THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1925
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ISNT1 PORTLAND
-The proposed linen taiffilfiE
The question is whether Portland is to make good its prom
Ls to subscribe $175,000 bf the issue-cfS600,QOO shares of
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i Portland ought to do its part-, One hundred millions worth
of flax products are imparted Annually into. "America. This
country brings in every year $25,000,000 morth of foreign
flax products of the kind '.the proposed linen mill ateSaIem
would turn out." The market, for what, the, mill would pro
duce i3 inexhaustible, and the margins for products -are very
large. - ;s- . .t";.H."7V;i :-r n i M ! -Jr "ff''f,
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! Running but eight hours a day, the mill would i,urn out
$ C00,000 worth of., output. :a year. It, would, consume all Jhe
flax that could be grown on 8000 acres of farm land. Based
cnesult3 ih Eastern CanadaVthenet profit to farmers ji'ould
; be $30 per acre;,' with a probability of $33 or more. .
i In Ontario, Canada, the industry is well developed and is
Erowingv ; Conditions there are not so favorable! as in West
ern Oregon, according to the statement of experienced ex
perts. The Willamette valley and. coast countries are de
scribed by them as being more favorable -for flax production
than any other1 region on the North American continent.
The altitude. is low. 'The atmospheric humidity is exactly
right; 'Soil and btlter, conditions are the best fully as good
as in Ireland nd such other spots beyond .the Atlantic where
flax is produced. An example of what a linen industry means
is presented in 'Ireland, where within a radius bf 25 miles
around one. flax center there are 125 linen mills. ; Another
example is seen in the fact that America imports $100,000,
C00 worth of flax products every year. M ; l I
Here is the situation with the proposed mill. Salem stock
holders have .subscribed more than their quota of $300,000
for the stock. They have a total now of about $310,000.
Silverton has passed its quota. Other valley towns are doing
their bit. The Canadian, subscribers agreed to raise $50,
000. .They have "subscribed $68,000. Everything now waits
on the action of the Portland investors. , t ! j;.
' The way to build up Oregon is to utilize her1 assets, i The
power toproduce the best flax; iirtfceworId is one of those
assets. : ;If once in action, flax experts of long experience' say
the capacity of the mill would have to be doubled in, a very
few years. : The single shift of an ; eight-hour day, , which
would handle the flax, from 8000 acres, would, they say, be
speedily changed into a double or triple shift. :
I The enterprise,. would help give Western Oregon farmers a
diversification of crops. It . would open up to them a crop
more profitable, and more steady than almost any crop they
now are producing. On an investment of $600,000, it would,
in a three-shift' day, turn of f an output of nearly $2,000,000
a year. i 'U'-ili''--; - -j-.-K.ji'hl j'" - 'A-
j Most of all, it would inaugurate an industry of unbounded
possibilities.- Oregon has in this power to produce flax one
of the most valuable of assets. This state can become the
linen center of the United States, according to the insistence
of experts inr the industry. Is it not a thing for Portland to
be concerned about? Oregon Journal. ': ; ! ,1; j!
liSIXSUICDEESaiE
: 5 BHELEG COilCEffiGEJTlieUSr
The Sixth CahrWy, in W&t
ing loucnes Acaea ana win be uomg run time wnn
in a Few Days A Very Complete Cannery Plant Made
: From the Old Cunningham Dryer More Extensive
"'Barreling Operations This Year Than Heretofore
J ' The Salem canneries are all
running of strawberries now, anfl
most of tbem also on gooseberries. -J
Tbe t jiunt canflery yill hare
about COO people at work, today;
t5 men, the balance : ..women;
vorltlrig ' on strawberries and
t gooseberries; will be running to
capacity: next week, with 400 or
taore people employed. -f
Toe rest of the canneries are
all getting to going and. will be
up to capacity especially on straw
terries, witbin a few days.J j
f New West. Salem Cannery
Tbo sixth cannery j f or j Salem.
; s abont ready .lo begin operation.
Borne machinery is yet j to be ln
stalled, bat .expected hourly.
! b1,-ta toe,nnInd7erNemi& Ltbby are'Uklng in ber.
rebuilt completely rebuilt Into rtei at tfle oW Frolt Unlon baUd.
one of the best equipped canneries lngJ !Taey are g0 Ut gettlng m08t.
J!- VT7n' th Plt' 01 ly Wilsons; fine ones. .The ber
About T16O,00O cases tor the sea- W golng to The Dane8 are tft De
son. It U now owned by the Pa-1- ,
,ciflc Fruit Canning and Packing
company; a cooperative concern of
Ithe growers. I Fred Prager is
president Arthur Ljj Wallace,
, secretary-treasurer and manager,
jand G. C Newgent superlntend
j ent. H. W. Elgin la warehouse
foreman.- A. E. Mclntioe, of the
Industrial Construction company,
a former Salem boy, who has
again come to live here, has been
In charge of the construction
work. : J I j j.:" ; I
; Surely a very "fine job' has been
accomplished, in making every
thing about the new cannery han
dy and convenient, and economical
or operation. J ; i -
Some gooseberries are alreadv
In, and strawberries will begin to
i come today : or tomorrow.
I , Only t canning win be done this
year, and all the j fruits of the
s grower- members win 'be taken;
from gooseberries to apples.
u mat next year a
dryer will be addedr for the prunes
s of the members. " virnif j r
f Rarrclinff RarreIs jf Them
uaker, Kelley & McLaughlin
j ara nicely established this year in
tue old Loju plant,,; on Trade
street, facing the alley, between
, commercial and Liberty streets
I They are eqaipped with: a "patent
i vasbing system, to make the ber
- hies cleari before being put into
: 1-arrela. . . . ; ; :
They have heen receiving at the
i Salera plant for a couple of days
fone Ores:Dssatrarsha31srand...Wil-
sons; very fine berries, j They are
r?ofvi7!g. fcerfi?3 'also at Albany.
V.'c: ,:t-;ra a- 1 Lclancn'.'. The Al-
. . r-. y.'c riturs rlast3 tare
INTERESTED?
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Saleiruis -waitincr nn Portland
Salem, Is Having the Finish-
been taking .berries for a couple
of daysj The Lebanon plant' com
mences receiving berries today.
It is expected that the strawber
ry season ' for barreling will last
fire to six weeks. This concern
may . ; barrel . some loganberries,
but .this has not been decided as
ret. ;l I ' -'S i t -z
George W. Johnson, as usual, Is
one of the men in charge of the
business of this firm; one of the
largest barreling firms In the
United States. It Is expected that
the number oT barrels of straw
berries put up In this territory
this year will Tar exceed the num
ber of any former year.'
V Going to The Dalles
Some of our strawberries are
going to The Dalles. Lib by, Mc-
canned.. . . . -1
? Prefers Cannery ; Work
The Quinaby correspondent of
The Statesman ; says: t
V What appears to be a shortage
In the strawberry fields Is due to
the fact that all the rural schools
have not closed,' thus releasing
the children. The school Is the
usual length, but the' berries are
early, ) and many country people
who formerly worked In the fields
are now driving eight miles to
Salem every aorning to work In
the canneries, while the men of
the families Co to theid employ
ment at the mills, the woolen mill,
paper mill and saw- mill each
claiming1 a part of the country
workers,"- - ' -.-
STORES CLOSE SATURDAY
! TO ' BE AT RTAND-
i KTILL MEMORIAL DAY
Stores of Salem will clos Mem
orial day, according to the state
ments .-by the Associated Merc
namaot tne city yesterday. Only
one exception remains, however,
mi mai ,n tne matter of closing
for the butcher shops'. Some de
sire to open part of the morning,
while others desire to' remain clos
ed all the day.; j , ; ; ,
Tbe restaurant and hotel de
mand for meat supplies Is respon
sible for creating the snag in the
closing arrangements, according to
the report, p , :.,, .....
It's ; gotten ' to the . point where
you can not even find parklrs
e:C3 in the country. , t
FLIGHT TO ALASKfrSAID :
INTENTION OF -'AMUNDSEN
PROLONGED HOP CONTEM
PLATED AT POLE
ITead of Appoints ' RUf , Corps
PeclaiW Intention IV as
Annonnced h
r "11 v - r ' n't! '!'
. NEW YORK, Msy 27. (By
Associated Press) - Amundsen
planned to go on to Alaska if suc
cessful In his quest of the north
pole. It was announced today by
Jernon j S. Prentice, New York
stock, broker, and brother-in-law
of Lincoln Ellsworth, the explor
er's companion. i ' , .
"I happen to know it was
Amundsen's Intention, df conji
tions were favorable at the pole to
go on to Alaska," he said. Pren
tice annonnced that he was chair
man , of an American advisory j
tuiuiuiitcc, aiiyuiuicu ucauihuu-i
sen and Ellsworth to take relief
measures If necessary. His state
ment Is considered important in
the discussion : which , has arisen
concerning the' expedition's" Inten
tions In the event it reached "the
top of the world. j ;
Vilhjalmur Stefansson,: Arctic
explorer and Wrangell island col
ony founder told The Associated
Press last Saturday that he was
'fertain Amundsen expected to ex
tend bis flight to Aiasaa alter
reaching the pole. This assertion,
met with a number of denials, sev
eral sources giving the assurance
that Amundsen and Ellsworth
planned to return to Spitsbergegn
directly after the polar flight had
been accomplished. ' ; v ;f
Prentice ' made no comment on
these conflicting assertions beyond
stating that ''he "happened to
know," the Alaska trip had been
Amundsen's ' intention, and ad
ding:: "I know that he (Amund
sen) sacrificed the advantage of
having a radio apparatus-with him
in order to be able to take on ad
ditional gasoline." '
TITHING BILL ATTACKED
PETITIONS ITLED FEW MIN--UTKS
BEFORE MIDNIGHT C
: Ten minutes before taid night
referendum petitions bearing 9350
certified signatures attacking the
so-called tithing bill were filed
with'the secretary of state. Time
for filing expired at midnight, but
when no word was received from
-the sponsors at 5 o'clock, when
the office closed, It was believed
that the petition would not mate
rialize. The signatures are barely
sufficient to carry the petition.
The tithing bill provides that 10
per cent of the fees received from
self-supporting departments and
commissions be turned Into the
general fund. It Is sponsored by
Tom E. Shea of the Portland
NeWS. l I'
The other petitions were filed
earlier in the week. These were
the, referendum on the bus and
truck measure and the ; cigarette
and tobacco tax measure. AH three
will come before the people at
the general election in November,
1926.- ,.
BOARD PLANS FAVORED
SCRAPPING OF OLD VESSELS
SAID BEST FOR SHIPPING j
WASHINGTON, May 27 (By
The Associated Press) The ship
ping Board took a step today to
ward weeding out obsolete vessels
and placing its fleet on a more
compact basis,? adopting a resolu
tion recommended by Its scrapping
committee specifying that 200 de
signated ships should be advertis
ed for sale as scrap. " "?
The action was hailed by Chair
man O'Connor as enabling the
board to turn its attention more
definitely to the sale of ships for
operation. He left immediately af
ter the board meeting for Detroit
to keep an appointment with
Henry Ford, who Is .' expected to
bid for the ships to be scrapped
and in addition has indicated that
he might buy 20 or 30 others for
operation. j
' Mr. O'Connor Intends to discuss
the refrigerator vessels situation
with the manufacturer and also
the possible ' purchase of other
ships for operation along lines In
dicated In a conversation with Mr.
Ford a fe wweeka ago, t
The refrigerator - ships have
been Idle for several years, but It
has been said they eould be used
to carry automobile parts to South
America and bring back fruits.: I
QUOTA QUICKLY RAISED
LEGION WORKERS OBTAIN
940OO IX SHORT ORDER
t Practically without a hitch, Sa
lem's quota to the American I;
gion endowment campaign within
48 hours after the opening hour,
and Capital Post has the honor of
going over the top with a bang.
At 4 o'clock 13500 had been
subscribed; while several teams
were in the field and had not re
ported. From all indications it is
safe to say that the quota was
realized, and the city will be
among those listed as subscribing
more than their share.
Jhe American Legion endow
ment move is to secure $5,000,000
with which to care for the orphans
of. ex-service men, especially of
.those who died during ths war. .
iwrasunE
HEFEIE FILED
Petitions Bear 30,000 Sig
' ; natures With 19,832 .
h Certified
MARION COUNTY IS THIRD
Names of 1347 Obtained Here;
Needed Revenue Denied State
! Until the General Election
' ! in 1926
Bearing approximately 30,000
signatures, of which 19.832 have
been certified, referendum peti
tions attacking the bus and truck
measure passed by the 1925 legis
lature,! were filed with the secre
tary bf state Tuesday. The petitions-were
filed by . the Oregon
Motor Stage association and the
Auto Freight Transportation as
sociation, V
Multnomah county led in the
number of signatures, having
6604. ; Coos county was second
1675, and Marion county third
with 1347. Approximately 9000
signatures were necessary.
Filing of the petitions automat
ically deprives the state of apy
additional revenue from Increas
ed fees upon automobile stages
and trucks until it is referred to
the people at the general election
in November 1926 unles a special
election is called. f -
In view of the petitions having
an over-abundance of signatures,
no attention will be paid to the
900 requests received by mail
from signers to the petition who
have changed their minds and ask
that their names be stricken from
the petitions. The requests for
withdrawal, it Is understood, were
inspired by the county judges and
commissioners of the state, who
furnished the postal cards for this
purpose, hoping to black the ref
erendum. Monday petitions referending
the cigarette and tobaco tax were
filed while It is expected that pe
titions delaying the so-called tith
ing bill will be filed today. This
bill requires , all self-supporting
iepartments and commissions to
pay 10 per cent of their fees into
the general fund of the state.
Petitions '.must be filed " by 6
o'clock Thursday 'afternoon.
AMUSEMENTS MAY 30
C0NDEMNEP BY.VETS
MEMORL1L DAY HELD SACRED
TO DEAD COMRADES :
Capitalization Not Good Aradrt
, .canism; Military .Tourney to
. Be Held- t OAC'c'vV-V
Representatives of military' and
patriotic organizations of the city,
particularly the older . ones; are
unalterably opposed , to . baseball
games, motorcycle and automo
bile races, dances and the military
tournament at the Oregon Agricul
tural college- in particular being
held In connection with Memor
ial Day. . Such events, they claim,
are not good Americanism on May
30th.. , : 'v-
"There Is too much significance
in the day to capitalize it by mak
ing it a gala occasion," Charles J.
Lisle, Spanish American War Vet
eran and a member of the Sons of
Veterans, acting as spokesman for
a number of the military organi
sations, i said - last night.'; "This
day, of all days of the year, should
be set aside in memory of depart
ed soldiers who gave their lives for
their country In times of need."
3 Holding it too late for any of
ficial action. Governor Pierce yes
terday told a committee from, the
Sons of Veterans and its auxiliary
that he. would not Interfere with
the military tournament at Cor
vallis Saturday. The Grand Army
of the Republic also Joined In the
protest of the Sons" of "Veterans.
"I deeply regret," the governor
said,; "that the tournament was
dated for Decoration Day. I have
studiously tried to prevent auto
mobile races and similar amuse
ments on this day. 1 Hereafter I
shall request that the OAC mili
tary tournament be held at some
other time." ' " "
SIX; BODIES ARE FOUND
Coal Mine Tragedy' Occur One
Thousand Feet Ileilow- Snr
face; Fresh Air Is Sent
to the Victims
COAL GLEN, N. C, May 28 (By
The Associated Press)- Hope that
any of the three ' score or more
miners entombed in the Carolina
coal company mine near here yes
terday! would be found alive was
abandoned by rescuers early to
day., -
Members of the rescue crews,
who had recovered six bodies
from the mine expressed the be
lief that It the miners escaped the
three explosions which wrecked
the srhft, they have succumbed to
the afterdamp, ,
Escape at Night - '
. Robert Howard.. Inmate of the
Oregon State Training school, fled
last night when he broke from a
dormitory at 12 o'clock. Notice
was given the. Salem police to be
ca tha alert..
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fiORTH STILL; SILENT ON v
FATE OF POLAR LEADERS
NO WORD IS RECEIVED FROM
AMUNDSEN EXPEDITION
Fire. Days Now Klps Since Two
Planes Hopped Off For Frozen
Zone i p-.-
NEW YORK, May 26 (By The
Associated Press) The North
American Newspaper Alliance an
nounce through The Associated
Press at 9 o'clock tonight that it
was still without word from the
Amundsen-Ellsworth north pole
expedition. ' It is now five days
since the two planes started from
Kings Bay, Spitsbergen, headed
for the pole.
WASHINGTON, May 26 (By
The Associated Press) Secretary
Wilbur declared today he regard
ed as "remote" any chance of
sending the dirigible Los Angeles
or Shenadoah into the Arctic in
search of the Amundsen polar ex
pedition. :
The present intention, he ad
ded. Is await the departure of the
MacMillan expedition to the north
next month and If the explorer
has not reported by that time, to
see what can be done by scouting
with the air planes of that party.
His own ; idea, however, was that
if the Amundsen party had been
forced down there would be little
chance for the aviators, to find
them. ' - '.!;''
If the party can be found and
relief work Is necessary he de
clared, -the navy will be disposed
to do what it can. Although be
yond the call of humanity, there
is no claim upon the United States
with respect to the expedition,
government officials from Presi
dent Coolidge down have shown
considerable interest in the under
taking. The president Is inclined
to favor American " relief . for
Amundsen if it is necessary and
practicable, but he Is not convinc
ed that the time has come to con
sider : it.' :
Secretary Wilbur declared he
was not enthusiastic over the
suggestion for sending lighter
than air craft into the Arctic. '
Two years ago, he recalled, the
navy decided against sending a
lighter than air craft into the
Arctic because the plan was "nei
ther 'Vise ' nor sane.". The ques
tion' of expense entered into this
decision, he added, and there was
also the question of risks devolv
ing upon dirigibles In going into
new and untried conditions in the
Arctic . .v ;, .:-!
Although the' navy is considering'
the possibility of sending the Los
Angeles of the Shenandoah to the
relief, of the '. MacMillan expedi
tion, "this summer In" event of an
emergency, he declared, even this
was, only a tentative proposition
so far. ' '.,'' ' ' . 'i '
CATTLE MEN ASK FOR
f VMORE GRAZING LANDS
INFLUX OF CIVILIZATION RE
, jOtCING PLAINS RUNNING
More Extensive Use of National
Forests Being Sought by '
' ' ; Breeders
"PORTLAND, May? 26. n the
face of irrisistible advances of
railroads,' irrigation projects and
highways into the once unlimited
range country of Eastern Oregon,
more than 50 cattlemen, meeting
here; today at the two-day conven
tion of the Cattle and Horse Rais
ers association of Oregon, recog
nized ' the ' inevitability of the in
flux of settlers and framed an ap
peal to congress for more exten
sive use of the grazing lands of
the national forests.
.The association formed plans
to ask for radical reforms' in the
administrative policy of the na
tional forests in regard to grazing;.
Instead of the annual permit
system now in practice; the asso
ciation, wills asic for . long-term
eases, preferably for five or 10
years. ; .. ' , . . ... ,
The cattlemen will ask that the
grazing policy be shaped by con
gressional legislation and that
only the details and routine of
administration be left to officials
of the department of agriculture
and the forest service. f .
They will also . request that the
100 per cent increase' In fees proposed-
be rejected . and that . the
same rates as now in force be con
tinued.' .
JAPANESE ARE CHARGED
VIOLATION OF ALIEN LAND
LAWS LAID TO SIXTEEN
. SEATTLE, May 26. Wholesale
evasion of alien land laws was
charged by Prosecutor Ewing D.
Colvin, in ' informations ; filed In
superior, court here today against
E. C. McGonigle, Algona City mar
shal, and 16 Japanese truck farm
ers, operating In the fertile White
river valley, between here and,Ta
coma... . , ' , -
Bail for the accused was set at
$1000 each.
The complaints may be the fore
runner of similar charges against
more than 100 Japanese who are
said to be tilling and occupying
the valley land in violation of law,
Colvin explained. ; ;
, McGoniggle is charged in the
complaint with being the fiscal
agent of a large syndicate of Jap
anese farmers, who are occupying
truck . farms under the guise of
being "hired hands."
fiisn;iriy;;
HE0PB1 it CASE
Petition to Interstate Com
merce Body Completed .
:. - Tuesday ;
RIGHT HELD RESERVED
Protect ion 'of Public Hy Prevent
lng Needless Duplication
of Construction Ob- , ,
- Ject Corey Says
Petition to reopen the South
ern Pacific-Central Pacific rail
road case Insofar as it affects the
railroad mab of Oregon in order
that should the application of the
Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific for permit to . extend to
Klamath Falls be granted in or
der htat the public1 service com
mission may order a joint and
common user or joint construc
tion and common use of the pres
ent uncompleted, line' has been
made of the Interstate- commerce
according to H. H. Corey, chair
man of the public service commls-t
slon.
"We have asked a further hear
ing on the Southern Pacific-Central
Pacific case at the same time
hearing is held on the application
of the Hill lines," Mr. Corey said.
''The commission deems it would
be derelict in its duty to the pub
lic if it should permit a repeti
tion of the fiasco of 1911-12 when
two lines of railroad " were i er
mitted to duplicate construction
up the Deschutes river to Bend,
at which time approximately $24,
000,000 were spent when one
half of that amount would have
been sufficient.' ' This, burden of
unnecessary investment will
eventually be reflected In the
freight rates paid by the general
public."
As a result of the intervention
by the public service commission,
the order , of the Interstate com
merce commission made February
6,! 1923, In the Central Pacific
case, specifically reserves the right
to reopen proceedings at any time
by order of the I. C. C. either
upon the initiative of the commis
sion or motion of any person
claiming an interest for the pur
pose of making such order as
the commission may deem neces
sarysupplementary to the origin
al order. ;- ' !- .
SEt(SCH0(teSiT
AEW ASHLAND NOR3IAL' WILL
BE LOCATED IN CITY..
' Selection of a site for; the new
Southern Oregon-Normal school at
Ashland was made Tuesday by the
board of regents. The' site com
prises 18i5 acres south and. at
the end of the Ashland boulevard
and one block from "the ' place
where the, Pacific highway leaves
the boulevard and directly west of
Indiana street: - The 'site ' is val
ued at. 130,000.': ,
' Seven acres of the - site are in
triangular form and owned by the
city, .the remainder belonging to
different persons. ' The board rec
ommended that the next legisla
ture transfer to the city the , old
normal school site." ' '
John A Bennes, architect, will
submit plans at the next meeting
of the board of regents, June 18
while, W. C. Knighten will submit
plans for the new training Bchool
at Monmouth.' : " . : '
CHEMAWA HAS PROGRAM
CLOSING EXERCISES FOR THE
YEAR BEGINS ON SUNDAY
The Kiwanis club, as an organ
ization has been invited to attend
the closing events of the Chema
wa Indian Training school on the
last - of this. week. The program
which has - been arranged allows
for a competitive drill for boys
and physical education, exercises
for girls, followed by a dress pa
rade in which the student body
will participate, i I
On Monday and Tuesdjay follow
ing, an operette in three acts,
fPaul Revere." by Dodge .will be
given in the auditorium.
V Thursday, June 4, an industrial
demonstration for visitors will be
staged. -: '-'-l'v"1- ' V
FRESH. FRUITS " SHIPPED
GOOSEBERRIES STARTED EAST
. LETTUCE MOVING
Fresh fruits are being - moved
from the Salem district, the first
carload fo green gooseberries - for
eastern - shipment left this . week
from the Hunt cannery. Several
other carloads are planned in the
experiment la successful. - Another
carload left from the Pacific Fruit
ft Produce plant last night while
the new Pacific Cannery ft. Prod
uce company in . West Salem start
ed shipping fresh gooseberries
Tuesday., This plant is now. ready
to receive strawberries.
, A, carload of lettuce from the
Labish .meadow district .was iced
and sent out Tuesday. This is the
forerunner of from six to eight
rarlbads. This industry, is in its
infancy and there are but 2Sacres
?lanted thisrseason. , The tJreage
will 'be Increas?! next year.
CO
NATIONAL: DEMOCRATIC
s - CHAIRMAN RESIGNING
PARTY LEADERS PLAN MEET
ING IX NEAR FUTURE V J
ArkansM Man Now Practically
Conceded Socceaaor to Vt i'
' - , ""Virginian ' -'
WASHINGTON, May 2G--(By
The Associated ! Press): Reports
were, current " here today tnai
Clem Shaver of West Virginia was
preparing to resign ,as chalrmanj
of the democratic national com
mittee and J that. Representative
William Oldfield of Arkansas had
been agreed upon as his succes-;
sor.. Party leaders are planning
to have a meeting of the com
mittee; probably , within . three
weeks. : V-
Information that a compro
mise had been . reached on the
democratic national chairmanship
leaked out coincident - with an
nouncement by Mr. Oldfield of
preliminary plans for the 1926
congressional fight. '
Mr. ; Shaver was . salnd to have
Informed " ; committee , members
several months ago he would "not
retire until a harmony candidate
had been found". To the end that
a compromise might be found ex
changes have taken place between
representatives of Mr. Shaver,
William G. McAdoo and Governor,
Smith and it appears to leaders
here that a fight over the chair
manship can be avoided.' ;
DOHEI 1HTERESTS
TO FORFEIT LEf.SE
Fraud Found and Harding
Held to Have Exceeded
Power as President
f I-
SETTLEMENT IS ORDERED
Will Get Credit for Work; Propos
ed Contracts Will Not Be Made'
j Public "For Military
; Reasons ' ; '
LOS ANGELES, May 28, (By
The Associated Press.) Tne Do
heny 'pil interests, in a decision
rendered late today by Federal
Judge Paul J. MCormick. were
ordered to give up for cancellation
their leases . in naval oil reserve
No. 1, Elk-Hills', CaL, and con
tracts for construction-of oil stor
age facilities at Pearl Harbor, Ha
waii.! v .; :, l , '
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. L. , Doheny's pay
ment I of 1100,000 to Albert B.
Fall, then secretary of the interior
and : second, because ex-President
Harding's order transferring , dis
cretionary antbprity in the matter
of oil leases from the navy to the
interior department was in excess
of his power as president.
Jadge McCormick 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"
matte any false representations of
act ! to President Harding for the
purpose ot inducing the-making
of an executive order of May 31,
1S21." '' . '. ' p
Lt Fall also is 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 ail the negotiations,
and signed the contracts and leas
es I under misapprehension - and
without full knowledge of the con
tents of the documents." :
It is held that the proposed con
tract for the work in Hawaii was
kept secret "in order that congress
and the public should not know
what was being done, and not for
military reasons."
i " 6IIOOT STARTS TODAY i
EUGENE, Ore., May 28. The.
13th annual Oregon state trap
snoot starts Friday - morning, at
:30 o'clock o last three days.
Sportsmen from Idaho, Washing
ton, California and Oregon are .to
participate, advance registrations
show. , - ' ; . 1:;.
ak'aTciejacy
1
Double lenses when needed do increa3
your efficiency by grivin near and far-Tb-
ion In one pair of tenses. '.
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SMi ELKS I'M '
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LI!IUUIILl!ID1U,.l
Appropriate -Ceremonies to
I Mark Rites Beginning at
' -7 O'Clock Tonight-,.
LODGE FORMED. I?J 1896
i.
From. 4 T, Cliarter, Members Or
.". ganization Iacreases Uatll
' 14 lO Names Are Now i
' Listel on Roster . "
I The laying of the corner stone
of the new. Elks . temple at 7
o'clock tonight will mark another
chapter in the history of the local
lodge. Fitting ceremonies are to
W observed with, William S.
Levens, state prohibition commis-'
sioner, as orator of the- day. As
district deputy grand exalted ruler
he -officiated when the.! Liberty
street temple ; was dedicated.
Percy : A. Young, of Albany,- district-deputy
grand exalted ruler
for Oregon south will have charge
of the-ceremonles.
Members of the lodge are to
gather at the old temple at 6:45
c'clock and will march to the new
temple, headed by. the Elks band.
Charles- , Knokland, chairman;
Brazier Small, and Phillip Holmes
are the committee members in
charge. - . ;.;, , . .. : ' ,.
-i.- Following the exercises the
Eikswill march back1 to their old
quarters for. their, regular Thurs
day1 evening lodge.session.',
, ;The Salem Elks lodge was , or
ganized April 21, 1896 with 47
charter -! members, using the old ..
YMCA building as lodge room. fT.
Soils' Cohen, district deputy grand
exalted ruler was in charge at the '
time. 1 The. first exalted ruler of
the Salem. Elks, was John. Knight, .
who was transferred - from the
Portland lodge. ''Following - their
location in the old building, the
organization secured ' the - JOOP
hall on Court street.. In 1 9 12,
they built the Liberty.-street tem
ple. Since then they 'have" built
one of the finest temples In the
northwest costing approximately
f 176,000 which will be dedicated
ir a later date, probably during
the national Elks convention in
Portland in July. '
- Several important documents
are to be placed in the corner
stone. The most important on
will be a paper- containing a briel
histor of the local lodge, in ad
dition to the roster of 1410 mem
bers, blueprints, which have been
officially approved, by the grand
exalted ruler, a 'letter bearing bin
signature, and acknowledgment ot
the plans, a copy of the June Elks,
the latest issue of the Pacific
Coast Elk and of the Salem Elk-let."-
' I':
A picture of the old- Liberty
street temple will be included in
the list, a copy, of the contract
used in constructing the old (tem
ple, which has been signed by C.
Van . Patten,; and membars of the
tuilding committee. . Other arti
cles to be nicluded are the Ore
gon Statesman, the. Portland Ore
gonian and the Capital Journal.
Members of the building com
mittee .who .directed the construc
tion of .the. ne w temple are Charles
R; Archerd, Dr. H. H. OlingerW.
D. Evans,. E. W. Hazard, Homer
H. Smith, T. B. Kay, and F. T.
Wrightman. ...
A list of the- past exalted rulers
of the local lodge, 29 in number,
will; also be placed in the ijorner
btone. '; '-'.' v . ': : " '
HISSING SILVER FOUND
$23,000 SERVICE SET OF BAT
TLESHIP OREGON SAFE
' BREMERTON; May 28. The
missing $25,000 silver service of
the dismantled- battleship, Oregon
is sale . In the hands of the Brem
erton, navy, yard supply officer, it
was Isald. here today.
Reports that Governor Pierce of
Oregon had asked the secretary of
the navy to -trace the silver was
received with surprise.
KILLED IN . TRUCK WRECK
OLYMPIA, May 28, Crushed
under the cab of the transfer
truck on which he was riding
when the truck was thrown oft
the road by the trailer of a pass
ing logging truck, J.1I. Murray of
Chicago, a traveling salesman for
a clothing house was Instantly
killed near here yesterday after
noon. Efforts are being made to
locate relatives. " ' t
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