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SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1925
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., Severe Qyake Hits Thickly
Populated Area; No Ac
curate Report In
CITIES ARE DESTROYED
Panic Reigns in Stricken District;
Figure ami Fact Vary;
Casualties Are Declared
To Be High i
SAN FRANCISCO, , May . 23.-
Phophecies of seismologists came
true today . when an earthquake
rocked southwestern Japan, cable
dispatches telling of the destruc
tion of the homes of 10,000 people
and the killing of 200 or more.
" No foreigners were reported
as among the casualties.
After the . Tokyo - Yokohama
earth quake nearly two years ago,
it was foretold that some time in
the near future a tremblor would
' visit the southwest.
? ; The center of the disturbance;
" however, dodged the populous dis
trict around Osaka, centering in
the Tajima district 80 .miles to
the northwest. 'News dispatches
showed that relief measures were
being concentrated on Toyo-Oka,
a little town ,of 7700 population
in the Tajima district. It was
,; stated, that the railroad to the
j coast and '. to Tottori, the, nearest
f large town, had been reopened,
after the caving of a tunnel be
:K tween Kinosuki and Takeno had
blocked the rail exit to the Japan
sea. " 'H -
Water transportation ' was still
available, however: Cables failed
wto state whether the rail line be
tween Toyo-Oka and Kiyoto, a
run of 93 miles, was in order.
Estimates of i earthquake dam
age .were unavailable. The coun
try is not thickly populated, how
ever. Silk culture is the principal
industry. There1 was some fear
expressed for the lives of visitors
at Kinosaki, seven miles from Toyo-Oka,
whither,' a famous hot
- spring,' known since the seventh
century, attracts . thousands an
nually.; . - TVrjC-i,..- '-
OSAKA, May 23.TJnverffied
reports ' from Tajima district
northwest - of here, which was
Beverly shaken by an earthquake
'yesterday morning now state it
is Relieved the heaviest loss of
. life occurred at Kinosaki Springs
' where it Is said all the buildings
were wrecked, burying man per
sons. Fires starting immediately
completed the ruin. The estimates
of dead in the town of Toyo-Oka
vary between 100 and 200. ' Two
thirds of the town was destroyed.
Including al the large buildings.
'TIDAL WfWE HITS EAST
LAKE ONTARIO SWEPT BY
WALL OP WATER, DAMAGE
BUFFALO, N. Y.. May 2 3 (By
The Associated Press) Wind,
rain and what was described as a
tidal wave struck a series of de
vastating blows; at central ' and a
. portion of wester New York: to-
day, causing damage estimated at
,V thousands of dollars, but . result
ing in no death and tew Injuries;
r r- The tidal wave swept virtually
J the entire southern shore of lake
""Ontario, from he mouth of the
Niagara river at Youngstown' to
Oswego, raising; the water about
1 "four feet above! normal. , Its ori
gin remains a" mystery tonight. At
the time it occurred there was on
ly a light wind.i
The fury of t ie wave seemed to
center near Sodus Point,1 where
between the lovest and highst le
, vel of the waterthere was a differ
ence of eight feet. The same vari
ation was reported from Oswego.
- Slight earth tremors were said to
have been noted by some resi
dents at Sodus Point."
! ' Serious damage to shipping and
Lake front property was reported
from Summerville and Charlitte,
north of Rochester, Poultneyville
and Sodus Point, Oswego and
smallerplaces along the shore. At
Olcott Beach Wilson and Fort
' Nigara, all along the shore line in
Niagara county, some rise and fall
of water was noted.: j
FREE DELIVERY LOOMS
PRELIMINARY SERVICE WILL
START SEPTEMBER 1
Action has been taken by the
postbfflce authorities at Washing
ton which wiir eventually lead to
a free delivery service at Wood
burn, accordfng to the telegram
received by Congressman W. C.
llawley.
The telegram stated . that " the
postoffice department was' author
izing the establishment of a vil
lage delivery service at Woodburn
beginning September, 1, 1925. It
Is this step 'which is the prelimin
ary move to a free delivery ser
vice for a city. 1
NATIONAL DEFENSE DAY
FAVORED BY GOVERNOR
RL1VD PACIFISM IIKLI) TjO
HAVE PKOVEN IOSTLV '
Majority f People Relieve in Re-
. view on Armistice Day, Says ;
Governor' Pierce
"Blind pacifism was responsible
for sending millions of our sons
Into the. red conflict of the World
war, utterly unprepared for their
part in the defense of civiliza
tion , and we paid a sorry price in
precious human lives for that mis
take, Governor Pierce said Sat
urday in a letter to Ervln A. Taft,
board of county commissioners,
Portland, stating his position upon
the proposed national defense re
view planned for Armistice day.
believe that a majority of the
people should be in favor of a re
view on Armistice day of our abil
ity to defend ourselves; Dur homes
and our Institutions. ; 'Freedom
could never have been won for the
American colonies had not oir
forefathers possessed ' a sense of
military. duty which resulted from
military training they had had
prior to the revolution. The union
would have been dismembered in
61 had the military spirit not
been kept alive by the organized
militias of the northern states;
"I feel that on Armistice day
we may appropriately 'review and
revive the spirit of national ' de
fense and of virile patriotism that
carried us through the World
war."- .- i f
"Governor Pierce's only son,
Lloyd Pierce, served overseas dur
ing the late war.
WILL H. HAYS RAPPED
BY PRESBYTERIAN BODY
HEAD OF . MOTION ? PICTURE
CRAFT IS CHURCH. MAN
Failure to Weed Out Objectionable
Films Brings Caustic :
Criticism
COLUMBUS, ! Ohio. May 23.
Will H. Hays, head of the motion
picture producers and distributors
of America and an elder of the
Presbyterian church, is asked to
explain why ha'coBdones and de
fends," producers who turn ou
"bad" pictures, in report of the
department of moral welfare , of
the church, made public today.
Mr. Hays, who appeared before
the PreBbyterian general assem
bly today, left at noon for New
York. !
The -welfare department's re
port will be circulated among as
sembly commissioners Monday in
pamphlet form by Dr. Charles
Scanlon. associate secretary of the
Presbyterian board of Christian
education, in charge of the moral
welfare department.
Dr. Seanlon also plans to bring
the report formally before the as
sembly for action. ' 5 ,
It quotes a New York interview
with Mr. Hays in March last, in
which the latter said; that "more
than 100 questionable books and
plays have been kept from the
screen voluntarily by our mem
bers." '. - .. ! L ; ; r
: However, Mr. 'Hays fails to say
that hundreds of grossly immoral
pictures are daily shown by these
same companies and that salacious
books are being constantly filmed
by these same companies," the re
port declares.!
"This sophistry Is as if a crim
inal pleaded exculpation because
he did not commit as many crimes
as he might have committed, even
though not denying his guilt.
"Since Mr. Hays represents the
picture producers, defends them
and condones their conduct, it is
pertinent to ask him to name the
objectionable pictures vrhch he
has succeeded in having debarred
from the screen since he took his
present position March 6, 1922,"
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Saturday In Washington
The American Red Cross offer
ed Its assistance to victims of the
latest Japanese earthquake.
The navy department saw no
cause for immediate "anxiety 're
garding the Amundsen' polar
flight. r .
President Coolidge suffered an
attack of Indigestion but recover
ed and departed tor his customary
week-end yacht trip.
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It was learned that reminders
have been sent to nations indebted
to the United States for recon
struction loans .emphasizing . that
loans are to be treated on the
same basis as those for prosecu
tion of war. ; . ; ; -
NEW-. STILL SEIZED
SEATTLE, May 23. -Before a
drop of illicit liquor had trickled
through the intricate coils of a
J23.000 still in an apparently
abandoned slaughter house near
Duvall,; northeast of here, its use
fulness was-destroyed forever, by
the axes of federal agents today.
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TEXTS niDlGULING
(OF PATBIDTS
Fun Poked at Early Heroer.
Says National Command
er Sons of Veterans
PROPAGANDA !IS BLAMED
W. F. Coffin .See Grave Danger
From Teachings In Colleges j
and Universities of the
i United Stat eft
Lnsidious i propaganda is creep
ing into the American histories of
today and j making fun of the
heroes and ' patriots of Revolu
tionary days, was the startling
charge made by William F. Coffin.
Cincinnati, Ohio, J national com
mander of the Sons of Veterans,
who spoke before a ! packed audi
ence at the Salem; Chamber of
Commerce last night. , ' ; t
"A great danger is arising in
the teaching of universities and
colleges, who are j poking, fun of
American heroes and we are los
ing sight of the heroic deeds of
the great American Patriots," de
clared the speaker; . j .
"The same insidious teaching is
creeping before the women's clubs
of today in the garment of peace,
but we cannot have an interna
tional peace until the national
spirit of the United j States and
America Is firmly established,"
stated Mr. Coffin. jj v I
' Mr. Coffin , declared that this
teaching was fostered by Soviets
and others who have not the In
terests of America' at heart.' The
speaker heavily scored the meth
ods used by the teachers in the
universities of today, who were
dwelling on the fact ol a world
peace, without taking in considera
tion the development . of the na
tion. ;. - :"; .. :;
"There is creeping into our
school ; h stories since the World
war, certain fun pokings at the
word 1 patriot, n some texts that
word1 has been pat in quotation
marks, and in others fun has been
poked at Nathan jj Hale's famous
statement of having only one life
to give for his country. Fun Is
also made of the i famous 'saying
of Lawrence who stated "Don't
give up the ship," and other state
ments of American patriots.
Particular attention was called
to the great work? of Judge Wal
lace MeCammantil of Portland,
Oregon, whose efforts towards
Americanism are outstanding. '
The Sons of Veterans should
carry on the same work, he held
doing much in correcting the
school texts and: giving the proper
viewpoint. . 1 M ;: I
Particular attention was paid to
the text that was ttsed in the Ore
gon school, which Jay great stress
on certain hymn writers of the
past and ignore entirely the works
of Wesley. f I , : . f :
Oregon is one of two states at
present taking an interest in the
Americanism that is printed in the
histories studies by the school
children. California is using a
text, declared the speaker, that Is
poking fun at the American heroes
and making light bf the work of
the early pioneers who came to
the shores when a j wilderness was
tTerywhere. j ; '
Mr. Coffin in closing urged that
a committee be appointed by local
citizens to look Into the matter of
proper textbooks for Oregon chil
oren. He Is to make his way to
Pi rtland for a meet with the or
ganization there before going to
Washington, D. C. j
WATER .RIGHTS ARGUED
FARMERS OF WEST STAYTON
WANT TO IRRIGATE LAND
Whether or not jfarmers In the
West Stayton district may be per
mitted to Irrigate their own land,
or be forced to allow the Santlam
Reclamation company . and the
the Western Oregon Development
company to do it for them is to
be decided in the; circuit court,
it was announced ; yesterday.
The farmers contend that they
have an inherent right to use the
water for themselves and for their
own land, without entering a con
tract or agreement with either of
the reclamation companies. ; The
office of the state j engineer rules
that the farmers are within their
rights In refusing to accept the
decree of the companies, and sus
tains them In their assertion that
they can use the i water as they
please. The matter will be settled
in the circuit court.
The Santiam Reclamation com
pany and the Western Oregon De
velopment company are; out
growth of a .plan made several
years ago by Henry Benham who
was given water rights to irrigate
lands In the district in question.
Benham's project passed into the
hands of the two companies who
are' now. contesting the -ruling .of
the state engineer, "'.''
ICY WEATHER FOLLOWS ;
SEVERE BLAST OF HEAT
THERMOMETER FALLS FROM
tU DEGREES TO NEAR ZERO
Unprecedented Change in Weather
Witnessed; Sleet ami
Snow Fall
CHICAGO. May 22 (By The
Associated Press) The middle
west -which yesterday sizzled in
unseasonable temperatures jof
from 90 to 100, tonight shivered
in " the grip of a chilly northeast
blast almojt as unseasonable as
yesterday's hot wave.
jThe erratic mecury .took a nose
dive almost as precipitate.. as its
Umb. i -
In Chicago yesterday, -the mer
cury jumped from' 50 to 94 de
griees in 15 hours. Today it hit
the toboggan and dropped 23 de
grees "in "one hour and tonight
straw hats which hlossomeri everv
where yesterday were accompanied
by turned up topcoats.
At 3 p. m. today Ihe thermo
meter reached' their peak for the
day at. S 5 here. Then the city
was struck by a shifting wind from
the northeast and at 4 o'clock the
temperature was 62 and still fall
ing rapidly. At 7 p. m. the thermometer-had
skidded down to lo,
a drop of 35. degrees in four hors
and. the mercury was still headed
toward the basement with a pos
sibility that it would be less than
ten "degrees above ; the . freezing
point here by tomorrow morning.
Conditions in Chicago were ap
proximated elsewhere in the mid
dle west where the hot blasts from
Nebraska's plains were dispjlaced
by the chilly winds from up Alas
ka! way. ; -;'
St. Paul at 7 o'clock tonight re
ported a temperature of 48, which
was rapidly receding with a brisk
wind and overcast skies, while
Milwaukee said the mercury was
around 50 with a brisk north wind
and clear skies. Superior report
ed a freezing temperature today
and from northern Michigan came
reports of rain, sleet and snow
which extinguished forest fires in
the' upper peninsula. Nearly all
this area yesterday was In the grip
of ;a heat wave that broke all prev
ious records. At Cleveland a
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BOYS OFFER PROGRAM
TRAINING SCHOOL WILL RE
PEAT FOR PUBLIC SOON
Forty-five members of the boys'
training school presented a splen
did program as a feature of the
cjosing of the year last night. The
offering was for Inmates only,
with a few special guests and state
officials present. The same pro
gram will be offered about the
middle of the week for the bene
fit; of the public. ;
Music by the orchestra; opened
and closed the program, I with a
grj?at variety of acts. Including
songs and dances scattered in "be
tween. Two recitations, followed
by "Songs of the Camp," by
Scotch lads, opened the program.
A small play, "Thirteen Domin
oes," brought forth much applause
while a conversation, "Pa and
Willie Discuss Bugs, was appre
ciated and mirth-provOklng."
Several of the boys as sailors
presented hornpipe (lances and
songs. ; A play, "An Irish Stew,"
concluded the program. !
A W orthy Cause
THIS is a signal week in patriotic endeavor. Benevolent
; ' good-will should find expression toward the American;
Legion's campaign effort launched tomorrow morning.
Hearts and purse should open generously to the appeal
for the five thousand service men's orphans,! ours to love.rpro
I tect and sustain. i "r
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The campaign scheduled for this week and opening tomor
f row morning in Salem and in every other community of Oregon ,
is for the purpose of raising an endowment fund or live mil
lion dollars for the benefit of disabled veterans and war orphans.
Leaders in this effort are men and women prominent ; among ,
the state's best citizens. It Is endorsed and urged by the
nation's chief executive, governors and members of leading civic
and social bodies of the states. The quota for Oregon's capital
city is only four thousand dollars.
The need for this endowment Is great. The latest available
figures show eleven thousand' world 'war-service men in the
hospital fighting for life against the great white plague as a
result of their service to their country. . Thousands of others
shattered in mind and body are unable to properly sustain them
selves. Of 771,136 claims for disability 379,515 have been
disallowed on account of inability to prove 'their sickness due
to war service. The thousands of dependent wives: and chil
dren of these veterans add tremendously to the sad .need for
financial aid. . The interest only of the Endowment urged this
week will be used for; relief purposes. Fifteen is the record
of the number who pass On every day. "And as this casualty
list increases so does the number of orphans and dependents.
? The Lesion has undertaken this worthy task of providing
for their comrades and dependants. But this is the public's duty
j first. These veterans made the - supreme .u sacrifice for their
'country while the people gave generously for the "welfare of the
children of Europe. Oregon, asked to aid foreign lands, re
sponded promptly with several hundred thousand dollars.. Now
citizens of this glorious state are urged to contribute holy1; fifty
thousand to sustain our own disabled veterans and their de
i pendents. ; : '
I Here Is a eause most worthy, a privilege and duty which
can not be denied. The amount necessary Ho comfort and to
'sustain those who gave their efforts, health, and even lives for
others is 'small. The individual heart and ipafse should open
generously for this worthy cause. " - ---- r - .
OREGON GUARD LEADS
IN DRILL ATTENDANCE
T7 OUT OF 100 MEN ATTEND
' RKC.ULARILY :
State Xcadlug All Others 'In Re-
lative Strength General
White Declares r
Oregon's National guard has
maintained the 1 highest percent
age of active drill attendance in
the Ninth Corps area so far in the
present year, according to a quart
erly drill attendance report re
ceived at National Guard head
quarters from Major 'General
Menoher, Corps Area Commander.
" Seventy-seven out of every 100
of Oregon's ciitizen soldiers have
attended eyerjy drill this year.
Montana takes second place, Ida
ho third, California fourth, Utah
Jfifth, while 'Washington and Wyo
ming brings' up- the rear of the
procession.
Among the regimental and sep
arate units ii Oregon, the Head
quarters Company of the 2hd
Infantry Brigade took first place.
Medical Detachment of the 186th
Infantry secojnd; 249th coast ar
tillery third, !l 62nd Infantry reg
iment fourth jand 186th Infantry
regiment fifth1. !:
Oregon hai been In first place
in relative sttengtij in the United
States for the past year, Brigadier
General George A. White said. .
STUDENTS ENTERTAINED
IN SALEM; TOUR MADE
STATE INSTITUTIONS VISITED
BY OAC STUDENTS
Lunch Taken at Prison; Honor
System Explained and Work
; Recounted ?
Students and faculty members
from OAC -156 of them by actnal
count -made an extensive tour of
state institutions in and about Sa
lem yesterday under the personal
leadership of ; Governor Walter -M.
Pierce., -r j ';; .;. ;
fBy five military trucks, private
cars, ' and busses the group came
from Corvallis. Most of those in
the party are taking courses in
economics and sociology and were
under , the supervision of Dr. Hec
tor McPherson, head of that de
partment, and members of his
staff.
Warden A. M. Dalrymple at the
penitentiary declared it Was the
largest party to be shown through
the prison In the time he has been
connected with it. ' .'
The students arrived about 10
a. m. and went, directly to the
school for the deaf.
TJhe penitentiary was reached
shortly before noon i when .the
party, after being shown over the
flax plant by the governor, gath
ered on the front. lawn just out
side the waits for a picnic lunch.
Coffee and doughnuts were fur
nished the visitors from the prison
kitchen. Immediately afterwards
Governor Pierce, Warden Dalrym
ple, and State Parole Officer J. V.
Sterritt, addressed the group; de
voting most : of the time to an
swering a - barrage of questions
from the visitors regarding .the
insitutions. i !
That one-third of the convicts
are honor .men, that no escapes
have occurred in seven months or
even attempted escapes,5 and that
the cost of keeping the prisoners
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CHARGES OF JURY
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States Attorney and Defense
. Counsel Clash in Open
Court Discussion
OUTBURST AWES PEOPLjE
Proiecutor Demands Contempt
j Charge Bo Placed Against
" Stewart, Counsel for
William Shepherd
CHICAGO, i May 23. Talk of
juror fixing in. the Shepherd trial
was brought into open court to
day and produced verbal pyrotech
nics on th part of Robert E. Crowe
state's attorney, and William
Scott Stewart, defense - counsel,
which left a score of. newspaper
men and a handful of spectators
gaping.
The prosecutor demanded at
one point that Mr. Stewart be cit
ed for j contempt for attempting
to interpose objections to the
trend of the hearing, and the de
fense attorney, countered with an
outburst that had as its chief
burden that the prosecution was
trying to inflame public opinion
against Shepherd. 1 !
The finale was that James Cal
lan, Chicago ward politician, the
man accused of attempting to
"fix" a venireman in behalf bf
William Darling Shepherd, on trial
charged with murdering -by germs
and poisons his young foster son,
William Nelson McClintock was
released on $2500 bond, and his
attorneys given until Monday to
reply to written interrogatories as
to : whether he actually had "ap
proached" a" venireman.
Court attaches regarded that as
virtually the end of the matter,
inasmuch as precedent has it that
a written denial means the end of
the case. There were admittedly
no witnesses to the meeting and
two witnesses would be necessary
for a perjury charge.
After the four jurors sworn In
yesterday, three others tentatively
passed today by. the prosecution
and five veniremen who had - not
been examined were locked up un
til 10 o'clock Monday morning and
the defendant had been returned
to his jail cell. Judge Lynch sum
moned Callan and his accuser,
Philip J. Barry, former Chicago
head of the department of justice
agents. Barry testified that Cal
lan, a friend of 15 or 18 years
standing, had said" you would
make a good juror for Shepherd,",
asking "who is your best friend,"
and remarked that he was "no
fool and ; was not talking to a
fool." j
Barry said he reported the mati
ter to the prosecutor. He was exi
cused from jury service. j
Stewart, disclaiming responsif
bility for Callan's actions as del
scribed by Barry, Insisted npoti
being permitted , to cross examine
Barry as a protection of his own
and Shepherd's interests, but th
best he could do was gain a prom
ise from Judge Lynch that if the
written replies to the interroga
tory brought Stewart into the case
he probably would be permitted
to talk. -if
GALE TAKES HEAVY TOLL
27 LOSE LIVES; .VESSELS IN
DISTRESS ON COAST
QUIMPER, France, May. 23.
(By the Associated Press.) In a
gale which is raging : along the
coast of Brittany took: toll of at
least 27 lives today. Two small
sailing vessels were' in distress off
Kerity and Penmarch, and Ilfe-i
saving boats put out to the rescue
An hour later both life" boats were
found dashed almost on the rocks
o'ff Penmarch with 15 of the 16
lifesavers dead, their bodies still
strapped to the seats. They had
perished In ' their gallant attempt
to rescue the mon from ships.
The two vessels battled with the
waves for a long time, but eventu
ally both were swept upon the
great rocks guarding the coast
and 12 men of the crews perished.
Hundreds of the coast folk watch
ed their struggles, hut without
power to aid them.
STOLEN CAR RECOVERED
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POLICE 'ARE QUICK IN APPRE
tlKNDINO QUARTET?
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Less than an hour and a half
after "AJbett Bordenbush, route g,
reported! to j the ' police 'at 10:10
o'clock last night that his: Ford
coupe had been stolen from State
and Thirteenth, the machine had
been recovered at Albany and four j
occupants neia in jau tor the sa
lem officers. - ' . , ; '
'Another coupe, the property of
George W. Perkliis, Springf ieif
was reported -stolen from in front
of theBllgh hotel. The machine
was later : found parked several
Slocks away.
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WORLD JERSEY RECORD'
IS BROKEN SATURDAY
IXDEPEXDENCTT COW GIVES
1002 POUNDS OP PAT
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Three -J"ear Old Conies from Dls
tinquished Family; Ohio
Has Old Record
A new world's record for a
years production of butterfat for
a senior three year old Jersey was
broken Saturday by '"St. Mawes
Lad's Pride," owned by H. D. II
iff, of Independence and - bred by
G. O. Hewitt, also of Indepen
dence. The (est, with the final milking
at midnight, is approximately
1002 pounds, which exceeds the
former record held by "Ibsen's
Jubille Signal," owned by-Hugh
W
of
Bonnell, of Ohio, with a record
914.46 pounds. The figures
will be forwarded to the American
Jersey Cattle club of New York
for certification.
The new champion comes from
I championship stock, having as hejr
parents the gold champion bull,
"St. Mawes Lad" and "Lad's Lady
Ann," who has a .record of 947
pounds for her class. .During the
test she was milked, three times
a day. She Is a full sister to
"St, Mawes Lad's Lady," holder
of the senior yearlings world's
record of 829.09 pounds of but
ter fat. '
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THREE DROWN WHEN CAR
PLUNGES IN FAST RIVER
MAN AND TWO YOUNG BOYS
LOSE LIVES IN CURRENT
Automobile Swerves Down 25 Foot
Embankment in Avoiding
Pedestarin
"WALLACE. Idaho. May 23
Two small boys, Charles Hogan, 6,
and Glenn Hogan, 5, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. N. R. Hogan of Mullan,
Idaho, and A. W. Scharnhorst, 23,
a miner, were , drowned near here
this afternoon when Mr. Scharn
horst's car plunged over a 2 5 foot
bank into the South" Fork bf the
Couer D'Alene river. - ,
Mrs. Hogan, mother of the two
boys, and fourth occupant of the
car,, was uninjured when she sav
ed," herself , f rom ; drowning by
grasping the rear wheel of the car
as she "felt .herself being" carried
away by the swift Current. The
bodies were carried down the riv
er and - had not been4 recovered
late today.
The car ; went over the bank
when the driver turned out to
avoid hitting Joseph Bambino,
who was working on, the road.
Bambino was struckbythe car,
however, and suffered5 r several
"broken ribs. . His injuries are not
6erious, it is said at the hospital.
COOLIDGE IS NOW WELL
PRESIDENT RECOVERS FROM
INDIGESTION ATTACK ' '
WASHINGTON, May 23 (By
The Associated Press)--Apparent-ly
recovered from a slight attack
of indigestion which caused him
to cancel his morning engagements
President Coolidge left this after
noon for an over-Sunday -tcruise
down the Potomac on the May
flower.' 1 I ' ' ' .
With him were Mrs. Coolidge
and a, group of friends which in
cluded Attorney General and Mrs.
Sargent, Senator Butler of Mass
achusetts and Mrs. 'Butler and H.
L. Stoddard, at one time publish
er of the New York Evening mail.
On the yacht also were the two
white house 'physicians who had
attended the president earlier in.
the day.
The president appeared . at his
office as usual at 9 o'clock but
half an hour later advised Secre
tary Sanders that he felt 111. He
walked back back to the White
House proper to lie down and a
call immediately was sent out Jot
the White House physicians.
They found that Mr. Coolidge
had eaten something at breakfast
which did not agree with him, but
that his illness was not serlous.In
a short time the president was able
to go to his study to work ' on
routine business and while there
bad a brief conference .with Sena
tor Borah of Idaho, chairtnan" of
the foreign relations committee on
an angle of international relations.
CYCLE RIDER IS INJURED
ROSEBURO, " Ore", May 23. V.
B. Standley of Camas Valley was
Injured, perhaps fatally here to
day when he was thrown from his
motorcycle in a race at the straw
berry carnival. , ;
DRIVE IS ENDORSED
TACOMA. May 23. Governor
Hartley voiced his hearty approv
al of one form of welfare work to
day. - it is the American legion
endowment drive for the orphans
of veterans and rehabilitation
work among veterans.
11 DUPLICATE
JTICOffilSSI
Public Service Body Answers
'Petition Tiled by Oregon
Trunk System
COAST ROUTE NEEDED
1
Direct Outlet to Easf for Western
Oregon . Product is Advo
cated by II. H. Corey,
Chairman
-Attitude of the Oregon public
service commission toward recent
developments in the central; Ore
gon railroad situation Was made
known Saturday through the-filing
of an answer to the recent petition
of the Oregon Trunk for a cer
tificate of public; convenience and
necessity authorizing the exten
sion of its line from Bend to
Klamath Falls. '
The answer, prepared by the
commission's, attorneys, William
E. Ellis and J. II. Devers, empha
sizes the need of the additional
rail service, but strongly ., urges
that it be afforded without un
necessary duplication of Invest.
ment. Particular attention Is also
called to the fact that under the
proposed plan of the Oregon
Trunk its trackage would parallel
the line of the Southern Pacific
company for 80 miles, from , a
junction point near.Odell or Skob
kum to Klamath Falls, and that
Identical Bervice might be afford
ed at a saving of inore than three
and a half million dollars in capi
tal investment by arrangements
for joint use of Southern Pacifio
tracks between these points.
It, is therefore urged that whlltf
the interests of the Klamath Falls I'
territory demand the added and
competitive service of the Oregon I
Trunk, authorization for the con-
struction of the duplicate parallel $
track should not be given unless
and until it shall be shown that
arrangements for joint and com
mon use of existing track cannot .
be made. It is made clear that it
is the, desire of the commission
that-, the state be provided with
an adequate transportation sys
tem without unnecessary duplica
tion of trackage or expenditure,
such asvoccurred when the Hill
and Harriman interests built their
parallel lines up the Deschutes;
canyon.
Commissioner H. IJ. Corey,
chairman,' in commenting upon the
Strahorn application and recent
Southern Pacific announcements,
said: .
- "The paramount Issue now 13
whether or not the line which we
propose directly through the cen
ter of. the state- from Crane4 to
Odell, and which will not only
provide a direct outlet fori west- -ern
Oregon products to the mar
kets of the middle west but-will
likewise permit eastern Oregon'
and Idaho districts to reacli tha
coast by a direct route, and will
develop the vast' irrigated districts
of our state, toward the develop
ment of which the federal govern
ment has pledged thirty 'million
dollars, is to .be prevented by al
lowing the Southern Pacific com- ;
pany to skim off the cream of tha
traffic Without providing for prop
er state development.
"We do not wish to be under
stood as opposing any new rait
construction that may be offered,
and, on the contrary wish to urge
and assist In procuring the maxK
mum rail service possible, but in-,
sist that any plan of construction
which will prevent or delay a di
rect cross state line from Crane
to Odell cannot serve the best in
terests of the state. Without such
a line western Oregon will not be
best served, the Coos Bay Bectloa
cannot develop, and the vast in
terior Oregon and western Idaho
will be denied access to a direct
line to the coast.'!
HOPE 1S HELD FOR PARTY
SUITABLE LANDING TLACr,
V MAY HAVE i BEEN FOUI D
f i - " ' v: -
WASHINGTON, May 23. (Dy
Associated press.) The navy de
partment sess no reason as yet to
regard the Amundsen polar espe-'
ditlon as lost. Admiral , HI r!o,
chief of naval operations, sa!i to
day it w&s far from time for tor
to "be given up,' especially as it wa?
possible that Amundsen had r :n l
conditiona suitable for landir at
the pole and making ohservat' r ?.
The department has received r
telegram as yet from3Haakert II.
Hammer, now at Los Angela, re
questing a plane to go to the :
cue of the polar expedition, ii
necessary.
Officers said no steps won! 1 ! -considered
until it was defi. '.
established that Amund- :
lost and that even then ai v ;
iindertakis on the ran cl t:
navy wo:: ! r;t te C M I
out tLcrc, tn !y.