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I ' : I 1 i ! " jr.; SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR salem; Oregon; Friday morning, may 22, ,1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS LIIflffllLLOIIOTIl REACHED IFJ SALEM GOVERNOR TURNS SOD , FOR STATE BUILDING ClLLEiESIED; GIRL IS EXONERATED OF PLAN SUMMER RESORT FOR SPONG'S LANDING CUTTING OF WASTE IN I GOVERNMENT. IS URGED HELLO PEE 1 I'LLIiSWti' KILLING MOTHER'S RIVAL BY STATE COUFEL CLUBS ARK HOUSED j IX OWN HOMK AT FAIR GROUNDS 0OROXKR'S JTRV FREES 1 10 : YEAR OLD SCHOOL Gilt ji i . 1 ! SECRETARY HOOVER SPEAfeS AGAINST OVERLAPPING THREE ARE KILLED 1(1 CYCllIC OKIE ! .Total of $305,890 Secured, Chamber of Commerce An nounces at Meeting OTHER CITIES TO HELP Entire Willamette j Valley Mast Put Drive Over in Oreder to ; Secure .Establishment of ' Huge Project Salem's quota is completed. $305,890. has been subscribed , but the goal has not been reached. The; Willamette valley must raise $600,000 to secure the new linen mill here, according to the infor mation released at the Salem qhamber of Commerce yesterday noon. " : - ; The money subscribed by Sa lem verified by ;a name on a dotted line-and does not include the; $68,800 subscribed by D. M. Sanson, president Of the Domin ion Linen Mills Ltd., who is pro emoting the second linen mill for Salem. In yesterday's meeting $6,3,00 was reported in by tele graph, which, will I apply on the Salem quota, independent of the 162,500. which he has applied on the main project, j Mr. Sanson is one of the heaviest investors In the new linen mill, and it is ex pected that he wJll come in for additional stock, before the propo sition is cinched in the Willamette vailey and the mill has been erect ed in Salem. :. t Despite the splendid showing made by the Salem workera they ar desirous of securing additional subscriptions for the Salem quota. The. books at the Salem Chamber of Commerce have not been closed and subscription blanks can be se cured without trouble. Any one desiring to 'enter a subscription cant communicate j with T. I. Hicks, president; of the Salem Chamber of Commerce or with the, office of the organization. i ; The organization of 48 wbrk era here is to be kept intact to as sist in putting the quota's of .Portland, Albany, Silverton, and other cities of the Wlllamelteral- leyt who are interested in theprQ Ject. .. U : . ':'4 Sentiment in portland'is strong for the new linen mill. "Despite the, report ( that the - committee (here was not' properly organized, a favorable sentiment towards the Jroject was expressed everywhere, t is felt that tittle trouble will be had in getting the $175,000 prom ised by the Portland committee. i; Within a few days r. an active campaign is to he staged there and the, Incentive shown, by the Sa lem workers will be of great as sistance in putting, the proposi tion over the top in Portland,, it is declared. ( " i A little secre was released yes terday noon when Dan. J. Fry and Chas. h. MeNary, prominent work erf in the proposition herp prom ised to wear a pair of linen pants when the mill was established and working. ; .;' 4 ; t . j f The Chamber oi ..Commerce has j sent out letters to the prominent flax growers of the valley, to. se ep fe shares of stocfcVfor tnejjro poed linen mill. The expecta tions for a flax crop here.. are the greatest of all daring the past few years. It is expected that two tons per acre is to be produced In the Willamette valley, this year, s wUh some - sections to make a . greater yield. ) LODGE WILL MEET HERE SALEM COpSEN BY ODD FEL LOWS FOR. 1&2S SESSION ASHLAND, Ore.? May 21. Sa lem will be the scene of the next Oregon state encampment of Odd Fellows, i ;, was decided at the closing session, here today. Henry ' Voung, past deputy grand master, today was elected grand , master. Other officers xhosen were V T. Jackson, deputy grand master; L. I D. Porter, grand warden and E.1E. Sharon, grand secretary. i I Sharon has been grand secre tary of the Oregon lodge since I903. , , L. E. Carter,., by a ..unanimous vote of .the lodge was chosen grand representative to the grand lodge which will meet in Portland In June. Carter was grand master of the order during the 1924-25 year. Mrs. Myrta James of Newport is the new president 'of the Re tekah assembly being chosen oh the first ballot at the closing ses sion this morning.. Miss Dora Sextion of , The Dalles'was chosen vice-president; Etta Sanderson of Freewater4 warden; Gra L. Cos---per, of The Dalles, secretary; Eda - lacob3 ot Portland," treasurer; ' illy Gustin. trustee for the &ome; May Wagner, Annette No lan and Fannie Barger, assembly trustees and Mary Moss ot Lake Tiew, president during the 1925 25 year. ' - ; EXTERTAIX DISABLED VETS WASHINGTON, May 21 Pre sident and Mrs. - Coolidge were hosts today to dLsabled veterans of. the world war. at a garden jarty on the Whit a House lawn. Jersey Jubilee Bring Large. Turn oat For Annual County Event Thursday j 5 .Governor Walter M. Pierce broke the ground for the new $30,000, boys and girls club build ing yesterday at the Marion coun ty day of the Oregon Jersey cat tle jubilee, held at ther Oregon State Fairgrounds. Sixty-seven head of ; the fine Oregon Jersey cattle were on ex hibition, and were judged by J, W. McGIllivary. of Chilliwick. B. C. Ivan LougRary, field representa tive for the American Jersey cat tle association kept the-records. - 'Other judging was done by II. C. Seymour, of the boys and girls clubs, and J. L. Allen, executive of the livestock clubs of Oregon. ! The main, address of the day was made by -Rev. Harry Tucker of Albany, who ' paid especial stress to the dairying industry. Entertainment was furnished! by the state training school band. The boys and i girls building is to he located in the northwest corner of the fairgrounds and Is to be used as a. meeting place for many organizations during the fair week. Part of the building is de signed particularly for the needs of the boys and girls at the fair, in their club work, F. E. Linn, president of the state fair board; Mrs. Ella S. Wil son, secretary; Horace Addis, re presentative of the Oregon Farm er; H. C. Seymourjand many oth ers witnessed the ground break ing. - ) COMMUNITY LIFE SAID SOLUTION OF PROBLEM PRESIDENT COOLIDGE URGES DEVELOPMJLXT OF FLAXS Center of Social Circle Declared ; Nucleus of Governmental : Activity . CHICAGO, May, 21. Probably no activity is of more Importance today than the : encouragement and development i of community President Coolidre said tn a letter to C. r E: BrfuH fnpamgnT -KrKrney' office were setrt-to seirrch the American farm bureau feder ation m commenting on the farm organization's plan, for, a country- wjae lourtn ot i July . celebration among the nearly 2,000 county farm bureaus, j The . letter was made public here tonight. "It was with I i great satisfac tion," the president 1 wrote, "that I learned of the plans of the farm bureau to take the lead in stim'tr lating an organized, nationwide celebration on. the Fourth Of July. The gathering together of our farmers and our townspeople in these countrywide celebrations will give a new significance to the day- ' I !r : r,:.r ' Probably ho activity. Is of more importance than ! , the,, encourage ment and development of our community life. In the , early days this country the church .was the center of community life. Times .and conditions have chang ed. We are in need of social, moral and spiritual as well as economic community action. l I truly, think these Fourth of July celebrations will play an Import ant part in the encouragement of such community spirit. It is par ticularly fitting that the farmers, through your great organization, should take the lead In stimulat ing this movement. 1 i "May I join with you In doing homage to the' farmers of 1776 and may I express to the farmers of 1925 my appreciation for their part in - this great country of ours." " i STATE LINE CUTS FARE SPECIAL SUMMER RATES OF FERED BY" HAMMAN LINE A new tariff, effective June 1 to August 31, has been filed with the public service commission, by the , Mammas ! stages, operating three round trips daily between Salem, Turner,- Stay ton and Mill City. ' . , . ; Reductions for the summer rates range from 10 to 20 per cent on present fares and in addi tion commuters rates have been established, permitting 30 rides for 22 one-way r fares, good be tween all points for any member of a family. Reduced express and package rates with COD privileges are al so announced byfthe tariff.- . PA1TT OF JEWELS RECOEItED CHICAGO, May 21 -Diamonds valued at $40,000. part of the loot taken hy four men in a daylight robbery of a jeweler in a down town building ,Wednesday, were re covered tonight by detectives who arrested a woman In whose flat the gems were found. . -Her name was withheld, pend ing search for her husband and the four men ;whose names have been learned,, ; ;The detectives raided the! flat and obtained Herman Heinstns, the robbery vlstim. In a bedroom the raiders found set and unset diamonds valued at $20,QQ0 and $20,000 more of;the stolen jew eirys .v,rs discovered concealed tn a piano, . i - : Extreme Caution Exercised by Prosecution in! Shep herd Murder Case TAMPERING IS CHARGED Only Two Men Now .Included In Tentative Jury List; Ief en.oe Asks That Proceedure Be ; Speeded I'p; CHICAGO, May 2 1. -Determination 'to speed ug selection of a jury to try William Darling Shep herd on an indictment charging he ted typhoid germs land subtle poisons to William Nelson Mc Clintock, so that he might obtain the youth's estate of $1,500,000, was expressed today jby defense counsel, but adjournment of court found thair , intentions negated. Only two ; tentative jurors were locked up over night jj instead of the three as on each of the pre ceding days of the trial. ' M The panel of four jurors appar ently was agreed upon) late today when William Scott Stewart of defense counsel accepted their ten der by Assistant States Attorney Gorman, but the prosecution hurj riedly reconsidered and removed one of the men by exercising its fourth peremptory challenge. In accepting the four men, Stewart refused to question one of them, and that man also was re moved by a state peremptory chal lenge just prior to adjournment. "I , will demonstrate! by actions that I want this case put through to a decision," said Stewart. "I will accept the first 12 men ten dered me by the prosecution. I want this talk of jury tampering halted. ' We believe, any 12 men the state decides on are suffici ently honorable for them to pass as jurors will satisfy ojir demands also." f j Philip ! Barry, called as a ven ireman, reported to Robert E; Crowe, the state's attorney that he was "approached"! by a 'mAn who said he was acting in behalf of Shepherd's defense.! Detectives from thej state's at tor the man referred to only as "Cal." ' j . The defense denies ft had tam pered with Barry and pointed out he was a former federal agent and.not acceptable as k jurors The county grand jury met In special session again today to in vestigate further the? dissapear ance of Robert White,? claimed by both prosecution and defense as a material .witness. ' j ! , Arthur Byrne, a private detec tive employed by the defense was reported to have told j the grand jurors he had talked with White just prior to his disappear ance. ; White, Byrne was reported to have testified stated his ilife had been threatened and that the story he had told connecting Shep herd with C. C. Faiman, proprie tor of the small national univer sity of sciences, was concocted be cause of intimidation. Byrne said White gave the defense attorneys and affidavit withdrawing his or iginal statement. I; - Faiman, indicted with Shep herd, but granted a separate trial testified that for a i promise of $100,000 from the estate of young McClintock, he gave Shepherd ty phoid germs and taught him how to slay the youth with them.i AIR COMPANY IVCOltPORATES CHICAGO, May 21. The Na tional Air Transport. Inc.. backed by more than a score of the na tion's leading business men and capitalized at $10,000,000, Iwaa organized here today for the pur pose of operating a!( commercial line between , New York and Chi cago carrying express and freight by night over a lighted, airway. The New York-Chicago line is only the first unit of a series of simi lar air lines the company expects to establish. It is expected ; that the service will be j inaugurated early in the fall. : : . i ABD-EL-KRIM'S TRIBESMEN, 40,000 STRONG, ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE FRENCH AND SPANISH FROM MOROCCO ;il h VJ ' " 1 I I i ' ''v; 1 . ... -.'Xnf ', Ab3-fl-KrIm's trocp movements! are taken, to'indiccta a' plan to drive the French, aa well as the EpaaLsht Iiqzx llgrccco, "'A3 tlis ; "Hjterlcnl Frenzy Ieclarel Re- i sponsible for Act; Family ; I -i i Reunites t i CHICAGO. May 21 (By The Associated Press Arm and arm and resolved to begin over, Lucille Wunseh and her parents lert court today following a verdict in which a coroner's jury completely exone rated the 16 year old high school girl j from guilt although she had fired a shot that killed Agnes Simneck, her mother's rival. ; j InJier story of the shooting, the glrl took the jury frankly into her ;onfidence, i sparing not a detail that; had led up to the hurried trip at mother and daughter totte Simneck home, the qua'rrel Mrs. Wunseh, the Simneck girl had, and the fatal shots with which Luclle interposed, "simply to scare her." Lucile told the jury where she had kept a revolver concealed for 4 month resolved that at the first Opportunity she would put an end to her father's affair. - ' i "My heart ached, she said, when nightly my poor darling Inother would sit on the porch waiting, longing, hoping that 4ny father would forget Agnes, that be would return to her and us chil dren." I The verdict of the jury, consist ing! of five men and a woman, said the girl "suffered from hys terical frenzy due to the scuffle between her mother and the de ceased," and that she "accidental ly fired the shot that killed the deceased. We exonerate her from all blame." i William Wunseh, the father, and Mrs. Wunseh were both slightly .injured by another shot from the weapon as they strug gled to disarm the girl. NATIONAL COMMANDER OF VETERANS COMING it WILLIAM M. COFFIN DUE- FDR VISIT OX SATURDAY t Extensive Preparations Made if or J i Entertainment of Distinj : guislied Guest L WUliamMr Coffin, jiatvital commander of the Sons of Veter ans will arrive in Salem Saturday Dn the last leg of his western tour from Washington, D. C. ! Extensive preparations - have been made for his entertainment here, with a banquet arranged in hi3 favor to be served at the ar mory during the evening, with members of the Sons of Veterans as guests. Mr. Coffin is schedul ed to speak before an assembly at the Salem Chamber of Commerce. ( Nearly all officers of the aux iliary of the local organization will be present, as well as delegates from the Portland organization. From Salem he will go to Port land on his way to Washington, D. C. While in Salem he will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Terwiiliger. COAL DISCOVERED VANCOUVER, II. C, May 21. Discovery of a vein of coal 525 feet thick in continuous forma tion and practically unbroken by shale seams, was reported : by A. C. McDongall . here today. The coal, find: is at Hat Creek,; 170 mile's north of Vancouver on the Pacific Great Eastern railway and about 15 miles from Pavillion sta tion. The coal area is said to be 3 miles long by 24 miles wide and has . been located by drilling operations. . BEER SALES NOT OBLIGATORY VAN COUVER, B. C, May 21 Beer parlor license holders today received word from Hugh David son, liquor board controller, that Ihey need. not serve customers If they don't want to. This removes objections , raised some time ago to the new law based on the im pression that it required them to serve all comers. . ! Specific protests were directed at the possibility of women custo mers, and several beer halls to night bore signs ; discouraging ; feminine patronage. ' French army In Morocco under Marshal Lyautery numbers only 40,000 the forces are about equal. Above - fire -pfctttTed Borne of tLa WOODMEN OF; WORLD TAKE OPTION 240 ACRES Beach aiHl Woods to be Improved; Cottage Sites Offered to Salem Residents Members of the J Woodmen of the World are ; making- plans to organize a corporation to take over spohg's landing and convert it into a modern playground. An option has been secured on the 240 acres of Jnd and j river beach, which make: the location one of the most pppular in the county. There jare several miles of beach and wood.-! which Jare to be Improved and offered to the public as a camping ground and summer resort.) j if the plans go through.' i j L.:.y m-- The promoters, almost 300 In number, will offer sites to Salem residents to construct summer homes and to i make the landing one of the most famous inland re sorts in the slate, j j MEMBER OF JURY FINED LIQUOR VIOLATOR COXVIOTS OTHERS WHILE IN BOX YAKIMA, Wash., May 2lJ Af ter serving on the federal i grand jury here the past few days, dur ing which time he had taken a part in returning several Indict ments for violation of liquor laws, E. F. Cahill fj Goldendale was this afternooni sentenced by , Po lice Judge L. BJ Vincent to serve 30 days in the city jail and to pay a fine of $100 on a charge of possession of liquor?. Robert Ed wards, who was arrested with Ca hill, was sen teheed to serve 30 days and pay a fiae of $100 on each of two charges, drunkenness and illegal sale 'of liquor. Judge Vincent severely lectured Cahill for "violating the very laws which you have so recently been helping to enforce. i : ' Testimony brought out that Ca hill and Edwards had gone, into partnership to purchase a quart of moonshine.: ;They were arrest ed on the street early this morning and officers said they took a quart bottle containing liquor out of Cahill's pocket. j: i ; j'-; Cahill, who iai 4 7 years old. has been a resident; of Goldendale for 4 S-years- and Is the father .of nine, children. He is a farmer. FUR AUCTION IS HELD SEATTLE, May 21- A decline which took place in two recent sales In the New York fur market was reflected in the regular monthly open! fur auction which ended here today, J. E. lAgnew, general manager anductioneer of the Seattle fur exchange, announc ed. ."!:'"':" The decline ranged from 10 .to 20 per cent; ! Offerings totalling $350,000 were' placed on sale dur ing the two day auction. The skins consisted principally of bea ver, lynx, mink, Siberian sable, red white, blue, silver and cross fox, marten and ; wolf. Fur !; buyers from New York, Chicago, j Winni peg, Montreal J Vancouver and Pacific coast cities were represent ed in the transactions. ; SIX BOYS QUIT SCHOOL I N M At E S TAKE ( FRENCH LEAVE FROM INSTITUTION The call of sspring was tooemuch for six boys of the Oregon state training school; for they beat a re treat, according to recbrds of the police court, j pi , Inmates whd answered the call are Iioyd Cox; Glenn Hills, W. Westop, Archie Evans-, Jack Gil more and L. -; SI. McCoy. ; j LEATC FOR DIGGINGS. WRANGELL, Alaska, May 21. The fourth boat to carry pros pectors and freight up the Stikine river to Telegraph creek for gold discoveries reported over the win ter in the'Cassier country of Northern ; British ' Columbia de parted from i here today, r! Three boats left Wrangell May 10 Im mediately after the breaking of ice on the Stikine. r.atlve Mrocon troops of the type now directed "by . Abd-el-Krim. Th the last week the Morrocan forces have increased, largely. 1 J - V 'I " 'j? ' - t "? i J . i ; ' I j ' 9 Injured When Severe Windstorm Sweeps Den ver; Buildings Wrecked ; PROPERTY DAMAGE HIGH Two Children ami Adult Are Vic tim wf Terrific Storui ; Ieb- ris Flying Through Air ' Injures Many i DENVER. Colo.. Mar 21 By the Associated Press.) Three per sons were , killed and several in jured and a large amount of prop erty damage' was done when high winds swept the eastern ( portion of Colorado this afternoon. The dead are: ,' Loren II. Bennett, 33, Boulder, Colo., Victor Fells,: 5, of Berthoud and Emily Stedman, a little girl. Bennett, a carpenter, waff al most instantly kilied when a roof on which; he was at work with two other men was lifted by the gale and blown 60 feet. Both of the men with Bennett were severe-; ly injured. The Fells boy was drowned when the! gale overturned a boat from which he was fishing in a. lake with Donald Chalburn 7 years old. The two boys were hurled into the water, but Chalburn man aged to grapple the boat until the men rescued him. Fells was drowned and his body had not been recovered at : a late hour to night. . Chalburn was in a serious con dition from shoek when pulled from the water. : Emily Pearl Stedman was fatal ly injured iat Platteville, Colo., when the wind blew over a chick en house, ; The little girl had run out to shut the door of the build ing which was flapping In the wind when the-structure collapsed, burying her underneath. Virtually, all sections of the state east of the mountains reported high winds. In many places trees were uprooted or their branches stripped off, roofs blown off and some damage done to crops. In Sonth Denver the wind as Many sumed .the proportions of a ; fmalUFfJCft.ETV'EEN STATFS tornado, blowing limbs olf treesTT AVl4 .v.ti, S tearing down fences and breaking window glass. A section of the high board fence surrounding the Western league baseball park was flattened. - Several minor injuries were -reported in Denver and other Colo rado cities from flying debris.. DEATH IS INVESTIGATED SPRING WATER MAY HAVE CAUSED FATAL ILLNESS - PORTLAND, Ore., May 21. Water from a spring on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. John Luke, nine miles west of McMinnyille, is be ing analyzed by Albert S. Wells, chemist for the state J dairy and food commission, as a possible cause of the death on; April 3 of Morris Luke, 31 year old son of the Lukes, according to W. S. Raker, Portland insurance man and naturalist. Shortly ; after the young man's death, Mr. Raker visited the par ents to pay the benfits of an in surance policy. Mr. Raker, dur ing the 'visit, started to draw, a drink from the faucet in the house. Mrs. Luke stopped him declaring that the family was not using the water any more as a sediment had been found in it. which, they feared, might be dan gerous. ;' ' v - Mrs. . Luke showed Mr. Raker a bottle in which she had placed some of the water containing a flaky substance. Mr. Raker de cided to investigate. A test of the first samples yielded traces of zinc salt, silicon dioxide and Iron, said Mr. Raker. The silicon diox ide, he explained. , is viitlially -ground glass. ; DEPUTY SHERIFF JAILED THEFT OF FUNDS IS CHARGED - TO THE DALLES MAN f; THE DALLES, Or.. May 21. Giles L. Coleman, deputy sheriff and Jailer here for the .last 12 years, was arrested here today on a grand ' jury indictment charging theft of funds from the sheriff's office. -He later was' released un der $2,000 bail. Coleman was accused of the spe cific, Jthef t ot J 256.3 6. Various Bums'had, "tjeen! 'dmappeTrihg for some time. Sheriff 'Chrismon said today; but Coleman was not sus pected until last Friday. (Then Chrisman returning to the 'office unexpectedly,, caught ' the jailor tampering with the; vault, the sheriff said.' A check showed that $256.36. was missing and the mat ter placed before the, grand jury In session, which returned an in dictment. ' Coleman, will be ar raigned Friday. - I " V i j BELGIAN PLAN PREPARED BRUSSELS. May 21.- The Bel gian government ia.ready ta nego tiate a debt payment plan with the United States to cover a long period only affecting.. loans, up to 1 9 1 9,- totallin g 2 0 2,0 00,000 this being the official viewpoint "of the Vandevere cabinet expressed authoritatively, tonight," Differentiation of Duties of Vari ous Departments is Said j Secret I WASHINGTON. May 21 (By The Associated Press) Elimina tion of waste in overlapping gov ernmental agencies through ire organization of administrative functions was advocated by Secre tary Hoover In an address at to night's session of the annual con vention of the chamber of com merce of the United States, i The former Representative Wlnsiow of Massachusetts also was a speak ers - ' "" ' 'j I "What we need." said fur. Hoover, ."is three primary re forms: 1 "First to group together fall agencies having the same predom inant major purpose under Ihe same administrative supervision: second, to separate the semi-judicial and the semi-legislative 4nd advisory functions from the- ad ministrative functions, placing the. former under joint minds, the latter under single responsibility, and third, we should relieve the president of a vast amount of 'di rect administrative labor." . ' . "On the executive side of ;the federal government," he continu ed, "we have grown to have more than 200 different bureaus, boards and commissions employing sev eral hundred thousand people. For the most "part they have been thrown hodge-podge into 10 dif ferent executive departments kin der cabinet officers. But there iare more than 40 independent estab lishments either directly under the president or indirectly under con gress. ' ! ' :..' i i The big thing is to bring these kindred agen6ies together under one authority so that their over lapping edges can; be clipped and their fights stopped. The divided responsibility with absence of cen tralized, authority prevents Ithe constructive and consistent devel opment, of broad t national noli eies. DRY AMERICANS THRONG" ONTARIO FOR REAL BEER Conflicting Opinions On Merits Of Brew Are Expressed; Kick Lacking WINDSOR, Ont., May 21. "it ain't got no kick!" Oh, Boy, just like the old day!" j "I am going back to Detroit where I can get some real beer." These are some of the conflict ing remarks heard in the hotels and institutions here today when Ontario's "fifteen four point four" went on sale to a mixed crowd of thirsty and curious Canadians and Americans. .; , ., T " In the words of one member of the drinking fraternity who ! had spent the day "sampling" Ontar io's new brew , the ''stuff ain't aged long enough. I have been drinking it all day and there ain't no kick in It." ; : j Others were Inclined to be more optimistic. "Give it time to age," said one Detroiter. who had! last managed to empty three bottles! oi tne foaming liquid, "and you'll have a real drink. Late this .afternoon the ferries which had, moved scarcely more than an average i number of I pas sengers during the day, began to dump hundreds of eager Ameri cans upon the ; Canadian shore. With .the exception of a two hour rush around noon the hotels and inns were well able to supply the demand. , , ; ,. To an observer standing at the ferry docks on the Detroit t side only occasionally could there be sAeen any evidence of intoxication. A happy smile appeared on many faces, and a word or two of greet ing to friends and "kiddink," of immigration officials were I the only signs to give . evidence "that Ontario's much i heralded "beer hour" had come and passed, i ' During -the afternoon hours many women were in evidenc nn. csconea ana accompanied friends and relatives. . j . by H Thursday in j Washington The treasury I announced that scores of seized automobiles would be utilized in equipping the! bor der rum patrols. ; '; j . . Addresses, on ' domestic distri bution and foreign commerce en gaged the attention of the United States chamber of commerce con vention, i i - . i " . ' ' ' "'- The census bureau's report on Cotton spinning ;, shows 100 per cent single shift capacity in April for the first time in two years. Funding of Poland's debt to th United States was formally com pleted with delivery to "the treas ury cf Polish bonds amounting to $178,560,000. (J -i ... ; ETTIJEMIC OUTBREAK FHIJIED TACOMA. May 21. Five cases of spinal meningitis, with one death, have been called to the at tention of the city health depart ment within the la?t tea days, ac cording to a buHeUa i.it:-i ir Executive Clemency Denied Condemned Men Who ' Must Pay for Crimes MYSTIC TO DROP FIRST Executions Begin At 8 O'clock l Warden Dalrymple Bars All Outsiders Except Newspapermen ' Hopes held by Arthur Covell and L. W. Peare for a commuta tion of sentence or a reprieve faded late Thursday afternoon when Governor Walter M. Pierce, after careful consideration, ref us- ed to extend executive clemency to the condemned men who must die on the gallows at the state prison beginning at 8 o'clock this morning. " The announcement wa3 made' after a delegation of Portland peo ple had spent several hours closet ed with the governor in the inter est' of anti-capital punishment or ganizations. The delegation was beaded by Dr. Evangeline Woods, who acted as spokesman. Dr. Woods told the "governor she was the first woman to be admitted to the Oregon bar, back in 1896. The governor gave his callers every op portunity to present their views, but held firm, to his course a they failed to" point out any rea son, beyond principle, why clem ency should be extended. "I have given long and con scientious study to the cases of Arthur.. Covell and L. W. Peare the governor's statement read. I have read the testimony. I have studied the cases from every angle. Each of these men was tried by a jury in the county, where the crimes were committed and each found guilty. An able, impartial judge presided. Both cases were appealed to the supreme court and the decisions sustained!.: Tb mandates ot our courts should, not be lightly' set aside. All the ele ments of first degree murder ap pear in each case. I can find noth ing to justify the extension of ex ecutive clemency." ....... , Since "taking office , Governor Pierce has been called upon sevea times to save the life of a con demned man. Three of the men in question, were hanged and two, Russell Hecker and Abe Evans, commuted to life imprisonment. The remaining two will be execute ed today, . ; ' . y . Arthur Covell Is paying for th murder of his sister-in-law, Mr.n 45bba Covell, near Bandon, Sep tember 3,: 1923 and L. W. Peare for the . murder of his wife and James R. Culver, a neighbor, near ' Myrtle Point, December 27, 1922. Covell, self-tyled astrologer and mystic, is paralyzed from th waist down and has been a hope less cripple for several years. Peare is nearly 70 years old and is white-headed. Both were con victed In Coos county. The men will be hanged in the order named. ; Warden Dalrmmple has been beseiged with the requests from all parts of the state from people seeking, to witness the execution. This will take place with as little of the spectacular as possible and the only outsiders present will be a few newspapermen. Dr. R. L. Edwards, prison physician, his as sistant and religious advisers. RAILROAD USES BUSSES GREAT .NORTHERN TO START MILLION DOLLAR SYSTEM. ST.- PAUL, Minn , May 21 A million dollar bus and freight company backed by Great North ern railway interests, filed arti cles of Incorporation here today. The company, know as the Gre: t Northern Transit company wi l operate a fleet of passenger bus-, h and freight trucks, according to the articles filed. President Ralph Budd of n i Great" Northern said the company had. not decided definitely where the busses would be operated, t t "the plan is to study the situat; i carefully and where an importa; t improvement in service can be c -fered we propose to create L s routes supplementary to our tr& i service In the northwest." VISITING OLD DATTLESI!' OREGON COMMISSION OFF IT TiREMERTON TODAY Adjutant General Corre White, accompanied ty the batt: ship Oregon commission, will to Bremerton today to make t final arrangements for the tr: fer of the old battleship to t Portland harbor. Admiral C: commandant at; Brernertoa t yard has notified the coram! that the ship i3 ready . to moved. - ----- The ship will be taken to l land by tugs and arter I : Astoria 'for eoveral days v . . berthed. - i Members'of t f - Colonel Carle Al : . Howard .'adT .l r : Cel. Wc:r;'r.: : - ;. : f.