskett. 80. retired merchant. suffered a broken jcotlar bone af ter his automobile collided; with another machine.' j MAKING IT II If the wprk goes on as it is started ; If 100 per cent of the hustlers of Salem 'subscribe to the stock of the second linen mill promptly; as such a spirit would suggest, the task would be over this weeki i - i. And Salems $300,000 will How would you like to see ends of the earth? " It would put Salem on the no other one event could And it would foreshadow all down town real estate will value !::;'f - .-;'KY When the increased values Salem property would provide mill, with a lot to spare towards the capital of our third linen mill. -. ':r ; ;:'j .: - - r-y- : i ' : : -r There are happy indication that Salemjis going to sur prise those who 'have been under the impression that she is a slow town.. ' , " ; . , ! .1 J These are great days in Salem's history f. A ) And no Salem citizen, rich or poor, can afford not to have a share in" the glorious consummation that is taking place. , .. ! ' ' Is your nam written there ? Vritteq on the. dotted Jine: WHEELER CASE TAKING S ACEISARBI Counsel For Senator Declare Over 20 Department o Justice Agents to be Pres ent at Trial - STATE IS REPRESENTED IN NATIONAL OIL CASE Trial Scheduled to Start To morrow; 41 Witnesses. Subpoenaed ! GREAT FALSt Mont., April 14 (By The Associated Press) E. J O'Leary of counsel for Senator jK. Wheeler, said here today that he had learned that between twenty and 25 agents of the department of justice are I In Great Falls and will tremain here until the Monta na senator's trial, which will start Thursday, Is over.- I " ; Report Admitted - : John L.. Slattery, United States district attorney, and R. P. Stew art special asietant attorney gen cral. Wheeler's prosecutors, ad mitted that there were several de partment of justice agents in town but denied a i report ; that Great Falls was "being overrun" with government, i investigators. Nei ther O'Leary, Slattery nor Stewart were able to eiplaln-why they are here. Mr. Slattery, however, de clared that it !was the custom! of the ! federal , government to have agents of the jdepartment of jus tlce present afc every trial of im portance involving the govern ment. j ; T : . ! . ' - Witnesses 8ubpoeaed ; : A list of 41 witnesses subpoena ed for the case, was made public today.' This includes W. G. Fee- ltsy.A. .If. .Furr. and Peter Nyce, Washington' attorneys; and Edwin S. Booth, former solicitor in (he department o the Interior who as -indicted with- Wheeler fin Washington recently as the result of a grand!, jury investigation William Spry, j former land com missioner in the department j of the interior; also is on the list! of those subpeonaed. Oil Grift Charged He ha expected to testify for Wheeler who -Is charged with re ceiving a fee-for prosecuting oil prospecting applications of Gordon Campbell, Montana oil operator, before the Department of Justice after Wheeler has been elected-to the senate. M L. V. Beulleu. a trustee of one of the Gordon Campbell syndlcat es,' who told i the senate Wheeler investigating i committee that the cenaior never appeared before a government department . for-the Campbell concern, is among those subpeoenaed. Peeley, j Nyce Spry end Beulieu. Mr. Slattery said. were subpoenaed by the govern ment at the request of the de- tense. . ; - j ' : , I Other witnesses under subpoena include H. C. Qlosser, former sec retary to Campbell who told the senate committee that Wheeler "left the impression' that he would take care of certain lease applications of Campbell's before the interior ; department. C. A. Springmeyer, another; of Camp bell's secretaries, also isv under call to testify.! Campbell is not under subpoena but is expected to testify for the accused senator, ; 100 PER CENT, for Salem, j and do this aaJ have been oyer subscribed. ' such news broadcasted to the i map in siich capital letters as j ! j: the time, not far distant, when have more than, doubled in !;: 3- '::;. ;. !,!:. A' !:.: l- in any one block of down town all the capital of this linen RAPE Levens Participates in First Liquor Raid Since The first raid in which William S. Levens, state prohibition- com missioner has participated since his appointment, was held yesterday in conjunction with fed eral, state and county operatives. The raid was a complete success. A 110 gallon still, capable of turning out about three gallons of liquor an hour, was captured,' to gether with three men who are said to have been operating it. The men give their names as James Williams, Lawrence Montgomery, and R. L. Wells. They are now being held in the county jail. At the time the plant was raid ed, only 2 gallons of liquor was discovered. .Levens, and George II. Hurlburt, a federal operative frorn the Seattle district, visited the scene of the raid, later in the ASSASSINATION Bulgarian Army Leader and (Two Others Killed When ' Car is Ambushed SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 14. King Boris narrowly escaped as sassination today. His car, in which he was traveling to Sofia, was ambushed by a band of sup posed communists. Two of the king's attendants were killed and the driver was wounded.. The king was not hit. Troops are in search of the king's assailants. I SOFIA, April 14. (By The As sociated Press.)- General Gheor ghieff, former noted army leader, was assassinated tonight. He had retired from the army and was a deputy.! He took a prominent, part injthe movement to overthrow the Stamboulisky government in 1923. King Boris of Bulgaria has for several months been taking an active part in the efforts to sup press the long series of disturb ances which have developed into a national crisis. ' Numerous as sassinations have occurred. In v-eoruary last Nlcolal Mileff. min ister designate toi the United States was shot down In the street of Sofia. The communist deputy, H. Stoyanoff was assassinated on March 6 In the same city. He was thethird deputy murdered within a month. j The Bulgarian government has several times denied, there was any revolution or any attempt at revo lution in Sofia, but! at the same time communists "and anarchists have been particularly active and within the last few days the auth orities "announced the seizure of documents which were reported to prove that an armed revolt was planned for, this spring. i DETAILS OF PROJECT Flax Manufacturer to Stop Uvermbaiem tor Special . Meeting Tonight A special meeting -will be held tonight at the Chamber of Com; merce with D. M. Sanson, presi dent of the Dominion Linens. Ltd., present to give detailed informa tion concerning the proposed 1640,000 linen mill for Salem. Many of the workers are want ing more information concerning the linen project, in order to ex plain the matter more fully to tbe people they visit. . ' Because of this fact, Mr. San son was Induced to stop over in Salem while he was on his way to Portland from Los Angeles, where he has been. during the past week.. '( k ; - The meeting is not only held for the workers and members of the Chamber of Commerce, but for anyone Interested in the pro ject here. Members of the ser vice club3 of Salem" and others who are going into the active work of soliciting funds for the project i are to be present, . and everyone Interested.: ' The meeting is called for S o'clock and is to be held in the main auditorium. T. M. Hicks, president of the local organiza tion will preside, - - " (INC ESCAPES f 1 1 Taking Office day, and discovered about "30 gal Ions of whiskey hidden in the vi cinity. : j IThei plant was located on the River t-oad, and was an elaborate affairs fashioned on the regula tion North Carolina plan. Ac cording to RoyBremmer, deputy sheriff of Marion county, the men working the' still are believed to have been ready for a departure No mash- was found, although three large barrels which had con talned it were discovered., j jThe -sheriff's department As In vestiga ting reports that the trio engaged in the manufacture of the whiskey have been arrested be fore," on various charges. They are now believed" to have been f ttrnish ig most of the liquor that has ben hi evidence In this district during the past months. j Convict Participating In Daring Daylight Break Held in Sacramento "I" Oregon . Jones, the last of the six convicts who made a daring daylight break from the state peni tentiary the morning of March 28, 1924, to remain at liberty is under arrest jin Sacramento, Cat.. On a charge of petitllarceny. Warden A. M.' Dalrymple was advised Tuesday. Identification is said to be Icomplete and was made through the California I state bureau of identifications. J, Jones is said to be serving a 30-day sentence. He was serving 20 years for highway rosbery when he made his escape. 1 The-escape was one of the most daring in the history of the insti tution,: the men having broken through a. window leading into the fmaTg -rrshryara; a'asraa-ffp'The steps leading to a guard tower and then dropping off the wall. An! automobile was commandeer ed. Though pursuit followed in a few minutes,: all members of the gang were not rounded up for eeveralldays and posses were kept In the field day and night In the district: bounded by Aumsville, Turner; Stayton, Marion and Jef ferson. ! Others participating in the break were Clive Weekly, Ells worth Kelly, Joe Jackson, Wil liam Johnson and Tom Murray. Word from California did not disclose the date of Jones' arrest. ABRAMS CHAIRMAN OF COMMISSION Battleship Oregon Will be Anchored in Portland Harbor June 15 Col. Carle Abrams, secretary of the! state board of control was elected chairman at an organiza tion meeting of the battleship .Or egon commission Tuesday after noon. Rules and regulations gov erning the commission and the care of ! the vessel will be drafted at a later meeting. The commission set June 15 as the date upon which the craft will be anchored in the Portland har bor for the Rose festival. ' For mat; acceptance of the ship. will be made July 3. The commission is allowed $15, 000 annually for maintenance of the ! craft under an act of the 1925 legislature.- This money will be supplemented by small fees to be charged visitors, in an effort to make the craft as nearly self- supporting as possible. W. H. Paulhamus Dies in " Tacoma, Following Illness i - TACOMA, Wash., April 1 4 W. H. Paulhamus -' president of the Western Washington Fair associa tion died at his home in Sumner at 10 o'clock tonight, according to word received from Dr. V. B. Mit chell, his physician. The cause of death was perni cious anemia. Dr. Mitchell stated. Paulhamus had been in poor health for months but became seriously, ill . about six weeks ago. . " i " ; 1 ' ' : I Y, HEAD NAMED SPOKANE, April 14. -W. W. Dillon, executive secretary of -the YMCA state association of Idaho and Oregon, with headquarters In Portland, has -been named secre tary of ; the local YMCA, it was announced here tgdaj. - - iEGOfi JONES UiER ARREST " ' 1 " ' ; -:.""..'"." ' ' .; FT nEIILIUIIG ilii BEHIOD El ILL 10 ROD! Local Organization First in City to Have 100 Per Cent of Membership Financially Interested NEEDED MACHINERY iJ WILL ESCAPE TARIFR Equipment For BlilTs Hint and Proposed Factory Ad . mitted Without Duty Having set a goal of 100 per cent of the membership pledged to financial support to the proposed $640,000 linen , mill la the Salem district,' the Marion-Pollc county Realty association went over the top Tuesday, the "24 active mem bers subscribing approximately 910,000 worth of stock In the new industry- and incidently establish ing the record of being the first organization of any kind in the city to have all members financi ally Interested. At" a special meeting of the as sociation Monday night a resolu tion was passed to the effect that the Realtors should come to the front 100 per cent strong. Leo N. Childs and L. E. Oberer were ap pointed a committee of two to so licit all members. All Are Pledged The commute called upon all and received around $7,000 from 16 of the members and the satis faction from eight others that pledges had been given to varioU3 of the - Chamber of Commerce . teams which are now in the field. These eight subscribed about $3000 making up the remain i:r of the total. There are two out- of-town, members that have not yet been seen, but from sentiment expressed at an earlier date, both, are heartily in accord with tla project and are expected to sul scribe. . Individual members of the Mar ion-Polk County Realty associa tion who have subscribed to thf linen mill project are J. P. Ulrlch, William" Fleming, George Thoma sou, J. A. Mills, Louis Bechtel, Mrs. Gertrude J. M.'Page, Mrs. Leiace H. Ellis, H. E. Brown, Leo N. Childs. L. E. Oberer. A. C Borbnstedt, R. Anderson, J. If. Rupert, W. G. Krueger, E. B, Grabenhorst. G. H. Grabenhorst, Rieh L. Reimann, John H. Scott, Mrs. Winnie Pettyjohn, Paul Hen dricks, Karl Becke, Victor Schnei der; William McGilchrist and Wil liam Pennington. Machinery Escapes Duty One of. the greatest boosts to the linen industry was given Tuesday in a telegram received by the Chamber of Commerce from United States Senator Charles L. McNary to the effect that the ma chinery needed in the Industry would be admitted free of charge without duty. "Treasury department today rul ed that linen machinery may to imported-duty free for experimen tal purposes. Am sending opin ion and instructions to Miles, the telegram read. r Through the Chamber of Com merce letters were written to both Senator McNary and to Herbert (ContlBMd ea w t) TUESDAY IN WASMlTGTOn A new revolution was reported In Honduras. The tax appeals board prepared to hold bearings in several im portant cities. Announcement was made tba a note dealing with Rumania's war debt had- been preseuiei at Bucharest. The state department Indicat ed its readiness to reopen negoti ations with Mexico for new com mercial and extradition treaties. The shipping board moved to dismiss the Pacific Mall company' injunction suit to prevent sale of fire ships to the Dollar Interests. - The controversy between executive and executive branc over the president's power to move officials waa continued fore the supreme court. Movement cf foreign traJ March of nearly reecrd-trc si proportions with a favor ;-' tr balance of more than f 5 7. r: was announced by tie co r t!i 3 re-be-in department, ' nrnirnnn n