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t f Pi n rrvFi i - "U i 1 I SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR OPEfJIuG DF STREET QUGIIT Dr COUNCIL Seventeenth Offers Traffic Possibilities From Mar- ketto Fairgrounds I OBSCENE BOOKS ARE HIT Last Night Provides Pino and Imprisonment Upon Conviction A., committee to investigate the possibility of opening. North JiSeventeenth from Market to the jifair grourfds, was appointed ylast If night by Mayor J. B. Giesy at the meeting of the city council. Mem bers' of the committee are W.; II. Dancy, B. B. Herrick and L. j! Simeral. " ' ' 'It is the plan to open the street to the fair grounds in order to secure another artery for the re lief of congested traffic on North Capitol street during Oregon state fair: week. Wilhithe opening of the new street traffic will be able to go directly to-.the grounds, in jstead of going to the malnen trance and threading through the traffic. 4 Formerly the old Seventeenth ftrcetcar line"; extended to the end ifr-the stfee1 , but was i taken flip me time ago. btnee then the eet has remained uncared for 4 la ImnaceaKIa 0 - )his is a step towards the car J'r:ng ouffjof plans outlined by t'in'ayor Giesy in his speech to the eJuncil members at the time of. h bis second election. . r f An" ordinance to prevent the cale and circulation of obscene pic tures and literature was introduc ed, for the first reading! The or dinance is aimed to prevent the circulation of pictures, books,' printed . matter, engravings and cards that are obscene. News dealers and others who have such literature and pictures' In' their possession are to be punished. --i a me ereni oi arresi ana con Iviction of guilt a fine of not less. . than $10 nor more than $500 can, 1 be imnosed. A iail sentence of sf . . - fnonths, or a sentence of fiBo and , imprisonment can be imposed, if the ordinance is carried. Undue influence upon the young .er generation of the city is the reason assigned for drafting of the bill. KfThe ordinance was drafted fol lowing the complaint of school of fit,', concerning the circulation obscene, books and periodicals ne local high school, and also m the number of Improperly aecoratea magazines on sale at ; news stands. I vNewB dealers declare that they . do not object to the passage of t the bill because there is not much sain for the literature in question while there is a good sale of other kinds of magazines. I RUM BLOCK IS EFFECTIVE COAST iiUARD DEMOXHTRVTES KFFIC1KNCV OF FORCE WASHIXGTON. May 18. (By Associated' j Press.) The ' coast guard blockade against rum smug- t Eling off New York is regarded by I Secretary Mellon as having demon I 61 rated its efficiency in checking Jirum runnine and he U convinced f - that continuation of the program will materially reduce the supply of illicit liquor in this country. f- Trivate reports received by. the Secretary it was said today, showed that a majority of the rum v in- rs are retiring from the scene K action because with the landing I 4l',.wet cargoes made so difficult. can not ma ice sales. I ne soc- reiry noids that the starv;lon campaign will drive out the "more pbstinate skippers from ihm'ro'- and once they are gone it 'Is h opinion that they will not. cme Dack. HSuggestIons that the scattering boats from rum row wo?ild re ult in the landing of illicit car- ifOEB ai oiner points aioug. -y. c I coast are not taken ; seriously by f Jthi treasury secretary. ,; ; ; Mr. Mellon holds that destruc tion of rum row off New York was the greatest blow td the HHtfiU l'fiiinf -n A n (hoi Aii1rt haTo hnPn P dealt by the coast guard," since proximity to the big and well or jahized market is necessary ! the life of such trade, and o such organization . for dsitributing the liquor once landing; exists' any where else along the Atlantic ca- Jardr- - - - v' , i : i nptri is iTr"ii VANCOUVEKB. C-. May 18.- TEleven tins of opium, valued at about $825, were seized and Kwok, Sirig of the crew of the Empress of 'Asia, was arrested whe& that yesel dock?d here ioday, --: ANNE SCHAEFFER DIES AFTER HIT BY TRAIN " I t . SISTER BRUISED IX ACCIDENT ON TWELFTH STREET . .' r ' i V ' -- -' 1 j : ; - GlrlH Rushed to Hospital; Father Called Home From Work . at Corvallis 1 ' "' Anne Schaeffer( 16. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cart Schaeffer. 624 South Twelfth, died last night from injuries received when she was struck by Salem-Dallas motor car train No. 163 while walking south on Twelfth Bear Wye street about 6:30 o'clock. Christine Schaeffer. 15, her sister, was 3I30 knocked down but not Injured beyond a few bruises. They failed to hear the warning signals, and stepped in front of the train as it was coming into the city. The deal girl re ceived a broken pelvis bone and a badly strained arm. , The injured girls were picked upland taken to the Deaconess hospital and "given medical 'treat ment. The mother was notified aiid she 'came" to" the "hospital to be with the' daughters. The father, who is in Corvallis, was also noti fied. ' j, i The , motor-car was giving the ularm by bell and whistle, travel ing at a low rate of ispeed. The car was stopped within ; 30 : feet after the accident occurred. i The train was in charge of Con ductor E. Fronk and Engineer Richardson, eteran employees here. : ? ' TENNESSEE WILL RESIST OFFER -TO REMOVE REMAINS OF LEWIS IS REJECTED " . . : , ' r ;. . Tennessee will, resist any efforts made by Qregon to "have" the re mains - ofv "Meriweather Lewis brought to" this state for final in terment, according to abetter re ceived Monday by Sam 5 A. Kozer, secretary of state, from A. P. Fos ter, assistant librarian department of education, Nashville. An association known as the Meriwether Lewis Memorial asso ciation hag been formed' and a 50 acre tract donated for a memorial. The' state of TehneWee has appro priated $15, POO for a monument.' Meriwether 'Lewis headed "the exposition of Lewis t an Clafk which "made the trip overland from Missouri to) Oregon in 1804-5.' TRANSPOpTATION LINE , IS OUSTED FROM DOCK LEASE WTTH CITY DECLARED TO BE INVALIDATED Failure to Maintain Regular Ser- vico Upbw River Is Reason, " r For' Action H .The Inland Water Transporta tion company is to vacate the Court street" dock and warehouse, according to the resolution acted upon by the city council at their meeting last night. -, The resolu tions . instructs the city recorder to notify the company to Vacate the premises, to removie the ware house after paying the city $50(H as erntal. i 1; ; j. The resolution declares that the lease "between the firm and the city has' heen invalidated, because of the , company . to operate con tinuously a boat line between Sa lem and Portland. It Is also set forth that the company failed to place a bond which had been pro mised,! and as' a result, the city declares that the Inland Waters Transportation company shall va cate the property and remove the warehouse after paying, the re quired $500. V Monday in Washington Secretary Weeks, f who Is con valescing from an attack of thrombosis, suffered an attack of gall bladder colic.' 1 , i .- The commerce department re ported an increase of 182,000 bushels in grain exports last week over the week preceding. The White House announced that President Coolidge would at tend r the funeral tomorrow of lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles. ' ;'- . ' Accompanied by delegations of the senate and house, the body of the late Senator Spencer of Mis souri was placed on a train for St. . Louis. i Combined Resources of nt Uonal banks April 6 were reporkl as showing an increase of $1,769, 575,000 in 12 months, with a to tal of $23,832,473,000. " ' -' -- -- , v It V was disclosed that formal conversations are under way with the EstlronJan legation looking to the funding t)f that country's $17,- 000,0000 deb, to the Unljei Sjaj 1 rr-r: i?rl;" ;H J "T " v : '; " ' tr"'r phice Fiyp cruris BflKIIIl CBi'fflkllES 'EHimDanTiix Modernistic Trend in Relig ion Severely Scored by - Famous Speaker' MINISTER DEBATES ISSUE Pastor,! of Congregational Church' Debates Point With Bryfm; 1 j Evolution lsi Said Not Contradictory 1 . NEW YORK, May 18. William Jennings Bryan's attack on mod ernism in religion and hisspirited defense of the Tennessee law" for bidding teaching of the theory of evolution in the public schools in a speech today in Brooklyn, drew a vigorous protest from Rev. J. S. Williamson, pastor of the j Kings Highway Congregational church a member of the audience, j- i " ' ' Mr. Bryan was mildly hissed and cheered. t j ; ' He asserted that he had brought the fight among the teachers of evolution into the open and that "we are going to win." . t ' "We mustwin," he added, "If the world is to be saved." Mr. Bryan had just said that the modernists cannot send mis sionaries : abroad because ' they have no message to send. ' Yon are unfair to us, that is not true,' declared Mr. William son from his seat. "I speak as a Congregational minister. ; Ve be lieve ' in majority ' role and each church is guided as it wishes in the 'matter. 'We believe in the freedom of the 'human: spirit." . "Then I'm not talking to you." Mr. Bryan replied. "After this I'll exclude the Congregationalists. If they have no creeds and stand for nothing I'll leave them out I am more' familiar with the ; modern ists in": the Presbyterian church.' "Two thirds of us are modern ists and we believe in evolution," said Mr. Williamson. "But we be lieve also in'the divinity of Christ and the immortality of the' soul." '"The disgrace," said Mr. Bry an, "is not the Tennessee law sign ed by 'the" governor and "passed by the legislature; the disgrace - is that teachers paid in the taxes of a c o m' mlu n i t y which ' stamps its ,: dollar 'In God We Trust' should betray the trust 'imposed in them by the taxpayers. . "The president of the United States takes his oath of office on the bible. Are the school child- (Continued on pace 3) 4? EVIL MIND IS CHARGE , MADE BY WU STUDENTS MAY DAY DANCES PERFECTLY PROPER THEY STATE Resolution Calls Petition Work of Cranks" Whose Presence "They Protest group of the students and friend of Willamette university who have become indignant re garding the statements made by J. J. Nunnn and others who sign ed the petitions charging that the Willamete May dances were im proper have circulated a petition stating- that in their estimation the charges are groundless . and come only from the evil minds of a few cranks. They further pro test the presence of such individ uals at their May Day festivities although they provide no plan In their. petition for the enforcement o their protest if it should be sus tcined. .- : It has been further pointed out by a group of students that the charges made have not" been based rpon any specific dance or group of dancers and that in that re-, gard they feel that Mr. Nunn has been evading the issue regarding whether or not the dances were improper. 1 -The petition Is as follows: "Whereas in the past the audi ences afWIllamette University May Day festivities 'have' been of moral character and high ' ideals, and, ' : -.y-v. "Whereas at the recent' fostivl s certain individuals were in at tendance who it seems do not have these high ideals and saw reflect ed in'the program the products of their own minds, and by a se i ies of meddlesome ' pronounce Cients, passed upon these produc tions have given an unjust and misleading notoriety to our college activities therefore. - i "We. the undersigned, do here by'publicly declare protest agilns these slanderous accusations and he presence of such "Individuals among our audiences." 'The petitions were signed by a large number of the Willamette btudents and a number of outsid? persons who; saw the May darjcee,' tie 'I . I I I I IH. ! ! I I I J I. I l I. I . ' '. 11 . . 1 LINEN MILL WORKERS ; NEARIfiG FINAL GQAL SALEM'S QUOTA L.1CK8 BUT " $270O TEASIS REPORT v Final Returns Thursday; Fledges ' Not Counted Until : Sign- " " "' ture Received The new linen mill workers are within $2700 of the $300,000, Sa lem's - quota towards establishing -the industry here, it was reported .Monday at the chamber of com merce. ' J J ' I A 'number of the workers have agreed to hring in amounts rang ing from $200 to $5000, which makes the expectations for bring ing the quota to a close, nothing will be counted until the money is actually secured. I f- i f . - - - i i - - ; Nevertheless, expectations can not be counted and the workers are not counting up the unsigned pledges towards the new mill. f The actual amount subscribed so far is listed as $273,065, ac cording to -'tfiW latest i reports on file. According to T. M. Hicks, presi dent of the chamber oi commerce, every effort is being made by the workers to bring the su&rriptlons to a successful close by Thursday noon.'' ' .- ; Twenty-six of the 48 workers have Verbally agreed to go out and get subscriptions that will de crease the remaining amount needed, tvhile letters are being di rected to the other 22 workers urging them to redouble their ef forts o bring in the subscriptions. It is thought that if all the workers get out on the job the fin ishing touches can be given by Thursday" noon and the linen-mill will be' an assured fact. BARE KNEES INTEREST Q0NEY ON TRIP EAST MORE SEEN IN WEST. SAYS Willamette president - Labels on Tourist Automobiles Stressed; Roads Found Good in General . Dr. Carl Gregg Doney, president of 'Willamette university, enter tained: members ot- the; Chamber of Commerce Monday noon by re counting Incidents of his Sojourn in the east. Only four punctures and one accident were suffered while crossing the continent, he stated. ' r. ' '' "It is Interesting to note the labels upon the cars," commented Dr. Doney. ?L saw one, that bore the label, "Henry did it; we didn't." Another was named "Lincoln's Baby," you know the kind of car it was. One bore the sign, "Big fellow, don't bump me; I am old and fragile." I take it a wonderful thing, this tide of tourists and there is mixing of ideas' from different: parts of ' the nation, continued the speaker. ' In ; commenting upon the Sho shone , canyon. President Doney stated that the roads are surpris ingly "good across the; continent. Chicago was the biggest, meanest city he had ; ever been in. "I would not drive a car; In Chicago for a nickle a mile," he said, j.pr. Doney urged that the "busi ness men of Salem submit their problems to the business schools, in, order to have them solved.- The conservative business men of the east are establishing schools for the business and industrial world, according to the speaker. ' ?You have to come to Oregon to see bare knees," stated Dr. Doney. "There a.re fewer short haired and short-skirted women in the east." '' :- - ' Dr, B. L. Steeves. president of the board of trustees and member of the chamber of commerce in troduced the speaker. FRENCH LOSE ARM FIGHT BRITISH AMEXD3rENT AOCEPT ED BY GENEVA COUNCIL GENEVA. May 18. -(By Asso-; elated Press.) France lost a bit ter fight tonight to keep arma mentsof warships within the scope of the proposed convention which will control by, publicity Interna tional trade in armaments, j t After a ' heated discussion the military commission of the arma ment conference by a vote of 16 to 8 decided, to accept the British amendment -whereby guns, am munition and, alt other equipment of airships are dropped from the draft' convention and hence not subject to supervision. 1 The United States voted with the majority. . - Thus war armaments meet the same fate as warships- themselves which" were excluded last week from all official control as to their sale. They meet also the same fate as airplanes and armored trains, - GOVERNOR YlLL JOIN Vltrf ARIZONA CHlF l6VK VNDER WAY TO GIVE f STATES' TITLE TO LAND Federal Control Is Making Heavy 'inroads in the Revenue of . ' Western States Governor Walter M. Pierce, in a letter to Governor George W. P. Hunt of Arizona, joins in the move to start ;a, campaign tor . the pur poso of having the United States turn over to the states all the re maining public lands wlhin their various boundaries. . There are nearly 10,000,000 acres of such lands In '. Oregon ; and Governor Pierce is desirous of having these kept onrthe tax rolls and the rev enue diverted to the school fund. "It appears to me that the ne cessity of financing public schools, buildings, roads and other im provements' should entitle the western states to" whatever is left of the public domain." writes Gov ernor Hunt. He also advises that 61 per cent of the land In 'Arizona is tied up in some manner "by the federal government either as In dian' reservations, 4 national forests or parks; or through withdrawals. : The letter was' sent after the Arizona executive had ben advis ed that a sub-committee appointed by congress, would visit the west ern states "In June, remaining- un ftr late in "August. Meetings will be held n an the western states. PILE qF DIRT AGAIN . DRAWS COUNCIL'S1 IRE MATTER UNDER DISCUSSION ! FOR LAST' TWO YEARS f Announcement of Building Falls to Get by; Aldermen Crav ing for Action ! Dirt piled on the parking along a lot owned by Dr. White ' at the corner of Church and Chemeketa agaih came in for heavy discus sion at the hands of council mem bers last night. : Hal D. Patton, councilman, urged stringent action be taken in order to clear the curbing, due to the many .com plaints that have been filed jwith the -councilmen during t the past two' years.-; I'' 1 ""'.':-; r fee"4 times an attempt - failed to put across a 7 motion which would give the street commission er power -to - act. ; bu in every ,ln stance the motion went up against a snag A settlement was reached however when the' city attorney was given "authority to investigate the condition and to report to he council at the ' next meeting., f JL "communication regarding the matter was presented by a local attorney, who claimed that Dr. White was planning to build." This communication was attacked at the meeting on the grounds that the dirt had been piled on the curbing for the past two years. CHERRY EMBARGO HELD FOR MEDF0RD SHIPPERS FRUIT FLY FOUND IN WILLAM ETTE VALLEY VARIETY, Certificate Must' Be Furnished With Shipments to Callfor ' n hi Points Oregon chcrTies can be shipped into California regardless of the embargo placed last year provided that the fruit is accompanied by the proper certificate, C. A. Park, president of the state board of horticulture, will advise Governor Pierce, who requested more Infor mation upon , receipt of a lettij from William Holmes, Med ford or chardist, who charged that the Or egon fruit was being discriminated against. The market in southern California is held of mutual bene fit and the logical one for the pro ducers in .southern Oregon. According to Mr. Park, the em bargo last year barred all sweet cherries except those Igrown in The Dalles district of Wasco and the Milton-Freewater section in Uma tilla counties. ' These were admit ted upon f certificate. A recent survey conducted by an etomologist from O, A. C. shows the presence of cherry fruit flies in the 1 Willamette valley," Mr. Park said.v "Douglas , county is classed as doubtful but Bouth of that there have" been found no traces of the -pest. Fruit from1 Josephine and Jackson counties can be admitted provided the cer tificate is Issued. : ; y. The certificate must state, that the fruit did not originate in a cherry fruit fly infested district! the exact location of the place the fruit was grown,: where it was packed and stored and the names and addresses of the grower, ship- jper and consignee, eopfiEiiriiT IS DDT BIKELV Violation of Deed to and Is : land Executed in 1 864 Charged by Board RQYALTIES ARE HEAVY PropeHy Originally Designed for 'Military Purposes Now Leas ed tb Irivat Fishing ' Interests ; Because the government has failed to use Sand Island, In the Columbia river near Astoria,, the state land "board may bring suit for $1,000,000 covering the royal ties of from' $ 20,000 to $40,000 annually over a number of yeps. The board charges ' that the pro visions of the 'deed.' executed in 1864, have not been carried out and are' soliciting , proposals for the leasing of the island.' Bids will be'eonsidered May 27. Instead of using the island for military purposes, as specified in the deed, the government has leas ed the property to private fishing interests on "a royalty basis.1 Fail ure to use the island as intended i Interpreted by.the board to as sume that the transfer iSToid and the' property is returned to the state." ': ' 4 r ' j. Following the policy carried on by the, government, it is' believed that the state can lease the island and derive an annual' revenue of $25,000 which would be used to build up the. school fund. ; ' " In the' event that suit is insti gated, the costs of the defense will be borne by individuals or cor poratlons that receive" control of the island under the most satis factory-proposal. - - - 0REG0N-0AC QUARREL TO BE ENDED BY. BOARD C03O0TTEE OF HIGHER CUR- 'RlCULA HEAR ARGUMENTS ' Barrage', of Accusations and Ex- -planation.4 by Faculties - Is -Presented PORTLAND, Or., May 18. Members of the state' board of higher curricula which met today to hear faculty members of the University of Oregon and Oregon Agricultural college, present alleg ed grievances against the respec tive schools in connection with duplication of courses, adjourned tonight to study the many argu ments of the speakers, the 56 page brief of the university, the 212 page brief ot the college, and num erous pages aof?assorted documents reports rand ' statements bubmit ted. . .. :;." :..:::;. Dr. C. J. Smith, .chairman of the board, estimated that it would take several weeks , before the board could arrive at a conclusion as to the merits of the contentions of the two institutions. ' While the board was perspiring under a barrage of accusations, al legations, insinuations and explan ations hurled by faculty members of one school against faculty mem bers of 'the' other school, several Individual faculty members got to gether and perfected - one J com promise agreement and laid plans to effect two other compromises.' . This led. J. K. Wetherford, pres ident of the board of regents of the Oregon Agricultural college to remark;- ."" "I am at a loss to know why we are here. The difficulty seems not Kof urao t iAornnra aF t Via rWA-lnstt tutions nor between the schools, but between members of the two faculties. I think" that" had the matter been laid before the boards a"'' satisfactory settlement ' 'would have" been"arrived' at "quickly "and this disagreeable - situation pre vented.""''' f ! '''?y . " - i . .. Differences : between . the .two schools arose over alleged dupli cation of courses in ' commerce, journalism, music, education, phy sical education "and arts and sci ences." -j" ' j ' t These differences should have been taken up by faculty members with their respective boards of re gents and not with the board of higher curricula, Mr. Weatherford contended.': -";.-:: "::.:.'. ! :,J. . The agreement effected today, subject to the approval of the board of curricula follows: 'No bachelor's degree is to be granted in any of the 12 depart ments of the school of basic arts and sciences at the agricultural colleger nor major work'done. "No student at the agricultural college1; may take -more" than 27 term hours of history; " 27 hours of modern languages, or 27 hours in English, plus, In English; nine hours ,xl freshman composition."- ... jff . --i ----- SALEM BANKS SEC0NQ WITH HEAVY DEPOSITS lORTLAD LE.ADS IN OREGON WITH EUGENE THIRD " Total Resources of 270 Banks f;i30,23 161.09; Deposits' " f 278, t2G,'4 77.50 Salem with its four banks ranks, second In the state in the mat ter ot deposits, on the last-date of call on April 6, according- to a statement prepared by Frank C. Bramwell, state superintendent of banks'. The deposits aggregated $9,493,645:56. v ' . ' Portland, with 27 banks, was in first place, the deposits amount ing to $154,613,817.47. Eugene, with four banks, was in third place with $7,362,621.56, and As toria, five banks, fourth : with" $7,047t827.21. Silverton ranked 21st with $1,796,881.82; Dallas, 33rd, with $889,292.81; Wood burn 34th,. $877,906.14: Mt. An gel, 45th, $662,352.26, and Stay ton 50thwith $548,093.67; Of the 279 banks listed, having a, combined deposit of $278,726, 477.50, only 51 had deposits in ex cess of $500,000. ; Total resources of the banks of the state were $330,251,561.09, compared with $331,311,332.23 on previous call, December 31, 1924. Loans and discounts were $165, 552.639.19, against $164,627. 087.51; deposits, except time and savlngsrwere $173,750,083.23. as against $177,408,899.28;. deposits, time and savings, $104,976,394.27 against $106,013,499.69. while to tal deposits were, $278.72.477.50. against $283,422,,398.97.i Borrow ed money- amounted to $6,728, 030.49, against $2,394,747.98. FINE TROPHY OFFERED FOR SCOUTS SATURDAY - --.-.--i BURNETT? BROTHERS DONATE CUP FOR BIG MEET Each Troop Must Make Strong Bid for Each of 10 IMf- " ' ' ferent Contests Burnett Brothers of Salem have offered a trophy to the Boy Scouts of Salem when they hold their track and! field meet here Satur day on tire ' high r school field. Scouts from the' Cascade division under the direction of Har61d MV Ware, are to'c6mpete. . 5 " 1 j, Each troop entering is expected to make a bid in the 10 contests that are staged.- The trophy of fered by the! local business men will be given to the? troop making the greatest score. Pennants are to be awarded to the ,troops, tak ing second and third place. -. Trophy events are rated under the heading of camp making, troop inspection, water boiling contests, obstacle race, bird identification, first aid, relay, signal team," knot tying," jffdging- and tug-of-war. r The two' special." banner events are n6C counted, towards the coun cil trophy, but suitable banners for ratings will be' offered." Wall scaling by eight scouts and fire by friction are the contests -under this heading. " " " : Y SUMMER CAMP IS TO ' BE BETTER THIS YEAR OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL KINDS ! OF SPORTS AVAILABLE " Ideal Spot Is Found for Boys, ! Physical Director Declares After Trip"" . The YMCA summer camp is5 to: be located in an Ideal spot;' accord ing to Bob Boardman, physical di-j rector of the Salem YMCA and; Benjamin J. KImber, Marion'coiin-' ty - executive, who returned fronv an inspection trip over the week end. The "camp 'Is' to be located north of Neskowln, in an isolated spot "near - a beach that is ideal for track and field meets, f The location is described as the most wonderful that the local or ganization has been privileged to secure. It is. free from being lo cated near, a cheap resort, and has in addition the advantage ot be-? ing located near some picturesque; sites. ' : ----- '- " ' s It is stated that sunken vessels j reefs, and hiking trails in the( mountains are near , the selected spot, which will be used by thej Marion county YMCA as well aa the Salem organization."" : ? I The camp will probably "be held; the last week of August and the; first week in September. . -; ". Bob Boardman and Secretary Kimber are to be in charge of the camp for the coming year." - - LIGHTENING KILLS FARMER ! I BROWNSVILLE. Ore., May 18. -J. W. Husey. 50. a farmer re siding five miles west, of Browns ville was strnck by lightening late today while plowing In a field and was fcilled. Instantly, SIPHTILIB BETTtuS li::0ER 1V.';V Three Jurors Tentatively Ac cepted; Battle Line Is -Now Being Drawn POISONING LIS, CHARGED Breaking Down of Testimony of C. C. Fainikn WiU Be Relied ; Upon b'jf Stato Pros- '" CHICAGO. May l8. (Associat ed Press. )-Three jurors were ae-" cepted tentatively and battle lines were delineated-lni a four hour court session today which marked the opening of the trial of Wil liam Darling Shepherd 'for "the al leged' murder, by administering yphoid fever germs, of his wife's young millionaire "ward, William Nelson McClintock. ' Shepherd, Chicago lawyer and beneficiary under, the :. youth's will, of an estate of approximately $1,000,000 will face- an effort to have hint hanged oh circumstan tial evidence, the state indicate! in-'its: questioning of veniremen. They will rely on breaking down the testimony ot -C. C. Feiman, head of Chicago-school of sci ences who confessed that he sup plied typhoid germs to Shepherd, taught, him how to propagate , them' and how to administer them with ah '.assurance' Of fatal results, for which he was to receive $100,-000.-- ;' ; -" Faiman was Indicted with Shep herd but was granted a separate trial today on motion of the state.. No date for Faiman's trial was set however. ' In addition to the three venire men tentatively: accepted asJur- ors a fourth man in the jury box bad been accepted by the defense when court adjourned today. To obtain that number, si dozen men were examined.' Most of them were excused because of prejudice against the death penalty or con viction upon circumstantial evi dence. Three men with fixed opln-, ions i which "they said a; evidence would not alter also, were excused. ; ThaJ both state and defense sought' men of above the average intelligence was indicated when by agreement one venireman was dis missed when he safd 'he had only " a fourth grade education and bad difficulty in understanding ques tions asked him. It was under stood the attorneys were seeking jurors able to comprehend the technical terminology that prob ably will find an extensive place In the trial record. j - Shepherd was denied the com fort of his wife's presence at bis elbow when the prosecution ob jected today after she had kissed the' accused man and seated her self by his side. She was given a seat, across the aisle, protesting feebly at the enforced separation. 4 Both of the Shepherds seemed otherwise to be la good humor and both expressed - gratification that tie trial finally was under way. The "bull pen" outside the court room Shepherd talked only ot his J" (Continued on page ) VOLSTEAD ACT DEBATED MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SAYS ? CONDITIONS ARE BAD ' - YOSEMITE, Calif., May 18. A sweeping arraignment ; of the Eighteenth Amendment and of measures to enforce the Volstead act was launched by Dr. Granville MacGowan of Los Angeles, presi dent of the California Medical as sociation,' before the 64th annual convention of lhat body today. - "Dr. ; MacGowad characterized prohibition enforcement "' as "a state of civil war throughout the land," and declared the. "flood ot alcoholic liquors: into this coun try" was a menace with which the medical profession must cope. : "Nowhere during extensive trav els of the last three years have I observed any shortage of liquore," said Dr. MacGowan. i "Everywhere I saw drinking aniong j boys and girls as well as among older per sons. Liquor flasks openly are for sale in stores and shops. Disregard for the prohibition law breeds disrespect for all laws. Dr. MacGowan saldi "There will not be a return to the old order," be continued. "The open saloon was a menace to public health and morals, but the American neocla must take a more sane view of pro motion " enforcement, Th nrnS. lemis one which the medical pro fession can no longer ignore. Dr. MacGowan said that a a medical practitioner he was wholly in sympathy with the idea of dis couraging the use of alcoholic bev erages, but contended that thi could be best accomplished by "ed ucation," t