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Newspaper Page Text- . ... , PRICE FIVE CENTS SEVElnY-FIFTII YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING MAY 29, 1925 juiiio visit : 5ALEHIJIII20 CDnVALLlS Fff OREGON STATE FLAG r v FORMALLY PRESENTED ACCEPTANCE CItEMOXlES ARE SIMPLE I.V DETAIL j TIIE0I0FP0U.il IISMn SCfiUll BODIES OF MINERS ARE RECOVERED; 11 FOUND DOHEIff IHTCRESTS TO FORFEIT LEASE CORNERSTONE LAID BY ELKS WITH CEREMONY PRICE RESIGNS. POST : ON GAME COMMISSION lltlTI TOTAL MMOEIl OP KN'OWX DEAD IX DISASTER IS 27 TEMPLE WILL STAND AS MON UMENT FOR ALL TIME LETTER IA FILED WITH GOV ERNOR; RESENTS ACTS 5 nOIl'tV Veterans-' Organization In City Back'of Observance- for Memorial uay - V . OBJECT MISUNDERSTOOD Protest by Salem Resolute rs Has No Ground Leon Command er Declares; Event : Patriotic CORVALLIS, Mar 27. (Spe cial. )-Members of the ; Grand Army post here, veterans of the Spanish American war and the members -of the rations World War organizations, express-themselves as being surprised and in dlgnant at the reported; protests against the military tournament to be held here the afternoon of me morial day. t Col. George W. Moses, .who is In charge of he military work here la a Spanish American war veter an' and a son or a Civil, War vet eran. Half a dozen other em bers of the military staff -which the government maintains here as a part of the requirements of a land grant college, served in both the Spanish American war and in the World War. Col. Moses was cited In France and decorated with the Croix de Guerre with Palm. The exercises he says, are liigh-; ly patriotic in character and be fore the day was decided upon, the matter was taken up with , the Grand Army post and met not only with their approval, but with their encouragement they will be honor guests at: the drills, all of which are illustrative of the work accomplished by the men : taking military training at the college in asmuch as the Land Grant cbllege in which military training is re quired by the government was a direct outgrowth of the discovery of the country's lack of prepared ness daring the J Civil ;war,tlt"was thought v especially appropriate that these drills should be held on this occasion.' . . .'; "Not only is there nothing dls- respectful of the day to ' them," says Commander Flook ' of ' the Grand Army post here, "but they are in fact highly patriotic in character and ah on Id be an inspir ation for patriotism and respect for the flag upon the part of alt present." Tom Rathbone, senior vice com mander of the Disabled War Vet erans organization for the state of Oregon, has been -working with the military staff of the college and with the GAR' on the obser vance of Memorial ' day;, called his organization together j last night. They o keyed the program unan monsly. ' ' " " ."Instead of being a desecration as alleged in the Salem dispatch es," said Mr. Rathbone, the pro gram for the military .tournament Is a fine, patriotic movement. I am for it strong." M. ' Sandford McHugh, commander of the American Legion post here is of the same opinion.: I think there must certainly be a -misunderstanding on the part or the resoluteri;" he aid. "As to the nature-of , the program. Eith er that, or the. entire hullabaloo is being" stirred up,by interests iri imical to the college. The tourn ament la a patriotic; I event and highly appropriate toj the occa sion. ! I feel ure that the memj bers of the Legion throughout the state would be for it unanimously If they knew exactly what it ls. The program has the written enodrsement of over 300 public school teachers of the state, many of whom will be here with: their schools. . . . r " - li MISSING SILVER FOUND 23.00O SERVICE SET OP BAT TLESHIP OREGON SAFE , BREMERTON, May 2s". The jnisslng' $23.000o silver service of the dismantled rbattleship Oregon Is safe in the hands of the Brem erton navy yard supply officer, it vas said here today. Reports that Governor Pierce of Oregon had asked the secretary of the navy to trace the silver was received with surprise. KILLED ' TSl TRUCK WRECK OLYMPIA, May 2$. Crushed under the cab of - the transfer truck on : which he was riding when the truck was .thrown off the road by the trailer of a pass ing logging track, J. 11. Murray of Chicago, a traveling ialesman for a clothing house was Instantly killed near here yesterday after noon. Efforts are bclnj; made to I'jcato relatives. Crews f Workmen Toll in Effort to Bring Rodles to Surface of Earth Quickly 5 COAL GLEtf, aC, May 26. (By Associated Press.) At 1:15 o'clock tonight? 11 additional bod ies were reported recovered In the Carolina Coal company mine. In which three score miners were en tombed Wednesday. Ait additional crew of 10 miners from the Cumnock mine was t sent down the shaft to speed up the work of rescue. Tills was the larg est number of bodies found togeth er since the rescue work got' under way Wednesday- afternoon.;- - ; Dorsey J. Parker, chief engineer Of the Pittsburgh bureau of mines, was in the shaft in actual charge of relief work at the time the bodies were found. He arrived to night. - In addition, a crew of mine experts arrived late today from both Birmingham, Ala., and Pitts burgh to aid in the work. The known dead now totals 27, Five of the 11 bodies discovered last night had been brought to the surface at midnight. The men found late tonight are said to be burled amid a . mass of debris, which handicaps the rescu ers In bringing- the bodies to the surface. Twenty-five men, known to have ,: been; entombed In the mine, are yet to be located. The fact that 71 lamps are. missing from the lamp room is the basis for the fear that the list may. ex-, tend beybnd the number actually checked in. j - The 11 men found in the mine late tonight have not been identi fied.' : . .. MAY NOT JOIN IN TESTS GOVERNOR BOWS TO WISH OF PRESIDENT ON DATE ,v y - M f: r.- y -Indications are that Oregon will riot cooperate In the national de fense, day. test, for in accordance to the wish pf President Coolldge the day has been advanced from Armistice Day to the Fourth of intrqpr'zpir. nt. ' ::v: ;i ... Governor Fierce said yesterday he would conform to the wish of the president ; but Oregori't partl cipation at the earlier date would depend entirely upon the ability of the adjutant general. This may prove Impractical as. the state national guard encampment dates open .a few days after Independ ence Day. ' : , - : J Definite announcement of plans will be made In a few days. TIME TABLE IS CHANGED SOUTHERN PACIFIC SCHED ULE IN EFFECT JUNE 1 t Time table changes of the Southern-Pacific company, will take place . June i. according to reports yesterday. Among the most important changes are the local passenger services between this city, Portland and Eugene. Train No. 18,- Portland local will leave the Salem depot at 9:33 a. m. Instead of 12:27 a. m. as formerly. ? No. : 34, another Portland local,1 will leave the depot at 5 : 3 5 p. m. instead - of 5 : 5 0 p. jn.J .The: local train to Eugene will leave here at 6:40 p. m.. In stead of 5:40 p. m. before the change. t . : ' ; "v V Other changes affect the 'serv ice between Portland and Wood burn, , where trains Nos. 61 and 62 will be discontinued. Thursday in Washington Rpii(wefl nlenR of ' reoreaniza- tion activity in the democratic par ty furnished food for speculation for politicians.' ; ' . President Coolldge was host on the Mayflower, td newspaper ' cor respondents who cover the White House. , ; : . . . . Prohibition officials conferred on a proposed reorganization of enforcement officers : operating in New York and New, Jersey. . .,. .... ; ; Inside; detail of the projected Nickel iPlate merger. were laid be fore; the interstate commerce com mission by O. P. Van Sweringen. Army of fleers studied the effect of a further substantial reduction in appropriations suggested by the White House for the military es tablishments, j :i NORTHWEST PIONEER DIES : YAKIMA. May; 2 8. Henry D. Winchester, 74, died here this morning. Born; in Stafford Springs. Ky., he' came west as a young .man, andj 42 years ago bought a ranch near here, which has been considered a model. He leaves a aoa and daughter in Yak ima. . . l Fraud Found and; Harding Held .to Have Exceeded r Power as President SETTLEMENT IS ORDERED Will Get Credit forWork; Propos ed Contracts Will Not Be Made ; . , Pnblic VFor Military i . Reasons' i - LOS ANGELES, May 28. (By The Associated Press.) The Do heny . oil interests, in a decision rendered : late today by Federal Jndge Paiil JE: McCormlck, were ordered to-s ve up for cancellation their lease j in naval oil reserve No. 1, Elk Hills, CaU and con tracts for Construction of oil stor age facKlties at Pearl Harbor, Ha waii. -.-, . i : The decision, covering 92 points of fact -and 14 conclusions of law, declared the -leases void for ' two reasons: First, owing to the "fraud upon the United States" Involved In E. h. Doheny's ; pay ment Of $100,000 to Albert B. Fall, then secretary of the interior and second, because ex-President Harding's order transferring dis cretionary authority in the matter of oil leases from the navy to the interior department was in excess of .his power as'' president. ; - Judge McCormlck ordered a set tlement for all oil taken by the Doheny companies from Elk Hills, and a credit to them for storage facilities work done in Hawaii, and empowered a master in chan cery to be. named - later to effect these settlements; Findings of fact Included one to the effect that Fall "did not", make any false representations of act to President Harding for the purpose of inducing ; the making of an executive order of May 31. lMi-'v y, :'..,: J ,',.. Fall also U held responsible for the conduct of the oil lease and Hawaii contract negotiations with the Doheny Interests while former secretary of the nary Edwin Denby was declared to have been passive throughout all the negotiations, and signed the contracts and leas es , under , misapprehension and without full knowledge of the con tents of the documents." It is beld that the proposed con tract for the work in Hawaii was kept secret "in order that congress and - th? public should not know what was being doneand not for military reasons.", - CROWDS LEAVE EUROPE SEATTLE, May 2 8. (By Asso ciated Press.) On thousand fam ilies -ten thousand persons are coming from eastern Galicia this summer to settle farms in the Peace River district of northern Alberta, reported Canadian Press dispatch from Edmonton, Alta., today. Farms have been chosen and . made ready, tialicia was formerly a province of , Aus tria. . i LATEST PICTURE OF AMUNDSEN, AND HIS ROUTBjtfUiQlE -J I. i i i mm m rp...... ' n n i m 1 - ' ' . " ' ' ' . ? ' 2, " i fert'; y- ' , ? 4 r V 5. j. - .: - - ) - l - - . 'i-V- wTm f .Vilnwr'd bv North tole is shown in the map.; He and, T.r party went through he Arctic i-e Jo Kings Bay, Sj itibtrgen, b,v. bear and then the two plar.es, ciTTyixig six men. jurnjied off for the .goal. The cjplorer is seen on tli! in his latest pict-ire from the north. Members Moot At Old Building . and March in Column to Fu ture Home Site ' jAmld appropriate ceremonies the cornerstone of the new. Elks temple was put in place by the. of ficers of the organisation last night, at which Percy A. Young, Allrtiny district deputy grand ex b alter ruler for the Oregon south district, officiated and .William S. Levens, state prohibition commis sioner made the principal address. In 1 9 0 6 Levens, who . was district deputy grand exalted ruler for Oregon, dedicated the old Liberty street temple . .- "We have raised a temple which will show the world, the kind of men who lived in 1925,' declared the speaker. "Our greatest inter est in the ranks of the B. P. O. Elks is not in the raising of great buildings, our '. one -.- greatest ob ject is to make the world brighter ahd better," declared the speaker In enumerating the ideals of the organization; - "Our greatest spirit is charity and it is our purpose to pat thought in the hearts of men." The vElks had gathered at., their old temple and marched in body to their new temple on State street, with their color standard and the American flag at the head of the column.' L U Officers of the local club acted as escorts to the officials of the corner-laying. A copper box, which had been sealed contained a , roster of the 1410 members of the Salem lodge, a brief history of the organization, letters, maga zines," blueprints of the new. tem ple and other matters. SOCIALISTS MAKE STAND SUPPORT DENIED PAINLEVE 4 ; CABINET ON QUESTION j. PARIS, May 28 (By The As sociated Press); The socialists BpVang an eleventh hour surprise In the Moroccan debate in the chamber of deputies throwing a bomb shell into fthe jerene. situa tion of the renovated "sacred un ion" when, after hearing Foreign Minister Briand's declaration they decided late tonight to abstraln from voting. They thus refused their support, to the Palnleve cab inet although; officially committed by their leaders to stand by the ministry. I .Should the ,. socialist , maintain their present attitude their failure to, indorse M, Painleve virtually means the destruction of the left group's majority which has been ruling France since the May 11, 1,324, elections. . ; The socialists, while endorsing Premier Palnleve's declarations today objected to M. Briand's re ference to France's alliance with Spain against the Riffians. They felt that the foreign minister's po licy was not in agreement with the promise M. Palnleve made them that the Moroccan war would be absolutely defensive. AUTO DEALERS TO CLOSE SPOKANE, May 28. Fourteen automotive dealers voted at a meeting here today to close their establishments ' on Sundays after July 1., - - ' - ? " Rolld Amundsen in hi dash to-ta State Game Warden Rapped for , Engngintf in Closely Re-i -latrd Business . PORTLAND. Ore., May 28. Richard W, Price today sent to Governor Pierce at ' Salem his resignation as a member of the state game commission, giving, as reasons his belief that he "could no longer, be of, service' there on and that he was "unable to agree to indirection and the injection of extraneous and political matters." iMr.i Price also referred In his formal statement to the1 executive to , his belief that the state, game warden. Captain M.. E. Burghduff, specifically mentioned by official title, was engaging in private bus iness closely associated with that of his office, against which Mr. Price has been protesting and to the activities of "a person," who is said to have made efforts ' to procure evidence - against "the principal employe of the game commission in the matter of viola tion by him of the prohibition laws of the state, appa rently with the object In view of dismissing this employe upon grounds entire ly foreign to those having to do vlth his duties." ! I 1 Mr. Price made it clear that he would not stand for this method of procedure, even against an of ficial with whom he has not been In harmony regarding the subject in controversy and with whom he has. been trying to have dismissed from the service on what he con sidered legitimate grounds. SEVEN KILLED IN TRAIN CRASH; MANY ARE HURT HIGH SPEED ON CURVE SAID iTO BE CAUSE OF WRECK t Locomotive and Coaches Plunge ? Over Embankment : LONGVIEW, Texas, May 28. (Associated Press'. J--Seven per sons were killed and a score slight ly Injured when a northbound in ternational and Great Northern passenger train was derailed two miiea southeast of here tonight. The dead are Lem Tarbutton, 65, engineer; F. H. Griffith, 37, fire man, both of Palestine, Texas, and five unidentified negroes. : Most of the injured are negroes. The train was said to have been traveling at a high rate of speed and was rounding a curve when the derailment occurred. The lo comotive, mail coach and negro passenger coach overturned into a ditch. The other coaches were de railed but remained upright. The train was running a half hour late. FACISTS IN CLASH LONDON, May 28 The Daily Telegraph's Copenhagen corresp ondent reports that a fierce clash Involving "fascists" . and commu nists occurred in the center of the Danish capital today. A number of persons were taken to hospitals sufferings from serious , wounds and many arrests were made.:: ' ..... :l ..-...:.'.' . 3 a Secretary of Agriculture Will Tour West; Oregon Points Included RADIO SPEECH IS MADE Valuable Serviced Offered By De partment M Agriculture; Conditions Are Now Stressed CHICAGO. May 28 (By The Associated rPress) William Jar dinesetretary of agriculture, in a radio address here tonight empha sized the true ; importance of the department of . agriculture as a "work shop" operating with 16, 000 representatives over the na tion for, the benefit' of citl2ens both work and at play. . Secretary Jardine' arrived in Chicago today on the' first leg of a seven weeks Journey In which' he is scheduled to visit many centers of the -"work shop" in the farm ing and range regions west of the! Mississippi river. His Itinerary In cludes numerous points on . the Pacific coast. ,.." Secretary Jardine will Include the following places In hlsjtour: Medford, June 26; auto trip to Corvallis, June 27: auto trip to Salem and Portland;: June. 28 to 30. From Portland he will go to Butte, Mont. . The department of agriculture is commonly said to be at Wash ington," but that is merely its headquarters," the secretary said, speaking through radio station WLS here tonight. "At ' Washington . the depart ment has 4,000 employes, but there are 16,000 more of. them scattered throughout the states, i "The service of. the department reaches ta practically every , per son in the country," Mr. Jardine aserted. , t ' . t Secretary Jardine detailed the .purpose of many of the more prominent activities if the depaft- m!f aCV""!' sald, from an increasing complex ity of life. . ; . - Concluding the address, Mr. Jardine pointed out that agricul tural conditions this spring are the best since the spring of 1920. The basis factor' underlying this temporary improvement is that the surplus of certain major products which especially depress ed prices for the three years have finally been worked off," he said. "With the possible . exception of cattle, producers enter thli crop season unhandtcapped by undue carryovers of crops and animals. The relative purchasing power of farm products in terms of non-agricultural commodities now stands better than 90 per cent of the pre war average, , which is the highest point reached since June, 1920. "However, jdo!not wish to minize the fact that even the face cf decided improvement in farm ing conditions I there are grate problems which must be solved be fore agriculture can be said to be on a satisfactory basis." Emblem J nst llack , From Lona Trip Eatf Antbdrlaed by 1W3 legislature. , , . For Che first time in it history, Oregon is the possessor of an of ficial fag, .the emblem having, been, formally presented to the state Thursday and accepted by Governor Pierce in the presence of San A. Kottri Secretary of state; T. B. Ear. state treasurer, L II. Van , .Winkle, attorney general. Brigadier General George A. White Cot Carle Abrams. George P. Griffith,, state commander of the American Legion, -Major C. W. Waller; the. seven members of the supreme court, a few newspaper men and a moving picture news reel operator of Portland. Major Tom Rllea was master of cere monies. ' .: ' V The flag was authorized by the 1925 legislature and features the coat of arms of the state beneath the words "State of Oregon,'.' with a cluster, of 33 gold stars below. The reverse showa a beaver, work ed in gold. f ; i The emblem, was made in Port land in the flag department of the Meier & ; Franlcstora in five days. Upon completion It was rushed to the east where it . was .used : at Lexington at the aniversarr of the "sho for freedom," ,vThe flag has Just been returned to Oregon. .... Portland men present were Col. H. TJ. Welch. Lt Col. Fred West. Lt. Col. jaraes S. Gay afad Major IV A. M finer: SALEM TRIP IS PLANNED SECRETARY OF INTERIOR TO ARRIVE HERE JULY t SPOKANE, May 28 Dr,. Hu bert Work, secretary of the inter ior and ; Dr. Elwood -Mead, com missioner of reclamation, will ar-. rive bere Jane iO on their western tour; ; information " received hei-e today said. They. ,will be the guesta of the. Columbia: Basin ir rigation lQAgne' at n banquet: here and will go to, Pasco to address the annual "convantion bf the league bh July 1 IPty willgb to Top: pehlsh and Yakima, going to Ta coma July 4 and to Rainier Na tional park for a conference with Governor Hartley. They will fe turn tt Tacoma July 5 and go to Seattle the following day and to Portland on July t, going to Sa lem and returning to Portland for July 8. Baker will - be visited July 9t and Ontario and Vale July 10.- - - ; - The party will visit American Falls, Idaho, July 13, Pocatello July 14 and thence will return to Washington; D. C. DAUGHTERS RAISE VOICE BARBARA FR1ETCHIE TEXT PROTEStS TOURNAMENT 1 t Barbara Frletcble Tent, Daugh ters of Veterans, have joined in the protest voiced by other patrio tic . organizations of the city against the military tournament at the Oregon Agricultural college Saturday with "stunts similar to the Fourth of July." At a meeting Thursday the Tent went on -record as "sincere ly and i vigorously- - protesting against this event or any other sport held on that day, sacred to the soldier and sailor, dead and that we r;do consider jthis celebra tion to be a disregard to the pur pose of the day." ; v,- - J'-J: f The resolutions committee con sisted of Mabel Lockwood, Gladys Bartholomew and Elizabeth A. A Watlrs. - .; . -t .. L I - . - . ..i-i ,m-mB weeks MUcH Improved HEAD OF WAR DEPARTMENT AFTER OPERATION BOSTON, May 28. (By Asso ciated Press.) Secretary.- of War John" W. Weeks, was in excellent spirits tonight at the Massachu setts General hospital after suc cessful operation today for gall stones. The etonee .were removed and the bladder drained under local anaesthetics. - I The bulletin issued tonight by Dr. Daniel. F. Jones, Jhft operating surgeon, and Dr. Gorham Brig ham, his colleague, said: - "Secretary . Weeks had as . com' fortable a day as could be expect. fed. His pulse Is good; bis tem perature; normal, and he is in fex xellent eplrits." ' , V DR. BURTON IS HONORED CHICAGO. May 28. (Associat ed Press.)- Faculty And students of the University "of Chicago and the academic world in general Jolii ed today in paying final tribute to Dr. Ernest Dewitt Barton, third president .of the university wtd Cic 4 Tuesday, Authorities Declare There Is No Reason to Suppose Planes Wrecked - INLAND FLIGHT PLAfiHED Instructions Given to Association , to Fnrnlsu Patrol Planes and Ships; May Form Expedition t OSLO,, Norway, May 28 (By The Associated Press)- The Nor wegian Aeronautic association ta kes the view that there Is no rea son for supposing the Amundsen north pole expedition has met with disaster. The association points' out that Captain Amundsen's in structions to the other members of the expedition aboard the ves sels Farm and Hobby were that the polar flight might last a fort night. He is also said to have in structed these ships to patrol along the ice edge in the event he did not return within a fort night. ; . . ; . . To make this patrol as effeclent as! possible, the association has asked the ministry of defense to place the Farm, which is a naval transport, at tbe association's dis posal for.a ' considerably longer period than. was originally intend ed, and further, to order two na val airplanes to assist lh the pa trol, s The association requests that the tb planes he Bent to Spltzberr gen where. patrols, were on duty two years ago waiting for Amund sen on ms night from wain- wright. .-. . ? . The association is asking also that Donald B. McMillan who soon is to leave for' the Arctic with an all-American expedition, to' be ca (he lookout around Capo Colom bia. . The Chipping Gazette comment ing on the. American preparations for a rescue expedition voices thank for the official and prirata Interest which is being, shown ia the United States and asscrtJ t! t since one of Amundsen's collia-. gues, ' Lincoln Ellsworth, is an American, the interest of the United States in a rescue expedi tion is completely Justified. SEATTLE. May 28 (By Th Associated Press) There is . n more reason to worry about Amundsen's absence at the end cj tbe week; than there was after ha had been gone 24 hours, in tho opinion of Ralph Lomen of None, close friend of the explorer, who is here on his way to the north- land.,; , . . , . , lAmundsen ia probably exploring the region of the - north polo tb make sure of. his discovery, Lo men declared. vltAt the south pole Amundsen located nearly as possible the epot that he believed marked the axU of j the earth," Lomen said, "Sat he could not be sure, within five miles of the exact location, so he made a square ten miles In each direction and he and members cf his party traveled over each of tbe 100 square ; miles so that no one might say that he had missed tho pole by one mile or five miles." f Lomen, . does not believes it likely that Amundsen will fly to Alaska. -He is more-likely to re turn to Epitzbergen, he says. BUELL SELECTED WIFI flER ALBERT PRIZE AWARDED AT 3ALE5I HIGH SCHOOL 4 Nathan Bnell, Salem high schor l senior wod the Joseph All crt prize yesterday by a vote of tL3 Associated student body, wha c?.--clared; that 'he had shown ll.a greatest improvement of the thre-;j students nominated by tha.f; ulty. - s Each: year the senior that r? made the greatest progress ?-ir. his high school carefcr,has the rn the most consistent record cf study,, is awarded, the $25 prize, following the vote of-the citsdent. Tile other' two candidates were Lorraine Pierce and EM Cartlcit. :: j, cov, u; sah eucids . uEA'TTLEi; May 28. Hang!: i In the basement of his hocje, t". body of Milton Helmlch, 14-yf . -old, high, school staieat, v . found by his father here tosls' t. The coroner declared it to ta a suicide.., The dead Ley's pare.- can assign no reaesa for his act. EUGENC. Ore., ITay 13th annual Ore:-: a r thoot starts Friday r ikSO 'clDck to I t r : SporUmtn. fro-;: II:' . ton, C&Hfcrr l f- r; . tartic!;jlct . .