YV; ClXlVi. Unsettled wiu occasional
rain; no change m'teraperatnre; fresh, southerly
winds. Max. 55. Min.44. River 5.3.1 rising. Rain
fall, .30," Atm&splrerejdoudy, Wind, Southwest.
The Average Flax Crop ia. estimated at lVz torn
per: acre. Flax growing should be profitable i i
the! Salem district. See the classified columns
of The Statesman for listings of farm propertr
in this district.
SEVENTY-FIFTH I YEAR
i SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1925
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SHIPPING SUIT
FILED AGIST
lilJFJOiD
The Bethlehem Shipbuilding
Company Announce Action
of Nearly Ten- Million Dol
lars for Ships ; M
EMERGENCY FLEET EN
TER COUNTER
CLAIMS
Attack Against Charles . M,
Schwab Made; Favoritism
is Charged
NEW YORK, , April j 1". Suit
for $9,744,899.94 wag filed here
today by the Bethlehem Ship
building corporation against the
l'-ited. States shipping board em
ergency fleet corpo ration, j claim
ing the amount as balances due
on account of construction of 86
vessel during and just after the
war. - ; I
Coantcr Action Started i
. The .filing of the complaint in
this-suit in the I'nitejd States
district court here was Simultane
ous with the government'p filing
of a suit for approximately $11,
000,000 against the Bethlehem
Shipbuilding corporation aid sub
sidiaries' in Philadelphia in ac
cordance with an agreement by
opposing counsel. Summons in
the Bethlehem company'is suit had
been filed in the state oujrts last
May, -. but action is transferred
now to the United States jcourte
Schwab Attacked j
Both Charles M. Schwab, chair
man of the board of directors of
the Bethlehem Steel corporation
and the Bethlehem Shipbuilding
corporation and Eugene G Grace,
president of the former1 concern,
issued statements today In denial
of the government's suits in Phil
adelphia that Mr. Schwjab as di
rector general of the ejmergency
fleet corporation from Ajprjl 11 to
December. 12, 1918, mipused his
powers In favor of his bwh com
pany. Grace pointed ouj tpat Mr.
Schwab had accepted that ipost at
the "urgent solicitatioirof Presi
dent Wilson-and the shipping
board "at a time of serious . na
tional crisis," and that he became
director general of the emergency
fleet -corporation "upon; the ex
press understanding, reduced to
writing, thai he would have noth
ing whatever to do witti the re
lations between the fleet corpor
ation and the Bethlehem
inter-
ests.
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Artions Are i?efended
"Mr. Schwab faithfully carried
out this arrangement," Mr. Grace
stated. ;r
Mr. Schwab issued thie 'ollow
ing statement: i ;
"I have nothing to acjd jto Mr.
Grace's statement bey on;g j giving
out by letter to the government's
emergency fleet' corporation, stat
ing the understanding wjtrij Presi
dent Wilson under whicjh jl took
office. Members of the shipping
board and the emergency fleet
corporation know that I ejuious
ly observed the arrangement that
I would keep hands off relations
between the fleet corporation and
Bethlehem: The charge now
made; despite this understanding
I should have affirmatively! inter,
fered in the relations with the
Bethlehem, speaks for itself." :
Supreme Court Presented
. With Evidence Tending
; to Defend Action!
WASHINGTON, April )l7f-The
sales of the California-Orient line
steamships to the Dollar j interests
as authorized by majority, vote ot
the Shipping board was ideiended
In the District of Columbia su
preme court here todayj through
the f iling of a voluminous J state
ment contending it was made with
due consideration of the law, ol
good business practices' and jot the
interests of the United States.
The action was preliminary to
the hearing set for next Monday
on the question of making per
manent the temporary injunction
staying the sale which has. beea
obtained by the Pacific Mall Steam
ship company, which has been op-r
erating the five vessels involved
for the board, but was usiiccea&
ful in the bidding for their pur
Chase.
SALE OF SHIPS
HELD REGULAR
: ! i
Wheeler Is
Oil Trial
) i ' , , ". ! . i ; I '
Graft
GREAT FALLS, Mont.. April
,17. (By the Associated Press. )
Dozing comfortably, while the gov
ernment Introduced piles of docu
ments and the evidence of two
witnesses In its attempt to prove
that he accepted a fee after being;
elected senator for prosecuting
claims for ja' client before the de
partment of the. interior, Burton
K ; Wheeler -of Montana passed
the second; day of his trial in fed
eral court here so calmly that he
wis the subject of much attention
in; the court room. j; !!jjjl !H ii;
lit was a dull session through
out, and a cloudy , day added to
the Inclination of spectators to re
cline in their seats and take oc
casional naps. j ; j
Only tw witnesses were i heard
atj the; afternoon session, Louis E.,
Lincoln and Johnjjv'. Cooper, both
of; Lewiston, Mont. Lincoln tes
tified that he filed! application
with the interior department for
anj oil prospecting permit at the
HI IS ILL:
TEST IS ASKED
Sanity Jfearing for Mrs. An
na Cunningham Wanted
by Authorities
CROWN POINT, Ind.; April 17,
Lake county authorities tonight
intended to arraign Mrs. Anna
Cunningham, confessed murderer
of jthree ofjher children and pois
oner of a fourth who lies serious
ly ill in a Chicago hospital, at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning if her
condition Was such as to permit
removing her from, her, hospital
ward cell iri the county jail here.
Mrs. Cunningham spent a good
da, said. Sheriff Benjamin Strong,
to vhom she confessed-Wednesday
night. She broke down when! she
signed the confession j Thursday
morning and a . few : hours : later
passed into a cataleptic condition
forj the second time since she
taken into custody in Chicago
was
last
week." 1 ; i I M
Plans fof1 a sanity test, under
stood to - bio - trader consideration
by (Mrs. Cunningham's attorneys,
will not bfli permitted, August
Bremer, county prosecutor, said
until atter the preliminary hearing
and the action of the grand jury
which meets April' 27.1-. ..-.
TO BE PRESENTED
a -f 1
Murdock,! Exemplar of Mys
tic Arts, to Drive Blind
folded in Salem Streets
Next week's nrneram i at ! thu
Blith theater promises to be un
usually interesting, not only to
the
seeker Of entertainment alone.
but to those who are students of
the occult and ow pyschic phen
omena. Murdock's appearance here is
an event of the theatrical season.
His blind drive, which will be
staged Tuesday noon with a Moon
touting car is causing much in
terest. Full details of the drive
will; he published In Sunday morn
ing's Statesman.
Many questions, the first of
which will be answered in Tues
dayj morning's Statesman are com.
ing in. All questions should be
addressed to Murdock, In care of
The Statesman, and be signed
with .the fill name. Only, the
Initials wiH be published.
OCCULT PHOMEI
Oregon Furnishes Another Champion ;
1 Salem jBoy Fighter Winner in Bostorv
Clayton Er' la Son, of P. S. Frye, Chapel Guard at Penitentiary;
' j Raised In State but Lives in California; Coming Back to OAC
Oregon has, another champion
in athletics that is helping bring
fame to the state and to Salem.:
. The latest titleholder is Clayton
Frye, son Of P. S. Frye, chapel
guard at the penitentiary, who
won, the national 16 Q-pound cham
pionship in Boston this week,
meeting several of the. best ama
teu boxers! in. this class in the
United; States. . ,
Frye entered the contest under
the auspices of the Los Angeles
Amateur. Athletic club, but is an
Oregon boy1. He was born in
Denver but
has- spent practically
alL of- his life in this state, re-
celv;in& his.
tion under
Multnomah.
eajrly.I boxing instruc
Tom Loutt it at the
Amateur Athletic club
in Portland.
He will return to
Oregon soon and under present
as
Proceeds;
Charge Probed
request of Gordon Campbell, for
whom Wheeler is alleged to have
appeared before the interior de
partment, j ! ;
, Lincoln said he assigned it to
the California company and was
to receive a 2 Va per cent! royalty
on all oil produced from the
claim, i :
I "Did you receive
$250,000 for
the permit?" demanded Federal
District Attorney John Li Slat-
tery. :! .! u AA ; f !;! :',t'A-
j "We object to that as Immater
ial," interposed Senator Thomas
J. Walsh chief of defense counsel.
The objection was sustained.
; Cooper testified he was present
at a meeting In a Great Fails ho
tel in January, 1923. when Camp
bell, I former Ccongressman, j Tom
Stout of Montana, Wheeler and
L. G j Wortheimer, a salesman,
were I discussing Wheeler's ; enf
ployment by Campbell.
(Continued oo p(t . 8)
WIAWiHELD FOR
Attendant At Insane Hospital
Said to Have Been Brib-
ed By Inmate j
A. U j : : ", I '"
E. J." Tobin, who for the last
two; months has been an attend
ant! at the state ; hospital tor the
insane, was arrested today j in the
office of ! Dr. R. Lee, Steiner,
superintendent of the institution,
and is in the county jail charged
with aiding and abetting an Inmate
to escape. I
iThe! charge recites that last
Tuesday night Tobin! let Orel
Courter, an inmate, out of a ward
at the hospital and later met him
with an automobile on Twenty
fourth street They; drove to
Falls City, Polk county, it is al
leged, T to the home of Courter's
father. 1 ! .
; From his father, Alexander
Courter, an old man who ia blind,
Orel Courter was to get $100 and
another automobile, according to
thennmsstOTr.Tplien '"he' and
Tobin were to meet at Vancouver
and drive east to Chicago. The
$100 was to be given Tobin.
ii The elder Courter refused to let
his son have the automobile.
, To birr- is said to have made a
full confession to John H. Carson,
district attorney, and will be given
a hearing in the justice court.
The 1 arrest was 1 made by Sam
Burkhart, deputy sheriff.
t!
STUDENTS ELECT
Five Men Are Out For Posi
i tion As President of As- r
i ii;l soqiated Group i'
; ! nou j j .
The annual student body elec
tion at Willamette university-will
be held next Friday.1 ; The peti
tions naming the candidates will
have had to be in by 12 o'clock
last night to be considered.!
The petitions bejng circulated
among, the students are as follows:
President.- ' George ; Atkinson
Richard Briggs, Wairen J Day,
Charles Nunn, and DeLoss Robert
son. ' ; i ;. .
:. First ! vice president Hazel
Malmsten and Jessie Pybusi
Second vice president onnie
Eschwig and Clare Geddies.
. Editor ot the Collegian Eliia
beth Hyde.
plana will register at Oregon Ag
ricultural college in the fall.
Before leaving Oregon for Los
Angeles some months ago young
Frye boxed 21 times in meets for
the Multnomah club, losing only
two of this number. ! . .
In 1921, his first good year, he
won both city and Pacific north
west championships at 158-pound
class. The following year he took
the Pacific northwest titles at
147 and 160 pounds; also the Pa
cific coast championship at 160
pounds, which that year, became
the middleweight limit Instead of
the old 158 pounds. I
Before going to California he
won the Pacific ? northwest title
again in 1923 at 147 pounds, and
later took the southern California
title at th same weight.
A I . ' - !
Si
Bfll TOLL IS
1REASED TO
15
Explosion in Bulgarian Cath
edral During Funeral Ser
vice of Assassinated Gen-
' era) Kills Many
COMMUNISTS DECLARED
RESPONSIBLE FOR PLOT
Martial Law Proclaimed, in
Sofia ; Hospitals Filled
With Injured
SOFIA. Bulgaria. April 17.
-The toll; of dead from the explo
sion of a. bomb in. the roof f the
Sveti Krai, cathedral while funeral
services.! were in . progress yester
day for General Georghieff who
was slain in the streets offSofia
Tuesday j night stood, at 150 to
night, but the figure is. likely; to be
added, to, as many, of the injured
ara, in. a. critical' condition.
Hospitals Crowded ;
Hospitala and clinics are crowd
ed with injured, some of them so
badly hurt as to be. almoEt un
recognizable. It has been found
impossible to identify some Of the
dead and these have been placed
in a mortuary chapel.
With the exception of Minister
of Interior Roussef, all the mem
bers of the cabinet who were pres
ent at the funeral services, escap
ed with only slight injuries.?
They, owe their lives to the fact
that the infernal machine was
concealed in the roof near the
side of the cathedral, while they
and other prominent personages
were assembled around the cata
falque in the center of the edifice,
a detail which had been overlook
ed fcy. tlw perpetrators of the out
rage. ; j . j ...
Communists Active ' '
It is the assumption of the po
lice that ' the Agraro-Communtsts,
to whom ; the authorities attribute
the outrage, in assassinating Gen
eral Georgbjieff, counted upon the
assembling j at the funeral of all
the prominent persons attached to
the existing regime," thus afford
ing an opportunity for, wiping
them all out at one time.
I
TO MEET I
Third Annual Conference
Will Discuss New Fores
- try Legislation
forty district wardens and law
enforcement men who hold, com;
missions Will attend the third anr
nual fire j wardens' conference to
be he.ld at ! the state house May
i and 5, Invitations have been
sent to many men throughout the
northwest and Canada who. are in
terested Jn j forestry and lumber
ing. A banquet will be held Mon
day'nighlUj '
. The conference this year will
be devoted j to discussion of new
forestry Jaws and the Interpre
tations placed by the state board
of. forestry. The men. will receive
instructions as to just what will
be expected of them this year in
the way of law enforcement. An
instructive' and educational pro
gram has been prepared with men
long identified with forestry in
terests to speak. A demonstra
tion of portable power pumps will
be given the first day.
The program for the two days
is. as follows:
May 4 Morning Scirion
9:00. Call to order F, A. Elliott, lUte
foreiitrr. j . r
"lenUaned en p I)
411 FIRE
H IS
Ntt
IT MUST AND WILL BE PUT OVER
There is a warm welcome for the Salem Chamber of
Commerce committees working for the! second linen mill
here ' v i..v-.U 1
Every; single public spirited
And some subscribers are hunting up the members of the
committees. Two such pledges were signed up yesterday, by
one member. j ,
Wm. Bell, James Nicholson, Dan Burns and Fred Thielr
sen are working together as a soliciting committee. They have
not be able to more than get started in their; district, and
they haye now $11,400 in-pledges, a good! many of them by
wage earners taking two to six shares; and a number of these
voluntary pledges.
There is to be a new line up of the committee work after
the noon luncheon of Monday . )
And every one is to settle down to real work, with a view
to putting over Salem's quota, and doing it quickly.
s The enthusiasm of the workers in Portland and the other
valley towns will depend largely on Salem's speed.
ER
i RESULTS
OF BOOK TEST
Chemical Analysis of Organs
of Dr. Oscar Olson Com
. pleted; Announcement to
Be Made Today
NEW WITNESSES HEARD
- IN CORONER'S INQUEST
1
lleged Murderer of Young
McClintock May Face Other
Charges, Said
CHICAGO. April. 17. Dr. Wil
liam D. McNally. coroner's chem
ist, announced tonight that the re
sults of the chemical analysis of
the organs of Dr. Oscar Olson, whq
died three years ago, will be made
public some time tomorrow , morn
ing. ... - : . j I .
Rrother Ti ges Probe
Dr. pison was a brother of
Judge -Harry Olson, who institut
ed the investigation intfo the death
of William N. McClintock, millionr
aire orphan. William D. Sheph
erd, McClintock foster father, is
now under! indictment for mur
der, it being alleged that he innoc
ulated his I ward with typhoid
germs. j .
Earl P. Clark and his wife, two
of the witnesses who testified at
the coroner's inquest into young
McClintock's death against Shep
herd, were; brought .before the
grand jury today and their state
ments taken. :
' Testimony Is Sworn
Robert E. Crowe, state's attor
ney, said that this action did not
preface other indictments in the
case, but was merely a move to
get Clark's sworn statements into
the record.) j It was Clark who
first told of Shepherd's connection
with Charles C. Faiman, head of
a school of science. Faiman was
indicted with Shepherd, but was
not formally arrested after he had
confessed that Shepherd had of
fered him $100,000 for typhoid
germs to be, used in innoculating
McClintock.! 1
The interstate commerce com
mission ordered railroads to re?
duce rates on iron and steel ar
tides from) Pittsburgh and St.
Louis interests in Illinois and In
diana. ' I ' j . "
TO
BE BROUGHT HOME
Deputy Warden Will Leave
For Sacrampnto For High
wayman (Tonight
J. W. Lillie, deputy warden at
the state penitentiary, will leave
for Sacramento, Cal., tonight for
"Oregon" Jones, escaped highway
man who ia under arrest por petit
larceny. Jones 'was Identified by
the records of a state bureau of
Identification. " i
Deputy Warden! Lillie will take
an "Oregon hoot,'? handcuffs and
schackles with him.
"Give Jones plenty of weight to
carry and he won't be so much
bother,' the deputy warden said
Friday. j j : j "
. Jones has served about a year
of a 20-year sentence. He escaped
with five others the morning of
March 28, 1924. The others were
recaptured in a few days but
since his escape Jones is believed
to have been hiding in Josephine,
county, from which he was sen
tenced. ' f i ;
citizen approached is glad toj
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OREGON
JONES
New Government Policy j
of Public Lands Asked
at Meeting of B o ax ds
WASHING TON. April 17. Es
tablishment of a new government
policy dealing with the remaining
public domain is the goal of hear
ings opened today by the senate
public lands committee. With all
acreage suitable for farming now
out of federal control the com
mitter started an investigation of
other uses by which the estimat
ed 185,000,000 acres might be put
on "a basis of greatest equity to
the government and citizen.'
More than 35,000 stockmen in 11
western states from Arizona to
Washington are directly interest
ed in the project through posses
sion of grazing permits. Statistics
presented to the committee show
that more! than 4,250,000 cattle
and 16,000,000 sheep are grazed
under these permits, which are
controlled -by the department or
agriculture.
"Under present conditions,"
Willamette Students Name
Committee to Look Into a
Matter of Faculty Policy j
A committee was appointed at
the regular student body meeting
at Willamette university Friday
to look into the matter of the use
of "stool pigeons" in the enforce
ment of student regulations, in re
gard to attending public dances,
using cigarettes and frequenting
pool halls. ,The duty of the com
mittee will ! be to determine the
reason for the faculty taking such
action and to determine if possible
the extent to which the policy Is
followed. j
In the discussion it was pointed
out that while the majority of
students were i nfavor of obeying
university regulations, if for no
other reason than that they were
university regulations, the stu
dents were! not .in, favor of the
"stool pigeon" system of enforce
ment. It was felt that Willam
ette students should he of a high
er, caliber than to stoop to such
work. -That no one cared to trust
such a person and that as they did
not know who the spiel were the
average student could not trust a
number of his fellows. -
The committee is slated to re
port at the next regular student
body meeting and the common
census of opinion among the stu
dents seems to be that if condi
tions warrant, a petition will be
presented asking taht some more
honorable means be used in en
forcing student regulations.
Defective Lights Cause
Five Arrests Last Night
The city police department's
campaign against defective light
ing equipment on automobiles
netted five additional offenders
last night. .
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; Those receiving tags were C. L.
Carson, route 3; A. W. Saver,
Monmouth; Mckolas .Brinkley,
route 6; T. B. Robb, route 3, and
L. S. Laughlin.
Strict enforcement of the light
ing law is being carried out by
the department, following the
edict of the police chief and the
mayor. I ,
ORDER PROBES
OF 'SPOTTERS'
Wonder: Dog Becomes Proud Father;
Sixteen Pups and All of 'Em Boys.
"Bobby" and Mrs. Bobby. Formerly of i Silverton, Pweent Owners
With Urge FamUy; Xew House Now Seeded , -
Born At Salem, Ore., to Bob
ble, the Wonder Dog , and Mrs.
Bobbie, 16 sons." j
. This might have been the an
nouncement at Salem yesterday if
official canine records had been
kept. Confimatlon of the news
was received in a telegram here
from G. F. Blazier. owner of the
dog which made a trip from Wol
cbtt. Ind., to Silverton Ore., last
year unassisted, and which was
later the center of attraction at
the Home Beautiful show at the
public auditorium.
: The news . of the' additions to
Bobbie's family was somewhat of
a. shock to members of the Port
land Realty, board, -when they re
alixed yesterday that the house
presented to the touted dog would
now become altogether too small.
The kennelt a bungalow type, was
Chairman, Stanfield, republican, of
Oregon said, "there is so law de
fining the! rights of stockmen to
run their! herds in the; national
forests and this situation has ai
ded to the hazards of the livestock
industry." S !
After a week or 10 days of
hearings in Washington, the com
mittee will spend much of the
summer, traveling, through the
west to giather first hand know
ledge of the situation. A bill to
be- based On these, studies will be
submitted ! to the next congress,
designed to put into law regula
tions now governing public do
main, j
Representatives of -the interior
and agriculture departments and
of. the forestry service were pre
sented today at the" initial meet
ing when the committee outlined
Its program.. .
HUGE SWINDLE
DEAL ALLEGED
'Critical Illness' Saves Man
From Prison on Numer
ous Occassions
LOS ANGELES, April 1G. The
alleged critical illness which re
peatedly saved John W. ! Worth
ington, "Wolf of La Salle street."
from beginning" bis penitentiary
term for fraudulent operations fn
Chicago, also gave him the oppor
tunity to participate in a bond
juggling campaign in Los Angeles,
according to the district attor
ney's office which today issued a
complaint j charging Worthington
and Samuel Balentlne,1 broker,
with six, counts of embezzlement
and two of: grand larceny, growing
out of frauds said to have cost
investors approximately; $50,000.
The complaint alleges. , Worth
ington backed Balentine's 'Los
Angeles brokerage operations with
$25,000 worth of stolen bonds be
lieved to have been part of the
loot of the Rondout mail robbery
(Continued -on P 8r
E
FOR HOLSTEIN BULL
Four Year Old Pedigrjeed An
imal Sells For $1 10,000
irj California
LOS ANGELES, April 17.
Prince Aagie of Berylwobd, a four
year old pedigreed Holsteln-Fries-sian
bull jwhose sevenj nearest
dams are reputed to hold a world's
record for j butterfat production,
has changed hands for a price of
$110,000, a new record .for such
a transaction. Announcement of
the deal was made here today by
E. II. Agee secretary of the Cali
fornia Livestock Breeders' asso
ciation. The valuable animal was'
purchased by August A. Rubel of
Santa Paula, Cal.. from J. W.
Snodgrasa, manager ot the Beryl
wood stock I farm, Hueneme, Ven
tura county; . j
According to records, the near
est approach to today's transaction
was $106,000 paid for Carnation
King Silvia by the Carnation stock
farms of Seattle in 1916.1
presented at the homes, exhibition
last year. i
Whether the Portland Realty
board will provide an. addition to
the house to meet the new needs
was undetermined yesterday, J.
W. CrossleyJ who received, the tele
gram, admitted that . something
would have to be, done. - ,
Bobbie, has been, a. resident ot
Salem since Mr. Blazier moved
away from Silverton some-months
ago.-. The- house . which was pre
sented by the Portland mea was
set up in the front yard of -the
Commercial ! street home ; of the
Blaziers -i and has. attracted- con
siderable attention. ...
"I am daddy to 16 puppies this
morning by, my wife, Tigpy.. All
Bobbies." Bobbie ; the , Wonder
Dog ; ,? :'A": ' ' :! ;." ,'.;v!-
The collie, female Is own ed by
George. Brenner of West Eilem.
Route 2, Boxl.. , . . , .. . .
RECORD
PAD
GIRLS GilER
fj SflLEF! FOR
131 sessio;
Organization of Older Girts""
Conference Gets Under
Way At Methodist Church
Last Night
DELEGATES ARRIVING
BY TRAIN AND STAGE
Main Business To Be Trans
. acted Tonight Including
Election of Officers
With a ringing message from
the director, Mrs. Jean M. John
son, the thirteenth annual Oregon
Older Girls' conference was g:ottea
underway last night at the First
Methodist church. Following a
talk by Miss Oril E. Henthorne.
pastor's assistant, of the Portland
First Presbyterian church, the
greatest part ot,the opening night
was turned- over to organization
and getting the conference under
way, j
i Fully 500 girls are expected to
the meeting, with the first 125
arriving in Salem on a special
Southern Pacific train Friday.
Delegates were coming into the
city from all parts of the state up
to a late hour last night, and ad
ditional delegates are expected in
the. city today.
Friday afternoon arrangements
were made for the entertainment
of a number of the girls fcy a
sight-seeing tour of Salem, includ
ing visits to various state inEtitu
tions. .
The program for today includes
the second assembly, opening at
9:15 o'clock, with luncheon to
served at- noon under, the- auspices
of the Willamette university
YWCA. Mrs. Alta Lewis Stever3.
state lecturer to women, Oregca
Social Hygiene society.- will ad
dress two groups In the morning
BesBion, while afternoon and eve
nlng sessions wil be marked by
lectures, a general session, anj
election, of officers for the 12 2 1
conference;
" A banquet is scheduled at 5:21
when gifts and pledges will t
made to the Geneva fund.
Arrangements have been mad
for a special train to leave Salem,
for Portland Sunday afternoon.
Salem Girl President
Miss Susie Church, senior at
Wllamette university, is president
of the Oregon Older Girls; Kath
ryn Seelye, of Eugene, vice presi
dent; Eleanor Eastman, Portland,'
secretary; Miss Ruth Ross, WiIIa
mette university senior, is dele
gate to Geneva, who will make &
report this afternoon. Miss Ber
nice Cofer, of -McMinnville, will
also appear on the program.
Conference, entertainment and
housing committee is Miss Mary
Findley, director of religious edu
cation for the First Methodist
church of this city.
Aggie Debaters Win From
Syracuse University Team
SYRACUSE, N. Y., April 17.
The. debating team of Oregon ag
ricultural college won the decis
ion over the Syracuse university
debaters tonight. The questicoa
was: "Resolved, That ,con;rre3
should have power by two-thlrda
vote to overrule decisions of tie
supreme court of the United States
declaring acts of congress uncon
stitutional."
Oregon took the affirmative.
FRIDAY v
INWASHINGTOi:
The supreme, court heard fur
ther argument in the newspaper
income tax list publication case.
President-elect Machado cf
Cuba visited the tombs of George
Washington and the Unknowa
Soldier.
The Nlckle Plate merger heart
ing was recessed until Thursday
by the Interstate commerce com
mission. - -''-
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The shipping board filed lndi:
trict court a "intense of its twarl
of five president ships to the E '
lar Interests.
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A sub-committee of the senate
public lands committee prer : i
for an investigation this sue r
of j ajimlnlgtration of ; the r , j
domain. '
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I The Rumanian legation p.r
nounced a settlement with tl.
Standard Oil interests In the di--pute
resulting from Ruma 'x's
Mew minins. law, ..,
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