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SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
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SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 3,. 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
mm t
WORLD RECORD
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SET BY PUIE
United States Navy Ail Metal
. Seaplane Reaches Highest
- Park for Prolonged Sus
tention ! ,
FLIGHT OF NEARLY 30
HOURS DURATION
Capacity for Cross Pacific
Hop Possessed by Ship,
; .'" ., Experts Say
PHILADELPHIA, May 2.
Making a new world's record for
non-stop flights for aea planes,
the metal PN-9 built tdTUy from
California to Honolulu, dipped in
to the Delaware river today after
being in the air 28 hoursand 36
minutes. She came down only
because she ran out of gasoline.
" Pacific TTst Wanted
The flight to test her capacity
for the cross Pacific hop was pro
nounced a success in every way
"by naral officers. She took - the
air bo easily at 10:22 a. m. Fri-
;xlay with; 1300 gallons of gasoline
i that observers said she could loaa
more fuel and stay in the air Ion g-
FOR NON
rap
7"er. I!er engines ran smoothly and
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pecial incident, the pilots said.
Those aboard were Lieutenants
C .H. ; Schildhauser and J. R.
Kyle, Jr., who took turns in pilot
ing the big plane, and Captain
L. M. Woolson, a civilian aeron
autical expert and chief machinists
mate, Charles Sbauter who, also
took their turns on watch.
Distance i Sufficient
-The PN-9 observers said, flew
at an average speed sufficient to
carry her farther than from San
Diego to the Hawaiian Islands.
At the end of the 25th hour, it
was announced she had flown
just far enough to equal the dis
tance between San Diego and Hon
olulu. It was pointed by experts
that In a stiaighaway , flight . fly
ing conditions would be somewhat
easier and that the plane could
go much faster in the same num
ber of hours than she did in the
test. ; ..- -
' The PN-9 followed a course of
about 40 miles in length up and
down the Delaware from the navy
yard to Fort Delaware. When
she had almost exhausted her gas
oline, the pilots changed their
ffturnA and flaw serosa tha river
-y from the Pennsylavanla to the
W in- Vattr IdNav iiMa i - t 4 1 a n V
4 werfe drained. When this occur-
craft into the wind and easily set
tled on the river surface at 2:68
p. m., as thousands on the shores
cheered.
Pilots Are Wearied
Lieutenant Schildhauser was the
first to step out after the seaplane
was towed to the navy yard dock.
His face was drawn and tired as
he put foot on earth. Cheers
greeted him on all sides and cries
! went up: "You broke the record!"
''I thought the r thing never
would run out of gasoline," he
said.' 1 4
Behind Lieutenant, Schildhauser
come Lieutenant Kyle. He peeled
-of Jhis -leather- helmet and other
fCoattna! a sags S)'
KDITIOilSSl
BETTER FOR FARM
J Pressure of Hard Times Re-
: w T l o . n..
.taxing, nepuri oayo, uui-
WASHI. QTOX, May 2.- In a
review of the agricultural situa
tion the department of agriculture
today announced there is a ' some
what better morale in the country
than last spring." , , -
' "The pressure of . hard times,
though still in force, has relaxed
at least slightly and temporarily.
It is an early spring with general
conditions more tolerable than
farmers have had since 1920."
, Both in the United States and
Europe, the department said, the
outlook for spring crops is gener
ally favorable. Crop work is well
advanced in the main agricultural
regions. Thi livestock Industry
i was-reported 'in much better gen
eral condition than last year. -
"Sheen i are apparenthr at or
near, the reak of a price cycle
Hogs have doubled in price since
last spring and i history repeats
itself will be high for at least a
. Year ta come. Beef cattle have an-
Zi parently just recently turned np
ward in their price cycle and if
history. again repeats itself eight
or ten years of rising prices5 are
ahead."
The southwest, however, was
reported to be suffering from the
effects of a prolonged drought
and from New Jersey southward
fruit has been damaged by frost.
Pilot Meets Death
on Same Day Medal for
S a f e Flying : Is Given
BOSTON. May 2. On the day
chosen by the army and navy club
of Boston; to award him. among
others, honors for bis record of
safe flying. Lieutenant Alexander
V. MaAuley f the Massachusetts
national guard was fatally Injured
when! his plane plunged 8$ 0 feet
to the mud flats of . Boston har
bor, ille died this afternoon a few
hours after the accident. .
Private! Angus DJMacPhee of
Chelsjpa, 4 passenger.' was severe
ly nut ndt fatally injured. The
airplane was wrecked. " MacAuley.
a wo fid war pilot, made his home
in Beverlj-, Mass.
Apparently some difficulty was
encountered and 800 feet up the
machine s;lid into a spin, then div
ed, nose down, into the ground, i;
Still al ve, MacAuley and Mae-Paee-lwerp
taken from the wreck
age. I MacAuley, pinned between
the motor and his seat, was suffer
ing ffraciures of the skull, ijaw.
leg, fcrm fand other injuries. Mac
Phee; sustained a j broken ' leg.
broken nse and other injuries; s
Orj "Boston Common, where ex
ercises were being held In connec
tion with the presentation j pf
awards to aviators of different
A! U. S. COURT
Trial of Gordon Campbell
Concluded; Defendant
Takes Witness Stand
GREAT FALLS, Mont., May 2,
Gordon Campbell, on trial in
the -Great Falls federal court on
the j charge that he made illegal
use jot the mails in promoting an
oil syndicate, concluded his own
case this; afternoon,! with Ma own
testimony, in which he threw the
responsibility of the Gordon Campbell-
Kevin syndicate number 2ion
E. i. Dalley and C. F. Bloomhuff,
promoters. Dailey and Bloomhuff
were jointly indicted . with I Camn-
bell, but will be tried separately
and appeared yesterday as witness
es for the government in the trial
of Campbell. ' .. - ' 1
The trial came to an ; abrupt
conclusion with Campbell's testi
mony. , Arguments of counsel will
be made before the Jury Monday
beginning at 10 a. m.. and it is
likely that the case will go to the
jury late in the day. i , 4 , ; 1 1
Campbell denied ; that in or
ganizing i the syndicate he con
spired to defraud as was alleged
in the indictment.1 He also denied
that he had knowledge of the
printed matter sent out by the
two promoters, Bloomhuff and
Dalley. i He threw the entire! re
sponsibility for j the promotion,
whjch s the government holds was
fraudulent, on the; shoulders of
thej promoters. He testified that
he f was not experienced In adver
tising or financial matters and
that Bloomhuff had been employed
fori that purpose. - j(UR' n
STILL IFJ FIELD
Efforts to Obtain! .Remaining
rrrk 'r l t I I'll : .
sjd,uuu Tor Linen ivim ; i
win oonunue t . .
About 40 energetic citizens, all
members of the Salem , Chamber
of Commerce, are going after; that
linen mill. Theyr have devoted
much of their time in securing
Salem's greatest opportunity as an
assured fact. Practically $75,000
remains to be secured to put Sa
lem's quota across. -I
The hardest fight, is yet to Come
ini the opinion of the workers,
who have been hard on the! job.
Despite this fact, the busiest; men
in: Salem are back of this proposi
tion and working hard to get it
across. t '':'
They are a lot of tired fellows.
thiSA workers, who have made
many personal sacrifices to place
the city in position to secure the
proposed new linen mill. jThey
state that many people here have
not been seen, who are vitally In
terested In subscribing to the lin
en! mill, but are just waiting for
soma one to call around to ex
plain the proposition.,
' Many Inquiries are coming in
from the farmers in the Willam
ette valley, and workers are mak
ing special trips to meet them.
I , i
Oreaon Seed Loans
I Now Total $383,461
I With checks issued Friday the
state board of control has loaned
a: total of 9383,461.19 to farmers
for the purpose of buying; seed
wheat to resow their land under
the relief act of the 1925 legisla
ture. This amount represents S41
applications that have, been 1 acted
upon. A total of 530 applications
have been received, representing
requests for 1397,208.60.
OIL CASE ENDS
FORTY WORKERS
branches of the service for their
records of safe local flying un
known to the hundreds of watch
ers, an epic of the air service was
enacted. jh1;:-,.: , i .j ' t :! '
Lieutenant WlUiam Miller, ser
iously crippled In a wartime crash
was chosen to present the trophy
and read the list of awards.
MUler and MacAuley had serv
ed together in the war. They had
been together last night. Word
of! the accident, of which the crowd
knew noting, came. MacAuley was
hovering between life and death,
perhaps dying. Miller was told. -
"He was my best friend." he
remarked quietly. And then the
time for presentation came. To
Lieutenant K. D. Thomas of the
naval reserve force, he presented
the trophy of the club for his 424
hours of safe flying. :
i "It is! appropriate that It should
be presented by one who has
struck his plane and grounded,"
Miller .said, as he faced him.
Then he read the list of winners
and their, times. ''Lieutenant A.
Vernon MacAuley 58 hours," Mil
ler read. Readjusting bis crutch,
he turned,: and went to his seat.
KILLING BOY
California Girl, 21, Slays
Man Who She Declares,
Jilted Het
I OAKLAND, Cal., May Miss
Consuelo Robles, 21, of Fresno,
today 'confessed', according to po
lice, to the murder of Phillip M
dena, 33, of this city, because he
jilted her for a 19-year-old Oak
land girl. Mrs. Virginia Medena,
the dead man's bride of less than
a week, reported witnessing the
killing of her husband by 'Miss
Robles from a window of their
home early today. Mrs. Medena
j said Mis Robles aeeoated-Medena
in ! front of their home and the
two engaged in an altercation.
She said she saw Miss Robles
draw a pair of scissors from her
handbag and stab Medena. "
Miss Robles was arrested on a
Stockton stage at Traty, south of
here and brought back to Oakland.
Police said she first denied the
killing but later broke down and
confessed. She had been going
with Medena for three years, she
said, and they had arranged ta
be married some time ago when
she told himj she was about to
become a mother.
FOUR TEACHERS
I0TRET0!
Majority of Those in Salem
High Schools Sign
1925-6 Contracts
Four Instructors of the Salem
high school have failed to turn In
theft- contracts, It was announced
yesterday following the checking
of the reports. The outstanding
contracts belong to Lestle Sparks,
q; W. Harra, Bee De Good and
E. E. Bergman, the latter falling
tn receivA his contract dne to a
misunderstanding of arrange
ments. '
At the Parrish junior high
school Viril McKinney. Joanna
Lord. Mvrtle. Pelker ana auc
Thompson, failed to sign on the
dotted line and Myrtle Martinsen
of Yew Park school ha also failed
to turn in a contract.
It is thought that many; of tne
teachers have failed to think
about their contracts and as a re
sult have not turned them in
Nevertheless, it is expected that
some of them will not return to
the schools next rear. Even - if
the contracts are signed up
teacher are allowed to break
them, if a six weeks notice
given,- :' '
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OIOYIXG OF TOWX STARTED
CASPER, May 2. .The wheels
of industry will begin to grind up
a community tomorrow the first
building of the town of Lavoye,
Wyo., will be moved away By lea
eral court edict to make way for
the Ohio Oil company which owns
the townsite.
VALLEY CROPS GOOD
YAKIMA, May 2. Bnmper
yields in all orchard crops were
nredicted here tonight in an esti
mate tor 1525 given out by W. 1.
Closed district horticultural in
specter for Yakima and Kittitas
counties. He placed the total pro
duction at-17,0 CO. cars. One year
ago the estimate was 13,145 cars.
CAUSE DFWAR
DISCUSSED BY
NOTED EXPERT
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Race Question and Desire for
Raw Materials Lead Says
Dr. Lay ton Richards,
English Pacifist;
TWO METHODS POSSIBLE
TO ABOLISH CONFLICTS
Power of Public Opinion land
Political Means Must be
Brought Into Play
Dr. Lay ton Richards, of Eng
land, president of the Fellow-ship
of Reconciliation, was wellj receiv
ed on his talk on international re-
lations and world peace
1"
the
first Methodist church las
igit
A main speach of about 45 (min
utes was given after which! Dr.
Richards led the discussion in an
open forum in which the audience
was allowed to question him re
garding his stand on the Imatter.
In opening his address Dr. Rich
ards contended that war should be
outlawed and that all good citizens
desire to rid the world of armea
conflict ahd showed that the point
of disagreement is in the means
of prevention. !
In explaining the cause pf worm
conflict it was conteded that all
wars were either caused I by! race
questions or the desire for jraw ma
terial and he contended that if the
citizens of the world would not
fight for these things there would
be no cause for war. i
Caa Abolish W ars I
His second contention was that
the problem of abolishing war
must be divided into two principal
means: the psychological! and po
litical. ' ' : i )
Under the first he contended
that if wet were to abolish war we
must create a conviction against
war. That the great power of pub
lic opinion must be against war.
In advancing this contention he
pointed -out that prudence will re-
jtolt iui-eace at any; price.-' That
it nations maoe war. so icrnoie
that it would result in tha com
plete destruction of the nations
engaged there would be not war.
He admitted, however, that war
can not be abolished by psychologl
cal means alone but that political
means must be resorted to and
pointed out that the statesmen of
a nation would not declare war if
their citizens did not desire war.
In upholding the -stand of Den
mark on disarmament he l stated
that no nation would fight except
in self defense and that o states
men could convince their citizens
that they must defend their coun
try against a nation that! was dis
armed. - - 1 j ;
Must Demand Arbitration
His final conclusion was that
when the citizens of a nation de
manded arbitration through the
world court or the league of na
tions then that nation would not
engage in war. I i
A$ the close of the lecture sev
eral questions regarding 1 world
peace were answered by Drl Rich
ards and the audience as a whole
displayed a great interest in the
question. v
Dr. Richards came here through
the Willamette University YMCA.
He will speak In Portland this
morning and will continue his
work there till next Tuesday. He
sails for England May 23.
RECORD CUSS TO
FINISH I WE
University ?of Oregon to
Graduate 400; Leaves
of Absence Given
EUGENE, Or.. May 2-fSecial
to The Statesman.) The Univers
ity of Oregon board of regents, at
its quarterly meeting today, sent
greetings to President P. L.
Campbell, who is ill at his home;
authorized the purchase of ground
adjoining the campus for :a stud
ent union. . building, tor ; which.
$286,500 has been subscribed, and
granted leaves of absence to staff
members and appointed two new
assistant professors. j
t Colin V. Dyment, dean of tho
college ol literature, science and
arts, and Dr. Harry 3. jTorrey,
professor of zoology, were granted
leaves of absence for a year for.
study and travel. - t 1
' David E. Fa ville, son of E. E.
Faville. publisher of the Western
Farmer, Portland, and an honor
student at Stanford and Harvard,
was appointed , to the school of
business administration faculty,
and Chilton R. Bush instructor In
the University of Wisconsin. ; to
the Oregon school of journalism
'faculty. . -, " -v ' ' ,t ...
More than 40 0 students, a rec
ord class, wilt be, graduated from
the university In Jun.e,. tbja. hoard
i was Informed. i i .
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RULING POWER
DEPEW STATES
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Senator Gives Address to
Friends at Thirty-Fourth
Annual Meeting
WINETY-FIRST BIRTHDAY
IS CELEBRATED BY CLUB
President Coolidge Sends Con
gratulatory Message to
Beloved Man
NEW YORK. May 2. Democ
racy rules the world and will con
tinue to rule it, through the midp
die classes. Chauncey M. Depew
told his hosts at one. of his 91st
birthday anniversary celebrations
today. The occasion was the Sth
annual dinner given In the aged
former senator's honor by the
Montauk club,' Brooklyn, an occas
ion which brought the assertion
from the club here, William H.
English, that "no other man in
this or any other country has had
his birtday celebrated in a manner
such as this." :
Coolidge Sends Message ;
There was a congratulatory let
ter from President Coolidge, writ
ten to Mr. English in which the
chief executive wrote: "
I hope It may-be the pleasant
duty of myself and my successors
ta go on sending congratulations
for the continuing recurrence of
this i occasion , for ft great' many
years to come. The affection which
his multitude of friends entertain
for Senator Depew is a testimony
that after all, republics are not
invariably ungrateful. My best
wishes to the senator which he is
strictly enjoined to share equably
with Mrs. Depew." !
;" Reminiscences Related
'Speaking on "the world at 91,
Mr. Depew- began- with a recital of
the progress of the world since the
inauguration of tha Montauk club
I birtkday dinners since which vone
year eeyona a - mira oi a ceaiai-y
has !- passed." . . V 1 , i
j Benjanxin Harrison was presi
dent of the United States then, he
reminded his bearers. He rehears
ed briefly the histories of tho men
who t followed Cleveland, the
lovable McKlnley.' then "that bur
man - dynamo, i Roeaevelt; Taft
Woodrow Wilson, who when he
went -broad during the world war
"had mora power in world affairs
than - any man ever possessed ;
Harding; "prince of good fellows,'
and now Coolidge-. whose; policies
of thrift and of economy and of
debt reduction' for lowering the
burden of taxes must become, not
the policies of any party; but the
popular principles of; economic
success." ; ' ' ,
In contrast he reviewed the
happenings in the old world in the
same period, tracing the careers
of the now fallen bouses of Hapa-
burg, Hohenzollern and
off.
Roman-
"The whole world," he continu
ed, "is now under the domination
and control in one way or another
of a democratic spirit. The only
exception to the power of the peo
ple, as we understand it in various
countries is Russia. There are few
men striving to build a, govern
ment up on a class; they are lead
er$ . wno nave grasped every
source of. power and distrust even
that : class atter they have exter
mbxated by terror sm all other
acta."
There are part3 of the world, he
said, are governed "not by people
of inherited authority, bat by
the
business men and bankers of
world."
the
West Salem Votes Bonds!
i For Local Water System
... -!-. f 3
The West Salem water system
won approval last week at a meet
ing held In the West Salem church
and 15,000 in bonds will be voted
according to a statement issued
when opposing forces j failed to
make their appearance.
The case of the water bondsiwas
expressed by Mayor John Goiser.
who called the meeting, J. k.i Ar
nold and William Andrews, j
The question i comes up .to :,
vot on May 8. alter, being voted
down nearly a month ago.
: . j
Southern Oregon Camp is i
Ready for Troops. Jyne 12
Camp Jackson will o ready
for 2500 Oregen troops hjr Jane
12, .declared General George A.
White, yesterday after his return
from an Inspection trip of south
ern Oregon in company with i Col.
E. A. Sirmyer, of San Francisco.
. Particular attention la being
paid to the water system- I the
camp as well as mesa houses,
drainag. system , and other I fea
tures connected with tho. estab
lishment of the. camp. f I
' An Inspection of tb national
guard company; at Grants- Pass
was. held, where it was found that
too many married men , with . de
pendents were enrolled j
Prison Officials Almost
; Ready to Celebrate Half
Year Escapeless Peripd
! Yes, If none of the several hun
dreds of inmates of ;the Oregon
state penitentiary are-seized wiU'
I the wanderlust or yield to the call
of spring and seek more verdant
pastures beyond the far horizon
today, one of tli
the longest escape-
less periods in the history of the
institution will be celebrated Mon
day. ....
For the last few days officials
have been holding their respective
breaths lest some of their charges
yield to the temptation and leave
for parts unknown. For j several
weeks the hope has been in the
hearts of all (officials) that six
months might elapse since a man
failed to answer roll call Or show
ed up missing at cell check.
Six month periods Of this na
ture are not unknown, but they
do not occur with sufficient fre
quency to make them familiar.
There are only a few of them.
Once a story was "written about a
whole year that passed by; without
French leave being taken, but
this was . not verified. The last
POLA NEGRI IS
SAID VIOLATOR
Film Actress Declared to
Have Failed to Declare
Jewels and Liquor
NEW YORK. May 2. Pola
Negri, motion picture actress who
arrived here last night: on the
Berengarla. will be detained short
ly after disembarking bV customs
officials on a charge of 'tailing to
declare three pieces of jewelry
valued at 300,000 francs, it was
learned today. Miss Negri was
also charged with 'attempting to
smuggle 16 bottles of liquor into
this country.
After a brief questioning Miss
Negri was allowed to go to her
suite In the Hotel Ambassador.
She assured the officials that she
would appear at the customs house
Monday and pay -whatever fine
ls-nssessed.""-cnstCms nuTHorltIes
are appraising the jewels.
She will also 1 be asked , to ap
pear before officials of the legal
department in the customs house
to explain why the Jewels were
not declared.
Miss Negri said tonight that on
several former trips to and from
Europe she had never been ques
tioned about her; jewelry by the
officials because she was an alien.
However, her last return from
Europe, before Friday, was two
and one-half years ago,! and since
then she has taken out first na
turalization papers and established
a permanent residence in Holly
wood, Cal. Miss Negri said that
she had not known that this had
changed her I status, doing away
with her duty exemptions.
The jewelry consisted of a large
diamond bracelet, a 12 karat em
erald ring and an unset emerald
of 96 karats, she said. She ex
plained that she had exchanged
several old pieces of Jewelry for
the three pieces seized last night
IS HID JOLT
Portland Man 'Sentenced to
. Pay $200 and Spend
Next 60 Days in Jail
Arrested on a charge of driving
a car while intoxicated, Thomas
Traaen, of Portland, entered a
plea of guilty when he appeared
before Braxier C.-Small in the
justice court yesterday, and was
sentenced. Judge Small fined him
$200, and sentenced him to a term
of 60 days In the county jail, sus
pended his drivers license for one
year, and ordered the automobile
held for a period of 60 days. The
jail sentence will be served in the
Multnomah county Jail. The ar
rest was made by R. B. Reinhart,
state traffic officer. -
Harry Rich, of Salem, was fin
ed $25 in the justice court for
speeding, he also was arrested by
Officer Relnhaxt. -, r ,
Robert PoddelL a minor, was
brought Into the Justice court
yesterday on a charge of larceny.
Due to the fact that he is under
age, he. waa certified to the juven
ile court, He is alleged to have
robbed mall boxes. r
Attorneys; for the men convict
ed in Judge Small's court of man
ufacturing liquor in the huge still
found near Mount Angel, filed
notice of appeal to the circuit
court. Joe Walker, i on whose
place .the plant was found, was
sentenced to one year In Jail and
$3000 fine, byi Judge Smalt; while
Henry Johnsen. John Andrews
and Lester Dickogav were given a
tin, of $500, and a jail sentence
of six months in Jail. I It was un
derstood at tha time Lot the trial
that appeal would be made It the
defense attorneys were not satis
fied. . . '
time that an entire half-year
elapsed with al) present or ac
counted for was during the ward
enship of Jira Lewis, now deputy
sheriff under SherifT O. D. Bjwer.
There are lots of trusties at
work, according to Warden A. M.
Dalrymple. Many are needed In
routine work and affairs at the
institution, while others are it the
wood camp, where the' temptation
to escape is always very strong.
Part or the record fs due tof care
in selecting trusties and thie re
mainder is due to luck. : Wirtlen
Dalrymple admits this.' j
The last man to escape j from
nhe prison was William Crosby,
who stole an automobile parked
near the prison abont dusk on No
vember 4, 1924. The machine
was found abandoned in South Sa
lem after friends, it Is believed,
furnished him with other trans
portation. Crosby was received
from Multnomah county Novem
ber 29. 1921, to serve six years for
assault ana robbery. .:
SPELLERS VIE
K EVENT
Annual County Contest
Brings Out 281 Contest
: ants Here Saturday
The Marion county public school
spelling contest was held in. the
Salem high school auditorium yes
terday with 281 of the best' spell
ers in the schools present, j
Gokl and silver medals, were
given to the winners n each grade
from the third to the eighth, in
clusive. Those taking first and
second prizes are as follows:
Eighth grade: Clair' Calavan.
Talbot, and Lillian Peterson, Tur
ner; seventh grade, Nellie Bark
hurst, Silverton, and George Su
gal, Keizer; sixth grade.f Fern
Giger, Scott s Mills, and Elda Win
termantle, Sidney; fifth grade.
Gertrude Bartnik, Mt. Angel, and
Walter Anderson, Liberty; j fourth
grade, - Ralph Gilles, Mt. I Angel,
and Sylvia Fa rmen. Mill City;
third grade,' Shirley Homer, Mill
City, and Bernadine . Wheeler,
Brooks. "-"'!''"'
There were 37 entrants!) in the
eighth grade. Of these only four
made a perfect score in the writ
ten examination. In the seventh
grade 45 entered, with seven mak
ing 100 per cent in the tests. Ten
of the 48 in the sixth grade made
a perfect score, six of the 37 in
the fifth, 14 of the 40 fin the
fourth, and 12 of the 33 in the
third grade. i f
The high school auditorium was
filled with teachers and paents of
chidren, and seats were at; a pre
mium for the interesting contest.
Next Saturday the county decla
matory contest will be held, with
all the public schools in the coun-
tv Darticinating. This event is
looked . forward to as one'! of the
most important of the whole year,
and much interest Is. manifested as
to Its outcome. . ,1 . f.J.
Rill RATS BEAT
SCOUT (IE 8-4
Junior Twilight League Offi
cially Opened on.batur
. .' day Afternoon
The River Rats defeated the
Scouts yesterday by a score of 8
to 4 in the first baseball game of
the Junior Twilight series. Pieklea
Lennon's team let out four runs
ia the first inning to the I Scouts,
but after that .the game was held
close until tbe last inning.
The pitching for both: teams
was wild owing to the fact that
this was the first game for either
team. Both Lennon and i! French
settled down for some good work.
French struck out 10 men, while
Lennon fanned eight during the
game.. - J ! r
'Lineup of the teams, follow: .
J River Rats Guy Jones, e; Len
non, p; C. Shaefferk 1st; Duncan,
cf; J. Schaffer, ss; Baker, 2nd;
Hoffman, rf; Borne, If, and W.
Hall 3rd. f
Scout Troop No. 1 C. f French,
pf F. Alley, e; H. Tompkins, If;
T, Chllds, 1st; Belt, Schumaker,
2nd; Williams. 3rd; Cburcbfield,
Tom Stevens and Wager, f
I Doyle Corter was umpire and
Bob Boardman in charge of the
game; S
I OCEAN TRIP POSTPONED
s VICTORIA, B. C:,i May 2.-
Driven back by heavy iweather
which he encountered , shortly af
ter leaving Victoria this afternoon
on a trip to England in a 25 foot
sloop. Commander - Eustace B.
Maude. 77, returned to (Victoria
tonight. He expects to start over
agin when the weather moderates.
I he said.
250H PEOPLE :
ATTEND IEET;
IOT1P0EG
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of
Founding of First Ameri
can Government in Ore
gon Celebrated .
JUDGE PETER H. D'ARCY i
PRESIDES AT GATHERING
Reunion of Oregon's Pioneers
.Featured by Stories of
Early Life
Under a clear sky, on the bank
of the majestic Willamette upon
the historic ground of old Cham
poeg, 2500 Oregon pioneers and
friends met Saturday to celebrate
the founding of the first American
government established on tha
Pacific coast. Thus was mark.d
tha eighty-second anniversary of
this memorable events when it was
decided by a 52 to 59 vote of her
oic men of that pioneer period
that the Oregon territory should
accept the guardianship of the
American instead of a foreign
flag. Yesterday was also the
t'wenty-flfthi time that this Found
ers' day has been celebrated by the .
early pioneers and their descend
ents on this spot and date. The
program of music, addresses and
greetings was most enjoyable and
instructive. ;
Judge D'Arcy Presides
The chairman of theT day was
Judge Peter H. D'Arcy, of Salem,
president of the Oregon Pioneer
association. Rev. George H. Lee.
of Newberg, gave the invocation
and Mrs. Carrie B. Adams, Port
land, led the singing of America
and other popular songs of pioneer
u-y.
C. B. Moores. of Salem. In a
brief address, spoke eloquently of
the early . argonauts of Oregon
history, who were "builders ; ot
history, -churches and schools.: In
this connection he emphasized tho
life of Rev. A. J. Hunsaker, one
of the state's early pioneers, i
- F. V. Holman, president of the
Oregon Historical society, briefly
described the memorable event of
the second of May, '18 4 8.
C. T. A. Walker, of Newberg,
pleased the audience with several
violin selections and J. U. Smith,
Hillsboro. spoke of the large and
steady increase of interest in the
observance of this day, and asked
the chairman to read; Samuel
Simpson's poem, "The" Beautiful
Willamette," which bo did. The
speaker also urged a registry for
all visitors at Champoeg.
Addresses- Are Made
Prof. J. L. Carter of Portland
spoke of Joseph SBuchtell's contri
butions to the development of
Portland, and Mrs. Mary Howard,
81 years old, danced one of the
dances of-the early pioneers.
B. F. Irvine, editor of the Ore
gon Journal, eloquently portrayed
the glory of the state and the part
played in her development by the
pioneers. S.-T. Walker sang an
original song, "Oregon, My Ore
gon," and J. D Lee, born in Ore
gon in 1848, recited an original
poem.
Mrs. Edith Tozier Wethered, H.
D.'.Wagnon, Dr. Owens Adair, 85
years "young," and others spoko
ef pioneer life aad ideals.
s- Several delightful songs includ
ing Auld Lang Syne, and tbe bene
diction closed this, most successful
anniversary at historical Cham
poeg. - -
TAX REDUCTlOi
HELD POSSIBLE
Treasure Official States Fur
ther Slicing May be Per-
mitted Next Year
. . . .
WASHINGTON, May 2. Unof
ficial statements by teasury offi
cials indicate that a 12 per cent
reduction in income taxes may be
possible . as the next step in lift
ing the - federal tax burden.
This figure while calculated
without intention to cimmit Sec
retary Mellon : to any policy wad
suggested today on tbe basis of an
incomplete analysis of returns on
income taxes, under the present
law as shown In the March or?
first quarterly Installment. It
would bear, out previous attempts
that another, two hundred million
dollar total redaction ' could be
made effective on taxes paid in,
1926.
Present Indications are that tha
treasury will avoid making a ay
definito proposal to the next con
gress, when It is expected the tajc
question again will t3 alive.
While Mr. Mellon has !' '
direct statement c i tte ? .tj:;t, .
most of his advLoer3 favor keerin "
the treasury out ot the f isht; they
KXgr-13. tiat t3 treasury in
form congrc. 3 cf the state of '..
finances and 10 in t out what i
pcssltle. ,tlsu3 leaving the wtola
question of rates for the coa-.
gressional leaders to decide.
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