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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1925)
. i TOiViOREGlU lSn uZ DAY FOR GLOSIWG UP THE SALEb GlUQTA FOR GUR SEeeMP-UMETJ-rJIiLL-LSP&ML-BBiO I 4 r : V SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1925" PRICE FIVE CENTS BLACK LICENSE PLATES ARE ORDERED. FOR 1926 PIIC I SUBWAY ! HITS 110 PEOPLE ROMANCE SHATTERED ! BY SWEETIE'S "GAT" . ill. i --v DRQKEN ENGAGEMENT; CAVS . E8 YOUNG MAN TO FLEE 1 fllillUii ARGUMENT ON EV0LUTI0 IS ENDED BY FIST FIGHT DEBT QUESTION TG B -ACTED ON IN FEW DAY$ CLARK III HEED fflciiraip, BErlfiiiii CONTRACT 1 HALF-CENT UN DER PRICE THIS YKAK BARKER RESORTS TO BLOWS WHEN ARGUMENT FAILS FRENCH MAKE EFFORTS TO HELP SITUATION ow I lu ft M no hi HI ;7 Only Three Men Arc Tempor- arily . Accepted; Many 1 Challenges Made STATE WITNESS IS GONE -. ; f ; Sensation Created at Disappear ance of Star ' Man for Prose cution;' Fear for Life Said Felt CHICAGO, May 19. (Associat ed Press.) Faces changed in tle jury-box today but no progress was made in obtaining the 12 men for. the trial of William Darling Shepherd, charged wi.th slaying ilia young foster son, William Nel son McClintock by aojnlnistering pathogenic germs. , 1 As on yesterday adjournment of Judge Thomks J. Lynch's court found three men in the Jury box temporarily "acceptable to both prosecution and defense, but they had: "replaced three, eliminated by peremptory challenges. A minor sensation was created by the reported disappearance of Robert White, an important state's witness. . William Scott Stewart, counsel lot Shepherd, insisted on examin ing veniremen as to their attitude towards the: possible motive of the prosecution. Robert E. Crowe, the state's attorney, objected but wa overruled "when vStewart as serted to a venireman: "You have a right to take into consideration whether the prosecution is based upon some motive such as. Judge Olson and the Northern Trust company." ; Stewart had reference to the de fense's contention that prosecu tion of Shepherd is motivated by a desire to break the Will o'f young McClintock, who named Shepherd the chief beneficiary of the $1, 500,000 estate; Judge Harry Ol son, chief justice of Chicago's mu nicipal courts, who. terming him self "counsel for' the dead" first accused Shepherd and the trust company which was administrator of the youth's "estate. The miss ing White. was known as the "body guard" of C. C. Faiman, proprie tor, of the National University of Sciences. Faiman has said he sup plied tphoid fever germs to Shep herd and taught him how to mur der his foster son with them. - ' Prosecutor Crowe said tonight that a "rigid investigation of White's disappearance waa being made. State's Attorney Crowe tonight Eatd he had Information leading him to believe White has left Chi cago because of threats made against his life. A letter written by White's wife to a friend indi cated that the couple with, their two children intended cither to leave the city or to go into hiding because of the threats. Mr. Crowe also charged that be fore White, left be had. given de fense attorneys affidavits to "take the course off the fact that he was chafed out of town. Defense attorneys ,upon learning of Crowe's charges said that they did have an affidavit from White in which he said that be had never eeen Shepherd in Fairroan's of fice and that it was his belief that tfie entire case is a "frame up" against Shepherd. Defense attorneys said they were Just as anxious to find White as is the state because they desire him as i n Important, defense witness. JACK DEMPSEY IS FETED CHAMPION'S NEW NOSE MAKES FIRST APPEARANCE PARIS, May 19. (By Asso ciated Press.) Jack Denipscy's rew filmdom nose made its first t ppearance in a Parisian -ring, to night' when I the heavyweight .champion, hand L In hand with Georges Carpentier, bowed to the Louse of Gaumont Palace. Previously some portion of the Vopulace were! able to get a . glimpse of Dempsey on his arrival in Paris with his bride but only 'after they had; a battle with the police who were endeavoring to " protect the champion from the on- ' rush of admirers at the railway station. ' i ; J ' Jack had an easy evening in the ring, because the bout be tween Debve and Kelly, which hi ' refereed and whlchwas scheduled for 10 rounds germinated at the 5 end of the fifth when DeN took a count of nine and reft- H Bf-Jtt tO wai evl- "continue. ; ; L ; Dempsey's refereelng dently heartily appreciated by the crowd of 7,000 who acclaimed him en expert on the fine points of the .game. . After his official duties had ended he went to the" hotel ; and took his wife to a dinner given in their honor at a fashion 6tlt restaurant fey Carpeatfer, Two of SO Mana fact vers Send Bids; 220,100 Pairs Needed for all Classes "of Cars Automobile license plates for 1926 will be of the same size and style used for the past 10 years and have white figures imposed upon a black background, Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state, an nounced Tuesday after awarding the contract to the Irwin Hodson company of Portland, the lowest of two bidders. Plates next year will be furnished f.o.b. Salem on the basis of $.1297 per pair! The plates this year cost $.1347 a pair. The Kittle Manufacturing com pany of Los Angeles was under bid $.0203 a pair. Chauffeur badges will be furnished at 11 cents each, one cent under the price paid for those used last year: The contract calls for 200,000 pairs of plates for passenger cars, 17,000 for trucks,; 2700 pairs for motorcycles,, 700 pairs of dealers plates and 15,000 chauffeur badg es. '.First deliveries will be made September 1 and the entire con tract must 'be completed not later than November 1. "" Specifications for the plates were mailed to nearly 20 manu facturers in. the country. PIONEERS GET READY FOR ANNUAL SESSION FIFTY-THIRD MEETING TO BE HELRLN PORTLAXI Splendid , Program Arranged for I Entire Day at Municipal Auditorium June 15 The 53rd reunion of the Oregon Pioneer association will be held in the municipal auditorium, Port land, Thursday, June 15.' Assem bly will be heidUt 1:30 o'clock under the dJrectloja of Grand Mar shal Ivan Humason and his aides. The literary exercises begin at 2 o'clock;' ii., iif-i -- .. .. . The program includes patriotic music with Ralph, WrHoyt at the organ;, call to order, David S. Stearns, 1857, president; invoca tion. Rev. Troy j Shelley, 1848, chaplain; address pt welcome, Mayor.George L. Baker; response by President Stearns; annual ad dress, Judge Alfred S. Bennett, The. Dalles; song, Mrs. Maud Springer Bowen,? with Miss Bul lock accompanist;7 special service, with reference to pioneers who have died, , since June 1, 1924, Judge Peter II. D'Arcy, 1857, Sa-? lein, past president;- solo. Dr. Stuart McGUire; Jmusic and bene diction. J j f ' ; At 4:30 nhe annual "Kloshe mlick-a-muck" will be; held in the auditorium followed by a social hour, Hi-yu Wa-wa, Hi-yu Hehe. The annual business meeting will be held at 7:30 o'clock at which time officers will be- elected. The annual tamp fixe will begin, at 8 o'clock with Robert A. Miller, 1854, past president, presiding. Five-minute talks by pioneers will be given, with Joseph D. Lee 1848, past president, timekeeper. Indian war veterans will hold their1 annual business meeting at 10 o'clock Wednesday, June 17. A banquet will be servted from noon , until 1:30 o'clock, with the final business meeting at 2 o'clock All persons coming to, or bori in the originaf Territory of Ore gon up to 1859 inclusive, includ ing Washington, Idaho and those parts of Montana and Wyoming are eligible to membership. Tuesday In Washington ' Impressive honors were paid Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles in a funeral service attended by President and Mrs. Cpolidge. B. Means surrendered to the local court and asked to be sent to Atlanta to begin a two year sentence. f t. - o Officers of the submarine S-19, which grounded last January at Nauset Beach, Mass., were ordered court martialed by Secretary Wil bur. ; ' i : ; i ' ' ' . Senator Watson of Indiana an nounced that a final drive to make prohibition effective has been de cided upon by the administration. '" 5 . Members of the couzens com mittee criticized prohibition en forcement methods. J ; " . The department of justice an nounced It would appeal the deci sion of the St. Paul courts. in the Harvester dissolution case. :."':-' , ' Announcement Belgium would institute funding negotiations brought an optimistic statement . (xoja governjaejxt officials, - ... . Crowd Breaks in Stampede When Fuse Blows Out on j Underground Road MOB FIGHTS FOR OPENING Windows and Doors of Cars Are Smashed By Terror-stricken People; Smoke Fills i " Compartments NEW YORK, May 19. Trapped in a smoke filled, unlighted tube, 30 feet underground, about 100 persons were injured in a panic which followed an electrical short circuit which set fire to an east side subway train today. .' The accident occurred a block from the Grand Central terminal station just after the morning rush bojir. . Eighty-six of the victims receiv ed treatment at first-aid stations hastily improvised in nearby ho tels and in hospitals. One woman suffered fractures c both; lej3 when trampled in a terror driven rush for windows and emergency, exits. There were hundreds of people in the six-car steel train. Fully half were stampeded Into the panic as the mob fought its way through the acrid moke to?: ward exits which were in some instances six blocks from the scene of the accident. It was at first thought that two women were near death from in ternal injuries but later examin ation showed their -hurts would not be fatal. Virtually all of the passengers were Bronx residents bound1 for middle or lower Manhattan. At FoTty-first street there was a loud report, and a sheet of flame came from between' the fifth and sixth cars. The "jumpers" which connect the cars electrically had :ahOiteJL.TheigJitsJlickereL out as the mbtorman, Harry Post, shut off the: train, current a,nd threw on hi brakes.: , The sudden stop threw scores to the floors. The real excitement occurred - a few minutes later after Post had started his train. He had run less than a block when there was another flash and all the lights on the train, with the exception of a few emergency bulbs, blew out.- Immediately the six cars became a swirling mass of hrieking hu manity. Women and girls threw themselves on the car floors in hysterical attempts to get below the clouds of smoke. , A few men tried to calm them but other men lost their heads and joined the more panic-stricken of the women in a fight to smash windows ot open emergency doors, which the train crew fought vainly to keep closed. " ; One girl literally dived through a window, the shattered glass rip ping half her clothes from her body and slashing her , about the head and back. Two other women were hurled through windows to the roadbed, falling near the highly charged third rail. Post, a veteran mo torman, groped his way.to an em ergency power switch and turned off the power in the third rail. The din rose to the street above where a patrolman's eye was caught by a wisp of smoke that curled from a man hole. He sum moned ambulances, firemen and police reserves and plunged Into the tunnel and assisted a number of women to the streets. The fashionable Hotel Vander bilt, the Commodore, the Murray Hill and the Park Avenue hotels hastily organized their staffs into emergency workers, and the suf ferers were given first aid treat ment. Internes Installed an op erating table on the Grand Cen tral station platform and took care of 13 victims there. The more serious cases were sent to hospi tals. KIWANIS ENTERTAINED NOVELTY PROGRAM; OFFERED IN FLACK Or BrBAivrak With E. CooWPatton presiding as officer pro tern, the KIwanis held an interesting meeting Tues day noon at the Marion hoteL A skit put on by James Nicholson, manaeer r the Metropolitan In surance company, and Mr. Pom eroy of Pomeroy, & Keene Jewel ers, was mirth provoking. The two rlenicte.rf a scene in Canton. China, v, here a KIwanis club had been or- Organized. Nicholson was ques tioned by Pomeroy as. to the mat ter of conducting the, club. Mrs. Earl Pearcy entertained with a .solo and encore number which were well received by the ae&bert present, Statement That Forebears Were Low Forms of Animal Life , Is Reseated DAYTON, Tenn. May 19 By Associated Press.) A meeting of indignant Dayton citizens to pro test against Chattanooga's obtain ing any of the publicity this town expected in .the legal battle over constitutionality of the anti-evolution act today ended in a fist fight between a proponent and an op ponent of the evolution theory. ; Thurlbw Reed, a Dayton bar ber and anti-evolutionist, con strued a-statement of Dr.- George Rapplyea, evolution leader, that lower forms of life were man's forebears, as a reflection on his family and attempted on the ros trum to chastise the physician. - Resolutions adopted condemned the reported plans of Chattanooga to have'Chattanooga school teach ers indicted for disseminating in formation about evolution con trary to the new law, instead of allowing Professor ; Scopes of the Dayton school to be tried in a test case.' i;-:" : . i $ : The resolution said Dayton peo ple might . boycott Chattanooga unless efforts to change the plade of -the t contest ' were dropped. Chattanooga school teachers who have been offered the honor of in dictment i are ; not enthusiastic about; iC according to reports here., j- The grand Jury is in ses sion at Chattanooga now. ; ; A telegram from an actress of fering the use of a trained chim panzee to combat the law was read at the meeting. . WASHINGTON SCHOOL ' , BOUNDARIES CHANGED CONGESTION WILL RE RELIEV i ED IT IS RELIEVED Old Struct we May Be Used Once More Due to Natural Growth , of Salem " - The school boundaries for the old Washington school have been outlined by George W. Hug. city superintendent of schools, prepa ratory to using the Old building. In. order to relieve the conges tion In the other schools of the city boundaries have been created at D and Summer, south on Sum mer to corner of i Summer and Court-thence-wesLoru Court to Church, then south on Church to Bellevlew. At 4.his corner, the line turns east and runs to Seven teenth on Belleview, then to State, on State to Twentieth, then north to Center, and then west on A. The lines continues on A to Fif teenth, then on this street to D and then to D and Summer streets. In case the building is opened for school purposes 324 pupils will be accomodated, who are now in, other schools. This change would necessiate a rearrangement of the boundaries of the other schools. ' " The natural growth, in the school population will make It necessary to open the old building. It Is thought in soine ' quarters. Just 'what use will be mad of the building will be determined by the school board at their next meeting. STUDENTS PAY FINES TWO OAC MEN FINED $150 j , EACH IN POLICE COURT .The two students of OAC who were arrested and charged with the transportation and posession of liquor, Kenneth S. Perry, of Klamath Falls and E..K. Hunter were given fines of $150 each, when they appeared before Police Judge Marthin Poulsen yesterday. 1 The two were arrested early Sunday morning by Officer Ed wards and Smart in the north part of the city. Sid Brownell. charged with be ing intoxicated, paid a fine of $10. SENTENCE IS GIVEN ' YAKIMA, May 19 Found guilty by a federal court jury here late today on liquor charges, John F. Cody was sentenced' by Federal Judge J. Stanley Webster to serve six months In the county jail and, to pay a fine of $1,000. CotTy was charged by the government with having sold liquor to federal agents. " , ' SAYS, COAST NEEDS PLANES , SEATTLE. May 1 9,.-While the tc fan try and the battle ship are .'.ill the.; backbone of the nation's defense, more jaircraft and im proved anti-aircraft guns are need ed for. the defense of the Pacific toast, , Officers of ForHgn Finance to Confer And Draw Up Suggestions ' PARIS, May 19. Premier Paln leve, M. Briand, the foreign min ister and M. Caillaux, , finance minister went over the French tinancial situation together this evening considering particularly the question of! interallied debts. At the conclusion oC the confer ence the official spokesman of the Quai D'Orsay announced ; to the correspondent: I r "The inter-allied debts question may now be said to have entered the state of real official negotia tions. If the negotiations are not yet in an officially international state, internal study of the ques tion here -makes it certain that they will be within a few days. "The ministers ot foreign af fairs and finance will confer again this week tor the purpose of draw ing up suggestions to be presented to the United States government, M. Briand will be assited by com petent foreign official authorities, icluding Mj Berthalot, general sec retary of the ministry an N. Sey doux, director of political affairs." The entire French press today is adopting a much more friendly tone in, which is a tinge of relief that the United- States is sending no official note'to France. The newspapers urge the government to make all possible haste in sub mitting proposals acceptable to Washington. The Petit Parissien, the Matin and the Temps, all pub lish leading articles asking public opinion to refrain from permature judgment and advising patience and confidence that the "govern ment's effort would not effect the relations j between the United States and 'France which were never better or more cordiaL" i - '..j. J; : ' WASHINGTON, May 19. Con vinced their plan for hastening funding negotiations by debtor nations Is progressing satisfactor ily, the government believes the situation has begun to clarify. Secretaries Mellon of the -treasury and Kellogg of the state de partment feel the way has been opened for further moves from this government, If "such are ne cessary and confidently expect to receive diplomatic inquiries ; soon from other, governments. France,! Belgium and Esthonia already are giving serious j con sideration! to funding and high of ficials see ground . for believing other powers: soon may take up the question. President Coolidge is hopeful that active steps will be taken! without much further delay hy some of the debtor na tions, i i . . --' ; ! --. RAIL CHANGE TO BE MADE BETTER SERVICE THROUGH OREGON IS MADE POSSIRLE 'SAN FRANCISCO,! May 19 A new rail artery., through southern and central Oregon for through traffic between Oregon and the eastern states will be made possi ble through steps taken by the Southern Pacific company, for the conversion of the Nevada-Cali fornia-Oregon railway to a Stand ard guage line and the comple tion of the Oregon-California and Eastern railway, it was announc ed today, j j The proposed arrangements, which must first be approved by the interstate commerce commis sion, provides, according to a statement by President William Sproule of the Southern Pacific for the rebuilding under Southern Pacific auspices of the Nevada-California-Oregon railway Jas a broad guage line for its entire dis tance of, 156 mites between Lake view, ore., and Wendel, Cal.. where It connects with the 'South ern pacific. The arrangements were made with the President Charles Moran of the ; Nevada Call Torn la-Oregon line i whereby the Southern Pacific will aid him In securing the money ' for the work thus giving that, company a substantial interest In the road. CLASSES BURY HATCHET SOPHS AND FROSH TO flOLD JOINT PICNIC FRIDAY The sophomore and freshman classes -at Willamette University will bury the hatchet and other wise signify that class hostilities are over for the year at the sophomore-freshman picnic to be held Friday afternoon and evening. The picnia is given each year by the upper class and is in the form of a good-natured get-together by the two lower classes of the uni versity All class hostilities cease after the ' picnic with the j excep tion - of a few of the inter-class rivalry event which have aot yet b4 deckel - . Prohibition Forces Plan Con centrated Attack on Source of Supplies - ! ,; V" if h: SENATE COMMITTEE ACTS Eiilire Administration Favors Plan Announced at Investigation; Land and Sea .'Forces Are Active - Washington, May 19. With the prohibition "army" swinging Into action Jit the warfare already considerably advanced by the dry "navy" off the Atlantic coast, the special senate committee investi gating the subject has just been Informed that the administration from President Coolidge down., is determined to enforce the prohi bition law to the limit. This was disclosed today! with publication of a transcript of secret hearings conducted by the committee, which also brought out considerable criticism of enforce ment in general on the part of committee members who held that administration of the law had failed chiefly in that efforts had not been directed, sufficiently against main sources of supply.' Chairman Couzens insisted, that, to date, there had been a lack of proper organization and the use of agents had been inefficient. Too much attention, he held, has been directed to.' minor police work in the states rather than to the stop ping of known sources of supply, which, in his opinion, lay chiefly in alcohol manufacturing and de naturing plants and breweries, and not in ruin row. Senator Watson, republican, 'In diana, who told the committee of the administration's intention to go the limit in enforcement, de clared It was generally known that the present system of enforcement was defensive in parts. He point ed out,' however, that prohibition is in tts incipiencyr'and hrTtT is being wantonly, violated, he predicted that if given sufficient funds it could be made effective! This would be aided particularly, he said, if the recommendations of senators and representatives in behalf of applicants for enforce ment positions should be ' given no weight, although he considered the question of placing the pro hibition forces under civil force a subject for debate. : Declaring "the whole thing Is problematical," and a tremendous task. Senator Watson aserfed that the prohibition unit was doing the best it could to correct insuffici ency and to strengthen enforce ment. . From the president down, the administration bad determined to make' unsparing efforts to enforce prohibition, he said, and would use to that end all agencies at Its command.: ' ' "If, after Its enforcement to the limit the people do not want to stand for it." he continued, "it Is for the people to say so, and it can be modified; There-has been a good deal of friction between the department of justice and the prohibition unit. Chairman Couzens asserted, but he added that : the committee had been promised by Assistant Secre tarjr Andrews recently placed in supervision of prohibition enforce ment in the treasury, that these difficulties would be eliminated. The committee's investigation, he declared, had demonstrated that the prohibition problem had not been approached- in the proper manner to bring about the best results. i .-: DAVIS TRIAL IS NEAR END EVIDENCE IN ALLEGED GRAFT Case Will Close. Today . TOPEKA- May 19. (Associat ed Press.) -Oratory and- then a verdict are all that remain to com plete the trial of Jonathan M. Da via on a charge' of seeking a bribe for granting ajparole while gov ernor of Kansas. The case will go to the jury to morrow.5 Judge James ; A. Mc Clure will charge the Jury tomor row morning And then give the prosecution, and defense three hours each for arguments. Introduction of evidence ended this afternoon., "A few hours be fore the defense rested its case, the former governor left the wit ness stand after undergoing a pro longed cross examination. If the Jury returns a verdict of guilty Davis will face a sentence of one to flve.years at hard labor in the 4tate penitentiary or imprisonment in the county " jail not to exceed one year. Coupled with a'fine of $1000, He is charged with solicit ing $2500 bribe from Anthony L. Oswald, young attorney who sought a parole for Walter Grundy convicted Hutchinson banker, still '1 Uejjuajud eq nj Girl t Leave City Tuwday. and Man j Returns Prom Ills x - "Summer Vacation:" I That; a Bian; may unflinchingly face the (artillery cn he .western f on t, eastern front or any other front; other than that presented by an ; irate young lady with a bUBioess-liko "gat" in her 1 hand may be testified to by a promin ent young Salem.' business mari. according to, various and authen tic sources. According to the story, the young !man called upon his best girl a; week ago Sunday night and in -the course of the evening, broke the engagement that existed between j them. Whether feminine pride was wounded or the loss of a good: man was too great to bear is not kno wn, but the young lady, ii. approved western style, drew her trusty revolver, upon, which the young man left her home. At a safe distance, some nine miles from the girl's home, the sheriffs; office was notified but no official action taken under the circumstances. Monday, the fol lowing day, .the young man was iotinihis accustomed place and his employers announced that he as taking' his summer vacation. Yesterday the young lady !eft for eastern Oregon and perhaps it a as coincidence, ; but the young man appeared in the city and will be back; in his place today where he is employed. . r ERROR THROWS DAMAGE ACTION BACK IN COURT - i, i RETRIAL ORDERED LY OPIN ION RY.CIHEF JUSTICE i Stanfleld vs. Fletcher,! Involving Suit tor $7500, Thrown Rack; i Into. Marlon Court . , Error in instruction given to jurors in the case of Hilda Stan field against Mrs. Zella S, Fletch er, Salem, - who was sued for 00 aamage5''nn.rtW'em?Toy- ers liability act, will result in a re-trial pf the case in circuit court according 4o an opinion handed down j Tuesday by the supreme court, The opinion, written jby Chief Justice McBride, reverses the late Judge George G. Bing ham. ; ' ' . i Ray Stanfleld. the plaintiff's husband, was killed on April jlo, 1922, while operating a wood saw operated by a gasoline engine. There were no witnesses, the case hinging upon circumstantial evi dence, j It la said the machine was not properly protected with safety guards. j Other cases handed down by the supreme court yesterday were: William Crowther vs. C. R. Jones, appeal from fMultnomah county; motion to dismiss appeal granted by Chief Justice McBride. Ej C. Herrlck vs. Clyde E. R. Wallace and j others, appeal from Lone county, action to cancel satisf tc tion of judgment; opinion by Jus tice Brown, affirming Judge G. F. Skipwbrth. Petition for rehear ing denied in the case of Gilbert vs. Branchflower. SCRAPPING IS FAVORED O'CONNOR IS SUPPORTED IN i PROPOSAL TO HOARD ' WASHINGTON, May 19 (By The Associated Press) (ihalrman O'Connor of the Shipping Board declared in a statement today thai his proposal to scrap as useless 400 Idle government merchant vessels was supported by a re port of a committee ot experts made to him last April. - i The experts he said, found that 521 -cargo vessels, of which 302 were lakers, were in excess of the commercial needs of . the country and were not required In connec tion with the military service. . The committee was made up of representatives of the war depart ment, navy; department, depart ment of commerce, the shipping board and ; the fleet, corporation and was said to have acted under, the authority of the committee ap pointed by the president in 1924 to study and make recommenda tions! oni : matters affecting! the American merchant marine. The report of the . president's com mittee was made public some time! ago, but it did not go Into detail, on the question of scrap ping. ! . ; .-. , i GIRL 14, IS SUICTDE ! VANCOUVER, Wash.. May 19 Grace Esther. All way, 14. daugh ter of Mr.' and Mrs. Alfred Tr. All. way or Bear Prairie, near Washou gal, committed suicide early today by shooting herself in the ihead with a rifle. The act was believed by her parents to have been the result of a quarrel with, a boy irienrj, - Growers of Salem District Meet Last Night and Form New Association PROBLEM IS DISCUSSED Good Price WUl Be Received For Fruit Regardless, of LiJuited Production; California ' Short " Following an enthusiastic meet ing of the cherry growers of. this city at the Chamber of Commerce last night, a new association, of Cherry growers was former. The new organization has many ot the prominent cherry growers of the district including George Vick, E. O. Brooks, , J. F, Hogg, and Max Gehaler. of Polk county, j Discnssjpn of the cherry prob lems of the district disclosed that regardless of the limited produc tion of th.e,crop here, aj good price is in the offering for the growers. The tonnage for the Salem dis trlcts,whlch is produced around the Salem homes, will be notice ably reduced and the, production cut down. it was shown.; County Fruit Inspector Van Trump stated that this year's yield I will be smaller than usual, while other growers were very 'optimistic la the prices that "could be secured. Reports of good crops from certain districts were made by re- preventatives present. ' A telegram read before the members of the new association that the California cherry crop was entirely sold out at 18.40 per 100. The crop showed a scarcity, while the demand for cherries was keen, according to the: telegram received by Max Gehaler, promin ent worker in the new j organiza tion, y-'' - - u I Many new members were secur ed by the association last night, following the close of the discus- r? In order to secure a price for the Salem cherries, a committee of five members Is to be selected, which will confer with! cannery men to determine the price for the product. . j - J The meeting was called by O. E. Brooks and Max Gehler. cnerrj grower of the Willamette valley. Picking prices will be announced later. - ! ' j C. A. Clark was named presl dent, while J. Gi Hogg was elect ed secretary. A committee con sisting of Max Gehler, B. I. Fer guson and M. L. Guy, of Dallas, was appointed to confer with- the cannerymen. I . i i " PIERCE'- PROTESTS DAM STRUCTURE REGARDED MEN ACE TO. FISII INDUSTRY . If construction of the Priest Rapids dam will in any manner prove a menace to the fishing In dustry of the Columbia river. Gov ernor. Pierce will seek action pre venting the. improvement of the structure ort compel , the builders to install facilities ,ta protect the propagation of salmon, it is indi cated in a letter to the secretary of interior at Washington, D. C Hundreds of letters protesting the dam have been received since the. license was granted by the fed eral power commission to the Washington Irrigation and Devel opment company, r The construc tion Is held by the governor as a menace to one of the state. s basic industries, which represents mil lions o? dollars in investments. GIRL MAY DIE FRQ3I CRASH " TACOMA. May 19 Six year old Mildred Miller was possibly fatally Injured, and four other persons Were more or less seriously hurt, in a series of auto accidents last nisrht and todavJ - The Miller girl suffered a frac tured skull when etruck by a mo tor truck yesterday evening. SIi had not regained conscloussness late tonight and her condition waa described by hospital authorities ' i , mm rri t ira l ; a. - S TATE S 7.1 A l l Classified Ads Bring Resultc John i Waiiamioa, local eentrwt "T bd lot ha wthd it dispew of. K pric4 It risht mnd InMTtcd a la EtuMmsn ellied column. 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