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TO HERE TO
: SK POLITICS
Strict Conformity toTFdreiyn
Affairs Denoted in Ad
dress By Luther; Condi
tions Reviewed .
IT; t 'i " i'-1 ; ' r . " " ' " '- ..
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EARLY SETTLEMENT 6 !
COLOGNE QUESTION AIM
Report Declares All Parties
Rallying to Support
! of Ilindenburg
T BERLIN;: April '29. (ByThe
'Associated Press.)-: The poVitlfe
declaration made by Xf,.Hana lw
theif, the : German chancellor, ,be
for the: congress ot the' league or
Indusiries ' and . commerce' today,
that Germany's foreign policies
will be strictly adhered to is voted
a sigfiineafit otncial utterance and
lis being received in poll teal and
fnancial.. circles .as ; in complete
concurrence with . President-elect
I Von fllndenburg's; views,, as his
i toVonouncement was ;mad ; Je.?s
than 12 hours after the chancellor
: had concluded a long conference
with Von Hindenburg at .the lat
ier's country retreat near Bruns
wick.' -
1 . Settlement Wanted ..-.
; i i In, his speech Dr.. Luther der
glared that in order to -bring about
Uble Eurppean- conditions" the
evacuation of the, Cologne area of
the allies must .be speedily get
led and he reiterated that Ger
inany was prepared to conclude fa
comprehensive and equitable se
curity pact. His promise that this
. attil.aiie-.wJUL be .rigidly -adhered to
ineets with the prompt approval Of
! the t conservative organiatidns and
la also liberally endohsed in demo
cratic quarters which only thre
days ago United in Buppor of Dh
i Vilhelm Jlarx for the presidency.
All Parties Satisfied j
i The - j governments ' statement
generally is appraised as timely
, fq ; eiiecuve ana one calculated
fo placate foreign, and internal
misgivings which , the election pt
: J'ield i Marshal 'Von miidenbufg
fcrovoked. It is recalled that Dr.
Luther accepted the chancellor
Ship at the hands of the late Pres
IdenJ Ebert as 'a npn-partisan ad
! that he Informed the reichst4g
i parties which accepted member
ship . .his cabinet, of his . deter
mination to conduct his office in
a spirit of non-partsanship. f i
To this extent Dr. Luther con
sidered Von Hindenburg a politi
cal affinity and It is believed that
4he two men In.lheir official deal
ings win fce actuated by a mutual
endeavor ; ta minimize, possibly
eliminate, partisan - .friction - In
carrying 1 but1 the governments
- ousmess: :
f
FOUR DEilDJil
PORTOliFIIlE
Apartment Blaze Claims Vic
tims; Net Is Missed iri .j
Jump For Life j
PORTLAND, Or., April 29.-L
our persons were killed in a fire
iich broke out. shortly, after ?
m. here today in tia Ieadrick
apartments. Three of the victicis
ere trapped in .thejr .rooxas by
qames which shofup a stairway
nd blocked all ordinary exits,
"d the fourth, jumping for a life
9et held by firemen, missed the
mark and was killed by the rail.
The dead: - 1
William. H. Lawr, 70, and blind.
Mies Bernice Trazier, 20, of
Vancouver, B. C.,
Miss Clara Short', 20; of Sacri
meBto. Cal. t . . j
Ed E." SuIJlvan, 5Q, transient
laborer, killed by fall. . ... i
V- eal others " yere burned,
oruised, or cut by glass, but none
seriously, - -; - -1 f .
The property damage was esti
mated at $24,000. tTfie .eauae Jcf
e fire was not definitely de
termined. The place was escrib-
by officials of the lire Idepart-
flre traP- .' ' ;
.QUART REGLSTrhrb
: KETCHIKAN, i I -a. Ap"rU 29.
earth- .tins, three
KSi ?i.WM Uli fct 2: CO o'clock
nere this afternoefn. No damage
1 S,8fleporte3'- Tr?Jrfi!n. of
ia tremor waa unaiccrtalscJ..
Gpiig
res Defended by
Speaker;. Revision of
j i Rules Declared Wrong
WASHINGTON! Anril 29 Tl
Sarins tha Vice President Dawes
pTruck a .very different note In his
iwaugurai aaarees before the se
liate than was touched bv PresI
dent Coolidge at the time he took
np the duties of that office, Re
presentative Moore, democrat,
Virginia, in a radio 'speech tonight
gautlpned . against any revision of
senate rules .that would tend to
carb the freedom of debate in that
Ijody.- ' ' ;
Mr. Moore, who took an active
part lh the liberalization of Jiouse
ruiea in ine last congress, said he
had ho right to eta'te to "what px:
tpnt,- If, any," Mr. Dawes disagre
ed, with the . utterances of; Mr.
Coolidge ! in his vice presidential
address qt 1921. from. "which5 1 he
quoted as follows: ,
I "The great object for us to seek
here, for the constitution identi
ties the vice president ".- with - the .
ieenate, is to continue to make this
chamber as it was intended ? by
the fithers, the citadel of liberty.
"WliateTer its faults, whatever Its
human imperfections, there is no
legislative bqdyln all history that
h'as used "its powers ith more
Wisdom and more discretion, more
uniformly for the leieclition of the
HITSIIEST
Snow and 102 Temperature
Sis Reported in Texas Dur-
ing Same Week
j CHICAGO, April .g.-r-Last
week'iiotweath'er throughout the
niddle wesir" wit!i" temperatures
ranging from 80 to 90, was fol
lowed -today by hall, snow, sleet,,
rain and! a small tornado in the
territory that a few days ago com
p;lalned of the.heat. ';
j Snow flurries followed by a
cold rain with a possibility of
frost tonight ".were reported from
parts of Indiana whilef a sleet and
Wind storni "inVMfePesot did
Heavy damage last night to wire
facilities. &U Cloud hd an Inch
and a half of snow and killing
f irosts were reported in several sec
tions of the ( state with the fruit
drop menaced unless warm weath
er appears. . i
One section pf Texas' was swept
by a tornado while another was
under a blanket of snow. " San An
gelo, Texas, reported snow with
the sixth day- of rain which broke
a drought of ' three, ; months. -f.jA
Week ago , the . temperature there
Was 102.! Kyle; Texas. land vicin
ity was struck by a tornado which
killed two person's and Injured
more than a score; eoms possibly
fatally. ' i , ,
Other parts of the middle west
were visited by cold rain pr.by
temperatures only a few degrees
ahoyB the freeing point.
Vafseti'Man Kefd Fcr,Gr'anrJ
Jury on Serious Charges
j Arraigned Jin Jnstlce i court yes
terday, George Miller of ValseU
was bound over to the grand jury
on a charge of lewd cohabitation.
Bail was placed at S 1,000.- This
was not furnished, and Miller Js
now fa! the county-jail. - . .
A girl of 19, said to be feeble
minded, is declared to have been
living with Miner at the time of
hl3 arrest. The records disclose
that the couple left Salem and
registered at a hotel in'Portland,
where ihey Jived for about a week
before going to - Pendleton. They
ten returned to Salem,, declaring
that they had been married, but
were unable to present a marriage
license. ;Their' story was, proven
to be untrue, and a complaint was
filed against the man. s
Forrner District Attorney.
! Freed of Colirt Charges
! EUGENE, Ore.. April 29.
Clyde B. ' Johnston, ex-district at
torney of Lane county, today was
exonerated by,, the grtexance.xom-
niittoA ri thn ptato har asporiation
of charges filed against; him py
stat supreme court. The com
mittee recommended dismissal of
the disbatmect proceedinfs. The
fharfM fl'c-airiRt Mr. Johnston warp
that he had lailed to prosecute
one case ana, mat ne Knew oi law
violations and .usd that Jnforma
Hnn tn force" testimony to obtain
convictions in ether cases.
' k j... .a i in i 1
"lonpon, r'rii 2 9. (py T?
Assbd-U 5 I . r-Tt?. Prhne
minister, SLanlcy Daldwin presid
ed tnTiirfif At the sixth annual re
union di-rer jof ,te Prjt!h,war
ZERO WEATHER
public win or more in parmony
with the spirit of the authority of
the people ..which has created it,
inan the United Stales senate.
, Mr. Moore then auoted Mr.
Dawes as declaring the senate that
"under the inexorable laws , of
human; nature, .and human react
ion, this system of rulea, ; if un
changed, cannot but lesson the
effectiveness,: prestige and dignity
of the' United States senate.
Mr. Moore also said that "it is
well known", that in the house,
"debate - on even the l important
measures is confined within such
strict limits as frequently, not de
serving to be called debate.
FISHERMAN DROTIVNS ,
CORDOVA. Alaska. AdHI 29.
Drowning of Charles Anderaon a
fisherman,' when he fell overboard
yesterday f fom a boat fhrf e miles
out from - Cordova.' repotted" to
day, was declared the first ; death
in the fishing industry In this dis
trict In years. ! M-it
CASIBLEItS FINElJ :
SEATTLE. April 29. Two meh
were fined $50 each here today for
operating slot machines.-The fibes
were the nrst in a campaign by
King county prosecutor Colvin on
gambling in Seattle. ... . ;
BflTlESSES
t
State to Introduce Testimony
of Over Twelve People
in Shepherd Case
' CHICAGO. April 29. More
than ; a - dozen new witnesses will
be produced tomorrow ; when the
coroner's inquest Into the death
of young "WJiUiam Nelson McCIiti-'
tock, 'millionaire orphan, .is, re
sumed, Judge Harry Olson, insti
gator . of the investigation, an
nounced today. ,
He would not comment on the
testimony to be given by the wit
nesses except to say that it would
be very important. . The Jury is
also investigating the death of
young McClintock's mother, Mrs,
Emma . Nelson McClintock, and
Judge Olson's brother, Dr. Oscar
Olson.
John Sbarbaro, assistant state's
attorney, who went to Texas wjiere
Mrs. McClintock wasr taken iU16
years ago, to Jnvestlgate circum
stances in connection With her ill
ness, is on his way back to Chi
cago .with important information
hat will warrant stm further .in
vestigation ; I n t o z the woman's
death, "according to word received
at the state's attorney's office to
day. William D. Shepherd, foster
father and principal heir of young
McClintock, is under indictment
for the murder of his ijrard.by ad
ministering typhoid germs. A
large amount of poison was found
in Mrs. McClintock's body.
BIBLE TEJKG
III SCI1L ASKED
Amendment to Constitution
of Washington Proposed;
People to Vote
OLYMPIA, April 29 Approval
of a proposed amendment to the
state constitution which would al
low the bible to. be read in the
public schools, Vas adopted unani
mously by the Washington State
county school superintendents as
sociation at the close of an annual
three day convention here today.
t The amendment submitted in
the form of a senate bill, provided
for the use of the bible by public
schools and educational institu
tions' of the "etate for literary, his
torical and moral purposes, with
the provision " that ' any student
could be excused from the study
of the bible on the written request
of parent r gtrjdian.; The ro;
pospd. amendment, Would. ho -submitted
,to .the election in Novem
ber, 1$26., v , r
It has 'been approved y 4 3
directors represepJUg 21 chanties
their county held' here lat Jan
uary and""by. several prorjinent
educators, accoidiig to a printers'"
statement accompanying tp re
solution. ; i
iassL:,c!:
vice or:xo
SAX .TilAIiqo, April i29.
hr. 3 airriiDcs c8r-, !o of aSspeel
of 100 f.Aicn an ! jr- ani eac:i
capabls . of'' arcr.: odatinj th
pilot ejai . t" 3 . gers, j;re to
inaugurate an "air cab" service
between San Francisco and j'resno
Jtpncrrpw. f or Its Checker Air Cab
WILL BE HEARD
IRISH LEADER
SI TO Hi!
i PASSPORT
Miss Mary MacSwiney, Sis
ter of Republican Leader,
Entered United
ates
Mysteriously
OFFICIALS ARE UNABuE ,
TO DETERMINE POSITION
Hunger Strike Threat'enid
If
- Arrest. Is , Made; Lavk3
. C Not Brokeh
CHICAGO. April 23. (By; The
Associated Press). Miss iMary
Wat!:iiiiT latrT- nf tllft latrf Ter-
reaoe MacSwiney. Irish republican
leader; said tonight that she ;"had
no. passport to enter this country,
did not need any,; and had no in
tention of ever getting any.f
: Miss MacSwiney made the State
ment dt her hotel as she prepared
to depart .for Minneapolis to- con
tinue a lecture tour of this coun
tryjin behalf of the Irish, republic
cause. She was Indignant at the
o-Hnn nf ta1mTrfE'ratirin officials
In questioning her about passport
and her entry into mis country,
-Entry Is Questioned '
"TVio Irwnl immiaTatioTi authori
ties came here-to question me,"
she said.' "They asked me, u i
had a passport. I said that I had
none and. waft -not. aware -.mai. i
needed any. They next wanted to
know what ship I came, over on
and when. i : . ;
told, them that I could not
see that that concerned the United
States government. I came with
out a passport and i expect jo go
back, without any. - .
"I will be able to? satisfy, the
TTnitArT Rtrftftn authorities if Beces-
eary that-I did net. coma .'oYsi&g
border. 1 t
"I have not offended againBt
any of itt laws, but I will natur
oi. tirntei!t Tnvself from! the: im
pertinent Interference of my epuu-
try enemies. , & nave too muca
respect- for the Unittd States to
believe that its. officials, would act
as detectives or secret service men
for. the British."
: She said she understood that
the investigation j was started as
the result of : an anonymous lele
phqne message, received by ! the
Immigration authorities at Wash
ington. if T innlr ho n.riftf(ted. she
said, "althbugb I have no fear of
. i i . - '
it, my oniy recourse iwouiu ue a
hunger strike. And I certainly
would not hesitate in the least to
resort to it, if I should be arrest
ed. ' -'i ' ; '::":
"There ia nothing! mysterious
about my presence in America,"
she continued. "I have been here
since January I made lectures in
New York and from there went to
Massachusetts. I made . lectures
also in Washington. The news
papers there' all . know . about my
presence r but , no question was
asked about any passports.
U."There should; be no bbjection
to my presence here for Is am
merely. oil avisit to this country.
I am going back; home soon and I
intend to 4 continue to Jive in Ire
land. I. want to die. there."
Sand and Grave! Royalties
Exempted By Land Board
An exemption of royalties on
sand and gravel over j! a period of
years amounting to approximately
$30,000 was unanimously granted
the state highway department
"Wednesday by the state lan 4
board. " This will materially aid
the highway department of. the
state. The royalty amounts to 10
cents a cubic yard. ) - . -,..and
and gravel from the Ump
qua river will be utilized by the
highway . department I" under , ,thi3
ruling for work on the Roosevelt
and Umpqua' highways and in
Lane county, where- j the market
roads s. lead into -the Roosevelt
h igh way along the" coast. G ravel
on the Umpqua highway will be
snsed .,. between , Reedsport and
Scottsburg. .
NOTHING JUST AS GOOD
t ;There is nbthing just as
Salem district' - ' .
v ; , 1 is better than a.g:oId niine, for that woulc jfirially pinch
out ;bfcttfer than a diamond niinet or. te same reason-- :
l.-:.: Jgetter than any;" other industry Jioked ,tj' with fa pro
duct of the soilonly in degree; because there is no other
armual crophat mounts into such big values, guci large sutns
cinoney tarried up to the higher grades of iraanuactured
articles, like Handkerchief a and iaces and tapestries, and evten
the 'great linen staples thai have been staples thro1jhout 11
recorded timcrr , -: . ! . ,
.U And because .there is ldthiri.g just as j?ood, .SaTrrn.does
we'll (ih r4nmrigo ;bccome.th.9.frrcat fUx anduien c: : ' ir.. .'It
ivill m.ie alcm the best city.cf her size iriine.iyorld, r.nd for
alltlw!0.r ; i. , x . .. .1,1 I .
Every, ,'cr.i jn ny way interestcJin Crrri .hauld taka
some of this stock; even the man or woman interested in hay
ina j0bh.ere4.fcr .himself .or herself, or Lis.cr hcr H"c!;:.Ircn
cha children's chiljren. . " ,
iJUS SOUGHT
FOR lilRIIRS
II. S. SERVICE
Monthly Wage Increase
Planned to Put American
Merchant Fleet on Fight
ing Basis Vith Europe
POSITION OF COOLIDGE ;
IS NOT YET OUTLINED
Competition W i t h Lower
. Wage? of Foreign Powers
. ' -Suggests Plan
WASHINGTON, April, 3 9.- .A
plan' to , put. . the ' American mer
chant fleet "on,. a fighting basisf
with - foreign , competition by pay
ing a monthly.t wage; bonus to
American sailors out of the treas
ury, was announced ! today . by
Chairman O'Connor of the. ship
ping board after a conference with
President Coolidge. j. .. . . .
' To Carry Out Plan
Mr." O'Connor said he would
urge' it upon congress as the major
part of a program for building up
the merchant marine. ; The state
ment said " It was - mauttwlth- the
knowledge of President:; Coolidge
but it wa3 not indicated whether
the views represented those of the
chief executive. At the same time,
it . ws said,- other, shipping board
members had not passed upon the
proposal. . ' , i .
"I favor legislation," Mr. O'Con
nor saldr "which will provide-for
the establishment or a merchant
marine: reserve whereby t the gov
ernment will pay to American sea
men enlifeted in the reserve, and
who serve on American vessels, a
monthly retainer. v -
To Equalize Wages
"This retainer, besides insuring
Americans on American vessels,
will act as an aid! to American
ship owners "by absorbing the wage
differential between American, and
foreign wages, and .this will tend
to - promote tbe: transfer of the
government vessels to private
American hands for i operating." 1
Mr. O'Connor made known his
purpose Just as soon as the ship
ping board . had, concluded the
largest single sale of ships it has
ever made, that of the five presi
dent type passenger-cargo vessels
fContfei?Ml on fty
r
Hil CQIICTED
F
C. C, Thompson Said to
Have Participated ir Pay
. roll Robberies,.;
VANCOUVER, B. C. April 29
For the second. time in 24 hours,
p. C.! Thompson, 'alias Ted Holly
wood, Was convicts lv a jury of
participation In wb major holdups
here. ! Thompson together with
f'rahkDepaio", alias : T jh o m a s
larihe, was convlrted yesterday of
he -robbery ol . Cit y .. hall ; payroll
messengers of S 72.0 00 on Septem
ber 27, 1$2 , Today, . Iha . jury
returned , a ;vexdlct jof -guilty on
charges of - particjpatioa. .'in .the
robbery of the Capital theater Of
12700 April 19,' 1923V. '
F. Hollywood was. said ,by police
to haye ost the entire ixro.-.'iedl o;
the', city hall robbery. .In, a -.single
highffi play In a caU15 gambUng
boUse. When arrested ,Iu Belllng-
fam;. J jt", Spring. Howood ! was
oing.soughi Ju conhectipu'with: a
number ,of daringr cringes, includ
ing a ?200.600 thejaxrom-the Den
ve mlnt,IU'1922,'.&L$20.SO3 j&ay
ro!l holdup id .- Springfield, JMo..
duMng which a detective was Shot,
a ;$27,000 post; office "robbery in
Qlympia, Wash., and a 125,000
bank robbery in Tacolt, Wash. ;
goqqL as a ineh indiistry jTor the
- - - ; - -
Gold Standard Change
Held Unwise; : Attack
Begins on New Budget
, , LOlXJN, AprU .29 (By The
Associated) The spokesmen. Of
the liberal and labor parties
launched an attack upon Winston
Churchill's budget when the house
ur commons reassembled today.
Philip Snowden, who held the office,-
of Chancellor, of - the . exche
quer. In the labor government and
turned the public purse Etrlngs
over to Mr. Churchill when . the
conservatives, returned . to power,
dcaed that it waa "the worst
richman's budget ever introduc
ed." Sir Alfred Mond. who has held
numerous offices in . previous gov
ernments, doubted .the wisdom ' of
the country', return to 1 the gold
standard, saying it. wftuld tie the
British monetary system to that
of America "and make the London
bank rate more subervient to Wall
street in the past in order to 'ob
tain? a purely sentimental result."
He pointed but that although
this country's two greatest anil
gravest problems were industrial
depression and unemployment on
a scale almost unprecedented the
chancellor of the exchequer had
given no ' indication of how pro
posed to deal with them, 'Not one
penny had been allocated from the!
large expected surplua'for dealing
Many Visit Sheriffs' Office;
One Man Furnishes Bail;;
Three iri Jail
The. four, men taken into cus
tody, when a-huge distillery waa
seized in the 51 1 Angel district
Tuesday, were .arraigned Jh Justice
court yesterday, Joe Walker, ou
whose place: the still was discov
ered, wa released from the coun
ty jail after a bond of $3,000 had
been placed.
The other three men, John An
drews, 282 Park street. Port-,
land; Lester. Dlcsson. 471 Hoyt
street; Portland, and Henry Jdhn
eon remain In - the County Jail,
having not furnished the 11500
cash bail required.
Both stills' used in the plant
were brought to the sheriff's of
fice yesterday - and created much
attention. The main boiler stands
over sevenufeet Jiigh. and ia'about
four feet in diameter. ;The secon
dary stiU is smaller, with a capac
ity of about ,4.5 gallons.
The plant ..was : raided by , .Boy
Bremmer,; deputy from. Sheriff
Bower's department, together with
one federal and; two state men.
They declare ' that without doubt
this is the largest liquor making
organization yet uncovered in the
state. If not on the coaftt. At least
125 gallons of.:. moonshine . were
turned but of the plant each day,
and, it ia said that hree shifts
were kept busy. :. . , ,
: .The fact that vats were pro
vided for fermentation; shows .that
only the. capacity., on. tne .sun
placed any restriction on ' the
amount of liquor that could be
turned Out.
The case will be handled In the
Justice court here, despite the
rumor that it would be prosecuted
in the state courts.
IU1 BVUIIl
ilETTOOHriOf
Further Reports iri Drive For
Subscriptions Will
Be Announced
A complimentary dinner is . to
be served today noon at the Salem
Chamber, of Commerce to the
workers on the subscription lists
of the proposed new linen mill In
this city. 1 Both old and new work
ers are expected to be present as
the new developments of the past
few dava will be announced. ,. . v
The last report on the progress
of the teams to the $300;000 goal,
Salem quota for the 1640,000 mill,
was announced at the regular
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce Monday noon. At that time
the reports totaled $204,140. A
considerable addition to this re
port wilLbe,jn4e, it is claimed.
It Is rumored that a $5,000 sub
scription 1 was turned in by some
of the workers, which will help
swell the fund. The various teams
have been iittm field consistently
and they have a report, to laake.
The realtors are to meet with
the workers ar the Thurfiay noc-n
meeting of the worli&rs. -Eaca
raltrtr -1" si r ""' ?pd to brir!!? a
1 ii lit L.vll-v-
HUGE STILLS
Dill CROWDS
with unemployment; the six pence
reduction in the income tax r he
considered insufficient to produce
any actual, effect ! on industry
Both liberals and laborltes object
ed to the reimposition of the Mc
Kenha duties arid imperial tar
iffs, while the conservatives who
spoke on, the subject thanked Mr.
Churchill for reviving them. .
Philip Snowden had quite a few
things to say about' the budget."
Labor, he asserted , would draw
the, certain conclusion from the
fact that in this period of unparal
lejeid depression' it j was estimated
that .the income super taxes and
death .duties would yield ' more
than previously, v i r
Shorn of the glamour of wid
ows' jpenaions. the- budget was one
where relief of taxation had gone
entirely to the direct, tax payers;
there was not a; penny of rellet
he said, to the wage earning clasf
es. It would provide the labor
members of parliament and'th?
country wlfi material for the next
election. . "" . . - '.
LEven the duty on silk, Mr.
Snowden aaw a .burdea - falling
largely . on the poor,. He argued
that artificial silk had largely re
placed cotton, lu. such f emiulne ap
ptrel as etockings and blouses.
State Convention . Opens ai
10:30 This Horning; .
Fine Program Planned
War -Mothers ;ot the state, are
meeting f -vV-ntion here "today
ar theC2.iocrufCommereei-A&
election of officers will be .held
this afternoon -while a trip to the
tulip farms and. state .institution?
is planned. The j morning sessioh
opens at 10:30 o'clock wirth a
pledge to the flag and singing
"America.'? The lnyocatioa will
be-feivea by Kevi W. O.'-'KantneT.
with Mrs. George H. Alden giving
the address of welcome. Qreet
ihga ; wili be . given t byr Clifford
Browfl. for the American Legion;
the Disabled VeteTahs 6 f t h o
World W ar ; .American 'Legion
Auxiliary, by Mrs. J. jCleveland,
and Mrs. Edgar Bbwlahd for the
Veterans of , Foreign Wars. Re
ports; of state , of ticers and the
appointment of 'Ctmimittees will
complete the mornfng session. 13 t 5
Governors Walter! M. Pierce will
deliver an address) in. the after
noon followed by Chaplain W. F,
Gilbert and CoL . Carle Abrams.
Delegate will give.: several f oUr
mlnute talks. Solos will be of
fered by Leon Jennlson and Mrs.
HaUie Parrish Hinges. .1 A . quiet
moment in memory of tha. depart
ed mothers and World war hteroes
will be observed. '..; . .
Attack on Chamberlain,
Foreign Secretary, nves
tigated By Yard
LONDON, April j 29 IBy The
Associated Press. )-JrOtflclals of
the foreign officey the home office
an.d Scotland Yard still ret U3e to
discuss the" plot;, against Austen
Chamberlain, the foreign secre
tary which, culminated yesterday
ia the detailing of guards to. pro
tect .hinn Beyond admitting the
general belief that . the plot Was
of communistic origin, no details
were forthcoming. ; -
.The London newspapers print
the suggestion that an attack on
Mr. ; Chamberlain was to be part
of the general communistic dis
turbances over Europe with which
the recent troubles In.Bulgaria and
France and-f today's attempt .to
Wreck a train oa which the presi
dent of Esthonla was a passenger
were connected. ' t .
Ittis not expected, that disturb
ances will occur in England as the
authorities have doubled their ef
forts, for guarding . seaports .-and
the Interiors of "possible coadun
Istic outbreaks. , ,
The Dally Mail declares a plot
against Mr. Chamberlain was dis
closed at the end of la?t vek
the authorities of foreign -rflice c f
officials of a frieadly-diiv, 1 fc.
eign legation in London. Ihe 1
ormatiod regarding the plot, 1ve
newspaper tays' it uader'.ui. ,
came to Loi from "a i'urc -e'n
capital r tori; 1 .-j tlj c -t--r
tor. r let: ? cf tL ? rature i '
CGUii-iuaists a-J to wl.. gone cf
th latot honb t-"T ',"r!
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PLOT PROBED
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Recent Outbreaks in C;,.!
; garia Declared to Prc:: ;2
More . Serious TrcuL!:;
Scene Described :
PRISONERS ALL SHOT,
BRITISH REPORT SAYS
Premier Tzankoff Said to Tel
erate No Oppositicri to
Ilii Claris
LONDON, : April 29.--Ey The
Associated . Press. .-r The two
members and a termer, member of
the British Parliament who visited
Sofia, Bulgaria,' Immediately alter '
the recent boinb explosion ia th9
cathedral there, and retnainsi- ia
Balgarlar to study-the situation,
today again described conditions
as they -found them. .The descrip
tion was given- in a report which
declared the existing . Bulgarian
government has caused the deatfc3
of ' many 1 thousands of -persona
"arid surely ultimately arouse a
volcanic Upheaval." i
'-OppwiUoot'pemiitted '
The report was signed by Jostah
C. Wedgwoodhnd ' W. Mackinder.
laborlte members, of parliament
and Lieutenant Col. C, Cecil L' Es
trange Malone, a former, coalition
liberal member.. They spent the
.recent parliament recess in Bul
garia" where they visited govern
ment officials foreign diplomats
and residents but were unable ts
see any of -the leaders of the opposition-
to .the. government o
Premier Tzankoff, "as thesa al
ready had been executed or were
In jail." j' ...- -
' "The country." said the report,
was. under martial law. O eral
LazaroffT 1 commandercr ' ... .... L- s
troops ia Sofia, was practically
dictatory. of Bulgaria. t
Many Are Eiecoted
"We saw prisoners taken alonf ,
the streetl hy armed civilians, re.
ceivlng In some Cases, very ran si
treatment. t' '-- - i
"At uight bursts, of firing wera
of frequent occurence. From out
hotel room we saw the huge prlaaa
building on a low hill Outside t -.a
town,- brilUantly lighted .up.- Tlie
approachea. were illuminated jby
speciaL lights all night. , We were
Informed that throughout te
bight cars and lorries left the pris
on, taking batches of prisoners oat
Into the- country to be ehot as
fresh . loads , were belhg fcrou; t
to the prison. .The recent out
breaks of i violence were not iso
lated happenings, .r i I 4 -
jJIftt Are Tortured.
. . A government , which came It to
power after a. series, of .murders,
beginniag' with the, asflassinatlon
of Premier- Stamboulisky r- .!
against which there is overwhc .
Ing evidence fithat;, continues
lor the last two years, it has b .
guilty, .of ruthless. 'tyranny . r: r
dering its political ppjfonf nts, h . v-
ing them 1 strangled ponnflf 1 t
death and making use of tort. ?
in all-cases being done to &f
many thousands eft persons f.
a government will eurely ultir-' -ly
arouse a violent upheaval. 1
If it is true, as so many BuiArioi
offlciila we. saw, 'alleged. tL-l 3
seeds of the plot were ow?. :.n
(Serbia or Russia, they would t t
have, found fertile soil ex. t
among a people Suffering from ' 9
oppression of a militarist gov; -ment.
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Life Held Chrnn
"Life is held cheap In Ba! : r
la. A distinguished foref rn 1 1
deat EaM: 'Murder ia V:. j tit ;
excites as littlo attention as t '
or fetreet : accidents la Lor.:- .7
The government ia a military j -.-ta
which uses as a cloak r '
clans who have-no real power.
. ' WEDNESDAY
IN WASHINGTO
, John Marshall of Parker!
W. Va., was named assistant
torney general.
!
. Secretary Hoover called a r
ference of Atlantic and Gulf r
executives ; to consider fish, t
servatlon. .
- j
A formal contract was exc
between the. Dollar interest .
the shipping board for pure'
of the Caiifarnia-Oris.-t 1L--..
Chairman O'Connor emu
he wcv'l recoiLiiufcud 1 .... :
authori. trc rury ijn--.1
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