- . ; - - ten-
Weather 77 Hecqn
T WWlvJ. Fair except cloudy near
the coast; no change in temperature: moderate
drying winds with low, humidity. MJax. 73, Min.
42, River, 4.6 -falling. Rainfall,! none,' Atmosp
here, clear. Wind, North . . I i
The true function of advertising ia to eerre tta
user of goods rather than the maker. Yon nay
learn through it of good and tertices ttat will
make your work easier and your leisure mcra
enjoyable. : " .' ! .- '
SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAB
SALEM.1 OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 28 1925
! ERICE FIVE CLMB
Willi
i
V
FLAXFUfJDFOR
Lilt! iLL IS
Oi'ERS2QO,000
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j Hew High Daily; Figure Is
'1 Reached' With Committed
' Renorts Monday: 4V!eH
Again Thursday Noon j
SILVERTOrl VISITED !
BY MEN LAST NIGHT
Dallas Issues Over 300 Invi
tationa for Bis Meeting
To be Held Tonight j
The fund for the new linen mijl
in Salem has now reached a grand
total of $204,140, according to the
figures issued .at the Salem cham
ber of commerce. This brings the
proposed factory within striking
distance. The workers are confi
dent that the quota for Salem wijl
be secured. !i ' ' 1
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Reports for Monday show a t
tal of $29,885 being turned in fdr
the first of the week, one of the
best daily showings made. ' mle
team to win honors by turning n
the largest amount was composed
of William Bell, James rlicholson,
Fred Thielson, and Dan ' Burns.
They are credited with securing
$6,510 and as a result were given
a set of table linen and napkins,
which were left 1iere by Mr. San
son. I
The second highest team was
composed of Walter Stolz and W.
I. Staley, who secured' a total-4f
$5,670, while Joseph Baumgartnlr
reported $4200. I
Silverton Visited :
The leaders are confident of the
success- of the - project and thy
have begun to work outside the
city. A delegation visited Sllvei--ton
last night to explain the prop
osition to residents there. John M.
McNaryR. O. Snelllng, Col. W B.
Bartram, Herbert 1.. Stiff, je
Baumgartner. C. P. Qelse and &
M. Hicks, president of the Salem
chamber of commerce, made i$p
the party. Considerable interest
has been shown by Silverton "peb-
Tonight a delegation of Salein
business men are to make a trip
to Dallas, where a special meeting
is to be held in the circuit rooms
of : the Polk County, court house.
The 'Dallas hcamber of commerce
has issued over 300 Invitations to
residents of the city and county io
attend the meeting. I
Polk County Tonight J
Amonthose who will speak ate
Robert Crawford, who is to tell
how to grow flax; Charles It. Ar
cherd, who will talk on the bei
efits -to be derived, from flax cul
ture, and Col. W. B. Bartram. '
The people' of. Polk county are
interested' in flax growing as many
sections of the county are fitted
to flax culture. Later on atten
tion will be focused upon Indepei
dence,'as many there are interest'
-ed In flax ' ' : " " .';
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The next meeting of the con
mlttees will be held Thursday
noon at the Salem chamber of com
merce, where a report of the sub
scriptions will be made.
lOERII'JlT
GALLED DY DEATH
Jacob H. Rise Succumbs to
.Month's Illness; Long in j
Business Here
" Jacob H.' Rise, a prominent
shoe merchant and business man
of Salem, died at his home, 960
Center street,' last night, following
an illness of about a month. He
was 62 years of age. ? t
.Mr. Rise has been in business
in. Salem for over 15 years, and
was active in commercial ; circles.
His shop and store are located oh
North , Commercial street, wjierp
he and his son, Arthur, conducted
a shoe and leather goods business;.
Previous to settling In Oregon,
Mr. Rise lived in Iowa, where he
conducted a saddle and hardware
shop with his father. '
Besides his wife, Sarah RIsd,
he is survived by two children,
Arthur, who has been In business
with his father since completing
his college course, and Bernice,
who Is librarian at the University
of Oregon, j
Mitchell Pleads for :
unmea Air service;
Former
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WAiSHINQTQN, April 27.
Within a few hours after he sur
rendered the stars which for al
most five years marked him a
brjlgadier general and assistant
chief, of the ;army air service. Col.
William A. Mitchell appeared to
day before 'a group bf officers
who bad gathered to bid; him fare
well, and took up otnew his fight
for a unified air service.
i While he had found it impos
sible to; do f anything tb promote
th;e air. service rthroughj the war
arid navy ' departments Colonel
Mitchell said, his would, continue
his efforts "before the people and
the congress." He made It nlain .
tonight that he would continue bis declared: r - .
flfht regardless of whether he ' "We are "basking more in th
wis a general or an bfflcer of abadows ot. the ' valley of ignor
lower rank,! whether he was In 1 ance today than ever " before. ; He
Washington or. Texas, j . outlined his plans for .'organization
(Brig. Gea. James E Fernet of the nation's power and recog-
former commander of the advanc-
",ias scnol Kejley -s field,
Modern Office Building ls
nannea FonLiDerty Just
North of Cherneketa
t
Salem is to have a new of fir a
building, according to J the an
nouncements made yesterday from
the offices of the Portland Elec
tric Power company here. -"The
company lias purchased lot 3,
blbck. 21 of Salem, : which has an
feet frontage - on Liberty
street and' extends back' 165s feet
to; the alley, for a consideration of
$16,000. It Is the second lot
nojrth. of Cherneketa on the West
side of Liberty. Two residences
are on the property at present.
Inhere is to be located on the
property at some future time, an
office, ; warehouse, shop land line
department building. " The com
pany has had this purchase in
mind for some time as j the con
solidation of the general, office and
thb above mentioned offices more
prompt" service can be given ffl
miking service connections. It is
expected that the building will
not be erected, for two I or three
years at least, '
The warehouse, shop and line
departments are housed on prop
erty beside the ' power plant, but
as! this is needed for additions to
the plant, a! new location had to
be, secured, j
.fter considerable investigation
by
officials
of the company, it
was decided
to secure-the prop
erty, even though it was somewhat
outside the business district at the
present. They anticipate, how
ever, that the change win beto
the northeast rom its present cen-
ier as ii ni o b'jcs ua, mu w
th4lr office site nearer the retail
business district.- j
t : - t ' - t ' , .
This is the third purchase- of a,
sinkilar nature that has been made
by prominent business
Nofth Liberty . within
months. ' The Capitol
firms on
reCent
Journal
Printing company purchased, the
lot j just north of the old Elks club
hoase on Liberty a few1 months
agtf, and the U. G.' Shipley com
pany purchased; a similar site' just
acrbss the street. Announcement
wai made at; the time of the pur
chases that both properties were
bought as possible sites fdr future
homes for the respective: nrms.
fhe purchase of thlr property
by j the power company demon
strates their confidence' in the fu,
ture of Salem and the desirability
of Salem property.
The sale was- negotiatoa ana
conducted throufh the ! realtors,
W. II. Grabenhorst & Co.'
Theftof 30,000 Smokes .
Is Charged to Prisoner
Henry Albera Is in the city jail
accused of stealing nearly $180
of Hgaretteslfrom the Willamette
oriieerv Company's, warehouse
Sunday night, Albers i alleged
to ave taken 150 cartoons of clr
garettee and one carton o chewing
tobacco. . . ; " ' I
jv. report by a fisherman who
stated that he had seen some one
-carry some property fromi the rear
of he wholesale house to an unus
ed furnace room in a snea ciose
to the main building. The tobac
co Iwas found there and the off I
cera, remained in wait for, the bur
glar's return. Officer Hickman
and Sergeant White -were relieved
by 1 Officer . Smart, who made the
arrest just a few minutes after he
went pa duty, ' . : ' .
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fu.P!C0E!
BUR PROPERTY
! ! - .
Chief Praised
texas, who took over "the office
and ' rank - vacated ; by Colonel
Mitchell and- Major General Pat
rick, chief of the army air service,
among tfie officers present. Both
praised Colonel Mitchell's work in
the air service." -:.''-?''
When' the- speaking program
ended all arose from their seats
and stood silent as a testimonial
to "our gallant leader and dear
friend," 'as General Fecbet ex
pressed the sentiment of the offi
cers present, -'-i ' ; ; ;"
Speaking on the unified air ser
vice proposal and the iattitude of
the war and navy departments in
opposition to it, Colonel Mitchell
aized creation of a force of, 2400-
,CMtlnn MM a
DEFEWSETEST
SNUG
Weakness of Nation's Web
Is Shown by Maneuvers
of Grand Fleet
- HONOLULU, t April -27. (By
Associated Press;) The t grand:
fleet of the United States uem
pllfied the weakness of the defense
of the island of Oahu, the purport
ed center of the nation's web of
defense in the Pacific today when
it delivered its main attack Lnr the
! joint j army and navy maneuvers
which ended at noon in the vicin
ity, of- Haliewa on ' the . northwest
coastf of lh e lslan dV 'i The; attack
was preceded by a feint attack at
Maunalua 'bay and a' secondary at-"
tack, at Barbers point. ' i
All three ttacka were, preceded
by a preparatory barrage by bomb
ers of the "blue" ships and a sub
sequent8 landing; which was ac
companied: by heavy losses' on the
part of the "blues." The landing
parties, owever. wre to a certain
extent successful lx that they oc
cupied, a- considerable number of
"black! entrenched plac9. "y
" The main attack of the "blues"
fleet .was delivered shortly after
zero hour dawn--hetweenWai
lua and Kawaihap4i'wiiert A lare
number of "blue" troops ; landed
successfully despite heavy casual
ties. J The landing forces took up
an initial position on the beach
preparatory to developing arrange
ments for assaulting the "black"
defenders of the Island. "
f Some casualties to the "b"lue"
xorces resulted from - the- heavy
sun wnicn made landing difficult:
From this . 'standpoint it; would
have been to the advantage of the
"blue", forces If they' could have
arrived two days ago when the
sea was calm. ? - -jj 0 ,: .. .;; v i
The entire, engagements marked
by Intense aerial activity on both
siaes, , considerable damage tanCJ
-.uiwes oeing miiicted of which
no account has yet" been deter
mined. . : , . '
The umpires are now: consider
Ing the conflicting claims of the
high command'of both forces in an
effort to ascertain who Won the
rwar.". ' ' ;
GILDEBTFUfflL
TOE;!'.'!11.".;?1)"
Bodyto Lie in State at First
Methodist Church; Inter-'
' x rnenrHereVr-n':-
Funeral services for Rev. ; E
E. Gilbert, formerly of Salem, will
be held from the First Methodist
church, Wednesday s afternoon' at
2:30 o'clock. The body will lie
in state at . the church from' 10
o'clock until shortly before the
funeral. Rev. Mr. Gilbert died in
Medford Saturday. ": l-
Rev. Mr. Achesn, assisted by
other Methodist ministers of the
city, will have charge of the ,serv7
ices.. Interment -will bp in City
View cemetery. '
Deceased " Is survived by his
widow, a son, Wendell Gilbert of
Medford; IdaGIibert, a daughter,
Portland; his father and mother.
In Iowa, and . two brothers," a;BV
Gilbert, Oakland, Cal., and George
Gilbert of Iqwa,
DIITEIIS
ET
OR SHEPHERD
iURDERTRIt
Alleged' Murderer of Million
aire Ward to be Called on
May 18,-Trial Judge An
nounces
BOTH SIDES READY-FOR
OPENING OF ARGUMENTS
Defense Scores the Eridence
j Gathered by Coroner's
I
i
!
Investigation '
)..-..' -,-r-i f , . -t . j
; Chicago, April 27. (By the As.
sociated- Preaa.) --William.. Shep4
herd,", foster father, and principal
heir of William
toctr, - millionaire
Nelson !McClin4
orphan, will be
placed on trial for his life on a
charge of murdering i his ' young
ward on May. 18! Judge Thomas:
Lynch,9 trial judge, decided to-
dayvv ; . 'j; .
Both Sides Beady I
Judge Lynch also required the
state to ' furnish the defense, with
Its list of ' witnesses immediately.
The-state announced it was ready
for- trial at once, i Defense attor
neys - Indicated . they i were also
ready for trial,-nut did not want
to try the. case "while' there I a
wandering; three-gfng circus over
in the county building." i
' He referred to the. coroner's in
quest into the death of young Mc
CTlIntock, . and the deaths of Mrs.
Emma Nelson;' McCHntock, his
mother, ' and of Dr. Oscar Olson,
the McCHntock family , physician'.
Poison was found in the exhumed
body 'of Mrs. McCHntock, who
.died 16 years ' ago. The inquest
has been continued, from time to
tiine and . Is not yet completed; :
1 Judfl Lynch said he had no'fl-
sire, io nnrry xne aeiense, ana in
dicated thai, he would -continue
the case for a few days after May
18 if there were any good reasons
for. doing, so. . Shepherd "attor
neys brought- up the matter " of
ball for'thelr cllnet which was re
fusett a,fter the state's counsel
pointed out , that .Chief Justice
Jacob Hopkins and the state su
preme cotrrt ' had 1 already passed
bU'Vfhematier. i '' j -'v ,., j "
Mrs? Shepherd. vfas in court and
was allowed Ho talk to her hus-
bahd for the first' time since he
f was placed in jail; oh the murder
charge several weeks ;ago. -
If? Is certein that -he will be
vindicated," she told reporters af
ter the meeting. I ;
Willamette Debaters Lose
To Pacific Freshmen
The Willamette university fresh
men debate team lost to the Pa
cific university fresh men by a 3-0
decision In 'this end of a dual de-
bate held last night: j The Wil
lamette representatives here were
William McAllister of Gresham
and Meredith Wood worth of Port
land, j John Heltzej and Earl Pem
berton, both of Salem. traveled to
Porest'Grove to meet :the. Pacific
affirmative there.
The question was, "Resolved,
That the Japanese! should be admitted-
to "this country on the
same , basis as citizens of those
countries 'that.- are -j allowed a
quota." Willamette upheld the
affirmative here. j
This will probably be the final
debate of the year at IWIHamette
although the frbsh hav a poasibil
ity of securing a dual debate with
Lin field cdllege. I j
inGHWA YMAN "sentenced
. SEATTLE,. April 27 For. hold
ing up a dairy store in Seattle
April 17. William J. Laitl was
sentenced today to! 10 to 25 ears.
THE NEW. SAEE5I SPIRIT
j v Witness the, workings of the new Salem spirit-
' The Salem quota for our second lmen-tnill-ia nqw;over
$200,00T)' "r j ' ' " v! " '
. : With.a hope: of passing the $250,000, mark; by Thursday
noon; , - :!. j
' ' Theri it; is planned to go down the line- for a- speedy and
glorious finish, "j , . 1 "-','.-.' "'
;; THe broadcasting' of this.news an especially the news
of. the; putting, over, of the proposition1 lOO per. ent. strong,
wiU "do more good for Salem than could be done by. any other
briaccomplishrhcnt involving a like amount. ; " ' 4
;'f- It wiir spread trie name o Sajfixi" aso live.' cijyji ; And,
more "than thYs,- it wilT place Saleir'iri line of becpn?mg the
linen center ofUhii whole country,; the Belfast of North
Aferica..; 1 .... v : -" '-v?
The new Sal eni spirit is going to work wonders in trans
forming this city and the surrounding country You wilt not
know Salem, in a few-years. .. ,. . V '
32DEIFR0PJ1
LECTIOf-1 RIOT
DISPATCH SAYS
Many Said to be Wounded in
Mexico Durng ; Dsturban
ces at Poling Places;
Fghtng severe
SEVERAL CITIES REPORT
DEATHS AND BLOODSHED
Texan :f Educator Strongly
Disagrees With, Makeup,
of Modern-Newspaper
NOGALES, Aria., April 27.
Thirty-two persons were killed' IB
lights and disturbances r resulting
from the city elections held In the
state of Soriora; Mexico, . yesterday
officials here declate. "' " ",i
Two men were shot and killed
In fighting at Nogales, Sonora, yesterday-
and' the other deaths are
said to have occurred in Naco and
Magdalena; Sonora
J"
? TUCSON, " Ariz., April 27. Six
teen1 persons were reported' killed
la election riots Sunday" in Can
anea, Sonora, accordfmg to a special-dispatch
from Nogales, Aril.,
to the Arizona Daily Star, tonight.
The dispatch adds that the reports
have:, not been" verlf fed " '
In; addition to the killed about
70 wer injured in the election day
disturbances. .Pour j men are in a
Nogales" hospital . with serious
wounds while 50 ' others are 're
porfed". to have ' received - injuries
serious, in the Nogales 'riots. '
An accurate report, of casualties
has not been, received here from
the . other cities where elections
wre hid yesterday J P ' ; ; .
- Th majority of 'the wounded
herej- received eu and bruises
whea ,-in attempts was made to
storm a" polling place and steal the
ballot boxes. This resulted. in a
general mixup between the oppos
ing factions and . the police were
called, to. restore order,, -
- Officials -declare that Jesus Te
jerina," who ran fori president-on
"the red and green ticket, will be
charged with, improper conduct as
the result of the raid oa. the poll
ing places. . " '; :..:.; ;vL'.. : -..
- The ballots have "not been count
ed here but observers say that Fer
nando Preigo has been elected
president of Nogales. The ballots
are colored and are kept in a glasB
bowl. - The red ballots are said to
predominate over; those of green
hues
1
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Interest in Firm Held by Roy
x Meison, Parner,ris
I i Purchased
' : :-Mr-'
Announcement is made that' A.
A.' Gaeffroy, manager of the Com
mercial Book store,' will ' assume
the management of the Atlas Book
& Stationery etorei through "the
purchase of the interest"- of Roy
Meison. partner in the firm, f "
There will be no change in the
personnel, ' except W. D. Evans
will have- charge of the Commer
cial street, store. There will, be
additions made to the force how
ever, i as the demands arise.
Miss Florence Cartwright will
haver charge of the : book section
with Fred Williams and Mr. Stttier
are to have charge: of .the type
writers, i Recently Uhe R 07 a 1
agency for Marion; county was
secured. s .. . i
Pip neer;; Day& Recalle d
When Old-timers Visit
Forum Luncheon Monday
Tales of the' early days of Ore
gon -were' told Monday ;at the Sa
lem Chamber alr Commerce when
more than ,25. pioneers were guests
at the "Pioneer Day",' an annual
affair of the- organization 'here:
' The main address was delivered
by Oeorge Hi'Mlmes curator of the
Oregon -Historical society . and
secretary of " the Oregon " Pioneer
association. . Mr. ' Himes related
Incidents of his arrival 'in' Oregon,
after crossing the plains when 10
years of age. His first night here
was: epent oar a bed of straw In
Bennett's- old printing shop, he
said. . ' : " . : " v
vMr; Himes - recounted how he
had first met. his wife; when on a
tramping trip to Monmouth. He
had stopped at Ecla to gei some
thing to eat. It was only after
he had declared bimself a sup
porter of Abraham Lincoln that he
was given, a meal, be declared.
Judge Peter H- D'Arcy of Salem
mmm
IHIiii
Varous : Opinions Held by
'European Countries;
France, Is Bitter
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LONDON, April. 27. (By The
Associated Press). The ' election
of Field MarshaL Von Hindenburg
to the German presidency is re
grettable, but not a catastrophe,
is the opinion, expressed by vari
ous European countries, except
France, . where the German people
by. election ot the field marshal
are held to have thrown otr the
mask ' and issued a challenge. , to
France and the allies. . The Paris
press pp.ea!r to "believe that -not
much separates Von Hindenburg
and'mtfhar coy xnllitarfsm: "
Outside of France, however,so
far; as 'Viewii ' are" ; available, r the
election of Von Hindenburg, ; al
though It clearly- disturbs , official
and popular opinion . is neither . a
great, surpriai; nor considered a
great disaster.-. -In England, earn
est hopes were : expressed, before
the election that the Oerman
electors -would - take a sensible
course and ' avoid placing at- the
head of the nation a man " who,
although his honesty, sincerity and
even possibly his devotion to the
republic under the existing condi
tions could . not . be - doubted, yet
could hardly escape becoming a
rallying center for - reaction and
the military -spirit. Now that the
undesirable' event has happened,
no despair is i visible, even . many
hope that, things will; turn;" out
better - than at present- appears
possible. ;
The apprehensions that exist
are not on account of Von Hinden
burg's personality, or for any fear
that he will prove faithless to the
republic, whose constitution; he
has frankly accepted; but that, he
might prove too weakr politically
to 'resist the intrigues of those
around him, whose one Idea would
be restoration" of the monarchy
and militarism. V
Street Car and Three Auto
mobiles Feature in Acci
- dent: Last Night '
Traffic on the Pacific highway
in the city limits was partially
blocked last night when three
automobiles and a street car were
Jammed - together at Washington
and South Commercial,, the'street
car being hurled against the curb
ing and the autos Eartly wrecked.
.The accident occurred when; a
Packard car driven by C.. Putnam
is alleged to have come onto the
main traveled street, hitting an
Overland driven .by J. W. Harbi
son and knocking It against the
side of the street car with, suffi
cient force to force the street car
against the east curbing.'
Motorman Elliott was driving
the street car south, and the Over
land was traveling in the. same
direction. '
A smaller car, which Is alleged
to have been following the Harbi
son car, was also, mixed in the
affair.
The , three automobiles were
able to" proceed under their own
E0Ert N2 J2j 531 iaiWit ,
BK BLOCK
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
presided at the meeting and Intro
duced the old "pioneera present; 5
Mr. Helm, who arrived, in Ore
gon in 1845 was present, at. the
meeting... He has spent the great
est part of 50 years in and around
Salem. ' . ; '. '
. The pioneers who attended the
meeting andr the year of arrival
were: - - " - .. .
Mrs. Catherine Pugh, a member
of the Salem Chamber .ot Com
merce, 1853. She has lived In Sa
lem the greatest, part "of the time.
J. N. Salfe, 1850; H. W. Smith
1849; M. R. Moore, 1852; Judge
P. H. D'Arcy, 1854; Mrs. S. E.
Woodlngton, 1852;4 Mrs, Ardella
Ringo, 1848; Mrs. Helen, Hays,
1853; Mrs. Abbie Hatch Farrar,
1850; Mrs. Selvina A. Harin,
1852; Mrs Ruth E. Sayer, born in
Oregon, 1853; Mrs. Margaret Fol
som, 1850; Mrs. W. R. Anderson.
1852; Mrs. A. N. Gilbert, 1852; J.
W. Harritt, 1852, ''born In Oregon.
PHPEB3 CAUSE
El. CHARGE
Candidate for President May
Be Charged With Stealins
BaUots
f
AUSTIN, Texas, April 27. (By
The- Associated Press.) Newspa
pers encourage the :-"restless age
Walter M. Splawn, . president of the
University of Texas, declared in
an address before the convention
of the national congress of parents
and teachers here tonight. - .
President Splawn'dwelt on what
he called the supplementary edu
cational . factors, which he identi
fied as, motion, pictures, newspap
ers and miscellaneous clubs and
organizations. V: if-.'""-
"The-" newspaper, "he said,
"comes - to - us.4 with . its roaring
headlines, with . its- screaming an
nouncement of j some trivial inci
dent. -; 1 ; . 1 : .
"The makeup, the methods, pol
icies, and character bf the average
newspaper- of our dajr make for
restlessness, for caselessnesa-and
for lack of confidence in the repre
sentations of others. The news
papers bring much' of good' and
much" "of evil every day to' bear
on the Individuals It is powerful
in the education of youth- though
never designed . as such."' "'
President Splawn ' warned moth
erg to look, into these 'supplemen
tary - educational agencies, '"be
cause they consume, first and last,
wmany of the waking moments of
their children front the - tender
years of six to womanhood and
manhood. '-."' v i - l.'.""i'l - ' ' ' ""-.'
A. comprehensive program of expansion-
In the! rural sections of
the nation with North Dakota- as
the demonstration state, , waa ap
proved today by the board of di
rectors. ' -'f' .., -
: fou jeot :r
Eighteenth Annual Conven
tion of; Stat Association
Here Next Month
Tho 1 8 th annual convention of
Qie Oregon Retail Jewelers', as
sociatlon is to, be held in Salem
May 11 and 12. Governor Pierce
will deliver the opening; address
of the meeting Monday afternoon.
Other speakers on the program
are A.. A. Keene, F.M. I French.
T. 'A. Ileltkempef,, Sigurd Land
strom and William Delschneider.
! The ' Tuesday program is to be
the biggest of the two-day session?
and will feature st banquet at the
Marion, uoiei, j., jager. yrii
serve as toastmaster and, Charles
R, Archerd will deliver an address
on "The Rogues Gallery" bf Busi
nessj" The- entertainment- com
mittee is composed of II. T. Love,
C. T. Pomeroy and U. S. Miller.
: Officers of the jewelers associ
ation are:; A.:. A. Keene; Salem,
president; A. Fred Glover, Klara
ath'Falls, first vice president; w.
H. Sarton, second vice-president
and. W; F. .Bertram, ,Marshfield,
third vice president. ;
Members ot the executive com
mittee are F. A. Heitkemper, Port
land and O. A. Hartman, Salem.
F." IT. French of Altasy U 6Ccrs-tary-treasurec,
FBffiE HOLD;
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ELECT! D 1! HE
CBEli.I'
Unmasking of rJHtcrism
in Germany to bs Recult
of. Hindenberg Escticn,
f France Declares -
DEFEAT OF COMMUfiiSM
: SAID TO BE DECISIVE
American Views Not Full
Expressed; Future Erenta
' ' Are. Waited
- WASHINGTON. April 27.
The deelsire victory of Field Mar
shal Voh Hindenburg in " Ger
many's first election of a preildsst
by popular vote, was the dominat
ing topic ; of discussion today
throughout Washington official
life. - ' . " "
Views expressed as to' the e.';
nificance to be attached to the
action of the German' people ia
having conferred the presidency
upon their national war hero,
ranged from the , extreme French
attitude that it -was the unmask
ing bf militarism in Germany, to
the German construction 'that It
was decisive defeat for commun
ism rather than a victory for the
reactionary political faction.
Views Ar Complicated
Between these two extremes lay
the views of British, Italian and
American observers", with the im
pression" general among them that
a month or two must elapse after
the Inauguration of the president
elect before It "will be possible to
forecast accurately- the effect ot
his election upon Europe's already
complicated political and" econo
mic problems:'' " - ' " :
American opinioa with hslatfcf
to the' German' election 'contlncr :
for -the- most part to bo elos . "
screened behind the1 policy cf
silence that' has been observed I;
Washington officials7 throughout."
.No word bearing any resemblasc i
to formal comment was availa-bli'
from. any. official or even di;Io
matic. quarter.
Economic. BaI Not Moved
Despite these restrictions, how
ever. It was possible to form ac
curate impressions as to how the
election was viewed in each na
tional circle In Washington.
Treasury officials saw no eco
nomic threat In the election re
sult., viewing, the choice of Von
Hindenburg as representing a re
action and therefore as indicating
a tendency toward conservatism
among the majority of the Ger
man I people. -
The French view is frankly pes
simistic, It holds that in rolling
up a decisive majority for the
field marshal' the German people
have thrown asldo any latent to
conceal what the Franch regard
as their basic desire that Germany
be restored to a condition of mili
tary power that, would permit en
forcement of its will upon other
continental nations.
The election was construed as
Justifying" ail; of the doubts that
France has entertained as to the
purposes ;'and ambitions . of her
German neighbors and " to prove
.that7 the drastic military pre
cautions, and measures she has
urged since the signing of the
armistice against the more moder
ate Judgment 'of her allies and as
serts were fully Justified.
German thought here makes
much ot; the. fact that the Hinden
burg victory comes on .tte' heel3
of two-previous sweeping victories
kfor the republican, school ci
thought in Germany.
' TiIOnDAY
IN WASHINGTON
The nation academny of sciesco
opened its. annual convention.
'Thft election ; of Von Hinden
burg as -"president of the Germaa
republic eurprlsed Washington of
ficials hat no comment was forth
coming. -
-
Distinguished service medals
voted by congress were awarded
by Acting Secretary of War Davlj
to three of the eight world fliers.
Lieutenant Colonel ?.!itctt!l
fjave up the r-st of assistant cLkf
cf the. arr-17. aeronautics with a
parting shot at Opponents of a us
if led air service.
;."'-'
The inter state commerce ct
mission rule that newsprint fre'.; , .t
rhte- were too r'-h r f '
with tie r.4.3 t? Lv;;i. ....