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WMmmM V SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1925 ,. PRICE FIVE CENTS . y h , BELIEF EXPEOITlOrl TRAFFIC REGULATORS HIGHWAY IS OFFERED DENNIS TAX BILL IS HIT 13' OVERCOME BY HEAT IN EAST IN TWO DAYS EIGHT DIE; Eff ! lOJIEDKISTlu IN CONVENTION HERE TO STATE BY COURTS AT MEETING OF GRANGES TO AID EXPLORERS BY ENTIRE 1TI0P ELECT OFFICERS STATE A HIGHWAY OFFICERS 0En: WILLA3D3TTE STATE CONCLAVE CALLED IN FOUR DD3 VHEN MERCURY CLIMBS TO 97 DEGREES RECEIVE INSTRUCTION AT NEWBERG WANTED ; DALLAS; 1,000 PRESENT V Three Flyers Will Attempt to Bring Aid to Amundsen Ellsworth Party PLANES ARE NOW READY Arrangement Subject , to Final Confirmation of Officials ; French Explorer ! Offers Help OSLO,. Norway,"-. June.; 2.;- (By Associated i Press.) Subject ;j to final confirmation tomorrow by the commander of the Norwegian air force at Horten, Lieutenant Lu trow .Holm, who some months ago was engaged in aviation work in California, will lead a party for the relief of the Amuhd-sen-Ellsworth north,; pole expedi tion. Holm hopes to leave Horten on Christiana Fjord, next Friday for Spitsbergen. .' With Holm will go Lieutenant Sven Brun and L. De Eliassen, both experienced polar fliers,; who were associated with , Amundsen's exploring ventures in 1923 and four mechanicians. ij The machines to.be used are described as modified Hansa-Bran-denburgs. ). : Vj j The offer of Dr. Jean Charcot, the noted French explorer, to or ganize a French relief expedition has been received with much grati fication in official quarters here. TACOMAi "Vvasu., June 2. Cap tain N. C. Roder, master of the Danish steamer Natal and a per sonal friend of Roald Amundsen. declared here tonight that he' be lieved the explorer was safe. j ; "I firmly believe that Axnund sen has reached the north pole and that he will returnf said Roder, Captain,Roder based his beliefs on his personal observations of the explorer's personality and meth ods. : j I . j j "Of course it would be foolish. . he declared, "to positively say that he is safe, but an j' observer I pi Amundsen's life can trace his time on earth as one unexpected hap pening after the other. . Witness his turning: from the north, pole journey to the south pole expedi tion and the subsequent beating of Scott. That Is Just one of the many incidents. ... "Amundsen makes sure of his ground. That is a primary trait In his makeup and he will not come back until he Is certain tfaat .'the mission; on which he has gone proves successful, ' i ' . 'y - h : "Another thing, he is satisfying His curiosity whether or not Peary really has been there. I know In America you do not doubt at all that Peary really went to the norHi pole. We do not seriously ques- ' (Continued OB para 3) ; CAMP JACKSON DETAIL ! ANNOUNCED BY WHITE . ; j: ; At ; j OFFICERS lN . CHARGE OF DE PARTMENTS LISTED J ! Colonel Raker Will Direct All Sup plies; Captain Hamble Will Pay Men :. iThe personnel to direct the iad . ministration and supply at Camp Jackson has been announced I by Ueneral George A. White as fol lows:" i ' j .. --; ! ' .;;- .-: ;-0.h ; Lieutenant-Colonel Harry C. Brambaugh i will be the camp ex ecutive officer and will be i in charge of all the. administration details. -';. 1,..j"";j'.': 'j ... -;j I ;.;;; Plans and training are to be in charge of Lieutenant-Colonel Al vin C. Baker, who has also ; been designated as the' representative ot the camp commander in ! all matters relating tor the supply. Assisting him In this capacity will be Major J. V. Schur, quarter master, who will be in immediate charge of supply. Major Henry O. Miller, motor transport officer, Captain Bolton- Hamble. finance officer; Firat Lieutenant Guy D. Jones and Second Lieutenant John S. Hyatt. These officers will form a supply team acting under the di rection of Lieutenant-Colonel 1 Ba ker. " .- ;: -v .;:. Major R. R. Knox will be camp ordinance officer and be has also been designated to act as range officer in charge of the rifle team tryout. ; " . : -j Major William O. Scott will be chief surgeon and will oe respon sible for the health of the com mand and for the coordination of the instruction of medical troops. : Major Frederick H. Drake is to be attache i to the 'quartermaster corps and to supervise the con tracts, leases and purchases of the IrOOpS. i Ten Men ' Are Added Bringing Force to 25; New Uniforms Are Being Worn Explanation; of the new traffic laws enacted by the legislature and the interpretation of these occupied L tte j greater portion ot the annual meeting of state traffic Officers : ; here i Tuesday. Instruc tions for the summer season were also given. ; : The state traf ric, force . now numbers 24 officers and T. A. Raffety, chief state traffic off i cer, having been increased by 10 by the legislatures The officers will be shifted from place to place during the season and not remain cn duty in any one locality as has been' the custom in the past. The men are under the direct super vision ot Chief Raffety. New unfforms hare been re ceived and most of the men ap peared in their new outfits.. The color is a greenish olive drab with a special style of cap and insignia The men will receive si z a. a month the first year, $150 the sec- and. and $175 thereafter. New officers added to the force are O. J. i Banks Yamhill ; C. L. Hudson, I Astoria; C. C. Williams, Coquille; A. H. Shortes, Eugene; Walter Lansing, Baker; Walter Foster, Redmond; W. E. McGil vary, Portland; E. II. Lister, Eu gene;: J. A. Robertson, Ontario; A. G. Dunn, La Grande, and W. H Ellenburg, Corvallis. All officers on duty throughout the state were called to Salem for the conference. . TRAMPS ARE PASSING SAYS OFFICER VICTOR TRAINS ARE FULL OF TRAMPS THIS TIME OF YEAR Few Wobblies are Found: . Many Odd Characters Interviewed By Policeman "Many t tramps are ' passing through the city each day on the Southern Pacific railroad, but I do not see many Trw: W.V among them. They are peaceable and do not cause any trouble," declar ed Officer Victor, whose beat is in the jungle district in the vicini ty of the ; railroad depot. "At snight time the trains are jammed full-of the men who are beating their way. One night re cently I saw 50 men kicked off the train, and it was some job to hustle them together and get them out of the city," continued the speaker.; ' ! : 'j' : ; ' , ; '! ' j".;'- - "Odd characters come through the city and stay for a day or two. The other day I saw two fellows down in the jungle who were dirty as could be. They were were j camped j beside running stream, and would you believe me, they made no efforts to wash themselves or their clothes. The fellows had their shoes off, no socks, and you'd think they would wash; their feet, before - putting their shoes on. , No sir. They just put them on over the drit and all." CHINESE CITIES GUARDED OUTBREAK' AMONG STUDENTS AND SOLDIERS FEARED ; CANTON, China, June 3. (By (Associated press.) A r m e d guards were : landed here today from: foreign warships, following a monster procession of students and soldiers in sympathy with the students shot during the rioting in Shanghai. The students congre gated outside the foreign settle ment shouting "Death is better than imperialism." Nothing seri ous happened. ' The population here Is alarmed fearing an outbreak ot hostilities between rival military f factions. The Military bank was closed and money and valuables removed to the foreign settlement. " SHANGHAI, June .3. (By the Associated Press.) The disturb ances, created by students and others as a protest against the prosecution ot strikers In the Jap anese spinning mills, this morning spread to the eastern district and across Hongkew creek, which in tersects; the foreign settlement. Mobs of wharf j coolies, carrying poles and other weapons, assem bled along the street car lines on Broadway bnt were ; dispersed by police contingents, j i RAIN TORRENTS FALL WENATCHEE, Wash..: June 2. One of the heaviest rains of the year fell today in the grain dis trict of Douglas county, it was re- nnrted here tonixht by farmers of the district. Approximately three- quarters ot an inch of ram ieu within ono hour. Little damage was caused by the hall .storm which lasted 15 minutes here this afternoon, ; . .;: : . . , Unfailing Kindness and Fair ness Make Man Beloved to Whole Country CHARACTER IS LAUDED Prominent Men of State Pay Fare well Honors to Former Vice i President With Wood row Wilson WASHINGTON, June. 2- (By Associated Press.) Accompanied by those who , most , loved him among the hoits of friends won to him during fcN life by his unfailing kindness, .-rness, and homely philosophy, Thomas Riley i Mar shall, form-r Vice president of the United States; tonight began his last journey from the nation's cap ital to hi home at Indianapolis. - ' .- ( - i r -. , Mr. Marshall died yesterday from a heart attack. The nation, through "President Coolidge nd other high " government officials first paid him' tribute in a simple service late today. Then the body was reverently taken to a train which is expected to arrive at noon tomorrow, at Indianapolis, where the funeral will be held Thursday morning with Masonic rites. : Aft erwards the body will be placed in a receiving vault at the Crown Hill cemetery there, pending a de cision by Mrs! Marshall as to its last resting place. Mrs. Marshall, who has bravely faced the ordeal of final parting after nearly 30 years of married life with the former vice president, went on the Bame train with the body. She was accompanied - by Mark Thistlethwalte, Indianapolis (Continued on page 4) CAMP SITE IS SELECTED BOY SCOUTS TO SPEND OUT- ING NEAR FISH LAKE Selection of r Fish Lake for the summer camp of Troop No. 4, Boy Scouts, with Scouts of Albany and Lebanon, has been made. The camp, which js high in the Cas cades, will be held August 3 to 19 inclusive. ! - '.'': Charles Hudklns, L. L. Loaws, William Gahlsdorf and I. M. Daughton will; supervise the camp as directors. j George W. Bent, coach at Chemawa and Harold Lu Cook,, former Scout executive, will direct the camp with the assist ance ot Leslie L. Hasklns, Browns ville naturalist; Leon Jennison, Salem, recreational director and R. G. Henderson, who will have charge of the I commissary. The trip will be made the en tire distance by automobile and will cost the boys $11 each. Same Old Bear lllpi ill1. 1 '''''tt v , !i i7n M x . 1 II Itill . -vw . a . nk Mir. rlt t Work of Paving Gap Front St. Paul to County Line Will Begin Immediately Under the stipulation that in the future, the state of Oregon would construct a nejwr bridge uniting Marion and Yamhill counties at Newberg, the county courts of Ma rion and Yamhill, meeting here yesterday, tentatively approved a plan to turn over to the state the new cutoff uniting the Pacific and West Side highways, after it has been paved by the counties.. The matter will b submitted to Roy Klen, state highway engineer, for consideration by the highway com mission, y I According to the program low contemplated, work will be staited on the Marlon county side at ofce. The road is already oared fiom Woodburn to St. Paul, and only tho Btretch from St. Paul to -the Marion-Yamhill bridge Is to be completed. Yamhill county will pave from the end ot the bridge to the city limits. The-plan was suggested by J. T. Hunt, county judge, . who de clared that the state highway com mission has considered assuming the cutoff for some time. In this (Continued on page 3) AUTOMOBILE JS BLASTED DYNAMITE . EXPLODED . UNDER CAR; GARAGE DESTROYED , KELSO, Wash., June 2. An automobile valued at $1200, be longing to C. Davis, who resides near Ostrander, was destroyed by an explosion of powder early yes terday morning. The powder was placed alongside the motor of the automobile which was in a small garage near the highway, and at such; a distance from the Davis residence that the explosion ; was not heard and he did not learn of the destruction of the car until he went for his automobile. He is at a loss to understand the act; of vandalism and says he hasn't ran enemy in the world so far as! he knows. t The sheriff's office Is investi gating. - . CIVIL WAR VET PASSES JOSEPH W. B. McCMXTOCK AN SWERS LAST ROLL CALL Tuesday by Joseph W. B. McClin tock, age 75, a veteran of the Civil War and a member of Sedg wick Post, GAR, who passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William G. Thompson, 905 North Twenty-second. Seven oth er daughters and three sons sur vive. The remains will be forwarded from the Rlgdon mortuary Fri day to Rush Center, Kans.,-where final services and interment will be made. - - - - - - -- Just in a Different Resume of Prices of Farm Prod uce Given i Tax Bill Is De J dared Serious DALLAS, Or., June Z. The state grange convention . opened here today. It' was believed that 1.000 delegates would be here by tomorrow. The sessions are being held in the armory, the opening meeting beginning at 10 o'clock this morning.- with r State : Grange Master George . A. . Palmiter of Hood River presiding. The morn ing session was chiefly taken up with the seating of delegates, the report of the credentials commit tee and other preliminary business matters. The afternoon session was taken up with the grange mas ter's annual, report.4 . !! Embodied in the annual report of the grange master was a re sume of the year's work! and sug gestions along many lines for the coming year. In his report he said: . :y , j "Prices of farm products are still very low in? comparison with what we are forced to pay , for what we buy, and until; the pro ducer ot the food and clothing of the world sees fit to organize so he can set the price on his product as other industries do, I can see little hope of much change in the situation. We must secure through legislation the same protection and privileges that other Indus tries now enjoy-T . .!;. Referring to the Denni reso lution, passed by the last legisla ture, which would prohibit enact ment of an income tax In Oregon i (Continued on page I) SHIP PLAN IS APPROVED IMMEDIATE JUNKING I OF ALL WORTHLESS UNITS ASKED NEW YORK. June 2. (By the Associated press.) - Immediate sale of useless units of the gov ernment's merchant fleet; for junk ing and the transfer of, serviceable ships to private" owners' who are able to strike out in competition with foreign vessels, was the pro gram outlined by Chairman T. V. O'Connor of the United States shipping board to the marine writ ers' society. He announced he will urge the board's adoption of from the American business pub lic "The public is the owner of the ships," he said, "and the public seems clearly to say to me that if buyers will offer to put, in modern Diesel I , propelling machinery I should recommend to the board that the cost of a ship whether $1 a ton or $1 a ship, is not import ant." i - : Although public Interest in ship ping has been stimulated, he de clared he recently had -sensed a growing public weariness with the problem. Tree Thar All! Thomas Atcheson Will Head Group, for Coming Year; Fields Is Trustee FOUR ARE GIVEN DEGREES Diplomas Presented - Three; An- noal Prize Awards Iade ; ' Banquet Closes Exer cises for the Year 'Final commencement! exercises were held it the Kimball College of Theology Tuesday afternoon The degree: of Bachelor of Divin ity was conferred upon Louis Kir by, Earl McAbee, Dean C. Poln uexter and Reginald Stone. The Kimball diploma was presented to Miss Carrie! Bamford, Owen Bead les and William Morrowi The Kimball alnmnj met in the morning and considered a number of minor mattetrs then adjourned till the afternoon when the elec t Ion 1 of officers for the coming year was held and a number of important matters discussed Those elected were: President, Thomas Atcheson; vice president. John Woodfern; secretary treasu rer. S. W. HaU. Dr. E. S. Ham mond . wa8 re-elected as faculty member of the association and D. Ii. Fields was re-elected aa alumni member of! the Kimball board of trustees, This will make the fourth successive year dhat Mr, rieias nas. served in this capac ity. ;.-.-." , f The newly elected officers were instructed to work out a plan such aa an annual circular letter,, where by the alumni of Kimball may be brought closer together,; The commencement address de livered at the graduation exercises in the afternoon was given by, the Rev. Royal D. Bisbee of India. The presentation to the class was made by Dr. E. S. Hammond and the charge to the class and the presentation of diplomas was made by Dr. E. C. Hickman. The Kimball prizes were pre sented by Dr. Edward Laird Mills, president of the Kimball board of trustees, The following prizes were given: the Stone scholarship prize, consisting of a gold medal donated by R. H. Stone, to Earl McAbee, , The Lyle prize, consist ing of $10 in cash, given for ex cellence in the study of the Bibli cal languages,- was also given to Earl McAbee. In the public speak ing contest Ira Rankin was award ed first and Earl McAbee second. Interesting breaks In the for mal program were, furnished by the vocal solo f rendered by Ruth Riddle and the instrumental. solo by M. G. Tennyson. j A meeting of the Kimball Lu ella club was held during the at ternoon for the purpose of dis- cussiug a uumuei ui uiaucia ui in terest to merAbers,. The club is a women's organization composed of the women faculty members of the college and wives of ministers The annual alumni banquet was held last night at Leslie Methodist church, during which j time the a!umni, including those just re cently graduated, enjoyed an in formal progratoJapd general get- together meeting, a - i D. Lester vFlelds of Grants Pass acted as toastmaster and the.- ad dress of toe evening was given by Dr. Fred J. Taylor. One of the featnroa. of the evening's 'enter tainment was the," song rendered by Rev. and Dr. Hickman, Kimball president, and his father.. - utner miiain -or an renaerea. by rrui. u. 4U i-a,-" v ' -DfrlrflA - i i ITALIAN LOAN IS fDE REVOLVING CREDIT PLAN MAY ' i NEW YORK, June 2. (By The Associated Prees.) -Establishment bv J. .P. Morgan and company ot a $50,000,000 revolving credit for ih stabilization of Italian ex change, which was announced .to day" was viewed in the financial district as astep of great import ance, certain to strengthen Italy's position in refunding, her war debts and likely to pave the way for an eventual revaluation ot the lire on a new gold basis. - Thomas WVLa Mont who recent y returned from a visit to Italy, issued a statement on behalf of the Morgan firm, saying that the credit had been granted to a bank ing group,' beaded by the Bank of Italy, the Bank ot Naples and tne Bank of Sicily. The credit, which has the guaranty of the Italian government is to be utilized if oc casion arlsces, for exchange stab ilization purposes. , - An increase in the Bank of It aly's discount rate from 6 to 64, per cent, coincident with the open ing of the credit, is expected here to give further support to the cur rency. - , , ; No Relief in Sight; . Eight-Inch . Snow Blankets North and Central States ' NEW YORK, June 2.- (By the Associated Press.) While 'Rock Springs, Wyo., was blanketed by an eight-inch snowfall and ' the north central states were drenched with cooling rains, portions of the mlddlewest and the east found no relief today from . the heat wave which started yesterday. At Phil adelphia the mercury climbed to 9T degrees, establishing a" new record and causing several pros trations. -Three persons died -and five were overcome in New York, bringing the total prostrations in two days up to 13. In northern New Jersey another death brought total heat deaths to four for two days. Rochester had its hottest day of the season today. Two men died after the mercury had. gone up to .9 0 degrees. A boy, seeking relief from the heat, Vais drowned. From the Rockies to the Great Lakes drenching, rains, brought cooler temperatures and aided all crops. Two deaths were caused by wind disturbances in Iowa and Nebraska. Kansas and-Missouri were visited bjf light to heavy rain fall. - Small" tornadoes were re ported at Glenwood. Iowa, nd McPherson, Kansas,! causing seri ous damages. - h i ' f LABORER LOSES SAVINGS THROUGH ANCIENT TRICK OLD BOX", . METHOD OF. DE FRAUDING IS WORKED .4- Strangers Successful in Mulcting Section Hand of ; $1 100 by Time-Worn Trick SPOKANE, June'2. Chris Kas- tas, a section- laborer of Adrian, Wash., found that ' what he be lieved was a good job at good pay and a chance to get rich from his savings of $1100 was only a scheme to deprive1 bim of his wealth, be told the police today. Kastas met a man yesterday, he said, who carried a box which he said contained $12,000 to be used for charitable purposes. He hired Kastas at $5 a. day to care for it because he said Kastas "looked like an honest man.! i I . Later they met a friend of , the supposed charity worker who said he had a scheme to acquire wealth I by the use of the $12,000. . It sounded : so alluring that Kastas begged to be permitted to add his $1100 savings.- ' . J. , ; . This morningv he said, he gave the strangers his money and they put it inhe box, or he thought they did. Then they paid him his first day's wages and told him net to open the box until they met him this evening. But 1 curiosity got the better -of him and he opened it and found three rolls of paper. each: surrounded by a dollar bill PENALTIES FOR TAXES INTEREST .FOR DELINQUENCY ADDED AFTER JUNE 4 After June 4 delinquent 'state income tax payments under the 1823 act ;wlll carry all of the or iginal penalties and interest, ac cording to an announcement made here at a meeting of the state tax commission. . . Following repeal of the income tax law November 4, last year. It was found. that the delinquencies aggregated more than $500,000. The legislature; at its last session, enacted laws for the collection of delinquent taxes, but suspended nenalties until June 4 of this year. These penalties now are to be en forced. . ; r Tuesday in Washington Defense day was endorsed by a number of governors. i Funeral services were held for former Vice President Marshall. Plans were abandoned to have President Coolidge appear in a moving picture.. A move was begun to transfer the bureau ot mines to the com merce department, i Secretary Hoover announced rubber manufacturers were pre paring to reclaim more of the used products.! i ' SLIDE KILLS FARMER CORNELIUS, Ore., June 2. William Schoen, a farmer Uvlng a mile an a half of here, was killed today, when a. drainage ditch. 19 feet deep which he was digging on his farm collapsed and buried him. t took neighbors more than three hours to recover the body, i Terrific Gales in Middle West Take Heavy Toil; Dam : age Is Severe PROPERTY LOSS IS HIGH Lightning, Wind, and Rain Com ! bine in Terrible Storm; Hun- s dreds Injured; Heat Wave i Is Broken MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., June 2. : (By . Associated Press) Two persons are known to have been killed, eight more were reported near -death in hospitals and at least a score of other persons were injured as the result ot a terrific wind and electrical storm which struck Minneapolis and vicinity tonight. V As reports came in through dis tricts blocked by the results of the storm, the list was growing. It was believed that probably 100 persons had been caught In the storm wreckage. Property loss could not be esti mated tonight. Falling trees, live wires, wires blown down from tele phone and telegraph poles and washouts caused by the flood which followed the sudden wind, had so blocked roads that thou sands of homes were cut off from the "city. At Hopkins, a suburb, and la the section Just north of Minne apolis the storm reached it3 great est violence. , At Hopkins, John Anderson., be lieved to be the town marshal, ot Rlssel, Minn., was crushed to death when a waiting station in which he had sought shelter col lapsed. At Humboldt avenue, north,of ilopper road, Minne apolis5," a boy was .knocked to the ground by. the wind, his body be ing dashed against a post. He was killed instantly. He was John Elniki 16 years old. Lumber yards in Robbinsdale and North Minneapolis had their stocks blown , away, Huge tim bers.., were carried blocks. In Minneapolis, ten private garages in one block on the north side wen destroyed. ' So badly were streets of North Minneapolis blocked by fallen trees and poles that traffic out ol the city in that direction was at a standstill late tonight. One house on the northside of town was spilt in two parts and the walls fell outwards. The fam ily was in the basement, and es caped without injury. - OMAHA, Neb., June 2. tBy Associated Press) Four persons ; ' (Continued on ptffe 3) ANOTHER ROUTE GIVEN TO SCENIC ATTRACTION MARKERS PLACED SHOWING WAY THROUGH MACLEAY Old Route Unchanged While Trip Can Also lie Made by Way 1 of Silverton A- new route to Silver Creek Falls has been marked by the Sa lem Chamber or Commerce via Macleay, thus giving two direct routes to the. famous scenic cen ter.: About 25 arrow pointed signs were placed along the route, each sign bearing the words "Sil ver Creek Falls." Each sign is painted a bright orange color and the words are ia DiacK, making them easily real from automobiles. Last year the Chamber of Com merce marked a route to tho Sli ver CreekFalla by way of Tur ner, placing 30 signs. The new route in no way displaces tha older onel because every traveler has his choice of going either ct the two ways. Both are attrac tive drives, and the one- throne!i Turner is; just as attractive aa t! ! one through the town of Macleay. Travelers report roads to U 3 falls .in excellent shape, althou- i in some spots they are a littli rough. This will be remedied however, and the road win ? . easy to travel. From Sal-m the routs to ih - Creek Falls goes out State str: i. past the penitentiary, to the ri-!.-t at.Four Corners and it is a simr"- matter to follow the signs Itr- j , Macleay or Turner. . Silver Creek Fall3 i ens r the.,most popular resort3 near t' city and it ia hoped that the r . five years will see the pavir car ried to the Union school, ani v road district from there to t' falls will be rocked and iaaIe c r ¬ ier to travel over. The route from Cilverton made, and the rcuie fr . ' " - " rocked and ea?y to ri.T 2 : . ; brlirg of Silver C: '