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DID YOU "KNOW. "HAT SALE SIT. 171 LL1 1 N.DUE COURSE BECOME A GREAT I BBliSATIOWGEWTii: SEVENTY-FIFTII VEAR . Salem, Oregon; Thursday morning, may 21, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS ' DOWIELLKOil TRUSTIES ARE NEEDED mil Lira kill TORRENT SWEEPS DOWN STREETS; DAMAGE HIGH POPPIES TO BE SOLD j BY WAR VETS MAY i27 DISJPPEf.EE OF IIESSIGPKD DAVIS IS ACQUITTED OF (CHARGE OF BRIBE GRAFT GllllPffli PETITIO ' -DM BY: C01I IN FLAX PLANT WORK ST STARD TRIAL REPORT IS TODAY WOODCUTTERS CA LLED " IN j FROM C.UIP'AT TlTlVEIt LEXIXfJTOV. EASTERN ORE- TWO DAY 4 KALE WILL BE STAGED BY SALEM POST FORMER .KANSAS GO"KRXOR . ACQUITTED RY .URY : iO J X UNDATED BY FLOOD MU v 1 Jazz Mad Disciple of Night Life Is Declared Sane by State Hospital CASE MAY BEGIN MONDAY 17 Year Ola Killer of Mother May Enter Plea That Male Coinpan-i 1 ' Ion Is Responsible ; for Death SAN FRANCISCO, Mjiy 20. (By The Associated Press.) Dor othy Elllngson, 17 year old San Francisco matricide is sane f and murder. Dr. J. M. ScaiTland. med ical' superintendent of the Napa state hospital and his staff of sev en other physicians today present ed a1 report to District Attorney Matthew Brady saying that a close observation of the: girl for a per fml of more than;30 days had ter minated that she was In futl pos Efeion of her faculties 'and men tally responsible in every way. Assistant District Attorney Har mon D. Skillen, the prosecutor in the case said he expected -to have the girl returned to the county jail here tomorrow. He was ready to go ahead with the murder trial on Monday, be said. , The girl was committed to the hospital on April 9, after a jury had found her insane. The insanity hearing was sub stituted for the murder trial be cause of the girl's hysterical out ! bursts in the court room during the latter hearing. In his report Dr. Scanland said that; he not only observed the girl'a actions very closely himself, but, also had a corps of nurses do the same thing. In addition he in terrogated ner lather and brother at great length. . - ; Dorothy Ellingson, "jazr mad'' disciple of the night life, shot and killed her mother, Mrs. Anna El- lingson, at their home here on January 18, afer being -retusled permission by the elder' woman to attend a liquor party that night. The girl attended the party arid waa arrested a -day later. Accompanying Dr. Scanland's report was a statement from the young matricide which indicates thati her new defense will be that a male companion mordered her mother. , s ; The girl had previously confess- t in iuc ii) iUK. The announcement of her sanity tame as a surprise to relatives and attorneys who defended the girl when her case wag being tried!. "The defense counsel were not prepared lor this move," Sylvester IvlcAtee defense attorney is quoted as savins;. "Dorothv'q insanHr urn . . I I - J - uuu nc kuuiiiu. er the.CAKe rlnsprt " ; Joseph EUlngson. the girl's 'father, refused to talk, white her brother. Earl, merely said he would confer with Dorothy's at torneys at' once. ' PRICE CHANGE IN PAST U 65 YEARS IS COMPILED PARMER SELLS EGGS AT TIIU EE TEXTS PER DOZEN J lam Sold at 7 Cents Poml; Reef j . 3J5 Cents; Stove Wood f 1 a Cord WASHINGTON, May 20. (By Associated Press.) Department of Agriculture experts, in hunting down data for -a statistical com pilation of the, price range bn agricultural products during the past 100 years have come across some astonishing exhibits of the low cost of food-stuffs In bygone years. it Js a matter record that Caleb Hitchoock, a merchant of Porry county, Ohio, tTurchased from Holten Majors, a farmer, 35 dozen eggs at three cents a dozen, and sold to him two gallons of whis key at 23 cents a gallon. But this happened In 1860. The records further show that Hugh Manney, of Lake City; Mis sissippi, in 1818 sold 98 pounds oY. raw cotton at 8. cents a pound. In I860 corn In Minne sota sold for 30c a bushel, and wheat for 75c a bushel. In 1846 Jn Chester county, I1L, bam sold for 7c a pound, beef 2 H a pound and stove wood $1 a cord. In 1848 In Caarles county Mary land, two pounds of chewing to balcco sold for thirty cents. In 1834 in Cleveland. Ohio, corn sold for from 15c to 20c a bushel and wheat from 50c to 60c. ' During the same year In Morgan county, 111., cows sold for "from $10 to $20 and live Logs BLtwo cents a m ' Sickness Deplete Ranks; Contract Nearly, Filled . During -1 he Winter Months Sickness : and; discbarge has thinned-the ranks of the trusties at the prison wood camp near Turner to such an extent 'that on Wednesday Warden A. M. Dalrym pte called in ' the remaining six men who will be put to work In the flax industry. The camp was opened In February with a crew of 12 men. . ;;; ; .,, r y ,- - All available trusties are need ed for the Ilax industry. Warden Dalrymple said, and the material from which these are . selected is running low. The. prison contracted for near ly 1,000' cords of good last fall and approximately 750 cords have been cnt. The work was carried on without the loss of a man. FEDERAL BOARD MAY GO ABOLITlOX OF FEDERAL TRADE COLAIISSION HINTED I WASHINGTON, May 20 (By The Associated Press) Strong indications .that an effort will b made at the next session of 'con gress to abolish j the federal trade commission followed quickly to day upon an address by commis sioner W. E. Humphrey, challeng ing the right of. the senate to di rect it to make investigations for its information. I Mr. Humphrey i citing several senate, resolutions directing in vestigations not'directly relating to alleged anti-trust law violations announced ' that; "the question of our Jurisdiction under such re commendations had been submit ted to the attorney general and that his opinion " would be followed "until reversal by the courts." : Commenting on the commission er's address which was delivered before the annual convention of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Senator Borah, repub lican, Idaho, declared that "ft seems to me that-the best "fWiar to do with the federal trade com mission is to abolish it." i Mr. Borah who opposed the bill created the emniission on the ground that political considera tions were likely to influence its official acts was joined by other senators in the view that its act Ion with respect to senate resolu tions had demonstrated that it could not be expected to carry out the plans they regarded as lead ing to its its establishment. ". "It is perfectly apparent," Mr. Borah said, "that it is not going to be of any service to tlie coun try and in the interest of economy and peace in the business of the world it would be) better to abolish it. After a commission of this kind comes under the influence of factional pontics and political pressure from the outside it can be of no possible service to the people. The commission is no longer a protection to the small business interests the . purpose of its creation can not under ex isting conditions be realized." TRUCK VICTIM IMPROVES TACOMA, Ma 20. Slight im provement in the condition of Mil dred Miller, 6-year-old girl who received a fractured skull Monday night when struck bv aJ motor truck, was reported today! The girl regained;, j consciousness late last night, after beinier in a state of coma for more than 24 hours. Wednesday' in Washington Experts of several government departments ' began i inquiry Into the use . of ethyl gas as a motor fuel. , , u4,;.i:;:;:L.ri;iiT: :V :'J,. Strong Indications developed that a move will be made at the next session of congress to abolish the, federal trade commission, :;;!. '.' - Secretary Work lifted aa em bargo on the use of public lands along the Rio Grande river In Col orado and New Mexico which' had rested since 1896. V- -Ill: -j' ' . I . Business leaders addressed group meetings devoted to .various phases of commerce and industry' at the opening of the - United States chamber of cammerce con vention, ; It was announced that Secretary Weeks plans an early departure for New England i for & medical consultation to determine the ne cessity for: an operation. . :.i ; The Mevican embassy as '. in formed that steps "had been taken to punish- those responsible 1 for the death of a Mexican prisoner at San Quenlin" penltentlar j - ; ... ' . , . 1 1 ' -i Salem's Quota Is Ejected to Be Reported Reached by Committees UP TO VALLEY CITIES Industrial DevelopnHiit KrMs Upon Retponse Throngh " Distrltt; l u n c li e o n ' i WHI Be Held Tmlay Salmen's quota towards secur Ing a new $600,000' linen mill here is assured,' in so far that a number of the local business men have agreed to go out and get the remaining $27,000 that is yet unsigned according to the report made at the Salem Chamber of Commerce : yesterday, fi I The money had not been se ct red as yet. Sand the nien have to get signatures upon the dotted line to cove the sum that they have agreed to go out and get. ,Tbey: bate a big job before them and they are using every effort to secure j contributors towards the lemaining sum. if i 5 This group of busfness men have definitely assured the pro moters of the new linen mill taat the sum will be realized. I; To that extent, the Salem quota has been realized. It is now; up to 7 tne other communities of he valley to come across with the quota and thecity will make a step forward In the industrial development. Those Interested i should com municate with ithe Salem Cham ber of Commerce in brder that a representative call and secure the signatures. The workers who un oertook to secure the last $27,000 want to get every small subscriber who desires to buy thTee or four shares of the stock. JThfty realize that with tbe combined effprfs of the small subscriber' and the large one that the actual quota can be secured. " ; , '-. !-l j; ji. I ..j 1 A complimentary Iiincheon 13 to be held today at the Salem Cliam ter of Commerce where the' worfc- erewlir4 make '"a report of their work.; No outstanding! pledges have been secured ' towards buy ing sha.es of the stock of the linen mill, but is expected some results ' will have been accom plished during the past three days. ROAD WORK SCHEDULED 1 RAILROAD OOXSTIUCTION TO BE STARTED THIS SUMMER ! PORTLAND, Ore. May 20. Work on Oregon's new railroad route east by the Southern Pa cific through south 'central Ore gon bq connecting the Strahorn line with the Nevada-California-Oregon and rebuilding the latter road on standard guage will be started,, probably before the end of summer.'. Application will be filed Boon with the interstate commerce com mission, officials said, for permis sion to carry out the financial ar rangements already made, where by the Southern Pacific takes control of the Nevada-Califorqia-and JOastern. ' ' i ' As soon as that is granted and the necessary certificate of pub lic convenience and necessity i3 forthcoming it is understood con struction work will be started.; : TWO CHINESE ARE KILLED OTHERS ARE SEVERELY HURT RESULT OF GUN FIGHT ' -VANCOUVER, B. C, May 19.. Two Chinese are dead and two are critically wounded ; as a result, of a gun battle in a bunkhouse of the McNail Shingle company mill at Port Moody tonight. The oth er Chinese are being held by po lice. - r;-'v ;; : ' ; ' Fred Lambert, also known as Dip, who also dangerously wound id two other countrymen antl then killed himself, the police report ed. Two Chinese whO ' sought to escape in an automobile f ollow ing , the shooting were arrested A criminal lawsuit now being heard in local courts which arose from street fights and riots in Vancouver's Chinatown home a year ago Is believed to have been the' cause of tbe rouble. c CHINESE SAUI MCRDERERS VANCOUVER, BfiC.; May 20r Shui Sing and Shen Say Yung. Chinese today were charged with murder in connection with a shooting, affray last night at Port Moody, near here, in -which two Chinese were , killed and a third la tally wounded. Tlje killings were said to be the result of a long standing feud between factions of the Shen Yea Benevolent associa tion. ' .. . - , Damage Placed at Over $30,000; Clomlburst Carries Baildlngs Away. LEXINGTON, Ore.. May 20 Flood waters, . the result ot a cloudburst, tore down Blackuorse canyon this afternoon, swept through Lexington and left in their wake damage conservative ly estimated at $30,000. The wall .'of water, six feet high struct; the town about 2 o'clock after causing undetermined dam age to the highway and bridges in the canyon, b :! I The Pacific Telephone and Tele graph's company's office here was dislodged from its foundation and carried 'across the street, as were a harness llshop, post office and other small buildings. Tbe Har nett company's general store in undated ; by ;i the mud and water suffered a loss estimated at $ 15, 000. j The A. L. Beach implement storej was damaged to, the extent of about5 $2,)00 The telephone company's loss was not determin ed, i In Addition general damage to the community was put at about $10,000.. f The business district only of Lexington was in the path of the waters. No '.serious injuries were reported; The flood' soon sub sided, tha water being carried away by Willow creek,, in which Blackhorse creek runs at this point. Linesmen were sent from The Dalles to make repairs to the tele phone system. j Small farm buildings , np the canyon were reported to have suf fered considerable damage and in several' places the highway was litered with debris. GIRL DESERTED AT ALTAR ?IAN RLOPIvS WITH OTHER r "WTOMAX; MARRIED L.TEIt ( OAKLAND, Cal., , May 20.; Newspapers of Oakland and San Francisco are saying that while Miss' Sarah Florence Arena, prom inent young - society woman, was preparing 'for an elaborate wed ding here tonight, she received word that William Wellguth, 23, and wealthy, who was to be the bridegroom, had elopde with Miss Mary Lennon, whom he i lad known only a short time, and was married at 3 o'clock this morn ing. More;! than 500 invitations had been issued to the wedding. Miss ; Arena fainted on receiving the news, her friends said. Mrs. Arena also was reported to have been voercome. The Wellguths were married by a justice of the peace in Martinez and after the Ceremony ate ! breakfast at the home of the official. After they left on their honeymoon. DIAMOND HOLDUP LARGE - OVER $100,000 IX .JEWELS ; TAKEN IX TWO ROBBERIES CHICAGO, May 20. By Asso ciated Press.) Two robberies in ctown town jewelry stores today netted robbers of unset diamonds rnd other jewelry valued at up ward of $100,000. h ; ! ' In one robbery four ; men, threatening death to all who stood in ; their way, invaded the loop offices of Julius Heinsius and es caped with diamonds valued at be tween $55,000 and $60,000. In the second robbery three men raided the joint offices ' of three diamond merchants' in east Madison street, held the mer chants at bay with pistols, slugged a salesman and escaped with dia monds valued at between $25,000 and $50,000 after attempting to shoot" half a dozen persons- who tried to interfere with them.: One of the robbers was captured later by an elevator man after he had dashed down 11 flights of Stairs. He-said his name-was Frank A! on asco. " His companions " escaped with the gems. LIGHTENING HITS MINE ; JOPLIN, Mo ilay 20. (By Associated'- Prese.) -Lightning de scended in a mine shaft 150 feet to claim, a ; victim near here late today, when a bolt struck a steam boiler with a deafening crash at the mine, dazing Roy Fenix. hoist man, who was tending the fire box. It ' followed the codrse' pf a steam pipe leading into tbe bosom of the earth and spent Ita. force through the body of William Frie: 22, who was standing next to the pipe. V. . f"-J . ' "' '..:'- : -Working with Frie in the shaft was H. Frizzell, his stepfather. Although dated by the crash of lightning, FHzzell heard Frie say: "I'm killed." With that Frie lumped 'to the rounL dead. - " Hundreds of Iisabled Veterans Given Work; New Standards Are Sought f The Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct a poppy sale May 27 and 28, according to action taken by the local post last night. Poppy week, a national move has been inaugurated by the Veterans of Foreign Wars to give employment to disabled veterans who are unable to find a place in the industrial world ( be cause o f their injuries. Hundreds of, veterans are thus kept at work who otherwise would be without employment. Plans, have- been outlined' for an active two days in Salem by the local organization. The auxi liary of the order are to put the poppies before the public; The Veterans also instituted a plan to secure funds to purchase a set of -standards for the local post. ' Already money has been contributed by the members, who are to secure, the money various ways. " ' j. j New members proposed for the Veterans of Foreign ' Wars last night are Gale Clark Cray, Ansley G. Bates and William L. Carver. BLOODHOUNDS SEEK MAN WOMAN IS SHOT, ; COTTAGES FIRED. XIECE ABDUCTED WINTHROP, Me.. May 20. Bloodhounds tonight went on the trail of jhe man who shot and wounded Mrs. Emma Towns, ab ducted her 55-year-old niece, Miss Aida Heyward. and then fired thei summer cottage on the shore of Maranacock lake, early today. ! The . dogs picked 'up the trail of a mon and a woman that led to the top of a hilt: Armed posses returned to Winthrop tonight af ter a futile search through the surrounding woods. Authorities were on the lookout Xor a closed automobile seen on the roads early this morning carrying a man', and a woman. A cap was fonnd near The cottage : and' a name firthe crown written in inkj indicated that 8s owner might be an em ploye of a Mount Vernon dance hall, i ... . - . j;- News of the crime spread rapii ly and almost before dawn citizens appeared ready to start on the search. Winthrop, a peaceful lit tle village lying in a valley be tween two lakes, took on the as pect of a frontier town, j I Armed men were everywhere, and two factories- closed their doors. ! I ! REBEL TROOPS GROWING : i I . MOROCCAN FORCES INCREAS ING GREATLY ON BORDER PARIS, May 20 (By The Asso elated Press) Late reports from Morocco - say that the forces pt Abd-el-Krim, the rebel leader, on the. Ouergha river, which were es timated at 20,000 men, when the first drive began, have been large ly increased.' He is believed to be making ready for a hard push, to ward Ouezzan.i v J? : , : :i I - The rebel leaders attempt to transform his movement into , a Holy war is believed to have fail ed because he is at the head of a mass of Berber, tribesmen J who hare . no sympathies with the Musselmans. j i The- communist forces In France, however. are asserted to have actively enlisted in Abd-el-Krim's cause -and to be endeavor ing to develop sentiment hostile to , further action in the Riff re gion bythe French forces. Their action is said to be supported by the extreme socialists who are al leged in political circles here fto have chosen this pretext' to attack the Painleve cabinet. - Skillfully handled by the com munists and extreme socialists this political f offensive threatens to break' the 'government coalition in the chamber of deputies. Kilnr is believed to be streng theningxhis forces. for a drive just about the ; time ' the chamber of deputies convenes next Monday so as to increase' the embarassment of the government. ' SALARY INCREASE ASKED SEATTLE, May 20. Revision of the city charter to provide for a four year term, for mayor at a "salary sufficient to attract the best talent in the city," was urged by Mayor Edwin J. Brown before the Seattle. Bar, association here today. ' ;? ; : WOULD PREVENT INCOME TAX SEATTLE, May 20. -A prohib itory clause In the state constitu tion to prevent ; the possibility of a state income tax was advocated by J. Grant Hinkle, . secretary of state here toda -m Important .Man in Shepherd Case Not Yet Found by State Officials GRAND JURY MAY ACT Subpoenaes Sen-e! on Detective Agency; Only Three Jurors for Trial Have So Far Been Acceptetl ' CHICAGO. May 20. (Ry the Associated Press. Grand jury .investigation of the disappearance of an important state witness over shadowed interest in the obtain ing of a jury to try William D. Shepherd for the alleged murder by lethal germs of William Nelson McClintock, the millionaire orph an. .-: , Three lentatlve. Jurors", the same number as yesterday and on Mon-day-rlien ' the trial opened, were locked up tonight, their iqualifica tions temporarily acceptable to both sides. : ' j . Chagrined and vexed by the dis appearance of Robert White, who was expected to corroborate the testimony of C. C. Faiman. head of the National University of Sci ences, that Shepherd studied germ culture In the institution, state's attorney Robert E. Crowe called a special session of the grand jury. Forthwith subpoenaes were then served on John E. Jones, head of a detective agency, and. five of his employes. ; No announcement was made of action voted, however, and it was regarded as :- probable that Mr. Crowe had acted to force state ments from persons known to have been' associated In behalf of Shep herd. ... j ,;: William Scott Stewart and W. W. O'Brien, attorneys for Shep herd, Were not summoned before the grand jury but were question ed by the state's attorney during court this afternoon. Both denied they-k4w-of eW-a He's -disappearance orihis whereabouts, and as serted he was desired as a witness for defense. Stewart pointed out that he has an affidavit from White swearing that so far as he knew, Faiman's testimony that for a promise of $100,000 he supplied the typhoid germs to Shepherd and indicated a fatal method of administering them was "framed." Despite failure of state or de fense to find White, who former ly was known as Faiman's "body guard," 1 the Chicago daily news papers printed in all editions today a story: saying "Robert White, vanished state's witness in the Shepherd murder case, was found, today under guard in a downtown hotel." "A chambermaid in the hotel where White is said to have been taken, let slip a word to the state's attorney's office as to where he might be found," said the Daily News. "A check-up on her story was not encouraging to any prose cution that might hope .to convict Shepherd of the murder of Billy McClintock. It was t said that White had given material for the preparation of an affidavit setting forth that his previous testimony was the part assigned him in a gi gantic conspiracy to send Shep herd to the gallows and divide the estate.": . ' Shepherd was named by the youth as chief beneficiary under a will which disposed of an estate valued at approximately $1,500, 000. ; ; ": ; v State's Attorney Crowe and sev eral' assistants returned to the criminal courts tonight after he is said to have learned of an alleged attempt; to tamper with a jury man. ; A man called as a venireman re ported to Mr. Crowe that he had been approached, by a . man who said he had been retained by in terests representing the defendant. I A squad of police was searching tonight for the man who approach ed the venireman and, whose iden tity is : known,' but was not re vealed r j- ; , ' j Shortly after 10 o'clock, detec tives arrested the suspected jury tamperer, according to a message received by Mr. 'Crowe. He was taken at once- to the criminal courts building. His identity was not revealed. NEW LEGATE SWORN IN WASHINGTON, May 20 John A. McMurray was sworn in today as minister to China to succeed Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman.' who is now . in Washington - awaiting final Instructions before going to his new post as ambassador to Germany. Minister MacMurray who was transferred from the post of assistant secretary of state,-will leave - Washington . for, Peking about June -15; " Fonr Ballots Aw-Xecesarj-; Andi ence Breaks Into Tuniult n- " oua Applause ' . ' TOPEKA, Kansas, May 20 Former Governor J. M. Davis of Kansas tonight was acquitted of a. charge of soliciting a bribe for A pardon while governor. The jury deliberated for three hours, j Another criminal .action remains pending against him ; and his son,' Russell. " t Four? ballots were taken by the jnry. On the first two the vote was 10 to 2 for acquittal.-' Only one juror voted for conviction on the third ballots The audience ap plauded tumultuously. . Governor Davis dashed into the private chamber of District Judge James A. McCiure as soon a he was able ,to break away from friends! in the court room. "Thank you, judge," he said, grasping the jurist's hand. S "Congratulate my -; wife; this is her victory," declared "he former governor when a friend patted him . on 'the shoulder. . Mr. Davis made his brief state ment to the Associated Press: "It's! the kind of vindication I expected and deserved." Then! he rushed from the court house, saying he -would rest well tonight. : -' Today's session of the trial was taken up by arguments of attor neys.! f Judge "James A. McClnre gave his instructions to the jury this morning. The specific charge against Da vis alleges that, while governor of Kansas, he conspired with Carl J.: Peterson, former state bank com missioner, to ask money for issu ing a pardon-to Walter Grundy", convicted ' Hutchinson banker. -Counsel for the state headed by Attorney General C. B. Griffith, demanded a penitentiary sentence for the former state executive, while the jury was asked by the defense .to s acquit "this good hearted and. honest man." i "This man and his family," de clared the attorney general, shak ing hia fiast-at MauDaxiat, "don't mean anything. They are only a few among 1110, 000,000 people in this country, i But this lawsuit means 'everything. you gentlemen of the! jury must decide whether the men whom you elect to public office shall debauch their trust." The crime which this man com mitted is a stab at the heart of your! government. The crime Is more serious than murder in the first degree." i The defendant sat calmly before the bar of justice while Attorney Griffith, once his neighbor, de dared in a thundering voice that the former governor was worse than a murderer. A few times before Mr. Davis wiped, a tear from his eyes as the chief defense counsel, Jqt A.'-M.Harvey, softly beseeched the jur ors to return .a verdict of not guilty, so that "good hearted and honest man can send a telegram to his farmer friends in Bourbon county saying: , 'Folks, I'm com ing home. " r . . PIERCE MESSAGE IS READ "i ; - r ' OREGON OPPOSITION TO DAM CONSTRUCTION XOTIJD SEATTLE, May 20. DeteTmin ed opposition to the construction of a $100,000,000 hydro-electric project dam on the Columbia river at' Priest rapids, unless further steps are taken to safeguard the Columbia river salmon fishing In dustry was voiced hy regon repre sentatives on a joint fishery 'com mission which met here today. A telegram ) sent by Governor Pierce of Oregon to Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work was read at the conference. L . Governor Pierce had previously instructed the Oregon attorney general to prepare for legal action, ft was Intimated. j S.1 P. Kendall, Oregon member of the joint commission, wa,s ab sext from the meeting but Oregon was represented by J. E. Yates, Ed Sims, chairman, W. p. Shan non and Dean John Cobb of "the University of Washington are rep resenting the state of Washington. Experiments by the school of fisheries at the University of Washington have proved that fish can be raised over any dam.' Sims announced. Tbe commission this afternoon inspected model fish ways.' ' ' ' - - : ! - ' f500 ItECETVED FOft SCARS . SEATTLE, May 20. A Verdict of $500 damages was awarded by a Jury in superior court heTe to day i to Marcelle Hayser, 5 year old orphan, for permanent! scars which resulted from bites inflict ed by a dog helonging to II. E. Foster, Seattle attorney. I The child through'her attorneys,! asked $5,000." - - - - ! . Injunction Against? Tobacco . Dealers' Petition Is Not Sustained DECISION HANDED DOVfl Court Derlai'M Appeal Not Enter ert Within Specif lel Time Pro- ;vided b' Liw; JfefereiMlum I'plicld Judge L. H. McMahan denied the request of Q. C. Chapman that an injunction be granted restrain ing the referendum petition of tho tobacco dealers against the tobac co tax bill.1 The court gave as one of its reasons tUat .the appeal from the ballot title was not made within the 20 days provided by statute. j j According to .the decision of the court, if Chapman's petition was sustained, the whole referendum proceedu re would fall. "It would establish a precedent which would within itself, constitute the grav est assault ever made upon the principles of- directj legislation," the decision states, ; j "The code provides- that appeal may be taken to this court when ever any person desires to chal lenge the sufficiency of the title framed by the attorney general, but the code further provides that such appeal must -be taken within 20 days -after the title has beea certified to the secretary, of state, and further, that, the; decision of this court shall be final." In- the present case, the decision states, the petitioner; failed to present his appeal within the 2t) days alloted by ithe a.w. If the petition was sustained, the court (Continued on page 2) " 1 i SALEM RAT POPULATION ' ESTIMATED AT 50,000 CITY LOSES OYER ! 10,000 AN. XUALLY TO RODENTS Two Pretty Girls, Professionals if Work, to Drive Undf-rsirableg Away! Thr rats of Salem are costing $19,000 per year, estimating fhv population at 25,000 and the cost per person $1.82, which is the fi gure established by the United States department of agriculture, according to Misses Helen Cald well and Anna .Mae Wright, two West Virginia, girls who are in Sa lem on a rat extermination cam paign. L " - ; ; Already their campaign has been .outlined and in co-operation with Dr. William Boyd Mott, city health officer, business men of the city are to be j interviewed, preparatory to the! start; in-tha warehouse district of the city. There are 50.000 rats in the city of Salem, declared Miss Helen Caldwell, in commenting upon the rat-srtuation here. An unusual high; rate may gkt, because of the open dump system the city has of caTfag fer refu,Ut ls stated. When the workers get through the rat population will ha ir. nun less, which? means i that one rot per person will' be alive. The work; of the two girls has the sanction of the United States public" health service, although they are working independent of the service. Through co-operation with the city officials the girls are to aid in caring fbr the rat problem that Is bothering the residents of the city Particular attention is to fce paid the city dump and the pnliic warehouses as well as the ware houses of the business men - Mis Helen Caldwell of "llum- Mae Wright of Portsmouth, V Va have exterminated millions of the Hawaiian Islands. . . They are to spend lo to 1 days in Salem In the work Claims One Jime lo .- . - Enough "How many times do you want the ad run?" was askel the party placing a want ad. la this morning's Statesman. "Once will be enough," was the answer. "I usually get ex cellent results from my want ads. in the Statesman," adde i the -customer. Every day someone offers such testimonials of result from classified ads. in it Statesman, j These results ar obtained because these columr of the Statesman are scann . daily by tbe majority of th 75,000 people .la the Cal: trading area. V J
